Fantasy RPG test

[Jake55778]

The one on the right is already dead, I'll assume you meant the one on the left.
Turn 4 (Ally 3/3)

Movements: Darktaint moves 1 space back and 1 square to the left.

Attacks: Darktaint attacks the last remaining orc for minimum damage and kills it.

Feats: Iron_Fang uses a fire arrow against the nearest orc. It scores normal damage and ignites the target. The orc survives the arrow wound but dies from the flames. Iron_Fang is now down to 40 stamina.
Vallorn the OP mage uses Ice Rain, damaging 3 orcs and Darktaint. 2 of the orcs are killed. Vallorn is now down to 15 mana. (Attempting to cast spells while out of mana/stamina will result in a desperation feat in which half the cost of the spell wil be taken from the user's hp, the spell also has a chance of failing.)


All enemies defeated
Victory!

[Darktaint]

LEVEL UP!
Darktaint is now level 2

[vallorn]

i loved this. seriously we should have a proper campaign using these rules. its like D&D but BETTER

(also Jake's Board/ Background Art is amazing)

[Jake55778]

Well if we were doing this for real you'd get 10 points to assign to your base stats as you see fit. You'd also get to pick a new feat from a list, or choose to upgrade an existing one. And of course all these orcs would have dropped some loot.

Please give feedback on this

Both in the general sense of whether or not you enjoyed it, and in more detail with regards to balance and difficulty (yes the mage needs to be nerfed).
I have grand ambitions for this, but it's a lot of work involved. There's no point in me taking it further unless people actually want to play it.

[Darktaint]

I'm not really one for Rpg's on forums but this has really interested me
I'd really like this to continue
NERF MAGE NOAW!!!!!!
but in all honesty it's pretty good so far

[vallorn]

just lowe my damage's i prefer a diversity of spells to a few powerfull ones.

a teleport that uses all my mana but alows me to teleport an ally, enemy or object could be good?

[Iron_Fang]

it's great, i would be up for more, and maybe when you get enough +1s to a stat you get a new attack ect

[Milo_Windby]

I would be very interested in something like this. I was hoping to join but With Iron taking the rogue and not having an avatar I passed right by his post (Get an avatar!)

[Iron_Fang]

i will be just non in the size max =(

[Milo_Windby]

i will be just non in the size max =(

wah?

[Jake55778]

I'm still working on this, but it's turning out to be a lot more work than I'd anticipated. It may be a while.
I could really use a hand in the story department though. I'm not much of a writer and I know we have some talented ones on the site. Please contact me if it's something you might be interested in helping with.

[Iron_Fang]

The ones I want are never in the size needed

[Jake55778]

I'm confused, what's the wrong size?

[Iron_Fang]

My avatar

[697134002]

He can't find a picture smaller than 100x100 pixels.

[Wildwill002]

Iron what sort of picture are you looking for?

[Jake55778]

I've finished the feat upgrade trees for each character. You can now start to plan out how to upgrade your avatar if you like.

*note*
The reason the mage has so many more feat options than the other classes is because he's completely dependant on them as his only real mean of attack. Both the Warrior and the Rogue will also gain access to better weapons and gear throughout the quest, very few of which will be usable by a mage.

[vallorn]

wow thats gonna be fun to build a charecter with!

now how do i pick my first abilities?

[Jake55778]

You start with all the level 1 feats by default. You pick a new feat at the end of each level for a total of 22-23 at lvl 18.
Alternatively you can forego a new feat and instead select an option called "additional training" which grants you a bonus level up instead. It basically means you reach level 18 faster, but will have fewer feats available when you get there.

Here's a preview of some of the high end spells I've been working on:

[Skunk_Giant]

Those spells are epic! :O

[Jake55778]

Just an update to let people know that I'm still working on this, mostly art assets at this moment. Once I have all the enemy designs sorted and have finalised the mechanics, I'll start assembling it all into a proper campaign.

My other motive in posting is to ask for some more feedback. This time on the subject of group size. How many players should be allowed to participate at once? I'm hoping for the campaign to be quite lengthly, so too few slots means people who miss out on the first run will have to wait quite a while for a turn. Too many however means individual player phases drag on if players aren't all online. It also raises the issue of do I develop more player classes to allow everyone to be unique, or simply have color swapped duplicates of the 3 existing classes? Let me know if you have any suggestions.

[vallorn]

as we should be taking different upgrade paths we will be getting more unique as the game progresses right Jake?

[Jake55778]

True, but there's also the issue of balance. There does need to be a player limit, I'm just not sure what it should be. 3 seems kinda restrictive.

[Iron_Fang]

Nine, like the fellowship of the ring!

[vallorn]

i say 12 people.

[Milo_Windby]

I would have to say something between 6-8 players.
I've been apart of some online chat rps where the group meets up each week to play D&D and this has always been the number of players I have seen used. (At least in my experience)

[Jake55778]

6 sounds good, with a limit of 3 of any one class (Too many mages and the AoE gets out of hand).

By the way I've finished the sprites for a bunch more enemies and spells, would you guys prefer me to share that kind of stuff so you can see how thing are progressing? Or would you rather I held everything back for when we actually start? (At this point there's no storyline to spoil. It would just be illustrations)

[Darktaint]

I'd quite like to see how your getting along , rather excited for this to get back up and running

[Jake55778]

How many enemy types do you think I need for 18 missions? So far I have 13 (plus there'll be bosses hopefully)

[Iron_Fang]

That will be ok for now