by Tyler | Nov 9, 2019 | Recursions
Sand Castle is fueled by the fanciful stories of people building sand castles across generations. The recursion consists of a massive sand castle and its inhabitants on a seemingly endless sandy shore near a vast ocean with huge waves. The inhabitants spend most of the day on frivolous pursuits but grow distressed as evening and high tide near. Almost every night, the castle is destroyed, along with its people, but starts over in the morning. The people have no memory of this cycle, instead referencing a fanciful history that never actually happened. Recursors willing to wait for high tide will commonly be rewarded with a cypher, but little time to translate away before the world is reclaimed by water. Every day, the castle is different. The core of its residents remains the same, but additional characters and plot twists randomly appear. Each evening, they have a lavish banquet of giant exotic seafood. The residents may seek help from the PCs or may blame them for the impending doom. The core residents are as follows: The King (typically a widower) The Princess Ladies-in-waiting The Knight Many guards The following are randomly determined characters (chance in 20 in parentheses beside them) and affects on the plot (randomly select if the character appears): The Wizard (5) – Prophesies that the world is ending in a great flood, king asks outsiders to help them (1-10) Believes the outsiders are from another world and shouldn’t be trusted (11-15) Believes outsiders are from a distant land and can help them (16-19)Believes he can solve the problem, but others will have to do things (20) Has...
