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Late and with more rust than a scrapyard after a hurricane but posto?
On a completely different note Adelle + rain + lots of movement equals...
I swear your honor I wasn't distracted I was diligently observing everything about the fight in the hopes of realizing an opportunity!
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
By the way, now that the cats outta the bag on regalia, an interesting tidbit on manny, is I wanted to create an actual person like murderer. Someone who was charismatic, funny, even somewhat kind...who also, really, really got off on killing folks.
you guys are lucky he didn’t run into any little girls. I dunno if I could have resisted having him start calling one “button”
So after a bit of thought, I've decided to change up how a few things work in Oni (as far as mechanics are concerned).
First of all, I'm adjusting the scale on stats. This is only a minor change though. The rating for "average human" will still be considered 10; however, "low-end servant" has been dialed back to 28. Again, small, but significant if you can pull it off.
Continuing on, I'm changing how a couple of the various mechanics work.
Disengaging/Fleeing
Running away from battle will no longer be decided solely on your stats. It will be determined by a saving throw with an increased chance of success if you have equal or higher stats. Additionally, this is not exclusive to AGI anymore. EVA can now also be used to make a break for it immediately after a dodge or such.
Berserking (Feeding Sanity into Will)
Remains largely the same. The difference being it is now possible to gain stats without entering a state of insanity. This works on a +1/-1 to offense and defense (up to +5/-5) based on the amount of Sanity spent. To elaborate, if you dump 5 Will into Sanity (at once), you will gain +5 STR, MAG, and AGI. However, you will see a -5 to DEF, M.DEF, and EVA.
Sneak Attacks
Remain largely the same. The difference being that a successful sneak attack will half an enemy's EVA for damage calculation. That being said, the EVA reduction does not occur for targets using a Prepped Counter.
Executions/Visceral Kills
After a crippling wound has been inflicted with a precision strike or otherwise, it is possible to target that wound with a subsequent precision attack. If this attack lands, it will take advantage of the injury and immediately finish that target.
Clarity
Somewhat of a new mechanic that I think will add to the game. In battle, if you spend your turn hanging back and observing (that is not attacking, prepping a move, or otherwise), you can gain 1 SAN on the spot. Furthermore, this maneuver works with actions like Recon and sneaking.
Total Clarity
Basically the "clarity" you've all come to know. Occurs when someone hits 25 SAN. Makes nearly any action you do successful for a single turn and provides significant modifiers. However, SAN will return to its base value once the turn is over.
Pair-Up and Switch
If you're fighting alongside a teammate or ally, it is possible to be treated as one unit. To elaborate, say an enemy attacks you. The person with the higher EVA will step in to take care of the evasive maneuvers using their stats. Likewise, if the decision is to tank, the person with the higher DEF steps forward to take the hit. And so on. Your attacks however are treated separately. And you must remain within immediate proximity of your friend for any of this to work.
Fighting Spirit
If you have 15 or more Will when an attack would result in your HP hitting 0/death, you may survive with 1 HP. Will is reduced by 2 with each proc.
And that's all. Lemme know if you guys have any questions. Updates will resume shortly.
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
How does pair up and switch interact with reckless defender?
text - [If Yuuta's AGI is greater than or equal to the AGI of an enemy attacking an ally, Yuuta can intercept the attack and take the damage in place of the teammate. Can be used in conjunction with a Prepped Counter.]
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
A question as a possible host, assuming that I might be able to GM a match between two sides: In what sort of state would the characters be going into battle? Is that to be decided on a case-by-case basis? The same question applies to their Sanity.
Also, what monsters are allowed?
I do have a lot of free time, so if anyone needs a host who can start virtually immediately, I can GM.
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Oh coolieo that's useful.
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
"Real or imaginary, it doesn't matter. Even if in a dream, if a monster is there, the only thing to do is slaughter it."
"Let's start with you. Consider this payback for giving 'me' a hard time back then."
"As I am now, you're only fit to be my warmup."
Sakaki Shin Challenges Mephist
"..."
"Oh, are some of you students still alive? Join in if you'd like. It doesn't matter either way."
An Ominous Shadow Approaches
★
One Star Battle
Mephist
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
posting to reassure bloble that yes, i'm in
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Okay, I'm not sure what people will be up for, I decided to make three options to pick from with various different gimmicks. People can pick which ones they want to do, and I'll host each in succession.
I don't know whether two arenas can be held at once, but I figure that I might as well post this in order to gauge interest:
Shifting Sands
Of Beasts and Betrayal
The Hollow Grave
Last edited by Draconic; January 14th, 2020 at 10:49 PM. Reason: Same people probably aren't still up for it...
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I'm down for Beasts and Betrayal and/or Hollow Grave.
"I promise nothing." - Sei "Kanra" Slayers
Resident Sadist. Enjoys stepping and sitting on people.
Avid lover of butts and anime.
I want to play hollow grave.
[18:30] RacingeR: Max S.Link with hero is when you promise your daughter to him
[18:31] RacingeR: Which means Airen and me are the only ones that maxed it (I promised Spin to him, and Spin is my daughter)
[18:32] hero: oh shit
[18:32] hero: spincess get
[18:32] hero: suck it fuckers
You just want to redeem Masahiro in some fashion, don't you? At least he might succeed here. That said, I might be more merciful than Sei, but as long as I've got my Keeper persona on, I may be attempting to kill you all at any given moment. I only wish I could have a crazed axe murderer burst though a wall after someone gets left alone.*
Who'll you be playing as, Sei? Haruka?
*[The first time I played Mansions of Madness, one of my friends got left behind in a literal hole in the ground, and as per the rules, an axe murderer was actually required to burst out of the wall, so one just burst out of the side of the hole. No one knows where it came from. There wasn't even a tunnel behind him! So, in theory, I could still do this. But I won't. I have another idea that's both more believable, and infinitely meaner. ]
I should probably start coming up with puzzles.
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Manny, so underpowered. Doesnt know any magic and a gun n00b.
please pity him
also, watch as I take first point on a new trail! many people have self removed willpower for story purposes, but I have now removed equipment for no reason beyond character building! suck it!
My god, Manny is terrifying. You're really good, Tobias. I pity the next of your classmates that finds you. Whether you kill them, or they kill you. If it's the second, I kind of hope that it's one of the people who's got something of a conscience. Not many of those left though…
interested in joining any of my arena games? Manny would be fantastic in any of them.
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