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[TheBiggerFish]

we can only use it once per day, and we did that on a bat today. I'm good with keeping the bucklers, honestly. A few small tweaks to the current plan would be fine.

Edit: Later on, we should get a zombie with (un)death magic.
After every battle we'll bring her out of her hidden room, and ZombOprah will run around to each of our dead shouting "You get a defy death!  And YOU get a defy death! and YOU ...brrrrraaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnnssssss .... get a defy death!"

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[escaped lurker]

My RPG senses are tingling. We cannot have the Emperor Bat fight with all our other minions. He shall only be allowed to dight alongside bats.

I get what you are saying, but last battle kinda seemed like it was turned around by the bats. If we don't include them, we very well might have to "need" the batroom to hold the enemy back.


In that lane, I would like to propose;

Overhead Tunnel from "Batroom" to "Fighting Hall"
Basically, a tunnel just for our bats. Complete with multiple "Dropshafts" / Alcoves, where they can fly out of in a surprise-move to overwhelm our enemies in a single move. Alternatively, "just" Alcoves at the ceiling, where they are hidden and secure from ranged attacks, would also do fine.

"Synchronized Death from Above" ought to give a substantial bonus on the first strike, and make our fights a good bit easier - resulting in less casualities, less DP-Loss, and also a very nice touch.

[Playergamer]

I'm saying we can keep the bats with the main group, but Emperor Bat must fight alone, or only fight alongside bats. Otherwise, his bossness will be in jeopardy.

[Twinwolf]

Not necessarily.

[escaped lurker]

I'm saying we can keep the bats with the main group, but Emperor Bat must fight alone, or only fight alongside bats. Otherwise, his bossness will be in jeopardy.

Thing is, if we have such a "ruling" in place, he will almost never see a fight, resulting in a needless expense, that we rather should invest otherwise.

If we want any condition to his apperance, how about this compromise?
The Giant Bat Emperor will only join the fight, if a bat / one of his underlings has been killed by the intruders. This would tie his appearance to a condition. One, that is neither far-fetched flair, nor all~ that easily met.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I like this "don't hurt bats" clause.

[Twinwolf]

If we let there be survivors of the giant bat, we might get to the point where nobody tries to attack the bats because if they do their situation gets much, much worse than "skelly swarm".

[DAPARROT]

If we let there be survivors of the giant bat, we might get to the point where nobody tries to attack the bats because if they do their situation gets much, much worse than "skelly swarm".

+1, let's try this

[conein]

If we let there be survivors of the giant bat, we might get to the point where nobody tries to attack the bats because if they do their situation gets much, much worse than "skelly swarm".

+1, let's try this

I think he means it's a negative thing. I think we should let the bat fight whenever we want to, after all we have control on our minions.

[Inevitability]

We still haven't found out wether we can control or send our minions outside of the graveyard, correct? Let's try that with a zombie.
Order it to take a few steps into the wilderness and then return.

[Ozarck]

We still haven't found out wether we can control or send our minions outside of the graveyard, correct? Let's try that with a zombie.
Order it to take a few steps into the wilderness and then return.

We know we can't control them outside. Adwarf declared that in response to the same question several rounds ago.

[Twinwolf]

If we let there be survivors of the giant bat, we might get to the point where nobody tries to attack the bats because if they do their situation gets much, much worse than "skelly swarm".

+1, let's try this

I think he means it's a negative thing. I think we should let the bat fight whenever we want to, after all we have control on our minions.

Why does everyone assume I'm a guy...
It's more "make sure there are no survivors when the bat comes out."

[adwarf]

Day 15, Part 5

With numerous new possibilities available to you there is little need for hesitation as you begin to use the power you gained from the intruders to restore your forces back to an acceptable level. Soon three new skeletons claw themselves free of their former graves, but two of them have successfully been crafted with the ability to store mana. These new magic users you send to take up the slain thief, and mage's equipment while the normal skeleton takes the warrior's gear to somewhat restore your crushed close combat forces. However all of this is almost nothing in the face of the Giant Bat Emperor's birth as a golden rift tears open in the Batroom, and a massive figure comes swooping through in an instant from a place that resembles an endless silvery void that felt completely empty of even a drop of mana.

As you examine the Giant Bat Emperor in curiosity you notice the giant bats in the batroom instantly leave their resting places to come and preform crude bows in front of it. The Emperor looked down at them for a moment before taking flight and choosing a secluded corner of the batroom to be its resting spot before giving off an oppressive aura that seemed to make the other giant bats tremble in fear as they found new nests or roosts far away from their new ruler.

Spoiler: Dungeon Stats (click to show/hide)

Dungeon Rank: 2
Dungeon Type: Catacombs

Experience: 5
Dungeon Points: 105 DP (+30 from Short Spears, +15 from Rotting Bucklers, +10 from Lesser Health Potion)

Dungeon Heart:
Incomplete Lich King's Vessel - Safe

Dungeon Powers:
Defy Death - When one of your minions fall you may use the power of the goblet to bring it back from death though currently this power can only be used once per day.
Surpass Death - With your Heart's growth in power it has begun to regain some of its former powers, and now the Lich King's vessel is capable of planting a seed of its glory in one of your minions. When the seed is granted to a minion if they would've died they are instead healed completely and continue to fight long after their death was supposed to occur.

First Seed of Power - After acquiring Surpass Death a small seed of dark energies has become able to form inside of the incomplete Lich King's Vessel. This Seed of Power contains endless possibilities.

Dungeon Skills:
Dungeon Point Generation III - Using your accumulated power you increase your connection to the world's mana flow increasing your daily Dungeon Point Generation by 15.
Undead Minions I - Some of the innate knowledge of Dungeons has been imparted onto you revealing the method to create undead minions of a new, and more powerful tier to you.
Trap Creation I - You have managed to learn some of a Dungeon's supposedly innate knowledge on the creation of fitting traps. While these traps might be basic they are more than enough to make your danger far more dangerous to invaders.
Undead Spellcasters - After your minions slayed a magic user you've come to understand how to create undead beings capable of using magic, and can now mold vessels who can generate their own pool of mana.
Batroom Bears ... is that a Bat? - The creation of the Batroom has gained you some insight into the creation of a rather curious being.
Item Analysis - One of the lower tiers of a Dungeon's Innate Powers this allows you identify items, and gain some information on their stats though items of superior craftsmanship will surpass your ability to identify.
Dungeon Creation - You have obtained the knowledge of how to further develop your domain, expanding it down into the depths of the earth, or up into the reaches of of the sky as you please. Floor by floor, and room by room you can give birth to a vast labyrinth.

Spoiler: Guardians, and Dungeon Layout (click to show/hide)

Graveyard Area
Outside (Leads into the Mausoleum)
2x Giant Bat
Captain Bones [Iron Sword, Kite Shield, Leather Armor, Surpass Death, Inspiring]
Skeleton [Short Spear, Rotting Buckler, Leather Armor]
Skeleton [Short Spear, Rotting Buckler, Leather Armor]
Skeleton [Greatsword, Leather Armor]
3x Skeleton Archers [Bone Shortbows, Leather Armor, Skilled Archers]
Skeleton [Bone Shortbow]
Skeletal Elementalist [Fire Staff, Enchanted Robe, Beginner Elementalist]
Skeletal Illusionist [Twin Daggers, Beginner Illusionist]

Mausoleum (Leads Outside or Down to B1 Entrance Hall)
No one.

Floor B1
Entrance Hall (Leads up to Mausoleum, and to Hallway 1)
No one.

Hallway 1 (Leads to Entrance Hall, and the Batroom)
No one.

The Batroom (Leads to Hallway 1, and Hallway 2)
Giant Bat Emperor
6 Giant Bats

Hallway 2
No one.

Heart Chamber (Leads to Hallway 2)
No one.

Spoiler: Dungeon Management (click to show/hide)

Create another Floor - Using your accumulated power you add another floor to your Domain expanding it down to make it harder to reach your precious Heart.
Cost: 75 DP


Add a Room - With some work you expand one of your floors by adding a room, and connecting it to other chambers.
Cost: 15 DP [Small Room], 30 DP [Medium Room], 45 DP [Large Room]

Add a Hallway - You use your power to carve out a hallway between rooms instead of creating directly adjacent connections.
Cost: 5 DP [Small Hallway], 10 DP [Medium Hallway], 15 DP [Large Hallway]

Spoiler: Minions, Items, Traps, and More (click to show/hide)

Minions:
Skeleton - The weakest of minions available to you, they are the remnants of human corpses raised to protect you from those who would seek to steal away your Heart. Though they are weak they hold great potential for advancement.
Cost: 5 DP

Captain Bones - A skeleton whose purpose is to lead, and coordinate other skeletons in battle. They're about as competent in battle as any other skeleton, but their presence and the deathly aura they give off makes other nearby skeletons more efficient at killing their foes.
Cost: 15 DP

Zombie - Much more robust than skeletons your zombies, but somewhat slower and less agile these zombies are useful for taking a few hits while your stronger minions take care of any real threats. Can only equip armor.
Cost: 5 DP

Giant Bat - A small, and unassuming bat. Not the most powerful of creatures that might one day serve you, but given the chance they can prove just as lethal as any old bag of bones you bring forth from the ground.
Cost: 10 DP

Skeletal Mage - While most skeletons are incapable of wielding magical power this particular one has been carefully crafted by you to store magical energy in its very bones allowing it to wield the magic that commonly only mortals are capable of using.
Cost: 20 DP for Elemental; 25 DP for Illusion; 40 DP for Conjuration; 50 DP for Necromancy; 100 DP for Death Magic

Giant Bat Emperor - A being that is likely unique in this world born seemingly from your will, and that of some strange foreign entity. Unlike normal Giant Bats this one is nearly ten times as large and is much bigger than a human being. The Giant Bat Emperor is a fearsome beast with golden fur that feels almost like steel, and claws that rend metal and stone. Oddly enough there is a strange red symbol on its chest that looks like a somewhat simplified bat.
Cost: 75 DP; Can only create one.

Items:
Rusty Sword - Its an old, rusty sword. What did you expect? [Damage 2]
Cost: 5 DP

Bone Shortbow - A weapon carved from the bones of some animal with its bowstring made from its sinew. A powerful if somewhat unimpressive looking weapon. [Damage 2, Medium Range, Shortbow]
Cost: 10 DP

Rotting Buckler - This shield is about as old as the corpses you summon to guard yourself, while not the most reliable thing it is better than nothing. [Block: 10%]
Cost: 5 DP

Traps:
Pitfall Trap - A trap typically placed in hallways. This trap covers an area big enough to fit two people, and is fairly easy to detect for those trained to find traps. However, the trap is cheap and can be of significant use in cornering less prepared intruders.
Cost: 10 DP
Spike Pit - An advanced form of the Pitfall Trap meant to severely wound, or kill. This trap covers an area big enough to fit two people, and is somewhat easy to detect for the trained eye.
Cost: 20 DP
Rockfall Trap - The rockfall trap is a trap triggered by a tripwire. Those unsuspecting enough to break the tripwire trigger a mechanism that releases the net full of rocks that lays above their head.
Cost: 20 DP

Spoiler: Tier 0 Elemental Spells (click to show/hide)

Spark - Creates a small ball of fire at most the size of a ping pong ball that flies at an enemy, and explodes.
Needle - Creates a sharp spear of earth that thursts upwards at the target with the desire of skewering them.
Icicle - Creates a razor sharp piece of ice the size of a hand that flies at the target to eviscerate them.
Wind Blade - Creates a blade of wind to rend the target.

Spoiler: Tier 0 Illusion Spells (click to show/hide)

Shadow Form - Causes the target to see a shadow in the shape of the caster.
Mental Shock - A spell that directly attacks the mind with the intent of forcing the target to pause, or stop their actions.
Lesser Fear - This spell is meant to cause fear in the mind of the target, but is only useful against weaker existences.

[Angle]

Hmm. We should probably move our units around some, and set up some traps. I'd recommend moving our forces to our entrance hall, and setting up a couple of raised platforms for our archers to fire down from. in front of these we should put our warriors, and in front of them we should but some rockfall traps. Thus, if they stay back, our archers shoot them full of holes, and if they approach, the rockfall drops them in front of our warriors. The bats can stay in their own room.

[Ozarck]

Hmm. We should probably move our units around some, and set up some traps. I'd recommend moving our forces to our entrance hall, Been suggesting this for a while now.

and setting up a couple of raised platforms for our archers to fire down from. in front of these we should put our warriors, and in front of them we should but some rockfall traps. Maybe a pitall trap. the elementalist can use that earth spell to spike people who fall in (probably the best elemental spell, while the one that causes enemies to pause is the best illusion one so far)

 Thus, if they stay back, our archers shoot them full of holes, and if they approach, the rockfall drops them in front of our warriors. The bats can stay in their own room.

I'd also recommend adding a hallway or two. Maybe one that extends from the stairs of hte mausoleum to the entrance hall, so a trap can be placed there.