The weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful, but you've got presents to buy, so it's time to get up and go... to:
Jingle Hell
ONLY 12 SHOPPING NIGHTS LEFT TILL 12TH PERIGEE'S EVE
Dec 14-24
Jingle Hell
ONLY 12 SHOPPING NIGHTS LEFT TILL 12TH PERIGEE'S EVE
Dec 14-24
In recent sweeps, a few enterprising trolls have considered the untapped potential of 12th Perigee's Eve. Sure, traditionally you sit at home with your lusus, trying to smile at whatever dead animal it's dragged home as your present, but why not expand on that. Why not buy presents ... for your friends and enemies as well? The marketing campaign was aggressive, sweeping, and wildly successful. This sweep, throngs of trolls are flocking to the nearest retail branches and shopping stems, clutching long lists and bulging beetle bags. While a few stores have caught on with the trend, the majority are still unprepared for the hordes of trolls that descend on them, and their stock begins to run dangerously low. As always on Alternia, everything is two steps away from a fistfight, and this is no exception. Are you prepared to enter into a festive nightmare, to risk life and limb, for the sake of a few cheap trinkets? Go forth brave troll. And a happy new sweep.
Salmire Outpost Residents:
The chaos taking place during the holidays is ideal for you to sneak into Four Fronds and buy some necessities. Surely your faces will go overlooked in the madness!
Quest Trolls:
This game is open to accepted quest trolls if you do not have any in-shop characters. Quest trolls will not be able to claim any end prizes except for EP/decorative prizes.
General Notices:
Users can play this game with as many trolls as they want, but prize claim will be limited to 1 troll per user, with the exception of decorative prizes. Each post should have min 50 words of rp to qualify for any of the prizes or to count the event as a rp/battle.
Game Mechanics
Trolls can travel to their local shopping center solo or with a wingman to get shopping done (game can be played by 1 or 2 trolls). Posts can be in this thread for trolls going solo, or in separate thread if trolls are going with a friend. This event counts as a battle! Trolls (teens+) must hit 0hp to claim it as one. Children can claim it as a rp, if they rped in a separate thread with another troll. As always, young trolls should be accompanied by their lusus or have 1hp.
The goal of course, is to get as many presents as possible. But larger presents are better than smaller ones, aren't they? Er - maybe your goal is to survive. Aw heck, just try and grab as many presents of as many different sizes as possible. And enjoy your outing!
Each troll should pick from the store below to shop. You can switch stores at any time during your shopping trip, but should keep accumulated presents from each store separate.
To shop in a store, roll 1d10 and check the results for the store you've selected.
Your troll will have snagged a certain amount of presents, but taken damage from either the physical or mental strain of shopping in such extreme conditions. Heck, it might come from a punch in the face via a rival shopper, if competition over the goods gets too intense.
Once your troll takes their total hp in damage, they are exhausted and must head home. If a roll brings your hp to 0/below 0, you claim the presents gotten with that roll, then end your game.
If trolls are in a group of two, damage gained per roll can be split between the trolls, however you would like. The only rule is that it must be either fully taken by the troll who rolled it, or distributed between the two. (If troll A rolls, troll B cannot take all the damage). Presents accumulated between two trolls should be divided as equally as possible at the end, before submitting the final scores.
Each user is in charge of keeping track of how many presents of each size (small, medium, large, huge) they have collected, and which stores the presents were collected in. When they have hit 0 hp, please submit the final totals here, or they will not be counted.
The goal of course, is to get as many presents as possible. But larger presents are better than smaller ones, aren't they? Er - maybe your goal is to survive. Aw heck, just try and grab as many presents of as many different sizes as possible. And enjoy your outing!
Each troll should pick from the store below to shop. You can switch stores at any time during your shopping trip, but should keep accumulated presents from each store separate.
To shop in a store, roll 1d10 and check the results for the store you've selected.
Your troll will have snagged a certain amount of presents, but taken damage from either the physical or mental strain of shopping in such extreme conditions. Heck, it might come from a punch in the face via a rival shopper, if competition over the goods gets too intense.
Once your troll takes their total hp in damage, they are exhausted and must head home. If a roll brings your hp to 0/below 0, you claim the presents gotten with that roll, then end your game.
If trolls are in a group of two, damage gained per roll can be split between the trolls, however you would like. The only rule is that it must be either fully taken by the troll who rolled it, or distributed between the two. (If troll A rolls, troll B cannot take all the damage). Presents accumulated between two trolls should be divided as equally as possible at the end, before submitting the final scores.
Each user is in charge of keeping track of how many presents of each size (small, medium, large, huge) they have collected, and which stores the presents were collected in. When they have hit 0 hp, please submit the final totals here, or they will not be counted.
Remember to submit your totals once you have finished the game.
Shops Available
Helega's Tuber Shack
Do you want to buy various vegetables for your friends? No? How about mugs with spuds painted on? Embossed root-based plaques? Potato sack couture? Well, if you shop here you should at least be able to avoid the worst of the crowds.
1] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 2 hp
2] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 3 hp
3] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
4] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 1 hp
5] Gain 1 small presents / Lose 2 hp
6] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 1 hp
7] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
8] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 1 hp
9] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 3 hp
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- You select three 'humorous' vegetable-shaped tea cozies. You're not sure what the joke is, they're just shaped like a - oh.
2] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 3 hp
- You find an unlabeled box with a picture of a dancing root vegetable on it. The vegetable looks happy, so you figure it's a good sign.
3] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- You buy two potatoes. Jackpot.
4] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 1 hp
- You find three spud-shaped erasers, sitting at the bottom of a bin.
5] Gain 1 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- You have yourself a small nesting doll. It looks exactly like a root vegetable. Inside is a smaller root vegetable, and so on and so forth.
6] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 1 hp
- You buy a pair of slippers that are designed to look like tubers. These better not show up in alt art.
7] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- Here are two shot glasses, to drink root-vegetable based drinks out of. They have miniature tubers painted on them.
8] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 1 hp
- YOU FOUND THREE ENTIRE POTATOES. YESSSSSSS.
9] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 3 hp
- This toy is a vegetable that comes with small plastic facial features. Stick them on it, then eat it. It's like you killed a troll.
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- You've got your hands on three little statues of anthropomorphic vegetables, breakdancing. They're as tacky as they sound.
Military Surplus Outlet
Goods here are for the practical troll. Bolts of sturdy cloth, canned rations, and an exciting array of switchblades. Still, there are some seasonally-appropriate trinkets on display. Support your local arm of the military this season!
1] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 4 hp
2] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
3] Gain 1 large present / Lose 5 hp
4] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 4 hp
5] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 3 hp
6] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 3 hp
7] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 4 hp
8] Gain 1 large present / Lose 5 hp
9] Gain 2 medium presents / Lose 2 hp
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 4 hp
- You fish out three sets of woofbeast tags. They haven't been engraved, and are still new and sparkly.
2] Gain 2 small presents / Lose 2 hp
- You find two stylish little white leather wallets, with polished metal clasps.
3] Gain 1 large present / Lose 5 hp
- You somehow manage to find yourself dragging a portable recuperacoon down to the front of the store.
4] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 4 hp
- You find a lone game grub sitting on a shelf, attached to a tag that says 'SGRUB X-Treem Solitaire'.
5] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 3 hp
- You find three nice polished corkscrew/grenade disarmer/toothbrush combination devices. How handy.
6] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 3 hp
- You find three grenades. How handy.
7] Gain 1 medium present / Lose 4 hp
- You lug a heavy set of six books up to the front of the store. "How To Eat Underwater" seems to be a very complex subject.
8] Gain 1 large present / Lose 5 hp
- This antique Tiffny lamp was high up on a shelf, and only you spotted it. Good shopping!
9] Gain 2 medium presents / Lose 2 hp
- You find two dumbbells remaining underneath a shelf. Clearly these can count as two different gifts.
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 4 hp
- These three sticks of 'travel crunch' have expiry dates printed on their fading wrappers. The words are so old they're illegible.
Giggle's Mirthland
Slightly overbearing religious overtones aside, this store is crammed full of whimsical, charming bits and bobs at all times of the sweep. Just, whatever you do, don't look at the scary masks in the back.
1] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 5 hp
2] Gain 4 medium presents / Lose 4 hp
3] Gain 1 large present / Lose 6 hp
4] Gain 3 medium presents / Lose 5 hp
5] Gain 2 large presents / Lose 5 hp
6] Gain 1 large present / Lose 3 hp
7] Gain 4 medium presents / Lose 5 hp
8] Gain 2 large presents / Lose 6 hp
9] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 5 hp
- You buy three sheets of glittery, scented, holographic stickers. Maybe you can keep them for yourself.
2] Gain 4 medium presents / Lose 4 hp
- You buy four stuffed barkbeast plushies. They're riding little tricycles and have little hats sewn on.
3] Gain 1 large present / Lose 6 hp
- Oh no, you're in the back. The masks pull a scream out of your throat, but somehow you end up buying one. Why.
4] Gain 3 medium presents / Lose 5 hp
- You buy three comically oversized, patched sports coats. They all have plastic flowers in the button hole.
5] Gain 2 large presents / Lose 5 hp
- You shuffle through the store with three beautiful masterpieces under your arm. Sad clown on velvet 1, 2 and 3.
6] Gain 1 large present / Lose 3 hp
- Lying flat on a shelf, hidden behind an array of naked clown jugs, you've found a brand new unicycle!
7] Gain 4 medium presents / Lose 5 hp
- Sitting in front of some unicycles, you've found four brand new naked clown jugs!
8] Gain 2 large presents / Lose 6 hp
- You drag two giant, troll-sized, stuffed clown dolls down to the front. These are great purchases.
9] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
- You've found a portable tent-in-a-can. The clown on the package ensures a waterproof and mirthful structure.
10] Gain 3 small presents / Lose 5 hp
- You've bought three red rubber clown noses. They have little squeakers in them.
Dry and Wet Goods Megacomplex
This store takes up an entire block. The walls of each aisle stretch up into the cavernous ceiling, crammed full of every object a troll could ever want, or dream of wanting. You will do well here, if you can survive.
1] Gain 1 huge present / Lose 1 hp
2] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
3] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
4] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
5] Gain 1 huge present / Lose 1 hp
6] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
7] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
8] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
9] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
10] Gain 1 huge present / Lose 1 hp
- Your hands close around the box of a deluxe, surround-sound home media system. It's yours now.
2] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
- You've found a twelve speed microwave, with grubloaf setting and a small built in television.
3] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
- You've found a mug with 'Worlds Goatest Lusus" on it. Hurrah.
4] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
- You've found a bag of hair curlers. Hurrah.
5] Gain 1 huge present / Lose 1 hp
- You spot a huge crate wedged behind a pile of mark-downed hammer pants. Is that ... is that a motorbike?
6] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
- You've found a pair of socks. Hurrah.
7] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
- You've found a fluffy ball on a chain. Hurrah.
8] Gain 1 small present / Lose 6 hp
- You've found a bag of aged candy. Hurrah.
9] Gain 1 large present / Lose 4 hp
- From under a pile of coiled wire, you produce a hoverboard, still in it's box. They only explode sometimes, right?
10] Gain 1 huge present / Lose 1 hp
- Five trolls are brawling over the last Tickle Me Lusus in the store. You crawl up and grab it from between their feet.
