Bound to Earth: A CK2 Earthbound Quest in an 8-bit Dystopia
- Thread starter Crosswire
- Start date
- Crossover Sci-Fi
Yes. The Enemy Interrupt has more or less happened at the very end of this turn/month. So everything that happened on Turn 3 happened sometime prior to this fight.
Though the papers are pretty useless given you're in active combat, unless your plan is to hold out until you can somehow send it in the mail. Which is not a realistic course of action given the opposition.
- Location
- SomeWhereElse
[X] Plan: Straight To The Point!
Good update. That mayors house thing will probably come in clutch later.
Also we have money to bribe Porky now - he has potential and maybe with the power of friendship and vandalism he can become a force for kinda of good instead of the worst person ever
Good update. That mayors house thing will probably come in clutch later.
Also we have money to bribe Porky now - he has potential and maybe with the power of friendship and vandalism he can become a force for kinda of good instead of the worst person ever
weredrago2
"Cowabunga, Shadow the Hedgehog..."
- Location
- Florida
THERE'S A STARMAN, WAITING IN THE SKY!
HE'D LIKE TO COME AND BEAT US
BUT I THINK WE'D BLOW HIS MIND
[X] PLAN: BAMBOOZLE
-[X] Antagonize the Starman into attacking their allies (1 Action)
-[X] Find Something of Use (1 Action)
-[X] Renew PSI Shield Σ (2 Actions)
- Location
- alphen aan den rijn
[X] Plan: our first battle try not to die
- Pronouns
- He
[X] Plan: Straight To The Point!
[X] Plan: Awaken Potential
-[X] Breath Deep, Reach Deep…and Attack! (2 Actions)
-[X] Renew Renew PSI Shield Σ (2 Actions)
I support Psychic Murder
-[X] Breath Deep, Reach Deep…and Attack! (2 Actions)
-[X] Renew Renew PSI Shield Σ (2 Actions)
I support Psychic Murder
It is pretty customary to do that actually. Looking through the 8BD doc, it's pretty clear most entries are set before the game would occur. Dr. Light's working on Mega Man, Sonic's just starting his anti-Robotnik campaign, Mario's plumbing the depths and may or may not have even seen Bowser, ETC.
- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Honestly, I think that's a huge advantage.
Allows prospective readers to create their own spins on how to integrate the stories into the setting.
Yep. Who knows, maybe the players can help these heroes rise and make the City better...Or the heroes will fail or be corrupted by this world. Who knows?
I agree. The setting should be the setup for a lot of adventures and provide a ton of negative possibility space for all sorts of campaigns, adventures, and possibilities. Rather then being any definitive end point to any particular game or adventure.
By just having Shinra in the setting, but not elaborating on it too much or making it as 'big' as it was in FF7 proper, you leave people interested in that aspect with the opportunity to expand on them or overlook them for other stuff.
8-Bit Dystopia's greatest strength in my opinion is it's strong theme, the really clever way things are meshed together and adapted, and the possible interactions between different characters and settings. It's a wonderful toybox where a lot can happen while still presenting a concrete setting and set of rules to work within the boundaries of.
KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
Alright, let's go.
Secondly, the +6 Funds (on top of the +2 from earlier) will be great for bribing people and maybe a nice boost to our starting capital when enter the organization stage if we can make it last.
Thirdly, the real important item here is the Prefilled Mayoral Paperwork. I don't even know what exactly we can do with it but I know it'll be big, no matter what we do with it.
The rolling with Advantage is a great boonz we have any number of difficult DC's to hit.
I'm going to love all the reduced DC's in the future, plus the rep itself will be nice, now that we've done something notable for the first time, and not just ditching school, occasionally beating people up, and other typical delinquent things.
I can't (I totally can) believe that the DC for our neighbour Porky here is so low. It's not like he's basically just a fatter version of CD or anything, no... would it be nice to have had a high roll here? Yes, but a foot in the door is good enough for now, we can raise his opinion later.
Potentially dangerous, but at least we got some money out of it! Hopefully a potential resurgence in theology in a place with an increased Dreamlands presence won't be that bad.
First off, I'll accept any thanks you guys have, no biggie.
Secondly, the +6 Funds (on top of the +2 from earlier) will be great for bribing people and maybe a nice boost to our starting capital when enter the organization stage if we can make it last.
Thirdly, the real important item here is the Prefilled Mayoral Paperwork. I don't even know what exactly we can do with it but I know it'll be big, no matter what we do with it.
I wonder how big a Learning stat Kart and Floppy have? If this goes on long enough maybe they'll be old enough for us to accept them coming in and helping! If so, investing turns in raising their stats could be big down the line. The small increase to our Learning is nice too. Every step counts.
The rolling with Advantage is a great boonz we have any number of difficult DC's to hit.
The downside to this turn. But hey! It wasn't a crit.
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Hahaha. No. Please, don't compare us to that guy. Judging by the games, that guy's a cowardly jerkass that makes CD look like a model citizen. Thankfully, we got to him early, and maybe help set him on the right path, but our girl has a heart of gold underneath it all, Porky, at this point...Pyrite, maybe.
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Porky is 100% gonna start/join a cult. Whether its the Great Devourer, Medusa, or Giygas is yet to be seen.
I'd like to remind everyone that if you refuse to help Porky look for Picky at the beginning of Earthbound, he threatens to "say something that will cut you like a knife" Which is either him indirectly threatening to stab you, or directly threatening to say something so cruel that it hurts you.
Even before Giygas got his psychic mits on Porky, he was a bit of a prick. Although Giygas certainly made him worse.
Even before Giygas got his psychic mits on Porky, he was a bit of a prick. Although Giygas certainly made him worse.
Heh. Fair, but you get my point. Basically, Porky isn't much like CD. Sure, he's a troublemaker, rude, and generally a bit of a jerk, but, unlike CD, he's a full-on coward without a shred of altruism. The first thing he does in the game is ditch his younger brother in the night and proceed to go bug Ness for help with finding him so that he won't get disciplined, and spends every battle he's in cowering behind Ness, when even Picky at least TRIES to help, even if it's not successful. He refuses to fight Ness directly for the rest of the game, and, even when he has Giygas backing him up in the final boss, he bails after taking a few hits. He's a COWARD. And, say what you will about CD, that ain't her. Thankfully, we got to him early, when he's still just a standard jerk and not yet the utterly loathsome monster he'll become, but it's gonna take some time to whip this fatso into someone useful.
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KnownParadox
Not a sphere
- Location
- Canada
Hey, so long as it's a Cult that isn't supporting Giygas and won't end the world any faster than Giygas, I say he can go ahead. In fact, if he focused on the Great Devourer, that'd be ideal, and also hilarious.
"I find him relateable...What?"
(Sorry, sorry, i'll cool it with the fat jokes.)
Also, I have no clue about how the Great Devourer will turn out, but it would kinda funny if he is just, like, Kirby, with the personality of...Kirby. But as an eldritch horror.
"At last, our master has returned. Speak, oh lord!"
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- Location
- England, unfortunately.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Honestly, like half of my George omake was written with the idea of:
Kirby: *Sees new friend!* Poyo!
George: *SCREAMS EXTERNALLY AND RUNS IN TERROR FROM THE ENDLESSLY CONSUMING VOID GIVEN FLESH*
Kirby: *Sad now new friend has left* Poyo...
Is not Kirby the ideal being? All the boy does is eat, sleep, and fight anyone who tries to interfere with him doing those things. Ah, the life.
Unrelated note: Good to see our stats are improving. Still a long way to go before we're ready to play with the big boys. My first target is getting all of our stats over 15. That feels sufficiently well-rounded for a faction leader. It's gonna be a long long way.