Active [Frontier] The AMAZE-ing Adventurer’s trial

[DarkKitsune]

• Out ot character
• Narration/dialogue

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  OoC Info

  
  This roleplay takes place in the world of Isekai Hell! For more information involving the community click here! This roleplay will be kept on a seven-day posting schedule and update every Wednesday MST time. I’ll try my best to keep this rp within 2 months length.
  
  Will loosely be using the Advanced Rules to teach The new players basic combat rules.
  
  Players:
  Albert: Alvareezy
  Hunter Asphalt: DragonSlayer57
  
  Universal goals:
  Clear the maze and figure out the puzzles.
  
  (If these characters have any goal in particular don’t be afraid to shoot a dm to me so I can add it)
  
  Note for graders: Solaris is a NPC due to scooping.
  
  
  
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  Post One

  
  
  On the outskirts of Ryke, the wind blew with a calm cool, three people sat outside what in appearance seemed to be a limestone box as the sun dipped down into the horizon and the stars that dotted the sky as the world’s two moons settled into view, one green, the other pink. One figure paced back in forth in front of the strange structure. Black hair illuminated by the strange light as his brown eyes were closed, the human pondering something, perhaps his armor making a clanking and clanking noise as he moved about. The other two sat on a decently sized nearby rock. One was a girl with white hair and cold blue eyes. Mostly human in appearance, but she had Siberian Husky ears on top of her head with a tail in her paws. One could safely assume she was an [abomination] of sorts, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and pants. The other was a Fae, a male elf boy with pointy ears and blonde hair. Pale eyes flickered over the sheets of paper from the Ryken Adventurers guild as they sat there in wait. The Elf spoke up nervously.
  
  
  
  “When do you think those artisans will show up, Alexander? You’re an experienced adventurer…and from Ryke.”
  
  
  
  The human ‘Alexander’ answered blatantly.
  
  
  
  “Well, Marco, probably, if people accepted the job and lived in Ryke for not long. For all we know, most of the artisans could’ve looked at the paper and not batted a eye. And for all we know, in the same sentence, anyone interested could be like you and Solaris and not from Ryke at all.”
  
  
  
  Silence fell over the group before the abomination ‘Solaris’ asked
  
  
  
  “So…a maze full of puzzles and illness?”
  
  
  
  Alexander replied.
  
  
  
  “And bugs don’t forget the bugs, not the ones plaguing the See and Ryke…different kinds of bugs.”
  
  
  
  Marco let out a scoff.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Well, that’s just fun!”
  
  
  
  
  

 

[Alvareezy]

Strolling along, Albert casually observed the celestial wonders of this unfamiliar world, his gaze split between the captivating sky and the path ahead. The twin moons, one green and the other pink, cast an enchanting glow, guiding his way through the night.

Though not particularly thrilled about the adventurer guild's chosen meeting time, Albert didn't want to fuss over details when it came to selecting quests. After all, he had left his fate to chance, randomly picking this particular mission. It promised something different, a maze of puzzles instead of the usual monster-slaying or rescue missions. It felt like stepping into a game, but Albert knew better than to underestimate any challenge.

Approaching a trio of fellow adventurers, Albert greeted them with a casual wave. "Hey there, fellow adventurers, perhaps?" he inquired with curiosity. It was clear to him that they weren't out for a leisurely stroll at this hour. "The more, the merrier," he mused to himself, unfazed by the prospect of joining forces with strangers.

"I'm Albert, from Ryke. I'm here for the maze," he announced, producing the request from the adventurers guild and offering it for their inspection. "Are you guys here for the same thing?" The group before him seemed potentially diverse and colorful, potentially interesting companions for his first official party.

 

[DragonSlayer57]

Hunter Asphalt

Each day had been normal for hunter asphalt. Get to work, work, pay the bills. It sucked but that was his life. As a child, he had imagined adults as monster slaying, dragon killing knights. Now he was just a nervous guy that struggled to pay his bills and wished for an adventure, even though he knew he would probably freeze in fear. For a while he was scared to go near the guild, let alone the bulletin board. A quest? What if there were monsters and he got his arm blown off by a dragon? Gosh no! He already had enough adventure here at work.


But sometimes his mind would wander off and he would dream. Dream of amazing adventures, Saving a princess, Slaying the dragon. And after a pay raise, the dream started to become more and more reachable.he could even afford a better hammer than that crappy old thing he had used for years! Hunter had stopped by the adventurers guild one day, taking a look at the board “A Maze? That seems easy enough to start with. Unless there are bugs.. Or monsters!” He shuddered and held his backpack. He should probably be getting to work now, but he told himself he’d look at it after work.

That had been a couple days ago. Now he was walking in the dark, hoping he would meet some strangers. He gripped his hammer tightly and felt his callouses rub against the handle. Finally he reached an area where the moon seemed to glow like a nightlight, yet make the area so much darker at the same time. The people seemed to loom over him in all directions. First impressios would be crucial. “U-Uh, i hope I’m not late.” He rubbed his arm a bit and turned around, recognizing only the fae’s pointy ears in the dimly lit situation.

 

[slifer37]

Rowan Thorn
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Rowan strolled through the night, her posture straight, with an ease of a tiger- the false easiness of it full of tension, not revealing the fact that if someone attacked her, she wouldn't roll over and take it, but would fight back. Rowan had answered the job offering, although she wasn't much of an artisan for one very specific reason- these jobs tended to have high pain rates, sometimes even becoming jobs that killed people. So she would let the others do their work, and she would make sure everyone got out alive.
That, and the fact that working gave money that could be exchanged for goods and services, which would allow her to maintain her current living situation.

The Fae, if reputation had proceeded her from the failed mission against the Eastern Empire, might know of her title as a See Inquisitor, which might change their opinion of her, considering she had been extremely helpful in keeping everyone alive during...all of that. Or not. Either way, she would join the other two, catching the person paying them saying they would be in a maze.

She didn't look twice at Solaris, but mainly because she didn't exactly care about her being an "abomination," which unless genetic experimentation had been done on her, seemed like a term that came from someone ignorant.

The thought of a maze made her sigh heavily, as these people made it sound so easy. Which it wouldn't be. She had a feeling it wouldn't be that easy. "Just go in and act as if there will be bugs and monsters behind every door. That's how we'll stay alive." Rowan replied, coming up to approach the group. "My name is Rowan." She would then introduce herself, before falling silent.

 

[DarkKitsune]

• Out ot character
• Narration/dialogue

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  OoC Info

  
  
  TLDR:
  The group is told what to expect while Alexander, Marco and Solaris introduce themselves. This is the last post in which any more characters can show up.
  
  Will loosely be using the Advanced Rules to teach The new players basic combat rules.
  
  Players:
  Albert: Alvareezy
  Hunter Asphalt: DragonSlayer57
  Rowan Thorn: slifer37 (goal: Find cool items/property)
  Sar: Gears (goals: eat food, make friends)
  
  Universal goals:
  Clear the maze and figure out the puzzles.
  
  (If these characters have any goal in particular don’t be afraid to shoot a dm to me so I can add it)
  
  
  
  
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  Post two

  
  
  As the sky drew to black, indicating the night had begun, the line centered on the limestone wall in front of the group began to flow a faint red color. Odd red, orange and yellow symbols began to glow on the left and eight sides of the line as the wall began to vibrate. The line would split, opening the maze to the adventurers. Alexander spoke up.
  
  
  
  "I am Alexander, a official member of the adventurers' guild. We will be exploring what has been called the Twilight Maze. It only opens up by nightfall and closes itself by day break. “
  
  
  
  He then gestured to Solaris and Marco.
  
  
  
  “Marco is a Fae from the Fae See. He’s here to investigate with us, as well as Solaris over there, who claims to be from The Duchy. She’ll be providing first aid.”
  
  
  
  Marco followed up by adding.
  
  
  
  “According to the Guild’s few records, this place has a number of puzzles and human-sized bugs. The issue comes in that other than that. The reports are vague. So warning that this is more or less something best suited for Artisans and fighters, in summary, best to get in and get out before Day break.”
  
  
  
  Solaris looks around saying.
  
  
  
  “We should probably wait a few minutes before in case others show up. If other people don’t, we don’t have the time to spare and will go on in but it would be a shame if we lost the extra aid. Welcome to everyone who has arrived so far."
  
  
  
  
  

 

[dreadnought]

Maxwell

And Solaris wouldn't be very far off the mark with her assumption as a certain draconian was running late to what was supposed to be the meetup time that the guild put out. This was supposed to be his first quest in quite a while and he'd be damned that he made a bad first impression on the people that he would be entrusting his life onto and vice versa as he rushed onto the scene and luckily for him it seemed that the group that was taking on the quest hadn't departed yet.

"Apologies for the delay, I got held up by a couple things here and there but I'm here at last! My name is Maxwell and its nice to meet all of you for today's quest! From my understanding it should be a simple trip through a maze while cutting through any monsters that get in our way. I guess there are supposed to be some puzzles too that we're supposed to solve but I doubt they'll be as dangerous as anything else within the maze."

He would declare with confidence despite his tardiness as he casted a quick gaze over his group of future companions for this quest. They seemed decently competent in his eyes at least so there wasn't much of a needed to get overbearing about their safety when they probably had that figured out already. Still though he wasn't one to slack off on looking out for his companions for as long as they fought by his side while sharing the same goals at the end of the day.

 

[DragonSlayer57]

Hunter Asphalt

He squeaked as the wall opened and he jumped. His face turned a hot red and he prayed that they weren’t looking at him. It was always a bit nice to meet another fae, though he didn‘t know much about the see so most conversations were abrupt. “H-Hi. Im hunter and i don’t really like crowds. Or bugs. or most things really” His voiced went to a small mumble at the last sentence. He was a grown man, He shouldn’t be this afraid for Zeus’s sake! And yet he felt his legs betray him and shake, his voice shake and stutter at every sentence. He didn’t know why he was afraid. He hated this feeling of Powerlessness. Of being so weak and unable to do anything. He looked down at the ground in a pitiful attempt not to embarrass himself any further.

 

[Gears]

Sar

Sar hefted her battle axe over her shoulder, staring at the maze. Her former master had often made her participate in tests using paper versions, and after the first few failed attempts she had simply eaten the parchment.

“Are the bugs poisonous by chance- I hate getting poisoned, food shouldn’t hurt you after you just killed it fair and square.”

Sar patted the cowering Fae. “It’s okay, as long as you don’t steal my share of the food I will keep you safe- and I only eat friends and intelligent creatures in emergency situations.”

 

[DragonSlayer57]

Hunter Asphalt

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He looked up to see the very tall slime woman patting his shoulder and smiled nervously. “T-Thanks?” He really appreciated the effort anyways, although now there was slime in his hair. He didn’t mind, it felt nice.

 

[DarkKitsune]

• Out ot character
• Narration/dialogue

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  OoC Info

  
  
  TLDR:
  Characters go inside the maze and meet their first puzzle. No enemies as of yet.
  
  Note 1: Players are no longer able to join as we are in the maze.
  
  Note 2: Albert and Rowan are assumed to be with the group
  
  
  Players:
  Albert: Alvareezy
  Hunter Asphalt: DragonSlayer57
  Rowan Thorn: slifer37 (goal: Find cool items/property)
  Sar: Gears (goals: eat food, make friends)
  Maxwell: dreadnought
  Universal goals:
  Clear the maze and figure out the puzzles.
  
  (If these characters have any goal in particular don’t be afraid to shoot a dm to me so I can add it)
  
  
  
  
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  Post two

  
  
  Lead by Alexander, Marco and Solaris the group would enter the limestone box. Walking in revealed a set of stairs made of marble contrasting with the walls in terms of material. The staircase unwinding downward in a spiral. The walls were littered with strange symbols even on the inside, which let off a glow of red and orange and yellow as the group walked down, effectively illuminating the stairwell. Once they reached the bottom, the group would continue forwards until they entered a room with the door locked behind the party. The room had stone walls, yet its floor was made of dirt. The only things that were within the room being a pile of Tavertine (E grade stone) and a separate pile of timber, specifically Mahogany (E grade Wood). Next to te piles was a wooden table that had an iron balancing scale. Behind it on the wall was a miniature hammer-shaped image that appeared carved in the wall. Probably 3–4 inches in size. Next to it, ‘3:00’ appeared on the wall behind it. The group would be able to hear the sounds of clawing and chirping on the other side. If a character had a heightened sense of hearing, it may be possible to hear something akin to growling and scratching. The ‘3:00’ glowed a bright white light as the numbers ticked down. Marco mentioned.
  
  
  “Must be a magic timer of sorts…”
  
  
  Solaris examined the scales as Alexander prepared more for a fight than anything. Clearly unsettled by the noises coming from the other side, he held up his sword in a defensive stance, preparing for a fight as Solaris examined the scales she mentioned.
  
  
  “There are weird symbols engraved on the justice scale.”
  
  
  
  The magic timer was now counting down from ‘2:00’…
  
  
  
  

 

[DragonSlayer57]

Hunter Asphalt

“omigoshwe’reallgonnadieimtooyoungforthisimsorry” His legs were shaking as he looked around the cramped room with his hammer i a defensive position in front of him. He could hear the growling and scratching ”W-We probably need to do something or make something w-with t-the materials, L-Looking at the hammer symbol on the wall. W-When T-That timer goes off, That wall will open and r-release whatever is inside” His stuttering cleared up a bit at the end. This wasn’t fighting, He could do something! This was probably just a simple craft right? “Maybe.. Maybe we need to make a hammer?”

 

[Gears]

Sar

Sar stared at the symbols and numbers for a moment, a contemplative look on her face before she spoke.

“Nope- still can’t read, how long do we have before something comes to kill us?”

SAR got bored of all the talk and started placing the wood and stone on the scale in random combinations- she didn’t understand the puzzle- but you could brute force it right? She responded, not still playing with the scales to try and find anything odd with it.

“But you already have a hammer- Though my axe is way better.”

 

[dreadnought]

Maxwell

"Well I can't say much myself on what we're supposed to make but what I do know is that we'll have to brace ourselves for whatever's about to come next. If none of us can come up with anything before that timer's over then it'd be better to use whatever remaining time we have to properly arm ourselves against whatever's making all that noise beyond the door. If I were to make a guess on what we need to do though then it probably involves those scales and perhaps balancing something."

Maxwell tried his best to reassure Asphalt along with anyone else who was getting shook by the ever intensifying pressure the timer was putting on them as he brought out his halberd in preparation of the oncoming fight ahead. He knew that this place wasn't going to be as easy to deal with as taking a leisurely stroll at the park but it certainly didn't seem that it was pulling its punches either as the timer continued to tick down on them all. Still though, such pressure wouldn't make him falter that easily as he took a stand near the front of the door ready to face whatever came out of it while making sure that the others wouldn't get caught up in the fight in the process.

 

[DarkKitsune]

OUT OF CHARACTER

Players and Goals:
Alvareezy Albert: clear the maze
DragonSlayer57 Hunter Asphalt: clear the maze
slifer37 Rowan Thorn: Find cool items/property clear the maze
Gears Sar: Make Friends, Eat Food clear the maze
dreadnought Maxwell: clear the maze

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Other information:

Ps:I changed the code to make this easier sorry if it’s a tad jarring ;-;

Note: Between now and June 1st I’ll be working on moving. I’ll be doing my best to keep this schedule on track, however do not be surprised if I am late or early by a day or two some rounds.

Now to prevent confusion I have colorized the NPCs names and Dialog. For reference:

Alexander

Marco

Solaris

COMMUNICATION IS ENCOURAGED.

Alexander looked around with a displeased expression on his face. “Come on! Are there not any Artisans among our group?” The human groaned. “I thought we specified in the guild request we needed Artisans and fighters!” Whilst the noises on the other hand proceeded to become an ear-piercing tempo. A cacophony of a horrendous mesh consisting of chirping, clawing, and scratching noises sharp enough to make a person’s ears feel like they are bleeding. “If we have an artisan it would do well to speak up now-" Marco patted Alexander on the shoulder." On it!" Marco shouted before rushing around the chamber gathering a heap of Travertine stone and Mahogany wood. He sat down on the dirt floor and began to grab some tools from his bag, attempting to tear and shape the Tavertine. As he worked, Marco said, "Well! Prepare to fight! If any of you have any [Artisan] skills, please help me with this! The noises on the other side do not sound good!" Meanwhile, all Solaris could do was stare at the wall, and the Justice weight. The timer, as the numbers ticked down, only did so at a swifter…faster pace. It especially gained speed as the timer hit the 30-second mark. The justice scale would proceed to shatter almost as if it was made out of glass whilst the time ticked to zero. With a blinking ‘0:00’ was left on the wall. When the numbers began to blink, the sounds of gears and cogs moving joined the monsters, joining the disturbing cacophony of noise that echoed through the small room. Then the image of the small hammer on the round began to turn clockwise, a red light beginning to form around it as it turned at a painfully slow rate. It would turn into two full circles twice before a light at the center of the circle shot up. Beneath the circle another light shot down, and then the stone wall began to part. Alexander would hold up his sword, preparing for a fight. "Screw the puzzle you elf! Time is up, and it does not sound great!" Out came a sharp tarsal claw. More chirping came from the creature. It then made an appearance of a bug. Specifically, that of a beetle that stood straight up on it's two back legs. Its body was pure black with large neon green compound eyes. It's height was taller than that of Maxwell, standing at 8ft tall. Solaris looked at it and held up her right paw. Placing her left paw under her catalyst, preparing a spell. "Human sized, the reports said. This is not the height of any human I've ever seen." The orange butterfly necklace around her neck began to glow as she murmured an incantation. It would, however, be incomplete as the giant insect would jump at her, causing her to leap backwards. Whatever spell she had intended to cast fizzled out. Meanwhile, Marco took out a flute, the fae beginning to play it. It might take a minute, but it would become clear he was creating a distraction. Which would work somewhat.
As the result of the music was the attention of the giant beetle that attacked Solaris, engaging in a fight with Marco. Although Marco's music would seem to only attract more attention, Alexander would pull out his sword and then go attack on the beetles. A total of four came out. Two of them attempted to attack Sar and Maxwell. One would jump on Sar. Attempting to bite her with [Beetle Bite [E] ] the other would mimic its kin when attempting to attack Maxwell. [Beetle Bite [E]], The two were the biggest of the bunch, both 10ft tall and had a considerably different coloration compared to the other mutant insects. They would both crowd Hunter and attempt to attack him with [Beetle Bite [D] Alexander would proceed to try to get involved, noticing these two seemed stronger than the others, proceeding to attempt an attack from behind. A new timer would tick on the ceiling as the air proceeded to get colder. A 5:00 timer appeared on the roof. Slowly ticking away, the mechanical noises disappeared as the numbers in blue began to tick down...

And that Brings us to our First Lesson in [Advanced Combat]

As we dive into the first lesson let’s start with the basics.which includes How to calculate effectiveness, How to calculate HP and how to counter attack.

First I’ll show you what each grade equals to. (This is important):

F Grade = 1
E Grade = 2
D Grade = 3
C Grade = 4
B Grade = 5
A Grade = 6

This is what we’ll call the effectiveness table. Each grade as shown on the list provides each number of effectiveness. This table also applies to HP.

HP without Armor is calculated by character grade. Which is particularly straight forward F grade characters have 1 HP, E grades have 2 HP and so On. Another way for more hp is armor which much like weapons have a stat they scale off of.

Heavy Armor scales off of Vitality
Light Armor Scales off of Speed

Example:
Speed E + Light Armor F = 3 HP

Now we calculate Effectiveness for an attack. It’s a fairly simple Formula:

Grade of weapon + Grade of Stat associated with action/weapon + Grade of ability used for action = base effectiveness

Example:
D Grade Catalyst + 3 Effectiveness + C grade Intelligence +4 Effectiveness + D grade Ability + 3 effectiveness = overall 10 effectiveness.

In order to successfully counter attack you’ll need to beat the enemies BE (Base Effectiveness). In any combat round Characters are limited to 3 actions (which must be listed at the bottom of the post as the following)

Actions
Action 1:
Action 2:
Action 3:

And on that list out what they are in each order. Any character without the fast skill runs 30ft by default.

There will be 1 post per combat round. And the outcome is decided by the narrator so please leave what the character does as ‘attempts’.

Let’s see what’cha characters got! Combat has commenced!

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[DragonSlayer57]

“I’m sorry! I’M SORRY!” He shouted at no one in particular and swung his hammer in front of him too a defensive place. Tears were streaming out of his eyes in a comical, but pretty sad fashion. A pink fire with purplish shades ignited on his hammer and with every single muscle in his body pulsing with pure adrenaline and ready to fire, He spun around and his eyes were shadowed over as he attempted to EVAPORATE The disgusting building sized cockroach.

Action 1: Cry

Action 2: Attempt to hit beetle with fighting style; 8 effectiveness