dramatispersonae | HELIODOR

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."

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Your battle is here...

Let's start with stone wall and see if it announces it to our enemy that that's what we're doing.

[Nods.] Yeah, okay.

[And good to boost ourselves first, probably.]

One of their attacks depends on one of ours, good to know. That's a dumb way to waste their move.

Want to do our other buff?

[Nods.] Yeah, I think so. Though I'm wondering if we should hesitate.

By this point, they'll think 'they did their status improving move, the next will be an attack.' So they could counter again.

They might also wait for us to act.

So we might want to wait until they move?

Maybe, but we can't just stare them down.

Let's buff ourselves either way.

[Nods.] It'll be good if they can stack.

[Noticing that fade.]

Looks like we got a time limit on those.

Let's attack.

...we should see how good that counter is, but let's see if they're quick again just in case. They might choose something else if they don't know what we're doing.

They might also boost their defense.

Ah, they mi- [Oh, they went.]

Still tells us something.

Yeah, let's attack.

[Nods.]

Attack again or buff our attack?

...buff our attack and then attack next round. Speed seems to be working well for us.

Their attacks are pretty obvious. So, I'm gonna guess they just boosted their defenses. But I'm still attacking.

[Nods.] Yeah, best move right now.

Guess we'll actually know what counter does now.

Guess so.

Okay, I'm gonna stranglehold again. If that's okay with you.

[Well, if Charge doesn't do that big again...]

All right.

Do we just go for it again or try to buff them?

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