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Jun 9, 2025 10:25 am
You guys really aren’t afraid that, one day, you won’t have a relentless streak of extremely successful defense rolls.

(Well that, and you know I don’t kill PCs off.)
Jun 9, 2025 5:53 pm
Legendary_Sidekick says:
@Ysolde,@Redcroc - there’s no rush on this, but be aware that you have Custom Magic. You can decide what your Custom Magic does!

@Dmbrainiac - you have both Custom Magic and Custom Stunt! What they do is up to you!

…you don’t have to design your Custom abilities right away. When you’re ready, please run the concept by me.
I'm going to go with Grow up to 160 inches. Just tall enough to ride the rides... Maybe it adds to her attack roll?
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Jun 9, 2025 7:06 pm
Ysolde says:
Legendary_Sidekick says:
@Ysolde,@Redcroc - there’s no rush on this, but be aware that you have Custom Magic. You can decide what your Custom Magic does!

@Dmbrainiac - you have both Custom Magic and Custom Stunt! What they do is up to you!

…you don’t have to design your Custom abilities right away. When you’re ready, please run the concept by me.
I'm going to go with Grow up to 160 inches. Just tall enough to ride the rides... Maybe it adds to her attack roll?
160 cm or inches?

I’m good with it either way, so here’s a thought (which you can change if you don’t like it)—

• On a 💢MISS, you can grow up to 62.99 inches (160 cm), but you become flightless and wingless. (You pass for human.)
• On a 💥HIT, you can grow up to 62.99 inches (160 cm) and keep your flight and wings. Or you can grow to any size from 63 to 160 inches, but you are flightless and wingless at these large/giant sizes.
• On a 💥💥COMBO, you can grow up to 160 inches, with flight and wings intact!

In any case, if you want to be normal sized, you can be regardless of the roll. If you don’t want giant size as an option (like you meant 160 cm), I have another thought on how the combo would be different from the hit.


For the attack, the roll would remain the same, but the damage would increase with growth.
Jun 9, 2025 9:35 pm
Since Mr. Jones is a hatbro too, I was thinking of getting some kind of magic hat. At first, I was thinking of a thrown hat attack like Oddjob or Kung Lao. But that seems more like a stunt than magic. Maybe Casey can pull things out of her hat ? I'm not sure yet.
Jun 9, 2025 10:57 pm
Pulling an item out could be like, on a hit, you get the thing. On a combo, it works better than expected or you get an extra use. On a miss, it does something unexpected and probably not in a good way.

(Pretty much, that’s the Masks Outsider’s Alien Tech move.)
Jun 10, 2025 10:44 am
Orlando has scarier reptiles and amphibians than anything you can find around "Monster Land," but still, check out this creature I rescued from my swimming pool.
[ +- ] A Creature From Monsterland
Its tail was caught in the grate (of the skimmer basket). We used sandbox toys to push and pry, saving the salamander tail and all.
Jun 10, 2025 12:44 pm
Legendary_Sidekick says:

160 cm or inches?

I’m good with it either way, so here’s a thought (which you can change if you don’t like it)—

• On a 💢MISS, you can grow up to 62.99 inches (160 cm), but you become flightless and wingless. (You pass for human.)
• On a 💥HIT, you can grow up to 62.99 inches (160 cm) and keep your flight and wings. Or you can grow to any size from 63 to 160 inches, but you are flightless and wingless at these large/giant sizes.
• On a 💥💥COMBO, you can grow up to 160 inches, with flight and wings intact!

In any case, if you want to be normal sized, you can be regardless of the roll. If you don’t want giant size as an option (like you meant 160 cm), I have another thought on how the combo would be different from the hit.


For the attack, the roll would remain the same, but the damage would increase with growth.
Perfect!
Jun 10, 2025 3:15 pm
Ok I like that for the custom magic!
Jun 10, 2025 4:02 pm
Alright. I will updated those Custom Magic snippets accordingly.

Regarding Stage 5:
[ +- ] Spoiler
Jun 13, 2025 10:55 am
Brainiac, you are probably familiar with my format of bloodying the floors of cleared areas.
https://i.imgur.com/PJlfs17.jpeg

Regarding the arena, I used to create my own Doom II levels. One level was a bullfight arena, which included a fence that you would start behind. And where that blue door is was a gate that slowly opened at level-start, so the demons rushed out.

There was also only one weapon available, which you will discover in the next round. (Maybe Murasaki will want it?)

—EDIT: oh, and I just remembered there was a pickup where the player spawned! I’ll put that in the next room, since it’s similar to what I had already planned anyway.


I loved making maps that left you poorly armed. But my friends did not appreciate only having a shotgun to take on a cyberdemon. (A cyberdemon dies after 54 shots, but if you get close, you inflict triple damage, killing him in 18 shots. Or he kills you in… I think, 1 shot.)
Jun 15, 2025 2:03 pm
It’s Father’s Day! Happy Father’s Day to dads and people celebrating Fathers Day!
Jun 18, 2025 3:52 pm
Wow… @Eltesla - BLOODY HELL is the only defensive move where a super combo makes a difference. The mancubus had a lot of health…

had.


@Dmbrainiac,@Ysolde,@Redcroc,@Eltesla -

Two announcements:

1st - I’m on vacation tomorrow, so Thursday to Sunday, I will be offline.

(It’s possible you’ll clear the current room this round, now that the mancubus is dead—and unable to unleash his special attack, which he would have done on my next turn!)


2nd - I am enrolling in a PhD program today. As a result, I need to put this hobby on hold. —but not immediately. I would like to end this game on a proper note, so my thought is—if you’re up for it—we finish the Doom level (after this room, you’re 50% done), then we’ll move to the final stage: BOMBSHELLS 3010.

(It takes place in the year 3010. Right now, it’s "sometime in the 2990s.")

The course-load for the Doctoral program starts off light (7/7 is my first day), but I will be writing a dissertation over the next 3-5 years (aiming for 3), and I think my hobby—though I’m not in many games, and I thoroughly enjoy all of them and the people I game with—will set me up for failure.


I added a poll below, and I cast my vote.
Jun 18, 2025 3:54 pm

Are we up for one more stage after this? Public

Nope - TEMPLE OF DOOM II is the final stage.
Vote to view results.
Yeah - B☢️MBSHELLS 3010 is the final stage!
Vote to view results.
Jun 18, 2025 6:33 pm
That's cool! I've enjoyed playing with you but that sounds exciting. What is the subject you will be getting a PhD in? (If that's too personal, feel free to ignore)
Jun 18, 2025 6:49 pm
Short answer: Educational Doctorate - And slight correction; it’s Ed.D., not PhD.

Before my 10 AM call (with the enrollment counselor), I was thinking Curriculum & Instruction, with a Literacy or Second Language focus. But by the end of the call, I was intrigued by the Second Language Instruction program (with Literacy as the focus)… but I want to sit on this idea.

Likely, I’ll commit on Monday, if not tonight.
Jun 18, 2025 7:16 pm
Congrats! We will miss you!
Jun 19, 2025 12:54 am
Congratulations! Wishing you all the luck. I've cast my vote; I'd like this game to go on a high note.
Jun 19, 2025 12:07 pm
Enemies are dead, and I handwaved Diamond’s need for a defensive roll. See you on Monday!

Thanks again for the well-wishing!!
Jun 20, 2025 4:25 am
Some photos from an evening walk on the property where my daughters are camping.
https://i.imgur.com/OeDu7Qn.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/PT4i62u.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/UByKTem.jpeg
Jun 20, 2025 1:13 pm
Good Luck! You'll be missed while you are away. Hope to see you back again and teaching in a classroom. My wife is a teacher, and she loves it.
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