Dice Game [1] Hors - illiyah. [2] Dark God - Eauo. [3] Koleda - GreatWhiteFork. [1] Dark Deer 1 - Eauo. [2] Dark Fox - Zight. [3] Dark Deer 2 - Eranas. [4] Pure Fox 1 - Eauo. [5] Pure Deer - Zight. [6] Pure Fox 2 - Eranas. December 22nd to December 29th
A Slavic holiday similar to Halloween as a day when the Black God and other evil spirits were most potent. It was celebrated by Slavs on the longest night of the year. On this night, Hors, symbolising the old sun, becomes smaller as the days become shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, and dies on December 22, the December solstice. He is said to be defeated by the dark and evil powers of the Black God. In honour of Hors, and the spirits, the Slavs danced a ritual chain-dance which was called the horo. On December 23 Hors is resurrected and becomes the new sun, Koleda. On this day, Western Slavs burned fires at cemeteries to keep their departed loved ones warm, organized dinings in the honor of the dead so as they would not suffer from hunger and lit wooden logs at local crossroads.
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:18 am
Rules
You can only roll ONCE PER DAY. Days run from 12AM to 11:59PM Shop Time. Roll FOUR 20-sided dice. The first pair is your first set, and the second pair is your second set. The first die is your "positive" and the second is your "negative". When you finish rolling you will subtract the second dice from the first. Don't worry about keeping track of this, however. Staff will keep a record of all scores on the first page of the thread.
Example 1: Your first dice rolls a 20, and your second rolls a 10. 20-10=10. Your score is a positive 10 (+10). Example 2: Your first dice rolls a 15 and your second rolls a 20. 15-20=-5. Your score is a negative 5 (-5).
You may choose to discard ONE of your sets, but you must keep the other. After rolling, please post again and let us know which set you are keeping. You can say you're keeping only set 1, only set 2, or both. At the end of the game those with the closest corresponding scores will win the Hound to match. TO KEEP SCORES FAIR: If you miss a day you will be eliminated from the game. You CAN ask someone to proxy roll for you if you will not be able to roll that day. Only those who roll within the first 24-hours will be able to continue forward in the game. Please see the example roll below for how to play.
About the Game
This will be a dice game. The basic idea is that whoever gets the highest positive number will win Koleda, the lowest negative number will win Hors, and the number closest to 0 wins the Dark God. Spirits (if any are available) will appear randomly to users throughout the game (the host rolls an RNG for each person playing, each day, to determine if the spirit will appear). If the user encounters a spirit they can choose to either claim the spirit and do not gain or lose any points for that day OR they can opt for to roll an extra set (two 20-sided dice) for a chance at extra points. You may only claim one spirit to keep for this game, though you may still encounter others throughout the game (thus earning the benefit of an extra roll).
Note that you do not have to break down your post like this. You can simply post after rolling to say which scores you would like to keep.
Set 1 Dice: 16, 9 Score: 7
Set 2 Dice: 5, 7 Score: -2
If I wanted a high POSITIVE score: I would keep only set 1, for the "7".
If I wanted a low NEGATIVE score: I would keep only set 2, for the "-2".
If I wanted to try for the "0" score: In this case, I would keep only set 2, for the "-2". However, let's say Set 1 had a score of 3. I would keep BOTH sets. "3" and "-2" for an overall score of "1" which is closer to 0 than either number alone.
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:28 am
Scores All current players and their scores are listed here. We will post in the thread when it has been updated.
Something in the forest stirs around you - shapes not quite defined, and you sense that there is a force about you that may wish to help, if you would only seek it's source. Then again, the shadows are deep and the energy shifts strangely and is difficult to grasp..
Do you follow the urge, or do you resist?
[size=10][b]Seek The Spirit[/b] If you follow the spirit you may claim it as your own (choose one of the above), but will lose energy during your trek, costing your dice rolls for the day.
[b]Follow Your Own Path[/b] Ignore the call. The energies seem fickle, but curious - perhaps they will help you, but then perhaps not. You may choose to take an extra free dice roll for this round (roll two 20-sided dice) but you may not disregard the outcome - whatever that may be.
Alternatively you may choose to do nothing, neither claiming a spirit nor rolling for a chance at luck.[/size]
[b]Choose Wisely....[/b][/align][/color]
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[align=center][color=#7872ed]The spirits have appeared to you before. They do not seem as inclined, this time, to get as close as they did in the past. However, you can still feel their eyes watching you through the trees. Perhaps they will lend you their favor, despite their reluctance to engage you.
[b]Seek Favor[/b] You may choose to take one extra roll of the dice this round, if you wish, though you can also choose to decline it. If you roll, please roll TWO 20-sided dice. Whatever the outcome it will be added to your current score for the day.[/align][/color]
I'll keep the second roll, please! What a crummy roll to get for the pup XD
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:08 pm
I MADE A RULE CHANGE
TO KEEP SCORES FAIR: If you miss a day you will be eliminated from the game. You CAN ask someone to proxy roll for you if you will not be able to roll that day. Only those who roll within the first 24-hours will be able to continue forward in the game.
======= Added this because I realized how easy it would be for someone to just roll one time to try for a low score and stay there xD;
