[OOC] Shattered Fates - A Dark Fantasy, Boss Battling Epic

[Rune_Alchemist]

Oh, well, yeah. That is there, too.

Anyways - updated the post a bit. Apologies for that.

[ERode]

It's not a big deal. Thanks though~

[RyuShura]

I didn't read the non-updated version, but I thought the finished post is really good@Rune_Alchemist. Though it's time to say goodbye to the potential loot... so RIP on that part. But hey, at least you all kept your lives. :^D

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Ah, that's very unfortunate,@Zombehs, as I have deep sentiments towards feeling like that. There are a lot of things I once loved but have turned stale to me. If I force myself to do anything from that point on, I just grow to hate it. So I won't ask that of you.

However, that being said; if you can't find yourself playing your character, what do you think we should do about it? I designed the encounters with the larger party in mind, so if a few people fall behind, it might make things extra hard on the remaining. Whether it seems like it or not, I truly enjoy your company here, and I don't want you to feel left out or pressured to do anything. So if you feel like you need a longer break, than we can work around that.

If you do decide on a longer break, would you mind if we NPC'ed her, er, 'it', to retain Ihosha's relevance to the story? Of course, I'll ding you when they comes across a decision, or when dialogue becomes a thing again. Whatever works for you.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@RyuShura

As much as I'd run like a madman through a hoard of enemies screaming 'worth it' for sweet loot.

Isabella's a bit more practical, or a least prefers to live xD

[ERode]

The real kicker is that our characters don't know that loot is a thing. Like, at all.

In regards to escalation of difficulty due to lesser numbers, Ryu, you can just increase Essence point accumulation. The less people there are, the greater the chances for individual heroism.

Unless you're Dwyn.

[RyuShura]

Yeah, that's a good idea. But I don't wanna see Zombes go, that's my main worry...

And LOL. Yeah, Dwyn is on her own separate journey into the universe. XD
Though her journey is full of lore bits, so it's fun for me on that end too. She might even run into the first mini-boss at this rate, so I'm very excited to see how that goes! Or how it won't go...

Also, we might have a new face coming soon, so if someone just randomly posts here, that's why. They're also a punk, so feel free to treat them as such. :^D

[ERode]

Simplest thing to do would be to have Zomb's character slip off while everyone's fighting. Already established that he doesn't trust certain members of the group, and if Aristo's character straight up dies, that'd totally convince Ihohsa to book it.

Then, whenever Zombs returns, his character just comes back from their super secret journey thingy.

[RyuShura]

I guess we'll see what they say, and then we can think of a solution from there...

And oh, wow, I totally forgot about dealing with Ezain! How rude of me. D^:
I guess I took them out mentally without a proper narrative farewell. I suppose it wouldn't be a grim journey without an early death... I shall make it glorious.

[ERode]

>collapsing the ceiling causes rock to fall on Ezain's head
Isabella: "Oops. Teehee~"

[Rune_Alchemist]

>collapsing the ceiling causes rock to fall on Ezain's head
Isabella: "Oops. Teehee~"

@ERode

Accurate.

[Crabs]

Hey guys, I'm new around these parts.

Anyway, to commemorate my newness, I drew some sick fanart of our current battle.

[Eklispe]

That's accurate.

[RyuShura]

@Crabs Welcome aboard... I think...

As an introduction for everyone, this is my very old rping friend. They were recently made RP-Homeless, so I've taken the liberty to shelter them here. I'll take full responsibility for their oddness. Since it was unspecified how many 'Chosen' there were in the party of the recently awoken, they can join into things the same way.

A bit of a late bloomer, as it were.

[ERode]

I'd tell you to take responsibility by resigning, but a shield-girl is basically what we need in order to run over the monsters...if Isabella's passage-collapse maneveur doesn't work out as expected.

[Crabs]

I felt the last image really couldn't capture the drama of the situation.
So, I've recreated the beautiful artwork.

I title it: "Massacre"

[RyuShura]

Oh God, what have I done? LOL.

[Lasrever]

Petition to have all future monsters drawn by Crabs

Also, considering the library full of human sacrifices, I have a feeling that Dwyn will be much less likely to run away from everyone in future. At least if she gets through whatever's happening here without being completely murdered, anyway.

Not sure how happy everyone else will be when she gets back, mind you.

[Jerkchicken]

I'm alive.

I've just been slacking from posting while of considering what to do next , since I've been going for a strategic angle in my last two combat posts.

Would have posted yesterday or Friday but I was busy grinding like a mofo to reach the real grind of Destiny which is getting your power level to Raid status. Currently I am 243 out of the 260 minimum, which I intend to grind a bit higher for that extra efficacy.

So I'm gonna go read the new posts and work from there.

Also if anyone you play the game on PS4 give me your PSNs so we can get a fireteam rolling.

[ERode]

@RyuShura
Hm, would you say that Aiv's stamina is still pretty low at this point? Mainly deciding between...
- Turtle harder and use pillar as shield again
- Diving to the side and try to avoid taking that next hit
- Dive forward, smack barrel so it's no longer pointing at him, and then engage in CQC, using a rock or something to crack the gun dude's head open.

What do you think is reasonable here? Was thinking that by not using the sin-weapon, he'd have more options in terms of movement and all, but third option is also just a lot of actions.

[Jerkchicken]

I'm going for the gun in my post