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Quote from: Nakéen on September 27, 2017, 06:21:40 pm

Another mean of evolving could perfectly be possible. But depending on it, it could lead to a vastly different experience.

Time for some exposition. In game, players level is represented by their stage. Their "experience" (experience as in the common term used in gales for what you accumulate to increase levels, but I digress) is represented by their essence.

In the RTD's world, essence is what makes up a soul, and the stage refer to the "size" of your soul. (I am eager to delve more into this)

In short essence evolution is making your soul grow. So other means of getting stronger are definitely possible, and feel free to ask away.

So say, a character who doesn't evolve suddenly in large bursts, but grows bigger and stronger slowly but consistently as they pick up specific objects?

You could always just have a normal-growth character with an ability for assimilating things. It could help out growth, such as contributing up to maybe 25% of the "experience" needed for the next stage. Or, the assimilated objects could act like ammo or other weaponry, allowing for attacks on larger scales. In fact, maybe you could just make small minions out of some amount of them.

"Zooming Bees? That makes no seG'Aah! Just remembered 'em. More like learning from our Tree, though, but, anyway, we need to hold m'off! Buggers might rebury themselves at the end o' the moon. Otherwise, we might want some healing magic or somethin'. Wait, no one has healing or holy powers or anything like that, right? Right?"

Hikari uses a Spreading Jolt on whatever revived being comes to the tree first...wait. IF they're hostile.

"Wait...nothing's saying they're all evil. Sure it MIGHT be some evil force controlling them, but we don' know that yet. I can tell there's a Skeletal Goat over there, definitely. It's an Animal! I love them, and They love ME!! Trust me, guys, he'll be a friend after all this is over. He'll be real dead again, but hey, he won't die evil."

Think a little more about Fire mana (upgrade would be for +1 mana), and harvest a few strawberries.

Use forge in building to turn 1/2 of the chopped wood into pieces of charcoal. Consider the nature of burning and how charcoal can still burn well despite being thoroughly burnt.

Bring logs back to base, and chop one up to prepare to make charcoal out of it. Consider the nature of dulling now, how things lose their sharpness. The specific spell I'm thinking of is the inverse of that last spell I learned, dulling something for 1 turn per mana.

Also, Glass shouldn't've been able to get a familiar. He needs charcoal for that, and he didn't have any last turn.

Go back into the forest, and chop down some wood. Consider the nature of sharp edges, and how they are able to stay sharp after frequent use.

Hikari tries her best to scoop up the black fluid and keep it far away from the tree. It could be poison!

Quote from: helmacon on September 20, 2017, 03:46:14 pm

bug spray

This position is dispersed as an aerosol , and attracts bugs.

Greater Bug Spray: Spray out assorted bugs.

Grater Bug Spray: Attracts bugs wielding graters. Mostly cheese graters. Yes, they're big enough to wield them.