Matope wrote:PLATFORMER CYOA

ori | spyro

These kin - a kiokote buck and a zikwa - are based on iconic characters from platformer video games, where you must traverse fantasy lands to complete quests and win glory.  So it's only fitting that these kin can only be won after you undergo a quest of your own...

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This is a choose your own adventure event, where your kin will be presented with branching decisions and attempt to reach a goal.  Each day you must write a short roleplay post where you make a decision, accompanied by a dice roll that will help determine how well you perform on your branch.  You may opt to post more often than this if you'd like.  Posting a total of 500 words in the choose your own adventure thread will qualify you for a roleplay credit for legendary ascension; having significant back and forth interaction with another kin will allow the thread to be counted as a PRP rather than a solo.  Choices must be made daily, and the CYOA will conclude on March 1st, 2017.

Unlike some other CYOAs, this is not a contest purely for the last people standing.  Your kin will have 10 HP to lose over the course of the event, which means that picking a "bad" decision won't mean the end of the game for you.  As your kin adventures, fireflies will flock towards them.  At the end of the CYOA, whichever survivors have accumulated the most fireflies will attract the attention of one of the two kin.

If you miss a day, you will lose 5 HP and gain 0 firefly followers.  This means that you can join in even if you miss the first day, but you will be at a slight disadvantage.  However, we encourage you to participate just for the roleplay experience!

This event is a shared dream, although your kin may or may not be conscious of that fact (since they are clearly not in the swamp, it's much more obvious for kin who are swamp-dwellers, but sometimes it's hard to think straight in a dream...).  Kin who die in the dream/CYOA will wake up.

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[b]Pref List:[/b] spyro, ori
[b]Decision:[/b]
[b]Current HP:[/b] 10/10 - remember to deduct HP when you are instructed to do so!  When you have 0 HP, you are out and may no longer play.  You may opt to write a post reacting to your elimination.
[b]Current Fireflies:[/b] 0 - remember to add fireflies when you are instructed to do so!

DAY ONE
The world is twilight-colored, warm, and musty.  You look up and see a thick canopy of leaves and vines, but no water at your feet.  You must be somewhere far from home.  But what are you doing here?  Ah, yes - the sacs - or eggs - or even tiny, blind lambs.  Something dangerous has stolen a clutch you've been looking after, whether it's because they're yours or your tribe's or because you just found them and decided they needed protection, for one reason or another.

Of course, you want them back.

It's hard to know where to begin, though.  First, there are a large number of kin here.  Are they fellow protectors or are they predators?  Who can you trust?  Second, well, second, this clearing is well-trod, and you weren't able to witness the kidnapping in person.  There are, after a while spent inspecting, a number of signs you could follow.

A) There are hoofprints and heavy drag marks in the dirt leading away from the clearing.  It could be the kidnapper - or it could just be the tracks of some kin who's wandered here today.
B) Something has gone crashing through the trees - there's a number of fallen branches, too large and strong-looking to have fallen on their own.  Then again, you're not familiar with the climate - it could have been the wind, or a strong storm.
C) The clearing is loud from the murmur of kin-speech, but over it you can hear a cacophony.  There are canines and birds making a ruckus off that way, somewhere.  Of course, they're just animals - it could mean anything.
D) You've never followed any lead except your own instinct - it's led you well, after all.  You strike out in the direction where you think a kidnapper may have taken the kids.  (On the other hand, you could just be wrong.)

Please roll 1d20 along with your decision.  Day 1 decisions should be posted by 11:59 PM PT (UTC-8 ) on February 25, 2017.

Matope wrote:Please follow the dice-related instructions only for your choice.
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If you picked A you follow the tracks for a while.  It's a long, meandering path that takes you, eventually, to a hilly slope that turns to rocks.  It's a little less obvious where to go once you meet the rocks, but there's only really one way: up.  It's relatively risk-free, but you're winded when you arrive - lose 1 HP.  As you wander, one firefly comes to see what you're doing.  If you rolled an even number, divide your roll by 5 and take the mathematical floor (round down) - that's the number of additonal curious firefly followers who you've managed to attract in your journey.  (Gain 1 base firefly + roll/5 rounded down if you rolled even; gain 1 firefly only if you rolled odd)
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If you picked B, your trail is short...kind of.  Whatever knocked those branches down quite clearly took to the skies afterwards.  As far as you can tell, they were headed in the direction of a tall nearby cliff, though - and you do whatever you can to make it there.  It's a hasty journey, though, and you almost trip as you stumble up the rocks.  How did a crack that wide get there?  If you rolled 8 or higher, you manage to catch yourself before anything bad happens.  Lose 1 HP.  Otherwise, lose 3 HP tripping.  Regardless of your roll, 3 fireflies decide your haste is interesting.
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If you picked C, you clearly went in the wrong direction.  You're not sure how or why this is happening, but you've found yourself engaged in a strange hunting contest or territory battle between honking swans and vicious snarling hounds, with nothing kin-shaped in sight except for your fellow searchers.  Abort, abort, abort...

If you rolled 8 or higher, you manage to escape notice, but you trip as you flee.  Lose 3 HP and gain 4 firefly followers.  Otherwise, you're definitely noticed - and swans and hounds can be pretty vicious.  Lose 5 HP, but gain 8 firefly followers for your valor.

When you're back at the clearing, it's pretty obvious that everyone else has left for a particular cliff, so you head that way.
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If you picked D, with a hum, skip, and a hop, you've managed to find a well-trodden path up a steep incline.  The path is fairly steep, so you lose 2 HP climbing.  On the other hand, two fireflies like your little tune and follow along.  If you rolled an odd number, divide your roll by 5 and take the mathematical modulus (the remainder - although if your number is perfectly divisible by 5, you can use 5 as the remainder).  Apparently you've attracted a small troupe of...firefly dancers?

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CHOICE TWO

The higher you climb, the more everything below you seems to fade away.  Everything is still strangely purple-colored here, though.  You set out to explore the cliff, but can't seem to find any tracks, or any sign that whatever strange force is still here.  Was it all a red herring?

After conferring with the other kin on the journey - who've all made it here, one way or another - you realize that all paths really must have pointed here.  That's...pretty confusing, honestly.  Well, it's confusing until an eagle's sharp cry cuts through the air.  What you see is quite a bit bigger than an eagle (or a kin), but it travels swiftly through the air on powerful wings and gives the group a haughty glare.

It flies off, almost taunting.  It alights on a few trees - and they really make those mysteriously tall, here: the tops of the canopies are only a meter or two lower than the cliff's height, even though you must have climbed for a few hours.  It finally lands, though, atop another cliff - definitely more than a few kin-lengths away.  Was that there before?

And more importantly, it has to know something, right?  How will you approach this?

A) You believe you can fly.  Or, you know, jump.  You sleuth out a ledge somewhere on the cliff, which brushes against some strong tree branches, which you can then use to climb down.  Hey, you're a good climber.  It's much better than backtracking.
B) Climb back down the cliff and start heading toward the next one.  Slow but not at all risky, right?
C) There's a felled log which you could use as a bridge - if you got some other kin to help you move it over.  It'll be a group effort, because it's huge, but the trees here really are huge, and it's clear that it'll bridge the gap after some time spent working.
D) Everyone else seems to have this well in hoof.  You'd really much rather eat berries - you've already climbed so far.  And there are some bountiful bushes over there.

Due to the delay, you have until 1 AM PT (GMT - 8 ) on February 27, 2017 to post your reply.  Please roll 1d20 with your post.