Domain Game Comments

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Yeah, I'm still planning. Expect it later tonight.

[Philote]

[Celadon's Penultimate]

[Philote]

I'm going to poke all the RPs to see if somebody will do something  Starting with this one.

[Philote]

Vault, could you add in the titles of each person, such as "Heir of Power" to the first post where it has their orbs listed please? I think it would be helpful to have a reference since the number of characters are growing.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

I like the way I handled that. I think I'm going to roll every fine use of power from now on. Orb level will now be directly added to any roll that I do. In addition, Bonds and circles are now worth pluses on rolls. A circles bonus is determined by the number of people in it, and they must all be together to get the bonus.

Bonds differ based on the type of relationship. You only get a bonus from the strongest bond in the party.
Respect: 2
Friendship: 3
Romance: 5
Enemies: -4

Now, someone please point out how I just broke the game.

Also, Wulf, would you like a recap?

[Philote]

Are you saying you did, or that you want somebody to check if you did?

If we get Arthur in a Romance we could have a +5 to nearly all future rolls to everyone around him.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Yes, a recap would be nice.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Philote wrote

Are you saying you did, or that you want somebody to check if you did?

If we get Arthur in a Romance we could have a +5 to nearly all future rolls to everyone around him.

No,  just Arthur. And he's a weird case anyway in that all of his words are automatic successes. The roll will just determine degree of success.

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Yes, a recap would be nice

Our protagonist, Arthur Aardvark, woke up in a void with no memory of how he got there. Encountering a girl named Marion in the void, she proceeded to ask his a series of questions and give his a strange wrist computer before he vanished and found himself in a chest. He was released by Amanda and Armand, the last to members of blue team playing some sort of deadly game of which Arthur was now a competitor. Apparently, the Blue prince had convinced most of their team to defect to Red, resulting in the wholesale slaughter of those that hadn't except for Armand, Amanda, and Marion. Marion Vanished some time ago, though how much isn't know since "time is weird" in the game world. They are then attacked by a defector named Malcolm, whom Amanda kills with extreme prejudice. They then leave.

After they leave, a mysterious red agent who had been watching the pair, Iris, reveled herself and called for a partner of hers, Esteban. He arrives and seems to create some sort of simulacrum of Malcolm from what remains of his coat. They talk for a bit about a coup de ta being organized by someone named Cassandra before slinking off into the forest. A mysterious presence see's all of this.

Arthur is taken back to the Blue teams cave hideout. There, he received a mail on the wrist computer showing three chest locations presumably holding more teammates. They decide to hit the farthest one first, defeating some wild creeps and gaining a new party member named Peter.

That night, the mysterious presence spies on the Red team members inhabiting the Base Canopy Masada discussing a blue team member that poped out of their chest. They seem divided on what to do with her, and reveal more of the conflict between Jessica, leader of Red team, and Cassandra, the Seer of life. Apparently, the Seer wants nothing to do with Jessica's New world. One girl, Nadine, leaves to check on the prisoner blue.

The nest morning, the groups decide to split up to get the other two chests. Arthur and Peter head for the Valley Dungeon. Along the way, Arthur uses a work to gain the loyalty of a group of Creeps (Who are whittled down to one as the day progresses). They make it to the valley, only to find it guarded by a huge Creep and a girl from red team. They manage to sneak into the valley and open the chest, reveling Marco the Architect, but are caught by the girl. Arthur realizes that this is Jessica, fully realized Heir of Power and leader of Red team. She reacts with confusion over who the new blues are and what they are doing, then excitement when she realizes that the game won't be boring anymore. She lets them leave without a fuss, but Arthur stops to talk. During their discussion, Arthur asks her point blank to join blue team. Jessica, partly because she likes the sound of beating the team she was formerly a part of and partly because Arthur's sheer bravado impresses her, agrees and defects. This causes the Creep she brought with her, Gulp, to go feral and attack since it was based on her template. Even reduced to half power, Jessica defeats the monster easily. The group leaves to back up Amanda and Armand as they head for Canopy Masada.

Cut back to that morning. Amanda and Armand head off to attack Canopy Masada. That's where we are now.

[Philote]

Gentleman Vaultboy wrote

You only get a bonus from the strongest bond in the party.

If somebody is in a romance with a person in a group of 6, does each of the 6 get the +5 bonus or did I understand it wrong?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

A bond bonus only counts for the two people who share the bond, and only one bond counts at a time.

Lets say Arthur is in the party with Amanda, Jessica, and Marion. If he has romance with Jessica, and friendship with Marion and Amanda then he gets a plus 5 on a roll from Jessica only.

If you want to have Arthur be a player and Romance all three of them, he still only gets one +5 from one of them.

Again, please tell me if you find some way to horrifically break this system so I can adjust.

[Philote]

Is it possible to create our own / new circles? How big can the circles be?

I think we should definitely roll a "Love at first sight" check on the next female to join our party

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Well, circles are a class thing. If you can come up with a reasonable combination of the people we have right now, sure. Make a case.

[Philote]

Ace, Heir, and another could make a nice circle

I originally though Architect would go well with Scholar, but since Architect is not a combat type class I'll have to think of another.

[Philote]

What abilities does Armand have?

I know he has the anti-sensing ability but I'm not sure what beyond that. Can he actually turn invisible or is he just really sneaky?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Armand is only invisible so long as he's moving.

[Philote]

Does he have any other void related powers or do we need to wait for more orbs to do that.

I just had an interesting idea. Is it possible for a person to change their Job/Class?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Nah, just that. He remains unsenseable as long as he's moving from point A to point B.

And no, that's not possible. Once you have a class, you're stuck with it.

[Philote]

Can we get a list of the descriptions of the classes we know so far?

Here are some class ideas I had:
Tower – Defensive class that raises up its domain in the area around it while stationary
Gate – class that opens the world to more of its domain
Bridge – class that connects parts of its domain together
Thug – class that breaks the rules of its domain
Jailer – class that locks its domain/enforces rules for its domain
Judge – class that sets rules for its domain
Farmer – Class that grows/generates its domain
Chef – class that prepares its domain/makes it physical
Glutton – class that consumes its domain
Spy – class that seeks out/collects knowledge of its domain. Mix between Seer and rogue
Schemer – class that activates knowledge of its domain.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Philote wrote

Here are some class ideas I had:
Tower – Defensive class that raises up its domain in the area around it while stationary
Gate – class that opens the world to more of its domain
Bridge – class that connects parts of its domain together
Thug – class that breaks the rules of its domain
Jailer – class that locks its domain/enforces rules for its domain
Judge – class that sets rules for its domain
Farmer – Class that grows/generates its domain
Chef – class that prepares its domain/makes it physical
Glutton – class that consumes its domain
Spy – class that seeks out/collects knowledge of its domain. Mix between Seer and rogue
Schemer – class that activates knowledge of its domain.

You are better at this than me.

Scholar: The power to learn and use one's domain.
Seer: Understanding, without power.
Mage: Power, without control.
Witch/Wizard: Control, without understanding.
Rogue: Their domain treads with them on their path.
Ace: Uses their domain to turn the tide.
Architect: Configures and captures bases.
Heir: The inheritor, acquiring the entirety of their domain.
Knight: Uses their domain to protect others.
Genius: Inherently knows all there is to know about their domain, but cannot learn.