Another ink-specific plot hook? Don’t mind if I do. This one takes some liberties with the established rules/lore, so enjoy this with a grain or two of salt.

Another Day Serving Elixirs Until…

Life—or rather, afterlife—as a Boorista has been pleasant enough, if not predictably routine. You provide a critical service for the other Spirits navigating The Ink by refining its poisonous waters into palatable brews, and you’re damn good at what you do.

But there’s always a little bit of an itch in the back of your mind that you’ve got something more you should be doing. That perhaps your time expired has…well, expired, and it’s time to seek passage to the Beyond.

It turns out you’re not the only Boorista feeling this way, and so you join up with the other Booristas who are ready to move along in their afterlives and set out in search of a Passage Beacon.

However, there are some Spirits and Shadows who are opposed to the idea of your lot moving on. Where, then, would they get their Elixirs if so many of their favorite Booristas made their way to the Afterlife?

GM Tips and Tools

This approach to ink involves some solo RP and more gradual build-up to the Journey through the Ink to find a way to the Afterlife, and will depend heavily on the players being able to take turns until the group joins up. It allows for a lot of early character growth and development prior to the combat and adventure that make ink Journeys so absolutely gripping. It’s a slower approach to a Journey with, I suspect, a lot of payoff by the time the party groups up and the real Journey begins.

Where that leads and what the Spirits and their Shadows who are trying to prevent your party’s passage entails is entirely up to you (and the table)! Above all else: stay spooky, stay caffeinated, and have fun; good luck and godspeed!