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[Supernerd]

Spring 1, Year 1



Spring has arrived. The ice and snow melts and the world is once again friendly to new life. In a grassland, a magical tree seed awakens from hibernation and takes root; and the densely packed mana within it takes form, bringing five newborn Dryads into existence.

Your objective is to protect this tree with your life, several times if need be. If the tree dies it is Game Over. There do not appear to be any creatures in the immediate vicinity...

Tutorial - Using Abilities: Even without hostile enemies to target, you are still able to use your abilities. Multiple abilities may be used in one turn. If you choose to use more than one, then each one must be assigned a percentage of your Power Multiplier. For example, ability 1 uses 0.7 multiplier and ability 2 uses 0.3 multiplier. Keep in mind that an ability with a low multiplier is likely to be resisted even by very weak enemies.

Note: Please put your actions in bold, and include your characters name with your post. This information has been recorded on Page 1 of the OOC thread.

Spoiler: Dryads (click to show/hide)

Name: Geos
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Earth, Terraforming, Evolution/Adaption
Abilities: Geode Bomb, Shift Earth, Adapt (Minor)

Name: Aster Witheredlock
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Shadows, Illusions, Decay
Abilities: Shadow Asphyxiation, Disguise Self, Life Absorption

Name: Leaf Vinehead
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Blood, Smithing, Plants
Abilities: Draw Blood, Forge Weapon, Leaf Cloak

Name: Hiver Frostwild
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Winter, Autumn, Weather
Abilities: Winter, Autumn, Weather Manipulation

Name: Hikari Sandashi
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Electricity, Animals, Star
Abilities: Spreading Jolt, Friend of Nature, Focus Firelight

Spoiler: Tree and environment (click to show/hide)

Health: 5/5
Height: 5cm
Leaves: Very Sparse
Roots: Narrow
Status: Normal
Mana: 0

Soil: Normal
Humidity: Normal
Temperature: Cool

Spoiler: Upgrades (click to show/hide)

Other
Empower Spell: 1 mana - For this turn only, a selected ability is cast with double its effective power multiplier with a reduced failure rate.
Wildseed Magic: 2 mana - For this turn only, one ability may be used which you do not even have. That ability must be suited for an unlocked skillset.
Heal: 1 mana - Heals 5 health for one Dryad, or 2 health for one Non-Dryad.
Revive (Tier 1): 3 mana - Revives a dead Dryad which is tier 1. The Dryad cannot act on the same turn as their revival.
New Dryad: 4 mana - Spawns a new Dryad from the waitlist. Cost increases with each purchase.
Replace Dryad: 0 mana - Replaces a Dryad with one from the waitlist. WARNING: This will sacrifice any upgrades purchased for the Dryad. Intended for the purpose of replacing inactive players.

Geos
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Earth 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Terraforming 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Evolution/Adaption 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Aster Witheredlock
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Shadows 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Illusions 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Decay 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Leaf Vinehead
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Blood 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Smithing 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Plants 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Hiver Frostwild
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Winter 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Autumn 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Weather 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Hikari Sandashi
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Electricity 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Animals 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Star 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

[Supernerd]

Detailed information about Dryads and Abilities.
For historical characters who are no longer in the game, see the second post on the OOC thread.

Spoiler: Geos (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A humanoid figure with skin that has the color of clay, with emeralds for eyes and mineral veins running through his skin to form tribal patterns. The moss on top of his head that passes for his hair is unkempt.

Geode Bomb: Launches a geode that shatters upon impact, launching sharp crystals around it in an area.

Shift Earth: When allowed to concentrate, Geos can mentally move soil, stone, and crystal from one place to another. For example, while concentrating he can shift soil from one location to pile it in a wall in another location, leaving a hole where the soil was removed.

Adapt (Minor): The selected target swiftly adapts a single quality to allow it to better survive in its environment. Examples include tougher hide, sharper claws, a differently shaped beak to allow gathering of a different food source, development of weak poison or venom, development of tolerance or immunity to weak poisons and venoms, the ability to lose and regrow a tail, etc. Does not stack well with itself

Spoiler: Hikari Sandashi (click to show/hide)

Spreading Jolt An arc of electricity that doesn't deal too much damage, but temporarily paralyses the enemy. ~33% chance of also hitting enemies near the target for each enemy. Actual spread chance is based on various non random factors

Friend of Nature: She easily befriends animals and makes them her allies. They, too, gain a desire to protect the tree.

Focus Firelight: Can concentrate light coming from something combusting (including the sun star) into a beam of light. Acts like an energy-based attack when concentrated enough, which depends on how much light she uses.

Starlight Grenade: If the weather is sufficiently clear, this character can infuse a rock with starlight to turn it into a Starlight Grenade. Starlight Grenades can be thrown to create a burst of light which can elicit various responses from various creatures. Starlight Grenades are compatible with Focus Firelight despite not the fact that they do not technically combust as their energy is from a star.

Spoiler: Nute (click to show/hide)

Appearance: Bright eyes, long slender tail, sucker-feet, variable complexion... Proud to resemble geckoes everywhere!

Stink-mouth: Just like skink-mouth, but in aerosol form! Unpleasant odours can have all manner of fun effects, from a mild cough to passing out from the pain!

Weed Spores: Exhales spores that develop into noxious weeds. The spores themselves are harmful to many creatures when ingested and when the weeds mature they will produce more spores on their own. These weeds will decrease the local soil quality, possibly harming other plants. The dryad tree itself is immune to direct damage from the weeds, but not from the effects of soil degradation.

Best-bush: Everyone has that one plant they knew through their childhood, told all their secrets to, spent their afternoons with, idly conversed with, Ignored when it said utter garbage like "normal people know someone, anyone, anyone at all, of their own species. Don't you even feel lonely?"... You wouldn't want it to be sad, so help it grow, thrive, and mutate! Or dump it when it finds other people to spend all its time hanging-out with and go find a new best-bush that is cooler and better-smelling and provides more shade than the old one ever did! Basically makes a familiar out of a plant

Compost: One of the simplest things to do in alchemy is kill people. most anything will kill someone if it goes into the wrong part. Those civilized pests waste all their time sticking clean metal in one another's most precious parts when the right twig in a finger would off them with half the effort... But you gotta actually get it into them, so you focus on dragging them into a heap and melting them down into a nice mush with which to nurture your better half...

Spoiler: Bob (click to show/hide)

Appearance: This Dryad has weird growths all over it, which change types, sizes, and positions from day to day. Sometimes they become tentacles, eyes, and other things of that sort. It's kind of creepy.

Inevitable Decay: Reduces the effectiveness of a target.

Wild Shape: Assume the form of an animal that has a volume no greater than that of your tree. Like everything else, it is also limited by power multiplier

Growth: Causes something to grow. The effects of this ability ignore the Square-Cubed Law.

Spoiler: Maple Sylphseed (click to show/hide)

Appearance: See large image on reply #218 of ooc thread.

Lesser Songwriting: Composes a mundane song on a theme of choice. Each theme can have a different emotional effect on the listener(s). Songwriting may require multiple turns if the amount of songs known exceeds the power multiplier used to write the song. Songs can be forgotten as a free action

Charm: Causes the target to fantasize about the caster's physical appearance. Radically raises charisma versus unsuspecting targets.

Bless Flora: Imbues the surrounding plantlife with the lifeforce of the oak tree, enhancing growth rate and vitality. Seeds sprout faster; flowers bloom sooner and longer. Can revive a withered plant. Casting this spell will proportionally reduce the vitality of the caster or a connected plant. Note that the Dryad tree is immune to the effects of this spell

Spoiler: WaterDancer (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A blue skinned humanoid nymph with fins on her limbs she wears a dress made of water lilies and has deep purple hair drawn back into braids with flower petals woven into her braid. Scales run along her spine and continue into a shark tail..

Rapids: a wave of water sweeps out and washes away victims (lessened damage but will affect an area and will knock over or distance enemies.)

Healing soak: A relaxing bath that washes away injuries and revitalizes body and mind Requires a suitable body of water to use

Water living adjustment: a willing or unconscious being is changed to be more able to survives under the waves (Adding Scales, changing a tail, webbing feet, expanding lungs, adapting eyes to see underwater, ect) limited to changing things (No adding tails or limbs if target doesn't have one) and each cast changes one thing as well as higher levels required for more extensive changes (e.g. adding a gill system)
Total effect on a given target is restricted by the WaterDancer's Power Multiplier

[S34N1C]

PTW

[OceanSoul]

"Nnny-yaaaAawwn..." Hikari opens her eyes for the first time. She knows who she is, though she doesn't know why, but whoever these other people are, they would make good friends, surely.

"Hey! Rise n' Shine! It's out first day on this beautiful...well, I don't know what this place is called, but it doesn't matter yet! It's Time to Seize the Day!"

Look for new friends, other than us dryads. A few animal buddies seem like a great place to start! Look for 'em north.

[vishdafish]

Leaf Vinehead

"I will check out the south."
Leaf explores the area southwards of the Tree.

[Beirus]

"You're loud. Let the others wake at their own paces." Geos groans at the noise Hikari made, taking a look around. He knows his identity, the information coming to him naturally. The odd experience of suddenly just existing leaves his mind quickly as he looks at all the things that are new to him. His gaze finally returns to the noisy Dryad. "I am Geos. What is your name, loud one?"

Time for some landscaping. Use Shift Earth to dig as deep as necessary to find soil with adequate mana and nutrients to help the tree flourish while piling excess earth around the hole, then shift the beneficial earth to be directly under the tree's roots, shifting the earth that was previously there along with the other unused earth back into the hole that was presumably dug. Keep any neat shiny rocks or gems I find, though.

[Roboson]

It looks as if other's have finally awoken. said a strange looking dryad. He was white, and most closely resembled a birch tree. Ice and snow clung to his head branches, and didn't seem to melt like the rest of the snow around. Strangely, he was devoid of the typical foliage of dryads. I was just watching the last of winter fade away. Such a shame. Time for introductions, I'm Hiver,
 who might you be?

After meeting the other dryads, explore the north west.

[OceanSoul]

"Gee, Ver, You all can call meee...Hikari Sandashi! It means something, surely. Something about lil' critters, shining starlight, and Bold Bursts of E-Lec-Tricity!"

[Shadowclaw777]

Aster Witherlock takes a long time to awaken but eventually does so after a long warmup period, he slowly scurries away from the centralized area of the tree to do his own business.

Time for a change in identities, utilizing the illusory magic of Disguise Self so that Aster disguises into a young girl at around the age of 10-13, enough where people will think that I'm weak and harmless, yet over-my-head and head strong to be by myself alone in a random forest. Have the disguised figure have long pink hair that reaches to the ground and contains a very high pitched voice. If my character doesn't know what a human looks like, or doesn't know the most common bipedal race around here, than have illusory magic basically replace my Raisin-skin with carbon-based flesh and become very short and slim.

Aster makes a short introduction to all of the fellow dryads and than momentarily goes his own way. "WELL MET everyone, I'm Aster, you don't have to pay attention me.

Than go explore the area westwards after all of those events happen .

[OceanSoul]

Cool trick! Wish I could change my body like that. Not sure if pink hair is common around here, though.. Hikari tried to feel Aster's hair (though she hasn't said her name yet), to find it wasn't actually there. "Oh, it's not real? Well, I guess I'll just have to one-up you one day!"

[RAM]

Aster disguises into a young girl at around the age of 10-13... weak and harmless... very high pitched voice... very short and slim.

Given that your origin tree is 5cm tall, that may be more accurate than you realise... Posting to watch!

Out of character thread.

[Rose]

Ptw

[Supernerd]

Spring 2, Year 1

Spoiler: Player Locations (click to show/hide)

Hikari sandashi: N
Leaf Vinehead: S
Aster Witherlock: W
Hiver Frostwild: NW

Mouse (N): 2/2
Bird (S): 2/2
Cor-Mite x3 (T): 2/2

Hikari decides to explore to the North. There is more grassland over in this direction, in addition to a curious line in the ground where plants are not growing. Her search for animals reveals what appears to be a Giant Mouse! On closer inspection it is actually a regular mouse. It wasn't immediately obvious before, but newbord Dryads are pretty small.

Leaf Vinehead explores the area to the south. More grassland here, and to the east there appears to be some kind of large rocky protusion coming out of the ground blocking vision in this direction.

Geos uses his Shift Earth ability to start digging out a hole. It appears that mana is not something that simply exists in the earth. At around this point Geo becomes aware of his stature. He has dug out a hole that is at least as deep as he is tall and hasn't found much more than soil. There are a couple of rocks, but they aren't especially shiny. He moves some of the soil near the base of the tree, but it seems unwise to try to remove the soil already there as the tree is small enough to be uprooted if you aren't careful.

Hiver explores the area to the northwest, discovering that some of the ground in this direction is absent of vegetation. There is also something that looks sort of like a tree; yet appears to be something else.

Aster Witherlock uses his Disguise Self ability to appear as a young girl. The disguise self ability does not appear to affect things such as voice. It also occurs to Aster... That he is substantially smaller than even a young human! He is however, capable of making an appropriately sized illusion. Aster then moves to the west. There is a section of ground here that does not have any vegetation. Also, there appears to be a Birch Tree here! Its much larger than your own tree, but it is entirely non-magical in nature.

Some strange creatures arrive near the tree. They have six legs, are about two inches tall and have a purple color. They have sharp looking jaws and seem to have a sinister aura.

Tutorial - Critters: When an animal is discovered, its health will be displayed in the thread. It may or may not be hostile; you'll need to exercise judgement when you see them.

Tutorial - Movement: Without special abilities, you can only move one tile per turn. You will also be unable to stray very far from your tree. As the tree grows bigger its influence will spread; permitting you to safely explore further away. Your map will physically expand when this happens.

Spoiler: Dryads (click to show/hide)

Name: Geos
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Earth, Terraforming, Evolution/Adaption
Abilities: Geode Bomb, Shift Earth, Adapt (Minor)

Name: Aster Witheredlock
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Shadows, Illusions, Decay
Abilities: Shadow Asphyxiation, Disguise Self, Life Absorption

Name: Leaf Vinehead
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Blood, Smithing, Plants
Abilities: Draw Blood, Forge Weapon, Leaf Cloak

Name: Hiver Frostwild
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Winter, Autumn, Weather
Abilities: Winter, Autumn, Weather Manipulation

Name: Hikari Sandashi
Tier: Newborn
Health: 5/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Electricity, Animals, Star
Abilities: Spreading Jolt, Friend of Nature, Focus Firelight

Spoiler: Tree and environment (click to show/hide)

Health: 7/7
Height: 7cm
Leaves: Very Sparse
Roots: Narrow
Status: Normal
Mana: 1

Soil: Normal
Humidity: Normal
Temperature: Cool

Spoiler: Upgrades (click to show/hide)

Other
Empower Spell: 1 mana - For this turn only, a selected ability is cast with double its effective power multiplier with a reduced failure rate.
Wildseed Magic: 2 mana - For this turn only, one ability may be used which you do not even have. That ability must be suited for an unlocked skillset.
Heal: 1 mana - Heals 5 health for one Dryad, or 2 health for one Non-Dryad.
Revive (Tier 1): 3 mana - Revives a dead Dryad which is tier 1. The Dryad cannot act on the same turn as their revival.
New Dryad: 4 mana - Spawns a new Dryad from the waitlist. Cost increases with each purchase.
Replace Dryad: 0 mana - Replaces a Dryad with one from the waitlist. WARNING: This will sacrifice any upgrades purchased for the Dryad. Intended for the purpose of replacing inactive players.

Geos
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Earth 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Terraforming 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Evolution/Adaption 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Aster Witheredlock
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Shadows 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Illusions 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Decay 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Leaf Vinehead
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Blood 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Smithing 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Plants 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Hiver Frostwild
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Winter 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Autumn 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Weather 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

Hikari Sandashi
Tier Increase: 8 mana - Increase your health and power multiplier, and unlock new upgrade options.
Selected Spell: Electricity 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Animals 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Selected Spell: Star 6 mana - Create a new spell of your choice for this skillset
Random Spell: 3 mana - Gain a random spell for a random unlocked skillset. Costs half the amount of the most expensive option. Mana will be refunded if a cheaper spell is picked, but you need to have enough mana for the most expensive one to purchase this option.

[Beirus]

((So are we essentially a bunch of baby Groots running around, size-wise?))

[Shadowclaw777]

Aster imitating a young girl enacts a raging tantrum, ""A TREE greater than mine, IMPOSSIBLE Y'HEAR ME. WE NO LIKE COMPETITION".

Sprint up to that Birch Tree, put my hands onto the tree than cast Life Absorption on the tree to sap some of its vitality. It will weakens its ability to grow and maybe I can "transmute" some of the life energy into our tree..
Maybe I'm going to have develop a vitality transmuting spell, who knows.