1-27-14: Sheikah Trials

WindStrike · (This post was last modified: 02-12-2014, 09:09 PM by WindStrike.)

Synopsis, Part 1

Kirran was summoned to the Temple of Time by Rauru for an unknown reason. On the way, he ran into two particular rascals, Darte Fellshard and Dex Eyegouger. They tagged along with Kirran. They all ended up getting pulled into a realm of darkness, its actual whereabouts unknown. Impa appears before them to set them on the Sheikah Trial, which is an initiation rite to become full fledged members of the Sheikah Tribe. Somehow, Red Enrics drunked his way into the realm.

Before the first test began, everyone was inhibited. The first part of the trial was to defeat the Essence of Darkness. It was a difficult foe. They tried various things, but they found conventional methods of attack to be useless. After trial, error, and shenanigans (see Dex breaks the game below in the Moments), they manage to defeat the Essence of Darkness. He appears before the group as an illusion of his true Sheikah form, but before he's able to properly leave, the illusion is impaled by a dark red spear, which forces the illusion to fade away. A voice asks them if they would like to try out their test.

Additionally, Dex Eyegouger and Kirran both overcame their disabilities and received their respective Signature Moves.

Synopsis, Part 2

The second trial begins against the Essence of Light, though it continues to be interrupted by the Essence of the Unseen, an invisible entity that claims that she wants to help the party out. Kirran, Darte Fellshard, Dex Eyegouger, and Red Enrics all question who their real enemy is. Nonetheless, they fight against the powerful being of Light and philosophize with it in an attempt to find out the truth behind the trials.

Eventually, the combination of Darte and Dex figure out how to make the Light stop radiating, as they both cover and hug the Light. With the Light no longer having an infinite supply of power, Dex eventually lands a finishing blow on it, defeating the Light. They’re all warped to a different realm temporarily, allowing the Light to materialize before them once again and telling them of the issue with the Sheikah.

The Sheikah are split into two groups – the current ones, that will protect and die for the Royal Family. And the old ones, revived from the Old Shadow Temple. They seek to protect to the Royal Family until it is too weak to protect. Additionally, the Light reveals that the realm they’ve been taking the trials in is a realm that any Sheikah can access. However, they should be able to trace any Sheikah that uses an illusion to enter the realm, but they were unable to trace the Unseen. The Light tells them of the possibility that the Unseen may be Bloodwind, who’s been known for being adept at using illusions.

Synopsis, Part 3

In the third and final trial of the Sheikah Trials, Kirran, Darte Fellshard, Dex Eyegouger, and Red Enrics find themselves facing the Essence of Shadow. It is a two-dimensional being that exists in the shadows of others. It copies the moves of others and creates magical lights around the room.

After two rounds of appearing to do nothing against this being, the Essence of Betrayal appears as a floating set of firey claws. It hovers from above, threatening to control others. The party manages to defeat the intruder, but not after losing two members themselves. In the last two rounds, it falls down to Kirran and Darte. It seemed the Essence of Shadow had taken damage and was bleeding, but they were unable to figure out why. In the end, they failed to defeat the being in time, and they lost the trial.

Thankfully, they'd already passed the first two trials. They were awaiting Impa to arrive when, instead, someone else arrives. He calls himself the Essence of Command, and he recognizes the Rokan's Lance that Kirran carries. The essence laughs and remarks that he'll kill its new user, too. He finally reveals himself to be Garunoff, Essence of Command.

Moments (24)

Racists

Always just kill it

How did Red Enrics get in?

What everyone lost

Dex breaks the game

Dex breaks the game again

Screw you Dex Part 1

Dex is a Zealot

Dex is ARMED with puns

When taunting works

More puns

Dangit Red

Dex sings

Darte has left and entered the room

Red defies all logic

NSFW Darte

Screw you Dex Part 2

Screw you Dex Part 3

Red Enrics will explode

Floppity Flip Flop

He's back

Red's Eyegouger

Too much thinking

Cliffhanger

Deaths (4)

*Dex, your shanking Eyegouger pierces through the Light. You can see the true Light, clearly now... you just hugged and stabbed a ball of Light. You are enlightened beyond all that is holy, and KEESE AND CO. is now afraid of you.*
- <Dex> SOLVING PROBLEMS ONE STAB AT A TIME!
- <DM> *Dex, you manage to revive to full Hearts and Magic after technically killing yourself with that attack due to shared pain.*
- <DM> *The Light implodes on itself, and the room returns to Darkness. Oddly enough, you can see each other perfectly fine.*
<DM> *The rest of you look for Darte, but he's no longer there with you all.*
- <DM> *Darte has died. Congrats on your 10!*
<DM> *Dex, you rip out the Betrayal's eyes, including the stuck coin. You also burn yourself to death.*
<DM> *Red_Enrics, as you eliminate the Essence of Betrayal with a sweep of your scythe, its fires wrap around you. Michael Bay orchestrates the particles of the flames, and you explode spectacularly, briefly fully illuminating the room for a moment.*

Quotes (20)

<Red_Enrics> RED'S THE TRIGGER!
<Dex> BLEED ME ROCKY
<Darte> "Oi! You think ye can just be a big ol' ball of flaming Light? I've seen brighter Lights than you in a Poe's lantern!"
<Light> Grr, you shall pay for that! I shall burn so brightly that you turn to Darkness before me!
<Light> I am the epitome of blindness! I am not blind; all are blind to me!
<Light> I exist to test you. If you are to lie to me, then my purpose is to destroy you.
<Red_Enrics> Your Lightness. I'm the only sinner here.
<Light> Please, enlightenen me.
<Kirran> I don't need the Eye of Truth to see you cringing behind your brightness.
<Kirran> The Light isn't my enemy any more the Darkness is. Both have their stengths and weaknesses. It's in the balance of the two that shadow is created, and that's where we Sheikah hold sway.
<Kirran> Layers of intrigue, naked fishmen, diabolical bosses? Just another night of classic Zelda RPGing.
<Light> 41h, 50m | Charge Beta | High Spirits | Bleeding x2 | Internal Bleeding x3 | Diseased | Nerve Toxin | Hugged by Dex
<Raine> Play and...eat some souls...tasty tasty souls.
<DM> *Red_Enrics, from now on, when you die, you will explode.*
<DM> *Darte, you punch the ground with your arm, only to find the ground has been installed with Newton's 3rd Law of Physics.*
<DM> *Your foot hits the ground. You feel a slight shock run through your leg as physics kicks in..... god dangit, I didn't intend that.*
<Kirran> Go poking around in there, you might call up images of naked fishmen. Just saying...
* Kirran tries his best to summon Vincent, master of explosions. *Vincent unappears before himself. It appears to have not worked.*
<Kirran> Because my tribe are kind of bastards like that and don't particularly like to give clues about this kind of thing.
<Command> I am Garunoff, Essence of Command. You shall all serve me... or die!

WindStrike · (This post was last modified: 03-02-2014, 10:33 PM by WindStrike.)

Foes:

Essence of Darkness

Essence of Light

Essence of the Unseen

Description

Origin: ZURPG
It appears to be completely invisible. However, when hit, you can see the outline of a humanoid figure. Essence of the Unseen is also telepathic, and it is able to communicate with anyone using telepathy.

Affinities

None.

Skills

Invisibility (Passive)

Essence of the Unseen is completely invisible.
- Anyone that targets him loses 10 dice on attacking.
- If Essence of the Unseen is hit, his outline becomes partially visible.
  - The dice penalty when attacking him is reduced from 10 to 4.
  - This lasts until the end of the next turn.
- When Essence of the Unseen attacks, he remains partially visible for the remainder of that turn.
  - The dice penalty when attacking him is reduced from 10 to 0.

Dual Chain (Passive)

Requires two different Combo Skills
This is a Chain Combo skill. It allows you to use a Combo Skill into a different Combo Skill.
- You must say you are using Dual Chain before you start using the first Combo Skill.
- If the first Combo Skill is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill.
- The damage of the first Combo Skill will be halved.

Triple Chain (Passive)

Level 10 and three different Combo Skills
This is a Chain Combo skill. It allows you to use a Combo Skill into two more different Combo Skills.
- You must say you are using Triple Chain before you start using the first Combo Skill.
- If the first Combo Skill is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill.
  - If that one is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill from the first two Combo Skills.
- The damages of the first two Combo Skills will be halved.

Quad Chain (Passive)

Level 20 and four different Combo Skills
This is a Chain Combo skill. It allows you to use a Combo Skill into three more different Combo Skills.
- You must say you are using Quad Chain before you start using the first Combo Skill.
- If the first Combo Skill is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill.
  - If that one is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill from the first two Combo Skills.
  - If the third one is successful, you can follow up with a different Combo Skill from the first three Combo Skills.
- The damages of the first three Combo Skills will be halved.

Essence of Shadow

Essence of Betrayal

Essence of Command (Boss)

Description

Origin: ZURPG
I am Garunoff, Essence of Command. The Sheikah are merely pawns of a lost era of Gerudo. These trials that bring new ones to the modern, cursed Sheikah Tribe shall be terminated. Ahh... I am but a spirit here, with only a fraction of my power. But it is more than enough... Come! Show me what passes for fury upon your misbegotten kind!

The Essence of Command appears to be Garunoff in Spirit Form. At most, you can see an outline of his body and features, his body glowing a spiritual green. A red gem glows from his forehead, and his eyes glow a bright, shining blue. He doesn't appear to have any items equipped save for his clothing. Because he's in the Sheikah Spirit Realm, he is visible to anyone inside and vulnerable to all damage. Nonetheless, he is a formidable opponent. If his enemies do not take him seriously, he will destroy them.

Affinities

Shadow (Level: 4), Fire (Level: 4), Light (Level: 3)

Skills

Last Double Turn (Passive)

Roll $init 2d2 for initiative.

Command Structure (Passive)

All minions under Garunoff's command grow in power, depending on the number of minions and the order in which they were summoned.
- 2 Minions:
  - The first minion gains 5 Power.
  - The second minion gains 3 Courage.
- 3 Minions:
  - The first minion gains 5 Power and 5 Courage.
  - The second minion gains 3 dice when attacking or defending.
  - The third minion gains 3 Wisdom.
- 4 Minions:
  - The first minion has Garunoff's base Power, Courage, and Wisdom stats.
    - Minion's primary stats use Garunoff's base Power stat; the rest of the stats are copied from Garunoff's base stats.
  - The second minion gains 5 dice when attacking or defending.
  - The third minion gains 5 Wisdom.
  - The fourth minion can use Cover at no action cost.
- 5 Minions:
  - The first minion has Garunoff's base Power, Courage, and Wisdom stats +3 each.
    - Minion's primary stats use Garunoff's base Power stat +3; the rest of the stats are copied from Garunoff's base stats +3.
  - The second minion gains 7 dice when attacking or defending.
  - The third minion gains 10 Wisdom.
  - The fourth minion can use Cover at no action cost.
  - The fifth minion is capable of using Sacrifice to heal others.
    - Minion rolls his Current Hearts and dies. Garunoff recovers Hearts and Magic equal to the result of that roll.
      - The remaining minions recover Hearts equal to the half of the result of that roll.
- If there are any more than 5 Minions, all of the extra minions gain the ability to use Sacrifice. Additionally, until the minion count drops to 5 or less, Garunoff becomes impervious to all forms of damage, draining, or siphoning abilities.

Fireball Statue

Requires Fire (Level: 3)
Summon a stone statue shaped like a Dragon's head, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +5 to determine its Courage stat.
- Roll your Maximum Hearts stat +5 to determine its Hearts stat.
- The statue itself uses your Fire affinity and has stone armor, reducing physical damage taken by 5.
The statue is able to use Fireball and Flamethrower.
- Fireball:
  - The statue fires a quick-moving ball of Fire at a target.
    - Roll your Courage +6 dice vs. targets' Courage dice / Deals Fire Effect Damage
- Flamethrower:
  - The statue breathes a wave of Fire at all enemies.
    - Roll your Courage +2 dice vs. targets' Courage dice / Damage is halved
    - If the attack is successful, target(s) hit take burn damage (neutral) equal to his armor's damage reduction.

Laser Moblin Statue

Requires Light (Level: 3)
Summon a stone statue shaped like a Moblin, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +10 to determine its Wisdom stat.
- Roll your Maximum Hearts stat to determine its Hearts stat.
- The statue itself uses your Light affinity and has stone armor, reducing physical damage taken by 5.
The statue is able to use Laser and Mass Blind.
- Laser:
  - The statue points its spear at a target, which fire a laser of Light at the target, ignoring damage reduction.
    - Roll your Wisdom +4 dice vs. targets' Wisdom dice
- Mass Blind:
  - The statue opens its mouth, which sends a bright flash of Light at all enemies.
    - Roll your Wisdom dice vs. targets' Wisdom dice / Deals no damage
    - If the attack is successful, target(s) get the Blinded Affliction:
      - When the target uses any action that targets, target first rolls $1d3.
      - If the result is a 3, the action automatically misses.
    - Blinded lasts until the end of your turn one round later.

Gargoyle Statue

Requires Shadow (Level: 3)
Summon a stone statue shaped like a Gargoyle, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +3 to determine its Power stat.
- Roll your Maximum Hearts +7 stat to determine its Hearts stat.
- The statue itself uses your Light affinity and has stone armor, reducing physical damage taken by 5.
The statue can use Fear and Shadow Veil.
- Fear:
  - The statue turns towards a target and opens its eyes.
    - Roll your Power +4 dice vs. targets' Wisdom dice / Deals no damage
    - If the attack is successful, target gets the Feared Affliction:
      - Target is unable to attack in any way.
      - This is cancelled if the Gargoyle Statue that used it on the target is destroyed.
    - Feared lasts until the end of your turn two rounds later.
- Shadow Veil:
  - The statue summons a veil of darkness, which covers itself and its allies.
    - Everyone inside the veil loses 2 dice when attacking anyone outside of the veil.
    - However, anyone outside that attacks someone in the veil loses 3 dice when attacking and 2 damage.
    - Shadow Veil can stack up to three times.
      - When a Gargoyle Statue dies, one of the stacks is lost. If all the Gargoyle Statues die, all of the stacks disappear.
  - Shadow Veil lasts for the remainder of the battle.

Demonic Fire Hound

Requires Shadow (Level: 2) and Fire (Level: 2)
Summon a fiery hound that breathes death from its whole body, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +8 to determine its Courage stat.
- Roll your Power stat +2 to determine its Power stat.
- The hound itself uses your Fire and Shadow affinities, and if it's hit once, it dies.
The hound has Death Growth and can use Burning Claws.
- Death Growth:
  - Every time someone or something else dies, the hound grows in size and strength.
    - Hound gains 4 dice when attacking or defending.
    - If the hound reaches 2 stacks, it's able to substitute its defending roll with Courage.
      - It can only do this once per round.
    - If the hound reaches 4 stacks, its attacks hit all enemies.
    - This stacks infinitely.
- Burning Claws:
  - Requires Fire (Level: 3)
  - The hound leaps at a target with its claws, slashing at the target.
    - Roll your Courage +5 dice vs. targets' Courage dice
    - If the attack is successful, target loses Magic equal to half of the difference in successes.

Psychic Mask

Requires Shadow (Level: 2) and Light (Level: 2)
Summon a floating mask with a yin and yang design, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +10 to determine its Wisdom stat.
- Roll your Power stat to determine its Courage stat.
- The mask itself uses your Shadow and Light affinities, and if it's hit once, it dies.
The mask has Spell Cover and can use Disorient.
- Spell Cover:
  - Anytime a spell is fired at one of the mask's allies, it can fly in to block it.
  - The mask rolls its Courage stat -3 to defend the spell.
    - If the mask is successful in defending, it casts the spell itself and rebounds it at the original caster.
    - If the mask is unsuccessful in defending, the spell breaks through the mask, killing it, and it continues to its original target.
- Disorient:
  - Requires Shadow (Level: 3)
  - The mask fires flares of shadows at a target.
    - Roll your Wisdom +3 dice vs. targets' Wisdom dice / Deals no damage
    - If the attack is successful, the flares confuse the target and give him the Disoriented Affliction:
      - When target uses any action that targets, he first rolls $1d#, where # = the targets in the turn order.
      - The target then uses the action on the respective target.
    - Disoriented lasts until the end of your turn two rounds later.

Sunray Bomb

Requires Light (Level: 2) and Fire (Level: 2)
Summon a bright, floating bomb of fire, and have it join using $init j.
- Roll your Power stat +10 to determine its Power stat.
- Roll your Power stat to determine its Wisdom stat.
- The bomb itself uses your Fire and Light affinities, and if it's hit once, it dies.
The bomb has Blazing Spirit and can use Explode.
- Blazing Spirit:
  - The bomb is a corporeal entity that emits a flaming aura.
    - The bomb is immune to physical attacks.
    - At the start of each round, the bomb grows and its flames pulse outwards, automatically hitting all enemies with # burn damage (neutral), where # = the number of rounds that is has lived for.
      - It increases its successes when attacking by the same amount.
      - It also decreases its successes when defending by the same amount.
- Explode:
  - When the bomb explodes, it first implodes briefly before exploding in a large shockwave. The bomb is first lobbed into the enemy team. "Hits" all enemies.
    - Roll your Power +5 dice vs. targets' Courage dice / Deals no damage
    - If all of the attacks are successful, the bomb explodes in the middle of the enemy team, hitting all of them.
    - If one of the attacks is unsuccessful, the bomb is kicked back partially, hitting everyone.
    - If all of the attacks are unsuccessful, the bomb is lobbed back all the way, hitting all of its allies.
  - The explosion itself counts as both Fire Effect Damage and Light Effect Damage.
    - Roll your Power +4 dice vs. targets' Power dice / Damage increased by $#d(# + 1)
    - # = the number of rounds that have passed since being summoned

Hmph, Laser!

Garunoff laughs with a simple "Hmph!, and from his hand, he fires a laser at a target.
- Roll your Power dice vs. targets' Wisdom dice
- If the attack is successful, target gets the Oppressed Affliction.
  - Target's Power, Courage, Wisdom, Hearts, and Magic stats are reduced by 3.
  - All of target's Magic Costs are increased by 1.
- Oppressed lasts until the end of your turn two rounds later.

Spells

Phase, Summon Spell (Support)

Requires Shadow (Level: 3)
Costs 5 Magic
Select a summon, and roll your Maximum Magic.
- Target's Hearts stats are replaced by the result of your roll, partially phasing the target out of existence.
  - If its Current Hearts are lower than the new stat, then its Current Hearts don't change. However, if its Current Hearts are higher than its new stat, then its Current Hearts are reduced to match its new stat.
- Target becomes immune to physical damage.
- It loses all forms of damage reduction, but all of its attacks ignore damage reduction as well.
These effects last for the remainder of the battle, or until the original summoner dies.

Hanging On, Summon Spell (Support)

Requires Fire (Level: 2)
Costs 4 Magic
Select a summon, and give it the Hanging On Buff:
- When target would normally die, it's reduced to 1 Heart.
- If the target normally takes one hit to die, it now takes two hits to die.

Items:

Ten Sided Coin

Amount: 1
Got a problem? Try flipping this coin! But first, you'll need to roll a 10-sided dice. The results are as follows:
- If it's a 1, something very unfortunate and inconvenient happens. You find yourself unable to flip the coin, as the coin finds a way to go missing and cause problems.
- If it's a 2 through 4, flip the coin.
  - If it's heads, something unfortunate will happen to everyone.
  - If it's tails, only you are screwed.
- If it's a 5, the coin warps itself out of existence before you're able to flip it. Try again next time!
- If it's a 6 or 7, flip the coin.
  - If it's heads, something good will happen to everyone.
  - If it's tails, you get something good.
- If it's an 8 or 9, you get another Ten Sided Coin. Also, flip the current coin.
  - If it's heads, one of your current problems will be solved.
  - If it's tails, one of your current problems will be turned into a rather convenient solution.
- If it's a 10, the numbers lied. The result is worse than a 1, but you get to flip the coin. What happens thereafter is a mystery.
After the coin is flipped, it remains permanently stuck to whatever surface it lands on, and it can no longer be flipped.

Add this stupid coin to your Tools

Bottle of Darkness

Lightwulf · 01-29-2014, 09:03 PM

I gotta' say, that stuff is hilarious! LOL