D'Jinn Keeper

[thunteater]

"You have been selected for an exclusive look at our new game, 'D'jinn Keeper 3'! You and a choice group of people will have the chance to get your hands on this amazing piece of gaming software, fifteen years in the making! Enclosed is your round trip airline ticket and your check-in pass for your hotel accommodations. Can't wait to see you there!"

With those fateful words, everything you knew of this world was shattered. Thousands of people attended this "Sneak Peak" of D'jinn Keeper 3, a game that you had been looking forward to ever since D'jinn Keeper 1 and 2. For years, there was a massive legal battle over the rights to the game, until, finally, BullGrippli Interactive managed to wrestle control, and began pumping all of the current-gen tech, and tons of next-gen, into the project. After years of silence, you find yourself sitting in front of a computer, in a room absolutely packed with other gamers like yourself. The smell of pizza and body odor is strong in the air, and despite the air conditioning of the small convention center working overtime, the sheer amount of people has made the room quite stifling.

Thus, when your vision begins to swim, just a bit, you write it off as the heat. That is, until your vision goes black, and you find yourself someplace else.




Premise:

D'jinn Keeper finds you, an average gamer, trapped within the world of D'jinn Keeper. What was considered just a game, was actually a gateway into an entirely different dimension. A dimension with rules very different than our own. You will find yourself possessing one of the inhabitants of this realm, whom refer to you as a 'D'jinn-Bred'. D'jinn are mighty creatures capable of controlling the minds of the creatures of the realm, by ensconcing themselves into a massive crystal.

This prevents them from moving around on their own, or defending themselves with any means, besides magic, and thus, they normally task their minions to build massive dungeons around them. Of course, magic takes fuel, and a D'jinns magic is fueled by mana, which can be ripped from alchemical practices utilizing gold and gemstones. The D'jinn Crystal itself draws power from the souls of those slain within the Dungeon, however, the more exposure one has to a D'jinn Crystal, the less power it can draw from their souls, should they die. As such, most D'jinn try to lure adventurers into their dungeon, by setting out loot and spreading rumors across the realm. The trick is then to slay these adventurers, and harvest their souls, thus making the D'jinn Crystal even more powerful, unlocking new spells, greater magical power sources, and allowing the D'jinn within to utilize new powers and abilities, such as Auras and Boons.

Though D'jinn-Born can be reborn, should they die, their spirits will wander, until they randomly possess a new creature. This possession is automatic, and thus, they cannot control what creature they are reborn into. Two D'jinn cannot dwell within a single D'jinn Crystal, and as such, the previous crystal must either be destroyed, and a new one built on its place, or the previous D'jinn ejected somehow, in order to claim a dungeon as your own.

Though true D'jinn have a corporeal form, like other such 'monsters', D'jinn-Born do not, having the spirit and some of the abilities of a D'jinn, but not all. All players are D'jinn-Born, and will be randomly placed within one of the creatures in the Dungeon, if they should die. D'jinn-Born may pick one of the creatures in the Dungeon to possess, at the start of the game.

The goals of the game are truly up to you, but finding your way back to your original world, would certainly be of interest to some.

Of course, it might seem like claiming the D'jinn Crystal for yourself is a grand goal, but D'jinn within a D'jinn Crystal must have the acceptance of all creatures aligned with its D'jinn Crystal, in order to perform actions, or issue orders. Until your arrival, this was not a problem, as the creatures were all enslaved to the D'jinn within the Crystal. With your arrival, however, this is not the case, and as such, the D'jinn will need to offer choices to the D'jinn-Born, and get the majority to agree with it, before he can issue forth orders.

Should the D'jinn Crystal be destroyed, the creatures within the Dungeon will go "Blank", essentially falling into a coma. What effect this has on the D'jinn-Born is yet to be known.

[gamecreator]

This is quite intriguing, but what are the rules? It seems there will be some voting system too.

[Donnigan]

This sounds pretty badass...Dibs on a Minotaur!

[thunteater]

How it works:

At the start of the game, players will vote on a few variables, relating to the dungeon, adjusting difficulty up and down. The effect of a vote will not be known, until the game starts.

Players will be able to pick two preferred creatures to possess at the start of the game. Die will be rolled to determine which you get to possess. Should a player be killed, their stats and skills, and gear (unless recovered) are lost, and a die will be rolled (When they choose to reincarnate) to determine what creature currently living in the dungeon that they revive as.

Players must maintain Monster Morale (MM), Mana Reserves (MR), Food Stocks (FS), Dungeon Crystal Stability (DCS), and Resource Stocks (RS) during the game.

Should FS run below what is required to keep the Dungeon Running, Die will be rolled to determine who, and what, starves off. It will also be rolled to determine if MM drops. A variety of FS items is required, as some Monsters are Herbivores and some are Carnivores, while a few are Omnivores and Metalivores.

MM is determined by having suitable living quarters for specific monster types, having foods they like, and having activities they like, as well as by the quality of the dungeon and recent events. Working monsters too hard can lead to some heavy MM drops. MM is gauged on a "Per Race" basis, meaning that Gremlins and Skeletons have separate MM bars.

MR is what keeps the D'jinn Crystal 'alive', it slowly drains a small portion every week, and if it ever drops to zero, the D'jinn within the Crystal will begin to dissolve, eventually causing the D'jinn Crystal to shatter. MR are also required for the casting of spells, and maintaining of some. This means that gold is almost literally the lifeblood of the dungeon, and thus, you must strike a careful balance between luring adventurers in with it, and using it to bolster defenses, while keeping the D'jinn Crystal alive.

DCS is capable of being damaged by hostile spells, or simply attacking the D'jinn Crystal. Should the DCS reach zero, the crystal will destabilize, and explode violently. DCS can be repaired by fusing specific gemstones to the crystal. It will not regenerate on its own.

RS is split into a few different categories, to be discovered in game. The primarily, initial categories include Wood, Stone, Bone, Flesh, and Copper. It is up to the players to discover new materials and techniques.


Player creatures will gain EXP based on the actions they perform. This EXP will automatically be spent on the skill used while earning it. The Skills available to the player will be determined by the creature they are currently possessing. Creatures who try to use a skill that is not attuned to their specific creature type, will learn it at 1/4th of the rate that a creature attuned to it would, and will only be able to utilize 75% of that skills total level.

Player creature stats will be raised based on the actions they perform.

Player perks are tied to the Players spirit, and as such, persist, even when they die and inhabit a new creature. Perks are discovered via items, experimentation, spells, or as rewards from the D'jinn Crystal.

Most items are left behind on the material plane, when a creature dies, removing it from the players grasp. Some special items, however, are not effected by this. Known as Soul-String items, these items will shift to the spirit realm, should a player die, and reappear on the material plane when they possess a new creature. These items are extremely rare.

Every player can make one action a week (which is what I'm calling a round. It may or may not be a full week, determined by how often I'm available to update things. I'd like to shoot for at least twice a week, so two rounds a week. Early rounds might end faster than later rounds, as we get the game rolling.), which may or may not fail, based on a roll, and their own stats and skills.

The D'jinn Crystal can take up to four actions a week, or can sacrifice an action to strengthen the chances of another action succeeding.

The D'jinn Crystals ability to fail or succeed a chosen task is based on the current upgrades it has, its current level, and the current structures and creatures available within the Dungeon at the time.

Monsters can be assigned to specific tasks during the Week, by the D'jinn Crystal, via player votes.

Jobs will be discovered as the game progresses, but initial jobs are: Resource Gatherer, Guard Duty, Cooking, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Hunting, Carpentry, Coonstruction, Tunneling.

Anatomy Of A "Week"

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Each Turn is refereed to as a "Week", as a week passes in the game world. At the start of each Week, I will state on what day the next Week will start.

A Week proceeds as follows:

Current Dungeon Map is Posted.

The D'jinn Crystals Actions either fail, or succeed, from the previous Week.

Players who did not select an action will have performed a randomized action, at my choice. This will be rolled for, as normal, as well as having its Precedence rolled for, as normal.

All Actions performed by players, unless scale alters it otherwise, will be subject to a 1d3 "Precedence" roll. This roll determines when, during the "Week", the action occurs. A 1 means that it occurs instantly. A 2 means it occurs immediately after combat rounds. A 3 means it occurs at the end of the Week's actions.

For instance, your character is building spike traps. I roll a 2. Your Dungeon is invaded by a Hero. Unfortunately, he attacks before you can finish constructing the Spike traps. They do not factor into the defense.

Example two: You're building platemail for the monsters in the Dungeon. You roll a 1. Heroes break into your Dungeon and Invade. Luckily, however, you've completed your platemail earlier than expected, and it can be utilized in the Defense of the Dungeon, resulting in fewer losses to the Heroes.

Example three: You're trying to study a tome of magical knowledge. You roll a 3. Due to an invasion of Heroes on the Dungeon, you're distracted from reading the tome, and have to engage them. This makes it harder to read the tome, but you finally manage to figure it out, by the end of the Week.

Any items, EXP, Stats, or Perks gained by Players are announced from Precedence 1 Actions. (Perks, stats, exp, or items obtained by Precedence 2 or 3 rolls are obtained after those actions occur, I.e. after the battles for 2, or after everything else, for 3's.)

Any attacks on enemy Dungeons are Calculated.
Any defensive actions on your own Dungeons are Calculated.

EXP, Stats, Perks, and Items gained from the combat rounds are announced.

Any newly Awakened D'jinn-Born are announced.
Any new Monster births are announced.
Food and Resource Net Values are announced.
NPC Monster Level Ups and Stat Gains are announced.
These stats are assigned to each monster by the D'jinn Crystal (the GM at the start. Yes, this means a Player can eventually take control of the D'jinn Crystal and determine what choices the other players are allowed to vote on. The GM will still push the storyline forward, calculate everything, etc, it just simply means that the player in the D'jinn Crystal has managed to subvert control of the Dungeon, with all of the inherent benefits.)

Storyline is announced.

D'jinn Crystal choices are presented.

Players vote on how to split loot.
Players state what items they are equipping.
Players vote on what equipment to give to NPC Monsters for their own use.
Players declare their Actions.

The Stats

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Stats are bonuses, and also rolls, for specific actions. Further, they determine certain increases, when you level. For instance, boosting your constitution, when leveling, will increase the amount of HP, permanently, when you level. Thus, potions of constitution are very valuable, for this purpose. Likewise, skills are tied to specific stats, and your stat will be rolled to see if you qualify for a "Roll over" of EXP, meaning that half of your current EXP in that skill will be applied to the next level, as well, when that skill levels, instead of being wiped back to zero. This basically means that a higher stat will let POTENTIALLY level twice as much in a skill it is tied to.

When you use a skill, sometimes, the stat will be rolled, as well, to see if you obtain any special bonuses.

Upon certain actions, your Perception is rolled, to see if you notice anything special.
Your Intelligence is rolled, to determine if you comprehend what you see (More detail when it's explained).
Your Wisdom is rolled, to list -DANGERS- you might have noticed, along with it.
Your Dexterity may be rolled, to determine if you avoided a negative effect.
Your Constitution may be rolled, to determine how a negative effect.. affected you.
Your Strength may be rolled, to determine if you broke something while trying to loot it, or managed to remove something.
Your Charisma may be rolled, to see if you were able to salvage a delicate situation.




Strength:

Raw physical strength. A minimum value is required to wear certain armors and weapons effectively. You can wear them without meeting the required strength, but doing so puts you A: at a momvent penalty, and B: specific disadvantages for armor (dodge/parry/shield penalties) and weapons (hit penalties, damage penalties). Also determines your carrying-capacity. 1 Strength = 10 stone of weight.

It is also used to determine grapple attempts, and escapes, as well as general strength-checking actions (Forcing open a blocked door, etc.)
It boosts damage on Strength-Bound combat skills.


Strength-Bound Skills:

Shields
Blades - Slashing
Polearms
Heavy Armor
Blunt
Parrying
Dual Wield
Smithing
Mining
Stoneworking




Dexterity:

A combination of hand-eye coordination and agility. Used for balance checks, escape checks, anything requiring very precise movements, and swimming checks, among other things. Trying to use things that you lack the dexterity for can be done, but puts you at the potential for injury on use. For instance, someone who is not very dexterous trying to repair a lawnmower blade, might accidentally cut their fingers.

It boosts damage on Dexterity-Bound combat skills.


Dexterity-Bound Skills:

Blades - Piercing
Bows
Throwing
Dodging
Lockpicking
Traps
Medium Armor
Light Armor
Tailoring
Leatherworking
Carpentry
Pickpocket




Constitution:

Your ability to be tenacious, to withstand punishment, your body's ability to recover from hardship, or endure it. This is rolled to prevent you from passing out (When your HP hits 0, or when impacted too heavily at once), to recover from poisons or injuries, or simply to eat your new girlfriend's cooking (Or go drinking with your friends afterwards). Also determines how many rounds you can sprint for, and how fast you can run. 1 Constitution = Run 2 extra tiles before needing to rest for 1d6 rounds (during which you cannot act, meaning you almost never want to spring your full limit during combat.) 5 constitution = move half a tile faster per round when sprinting.


Constitution-Bound Skills:

Bloodcasting
Butchering




Intelligence:

Your smarts, your general ability to look at things, and retain their knowledge. The capacity to exploit your knowledge in new ways, and invent things. Using items that you lack the intelligence for means that you run the risk of injuring yourself in mechanical devices, or mana-surge (just another damage type) on magical devices. Trying to learn a spell that you lack the intelligence force, will result in you only temporarily learning the spell (Typically for just one or two turns.).

It boosts damage on Intelligence-Bound combat spells.
It boosts benefits on Intelligence-Bound spells


Intelligence-Bound Skills:

Acting
Alchemy
Spell Lore
Combat Casting
Defensive Casting




Wisdom:

Your ability to resist magic effects, as well as spot liars. Your ability to let your "Years" guide you, instead of simply reacting by gut instinct. Your ability to deal with things of a spiritual nature, or pass fair judgement. Using an item that you lack the wisdom for, will result in the capacity to trigger a VBE (Very Bad Event) each time you use it.

It boosts damage on Wisdom-Bound spells
It boosts beneficial effects on Wisdom-Bound spells.


Wisdom-Bound Skills:

Spirituality
Cooking




Perception:

Your ability to notice things, or search out things. Higher perception will result in better loot found in battles, or being able to obtain more critical strikes in combat. It also gives you a bonus to hit.

5 Points = +1% global crit chance.
10 Points = +1% hit chance.


Perception-Bound Skills:

Focus
Foraging
Stealth
Enchanting
Illusion




Charisma:

Your ability to impress overs, be a smooth operator. Generally, not being a social tool. Used primarily for bonuses to diplomacy and barter rolls.

5 Points = 1% bonus


Charisma-Bound Skills:

Barter
Diplomacy

Current Skills List:

Weapon Skills:

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Blunt: The use of clubs, hammers, and other blunt weapons.

Blades - Slashing: The use of swords, axes, and other weapons primarily used to slash at a foe.

Blades - Piercing: The use of rapiers, daggers, katars, and other weapons meant to thrust at a foe.

Bows: The use of ranged projectile weaponry.

Polearms: The use of spears, halberds, and other such weapons on extended poles.

Shields: The proper use of shields, both offensively and defensively.

Throwing: The use of thrown weaponry, such as rocks, darts, daggers, and bombs.

Combat Skills:

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Parrying: Provides a bonus to knock aside a blow with your weapon.

Dodging: Provides a chance to avoid an incomming blow.

Dual Wield: Improves your chance to hit with your second weapons swing.

Focus: Improves the ability to strike with weapon, projectile, or spell.

Armor Skills:

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Heavy: Armors like platemail, chainmails, etc. Required to wear stronger armors.

Medium: Armors like ringmail, splintmail, etc. Required to wear stronger armors.

Light: Leather, cloth, naked, etc. Required to wear stronger armors.

Construction Skills:

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Carpentry: Any construction or crafting related to wooden objects.

Smithing: Any construction or crafting related to metal objects.

Stoneworking: Any construction or crafting related to stone objects.

Leatherworking: Any construction or crafting related to hides or skin.

Tailoring: Any construction or crafting related to cloth.

Cooking: Any construction or crafting related to food.

Alchemy: Any construction or crafting related to distilling potions or alcohols.

Resource Gathering:

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Butchering: The ability to gather hides, meats, and bones from dead things.

Foraging: The ability to identify, harvest, and plant... plants.

Mining: The ability to identify, harvest, and smelt ores, stones, and gems.

Social Skills:

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Diplomacy: The ability to convince others to do what you want.

Spirituality: Of all things related to religion and the spirit.

Acting: The ability to lie convincingly.

Barter: The ability to negotiate prices for goods and services!

Skulldugery:

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Lockpicking: The ability to bypass devices designed to keep you out.

Pickpocket: The ability to steal things from living creatures, without living creatures noticing and stabbing you.

Stealth: The ability to be sneaky!

Traps: Of all things persisting to traps, from disarming, to placing![/spoil]

Magic Skills:

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Combat Casting: The ability to cast harmful spells.

Defensive Casting: The ability to cast helpful spells.

Spell Lore: The ability to study and learn new spells.

Bloodcasting: The ability to cast spells with your own HP, instead of mana.

Enchanting: The ability to cast blessings or curses on objects. Also the ability to identify magic items.

Illusion: The ability to cast spells that create false images or sounds.

*Note: These are subject to change/addition*

[thunteater]

Depending on the number of players, I may open up a second, Rival, PC Dungeon. This would require at least ten players, at which point, rolls will be randomized to determine what dungeon you end up in, and a second vote for the specifics of the second dungeon will be available. If this does not happen (and even if it does in one case), you will encounter rival dungeons and rival D'jinn, on top of the adventurers waiting to breach your Dungeon.


Below are the choices. Casting a vote means you are opting into the game. When considering your choice, think about what positives and negatives might result from such a location, that might give you a hint of the bonuses each might have, as well as the disadvantages.

Dungeon Types Available (Pick One, highest vote wins):

Abandoned Underground Catacombs:

These Catacombs are entered via an ancient cemetery, long forgotten and off most known maps. They are extensive, delving deep underground, but are, like all catacombs, constructed to house the dead, not to work as fortifications.

Abandoned Mines:

These mines have long-since been abandoned, though with so many twisting and turning passages, making it easy to be lost in its depths, who knows what the miners may have missed? It was abandoned primarily due to the rumor of it being haunted, and a good portion of the miners being crushed in a cave-in. As such, the nearby mining town has been abandoned, as well, leaving this location off of most -MODERN- maps.

Subterranean Cave System:

Four simple series of caves enter into a massive subterranean network of passages and tunnels, all leading down to a central location. This system has never been mapped or explored by humans.

Abandoned Castle:

This castle was once the site of a massive battle. Both sides were annihilated, when a hedge wizards spell went horribly wrong, transforming everyone in a four mile radius into stone statues. While the castle is famed in legend, it has long since been looted of most valuable items, and as such, no one tends to visit often.

Underwater Temple:

This temple was once above water - until the island supporting it sunk to the bottom of the sea. In clear, warm waters, it is easily visible from the surface, but it would take tremendous effort to explore it. Featuring a strange design, the two entrances to this temple are actually functional airlocks. One door opens, then shuts, and the water is drained via a series of pumps, before the second door opens, admitting you to an interior with breathable, if not a bit stale, oxygen. No one really remembers the name of the God who once called it home.

Dormant Volcanic Lava Tubes:

Thousands of years ago, this was an active volcano. Then it blew up. People were ensconced in ash and lava across the countryside below it. Then it cooled down. Now various twisting Lava Tubes remain, passages that once held liquid, fiery death, cooled to emotionless, though sometimes jagged, obsidian.

Monster Village:

A small village of monsters in a forest. It's not on any maps, but it's also relatively new.

Carved-out Glacier:

In a frozen tundra, in a land of Vikings and Norse heroes, there is a massive Glacier. This Glacier is known as Frostdoom, a citadel of ice, carved by the dark god Loki himself, just to piss off the locals.

Monster Types

Below is the list of monster types. All dungeons default to starting with the Gremlin. These I -will- detail out the stats on.
Note: All monsters start out with -ZERO- in their skills. This is simply a list of what they have the capacity for learning.

Food Cost is a Per-Week cost.

Gremlin:

Slaves for the Master!

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Food Type: Omnivore
Food Cost: 1

Strength: 4
Constitution: 4
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 1
Wisdom: 1
Perception: 4
Charisma: 1

HP: 5
MP: 0


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

Blades - Piercing
Blades - Slashing
Throwing


Combat Skills:

None


Armor Skills:

Light


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

Carpentry
Stoneworking


Social Skills:

None


Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

None






Default Perks:
More can be summoned (Costs Gold)(Can also breed)

Moves faster when injured
Works faster when injured

Default Weaknesses:
Cannot use two-handed weaponry, except small bows and crossbows.


Happy From:

The master being happy

Monster Types Available (Pick 4, highest vote wins):

Orc:

I do say, good sir, you behave as if you expect me to be some barbarian.

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Food Type: Omnivore
Food Cost: 7

Strength: 7
Constitution: 7
Dexterity: 7
Intelligence: 6
Wisdom: 6
Perception: 7
Charisma: 4

HP: 20
MP: 10


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

All


Skulldugery Skills:

All


Magic Skills:

All



Default Perks:
None

Default Weaknesses:
None

Happy From:

Food, Combat, Peace, Drinking, Gambling, Snu-Snu

Nosferatu:

Blood is life. Life is death. Whether knowledge, or the shadows, Nosferatu knows best.

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Food Type: Hemovore
Food Cost: 3

Strength: 7
Constitution: 4
Dexterity: 14
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 8
Perception: 10
Charisma: 2

HP: 10
MP: 55


Skills:

Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

Parrying
Focus
Dual Wield
Dodge


Armor Skills:
Medium
Light


Gathering Skills:

Butchering


Construction Skills:

Tailoring
Leatherworking


Social Skills:

Diplomacy
Acting
Barter


Skulldugery Skills:

Pickpocket
Lockpicking
Traps
Stealth


Magic Skills:

Spell Lore
Combat Casting
Bloodcasting
Enchanting
Illusion



Default Perks:

Can drink blood to heal hp/boost stats and skills
Biting foes has a 5% chance to turn them into a vampire




Default Weaknesses:

Sunlight does massive damage
Wooden stake to the heart insta-kills
Garlic works as poison
Ugly as hell
Cannot breed normally

Happy From:

Blood, Combat, Blood!, Drinking Blood!, Gallons Of The Stuff!, Reading.

Skeleton:

Skeletons are the bare-bones toops (Get it? Bare bones? Get it? Huh? HUH!? Oh fine, go ahead and roll your eyes. He can't anymore. They rotted out.)

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Food Type: NONE!
Food Cost: 0

Strength: 3
Constitution: 3
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 0
Wisdom: 0
Perception: 3
Charisma: 0

HP: 5
MP: 0


Skills:

Weapon Skills:
All

Combat Skills:
None

Armor Skills:
All

Gathering Skills:
Mining Only

Construction Skills:
None

Social Skills:
None

Skulldugery Skills:
None

Magic Skills:
None




Default Perks:
No Morale!
Immune to Piercing Damage
Takes Half Slashing Damage
Rises from the dead as long as the bones remain
Requires no food!
Combat skills set to 4
Armor skills set to 4
Mining set to 2

Default Weaknesses:
Double Blunt Damage
Destroyed if Skull is destroyed
Cannot gain stats
Cannot gain skills
Cannot breed

Happy From:

WHAT IS HAPPY? WHAT IS SAD?

Troll:

Raaah, fire bad!.

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Food Type: Carnivore
Food Cost: 12

Strength: 16
Constitution: 16
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 4
Wisdom: 3
Perception: 10
Charisma: 2

HP: 30
MP: 15


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

Mining
Butchering


Construction Skills:

All
-Except Tailoring-
-Except Leatherworking-


Social Skills:

Barter


Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

Spirituality



Default Perks:
Regenerates!
Immune to Blunt damage

Default Weaknesses:
Double damage from Fire
Double damage from Acid

Happy From:

Food, Combat, Drinking, Gambling

Goblin:

Gremlins? Pfft, half the size, half the work!

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Food Type: Omnivore
Food Cost: 5

Strength: 6
Constitution: 6
Dexterity: 6
Intelligence: 3
Wisdom: 1
Perception: 6
Charisma: 1

HP: 8
MP: 0


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All
-Except Polearms-


Combat Skills:

None


Armor Skills:

Light


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

None


Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

None






Default Perks:
Double-Breeding (Produces 2 goblins instead of 1)
Moves faster when injured
Works faster when injured

Default Weaknesses:
Replaces the Gremlin
Cannot use two-handed weaponry, except small bows and crossbows.


Happy From:

The master being happy

Minotaur
He said 'that is a load of bull', so I punched him and said 'No, that was''..

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Food Type: Herbivore
Food Cost: 14

Strength: 14
Constitution: 14
Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 7
Wisdom: 7
Perception: 6
Charisma: 4

HP: 26
MP: 12


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All
-Except Focus-


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

Diplomacy
Barter


Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

Spirituality






Default Perks:
Each point of Damage causes the Minotaur to deal 1 extra point of damage (Rage)
Can charge a foe (Closing to melee distance, with a chance to deal melee damage)


Default Weaknesses:
Rage reduces defense
Rage reduces chance to hit (-1 TH every 5 points)
Charge stuns for one round if it misses with melee attack damage.


Happy From:

Drinking, Food, Snu-Snu, Combat

Beholder
Eye Spy with my middle eye..

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Food Type: Mana
Food Cost: 5

Strength: 3
Constitution: 4
Dexterity: 10
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 12
Perception: 18
Charisma: 1

HP: 12
MP: 40


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

None


Combat Skills:

Focus
Dodge


Armor Skills:

Light


Gathering Skills:

None


Construction Skills:

None


Social Skills:

Diplomacy
Barter
Acting

Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

All






Default Perks:
Armor must be customized for the Beholder
Absorbs hostile magic and spits it back out the next round as a random elemental damage
Constantly hovers, thus cannot be tripped, fall down pits, or burn in lava


Default Weaknesses:
Floats, so cannot dive under water
No arms!
No legs!
Cannot breed!
Very lazy


Happy From:

Reading, Sleep

Hellhound
Grrrr...

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Food Type: Carnivore
Food Cost: 12

Strength: 8
Constitution: 8
Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 5
Wisdom: 2
Perception: 18
Charisma: 2

HP: 35
MP: 20



Skills:


Weapon Skills:

Blades - Slashing


Combat Skills:

Focus
Dodge


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

Butchering


Construction Skills:

None


Social Skills:

None

Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

Combat Casting
Bloodcasting






Default Perks:
Armor must be customized for the Hellhound
Can spew a stream of fire for 3 turns, once per day
Claws and bite use Blade - Slashing skill
Claws do 1d6 damage
Bite does 1d12 damage


Default Weaknesses:
Double damage from Cold
Cannot move while breathing flame
Cannot equip weapons (Unless somehow strapped to its body or claws...
but then, it will still be considered using it claws, just with potential bonuses)
Bite prevents dodging next round


Happy From:

Eating meat, Sleep, Combat

Centaur
Aw man, Hoof it!

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Food Type: Herbivore
Food Cost: 7

Strength: 8
Constitution: 6
Dexterity: 6
Intelligence: 11
Wisdom: 11
Perception: 8
Charisma: 6

HP: 22
MP: 12


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

All

Skulldugery Skills:

Lockpicking
Traps


Magic Skills:

All
-Except Bloodcasting-






Default Perks:
Moves 2x faster when traveling
An charge an opponent, instantly closing to melee distance, and dealing melee damage on success


Default Weaknesses:
Charge stuns for 1 round (If it fails to deal melee damage)


Happy From:

Combat, Peace, Drinking, Food

Succubus/Incubus
Just one little kiss, what could it hurt?

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Food Type: Souls
Food Cost: 1 (eaten each week, before the Crystal can use it)

Strength: 7
Constitution: 7
Dexterity: 16
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 12
Perception: 8
Charisma: 18

HP: 14
MP: 18


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All
-Except Polearms-
-Except Shields-
-Except Blunt-


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

Light
Medium


Gathering Skills:

None


Construction Skills:

Tailoring
Alchemy



Social Skills:

All

Skulldugery Skills:

All


Magic Skills:

All






Default Perks:
Can seduce a foe into joining your side temporarily (1d100 Weeks)
Can seduce a foe into giving up information
Can fly for three turns (Then must rest for twelve) in combat
Starts with a bladed whip


Default Weaknesses:
Eats up to five souls in each battle involved in.


Happy From:

Snu-Snu, Combat, Eating Souls

Drow
Drizzit? No thanks, I already called a plumber.

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Food Type: Omnivore
Food Cost: 5

Strength: 8
Constitution: 6
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Perception: 8
Charisma: 8

HP: 16
MP: 18


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

All

Skulldugery Skills:

All


Magic Skills:

All






Default Perks:
+5 To Hit in Darkness



Default Weaknesses:
-10 To Hit in Sunlight or Very Strong Light (VSL)
One week of Blindness (-5 To Hit) after exposure to VSL


Happy From:

Reading, Food, Snu-Snu, Combat, Peace

Gnoll
Hyessss...

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Food Type: Carnivore
Food Cost: 4

Strength: 4
Constitution: 4
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 1
Wisdom: 2
Perception: 4
Charisma: 1

HP: 8
MP: 6


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All


Social Skills:

Diplomacy
Barter
Acting

Skulldugery Skills:

All


Magic Skills:

Spirituality






Default Perks:
Hyeesss, Hivemind: Proximity to other Gnolls increases the Intelligence of Gnolls. (+1 per 5)
Group Tactics: Proximity to other Gnolls increases the Strength, Dexterity, Perception, and Constitution of Gnolls. (+1 per 5)


Default Weaknesses:
Being away from other Gnolls means they get pretty stupid.


Happy From:

Wearing Luchadore Masks, Wrestling, Food, Snu-Snu, Combat, Drinking

Harpy
Come fly with me, come fly, come fly away..

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Food Type: Omnivore
Food Cost: 4

Strength: 6
Constitution: 5
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 7
Perception: 10
Charisma: 7

HP: 8
MP: 12


Skills:


Weapon Skills:

All
-Except Polearms-


Combat Skills:

All


Armor Skills:

All


Gathering Skills:

All


Construction Skills:

All
-Except Alchemy-


Social Skills:

All

Skulldugery Skills:

None


Magic Skills:

Spirituality
Defensive Casting






Default Perks:
Can Fly When Traveling (Must be in Light Armor)
Can Fly during combat for 1d8 turns (Must be in Light Armor), then must wait 1d20 turns to fly again


Default Weaknesses:
Cannot fly in Heavy or Medium armors


Happy From:

Flying, Food, Combat, Peace, Snu-Snu

That's all for now. If you have any suggestions, post them below, and I might adapt them into the stats and skills system.

[gamecreator]

Minotaur has Spirituality under Magic skills. Is that right?

[thunteater]

Yep, which is focused on shamanistic-style magic. Requiring totems, etc. It's basically a more stationary form of offensive and defensive magic. Something to keep in mind when you're voting on the monster types:

The Default starting food quantity will be 300, for 1d100 individuals, split up into a mix of 10% Gremlins, 15% Of Race D, 15% of Race C, 20% of Race B, and 40% of Race A (Determined by amount of votes for that race)

[Donnigan]

I'm gonna vote for the Abandoned Mines.

Monsters:

Minotaur: We need one Heavy Hitter and they are my favorite. Plus, Herbivore, which should be a little easier to find food for.

Drow: Seem to be Jacks of all Trades. Plus, we need something Face-ish.

Gnolls: Hyesss...

Harpy: Flying Scouts!

Also, an actual Pole for one of these options might be good. Races might be a good choice for that.

[thunteater]

Well, polls only allow up to ten options, and it's easy enough to just read through and tally.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Are these ALL the available monsters or just the default ones? I would sort of like to choose underwater temple, but this is presuming we could take advantage of aquatic creatures. Also my votes are based on the dungeon

My votes:

Underwater temple

beholder (flight could be handy over water)
succubus/incubus (seduction could be handy)
Goblins (fast breeders, good for early expansion)
Minotaur (heavy hitter)

Also different food types so we're not overtaxed on any one resource.

[thunteater]

Nah, these aren't the only available ones, just the default ones I threw up here. Selkies, Sirens, Kraken, etc. are all possible, if there's a desire for them. If there's interest in aquatic-based monsters, I can add them at some point tomorrow, after I get off from work, or possibly before I go to work, if I get up early enough.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

I just wanted to make sure its possible to recruit them if we do go for the underwater temple. I'm fine with the current line up for the start.

[Patdragon]

Undead theme

Abandoned Underground Catacombs:

Skeletons
Nosferatu
Succubus
Troll

Victims- nosferatu eats first, succubus then gets soul, troll eats the meat....oh looks a new skeleton...

[Synch]

Monster Village:

Orc
Centaur
Gnoll
Minotaur

[thunteater]

Votes So Far:

Dungeons:


Abandoned Underground Catacombs: (1) [Patdragon]
Abandoned Mines: (1) [Donnigan]
Subterranean Cave System:
Abandoned Castle:
Underwater Temple: (1) [ChuckDaRighteous]
Dormant Volcanic Lava Tubes:
Monster Village: (1) [Synch]
Carved-out Glacier:




Monsters:

Orc: 1 [Synch]
Troll: 1 [Patdragon]
Goblin: 1 [ChuckDaRighteous]
Minotaur: 3 [Donnigan, ChuckDaRighteous, Synch]
Centaur: 1 [Synch]
Harpy: 1 [Donnigan]
Gnoll: 2 [Donnigan, Synch]
Drow: 1 [Donnigan]
Beholder: 1 [ChuckDaRighteous]
Hellhound:
Succubus/Incubus: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous, Patdragon]
Skeleton: 1 [Patdragon]
Nosferatu: 1 [Patdragon]

Winners So Far:

Dungeon: None yet


Species A (Majority): Minotaur
Species B (Average): Succubus/Incubus (Tie With) Gnoll
Species C (Low): None yet
Species D (Minority): None yet
Workers: Gremlins


Votes are still open, and will remain so, until we either reach 10 players (at which point we'll have voting for a second dungeon and creatures), or until Monday.

Remember that Species A will be the most prolific of the monsters, so tactical voting is important, if you guys want to make sure you don't over-extend your starting food stocks. If you change your votes, please do it either via a new post, or, if you're editing your old post, post to notify me that you've changed your vote.

[kida]

Dungeons:


Abandoned Underground Catacombs: (1) [Patdragon]
Abandoned Mines: (2) [Donnigan,kida]
Subterranean Cave System:
Abandoned Castle:
Underwater Temple: (1) [ChuckDaRighteous]
Dormant Volcanic Lava Tubes:
Monster Village: (1) [Synch]
Carved-out Glacier:




Monsters:

Orc: 2 [Synch,kida]
Troll: 1 [Patdragon]
Goblin: 1 [ChuckDaRighteous]
Minotaur: 4 [Donnigan, ChuckDaRighteous, Synch,kida]
Centaur: 1 [Synch]
Harpy: 1 [Donnigan]
Gnoll: 2 [Donnigan, Synch]
Drow: 1 [Donnigan]
Beholder: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous,kida]
Hellhound:
Succubus/Incubus: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous, Patdragon]
Skeleton: 1 [Patdragon]
Nosferatu: 2 [Patdragon,kida]

[gamecreator]

Gnolls are only good in quantities 50+ and only if they are all at the same task. I.e. no good at all. And they aren't even omnivore.
Better to go with one food source for everyone, that will be easier to manage. By all looks, minotaurs will make it to the end, so better stick to herbivore-compatible monsters.
Goblins look like death to the food stock.

Location: Abandoned Mines (looks like the safest location)
Monsters: Drow, Minotaur, Ork, Beholder (this list may change)
Harpies and Centaurs don't look suited for tunnels.

[Patdragon]

ok on reread and for tactical voting please change my troll to orc

i think we need minotaurs not to be our top vote as the resource feeding cost might be to high otherwise.

[Nolandking]

Location: Abandoned Mines
Monsters: Orc,Gnoll, Beholder, Drow

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Updated the tallies:

Dungeons:


Abandoned Underground Catacombs: (1) [Patdragon]
Abandoned Mines: (4) [Donnigan,kida,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Subterranean Cave System:
Abandoned Castle:
Underwater Temple: (1) [ChuckDaRighteous]
Dormant Volcanic Lava Tubes:
Monster Village: (1) [Synch]
Carved-out Glacier:




Monsters:

Orc: 4 [Synch,kida,gamecreator,Patdragon,Nolandking]
Troll: 0
Goblin: 1 [ChuckDaRighteous]
Minotaur: 5 [Donnigan, ChuckDaRighteous, Synch,kida,gamecreator]
Centaur: 1 [Synch]
Harpy: 1 [Donnigan]
Gnoll: 3 [Donnigan, Synch,Nolandking]
Drow: 3 [Donnigan,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Beholder: 4 [ChuckDaRighteous,kida,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Hellhound: 0
Succubus/Incubus: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous, Patdragon]
Skeleton: 1 [Patdragon]
Nosferatu: 2 [Patdragon,kida]

I was looking more closely at the stats. Drow are far and away better than orcs. Better stats, less food consumption, and darkness bonuses. They only have a weakness to light which seems like its not a big issue if used properly. Especially as abandoned mines seem to be our chosen environment. So why are so many people voting orc? Not so much now that HP values are now up

[gamecreator]

I just don't really know what to vote for. I like mines, but current tendency don't go well with them and I don't want mixed up result. If only we could leave out minotaurs and make gnolls a majority, it would change things.

[Donnigan]

Dungeons:


Abandoned Underground Catacombs: (1) [Patdragon]
Abandoned Mines: (4) [Donnigan,kida,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Subterranean Cave System:
Abandoned Castle:
Underwater Temple: (1) [ChuckDaRighteous]
Dormant Volcanic Lava Tubes:
Monster Village: (1) [Synch]
Carved-out Glacier:




Monsters:

Orc: 5 [Donnigan, Synch,kida,gamecreator,Patdragon,Nolandking]
Troll: 0
Goblin: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous, Donnigan]
Minotaur: 4 [ChuckDaRighteous, Synch,kida,gamecreator]
Centaur: 1 [Synch]
Harpy: 0
Gnoll: 3 [Donnigan, Synch,Nolandking]
Drow: 3 [Donnigan,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Beholder: 4 [ChuckDaRighteous,kida,gamecreator,Nolandking]
Hellhound: 0
Succubus/Incubus: 2 [ChuckDaRighteous, Patdragon]
Skeleton: 1 [Patdragon]
Nosferatu: 2 [Patdragon,kida]

Moved my Votes around so Minotaur wasn't in first Place. Some others Might want to do the same to get Drow in a Higher Spot. I really don't want Beholders or Succubus either, since their food doesn't seem worth it, especially with the Beholder Lazyness.

[gamecreator]

Yes, all those beholders, foocubi and nosferatu are no good. I'm considering skeletons, but they need a supply of bones to regenerate from.
What about hellhounds and trolls? They are quite food-demanding, I don't know if they are worth it.

[thunteater]

Things to keep in mind:

Elemental attacks tend to cause elemental effects on crit (burning, shocked, frozen, etc.)

Adventurers have access to a wide variety of light sources, especially as higher-level adventurers come into the dungeon, ranging from torches and flash-stones, to magical light sources.

Creatures that gain a hive-mind must be within at least 2 miles of each other to gain the benefits.

You will be voting on buildings and such to be constructed within the Dungeon. These range from training facilities, to recreational facilities, breeding facilities, creature nests, and food-production buildings, among others.

HP values have been added to all of the creatures. I am thinking of moving them into a separate thread (Bestiary) to make this one less cluttered.

Stats have been clarified on the same post as the skills.


*Edit* Also, for comparison on the Hellhounds,

A steel longsword will do 1d5 damage.

AC value of armor doesn't increase your chance to not be hit, instead, it actually ABSORBS that much damage. Of course, AC only applies to the bodypart that it covers. For instance, when I roll to see if you're hit (Your defensive skills + perks + stat bonuses vs their combat skill + perks + stat bonuses), I roll for where you were hit (Head, Shoulders, Arms, Hands, Torso, Legs, Feet.), with Chest having a 40% chance of being hit, head a 20%, Legs a 15%, Arms a 10% chance, Shoulders/Neck, Hands, and Feet having a 5% chance each. ( I do this by rolling a 1d105. 1 - 5 = Feet, 6 - 11 = hands, 12 - 22 = arms, 23 - 38 = legs, 39 - 78 = Body, 79 - 99 = Head, 100 - 105 = Shoulders.)


So if you're wearing a Chestplate of Darksteel Platemail (AC: 15) and..

A character with 10 STR (+2 damage) and a Blade - Slashing skill of 6 (+3 damage), swings at you with a 1d5 Steel Longsword and lands a normal strike on your chest. Damage is rolled, and they roll a 5. Their strength bonus is added to the damage, as well as half of their Blade - Slashing skill, for a total of 10 damage. It's simply not enough to bypass your AC. You take no damage. They have a 5% chance to be stunned (Because striking an object and dealing no damage to it means a 5% chance to be stunned). They avoid the stun. They take another swing next round, hit your chest again. They crit for double damage. They roll a 4. They deal a total of 18 damage. You take 5 damage. The armor absorbs 15 points.

Of course, this locational damage -also- means that creatures like the Beholder only has one place on its body where it can be hit.. the body.

*Just a note* Some of the missing information on systems is -intentional-. Why? Because you'll be entering a world that your characters know nothing about. A lot of this stuff is going to be available to be studied/learned during the first few "Weeks" of the game. Depending on the Dungeon you guys pick, it may be quite a few "Weeks" before any adventurers come calling.

[thunteater]

Just a note. Voting will end on Monday.. Likely in the morning. Maybe even at Midnight. In the case of ties, I will flip a coin. The winning side will stay at their current rank, the losing side will drop down to the next tier.

The game will start after characters are assigned, so you can join in this thread up until that point. If you wish to join the game after it starts, I'd prefer you to private message me, so that I can setup your character for the next "Week" automatically. Due to the nature of the game storyline, it makes it pretty easy to add new players.

Eager to get this started. I've run MUDs before, I've run Chat-based RP games, this is my first forum-based RP game. It has me fairly excited, and I'm really looking forward to you guys discovering the world I'm writing up.