A Profusion Of Rum and Coconuts!
Welcome to Syka! Once you move in, you become a full fledged Sykan and enjoy all the privileges living in Syka offers. Be sure to Register your character in our Character Registry thread and then any thread you post thereafter be sure to post in the Thread Registry. This will help the player base keep track of whats going on in Syka and what sort of plots are involved.
If you need a house, there are a few options. You can rent a bungalow on land, a rancho over the water, or just simply tent camp anywhere along the beach that's not claimed. There are also guest quarters for folks that want to stay a few nights, but be aware that visitors and tourists are not allowed in Syka unless they are there for trade for a simple duration of a ship docking. Syka is not set up to support visitors, as it has no restaurants. This might change if someone decided to start an Inn, but until that happens, there's realistically no services.
Remember, every settler to Syka that decides to stay and help the Settlement thrive gets five acres of land free and assistance in starting a business or getting a job.
If you settle in Syka, be sure to talk to Gossamer about a job and housing. It is required to do an introduction thread with one of the Founders to officially IC get your job and housing arranged. Founder Randal does all the building, and he's simply one man, so if you want a bungalow built, you must get on his list. Any NPC, including the Founders themselves, can be found in the NPC Masterlist in the Paradise Rediscovered Forum. PCs are also eligible for up to 1500 in loans to start businesses in Syka and build their housing. If you take out a loan, you must post the fact (and keep track of your payments) in the Syka Housekeeping - Loans & Homes thread.
Now, onto the good stuff. Plots. Plots. Plots. Syka is a place for adventure, introspection, and regrouping. The city itself has a lot of damaged PCs moving in here or staying to recover from trauma or to find themselves. There are no formal laws, no true enemies besides the jungle and environment, and a lot of foreign faces from all over Mizahar mingled into one melting pot of diversity. Please feel free to bring your PC's culture, traditions, and opinions, sharing them with others and bringing other PCs into your own personal plots. And by all means, plot. Don't sit around and hope someone will plot for you. It's not going to happen. You need to simply 'go for it' and bring others along with you.
Please don't forget Syka's setting. There's a huge Syka Codex full of information about what Syka is. But most importantly its a primitive setting in Paradise that is on the outskirts of an ancient ruined pre-Valterrian city called Pavena that used to be one of Mizahar's top science research centers before Ivak's wrath ruined the world. Due to this fact, there are ruins everywhere and sometimes life that is far beyond what one might expect in Mizahar's usual settings.
Also, don't forget, that buried in the Code is the Linkmap that documents a great many of the locations that have been developed in and around Syka. To 'discover' some of these locations, see Gossamer for difficulty roles based on your Wilderness Survival skill in Discord Chat. You can add your own land claim to that list once you get it done. Simply post it in the Syka Submissions thread for prior approval before posting it as a thread in the main forum.
That just about covers it! Any questions? Comments? Please post here in this thread or PM Gossamer directly.
If you need a house, there are a few options. You can rent a bungalow on land, a rancho over the water, or just simply tent camp anywhere along the beach that's not claimed. There are also guest quarters for folks that want to stay a few nights, but be aware that visitors and tourists are not allowed in Syka unless they are there for trade for a simple duration of a ship docking. Syka is not set up to support visitors, as it has no restaurants. This might change if someone decided to start an Inn, but until that happens, there's realistically no services.
Remember, every settler to Syka that decides to stay and help the Settlement thrive gets five acres of land free and assistance in starting a business or getting a job.
If you settle in Syka, be sure to talk to Gossamer about a job and housing. It is required to do an introduction thread with one of the Founders to officially IC get your job and housing arranged. Founder Randal does all the building, and he's simply one man, so if you want a bungalow built, you must get on his list. Any NPC, including the Founders themselves, can be found in the NPC Masterlist in the Paradise Rediscovered Forum. PCs are also eligible for up to 1500 in loans to start businesses in Syka and build their housing. If you take out a loan, you must post the fact (and keep track of your payments) in the Syka Housekeeping - Loans & Homes thread.
Now, onto the good stuff. Plots. Plots. Plots. Syka is a place for adventure, introspection, and regrouping. The city itself has a lot of damaged PCs moving in here or staying to recover from trauma or to find themselves. There are no formal laws, no true enemies besides the jungle and environment, and a lot of foreign faces from all over Mizahar mingled into one melting pot of diversity. Please feel free to bring your PC's culture, traditions, and opinions, sharing them with others and bringing other PCs into your own personal plots. And by all means, plot. Don't sit around and hope someone will plot for you. It's not going to happen. You need to simply 'go for it' and bring others along with you.
Please don't forget Syka's setting. There's a huge Syka Codex full of information about what Syka is. But most importantly its a primitive setting in Paradise that is on the outskirts of an ancient ruined pre-Valterrian city called Pavena that used to be one of Mizahar's top science research centers before Ivak's wrath ruined the world. Due to this fact, there are ruins everywhere and sometimes life that is far beyond what one might expect in Mizahar's usual settings.
Also, don't forget, that buried in the Code is the Linkmap that documents a great many of the locations that have been developed in and around Syka. To 'discover' some of these locations, see Gossamer for difficulty roles based on your Wilderness Survival skill in Discord Chat. You can add your own land claim to that list once you get it done. Simply post it in the Syka Submissions thread for prior approval before posting it as a thread in the main forum.
That just about covers it! Any questions? Comments? Please post here in this thread or PM Gossamer directly.
If anyone wants to collaborate, let me know!