Turn 0The portal at the bottom floor of the arena fluctuates, and spits out 10 multicolored blobs. The blobs take a moment, then vanish to reveal the combatants that were within the blobs.
In clockwise order from the northernmost, the combatants were John Dee, Robert, David, Johnsmith, Owain Dark, CorkyMoran, Thrakor, Steve, Khaziraad, and Fred Jones.
Besides their initial confusion regarding their location, or even their role in this arena, they took in each other, and viewed their surroundings with caution.
A voice crackled from an unseen intercom.
"Welcome viewers and contestants to the *static* season of Perplexicon Apocalypse! Our lucky fighters in the ring will be able to fight it out to the death, gaining standing in the arena and power for their efforts. As contestants fall, their consciousnesses will be returned to our dressing room, and fresh fighters will take their place in the arena we've prepared for this season! The lucky winner who gathers one HUNDRED souls of *static* will win *static* and be able to reshape the world as they see fit! We've provided our fighters with small books of magic to make the fights interesting. Contestants ready? Fight!"The MapBottom Floor
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║ │ │ ║ The Spawn Room
║ @ └──┘ ║ In the center is a hole in the floor
║ ║ in which a glowing portal is situated.
║> @ @ ║ The room is pretty plain, bare stone.
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Hawk132: orange, Whisperling: purple, heydude6: yellow, FallacyofUrist: limegreen, NJW2000: red, AbstractTraitorHero: chocolate, TopHat: cyan, TheBiggerFish: blue, DramerGhost: green, Toaster: black
Second Floor
╔══════════╗ ╔══════════╗NW Room: The Jungle Room
║ <║ ║> ║The whole place is overgrown, the stone of the
║ ║ ║ ║floor is cracked and decayed. Great trees pierce
║ ║ ║ ║the roof, themselves covered with moss.
║ ║ ║ ║Movement is restricted by the vines and vegitation,
║ ║ ║ ║and a lot of wild birds reside here.
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║ ║ ║ ║NE Room: The Ocean Room
║ ║ ║ ║An air bubble surounds each staircase, but the
║> ║ ║ <║whole room is otherwise filled with water.
╚══════════╝ ╚══════════╝Besides the fish swimming around, the notable
features include a sandy floor (and roof), and
a coral formation on the walls. Anenomes and
seaweed make up the flora here.
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║< ║ ║ >║SW Room: The Polar Room
║ ║ ║ ║The walls are coated with ice, the floor knee deep
║ ║ ║ ║with snow. A constant wind whips up the snow into
║ ║ ║ ║a flurry, limiting visibility. There is no native
║ ║ ║ ║fauna, and flora is limited to a small amount of moss.
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║ ║ ║ ║SE Room: The Desert Room
║ ║ ║ ║Besides a few cacti, there is very little fauna here.
║ ║ ║ ║The sweltering heat of the dry air and the burning
║ >║ ║< ║sandy floor ensure staying here is not a treat.
╚══════════╝ ╚══════════╝Despite conditions, some wild rabbits can be found
here, and some gophers, both living in holes.
Third Floor
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║ < ║ North Room: The Reaper Room
║ ║ Everything is engraved with skulls. The walls and floor
║ ║ are black obsidian, and the eyes of the skulls glow
║ ║ green. An oppressing presence can be felt, like something
║ ║ is watching you. There are some scary stalagtites and
║ ║ stalagmites in the room, also engraved.
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║ ║ ╚═══════╝ West Room: The Insane Room
║ ║ The floor is purple, and there are grasping tentacles
║ ║ reaching from it. A large pillar in the middle of the
║< >║ room occasionally blinks at you, and mouths appear in mid-
║ ║ air, biting at nothing while more tentacles reach from the
║ ║ mouths. This seems like a dangerous place!
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╚═══════╝ ║ ║ East Room: The Fiery Room
║ ║ The whole place stinks of brimstone, and the only safe
║ ║ place to walk on the floor are floating platforms of
║> <║ pumice; the rest of the floor is magma. The wall has
║ ║ some frightning red tridents mounted to it, which are
╔═══════╗ ║ ║ on fire, just like the bats in the room.
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║ ║ ╚═══════╝ South Room: The Justice Room
║ ║ A bright glow comes from the floor, which is cool and
║ ║ glassy like marble. There are many swords sticking from
║ ║ the floor, each vibrating with glowing energy. Some
║ ║ winged scales float through the room, and you feel like
║ < ║ you are being judged.
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Fourth Floor
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║ ║ Observatory
║ ║ The roof of the top floor is made of
║ ║ clear crystals, and curved into four
║ ║ peaks which smooth out as the reach
║ ║ the center, forming a complex dome.
║ ║ While the floor is plain stone, a
║ <║ central collumn made of multicolored
╔════════╝ ╚════════╗crystals rises from the center, forming
║ < ║complex and jagged shapes. At the
║ ║bottom of the pillar is a hollow
║ ║compartment that houses some loose
║ ╔╗ ║papers, but they are sealed in with
║ ╚╝ ║bars of electrified steel.
║ ║And a bright green force field.
║ ║And possibly a boss fight.
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StatusesSteve
A tall man wearing a black mage robe. No hat though.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk:-1
Stamina:1
Cardio:1
Wisdom:1
Knowledge:1
Soul:2
Strength: -1.5
Endurance: -0.5
Dodge: 0.5
Speed: 1
Will: 2
Aim: -1
Pool: 2.5 -> 3
Regeneration: 1.5 -> 2
Potential: 1
Name: David
Description: A flimsy-looking man wearing spectacles and a suit jacket. He seems a little more caught up in the "how-on-earth-did-I-get-here" routine than many of the others.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk: 0
Stamina: 0
Cardio: -1
Wisdom: 1
Knowledge: 2
Soul: 3
Strength: -1.5
Endurance: -1
Dodge: -2
Speed: -1
Will: 2
Aim: 1
Pool: 3.5 -> 4
Regeneration: 2
Potential: 2.5
Robert
Description: An acolyte of a lovecraftian cult. Has never successfully performed a ritual. Wears a black hooded robe with red trim.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk: -1
Stamina: 1
Cardio: 1
Wisdom: 0
Knowledge: 2
Soul: 2
Strength: -1.5
Endurance: -0.5
Dodge: +0.5
Speed: 0
Will: +2
Aim: 0
Pool: +2
Regeneration: +1
Potential: +2
Name: Johnsmith.
Description: The most nondescript man ever.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Stats:
Bulk: 0
Stamina: 1
Cardio: 1
Wisdom: 1
Knowledge: 1
Soul: 1
Strength: -0.5
Endurance: 0
Dodge: 0.5
Speed: 1
Will: 1
Aim: 0
Pool: 1.5 -> 2
Regeneration: 1.5 -> 2
Potential: 0.5
Name: John Dee
Description: A potent sorcerer, or a man that thinks he is, anyhow. Wears a skullcap and long, flowing dark robes. Possibly an English Renaissance necromancer, astrologer and occultist. Or perhaps an academic who got too embroiled in his subject matter and ended up in a loony bin.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk: 0
Stamina: -1
Cardio: 0
Wisdom: 2
Knowledge: 2
Soul: 2
Strength: -1
Endurance: -2
Dodge: -1.5
Speed: 1
Will: 0
Aim: 1
Pool: 3
Regeneration: 3
Potential: 2
Name:Owain Dark
Description:
a legendary swordmaster and sorcerer of the dark arts no one can stand up to the dark power's of my twitching sword hand! I'm tottaly not alot weaker here!
StatusHealthy
InventoryClothes
LocationBottom Floor, Portal Room
StatsBulk:2
Stamina:1
Cardio:1
Wisdom:0
Knowledge:0
Soul:1
Strength: 1.5
Endurance: 1
Dodge: 0.5
Speed: 0
Will: 1
Aim: 1
Pool: 1
Regeneration: 0
Potential: -0.5
No Regeneration: No spell castingName: Corky Moran
Description: Best compared to a shaven gorilla, a man who looks like he'd be more in place in a boxing ring than a magical arena.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk: 2
Stamina: 2
Cardio: 2
Wisdom: 0
Knowledge: -1
Soul: 0
Strength: 2
Endurance: 2
Dodge: 2
Speed: 1
Will: 1
Aim: 0
Pool: 0
Regeneration: -0.5 -> 0
Potential: -2
No Pool: No spell casting
No Regeneration: No spell casting
Name:Fred Jones
Appearance:A reedy, thin male human.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Bulk:-1
Stamina:1
Cardio:0
Wisdom:2
Knowledge:1
Soul:2
Strength: -2
Endurance: -0.5
Dodge: -0.5
Speed: 1
Will: 2
Aim: -1
Pool: 3
Regeneration: 2.5 -> 3
Potential: 1
Name: Khaziraad
Description: A witchunter who despises magic, and sneaked in for sole reason of killing a mage.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Stats:
Bulk: 3
Stamina:1
Cardio: 2
Wisdom: 0
Knowledge:-1
Soul: 0
Strength: 3
Endurance: 1.5
Dodge: 1.5
Speed: 1
Will: 0
Aim: 1
Pool: 0
Regeneration: -0.5 -> 0
Potential: -2
No Pool: No spellcasting
No regeneration: No spellcasting
Name: Thrakor
Description: A scrawny guy with a scraggly beard. Is almost certain he's done this before many times; is losing sanity due to this.
Status
Healthy
Inventory
Clothes
Location
Bottom Floor, Portal Room
Stats
Stats:
Bulk: 0
Stamina: 1
Cardio: 0
Wisdom: 2
Knowledge: 1
Soul: 1
Strength: -1
Endurance: 0
Dodge: -0.5
Speed: 1
Will: 1
Aim: 0
Pool: 2
Regeneration: 2.5 -> 3 (capped @ Pool) -> 2
Potential: 0.5