Lalliman

Wizard's Dungeun

I dunno, i was hoping IN would confirm or deny that. But i suppose your post is valid unless stated otherwise.

Crossbows 101

There's basically three types of crossbows:

Light crossbows can be loaded by hand, which makes them similar in use to bows, with the added benefit of not having to manually keep the string pulled back while aiming.

Heavy crossbows have a much higher draw weight and can only be pulled back by turning a winch. Thus they take much longer to load than a light crossbow, but have far more power, easily capable of punching through steel plate. They're meant to be used from behind cover rather than on the battlefield, due to the long reload.

Repeater crossbows have a different kind of winch that when turned pulls back and releases the string repeatedly. They have a magazine of arrows mounted on top, so every time the string is pulled back a new bolt automatically falls in its place, ready to be fired. That way you can aim the crossbow and just turn the winch to automatically draw, shoot, draw, shoot, draw, shoot several bolts in a row. The power is comparable to that of a light crossbow.

I hope that helps :)

Wizard's Dungeun

The earth rune seems more likely. It's uncertain if he's even capable of duplicating chains.

And unfortunately, without his power glove Jeremy is indeed a bigger danger to us than to the monster, in case he explodes. There has to be some way to put him to use...

And wow Joe, your character did a lot of stuff in a very small time frame. At least i imagine the time between us entering and the monster reaching us to be only a few seconds. Though Important Nobody will have to judge that.
And since you can fire your crossbow several times in a row, i wonder, is it a repeater crossbow or is it just light enough to be pulled back so quickly?

Edit: Oh and i was actually planning to drag Jeremy out of the way if he doesn't post before me, so it's funny that we had to same idea. It's getting late though, so i think i'll post tomorrow.

Wizard's Dungeun

I forgot about the ball and chain! That will make an excellent weapon for those buff enough to wield it. Excellent in absence of actual weapons, that is. Can i call dibs on it instead since Raen still has his magic?

Wizard's Dungeun

Discussing tactics OOC is certainly a good idea, but our characters would of course have to be able to communicate it to each other in order to execute it.

I was in fact just about to be a try-hard and propose some tactics:
In any case, the unarmed ones (Garrok, Jeremy, Khan, Raen) should probably just try to distract the beast and dodge its attacks, while Maybird and Rick (armed with magic fists and crossbow respectively) try to damage it. That should be a lot more effective than hitting it with fists anyways. Additionally, Kenzo could try to climb on its back and claw out its eyes, which would give us a massive advantage if he succeeds.

Edit: I see there's some ambiguity about the form of its attack. I thought a downward smash was already initiated, which makes an if/if scenario unnecessary. Or is it?

Wizard's Dungeun

It has begun! Time to gang up on it and hopefully not have Jeremy explode in the middle of us.
Two things first though:
1. You didn't confirm it IC, but can we assume that Rick can indeed summon his weapons to himself?
2. Someone mentioned a wooden stool in their cell... can i pick it up and use it as a weapon? >:3

Wizard's Dungeun

Lol at Joe's reference :3

Khan, the last sentence of your post seems to be a little cut off.

Wizard's Dungeun

Since Khan characterizes the runes as nature magic, i'd still refer to him as a ranger. I also associate the term witch hunter more with crossbows and guns than with bows. But it's hardly a game-changing matter. :p

Wizard's Dungeun

ImportantNobody said Good question.I'll allow it, but the more you hide and heal the more of a chance the enemies will have to pin you down and then slaughter you.

I suppose there might be a powerful lurker enemy hiding inside the walls that will find us if we take too long.

@Mikellh Nobody's first post established it was humanoid though, which is about all we know. And tall, but whether that means tall for a human or tall for a monster is still unclear.

Wizard's Dungeun

Awright. Now, let's try to exploit a loophole before the RP has even properly begun. Can you give a general estimation of where our equipment is stored in relation to our current position? If it's less than 100 feet away and not magically protected, Rick should be able to summon his crossbow to himself, making the first boss a lot easier. It's unlikely, but worth checking out.

Wizard's Dungeun

Lol, i should edit that in, since my character is a giant compared to her.
And you hadn't decided that yet? I guess as a reflex, she automatically rewinds time when she takes lethal damage. That or she placed a rune on her body that does it for her.

I do have a question about the nature of these time-rewinds though. You didn't mention anything about there being checkpoints like in the Wizard's Towuer, so i assume there are none. But suppose we're a few retries in and we manage a lossless victory against the first miniboss. Will we then have the option to rewind time back to right after we defeated him, instead of back to the very start?