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Total Members Voted: 25

[TheBiggerFish]

You can't DO that with...
Seriously, human heads do not have that big of a mouth.

[AbstractTraitorHero]

You can't DO that with...
Seriously, human heads do not have that big of a mouth.

he is not using his head becuase that makes no sense you can't eat with something not attached to the body!

[TheBiggerFish]

But...That...What...Huh?

[AbstractTraitorHero]

But...That...What...Huh?

dude hes a dullahan not human he carries his head around in his arms I'm talking about him literally shoving someone down his neck into his body.

[Empiricist]

Also: A coin flip is too arbitrary, Emp. We need something less binary. Unfortunately.

Okay, for an actually semi-serious suggestion this time: dice pool system. So it's a bell curve. But the pool progressively shrinks during combat to represent exhaustion, or, more likely, progressively expands during combat to represent anime-style escalation. Using abilities gives a bonus to dice rolls or pool size for its turn, but afterwards shrinks the pool size.

[AbstractTraitorHero]

Also: A coin flip is too arbitrary, Emp. We need something less binary. Unfortunately.

Okay, for an actually semi-serious suggestion this time: dice pool system. So it's a bell curve. But with the pool progressively shrinks during combat to represent exhaustion, or, more likely, progressively expands during combat to represent anime-style escalation. Using abilities gives a bonus to dice rolls or pool size for its turn, but afterwards shrinks the pool size.

i think expand becuase some people are unlikely to even suffer exhaustion logically.

[Powder Miner]

I doubt we'll have fights of the scale to really need a dice pool?

[AbstractTraitorHero]

I doubt we'll have fights of the scale to really need a dice pool?

dude always be prepared the supernatural can be absolutely terrifyingly powerful for all you and i know everyone could have a fight in the cafeteria one day that kills everyone and destroys the entire game world.

[USEC_OFFICER]

this isnt a kink thread

It is now. Release the monstergirls.

Okay, for an actually semi-serious suggestion this time: dice pool system. So it's a bell curve. But the pool progressively shrinks during combat to represent exhaustion, or, more likely, progressively expands during combat to represent anime-style escalation. Using abilities gives a bonus to dice rolls or pool size for its turn, but afterwards shrinks the pool size.

That is... A very excellent idea. Much better than what I was thinking.

I doubt we'll have fights of the scale to really need a dice pool?

It's an anime highschool RP. Every fight will be of the scale to require a dice pool.

dude always be prepared the supernatural can be absolutely terrifyingly powerful fir all you and i know we could have a fight in the cafeteria one day that kills everyone and destroys the entire game world.

No. Just no.

[AbstractTraitorHero]

Hopefully not but i estimate if that ever happened it'd be near the end of the game.

[SOLDIER First]

or it would never happen at all because that's dumb

[AbstractTraitorHero]

or it would never happen at all because that's dumb

i over exaggerate a lot you guys realize that right i think of the dumbest and most ridiculous or worst scenario with everything i do online and sometimes in real life.

[Empiricist]

Yeah, the trick is to balance the ability bonuses with their cost. Because if the bonus is too high, both people will try to quick draw and use whatever their most powerful abilities are immediately. If it's too low, then it just becomes a Mexican stand-off because the first person to fire is fucked.

I guess there could be a way to close the gap quickly after expending pool to allow people to recover and ensure it's a fight instead of watching a person get pummeled to death after blowing their load.  Something like a power-up move that probably involves lots of screaming, or just having the pool increase progressively diminish, which would also help put a cap on escalation so that they don't cause massive amounts of collateral damage. Or maybe just ensuring that when someone spends pool to use an ability, their foe will have to spend some as well to avoid being put in a disadvantageous position from it.

[SOLDIER First]

even so

[USEC_OFFICER]

I like your ideas, Emp. Maybe it could work something like this:
Everyone gets a dice pool of... Some size. I don't know what. You can expend dice on your turn to attack people, or save them to negate enemy attacks/abilities. As such, actions/turns would have to split into three phases given the PbP nature of the forums. Reaction (to use dice to stop enemy attacks), Refresh (where your dicepool regenerates), and Act (to expend dice to attack). So you could go for an alpha strike and hope to keep the initative afterwards, or husband your dice and counter your opponent's moves. Everyone would get a certain number of skills to customize and make the game a balance nightmare. Some would be passive boosts, like having a bigger dicepool or more health, while others would involve expending dice to do stuff. Like manly shouting to boost your dice pool or trying to inflict curses on people.

Sounds good? The details still need to be hammered out, of course, but it is an idea.