Thursday, May 22nd:On the surface you are happy. The horror that is Freshman Year of High-school is over. Your grades, although poor, were not poor enough to keep you held back or force you into summer school, and so you have 2+ months of summer to look forward to.
It is, however, the very concept of 2+ months that brings you down. Unless drastic measures are taken, come late August, you will have no choice but to return to that hell-pit known as Eltonsborrugh High. Last summer you could enjoy yourself, as you had looked forward to high-school in the fall, but now that you know the truth, you suspect that you will have no peace unless you are actively fighting your return.
Luckily, you have an option. Most saps just suffer for four years until they reach the level of physical and academic maturity to graduate, but there is another option - one full of danger and excitement: Dungeon Crawling. Instead of growing up, you shall level up.
You, and two of your fellow commiserates, have already been making plans. The forms have been filled out - the three of you will be founding the Eltonsborrugh Chapter of the National Level Up Club! There is still work to be done, however. Ty is traveling to LA with his parents to drop off the forms and secure a club charter, and Pearl is on a family trip to Detroit where she hopes to score some free gear from a half-brother who owns a small dungeoneering supply store. You have a task in this affair as well; Tomorrow you have agreed to clean out a small dungeon that shall serve as club headquarters for the summer!
But first, like any good dungeon crawler, you must go through character creation:
Character Creation Form:Name: (Include gender/sex here if you think the name might cause confusion)Appearance:
(You may go to this link, make a copy of the Google Draw File, and edit it. Please keep all the basic body parts [Head, Torso, Two Hands, Two Feet], but beyond that, go crazy. Then link me your version of the Draw File. If you follow instructions, and look to have put at least some effort in, I will count your character sheet submission double when tallying things up. If nobody bites, I will do my best to customize the main character based on the winning sheet)Reason Why High School Sucks: (Be creative)The One Insignificant Thing About High School That Doesn't Suck: (Could be a school subject, sport, club, hobby, or anything else that might give you some starting skills and swag)The Dungeoneering Skill I Have Been Practicing in Preparation for This Adventure: (This could be any skill that commonly appears in Rougelikes/Forumgames/Ect)My Prized Possession: (Something that a teenager living in a first world country in 2014 might reasonably own) And with character creation complete, you can begin you adventure, so
please choose one of the following tutorial dungeons to clear out and use as club HQ!The Wreck of the Ivory Dream: A small yacht that ran ashore near Eltonsborough. Expect nautical themed monsters and loot belonging to the rich yacht-owning demographic.
King Kole Komics and Kollectibles: A recently shuttered comic-book store. Expect lots of geektastic monsters and loot here!
The Killer's Trailer: A notorious serial killer was found living in this mobile home a few months back. Expect to deal with restless spirits and find only god-knows-what as loot.
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Topic: (ISG) The Level Up Club: Let the Crawling Begin! (Read 2505 times)