Heroica RPG - Cruel Angel's Thesis ~ Day Six

**Sandy** · September 18, 2013

DAY SIX ~ ANGEL'S WHISPERS

Come the next morning, three bodies lay on the floor of Heroica Hall.

Scheherazade shook her head, and went to fetch the broom and the bucket again. When she returned, she was met by a shining vision of a dark angel hovering over Cromeo Nightingale. The angel turned its masked face at her.

{There is so much anger and bitterness within you. Become my Nephilim and be released of all your mortal burdens.}

"Not in a million years, you decrepit crow!" the matron shouted as she whacked the illusory angel with the broom. The vision dispersed in a puff.

Scheherazade gripped the broom with her knuckles white and heaved with fury.

"Your schemes will not destroy Heroica, you hear me? Not as long as I live!"

Later, as the heroes gathered for a silent breakfast, they were joined by another face they thought was gone for good.

"Greetings, fellows! Did you miss me?"

Byblos had again made progress with his studies, even though it had meant turning the library upside down.

"This book is supposedly a traveller's guide to the Free Islands, written long before Eubric was founded. I cannot decipher the ancient letters, though, so I need your help once more. I think I recognize the word for Ennoc, though - it's the last one in the sentence. Let's begin unravelling this from that. Since this is an extra tough challenge for us all, I'm sure we'll be especially experienced if we crack this."

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BYBLOS THE LIBRARIAN'S CHALLENGE #5:

Replace the symbols on the sentence with letters. Only periods and commas are written correctly, other symbols each represent one letter of the alphabet. The last word is "Ennoc". Send the correct answer to the host in a PM to receive a full level of experience as a reward. You only get one try.

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RULES:

1. ALIGNMENTS: There are two sides in this game, trying to beat each other.

Heroica

wins if they manage to find and kill all of the Nephilim.

The Nephilim

win if they outnumber the heroes loyal to Heroica. The Nephilim know each other, but the others don’t know who the Nephilim are. There are also

neutral

players, who have their own special victory conditions.

2. PHASES: The game is played in two alternating phases - "Days" and "Nights", both lasting up to

48 hours

- during which the players can use their abilities on each other.

All players can

use two abilities per phase

, but the abilities must be different from one another.

During the

Night

-phase, the game is played through Private Messages between the host and the players, and all actions are private, revealed only to the target. During the

Day

-phase, all actions are public, and are shown in the Day-topic to everyone. Ranged attacks and spells are an

exception

, their performer is never revealed.

You must

send both of your actions at the same time

, as you only have one turn per phase.

If you

fail to send in an action

or do not state that you do nothing, you will be killed off.

3. RESULTS: The results of the abilities are tallied

at the beginning

(for Night-actions)

and the end

(for Day-actions)

of the Day-phase

. When a player’s health is completely depleted, they are

killed off

from the game. The player who delivered the killing blow will get all of the victim’s gold and items, and gain experience (see

Leveling Up

). The alignment of each killed player is revealed when they die. Anyone who kills a Nephilim will gain

50 extra gold

from the Veterans.

4. STATISTICS:

Level

signifies the player character’s overall experience.

Health

is initially equal to level, and attacks reduce it while healing restores it.

Ether

is equal to about a half of the level, and is used for spellcasting, healing and scroll-reading.

Defense

is gained from shields and most artefacts, and it reduces the damage taken.

WP

means weapon power, while

SP

means shield power. All statistics except Level are kept a secret from other players.

5. ABILITIES: All player characters have their

own sets

of 3-6 abilities they can use during the game, related to their job classes. These skills include (but are not limited to) attacks, spellcasting, healing, tracking, stealing items, blocking, buffing, debilitating and using items. To best make use of these varied skills, the players should consider forming alliances.

6. ITEMS: All players start out with

10 gold

, a

weapon

with 2-6 WP and a random array of

other items

, such as restorative potions, artefacts and tools. Like the statistics, these inventories are kept as a secret from other players. During the Day-phases of the game, upgrades and more items can be bought from

Sham Poo

in exchange for gold. You are free to discard items or trade them with other players, but you need to notify the host whenever you do that.

7. LEVELING UP: Gaining a

level

increases

the player character’s current and maximum

health and ether by 1

. When a player kills another player, they will gain experience according to this chart:

- Level 1-9: a full level

- Level 10-19: 1/2 of a level

- Level 20-29: 1/3 of a level

- Level 30-39: 1/4 of a level

- Level 40 onwards: 1/5 of a level

8. ELEMENTS & EFFECTS: There are five

elements

in the game: fire, ice, lighting, light and darkness. Elemental spells and attacks are twice as effective as normal attacks, but consume ether. They can also be blocked with the right piece of equipment. There are both

positive and negative effects

in the game as well, including encouraged, enforced, stunned, poison, sleep, blinded, sealed, confused and enamored. These can be inflicted by certain abilities and scrolls. Negative effects last until removed by a Remedy or a suitable ability.

9. BEHAVIOR: When you play this game, you are bound by honor to your alignment – even if it changes mid-game. That is why you

must not discuss the game

outside of the topics and PMs related to it, under the threat that you are instantly killed off if you do. Sharing information via PMs and forming alliances between the players is allowed, but must be done by knowing the risk that the other might be lying or deceiving you. Things will get brutal and cut-throat in this game, and you can get killed off at any time, but any of that is not to be taken as a personal insult. Please

post

in-character

at all times to ensure that your player persona is separated from your real self. Remember that

the dead don't talk

, so once you are out of the game, you must not speak of what you know to anyone until the whole game is over.

You are free to roleplay with your character, and most of all, have fun!

PLAYER CHARACTERS:

Corelin Moordog (CorneliusMurdock) ~ 282 years old female dwarf Warden

Ein Surefoot (Esurient) ~ 397 years old male dwarf Cleric

Emmanuelle Janus (emjajoas) ~ 33 years old female human Knight

Enya Dorgamel (Endgame) ~ 23 years old female human Evoker (killed on Night Three, then resurrected on Night Five)

Fleyra (Flare) ~ 29 years old female Rito Winged Warrior

Geosmos Phiephyrphoe (joeshmoe554) ~ 52 years old male cyclops Infiltrator

Heron Jujube (herrJJ) ~ 19 years old male human Cleric (killed on Night One, raised as an undead on Night Two but perished again on Day Three, then resurrected on Day Four)

Jinnipher Buchaire (JimButcher) ~ 71 years old female elf Knight

Lorth-Anoob (LordoftheNoobs) ~ 42 years old female Pantanan Witch

Luridan Voros (Lord Duvors) ~ 53 years old male gremlin Alchemist

O’Blix (-obelix-) ~ 27 years old male goblin Regulator

Pallas Thaddicus (Palathadric) ~ 103 years old male Lucustoid Druid

Panduin Oreheart (Pandora) ~ 148 years old male dwarf Barbarian

Percival Montmartre (Peppermint_M) ~ 24 years old male human Ranger

Piro the Visionary (Pyrovisionary) ~ 227 years old male wereturtle Battle Mage (killed on Day Two but resurrected on Day Three)

Sir Rubinstein (Rumble Strike) ~ 47 years old male human Skirmisher

Scamander Taurros (Scubacarrot) ~ 34 years old male satyr Minstrel

Swinehurst (swils) ~ 31 years old male porc Berserker

Theodor Legion (The Legonater) ~ 73 years old male human Cannoneer

Usharnam Madima (UsernameMDM) ~ 38 years old male Naga Chi Monk

Werther Brickton (Waterbrick Down) ~ 49 years old male zombie Assassin

Weyrdág (Wedge09) ~ 341 years old female Nôrn Hunter

Zarissa Curie (Zakura) ~ 58 years old female gnome Sage

Zelphie (Zepher) ~ 815 years old female fairy Artisan

Zpilf (Flipz) ~ 85 years old male ogre Black Knight Winged Warrior

DEAD CHARACTERS:

Kob (Kintobor) ~ 21 years old male orc Mage ~ Heroica (killed on Day One, raised as an undead on Night One but perished again on Day Three)

Pauline Jillian Boyle (Purpearljellyblob) ~ 18 years old female Mopag Mage ~ Heroica (killed on Day One)

Eris (Eric Su) ~ 26 years old female orc Sorcerer ~ Heroica (killed on Day Two)

Ezeal (Etzel) ~ 28 years old male werelion Barbarian ~ Nephilim (killed on Day Two)

Skrupp Oxstrong (Scorpiox) ~ 30 years old male norseman Raider ~ Heroica (killed on Day Two)

U’dargan (Darkdragon) ~ 29 years old male U’kin Dragoon ~ Heroica (killed on Day Two)

Calico Meatpie (CallMePie) ~ 16 years old female halfling Rogue ~ Heroica (killed on Day Three)

Doranee Grandeur (Dragonator) ~ 44 years old female elf Ranger ~ Heroica (killed on Day Three)

Retak Ysp (PsyKater) ~ 2013 years old male Fenarian Necromancer ~ Nephilim (killed on Day Three)

Fernandu Elysiam (Fred Daniel Yam) ~ 36 years old male minotaur Shaman ~ Nephilim (killed on Day Four)

Maxi Ebdul (Masked Builder) ~ 35 years old male Asteriad Rogue ~ Heroica (killed on Day Four)

Shadir Oswain (Shadows) ~ 466 years old male elf Mystic Knight ~ Nephilim (killed on Day Four)

Jeddam Ashenbow (Jedi master Brick) ~ 25 years old female hobgoblin Ranger ~ Heroica (killed on Night Four)

Brienne Deercourt (Brickdoctor) ~ 29 years old female human Paladin ~ Nephilim (killed on Day Five)

Capriccia Gianpaolo (Capt.JohnPaul) ~ 123 years old female vampire Cleric ~ Heroica (killed on Night Five)

Cromeo Nightingale (Chromeknight) ~ 22 years old male half-elf Harlot ~ Nephilim (killed on Night Five)

Kharybdis (Kadabra) ~ 26 years old female Octopial Beast Warrior ~ Heroica (killed on Night Five)

SHAM POO’S EMERGENCY SHOP FOR HEROES IN NEED:

"Boohoo! I'm so devastated for the break-in that I'll give you all a discount on all of my remaining items. Buy them all while you still have the chance!"

Weapons:

Axe