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Yes

19 (46.3%)

No

9 (22%)

It should be more than that

6 (14.6%)

It should be less than that

7 (17.1%)

Total Members Voted: 41

[ATHATH]

((I'M GOING TO WIN!))

Any particular reason?

Well, I'll say its obvious, unless affinity things work when they are doing something they should not.

May you pm me more details? F.E.C.E.S. may be able to assist you.

[thegamemaster1234]

Jiksap knew of diving barrels, of course, but was very disappointed to find a lack of an opening through which to breathe from. In fact, it appeared that there was no obvious way to open this container at all! Either someone lacked common sense in the purpose of a barrel-shaped hollow object, or there was more to this barrel than meets the eye.

Use machine sense on the barrel. If I can open it for the purpose of a diving barrel, dive after the meteor. Otherwise kick the stupid useless barrel around and call the creator of this entirely pointless three-dimensional mass some very bad names. Nerdy engineer bad names, of course.
Create 1 essence.

[Trewque]

Tell my raptors to start investigating the nearby area, and to inform me if there is anything unusual, amiss, or interesting.

Craft 3 essences.

[DreamerGhost]

No turn yet, but I have some news.

First, prototype legend.

Spoiler: Legend (click to show/hide)

I'd like some feedback on that, especialy if you want something else added.

Then, it seems that votes on opinions on nerfing Essences have been exhauseted, with 8 to 15 in favor of nerfs, with the most popular nerf choice being SPD/DEX penalties. I will remake the pool with option of no nerf removed so that those who voted for no nerf could chose a nerf they find least terrible. The nerf will become active at the end of next turn.

[Sarrak]

Thanks a lot for the legend, seems like I have some more time to chill out and ignore my pet project (Grand Compedium).

I'm quite sure that new poll options would have no clear winner. But I might be mistaken.

[Atomic Chicken]

PM'ed turn

The legend's excellent!

[FallacyofUrist]

((The legend is good.))

((Very good.))

((Note that using essences to fight will become difficult at the end of next turn, so if you want to take advantage of that, you should.))

[endlessblaze]

i don't like dis nerf. I guess I will go for ritual though just to still be able to do complex things.

wait no.... I'm going with cap

[Elephant Parade]

"Wizard" isn't capitalized. Looks great, though!

Edit: I may have already mentioned this, but SPD/DEX penalties

• still allow for +10/+10 doomspells, if you can survive one turn of combat (you likely can)
• still require you to post "+3 essences" every single turn
• still aren't as interesting as rituals could be

If we're doing SPD/DEX penalties, a SPD roll of below 0 should cost you your turn, to prevent deathspells, but I still think rituals are better. They have so much potential: you could sacrifice objects or players; long-term cooperation would be encouraged; gods could get more involved. SPD/DEX penalties are also less meaningful outside of combat, and while out-of-combat essence use isn't as much of an issue as in-combat essence use, you really shouldn't be create a large-scale spell with one turn and the spell's description, regardless of how many turns you spent grinding for essences.

[DreamerGhost]

((If two mages both go into negative spd in combat the one more negative moves last. No bottom to eqalize, meaning that +10/+10 doomspels can be prevented by +7/+7 doomspels nine times out of ten))

[NAV]

But (one of) the problems is it's still all doomspells.

[Whisperling]

((The thing is, you don't need to kill them in one hit. You just need to interrupt their spell via unconsciousness or extreme pain.

When used properly, that weakness would give small, clever spells a big advantage over meteor impacts.))

[Elephant Parade]

((If two mages both go into negative spd in combat the one more negative moves last. No bottom to eqalize, meaning that +10/+10 doomspels can be prevented by +7/+7 doomspels nine times out of ten))

But (one of) the problems is it's still all doomspells.

Also, not everyone has the resources for even +7/+7 doomspells, meaning we're back to where we were before: those with essences have a colossal advantage over those without.

[Whisperling]

Also, not everyone has the resources for even +7/+7 doomspells, meaning we're back to where we were before: those with essences have a colossal advantage over those without.

((I'm going to answer this by restating my previous argument.))

((The thing is, you don't need to kill them in one hit. You just need to interrupt their spell via unconsciousness or extreme pain.

When used properly, that weakness would give small, clever spells a big advantage over meteor impacts.))

((A +2+2 distraction could potentially make your opponent fumble a much larger spell. Once you're guaranteed the time to work, it's all about tactics and creativity- essentially, the art of stopping your opponent with as little power as possible.))

[FallacyofUrist]

((If you use a +7/+7 doom spell in combat, you're basically going last. All it takes is one "ranged(-1) shatter(0 or -1) skull(-1)" to put an end to that doom spell. So yeah, what Whisperling said.))
((Or better yet, summon a sword ahead of time and stab stab.))