Peridot - Game 198

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself standing in a small, snowy clearing in a pine forest. It's nighttime and bitterly cold, moreso than Camelot; the stars go on forever, and there's a very bright full moon. You can see quite easily. There's a stone archway behind you, and through it you can see the Ring, still with the tables full of mead laid out. Scattered around the clearing are twenty-four free-standing wooden doors, carved and polished. They don't seem like they'd lead anywhere if you opened them, but well, #personae.

Comments

Round 2

[dramatispersonae]

Doors 1, 6 and 12 are now locked.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: Discussion

[crueltobekind]

Ah, I guess we can't choose a door that's had something picked from it already . . .

Want to try the last one next?

Re: Discussion

[fragmentedimago]

Sure; we can work inward that way. [leans on]

Re: Discussion

[crueltobekind]

[leaning back]

I'm a little curious about the rooms people have been to already though.

Re: Discussion

[fragmentedimago]

We may have to wait and see about those.

So, what power does "Trade" give us?

Re: Discussion

[crueltobekind]

Future profits? Or maybe it makes us more notable . . . It's not really easy to translate to magic.

Re: Discussion

[fragmentedimago]

Hmm, I think there are ways -- if you think outside the box. Like...

Trade gives us the power to trade a room we'd pick for another room someone else has.

Or,

Trade gives us the power to automatically exchange something we've taken for something someone else ended up with which is more valuable.

Or,

Trade lets us ask a team what they have, and swap with them at the end.

Re: Discussion

[crueltobekind]

Ohh . . . Hey, you're a lot better at this than I am.

Re: Discussion

[fragmentedimago]

Well, I do use spells with words. Or will, when I have that skill back.

Re: Discussion

[crueltobekind]

I want to see when you do!

Re: Discussion

[fragmentedimago]

I'll try to show you~.

Room Selection

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: Room Selection

[crueltobekind]

Room 24

Re: Room Selection

[dramatispersonae]

You are standing in front of an old, well-built hall, with cattle roaming outside it and a homely interior visible through the open door. Shields line the outside eaves, each older and more weathered than the next, as if generations had left their mark here. An ancient, sprawling tree stands nearby, along with a neatly tended vegetable patch. The whole estate is enclosed in a well-built fence, a square set on point, punctuated with poles inscribed with strange letters and tied about with red and white ribbons.

Re: Room Selection

[fragmentedimago]

"Inheritance", huh?

Re: Room Selection

[crueltobekind]

Or "tradition".

Re: Room Selection

[fragmentedimago]

Tradition may encompass more of the elements.

Re: Room Selection

[crueltobekind]

But would it give us a good power?

Re: Room Selection

[fragmentedimago]

The power to predict an outcome based on the theory that others around us have had similar outcomes before.

Re: Room Selection

[crueltobekind]

Because we have the benefit of having been taught the way things will be by our elders and their elders before them? Experience passed on through generations.

Re: Room Selection

[fragmentedimago]

Just so. Let's do that.

Answer

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: Answer

[fragmentedimago]

Room: 24
Item: Shield traced - "Tradition"
Magic: It gives us the ability to predict an outcome, because we have the benefit of having been taught the way things will be by our elders, and their elders before them. It gives us experience which was passed through generations.