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[Failbird105]

"Mayhaps we should test just how well its acid compares to mine?"

[Glass]

I believe that that would require summoning you. Better, I think, that we wait until manifestation can be done.

[TricMagic]

That is the backup. I'm sure you could take a bite out of it, but better we wait for the mana needed.

[KitRougard]

From his ritualistic trance, Oakstance's spirit mutters.
"Manifestation is our goal, for how can we protect the tree with these spiritforms. Be patient and we shall stand taller than the Origin Tree, Gaia."

[Supernerd]

Winter 4, Year 0



In the future, please do not make more than one post that looks like an action post. I will assume you only want to use the most recent one this time.

The seed of the Tree has been completely depleted, and the tree goes into hibernation. In this status, it is unable to grow or produce mana. You'll have to carefully consider how to use the mana that it has already accumulated.

Petra uses the Vinewall ability underneath the slime! It is enough to lift up the slime, but not enough to launch it very high. The slime takes 1 damage upon impact with the ground.

The slime hits back! Using a kind of attack that can be described as a 'meagre bump', Petra takes 1 damage!

Slime: 4/5hp

Movement Tutorial
As the tree gets bigger, the range you can travel from it will expand. You can only travel to locations you can see on the map; things outside of that range will be hard for you to even observe. You can typically move one tile per turn, but special abilities or terrain can alter this. Why would you want to do move, well... You tell me.

Spoiler: Dryads (click to show/hide)

Name: Petra
Tier: Newborn
Health: 4/5
Status: Normal
Power Multiplier: 1
Skillset: Defense/Equipment/Fossils/???
Abilities:
[Defense] Vinewall: Create a wall of densely-packed vines nearby, blocking movement through it. Can alter the speed at which it rises.
[Equipment] Fabricate: Create a piece of equipment in hand. Requires material
[Fossils] Petrify: Turn something previously alive into immobile stone.

Name: Doraido
Tier: Spirit
Health: N/A
Status: N/A
Power Multiplier: N/A
Skillset: Absorption Line/Life/Light/???
Abilities:
[Absorption Line] Absorb Flesh: Absorbs the flesh by extending the branches to skewer a target. The collected materials are converted to useful minerals, and the waste turned to fertilizer.
[Life] Heal: Send a spherical mass of curative mana at a target, restoring their health. Can be cast on self.
[Light] Light Bind: Bands of light are cast at a target, before locking into place as solid constructs, restricting movements. Can be targeted to specific parts.

Name: Inanna
Tier: Spirit
Health: N/A
Status: N/A
Power Multiplier: N/A
Skillset: Man Eater/Spores/Carnivorous Plants/???
Abilities:
[Man Eater] Slavering Maw: Takes a crunch out of the target with Inannas acid drooling maw. Not only is the bite likely to remove chunks out of less sturdy creatures, but the acid will rapidly wear away at the rest.
[Spores] Lovely Mist: A cloud of spores that induce delusions and feelings of love in beings that inhale them.
[Carnivorous Plants] Giant Sundew: Grows a massive Sundew, large enough to ensnare animals in its grasp. The adhesive it uses to hold its prey is moderatly acidic, but not enough to kill a man in any appreciable time period.

Name: Oakstance
Tier: Spirit
Health: N/A
Status: N/A
Power Multiplier: N/A
Skillset: The Fighter/The Willful/The Sculptor/???
Abilities:
[The Fighter] Barkfists: Covers Oakstance's fists in thick, rough wood, increasing the damage of his punches and adding the potential for a minor stun. Layers peel away as he attacks. # of hits is equal to power multiplier.
[The Willful] Defiant Roar: Buffs all physical Dryads offence-wise. Increases in power based on how many foes are in the area, especially enemies actively threatening/damaging the Tree.
[The Sculptor] Cloudshape: Change the cloud cover in the area. Has the potential to change the weather if used multiple times in succession, like stopping or starting a storm, or filling the area with fog. Requires a very high power multiplier to work as advertised.

Spoiler: Tree (click to show/hide)

Health: 13/13
Height: 13cm
Mana: 3

Temperature: Cold

Spoiler: Spells (click to show/hide)

Other
Empower Spell: (1 Mana) - For this turn only, a selected Dryad ability is cast with double its effective power multiplier with a reduced failure rate.
Heal: (1 Mana) - Heals 5 health for one Dryad, or 2 health for one Non-Dryad.
Dryad Manifestation: (5 Mana) - Converts a "Spirit" dryad into a "Newborn" dryad. Cost increases with each use.
Summon: (2 Mana) - Enables a Spirit Dryad to act for this turn at the location of the tree. They will have a temporary 10 HP, 2 Power Multiplier and will be able to use any abilities they have on that turn.

Petra
Tier Increase: (10 Mana) - Converts this "Newborn" Dryad to an "Adolescent" Dryad.
Newborn Ability Purchase 1/3: (3 or 6 Mana) - Permanently gains a new ability. This ability must align with one of your skillsets and only works once for each. Abilities obtained with this spell must be basic in their nature. The cheaper option selects an ability for you, seemingly at random.

Spoiler: Defenses/Creations (click to show/hide)

Stone Warhammer [1.0]
Circular Vinewall 1/1hp. (Not in a tactical location)

Going forward, please include your character name in your action posts.

[Glass]

Petra

Petrify the slime.

[Naturegirl1999]

((is it too late to join, if so, PTW))

[Supernerd]

It is not too late.

[Failbird105]

"Petra, sweetie, if you couldn't petrify vines you had just made, how do you expect to do it to a barely injured slime?"

[Glass]

I barely put any power into petrifying the vines. I'm putting all of my energy into this.

[TricMagic]

Rocks do not make for good nutrition.

[Maximum Spin]

Spoiler: Sheeeeeeet, updated for clarity (click to show/hide)

Name: Old Oak
Appearance: A wooden snake made of ring-like segments of finely aged oak oozing sap to lubricate its movements. Neither end has a discernible head; its body is studded with amber "eyes" at regular intervals, and its voice, when it bothers to speak, comes from a thin reed hidden inside its resonant body.
Skillset (Combat): Agility
Skillset (Non Combat): Trickery
Skillset (Nature): Snakecraft
Skillset (Locked): [Please let me know if the rest is okay and then I will PM you about this. No point bothering you about it without good reason, I feel.]
Abilities:
  Agility: Spry for Its Age: Old Oak can use this ability to blink-dodge around in combat, being somewhere it wasn't moments ago, catching foes by surprise and avoiding, or at least attempting to avoid, their attacks. Like in any cartoon, the most effective response is probably to burn the whole place down.
  Trickery: I'll Use Illusion: Old Oak can prepare detailed illusions in his vicinity, and can act as though those illusions are real as long as it's 'fast enough for the universe not to notice'; say, using an imaginary ramp to climb up to a high place, as long as the high place was really there to begin with, or chopping a real apple with an imaginary, uhh, slap-chop.
  Snakecraft: Summon Smaller Snake: Actually more a transfiguration than a summoning, Old Oak can make small (say garter snake length) snakes out of... whatever materials happen to be convenient. The materials chosen affect the snakes' properties.

[Glass]

Listen, our options are really for me to petrify it or to hit it with the hammer, and physical weaponry isn't well-known for being wonderful at slimes. If we petrify it, we at least get time to prepare for later stuff for a while rather than fighting this thing, and I can work on looking for resources.

[KitRougard]

"...Wait a minute. Golf. Humans play a stupid game called golf, where they hit a small ball with a stick long distances. I *think* we could apply the same principle here. Hear me out here - hold the hammer with both hands head-down, pull back, and SWING like you intend to vaporize someone's shins, but your target is the little blep there."

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler: Signup Sheet Info (click to show/hide)

Name: What your character will be referred to.
Appearance: What your character will look like. Has little effect on the actual game. If you specify a size keep in mind that your character will likely start out smaller and will gradually grow until it reaches this size. Appearance may change over the course of the game.

Skillsets: A skillset is a broad description of abilities that you may obtain. For example, if you have the skillset "Fire" then you may develop abilities such as "Fireball" "Fire breath" "Fire Shield" etc. Fire is only an example. You should not pick fire as a skillset because trees tend to be FLAMMABLE.

As your abilities are powered by the tree, they cannot be used to directly affect the tree in a beneficial way.

You will designate four different skillsets in your application.
The first one is for your combat style. It must relate to combat, though there may be some degree of non-combat application.
The second one is for non-combat, but it might be theoritically possible to use offensively.
The third one must be related to nature in some way. This one is not restricted for combat or non combat purposes.
The fourth one has no restrictions, but you do not get to actually start the game with it. This is the first "secret" I will keep from the players.

Abilities:
You start with one "Ability" for your Combat, Non-Combat and Nature skillsets. You get to decide what the first one will be. Give the ability a name and a short description of what it does.

Spoiler: Blank Signup Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Aracnea
Appearance: A spider the color of webbing
Skillset (Combat): Venom
Skillset (Non Combat): Web Spinning
Skillset (Nature): Spider Summoning
Skillset (Locked):
Abilities: Venom: Venomous Bite: Targets bitten by Aracnea will be injected with venom, which will do damage over time(think Badly Poisoned from Pokemon)
Web Spinning: Make Webs: Webs can be made, often functioning as traps, larger webs take more time to make
Spidercraft: Spider Control: Depending on how far away Aracnea is from a spider, she can have it attack a specific target

((Thank you for answering my question))
((Are the skills/abilities valid?))