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[piecewise]

And then take his arm to replace yours!

Assuming the spell doesn't kill him, yep. Of course, combat fusion requires that the creature stay alive. So you can carve his arm off but if another teammate or you kill him, then it will vanish.

Of course, there are ways to get more permanent versions of this...

[IronyOwl]

And then take his arm to replace yours!

Assuming the spell doesn't kill him, yep. Of course, combat fusion requires that the creature stay alive. So you can carve his arm off but if another teammate or you kill him, then it will vanish.

Of course, there are ways to get more permanent versions of this...

I see where this is going.

"Yuna-kun, why do you have a screaming Joyless face grafted to your back?"
"Why, so my Rasper Tentacles don't disappear, you weak-willed fool!"

[GiglameshDespair]

So if you could carve off their limbs, leave them alive but incapable, could you keep just their remnant in a jar or something and reap the benefits of extra limbs?

[Persus13]

I just read though the past few pages thinking this was the Einsteinian Roulette OOC Thread.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

And then take his arm to replace yours!

Assuming the spell doesn't kill him, yep. Of course, combat fusion requires that the creature stay alive. So you can carve his arm off but if another teammate or you kill him, then it will vanish.

Of course, there are ways to get more permanent versions of this...

I see where this is going.

"Yuna-kun, why do you have a screaming Joyless face grafted to your back?"
"Why, so my Rasper Tentacles don't disappear, you weak-willed fool!"

Time to put all my points into Love!

[piecewise]

And then take his arm to replace yours!

Assuming the spell doesn't kill him, yep. Of course, combat fusion requires that the creature stay alive. So you can carve his arm off but if another teammate or you kill him, then it will vanish.

Of course, there are ways to get more permanent versions of this...

I see where this is going.

"Yuna-kun, why do you have a screaming Joyless face grafted to your back?"
"Why, so my Rasper Tentacles don't disappear, you weak-willed fool!"

Well, you have to kill all the bad guys to complete the mission so no. But if you manage to tear out their heart (or core or whatever you wanna call it, since it's not always where a heart would be) you can use that to create a permanent version of it that you can summon up whenever you want...for a price. Thats the trade off; combat fusion is free (well, cheaper, you still have to pay a bit to fuse it) but unstable. Using fusion items are much more stable but cost more to use.

Crystallized hearts are the thing you use to get basically everything in this game. But you gotta be careful to get them, since you can't just murder a beast to get one. The beasties will keep regenerating and getting back up unless you destroy their core, but if you just smash it, you lose it. You gotta rip them open while they're still alive and tear it out. Though...smashing one releases the essence in it, and that essence can be used to cast a spell too...

[Empiricist]

So in other words, you're working on Pretty Princess Vivisection Ascension!

[heydude6]

God that sounds amazing. Consider my interest peeked.

[Person]

Awhile back I asked Sean Mirrsen permission to do stuff with the space whale game they made. I'm tempted to do something along these lines, but I'm still "TECHNICALLY" running doom cruiser and my wikipedia article warfare games. So basically, before I do anything, I'd like any participants in those, particularly the WAW one(gee, I coined an acronym), to pm me if they want it to continue. Regardless, here's the thing that I've gone and done. Its fairly minimalist, but hey. Also it uses the metamorphica, obviously. It can potentially have more than one winner but I'll probably just close it after the first winner honestly, assuming it actually end up happening.

Spoiler: Concept (click to show/hide)

Once again, after many years, the space whales are all coming home to breed. Wherever that "home" really is. Mating season for eldritch abominations has begun once more. You are one of these many whales, seeking a brood-mother to extend your lineage with. Have children with, in other words. However, not just any whale can impress a brood-mother. To that extent, those gathered among you will battle to the death; ripping, tearing, and devouring each other to prove your prowess. Go forth, and grow!

Special Command:

Devour: Can be used to consume a dead or unconscious enemy. Unconscious enemies may wake up though, ruining the attempt. Its customary/sporting among whales not to attack feeding whales, so players can't be attacked during this time. Devouring an opponent successfully increases your size by percentage of their size, plus a flat amount. It also heals you and allows mutation. In addition, your stats may increase, depending on how much bigger you get. Being larger than your opponent can provide bonuses, and the inverse is also true.

Mutation Options: Upon devouring an opponent, these options become available to you. This is in addition to the stat points you will always gain.

1: Take one of their mutations, and add it to yourself. You become aware of all of their mutations upon their death.
2: Discard up to two of your mutations. You choose the amount.
3: Gain up to two random mutations. You choose the amount.
4: Gain an extra point to assign to a stat other than size.
5: Do not mutate. Next time, you can pick two of these options, in the order you choose.
6: Gain up to 2 safe random mutation. These are always positive. Can only picked if you chose 5 last time.

To win, reach a size of 1000.

[piecewise]

So in other words, you're working on Pretty Princess Vivisection Ascension!

I told you I would.

Just need to work on these charts. I'm using something similar to that one anime fighting system I tried out on Toaster a while back.

Just need to figure out how to do these monsters in a good universal fashion...some more world building...a good deal of stuff actually but I'm getting the core hammered out.

Your custom Xcom style upgrades come in lots of varieties, including adding powers to the "nature" of your character to expand their magic capacities and forging new weapons based on the hearts you use. Sort of like Dark Souls Boss soul weapons, but with your nature infused into them as well. So if your Nature is "Ice" and you create a weapon from a creature that wields a giant spear, you might get a big ol icicle lance or something similar.

[Toaster]

Well then.

[flabort]

And if my nature is Banana and I craft something from the heart of some nameless horror?

[piecewise]

And if my nature is Banana and I craft something from the heart of some nameless horror?

You'd get something that is appeelingly phallic.

Hey, if people want to help, post some natures you'd like to see or use. They're kinda hard to explain, but you know how characters in anime tend to have powers related to a particular theme? Like, using madoka, there was the one girl whose theme was essentially "guns and ribbons".  Something like that. I suppose you could even go more abstract as long as it had clear connotations.

One I was thinking of for an NPC was a girl whose nature included "distance" and who wielded a rapier. Her attacks would involve stabbing the rapier through her own hand, and using magic powered by that to extend the rapier stab over great distances.

[Beirus]

Can "Defenestration" be a nature, Piecewise?

[flabort]

quills/bristles/spikes
Projectiles
Shields
Accounting
Scavenging
Fruits
Vegetables
Super Speed
Super Strength
Gloves and armor
Compressed fluids
Area of Effect
Size
Volume (<- Refill body with blood as you use it, drown someone in their own saliva (or tears), compress down and sneak through mouseholes, etc)
Healing (<-original Derm, so I hear)
Ignition/Combustion
Parasites
Ethereal (<-attacks go right through, pass through walls, stick hands through enemy's chest and rip out their organs, etc)
Darkness