Heroica RPG - Quest Masters' Lounge

[Shoker86]

There should be a Pirate's confederacy. But it'll be just Sarge until either Arnulf or Atramor are willing to join...

Sarge should get ship first. Pirate without ship ain't pirate.

[Palathadric]

Hail! Hail!

[Brickdoctor]

By the way, in the realm of the realistic, if I have to pick one of the seven factions (Eight? I don't know if the Town Watch is an option.) , I'll probably be picking the Bonapartes. They seem like the closest to a Lawful faction least likely to make a decision I strongly disagree with, with the manpower to enforce their decisions. Only faction I have reputation with is the Ziegfrieds, and they seem too Chaotic.

That's not necessarily roleplaying, by the way, even if I do see Docken as Lawful Good. Docken is concerned with stats and wants Heroica to continue to exist and based out of a stable city so they can continue to be hired by other factions, which means winning a war if there is one, restoring order, maintaining the trust of the citizens, and enforcing the laws through a strong government. From what we've seen, the Bonapartes seem in the best position to do that.

[Scorpiox]

By the way, in the realm of the realistic, if I have to pick one of the seven factions (Eight? I don't know if the Town Watch is an option.) , I'll probably be picking the Bonapartes. They seem like the closest to a Lawful faction least likely to make a decision I strongly disagree with, with the manpower to enforce their decisions. Only faction I have reputation with is the Ziegfrieds, and they seem too Chaotic.

That's not necessarily roleplaying, by the way, even if I do see Docken as Lawful Good. Docken is concerned with stats and wants Heroica to continue to exist and based out of a stable city so they can continue to be hired by other factions, which means winning a war if there is one, restoring order, maintaining the trust of the citizens, and enforcing the laws through a strong government. From what we've seen, the Bonapartes seem in the best position to do that.

Caring about whether a faction is lawful or not? Sounds like a roleplaying decision to me.

[Pyrovisionary]

Being a pirate(ish) sarge would Go Bonaparte if he had to choose.

[Brickdoctor]

Being a pirate(ish) sarge would Go Bonaparte if he had to choose.

Really? The Bonapartes pride themselves on having eradicated piracy around Uland.

[Pyrovisionary]

Really? The Bonapartes pride themselves on having eradicated piracy around Uland.

Well, srage was employed by the Bonapartes for a while so.....

[Flare]

Really? The Bonapartes pride themselves on having eradicated piracy around Uland.

'cept they had to hire heroica to take care of the Jolly Roger

[Sandy]

'cept they had to hire heroica to take care of the Jolly Roger

Actually, they hired Heroica to do the infiltration job to Jolly Roger's base while the fleet was engaged in a naval battle with the pirates.

[Kintobor]

I had an idea for an artefact and was wondering what people thought of it:

Zap Tap Badge- (Artefact, Accessory) Has a 1/2 chance to deal electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the heroes level.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Kintobor

[Scorpiox]

I had an idea for an artefact and was wondering what people thought of it:

Zap Tap Badge- (Artefact, Accessory) Has a 1/2 chance to deal electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the heroes level.

It's a nice concept - rather like a changed pair of counterstrike gloves. You would need to specify how much damage it deals, however.

EDIT: Ah, I see that I've been snaked yet again!

Edited June 4, 2013 by Scorpiox

[JimBee]

I had an idea for an artefact and was wondering what people thought of it:

Zap Tap Badge- (Artefact, Accessory) Has a 1/2 chance to deal electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the heroes level.

Seems a bit too complicated for me, why add another die roll to calculations when Counterstrike Gloves can do the same 100% of the time and without the added complication with elemental type match-ups?

[Flipz]

I think it'd be fine just as a Lightning-elemental Counterstrike, personally--no need to add the die roll.

[joeshmoe554]

I thought counterstrike gloves only dealt damage in response to a free hit. It sounds like these would have a 50% chance every time the hero took damage from an opponent.

[LordoftheNoobs]

So, uh... how exactly does one go about pitching a quest again? :P

[Brickdoctor]

So, uh... how exactly does one go about pitching a quest again? :P

PM Sandy with the concept. (You might need to have examples of your builds to show; I never did that but I think some other QMs did.)

[Flipz]

I thought counterstrike gloves only dealt damage in response to a free hit. It sounds like these would have a 50% chance every time the hero took damage from an opponent.

Ooh, nice one, didn't see that. Interesting...in that case, I think a 1/2 chance is more than fair.

[Brickdoctor]

Interesting...in that case, I think a 1/2 chance is more than fair.

Definitely. Otherwise the artifact becomes more powerful and work in more situations than Counterstrike Gloves and the Counter that some classes already have.

[Kintobor]

Definitely. Otherwise the artifact becomes more powerful and work in more situations than Counterstrike Gloves and the Counter that some classes already have.

That was the idea. It's not exactly like the counterstrike gloves, and it's not meant to be an alternative. The 50/50 chance was added so the artefact wouldn't be OP, and the electric damage was added to make it effective in some, but not all scenarios.

[Endgame]

Pfft, everyone knows Spike Shield was the best badge in the game

Looks good to me!

[Flipz]

Pfft, everyone knows Spike Shield was the best badge in the game

But Chugga used Zap-Tap.

No joke, I've seriously gone through and tried to figure out ways to incorporate all the Badges from Paper Mario that Chuggaaconroy used (I'm still in Chapter 1 of his LP of TTYD), and so far Zap-Tap is the only one that both works in Heroica mechanics AND isn't a complete waste of time (i.e. a specific increase to Power or HP or something). Quick Change MIGHT be another one (allows Evokers to switch their summoned Spirit in battle at the cost of X Ether?), but that's the only one I can really think of that isn't better-handled by an existing Artifact (Peekaboo Bade) or mechanic.

[Endgame]

Return Postage would work in Heroica, but it'd be very powerful. Other considerations:

Piercing Blow Badge: Allows physical attacks to defy SP.

Charge up: Every turn you don't attack gives you a +4 power boost.

Baahammer (Baa Emblem?): All attacks have a 1/6 chance of inducing sleep.

Power Rush Emblem: Wearer is Enocuraged when they have 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

Close Call Emblem: Functions like the Catsuit, but only when the wearer has 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

[Dannylonglegs]

Return Postage would work in Heroica, but it'd be very powerful. Other considerations:

Piercing Blow Badge: Allows physical attacks to defy SP.

Charge up: Every turn you don't attack gives you a +4 power boost.

Baahammer (Baa Emblem?): All attacks have a 1/6 chance of inducing sleep.

Power Rush Emblem: Wearer is Enocuraged when they have 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

Close Call Emblem: Functions like the Catsuit, but only when the wearer has 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

Jeez, several of those are very powerful... particularly Power Rush in the hands of a Black Knight!

I've never played Paper Mario (never had a gameboy/video-game-things) so I don't get the references.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

[Endgame]

Which is why they'd be something of a rarity, if I was to ever make em' - boss drops, most likely.

[Flipz]

Return Postage would work in Heroica, but it'd be very powerful. Other considerations:

Piercing Blow Badge: Allows physical attacks to defy SP.

Charge up: Every turn you don't attack gives you a +4 power boost.

Baahammer (Baa Emblem?): All attacks have a 1/6 chance of inducing sleep.

Power Rush Emblem: Wearer is Enocuraged when they have 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

Close Call Emblem: Functions like the Catsuit, but only when the wearer has 1/4 HP or under (rounded up)

Oh god, Alchemist with Return Postage...

Piercing Blow: OP. Straight-up OP, SP piercing should NEVER be in an Artifact, period.

Charge up: I like this one, good for Minstrels, Clerics, and Scroll Mages.

Baahammer: Slightly OP, but eh, Sleep is underutilized anyway. Also, I never knew about this one, Chuggaaconroy never used or mentioned it.

Power Rush: Interesting...though I think it'd be better to operate on a specific multiplier, rather than using Encouraged. (I also prefer a 1.5x multiplier to a 2x multiplier for some reason.

Close Call: I don't like this one. Can't put my finger on why, but I just don't.

Which is why they'd be something of a rarity, if I was to ever make em' - boss drops, most likely.

Even better--just use my "You want it? You fight it." mantra for cool items.