Takshaka

[soulping]

[ Suddenly you find yourself on top of a large, team-colored tower -- the ones in the center of the lake, to be precise. Inspecting closer you’ll find that the tower is actually made of removable blocks: large, brittle candy blocks.

Looking around you, all of the other teams’ towers are visible to you, in a circle around the wide lake. But although you can make out the number of blocks in each tower and which team they belong to, it is impossible to yell between towers. Huh.

On top of your platform is a set of three objects on a table, with a sign that says “Eat one and win!”: a Jawbreaker, some Peanut Brittle, and a small cup of Whipped Cream.

There are no handrails or edges, and if you peer over the side, you can see that your tower is standing in a lake made of jello. . . ]

Comments

ROUND 1

[soulping]

ITEMS:

JAWBREAKER: cause two random blocks to be shaken out of an enemy’s tower, and a 1 in 3 chance of them losing a random block the next turn (roll a 3 on a d3)
WHIPPED CREAM: become disoriented, losing the ability to decide what blocks you pick for one round. Effects stack if multiples are played on the same team; does not affect special attacks.
PEANUT BRITTLE: removes two blocks of your choosing from an enemy’s tower.

Discussion

[soulping]

Turn-In

[soulping]

[ please select blocks based on their number; the numbers are on the spreadsheet provided. Ex: 10.1, 3.3, etc ]

[ Add any special items here too! ]

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

...

Wow.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

[ well then ]

We should go for one of the center blocks first.

Re: Discussion

[hopefullybetter]

. . .

What?

Re: Discussion

[piechemist]

[okay, but this is pretty neat??]

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Didn't expect an actual game.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

[nods]

I think we should use our attacks right away, too.

Re: Discussion

[hopefullybetter]

They happen sometimes . . .

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Not this quickly after Nyssa.

Let's start with an all-out attack.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Hey, Togetic. What do you say to using all our items at the start?

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

[ shakes her head ]

Using them all right away wouldn't do us any good. We should play one and hold onto the others for the next few rounds, when we know who our biggest competition will be.

[ hums thoughtfully ]

I think we should hold onto Peanut Brittle and Whipped Cream and play Jawbreaker.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Holding onto them won't do good either, I think. If we get taken out quickly, we won't be able to use them, and more importantly, if we can take others out quickly, they won't be able to do anything back to us.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

We're really high up...

[withmyownfists]

What if we compromised? Use two now, and hold onto a third for the next round? We might need it later, and if we get knocked out immediately, it really won't matter for us either way.

Re: Discussion

[hopefullybetter]

All of them? Why? What if we need them later?

Re: Discussion

[withmyownfists]

I'm glad we don't have to eat our way down!

[ think of the stomach aches... ]

[experiencepoints]

... Peanut Brittle will basically instantly remove one team, so let's hold onto that, if we have to hold onto one.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

If we get knocked out, we won't be able to use them later. What benefit could any of them gain by waiting?

Re: Discussion

[piechemist]

Yeah, we are, huh?

Re: Discussion

[piechemist]

Um... do you think that's a good idea? Then we won't have anything for the other rounds... maybe.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

I think so. They don't get any benefit from being saved, and if we're knocked out, we can't use them...

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

I don't think we'll get taken out in the first round, and for Whipped Cream and Jawbreaker there isn't a guarantee it would take a team out of play, or even destabilize their tower, just a good chance.

Holding onto two of them means we could use one on a tower that's already unstable and have a better chance of knocking them out and use Peanut Brittle on a tower that's still going strong.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

That's what I was thinking. Holding onto two of them would be smarter than using them before we know how the other teams will be doing.