But... but you like writing about punching?
For the record, my previous post wasn't meant to be taken seriously (I hoped that would be obvious but you can never tell with just text) and QMs should obviously never reward bad behavior.
Punching is fun to read about, though on the other hand it becomes increasingly worrying to vote for when there is a diplomatic solution since I am quite attached to the characters and don't want to see anyone hurt.
Still looking forward to the tournament though. It should be a pretty safe place to have my cake and eat it, too, due to the no lethality rules.
We are going to show our former clans just how much of a mistake they made to dismiss us.
Just need to survive next update in one piece first.
Nah, it's fine. I was thinking back to the salt that got thrown around when Minami died. Reasonably restrained, yet still aggravating since we put a lot of effort into making the characters do the smart thing (and even tweaked the rules slightly by allowing combat actions to be swapped for quick actions) but still got criticized. Most people were pretty cool about it, though.
The real problem is that the number of potential actions the team can take has grown enormously over the past in-game year or so. When I wrote Let the Bodies Hit the Floor the options for everyone were either "punch people" or "stab people", with one guy having the wild card "burn people" instead. Everyone had exactly one option with no modifiers except Roki, so it was straightforward. Now when I write a fight scene for Team Uplift I need to choose between:
Keiko: Throw pointy thing, throw explodey thing, throw gooey thing, throw loud thing, throw burny explodey thing, use misty thing, make windy spot, move (vacuum step), do ranged grabby thing, summon scaly murderball.
Akane: Punch thing youthfully, explodey-punch thing youthfully, use misty thing, use loud thing, use explodey thing, use burny explodey thing.
Noburi: whip, drain, use one of (misty, explodey, burny explodey, loud) thing, make goo, make watery guy.
Hazō: Punch ((deceptively)? (clawed?) (explodey?))? thing,
use (explodey / misty / loud / burny explodey / gooey) thing, make dirt shield, make hurty dirt shield, be a varmint, make a dirt guy.
Those are just combat actions, just the ones I can think of offhand, and don't include the new pangolin jutsu that are still being reviewed.
Oh, and add "put down domey-thing (windy | dirty) maker" to everyone's options.
