Community Poll 1: Choose Research Options for Manifest Fantasy!

I’d like to announce the introduction of Community Polls! These polls will allow you to vote on certain elements, decisions, and rewards within my stories. For example, picking research options for a Manifest Fantasy tech tree.

Your choices will impact the story.

The first Community Poll for each story will be accessible to everyone, but subsequent Polls will only be available to Tier 4 Patrons.

For our first Manifest Fantasy Community Poll, please read the tech tree and vote for the research paths you like the most.

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Available research paths for Perdue:

(1) Monster biology research level 1 (exploiting weaknesses)

• sonic weaponry tech tree

• ghost busting tech tree

• monster repellant/attraction

• future unlock: repel lower tier monsters.

• future unlock: disrupt monster spellcasting

• future unlock: monster sensory debuff

(2) Monster Material Research level 1 (Vorikha/Lindwyrm armor research)

• armor material science tech tree

• prerequisite for further monster material research

• future unlock: enhanced envirosuit plating, with magic resistance or magic amplification

• future unlock: enhanced vehicle armor, with magic resistance or magic amplification

(3) Magic research level 1

• Magic research tech tree

• prerequisite for enchantment research

• immediate unlock: NONE

• far future unlock: CRISPR magic gene splicing (potential to use magic)

Available research paths for Lamarr:

(1) Firearms research level 1 (enhanced smokeless powder for more powerful bullets)

• firearms tech tree

• prerequisite for further weapon research

• future unlock: advanced metallurgy (mithril and other magic metal compounds/alloys)

• future unlock: enhanced rifles

• future unlock: enhanced explosives

(2) Glyph research level 1

• immediate unlock: use of basic scrolls.

• magic adaptation tech tree

• prerequisite for enchantment research

• future unlock: use of intermediate and advanced scrolls

• future unlock: glyph improvement

• future unlock: glyph design

(3) Material research level 1 (studying mithril and other alloys)

• immediate unlock: NONE

• prerequisite for further weapon, armor, and enchantment research.

(4) Enchantment research (unavailable) Requires:

• rune/glyph research level 2

• materials research level 3

(5) Firearm enchantment research (unavailable) Requires:

• enchantment research level 2

• firearms research level 4
  
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  Please select 1 option for Dr. Perdue, and 1 option for Dr. Lamarr.