New Game of Death: Battle Royale of the GAWDS

[reapersaurus]

actually, i want to see you win just because you've been abused so much.

 

[Saepiroth]

you have a cohort that's been getting the beaten out of it, yes, but your main character will probably be completely protected from all damage for about three or four more rounds. being able to jump into the melee while still completely fresh and as a mostly unknown quality is a very big advantage.

 

[Victim]

Since Therron is the latest incarnation of the Shield-charger, I wouldn't exactly call him an unknown quantity. Expect tons of damage if he charges someone.

 

[clockworkjoe]

I imagine that I would be taking much more abuse, except that I've designed Maturak to avoid most forms of attack.

With greater knowledge of the boons, I think that My Gawd Likes Me rocks. Since diety level magic breachs Antimagic Fields, you could have an AMF with all kinds of buffs from your patron diety. With that advantage, one could run around protected by the AMF while Hasted. That would be so much better than crappy gnome gadgets.

Yes, but the gawds are capricous and somewhat random.

 

[Saepiroth]

Since Therron is the latest incarnation of the Shield-charger, I wouldn't exactly call him an unknown quantity. Expect tons of damage if he charges someone.

well, as a newcomer, i had no knowledge of the old version, so...

Yes, but the gawds are capricous and somewhat random.

yeah; to note for your purposes, victim, i only got one boon total, and have to perform a minor quest to get another.

 

[reapersaurus]

well, as a newcomer, i had no knowledge of the old version, so...

most people don't know about it, unless they've been lurking in the In-Character Forums on here.

So clockwork - what are the current Quests that are running, to be granted a minor boon?
What currently are the things our PC's can do to be potentially granted one?

 

[Victim]

If you flip over to the rules forum, check out the Sultans of Smack thread. There's a really old shield bash guy in there. The cleric trick that I promised not to do early in this thread is in there too.

I think Artemis's critter is still in that field.

 

[Altin]

actually, i want to see you win just because you've been abused so much. of course, i held the same sentiment towards zalilad...

As a spectator, I would very much echo that; Hawkeye is the underdog's underdog. After all, how can you root against a guy who uses the phrase 'crazy-hobo-longshot ploy 2'?

Other crowd favourites (to my mind):

Nr 47 -- stumping everyone as to what the hell you are playing while using only the core books takes some doing, also the character is written very interestingly and, after all, he's killed someone which is more than most people can say.

Single Malt -- Hell, I'd back him just for the name (and if you've ever had a Macallan you know exactly what I mean) but you've also got to respect the guts it takes to turn into a dragon in the third round of the game. Also, the whole bear-frozen river incident was most amusing.

Victim was going to get on the list for cool character concept and the falling tree incident but I can't bring myself to cheer on a guy who would kick a man while he's held.

Yours,
Altin

 

[Victim]

I'm not proud of my cheap shot either. But my character can't operate at the tempo of other characters, so I need the points now, because I'll almost certainly behind in 10 rounds. All things being equal, I'd prefer not to perform a coup de grace.

 

[Hammerhead]

Yeah, instead you'd prefer to grapple a bastard spellcaster like Martok and rips his face off with your teeth, right? Because that's so different from a CdG. At least Hawkeye dies quick, unlike the one you grapple.