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Fixed Width Font?

Hello! Sorry to potentially be a bother, but is there any way to change the font displayed in posts to a fixed width font? A roleplay I am starting requires a fixed width font for battlefield purposes and, after tinkering, I can't seem to figure out the bbcode that would let me change to one if this is a possibility.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to a response soon~

Ellon Chronicles: Dreams on the Horizon

Welcome to Ellon. Those among you have ventured to the Royal City of Arcedes in the Kingdom of Alsonde hoping to find a new life. Perhaps you come from a neighboring town in Alsonde, have fled from the totalitarian Winoan Empire, or crossed over from the forests – no matter your history, you have come seeking a new horizon. Life can be what you want it to be in Arcedes. An innkeeper by the name of Mayella Mulburri has introduced you to one another and offered you refuge for the time being – the choice of what to do now is your own, but she suggests sticking together until it is time to go your separate ways.

Will you strike out to explore the world? Or will you get caught up in your new lives here in Arcedes? Either way, one thing is for certain: fate has a strange way of rerouting your chosen path and things in Pereas are about to get darker than anyone could possibly imagine.

After The Fall Of Camelot; The Broken Citadel

Throwing in my hat for Changeling and potentially Ruler~

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@Leslie Hall Lock Up costs 8 MP with an additional 4 MP per additional turn (i.e. Max Cost 16 MP).

I'd prefer one character to each player. Too many units on the battlefield make it difficult to balance enemies and causes battle updates to take longer.

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@Bishop Frozen Recovery is a little too powerful for a starting ability. I'm afraid I'm at a loss for how to cost everything else. Part of this has to do with the fact that there are no parameters set for anything. I don't know what these ice weapons do or how long they last. The S-Ability you've created is actually an R-Ability because it counts as a reaction to certain stimuli, in this case, your character's abilities and physical contact. I will say, however, that it's a little too strong as an R-Ability – particularly with the secondary effect on 'frozen' units.

@AlternateMan @Leslie Hall @Lauder @Jerkchicken I realized after the fact that providing you all with an "inflictionary" might be a good idea as you continue to work on your sheets. These are all the common status effects in play in this roleplay. Sorry I keep throwing these things out after the fact. It's been a long while since I hosted one of these and I'm still getting back in the saddle.

Inflictionary

Positive

Bravery - ATK is increased by x1.5 for 3 turns.

Bubble - HP doubles for 3 turns.  When the effect ends, HP is halved.

Covered - Damage is taken by a Covering ally.

Covering - Afflicted takes damage for an ally.

Faith - INT is increased by x1.5 for 3 turns.

Float - Afflicted hovers in the air which causes an immunity to Earth-based attacks and a weakness to Wind-based attacks for 3 turns.  Afflicted can also travel over Water cells and other usually impassable cells.

Haste - Afflicted can take 2 move actions and 2 act actions per turn instead of 1 for 3 turns.

Immune - Afflicted becomes immune to negative status effects for 3 turns.

Invincible - Afflicted does not receive damage and is unaffected by status effects for 1 turn.

Invisible - Afflicted cannot be targeted for 3 turns.

MP Regen - MP increases by 5% Max MP at the beginning of the recipient's turn for 5 turns.

Protect - Reduces all PHYSICAL damage taken by 50% for 3 turns.

Regen - HP increases by 15% Max HP at the beginning of the recipient's turn for 5 turns.

Shell - Reduces all MAGICAL damage taken by 50% for 3 turns.

Veil - Increases Evasion Rate by 50% for 3 turns.

Negative

Accessory Break – Afflicted loses all bonuses/effects linked to their first accessory for 3 turns. Can stack if applicable.

Addled - Afflicted cannot use any skills for 3 turns.

Apathy - Afflicted is unable to recover MP by any means for 3 turns.

Armor Break – Afflicted loses all bonuses/effects linked to their armor for 3 turns.

Berserk - ATK is doubled, but DEF is halved.  Only normal attacks can be executed while Berserk.

Bleeding - Afflicted loses 8% Max HP per turn for 3 turns.

Blind - Attacks have a 50% chance of missing for 3 turns.

Blood Loss - Afflicted loses 25% Max HP in addition to damage dealt by an enemy's attack.  Only occurs upon enemy attack.  Only occurs once.  Acts as a damage modifier.

Burn - Afflicted takes 8% Max HP damage for 3 turns.  The amount of damage taken is doubled if the afflicted is weak against Fire.  Can be cured via Water/Ice magic or Water-/Ice-based attacks.

Charm/Mesmerize - Afflicted falls in love or becomes intrigued by the enemy and aids them in their endeavors which causes the afflicted to attack allies.  Charm only affects the opposite gender of the inflicter.

Confused - Afflicted has a 33.33% chance of attacking itself, an ally, or an enemy.  Is cured upon physical attack.

Critical - An automatic status placed on a character when HP reaches 25% or less and remains on the character until the HP of the afflicted is higher than 25% of its Max HP.

Curse - Afflicted becomes the victim of a curse and takes damage equal to have of the damage the afflicted deals with any attack for 3 turns.

Deep Sleep - Afflicted cannot move or take actions for 3 turns.  All attacks made on the afflicted are critical hits.  Awakens upon repetitive physical attacks in a single turn.

Deprotect - Doubles all PHYSICAL damage taken for 3 turns.

Deshell - Doubles all MAGICAL damage taken for 3 turns.

Disable - Afflicted can no longer take action for 3 turns.

Doom - Afflicted experiences Instant Death after 5 turns.

Fear - Afflicted is unable to move or act for 3 turns.  Is cured upon being attacked by any means.

Frail - Afflicted is unable to recover HP by any means for 3 turns.

Freeze - Afflicted can no longer move or take action and also takes twice as much damage as normal for 3 turns.  Can be cured via Fire magic or Fire-based attacks.

Immobilize - Afflicted can no longer move for 3 turns.

Instant Death - Afflicted is instantly killed.  Bypasses all abilities that have to do with HP reaching 0.

Mana Drain - Afflicted loses 8% Max MP per turn for 3 turns.  MP damage is absorbed by the one who inflicted the status as MP.

Misfortune - Afflicted has a 60% chance of skill failure for 3 turns.

Oblivion - Afflicted is lost forever, their existence shattered from the face of the planet causing the afflicted to be completely removed from the battlefield for the rest of the fight.

Paralyze - Afflicted can no longer move or take action for 3 turns.

Peril – An automatic status placed on a character when HP reaches 5% or less and remains on the character until the HP of the afflicted is higher than 5% of its Max HP.

Petrify - Afflicted is turned to stone and cannot move or act.  Can be destroyed by a critical hit.

Plague - Afflicted takes 8% Max HP damage per turn for 3 turns and cannot be healed by spells or skills of any sort.  Items will still recover HP properly.

Poison - Afflicted takes 8% Max HP damage per turn for 3 turns.

Reverse - Afflicted takes damage from healing attempts and is healed by damaging attacks for 3 turns.

Sap - HP is reduced by 8% Max HP per turn for 5 turns and regenerates health of the inflictor by the amount of damage dealt to the inflicted per turn.

Seal - Afflicted can no longer move or take action for 3 turns.

Severe Burn - Afflicted takes 16% Max HP damage for 3 turns.  The amount of damage taken is doubled if the afflicted is weak against Fire.  Can be cured via Water/Ice magic or Water-/Ice-based attacks.

Severe Poison - Afflicted takes 16% Max HP damage per turn for 2 turns.

Shrink - All PHYSICAL attacks deal 1 Dmg and all PHYSICAL damage taken is doubled for 3 turns.

Silence - Afflicted cannot execute any INT-based skills.

Sleep - Afflicted cannot move or take actions for 3 turns.  All attacks made on the afflicted are critical hits.  Awakens upon physical attack. Progresses to Deep Sleep.

Slow - Afflicted can only take a Move action or an Act action in one turn, not both, for 3 turns.  Movement is halved.

Stasis - Afflicted is unable to move or act for a short period of time, usually just 1-2 turns.

Stop - All Player Phases are skipped for the afflicted character for 5 turns.

Venom - Afflicted becomes Stopped and takes 17% Max HP damage per turn for 3 turns.

Weak - Max HP of the afflicted is reduced by 15% for 3 turns.

Weapon Break – Afflicted loses all bonuses/effects linked to their armor for 3 turns. Weapon-based skills become unsuable while afflicted.

Wet - Afflicted takes double damage from attacks of the Lightning element for 3 turns.

Zombie - Afflicted is turned undead causing a weakness to Light elemental attacks and healing moves for 3 turns.

There may be some that I'm forgetting, but they will be added if they come up in battle.  Also, the durations are only standards and may vary depending on which technique is used to inflict them. I will make sure to move these over to the character profile thread in the roleplay once we start for easy access.

Ellon Chronicles: Dreams on the Horizon

@AlternateMan Okay! I see what you're saying now. I think the better phrasing for that would be: The first attack/skill executed by all allies after receiving the buff receives a 30% boost to damage dealt. The math is a little off there, as it would instead apply before the defensive stat is reduced so, using what you just gave me the calc would look like this:

Rio uses Claw on AlternateMan! (4 Atk x 1.1 Damage x 1.3 Boost = 5.72 –> 6 Atk Damage)

6 Atk - 1 Def = 5

AlternateMan takes 5 Damage!

HP: 5/10

Ellon Chronicles: Dreams on the Horizon

I know @Lauder is creating an Int-based character. My biggest concern for y'all is a lack of a support/healer type unit. But there are items for that and potential guest characters (I will not be playing a party character just fyi).

Ellon Chronicles: Dreams on the Horizon

@Leslie Hall This looks fantastic! Party composition is totally up to the players – all I will say is that lacking a magical character will hurt when we fight very physically bulky enemies! It might also be tougher to tank when enemies with high intelligence are attacking if we don't have someone who soaks up magic well. There are a few edits I would like you to make, suggestions I have for you, and other potential changes, but other than that this looks to be in great condition.

Zeke's Changes/Suggestions/Additions

– In general please change all instances of STR to Atk
– For Crushing Blow I would suggest going off a percentage rather than a pure number. This will allow it to scale with enemies. My suggestion would be to make it 10% for three turns with the ability to stack up to three (3) times. If you went with this your MP Cost would be 6 MP.
– For Shoulder Charge I am curious what happens if used in an adjacent cell of an enemy. Does Zeke still go all of his movement stat? Or does he stop as soon as he hits a target? Does his target still only get moved one cell? In what direction? I can cost this once I have more information.
– For Thick Skin I would change to a percentage rather than a pure number so it scales. My suggestion is 15% for now knowing that it can be upgraded later with skill points.
– Explain what 'knocked prone' means for the D-Ability. Also, clarify who is stunned if he collides with terrain during the charge. Other than that, it looks great.
– Please change his stat spread/equipment bonuses to the following:
HP: 25
MP: 20 (+5 from Tear Pendant)
DD: 0/10
Atk: 4 (+1 from Worn Cestus)
Def: 2 (+0 from Fighter's Rags) (+1 from Thick Skin)
Int: 1 (+0 from Worn Cestus)
Spr: 2 (+0 from Fighter's Rags)
Evade: 3%
Move: 2 Cells (+1 from Gladiator Profession)

@AlternateMan Looking so much better. I have a few edits/changes/suggestions/etc for you as well!

Carbo's Changes/Suggestions/Additions

– Under the Accessory category please add 'Shield' as a category to list your shield under.
– SHIELD IS UP in its current state will cost you 22 MP. If you would like to reduce this, I would suggest lowering the buff to your Def/Spr and potentially the covering range. My personal suggestion would be to increase Def and Spr by 20% and cover allies in adjacent cells. This would bring the cost down to a much more manageable 10 MP and you could always upgrade/purchase a stronger defensive skill later.
– Threatening Swing will cost 6 MP.
– Because of the S-Ability know that in battle you will have to denote with each post which direction your character is facing at all times. Up/Down/Left/Right. If you forget I will default to whatever your previous direction was during battle updates.
Just wanted to give you the heads up now so you can change it if you don't want to keep up with it.
– I could use a range on the damage for the D-Ability. Also, are the enemies hit taking 130% damage each turn or just once?
What stat is being used to calculate this damage?
– Please change his stat spread/equipment bonuses to the following:
HP: 25
MP: 15
DD: 0/10
Atk: 4 (+1 from Rusty Halberd)
Def: 3 (+0 from Mercenary's Wear) (+1 from Rusty Armor) (+1 from Wooden Greatshield)
Int: 1 (+0 from Rusty Halberd)
Spr: 2 (+1 from Mercenary's Wear) (+0 from Wooden Greatshield)
Evade: 1%
Move: 2 Cells (+1 from Shielded Lancer Profession)

Ellon Chronicles: Dreams on the Horizon

@Jerkchicken Thanks for the criticism – I'm sorry my explanations didn't cover everything. I suppose part of the issue lies with the tabletop tag. It was the closest thing that was available when posting so I stuck it on. All of the mechanics and inner workings draw from the root of the Final Fantasy Tactics games. A random number generator is involved in a lot of the calculations – rather than creating complex formulas, I opted to go with percent chances. Having damage represented in percentages mostly makes it easier for me to scale enemies and put costs on skills. Unless a skill includes variance, I know exactly how much damage/healing/etc a skill will do at any given time and can adjust when creating enemies.

As far as the math goes, damage formulas are fairly simple. I'll use your ability Claw, a general physical unit's level 1 stat pattern (25HP/15MP/4Atk/3Def/1Int/2Spr), and a general starter enemy stat pattern (15HP/10MP/4Atk/1Def/1Int/1Spr) in this example:

Rio uses Claw on Enemy unit! 4 Damage (4 Atk x 1.1 [110%] = 4.4 Damage –> 4 Damage)

Enemy unit takes 3 Damage! (4 Atk - 1 Def = 3 Damage)

HP: 12/15

In essence the formula comes out to: (Player Stat x Damage Percentage) - Enemy Stat = Damage Taken

Obviously this can be shaken up. If you look at the example profile I posted you can see the formula gets tweaked with her B-Ability activated. For reference here is the ability:

+Glyph Augmentation – Alters key parts of glyph construction for a short time in order to assault targets with the force of their own will. The user's skills deal damage mitigated by the target's physical defensive stat for Three Turns upon activation. In addition to this effect, 30% of the target's magical defensive stat is added to the user's base damage for the same duration.

Using her stat spread (15/25/1/2/4/3) and her ability Fyr with Glyph Augmentation active against the same Enemy, the formula gets additions:

Cerys casts Fyr on Enemy unit! 6 Int Fire Damage! AUGMENTED!! ((4 Int x 1.3 [130%]) + (1 x .3) = 5.5 Damage –> 6 Damage)

Enemy unit takes 5 Damage! (6 Int - 1 Def = 5 Damage)

HP: 7/15

Cerys' B-Ability shakes up the formula by adding in a component – factoring in additional damage based on her opponent's stats. This is readily available in abilities and, potentially, equipment. There are also other factors such as critical hits (x1.5 Damage without a skill/ability that augments) and elemental weaknesses/resistances (x4, x2, x0.5, and x0 respectively).

I was going to use the practice battle to explain most of this, but this will probably help in creating your characters. If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask!

@AlternateMan If it's a buffing move for the D-Ability, I think the damage might be a little much. And toward who? The allies or enemies? I also think a 50% boost would probably suffice. 100% is just a little too much for three turns, even as an ultimate ability. Also tagging you in case the above info is helpful to you.

@Lauder Just tagging you in case any of this info is useful.

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@AlternateMan The D-Ability needs to be dampened. There's way too much going on, even for an ultimate ability. Everything else looks good though. Don't forget to list what your Accessory boosts!