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[TricMagic]

High rolls do lead to pretty good results. Overextending magicks meanwhile leads to downsides as was seen in evolution of traits. Though if they had a source of creatures to mutate from that likely wouldn't happen. If I didn't have a source of the abyss wrapping the keep of apathy, doing so much from so far in that way would certainly not work. Not to mention needing to have a bead on said mystic, but others can create farsight artifacts. Or a Gazer creature.

[Strik3r]

((Same, i don't think you've broken any rules either, knightwing.))

((I don't really like rating people, as it can be discouraging to players, while not really being useful for predicting the outcome of the game or any encounter. Rather here is a small analysis of each Mystic, ordered in what i think is the ranking of the strength of all assets combined.

(Please, do not use the information below to metagame! ty Just forget you ever saw this... Please.)

Spoiler: With great power comes great responsibility to not use the information within. (click to show/hide)

[?(TricMagic): Absolutely lucked out in being put right on top of something aligned to primary aspect. As long as ? has a connection to the void and has the keep, power will only swell with each turn, in minions and control over the continent. Secondary aspect isn't fixed, might end up being something incredibly terrifying.]

[Amon(Knightwing64): Concept manipulation is highly abstract, though the prevailing thread is imbuing things with chaos, which is as one can guess, highly volatile. The unpredictability is obviously a gamble, enemies will likely have a very hard time dealing with constantly changing minions, but if they all abandon him at once, Amon is basically to square one. Also has mental magics, could prove to be a nightmare to deal with.]

[Dr. Unpleasant(King Zultan): Creation is a very, very versatile aspect, which is what he currently uses mainly. Simply powerful by nature of constantly being busy and adding to his forces. Though, the death aspect will no doubt come out in combat, so he's innately dangerous to any living being, even without minions.]

[Maria(Naturegirl1999): Power is very dependent on her environment, though she is more than capable of creating favorable conditions, in which, she is utterly lethal with nature on her side. There is little that beasts part of a functional ecosystem can't do. Secondary aspect is temperature, an obvious way of killing other beings, thus highly dangerous even outside her element...]

[Yellow Pixel(Yellow Pixel): Living bliss, will probably make it's opponents blissfully commit suicide. Will no doubt end up becoming a literal cognitohazard. Also has pixels, a 2 dimensional counterpart to Dr. Unpleseant's creation aspect, need i say more? A lot more dangerous than seems at first glance.]

[Clesydros(Strik3r): His aspects lack real ability to create things, relying very heavily on manipulation of the world, and time, around him for his power. Any creations will never be the main source of strength and he will only grow in dangerousness with each turn by the virtue of being a time mage. Will kill you in ways you can't even think of, and will turn your own strengths against you.]

[The Shapeless Apparition(Magmacube_tr): Literal cancer. And i mean that in the most terrifying way possible. Will grow and grow and grow, until it has grown out of control, absorbing everything in it's way. Will probably become impossible to kill at some point or will assimilate the entire world.]

[Hood(BlackPaladin99): Hasn't realized the true potential of his power. His power over death is secondary to his power of destruction. Destruction = Entropy = Annihilation... He has advantage on disintegrating things... Let that sink in for a minute. And currently wields a spear imbued of entropic energy.  ]
(Does ? know that Hood's primary aspect is destruction? If so, while i think curbstomping a newbie is still dickish, props to you, TricMagic, if you realized the implications. Did you? Be honest.)

(Did you notice the trend in this list?)

[Knightwing64]

(If things do come to blows between Yellow Pixel and King Zultan, Who do you think will win?)

[Naturegirl1999]

Am unsure, since the pixel creatures are 2d, when they face forward, it would be difficult to see the,

[Knightwing64]

Am unsure, since the pixel creatures are 2d, when they face forward, it would be difficult to see the,

I’m confused, Was that a joke or did you miss a word? 

[Naturegirl1999]

The comma is close to the m, I meant to type them
I’m using an iPad keyboard

[Knightwing64]

The comma is close to the m, I meant to type them
I’m using an iPad keyboard

I feel the pain. I actually normally type on iPad so sometimes my words get messed up, iPhone is even worse tho, Trust me.

[BlackPaladin99]

wait someone is attacking me?

[Knightwing64]

wait someone is attacking me?

I thought tric was attacking you? Was I mistaken?

[BlackPaladin99]

I don’t know.

[Unraveller]

(( To address the multi-action thing; I most definitely did mention in the first post that the idea was to limit things to one main 'spell' so to speak. There are certainly some small scale expections to that, none of which has been truly outlined in detail, many due to the shortcomings of my own desire/ability to affix proper rules to everything. Just being as much of an open-ended experience as this is, there are undoubtedly going to be times when interpretations of my very vague rules are going to differ. For instance, as Naturegirl says, creating the Great Hoppers and Mantids in the same turn, one could argue that it's two seperate spells, one could argue it was a single incantation to summon the both of them. In this specific case, I like to view it as two very similar effects takkng place, and therefore is meaningfully one action. I believe if she would have instead created more, let's say six different creatures at once, we would have seen more penalties or outright failures. Much like Amon's multi-conceptual magic.

On the other hand, we have a scenario in which ? Has weaved two notably different actions, being both creating weapons/armor, while also eroding the shoreline. I do buy into the argument of ? Being within a locus of power perfect for them to some extent, and I genuinely believe such things should matter. However, I also will admit that I am generally very lenient when it comes to the interpretation of my game, of which I have limited experience running. On one side, I want everyone to be able to enjoy the experience in a relative sort of asymmetric way however they've chosen, but at the same time I'd like to keep things bearing at least a smidgen of balance, to which making multiple disparate actions at once in magick casting can heavily weigh the scales in one direction.

Moving forward, I want to look deeper into utilizing maluses toward rolls when there seems to be a reach around the single action rule. But at the very least I'll ask you all to look toward what the other players are doing with their actions, and attempt to keep things relative. I know this answer is just as vague and non-definitive as the rules themselves, but I hope it makes some semblance of sense, mainly I want to trust that everyone will self-restrain themselves to a point where the game is meaningful in each action, but not unfair beyond the roll of dice, being that it is PvP at the end of the day.

I won't ask anyone to change anything drastically at this time, and certainly won't be altering what has already occured. Just to think towards the points everyone's made thus far as we continue playing. With that said, if anyone has anything else to add that would help resolve any gray areas like this, I'm happy to hear it. ))


(( Also BlackPaladin, the other Mystic on the eastern continent where Hood is currently located indirectly made the sea swell up, allowing the fish to attack you last turn. They didn't directly attack you so to speak. I don't recall if anyone answered your question about your location on the map, but keep on eye on the key below it, Hood is the mystic colored in red. ))


(( And Knightwing you may be vastly underestimating The Shapeless Apparition.    ))

[Knightwing64]

(( And Knightwing you may be vastly underestimating The Shapeless Apparition.    ))

NONSENSE!

(Yeah, I could have been.  )

[Knightwing64]

(So, I told my moving rock to do something useful, And it’s been moving me to the magic chair. What’s gonna happen when I make it?)

[Naturegirl1999]

(So, I told my moving rock to do something useful, And it’s been moving me to the magic chair. What’s gonna happen when I make it?)

((you’ll have to find out when you get there))

[Strik3r]

(So, I told my moving rock to do something useful, And it’s been moving me to the magic chair. What’s gonna happen when I make it?)

(A whole fat load of nothing i figure, and needs to be fuelled by BLOOD of seven mystics to do something.

If it does happen to do anything when you reach it, expect yourself to get insta-sniped and piled by every other mystic. )