Topic the second of our little RPG adventure. Super quick recap for those who forgot something: We just entered the medium, titles were received, the mysterious ChannellingOrganizer explained much about the game, and everybody got shuffled into a different land.
Oh, and a crazy amount of rules editing happened, but hey, that's a detail. (PS the Weird Math **** has been fixed now).
By the way, if you're not a player and checked this topic out of curiosity, we are still taking in applicants. A lot of stuff has happened, but fortunately we have several recaps to help people get up to speed, as well as explanations of the world elements. If you're curious about what this is all about, just let us know and we'll be happy to explain!
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
Name: Gravitic Crush EP Value: 3 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 4 MP Effect: 1.0*MAG damage. Description: Massively increase the gravity of a specific point in space, crushing everything within. The most basic ability o a Hero of Space.
Name: Grave Endowment: Type A EP Value: 5 Target: Self MP Cost: 6 MP Effect: STR Up 25% (3 turns). Description: Imbue weapon with a weak gravitic pull, increasing the momentum of your blows by attracting your enemies to your weapon.
Name: Pull Them Under EP Value: 13 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: Every Other Turn) Effect: 1.0*STR damage + 40 point Seal (2 turns, Attacks Only) + Backlash (AGI Down, 12 points) . Description: Your assaults are so vicious you generate a zone of crushing gravity that prevents your opponent from retaliating. Unfortunately, all that gravity brings you down, too!
Name: Magnetic Collision EP Value: 7 Target: Enemy Fragmentation MP Cost: 12 MP Effect: 45 MAG damage. Description: Transform a foe into a magnetic personality. That is, make him the center of a gravity well that calls foes to him, smashing him to bits.
Name: Crushing Blow EP Value: 9 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 15 HP Effect: 60 STR Deadly damage (Charge Time: 1). Description: After intently concentrating, heavily increase the mass of your weapon to deliver a devastating blow. Though difficult to execute, this move is guaranteed to be a smashing success.
Name: Parallel Powercrush EP Value: 9 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 6 MP Effect: 1.5*MAG Siphoning (50%) damage. Description: Drain your foe of energy and beat him senseless at the same time. A very efficient maneuver.
Starsummons, Lesser:
Name: Stardust Spectacle EP Value: 7 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: No Cost (1 MP per Split, Cooldown: 1) Effect: 1.0*STR Combo damage (10 splits). Description: Summon the remnants of long-destroyed stars to assault the enemy.
Name: Nebula's Veil EP Value: 6 Target: Ally Fragmentation MP Cost: 5 MP Effect: 50 HP Barrier (double damage to secondary targets). Description: Cover the battlefield with a mist as hard to navigate as a nebula, which subtly redirects attacks aimed at your allies. May cause hallucinations and delusions of invincibility.
Name: Constellated Communion EP Value: 17 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: Variable Effect: Transfer 80% of chosen MP value to ally. Description: Work in alignment with your allies by donating your power to them. Some of it is lost in the transition, but the chance to relocate of resources can be the difference between life and death!
Name: Pulsar Lance EP Value: 10 Target: Enemy Group MP Cost: 12 MP Effect: 2.0*MAG damage (Charge Time: 1). Description: Pulverize enemies with a burst of compressed radiation. Boastful shouts and overly long attack names are heavily encouraged.
Name: Starwish EP Value: 11 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: Once Per Battle) Effect: LUK Up 250% (2 turns) Description: Wish upon a star, asking for its blessing. Receive said blessing in the form of the ability to inflict untold amounts of carnage.
Name: Stellar Strike EP Value: 12 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: 2) Effect: 2.0*STR Spectral damage Description: Call upon a star's energy to launch a powerful crescent wave of destruction.
Name: Life's Blossom EP Value: 3 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 5 MP Effect: 30 damage healed. Description: Bring a friend back from the brink of death with a touch. The most basic ability of a Hero of Life.
Name: Shining Rainbow EP Value: 7 Target: Ally Group MP Cost: 6 MP Effect: 1.0*MAG damage healed. Description: Create a rainbow of healing energy that bounces from player to player, healing each one in turn. Really pretty colors, to boot!
Name: Quicken Parasite EP Value: 9 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 8 MP Effect: 1.25*MAG damage + DEF Down (15 points, 2 turns) . Description: Stimulate the growth of deadly viruses within the target, causing his body to become wracked by disease. Who knew a cold could be so deadly?
Name: Life's Vigor EP Value: 7 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 7 HP Effect: 40 STR damage + Dual Tech. Description: Use your own lifeforce to fuel your attacks. A dangerous technique, but a highly effective one.
Name: Cleanse Disease EP Value: 8 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 25% Max MP + 4 MP Effect: 1.0*STR damage healed + 50 point Erase. Description: Purify an ally's body of harmful toxins and effects, restoring their vitality in the process.
Name: Positive Aegis EP Value: 6 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 10% Max HP Effect: Niche Protection 50% (Eldritch, 2 turns) Description: Use some of your vitality to create a potent shield against forces from the Furthest Ring and those touched by the Horrorterrors. Also functions as a great source of backup light in a pinch.
Necromasteries, Lesser:
Name: Death Dust EP Value: 9 Target: Enemy/Ally Fragmentation (50% chance of hitting allies) MP Cost: 7 MP + 3/Target Effect: 50 MAG damage + STR Down 10. Description: Scatter fragments of death to the winds, to seek living creatures to slay.
Name: Necrotic Burst EP Value: 10 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 40% Max HP Effect: 50 point Quicken. Description: Sacrifice some of your lifeforce to imbue an ally with it. After all, the only portion of your life energy that matters is your last.
Name: Leeching Transfer EP Value: 6 Target: Two Allies MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: 0) Effect: Target 1 loses X amount of HP. Target 2 regains X amount of HP. Description: Take life to give life. Warning: likely to induce mad cackling and delusions of godliness.
Name: Animate Minion EP Value: 10 Target: N/A MP Cost: 50% MP Effect: Creates an undead minion to do your bidding. The minion acts on your turn, and its stats are HP 60/60, STR 20, DEF/RES 10, LUK 0, AGI 0. It has no abilities, but may otherwise act normally. Description: You can't create life, but you sure can create a very convincing (if temporary) mockup.
Name: Mind Boil EP Value: 8 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 18 MP Effect: Weaken (2 turns) + RES Down 10 (2 turns). Description: Fill an enemy's mind with malevolent visions from the beyond that eat at his soul. Telepaths are advised not to scry into the mind of a target affected by this ability.
Name: Negative Aegis EP Value: 6 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 10% Max HP Effect: Niche Protection 50% (Mystical, 2 turns) Description: By sacrificing your life energy, conjure a shield of horrorterror-boosted power, capable of shutting down the attacks of Skaian emissaries. Also makes for a nice stealthing tool, in a pinch.
Name: Fury Swipe EP Value: 1 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 4 MP Effect: 1.0*STR Deadly damage. Description: Strike unerringly with righteous anger. The most basic skill of a Hero of Rage. Warning: Does not have a chance to produce multiple attacks.
Name: Brutal Affront EP Value: 12 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 12 HP (Per Counter, normal use is 6 HP) Effect: 1.5*STR damage . Description: If someone takes your eye, take both of his and then kick him in the shins as payback.
Name: Raging Grace EP Value: 8 Target: Enemy Group MP Cost: 19 HP. Effect: 50 MAG damage (Cannot be used on Turn 1). Description: Your blood spattered visage terrifies and shocks your enemies. When they see your handiwork, they realize you'll come for them, eventually, and their little dog too.
Name: Vicious Beatdown EP Value: 6 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 8 HP (9 HP on first Phantom Pain use, 10 HP on second use, etc. etc. etc.) Effect: 4d10 MAG damage + Dual Tech + Phantom Pain. Description: Sometimes there's no substitute for good old fisticuffs. And by good old fisticuffs, you mean punching the living daylights out of someone.
Name: Raging Triple Blow EP Value: 5 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 6 HP (1 HP per Split) Effect: 1.25*STR Deadly Combo damage (2 Splits). Description: No use beating around the bush. Or around your enemy, as the case may be: just hitting hard, fast, and often will do the trick.
Name: Temper Tantrum EP Value: 9 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: 1)/ 1 SP Effect: 80 STR damage. Description: Sometimes, you feel so annoyed you really just have to take your frustrations out on something or someone. Good thing you've got so many foes to face.
Angerdrives, Lesser:
Name: Burning Anger EP Value: 8 Target: Self MP Cost: 16 HP Effect: DMG Up 50% (2 turns). Description: Pump yourself up for some carnage. You came here to use abilities and kick some ass, and you're all out of abilities to use.
Name: Magnum Rage EP Value: 18 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 8 HP (20 HP on first Repeat, 32 HP on second Repeat) Effect: 1.5*STR Repeatable (2) damage . Description: Your body can't sustain the overwhelming effort you're asking of it for long - but neither can your enemy survive your brutal assault.
Name: Jointbreaker Edge EP Value: 6 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 5 HP. Effect: EVA Down 20 (2 turns). Description: You're not just good at indiscriminate carnage, you can do refined destruction too! By breaking a knee or slicing a hamstring, your enemy is crippled and left at your mercy.
Name: Battle Frenzy EP Value: 11 Target: N/A MP Cost: N/A|0 Effect: STR/MAG Up 5 (4 turns) on enemy kill. Stacks with itself, duration does not refresh. Description: Killing is your business, and you're damn good at business.
Name: Lunatic Bargain EP Value: 7 Target: Self MP Cost: 6 HP (Per Turn) Effect: DEF Up 8 (6 Turns) + RES Up 8 (6 Turns). Description: Protection from harm in exchange for your life. Clearly, this is a very, very good deal.
Angerdrives, Greater
Name: Eternal Fury EP Value: 10 Target: Self MP Cost: 50% Max MP Effect: When reduced to 0 HP by an attack, trigger to set HP to 1 instead. Description: Your all-consuming rage is unstoppable. Neither grievous wounds, nor massive psychic damage will prevent you from finishing the fight. These ****ers are going down.
Name: Mysterious Maneuver EP Value: 3 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 4 MP Effect: 28 STR damage + 28 MAG damage. Description: Overwhelm foe with a confounding mixed assault. The most basic ability of a Hero of Mystery
Name: Confounding Defense EP Value: 7 Target: Single Enemy/Self MP Cost: 25% Max MP Effect: 2.0*MAG damage + Cannot attack or be attacked (1 Turn). Description: Strike an enemy and create an impassable barrier that resists every attack to protect yourself from retaliation. The problem is, your own attacks can't pass through the barrier either!
Name: Armor-Piercing Question EP Value: 8 Target: Enemy Group MP Cost: 13 MP. Effect: 30 MAG damage + RES Down 8 (2 turns). Description: Strike at the enemy's mind by uncovering a deep dilemma they have no solution to, knocking them off-balance.
Name: Puzzling Shot EP Value: 6 Target: Enemy Fragmentation (50% Chance of Friendly Fire) MP Cost: 13 HP Effect: 6d10 MAG Spectral damage. Description: Unleash a burst of dark energy that deals severe damage...the catch is, you won't know what its effects will be, and who it will affect.
Name: Lifting of the Veil EP Value: 11 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: 1) Effect: 1.75*MAG Siphoning 25% damage + 15% chance of Deductive Dweomer. Description: Perform a flexible attack, looking for the exact way to defeat the enemy with a single blow.
Occultalents, Lesser
Name: Piercing The Shroud EP Value: 7 Target: Self MP Cost: N/A Effect: Once per turn, 25% chance to divine the result of any single roll before it occurs. Description: Diving deep into the currents of mystery, ascertain how a highly unpredictable even will go. Not likely to work when trying to win the lottery.
Name: Random Determinism EP Value: 11 Target: N/A|All MP Cost: N/A Effect: Every turn, automatically increase the probability of a positive event happening by 10%, permanently. The possibility of a negative event happening also increases by 10%. Once a positive event happens, the probability resets to its default value, as does the negative probability when a negative event happens. Description: Things happen around you. Strange things. And you can't escape them forever. On the plus side, those strange things occasionally come in handy.
Name: Mysterious Ways EP Value: 10 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 75% Max MP. Effect: Counter: One enemy action does not happen. You lose your next turn and the one after that. Description: A direct overdose of dark energy causes an opponent to hesitate, allowing your allies to strike...but Mystery being what it is, you must pay a price for your intervention.
Name: Unexpected Turn of Events EP Value: 5 Target: Self MP Cost: N/A Effect: One beneficial effect becomes a different, equally valuable type of beneficial effect. Description: Your attack couldn't possibly fail, but it did. Good thing your enemy's did, too, and he broke his neck when he tripped while doing so.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
What's the time commitment like these days? If it's still an every Saturday thing I probably shouldn't sign up but if it's changed somehow then eh maybe
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Tombolo is apparently using windows atm! Maybe BlAcK TuRtLe is too!
From: Tom Bombadil | #015 What's the time commitment like these days? If it's still an every Saturday thing I probably shouldn't sign up but if it's changed somehow then eh maybe
Saturday is the big meetup day, but these days we play pretty much whenever. Right now we're cooling out while I crank out Elementskills for everybody, but that's gonna change soon since I'm working through them at a decent clip.
From: Tom Bombadil | #015 What's the time commitment like these days? If it's still an every Saturday thing I probably shouldn't sign up but if it's changed somehow then eh maybe
saturday's the main day, but we play anytime there are enough people knocking around to advance things
edit: beaten to the punch
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bad advice http://www.last.fm/user/snowcampsoldier
From: Viktor Vaughn | #014 guess who gets to roll 30 dice for one attack
this guy
yea what ever yuo cant do it that much any way
From: Tom Bombadil | #015 What's the time commitment like these days? If it's still an every Saturday thing I probably shouldn't sign up but if it's changed somehow then eh maybe
a new challenger to the title of derpiest character has appeared???
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"Oh God, maplejet's trying to be cool again. I'll call the ambulance." - Wylvane [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE]
a new challenger to the title of derpiest character has appeared???
Also Magnum Rage can pump out even more insane damage if you don't mind the whole "blargh i are dead" thing and the enemy isn't an unkillable iron wall.
From: Viktor Vaughn | #014 guess who gets to roll 30 dice for one attack
this guy
guess who has an attack with a higher average damage than that
this guy
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
Well, 22d12 + 2 is 80 BP itself. Each dice is 3 BP, so (3 * 22) BP, plus 3 die size upgrades (3 * 4), plus 2. So it's no more expensive than your scaling dice attack.
However, you can outdo me easily. Just buy 5 fractions instead of six.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
I can't help it. Spoilers, the true domain of Mystery is Mathemagic.
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
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"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero." -Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick
Because I am inspired, time to see what kind of lame (awesome) powers Heart has.
Heartbreakers, Lesser:
Name: The Power of Love EP Value: 3 Target: Single Enemy/Single Ally MP Cost: 6 MP Effect: 0.75*MAG damage + 0.75*MAG damage healed. Description: Help an ally stand with your kind touch and support, and smash the bastard who did that to him in the first place. No credit card needed to buy this skill.
Name: Heartseeker EP Value: 5 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 6 MP Effect: 1.5*STR damage . Description: Fire an arrow bound to strike its target down from a bow with the color of a cherry tree's blossoms. Poking allies with it is unlikelyo help make any friends.
Name: Heart of Stone EP Value: 6 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: No Cost (Cooldown: 3) Effect: DEF Up 8 points (2 turns) + RES Up 4 points (2 turns). Description: Past experiences leave scars. On the heart, those scars stop anything from getting through.
Name: Care Stare EP Value: 9 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 10 HP Effect: 2.0*MAG (Charge Time: 1) + Niche Dismantling 25% (Mystical). Description: Love hurts. When you hit a poor sap with a beam of pure love, it hurts bad.
Name: Heal The Heartache EP Value: 8 Target: Single Ally MP Cost: 12.50% Max HP (Per Turn, must be able to pay the full cost) Effect: Regeneration 10% (4 turns). Description: Every wound heals. By taking in your ally's pain, you mend his wounds.
Name: Whole-Hearted Attack EP Value: 10 Target: Single Enemy MP Cost: 5 MP Effect: 1.25*STR+MAG Deadly damage + Dual Tech Description: Give this attack your all. Use every ounce of pain and sadness you've felt as motivation to completely trash your enemy.
Soulbonds, Lesser
Name: Amity of Alliance EP Value: 5 Target: N/A MP Cost: N/A Effect: Increase the effect of heals and barriers by 15% when used as part of a Dual Tech. Description: Work together with your friends to achieve great results. Combined, your efforts are equal to more than the sum of their parts.
Name: We're All In This Together EP Value: 18 Target: N/A MP Cost: N/A Effect: For double the usual cost of a Dual Tech, a character with no Dual Techs may participate in a team attack (or start one). This cost stacks per player additively, so triple price is paid if two characters with no Dual Techs participate, quadruple price for three, etc. This includes the Hero of Heart if he doesn't use a Dual Tech to participate. You must be present at the battle to provide this ability. Description: The connections between your allies have become amazingly deep. You begin to act as a team on instinct, with you as the lynchpin.
Name: I Fight For My Friends EP Value: 9 Target: Self MP Cost: None. Effect: When an ally reaches 25% health or less, POW Up 25% (3 turns). This bonus can stack with itself, but the same player cannot trigger it two turns in a row. Description: When the lives of those you trust are on the line, you never hesitate - with a stirring shout and a masterful strike, you dive into the fray.
Name: Soul Brothers/Soul Sisters EP Value: 10 Target: Self/Single Ally MP Cost: 100% Max MP Effect: Combines HP pools of ability user and target same-gender character until the end of the battle. Until the combined pool drops to 0, both characters will be able to fight normally. May be used more than once, if used on a different target. Multitarget healing abilities heal 50% less for each player after the first. Description: You've got a deep connection to one of your fellow players. As long as he or she is game, so are you.
Did you not expect me to bust out the puns and jokes? I've been doing that for every element! Stellar Strike, Pull Them Under, Mind Boil...this ain't a new thing!
EDIT: And you missed the biggest joke, Soul Sisters. You know, like the gals of Creole Lady Marmalade?
Stellar Strike is just a general joke ("An impresive blow!"). Pull Them Under is a reference to Dream Theater's Pul Me Under, and Mind Boil is a disease in D&D. Generally, almost every skill has at least one reference, in keeping with the MSPA tradition. :P