Round 1
Turn 0Trouble in Paradise_______________________________
A little before noonDelfino Plaza, Isle Delfino, The TropicsWelcome to the sun-drenched tropical paradise of Isle Delfino!At least that’s what the tourism bureau so confidently states.
Paradise. They’ll probably gonna a different adjective when all is said and done.
The sun, lingering behind the occasional cloud, casts down shining rays of comforting warmth on the sun-kissed roof tiles of this relaxing portofino; Delfino Plaza. It was meant to be an ordinary day. A nice, calming day. Ever since that handy red plumber washed away all that graffiti and brought back the light, tourism has been up, energizing the local economy. Delfino Plaza had evolved into the living,breathing nexus of Isle Delfino; a launching pad to all the other destinations of note on the lush dolphin-shaped island. A diverse mix of locals and tourists on holiday go about their everyday activities. The market district bustles with activity as Piantas, Noki, and Raccoons barter over freshly harvested fruit. Toads and humans from out of town try to soak up some sun on the sandy shores of the beach, though many more frequent the larger Gelato Beach further away. The waters, a gem-like blue, are broken up by large ferries and smaller gondolas, carrying passengers to and from. Local landmarks, like the lighthouse and the shine gate, kept watch over the peaceful town. Their presence a comforting constant
Rather recently, strange fliers began appearing on walls and bulletin boards around town. Nobody really knew where they came from.It was a plea for evacuation, punctuated by a single ominous phrase.
THE WIKI WARS ARE COMING
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In contrast to the compact streets of Delfino Plaza’s other districts, the open space of Bianco Square provided a natural gathering place. In the center a large statue of a pianta on a pedestal marks a well known Delfino Plaza landmark. The palm trees sway gently in the briny ocean breeze. A manhole provided access to a grid of sewers that criss crossed the town.
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THE WIKI WARS ARE COMINGSome passed it off as a lame viral marketing stunt. Many others simply paid it no heed. Those easily spooked packed their backs and hightailed on the first flight out. Crazy, people called them. Nothing bad could happen here, right? Besides, this was paradise
***
Eight green pipes, spaced in a perfect circle, rose out of the ground. Eight warriors, not including their backup, deposited around the Grand Pianta Statue. The statue broke direct line of sight, but they all knew what they were there for. Ill intent and unese permeated the air. Peace? There will be no peace. Silence, except for the near constant sound of the waves and the cry of the seagulls.
Starting at the half closest to town, we had the following warriors:
Failbird, a blue scaled warrior holding a rather unsettling sight. Did she do that?
Dubloon-Seven, A German fellow brandishing a bloodthirsty axe. How many heads will fall by his hand? His bird-man compatriot stood by his side, at the ready
King Zultan, a man in a wheelchair. Even though he might be flanked by two thuggish Pro Wrestlers, don’t underestimate him.
And
NRDL, a lucha warrior bound to do a good lucha thing. A slightly repugnant and sour smell lingers briefly.
On the other side of the statue and closer to the ocean, we had four more Warriors. Just as strange. Just as violent.
There was
Hotfire90, looking rather dapper in his formal wear, like some mortician to the rich and famous.
0cra_tr0per, who actually didn’t stand out all to much except for the fact that he’s got the head of fricken fly. Keys jingled in his pocket. Next to him was Pat Patterson with his arms folded. He had more in common with the retirees on vacation here, but he knew his purpose; his mission.
The_Two_Eternities, appears with basketball in hand. It bounces off the decorative stone floor with gusto. SOmeone is gonna get dunked on.
And last but least, there was
piratejoe waving around a green rancid lobster. Next to him was a nun rated M for mature. But seriously, an assassination team comprised of women in latex nun costumes?
A red Toad and a blue Toad, no doubt tourists from the Mushroom Kingdom, needed to take just one peak at the eight warriors before booking it out of there, passing by a group of Piantas inspecting a truck that just seemed to have materialized out of thin air. Volvo? What in the world is a Volvo?
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The two Toads run by a flyered wall before vanishing into the unsuspecting crowd, babbling in fear. A new flyer was posted. The pleas of evacuation were gone. Again, a singular message sat front and center.
THE WIKI WARS ARE HERE ____________________________________________________________
Name: Hotfire90
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Status: fine
Gary Hebl : +2 Legal, +3 Politics +
Ability:Insurance Salesman
(20)
Submachine Gun: +
Asset: Submachine Gun (100/100)
(34)
Grandma’s Coffin: +2 Digging +
Asset: Shovel +Ability: Premature Burial
(39)
Cuánto Cabrón: +3 Meme making, +
Asset: Jetpack +
Asset: Top Hat, +
Asset: Monocle
(20)
Water Gun+Asset: Water Gun (30/30)
Assets: Submachine Gun (100/100), Shovel, Jetpack, Top Hat, Monocle, Water Gun (30/30)
Abilities: Insurance Salesman: Can attempt to ‘insure’ NPCs. Player will receive a money premium each turn the Insured NPC is alive. [Max 5 NPCs]
Premature Burial: Summon a coffin. Any character placed, willingly or unwillingly, in this coffin will be subsequently buried alive! [3 turn cooldown after successful burial]
Name:The_Two_Eternities
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Status: fine
Tornadoes of 2015: +
Ability: There’s a Storm Coming
(10)
LeBron James: +4 Basketball, +
Asset: Basketball +
Asset: 3 NBA Championship Rings
(28)
Greater Healing Scroll:+
Asset: Greater Healing Scroll
(32)
Geese Howard: +2 Business Administration, +3 Martial Arts, +
Ability:Reppuuken, +
Ability:Raging Storm
(40)
Logopedia ->
Pepsi Boom : +
Asset: six-pack of Pepsi Boom
Assets:
Basketball, 3 NBA Championship Rings, six-pack of Pepsi Boom
{Greater Healing Scroll: Target recovers from egregious medical harm.(1 use)}
Abilities: There’s a Storm Coming: Call down a tornado of varying strength to ravage the area. [4 turn cooldown after end of tornado]
Reppuken: Create a damaging chi energy wave that travels in a straight line in front of you.
Raging Storm: Create a damaging pillar of energy around you (1 turn cooldown)
Name:Failbird105
Gender: Female
Nationality: Canadian
Status: Fine
Transonic : +
Ability:Supersonic Flight +
Trait:Uncanny Appearance
(16)
Bloody Horse Head: +
Asset: Freshly decapitated horse head
(35)
Sly and the Family Stone: +3 Funk Music +
Ability: Dance to the Music! +
Asset: Greatest Hits Vinyl LP
(24) Poseidon’s Bell: +
Asset:Poseidon’s Bell
(37)
Kama: +2 Crop Harvesting +
Asset: Kama
Assets: Freshly decapitated horse head, Vinyl LP: SLy and the Family Stone Greatest Hits, Kama,
{Poseidon’s Bell: Generates a protective, weather immune field around the holder. Can be mounted on ships.}
Abilities: Supersonic Flight: Player can fly at really fast speed
Dance to the Music!: Can compel characters in close proximity to dance if sufficiently funky music is playing
Trait: Uncanny Appearance: Player has obvious mutant appearance (blue scaly skin)
Name:Dubloon-Seven
Gender: Male
Nationality: German
Status:fine
Michael Willmann: +4 Baroque Painting +
Asset: Painting:Orpheus playing a harp
(26)
Drill : +
Ability: Drill Arm
(9)
Peter Petrelli (Villains future): +
Ability: Power Mimic
(31)
Kestrel Man: +
Ally: Kestrel Man
(14)
Horseless Headless Horsemann: +
Asset: Headtaker +
Trait:Jack-O-lantern head.
Assets: Painting: Orpheus playing a harp.
{Headtaker:Wicked axe that confers +1 speed with successful decapitation, (Max +5)}
Abilities: Drill Arm: Player can turn arm into an active large drill. This drill will drag the player continuously forward until player collides with wall or disengages drill. When disengaged, drill will be launched as projectile (1 turn cooldown)
Power Mimic: Player can ‘learn’ and use another player’s ability if in close proximity (max 2 ability) Player will lose copied Ability when not in range
Trait: Jack-O-lantern Head: Player’s head is replaced with an eerie glowing carved pumpkin.
Ally:Kestrel Man(status:fine) A person with the head and wings of a kestrel
Name:King Zultan
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
status:fine
Leucophora: +
Ability: Swarm Summon
(35)
The Accuser: +2 Legal +
Asset: Transforming wheelchair +
Trait:Paraplegic
(35)
Jesse Eisenberg: +1 Voice Acting, +3 Acting +
Asset: DVD copy of The Social Network
(18)
Yellow Temperance: +
Stand: Yellow Temperance
(7)
SAnitY: +2 Pro Wrestling +2 Tag Team Attack +
Ally:Killian Dain +
Ally:Alexander Wolfe
Assets:DVD of The Social Network
{Transforming Wheelchair: a wheelchair that is able to turn into power armor around the player.}
Abilities: Swarm Summon: Create a concentrated swarm of root-maggot flies. Effective against vegetation (2 turn cooldown)
Stand:
Yellow Temperance: Amorphous blob creature bound to player’s body. Can be used to: assimilate organic matter, mimic the appearance of other characters, and as body armor
Trait: Paraplegic: Player has lost usage of their legs and cannot walk via normal means
Allies: Killian Dain (steel chair. Status: fine)- A big, burly, and violent wrestler. Teammates with Alexander Wolfe
Alexander Wolfe (status: fine): An unhinged and unpredictable anarchist wrestler. Teammates with Killian Dain
Name:NRDL
Gender: Male
Nationality: Unknown
Status: fine
Tornero Gran Alternativa (2009): +3 Lucha Libre +
Asset: Lucha mask +
Asset: CMLL World Heavyweight Championship Belt
(25)
Fosh Beary : +
Asset: 5 Combustible Lemons +
Trait:Lemon Factory
(19)
HG 40: +
Asset: HG 40 SMG (32/32)
(13)
Touhou Smash Battles: +
Asset: $10,000 +
Ability: That violates my copyright!
(29)
Trisagion: +
Ability: Smiting Light
Assets:Lucha mask, CMLL Belt, 5 Combustible Lemons, HG 40 SMG (32/32), $10000
Abilities: That violates my copyright!: Accuse a character of using your content without permission! If successful, character will be assaulted by randomly spawning lawyers! (3 turn cooldown)
Smiting Light: Player can shoot blasts of searing light out of their eyes (once per turn)
TraitLemon Factory: Player, for lack of a better term, 'produces' Combustible Lemons (1 every 2 turns)
Name:0cra_tr0per
Gender: Male
Nationality:American
Status: fine
Gerald Brisco: +1 Pro Wrestling, +2 Eye for Talent, +2 Auto Repair, +
Ally: Pat Patterson
(11)
The Flood: +
Ability: Gravemind. +
Asset: Infectious vial of Flood spores
(12)
Brundle Bundle: +3 Repair +2 Robotics +
Asset: Wrench +
Trait: Man-Fly
(8.)
Volvo Viking: +
Asset: Volvo L485 Viking heavy duty truck
(15)
Defense Calling:+
Ability: Barrier
Assets:Volvo L485 Viking truck
{Vial of Flood spores: Contains mutagenic powder. Exposure is through physical contact. Infected characters quickly transform into a Flood abomination}.
Abilities: Gravemind:Player is immune to and can control the actions of Flood creatures
Barrier:Player can project a protective barrier around themself or other objects, shielding against potential damage. (+2 to defense rolls for 2 turns. Does not affect counter-attack) (2 turn cooldown)
Trait: Man-Fly: Player is a freakish hybrid of man and fly. Expect people to react accordingly
Ally:Pat Patterson (Brass Knuckles. Status: fine)- Was the first WWE Intercontinental Champion back in the day. He's kinda old now, though.
Name: piratejoe
Gender:Male
Nationality: American
Status:fine
Hydrogen damage: +
Ability: Metal degradation
(3)
William Baker: +2 Burglary +
Trait: Sandman
(20)
Spoiled Lobster: +
Asset: Spoiled Lobster +
Ability: Induce Puking
(4)
Super Polystation 2: +3 Counterfeiting +
Asset: Boxed Super Polystation 2
(14)
Jennifer Anne Paxton: +1 Close Combat. +
Asset:Combat Knife +
Asset:Rosary Garrote +
Ally:Tactical Nun
Assets:Spoiled Lobster. Boxed Polystation 2. Combat Knife. Rosary Garrote
Abilities: Metal degradation: Player can induce brittleness in metals, making objects made of this material weaker
Induce Puking: Player can vomit on command
Trait:Sandman: Player’s body is comprised of shape-shifting animated sand. Player has enhanced endurance, super-strength, ability to climb walls, and has enhanced strength. Vulnerable to water and high heat.
Ally:Tactical Nun (Rosary Garrote,Combat Knife, Agency Dynamic CPW (30/30) status:fine): a ruthless assassin, who's in latex nun outfit. Yeah, this was a thing.