Bay 12 Games Forum

Quote from: Urist Arrhenius on April 30, 2015, 04:03:26 pm

Thinking of running a game, below is the OP as it stands now. It would feature both PvP and PvE combat, and after a winner was declared from the first game I would rework balancing as was necessary. Would people be interested/what feedback do you have?

I actually really like the intro. It is short, but quite to the point and gives all information needed to start and what to expect of the game. As for the idea of using colours / powers in this way, it is quite inituitive, and definitely on the good side of ingenious.

Maybe a tad too much ingenious though, as you might want to include a link which explains how to work that colour-number system. That, or I am part of a very strange minority, which can't make heads or tails of it by themselves. ;3
Actually wait, you just might not want to. It could weed out those not enthusiastic enough to search for it themselves, which serves as a good indicator for their likely future activity...

Chroma Arcana

   The White Wizard stands before you, flanked by the Red Warlock, Green Sorcerer, and Blue Mage.

   ”Welcome, initiates. Within lies arena, designed to select from amongst you only those worthy. Those of weak will need not enter, but great power awaits those who brave the challenges.”

   The Red Warlock split off from the group and went to stand in front of two doors. ”Through my path lies might. You will gain the strength to crush those who oppose you.”

   From another set of doors the Green Sorcerer spoke. ”Through my path lies harmony. The world around will serve you, and you will discover great secrets.”

   Finally the Blue Mage intoned, ”Through my path lies peace. You will gain the power over life, and the wisdom to protect it.”

Which path will you choose?

Submit a character sheet and your chosen path; the first two submissions for each path will be chosen.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: NAME (Symbol)
Pool: #000000/#000000
Health: 10/10 (Red/2 + Green/4 + Blue/4 + 10)
Damage: 2 (Green/4 + Blue/8 + Red/8 +2)
Armor: 0 (Blue/6 +Green/12 + Red/12)
Spells: -

Code: (Character Sheet) [Select]

[b]Name[/b]:
[b]Pool[/b]: #000000/#000000
[b][color=#FF0000]Health[/color][/b]: 10/10
[b][color=#00FF00]Damage[/color][/b]: 2
[b][color=#0000FF]Armor[/color][/b]: 0
[b]Spells[/b]: -

Spoiler: Example Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: White Wizard (WW)
Pool: #FFFFFF/#FFFFFF
Health: 266/266
Damage: 130
Armor: 85
Spells: All of them
[spoiler=Actions]
You may take 1 free move action each turn, followed by one of the below actions. Turn order will be established at the start of the game and will not change except where otherwise noted. Map will update after all players have posted their turn.

Move: Move 3 hex
Attack: Deal your damage – opponents armor to an adjacent opponents health.
Harvest: You gain 8 points to the color of the hex harvested. For hexes with two colors you gain 4 points to each (i.e. 4 red and 4 blue for harvesting a #FF00FF hex).
Cast: Cast a spell, subject to the rules of that spell.
Rest: Regain 25% of your pool and Health

Spoiler: Spells (click to show/hide)

Spells are unlocked by increasing your max pool to a certain level, and they expend some of your current pool to cast. Below are the first 7 spells, and their unlock levels. Note: some spells upgrade at later levels rather than unlocking new spells.

Flametouch: 4 damage to an adjacent enemy, ignores armor (cost: #040000) [unlock: #100000]
Thorns: Place a thorny barrier. Enemies take 6 damage for walking through it, respects armor (cost: #000400) [unlock: #001000]
Soothing Waters: Heal yourself or another, adjacent, for 5 points (cost: #000004) [unlock: #000010]
Lightning Bolt: 1-4 an enemy 1 hex away, ignores armor (cost: #020200) [unlock: #080800]
Distortion Shield: 50% bonus to armor for 3 turns (cost: #020002) [unlock: #080008]
Entropic Field: Effects yourself or another, adjacent. Next spell cast on them has a 12.5% to do double effect, a 25% to behave normally, a 25% to reflect on the caster, a 12.5% chance to do double effect on caster, a 20% chance to dissipate without effect, and a 5% chance to affect everyone. (cost: #000202) [unlock: #000808]
Critical Strike I: 16% chance of dealing 2x damage to an opponent on an attack (Passive) [unlock: 080808]

Spoiler: Evelyn the Scholar (Character Sheet) (click to show/hide)

Stats: F -1, A -1, C +2, R +3

Skills: Scholar +3, Linguistic/Ritualist +2, Arcanist/Theologian +1

Inventory
Head - None
Neck - None
Torso - Rations (X2), Flask of oil (1/X2)
Arms - None
Hands - Torch(1)
Belt - Waterskin (1/X3)
Feet -  None

Exp/Effort/Resources/RT: 3/1/1/0