Turn 48Location: The Center (Aqua Resort)
Time: Evening
Weather: Shadowy
Light: Faint
Turn ActionsBradley & Zach: Investigate.Bradley floated out of the library and
once again around the line of Thwomps. As he flew around, he noticed that Joe had entered the library. Where had he been all this time?Just like Bradley expected, Zach was back in the entrance hallway. He was doing a little victory dance due to the Shy Guy's defeat.
"Uhm..." Bradley floated around.
Zach stopped and stood straight.
"Um, um... here!" Bradley gave the book to him.
Zach flipped through the book for a moment.
"Oh, thank you. Wait, WHAT!? How did you find this?! This isn't the sort of place for something like this to be found just lying around! Still, you're wanting to know what this is about, right?" He looked back up from the book and at the blue-capped ghost.
Bradley nodded.
"Well... this book is written in an encoding from ages long past called Beanscript. Unfortunately, I can't read it myself. We would have to find a scholar from the Beanbean kingdom if we wanted to know what it said. And you know how those Beanbeans feel about Mushroom Kingdom loyalists." Zach handed the book back to Bradley, who sighed. It was worth a shot.
Oomph: Binding time.Oomph, upon reading through the Handbook's section on Friar Oomphmore, decided to go ahead and bind the book. He unbound his old spellbook and handed it to Amadeus.
The book burned up in Amadeus' hands, but Oomph paid this no mind. He let the White Wizard's handbook become a part of him, and in just a moment, he gained the abilities
Cure All II,
Protect II,
Drain II, and
Enfeebling.
Joe: Go find a medkit or mushroom or something.You search the library for some kind of healing item, but only end up walking around in circles, panting.
You notice Oomph on the other side of the library, fumbling around with inventory management. Maybe he could heal you?
Amadeus: Read the first 30 words of every book.You attempt to speed-read your way through a bunch of books, but only end up setting fire to half of them.
The other half aren't very helpful, other than a worthless spellbook which teaches you how to spell "book".
Player ListName: Bradley Oliver Oakes
Race: Boo
Bio: A rather cowardly ghost even by Boo standards. However, he's always admired the story of Mario and Luigi, and when he learned they were captured, he decided to take a stand for once in his life and try to rescue them!
HP: 15/15MP: 10/10Other stats:Armor Value +0
Slashing +0
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Darkness IFireflash IIFrostflash IISparkflash IIPassive skills/spells:FlyingChronic ShynessIce AffinityEquipment:Advanced Spellbook of FlashesRed mushroom x2
Small Golden KeyShyguy Mask (worn)
Frostknife (wielded)
The Origin Story Name: Oomph
Race: Koopa (Green)
Bio: A former football player who kicked out of the bowser leagues for falling in a pit chasing after Mario.
HP: 12/15MP: 8/10Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +1
Slashing -1
Piercing -1
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Shell CoverPower Strike ICure All IIProtect IIDrain IIPassive skills/spells:Thick Shell IEnfeeblingEquipment:Koopaball Club (wielded)
Iron Armor (worn)
Forest FlowerRed mushroomWhite Wizard's Handbook (bound)
Name: Zachary Jones
Race: Human
Bio: Used to be an ancient histories teacher and part time archaeologist and has never been shy of going out into the world to find artefacts and forgotten cultures. When the call for heroes came, naturally he answered as he saw it as his chance to explore the world!
HP: 10/10MP: 0/0Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +1
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Fireball IPower Strike I (Cooldown - 2 turns lefts)
Passive skills/spells:Quick LearnerSelective LightEquipment:100 coins
Refined Bronze Sword (wielded)
Flickering Torch (held in off-hand)
Bronze Armor (worn)
Name: Joe
Race: Toad
Bio: Having been kicked out of the military for excessive violence against a superior officer, Joe sees this as an opportunity to worm his way back into the military system.
HP: 1/10MP: 0/0Other stats:Armor Value +1
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +1
Piercing +1
Crushing +1
Active skills/spells:Empowered Attack Passive skills/spells:Thick skinUncanny strengthKingdom TrainingShort and SquatSlash StunEquipment:Bronze Greatsword (wielded)
Name: Amadeus Septimus Jormund Flake Hanser Cook
Race: Podoboo (Humanoid)
Bio: Named Podoboo 3 at birth he changed his name to Amadeus Septimus Jormund Flake Hanser Cook at 13 when he was having problems with not being unique, after he set off to the world to clean the monsters out of the lava pipes. When he came back his friends Podoboo 1 and 2 told him about Bragely and Oomph, and like the unique Podoboo he was he set out to go with them!
HP: 6/8MP: 5/5Other stats:Armor Value +0
Damage Reduction: +0
Slashing +0
Piercing +0
Crushing +0
Active skills/spells:Podoboo Leap IPassive skills/spells:Podoboo DefensePodoboo ImmunityPodoboo DamagePodoboo Wielding (modified)Podoboo WeaknessEquipment:Iron Club (wielded)
Turn OutroOomph, Joe and Amadeus continued sorting through the library's books. After a few minutes, they realized they were nearly out of material, and the room they were in was a straight-up dead end. They would have to cross the bridge again and go the other way to continue their adventure.
Oomph noticed the ground shaking. He passed it off as nothing more than simple vibration until a rumbling sound came from the northern wall. In just a minute, small chunks of rock started crumbling off of said wall, up until the wall itself burst open, revealing yet another shadowy figure behind it.
The figure just stood there for a moment. Joe examined it closely. He noticed it had what looked like round animal ears, and its right arm dashed to and fro like some manner of lightning bolt.
The shadowy creature stepped forward.
"Who of you is leader of this world?"The team hesitated.
"I will not ask again. Who of you is leader of this world?" The being took a few more steps into the library, but the three Heroes had no idea what to do or say.
Oomph pointed to himself, mostly just to see what would happen. He could take this shadow creature in a fight.
"Then I will rip you apart, and afterwards shred the remainder of this world until I have found a cure." The shadowy creature darted towards Oomph, but he blocked its advance with his Koopaball Club.
The creature jumped back and raised its lightning arm. Time for a fight!
I am loving the current workflow I have for each art panel. There will be more next turn in this style, no worries. I'm trying to practice drawing these characters consistently now.