D&D with the Doodlies - Challenge 1 2017

[Jessebel]

Jessebel has just been practicing sneaking up on people using her new skill. I walked 7 miles today.

 

I feel sad about the dolphins. 

 

Jessebel blends into the ocean floor and thinks about the best course of action. 

[Terah]

Attack 23:00 GMT

The Elsewhale bites MickChele

 

Attack 24:00 GMT

The Elsewhale bites Sylvaa, but then her ring starts to glow. The bite mark disappears and appears on the Elsewhale itself. 

 

Attack 03:00 GMT

Jessebel has discuised herself using her ring, but it doesn't matter: the Elsewhale manages to hit her with it's tail.

 

Attack 07:00 GMT

The big monster turns to MickChele again and hits her with it's tail.

 

Attack 12:00 GMT

Now it's Shello's turn: the beast hits her with it's tail. She almost got out of it's way, but wasn't lucky enough. 

[Oramac]

Seeing his friends getting hit so much, Oramac springs into action.  Swimming as fast as he can, followed closely by Max, he instructs his pet to flank the great monster and attack along with him.  In a maddening flurry of blows and claws, he and Max strike the beast 42 times, in a massive display of the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.  

 

 

So......I finished the workout I listed above, plus around 8 hours of music.  I went to dinner with my mom, so it was less than normal.  I might start adding some of those d6 workouts into my normal rotation.  It was kinda fun to have random stuff thrown in.  

 

If possible, I would like Max to get half of my attacks, as well.  

[Terah]

19 minutes ago, Oramac said:

If possible, I would like Max to get half of my attacks, as well.

Sure, you are free to tell me how you want to attack. If you don't post anything about that I'll make it up myself  

 

22 minutes ago, Oramac said:

Seeing his friends getting hit so much, Oramac springs into action.  Swimming as fast as he can, followed closely by Max, he instructs his pet to flank the great monster and attack along with him.  In a maddening flurry of blows and claws, he and Max strike the beast 42 times, in a massive display of the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.  

The creature whales in agony, its fury is clearly visible in its eyes.

 

Spoiler

Whale plus 42 equals

One of the best parts in the book  

 

[Sylvaa]

Sylvaa looks at her ring, shocked and excited to see it doing something!

 

She follows up with 6 hits to the Elsewhere. Take that for trying to take down my friends!

 

Listened to music yesterday.

[Terah]

Attack 15:00 GMT

The Elsewhale attacks Oramac, but his loyal companion swims in front of him and takes the hit. 

[Terah]

Attack 19:00 GMT

@MickChele gets bitten by the creature again. She is bleeding badly, but she's still kicking

[Shello]

I'm listening to music today as I work but I don't want to count the time until I'm done or I'll forget where to start counting again..

 

But I can take 1 shot with my Ram Petronus Ring.  

[Terah]

12 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

I'm listening to music today as I work but I don't want to count the time until I'm done or I'll forget where to start counting again..

 

But I can take 1 shot with my Ram Petronus Ring.  

A beam of light comes out of the ring and strikes the creature at his core.

 

You dealt 4 damage with that ring.

I also love how you named it  

[Shello]

The beast is reeling from it's hit from the Patronus but LadyShello can see it's got a lot more damage to deal and when it strikes, it strikes hard.  Before the whale has a chance to strike back, LadyShello centers herself and gathers her strength.  In a whirlwind of movement, I circle the beast and repeatedly striking it with my trident.  With every strike the beast moves slower, and I continue to circle it, striking, faster with each strike.  

 

Spoiler

17 dice roll workout = 34 hits

5 hours of music = 20 hits

[Terah]

Attack 22:00 GMT

The beast attacks Jessebel 

 

Attack 23:00 GMT

The beast bites MickChele. She is seriously hurt and can't take much more.

 

6 hours ago, LadyShello said:

The beast is reeling from it's hit from the Patronus but LadyShello can see it's got a lot more damage to deal and when it strikes, it strikes hard.  Before the whale has a chance to strike back, LadyShello centers herself and gathers her strength.  In a whirlwind of movement, I circle the beast and repeatedly striking it with my trident.  With every strike the beast moves slower, and I continue to circle it, striking, faster with each strike.  

 

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17 dice roll workout = 34 hits

5 hours of music = 20 hits

The Elsewhale twists and turns as it tries to escape Shello's wrath, but it's no use. The creature is wounded, but not ready to give up yet.

 

Attack 02:00 GMT

The creature launches itself against Oramac and hits him with its tail. 

[Terah]

Attack 12:00 GMT

The Elsewhale attacks Oramac again

[Terah]

<meta talk>

I was thinking of altering some things in the rulebook, and I would really like your oppinions and ideas about this. 

 

The first one is about the Health Points (HP). What I do now is give everyone a certain number of health points and every time you get hit you loose 1 point. It works fine, but not very transparent.  I now give you all 6 HP's + 2 HP if you have chosen to wear armor. (Max has 4 HP) If this is more transparent I can give you the option to buy better armor for example. 

And maybe add a challenge to increase your HP. Make it like one of your skills so to speak.

 

The second thing was about the magic skill. I want to make a spell book and every level you gain, you can choose one or more spells to put in your own spell book to use during the story or in combat. Could this work?

 

What do you guys think about this?

</meta talk>

[Shello]

I like the spellbook idea but at the same time I like having things open so we can apply our magic using our imagination in battle and then use our level to determine if it's successful.  

 

Making the change to increase our HP with levels and having better armor makes it more realistic.  This would make it more interesting when we have characters who have been on lots of adventures and new characters playing together.  

[Terah]

4 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

I like the spellbook idea but at the same time I like having things open so we can apply our magic using our imagination in battle and then use our level to determine if it's successful.  

The reason I suggested this is because it's hard for the DM to decide if a spell works or not, and players don't exactly know what they can do with the magic ability. 

Off course we can add whatever spell we think of during the story to the spellbook. And off course the spells in the spellbook do require imagination to some degree.

Here are some spells I've come up with until now, to give you some idea of what I'm thinking

Spoiler

Each level you gain you can choose one of these spells to put in your spellbook

 

Vicious Mockery

Insult your enemies to death.

For this spell to work you need to come up with an insult, and your opponent must be someone that can understand insults. (This won’t work if you’re fighting a lion for example.)

Damage: 1D magic level (so level 1 = 1 damage, level 2 = 1D2 damage, level 3 = 1D3 damage etc.)

 

You can use this spell once each fight per opponent (you can insult all your opponents seperatly)

 

Lucky Bastard

Add your magic skill level to your luck skill level (this also works if your luck skill level is 0).

So if you have luck level 2, and magic level 3, your luck skill will become 5 for the duration of the spell.

 

This spell last 24 hours IRL

 

Jedi Mind Tricks

You can make others believe everything you want. The more outrageous the lie, the higher the difficulty level.

For example: You are magic level 15. You try to convince the king that he’s a shapeshifting imposter and you are the true king. This is very difficult to sell.

So your DM sets the difficulty on level 10. Now roll a D15 (15 is your magic skill level). If this is 10 or higher you pass.

 

Become an animal

Change yourself into an animal. Any animal. The spell last the number of hours that is equal to your magic skill level.

 

 

9 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

Making the change to increase our HP with levels and having better armor makes it more realistic.  This would make it more interesting when we have characters who have been on lots of adventures and new characters playing together.  

Very true

[Shello]

3 minutes ago, Terah said:

The reason I suggested this is because it's hard for the DM to decide if a spell works or not, and players don't exactly know what they can do with the magic ability. 

Off course we can add whatever spell we think of during the story to the spellbook. And off course the spells in the spellbook do require imagination to some degree.

Here are some spells I've come up with until now, to give you some idea of what I'm thinking

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Each level you gain you can choose one of these spells to put in your spellbook

 

Vicious Mockery

Insult your enemies to death.

For this spell to work you need to come up with an insult, and your opponent must be someone that can understand insults. (This won’t work if you’re fighting a lion for example.)

Damage: 1D magic level (so level 1 = 1 damage, level 2 = 1D2 damage, level 3 = 1D3 damage etc.)

 

You can use this spell once each fight per opponent (you can insult all your opponents seperatly)

 

Lucky Bastard

Add your magic skill level to your luck skill level (this also works if your luck skill level is 0).

So if you have luck level 2, and magic level 3, your luck skill will become 5 for the duration of the spell.

 

This spell last 24 hours IRL

 

Jedi Mind Tricks

You can make others believe everything you want. The more outrageous the lie, the higher the difficulty level.

For example: You are magic level 15. You try to convince the king that he’s a shapeshifting imposter and you are the true king. This is very difficult to sell.

So your DM sets the difficulty on level 10. Now roll a D15 (15 is your magic skill level). If this is 10 or higher you pass.

 

Become an animal

Change yourself into an animal. Any animal. The spell last the number of hours that is equal to your magic skill level.

 

 

Very true

 

I don't have the magic skill but I'd be inclined to add it if I could viciously mock someone to death.  I think it would be a good blend if there are some magic spells that are more general too.. 

The Hand of God - telekinesis powers in general so you could still use your imagination to apply it conveniently in battle

Something like a Magic Missile

something that can restrain enemies

something defensive - like a magical Cone of Silence or the Boy in the Bubble

 

 

[Terah]

I like the way you think!

 

I'll add them

 

This is the link to the spellbook so far. 

[Terah]

17 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

Magic Missile

I made this a patronus spell  

 

17 minutes ago, LadyShello said:

something that can restrain enemies

In my google search for inspiration I found this...

Spoiler

 

[Shello]

2 minutes ago, Terah said:

I made this a patronus spell  

 

In my google search for inspiration I found this...

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That is hilarious.  Given this child's current predicament she looks a little too happy. The only explanation that makes sense is they got the jacket on her too late. 

[Terah]

With all this meta talk I almost forgot to post the next attack >_<

 

Attack 19:00 GMT

The Elsewhale comes after Shello and bites her. 

 

<meta>

To test how you like seeing your HP, here the scores until now:

The first number is the HP you've lost, and the second number is the total amount of HP you've got. 

So Jessebel for example can get hit an other 6 times before she dies, and MickChele will be dead after two more hits

After the battle you'll have to eat X portions of freggies where X is the number of HP you lost. 

 

Jessebel 2/8
Sylvaa 0/8
Shello 2/8
Oramac 2/8
   Max 1/4
MickChele 4/6

 

</meta>

[Jessebel]

I give MickChele a bandage for bleeding and an apple for healing. I toss Max my final apple.  

 

And I ate 2 serings of veggies today. 

 

Also,  Jessebel is passed, grabs her daggers tightly and charges at the beast. 

[MickChele]

AHHHHHHOOOOOOOOWCH! MickChele is questioning her place in the world.  4 Freggies for healing (assuming I can heal mid combat).

 

[Terah]

2 hours ago, Jessebel said:

 

I give MickChele a bandage for bleeding

 

You don't have your healing skill developed yet, so you can't do this.

 

2 hours ago, Jessebel said:

n apple for healing. I toss Max my final apple.  

 

And I ate 2 serings of veggies today. 

This will have to wait until after the battle. You can't exactly lay down a picknick while a monster is trying to attack you  

 

2 hours ago, MickChele said:

AHHHHHHOOOOOOOOWCH! MickChele is questioning her place in the world.  4 Freggies for healing (assuming I can heal mid combat).

 

Sorry, you can't. Heal with freggies I mean. Questioning your place in the word you can off course   

 

If you want to heal during battle you can use your healing, magic or luck skill (or a creative way of using one of your other skills). But taking a lunch break during a fight is not possible.

If you want to run from the fight you can. You'll use your endurance skill to see if you're fast enough. It helps if other team members help you by distracting the monster while you run by attacking at that moment or using their skills in some creative way.

But once you run, you're out of the fight and can't attack either. 

[Shello]

I'll try to use my healing skill on MickChele.  I also listened to music about 2 hours today.  

[Terah]

Attack 05:00 GMT

The creature attacks MickChele again. She is badly hurt.

 

Attack 06:00 GMT

Sylvaa takes the next hit 

 

Spoiler

Jessebel 2/8
Sylvaa 1/8
Shello 2/8
Oramac 2/8
   Max 1/4
MickChele 5/6