View Full Version : Non Mafia Game Through the looking glass (wushu game)
Peasant Phill
08-30-2010, 22:07
Ever since I've read about the RPG Wushu, I wanted to play/organise one. Not many of you may know of this rules light system but it seems ideal for forum use and is easy to learn.
Rules of wushu (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/WushuOpenRules)
A short example of play:
In a scene where Lacie falls in a pool of her own town tears, she struggles to get on dry land. Dice cap is 6, her player has to throw at least 2 yin (defensive) successes every round to prevent her from losing chi. The scene is also near its end as Lacie’s player only needs to throw 1 yang (offensive) success to end it.
Her player describes:
Lacie feels the strength in her arms ebb away which is quickly replaced with a stinging pain. She can see the sun breaking through surface of the water getting dimmer and dimmer. A feeling of resignation takes control of her for just a moment: “This doesn’t seem so bad…”
“No she can’t give up now!” With the last ounces of strength left in her frail body, she thrusts towards the sun. Lacie breaks the surface near a large piece of wood. She climbs on it and crumples in a ball of exhaustion.
Now for the resolution:
Lacie’s player has described enough to earn 6 dice (the cap). He divides them evenly between yin (defensive) and yang (offensive). He also reckons that the most relevant trait Lacie used was her trait pigheaded 4.
The player rolls and gets yin 5, 5, 3 and yang 2, 6, 4. Every die equal or below 4 is a success.
This means that Lacie loses a point of chi (needed 2 successes and rolled only one) but it’s alright as she still has 1 point left( if Lacie went in to negative chi, her player would lose his narrative power over the scene). It also means that the scene has come to its conclusion (2 yang successes rolled, 1 needed), Lacie’s player gets to describe a coup de grace.
Coup de grace:
Seconds pass, minutes, hours? Lacie isn’t at all aware of the passage of time. A soft thud wakes her from her catatonic state. Her makeshift raft had drifted against the embankment of the pool. The girl leaves the piece of wood for dry land and exclaimed firmly “that’s the last time I’ll let THAT emotion get the best of me”. Lacie then wanders further into this strange land.
In short, everything can happen as long as you can imagine it (and it stays within the consensus of the group).
This first game will be played in the style 'Alice in wonderland' (dream logic, bizarre confrontations with bizarre characters, ...) but won't be the actual tale.
This game will require of the players to participate at least once everyday. Although it won't take more then a few moments.
Players:
Seon
Beskar
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Diamondeye?
I'll keep it the number of participants to these 4 members but I'm still looking for reserves.
If there are any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.
I'd certainly be interested in playing, if there is room.
Peasant Phill
09-01-2010, 22:17
So far I've received 2 character sheets out of four. Chances are you'll be able to play.
I'll give everybody until sunday and I'll start on monday.
I am guessing my submission was acceptable then. :beam:
Peasant Phill
09-02-2010, 20:41
Yes it was.
Peasant Phill
09-06-2010, 22:28
So we have:
- Shepard (Seon) an above average when it comes to physical tasks but a great puzzle-solver and a way with animals with a cowardly streak to him.
- John (Beskar) a small (but just at the right hight if you know what I mean), detemined snarker whith a knack for verbal swords play. He does have a big ego though.
Others can still send in there character sheet (or ask about it) but the story will start of tomorrow. Hope to see you then.
Confirming the desire to be in on this game :D
Diamondeye
09-06-2010, 22:50
I'd like to join in as a reserve. Do you want the character idea now, or when you need it?
Peasant Phill
09-07-2010, 20:24
Characters:
- Shepard (Seon), above average when it comes to physical tasks but a great puzzle-solver and a way with animals with a cowardly streak to him.
- John (Beskar) a small (but just at the right hight if you know what I mean), detemined snarker whith a knack for verbal swords play. He does have a big ego though.
- Jack (spL1tp3r50naL1ty) tall and lanky with a penchant for logic thinking.
- Liva (Diamondeye) a blunt girl who can be very convincing when talking about something she feels strongly for. She is a real master at solving riddles and possess nimble fingers. Her bluntness has caused her problems before
https://a.imageshack.us/img225/3092/marshgasteach.jpg
Prologue
In which curiosity follows boredom and our heroes follow a will-o'-wisp
Summer’s end, …, There isn’t much to do at the boarding school this early in the school year. No activities, no sports, no field trips, … It’s just the three of us, the caretaker and his daughter. And even the caretaker wasn’t that enthusiastic about being here.
The three of us, Sheppard, Jack and John were always the last to leave and the first to arrive at this institution. If you wouldn’t know any better you would start to think we actually liked it here. You would even think that we were the best of friends when we’re just … well, who wants to be lonely all the time ?
We were just doing the usual, killing time at the lake, when something caught our eye. A hovering light near the lake bank.
“Let’s find out what it is!”
“Do we have to? It’s dangerously close to the water”
“It’s always the same with you. If you want to die of boredom be my guest scaredy cat”
Give your descriptions and the traits you're using (no danger so you do not need to give me the ying/yang split). This is just a practice run to see if everybody understands the rules.
I forgot, The dice cap is 6 for this scene, which means you can earn no more then 6 dice when telling your part of the story.
This game has Truly begun
Diamondeye
09-09-2010, 10:47
As the three boys pass a large, dead tree, one of them feels something land in his hair and finds it to be an intricately folded paper-bird. Stopping to look up, they see a dark-haired girl sitting on one of the few, solid branches of the tree some feet up, resting her back against the trunk and one feet resting on the brench, the other leg hanging lazily down. She's holding another paper folding and has a small bag thrown over her shoulder in a strop.
"Wotcher guys, where're ya going?"
EDIT: That'd be using the nimble-fingers thing, if anything.
Peasant Phill
09-09-2010, 12:01
To get a good idea how details work, I'll count them:
As the three boys pass a large, dead treen (1), one of them feels something land in his hair(2) and finds it to be an intricately folded paper-bird(3). Stopping to look up, they(4) see a dark-haired girl sitting on one of the few, solid branches of the tree some feet up(5), resting her back against the trunk and one feet resting on the brench, the other leg hanging lazily down(6). She's holding another paper folding and has a small bag thrown over her shoulder in a strop.(7)
"Wotcher guys, where're ya going?"(8)
You see how easy you earn the dice cap (6 in this scene). Nothing stops you to describe more than the dice cap but you can also go under it but then you earn less dice.
EDIT: That'd be using the nimble-fingers thing, if anything.
That's a hard one to pin down. A character doesn't always use one of his named traits. In cases he doesn't, the default number used is 2. In this case I would go for the default number as she wasn't busy folding the paper at the time of the description.
I'll show the mechanic side when everybody has put in their description and used trait.
"Eerrr, it is a girl!" John says as he notices the dark haired female. The others boys laughed at John, and the girl didn't look much pleased either. John was a short, ruddy, young lad, looking around seven or eight. He wore long shorts, with a baggy shirt not tucked in and a waistcoat with a flat cap (http://www.fancydressfancydress.com/USERIMAGES/BERT%20THE%20CHIMNEY%20SWEEP%20VICTORIAN%20COSTUME.JPG). He didn't mind the caretakers daughter, that doesn't stop it being fun to tease her.
Shepard hurriedly shoves the paper bird into his pocket; how the heck the girl managed make the paper bird, intricate and also dead, into his hair despite the wind he could not figure out despite his best efforts. Probably luck, he thought as he clasped tightly at the bag he was holding. Enough weird thing has happened for one day...
"Guys, I heard stories of people who went into a swamp to chase after some light though; I heard they never found the body," Shepard muttered. "I heard about sirens too, anyways, can't we chase after the light later? Hmm?"
Diamondeye
09-10-2010, 10:33
((I have some doubts as to how succesful a game that relies on equal participation will be. Especially since Spl1t seems to be MIA))
Peasant Phill
09-10-2010, 19:27
((I have some doubts as to how succesful a game that relies on equal participation will be. Especially since Spl1t seems to be MIA))
You btring up a good point. The inactivity of one of the players is not really a big problem BUT with so few players more than 1 player missing can stop the game. I'll be looking for reserve players.
I'll give it until tomorrow and than we start with or without Split.
Peasant Phill
09-11-2010, 09:05
Mechanics
So all of you three got to the 6 dice maximum set for this round. There was no danger so no defensive dice needed.
Diamondeye used non of Liva's named traits so he must roll equal or below 2.
Beskar used the snarky (5) skill so he needs to roll equal or below 5.
Seon tried some puzzle solving (5) but also showed his weakness: cowardly (1). I opt for using his weakness as this was more relevant to the scene rather than figuring out how an origami bird was folded.
You can always step in and correct me if you believe I should be using another trait or if you think a certain character is doing something that doesn't fit into the genre.
Resolution:
I use this website for the dice rolls. (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/wushu/wushudice.php)
Liva gets 4,3,5,3,3,1 which means 1 success.
John gets 2,1,6,5,1,6 which means 4 successes
Sheppard gets 4,6,4,3,4,1 which means also 1 success.
Normally I would've set a number which you would have to reach in order to end the scene. ATM you get 6 points amongst yourselves.
When a scene has no more points left, then the person who 'ended' the scene can describe the ending. This was a practice scene without a number to reach so I'll describe the start of the next scene (tonight).
The next scene will involve danger so don't forget to mention your yin and yang split next time.
Peasant Phill
09-11-2010, 21:54
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Scene1
In which the chase continues and perspectives are skewed
Specifics:
Mook conflict (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/VersusMooks)
Dice cap: 6
Threat rating (TR): 50 (the scene ends when you reach 50 yang successes together)
Yin successes needed per round per player: 1
Sheppard, John and Liva suddenly lost sight of their prey. It suddenly vanished into the ground.
"Ah...If you hadn't slowed us down, we wouldn't have lost it."
"You're mean. And you losing your shoe didn't help us either."
"Hey, look at this."
Sheppard was waving furiously near what looked from afar as a small grey hill. As the others got closer, it became clear that it was a corner of some building, eroded by weather and watery soil.
"My father told me about a castle that sunk into the ground long ago. He said that it was cursed and that I should stay away and ... and..."
John pushed her away hard. "And I'm afraid because I'm a useless girl. Nenenenenene."
"That thing went in there so I'm following you can tag along if you like as long both of you stop whining."
The castle lied slanted. The three had to be carefull not to slip, slide down walls or lose their orientation in this skewed mace.
"Over there, I see some light... That must be that thing we were chasing!"
Don't forget to mention the trait you'r character used and how many dice you use for Yin and Yang
Diamondeye
09-11-2010, 23:45
Liva turned from John, furious in her resolution to show that she wasn't just a useless girl. She trodded past him and quickly reached the slanted wall and carefully began climbing. Her anger fueled her and she forcefully dug her fingers in to catch hold whereever a small crack or loose gravel allowed it. "Hmpph! I'll give you useless", she mumbled as she began ascending the slippery plane.
Trait: Blunt personality (?)
Dice; 3 Yin, rest Yang.
"Wait! Come back!" Shepherd yelled after the girl. "It's too dangerou-" Shepherd immediately stopped as he realized that John was about to follow her up the slippery slope as well, living him all alone in the swamp.
"Oh forget whatever it is I said. I guess we can just all go together to dinner too! Yeah, DINNER FOR GHOSTS!" Shepherd let out a groan as he began to climb after Liva, he didn't get strong so that he can chase after some ghostly supernatural light, he did it so that he could RUN AWAY from it.
Trait: Athletic
Dice; 3 yin, rest Yang
John sticks his tongue out at Liva, and followed her up the slippery slope, "Shepherd, I thought Liva was the girl here?" as he interrupts him in mid-speech, "Come on you silly light, we are going to get you!". Shepherd blushed and muttered something about dinner. John licked his lips, when he thought of turkey leg, stuffed cream pudding and chocolate, just to be greeted by Mrs. Maggiepies unseasoned oats at the boarding house, yuck! He wondered about Liva, she always seems to have a grandiose appearance, like she is some snooty princess, she probably would announce how a butler butters her crumpets layered with cream and jam.
John stopped and looked around, his mind went off-track, when he noticed a twinkle in the corner of his eye, "There you are, you glistening troll bogey!" and he followed on chasing the whisp, who seemed to react slightly to the mark, or was that his imagination? Like that thing he swore he saw Liva in a polka dot dress and an little umbrella, being huffy and puffy about his latest prank. It wouldn't been so bad but that night I woke up with my hand in a bowel of water, and I swear I saw the caretaker. I asked him in the morning about it, he just looked at me oddly then said something about staying away from his daughter. That wasn't too bad, I just put Mr. Cuddles, up in a tree. I like teasing Liva.
John easily walked under a branch, and flicked it as he went past. Hoping to catch Shepherd, but he was too far behind, darn. "Twinkle Twinkle Smelly Star, No one cares to wonder what you are". He put his arms by the sides of him outstretched for balance as he went along. "Is it a bird? It is a cannon ball? No, it's Super John!".
Trait: Snarky
3 Yin, 3 Yang.
As they were chasing the odd ball of light, the three companions suddenly realized they were missing one- specifically, Jack.
No sooner had one of them said the words, "Where's Jack?" than a figure leapt into their midst from a nearby tree.
"Did somebody call?"
The creature looked like Jack, and yet it was... not. Most of Jack's features were present, but exaggerated in their proportions: his tall, lanky self had become a towering figure of ridiculous thinness. He had a greenish glint in his eyes which matched the emerald suit with coattails that he was now wearing. And just barely visible on the top of his head were the tips of two horns.
"The name's Jackaloup, but I suppose Jack works for short. A pleasure to meet you all, and especially you, Miss Wildflower," he said with a brilliant smile as he turned to Liva.
Trait: Charm
2 Yin, 4 Yang
Peasant Phill
09-12-2010, 19:57
Resulution
Diamondeye: trait 5, 3 yin successes and 3 yang successes
Seon: trait 3, 1 yin and 2 yang
Beskar: trait 5, 3 yin and 2 yang
Chaotix: trait 4, 1 yin and 3 yang
So everybody has at least 1 yin success which means that nobody loses chi.
10 yang successes in total which means the scene has still 40 points left.
I'm sitting this round out. The stage has been set, I'm interested how you'll all react.
OOC:
So, basically, we decide what happens for the rest of the seen? We have to figure out for ourselves what's inside this twisted castle?
In any case, I'm going to wait for someone else to go before I go again.
John jumps from column to column, while he looks up and sees 'Jackaloup'. "Hurry up dowsing rod, we are almost there!".
He notices Liva paying attention to Jack and rolls his eyes "Always after the attention", as he makes his way towards the twisty castle. He goes under arch-ways, climbing across ledges, as it is an oversized assault course.
"Hey guys, it seems this place.. keeps changing, it doesn't seem like we are getting closer"
The strange orb is still there, glowing near the gate. The ground seems to be, fluid? as if the grass was placed on top of a pond, and there are little dips and quakes. "Perhaps Shepherd wet himself, or this place is just weird", John continued ahead, possibly getting ahead of Liva and the others. Why did he think of Liva first? Perhaps because she is the annoying one, makes sense.
Trait: Snarky
Yin 2, 4 Yang
Yes, I got the annoying 'little brother' type role. :beam:
Diamondeye
09-13-2010, 07:27
Liva braved another steep climb and found a small niche she could sit down on to rest for a moment. John had disappeared ahead of them, but she could still hear his voice, snarky and loud, "... Perhaps shepherd wet himself...". She looked down and saw that Shepherd had only just begun the climb and was still quite the distance behind them. He, too, was yelling. Something about dinner and ghosts and what not. "Come on, Shep!", she yelled. "We don't wanna wait all day for you!"
She looked at Jackaloup and frowned - the guy looked very strange - then reminded herself that she was scaling a tilted wall of a castle ruin in the middle of a swamp, chasing a moving light; there was plenty of strange things going on. "Wotcher, mister", she replied before resuming the climbing with a backwards glance at Shepherd. She looked towards the moving light again... Strange? No, this was exciting!
Skill: Blunt Personality
3 Yin, rest Yang.
Peasant Phill
09-13-2010, 20:56
OOC: So, basically, we decide what happens for the rest of the seen? We have to figure out for ourselves what's inside this twisted castle?
In any case, I'm going to wait for someone else to go before I go again.
Well this is about me setting you guys up for the things you want to do. I kept aside as I wanted to let you guys free to confront this new character without me pushing you to one side or the other.
Also when I thought up the skewed castle scene, I had a short voyage in mind full of danger and wonders through the castle (rooms bigger than they should be, gravity shifting, enviroments changing from room to room, ...). But anyone can take the story in a different direction as long as everyone else is OK with it.
And don't worry, whatever happens I have a next chapter already prepared. It's very hard to derail dreams :wink:
Against better judgment, I'll wait 24 hours more so that Seon and Chaotix get there descriptions in.
Don't make a habit of this, That's what reserve players are for.
Jackaloup had now joined his three companions in scaling the sloped side of the twisted castle. He walked up the side on two legs, the rest of his body seemingly tilting at a ridiculous angle from the point of view of the others. The odd young man looked curiously at the kids crawling up the castle even as they looked at him just as curiously.
From Jackaloup's point of view, however, he was walking along a straight path. It was the kids who were crawling sideways up the castle wall, for the castle wall was indeed sideways and not on a slope at all. Jackaloup laughed at this thought.
Suddenly, the floating ball of light they had been chasing ducked down into a window in the twisted castle's side. When Jackaloup reached the window, young John was already there. Jackaloup looked down through the hole, and the sight that he saw boggled even his mind.
Trickster
Yin 2, Yang 4
Sheperd looked down into the hole that Jackaloup and John was staring down at.
Oh what the hell. Indeed, if the scale of insanity went from to the madness of a schizophrenic man to the schizophrenic man poisoned by mercury to the taste of the caretaker's grandmother's cookies, the sight before them would be a step below the cookies.
Why was there, for instance, pillars rising from the bottomless depth of hell and why, oh WHY was the light bouncing off the the top of the pillars towards the said bottomless pit of hell?
And who the hell put a staircase sideways?!
And why were the pillars moving?
Shepherd shook the thought out of his head. Now he wanted some answers. The pillars seemed to be moving randomly, but there was a certain pattern you could see... Shepherd hopped onto a pillar much the same way the light did.
"This is the single worst idea I have ever had!" he immediately shouted. He hopped off the pillar onto another one as the pillar nearly smashed into a wall. There was no way getting back up, Shepherd sadly thought as he began to leap down from pillar to pillar.
Puzzle-Solver
Yin 2 Yang 4
Peasant Phill
09-14-2010, 22:06
Resulution
Beskar: trait 5, 1 yin and 2 yang
Diamondeye: trait 5, 2 yin and 3 yang
Chaotix: trait 5, 2 yin and 3 yang
Seon: trait 5, 1 yin and 2 yang
So again everybody has at least 1 yin success which means that nobody loses chi. Everybody has 3 chi per scene but this will be more important when you're pressed for time or against something more dangerous/harder.
Coincidently again 10 yang successes in total which means the scene is down to 30 points.
I'll be adding a time limit. You'll have to complete the whole scene in 2 rounds otherwise the will-o'-wisp will get away and you may get lost inside the sunken castle.
Diamondeye
09-14-2010, 22:15
Liva notices a shut window, a couple of feet below the place where Shepherd, John and Jackaloup have found an open window. She fiddles with the rusty barring mechanism and manages to open it, but the window shutters open under her. The boys hear a yell of surprise as Liva falls into the room and starts sliding down the inclined floor, the smooth marble tiles not proving any way of slowing down. Finally, before skidding into a column, Liva managed to dig her fingers into the cavity of a shattered tile and break her descend. Slowly, she begins climbing her way up by carefully removing pieces of broken tiles or lifting loose tiles to find hold for hands and feet.
Skill: Nimble Fingers
1 Yin, rest Yang
Jackaloup had begun looking around to find the ball of light, but he wasn't having any success.
Suddenly, Jackaloup heard the scream of a girl, and looked down (or perhaps was it up? Or sideways? It's becoming difficult to tell) to see Liva sliding towards the center of the massive, conical room, where only a few columns separated her from the swirling ball of darkness at the core.
He studied the tricky physics of the place for a split second and decided that logically, he could decide whichever way was up or down for himself. Thus, throwing all caution to the wind, he started sprinting down the sideways, spiral staircase that ran along the walls of the chamber, hoping to catch Liva before she slipped again. Whatever the globe of nothingness was, it was trying to pull her in, and that couldn't be good.
Trickster
6 Yang
John notices another entrance, and due to his small size, he was able to sneak in. Once he got through, he was surprised to see the ground rise at both ends. He turned around, after hearing Liva, as saw her sliding across the ground. He ran towards her, but this was no hamster wheel. John couldn't carry on running along. He headed back to where he came in, but the passage way seemed like a bottomless pit to the outside. He looked around, seeing no other way, he began to lower himself into the gap. As he lowered himself in, he felt himself press again the wall. He let go and he was laid against it, perfectly still. He then tried to exit the hole, but acting as if the 'ground' was infact a 'wall', and as he got through, he dropped down onto the 'real ground'. He turned and saw Liva still getting dragged along as the human-twig started heading towards her.
"Shepherd, where are you? Liva needs your help!"
Small
6 Yang
As it is 3 Chi per round and we lose 1 chi for no Yin. However, there is only two rounds left and we need the stack up our Yang successes. So lets go without any Yin rolls. I am not sure how Phil is doing it, but I think you could edit your post, Diamondeye. Just hope we get a lot of successes. We need to get 15 between us, and the maximum we can get is 24 for the round.
Shepherd could see the way this room acted now. The will o' wisp...moving columns...people literally flying against the laws of physics.... erratically swaying columns...twig things... this entire world was designed to lure people in and trap it as an angler fish swallows little fishes whole.
Too bad I didn't realize that before I jumped, Shepherd shook himself away from the thought.
"Shepherd!" John yelled, standing sideways...no...Shepherd realized. The room had twisted configuration once more and Shepherd realized that he was the one standing sideways up. The suicidal thought nearly killed him when he felt gravity exert its control again, but he managed to grip onto the column in time. "Liva needs your help!" John finished.
Shepherd looked at Liva who was being dragged off towards whatever the dark depth of this pit led to... "You want me to help what?!" Shepherd yelled back.
Whatever John's reply was, Shepherd did not hear it. He managed to hoist himself up to the side of the column and began to clamber his way towards the side of the room where Liva was hanging on for her dear life, hoping that it would just be long enough for him to catch her if she fell, and hoping that the column would not move again before he quite reached her.
Puzzle Solver:
6 Yang
Peasant Phill
09-15-2010, 21:43
As it is 3 Chi per round and we lose 1 chi for no Yin. However, there is only two rounds left and we need the stack up our Yang successes. So lets go without any Yin rolls. I am not sure how Phil is doing it, but I think you could edit your post, Diamondeye. Just hope we get a lot of successes. We need to get 15 between us, and the maximum we can get is 24 for the round.
Well played. You can also include the loss of 1 Chi in your next description.
Resulution
Diamondeye: trait 4, 0 yin and 4 yang
Chaotix: trait 5, 0 yin and 6 yang
Beskar: trait 4, 0 yin and 4 yang
Seon: trait 5, 0 yin and 6 yang
This means that everybody loses 1 chi. Please rationalize this loss in your next description.
You scored a whopping 20 points which means the scene is down to 10 points.
The person who knocks of the final points wan describe the groups escape from the castle/the capture of the wisp.
I'll be much more involved in the next scene, to get a sort of back and forth interaction between everybody.
This means that everybody loses 1 chi. Please rationalize this loss in your next description.
You scored a whopping 20 points which means the scene is down to 10 points.
The person who knocks of the final points wan describe the groups escape from the castle/the capture of the wisp.
I'll be much more involved in the next scene, to get a sort of back and forth interaction between everybody.
Perhaps we should make this the one who scores the most points total?
I have a feeling the reason people are holding off on the next move is because they want to score the winning points. :clown:
That said, I'll make my move in a few minutes as soon as I figure out what to do.
Jackaloup looked back towards Liva as he continued sprinting "down" the staircase that spiraled around the room and hung sideways. John was on a curved wall moving towards Liva, while Shepherd had nearly reached the edge of a long pillar jutting out sideways, and directly in the trajectory that Liva would fall were she to slip. However, he wasn't paying attention to his own footing and suddenly slipped, beginning to fall sideways and backwards and every which way but the direction that made sense.
He landed hard on the side of a column, causing it to shake- in fact, the same column Shepherd was standing on, and he too was thrown off balance. The column was now beginning to move in the wrong direction, and only the great darkness loomed underneath Liva. Suddenly, Jackaloup had an idea. The dark blob was what was distorting the gravity around the area... Jackaloup pulled out his trusty Boomerang, and threw it towards the darkness. The Boomerang began orbiting around the blob as if it were a planet- or more appropriately a black hole.
"Liva! Grab the Boomerang!"
Jackaloup was counting on the thought that, in this world, that Boomerang weighed more than Liva herself, and it would launch her away from the dark hole if she took hold of it.
Boomerang
6 Yang
Peasant Phill
09-16-2010, 20:22
And everybody better hurry or you won't win this round.
I'm watching Anderlecht - Zenith Sint-Peterburg. When the game ends this scene will do the same and may have some repercusion in game turms.
John was very distracted and busy, his imagination kept thinking things far more complicated than a simple young boy like him could understand. What ever it was, it felt weaker after it, especially when John woke up, with Liva flying around the room on a boomrang, as Jackloup strokes his horn. Shepard seemed to be muttering something about Reapers and Liva seemed very confused.
"Come on you dilly dallies, the wisp is getting away, we better get it quickly!"
He quickly began to following the wisp, as the world around him seems to be distorting.
Trait: Snarky
6 Yang
Diamondeye
09-16-2010, 21:14
Liva was confused and the whole castle seemed to spin around her as she held fast to the boomerang, which apparently only a miracle kept from crashing towards the black hole beneath her. She looked up, at the weird room as it spun above her, the windows to freedom at what seemed like the top from her current point of view. Suddenly, the room, rapidly shifting in its contours due to her fast movement, began to make sense again. Her systematic mind clicked back on and the pattern layout of the room became obvious to her. With a sigh of relief, she dropped to the floor - the one she had been skidding across earlier - and just plain walked across the smooth tiles towards the window to escape the strange room and catch the strange wisp...
Trait: Puzzle-Solver. 6 Yang.
Peasant Phill
09-16-2010, 22:20
Right, we're only missing Seon.
Resulution
Chaotix: trait 3, 0 yin and 4 yang
Beskar: trait 5, 0 yin and 5 yang
Diamondeye: trait 3, 0 yin and 3 yang
Everybody loses 1 chi but it means the end of this scene (barely).
Although I said earlier that the one actually taking the scene to 0 points would get the narrative, I have to admit that Chaotix has a point.
In this case I think that you three Chaotix, Beskar and Diamondeye can come up with an ending together. In order to collaborate, you get an extra 24 hours.
In the future I'll decide on merit within the scene (who had the coolest ideas, who did the most 'work', who caused the most drama, ...).
Like I said after this I'll be a lot more involved in the story itself.
P.S. I really likes the dream logic behind the boomerangs weight.
Yeah, sorry I skipped the last phase :(
Diamondeye
09-17-2010, 23:57
Jackaloup, John and Shepherd suddenly noticed that Liva was running quite unaffected across the - to them - tilted floor leading to the windows where they first entered. It was is if this realization itself conquered the fathom logic of the castle, and the confusing geometry of the place began to fall into shape. The boys ran to catch Liva while Jackaloup quickly retrieved the boomerang which, having been deprived of its strange gravitional tie to the far end of the room, was lying still on the floor. He quickly picked it up and followed the others; Liva was almost at the window.
... Liva ran up to the window, but when she looked out, she realized that the whole castle was tilted when compared to the earth. With this realization, she began to slip back towards the "bottom" of the room, but caught the windowframe with her hands. John caught up with her and jumped out without looking out first, which resulted in him leaving the building unharmed to slide down the outer wall of the castle. Shepherd followed John, and finally Jackaloup too arrived at the window. After he had exited, he reached his hand back in and Liva caught hold of it. Once she was carried out of the strange castle, they left it behind and ran towards the two boys. Shepherd was mumbling something intelligible, but John was obviously proud of himself and yelled at them to hurry up. "Looks, guys!" He held up his hand and they saw the wisp of light they had been chasing stuck in his clenched fist.
"So, who's the best, huh?" Liva rolled her eyes and looked back at the castle. How nice they had finally gotten out of that strange place!
Peasant Phill
09-18-2010, 21:01
Scene 2: The gnome dance
In which once must dance very carefully
John notices an itchy feeling on the palm of his clenched fist. He slowly opened it, expecting the Will-o'-wisp to make a run (a flight, a float?) for it the moment it could. But nothing moved in his hand. When he finally opened his hand enough to see inside, John felt shocked. He held just some straw. A minute ago he swore he caught the wisp. He most defiantly did. There was no doubt about it. ...
He lost his train of thought when he caught up with the rest of the group. This wasn't the boarding schools' grounds anymore. The lake kind of looked the same but the otherwise so prominent bell tower was nowhere to be found. The plants seemed to swap places the moment you stopped focusing on them and he could've sworn that flower was purple just a minute ago.
The others were less aware of the surrounding flora. Liva, Sheppard and Jackaloup were watching a group of curious looking creatures in confused silence. These small humanoid beings were apparently moving in a circle dancing and chanting.
"Let's ask them if they know what's for dinner this evening" said Jackaloup while running towards the little men.
The others had no choice but to follow.
OK, this is just the beginning of this scene. This will be a 'diplomacy' round. There will be no dice rolls just talking. I'll determine what happens next by how you interact with the gnomes.
OOC:
Query: Are you speaking for gnomes, or do we have to include their actions in our own posts?
Peasant Phill
09-19-2010, 17:50
Yes, I'll be speaking for the gnomes.
Diamondeye
09-19-2010, 18:18
Liva slowly approached the gnomes, waiting for them to turn their attention to her before she speaks.
"Wotcher, fellows. Do you know where we are? And what was that strange light we saw?"
Peasant Phill
09-19-2010, 19:03
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
The strange little men stopped dancing.
"Firstly, please speak English. What's this Wotcher creatures you're talking about?
Secondly, yes we know where you are. You're about a rock's throw from where we are.
Thirdly, that light was alight, what else would it be?"
The men continued dancing in a circle.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday...
"Gentlemen, could you tell us the significance of your dance? Perhaps we could assist you with it."
"Silly gnomes, don't they know it is Moon-day, Tooths-day, Wedding-day, Thirds-day, Fried-day, Sat-in-day and Sun-day?", John rolled his eyes.
Diamondeye
09-19-2010, 20:06
Liva rolled her eyes, distanced herself a couple of feet from the gnomes, and reached into her bag to produce a few sheets of paper. Letting the others do the talking, she began to fold the paper to resemble one of the small gnomes.
Shepherd chuckled as he heard John's quips about the name of he day, realized that John was serious, and shut his mouth.
He turned to the gnomes. "Sirs, if I may ask, what do you call this place?"
Shepherd chuckled as he heard John's quips about the name of he day, realized that John was serious, and shut his mouth.
He turned to the gnomes. "Sirs, if I may ask, what do you call this place?"
(ooc: he was not serious. Bad Sheperd. :p)
(OOC: Shh...the gnomes does not need to hear that :P)
Peasant Phill
09-20-2010, 20:07
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
"Silly gnomes, don't they know it is Moon-day, Tooths-day, Wedding-day, Thirds-day, Fried-day, Sat-in-day and Sun-day?", John rolled his eyes.
The ring dance halted once again. The gnomes shared confused looks while pondering what this boy was smirking about. The words didn't go like that. Sheppard’s chuckle wasn't appreciated either.
The small creatures, if it wasn't for those hats you would swear that it were just shrubs, started surrounding the group.
"Those are not the right words" they yelled in unison.
Liva rolled her eyes, distanced herself a couple of feet from the gnomes, and reached into her bag to produce a few sheets of paper. Letting the others do the talking, she began to fold the paper to resemble one of the small gnomes.
One of them noticed Liva's origami.
“What a remarkable statuette you made there. Perhaps you could give it to us as a token of your respect for our culture. And perhaps we may in turn perhaps some of your questions.”
Shepherd chuckled as he heard John's quips about the name of he day, realized that John was serious, and shut his mouth.
He turned to the gnomes. "Sirs, if I may ask, what do you call this place?"
“This is the puppet state of Nornori. Not the socialist state, kingdom or confederation and certainly not the republic, dictatorship or exilarchy.
Beware it’s many strange prohibitions.”
Shepherd chuckled as he heard John's quips about the name of he day, realized that John was serious, and shut his mouth.
He turned to the gnomes. "Sirs, if I may ask, what do you call this place?"
“Sure you can assist. We would be honored”
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tooths-day, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat-in-day, Moonday…
Moon-day, Tooths-day, Wedding-day, Thirds-day, …
“Thordamnmebillionbillioninhisname, Youmustbetoodumbtohelpitthunder, Withafaceto crackcoalon, Afacetowalkbehindthedungtruck, YouThor’snamebillionstupidass, Ididn't knowtheycouldstackcrapthathigh, now you’ve done it.”
“Well put.” said another one, "Let's teach him a lesson."
The response was physical rather than vocal. Four creatures tackled John and rolled him in a nearby hay stack. John emerged from the hay covered in huge boils.
Diamondeye
09-20-2010, 21:03
"Of course, you can keep it." Liva smiled and handed them the small paper statuette. "But be careful, water will ruin it."
She hesitated and thought up a question. "Where do you live? You have to sleep somewhere. And perhaps you have more friends living there?"
"Now, John may have gone and ruined your chant, he is is one of our friends, good sirs. I'll see to it he stays completely by the book from now on, and please try to avoid covering him in those nasty boilish things in the future.
Though, your chant has piqued my curiosity. Why have you not a day for Thor? A Thorsday, so to speak?"
Peasant Phill
09-21-2010, 22:18
And I thought I was late. I had my apology ready and all.
I'll give Seon and Beskar an aditional 13 hours.
This is the last diplomatic round in this scene.
Shepherd starts to hum...
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday
Then he stopped and tilted his head. "Dear sirs, why is Moonday called Moonday?" he asked.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday, Moonday…
Diamondeye
09-22-2010, 08:13
Then he stopped and tilted his head. "Dear sirs, why is Moonday called Moonday?" he asked.
OOC: Good catch! Can't believe I didn't see that one.
Peasant Phill
09-22-2010, 12:01
"It's ruined, all ruined!" The gnomes stormed off, all in a different direction seemingly vanishing in the surounding flora.
Our heroes had no time to react, there questions still hanging in the air.
"I could help you with those basty boils,...,sure, because we all want to help eachother."
A figure stepped into their midst. It looked like a charicature of Jackaloupe. Even taller, even thinner, ... and a smile that only the Chesire cat could have.
"I'm sure Chief Toss-an-Emu will have an answer"
OOC: And here I thought someone would want to ask about a cure for those boils. That'll teach me to think ;)
I'm at work and out of time. I'll set the stage at the regular time. You can add anything you like.
P.S. the figure is Lange Wapper just look him up on google (just not the bridge)
P.S. Thanks to Gregoshi for the pun name.
OOC: And here I thought someone would want to ask about a cure for those boils. That'll teach me to think ;)
OOC: Boils would just pop, taking the gunk with them. I didn't think we would need a cure.
Peasant Phill
09-22-2010, 22:16
First of all I want to know if you'll follow Lange Wapper or not?
Democratic decision, any other suggestions are welcome.
"Well, it depends, really, on how much John wants to get rid of those boils.
It looks rather as if he's taken a liking to them. But if he'd rather his face be covered in only the usual dirt, then I am all for him, of course.
In other words, my vote hinges on dearest Johnny's."
Diamondeye
09-23-2010, 08:26
"Of course we'll follow Lange, right guys? Otherwise this isn't going to be exciting.
Any of you cowardly enough to back out of a dare with a girl?"
Shepherd slowly started to raise his hand, caught the deadly glare of Liva, and nearly started to curl up on the floor, whimpering.
Instead he quickly pulled down his rather frozen hand and groaned.
Perhaps it is an idea to get rid of these Boils.
Peasant Phill
09-23-2010, 23:01
OOC OK To Chief Toss-an-Emu it is then.
Scene 3
In which practical jokes may not prove to be the best diplomatic gambit
https://img834.imageshack.us/img834/38/langewapper.jpg (https://img834.imageshack.us/i/langewapper.jpg/)
The group is led by Lange Wapper into what seems a wall of trees, ferns and rose bushes. As if stepping through a doorway, they were now in the open prairie. A Indian camp lay just ahead.
Lange strode ahead of our heroes as if he was the king of the prairie. The dumbfounded sentries didn't quite know if they should stop this man or kneel before him.
"I need to see the chief of this settlement!" He exclaimed with a thunderous voice.
"Where is that goat-loving lowlife, I need to speak with him at once!"
A figure, just big enough to hold the absolutly massive head dress of the ground, rushed out of his tipi in the most intimidating way a forest of feathers ever could.
"Who dares to insult me amongst my own people"
Lange Wapper laughed a somewhat animal like laugh and shrunk so fast he seemed to just disappear.
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You can make a run for it, try to talk your way out of it or duke it out. It's up to you.
1 Nemesis (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/VersusNemeses) (Chief Toss-an-Emu with 3 chi)
Mooks (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/VersusMooks): the rest of the Indian tribe. Threat rating of 40, 2 yin successes needed per round
Dice cap 6
Jackaloup was stunned he had not seen the trick Lange Wapper had designed before it had played out. Now they were surrounded by an angry Indian Chief and his entire tribe. He considered his Boomerang for a second... but decided that it might be a good idea to at least try diplomacy first.
"Ah! Great and Honorable Chief! You have saved us from that nasty fellow who was taller, even, than I. He dissappeared using dark spirit magic and tried to frame his own insults on us. But you have made him shrink away in fear from your mighty presence, and saved our lives. For, truly, it was this trickster, this Lange Wapper, who captured the four of us and made us his slaves. He even put these nasty boils on little Johnny here when he refused to submit. But now we are saved and it is all thanks to you and your magnificent headress and massive, rippling muscles. Now if only someone could help poor Johnny with his boils..."
Charm
Yin 2, Yang 4
Diamondeye
09-24-2010, 08:19
Liva glares at Jackaloup, evidently unpleased at something he says (his lies, of course, but the indians can't know that). She frowns at the trickster and sits down, making a resigning wave with her hands. "Whatever, Jack, you handle this alone then."
Yin: All
Blunt Personality Trait
Peasant Phill
09-24-2010, 11:44
I forgot to mention that you have to either 'attack' the Chief or the angry tribesmen. (you can adress both but then you will have to split your dice as well).
Great roleplaying Diamondeye. Sitting a round out is of course also allowed.
"Umm yeah. You got this Jack, woohoo!" Shepherd said meekly.
Yin: All
Trait: cowardly.
Diamondeye
09-24-2010, 16:41
"Umm yeah. You got this Jack, woohoo!" Shepherd said meekly.
Yin: All
Trait: cowardly.
Sheesh, Seon... You're not even guaranteed two dice for that line, you know? :tongue:
John looked the nervous, and hid behind Jackloup. If any of the indians made any threatening moves against him, he was going to dodge them use Jack as a human shield.
Small
Yin: All
Peasant Phill
09-24-2010, 19:43
OK, I'm going to assume Chaotix is going after the chief while the rest is defending itself against the tribesmen.
Chief: 6 dice, trait 5, (5 yang, 1 yin mix) 0 yin successes 3 yang successes
Chaotix: 6 dice, trait 4, 1 yin 3 yang
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 5, 4 yin
Seon: 2 dice (barely), trait 1, 1 yin
Beskar: 4 dice, trait 4, 2 yin
This makes that the Chief is on 0 Chi which means he's just alive. Chaotix has 1 chi left, Seon 2 while Diamondeye and Beskar have their full 3 chi.
It's anybodies move now. I'll chip in tomorrow.
By now, several of the miniature tribesmen were holding Jackaloup and the group, comically hidden behind him, at spearpoint. However, Jackaloup's words were finally starting to sink into Chief Toss-an-emu's head, and it seemed his demeanor began to change from fierce to simply proud and almost benevolent. Evidently, the trickster's flattery had affected him in the intended way. The Chief was on the verge of breaking his standoff.
With a gentle gesture, Jackaloup simply brushed away the spearheads pointed at him and walked closer to the Chief, his height comical in comparison to Toss-an-emu's stature.
"I am certain that you or your village shaman has the skill to cure such a problem as these boils. Perhaps we should discuss this in your tent, honourable Chief?
Trickster
3 Yang, 3 Yin
Directed at: Chief Toss-an-emu
Diamondeye
09-25-2010, 11:45
Liva looks around nerveously, the common tribesmen directing their attention to her as the two boys cower behind her in fear. This was not what she had in mind. She desperately looks around for anything that can strike a resound with the tribesmen, not willing to take on adult men with weapons in a hand-to-hand fight. She catches a glimpse of the chief's headdress and suddenly gets an idea. Ignoring the oncoming tribesmen, she quickly reaches inside her small bag and finds a couple of sheets of paper, but this time, she also brings up a pen. On the first piece of paper, she rapidly sketches a single feather, seen from different angles. She shows this to the tribesmen while quickly beginning to draw up a design of a feather headdress. She hopes that this will serve as sufficient communication that she can help them make headdresses, but that she has no feathers with her.
Skill: Nimble Fingers
Yin: 2
Yang: 4
Peasant Phill
09-25-2010, 22:07
Chief Toss-an-Emu realized that such an outburst wouldn't get him anywhere. He let his anger get the better of him ... again. Brother Always-there-at-the-wrong-time still wasn't quite the same after the last episode. Best start over then, he thought.
"My good man, what is the reason of this disturbance of our peaceful settlement?" He said in his most honey-coated voice possible but he still hoped his firm gaze would lend him enough authority.
"And don't try to outsmart me, I once finished second at the Nornori's national debating contest!".
Skill: Loves to hear himself talk (5) aimed at Chaotix
Split: 4 yin, 2 yang
OOC: 2 descriptions, still 2 to go.
Shepherd nodded at the events unfolding around him and silently picked up a large rock from the ground and into his pocket whilst everyone was distracted by Liva's drawing.
Then he began to ponder...if the rock was thrown at X velocity against the Mook A's head at angle Y, and assuming that the density of their helmet was at 12.00 g/cm^3, then the ricochet will...
The Indian noticed his gaze and stared in his direction. Shepherd let out a nervous chuckle. Nevermind that plan... But it was always good to think of at least 12 contingency plans for every circumstance. People always told him that he was paranoid, that there were no frog people inside the sewers, that the aliens weren't invading, and whatnot, but he knew better. He had been planning a defense against them at every spare time...
Right now, he felt it was a good time to use the contingency plan 4AB-47-a: prevent horrible death by the hands of a barbarian tribe by hiding in plain sight.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out his portable chess set. Hopefully the natives will be so surprised by this random act that their brains will refuse to see him, making him invisible...
For some reason he couldn't shake the feeling that there was a massive flaw with this plan, but then again this was a flawed world and everyone knew that two negatives made a positive...
Puzzle solver
3 Yin 3 Yang
John unfortunately boiled down to having to do what he does best, in a situation like this, making use of his small stature against an large opponent. As the men tried to make a grab for him, he went up to the one infront and punched him squarely between his legs. The second person tried to make a grab for him, but he escaped under his legs. The third was incoming, going down extra low, he jumped up and ran along his back, and as the man ducked down to look to where John went to, from between his legs, John was there and thawted him on the nose. As the last one came for him, he ran up to him, the fourth one stood still, so John couldn't past, so John grabbed his loin cloth and pulled it downwards, revealing something Liva wished she never wittinessed, and the fourth man realised what occured, tried to cover himself up, but failing, and tried to catch John as he used his the guys loincloth as a flag.
Small
3 Yin, 3 Yang.
Diamondeye
09-26-2010, 15:30
((Oh my god Beskar))
Peasant Phill
09-27-2010, 12:06
My apologies for being late with my contribution. When Misses Peasant wants something I rarely get to say differently.
I'll make up for it this evening.
Also Bravo Beskar, just Bravo. Someone wants to earn the coup de grace.
Peasant Phill
09-27-2010, 21:35
Chief: 6 dice, trait 5, (2 yang, 4 yin mix) 3 yin successes 2 yang successes
Chaotix: 6 dice, trait 5, 2 yin 3 yang at the chief
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 4, 2 yin 4 yang
Seon: 6 dice, trait 5, 2 yin 3 yang
Beskar: 6 dice, trait 4, 1 yin 2 yang
So both the Chief (0 Chi) and Chaotix (1 chi) cancel each others attacks out. Beskar loses 1 point so he's at 2 chi and the rest have their full 3 chi.
The mook threat is now at 31.
"That flatery will get you only a part of the way young celery." said Toss-an-Emu, "and you won't see the inside of my tent just yet."
It wasn't so much that his tent was sacred but he had put off spring cleaning for a year or two. Respect and admiration tends to fade away in the face months of dirty dishes.
"Give me a reason to help you, I don't use my gift for just any occasion".
Meanwhile the rest of the tribe was in a state between wonder, confusion and utter horror. Some plucked chickens bold to see more wonders while others suggested that the bishop should be moved to F3 to avoid an obvious Orwellian gambit. But the overwhelming male part of the tribe just casually but decidedly popped in to ,there tents to get there trousers on.
Chief uses Loves to hear himself talk (5) aimed at Chaotix now in an even split.
Diamondeye
09-27-2010, 21:49
[I'm going to interpret my good results that some of the mooks are actually influenced by what I'm doing, and continue]
Liva ogled at Johns way of handling the natives, but quickly withdrew her eyes before seeing a sight she would rather be without. She returned her attention to the natives who had gathered some feathers for her, and she sat down with them in a circle and began flicking together a simple feather ornament for wearing in your hair. She moved her hands slowly and carefully, so the natives can see what is happening and try to copy her movements, but they're not very good at it. She gives one of them the first ornament and makes another one, this time putting it in her own hair, hoping to indicate that they can indeed be friends.
Trait: Nimble Fingers
Split: 3 Yin 3 Yang
Jackaloup almost panicked at hearing the commotion little John was causing. His plan of peaceful action had been ruined; the Chief had not noticed it yet, but as soon as he did all hell would break loose. In a split-second, however, a devious smile replaced the look of uncertainty on the trickster's face. In an angelic, beseeching voice, he pleaded:
"Well, Great Chief Toss-an-emu, you just have to help poor John! It's absolutely vital that you do so..."
Mid-sentence, all of a sudden Jackaloup bent and snatched the Chief's leg, then proceeded to hold the small man at a long arm's length, dangling upside-down by his ankle. His voice then changed from honey-sweet to low and threatening:
"...because, if you don't, I'm afraid I'll have to find a nicely sized rock to smash your head in with!"
Trickster
4 Yang, 2 Yin
Watch this first. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7472848125704074428#)
Shephard jolted awake from the chess board that he was staring at. He suddenly couldn't quite remember who he was fighting against anymore...
"...find a nicely sized rock to bash your head in with!" the weird man said, holding a poor old man by his feet. Shephard absentmindedly hurled the rock inside his pocket towards a direction of the two men, missing completely. Instead, the rock beautifully ricochetted off another rock and hit a bird flying midair. The bird let out a terrifying shriek and began to fall towards the ground unconcious. The village dog became curious of this new development and drew closer to the bird, accidentally brushing against a lever and releasing several dozen logs which fell to the ground with a massive booming noise. Everyone turned towards the sound, distracted by the logs...
Shephard moved the rook across his portable chess table... and pulled out a small water bottle from his pocket (which was, incidentally, one of the greatest mystery in the world,) and drank from it.
Puzzle Master
Yin: 3 Yang 3
Diamondeye
09-28-2010, 07:38
OOC: Seon why is it that the world suddenly seems like something out of "The Incredible Machine"?
Peasant Phill
09-28-2010, 20:09
I'll extend the deadline until tomorrow noon as I can't wait any longer and there are still 2 players missing.
On the other hand I like to ask what you think of this game so far. Personally I feel that it finally got of the ground these last 2 rounds. If there are any remarks, suggestions, ... don't hesitate to post them.
Diamondeye
09-28-2010, 21:22
The only things I've marked down as less-than-optimal is the time limit for the rounds (it was a little harsh but we made round 1; we'll need more rounds for this as there's a higher chi danger, but perhaps it's better to give the rounds slightly lower yang numbers), and that Beskar's last post (which was very creative) was somewhat blocking our narrative interaction with the natives since he seemed to claim them all. I just pretended some of them didn't notice him.
Other than that, this is working out very well.
OOC: I wasn't claiming all, I apologize if I gave that impression.
The Indians returned with pants. John laughed as he saw the first one, who also came with an extra pair on his head, with some of Liva's feathers stuck in it, "Watch out, it is Chief-Pantshead". The indian got annoyed and retorted "At least I am not small!", John witted back "At least if you were, your brain-to-brawn ratio might have gone above zero!". A couple of others came out, some even wearing their loinclothes over their pants. "Is it a bird? is it a super-hero? No, just a bunch of plonkers who put their undies on the outside", John pointed and laughed at them, as they started to get red in the face. Their retorts were simply reflected back at them by a magnitude of ten.
Snarky
Yin 2, Yang 4
Peasant Phill
09-29-2010, 12:15
I'm sorry, I'll have to delay my contribution until this evening. I just had a 45 min show down with the IT service where I work just to get on this website.
The only things I've marked down as less-than-optimal is the time limit for the rounds (it was a little harsh but we made round 1; we'll need more rounds for this as there's a higher chi danger, but perhaps it's better to give the rounds slightly lower yang numbers), and that Beskar's last post (which was very creative) was somewhat blocking our narrative interaction with the natives since he seemed to claim them all. I just pretended some of them didn't notice him.
Other than that, this is working out very well.
What do you mean by time limit? Is it the 24 hours or was it the time limit in an earlier scene?
There is no time limit in this round.
Also if you find that posts by me or other players hamper you in any way, just say so and we can get to an agreement on how to avoid further annoyance.
Diamondeye
09-29-2010, 14:35
I knew about the veto, but I felt Beskar's post wasn't quite enough to warrant it.
I meant the amount of rounds we needed to complete the first challenge in. Mostly because we weren't told from the start, so we were, perhaps, overly cautious.
Peasant Phill
09-29-2010, 21:57
Chief: 6 dice, trait 5, (2 yang, 4 yin mix) 2 yin successes 2 yang successes
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 4, 1 yin 2 yang
Chaotix: 6 dice, trait 5, 1 yin 4 yang at the chief
Seon: 6 dice, trait 5, 3 yin 3 yang
Beskar: 6 dice, trait 5, 1 yin 2 yang
The Chief goes into negatives which means that Chaotix can describe a Coup de Grace on him. Chaotix himself goes down to 0 chi and will be out of this scene if he loses one more chi. Beskar is down to 1 Chi and Diamondeye to 2. Seon still has 3 chi.
The mook threat is now at 20.
The tribe's attention was clearly split. Some hadn't had such a great time since that traveler had given them a 'creative with bark'-workshop. Why would they need to hunt or do mighty war deeds to earn feathers when they could just make them themselves. Oh, they would make then even there chief had.
Most others scattered in every direction to catch this big group who made all those noises. Killing a bird, alarming the dog and dropping tens of logs. This must be one heck of a group. Thes few strangers could wait for a little while.
A last group of Indians just wanted to crawl into the tiniest hole in the ground and cry for there mommy. It was one thing to be hit square into there 'cactus fruit', it was another to be humiliated on top of that.
"You are a strong and proud warrior, You are a strong and proud warrior, You are a strong and proud warrior, You are a strong and proud warrior". The mantra would eventually overcome there current humiliation.
Struggle though he did, Chief Toss-an-emu couldn't break free of Jackaloup's grip. The trickster walked over and picked up the stone that Shepherd had thrown with a devious smile, and as soon as he did the Chief was silent and pale-faced. Then his face quickly turned a more reddish hue as all the blood reached his face from being held upside-down for too long. Jackaloup looked at the pleading face of the Chief and then back at the stone, and decided he had won already.
"Well then, I think we have an agreement , don't we?"
With an underhand motion, Jack tossed the Chief face-first into the nearest tree. The Chief fell and then sat at the base of the tree, dizzied. Jackaloup walked up to him and took the Chief's feathered headdress, placing it on his own head and covering his horns, which seemed to have grown a tiny bit larger over the encounter.
"Jolly good doing business with you, sir. Now you just sit there and have a rest while I get your tribe into order."
What to call himself, Jackaloup thought... perhaps "Taller-than-Trees" would do.
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Turning around, Jackaloup saw what appeared to be a scene of utter chaos. Most of the small Indians had scattered. They appeared to love Liva, hate John, and fear Shepherd. Jackaloup stepped up, looking rather more ridiculous than usual in his new feathered headdress, and tried to give his best authorititative voice.
"Oi! Listen up, you whelps! Get over here and stand at attention!"
Charm
3 Yin, 3 Yang
Diamondeye
09-29-2010, 22:36
"Nonono, I don't think it's a good idea if you make headdresses as fine as your chieftain's. I mean, he'd probably be angry, and..." Liva pauses for a moment and looks up when Jackaloup enters, the headdress on his head. "Look, there he is. You better get over there and go back to your duties. I'll put these drawing inside one of your teepees so you can always continue once you have the spare time, okay?"
The question was merely rethorical, since she had pointed at Jackaloup and they had all looked over there and now couldn't really look away without failing their duty towards their chieftain. Liva picked up her drawings and featherwork and headed for the largest teepee, to examine what was inside more than to actually leave anything there...
Trait: Blunt Personality
3 Yin 3 Yang
Checkmate! Shepherd grinned at his opponent, only to find that he was gone. Blast that coward.
He looked up and surveyed the area around him. "Did a war happen here while I was using my secret technique or something?" He muttered to himself, shoving the chess board and all the pieces back into his pocket. Somebody stole the rock, blast it.
Shepherd than noticed Jackaloup, looking more ridiculous then he thought was humanly possible. He nodded to himself as he heard Jacklaloup's speech, and climbed onto a tree, looking fierce as possible (and also to disguise the fact that his legs were shaking). "You heard the man, MOVE!"
Trait: Atheletic
Yin: 3 Yang 3
[Grumbles at some how he only got 1 yin and 2 yang with a 5 skill]
The furious Indians (near John) began to focus their annoyance towards John, through the use of chant and dance. John began to mimic them in a display of mockery, with purposefully doing slightly incorrect actions which makes the act look silly. The indians up'd the Tempo and so did John, till the end of the dance when they focused the primal energy towards John. In the split-moment, John realizes what happens, then does an encore by doing the moonwalk, and throwing the Loincloth from earlier up into the air.
Indians grew so red with rage, they looked like dried tomatoes. John just couldn't stop laughing at their expressions and wrinkled looks. It looked as if the Indians were about to explode. "If the Chief is meant to be the strongest and bravest, how come a strange looking boy defeated him without even as much as a sweat bead?", the Indians turned around to see Jack wearing the chieftains headdress, and went wild with fury attacking eachother in their insanity.
John stood proud, then winked towards Jack.
Trait: Snarky
2 Yin; 4 Yang
Peasant Phill
10-01-2010, 19:24
The tribesmen watched Jackaloupe with their chiefs headdress. A sure sign that Chief Toss-an-emu, their symbol of pride competence, was defeated. The men were uncertain what to do. Would they bow to their 'new chief' or would they rebel against this usurper? This uncertainty dragged on for far to long.
The squaws eventually just rolled their eyes in unanimous disdain for their men, pick the first thing that looked like a weapon and hurled themselves at whoever of our heroes was the closest.
Chaotix: 6 dice, trait 4, 2 yin 2 yang
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 4, 2 yin 2 yang
Seon: 6 dice, trait 3, 2 yin 0 yang
Beskar: 6 dice, trait 5, 1 yin 2 yang (again)
OK, this means that only Beskat loses Chi. So Chaotix and Beskar have 0 chi and are just hanging on. Diamondeye has 2 and Seon still has 3 chi.
The mook threat is now down to 14.
It wouldn't be a bad thing to rationalise the low chi level (I'm looking at you Chaotix and Beskar).
OOC: My apologies for missing my own deadline AGAIN. To be completely honest my fiancée is somewhat unhappy with her job and certain other things in her life that have been simmering for quite a while. It isn't exactly a situation where I can just ignore her when I like and write a bit on the computer. It may interfere with the updates in the future but I promise it won't be more than missing the occasional update.
Diamondeye
10-01-2010, 23:17
Liva was caught by surprise at the hostile reaction of the squaws, and fumbled around to find something - anything - to defend herself with. Her hands passed desperately over feathers and rugs until it found something lying about; a length of rope. She clutched it in her hands, twirling it between her fingers in complex furls. Whenever a squawk came too close, she lashed out with the rope, always with force and always without losing control of the rope or losing the grip. She hit one squawk across the hand so she dropped her makeshift weapon, and another straight on the nose, causing a cascade of blood to spring forth. Swinging the rope around her, she yells at the women surrounding her. "Get off my back, you fat :daisy:es! Just because John got more fun out of your men that you've ever had! Taste this!" With a rapid series of finger movements, she adds a large knot to one end of the rope and swings it, ramming the temple of one of the sqawks and sending her collapsing to the floor.
Trait: Nimble Fingers
Dice: 0 Yin 6 Yang
Okay guys, let's get these over with. And stop gaping, boys :tongue:
Jackaloup was horrified by the small, shrewish squaws' display of defiance- especially the part about the rock that hit him square in the forehead, knocking off his new headdress as well.
Normally, he refrained from fighting women, but Jackaloup decided at this point that the squaws were hardly civilized ladies. The trickster pulled out his Boomerang and threw it in their general direction, and it nailed three of them with punishing accuracy before return back to Jack's outstretched hand. The three squaws were knocked unconscious, but it seemed more and more were arriving to replace them.
Boomerang
2 Yin, 4 Yang
The thought process in Shepherd's mind at this point was rather simple. It merely consisted of two words.
Oh hell oh hell oh hell oh hell oh hell oh hell oh hell
or rather, two words in quick succession to each other. The squaws were climing the trees now, completely unafraid of Shepherd as if they could smell his cowardice...
Shepherd looked around in confusion. He needed a plan...fast...
And being crazy prepared paid off again. Plan AC-x-a-i. Defeat a large group of enemies trying to climb the tree that you are currently hiding in. Shepherd quickly began to jump on the tree branch, causing it to shake and annoying the squaws down the tree. When he heard the branch start to crack, he quickly climbed farther up the tree and allowed the branch to snap and drop, knocking off a squaw trying to climb the tree and also landing on several squaws still at the ground.
Puzzle Master
1 Yin, 5 Yang.
Peasant Phill
10-03-2010, 15:10
"This was certainly ungentlemanly." thought Kludde as he watched from above, "Perhaps I should join in."
"I better not, who knows I might get a knock my self." And the black bird dove into the water with tremendous speed.
The savages they called them but also the noble warriors. Squaw Cleans-panties-really-well chuckled cynically to herself when she thought about how their men were regarded.
As always if you want something done, women have to do it themselves. She stopped and ordered her fellow sisters to regroup. this would otherwise never work.
"Stand together," she yelled, "We'll surround each one at a time and let them have it before we move on to the next."
"Now follow my lead!"
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 4, 0 yin 6 yang
Chaotix: 6 dice, trait 3, 0 yin 2 yang
Seon: 6 dice, trait 5, 1 yin 5 yang
Beskar: MIA
First the good news, the mook threat is now down to 1.
The bad news, you all lose Chi. Beskar and Chaotix are out of this scene. You can describe how exactly you'll lose the ability to affect the scene.
I'm sorry Beskar but I think I've waited enough but don't worry it doesn't mean your character is dead.
Diamondeye is down to 0 and Seon has 2 chi.
It's your move gentlemen.
(oops, didn't see the update)
Shepherd looked around the tree that he took shelter in. Most of the mooks had fled or was unconcious. All except for one, that is.
Shepherd carefully lifted his foot and stepped on the fingers of the mook that was even now desperately trying to climb up. He screamed and plumetted to the ground.
Trait: Athletic
2 Yin 4 Yang
Diamondeye
10-04-2010, 09:05
Exiting the frenzy that had overtaken her, Liva found herself in the middle of a large circle of more or less unconscious squaws, her hands sore from handling the rope which was now reduced to a beaten rag, and with several bruises, but alive. Her cheeks were sore from the tears that she had not even noticed, and she was hoarse from yelling at her opponents, but she had pulled through. She picked up her bag and made sure she had her stuff before slowly and surely staggering for safety, away from the unconscious squaws and towards the rest of the team. She was pale from exhaustion and collapsed near a tree to recover herself whilst the others handled the remaining threat.
Skill: No skill (2)
Dice: All Yin
Peasant Phill
10-04-2010, 22:02
I'll wait on Chaotix and Beskar before moving on.
Jack was too busy annoying the indians when Jackloup got hit by his own boomerang. One of the indians said "Timber!!!" and when John turned around to see what happened, Jack collided with him, knocking him unconscious.
Jackaloup held out his hand to catch the Boomerang, but at the last moment a screech from one of the squaws caused him to lose his concentration. Looking away for just a split second, he felt a crushing pain as the Boomerang collided with his face. Jackaloup fell to the ground like a toppled tree, knocked unconcscious by the blow.
Peasant Phill
10-05-2010, 22:14
Seon: 6 dice, trait 3, 2 yin 3 yang
Diamondeye: 6 dice, trait 2, 1 yin 0 yang
The mook threat is resolved. Seon gets to describe the ending of this scene as he's the only one with any Chi left.
Shepherd casually dropped from the tree, landing on one of the mooks that tried to catch him. He snatched away the monstrous looking slingshot he had. "Sir, that is a dangerous weapon!" Shepherd muttered. "As you can't be trusted to use it safely, I will be taking that."
Shepherd surveyed the landscape. Almost everybody was lying in heaps of agony. Shepherd took careful aim at the mook approaching Liva from behind as she was digging through the tents and fired, knocking him unconcious. The new Jack and John was now standing back up, dusting themselves off. "What do we do now?" John asked Shepherd. Shepherd shrugged and pointed at the yellow brick road cutting straight through the town. "Let's follow that, I mean, it has to lead... hey wait a second...it's that blasted light again!"
Everyone looked at where Shepherd was pointing to. It was true, there was that blinking bobbing sort of supernatural light on the yellow brick road.
Peasant Phill
10-07-2010, 19:18
And you're not going to ask for a cure against boils?
Nah, he seems fine. Unless, of course, this is a magical type that kills you in 7 hours 77 minutes and 77 seconds (wait a second...). Than I would ask for a cure.
Besides, everyone seem unconscious and it would be completely against Shepherd's character to wait for them to wake up...
Diamondeye
10-07-2010, 22:01
((Liva is not unconscious, merely very exhausted. She'll follow if you run anywhere, but I won't guarantee she'll like it. I am waiting for the entry to scene III to post anything in character, I hope that's what we're meant to :tongue:))
Peasant Phill
10-08-2010, 20:20
https://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3937/lionkingz.png (https://img137.imageshack.us/i/lionkingz.png/)
Scene 3: The Royal court?
Our group, boils, horns, bruises and all, hurried along the yellow brick road.
"I feel Like were doing it wrong", Liva said, "Like we should be jolly skipping along"
"And something with a little dog in a basket" sheperd remarked.
"Well there are tons of animals that way"
Across a field something of a gathering was seen. The group hurried over.
A herald anounced "The Royal court of His Majesty, the great king Noble from the Puppet state of Nornori is pronounced open.
"That man has broken our laws" Noble, head of Nornori exclaimed calmly, "Take him away"
"But he's your herald" someone objected.
"All the more reason if he's that."
"This court has all the grandeur of a wet tissue" John remarked.
"Who are these people" Noble enquired, "let them speak."
OOC: for the moment it's riddle time.Some things are allowed in the land of Nornori and some things are not it's up to you to discover 'the trick'. Be careful, Noble's patience with foreigners only stretches so far.
Peasant Phill
10-11-2010, 21:02
The round has started BTW. You can ask questions like "Is [insert action or object] allowed in your land?" and I'll answer with yes or no. You can ask as much questions in 1 round as you like.
I won't put a fixed number on the total number of attempts you can try yet as I want to be a bit flexible and give you guys a chance if that would be necessary.
Diamondeye
10-11-2010, 21:09
[[OOC: Sorry, I was on a trip this weekend without internet. Resuming troll-like activity level immidiately]]
Liva stumbled forward, more curious than actually scared at the strange scene.
"Uhm... Hi. I'm Liva. I don't... I haven't spoken to dogs before, so I don't really know what to say. I'm going to start out by saying that I think that people who have dogs as pets are cruel and that leashing puppies is cruel.
Do you know the wild dog, Scraggy, that always eats out of the school's junk when it thinks no-one is watching?"
She fumbled her nimble fingers in nerveousness, awaiting the response of the canines.
Peasant Phill
10-11-2010, 22:17
Young lady, not everyone here is a dog but beasts of all sorts. This is a fow, that mount of flesh is an ox and I'm a l...euhm...huge cat.
Pets are allowed in the puppet state of Nornori but puppies are not and a scraggy wouldn't fit either.
"So, King Noble, what is Nornori's relationship with the Indian tribe of Chief Toss-an-emu?"
And can your doctors not be to able fix the one with many boils?
Peasant Phill
10-13-2010, 11:54
"So, King Noble, what is Nornori's relationship with the Indian tribe of Chief Toss-an-emu?"
2. I'm no king. there are no kings alloowed in Nornori.
3. Toss-an-emu and his people are my subjects, just like anybody who live in these lands. They shouldn't be Indiands though as indians and certainly an Indian tribe isn't allowed in Nornori
And can your doctors not be to able fix the one with many boils?
4. We have no doctors as doctors aren't allowed in Nornori but we should get rid of those boils though as boils aren't allowed either.
OOC: Any luck on what could be rule on what's allowed and what not?
Diamondeye
10-13-2010, 14:32
Liva concentrates for a moment, then asks three questions in rapid procession;
"Are pits allowed here? What about hedges? Or paper?"
Peasant Phill
10-13-2010, 22:06
5. Hedges are allowed in Nornori, pits and paper aren't.
OOC: I'm numbering my ansers so it's easier to count.
Any ideas yet?
"If you're not a king, why, then, did your herald announce you as a king?
Are heralds allowed in Nornori?"
Diamondeye
10-14-2010, 12:00
Liva's eyes widen.
"I know! I know! I know!", she whispers.
Out loud, she asks;
"What about peppers? fences? lenses? beds? legs? feet?"
Peasant Phill
10-14-2010, 20:30
"If you're not a king, why, then, did your herald announce you as a king?
Are heralds allowed in Nornori?"
"To be honest, the puppet state of Nornori isn't that old. I wrote its constitution just a week ago. Everybody has to get used to it and old habits die hard.
also 6. Heralds aren't allowed in Nornori."
"What about peppers? fences? lenses? beds? legs? feet?"
"7. all thoqe things are allowed in Nornori, except peppers."
What about sheperd? Or Leaves? Or the name Penn? Or erring? Or errors? Or knives?
OOC: I think I may have it. Rule is No R Nor I
OOC: Brilliant, Seon and Diamondeye. Not what I would have suspected at all, but it makes perfect sense.
Peasant Phill
10-14-2010, 22:27
OOC: I think I may have it. Rule is No R Nor I
I believe someone earned the right to describe an ending to this scene.
Diamondeye
10-15-2010, 12:14
((We are the two characters who took "Puzzle Master" as a skill. How fitting.))
Liva looked with surprise at shepherd. The small boy had been faster than her...
Clearly too into the puzzle to care about sounding even remotely resonable, she said, "Ahhh... No R Nor I. Good thinking, Shepherd. I was moving within the right pattern but using the wrong parameters... Inclusive instead of exclusive... Hmm..."
She sinks into thoughts, staring off into the distance.
((I admit I was working towards words whose only vowels are 'e', but since one of the forbidden letters was a vowel, it did seem to work well))
As the ......... whatever they were... treated John's boils, the rule of the kingdom of Nornori came to him.
Shepe-d bl-nked. "Oh," he sa-d.
John rubbed his face. "Wow, what kind of medicine did you use? You got all of'e-"
"Ah, but medicine -s not allowed in Nornori!" Sheperd -eto-ted.
Jack raised an eyebrow. "Why are you talking like that?"
"--lence, Jack, it's the RULES," Sheperd said, getting on top of a table and clearing his throat. "Et hem, gentlemen and lady, I have an annoucement to make!"
The othe-s -n the court went s-lent.
Sheperd addressed the leader of Nornori. "You desc--bed you-self as a "big cat," but su-ely "Big Cats" aren't allowed in Nornori!"
Mu-mu-ing went a-ound in the crowd. Su-ely the l-ttle boy was --ght.
"Also! Th-s is obv-ously some k-nd of a "gathering, meeting, court, committee, or a convention," but none of these a-e allowed -n Nornori!"
mu-mu--ng grew loude-...
"Although you speak of a "consitution," "constitution" -s not allowed -n Nornori, -n add-tion, we have no "obligation" to follow these rules, for obligation does not exist in Nornori either! Neither can government nor police nor punishment nor ..."
Sheperd paused.
"...anything."
Everything inside the courtroom exploded, for universe and the laws of thermodynamics realized it wasn't allowed in Nornori either and chose to leave.
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"What the hell happened?!" Sheperd said. "And why are we suddenly on the road again?"
"Beats me," John said, shrugging his shoulders. "I couldn't understand what you were talking about most of the time anyways."
I won't be here for 2 weeks, so it is best to replace me, I apologise.
Peasant Phill
10-17-2010, 17:24
Thanks for the heads-up.
I'll start the next chapter tomorrow, in the mean time if you know of anybody that would want to join for 2 weeks...
Peasant Phill
10-18-2010, 20:14
I've asked someone who volunteered a while back to fill in. I haven't gotten an answer though.
https://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3697/critterkludde.jpg
This picture is a bit to nightmarish but it's the right creature
The group hiked further up the road, still a bit confused about what expired earlier. A few moments later our heroes pass two lonely poplars reaching so far up that its leaves is out of sight.
"You guys are non-stop amusment, aren't you," laughed a familir voice from above.
"I think that deserves another one of my good advices".
The Poplars shrunk in an instance into the silhouette of Lange Wapper.
"Now that we got you cured, I bet you will want to know the exit to".
Lange produced, not without effort, his unsettling ear-to-ear smile.
"I'll show you where you can find it."
Lange Wapper grabs Livia and runs off with her.
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OK, you all need 3 yang each not to get behind. More will close the distance, less will make you lose terrain.
Livia needs 4 yang in order to escape.
OOC: this was the second try on this intro, the first time the internet ate it.
Peasant Phill
10-22-2010, 11:38
I'll be away this weekend. So I won't be checking this thread again until monday.
How much yin do we need to not lose chi?
Diamondeye
10-23-2010, 22:37
Liva struggled against the captor, yelling loudly to intimidate him meanwhile. "Let me go!"
Her hands pounded against the limb that kept her clinched to the figure, underlining each punch with a syllable. "Let - me - go - you - mon-ster!"
She felt a throbbing pain as the beast speeded along the ground, the friction against its fur and the rough bumpling along shaking her, but she keeps screaming and pounding at the beast, desperate to be freed.
All yang (I assume 6 die max, no Yin needed).
Edit: Skill; Stubborn personality
ALL YANG
Athletic
Shephered began to sprint towards the fleeing,,,whatever the hell it was.
"Hey, GET BACK HERE YOU! DON'T RUN AWAY WITHOUT SHOWING US YOUR POT OF GOLD, I mean, wait, I am thinking of the wrong kind of fairies here..."
Jackaloup took off, taking long strides that matched the length of the kidnapper's. Reaching into his pocket as he ran, he pulled out his trusty Boomerang and flung it forward. The projectile made a nasty crack of a sound as it collided with the back of Lange Wapper's head, then began its return to Jackaloup.
6 Yang
Boomerang
Peasant Phill
10-25-2010, 21:51
Jackaloup and Shepherd immediately started the pursuit. John, somewhat bewildered by the sheer speed of the grab-and-run, didn't react as fast.
Jackaloup threw his boomerang but aiming that thing meant he had to slow down a bit.
With huge strides Lange Wapper tried to put some distance between him and his pursuers.
"This might be the only chance that comes for a long time"
His victim didn't exactly make it easy for him as she kept squirming and beating him. Lange readied himself for another good sprint to be finally rid of those other pesky kids when something hit him in the back of the head. This resulted in a loosened grip for just a fraction of a moment but it is enough for Livia to free herself from Lange's huge arms.
Lange immediately positioned himself between Livia and the rest, who still hadn't caught up, surrounding her with his lengthy arms "You're my ticket out of here, I won't lose you".
With a splash, a huge dog with red eyes jumped out of the body of water in between Shepherd and Jackaloup.
"Whose going to carry me out of here?"
Diamondeye: skill 5, 6 yang successes
Seon: skill 3, 3 yang
Chaotix: skill 3, 2 yang
So, Livia escapes (for now), Sheperd keeps up and Chaotix falls behind. I'll assume Beskar's character had only 1 success.
In other words, we now have our four characters all isolated with 2 nemisses.
Dice cap is 6 as usual.
Both Lange Wapper and Kludde are 'nemesis (http://wiki.saberpunk.net/Wushu/VersusNemeses)'. You can attack 1 creature at the same time but his dice cap will increase accordingly.
Both Nemesis have 3 chi and high stats so attacking alone isn't the best idea
You are all 1 'space' apart. So in order for you or Kludde/Lange Wapper to be able to attack/close the gap with another character you'll need 1 yang success.
So, I need whar you will do, against who if applicable, and how many dice you reserve for what (yin against every thin, yang against specific obstacles)
OOC: God Emperor, the reserve player, isn't able to pick up where Beskar left off so I'll be looking for an extra player. Any suggestions are welcome.
Also, that picture of that 'dog' is Kludde not Lange Wapper. Perhaps some research may help your characters.
Diamondeye
10-25-2010, 23:09
Liva panicked. Behind her was the Kludde; a monster impossible to outrun, since the faster you ran, the faster it chased you. The only way to avoid it was to keep still. But then Lange Wapper would catch her again. She froze for a moment and let Lange Wapper get close before suddenly jerking into motion, grabbing one of his hands and quickly performing a powerful grip-sequence with her trained fingers. A sickening sound followed as several of Lange's fingers broke backwards, the bones snapping.
Nimble Fingers; All Against Lange (Yin, right?)
Peasant Phill
10-27-2010, 21:30
I'll be waiting for the other players .
I'll send them PM's right away.
"Guys! Hit its weakpoints for maximum damage!" Shepherd shouted, panic striken.
Shepherd quickly took out the slingshot he stole from that Indian a while back and shot several bullets at Kludde's "voolnerables" (if you know what I mean).
Puzzle Master
4 Yang 2 Yin
Peasant Phill
10-28-2010, 19:03
... and shot several bullets at Kludde's "voolnerables" (if you know what I mean).
And that would be?
Also, I have some bad news. Chaotix seems to have dropped out as well so I'll be looking for yet another player. The game will, unfortunatly, be on hold until then.
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