[Open PvE Event] Nightmare Descends (Yh'mi, Furthest Point Part 2) - Combined OOC

[jaistlyn 8,067]

Original interest check

 

Spoiler

 

This is hard. This is so f-ing hard. Am I going to die here?

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Location: Yh'mi; Furthest Point, fledging battlement.

It has been weeks since we made it to the Furthest Point. We have been holding well, better than I expected. The group that arrived a week after us brought fresh supplies, which alleviated our desperate state. We have managed to retrieve a smattering of building supplies and tools from the two wagons that had been destroyed, but a lot of them are damaged, and all the food and has been stolen by our enemies. 

The creatures of Yh'mi made scattered attacks, but we have managed to hold them back. There have been casualties, those who had been taken down by surprise in the dark. A low wall has been built, reducing the chance of surprise attacks. But we cannot rest. We are vulnerable until the fort is completed. There will be many more gravestones on the ground before we reach our objective. May Gaia fold those who have fallen and will fall for the cause into her warm embrace.

-- Fidelitas, paladin of the Order of the White Hand.

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Claiming the Furthest Point Thread 2: Nightmare Descends

Background (for context, optional reading)

Spoiler

 

Context: Hey everyone! This is jaistlyn, board leader of Yh'mi, the land of fear and horrific monsters. Yh'mi is located on the southern end of Terrenus, and its borders are held back from the rest of Terrenus by a small order of paladins, the White Hand. A year ago, one of their own paladins was corrupted by Yh'mi's influence and led an army of Yh'mi's monsters to attack the White Hand's encampment (Inns'th). Deciding that they needed the rest of Terrenus to recognize this threat, the Head of the Order attended the Allied Nations of Terrenus forum to appeal for aid. With the increased manpower pledged by other nations signed in the treaty, the paladins decided to embark on an endeavour that they have tried and failed multiple times in the past - to build an outpost at the hill of the Furthest Point, a day's trek away from Inns'th. The hill would give them vantage across the Broken Plains: a large bare expanse of broken stones, as well as serve as a secure base for them to explore further into Yh'mi to discover its secrets and combat the evil.

Claming the Furthest Point thread part 1: A few weeks ago, a pioneer team had been sent out to bring the first wave of supplies to the Furthest Point, and to set the foundation for more people to arrive. They were ambushed along the way by Yh'mi's creatures, and two out of four of the supply wagons that they had been bringing with them were destroyed. Nevertheless, they pushed on and made it to the Furthest Point.

 

Plot of this thread

A group of adventurers, warriors, mercenaries as well as fearless builders have been building the foundations of the fort at Furthest Point. However, the next wave of attacks are coming, and this time, the attacks are not merely physical. Expect to be plunged into a realm of nightmares, hopelessness and despair. You will be fighting nightmare monsters, and trying to escape from your greatest fears.

Broad Mechanics (Read this carefully!)

• There will be dice rolls for fights. Similar to the first Furthest Point thread, I will be using the Roll12 system, but enhanced with changes. (You can see the Roll12 rules of the previous thread here, but some of the rules will be changed.) 
• This thread will be based on nightmare realms. Some players will get the chance to create their own nightmares that the rest of us play in and try to escape from. There will be monsters.
• Death can happen to your characters, but maybe not in the way you expect. I promise there will be no permadeath (unless you wish it to), but your character runs the risk of having perma damage, like lost body parts or madness etc. When you join the thread, you are agreeing to this!
• Characters continuing from the first Furthest Point will have a perk, that will be announced later. This represents their experience gained from dealing with the first wave of monsters.

Who can join?

Any player can join, and I will take any number of players, but take note that your character should not be expressedly evil, or undead (if they are in disguise, or don't act outwardly evil, that's fine). The Order of the White Hand are Gaianists after all, and they will not work alongside characters who are evil or Unnatural. Mercenaries, justice heroes, anyone from the ANT nations are good examples of characters who would fit in nicely.

Thread Pacing and Length

Each round lasts 2 weeks (sometimes extended to 3, over holidays and stuff). If you don't post by the end of the round, you will be skipped. Our last thread lasted for 4 months, I expect this to go on for a bit longer than that. 

When will the thread start?

End of March or beginning of April.

Rewards

There is IC gold given from the Order of the White Hand, but there are also opportunities for loot and weapon/armour upgrades if you stick till the end.

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This is still considered an initial interest check, I wanted to see how many people will be joining, before I finalize the dice roll mechanics! So if you would like to join, comment! If you are interested in being one of the players constructing the nightmare realms, do let me know that too! I might select people (to run the nightmare realms) if there are many of you interested in doing this. It will be selected based on activity and reliability of posting. I would not like to have to pick up GMing from someone else who disappears halfway. There is no limit to the number of regular players though.

Let me know if you have any questions! ?

Tagging everyone active from the previous thread. New players are also welcome! Please explicitly let me know if you will be joining!: @HollowCipher @Thotification @EpicRome23 @sorainvoked @SelenaNichole @Dolor Aeternum @P.N.See @Tyler @ChaosLord @Lawman @Akiris @Fierach @notmuch_23 @zackrobbman, and also, since you expressed interest, @princeben07

 

Players: 

1. jaistlyn (Fidelitas)
2. Thotification (Sera, Khaki)
3. Fierach (Sheryl + 2)
4. Tyler (Murray and Cap Guy + numerous)
5. Grubbistch (Uldwar troops)
6. HollowCipher (Dan) [Nightmare realm potential creator]
7. EpicRome23 (Gormaric & Eri + numerous) [Nightmare realm potential creator]
8. sorainvoked (Aryssin)
9. princeben07
10. bfc (Hensch men)
11. Roen
12. P.N.See (Vlad)
13. SelenaNichole (Selena)
14. zackrobbman (Charlie) [Nightmare realm potential creator]
15. ChaosLord (Noah) [Nightmare realm potential creator]
16. Akiris (Ed) [Nightmare realm potential creator]
17. vielle
18. Veloci-Rapture (Leo Manville)
19. Dolor Aeternum (Soryn)
20. not_much23 (Challara)

 

 

Mechanics

1) Health Points (HP)

When a character suffers physical damage, their HP is lowered. At tip top condition, they are able to perform 3 actions in a turn. As they get injured, their movements slow and they get less and less actions. Your number of actions for the turn is based on your HP at the start of your turn. You don't immediately gain an extra action after healing, only on the next turn.

Every character starts with 5 HP.

Spoiler

 

• 5 HP & 4 HP - you can perform 3 actions.
• 3 HP & 2 HP - you can perform 2 actions.
• 1 HP - you can perform 1 action.
• 0 HP - 'Death'. Something will happen to your character that I will reveal later on. But be prepared that there's a chance (d3 dice) your character will suffer a permanent injury. You will still be in the game after 'death'.

 

 

 

2) Sanity

Sanity affects your character's state of mind. The less sane you are, the more likely you are to miss or damage yourself, or even attack your team mates. I leave it to each of you as to what low sanity means for your character. Sanity rolls are applied per action, so if you use your first action to increase your sanity, you can use the improved sanity for the next action.

Characters who participated in the first arc starts from sanity of 4 due to mental exhaustion from the previous failure and prolonged stay in Yh'mi. Fresh characters start with sanity of 5.

Spoiler

 

• 5 sanity (new characters start here)
  • Flawless execution. All actions are successful.
• 4 sanity (existing characters start here) - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 2-3 = Miss.
  • 4-10 = Action successful
• 3 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 2-4 = Miss.
  • 5-10 = Action successful
• 2 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1-2 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 3-4 = Miss.
  • 5-10 = Action successful
• 1 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1-2 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 3-5 = Miss.
  • 6-10 = Action successful
• 0 sanity - Before taking any action, roll d3. If result is 1, attack your closest team mate for 1 HP. If result is 2 or 3, roll d10 for each action. 
  • 1-3 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 4-5 = Miss.
  • 6-10 = Action successful

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Old Sanity table (for reference only)

Spoiler

 

• 5 sanity (new characters start here)
  • Flawless execution. All actions are successful.
• 4 sanity (existing characters start here) - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 2-3 = Miss.
  • 4-10 = Action successful
• 3 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 2-4 = Miss.
  • 5-10 = Action successful
• 2 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1-2 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 3-5 = Miss.
  • 6-10 = Action successful
• 1 sanity - Roll d10 for each action.
  • 1-3 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 4-7 = Miss.
  • 8-10 = Action successful
• 0 sanity - Before taking any action, roll d2. If result is 1, attack your closest team mate for 1 HP. If result is 2, roll d10 for each action. 
  • 1-3 = Backfire. You take 1 damage.
  • 4-7 = Miss.
  • 8-10 = Action successful

 

 

 

 

3) Skills

Unlike the previous round, your character has a set of skills that they draw from, which differs from character to character. Each character will choose a set of skills from the skills list below. This will form the list of actions that your character gets to choose from every turn. Everyone will get 3 normal skills. On top of that, characters from the first thread will get 3 special skills, and new characters only get 2 special skill. The extra 1 special skill represents the characters gaining experience from the last battle and being able to form a better strategy for this fight. Movement does not require an action, but the distance you can move per turn should make narrative sense.

Choose the actions that fit your character's fighting style the most! Support characters (heal, buff etc) could be as useful as offensive characters.

 

• Normal skills (choose 3 for your character) - Has no usage limit. Can be stacked in that turn (e.g. attack 3 times). You can delay 1 action over to the next turn (e.g. if you have 3 actions, you can delay 1 action so you have 4 the next turn).
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  • Attack enemy for 1 HP. (This can be melee, ranged, magic, etc)
  • Defend. Block or avoid one attack for the next turn only. Can only apply to yourself.
  • Heal. +1 HP for self or others. You can heal someone within line of sight (unless your character’s healing skill requires them to touch the patient - it’s up to you if you want to play it that way)
  • Meditate or calm your mind. +1 sanity for self.
  • Buff. +1 to any future dice roll. Stackable to max of +3, has to be consumed all at once.
  • Taunt. Get 1 enemy to focus its attention on you. Its next attack will be directed at you. You can taunt within line of sight/hearing range, depending on how you taunt.

   

• Special skills (existing characters choose 3, new characters choose 2) - Each one of these actions can only be used 3 times throughout this whole Furthest Point Part 2 arc. These actions are still affected by sanity, but if they miss or backfire, then they are not considered to be used. Use them wisely!
• Spoiler

  • Mass healing (3 uses). Heal up to 5 characters (1 HP) around you within line of sight. It can include yourself.
  • Area attack (3 uses). Attack (-1 HP) to up to 5 enemies within line of sight.
  • Counter-attack (3 uses). Avoid an attack directed at you, and counter the attacker for 1 HP. This can be used at anytime when you are attacked, and it does not count towards your actions taken for the turn. (Free use.)
  • Mass rally (3 uses). +1 Sanity for up to 5 characters around you within line of sight. It can include yourself.
  • Passive defence (3 uses). Mitigate the HP damage on the target the next time they get hit (it persists until the time when HP damage would be done). Can be used on self or others. (An example is a magical shield that provides protection for the next hit.)
  • Area defence (3 uses). Block attacks and sanity drains from 1 attack for up to 5 characters around you within line of sight for the next turn only. It can include yourself.
  • Advanced buff (3 uses). +2 effect to any normal skill (e.g. Meditate gives sanity +3, Attack gives damage +3 etc. For Defend, it will lengthen the effect of the Defence to 3 turns) Use of this action does not count towards your number of actions for that turn. It cannot be used to buff special skills. (Free use.)

   

  Custom skills & notes for some characters

  • Stationary unit - Unit cannot move. Applies to P.N. See's turret.
  • Distract (4 uses) - Draws an enemy's attention away so that its first action has to be used to respond to the distraction. Applies to EpicRome's Ilene Cantu.
  • Trample (4 uses) - An attack that deals 1 damage and knocks the enemy to the ground. Any one who is knocked down needs to take 1 action to stand up. Can only be used on non-bosses and anything that has a physical body. Applies to EpicRome's Surus.
  • Sustained damage (4 uses): Deals 1 extra damage to the target. The sustained damage cannot be buffed. Can be applied to an attack of your choice and does not use up an action point.  (Free use) Applies to notmuch's Challara.
  • Limited heal (1 use): Heals a character at 3 or 4 HP, OR remove one injury-based, non-poison condition (such as bleeding). The cooldown time is longer than the entirety of the thread will take. Applies to notmuch's Challara.

   

Q: Can I choose an action not on the list when building my character's skills? A: Yes, but run your idea by me for approval please! 

Q: Can I change my skills halfway through the thread? A: I have no plans to allow for that right now, but if we find any of the skills problematic later on, I may allow a change. 

Put your characters here!:

 

 

IC thread:

Edited October 25, 2019 by jaistlyn

[Zashiii 4,154]

Coming back with just Sera and Khaki ?

[Fierach 3,359]

I'll be here with the Knightess Sheryl, along with two NPC Custodes from the Order. A Guardian and Seeker respectively (warrior and ranger types).

[princeben07 1,135]

Oh YES!!!!!  Is this my TRUE-GANGSTA Jazzy? Oh THANK you for not forgetting about me......!!!

 

I've got the PERFECT Character!!!!!

 

lATER.......MUSIC AND BEER!!!

 

bENNY

[Tyler 6,310]

Murray and Deckel will still be there, and I'll be refitting their infamous SQUAAAAD with some new crazy misfits.

If it fits, I could also have a squad of Norkotian regulars (or a group of engineers) present to bolster the defense, can say they came in with the second wave.

[Grubbistch 3,859]

I would like to give this another try, as I don't want my contributions to be for naught.

[HollowCipher 1,459]

Dan will return.

[EpicRome23 2,027]

Gormaric and Eri will be returning! I'll also be bringing along a reasonable number of Aligorian troops this time, though specific composition/numbers will be under discussion. I'll be bringing at least one of the war elephants in any case, if not both. ?

Also, I'm interested in constructing a nightmare realm. (We express our interest in that here, yes? lmao) Suffice to say that Gormaric has experience with such a thing, interestingly enough...

[sorainvoked 432]

Aryssin will come back and kick butt ?

[jaistlyn 8,067]

@Fierach  @Thotification

Welcome back! Let me know how many characters are rolling the dice this time round. 

 

@HollowCipher @sorainvoked

Good to have you back!

 

@Tyler @EpicRome23

Yep, you can have more people joining at the Furthest Point with the second wave of people, but please also let me know how many dice you are rolling! And Epic, yup, express nightmare realm interest here too!

 

@Grubbistch I am planning for the enemies you've created to appear in the third (and final) thread though. ? But you're definitely welcome to join this one!

 

@princeben07 I'm a little confused by your reply.. does that mean you want to join, or that you're contributing music and beer? ?

[Tyler 6,310]

I'll roll only one dice. The extra squad, whether it be grunts or engies, will be for flavor (meaning they die freely for horror effect and such).

[HollowCipher 1,459]

Dan's worst nightmares are coming out?

......... >__>

[Zashiii 4,154]

Only one roll for me as well...Khaki is just there for flavor...

[bfc 2,722]

What ho!

Heard you were running into a spot of monster trouble. Perhaps these fine gentlemen might be of assistance?

[jaistlyn 8,067]

@Thotification I regret ever saying the word "flavour"...

 

@bfc YASSS! It's the Hensch men! ohhhh them with the Norkotians are gonna cause so much hilarity... Also! The inspiration for the nightmare realm came partly from your thread, those years ago.