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[Ozarck]

Writhe of Flesh
Flesh Inhabitance: 3
Intelligence Consumption: 10
Humanity Cost: 50
Range: Sight

Writhe of Flesh requires no touch! it's int based, and line of sight. Still not enough for a hit - of course. this is why I had intended to swap out writhe for pneumatic strength. curse my distraction.

[MidnightJaguar]

Spoiler: blue (click to show/hide)

40, 31 39  34  44  22  44

Str: 44+20=64
Dex: 44+20=64
Spd: 40
Int: 34
Hrt: 39+10=49

Max humanity/regen  50/5
Current humanity 45
Parts:
   Trunk:
      Head (50 HP)
      Human Chest (70 HP)
      Human Gut (50 HP)
   Right Arm:
      Human Upper Arm (30 HP)
      Human Lower Arm (30 HP)
      Human Hand (15 HP)
   Left Arm:
      Human Upper Arm  (50 HP)
      Human Lower Arm (30 HP)
      Chainsaw {9} (70 HP [Non-organic][Melee Weapon:10 base, 45 if 10 humanity paid][End])
   Right Leg:
      Human upper leg (50 HP)
      human lower Leg (30 HP)
      Human Foot (15 HP)
   Left Leg:
      Upper Human Leg (50 HP)
      Condensed Blood Sphere {5} (50 HP [Ranged weapon: 30 damage, 10 humanity]
      Human Foot (15 HP)

activate my chainsaw again, and then chainsaw spiky spiky stab man.

[renegadelobster]

Blue Team

Have the swarm go after Gentle. Dodge and stay alive.

Spoiler: Stats/Spells/Limbs (click to show/hide)

Str 77
Dex 72
Spd 60
Int 55
Hrt 70

Humanity 28/71 max
Regen 8/turn

Spells: Smelt
Flesh Inhabitance: 2
Intelligence Consumption: 5
Humanity Cost: 35
Range: Touch
Action: At the Heart of all creatures of steel and combustion is a speck of the white hot fire of Azmodus. This spell, which clings to their cores like a leech, channels this heat. This spell causes an object the caster is touching to become extremely hot. This can be used as an attack, dealing damage equal to the difference between the caster’s Intelligence roll and the defender’s dex roll, and causing burning if applicable. It can also be used on a weapon, melee or ranged, causing that weapon to have a base damage buff equal to the caster’s intelligence stat score for 3 turns. After the third turn, the weapon is destroyed.

Main body
1.Head 50HP
2.Hive {12} (130 HP [Living][Swarm: Pay Humanity to generate a Swarm of demonic insects. This swarm as HP equal to the amount of humanity paid, and stats and melee damage equal to ½ the humanity paid. Only one swarm may exist at a time. It acts independently, as a friendly NPC, but is under the player’s control. It can be recalled and converted back to Humanity equal to the amount of HP it has remaining]).
3.Gut 50HP

Right arm
1.Upper 50 HP
2.Lower 30 HP
3.Oversized Demonic Revolver {8} (100 HP [Non-organic][Ranged weapon: 40 damage, 15 humanity][End])

Left arm
1.Upper 50 HP [Smelt] (Int-5, Hum. Cost 35)
2.Lower 30 HP [Smelt]
3.Hand 15 HP

Right leg
1.Upper 50 HP
2.Lower 30 HP
3.Foot 15 HP

Left leg
1.Upper 50 HP
2.Lower 30 HP
3.Foot 15 HP

((Meh. No more spoilers, I'll make it easier on ya PW))

[piecewise]

[Ozarck]

Team This Color

clobber jag wiht cyber arm.

Spoiler: Stats etc (click to show/hide)

rolls: 44, 44, 41, 40, 40, 38, 21

40 Str 40 (62 on clockwork arm)
41 dex 41
40 spd 40
70 int 44 + 21 (+15-10)
73 hrt 44 + 29

55 73/10*11-26 humanity max.
5 or 11 current humanity (-50 from writhe, +6 regen)
6  regen

spells: writhe of flesh: [-10 int] cost: 50 humanity. range: LOS. duration: int/10 turns. effect: limb unusable. Targeted limb damages itself based on stat bonus.

Main body
1.Head  50 hp
2.Chest 70 hp
3.Gut    50 hp

Right arm
1.upper  [Clockwork] 120 hp {+10 str} -6 humanity
2.lower   [Clockwork] 100 hp {+7 str}   -6 humanity
3.hand   [Clockwork] 70 hp {+5 str}     -6 humanity

Left arm
1.upper  50 hp  (writhe of flesh)
2.lower   30 hp  (writhe of flesh)
3.hand    15 hp  (writhe of flesh)

Right leg
1.Upper  50 hp
2.Lower  30 hp
3.Porcelain head (40 hp, +15 int, -8 humanity)

Left leg
1.Upper  50 hp
2.Lower  30 hp
3.Foot    15 hp

[MidnightJaguar]

Wait, PW shouldn't gentle be next to me? Since he took a swing at me with his piston arm?

[piecewise]

Wait, PW shouldn't gentle be next to me? Since he took a swing at me with his piston arm?

Oh yeah, thats right. He has the chain saw not Ren.  Then I suppose Red is all still where they started.

[Ozarck]

PW, why don't you roll for initiative, with spd as the base? Since every other stat based effect involves a roll, except humanity.

[Whisperling]

((Pretty sure I have more than a +34 bonus to more or less everything. Actually, shouldn't it use int, which is a lot higher? Assuming there isn't some quirk of the head that I missed, anyway.))

Wait for Gentle to die. If he does, run over so that I have a better shot at Sy's chest, then tricloptic-head it. If he doesn't, blast Gentle's instead.

Spoiler: Blue (click to show/hide)

Strength: 35
Dex: 48
Speed: 35
Int: 85
Heart: 55, +5 [vessel of souls]= 60

Start with a tricloptic head and vessel of souls in place of left and right upper arms, respectively. Change my chest to corrosive goo and set it as my core. (or, if that would make me start with 1 humanity, just do the head instead).

Main body
1.Head
2.Chest- corrosive goo, core.
3.Gut- trick optic head.

Right arm
1.upper- vessel of souls
2.lower
3.hand

Left arm
1.upper
2.lower
3.hand

Right leg
1.Upper
2.Lower
3.Foot

Left leg
1.Upper
2.Lower
3.Foot


Humanity cap: 72 -10 [tricloptic head] -10 [vessel of souls] -8 [corrosive goo] =44
Regen: 44/10= 4.4~ 5

Current humanity: 29/44 (I think).

[piecewise]

PW, why don't you roll for initiative, with spd as the base? Since every other stat based effect involves a roll, except humanity.

I suppose I can, though thats 6 more rolls each turn.

((Pretty sure I have more than a +34 bonus to more or less everything. Actually, shouldn't it use int, which is a lot higher? Assuming there isn't some quirk of the head that I missed, anyway.))

Wait for Gentle to die. If he does, run over so that I have a slightly better shot at Sy's chest, then tricloptic-head it. If he doesn't, blast Gentle's instead.

Spoiler: Blue (click to show/hide)

Strength: 35
Dex: 48
Speed: 35
Int: 85
Heart: 55, +5 [vessel of souls]= 60

Start with a tricloptic head and vessel of souls in place of left and right upper arms, respectively. Change my chest to corrosive goo and set it as my core. (or, if that would make me start with 1 humanity, just do the head instead).

Main body
1.Head
2.Chest- corrosive goo, core.
3.Gut- trick optic head.

Right arm
1.upper- vessel of souls
2.lower
3.hand

Left arm
1.upper
2.lower
3.hand

Right leg
1.Upper
2.Lower
3.Foot

Left leg
1.Upper
2.Lower
3.Foot


Humanity cap: 72 -10 [tricloptic head] -10 [vessel of souls] -8 [corrosive goo] =44
Regen: 44/10= 4.4~ 5

You're right. And at 85 int it passed the requirement to hit, assuming you're not aiming at a specific part. Lets roll sy's dodge.  76+[94]

So he still manages to avoid the hit. So far my screw ups are at least not having to be retconned.


Waiting on gentle.  Remember, if you want to  use the bonus from a limb, you have to say you're using it, unless you're inherently using that limb to attack. Like punching a guy, you'd use the bonus of the punching arm automatically.

[Ozarck]

I know it's still very early, but ...

The system feels unwieldly to me. Seems like we are doing a lot of 'stat chasing', tryingto figure out what does what, what each action affects, how damage changes several factors.

And a lot of our abilities are "fire and wait" types, which is why I intended originally to keep my humanity as high as possible. And it feels like ren, starting with stats an average of 13 points above the rest, has a pretty good advantage, making him the defacto 'thing to beat'.

Of course, my own mistakes in character building lend to my frustration, but I at least know how i would make two completely different characters out of the same stat set.

[piecewise]

I know it's still very early, but ...

The system feels unwieldly to me. Seems like we are doing a lot of 'stat chasing', tryingto figure out what does what, what each action affects, how damage changes several factors.

And a lot of our abilities are "fire and wait" types, which is why I intended originally to keep my humanity as high as possible. And it feels like ren, starting with stats an average of 13 points above the rest, has a pretty good advantage, making him the defacto 'thing to beat'.

Of course, my own mistakes in character building lend to my frustration, but I at least know how i would make two completely different characters out of the same stat set.

I feel like a lot of the "stat chasing" is a result of us being unsure of the system.

However, if it feels unweildy after this first incarnation, what I'll do is scale back the construction as aspect so that we have more defined and permanent body forms, because that will eliminate a lot of mechanical things that exist just to reign in uncontrollable expansion.

[piecewise]

Since we're still waiting on our good friend gentle, I'll tell ya what I have in mind for scale down, should it come to pass.

Basically, it would involve having the body plans locked to certain forms. It would be a lot more like that game "Rengoku", where you are stuck in a humanoid form (for the most part) but your individual bits are all interchangable. There would be some unique ones, like the naga tails, but for the most part they'd fall in the human body plan. That would basically get rid of a lot of the more complex parts of body building, allow for simplified humanity rules (since it doesn't have to act as a part restrainer) and make balancing easier.

The downside of course being that you'd be stuck in fairly standard body forms and unable to become horrible centipedes made of chainsaws.

[syvarris]

I, personally, would prefer to play an unwieldy game that allows for creativity, rather than a smooth game which stifles it.  I imagine a lot of people here would agree with me, what with said game being hosted on the Dwarf Fortress forums.

[Egan_BW]

You mean it's hosted on the Bay 12 forums. Toady has made more than just one game, and some of them are simple and elegant.