Elsewhere/Paths

## Introduction

Book 1: After unlocking the ability to explore Elsewhere, the player can elect to do so every free morning starting on day 13. Before entering the portal in the basement of the Crowley, the player can pick up to 3 Companions, depending on their availability at the time.

Book 2: Starting on Day 119 morning, the player can roam the paths free mornings and evenings .

Encounters in Elsewhere are presented in the form of cards, and the player freely chooses which encounters to pursue. Every action in Elsewhere, whether it is flipping over a card to see what encounter it is, actually activating the encounter, or drawing a new set of cards through the "Shuffle all" button, costs one action. Initially the player will have 10 actions, getting 5 more for each Power level. Additionally, if Bella is in the party she can be spoken to at a Rest site once per outing to gain 5 more actions. Once the player has no more actions they will automatically return to the Crowley. Elsewhere can be left at any time(when not in a fight) through the "Return home" button.

One of the objectives when exploring Elsewhere is to find ingredients which can be sold to Chloe for cash or gems, as well as special ingredients which allow permanently upgrading the Crowley which in turn unlocks certain special events as well as the ability to work there during the night.

*Encounter cards that have not been flipped over**A shrine and 2 possible combat encounters**Conversation options at a Rest site*
## Encounter types

There are 4 base types of encounters in Elsewhere:

### Rest

Depicted by a campfire, Rest sites allow the player to fully restore their HP(choose the option "You feel refreshed") or to speak to one of the companions. The regular conversations with companions do not actually provide an in-game benefit but are there merely to provide a bit of flavor, but at specific points in the game options unlock to give Companions permanents boosts to their abilities through conversations at Rest sites.

#### Matthew, Xochi

* None currently (Matthew has no effect. No option is presented to interact with Xochi)
* Droid has indicated these will be added at some point.

### Shrine

A shrine is a small altar to a God where an offering of £10 can be made in exchange for a possibility of getting either a random gem or a payout of £100. If Kitsune is in the party she can also search it for ingredients.

#### No Assistance

-£10

1. Nothing
2. +2 Ingredients
3. Damage 2 Gem

#### Kitsune

1. +2 Ingredients
2. +1 Special Ingredients

### Treasure

Shown as a chest, treasure sites allow the player to search. Possible results are:

* Nothing is found
* A Black Rose if the player has read "The Exquisite Art of Domination" twice and doesn't already have one
* Some ingredients

Bella and Emily can both be asked to search a Treasure site instead, guarantueeing a find of either ingredients or special ingredients. Molly can do so as well, but will find either cash or a random (typically small) gem.

#### No Assistance

1. Nothing (common)
2. +1 Ingredients

#### Bella

Aye? Ye'll learn some tricks, running with the Hunters. Want me to give it a look?

1. +3 Ingredients
2. +1 Special Ingredients

#### Emily

Perhaps we can find some raw materials here? We are deep within Elsewhere, there might be raw materials that are of use to us.

1. +1 RP
2. +3 Ingredients

#### Molly

There seems to be... something. I think there might be something over there on the left? I'm not sure, but it might be a gem.

1. Damage 1 gem
2. Damage 4 gem
3. Lightning 5 gem
4. Gold Dust (+£30)

### Combat

Combat encounters are represented by a picture of a monster that can be fought. The card will have a suit and a value, with the value giving an indication how challenging(and potentially rewarding) fighting this particular monster can be. What monsters can show up at any given time is determined by the player's level modified by the difficulty level.

Selecting one of these encounters will commence a Poker battle. If the player is victorious they will gain XP appropriate to the encounter and a random pick from the loot table associated with that particular monster. If the player loses a Poker battle in Elsewhere they will flee and this will end the entire outing, regardless of how many actions are remaining. It is thus recommended to save cards with opponents the player is unsure they can handle till the end of the outing.

A full listing of all the monsters one can encounter in Elsewhere is available on Elsewhere/Combat.

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