dramatispersonae | TIGER'S EYE

You are one half of a story to be played out today: either a hero or a monster. You must invent a backstory, motivation, set of powers, and anything else necessary for your monster or hero to defeat its opponent. Both consistency and creativity will be factored into scoring; for best results, tie their powers into their archetype as well as the backstory and motivation you give them.

"A cruel Ogre is coming for revenge on the poor young Thief who took what he needed to survive from its hoard. Can he defend himself now?"

You will be designing The Ogre. Heliodor will be designing The Thief.

Edited 2014-09-10 00:10 (UTC)

... I think this is biased towards the Thief...

Do we have to follow the cues? I mean, someone can be angry that they were stolen from without being "cruel"...

[a grumbling from nearby...]

The Ogre is a monster; are they not cruel and savage by nature?

Nevertheless...if you truly wish, you may say that is merely the perception others have of the Ogre...and not necessarily the truth.

They're not.

... thanks for the answer, anyway.

The Ogre wants to get his belongings back. Or be paid for them, anyway, or something. Did the Thief even try asking...?

[LET'S IGNORE HOW MUCH OF SILVER'S OWN LIFE HAS CONSISTED OF STEALING FOR SURVIVAL.]

So... right... The Ogre's spent a lot of time amassing his "hoard," because that's just what ogres do. He's proud of it. If there are hard times ahead, it'll see him through them, and... I don't know, maybe it'll even help him find a mate?

He's proud of what he has, and when the Thief takes some of that, he wants it back. Maybe the Thief would give it back when asked, but the Ogre doubts that for obvious reasons, so he brings...

...

What would an ogre bring?

[AFTER SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT.]

A large club sounds right. As far as powers, the Ogre knows...

[pause.]

Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Headbutt, and... Iron Defense.

Anyway, if the Thief is willing to give back the stolen property to the Ogre, or pay him back in some way, the Ogre won't fight him. But he'll challenge him to a battle otherwise. Probably. He's big and strong, with high defense and offensive capabilities.

...I dunno. The ogre's the one in the right here, at least.

I meant in terms of descriptions... but yeah, he has a reason to be mad.

Probably would fair better in a fight, too...unless he has a hidden weakness to slingshots or something.

...

Actually... what if the Ogre just... brings the police with him.

...If he's not the sort of Ogre who attacks the town and makes them mad, that seems like it would work. Plus, the police probably want to catch the Thief for all sorts of other stolen goods, too.

We can say he just mostly keeps to himself and interacts with other ogres, so the town doesn't have any reason to be worried about him.

Yeah, then that makes sense. He's a gentle ogre who typically doesn't want any trouble, but after this happens, he gets the proper authorities involved.

I was thinking earlier that he'd bring a club, but the police probably wouldn't want that. Okay. I think we've got our backstory and motivation, then.

Probably not...but yeah, it all sounds good to me.

... it'll be interesting to see how this goes.

Hopefully the police will get things sorted out...but I guess it depends on how sneaky this thief is.

...

Looks like he has a sneaky plan.

The Ogre is a gentle ogre by nature and doesn't really want any trouble. Generally, he keeps to himself or interacts with other ogres. He had a hoard of stuff because that's normal behavior for ogres. They all have one.

He's angry when he realizes the Thief has stolen from him, like anyone would be. He wants his stuff back. For a moment, he even considers taking his club to confront the Thief and give him a piece of his mind. The Ogre is big and strong, after all, with abilities like Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Headbutt, and Iron Defense.

But then he decides that the smart thing to do is to make a report to the local village police. So his revenge is actually going to be him taking the police to find the Thief so that they can arrest him. That's his main power: the proper authorities accompanying him with a warrant for the Thief's arrest.

The shadows on stage flicker and follow your cue...then fade for the time being.

A pot of tea and some cups appear for you to refresh yourselves with.

The players in this show have been created! Now it's time to plan your attack. You can see what your opponents designed; give an explanation of how your hero or monster attacks it.

The thief, as he has been described, is young and poor. He has gone after the Ogre's hoard not for what the hoard contains but for the promise of reward upon the Ogre's death given to him by those who would seek greater safety. Though he may have no resources that money would bring, he knows the land well. He is nimble and swift and light on his feet, for he must be so; and he has stolen from the Ogre's hoard a blade of quality, sharper than anything he might have owned previously.

His plan is thus: he shall lure the Ogre from its home and draw it out to a bridge which might otherwise be solid enough to support the Ogre's weight. The thief is swift and balances well and has much practice crossing this bridge; he shall do so with ease, at great speed, and when he reaches the end he will wait for the Ogre to cross. When the Ogre does so, the thief will cut the ropes with his new acquisition, swiftly and decisively, and the Ogre shall fall to its death with the surety granted by its size and the length of its fall.

The thief shall return triumphant and be well rewarded; but should his plan fail and the Ogre remain at a distance across the bridge, the thief shall not be harmed, for he is well out of reach and will remain this way.

Edited 2014-09-10 01:29 (UTC)

... okay, so they went for something more standard.

...Well we just have the police go chase him across the bridge and not do so personally, right? No reason to walk right into a trap.

Yeah.

... and if the Thief cuts the bridge anyway, well, he's in more trouble than before.

Yeah. Then he'll be wanted for thievery and murder, and nobody would be willing to back him up then.

Hopefully he wouldn't go that far, but...

If he does, that's... kind of concerning on multiple levels.

Yeah...I think they'd have to change who they're calling a monster and who a hero.

Seriously.

The part of the police force follows the Thief across the bridge, while the rest stays at the other end with the Ogre, ready to call for backup if things escalate further.

The curtains roll away to reveal the Ring once more. You may proceed to endgame.

TIGER'S EYE

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