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[GreatWyrmGold]

I'd blame my lack of activity on posting, but it's more based on not really knowing what the heck to do.

[Dermonster]

Science, preparation for killing, or killing.

Not so hard.

[RogueArchivist]

Turn pmed.

[Bigf00t]

I'd blame my lack of activity on posting, but it's more based on not really knowing what the heck to do.

Amen to that. Exactly.

Except in my case you can add my Mobile Development Assignment (I made an app!) and working at IBM more days than not to the list.

Speaking of the app, I realized it would be relatively trivial to port my Perplexicon Tool... Thing to android (let's face it, the GUI is two text boxes. Come on ), given how I've written it. All I have to do is finish it on PC first

Anyway, sorry everyone, I try not to let this slow me down too much, but I'm going to create a backup science turn so things can keep flowing. Essentially I'm going to be making my turns, two at a time.

This can only go well.

First "bitch at NPCs"

I'm honestly surprised they are getting so grumpy we're not that murdery with them looming over us.

They literally told us THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO SO THEY CAN KILL US (and have it be worth it)

Also (politely) say bye to Karen, Tim and Roger. I think they'll understand if I don't say I'll miss them.

For some strange reason I didn't expect these raging psychopaths to be so... unlikable. Except for Karen, she seems nice. But quiet. In a murder-y way. Hmm.

Rest of the turn will be PM'ed

Spoiler: Also, a thought regarding implementing the combat handler. Read-Comment if desired: (click to show/hide)

tl;dr at bottom

The main reason I havn't posted much on the tool is because I've been (busy and) ruminating on how to handle combat.
I know we already have a system, but to be useful this system has to pick up on all the nuanced little + or - to stats at specific times. For instance the [Heavy] stat, giving -1 to dex but +1 to str, but only when attacking with it, not when you are trying to aim a spell, or fart.

I THINK I've come up with a "solution" which lends a great deal of flexibility to the engine.

I already have several types of data. Players, items, npc(essentially a player but controlled by the GM), "effects" (stuff like [Heavy], [Yeilds] etc... essentially the name, a description and how it affects rolls), "Wounds" (sets of effects applied to players, npcs or maybe even items) and "transformations" (sets of "wounds" applied to players. All the perks of <Fullbody Biometal> for example ).
Keep in mind "wounds" can be "beneficial", they are just a container. Also I might merge wounds and transformations, and have the player objects track what was intentional and what was not.

But recently I've thought I might add "events" to the list.

Events would be triggered by game-play, like an "on attack" event, an "on [stat] roll" event, "on catastrophic failure", "on spawn"...
Actions would need to be implemented, and could be implemented as the game goes on, as the characters find new ways to kill each other
and the rules: "attack" "pick up" "go to", essentially stuff players do that would trigger events.

Events could trigger other events "in x turns: kill player"  for a mortal wound. Or "on spawn: add mortal wound"
For instance, perhaps the GM has a game rule in place that "on spawn" > "pick up/add item" "generic wizards cloak"

Anyway, just a rough idea. If someone has a more elegant solution, I'm open for suggestions. Hopefully this chat might maintain attention in the thread in the off-periods so we notice, and respond to turns faster

Essentially my solution is a DF raws-like database of actions and the events they trigger that an be modified at run-time.
Oh god.
This game used to be so simple.
I get the feeling I'm going to cop a bit of flac for this... idea. Yea, lets be generous. Oh well, one way to find out. Keep in mind it's complexity and setup is designed to let it deal with almost any situation mostly automatically, as long as it has happened before.

[GreatWyrmGold]

It sounds awesome. I can't wait to see the end result!

[Toaster]

I'd blame my lack of activity on posting, but it's more based on not really knowing what the heck to do.

I think Piecewise said it best.

MURDER.DRINK THE SOULS OF THE WEAK AND USURP THE POWER OF THE STRONG.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Yeah, but most of the people in the arena are not people I want to attack, and I'm not much good at...well...anything, really.

[Dermonster]

You have more than half of the arena to choose from, possibly with the exception of bigfoot.

Get crackin'.

[GreatWyrmGold]

...and I'm not much good at...well...anything, really.

I'm building my spelling stats towards those of a more typical starting character, I don't have any weapons, and unarmed combat almost never goes well for me.

[Tomcost]

I don't have any weapons.

*A portal opens from the nether and a waddle dee hand sticks out and bitchslaps you, then points at your hammer in bad shape, before returning to another dimension*

[GreatWyrmGold]

Oh, right.

I haven't had any weapons for most of the game, and I now have a subpar weapon that I usually forget about. Including when I prepare to kill people.

[Tomcost]

Turn 034

Oh yeah, thought I posted an action.

MAKO MAN.

Well shit. I wanted that one.

Anyways. PMing action in a bit.

[DK spd:2-1=1] ((Even if you don't believe it, this is actually good in this context))
[Mako spd:4]
[Derm spd:3-1=2]

Mako is angry. He wanted that kill for no particular reason, but it is still enough to seek revenge, and he has thought of a perfect irony his hand and some heavy object could cause in the head of the soul thief.

[Mako dex:1+1=2]
[DK dex:6]

But he was thinking all this while grinning and extending his hands towards the formerly precious hammer (now a disgusting piece of murder), and the Knight, who wanted to make use of his newly acquired magic powers, guessed his intention and stood prepared:

Tripping:
[DK str:6+1+1=8] ((Sir, you just were saving all your wrestling luck, right?))
[Mako dex:1+1=2]

As Mako charged the Knight, he waited with his arms stretched forwards and caught him, but, instead of stopping him, he used the momentum to toss him to the floor, the poor Mako clearly not expecting this, and thus wasn't able to cover his head, which hit the floor, the bump causing his eyes to momentarily lose coordination with his brain, which ended up showing the symptom of a blurry sight.

Mako is now:
[Dizziness]
[On ground]

The Knight stood there thinking. Hey, maybe he was not as bad as he thought. He also pondered whether to use or not his wretched implement of blunty death.

Derm, just saw the opportunity to do what he has always done best:

[Derm pot:3+1=4]
[Derm dex:2]
[Beat your pot dex:4+1=5]
[Mako dex:4+1-1-1=3]

Derm could feel the power, the heat building in his metallic mouth. Wait, why the hell did he thought it was a good idea? It may just explode on him! Fortunately, only the careful movements from both cheeks and tongue that only the cold-blooded mind of a kill stealer like Derm's could save him mouth from exploding, and so it was saved, expelling the octariney substance to the floor, leaving a hole there.

The Knight looks at Derm. Guess who is the useless one now?

Head to the Greenhouse.

You walk to the Greenhouse room to find your friends beating on that guy lying on the floor who looks pretty similar to the guy you stabbed previously.

MEGA SNIIIIIIIIP

You try to be friendly to the guys that are leaving and thus try to say goodbye. They are too far from you to hear that, so you shrug and do magic:

[Pot:5+1=6]
A thick golden line appears and forms a wristband.

[Pot:4+1=5]
Now a chunk of silver appears and falls to the floor.

[Pot:5+1=6]
A thick golden line appears and forms a huge dragon in front of you. Despite your familiarity with shapes, it is intimidating, even more when it tries to engulf you. You cannot help to close your eyes as it happens, but are relieved as, coincidentally with what you expected, nothing happens.

Turn pmed.

Okay, let's read the magic papers and hope you don't pull your lungs out of your butt or something weird:

[Pot:5+1=6]
A thick golden line appears and draws a, despite being bigger that you expected, cute seal. It banishes away after a brief time.

[Pot:1+1=2]
A golden line appears, but curls into itself into an amorphous mass. Oops, you did something wrong right here.

[Pot:6+1=7]
A pile of dirt rains in front of you.

You can hear some people coming from a distance.

Your are getting too cocky, though.
And, despite how strange this situation is, I actually agree with Timothy here.
Do you really think that those morons will eventually figure out more than a three word spell?
But it is enough to repair themselves.
Karen has a point here. All your plan depends in them getting mauled enough by the time they have to fight us

Now you see them, there is a middle-aged man with a short beard slightly frowning as he seems to argue with a floating lady and a big guy wearing a loincloth with two skulls orbiting his chest. Both the man with the beard and the lady are wearing lab coats, though.

Will you react to them? They seem to be coming from the other side of the room, but hiding behind the portal could make the funny red lights hide your presence.

PM

Well, while the chair stays there, you do more magic:

[Pot:2+2=4]
A golden line appears and draws a flail, from the spiky kind.

[Pot:3+2=5]
Now a mace is drawn.

[Pot:3+2=5]
And now a pile of wood appears in front of you.

You guess that this is useful information to have, probably to be killed before it becomes handy, but meh.

Everybody in the Greenhouse Room hears bones cracking beneath the floor, happening at the same time there is a slight movement oon the very substance you are putting your foots over. Bladr has been killed for being inactive.

A shadowy figure appears in the Arcane Room. For some reason it doesn't have neither a name nor appearance yet.

Character sheets

Spoiler: Elephant Parade (click to show/hide)

Name:Flimsy Wizard
Appearance:A frail-looking man in generic wizard robes.
Stats: +1
Str:0
Dex:1
Spd:0
Wil:0
End:0
Pot:6
Pol:3
Status effects:
-Left arm:
[Slightly mauled]
-Right arm:
[Slightly mauled]
-Torso:
[Mauled]
-Right leg:
[Slightly mauled]
Transformation status: Iron man!
[Smooth surface]
[Yields]
Inventory:
Location:NW hallway. South entrance.

Spoiler: Dermonster (click to show/hide)

Name:Derm
Appearance:I put on my robe and wizard hat.
Stats:+3
Str:1
Dex:2
Spd:1
Wil:0
End:1
Pot:2
Pol:5 (2)
Status effects:
Transformation status: Iron man!
[Smooth surface]
[Yields]
-Missing left foot!
-1 to dodging and similar acrobatic actions. You can still stand over the stump, though.
-Right foot is solid inert iron:
-1 to speed!
Inventory:
Location:Greenhouse Room. Center.

Spoiler: Bigf00t (click to show/hide)

Name: Bigf01t
Appearance: Generic science dude with a white robe resembling a lab coat.
Stats: +2
Str:1
Dex:2
Spd:0
Wil:1
End:1
Pot:3
Pol:3
Status effects:
-Left leg
[Slightly mauled]
Transformation status:Black Bio-Metal body
[Light]
[Yields]
[Soft]
[Naturally sharp]
Inventory:
-Chitin armplate on right arm:
[Smooth surface]
-Cloth rags: Will not make a tag for this, you know their uses.
-Paper: you know the drill
-Diamond morningstar:
[Blunt weapon]
[Heavy]
[Two-handed]
[Minor piercing]
Location:Greenhouse Room. West entrance.

Spoiler: GreatWyrmGold (click to show/hide)

Name:Dragon Knight
Appearance:"Who calls the Dragon Knight?"
Stats: +2
Str:3
Dex:1
Spd:1
Wil:0
End:3
Pot:1
Pol:2
Status effects:
-Left leg:
[Burned]
Transformation status:
Inventory:
-Golden hammer:
[Heavy]
Further -1 to dex with it until fixed
-Repair Golden ring
Location:Greenhouse Room. Center.

Spoiler: mastahcheese (click to show/hide)

Name: Cromwell Jackson
Appearance: A tall, lanky man
Stats:
Str:0
Dex:1
Spd:2
Wil:0
End:0
Pot:3
Pol:3
Status effects:
Transformation status:
Inventory:
Location:Greenhouse room. North entrance.

Spoiler: TCM (click to show/hide)

Name:Mako Man Andy Ravage
Appearance:A muscled fellow wearing a sparkling golden-and-red wrestling suit robe, rad party glasses and a sombrero.
Stats:
Str:3
Dex:3
Spd:1
Wil:1
End:1
Pot:0
Pol:0
Status effects:
[Dizziness]
[On ground]
Transformation status:
Inventory:
Location: Greenhouse Room. Center.

Spoiler: Roguearchivist (click to show/hide)

Name: Zolond
Appearance: A dark skinned man in a black robe and black pointy hat.
Stats:
Str: 0
Dex: 1
Spd: 1
Wil: 1
End: 0
Pot: 3
Pol: 3
Status effects:
Transformation status:
Inventory:
Location: Portal Room. West side.

Spoiler: Syvarris (click to show/hide)

Name:Placeholder
Appearance: Placeholder
Stats:
Str: 0
Dex: 3
Spd: 0
Wil: 0
End: 0
Pot: 3
Pol: 3
Status effects:
Transformation status:
Inventory:
Location: Arcane Room. Center

GM comments

Gently reminder for everybody, please PM me both the word and the code. It makes things really easier.

[Dermonster]

God dammit why can't me spells ever work.

[Bigf00t]

DO ma backup turn while I think...

With self-transformations, do they require a higher roll than any active transformation to take effect? I think my last one was a pot=7 or maybe 6 so I'd like to clarify this now, before I try something awkward later

[Tomcost]

With self-transformations, do they require a higher roll than any active transformation to take effect? I think my last one was a pot=7 or maybe 6 so I'd like to clarify this now, before I try something awkward later

Hmmm. You will have to try! Cue evil laugh