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[nightcrafter27]

Go Fish to Dodge!

     Several wizards have been sitting around the tower for at least an hour now, grumbling about what to do. Nobody can come up with entertainment that won't get them exiled from the kingdom. Again. In frustration, one wizard throws his deck of summoning cards across the room, shouting "We can't even play a regular card game with these!" As the deck crashes into the golem case, one of his companions has a moment of brilliance. "In fact, we might be able to make this work..."

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

You are wizards pitting miniature golems against each other in gladiator combat, while simultaneously playing Go Fish to summon equipment. Simple enough.

Each turn has a combat phase and a card phase. During combat, player´s commands to the golems are carried out. Combat between golems is handled by rolling opposing d6´s. If the attacker rolls higher, the blow lands. Ties or lower means the attack failed. When a successful attack is made, one point of damage is made to the targeted body part, unless equipment gives bonuses.

Each part of a golem's body has three hitpoints. After three points of damage, the part breaks. Golems have two legs, two arms, a torso and a head. In order for golems to be brought to life, a magic crystal is put in their body, either in the head or the torso. To kill a golem, this body part must be destroyed. Where the crystal is placed is up to the player.

The card phase is where the strategy lies. The players start with five cards, and play Go Fish as usual. The players will always ask for cards in the same order, as if they sitting around a table and taking turns. You can either post the card you are asking for in the thread with your golem action or PM it to me in order to not give anything away.

After all the players have asked, then pairs can be played to summon equipment for the start of the next turn. You don't have to summon a pair as soon as you have both cards, but you run the risk of having one of the pair taken. As with asking, you can either post your summon in the thread or PM it. Also, conditional summons are fine (ie. If I have a pair of Axes, summon when you have one axe and are asking for another).

Everyone will perform their choosing in the turn, after the golems do their thing. You can PM me any parts of your actions or post them here, but I will need an action for the golem, a card to ask for, and summons (card pairs) you want to play or hope to play. The turn will be in the format of:

Golem combat
Players ask for cards
Summons (pairs) are played

Once all golems but one have been slain, the round ends and things start again.

Spoiler: The Deck and Go Fish (click to show/hide)

The deck is basically a regular card deck with the numbers replaced with what equipment is summoned. The actual numbers don't matter, only the replacements. I will be using a real deck of cards to make sure everything is legit.

There are five spells that can be summoned:
Force Bolt Spell, the only direct damage spell
Binding Spell, which immobilizes target for a turn, allowing free hits
Levitation Spell, which moves target over the course of the turn
Force Wall Spell, which creates an invisible wall across the arena for a turn

There are six weapon cards:
Pike, which has a 1/3 chance to ignore armor and damage the body part directly
Axe, which has +1 damage against limbs
Mace, which has +1 damage against armor
Bow, the ranged weapon that needs arrows
Arrows, which can be considered an infinite supply

And finally four armor cards:
Shield, which gives an extra roll against physical attack
Helm, which give +2 protection points to the head
Mail Shirt, which gives +2 protection points to the upper body
Mail Leggings, which gives +2 protection points to the legs

Spoiler: Character Creation (click to show/hide)

The wizard's name is your forum name.
Golem name:
Crystal Location (Head or Torso):

Spoiler: Current Players (click to show/hide)

GreatWyrmGold
Golem name: Yumotogi
Crystal Location: head

scrapheap
Golem name: Arc
Crystal Location: torso

Krath
Golem name: Stin
Crystal Location: head

squidgen
Golem name: Squidgen Jr.
Crystal Location: head

Spoiler: Waitlist (click to show/hide)

mastahcheese
Golem name: Cromwell Jackson
Crystal Location: head

Lukeinator
Golem name:Krudurth
Crystal location: torso

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

(Man, seems really good, but since I feel I need to sort out my life, and the fact I'm already in to many games, I'm just PTW, nice idea however.)

[GreatWyrmGold]

You've activated my trap card!

Golem Name: Yumotogi
Crystal Location: Head

[scapheap]

Golem name:Arc
Crystal Location (Head or Torso):Torso

[Krath]

Golem name: Stin
Crystal Location (Head or Torso): Head

[squidgen]

Golem Name: Squidgen Jr.

Crystal Location: Head

[nightcrafter27]

Alright, that's our first four. Unfortunately, I can't access Bay12 at school, so the turn will have to wait until later today. I will be able to check in sporadically on my phone, so if you have any questions in the meantime, I can answer them.

[mastahcheese]

I want in on this! I had an idea involving wizards and card games, but it was a totally different style than a Go Fish game.

Golem name: Cromwell Jackson
Crystal Location (Head or Torso): Noggin

[nightcrafter27]

Turn 0!

Four of the wizards sit down at a table to begin playing. After a bit of grumbling, they decide the order of the card game based on nothing in particular:

Krath
GWG
scrapheap
squidgen

Cards are dealt, golems placed, and the glaring begins.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Yumotogi: Red

Arc: Yellow

Stin: Green

Squidgen Jr.: Blue

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[GreatWyrmGold]

So. Who chooses first?

[nightcrafter27]

So. Who chooses first?

Everyone will perform their choosing in the turn, after the golems do their thing. You can PM me any parts of your actions or post them here, but I will need an action for the golem, a card to ask for, and summons (card pairs) you want to play or hope to play. The turn will be in the format of:

Golem combat

Krath asks for a card
You ask for a card
Scrapheap asks for a card
Squidgen asks for a card

Summons (pairs) are played


Sorry if that wasn't clear before. Hopefully this explains it a little better, and I'll update the rules in the OP with this version.

[mastahcheese]

Pull up a chair to watch. Get drunk.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Smack the drunkard.

Move my golem towards the bottle. Attempt to pick up the bottle.

[scapheap]

Tell the story of why my name doesn't have a r in it.

[Krath]

Have Stin climb over the bottle to try and get to Yumotugi, and have him slap the clearly inferior golem right upside the head if so. Just a slap.

Ask GWG if he has any...Force Bolts.