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[GreatWyrmGold]

So why didnt you put this in roll to dodge?

Why indeed.

I started a game called Infinimicon: A Game of Magic Unknown, which hasn't been getting much traffic recently. In part to run a similar game with hopefully more traffic, and in part to GM a fun game, I started this.

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Spoiler: THE FINITE ARENA (click to show/hide)

It seems donjon doesn't keep these neat caches up for long. [EXPLETIVE REDACTED]

The Finite Arena is formed of five rooms.
All rooms are cool, with natural cavern walls covered in magical lights and flagstone-covered floors.
1-A curved room, with three doors and a bronze statue almost 100 feet tall taking a notable stance in the middle of the room.
2-A cavernous room with a black pool in the middle. Near the black pool is a clear crystal pool.
3-A two-doored room, fifteen feet square and full of provisions. It's the spawn room.
4-A somewhat larger room with a single door.
5-A room with a door, an archway, and a pattern of red stones on the floor.
6-That corridor to the right is big enough for its own number. It's long, twisty, and connects rooms 2 and 5.

Room 1 is big and to the north; it connects pretty directly to 3 and 5.
Room 2 is big and to the south; it connects to 3, 4, and 6.
Room 3 is pretty small and at the center of the arena; it connects to rooms 1 and 2.
Room 4 is barely larger than 3; it only connects to 2, through a door in the south.
Room 5 is about the size of Room 4, maybe a bit bigger. It connects to 1 and 6.
Room 6 is a longish twisted corridor to the east, which connects 1 and 5.

Spoiler: Incomprehensible GM Notes about the Arena (click to show/hide)

Room1 Treasure: Minor Magical Item
Room2 Treasure: 2Min1Med
Room4 Treasure: None

Spoiler: More Comprehensible Notes (click to show/hide)

Room 1-Hollow Arrow Sphere
Room 2-Calf wandering around. ABCD standing. Glowing Talon on the ground near the door to Room 4. Fist-sized chunk of basalt. The Warped Blade. Near pool, JavieRobe and Wand of Javier
Room 3-Sword damage to map. Some swords lying around.
Room 4-Clear Slab on floor.
Room 5-Derihander of Venificus, Snazzy Blue Shirt w/ Bracelet of Frank and Ring of Frank Bone on it
Room 6-Glassman Wheel

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Characters

Spoiler: Who Are You? (click to show/hide)

You wound up transported to a magical arena, with a book/scroll/document full of 102 magical words. Other than that, it's up to you.

Spoiler: Character Creation (click to show/hide)

Name: Seriously, does anyone NOT know what this is?
Description: Long or short.
Bio: Ditto.

Attributes: These can be +, -, or =. + is obviously better than = is obviously better than -. For each +, you must have a -. You cannot have more than two +'s or -'s for any given attribute.
Agility: Gives bonuses or penalties for dodging, ranged attacks, and initiative.
Mind: Gives bonuses or menalties to mental actions.
Power: Gives bonuses or penalties for spellcasting.
Strength: Gives bonuses or penalties for melee attacks and feats of strength. Also impacts pool.
Toughness: Gives bonuses or penalties to not dying. Also impacts pool.

Inventory: Clothes of some sort (non-armor), a number of inconsequential items, some form of storage for the info, one magical item. (You choose what the magical item is, I choose what it does.)

Spoiler: Character List (click to show/hide)

Sirius Nott (scapheap) [2nd]
Agility +
Mind -
Power+
Strength -
Toughness +
Pool: 4/4
Inventory:
-Tattered Robes
--CatBrush
--Wallet
--SmartPhone of Sirius
---Word List
--The Key of Nott
--Sharp Curved Bone Dagger

Joachim Druker (TopHat)
Agility +
Mind +
Power -
Strength -
Endurance =
Pool: 1/1
Inventory:
-Hat
-Monocle (misspelled)
-Fancy Suit
--Book
---Wordlist
--Druker Family Pocketwatch
-Mysterious Pocketwatch
-Crystal Lookingglass

Sirkku (Emral282)
Agility =
Mind =
Power ++
Strength -
Toughness -
Pool: 1/3
Inventory:
-Blue Shirt
--Old Book
---Word List
-Black Pants
-Gloves of Sirkku
-Silken Sack of Arnok Calistora
--The Arrow Greatsword
-The Blade of Grass

Kletus Ivan Arrick (kilakan) [2nd]
Agility ++
Mind -
Power =
Strength ++
Toughness --
Pool: 3/3
Inventory:
-Plaid Long-sleeved Shirt
--Beaverskin-Bound Book
---Word List
-Red Gown
-Jeans
--Belt
---Northern Flask
----Maple Syrup Liquor
---Kletus's Canadian Cudgel
-Black Leather Boots
-Little Glass Men (3)
-Glassman Wheel
Effects: Canadian Power

Chauncey the Bold (penguinofhonor)
Agility: +
Mind: =
Power: --
Strength: -
Toughness: ++
Pool: 0/2
Inventory:
-Robe (fine and purple)
--Long Scroll
-Mage's Quill

Rand (superBLAST)
Agility: ++
Mind: --
Power: =
Strength: --
Toughness: ++
Pool: 2/3
Inventory:
-Black Hoodie
--Smart Phone
---Word List
--Pocketwatch
-Khakis
--Pocketknife
--Quill
--Leather journal
---Word List
-Orb of Rand
-Amulet of Venificus
-Dwarven Glove
-Soul Striker

Spoiler: Waitlist (click to show/hide)

Rand (reply 48)
Mefi (reply 60)
Rose Lalonde (reply 95)
Jaqueline Shadowweave (reply 105)
Razdak (reply 109)

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Rules

Spoiler: General (click to show/hide)

Standard RtD rules of failure or success.
Chunky Salsa damage.
More notes will be added here later.

Spoiler: Spellcasting (click to show/hide)

You have a Pool score. It starts at 3; add 1 for each of Power, Strength, or Toughness that you have a + in, subtract 1 for each you have a minus in. Pool is spent casting spells.
To cast a spell, you muse make a Power roll and a Control roll. Add or subtract a number for your Power for the Power roll, and a number equal to your Mind for your Control roll. Something happens. If you survive it, you lose a point of Pool for each separate word used.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Personally, I suggest spells.
Fairly simple. Roll for the attacks, roll for the dodging, something happens.

Spoiler: Killing (click to show/hide)

Killing someone makes their magical and other items free for the taking.
It also gives you a bit of Experience. It costs XP equal to your current level to advance in level. Killing someone gives you as many XP as their level. Killing someone doesn't give you as much XP if they're significantly lower-level than you, and gives much more if they're higher-leveled; for each 3 levels they are behind you, halve the XP gain, and for each 3 ahead of you, double it. XP is split amongst people who helped deal the final blows; keep up the good work in combat, and you get a share of the XP.
When you get a new level, you increase an Attribute, and get a free magic item! Cool, no?

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Magical Notes

Spoiler: The Words (click to show/hide)

Aa
Aba
Am
Appa
Au
Ax
Ba
Boppet
C'at
Cek
Ceintlsaz
Cig
Clef
Chek

Cyris
Dali
Dim
Dla
Dyson
Ea
Ebb
Eet
Ekray
En
Equis
Ettu
Exek
Fak
Fee
Ferus
Fleur
Gars
Get
Gral

Gus
Gyz
Hald
Hat
Huk
Iel
Ikim
Il
Ilyum
I'wol
Jak
Jil
Jrati
Jug

Ka
Keke
Kol
Kuul
Lek
Lilip
Lol
Lyf
Mana
Mee
Mol
Noct
Nys
Oblia
Ool
Ox
Pek
Pol
Quern
Quik

Rep
Rum
Shi
Slytha
Sord
Talos
Tem
Thel
Thot
Tu
Ua
Urist
Utan
Ux

Uxip
Va
Vale
Ven
Vli
Vor
Vroc
Vy
Wais
Wel
Wollin
Xeno
Xil
Yawe
Yorek
Yam
Yek
Zapreli
Zop
Zzyx

Spoiler: Magical Artifacts (click to show/hide)

Alloy Bird of Cloth and Detritus: Also known as the ABCD. A condor made out of metal and cloth back in Turn 3 by Calistora.
Amulet of Venificus: Allows sight of unseeable objects.
Arrow Greatsword, The: Made of arrows. It has a flower made of lava growing out of the tip, and magma roots within and along the edges.
Blade of Grass: A sword hilt which sprouts a massive, sharp blade of tough leaf.
Bracelet of Frank: Reduces damage taken.
Clear Slab: A tablet of glass, crude and covered in pictures of various figures.
Crystal Lookingglass, The: Delicate. Has a slim figure's silhouette within.
Dreihander of Venificus: Glows.
Druker Family Pocketwatch: Can mesmerize people making eye contact with the watch.
Dwarven Glove: A white mysterious fabric gauntlet studded with onyx. It is sized for a dwarf, but could probably be made to fit on a human's head.
Glassman Wheel: A wheel, about a foot and a half in diameter, made of about two dozen little glass people five inches or so tall in two rows and held together with a wooden frame.
Glowing Talon: A curved, glowy claw which looks to be about the size of a dagger, with a bit of flesh and bone to serve as a hilt.
Gloves of Sirkku: Transfers energy with a touch.
Frank Bone, Ring Of: Causes pressure to targets.
JavieRobe: A linen robe.
Key of Nott, The: Heals wounds.
Kletus's Canadian Cudgel: Can transform those struck into beavers.
Mage's Quill: Writes down spells heard.
Northern Flask: Turns anything within into maple syrup. The wearer gets a bonus to magicking by drinking maple syrup.
Orb of Rand: Ayn't it nice? It glows bloodred and heals people.
Pocketwatch, Mysterious: Seems to be some sort of phylactery.
Red Gown: A gown of reddish fur, seeming to be at least 10 feet long (tall?), which seems to beckon as if it holds the answers to your greatest desires...
Silken Sack of Arnok Calistora: Decreases the size of things in the bag.
SmartPhone of Sirius: Has constant wifi access, at least a few bars at all times, and the ability to store any spells cast at it in the ManaBin app.
Soul Striker, The: A flail which can absorb souls.
Wand of Javier the C: Allows the user to summon monstrous beings or create them more easily.
Warped Blade, The: Hit someone with it and find out.[abbr=Warps on hit, with a Toughness roll negating that. Also has a 20% chance of warping the wielder ({<1d6+3>*10}+1d10) without a Toughness roll.

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May the odds be ever in your favor, and try not to wreck the arena too much. It doesn't like that happening to its ███████.

[scapheap]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Sirius Nott
Description: White haired man with grey eyes.
Bio: Ditto, a Transform Pokémon. It is able to rearrange the cells of its body and assume any form. Its only attack is Transform. A rather durable spell caster, who love the colour blue, cats and bread. Hate those who would hurt animals for no reason.

Attributes:
Agility: =
Mind: -
Power: +
Strength: -
Toughness: +

Inventory: Tatted robes
Cat brush
a wallet
cell phone(Info storage)
A key(magical item)

[javierpwn]

Name: Javier C.(Don't steal!)
Description: Black hair, brown eyes, average build
Bio: just your average construction worker; except for the fact he was magically whisked away to this arena

Attributes:
Agility:-
Mind:-
Power:+
Strength:+
Toughness:=

Inventory: Construction clothes
iPod(storage)
Magical Wand

[Antur]

Name: Frank
Description: Shifty short guy nervously glancing about.
Bio: Why? What do you want to know ? It wasn't him obviously. He was never there. You have no proof!
Attributes:
Agility: +
Mind: -
Power: =
Strength: -
Toughness: +

Inventory: Snazzy blue shirt,belt pouch(storage),Magical bracelet, generic pants and underwear.

[Unholy_Pariah]

Name: Venificus
Description: an older gentleman with an impressive grey beard and long grey hair, tall and athletic despite his age
Bio: Venificus made his living as a simple magician peddling his tricks until that fateful day when he discovered real magic and took his rightful place as a wizard.

Attributes:
Agility: +
Mind: =
Power: +
Strength:-
Toughness: -

Inventory: blue hooded robe, a large pouch with a mystical looking design embroidered onto it, a deck of cards, a thick leather journal, a quill and ink, magic amulet

[GreatWyrmGold]

Inventory: Snazzy blue shirt,belt pouch(storage),Magical bracelet

There's something...off here. You might want to add some pants...

Anyways, let's wait for two or three more before we start and waitlist some folks.

[Antur]

Nah it's fine, he was just snatched while changing pants. But I'll add some underwear for everyone's comfort

[TopHat]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Joachim Druker
Description: middle aged, quite tall, has a moustache.
Bio: a member of the gentry, who up until recently had absolutely nothing to do with the childish business of 'magic'. He found a book and a rather nice-looking pocket watch and somehow ended up here.
Attributes:
Agility:+
Mind: +
Power:-
Strength:-
Toughness:=

Inventory:
Fancy suit and hat
Monocule
Book of 102 words
Magic pocket watch

[Emral282]

Name: Sirkku
Description: A lanky man with blue hair and eyes.
Bio: A young man who hasn't really done much with his life. Ended up here after stumbling upon strange book in his grandfather's attic.

Attributes:
Agility: =
Mind: =
Power: ++
Strength: -
Toughness: -

Inventory: Black pants, a blue shirt, an old book, and a magical pair of black gloves.

[Greenstarfanatic]

Name: Arnok Calistora
Description: Short. Seriously, he's kinda small. He has black hair, red skin, and a pair of short red horns. A Demon-Kin, if you will.
Bio: Nobody really knows where he came from. He just kinda...appeared in a small town in Texas. He enjoyed practicing the Dark Arts, which kept everyone else away from him. One day, he succesfully cast a spell. Unfortunately, all it did was teleport him here.

Attributes:
Agility: --------
Mind: +
Power: +++
Strength: ++
Toughness: ++

Inventory: The reddest cloak you will ever see, a pair of glasses, a pocketwatch, a scroll and quill, and a large silk bag(Magical Item).

[javierpwn]

That's 3!!

Just a questio; Are the words organized in any manner or order?
Besides alphabetical.....

[kilakan]

Name: Kletus Ivan Arrick.  His friends call him KIA
Description: A very tall and lanky man with muscle bulges that look like a mix between a runners build and malnourishment. Scruffy beard and long hair give him a mountain man sort of look, though the broad smile and perpetual maple syrup smell around him makes him appear very friendly. 
Bio: From northern canada, he was forced to eventually move to more southern forests as his skinny build couldn't cope with the insanely cold winters.  Believing that living in a city will steal your soul, and having a family the consists of bears and very manly women.  He believes that plaid is a color, and anything you can't do or make yourself isn't worth having.

Agility: ++
Mind: --
Power: =
Strength: ++
Toughness: --

Inventory:Plaid long sleeved shirt and jeans with black leather boots.  Beaver skin bound Tome.  Flask of Maple Syrup Liquor.  Maple Wood walking stick (power item)

waitlist or in, whatever you wanna do~

[GreatWyrmGold]

Random.Org suggests I let 8 people in. So, that's everyone.

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Eight people arrive in the arena. They show up in Room 3, a 15x15-foot room hewn from solid sandstone. The floor is covered with granite flagstone; the western wall has a large map of the arena carved in it. Off to the other side, as well as on both sides of the map, are shelves stocked with provisions of all kinds, from food to ammunition. There are two doors in the room, one going north and one south.

Post your actions! If you're wondering what your magical item does, check the appropriate spoiler in the OP.

[javierpwn]

Head trough the south doorway, and grab the first Treasure I can see inside
Say Words
Nice touch on my wand, I had a feeling you would do that....

[scapheap]

Head south.