Not long before the prisoners in the Researcher's secret lab began their escape, two other goblins entered the tunnels beneath Brassmoon from a remote cave. These were the Chief and Teller of the Stonetear Clan, a once-proud group of goblins that had, not too long ago, controlled a dungeon crawl far below Brassmoon's most ancient of sewers. They had recently been pushed out of those caverns by a group of humans who called themselves the Band of the Crimson Night, a nasty bunch full of slavers, thieves, and mercenaries.
Recently, the Stonetear Clan was ambushed from all sides inside those depths, and many of them were captured and hauled away. Some fled to the safety of the woods, including the Chief and Teller. In their haste to escape being trapped, captured, tortured, or killed below the human city, the Stonetear Clan's Moderately Locked Chest was left behind. And while it was not unusual for a clan's Chest to be forfeited to the adventurer party who destroyed the warcamp, the Crimson Night were no adventurers.
The Stonetear chief was shamed for having left it behind. She had to go back in and retrieve its contents.
Unfortunately, not many of the goblins who had fled were very trustworthy of her leadership. Most thought it was ludicrous to even maintain a warcamp beneath Brassmoon, and the rest felt that it was the chief's poor leadership that led to their clan being ambushed.
The chief maintained that someone betrayed their clan to the Crimson Night, and decided that she couldn't trust anyone else with the retrieval of their clan's honor. She turned her back on the fleeing refugees and headed back into the cavern.
Though she tried to tell him not to follow, the Teller wouldn't hear of letting his chief return to that place alone. Together, they set foot back into the caves.
And so it begins.
"Are you sure you want to do this? It's just a chest! We don't even know what's in it. Why risk dying to these humans for some shiny baubles or magic items that we won't even use?
"It's not about the items. That chest's contents belong to our clan and I will see it returned to the village. It's a matter of honor."
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Rules:
The full text of the mechanical rules that govern this game can be found in my signature, which links to my main game, Escape from Brassmoon. If you're unfamiliar with that game, go read up on it now if you want to play in this mini-game.
Aside from mechanical rules, there's a BIG difference here from the other game:
No one owns either character. The FIRST PERSON to post an action for EACH CHARACTER has temporary control.
That's right, you can control either the Teller or the Chief by simply being the first one to post after an update. And these updates are going to be issued out FAST - I'll be spending most of April 1st (and maybe April 2nd) drawing them.
You may only control ONE character per update, but there is no limit on how many updates you can post actions for.
If you see that someone else has already posted an action for a character, please don't post a second action until after the next update. I'll only be paying attention to the first one.
Any posts that are intentionally griefing the characters will result in that player's post (and any more that they make) being ignored by me. I'll let you know if I determine one is griefing, and will open the character back up for new actions.
If you already have/had control of a character from Escape from Brassmoon, you are disqualified from playing in this game. The only exception to this is BurnsBees, since his control was temporary.
Starting Character Stats:
Chief:
ATK: 3 (+2 Longsword)
DEF: 5 (+1 Goblin, +2 Chainmail Tunic, +1 Light Wooden Shield)
HP: 6/6
Pack: Nothing
Abilities: None.
The Chief's color is black.
Teller:
ATK: 2 (+1 Dagger)
DEF: 6 (+1 Goblin, +2 Chainmail Tunic, +2 Small Metal Shield)
HP: 5/5
Pack: Nothing.
Abilities: Heal (+1 HP, ranged, Minor Action)
The teller's color is #804000.
Starting Item Descriptions:
[Chainmail Tunic: +2 DEF.]
[Dagger: +1 ATK. One-handed. Can be held in your offhand for +1 ATK.]
[Longsword: +2 ATK One-handed or +3 ATK Two-handed. Parry 1.]
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I will begin the next update tomorrow (Friday, April 1st) whenever I wake up and get around to it (I don't have class tomorrow). I will begin work on the next update as soon as I get two actions in.
Good luck, and oh, by the way:
Prize:
All qualified participants in this game will be eligible to compete for character control in Escape from Brassmoon at the conclusion of this game.
Your actions during this mini-game can have an effect on that character's stats.
Please note that actually being able to take actions in Escape from Brassmoon (even after you win at this mini-game) will depend on the players in there "unlocking" the character through their own actions. Winning this game will reserve your spot for when they unlock this character.
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