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ETU Designer’s Journal: Day Tripping Adventures

Okay, back to the Adventure Generator for ETU. I’ve already discussed the Party and Research generators. Today’s remarks cover the Day Tripping generator. Day Tripping involves the team getting away from college by going into Pinebox, exploring Golan County or some similar day trip. Within a few hours drive of the university students could find adventure in Louisiana, East Texas, Austin, Houston, or Dallas. This could be a trip to the beach, to one of the many rivers or lakes, or simply exploring the woods of the Big Thicket.

The generator offers many possibilities and may lead to further generators to flesh out the event. Other sub generators include Love Interests, Special Items, Big Thicket/City adventures, and of course Special Events.

As always, the suit determines the disposition of the event, whether its dangerous, involves love interests or other things. Types of generated events range from attending a dance at the local VFW (Veteran’s of Foreign Wars) or swimming at the Lost Pond, to a trip to Pinebox Pawn for a special treat! (Evil Grin). If a Joker is drawn, expect an extra-special event or occurrence. These could be anything–a natural disaster, a fire, psychics, voodoo, or a creature encounter.

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