Heroica RPG General Discussion

[Scorpiox]

Althior did not do the most damage in the Game.

I think that is Benji's Title.

No.

CaptainJohnPaul, Triple Shot attacks three targets with an arrow each. Not three arrows to one target.

[CMP]

CaptainJohnPaul, Triple Shot attacks three targets with an arrow each. Not three arrows to one target.

Well, since there's 2 enemies and he was targeting the Draugr, I think it's 2 shots to Draugr, one to Canute.

[Capt.JohnPaul]

:wall:

I'll fix that, should've been 160 damage.

[K-Nut]

:wall:

I'll fix that, should've been 160 damage.

Ha! The title is mine again!

[Sandy]

No.

CaptainJohnPaul, Triple Shot attacks three targets with an arrow each. Not three arrows to one target.

That's true, except when there's only one enemy left.

[Brickdoctor]

Additionally, if we calculate total Damage, Althior had a Magic Burst that did 88 Fire Elemental Damage to, if I remember correctly, eleven enemies. (two lords, one archer, one scout, one engineer, four guards, and two elites) That's a total of 968 Fire Elemental Damage.

[K-Nut]

Additionally, if we calculate total Damage, Althior had a Magic Burst that did 88 Fire Elemental Damage to, if I remember correctly, eleven enemies. (two lords, one archer, one scout, one engineer, four guards, and two elites) That's a total of 968 Fire Elemental Damage.

Why'd you have to nerf that horse?

[Masked Builder]

Sorry, I didn't know Evokers dealt damage with their Shield in the Arena... If that was the case, I probably would've healed, but you marked me up as having full health. Don't mean to be a sore loser, just a little lost.

Heh. Yeah sorry 'bout that. I was just messaging him so it went in there and not in the topic.

[RPGer]

Additionally, if we calculate total Damage, Althior had a Magic Burst that did 88 Fire Elemental Damage to, if I remember correctly, eleven enemies. (two lords, one archer, one scout, one engineer, four guards, and two elites) That's a total of 968 Fire Elemental Damage.

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[Zepher]

Dear couples of Heroica: I want to see a break up some time soon. Just thought I'd tell everyone I'm pulling for it. Life isn't perfect, not even for the Heroicains. Come on, I know at least two of you want that juicy character building.

Also, question about the classes... it seems to me that the Knight's only real advantage was that they had SP. That has been given to all the classes now... what's the reason for that?

[Masked Builder]

Dear couples of Heroica: I want to see a break up some time soon. Just thought I'd tell everyone I'm pulling for it. Life isn't perfect, not even for the Heroicains. Come on, I know at least two of you want that juicy character building.

I just posted our room MOC, so it's not happening from us! But I was just thinking about this.

[CMP]

As am I. I want to see some hearts broken, dammit.

Also, since I'm in the Arena, I signed up for Quest 30 too, Zeph.

Well, for other classes, you have to take up one of two precious artifact slots for SP. For Knight, not only do you get to keep both slots open, you can actively upgrade your shields.

Edited April 15, 2012 by CallMePieOrDie

[Flipz]

Question of the random time interval: How did you come up with your character, both their appearance and their personality?

For me, Arthur's appearance was simple: I wanted something unique that few others would have. At the time, the Venomari Shrine was not "officially" out yet (during that odd prerelease period), and I knew that a lot of people had skipped the Kingdoms advent calendar the year before. I combined that with the one face I KNEW nobody else on the planet had, and I had his appearance.

Character-wise, Arthur is basically me with the guts to actually do crazy dangerous heroic stuff. His backstory has evolved organically over time as I make character decisions, and he's evolved his own differences from me at this point, but at the beginning he was a straight-up Author Avatar. I also drew from elements of the Paradox faction in LEGO Universe, at least for tone, and it seems to be working well for him.

[JimBee]

Also, question about the classes... it seems to me that the Knight's only real advantage was that they had SP. That has been given to all the classes now... what's the reason for that?

I don't think it's a huge problem as long as it's kept to a minimum. The highest SP that any artifact has is 2, and they can't be upgraded. If it stays that way, I think it's acceptable to have a few artifacts with SP floating around.

Besides, there are also items that imitate the effects of other classes, such as the health-stealing daggers (Guts and Atramor).

To answer Flipz's question: I think I've already explained references for Hybros's character, but his physical appearance was actually a design for a Collectable Minifigs contest here on EB. I believe it was for the S5 Category B contest, where entrants had to design 16 unique CMs and display them in a 16x16 bignette. I could never get the thing published in time, but an imp was on of my minifigs, and a few months later came Heroica so, viola, Hybros was born.

[Flipz]

I don't think it's a huge problem as long as it's kept to a minimum. The highest SP that any artifact has is 2, and they can't be upgraded. If it stays that way, I think it's acceptable to have a few artifacts with SP floating around.

Besides, there are also items that imitate the effects of other classes, such as the health-stealing daggers (Guts and Atramor).

Althior and Arasmyth have robes of SP:4 and SP:3 respectively, but as Pie pointed out, they can't be upgraded, which dampens them compared to Knight shields.

[Scubacarrot]

Also, question about the classes... it seems to me that the Knight's only real advantage was that they had SP. That has been given to all the classes now... what's the reason for that?

To be honest, I don't really get what you are asking, "advantage"? Classes have different uses and strengths, sure, but no advantages, its not a competitive game, after all. And on the actual matter, I don't think it is a big deal, it is not going to break any game mechanics, at least, I cant think of anything that will game-break it, except the arena, but yeah... The arena... pff.

[Waterbrick Down]

Heh. Yeah sorry 'bout that. I was just messaging him so it went in there and not in the topic.

I do have a question as to why the Evoker's shield yields a 3x WP hit in the arena as it is not so in the normal rules. I can understand if you want them to do some damage on a shield roll, but taking other classes into account i.e. Berserker and Witch for example, their shield rolls do no damage either in the Arena. Just curious, and yes I'm kind of biased at seeing Ratsbane actually due some damage Also note that I don't think Althior's special guard as a Sage was taken into account in the most recent duel as it concerns the Hex effect or did I miss something. I think also that the definition of attacking of hexed meaning that one attacks oneself is more accurate as a hexed opponent could always chose to do nothing thus nullifying the usefulness of the hex.

[Tanma]

Question of the random time interval: How did you come up with your character, both their appearance and their personality?

For me, Arthur's appearance was simple: I wanted something unique that few others would have. At the time, the Venomari Shrine was not "officially" out yet (during that odd prerelease period), and I knew that a lot of people had skipped the Kingdoms advent calendar the year before. I combined that with the one face I KNEW nobody else on the planet had, and I had his appearance.

Character-wise, Arthur is basically me with the guts to actually do crazy dangerous heroic stuff. His backstory has evolved organically over time as I make character decisions, and he's evolved his own differences from me at this point, but at the beginning he was a straight-up Author Avatar. I also drew from elements of the Paradox faction in LEGO Universe, at least for tone, and it seems to be working well for him.

Without spoiling anything, I came up with De'kra's form while playing with a Jawa Lego figure. I hope to update his image soon, though I need a working camera first.

I forgot the exact influence behind De'kra, but I know of several sources of his character, Bionicle obviously being one. Fullmetal Alchemist also has some sway in his origins, but if you want to find out how, you have to read the manga for yourself. "Butterflies in the sky, I can go twice as high. Take a look, it's in a book..."

[CMP]

Question of the random time interval: How did you come up with your character, both their appearance and their personality?

At the time, I was poring over my recently-obtained CMF Series 4 Musketeer and Barbossa hats. Stuck on one of my favorite faces, noticed the interesting combination between the torso and legs, and took off his sleeves to make him look piratey. McCafferey was a bit of an afterthought. As for personality, it mostly started out of what Dreida Bay looked like and the hat. I immediately thought 'former pirate'.

[JimBee]

"Butterflies in the sky, I can go twice as high. Take a look, it's in a book..."

Reading Rainbow? I'm trying to remember from my childhood, but I don't recall any characters resembling De'kra.

[Zepher]

Question of the random time interval: How did you come up with your character, both their appearance and their personality?

Appearance came after character sketch.

I wanted a kind of wonky non-heroic heroic character. People in the world aren't all good or all bad. I choose some character traits I thought would be fun to play off of each other, and that other heroes wouldn't have.

The good things I choose: Boomingham is fearless and daring and in a lot of ways, I try to make him cow-boy-esque: he is very gung-ho. He's also always up for a fun time, and likes nearly everyone. He is a decent commander, I think. I also think he's charming on a certain level, and he takes a fatherly interest in many of the young gals of Heroica. He also is noble in his own way, and very loyal.

Alternatively: Boomingham is racist (something I knew from the start he must be) because I thought that would be a trait people wouldn't play up much. He doesn't like mages, something I decided when I finally fully sketched out his back story a few months into the game. He is as far as I know, up to this point, the only heavy alcoholic in Heroica. He is a social ladder climber and loves money. He is often in debt, as other players may or may not have noticed. He is bitter. He has zero nostalgia, which, while it exists as a defense, bothers me sometimes.

He is sometimes very hard for me to play. I am not like him in nearly anyway.

[CMP]

I do have a question as to why the Evoker's shield yields a 3x WP hit in the arena as it is not so in the normal rules. I can understand if you want them to do some damage on a shield roll, but taking other classes into account i.e. Berserker and Witch for example, their shield rolls do no damage either in the Arena. Just curious, and yes I'm kind of biased at seeing Ratsbane actually due some damage

I'm biased too, for obvious reasons ( ), but I too am wondering why exactly that's there. Spirits don't need to roll, so they automatically do damage. Isn't that powerful enough?

[Waterbrick Down]

Question of the random time interval: How did you come up with your character, both their appearance and their personality?

As I've previously stated, Skrall was a Ogre Robin Hood like character from an earlier comic series I had planned similar to Sandy's Princess Quest. Since there were only 2 ogre molds, there wasn't too much thought into how I designed him and the Robin Hood hat was a given. As far as personality, while I wanted to retain the Robin Hood aspect, Sandy also introduced the concept of the orcs going into slavery after the orcish wars, so that became Skrall's motivation. While his older brothers became more of the Malcom X type figures and his younger siblings more like MLK Jr. at least in political philosophy, Skrall struck out on his own to rectify the oppression of orc kind in his own way. As it seems that the topic of Orc hatred has calmed down, Skrall's family life has become more of a defining characteristic than his mistrust of the race of man.

Edited April 15, 2012 by Waterbrick Down

[Scubacarrot]

I had an idea for a character's back ground, and at the time, had a ninjago fig and the series 4 gladiator on my desk, which I combined into Guts Holla, Rogue, Shovel Afficionado, and Wine-lover. My idea was a character that had seen it all, done it all, but was not finished yet, was running from something, both something physical, and something from his past. His past has made him what he is, cynical, gruff and with a certain disregard for human (sapient?) life. Guts is a relatively old man, in age, and more so in experience, and to a certain point he feels he is done in life, but he still has that last score to settle, which is what my roleplaying is based around.

How I came up with the character? I don't know, maybe from watching too many movies, playing too many video games...

He is as far as I know, up to this point, the only heavy alcoholic in Heroica.

no, not really.

[K-Nut]

I just posted our room MOC, so it's not happening from us! But I was just thinking about this.

So was I.