<strong>@RedKnight</strong>can correct me on this, of course. But from my previous experience with West Marches style game any downtime/job/profession player activities are handled between adventures. So let's say we timeskip to where we've helped Prime establish a small village. But we keep expanding it. Dafina decides to open a herbs shoppy. Any activity/RP that is to do with the shop, I'll be doing in between adventures=games. So let's say there are three games being led by three different GMs. But I missed out on all of them because of IRL reasons. But I can do downtime activities. So I decide to have Dafina work in her shop. I can either do solo posts for her doing as much. Or another player who has also missed out on the active games can join me in my downtime activity /working the herbs shop/ and we can do some downtime RPing. It is an opportunity for players who can't find active games within the Crossroads to do some RP. If they so desire.<br/><br/>And some downtime activities can also serve as hooks for new adventures.<br/><br/>For example. A client of Dafina's has requested a very rare herb. They are willing not only to pay her handsomely for it, but to do something that will benefit the village. Dafina informs Prime. And Prime puts out a call for adventurers to go hunting for said herb. Mechanically the plot hook is announced in a thread. A GM likes the hook and decides to lead said adventure. Now all it needs is players. I'm naturally one, since it's Dafina's client. But any other player subscribed for the Crossroads game is free to join the game if the plot hook is interesting for them.