Turn 3: 12:25 AM
(People saying you need magic to rewrite reality clearly do not understand pseudoscience. all it takes is 1/4 parts Handwavium and 13 jigawatts of Applied Phlebotinum. A clockwork brain after all is quite an impressive thing.)
An unknown Trail
Malus: Weak start, (Crashed into ground) Odd Reactions (Otherworldly Species) Foreign Linguist (Otherworldly Species)
Stats
HP:6/6
MP:13
EG:2
PP:4
Passives
Unfamiliar; When nothing can look in your direction, unobstructed, your form becomes fluid and incomprehensible, but otherwise, you transform into a mundane cat, mirrors will not trigger this effect, Being in direct view of the sun however, will.
Feline Amusement; your mind is captivated by this form's alien thoughts, and can be distracted by bright objects moving at high speed.
Rituals
Puppet Ritual; You can raise corpses into Undead minions, up to a maximum of Three at a time. These creatures are utterly without control, and only respond to your direct and simple orders. uses a triangle of three bone posts in the ground, each topped with a small rock.
Normal Spells
Foot in the Void; When certain stars align, you can open a temporary hole into the void, through which something will be dragged out. This hole can only appear within unobstructed line of sight and no more than 2 feet away from you.
Kiki drifts upwards towards the essence filled fruits, before opening one of its many mouths and attempting to absorb one of them.
Kiki Sucessfully Consumes one of the energy laden fruit, the crisp flavor unlike many he has tasted. it's essence will take time to digest, but nothing time cannot handle.
Burning village outskirts
Malus: Delicious, (Bonus Malus) Starting in potential danger, (Burning village) Polymorphed, (Pig).
Stats
HP:25/25
MP:2
EG:12
PP:0
Passive
Jewel Lust; as a being of law, your soul's power and magic increases with your material wealth, and little else.
Generous portions; you require more food to survive and thrive, but can go longer without it.
Raw Scent; Dangerous creatures are more attracted to you, while less dangerous ones and humanoids are unable to track you by scent.
Other Abilities
Rush; Spend EG in order to move more quickly in a panic.
Inventory (1/10)
Burnt Quartz Disk
Oink tries to grab the shiniest bit of magician still left and then breaks into a dead run waddle for the countryside. No reason to get caught up in hubris. [Spend EG as needed to escape falling burning rafters etc.]
You quickly grab whatever you can find from the remains before breaking out into a waddle towards the countryside, eventually though you are most definitely forced to Rush, Dodging the hazards of the human stampede, and the burning straw and wood of the buildings. -3 EG
After Several minutes, you finally make it out of that godforsaken place. and look at your loot.
Just a simple quartz lens mostly charred form the fire, it's smokey texture covers the outer edges of the Flattened cylinder.
A mountain, mostly barren, the ice cap has been melted
Malus: Lost (mountaintop) Insanely Luminous (Bonus Malus) Bound in Oath (Divine Species)
Stats
HP:15
MP:0
EG:0
PP:0
Passive
Oathbearer; MP and EG can only be gained in order to help fulfill an Oath you have made, the more powerful the oath, the more power you gain to perform it. You are still required to perform the Oath even if you have run out of Energy, including if it would destroy you in the process.
Biologically Bright; Your body emits a blinding light.
Normal Spells
Bless; Bring good fortune and nature to a target.
Defy Evil; Remove or resist a negative effect.
Draw magic; Empower a target with mana.
Inventory (1/10)
Deaice Pendant
You decide to meditate for a time, you sense something uneasy, but ignore it.
The Librarian, in his thirst for knowledge, journeyed to the Infinite Library to explore and become wiser/smarter. The Infinite Library is, well, an infinitely large library, with books that range from spell tomes, to skill books, to eldritch tomes that give maluses when read; even books that transport the reader to other worlds (a la Myst)! He is standing just inside the entrance.
Malus: Leagues apart (High level area) Bookworm (Lower chance for learning spells outside of Spellbooks.) Monkey's paw gear.
Stats
HP:7
MP:7
EG:0
PP:0
Passives
Bookworm; Learning things from books has a higher success chance, but learning them from other means has a much lower chance, Wizard Trades are disabled.
Normal Spells
Merel Stardust's Layered Ice; Creates a layer of ice on a surface, the effect is stronger when used on wet surfaces or water, and can be empowered with additional mana.
Merel Stardust's Earthdust; fills a hole with fragile soil or other material that is 98% air and collapses when any weight is put on it.
Pries Omen's Book of Filth; Reveals hidden dark magic from a spellbook, Requires at least 56 Grams of Spessartite Garnet Dust as a consumed reagent.
Inventory (11/10) OVERBURDENED
Leather Gi,
59 pixels (19.6 Feet) of Parchment roll,
2 1-pint Wooden Bottles of ink,
Textured wooden Stylus/wand,
Big Hat,
30 Pixel Length of rope.
33 Pixel telescopic pole,
12 Jerky Rations,
12 Bottles of Water,
6 jars of Peach preserve,
6 Small biscuits.
Previous Turn: Attach the rope to the door and pull.
This Turn: Step inside and open the nearest book, provided that I'm not in danger.
What do you mean by "Monkey's Paw Gear" (yes, I know what the monkey's paw is)?
You attach the rope to the door and begin to pull...
A few minutes, two raw palms and a sheen of sweat later and you manage to crack the door open ever so slightly. -1 EG
Walking inside, you Snatch the first book you see from the shelf.
The title is in a strange text, and it's binding is studded with ruby red gems. opaque and rounded.
Black Blood Ritual; This ritual requires 13 pints of blood, 3 chalk circles, one hexagon carved into the ground with some kind of tool, 14 wooden posts charred and stained with blood, and a rod braided around with human hair. 12% chance to learn.
Blue blood ritual; This ritual requires 1 drop of blood from the caster, a circle carved into the ground with some kind of tool, one wooden rod, and 15 pounds of clay. 45% chance to learn.
White blood spell; Causes an unknown effect. 100% chance to learn.
10 You hear a fwip, and the doors close behind you, drowning you in darkness.
Unknown
Malus: Newborn (No starting learned skills) Unknown area (Starting location) Cursed Blade (Bonus Malus) Honor of the Clan (Bonus Malus) Tiny (Bonus Malus)
Stats
HP:8/8
MP:4
EG:4
PP:2
Passive
Newborn; Learning things in general is easier.
Honor of the Clan; your actions must not bring shame to your clan, and your power must be used in the same way.
Panic Spores; Automatically releases mundane Mushroom spores when frightened, depleting 1 EG.
Inventory (2/10)
Hitsuji no zōo, Cursed Urumi
I cautiously test to see if I can move along this ceiling. What are these grey things? I judge to see if i would be hurt by falling. I look for anything else of interest either hanging or far below.
You can indeed move along the ceiling, slowly right now, as any faster seems to risk you losing your Grip.
You have no idea if Falling would hurt you.
Nothing else of interest, but you cannot see everything on the ceiling because it curves upward eventually on all sides.
The middle of a rather menacing forest
Malus: Time Bullshit (Starting location) Dangerous Area (Starting location) Omnisensitive (Species Malus)
Stats
HP:4
MP:7
EG:1
PP:1
TB:0%
Normal Spells
Prewind; Allows the user to specify a time in the future or past for himself to be dragged from, but this causes Time Bullshit Value to increase.
Telepathy; Allows the user to communicate with beings telepathically
Wish I; Allows the user to attempt to grant another being's wish in a very minor way by influencing future events telepathically.
Inventory (2/10)
AWC Collar
Lead Monolicule
0-It appears the good Baron has neglected to find a way DOWN from their new vantage point. This was probably a mistake on the good Baron's part.-0
The good Baron attempts to climb towards the white oblong thing by traversing the treetops. The good Baron is almost certain this is a good idea.
4, The Baron, er. Gracefully, steps down from the trees, deeming the... minor harm to his front leg an acceptable loss. -1 HP
--He will begin walking next turn unless otherwise specified.
Argrark's Home
Malus: Magicless (Species Malus) Repitition (Bonus Malus) Untrusted (Starting Location) Repitition (Bonus Malus).
Stats
HP:15
EG:9
PP:1
Passives
Windup; You must find a means of rewinding your Clockwork in order to gain additional EG, but you have a maximum of 100. if you run out of EG, you lose consciousness until re-wound
Precicion; Crafting operations are much more likely to succeed.
Normal Abilities
Rampage; Begins a high mass charge in one direction.
Inventory (7/10)
12 Gears
12 Rods
12 wheels
12 Spiral Torsion Springs
Pile of assorted plants, (100%)
Great! Plenty of stuff to start a town with. Argrark just needs one more thing... knock down a sizable portion of the town wall and drag it over to Argrark's pile of stuff. Make a lean-to with the small tree and the wall, use rocks to keep the lean-to from sliding apart. Use grass and plants and whatever to fill the gaps between the tree branches so that the tree side is almost solid.
ASCII version:
front view
#
# \
O# @ \Oo
# wall
O rock
\ tree
@ Argrark
You ram into the wall, Smashing it down with your metal body. and drag it over to the pile you have made. -1 EG
You construct a crude Lean-to to begin your glorious new Town. -1 EG
Xander (Whisperling)
Ober van Oberr (GUNINARUNIN)
Author
Topic: Darkness Redeemed: Multiplayer RPG (7/7) (Read 23061 times)