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[Armok]

Ok, what about Romantic, Obsessive, Loyal?

[forsaken1111]

Ok, what about Romantic, Obsessive, Loyal?

He's stealth-updated his last post so... doesn't matter.

[Evil Marahadja]

Ok, what about Romantic, Obsessive, Loyal?

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And who updated?

[forsaken1111]

Ok, what about Romantic, Obsessive, Loyal?

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And who updated?

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Everyone seems pretty keen to get into the actual necromancy but I still have some stuff I want to get out of the way first so hang in there.

I thought about it and giving you three words to sum up the personality of the spirit is a bit too easily exploitable. I might drop it down to one or make it detract from the spirits actual power somehow to balance things out.

So the 3 words thing isn't going to happen. Lets focus on what to say to father.

I'd suggest telling him we just lost track of time.

[BunnyBob77]

If you don't want us to always choose the same personality traits, maybe you could make it so that we choose one and can add additional, but every extra one we add also results in another random trait being added.  That would balance things a bit and could end up having interesting personality combinations.

[Evil Lincoln]

Turn 5:

Mayard: "I uh, tried to get a job as a tax reviewer to help the family. And then I lost track of time..."

He's not buying it:

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Oh No!

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Mah: "Have some soup Mayard."

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Phew, saved by the old lady. Curse your emotions, always getting in the way of your ability to lie.

The smell of the soup makes you remember that you are hungry, Your hunger bar appears! If it reaches 0 you'll probabley just drop dead.

Pa: "Alright, I know your lying but we have more important things to talk about."
Mayard: "Huh?"
Pa: "Winter is coming soon. We are worried that we won't have enough food to feed us all. Me and your Mother have decided that it's about time you left home. Your brother and sister both left at your age so it's both fair and practical that you leave home and make your own way in the world. You have some money and a home thanks to Olof so we are sure you will be able to survive."
Mah: "I'm sorry Mayard, but i'm sure you see why we have to do this."

Oh wow, your being kicked out.


Author Notes:

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If you don't want us to always choose the same personality traits, maybe you could make it so that we choose one and can add additional, but every extra one we add also results in another random trait being added.  That would balance things a bit and could end up having interesting personality combinations.

That is almost identical to what I thought today. The only real difference is that I was going to put a limit of 2 words on there. But I had a thought now that might work out better since it's less an absolute personality thing and more a description thing.

Words will effect dialog but they will also effect the stats of the spirit. Things like making them couragous might give them a strength boost during combat, loyal might make them take less power to keep under control and logical might give them more autonomy. So it's not like giving them Loyal will make them your servant forever no matter what.

Since the words are mostly flavour/stat things it might not be necessary for me to add on random words, maybe i'll throw in extra words in on a whim.

I might also have a rule about not using the same words twice, that could lead to some interesting combos.

So yeah, 2 words is confirmed and i'm not going to change it so you can plan around that. But some stuff is still a little in the air.

[Armok]

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[forsaken1111]

It seems I have severely over estimated your ability to make a system interesting from an RP perspective. What about, you know, make personality traits affect their PERSONALITY? Courageous makes the less likely to run away, loyal makes them less likely to betray whoever they are loyal to, and not have a gamey system of magical mind control but actual have them be PEOPLE who if they do, do what you say due to an actual motivation? [/rant]

Wow, you posted in someone else's game just to insult their ability to make the game interesting? Why not just... you know.. stop playing? Seems like a dick move. He's only done a few updates so far, we don't even know the rules governing the system yet for god's sake.

If you can do a better job, go make your own game. I'm enjoying this so far and hope your post doesn't cause Lincoln to lose interest.

For my part, I suggest we quietly pack our things and ask mother if we can still visit from time to time. Accept it, Mayard is a man now and its time for him to go out on his own. Also this will make experimentation much easier in isolation.

[Armok]

I'm mainly pissed about him abandoning his other two games. This subforum has to many, to similar games to this one right now.

[forsaken1111]

Eh, the sense of entitlement you seem to have is staggering. Nobody is paying him to do this, he is putting time into them voluntarily. You have no right to free entertainment and no right to be pissed off when free entertainment is removed. People make games like this because they enjoy doing it, not for Armok's enjoyment, and they have no obligation to continue them at all.

[Evil Marahadja]

Eh, the sense of entitlement you seem to have is staggering. Nobody is paying him to do this, he is putting time into them voluntarily. You have no right to free entertainment and no right to be pissed off when free entertainment is removed. People make games like this because they enjoy doing it, not for Armok's enjoyment, and they have no obligation to continue them at all.

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[Evil Lincoln]

Turn 7: What do you mean we skipped a number?

Mayard: "Can I still come back sometimes?
Mah: "Of course, we st-"
Pa: "Just don't make a habit out of it, and don't expect free meals either."

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Looks like Dug and Eralis heard what you were talking about. Mah goes over to explain what is going on.

You feel that soup replenish your hunger bar.

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Pa: "Good luck out there son."
Mayard: "You too Pa."

You would normaly be crying, but this is actually pretty great, now that you aren't tied down it will probabley be much easier to practice your dark arts. It would probabley be best to slip out now, leave the kids to your parents and get back to that heart as soon as possible.

Author Notes:

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If anyone wants to know why Mah has a 'h' and Pa doesn't, then don't ask me because I have no idea.

Still thinking about the spirit thing. It's a bit weird because they aren't people and they are under your control but you still want the personalities to come into effect. So I think i'm going to keep the stat bonuses because then you can't game the system in a sense because then the system is meant to be gamed. But as to actual behavioural things i'm still thinking about it. It's mainly down to having a system that is both interesting and something that won't be a pain to track when you have lots of guys.

I probabley won't actualy know until the update when you choose.

[forsaken1111]

Say your goodbyes and return to the cottage.

Create a spirit and bind it to the bones. The spirit should be Loyal to you and Determined.

[NRDL]

Say your goodbyes and return to the cottage.

Create a spirit and bind it to the bones. The spirit should be Loyal to you and Determined.

Seems like a solid plan.  +1

[Evil Lincoln]

Turn 8: When poop gets real.

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You put the firewood and axe down and leave.

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It's gotten a bit darker since you you arrived. At least you can still see.

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Ahh, shack sweet shack. Well lets get started with this necromancy already.

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You start by drawing the required patterns on the ground in the blood from the heart.

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Then you arrange the bones in the center.

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You begin the unholy chants, the circle begins to glow.

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Oh my god, your actualy doing it, the essence of the spirit has appeared, it is time to shape it as you will.


The heart contained: 24 Spiritual Energy. Distribute them amongst the 3 attributes:

Constitution: Each point added will give the spirit 1 extra health on top of the base health of it's body.

Strength: Each point will allow the spirit to use melee weapons more effectively.

Dexterity: Each point will allow the spirirt to use ranged weapons more effectively. Also increases the spirit's chance to block with melee weapons.


You must also pick a primary and a secondary word. These words will effect the spirits behaviour and may give a bonus to some stats. Unless you concentrate your thoughts perfectly there is a chance that an extra word will be added.
>___________   >__________


Author Notes:

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Okay, the words will give bonuses to some stats and effect theur actions. But they can't act against your orders or harm you without permission. Also just in case i havn't made it clear (which I am sure I haven't) the body the spirit inhabits and the spirit are two seperate things. The body will provide the base stats and the spirit will add it's own on. You'll be able to transfer spirits between bodies with a ritual if you want.

As you learn more more attributes will become available so skeletal mages aren't out quite yet.

That skeleton is probabley a bit certainly really inaccurate.

And i messed up with one of the panels so the room is really bright for no reason.