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[The Adversary]

K.I.T.E.D
Kick In The Evil Doors

This is a game about going through dungeons*.

*Dungeons
Each Dungeon is a set of encounters**.

**Encounters
Each encounter is a set of interconnected rooms*** and monsters****.

***Rooms
Four walls, some (assuredly evil) doors, probably some traps, hopefully some treasure in there somewhere.

****Monsters
Things that aren’t you or your party*****. This is not to say that you aren’t a monster at a personal level, only at a technical level.

*****Party
A social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.
See also: Soiree, social gathering, sarcasm, mixer

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Spoiler: General Gameplay Rules (click to show/hide)

Gameplay loop goes like this.

Party selects a dungeon, or gets thrown into one at my convenience. (Your first will be absolutely chosen at my convenience)
Party kicks in the front door and starts the first encounter.
Party clears the encounter (or gets wiped)
If not wiped in 3, Party heals a bit, then gets a choice of next door to kick down.
Repeat 3 and 4 until end of Dungeon. Once dungeon is over, collect Fat Loot.
Level up maybe, spend Fat Loot always.
Find a new Dungeon.
Repeat 1-7 Until dead or retired.

If a player dies, then they’re dead and they go to the bottom of the waitlist (if one exists), and the party has to complete the dungeon without them. If the party wipes, then the last person to die gets to crawl out alive, and everyone else is sent back into the waitlist (if one exists)

Mechanics
I’d originally wanted to a do a lightweight game of 3.5/5e, but I kept running into issues lightening magic - which for 5e everyone and their dog has. Ended up with spiritually similar classes, a completely different ability system which is actually reminiscent of 4e in some ways, and a weird equipment system. It’s completely broken and I love it.

Actual combat runs pretty close to ordinary modern D&D rules. Play is done on a grid of 5’ squares, players have a base move speed of 30’ every round, and everyone gets 3 types of actions during their turn which you can take interspersed in any order with movement. Players always get to go first (Surprise advantage for kicking in the door) in one big block, order determined among themselves, then the monsters go, then the cycle repeats. The following are the three action types you get during a round,

A Main Action
A Bonus Action
A Free Action

Main Actions: You main action is (usually) the meat of your turn. You only get one, and you can use it to do any of the following,
Basic Attack: Roll a d20 and attack a target with range. If your roll matches or beats their defense, you can roll damage against them.
Use Ability: Use any ability with a time of 1 action.
Dodge: Anyone trying to hit you this round has to roll twice to hit and take the worst roll.
Sprint: Add 30’ to your speed this round

Bonus Actions: Are used for various abilities. Using one doesn’t prevent you from taking a Main Action, BUT you can only take 1 Bonus Action in a turn unless you have something that specifically says otherwise.

Free Actions: Drawing/Sheathing a weapon, dropping prone, monologuing, kicking down an Evil Door, these are all Free Actions. A couple of abilities are also Free actions. In general, you can take as many free actions in a turn as you want, but you can’t do the same one more than once. (Drawing or sheathing one weapon, one monologue, kicking down one evil door, can still be one action) A few abilities are also Free Actions.

In addition, as an adaptation for Play-By-Post, the standard D&D Reaction is now called a Prepared Action.

Prepared Action: By default, your prepared action is always to take an attack of opportunity against anyone who leaves your threatened radius. However, there are many abilities that also require the use of a Prepared Action, and, like Main and Bonus actions, you can only take 1 of these in a round unless otherwise specified.

HP, having it, losing it, and getting it back.
Your HP represents your physical endurance, combat poise, and raw grit. Running low means you're getting progressively more off balance and open to a mortal blow. Running out indicates that an enemy had succeeded in striking you down with a serious wound. Regaining HP is mixture of getting your breath and balance back as well as physical healing.

When you're reduced to zero hp you're incapacitated - you can't do anything but try and not actively die. At the end of each of your rounds you will automatically roll and unmodified d20 to try and stabilize. If roll 11 or better you win the check and you're stable. If you fail, you gain a death mark until the end of the dungeon and have to repeat the check on your next round. If you ever accumulate three death marks, you die. If you regain any amount of HP while at 0 HP, you stop bleeding out and become prone instead of incapacitated.

HP can be regained either through abilities, either yours or those of your party (or very occasionally those of monsters), or by completing an encounter. Any time you complete an encounter you roll 1dX twice, where X is your max HP. After rolling, set your current HP to the max of your current HP and the better of the two rolls.

AP, having it, losing it, and getting it back.
Your AP is an abstraction of all your spellcasting energy, physical maneuvers, divine energy, and guile at your disposal. Most active abilities cost AP to use, and the use of your active abilities is key to your success. Aside from not being able to use abilities, there’s no downside to running out of AP.

Each class has their own regen mechanic, which is their way of regaining AP. Unless specified otherwise by its description or another mechanic, a regen can trigger as many times per turn as its conditions are met. If you’re at your max AP and regen more, any AP gained over your max is lost.

Setting Up a Character

Basically you take this, copy it into a new reply, and then go through the spoilers below and slot stuff together. Boom. Easy. Except for the crippling indecision.

When in doubt, roll dice and pick randomly.

Name: Something that lets me refer to you directly. Rolling dice can still work here as long as you’re chill with being named a number.
Level: This will be 3 when the game starts. You can put whatever you want here, character descriptions, tragic backstory, etc, but I will probably ignore it, definitely erase it, and fill in a 3.
Class: An archetype that will forever define you until the day you die. No pressure.
Attributes, Four choices, distilled from the essence of D&D.
Stronkness:
Beefness:
Fastness:
Classiness:
Starting Abilities: Picked based on your class.
Weapon Of Choice: The weapon you need.
Weapon Of Resort: The weapon you deserve.
Defense: What keeps things from poking you. Sadly, neither biting sarcasm nor applied sluttiness are valid options.

Spoiler: Classes (click to show/hide)

Fighty Folk
Barbarian
Tougher and better burst damage than fighter, but worse sustained performance and higher chance to be hit. Also smells funny.
Starting HP: 25
Starting AP:  6
AP Regen: Take or Deal Damage while not raging or fatigued, +2
Intrinsic Ability: Rage: X AP, Bonus. Gain 1dX bonus to damage and to hit, 1dX damage reduction against all, and -1dX to your defense each round for 1dX rounds. Bonus amounts are rerolled each time they are used.

Fighter
Stronger physical defenses than anyone and completely reliable regen, but lacks burst capability. Also boring.
Starting HP: 21
Starting AP:  4
AP Regen: Deflect damage with Armor while Faith in Steel not active (+2) or Attack (+1)
Intrinsic Ability: Faith in Steel: 2AP, Bonus, your defense increases by 4 until start of your next turn.


Spellish Citizens
Warlock
Regen uncontrollable or costs HP, but casts improved spells and can do some wetwork. Also edgy as fuck.
Starting HP: 17
Starting AP:  8
AP Regen: Any Enemy Dies (+2), sacrifice 1d4hp (+4), lose at least 5hp in one hit (+4)
Intrinsic Ability: Unspeakable Power: 2AP, Bonus, when used alongside an ability or attack that rolls dice for effect, those dice explode. If the ability has a save, its difficulty is increased by 2.

Wizard
Best AP per regen and AP capacity, but worst-in-game HP and vulnerable during regen. Also snooty.
Starting HP: 13
Starting AP:  12
AP Regen: Sacrifice all actions and set defense to 10 for a round. (+6)
Intrinsic Ability: Codex: 3AP, Bonus Action. Copy any ability, active or passive, from an ally. Lasts for four rounds, and cannot be used again until its duration has expired.

Choich Chums
Cleric
Drives the healbus and has buff/debuff abilities, but worst ability regen. Also preachy.
Starting HP: 17
Starting AP:  6
AP Regen: Use Bonus Action to Roll a d6 and pray. Regen on a 6. (+2)
Intrinsic Ability: Preventative Measures: 1AP, Prepared. When an ally (you may specify or use ‘first’) within 30ft takes damage, each damage die is rolled twice and the lowest value for each pair is used.

Paladin
Fights alright, heals alright, and regens alright, but has the smallest ability point pool in the game. Also really judgmental.
Starting HP:  21
Starting AP: 3
AP Regen: Companion uses any ability successfully (+1)
Intrinsic Ability: Smite: 1AP, Prepared. When you deal damage during a round, this activates and deals an additional 1d8+Classiness Magic B damage. Target must save or be stunned.

Spoiler: Attributes (click to show/hide)

Only four attributes are used for this game. There’s no rolling for these, instead you rank the attributes 1-4.

Rank 1: Superb (+3)
Rank 2: Good  (+1)
Rank 3: Average (-)
Rank 4: Bad (-2)

Stronkness: Gives bonuses to hit and damage with ALL weapon attacks unless otherwise noted.
Beefness: Increases HP directly. At game start, your HP is increased by 3*Your bonus. Used for saves if better than Classiness. If you gain Beefness temporarily, your current and Max HP are increased by Level*Increase amount. If you lose Beefness, your Max HP is reduced but your current HP is only reduced if it would be greater than your max HP.
Fastness: Directly increases your defense stat.
Classiness: Gives bonuses to class abilities. Used for saves if better than Beefness. Your Save DC is 10+Classiness

Spoiler: Abilities (click to show/hide)

At the start of the game, you get to pick three abilities. There are universal abilities that can be picked by anyone, category abilities that can be picked by anyone in a class category, and class abilities, which you can only pick if you’re that class.

There are passive abilities, which are always on, and active abilities, which will require AP to use. You can choose any combination of passive and active.

Universal Abilities
(Passive) Intense Training: Increase one of your attribute bonuses by 1.
(Passive) Optimism: When you roll a natural 1 on a d20, Regen 2 AP.
(Passive) Hardcore: Increases your HP by +12 at start, and by +4 each level thereafter. If you get reduced to 0 HP, you die instantly.

(Active) Maximum Effort: All AP, Primary Action. Your choice of your defense value until your next round, your next attack roll, or your next damage roll is increased by the amount of AP spent. After this ability triggers, you cannot regen AP for a number of rounds equal to the amount of AP spent.
(Active) Mobility: 3AP, Bonus. Your speed is increased by 30ft and you don’t provoke attacks until the start of your next round.
(Active) Denial, Tears Of: 1AP, Free. Can be used while incapacitated. Restores 1hp, lets you instantly reroll any condition that allows saves, or reduces the duration of those that don’t by 1 round. AP spent on this ability is burned and cannot be regained until the dungeon is finished.


-Fighty Folk Abilities
(Passive) Flesh Wounds: When reduced to 0HP, you can make a luck save with 10+Overkill/2 as the difficulty. If you pass, you regain 1 HP.
(Passive) Power Attack: For every 3 points your attack roll exceeds the enemy’s defense, gain +1 Stronkness and +1 Classiness until the end of your round.
(Passive) Momentum: If you move before attacking so that you’re at least 15’ from where you started a round, you gain +2 Stronkness until the start of your next round.

(Active) Power Up Scream: 2AP, Full Round Action, maintained. Gain +1 Stronkness and Classiness for 5 rounds. On your next turn after you scream, you can choose to scream again without paying the AP cost, resetting the duration and increasing the bonus by 1. You can maintain the power up scream for a number of rounds equal to your level. (3 at start)
(Active) Get To the Fight: 1Ap, Free. Move 10ft towards any unit that took damage last round. Does not work if you are engaged.
(Active) Stand The Tide: 3AP, Main Action. Attacks of opportunity do not consume your prepared action, and you make attacks of opportunity when enemies enter your threatened zone in addition to when leaving it.


--Barbarian Abilities
(Passive) Annoying Arrows: Damage from ranged basic attacks is reduced by your class level (3 at start) down to 1.
(Passive) Indefatigable: If you would gain AP when your AP is full, you gain HP instead. This can only trigger once per round.
(Passive) Unstoppable Force: Overkill damage is preserved and added to your next attack roll.

(Active) Jump Attack: 2AP, Main Action. Travel to a target within 15’ without provoking attacks of opportunity and make a melee attack. If you hit, you deal bonus damage equal to 3+Classiness and the target must save or be knocked prone. Each enemy within 5’ of your impact site also takes damage equal to your Classiness bonus, if any.
(Active) Cleave: 2AP, Main Action. You can make melee attacks against 3 adjacent tiles that you threaten this round, adding your Classiness bonus (if any) to attack and damage.
(Active) Unholy Fury: 0AP, free action. Can only be used when raging.  Bonuses and Penalties for Rage are maximized, duration is extended to max possible. Basic Damage type is changed to Magic C. After Rage ends, you are fatigued for a number of rounds equal to the rage duration, taking a -3 to Stronkness and Fastness.

--Fighter Abilities
(Passive) Adaptive Footwork: Whenever an enemy attack roll beats your defense, your Fastness rises by 1 until the beginning of your next turn.
(Passive) Iado: Whenever you melee attack on the same round you unsheathe your weapon, you deal +3 damage. When your weapon is sheathed, you can take a prepared action to unsheathe your weapon and gain +3 Defense against the first attack directed at you.
(Passive) Projected Protection: Every ally within 5’ can use the defense value of your armor, but no other bonus from your armor, in place of their own.


(Active) Devastating Parry: 3AP, Prepared Action. When the next attack hits you, you immediately roll to melee attack the aggressor. If you hit and roll damage less than the aggressor, you reduce their damage by your damage. If you roll higher, you negate their attack and deal damage to them equal to the amount rolled. Both the attack and damage rolls use your Classiness instead of your Stronkness.
(Active) Stunning Blow: 2AP, Main Action. Make an attack, adding your Classiness to your Stronkness for attack and damage. If you hit, the attacker must save or be stunned.
(Active) Arcane Knight: Special. Take any active skill from the Spellish citizen, Warlock, or Wizard categories. This selection is permanent.


-Spellish Citizen Abilities
(Passive) Battle Magic:  Your weapon of resort has its attack and damage based off of your Classiness instead of your Stronkness. Its Damage is converted to Magic A.
(Passive) Running Shoes: Your speed is permanently increased by 10’.
(Passive) Clarity: When you fail a save, you can immediately attempt the save again.

(Active) Ward: X AP, Main Action. Creates a ward that lasts for four rounds with X points invested. Whenever you would be hit, the Ward will automatically expend invested points to raise your defense at a 1:1 ratio until the attack will no longer hit. If it cannot prevent the attack, the ward will not activate. You cannot regen AP while Ward is active. You can end the Ward at any time, but not reclaim the AP.
(Active) Detonation Wave: All AP, Main Action. Touch a target within 5’. That target takes 1d6+Classiness Magic A damage per AP expended and is pushed back by 5’ per point of AP expended. Both the target and the caster make saves. If the target succeeds, they take only half damage. If they fail, they are also knocked prone. If the caster succeeds, they suffer no additional effect. If they fail, they take half the damage they dealt..
(Active) Teleport: 1-5 AP, Movement Action. Instantly move 10’ per point of AP spent, never triggering reaction.

--Warlock Abilities
(Passive) Eldritch Weapon: Your weapon of choice has its attack and damage based off of your Classiness instead of your Stronkness. Its Damage is converted to Magic B.
(Passive) Armor of Hate: When you take damage from a source other than yourself within 5’, the source of the damage must save or take reflected Magic A damage equal to half the amount dealt.
(Passive) Soul Barrier: Whenever you deal damage that downs an enemy, gain +1 Beefness until the start of your next round.

(Active) Rotting Wounds: 1-3AP, Bonus Action. Targets 1-3 enemies in sight within 30’. Each is allowed a save. If they fail they’re inflicted with the ‘Rotting’ status. While rotting, any time they take damage, they take an additional 1dX+Classiness Magic B damage, where X is the initial damage amount. Each time the targets take added damage, they can save again to end the effect.
(Active) Hexflame: 3AP, Main Action. Targets an enemy in sight within 60’. That enemy takes 3d6+Classiness Magic A damage and makes a save. If they fail, they become a host to the flame. On your next round, if there is an enemy who is a host to your flame, you can recast Hexflame at no cost with the host acting as the spell origin. Recasts cannot target the host. If not recast, the spell dissipates.
(Active) Dark Trap: 3AP, prepared action. When an enemy, either the first or one specified, comes within 20ft, this ability triggers and the enemy must make a save. On a failure they take 2d12+Classiness Magic A damage and are restrained. On a success they take half as much damage are not restrained.



--Wizard Abilities
(Passive) Will to Power: If you regen AP while at zero AP you gain 2 extra AP.
(Passive) Power Overwhelming: When you spend AP you gain a damage bonus to your next damage roll equal to the amount spent.
(Passive) Nerd Rage: When below 50% HP, gain +2 classiness and +2 Stronkness.

(Active) Magic Missile: 1-3AP, Main Action. Targets 1 unit within 30 feet per AP spent. Deals 1d4+Classiness Magic B damage. Hits automatically, can target the same unit multiple times.
(Active) Shock Lance: 5AP, Main Action. Targets a 30’ line with the caster at origin.  Deals 3d8+Classiness Magic A damage and halves the speed of targets.  Struck targets can save, and if successful take only half damage and are not slowed.
(Active) Chronoshift: 5AP, Full Action. Targets a single unit within 60’. The target’s last round is reversed. All damage they took, all AP they used, all damage they dealt, all movement they made, is reversed. If this causes them to occupy the same space as another creature, both take 4d6 Magic C damage and are forced apart.   Enemy targets are allowed a save to negate.


-Choich Chum Abilities
(Passive) Charity: Allies within 5' can use your AP pool to fuel their abilities. You gain 1hp per point used in this manner.
(Passive) Divine Protection: When you succeed on a saving throw to halve damage, you automatically attempt to save again to halve the damage again. This continues until you fail a save or the damage is reduced to 1.
(Passive) Complain to Higher Authority: When you roll a 1 on any die, roll again. If the re-roll is the max possible value for the die, it replaces the 1.

(Active) Absolution: 3AP, prepared action. If you down an enemy during your round, it’s resurrected to fight for you. It retains its offensive stats, but its defense is set to 10+Your Classiness and its HP is set to the damage of the killing blow.
(Active) Pray Loudly: 1 AP, Bonus Action. All entities within 30ft roll a d10. On a 8 allied units gain HP equal to your classiness (min 1) and enemies lose that much HP.  On a 9, allied units have their speed increase by 5’*Classiness (Min 0’)  and their fastness increase by your classiness (Min 1) defense and enemy units have their speed decrease by 5’*Classiness (Min 0’) and lost fastness equal to your classiness.   (Effects end at the end of your next turn). On a 10 allied units have all their stat bonuses increase by your classiness (Min 1) and enemy units have all their stat bonuses decrease by your classiness (Min 1). Nothing happens on 1-6.
(Active) Hand of God: X AP, prepared action. Alot any number of AP. If any enemy attempts to use an ability within 15’, you will automatically spend AP to match the amount of AP they spend on the ability. If you can match, then both of you lose the AP and their ability has no effect. Any AP not used is refunded to you at the start of your next round. Does not prevent passive abilities or abilities that cost 0AP to use.


--Cleric Abilities
(Passive) Aura of Sacrifice: At the end of your round, if an ally within 5’ has less health than you do, you lose 1HP and they regain 3HP.
(Passive) Last Wish: After you’re reduced to 0 HP, you get one round of normal action. After that action, if your HP is not greater than 0, you are incapacitated. You will roll to bleed out as normal during this round
(Passive) Tithe: Whenever you heal an ally, you can opt to leech up to 2AP from them..

(Active) Projected Heal: 2AP, Main Action. Heal 2d6+Classiness. This ability can be cast at range, but the healing is reduced by 2 (Min 0) for every 5’ it travels beyond touch range.
(Active) Declare Heresy: X*2 AP, Bonus Action. Marks up to X Targets in range as Heretics for 5 rounds. As long as there is at least one Heretic, you can use your Main Action to Condemn Heresy, inflicting your choice of -4 to any one Attribute until the start of your next round. Each time you use a Main Action to Condemn Heresy, each target is allowed a save to resist the effect and end the Heretic status early.
(Active) Benediction: XAP, Bonus Action. Until the beginning of your next round, one ally within 30’ gains +1d(X+Classiness [Min 0]) to Defense, Attack Rolls, and Damage Rolls.   

--Paladin Abilities
(Passive) My Horse Is Amazing: Permanently increases your Speed by 10’*Classiness (Min 0). Does not grant horse.
(Passive) Divine Armaments: Your weapon of choice and weapon of resort both can convert at will between their base damage type and Magic C.
(Passive) High and Mighty: When under the influence of any buff, its duration is extend by a number of rounds equal to your Classiness (Min 1). When under the influence of any debuff, your Classiness is increased by 2.

(Active) Highly Trained: Special. You can use any active ability from the Fighty Folk, Barbarian, or Fighter classes, but its AP cost is increased by 1. You can select a new ability every time you use this ability.
(Active) Laying Of Hands: All AP, Bonus Action. You can touch any friendly unit with 5’ (Self included) and heal them for 1d4+Classiness per AP spent. If used while at max AP, this will allow the target to make a save against each of its debuffs to end them early.
(Active) Crusade: 3AP, Bonus Action. Declare a very tiny Crusade against a single target within 30’. Each round you can move 10’ closer to the target without expending movement. If you’re within melee range of your target at the start of your round, you will automatically make a free melee attack. You add your Classiness to your damage for all attack and damage against this enemy for the duration. Lasts for 5 rounds or until you voluntarily target any other unit with any attack or ability.

Spoiler: Weapons and Armor (click to show/hide)

Depending on your Class pick, you’ll get a certain number of points to spend on your weapons and armor. There aren’t defined weapons or defined armors, instead you’ll spend points to improve upon a basic template weapon.

For weapons, you have two pools of points to spend for your Weapon of Choice and your Weapon of Resort. Any points not spent on your Weapon of Choice can be spent on your weapon of Resort - but you can’t spend more on your Weapon of Resort than you do on your Weapon of Choice. To have a weapon, you need 5 things, a dice size, a hit bonus, a damage bonus, a damage type, and a range. You can only select one thing in each category, so you can’t buy multiple dice sizes or hit bonuses and then add them all together.

Note: If a weapon has a range other than 10' (I.e, not Touch or Reach) it can't be used for attacks of opportunity, or abilities that specify melee.

For armor, you need to select a base defense value, resistances (if any), and special bonuses (if any). Unlike weapons, you can stack resistances and special bonuses for as long as you have points to buy more.

Points to Spend By Class

Barbarian:
WoC: 13
WoR: 2
Armor: 5

Fighter:
WoC: 10
WoR: 6
Armor: 9

Warlock:
WoC: 9
WoR: 5
Armor: 6


Wizard:
WoC: 6
WoR: 4
Armor: 3

Cleric:
WoC: 7
WoR: 5
Armor: 7

Paladin:
WoC: 9
WoR: 5
Armor: 8


Weapons
0 Points
1d4 Damage
+0 To Hit
+0 To Damage
1 Damage Type of either Stab, Cut, or Crush
Touch (5’) Range

1 Point
1d6 Damage

2 Points
1d8 Damage
Reach (10’) Range
2 Damage Types from Stab, Cut, or Crush

3 Points
2d4  Damage
1d10 Damage
Damage Type Magic A
30’ Range
+1 To Hit
+1 To Damage

4 Points
1d12 Damage
Damage Type Magic B
All Basic Damage Types
+2 To Hit
+2 To Damage

5 Points
2d6 Damage
+3 To Hit
+3 To Damage
Damage Type Magic C
60’ Range

Armor
0 Points
10 Defense

1 Point
11 Defense
Bonus: Max HP +2

2 Points
12 Defense
Bonus: Speed +5’

3 Points
13 Defense
Resist 1 Damage Type from Stab, Cut, or Crush

4 Points
14 Defense
Max AP +2
Resist Damage Type Magic A.
Take -1 Damage from all sources

5 Points
15 Defense
Resist Damage Type Magic B.
Bonus: You have 2 prepared actions instead of 1.

[Egan_BW]

*looks at mechanics*

*looks at them for a while because there's a lot to unpack here*

*sees Iato*

Yeah, might have to make an edgy Ronin character. Probably a horribly impractical one with no functional tankiness and questionable utility in general.

[Shadowclaw777]

Name: Hexio Bladio
Level: 3
Class: Warlock
Regen uncontrollable or costs HP, but casts improved spells and can do some wetwork. Also edgy as fuck.
Starting HP: 17 (19)
Starting AP:  8
AP Regen: Any Enemy Dies (+2), sacrifice 1d4hp (+4), lose at least 5hp in one hit (+4)
Intrinsic Ability: Unspeakable Power: 2AP, Bonus, when used alongside an ability or attack that rolls dice for effect, those dice explode. If the ability has a save, its difficulty is increased by 2.
Attributes:
Stronkness: -2
Beefness: 0
Fastness: +1
Classiness: +4
Starting Abilities: Intensive Training (Classiness), Eldritch Warrior, Dark Trap
Weapon of Choice: 1d8, +3 to Hit, +0 to Damage, Cut (Magic Type B), Reach
Weapon of Resort: 1d4, +0 to Hit, +0 to Damage, Stab, 60’
Defense: 15+1 (16), +2 HP

[Egan_BW]

Name: Rokhard Darkface, Chosen
Level: 3
Class: Fighter
Stronkness: Superb
Beefness: Bad
Fastness: Average
Classiness: Good
Starting Abilities: Iatio, Intense Training (Stronkness), Arcane Knight (Dark Trap)
Weapon Of Choice: Masamune (2d6 Magic C damage)
Weapon Of Resort: Yumi (30' Range 1d10 Stab Damage)
Defense: Enchanted Kimono (10 Defense, Double Prepared Action, Max AP +2)

[The Adversary]

*looks at mechanics*

*looks at them for a while because there's a lot to unpack here*

*sees Iato*

Yeah, might have to make an edgy Ronin character. Probably a horribly impractical one with no functional tankiness and questionable utility in general.

This is perfectly fine and I love you for it. In.

Name: Hexio Bladio
Level: 3
Class: Warlock
Regen uncontrollable or costs HP, but casts improved spells and can do some wetwork. Also edgy as fuck.
Starting HP: 17 (19)
Starting AP:  8
AP Regen: Any Enemy Dies (+2), sacrifice 1d4hp (+4), lose at least 5hp in one hit (+4)
Intrinsic Ability: Unspeakable Power: 2AP, Bonus, when used alongside an ability or attack that rolls dice for effect, those dice explode. If the ability has a save, its difficulty is increased by 2.
Attributes:
Stronkness: -2
Beefness: 0
Fastness: +1
Classiness: +4
Starting Abilities: Intensive Training (Classiness), Eldritch Warrior, Dark Trap
Weapon of Choice: 1d8, +3 to Hit, +0 to Damage, Cut (Magic Type B), Reach
Weapon of Resort: 1d4, +0 to Hit, +0 to Damage, Stab, 60’
Defense: 15+1 (16), +2 HP

I see our two characters have much to bond over. You're totally allowed to name your weapon/armor like Egan did, otherwise it'll just get described as whatever I feel like in the moment.

[The Adversary]

In honor of Pope Innocent VIII issuing a bill deploring the spread of witchcraft and heresy in Germany on December 5th, the Year of our Lord 1484, we're running a special on character creation! Create a character now and receive your choice of 50% more less or 50% less more!

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[Stirk]

You have the misfortune of posting during dead and/or finals week for the university types. Despair! I would have otherwise invalidated your offer by my presence alone! Should you have not fallen by the time I have time, perhaps I will aid you.

[Egan_BW]

This party seems fine, toss us some goblins will ya?~

[Pokeboss44]

This party needs someone who can heal...

Name: Boris Ylivvien
Level: 3
Class: Cleric
Stronkness: Average
Beefness: Bad
Fastness: Superb
Classiness: Good
Starting Abilities: Tithe, Projected Healing, Benediction
Weapon Of Choice: Giant Scissors (1d8, +3 to Hit, Cut)
Weapon Of Resort: Sling Staff (1d4, 60’ Range, Crush)
Defense: Fairymail (15 Defense, +2 HP, +2 HP)

[The Adversary]

This party seems fine, toss us some goblins will ya?~

Be careful what you wish for.

Dungeon 1, Encounter 1,  Turn 1
Y'all start in a tavern. Tale as old as time.

Taverns are dens of iniquity. Not because of the cheap booze. Not because of the gambling. Not because they're frequent stoops for women of negotiable virtue and men of negotiable loyalties. Not even because they frequently allow and encourage the most tone-deaf to imbibe great quantities of alcohol and then sing at the top of their lungs like a Tom-Cat with a bullfrog clamped none-to-gently onto its testicles - but because they normalize the very concept of doors. You enter through a door, you leave through a door, the chef serves you food that arrives through a door, and your dishes are carried back through that same door. If it's a filthy place that allows one to rent a room, then each one of those rooms likely has its own door!

Saloons at least have the decency to have those swingy-slatted things in place of doors, but Taverns? No. They are public houses of sin, which have normalized the door to the extent that the common man oft sees fit to install such fixtures into his own home.

Today, however, you take a stand. Today the world gets a little brighter.

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Enemies
B = Bouncer
HP: 25/25
AP:  0/4
Defense: 8
Stronk: +2
Beef: +2
Fast: -2
Class: 0
Choice Weapon: Brass Knuckles, touch, +2 to hit, 1d6+2 crush
Abilities,
Pummel: 1AP, Main Action. Roll to hit with a melee attack. If you deal damage, you automatically expend 1AP and roll to hit again. This continues until you run out of AP or fail to deal damage.
Slow to Action (Passive): Acts only on even-numbered rounds.
Comeback: (Passive) Regens all AP when HP is reduced to half of max or below.

s = Server
HP: 5/5
AP:  1/1
Defense: 12
Stronk: -2
Beef: -1
Fast: 2
Class: 0
Choice Weapon: Whatever comes to hand, 30' range, 1d4-2 crush
Abilities,
Hurl Heavier Thing: 1AP, Main Action. Roll to hit with a ranged attack. Stronkness is increased by 2 and target must save or be stunned.
Fearful (Passive): Regens 1 AP when running away or at max distance. Must run when at 0AP.

b = Bard (Awful)
HP: 5/5
AP:  7/7
Defense: 12
Stronk: -4
Beef: -1
Fast: +2
Class: +2
Choice Weapon: Bad Music, 60' range, 1d4 Magic A
Abilities,
Discordant 'Melody': 1AP, Main Action. All Enemies in range must save or move 10' away immediately and have their ability costs increased by 1AP for one round.
Pansy Slap: 2AP, Bonus Action, Make a touch attack. If it connects, deal 1 damage and the target loses 4AP and cannot attack next round.

d = Drunk
HP: 8/8
AP:  2/2
Defense: 13
Stronk: +1
Beef: +1
Fast: -2
Class: -2
Choice Weapon: Broken Bottle, touch, +1 To hit, 1d6+1 cut
Abilities,
Projectile Vomit: 2AP, Main Action. Make a 15' range attack. If it hits, deal 1d4 Magic A damage. Target must save or be revolted, taking -2 to its Defense and Damage until it spends a Main action to clean itself.
Drunken Boxing: 1AP, Bonus Action, Make a touch attack. If it hits, it deals 1d6 damage.
Drunkard (passive): When this unit runs out of AP, it falls prone, loses its next round and regains 2 AP.

g = Gambler
HP: 4/4
AP:  2/2
Defense: 14
Stronk: -3
Beef: -2
Fast: +3
Class: +1
Choice Weapon: Throwing Cards, 30', +2 To Hit, 1d4-3 Damage.
Abilities,
52 Card Pickup: Reaction, 2AP. Can immediately burn AP when hit to reduce the damage by 1d4+Classiness per die spent.
Ace of Spades: 1 AP, bonus action. Negates all damage penalties for this unit until the end of round.
Gamblers Choice: Regens all AP when anyone rolls a Natural 20.

bk = Barkeep
HP: 8/8
AP:  6/6
Defense: 14
Stronk: 0
Beef: 0
Fast: +2
Class: +1
Choice Weapon: Sawed-off Double-Barrel Crossbow,Reach, +0 To hit, 2d6 Stab
Abilities,
Singapore Sling: Main Action, 1AP. Mixes a cocktail and throws it at a friendly unit within 30'. If it hits, it heals 1d4+Classiness.
Molotov: Main Action, 2AP. Mixes a 'cocktail' and throws it an enemy unit within 30'. If it hits, it deals 1d6+Classiness damage to the target, and the target and all adjacent units must save or be set on fire for three rounds.
Customer Loyalty: Regains 1 AP whenever a Drunk Regains AP.


Friendlies
RB = Rokhard Darkface, Chosen (Egan)
HP: 15/15
AP:  10/10
Defense: Kimono, 10 (AP+2, Prepared Action x2)
Stronk: +4
Beef: -2
Fast: 0
Class: +1
Choice Weapon: Masamune, Touch, +4 To Hit, 2d6+4 Magic C
Resort Weapon: Yumi, 30' Range, +4 To Hit, 1d10+4 Stab
Abilities,
Faith in Steel:  2AP, Bonus, your defense increases by 4 until start of your next turn.
Dark Trap: 3AP, prepared action. When an enemy, either the first or one specified, comes within 20ft, this ability triggers and the enemy must make a save. On a failure they take 2d12+Classiness Magic A damage and are restrained. On a success they take half as much damage are not restrained
The Wolf In The Dark: (Passive). Once per encounter, whenever you're bleeding out, you can choose to rise again at full health as a free action. If you do so, one of your companions at random is inflicted with the Rotting status for 5 rounds.
Intense Training: (Passive) +1 Stronkness
居合道: (Passive) Whenever you melee attack on the same round you unsheathe your weapon, you deal +3 damage. When your weapon is sheathed, you can take a prepared action to unsheathe your weapon and gain +3 Defense against the first attack directed at you.

HB = Hexio Bladio (ShadowClaw)
HP: 19/19
AP:  8/8
Defense: 16 (HP+2)
Stronk: -2
Beef: 0
Fast: +1
Class: +4
Choice Weapon:  Reach, +7 To Hit, 1d8+4 Magic B/Cut
Resort Weapon:  60' Range, -2 To Hit, 1d4-2 Stab
Abilities,
Unspeakable Power: 2AP, Bonus, when used alongside an ability or attack that rolls dice for effect, those dice explode. If the ability has a save, its difficulty is increased by 2.
Dark Trap: 3AP, prepared action. When an enemy, either the first or one specified, comes within 20ft, this ability triggers and the enemy must make a save. On a failure they take 2d12+Classiness Magic A damage and are restrained. On a success they take half as much damage are not restrained.
Blood From Blood:  (Passive), Bonus Action. For four rounds after you sacrific HP to gain AP, you steal 1HP whenever you deal damage directly with your weapon of choice.
Intense Training: (Passive) +1 Classiness
Eldritch Weapon: (Passive) Your weapon of choice has its attack and damage based off of your Classiness instead of your Stronkness. Its Damage is converted to Magic B.

BY = Boris Ylivvien (PokeBoss)
HP: 15/15
AP:  6/6
Defense: 18 (HP+4)
Stronk: 0
Beef: -2
Fast: +3
Class: +1
Choice Weapon: Giant Scissors, touch, +3 To Hit, 1d8+0 Cut
Resort Weapon:  Sling Staff, 60' Range, +0 To Hit, 1d4 Crush
Abilities,
Preventative Measures: 1AP, Prepared. When an ally (you may specify or use ‘first’) within 30ft takes damage, each damage die is rolled twice and the lowest value for each pair is used.
Benediction: XAP, Bonus Action. Until the beginning of your next round, one ally within 30’ gains +1d(X+Classiness [Min 0]) to Defense, Attack Rolls, and Damage Rolls.   
Projected Heal: 2AP, Main Action. Heal 2d6+Classiness. This ability can be cast at range, but the healing is reduced by 2 (Min 0) for every 5’ it travels beyond touch range.
Tithe: (Passive) Whenever you heal an ally, you can opt to leech up to 2AP from them.
Helpful Sort: (Passive) If you don't attempt to deal damage in a round, your Classiness is increased by 2 until the end of the next round.

Splinters fly as the boots of Rokhard and Hexio smash the evil front door of its hinges. There's a crystalline moment as the doors fly into the room, the faces of the Tavern's patrons frozen in a single look of startled fear at the sight of righteous vengeance finally come. The serving girls stare with jaws dropping, platters of drinks toppling. The drunkards gurgle cries of alarm nearly lost in watery booze. The gamblers all take advantage of the hesitation to cheat widly. The bard on the raised stage cuts off abruptly mid yodel, vastly improving his performance The barkeep's eyes narrow and her hands drop low to grab a double-barreled sawed-off crossbow from beneath the counter. The Bouncer alone looks unafraid, barely blinking when a chunk of wood the size of a child's fist bounces of his clean-shaven dome.

The ruined doors slam into the straw-covered tavern floor, and the moment is broken. Sadly, this appears to be a rather tame den of sin and iniquity, with only a single other pair of double doors visible, likely leading back into the kitchens.

[Shadowclaw777]

Hexio Bladio shall move five tiles upwards to (8,11) and utilize his Infernal Poleaxe to strike at the server
 
Prepare a Dark Trap to the first enemy who approaches Hexio

(I’ll name my weapons Infernal Poleaxe and Diabolic Blowgun for now)

[Egan_BW]

"Your time has come, evildoers! Your last moments in this world will be felt with agonizing clairity, as my holy sword cleanses your very soul!"

Wait for the clerk to finish its turn.
Up, up, up, left, Draw Muramasa and strike the Bouncer! Sheathe, and prepare Iatio defense and Dark Trap.

[Pokeboss44]

“Damn hedonists in my civilization?, no thank you you must worship the purity of LIGHT!”

Move one up, three left, and finish with moving two up to stop at (5,8). Unsheathing and than Attacking the Bouncer with my holy scissors!, as well utilize 2 AP for a Benediction on Rokhard Darkface. Watching out for anyone to move from my holy vigil with an opportunity attack

(Questions, can Benedictions be used with our 0 AP as a Bonus Action buff since it’s uses my Classiness?, as well can we move diagonally?)

[The Adversary]

(Questions, can Benedictions be used with our 0 AP as a Bonus Action buff since it’s uses my Classiness?, as well can we move diagonally?)

((Yes to both))

Wait for the clerk to finish its turn.
Up, up, up, left, Draw Muramasa and strike the Bouncer! Sheathe, and prepare Iatio defense and Dark Trap.

((One thing, this is possible, but uses your bonus action. Draw/sheath is one 'type' of free action, so you can do one or the other with the free action, then the other with the bonus action.))

[Egan_BW]

I was lead to believe otherwise by this line:

(Drawing and sheathing one weapon, one monologue, kicking down one evil door, can still be one action)