Just wanted to let y'all know I'm still here! I just figured I'd wait to post with Ben until the prison-break finished, since I had the assumption that some characters on either side would probably be spilling over from the camp into the city.
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Do you ever think Sadako is like "Ghost girls died after 2010 can't haunt...all they know is Subway Surfer, vine boom, remake games, be yandere, make lewd moans and lie!"
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"The Founders of Hogwarts could've never foreseen multi-casting wands or auto-swish-and-flick grips! Curses today are far too powerful!" "NON INFRENGIUS!" *blinding flash of light*
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If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you give a man a rat, then you satisfy his R A T D E S I R E.
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Maybe people just shouldn't screech and be assmad over politics in the Status Bar in general. Nothing anyone says here wins "the great cultural war of our time." Go RP or something, shit.
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But my big concern right now is actually this talk of it beng a sandbox. I hope there will still be the chance for regular character interactions because if I wanted to just write about my character doing cool stuff on their own, I'd write a story. I'm here to RP lol
Yeah, I'm a little worried about this too. I'm hoping I'm not alone in planning to have my character take actions that will hopefully and intentionally put them on other Players' radars--if any of us start doing things like carving out our own territories, managing villages, or clearing big dungeons within the setting, I'm hoping that will ripple outward and attract the attention of other Players, maybe even NPCs. Of course, the trick will be in getting that attention without starting wars or being chased out of town with torches and pitchforks, lol.
Lol lmao. We could’ve just walked out and peaced out no problemo.
Perhaps the monster is an old man yelling at his downstairs neighbors to stop all that racket? XD
How does one gain a new skill? Like, let's say I want to be able to put someone to sleep with my voice. Would it a be contanst try to get do that using my current skill OR would it be more in the terms of what I eat? Just want to be sure.
To gain completely new Skills, Orcs can generally only Inherit certain abilities as they level up (as is the case with [Berserk] and [Dusk Vision]) or Ingest new Skills from what they eat as you've seen so far. There are, in rare instances, Skills that can be gained another way (Some of Bowbh the Blacksmith's Skills are an example of this). However, even an Adult Orc has a limit on the number of Skills they can obtain. In order to gain different Skills after they've reached that limit, they either have to Rank Up existing Skills in order to make them more versatile, or they have to Evolve. Evolution will either change the Orc's species/type, and thus their number of available skills, or it will cause Skill Fusion between certain "compatible" abilities and free up their Skill Slots.
Once you have a Skill, such as your Sing or any other Skill you'll gain in the future from Ingestion, using that Skill over and over again (or in new and interesting ways) will steadily progress it over time. For instance, Lazash has been pretty consistent with using Creature Analysis on everything she's come across, even creatures she's already analyzed, and as a result that Skill progressed to Rank II recently.
It should be noted that each Rank is more difficult to obtain, and that the same actions that increased a Rank previously will have a diminishing rate of returns. Think about it like training in Martial Arts. If you swing your sword the same way 1000 times, you'll definitely get good at performing that particular movement. But someone who only swung the sword 500 times, and then fought 10 matches where they actually had to use that technique in different situations, would probably have a much better understanding of their own improvements. Practice makes perfect, but experience makes the difference!
TL;DR, in order for you to put a target to sleep with a Skill, you could either try to Rank up Sing and see if that changes any of its status effects, or you could hunt monsters with similar abilities!
welp
Lets see how well Svarok's throwing arm and spear-throwing skills are I reckon.
It'll be reduced by one rank, since the church doesn't approve of Gay Bulges
Also I just realized that is hilarious and absolutely unplanned that our Kirei-expy has now become a Lansa (ga shinda).
North Caves
@Unkown58@Lucius Cypher@King Cosmos@Kazemitsu@Crusader Lord
While Esfir, Lazash, and Akeno debated whether to run from the cave, try to hold off the roaring creature, or to hold their ground lest they be seen out in the open, the very creature they were all terrified of...was silent.
No more roars came echoing down the cave. The sound waves soon were absorbed by the rock, and the quiet soon reigned once again. There were no mushrooms left, only a pile of ash, and all that remained of the beetle was currently in Lazash's hands.
There were no sounds of stomping footsteps, no claws raking into stone. Just the dull, dark silence, as chill air settled in the cave.
The outside remained clear as well, as Grunthor and the others had seen several rustling, scurrying shapes hurry away just as the Runts themselves were considering. But none of those monsters returned yet, and their pattering and skittering sounds too had gone silent.
Further up the trail, the waterfall continued to spill its misty contents, and the stream continued to meander swiftly downhill. Everything else was still.
The Forest
@Rune_Alchemist@Timemaster
Carmina's ability failed to activate, as a buzzer only she could hear brought up an error message from the System. It seemed using the Sing skill required her to...well, sing, or at least speak in rhythmic verse as she'd practice before. And despite her careful movements and Svarok's support, without her song there was one determining factor between the two Orc Runts and the goblin. Carmina did everything slowly as she circled.
The goblin, on the other hand, bolted as fast as his scrawny legs could carry him. Though they had been trying to flank the creature, there was still plenty of space between the two young orcs for the greenskin to dive through the bushes. He paid no heed to any branches scratching his face or brambles underfoot as he ran in a panic, squalling the whole way.
If they threw a weapon, or gave chase, it was still possible to catch him---but unlike when Svarok had pursued him earlier, he wasn't intentionally going slow this time to lure them into an ambush. They would have to decide fast and move faster, without regard to anything else in their surroundings, if they wanted to catch the mischievous monster.
Of note, however, was that the goblin wasn't heading south towards the mountains, but rather east, deeper into the forest...
Orc Camp
@ReusableSword
Mangled Tainted Harpy has been dismantled!
Eviscerated Tatzelwurm has been dismantled!
Some components have been damaged or are unusable.
Usable Items Acquired:
Tatzelwurm Fangs x2
Sharp Tatzelwurm Claw x1
Tatzelwurm Eye x1
Broken Coilbone x1
Tatzelwurm Hide Strip x3
Tatzel Venom Gland x1
Raw Tatzelwurm Meat, 8.5 lbs (13 lbs w/ bones, blood, viscera, etc)
Harpy Teeth x2
Broken Harpy Talon x2
Harpy Talon x1
Harpy Wing Membrane x2
Harpy Screech Valve x1
Raw Tainted Harpy Meat, 7 lbs (11 w/ bones, blood, viscera, etc)
Item Obtained: Charcoal
Crafting Process: Charcoal + Tainted Harpy Meat
Usable Items Acquired:
Raw Harpy Meat, 7 lbs
Powdered Weak Tatzel Venom
Consumed: Raw Tatzelwurm Meat
New Ingestion: Tatzelwurm - 40%
Ingested Skill(s): Tatzelwurm - Further Progress Required
You've discovered Compatible Skill(s)!
Tatzelwurm:
- Slash
- Poison Attack
- ???
Ingest Skill?
OR
Continue Biomass Accumulation?
As Agar called out to the Head Hunter, Shamar slowly turned towards him. Her knife hand flicked a bit of gristle from the blade to the dusty ground, and she wiped one hand on the hides she wore. As she took in the runt's two kills, one of which he was in the process of eating, she raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really nowz..." she said in a higher pitched, not quite melodious voice compared to the throaty gravel tones of most male orcs. "Well. I can see youse had a su'cessful hunt already, little Runt. But real scowts gotta be able t'do more'n kill stuff gudder." She looked over Agar's head, back at the camp, and thought for a moment as she tapped one slender, black nailed finger on her chin. Then she smiled, showing her sharp canines.
"Alright, if'n ya wants to be like me... den take yer pick!" She reached into a pouch on her belt, and pulled out a bright green mushroom. "Ya can either go to da Deep Forest, which is Norff of dem High Cliffs to da East, and get me five o' these here Turtleshells...or..." She gestured back to the camp. "You can go sneak into dat dumbass Bogaht's tent, over near da biggest firepit on da souff side o' da camp, an' bring me his gold pouch!" She sniffed. "And it better not be empty when ya bring it back!"
New Optional Quests are Available:
Quest Giver: Head Hunter Shamar
Quest Details: Choose ONE:
- Go to the Deep Forest, and gather 5 Turtleshell Mushrooms
- Sneak into Bogaht's tent and retrieve his gold pouch without getting caught
As she watched Agar mull over his options, Shamar crossed her arms and idly twirled her tanning knife between her fingers.
"Ya betta choose quick, Runt. Da Deep Forest is at least an hour's walk from camp, and it's already noon--an' trust me, ya don't wanna be out after dark at your size. But, Bogaht usually takes a long nap right after lunch, so if ya wanna grab his stuff while he's outta his tent then ya better skedaddle over there..."
Gonna go ahead and start on an update, anyone working on a post feel free to continue!
Carmina will most probably cook and eat goblin. Would that kill her? 😅
Nope! I mean, unless the corpse ends up badly poisoned, or had some disease, etc etc. But generally with proper prep an Orc can stomach just about any creature.
Personally, the more successful roleplays I've been a member of here and elsewhere had some sort of goal. In some sandboxes, I had to provide that goal for myself and had other players join in.
Agreed. I've seen open-world/sandbox type RPs do well in some ways, though, by throwing down several "mini-adventures" instead of trying to weave some grand narrative that combines every Player's backstories and goals. For instance, re-fluffing a DnD one-shot or using one of the internet's "random generator" sites to populate a Skyrim-esque bandit camp. Then the GM can just build off that--maybe the bandits' lookout is a lone goblin who runs like a coward to save his own skin, and he ends up running into the Players again after he's evolved into a bigger and badder hobgoblin, now leading his own gang.
My own character's goals are probably just going to follow Maslow's hierarchy--probably with "inadvertently become a warlord" under "Esteem Needs," lol.
He hasnt touched the harpy just the wurms tail. He used the charcoal to attempt to draw out the vennom in the harpy.
Right but was he also starting a fire to cook the tatzelwurm, while waiting for the poison to leech out of the harpy, or did he just consume the wurm raw?
@ReusableSword Did Agar cook what he ate over a fire built with gathered charcoal, or just raw?
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