TAKSHAKA

[soulping]

[You step into a very comfy, cozy room! A log fire is burning in the hearth, protected by a metal grate patterned with silver rose briars. In the center of the room is a glass table, surrounded by comfy chairs and couches in your team’s color. There is a window, but it’s completely fogged over . . . from the outside.

At the start of the game you’ll find the following items on top of the table:

- a sealed envelope labelled “Instructions.”
- a large glass orb containing 15 team-colored gems. This is in the very center of the table, and cannot be moved, broken, or tampered with in any way. A plaque at the bottom reads "bank."
- 6 indestructible cards, currently blank.
- 3 grooves in the glass, each just the right size for you to slot one of those cards into.]

Comments

INSTRUCTIONS

[soulping]

Each team starts with a hand of six cards and 15 points in the bank. At the start of each subsequent round, three new cards will be added to the teams’ hands.

Cards have a point value of between 1 and 10.

Teams may play no less than 1 but no more than 3 cards per round. Each card must target a different team, unless it is Paired. If a team refuses to play, two cards will be randomly selected from their hand and played against them.

Cards only affect one person unless explicitly stated otherwise. Effects will last at least until endgame unless explicitly stated otherwise.

If two teams target each other with Attack Cards in the same round, both cards are negated. You cannot target the same team twice in a row.

There are 3 types of cards!
Defense Cards
Attack Cards - Successful attacks are how you earn points!
Paired Cards - Cards of this type can only be played alongside another Attack Card.

Once per round, a team may also:
Discard their hand and draw six cards from the deck. (5 points)
Buy a lottery ticket. (3 points)
Buy a shield that protects them from all damage for one round. (25 points)

QUESTIONS

[soulping]

[If you need Nyssa's attention, HOLLA HERE.]

ROUND 1

[soulping]

Bank: 15
Hand:
RIBBIT. (1) The irresistible urge to ribbit like a frog after every third word.

OVERCHARGE. (4) Hypersensitivity to touch.

INVERSE. (10) Those under the effect of Inverse will become their True Hearts — their innermost selves, their core; the very essence of who they are.

ITCHING POWDER. (1) Suddenly and inexplicably itching powder.

OPPOSITES. (3) Those afflicted with Opposites can only say the exact opposite of what they mean.

PROSOPAGNOSIA. (8) Complete inability to recognize the faces of people or objects, no matter how familiar they are.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[pchaaair]

[... squints at these cards]

[takewing]

. . . I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd really rather not play along with this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

Didn't something like opposites happen a while ago?

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ frysquint ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[saburai]

[ Eyeing those cards. ]

What strange things to suggest...

SUBMIT

[soulping]

[Copypaste the whole card (including title, points value, and effect!) here, along with who you're targeting!]

[takewing]

OVERCHARGE. (4) Hypersensitivity to touch on Takshaka

RESULTS

[soulping]

Re: RESULTS

[infiniteregress]

[The following cards appear on the outside of your window, visible despite the fog! As soon as they do, the afflictions begin to take hold . . . ]

DIFFUSE.[PAIRED.] (x2 point value of the Attack Card.) Costs 3 points to play; can only be played in conjunction with another Attack Card. This card diffuses an attack between all members of the targeted team.
+
SHADOW. (10) Those under the effects of Shadow will feel a presence at their back, visible but intangible, whispering for all to hear — their Shadow, built of all of their repressed thoughts and desires.

OVERCHARGE. (4) Hypersensitivity to touch

JIGSAW. (8) One person’s memory will be projected for their entire team to see. The memory will be significant.

((OOC: Unless explicitly stated otherwise, only one person per card will be afflicted! For example, if you find that one HICCUPS! card has been played against you, one teammate will begin hiccuping uncontrollably! If one HICCUPS! and one JELLY LEGS! have been played against you, one will be hiccuping and another will have a sudden case of very wobbly legs. Decide between yourselves who takes what.))

ROUND 2

[soulping]

Bank: -21
Hand:
RIBBIT. (1) The irresistible urge to ribbit like a frog after every third word.

INVERSE. (10) Those under the effect of Inverse will become their True Hearts — their innermost selves, their core; the very essence of who they are.

ITCHING POWDER. (1) Suddenly and inexplicably itching powder.

OPPOSITES. (3) Those afflicted with Opposites can only say the exact opposite of what they mean.

PROSOPAGNOSIA. (8) Complete inability to recognize the faces of people or objects, no matter how familiar they are.

DEVIL’S ADVOCATE. (7) You just love Nyssa and everything that she stands for, everything that she can do, will do.

MIRAGE. (4) Those afflicted cannot see teammates as anything but especially large, mysteriously mobile items of food. 5’5” talking broccoli, anyone?

BRIAR. If successfully played against a team that targeted you, both teams will lose half of the Attack Card’s value. The Attack Card’s effect will be nullified.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

[So, while we all now have voices whispering around us and we have a lot of shit to discuss.

Nightingale will helpfully provide a distraction from all of this with this memory playing for all to see.

they just keep going goddamn.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ MAKING A VERY DISTINCT FACE AT THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE CARD

while her shadow helpfully whispers ominously and such ]

Ugh...

Re: DISCUSSION

[takewing]

[IGNORING. EVERYTHING.]

I vote that we refuse to play.

SUBMIT

[soulping]

Re: SUBMIT

[pchaaair]

REFUSAL.

RESULTS

[soulping]

ROUND 3

[soulping]

Bank: -51
Hand:

INVERSE. (10) Those under the effect of Inverse will become their True Hearts — their innermost selves, their core; the very essence of who they are.

ITCHING POWDER. (1) Suddenly and inexplicably itching powder.

PROSOPAGNOSIA. (8) Complete inability to recognize the faces of people or objects, no matter how familiar they are.

DEVIL’S ADVOCATE. (7) You just love Nyssa and everything that she stands for, everything that she can do, will do.

MIRAGE. (4) Those afflicted cannot see teammates as anything but especially large, mysteriously mobile items of food. 5’5” talking broccoli, anyone?

BRIAR. If successfully played against a team that targeted you, both teams will lose half of the Attack Card’s value. The Attack Card’s effect will be nullified.

MIRROR WRITING. (3) The afflicted will only be able to speak backwards, until they are affected by another card.

SPIRIT. (5) Sudden and inexplicable transformation into some animal or creature.

REFRACT. If successfully played against a team that targeted you, all damage and effects will be reflected to a randomly selected third team. Cannot be blocked except by Reflect and Shield.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMIT

[soulping]

RESULTS

[soulping]