CITRINE

[dramatispersonae]

Your room has various hanging scrolls, in a language that is familiar... yet you can't seem to read it. When you look at the round table in the center, there are various scrolls, and five small boxes with a small hole in the center, as well as a small collection of white marbles.

On one box, you see a SWORD, just looking at it gives you a sense of STRENGTH.

On another, you see a SHIELD, just looking at it gives you the safe feeling of great DEFENSE.

On another, you see the carvings of what looks like a gust of WIND, looking at it gives you the feeling of great SPEED.

On yet another, you see a carving of a pair of PLAYING CARDS, you find yourself feeling a little LUCKY today.

On the final box, there is a flowing RIVER, and you feel in better HEALTH.

If you count the number of marbles, there are only 50 of them. Each box looks like it can only hold 20 total marbles.

Finally, there are 2 pieces of parchment and a quill off to the side. On the first parchment, you can read:

NAME ME
AND TELL ME FROM WHENCE WHICH I CAME:
FROM FIRE
FROM WATER
FROM EARTH
FROM ICE
FROM MAGIC

On the other:
YOU MAY GIVE ME FOUR ABILITIES. THEY MAY BE ATTACKS
OF YOUR OWN MAKING. OR THEY MAY BE SPELLS THAT WILL INCREASE MY STRENGTH, OR DEFENSE.
OR SPELLS THAT WILL DECREASE THE STRENGTH OR DEFENSE OF MY OPPONENT.

You can hear Nimue's voice, but you can't see her.

"Create a great creature of legend, heroes. I look forward to your creativity... but it is not creativity that will win this game. Your creature must survive battle with another. While creativity will serve you well, it is truly strategy that will be your greatest companion. You may choose the creature from the scrolls that will represent you in battle."

Comments

CREATE YOUR MONSTER

[dramatispersonae]

OOC NOTES:

[dramatispersonae]

1. Pick a monster from the link I gave, and make sure to let me know which one you chose.
2. Name your monster
3. Pick which element you want your monster to be. It doesn't have to make sense! If you feel like making an earth based ghost monster, then by God, go nuts.
4. You have 50 total points to assign, you can assign them however you want. But you can assign no more than 20 points to one single area.
5. Your areas are STRENGTH, DEFENSE, AGILITY, LUCK, and HEALTH POINTS.
6. You can give your monster four menu options! You can make them all attacks (and if so, please make your own flavor text for that attack), or you can do stat boosting or stat decreasing attacks.
7. Keep in mind that no matter what element you choose, that element has another it is weak to, and another it is strong against. You won't know what your opponent is choosing, so assign your stats and attacks wisely.
8. Have fun!

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[chibisama]

...so what's the difference between defense and health?

Re: DISCUSSION

[divinewisdom]

Defense is how well they can defend themselves. Health is like the total health they have -- the higher the number, the longer it'll last, with a strong defense.

Re: DISCUSSION

[chibisama]

Right, that makes sense. And of course we've got to push something down in order to push something else up...

Re: DISCUSSION

[divinewisdom]

None of these look like they'd be fun to fight.

Re: DISCUSSION

[chibisama]

Isn't that kinda the point though?

[seems extremely distracted by anything on fire :D]

Re: DISCUSSION

[divinewisdom]

Which monster? You pick.

FINAL ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: FINAL ANSWER

[chibisama]

Supernova Stormblast the Hellfire Wyrm, Born of Flame
Strength 14, Agility 12, Luck 6, Defense 6, Health 12
Menu:
1. Eye of the Storm: Supernova Stormblast flies high and summons flames that dance among its spikes and increase its defense.
2. Inferno's Heart: Supernova Stormblast raises its tail like a scorpion and summons a ball of flame inside the enemy.
3. Shatterstar: Supernova Stormblast inhales deeply and then spews a giant gout of icy-cold water.
4. Clash of Eternity: Terminal Supernova Stormblast raises one claw to send a jet of flame, another claw to send a jet of fire, and then snaps its jaws as the two meet in an enormous haze of boiling-hot steam.

BATTLE DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

BATTLE...

[dramatispersonae]

Your battle is here...

Re: BATTLE...

[chibisama]

Hmm, remarkably similar opponent...should we boost our defense, or go all out from the get-go?

Re: BATTLE...

[divinewisdom]

I don't know if defense would be wise right now, until we know what some of their attacks are. Then again, it might be better to play it safe.

...I think we should keep our water attacks secret for now, though. I have a feeling they'll have surprises up their sleeves, too.

[ serious stare ]

I feel like something is missing. Like I used to remember how to do stuff like this.

Re: BATTLE...

[chibisama]

...me too. I mean, I know I did, I remember it...and you were raised fighting things. We'll get it back...and we're stuck muddling through in the meantime.

But definitely hold off on the water attack, yeah. On the other hand, not sure how much damage straight fire will do to a freaking tornado, which is pretty annoying. I'd lean slightly towards defense boost and see what it does...

[ROUND 2]

[chibisama]

...man, they continue to have all the same ideas. War of the extensive planning.

Should we whip out the water and try to do as much damage as we can?

Re: [ROUND 2]

[divinewisdom]

Maybe that's best. They won't expect it, and if we're up against a lot of extensive planners, our best bet might be to-- [ 8( ] to drop all of our plans and go for straight attack.

Re: [ROUND 2]

[chibisama]

We both have high offense and health, we've both buffed our defense...at this point it's a race of how much damage we can each do, and maybe a little bit of luck.

[round 3]

[divinewisdom]

Gods, it's a stupid tornado!

Re: [round 3]

[chibisama]

It's a stupid tornado that's a public safety hazard!

[ROUND 4]

[chibisama]

Damn it...

We might not survive another round either way...

STATUS...

[dramatispersonae]

Supernova Stormblast has 150 HP.

Re: STATUS...

[dramatispersonae]

Supernova Stormblast now has 111 HP.

Re: STATUS...

[dramatispersonae]

Supernova Stormblast now has 30 HP.