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Labyrinth of the Witch's Heart

@Dark Light

Player vs player combat would work similar to combat in other RPs. You describe your fight, and spend points for attacking or defending. If Average Joe wanted to make sure his punch was too fast to dodge at normal speed, he could spend an AGILITY point. The defender would have to use BRAWN to block it, AGILITY to dodge it, or a special ability to avoid it somehow. If you roleplay your fight well enough, you may get them to have to spend points without spending any of yours. I will also be acting as a referee for these fights, determining the sucess or failure of a character's attemt to hit or dodge.

I'm operating under the assumption that nobody is just going to take a hit, so the physical damage would be affecting the BRAWN if the boulder were to be blocked. In the interest of not killing people in one hit, everything will only ever take up one point, except for extreme circumstances which I will warn of.

Labyrinth of the Witch's Heart

@ArenaSnow
Well, I appreciate it regardless.

Labyrinth of the Witch's Heart

Thanks for taking a look, reader!

I've been kicking this one around in my head for a while, and I (probably) have more free time now, so I'd like to put this out here for you guys.

You have traveled from distant lands to make it to the great stone pillar before you. You know that beneath this pillar lies the Witch's Heart: a mythical object said to grant the first who should touch it a single wish before crumbling to dust. Many have lost their lives in the depths beneath in an attempt to secure this wish. You, travelers, are but the latest of those who venture towards the perils of the Labyrinth. Why do you seek the Heart, and what skill gives you the courage to risk your lives? Success or failure is yours to achieve.

Now of course, that is just the story. What I want to show you more than that is the idea for a "game engine" of sorts.

You see, I want to illustrate each character's abilities through stats. These stats would be used as currency for your character's limits. For example, Average Joe Isn't anything special, really. He is a Jack-of-All-Trades sort of guy. Starting off, his stats would look like this:

HP:{+}
BRAWN:{++++}
AGILITY:{++++}
WILL:{++++}
SPECIAL:{++}

ABILITY: {SPEAR PUNCH}

Now let's say Joe is fighting against a guy who throws big rocks. He's been doing a pretty good job hiding behind some cover in order to avoid the rocks. Unfortunately, something caused him to get caught between hiding spots and there is a rock headed straight for him! He could probably punch through it with his SPEAR PUNCH ability, but that takes a lot out of him and he might need it later. He decides to jump out of the way instead, and spends a point of AGILITY to do so.

AGILITY:{+++-}

In short, an action that causes stress or strain needs a point spent. If a character reaches 0 in any stat, any additional actions they try to take with that will use the HP stat. For example, trying to use BRAWN to block a heavy blow when it is at 0 will use the HP stat instead. All stats except HP would be refreshed after a night's rest, with SPECIAL being refreshed by only half.

Abilities would be a special skill or power your character has. They use the SPECIAL stat. They might be anything from a fighting style to transforming into a wolf. The only stipulation is that you have to be able to describe it in three words or less. Exceptions may be made upon request.

When creating characters, stat values can be distributed at will. You could end up with a character that looks like this:

HP:{+}
BRAWN:{+++++++++++}
AGILITY:{+}
WILL:{+}
SPECIAL:{+}

ABILITY: {HAM FIST}

Or this:

HP:{+++++}
BRAWN:{++}
AGILITY:{++++}
WILL:{+}
SPECIAL:{+++}

ABILITY: {PYROKINESIS}

So what do you think? I know that's a whole lot of things being thrown at you at once, but the general idea would be that I function as a Game Master of sorts, and describe results and environments. It won't be me against you, since I could simply say I win and be done with it. Instead, I want to present challenges and character interaction to tell a story. Of course, you may not even lose stats during the course of this RP. If you are clever enough you may not be put into a disadvantageous situation at all.

Anyway, thanks for reading this wall of text. If you have any questions, let me know and I'll answer them to the best of my ability!

QUEST... Is going to try something else...

Hey guys. So... I really love doing the QUEST stuff, but when things suddenly get busy for a few weeks, I get locked out of the topics here. I mean, obviously this is to stop dead things rising from their graves. So I'm going to try doing it on reddit right here on https://www.reddit.com/r/drawingquest. Anybody else is obviously welcome to use the subreddit for their own drawing quest if they want to start one as well. So... I really hope to see some of you guys there. If not, you'll probably see me here again after a few months, trying to beat the dead horse even more. Thanks!

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Just sort of a... Participation alert? Sure, that. Anyway, I'm getting into the swing of things more, so I should be able to do some things.
@Hank@JGBPhone@Vilageidiotx@FreyaRoseJane@BrobyDDark@VarionusNW@Flightless_Soul@LoneSilverWolf@Whisperer@TupperWare Bowl@Keyguyperson@Zurnt@ClocktowerEchos

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Sorry guys, just trying to adjust to school at the moment.

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>Kick the chest open, reveal its secrets.

@JGBPhone

>Open Chest
>Plug ears and jump back just in case a vicious high-level silence is enclosed inside.

@Vilageidiotx

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>Be very rude.

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>Stick ear to chest
>Knock on chest
>Listen for anything dangerous that might be inside

@Vilageidiotx

*Nervously fidgets* H-hi!

Omg your avi is adorable

@Trimblebird

Thank you.