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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:00 pm
WE ARE HALLOWEEN  Life Hunter
BATTLE ARENA
The portal opens up into an observation room, and down the stairs, an odd chamber for something like hunter training. At the center of a piranha-filled pool stands a solid stone table and several chairs. The Life Arena was built underneath the demolitions and ballistics testing areas, and the chamber rumbles with the occasional explosions above. Pinpoint red lasers sweep across the room regularly, as if hidden snipers are searching for a nice target. In the center of the table sits a wooden tower, made up of smaller wooden blocks. Yes. That's right. The Life Hunters prefer to train via Jenga.
Note: Distraction techniques and Yo Momma jokes are considered viable weapons when playing competitively.
If you fail: you have knocked down the tower! A small dart hits the back of your neck. You come to several hours later, and hope Dr. H didn't do anything to your body while you were unconscious. When you look into the mirror...
If you win: you have reached 50 points! You get a sharpie marker to do with as you please. peen points go to those with the highest scores.
Group Play
Playing in a group on any course means certain things can be shifted to make it a better experience for multiple people without holding anyone back.
An approved group play alteration for the life arena goes as follows:
When someone knocks the tower down, they are shot with a weaker dart. They will wake up 5 minutes later, the game can be reset back to the point before it fell by placing their hands on the table and saying the word, constructum. This allows them to start again where they left off instead of the beginning. They can take up to three of these darts before passing out for an hour, the game will not reset for them and they will need to try again from the beginning.
Mechanics
- by carefully removing pieces of the tower, you earn points and advance to the next round. As the rounds continue, the odds grow steadily against you. Rolling a 1 at any point means you have knocked down the tower. Please do enjoy your mystery dart. Anything after reaching 50 points is purely for peen.
- you may roll pieces individually (suggested for group play) or in batches of 5 (basically, a full round.)
Round 1
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 1
Trainee Roll: 1d10
Life Trainee Roll: 1d12
Hunter Roll: 1d12
Life Hunter Roll: 1d20
Round 2
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 3
Trainee Roll: 1d8
Life Trainee Roll: 1d10
Hunter Roll: 1d10
Life Hunter Roll: 1d12
Round 3
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 4
Trainee Roll: 1d6
Life Trainee Roll: 1d8
Hunter Roll: 1d8
Life Hunter Roll: 1d10
Round 4
Pieces: 5
Points per piece: 10
Trainee Roll: 1d4
Life Trainee Roll: 1d6
Hunter Roll: 1d6
Life Hunter Roll: 1d8
Bonus Mechanics
Life Hunters train for precise hand eye coordination and exceptional judgement, thus they have a slightly lower chance of knocking down the tower.
Status Round: (current round number)Pieces Taken:Total Points: [quote="Status"]
[size=14][color=#00BFFF][b]Round: (current round number)[/b][/color][/size]
[b]Pieces Taken:[/b]
[b]Total Points:[/b]
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:06 pm
If Finn wanted to get his hands on some runic bandages, he apparently needed to prove himself worthy of handling them by first proving himself capable of playing jenga.
Of all things. Jenga.
He supposed it made sense, in a way. Hand eye coordination was key in this game, as it also was in working with medical instruments in the infirmary. Still, it felt like a bit of a waste of his time. He had already worked countless hours in the infirmary, and before deus, had had extensive first aid training for his job.
Oh well. Whatever. Nobody ever said this place made any sense.
Sitting down at one of the chairs at the table, Finn wondered if it might have been a better idea to assemble a team for this. But then he remembered that it was just some silly game, and why the hell would he need any help with that?
He was ready to begin.
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Seussi rolled 5 10-sided dice:
10, 6, 7, 7, 2
Total: 32 (5-50)
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:08 pm
The first piece seemed to be the easiest, as it always was in this game, of course. His fingers were gliding over the rectangular shapes, testing until he came upon a piece that slid out without any trouble, placing it on top before moving on to the next. After that, it only became slightly more difficult, each rectangle sliding free with less ease, but placed on top along with the first without even a wobble. It was when he got to the fifth that he encountered a problem, unable to find any that were particularly loose, as he prodded several areas of the tower carefully. Finally, he found one that, with patience, he was able to extract, though the tower did move, threatening to fall should he make one wrong move. He managed to place it on top without further incident, however. Status Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 5 Total Points: 5
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Seussi rolled 5 8-sided dice:
1, 1, 7, 6, 5
Total: 20 (5-40)
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:36 pm
And that was absolutely as far as he would get, it would seem. The minutes ticked by as he attempted to find another piece that would slide free without any trouble, but all he could find were those that required wiggling too and fro, and his tower was already slightly off kilter, leaning to one side. He was careful, of course, oh so very careful, and hoped to keep the damned thing upright. He slid a piece free after what felt like an hour of working at it, and only had it raised half way to the top, when his tower fell. The pinprick of pain at the back of his neck was instantaneous, whoever had their sights on him not hesitating for even a second to take him down. Finn only had a chance to think a single word, <********>, before he was sinking to the floor, dizzy, fighting the tranquilizer but knowing that, ultimately, it would do him no good. He collapsed, his eye fluttering closed, and he could only hope that whoever picked up his body was merciful with the sharpie. Status Round: 2 Pieces Taken: 0 Total Points: 5
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Seussi rolled 5 10-sided dice:
8, 7, 2, 9, 5
Total: 31 (5-50)
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:41 pm
Several hours later, and after much scrubbing of black marker off of his face, Finn returned to give it another shot. He was nothing if not incredibly stubborn, and he needed those bandages. How was he supposed to prove himself capable of becoming a medical professional (someday, long in the future, but someday), if he didn't even have what it took to be allowed to use runic bandages? It was just a game. Just some stupid, silly, building game. He could totally do this. Placing himself at the table again, he began. Much like last time, things started out fairly smoothly, with the pieces sliding free easily, and going on top without even the slightest wobble from the tower itself. So far, so good, but how long would his luck hold out, this time? Oh wait, right, it was supposed to be some kind of god damned skill. Status Round: 1 Pieces Taken: 5 Total Points: 5
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Seussi rolled 5 8-sided dice:
4, 8, 7, 8, 1
Total: 28 (5-40)
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 10:32 am
Again he seemed to be doing okay, but much like last time, he ended up screwing up and getting a dart to the back of his neck the second his tower toppled. He woke up with yet more sharpy scribbled all over his face. Finn decided to just give this up for now. Status Round: 2 Pieces Taken: 5 + Total Points: 5 +
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