Turn 31. Every single time any character died, I felt bad about it.
Digital
| Digital creates a massive sphere and hurls it at Dragooble. It explodes halfway between them in a large kinetic blast.
| | Digital was expecting the blast, and only moved back slightly. Dragooble, however,
| was less lucky. Caught completely by surprise, he was thrown backwards into the lava. He does not survive.
Unharmed
Magic Shield (absorbs two blows)
Shielded (5 turns remain, +1 toughness)
Cannibal
Skills:
Protective Mage 1/6 xp (+1 to actions)
Ice Mage 4/6 xp (+1 to actions)
{healer} 1/2 xp
Dabbling Earth mage- 2/4 xp
Competent Fire Mage 0/8 xp (Tasks may be done well (+1 to roll, default) or carefully(-1 to roll if it is above 3, 1 is less deadly).)
{kinetic mage} 1/2 xp
Spells known:
Improved Shield - +1 toughness for 1-6 turns, adds 1-2 hp levels that each absorb a full blow. Protective Magic.
Improved Freeze Orb Freezes the target in place for 1-3 turns, or until broken. Ice Magic.
Cura Restores 1-3 levels of health and/or bleeding (Bleeding takes precedence, and counts as a health level for the purposes of this spell) Healer
Melt Earth -1 accuracy, Attempts to partially bury the target in the ground. Earth Magic
Thermic Explosion Attempts to destroy one object, possibly damaging the holder. -2 to accuracy and damage if used on a living being. Fire Magic.
Incendia Praemium -1 accuracy, 50% chance of lighting target on fire. Explosive.
Wave of Force Attempts to knock targeted object to the ground. -1 to accuracy if used on a player.
Inventory
xStaff - +1 to magic rollsx
Leather armor
xBucklerx - +1 to dodge rolls
Crowd
| Good ending: A magician in the audience teleports Digital up to a platform set into the side of the arena. The judges award him his freedom for succeeding, and an arch-wizard spectator takes Digital on as an apprentice. There he learns how to be one of the most powerful wizards the world has ever known.
Bad ending: Digital dies from toxic lava vapors and heat.
Strange ending: Digital teleports away. Three months later, an unexplained, massive explosion destroys the planet and all life on it. The cause remains unknown, but Digital escapes to our universe to the year 3137 to play the finally complete Dwarf Fortress. His lifes work done at last, cyborg-Toady finally gets a nap.
Poll time: Which game do I GM next?
1A) Rookie Arena round 2, same rules
1B) Rookie Arena round 2, different rules
2) A cooperative RTD
3)
I vote 3. A competitive RTD where violence is only one option of many to win. Kinda similar to the Treasure Sounds Like Treachery RTD.
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