[OOC] The Legend of Zelda, Descendants of the Hero

[Ryuzaki]

YESSS I would much rather have a one liner than no post at all :)

[SiliconColt]

All the dungeons are drafted. They're designed to take just enough time to be fun and show off their theme but also introduce mechanics for each item that the party will obtain via quest, shop, or dungeonering.

If problems occur in a dungeon then the rest can be edited pretty easily to accommodate for design flaws. Anyway, @crimson raven you just need to post and it's down with the bloody red octo. The plot can move forward and we can enter the next arc of the rp.

Hint: it's going to involve literal building.
Hint 2 electric boogaloo: it's going to involve lots of choice that will affect the town.

[Ryuzaki]

@SiliconColt I leik the sound of that, I love RPs with choices that MEAN something.

[SiliconColt]

@SiliconColt I leik the sound of that, I love RPs with choices that MEAN something.

@Ryuzaki

why am i even hiding what's coming?

So ya know how the octo wrecked shit by firing cannon balls everywhere?

:o The village is now lacking a great deal of buildings that a village properly needs. In fact one might say there only buildings left are the Hero's Club and oddly enough the potion maker's shack. Everything else seems to have a massive hole in the roof or has been crushed.

Martial Law is in the hands of the Hero's club and it's a good thing too since two descendants *cough* twili *cough* are from a royal lineage so ruling is in their blood. ;D they'd probably have no problem rebuilding a village.

so here's the important part;

the hero club, being the power now, will be coordinating their efforts to make this village better than before by: building new buildings and structures, fighting off monsters invading the village, and exploring the land in search for valuable resources. This of course is just a sidequest in comparison to the main story. The heroes club is free to completely ignore the village and let it rot while yall go do something fun. Contrasting to pre-octo time, this arc will start off serious and morose with the burial of a lot of villagers.

It's not the first time something bad has happened to the village but this time the suffering was quick to end.

[Ryuzaki]

@SiliconColt oh my god, I love this. 10/10 will want a reboot if this finishes too soon or dies off. I cant wait till stuff happens. I love the Ideas that you have. *Reminisces of the days of Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle, hoping this is somewhat like that, without the giant mech that builds stuff instantly*

[SiliconColt]

@SiliconColt oh my god, I love this. 10/10 will want a reboot if this finishes too soon or dies off. I cant wait till stuff happens. I love the Ideas that you have. *Reminisces of the days of Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle, hoping this is somewhat like that, without the giant mech that builds stuff instantly*

@Ryuzaki

i played 5 minutes of dark cloud 2. But I had 30 seconds of seeing the town building thing.

To be honest I forgot about that stuff till you brought it up.

I hope you'll be satisfied with the level of options you all will be getting in this sort of side quest.

It's not going to be an easy task to make it "safe and sound," like no one has stone houses cause there ain't a quarry. Rupees will help you hire builders but atm no one is very skilled at woodworking cause well... the last guy got squished.

:o so visiting other villages is a must, if you want exquisite architecture.

[Ryuzaki]

@SiliconColt imma enjoy this alot, this will be my area of expertise.

[SiliconColt]

@ryuzaki @near @cuccoruler @crimson raven @cas1006

So here's a rough map to scale of the area. As you can see there's a main road leading down to the lake. On the road is the village which has 3 other main streets aside from the long rout going through part of it. There's obviously more roads within the village but those are the main 4.

1: the potion maker's shack.
2: The hero club
3: current location of most the party.

Need some miles?

From point 3 to point 1 is roughly 1 mile.

As for how everyone got to the beach so quick... well don't look under the rug. xD I just dusted.

[Near]

Salina might stumble down the road soon, recognize Cia (her cousin if @cuccoruler is OK with that) and ask why she left the village back in the desert.

[Cuccoruler]

Salina might stumble down the road soon, recognize Cia (her cousin if @cuccoruler is OK with that) and ask why she left the village back in the desert.

@Near

Yeah sure!

Also it may be time to skip whoever needs to post @SiliconColt Things will move much faster as waiting for everyone is the death of most rps

[SiliconColt]

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Yeah sure!

Also it may be time to skip whoever needs to post @SiliconColt Things will move much faster as waiting for everyone is the death of most rps

@Cuccoruler

Be decree of our lord, Cuccoruler I will post today.

You can expect: a sweet explosion and rewards which were spoiled a long while ago.

[Near]

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Yeah sure!

Also it may be time to skip whoever needs to post @SiliconColt Things will move much faster as waiting for everyone is the death of most rps

@Cuccoruler

No truer words were ever spoken.

[SiliconColt]

mechanics patch 1.1

CHANGES:

Weapons follow this pattern of improvement: +2, +1, +2, +1 etc.
(Hooray for people who keep to the simple stuff!)

Duration of masks cannot be improved nor uses per day.
(You should focus on maximizing your burst strategies)

Fused Shadow Pieces now have their own bonus points aside from character stats.
(Minadi you magic stat is now 5)

explanation

Because items are situational and stats just are always important, I've decided to give bonus points to situational items.

Weapons were originally just ways to facilitate one's own strength at a certain range.

As in without a weapon you could only do the punching and kicking off butt. So melee range weapons, when imporved using growth, will give +2 strength every other time it's improved.

So lets say you used a sword that gives you +1 at melee. If you improve your use of the sword then it's plus 3 at melee instead. Then when you improve it again it's +4.

If you had multiple weapons with multiple ranges then you'd probably want to stick to adding strength to your character since improving just 1 weapon pales in comparision to buffing your strength.

Lets say I had 3 weapons, one of each range. I could improve 1 for increasing its bonus to plus 3. (I gained 2 points essentially) but If i gave myself another point in strength then I've essentially added +3 as each weapon will benefit from my additional strength more so than focusing on a weapon could.

BUT Now we need to focus on Masks.

Majoras Mask and the Fierce Deity Mask have unexpected granted their wearers far too many powers. COmpared to other character they are very much godlike.

Lets start with Majora's Mask.

Floating, Telekinesis, and Telepathy are both granted to the wearer along with +2 strength.

Floating is a way to ignore terrain: float above water. Telepathy is another way to speak to different characters from again. Both are situationally useful but don't do much for mechanics.

Telekinesis on the otherhand extends's Pallus's range from melee to medium but with no bonus. If each of these benefits were a point

Float =1, Telekin =1, Telepa =1, +2 strength =2 then the total comes to 5 points. Compared to a measly weapon, MM is a powerhouse.

So how does this get balanced? Duration. MM can only be used for 6 posts at a time, 1 more post if one spends a point in magic. The cool down time about a day so it makes it hard to pick and choose when the mask should be used.

Then there's the FDM which is a bit more broken due to unapproved bonuse like with MM.

Increased Speed, Magic Projectiles, Increased Agility, Weapon transformation and +2 points in strength look like 6 points.

Already 1 point above MM, the FDM is considerably OP compared to a regular weapon. How can it be limited? Well for 1 the Magic Projectile uses his Magic. It being a long range spell has no secondary effect. The improved weapon is only cosmetic and doesn't give a range bonus. The speed increase is mostly cosmetic and the same for the increase agility (ie jumping a long distance) but combined they launch him to just about any range he wishes. Allowing him to always fight at melee range if he wanted to.

The big limitation is the durtion of 6 posts and the once per day use of the mask.

So just how can we compare weapons to Masks when they are clearly overpowering?

Well depends on the situation. This rp involves many more things than combat and characters can expect to fight more than once per day. In the long run, weapons will prove to always be useful but masks are like a peak with a long slope downward and long way back up the mountain.

To keep things fair Mask durations cannot be increased via growth. The number of times a day a mask can be used also cannot increase from character growth.

Next we have somewhat similar items to masks: Pieces of the fused shadow.

With Minadi, the FS gives +2 to magic which is actually reflecting the initial bonus granted to a new character. For inheritance minadi has the burning spell which does 1 damage each turn for 3 turns. Of all weapons the burning spell can actually be exhausted quickly, only having 3 uses per day unless Minadi's magic is restored by a potion or other method.

With Ulu, the FS is actually supposed to act like minadi's but is written as if giving +2 magic like a constant mask.

Well, I have good news and bad news.

The bad new is I was wrong to have approved minadi's FS piece.

The good news is that minadi's FS piece will now act like Ulu's with a plus 2 to magic asside from the character bonus.

The reason: spells are far more situational than masks and weapons as they drain magic and become weaker with use where both masks and weapons will outlast in combat.

Posting soon. Gotta write things.

[SiliconColt]

@ryuzaki @near @cuccoruler @crimson raven @cas1006

posted: first one to deliver the final blow gets... well actually everyone gets a reward.

:I that octo looks so tired of our shit

[Crimson Raven]

Sorry I haven't posted, I am really busy URL still

[Ryuzaki]

*frowns* *furrows brow*

[SiliconColt]

Someone :o finish the creature.

Anyone. At all, except for me cause that would be a double post.

It'll open up the open world section. Like... I have plans for super exploration in all directions, you have no idea.

:o just finish the beast. pls.

[Ryuzaki]

Someone :o finish the creature.

Anyone. At all, except for me cause that would be a double post.

It'll open up the open world section. Like... I have plans for super exploration in all directions, you have no idea.

:o just finish the beast. pls.

@SiliconColt

I dont wanna, pallus could do some epic stuff but I think he has played a major part in the fight already.

[SiliconColt]

yes, you're right... but the rp is going too slow. Have Minadi do it... like. throw a rock at the big monster.

maybe rida will order the cucco to do like.. an aerial drop, just so it can like drill peck its head.

[Ryuzaki]

yes, you're right... but the rp is going too slow. Have Minadi do it... like. throw a rock at the big monster.

maybe rida will order the cucco to do like.. an aerial drop, just so it can like drill peck its head.

@SiliconColt

Minadi has no extravagant weapons.......