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[Tomasque]

 Sl4cker

Spoiler: Hell's Spite (click to show/hide)

Duration: 1 turncycle
Target: Allied (non-king) piece
Range: Board
Uses: 1/ 3 turns
Action Type: Free action
Announced: Full reveal except piece it’s used on
Effect: Any piece that captures target piece is also captured.

    Cost: 25

Spoiler: Reincarnation (click to show/hide)

Duration: 1 turncycle
Target: Allied piece
Range: Board
Uses: 1/ 3 turns
Action Type: Free action
Announced: Full reveal except piece it’s used on
Effect: If the target piece is captured, it is returned to the spot it last occupied. If that spot is occupied by another piece, it is placed in the nearest (random) unoccupied spot. It cannot capture next turn.

    Cost: 35

Spoiler: Young Skeleton (click to show/hide)

Duration: N/A
Target: N/A
Range: N/A
Uses: N/A
Action Type: N/A
Announced: N/A
Effect: In addition to the King, you start with a young skeleton piece in the 1st row from the back. It can move one space forward per turn, but can move 2 spaces on the first turn. It cannot capture, but it can move diagonally-forward if something is blocking it. Promotes to Skeleton Knight. Skeleton Knight can move 2 spaces cardinally and 1 space diagonally.

    Cost: 5

 H4zardZ1

Spoiler: Static Beam (click to show/hide)

Duration: The turncycle.
Target: Any directions from this player's King(vertical, horizontal or diagonal).
Range: Direction chosen.
Uses: Infinite, 2 turn cycle cooldown.
Action Type: Free Action, renders this player unable to use abilities the same turn this ability was activated.
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Causes the first piece that is hit by the beam be unable to be moved, change their moves with, or force to move with abilities. This still allows normal movement.

    Cost: 25

Spoiler: Shock (click to show/hide)

Duration: The turncycle.
Target: Any directions from this player's King(vertical, horizontal or diagonal).
Range: The line of the direction chosen.
Uses: Infinite, 2 turn cycle cooldown.
Action Type: Free Action, renders this player unable to use abilities the same turn this ability was activated.
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Any piece that stands within the range of this ability will be unable to move, except with abilities. If this causes a piece that is forced to move to become unable to move, the player who had the piece will be forced to use an ability to do that, or if there is none, lose a turn.

    Cost: 35

Spoiler: Gateway (click to show/hide)

Duration: Permanent until destroyed.
Target: Queen Spot.
Range: Board.
Uses: Once per game
Action Type: Automatic action (3rd turn). If it cannot be cast at the time it should be cast(target is occupied, etc.), it is cast when it can be cast.
Announced: Ability usage and placement. Fully revealed when the gateway is fully open.
Effect: See Action Type. Summons a gateway at the target. The gateway cannot move normally. The gateway will fully open two turns after it is cast. As a turn action, the gateway can summon things around the gateway.
Gateway summoning mechanic:
Upon gateway full opening or summoning piece from gateway: Cannot summon anything
1~2 This player's turns after above: Pawn(Original)
3 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight(Original)
4 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight/Bishop(Original)
5~6 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight/Bishop/Rook(Original)
7+ This player's turns after above: Knight/Queen(Original)

    Cost: 40

[H4zardZ1]

Spoiler: Whole list. (click to show/hide)

Duration: Until destroyed.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/5 turns, 2 per game
Action Type: Turn action/Free action. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Summons a pylon. The pylon cannot move, except with abilities. For a 4 turn cycle cooldown, the player that has this pylon can teleport one of their pieces next to the pylon. This pylon cannot be teleported this way.
Will the teleportation itself be a turn action / free action?

    Cost: 25/35

Duration: 9 turn cycles, or is destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/5 turns, 2 uses per game.
Action Type: Turn action. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced: At start of the game and usage, but not pylon ability.
Effect: Summons a pylon. The pylon cannot move, except with abilities. This pylon can be made to look like some other piece, without their movement or ability. For the turn this was activated, the player who has this Pylon can swap places with the piece that looks the same.


 Cost: 20

Duration: 5 turn cycles, or is destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/5 turns, 2 uses per game.
Action Type: Turn actions. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Summons a Pylon. The pylon cannot move, except with abilities. For any ability the enemy player casts other than summoning, it gains 1 Charge. Once it is destroyed, it makes any piece that doesn't look like a king unable to move for Charge/2 turns rounded down, except with abilities. If this causes a piece that is forced to move to become unable to move, the player who had the piece will be forced to use an ability to do that, or if there is none, lose a turn.
Note: If a piece cannot be moved because of stasis, the player's turn won't end if it cannot-but-must move. This prevents a Unstable Pylon + Gravity Pylon + Stasis combo.

    Cost: 30

Duration: 9 turn cycles, or is destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/5 turns, 2 uses per game
Action Type: Turn Action. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Summons a pylon. The pylon cannot move, except with abilities. All pieces within 3 tiles of where this pylon is that isn't moved, ability or not, will be moved towards the pylon; If this causes a piece to go into place with another piece, one of those pieces is captured at random. This won't cause pieces to capture the pylon.


    Cost: 30

Duration: 3 turn cycle, or is destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/5 turns, 2 uses per game.
Action Type: Turn action. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Summons a pylon. The pylon cannot move, except with abilities. The turn it is destroyed, the tiles where the pylon is and around the pylon will become a Ruin piece; If a piece is in a place where the ruin piece will appear, the ruin piece will not appear there. The ruin piece cannot move, except with abilities. The ruin piece must be captured to move though, but abilities can either target it or go though it as if it were nothing.


    Cost: 15

Duration: 3 turncycles
Target:Piece
Range:Board
Uses:1/3 turns
Action Type:Free Action. Prevents any usage of pylon abilities for the next turn (except the gravity pylon).
Announced:Usage and Target "[Player] casts *unknown ability* at [target Piece] in [target Piece location]", Explosion "[Piece] explodes, killing [pieces] OR nothing(if there is nothing destroyed except for the piece destroyed)"
Effect:If the targeted piece is destroyed while this ability is still active, it explodes, destroying everything around the piece and where the piece used to be(if it is captured). For abilities that affects abilities, this is considered harmful.

Cannot affect pieces that is destroyed when it captures/tries to capture something.


    Cost: 50
Shock
Duration: The turncycle.
Target: Any directions from this player's King(vertical, horizontal or diagonal).
Range: The line of the direction chosen.
Uses: Infinite, 2 turn cycle cooldown.
Action Type: Free Action, renders this player unable to use abilities the same turn this ability was activated.
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Any piece that stands within the range of this ability will be unable to move, except with abilities. If this causes a piece that is forced to move to become unable to move, the player who had the piece will be forced to use an ability to do that, or if there is none, lose a turn.

    Cost: 35

Spring Trap
Duration: Permanent until stepped on or destroyed by an ability(somehow).
Target: An empty tile.
Range: 3 tiles.
Uses: 1/4 turns
Action Type: Turn action
Announced: Ability usage and range of the ability, but not the name, the placement and the effect of the ability itself.
Effect: When an enemy piece stepped on the tile, it forces the piece to move in a random direction. It is dependent of the maximum distance the piece it can travel(this includes any blocked tiles); A enemy King, for example, can only move a single tile with this ability.

    Cost: 15

Projected Rod
Duration: Until destruction, or after the enemy's second turn this piece was summoned(but before this player's third turn) if it isn't destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: Adjacent tile.
Uses: 1/4 turns, 4 per game
Action Type: Turn action.
Announced: Ability usage, Ability name and Ability placement. The Ability effect is revealed after the rod explodes or at the enemy's second turn this piece was summoned.
Effect: Summons a rod. The rod cannot move,
except with abilities. Upon the destruction of the rod piece, it explodes, killing every piece(this includes friendly ones) next to the rod and any piece where the rod used to be. The enemy wins if this player's King is destroyed this way, and vice versa.

    Cost: 15

Spark
Duration: Until destroyed, tries to capture or after 6 turns.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: Adjacent tile.
Uses: 1/4 turns
Action Type: Turn Action
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effects: Summons a Spark. It can move like a Knight and a King, stunning anything that captures or anything the spark tries to capture(enemy pieces only) for 3-((Spark lifetime turncycle-2)/2 rounded up).. Abilities that are normally blocked with pieces are not blocked by the spark. How is the "paralyze" effect announced?

    Cost: 20

Bright Rod
Duration: Until destruction, or at two turncycles if it isn't destroyed before then.
Target: An empty tile.
Range: Adjacent square.
Uses: 1/4 turns, 4 per game
Action Type: Turn action
Announced: Ability usage, Ability name and Ability placement.
Effect: Summons a rod. The rod cannot move, except with abilities. This rod renders tiles around the rod, and the tile where is the rod be unable to be seen(simply a pure white). The turn it is destroyed, the bright light will expand to two tiles around the rod before fading, revealing the tiles.

    Cost: 20

Repelling Wave
Duration: Instant.
Target: Tile.
Range: 3 tiles (+origin)
Uses: 1/4 turns.
Action Type: Turn action.
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Any piece next to the targeted tile is pushed away from the tile. If a piece will be captured because of this, it is pushed out of the tile instead of captured. The piece at the targeted tile is unaffected.

    Cost: 15

Static Beam
Duration: The turncycle.
Target: Any directions from this player's King(vertical, horizontal or diagonal).
Range: Direction chosen.
Uses: Infinite, 2 turn cycle cooldown.
Action Type: Free Action, renders this player unable to use abilities the same turn this ability was activated.
Announced: At start of the game and usage.
Effect: Causes the first piece that is hit by the beam be unable to be moved, change their moves with, or force to move with abilities. This still allows normal movement.

    Cost: 25

Corona
Duration: While cast.
Target: Piece.
Range: Board.
Uses: 1/ turn
Action Type: Channeled(Used continuously) Free action, renders this player unable to use abilities the as long as this ability was activated.
Announced: Ability usage (but not the name).
Effect: Causes the target to glow with the piece's color. It doesn't do anything harmful nor beneficial in any way. Due to this ability's channeled and single-targeting nature, the effect of this ability will disappear in a turncycle if copied and if dispelled it will disappear the same turncycle it was dispelled.

    Cost: 15

Gateway
Duration: Permanent until destroyed.
Target: Queen Spot.
Range: Board.
Uses: Once per game
Action Type: Automatic action (3rd turn). If it cannot be cast at the time it should be cast(target is occupied, etc.), it is cast when it can be cast.
Announced: Ability usage and placement. Fully revealed when the gateway is fully open.
Effect: See Action Type. Summons a gateway at the target. The gateway cannot move normally. The gateway will fully open two turns after it is cast. As a turn action, the gateway can summon things around the gateway.
Gateway summoning mechanic:
Upon gateway full opening or summoning piece from gateway: Cannot summon anything
1~2 This player's turns after above: Pawn(Original)
3 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight(Original)
4 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight/Bishop(Original)
5~6 This player's turns after above: Pawn/Knight/Bishop/Rook(Original)
7+ This player's turns after above: Knight/Queen(Original)

    Cost: 40

Break
Duration: Instant.
Target: Enemy piece.
Range: Adjacent.
Uses: 1/ turn
Action Type: Free Action.
Announced: Ability usage.
Effect: Target piece becomes a Ruin piece, destroying it at the same time. The ruin piece cannot normally move.

    Cost: 30

Shatter
Duration: Instant.
Target: All adjacent enemy pieces.
Range: Adjacent.
Uses: 1/ 4 turns
Action Type: Free action.
Announced: Ability usage.
Effect: Any enemy piece within range will become a Ruin piece, destroying it at the same time. The ruin piece cannot normally move.

    Cost: 25

[RoseHeart]

If you are starting to get the hang of this Mr. T, a bit of a guide might help.

Such as the top ways to cut the cost of ability. Such as I know you love chaos and things that can harm both players.

And what makes the cost go up the most. So far it seems to be simply having information that your opponent doesn't.

More of a breakdown, even if you change it when you need to revise it, a breakdown of some kind into some of these things could help expedite the process and get you to abilities that are easier to score and run. My 2¢

[Tomasque]

I don't know if I can really think of a list, but one of the things that really spikes the price of an ability is if it could be combined with another ability that is available to you to into something really powerful. A good way to lower the price of any ability is to give it a cooldown.

[RoseHeart]

Thank you. I bet if you push yourself you could come up with a top 5 price increase things and top 5 price decreasing list and that would really be enough.

Also making such a list will help you to remember to be more consistent making you more fair a judge. Just making these comments as a game designer and things that helped me!

[FallacyofUrist]

Let's get this game started!

[Felissan]

In the meantime, I'll join the waitlist.

[Tomasque]

 I'm sorry, but I just don't have the time to run this any longer. Of all the games I run, this one requires the most frequent updates, and - during ability creation - the most work. I want to run another game soon, and I'll be unable to run it while I'm as bogged down as I am. If anyone wants to take over this game, feel free. I'll even provide a link to the Google Doc with all the previous abilities to those that wish to use it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PWG1EEe3omKvEMl-67sjdY6Ci4RkA0PIgzUo1Qg2OEo/edit?usp=sharing

[crazyabe]

...Can't open it, you did use a Share link thing right?

[Tomasque]

 I fixed the link. It should also approve people automatically.