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[Egan_BW]

Hmm.  Other potential issues are that there's no reason to take weaker parts if there's better stuff available.  Some stuff is just trash that you'll replace as soon as you have better parts, with the possible exception of tacking it on outside the normal body plan.

Also, this means that you're perfectly free to have only one human body part, and be full demon otherwise, at level one--assuming you have the parts.  Of course, that does present danger due to very low humanity, and you'll instadie if an enemy gets a lucky hit on that single part.  I'm not entirely sure that's a sufficient tradeoff, though.

It would also mean that you'd be basically unable to do any humanity draining abilities.

That seems like a fine trade off.

Here's "some" examples of how I think weapons could work:

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Knife
BaseDamage: 7
StatUsed: Str OR Dex
HitPoints: 20
ToDisarm: 5
[Versatile], [Throwable], [Swift]

The simple knife is a cheap and light weapon, and several can be carried by a single person. Normally does little damage, but with sufficient strength, it can puncture tough hides or armor. Useful as a backup weapon for warriors and mages alike.


Dagger
BaseDamage: 7
StatUsed: Str
HitPoints: 30
ToDisarm: 5
[Punch], [Throwable]

The Dagger is a more specialized kind of knife, usually used to find gaps in armor and to finish off downed foes. A more complicated forging process makes it more expensive than most knives, but also makes it more robust.


Quarterstaff
BaseDamage: 15
StatUsed: Str OR Dex
HitPoints: 18
ToDisarm: 12
[Versatile], [Unpredictable], [Two Handed]

A classic of kung fu movies, this simple weapon can be difficult to fight against, and is suitable for many kinds of fighters. Unfortunately, its wooden construction makes it easy to destroy in the user's hands, though that same construction makes it an exceedingly cheap weapon, suitable for the impoverished and stingy.


Longsword
BaseDamage: 35
StatUsed: Str
HitPoints: 40
ToDisarm: 10
[Two Handed]

An exceedingly standard weapon. It's boringness owes to it's popularity, which in turn suggests its true deadliness. A fine weapon, and not to be underestimated. Its construction is cheap for a metal weapon, due largely to a great supply of spares.


Rapier
BaseDamage: 30
StatUsed: Dex
HitPoints: 35
ToDisarm: 10
[Punch]

A slender thrusting sword, the edge either too weak for serious combat, or lacking altogether. Often used by warriors with more precision than sheer strength, but a thrust from a strong warrior could easily pierce armor.


Spear
BaseDamage: 30
StatUsed: Str
HitPoints: 18
ToDisarm: 12
[Punch], [Defensive], [Two Handed]

A simple and useful weapon, the spear is generally the weapon used by footsoldiers. Especially useful for defending specific positions.


Shield
BaseDamage: 15
StatUsed: Str
HitPoints: 100
ToDisarm: N/A
[Protective]

Standard wooden shield, banded with steel. Shield are generally strapped to the arm, making it impossible to disarm by anything less than severing the arm that holds it. Can be used to strike, but this is not the main use.


Sling
BaseDamage: 6 using bullets, 4 using stones
StatUsed: Str AND Dex
HitPoints: 3
ToDisarm: 5
[Ranged], [Sling]

The simplest of ranged weapons, the sling is simply a cloth or leather pouch attached to two strings. Can be used to fire small lead bullets, or any handy stones. Very cheap, though bullets can be expensive.


Shortbow
BaseDamage: 25
StatUsed: Dex
HitPoints: 10
ToDisarm: 8
[Ranged], [Two Handed Required]

Standard low-tech ranged weapon. Not as useful as a firearm, but it gets the job done.


Revolver
BaseDamage: 30
StatUsed: Dex
HitPoints: 60
ToDisarm: 5
[Ranged], [Chamber (6)]

Fairly common firearm used in Oro. Quite powerful, and can be used to fire several shots in rapid succession. However, cartridges are still complicated and expensive to craft, so some of the poorer warriors prefer more primitive weapons.


Oversized Demonic Revolver
BaseDamage: 40 for 20 humanity
StatUsed: Dex
HitPoints: 100
ToDisarm: 5
[Humanity (ranged)], [Demonic], [Chamber (humanity)]

An obviously occult weapon pried from who knows where. Unlike mundane firearms, this Revolver doesn't use cartridges, instead drawing raw humanity from the user to power its shots. Users are advised not to overuse it if they like their sanity.


Biometal Drill
BaseDamage: 25 OR 50 for 16 humanity
StatUsed: Str
HitPoints: 100
ToDisarm: 22
[Humanity], [Demonic], [Two Handed Required]

A massive, heavy metal drill. Even without activating it, you could do some serious damage just whacking someone with this. As with all demonic weapons, caution is advised, lest you turn into a demon yourself.


Trueaim Blade
BaseDamage: 7 for 6 humanity
StatUsed: Int
HitPoints: N/A
ToDisarm: 5
FleshInhabitance: 2
IntelligenceConsumption: 8
[Humanity], [Trueaim], [Spellbonded], [Throwable], [Swift]

This is a simple knife enchanted by a trueaim spell. As long as the blade remains in the user's hand, it will always go to the intended spot, regardless of the user's actual skill. Creating a weapon compatible with the Trueaim spell is a tricky process, and so these weapons are highly prized. Larger weapons could be created for use with Trueaim, but the price would accordingly be very high.

Damn, I ended up writing more than I expected. Mouse over the tags in [brackets] for descriptions.
Also, keep in mind that I'm officially terrible at balancing things, so this is very likely NOT syvproof.

Edit: OH YES! I should probably explain some of that. In my imagination, aimed attacks can target weapons and deal damage to them, just like bodyparts. HitPoints is the amount of damage it takes to destroy it, and ToDisarm is the amount of damage needed to simply knock it out of the user's hands. I did this because weapons that are bodyparts have HP, and I didn't want implanted weapons to be inferior to held weapons in that way.

[spazyak]

What of a parrying dagger, something similar to a weaker dex based dagger that can prrovide half the shield's defense.
Perhaps a parry roll for defense and potential bonus to disarming someone.

[Egan_BW]

Hmm, not sure how I feel about parries. Isn't that kinda the same thing as dodging? maybe something like this:

[Parry]: Once per turn, if you successfully dodge an attack, immediately make your own attack with a +10 bonus.

Then again, that could get a little OP. What happens when you hold two parrying daggers? If dodges are the main form of defence in this game, doesn't that make a parrying dagger ideal for any build?

[spazyak]

Hmm, not sure how I feel about parries. Isn't that kinda the same thing as dodging? maybe something like this:

[Parry]: Once per turn, if you successfully dodge an attack, immediately make your own attack with a +10 bonus.

Then again, that could get a little OP. What happens when you hold two parrying daggers? If dodges are the main form of defence in this game, doesn't that make a parrying dagger ideal for any build?

Make them 1/4 as strong as shields, use dex for attack and defend have about the same damage as 1/2 knife. Something meant for off hand to be used in cunjunction with a one handed sword to block, catch, and disarm a foe

[syvarris]

 Make parry only work if you hold it in the limb you dodge with, and you can't parry more than one attack.  That means parry effectively costs an extra part on your dodging limb, and is only a bonus on your first dodge.  If you add a second parrying dagger, it has to be on another limb, which will also be worse at dodging than a pure-dodge limb, so multiple parries are very expensive.

Make it give a +10 or +20 to your next melee attack against that foe, if it is your next action--do something else, and you lose the bonus.  Also, make the parrying dagger a dex weapon with low damage, so that it doesn't benefit significantly from the parry itself.  That means you need to wield a str weapon if you really want to capitalize on the benefit.

Finally, my phone browsing habits make me mildly annoyed at your use of abbr, despite the inherent aesthetic benefit and efficiency of the tag.

[Ozarck]

My strategy has kinda been broken, since i added the clockwork arm and the porcelain head. I forgot that humanity dropped per part removed. I kinda want to go back and rebuild.

Plus, writhe of flesh seems almost useless with this team set up, as there are very few parts the other team has that increase a stat. So, like, all my parts are less than ideal at the moment.

[piecewise]

My strategy has kinda been broken, since i added the clockwork arm and the porcelain head. I forgot that humanity dropped per part removed. I kinda want to go back and rebuild.

Plus, writhe of flesh seems almost useless with this team set up, as there are very few parts the other team has that increase a stat. So, like, all my parts are less than ideal at the moment.

Rebuild real quick then.

[syvarris]

That's kinda funny, as the primary reason I joined Red team was that I was afraid of you WOFing my shin tentacles.

If you do rebuild, I suggest you only use upper limb parts.  Lower limbs grant less stat bonus and have less HP, while costing the same amount.  There's little reason to use a clockwork hand.

[Parisbre56]

inb4 everyone starts constantly rebuilding to build the perfect counter for their opponent. In the end their designs will evolve so much we'll end up with designs so specialized they make little sense everywhere else in the game, like a hummingbird's beak.

[Ozarck]

My strategy has kinda been broken, since i added the clockwork arm and the porcelain head. I forgot that humanity dropped per part removed. I kinda want to go back and rebuild.

Plus, writhe of flesh seems almost useless with this team set up, as there are very few parts the other team has that increase a stat. So, like, all my parts are less than ideal at the moment.

Rebuild real quick then.

I'm good. let's just do it.

That's kinda funny, as the primary reason I joined Red team was that I was afraid of you WOFing my shin tentacles.

If you do rebuild, I suggest you only use upper limb parts.  Lower limbs grant less stat bonus and have less HP, while costing the same amount.  There's little reason to use a clockwork hand.

With pneumatic strength, the cumulative ... oh, you mean I cold make a clockwork arm out of three upper arm parts. hah. I think that's a little broken, but sure, why not?

[Parisbre56]

What program do you use to make those maps?  Just some drawing app, or a specialized thing?

http://deepnight.net/tools/tabletop-rpg-map-editor/

It's quite good if you want a quick map. You can even make very complex maps if you put the time and effort in it, but sometimes very large maps can get buggy, so make sure to export/save your work from time to time.

My only big complaint is that you can't put markers on it, so you have to export the image and then edit it in paint to add people on the map. So what I usually end up doing is use this to make a quick layout of the area and then use gimp to make a layer for each marker on the map. So then you can just move the layers around the map however you please and the layer labels can help you remember what each marker represents.

[piecewise]

So our first oro combat turn is done and only one person is injured. And a good deal of his injuries were self inflicted.

Still, his arm exploding was pretty neat.

[Ozarck]

writhe is not a touch spell.

I mangled my character set up so bad. I hate it. It's easy to do - certain things work together, and certain things do not.

[piecewise]

writhe is not a touch spell.

I mangled my character set up so bad. I hate it. It's easy to do - certain things work together, and certain things do not.

Shit, no it is not. It started as one, but I changed that. Hmm let me look at the rolls for a minute.

Ok, luckily the attack would have missed anyway, so no real harm this time. I'll make sure to reflect the fact that you didn't move in the map.

[MidnightJaguar]

Oh, so both teams have a two on one going on. That does not bode well for my life span.

EDIT: wait didn't gentle blow up his arm next to me? So wouldn't that mean that he's next to me?