Psychonauts who begin to explore the Shadowlands will quickly find
that beginning their incursions only at the Landing Zones of a Realm
will limit their ability to get far in a single incursion. The
Psychonauts of old made deals with inhabitants and Others- mostly the
Fair Folk. These deals resulted in the creation of the Waypoint Shrines
and the Watchtowers.
The Waypoints act as fast travel locations. Once a Psychonaut reaches
a Waypoint and synchronizes their Avatar to the Waypoint, they may
begin any Incursion at that Waypoint. Waypoints can be either 'Safe' or
'Live'. Psychonauts can liberate a Waypoint during an incursion, but
that Waypoint may fall again in the interim based on events in both the
Shadowlands and the Bonelands.
The Watchtowers are themselves Waypoint shrines, but also unlock the
Waypoint shrines around them. Unless a Psychonaut has synced their
Avatar to the associated Watchtower, they may not sync to any of the
Waypoint Shrines that the Watchtower protects. The requirements for
syncing to a Waypoint Shrine or a Watchtower will vary from shrine to
shrine and from tower to tower. But as a basic heuristic, the deeper a
Psychonaut ventures into the Major Realms, the more involved the process
of synchronization will be.
But for the Psychonaut wishes to do more than splash around in the shallows, this is a necessary task.
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