Hello, how are you doing dude?

Heretic 2020/11/18(Wed)19:16 No. 134347 ID: 8fb3ba
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>>134345
pretty good! Finished a short quest I enjoyed.

Speaking of which here's a list of all the powers that Spectre from BLOOD DRINK could've gotten. Any time he got a new power I rolled 3d38 and picked the ones from the list.

How did power stomp work exactly?

DYOB? Drink Your Own Blood?

>>134362
Ideally you would've used it to break through floors or immediately stomp down on guards you were above and kill them.

>>134363
Yes, consume one ability to gain a second use of another.

>>134364
Doesn't seem very useful in an upward climb. Maybe if there's a next time!

Heretic 2021/03/31(Wed)15:08 No. 135265 ID: 8fb3ba
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Sometimes it feels like I need to apologize for every character I make having the same clothes. I only know how to draw person in poncho.

>>135265
You could try a careful branching out and have the next quest be a Princess Quest.

Dresses are like ponchos, right?

>>135265
Poncho is best atire.

>>135265
I see a Tasteful Cloak w/Scarf, a Worn Poncho w/ Shawl, and Tattered Rags w/ Bandana.

Only one poncho here.

Say Heretic, besides healing items, what other things heals us?

>>135314
You can sleep damage off if the wounds aren't too grievous, maybe some other ways when I think about them.

I very much like whistle thing you did.

Really sets up a mood of eerie mystery.

>>135319
Glad you liked it!

Heretic 2021/04/16(Fri)22:14 No. 135354 ID: 8fb3ba
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Dell's Arm in greater detail than I'll ever draw it in the quest. Tools and functions dubiously canon depending on how much sense they make to have.

>>135354
I now question his intelligence.

>>135358
If they don't make sense to have in the arm then...
>Tools and functions dubiously canon depending on how much sense they make to have.

It's an op 'Mage hand'. And i won't question it. It's just a Fog thing.

>>135359
No I mean like why would he attach the soldering iron to his wrist, that can't be very precise.
I'd also have the multi-tool be on the thumb.

>>135361
ACKCHUALY wrist soldering iron makes perfect sense since it's extendable and he uses it with his OTHER hand. The wrist extension just allows it to double as a weapon. You'd know that if you read the fact sheet about Dell included in issue 136 of HERETIC MAGAZINE like a REAL FAN!

>>135354
How heavy is Dell's arm? I'm wondering if it's lightweight or if he's got deceptively good upper body strength to have that attached to himself.

>>135366
I wanna say like around 10, maybe 15 lbs.?

Just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying Fog World thus far!

>>135393
Same! Very entertaining!

A part of starting Fog World was wanting to try the stacking traits idea for combat, and now that I've tried it I think I need to change it to something different.

>>135453
Maybe not change it. I think my only problem with it is having attack and defend split into separate phases, makes the combat feel like it drags and sometimes it's confusing. Putting them together will probably be better.

Experimenting with the formula should be fine. If the change doesn't work then it can always be changed back.

Sorry about any errors that happen during the combat, I swear I write these things down and re-read them over again to make sure it all makes sense and errors still get through.

I've been on the fence about this for a while. What are your thoughts on the combat? Should I nix it completely? I'm starting to get worried it's clunky and just not fun to engage with.

>>135555
Combining them seems to be working fine for now. There's only been one battle with the new timing so far, so it feels a little early to decide on nixing it completely

>>135556
I agree, i didn't see anything wrong with this latest change in the mechanics. Let's see how this goes on.

>>135555
I found the last combat a lot easier to understand, apart from not remembering all of Rita's Traits. I actually really like your combat system a lot.

>>135555
Your combat system is neat and scalable. All you need to do to really make it shine is standardize the INFORMATION AVAILIBILITY.

We players should ALWAYS KNOW the HP, STATUS, RANGE, and TRAITS of DIRECTLY CONTROLLED characters at a glance.

ENEMIES should have ALWAYS IMPERFECT information. Our interactions with them should determine what we know of them. Lots of information can be given or withheld. HP, Traits, How many traits they have, how those traits work, which traits are on cool-down, what they are about to do, how their abilities synergize with other, ect. ect.

UNCONTROLLED NPC ALLIES are very much up to your judgment.

In effect, preparation and playing defensively gains us more information, but comes at the cost of dragging out a fight or finding ourselves in less than optimal situations.
Ambushing and playing aggressively can quickly end or "skip" fights entirely, but it leaves us vulnerable to taking dangerous assumptions that can lead to bad decisions.

You've created a system where battle is a fun balancing act between information and domination.

tl;dr: Keep battles, improve Info for PC, reduce info for enemies.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone, and I'm glad you all like the quest so far. Gonna make a pastebin with character traits and such to better keep track of stuff.

Heretic 2021/05/21(Fri)10:53 No. 135608 ID: 8fb3ba
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Character Traits https://pastebin.com/dsATUBBx

>>135608
Excellent, thank you QM

Heretic 2021/09/08(Wed)21:33 No. 136191 ID: 8fb3ba
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Wanted to do more Blood Drink for a while

Anonymous 2021/09/09(Thu)09:50 No. 136192 ID: 460f2e
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A thing I drew a while ago

Seeing the stuffed Imp reminded me to post it

>>136192
Man that's awesome!

Glad to see you active again Heretic.

>>136194
He has awakened from his hibernation

Made Blood Drink II a little less gamey than the first one, hope everyone enjoyed it. I might do a third one some way down the line or actually continue a different quest if I find the time/energy.

I loved it. I wouldn't mind having a Blood Drink once in a while. Short and sweet.

Are you planning to continue an old quest or start a fresh one?

>>136232
I currently have no real plans for anything. I'm beginning my new job soon so there's a chance that'll mess with any free time I've got. I like doing little Blood Drink threads though so maybe I'll make more of those if I get the chance.

>>136235
Cool! Good luck with that. Let's hope that you get some free time.

Heretic 2022/09/14(Wed)14:58 No. 138127 ID: 2eaeea
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Delve is a fun game

honestly thought you'd be more into dwarf fortress

>>138128
I've never played it, It seemed a bit intimidating. Plus I like drawing the little rooms and tokens for Delve so that helps.

>>138127
‘Tis. I genuinely laughed in delight when I recognized what this was.

Heretic 2022/09/14(Wed)18:03 No. 138132 ID: 2eaeea
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Also someone said I should talk about this discussions since more people would see it. I'm trying to make a TTRPG where you play as imps, I talk about it a little more in /tg/.
https://questden.org/kusaba/tg/res/11894.html#11894

Heretic 2022/09/16(Fri)21:07 No. 138166 ID: 2eaeea
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This is probably how big a Nubru is

Heretic 2022/09/16(Fri)21:08 No. 138167 ID: 2eaeea
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But this size is really funny to me

>>138166
>see a Nubru in the distance
Aw it looks adorable, like a big old chicken nugget. Wonder what the little guy is doing all the way out...
>Nurbru notices you and comes closer so you see it's actually this tall
>>138167
Jesus Christ! NOT SMALL NOT SMALL AT ALL!

Make it so they grow bigger during mating season.
If ya know what I mean.

I'd like to think that both sizes are canon, but the larger than human sizes are very rare because Nubru usually end up somehow getting killed before they grow old enough to get to that size.

So there was an error in the last post here https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/1043351.html#1044620.
I misread one suggestor's two separate posts as two separate suggestor comments and it caused a tie I thought needed breaking instead of just the vote for the kitchen in the top left. Sorry about that.