battleshipex. Crystal, Board 1 (Reply)

Without further difficulties, you arrive in the crystal caverns. The spark-sprite leads you to the site of the cave-in. "This was our treasure room," he says sadly. "We had so many beautiful things... all buried now. Thank you for your help getting them back! We'd never be able to lift these huge chunks of crystal by ourselves."

A few other sprites are flitting around. "Watch out," one says, landing on your arm. "We had some traps in here to deter thieves, like those lava goblin jerks."

"Of course you did," one of your friends says with a deep sigh. "Well, we know how this goes."

With the confidence of long experience, your team begins to make a plan.

Grid and list of goals

Crystal collection | Requests | Prompts | AFIRB search

Thanks to karanguni for the Automagic App and notearchiver for the AFIRB search sheet!

Each square on the 10 x 10 grid hides something. It might be treasure, or it might be a trap. Here is what the traps look like:

The traps are:

Falling crystal shards: plus sign, 5

Glitter bomb: square, 4

Swinging firecracker: line, 3

Sparkle darts: diagonal line, 3

Plummeting net: L shape, 3

Entrancing crystal pendulum: line, 2

Each trap shape appears once. Traps may be rotated 90, 180, or 270 degrees from how they're displayed here.

Each square is assigned a goal. The list of goals is displayed below the grid. A goal consists of a number and two tags, such as "16, Enemies to Lovers, IN SPACE." Meet the goal by posting works that claim one (or both) of those tags. Each work must fulfill one of this year's requests in the main collection or prompt collection.

In addition, there are board-wide goals for six AO3 labels, such as "Major Character Death" or "F/F Works." You must collectively achieve these goals to complete the board.

Claim relevant tags in your author's note—the mods will only count tags claimed this way. Fic and podfic may claim 1 tag per 100 words. Art may claim all tags that are clearly present in the work. Work labels such as ship type will be claimed automatically.

Team Crystal members (and only Team Crystal members) should post works to the Crystal collection. Each team member is capped at 7 works per board.

The collection is moderated, and works will be approved as the mods count them. Once enough works have been approved to clear a square, it will be marked "pending." Call the shot in the Crystal Shots channel in Discord to unlock the chest and find out what's inside—trap or treasure!

Treasure squares have a value between 400 and 1000 gold, and will be applied to bribing the boss who lurks just outside the cavern. The collective value of all treasure squares on the board will not equal more than half the boss's hit points.

When all the squares of a trap have been found, the mods will announce that the trap has been deactivated. Once all the traps have been cleared and the board goals have been met, the team will collectively decide whether to keep hunting for treasure or proceed through the cavern and fight the boss. When you've decided, announce in Crystal Shots that you're ready to begin the boss battle.

If you're on the Crystal team and haven't already joined the Discord or claimed your Discord role, now's the time! Your team members there will share the team coordination sheet and cheer you on.

Good luck! Dodge those falling shards!