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Undertale: Above the Ground

@Lilygold

Like books said, everything's cool, no worries. Glad to have you back!

Dice

Her eyesight really had improved. It was true. Somehow, this dice had helped correct her nearsightedness. Kim felt at once elated and violated. On one hand, she could now improve herself however she wanted, be anything she wanted, so long as she had dice. On the other hand, someone or something was monitoring her actions and altering her very body, for reasons unknown. She'd only used one point, so her vision hadn't changed that much - still, Kim felt fortunate that she kept all her old glasses, in case she broke both her current pair and her backup pair before she could get new ones. She opened the box they were in and tried on various pairs until she found one with a prescription that matched fairly closely. When she had more points, she would fully fix her eyesight - for now, she wanted to conserve the remaining two for something else.

Next, she checked the message on her phone. Kim felt a little annoyed as she read it - X had evidently never fallen on their face and had their glasses frames almost stab their eyes out, or gotten a piece of a torn contact lens stuck in their eye. Speaking of X, Kim really wanted to know more about them. She opened her phone and typed a message.

X, who are you? How do you know so much about me? How did you fix my vision?

Kim hit the send button. After a moment, she thought of another question. Given that X disliked min-maxers, they probably wouldn't like her question either - the thing she was asking was the kind of game-breaker that shouldn't be possible. Nonetheless, she would feel like an idiot if she later found out that it was possible and she hadn't even bothered to check, so she typed out another message and hit send.

Is Luck a stat that can be improved through dice? What about Dice-rolling?

Dice

@Three

Cool, thanks! Guess I'll attempt to post the results myself, and make them as reasonable as I can.

Edit: Nevermind, you posting them for me is good too! Didn't see your most recent IC post while I was writing this. Although, Kim only put one point into vision, so she still has two left.

Undertale: Above the Ground

@booksmusicanime

Oops. Sorry, I must've missed that. I guess they'll be reminded twice?

Undertale: Above the Ground

@Lilygold

Hi there, just wanted to check that you didn't miss my last post or forget to reply. Got any ideas about where you want to go from here?

Dice

@Three

Another question: After we raise our stats, do you want us to wait for you to decide what the effect was? Going by precedent, it seems like the answer is yes, but I wanted to check because that seems like a lot of work for you.

When the Earth met the Sea

Yeah, this is great. Thank you!

Dice

Kim read the message on her phone, then looked around the room frantically. How had this person - X - known that she'd just rolled the die? Just in case, she closed the curtains and covered up her laptop's webcam with a sticky note, then checked her phone again. There was a new app, with only two menus that weren't greyed out. Under "Status" was a listing of statistics, most of which were 20s, except for six:

Agility: 30
Determination: 25
Intelligence: 22
Happiness: 18
Charisma: 15
Appearance: 10

There was also a notice of the number of dice points she had - it was 3, the same number that she'd rolled. Under "Quests" were a few tasks with dice values:

Sign up for the gymnastics competition next week! Reward: 1 die.
Place in the gymnastics competition! Reward: ??? number of dice, dependent on performance.
Talk with your dad about future aspirations! Reward: 2 dice.
Get some motivation in life! Reward: More quests!

Her blood ran cold. Whoever had set this up didn't just know when she rolled a die. They knew the exact number it had landed on. They knew her former dreams and failed aspirations. They even knew about her relationship with her father. Kim wanted to hurl her phone across the room, but she knew that wouldn't make anything better. Instead, she looked back at the Status screen, where the numbers had little arrows by them.

If this worked like an RPG, then Kim could raise her starts by up to three points. She should choose one that was easy to check, so that she would know if it had really worked. Her finger hovered over the Appearance arrow for a moment, before she changed her mind. No, if this was real, then she shouldn't waste her points on something like that. Instead, she scrolled down until she found a stat labeled "Vision". It only took a few moments to print out an eye chart and tape it to her dorm wall. Then she removed her glasses and noted that she could only read the first three lines before the letters got too blurry. Kim then went to the stat screen and tapped the arrow - predictably, her dice points went down by one, and Vision went up by one. She tried reading the eye chart again.

Arena FAQ/Advice

@MelonHead

Thanks! Do you think this character could match Anna? I'm sorry, I know this CS is way shorter than yours, but I didn't know what else to write. If you want, I can try to elaborate later.

Joel

Joel
Age: 5 - 10
Gender: Not applicable, but he uses male pronouns
Species: Clay Golem. A golem is a creature made entirely of inorganic matter and animated by magic.

Appearance

Plain

Wearing Rock Armor

Joel is about 7 feet tall, and entirely made of clay. His features are vague because he shifts them so often. The word "emet" is carved onto his forehead, and he protects it by wearing a metal helmet.

Personality: Joel was created to be a protector and defender. He is intensely loyal to his creator, and will protect him at all costs. He's also compassionate to innocents, and will defend them from harm. Most of the time, Joel is docile and mild-mannered. He has simple tastes, and is easily contented. However, he may fly into a rage when his creator is attacked, or when he perceives that a great injustice has been done. In this state, he loses most of his judgement and goes on a rampage against the offender. He's often perceived as slow and stupid, but despite his physical slowness, Joel is at least as intelligent as the average adult.

Physical abilities: He is incredibly strong, capable of lifting around twice his immense weight and shattering the earth with a blow. However, Joel is also quite heavy and slow, moving at around half the speed of a normal human. His senses are about equivalent to that of an ordinary human. Joel cannot speak, so he communicates using sign language.

Supernatural abilities:

Clay body - His body is made of malleable clay, enabling him to shapeshift into other humanoid forms. For example, he can make himself taller or shorter, or change the proportions of his limbs. It's very hard to damage him by physical blows - a blade will simply sink into the clay and get stuck in it, and if a large piece of the clay is separated from the rest, it will reattach and reform once it's in contact with the main body. However, the clay must be in contact - it's possible to scatter Joel into so many widely separated pieces that he can't pull himself back together.

Geokinesis - Joel can move clay, soil, rock, and even metal to an extent. He has a range of 200 meters, with his geokinesis being strongest at the center and diminishing proportionally. Within about 20 meters, he can move large amounts of earth rapidly at will. He can create tunnels or pillars, and change the shape of the terrain. Within about 50 meters, he can move things the size of small boulders, and fling them to further distances. Beyond that, his geokinesis is limited to slow movements or smaller particles. In dry conditions, Joel can generate dust clouds; in wet, he can manipulate mud.

Rock armor - Joel may use geokinesis to form a tough rock armor around himself, further shielding his soft clay body from harm. He always wears a tough metal helmet.

Weaknesses:

Emet - The word "emet" is carved onto Joel's forehead as the keystone of the magic sustaining him. If only the first letter is erased, so that it forms the word "met", the magic holding his body together will disappate, and he will die. However, if a different letter is erased, or if the first letter is incompletely erased, the word will reappear in a different location on Joel's body, and migrate back to his forehead later.

Backstory:
Joel was created by a Jewish rabbi to serve as a protector and companion during a time when he and his family were targeted by anti-Semitic sentiment. After the crisis ended, Joel remained with them as a new addition to the family. Although he's quite content to keep serving the family, they have also encouraged him to live a life of his own and see the world.

Arena FAQ/Advice

@MelonHead

Thanks so much, your answers are really thorough and helpful!

An unranked battle would be great. I'd be happy with the powered/low powered bracket, although I'm not familiar with vampires or werewolves specifically - my tastes tend towards medieval fantasy, sci-fi, superhero, etc. What kind of characters/setting would you want to have?

Edit: Just saw and read your cheatsheet, think it's an awesome resource.