Destroy the Godmodder: MSPAradox (Test Session)

NOTE: This game is now concluded. It will be followed by the actual Destroy the Godmodder: MSPAradox session.

Intro
Welcome to my test session of Destroy the Godmodder: MSPAradox, a game I plan to run next August. The purpose of this session is to tweak the balance of certain mechanics that I plan on using in the main game. Due to certain time restrictions, this game will only last a few weeks at most. Still, if you want to have some fun, summon entities, or just play around with Sburb alchemy, this test session may still be for you! With that out of the way, let's begin.

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Story Intro
In the depths of the Void, a mysterious fragment of code stirs, twisting the reality around it.

Accessing Void Protocols...
Initializing Membrane...
Quantum Fabric Accessed...
Injecting Source Code Terminus_Sim1
Injecting...
Injecting...
Terminus_Sim1 Source Code Initialized
Loading Entity "Skaia"...
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Loading Battlefield...
Resources Loaded.
Initializing Narrative_Sim...
Narrative_Sim Activated.
Loading Player_Module...
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Loading...
Player_Module Loaded.
Activating Player_Module...
Spawning Entity "Player"...

Suddenly, you all awake. You stand upon a vast landscape composed of rolling hills. Most are covered with grass, some are covered in water, but underneath them all lies a muted pattern of alternating black-and-white squares, like a chessboard. You find yourself at the top of one of these hills, peering down. Behind you lies a great stone fortress, with some of its facade displaying that same faded and alternating chessboard pattern. The sky is azure blue, with clouds that seem to almost shine with some kind of power. Looking at it for too long makes your eyes sore, so you all look back down. Suddenly, you all detect a presence. It speaks, its voice filling every corner of your mind.

YOU ARE FINALLY AWAKE.
WELCOME, DESCENDANTS, TO SKAIA.
WELCOME TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
YOU HAVE ALL BEEN CHOSEN FOR AN IMPORTANT TASK.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THIS WORLD WILL BE INVADED BY A POWERFUL ENTITY. AN ENTITY KNOWN AS "THE GODMODDER."
TO ENSURE THAT THIS WORLD WILL STILL FUNCTION PROPERLY UPON HIS ARRIVAL, WE HAVE SET UP AN EXPERIMENT.
WE WILL INITIALIZE A MINIATURE SIMULATION OF THE GODMODDER ON A SIMULATED VERSION OF THIS WORLD.
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO SIMULATE A BATTLE WITH THE GODMODDER AND TO TEST THE MECHANICS OF THIS WORLD.
ONCE THE "SIMUMODDER" HAS BEEN DEFEATED, OR ENOUGH DATA HAS BEEN GATHERED, THIS SIMULATION WILL TERMINATE, AND YOU WILL BE RELEASED FROM YOUR DUTY.
TO DEFEAT THE GODMODDER, YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN ESSENTIAL POWER: THE POWER TO HARNESS THE NARRATIVE AND BEND REALITY IN RESPONSE TO THE GODMODDER.
THIS POWER IS KNOWN AS DESCENDANCY, AND IT IS THE MOST VALUABLE TOOL IN YOUR ARSENAL. MORE TOOLS FOR YOU TO USE WILL SOON COME ONLINE.
FOR NOW, FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS ON ATTACKING THE SIMUMODDER.
GOODBYE, DESCENDANTS, AND GOOD LUCK.

Suddenly, on a hill in front of you, a blocky figure comes into existence. It resembles a young man, sporting a small, linear beard and wearing a cobalt suit with a tattered cape hanging off its back. On its suit is emblazoned, in red, the Greek letter "ψ." Some of you recognize this figure as a Minecraft avatar. His most notable feature is the cybernetic implant that replaces its left hand - a hunk of metal and glass that emits a cobalt glow. As you approach, the figure looks up, and grins.

Simumodder: About time.

He holds his left hand up. Suddenly, six depictions of items materialize on the implant with a cobalt flash. One, a disk that crackles with amber energies, lies at the center of the arm. The other five, a mound of dust, a a piece of flesh, a cartoonish femur, a strand of silk, and a purple eye, manifest right below where the Simumodder's fingers would lie, if he had any. As soon as the items have materialized, you all sense an enormous amount of power flowing through the figure, who begins to emit a cobalt glow.

Simumodder: What are you waiting for? Come and fight me!

How to Play
To play, you have to post actions. You get three actions a turn, and you can spread your actions across multiple posts however you wish. For example, you can use all of their actions in one post or spread your actions across three posts. It's recommended that you delineate your actions so I can more easily track what you are trying to do. With that out of the way, here are some extra tips.

1. As the title says, to win the game, you have to destroy the Godmodder. Well, as this is a test game, you'll have to destroy a weak simulation of the Godmodder known as the "Simumodder," or at least play the game enough that the moderators of this simulation have collected enough data.
   
2. Don’t expect your attacks against the Simumodder to actually work. If you do want to damage him, you’ll need to get creative. Try thinking outside the box.
   
3. Don’t expect to be able to spam the same action over and over and have it continue to be effective. The Simumodder has a nasty construct called the Curse of Repetitiveness that kicks in if you do so. You don't have to come up with a completely new attack every time you act, but at least try to vary the description or minutia of your attacks.
   
4. You can also summon entities and charge. The specific rules for both are listed under the detailed rules section.
   
5. You can set up a chain attack that is boosted by other players contributing to it. However, spamming chain attacks will lead to greatly diminishing results.
   
6. Just like the Simumodder, you have a Health Vial. If you die, you must expend three actions to respawn, and you will be afflicted by “respawn sickness” for one turn after respawning.
   
7. You can bring in sidekicks to assist you in your actions or to affect multiple areas of the Battlefield at once, but be warned - you and your sidekicks can only have a constant total health, so bringing in sidekicks will decrease your avatar’s total health. Just as with a player, if a sidekick dies, you must spend three actions to respawn them, and they will be afflicted with respawn sickness for a turn. If you have more than one sidekick and more than one of them dies, you can use three actions to respawn all of them at once.
   

Detailed Rules

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Charging Mechanics:

In addition to spending actions on Battlefield actions, you can also convert actions into Charge Points (or CP, for short) that can be stored in an active charge. An active charge represents an immediate Battlefield action that is difficult to counter and has a power equivalent to multiple individual actions (e.g., a charged attack, a charged heal, a charged assist, etc.) and requires the expenditure of CP. An active charge can also be expended to summon entities onto the Battlefield (entity summoning is explained in a later section of the rules).

Players can trade each other CP as a free action. However, attempting to combine multiple active charges together may require a multi-turn combination sequence to function (especially if the combined charge would be particularly strong), and the participating players and the “ritual” must be defended from enemies.

You can also expend actions to set up a passive charge, with the setup cost being the number of CP in the passive charge divided by 10, rounded to the nearest integer. A passive charge represents a player expanding their assets in the background or performing some kind of background action. A passive charge automatically gains charge points based on the number of actions taken during a turn (though a player can invest their own charge points into it), which normally translates into it incrementing by 3 a turn. Expending a passive charge requires one action. To balance the ease of charging out, passive charges are far more vulnerable to countering than active charges are. The opposing team (including NPCs allied to it) can take actions to make a passive charge vulnerable and to target it, reducing its progress or shutting it down altogether. The exact nature of this countering varies depending on the nature of the passive charge and the state of the Battlefield and the opposing team. To illustrate the in-universe difference between an active charge and a passive charge: if you want to summon a mecha, an active charge would involve assembling the mecha or opening a summoning portal that will summon the mecha directly on the Battlefield, while a passive charge would involve constructing a mecha back at your home base.

Entity Mechanics:

Entities are the NPC combatants of the Battlefield who serve the players or Simumodder directly. In addition to bodyguarding combatants, entities make the opposing team’s combatants more vulnerable, and serving as the target of most attacks. Each entity acts during the End of Turn Battle (or EoTB, for short), in a set order (usually it’s AG, Neutral, PG, and finally, the Simumodder). Summoned entities can be whatever the summoner desires: characters from pop culture, original creations, you name it! Regardless of origin, entities are defined by their stats and mechanics: HP, attack, Dodge, Armor, etc. The summoner is free to design their entities with whatever mechanics they wish, as long as they are balanced according to the power of the action or charge used to summon them. In general, entities are balanced by investing actions or CP into their stats - if you’re trying to summon a tanky 10-charge entity, you might give it 8 CP worth of health or defensive abilities and 2 CP worth of attack and offensive abilities, while a glass cannon might receive 3 CP worth of health or defensive abilities and 7 CP worth of attack or offensive abilities. More detailed notes on balancing specific stats are below, in the List of Useful Entity Stats and Mechanics. Putting more CP (passive or active) into an entity will make it stronger.

List of Useful Entity Mechanics:

While none of these stats are strictly required in an entity, they are still very useful and easily applicable.

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• HP: This is probably the most common stat that an entity has. While some entities can have their own equivalent stat that tracks how far away from defeat they are, most measure theirs with HP. HP scales according to player power - each action or CP equivalent invested into HP is equivalent to twice the average attack of a player with standard-level alchemies.
  
• Attack(s): Generally a single statistic for simple entities, but you can give entities a variety of special abilities. Each, however, is balanced around an entity’s “average attack,” with each action or CP equivalent invested into average attack translating into 1/2 of the average attack of a player with standard-level alchemies. Inflicting status effects or using gimmicks such as AoE will deduct attack power from an ability or attack. If you want an entity to have expensive but powerful attacks or abilities, a good way is to give those attacks a cooldown, which multiplies the power of that ability.
  
• Dodge: This is the ability of an entity to avoid attacks directed against them, and is treated as a functional HP boost. In general, the probability to hit an entity is Accuracy of attacker - Dodge of defender.
  
• Accuracy: This is the ability of an entity to target hard-to-hit entities or weak points in an entity. The average entity Accuracy is 100% - entities with less than 100% Accuracy may not be able to consistently hit even non-dodging entities, while entities with more than 100% are not only able to hit dodging entities, but can also minicrit or outright crit on their attacks. Because of this, Accuracy is treated as an effective damage boost or penalty.
  
• Armor: As a separate stat (instead of just an entity component), Armor acts as a flat damage reduction that is counted as a functional HP increase for balancing purposes. Specifically, Armor adds a CP cost multiplier (or HP reducer) equivalent to (1 + (Armor value/average player attack power)). However, some player attacks and items, in addition to entities with Armor-Piercing attacks, will be able to partially or fully ignore the Armor value of an entity.
  
• Critical hits: In general, an entity minicrits if it rolls a value of greater than 100 on its hit chance roll, while an entity crits if it rolls a value of greater than 125 on its hit chance roll. This is only possible if the entity has an Accuracy higher than 100%, or if its target somehow has a negative Dodge rate. You can also put in Critical Chance as a unique entity mechanic. In both cases, crit chance is treated as a functional damage boost for balancing purposes.
  
• Range: Range is a numerical value which indicates the distance at which an entity can engage an enemy. An entity without Range is classified as a Melee entity, which means that it cannot engage enemies in distant areas or enemies outside of its Domain except under special circumstances. Adding Range onto an entity allows it to attack enemies in areas with a distance equivalent to its Range score, with Aerial enemies requiring one extra point of Range to attack. Each point of Range costs (total CP or action cost of entity/10), rounded up.
  
• Domain: This is the region in which an entity operates. An entity can either be Grounded or Aerial. An entity can also be granted the ability to transition between two domains at the cost of a CP. An Aerial Melee entity can attack Grounded entities, but doing so will allow Grounded Melee entities to attack the Aerial entity on their turn.
  
• Healing: Instead of being purely offensive, you can give your entities abilities that let them heal other entities. In this case, healing is treated as attack for balance purposes.
  
• AoE: Area of Effect attacks or abilities can affect multiple entities at once. Unless the target has a specific counter to it, AoE attacks can also ignore a certain amount of Dodge, with the specific negation equal to (AoE attack power/1,000).
  
• Armor-Piercing: Attacks with Armor-Piercing are able to ignore Armor up to the numerical value of Armor-Piercing. For balance purposes, Armor-Piercing is treated as 25% of a damage boost, as many entities do not have Armor.
  
• Horde: Horde entities are entities that are composed of many attackers instead of just one and a few components. The standard rules for entities apply differently to Horde entities - Hordes do not have Dodge or Armor stats, as those would be redundant or overcomplicate Horde entity combat. As a Horde’s attack represents many small attacks, an enemy’s Dodge rate is treated as a pure damage reducer (the Horde’s damage is multiplied by (1 - Dodge), to be specific), and a Horde’s accuracy is treated as a damage multiplier. In addition, a Horde’s attack power and Armor-Piercing stat decreases as the Horde takes damage. To compensate, a Horde starts off with increased stats.
  
• Power system: Another way to balance an entity is to make its abilities cost “power” to use, which strengthens them at the cost of adding resource management into the gameplay mix. There really isn’t a set template for power systems - so feel free to design one however you like, as long as it remains balanced.
  

Grist Mechanics:
As you defeat enemies or explore the world, you can gather a very useful substance familiar to most Homestuck fans - Grist. Grist is a currency that is used to operate the various constructs that you can make use of. It’s main purpose is for alchemy - and the supply of high-power items is limited by the availability of rare Grist types. In addition, the Charge Booster device allows you to convert various types of Grist into active or passive Charge Points. Each Charge Point costs 5,000 Build Grist, 2,500 Crude Grist, 1,000 refined Grist, or 100 Precious Grist. There are three tiers of Grist: Crude Grist, Refined Grist, and Precious Grist, as well as Build Grist, which is used everywhere. Low-tier weapons generally use Crude Grist, mid-tier weapons use Refined Grist, and high-tier weapons use Precious Grist. Just like Charge Points, Grist can be traded between players.

The Alchemiter:
If standard creative attacks or defensive actions are not enough, you can make use of a nifty device familiar to Homestuck readers: the Alchemiter. It allows its users to combine two or more items together to produce stronger items with unique abilities. While Homestuck’s Alchemiter is limited to creating physical items such as weapons and clothing, the Alchemiter in this game has been upgraded with numerous extensions, allowing it to produce a variety of useful objects, from potions to even vehicles, or modify existing items through constructs such as SCP-914. Extensions aside, there are two ways to combine items: using the && function or the || function. The && function (ex. Hammer && Green Slime Ghost Pogo Ride = Pogo Hammer) creates a more powerful item that combines the functionality and powers of both input items, while the || function (ex. Hammer || Green Slime Ghost Pogo = Hammerhead Pogo) creates an item with the form of the first input item and functionality of the second input item. All alchemies are produced instantaneously, but cost Grist, with the amount and type of Grist required scaling based on the level of the item. The max level of an item that can be produced by the Alchemiter is 15. In general, levels 1-5 correspond to low-tier items and use Crude Grist, levels 5-10 correspond to mid-tier items and use Refined Grist, and levels 10-15 correspond to high-tier items and use Precious Grist. All alchemies, regardless of level, cost Build Grist as well as item Grists, with the Build Grist cost equal to (level of item)^2 * 1,000. If you are producing a "multi-stage" alchemy (e.g. something like Grenade || (Neurotoxin && Napalm)), you will have to pay the cost of the component alchemy as well as the final alchemy. Consumable alchemies cost 1/4th the Grist of non-consumable alchemies.

List of Alchemiter Extensions:

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• SCP-914. A machine that can upgrade, change, or downgrade an alchemy. It has 5 settings: Very Fine, Fine, 1/1, Rough, and Coarse. Coarse turns an alchemy into its basic components. Rough downgrades an alchemy, lowering its level by 1 and making it less powerful. 1/1 turns an alchemy into a similar alchemy with the same level, but with a different appearance and slightly different powers. Fine upgrades an alchemy, raising its level by 1 and making it more powerful. Very Fine raises an alchemy's level by 2 and imbues it with special powers. It has a 50% chance of hitting both sides, a 16% chance of hitting your side, a 16% chance to hitting the opposing side, and a 16% chance of hitting the opposing side and causing a random status effect to occur. Alchemy Formula: Item > Setting
  
• Duplicator: Items can be multiplied. An item can be replicated any number of times, but requires a cost equivalent to the cost of the item * the number of copies made.
  
• Loom: Allows any item to be made into a piece of clothing instantly. Alchemy Formula: Input Item ~~~ Loom
  
• Holopad: A device that allows an alchemy to be previewed in two different ways. It has two parts: The Codex Holopad and the Alchemic Holopad. The Codex allows an alchemy to be made by punching an 8-character code into it. Characters in a code can be numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and ! and ?. Once the code is punched in, the resulting alchemy is displayed on the Holopad. From there, it can be created if you desire, thanks to the Punch Designix. The Alchemic allows one to preview an alchemy by inputting the objects like you would in the Alchemiter. The Holopad then shows the result without having to make the alchemy. However, you still have to make it if you want to use it.
  
• Charge Booster: Allows you to convert Grist into CP. 1 CP is equivalent to 5,000 Build Grist, 2,500 Crude Grist, 1,000 refined Grist, or 100 Precious Grist.
  

Echeladder and XP:
In addition to Grist, players also gain XP for their actions in battle or as a reward for completing sidequests. In general, each point of damage dealt or healed (including those generated by status effects) results in a point of XP gained. Those points of XP allow a player to advance up the Echeladder, granting them access to two kinds of special abilities: Abilitechs, and Fraymotifs. Abilitechs represent unique abilities that are used to greatly augment an action by expending another action, and require a cooldown before they can be used again, depending on their level of power. However, an abilitech cannot be used just by itself in an action (e.g. an action that only consists of “I use [INSERT ABILITECH HERE]” will not have any effect), so you still have to put some effort into your post. Fraymotifs, on the other hand, are powerful and unique actions that can be used by themselves to great effect - but cost some of the four Sacred Items to use: Elf Tears, Weasel Snot, Hog Slop, and Pie Filling. These items are rarely replenished - so be careful with your use of Fraymotifs!

The Echeladder:

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Karpinsky: Lv. 5: Widowmaker. XP: 56,000/60,000
ABILITECH =>
STEADY SHOT [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
MARKED FOR DEATH [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
SABOTAGE [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
FRAYMOTIF => FATEWEAVER

Flaming_Flapjacks: Lv. 3: Grist Hoarder. XP: 5,000/30,000
ABILITECH =>
GUSHER HORDE [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
ERECTING A DISPENSER [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]

Hunter_X55: Lv. 3: Black Warrior. XP: 11,000/30,000
ABILITECH =>
TALK TO THE FIST [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
THE ART OF WAR [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]

Ten_11: Lv. 3: Rough Rider. XP: 34,000/35,000
ABILITECH =>
ROUGH RIDER [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]
BARRIER WARRIOR [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]

Numbers: Lv. 1: Descendant. XP: 21,500/25,000

Redrover1760: Lv. 2: Hacker. XP: 27,000/30,000
ABILITECH =>
SHUTDOWN [Lv. 1 COOLDOWN: I]

BEGIN.

Simumodder: [GM] HV: 10/10

I punch the Simumodded, with a boxing glove that has the Simumodder painted on it.

Action 1: A small dirt house appears behind the Simumodder, and another Minecraftian comes out of it. His skin is somewhat derpy and his tools are made of wood. In short, he is a NOOB.

The NOOB attempts to attack the Simumodder. His wooden sword breaks on impact. So does his wooden pickaxe. His wooden hoe (wait, why does he have a hoe?) misses entirely and tills a random patch of soil.

Suddenly terrified that the Simumodder is just taking all of these attacks, the NOOB runs back into his house and refuses to come out.

But what nobody (except for me) noticed was that with all the wooden tools breaking against the Simumodder, the Simumodder now has a bad case of splinters.

I join. (storing this: (Saber && SCP-914) and (Bow && SCP-914) )
Action one: I toss a rock into the air. It flies off into the sky, maybe to be never seen again.
Action Two: I run over to the Simumodder, give him a Giant Stone Middle Finger. He thanks me, then tries to put it down so he can block the attacks coming at him. It does not leave his hands. He frowns and tries again. This time, it flips into his face, bashing it in, and flies off into the sunset.
Action Three: I recollect the Giant Stone Middle Finger for later.

(As an FYI, I'm going to be updating relatively frequently over the next 3-4 days, with a break on Christmas, than slow down for the rest of the Winter Break)

I punch the Simumodded, with a boxing glove that has the Simumodder painted on it.

The Simumodder blocks the punch with his Infinity +1 Shield that has the Simumodder painted on it! He then punches you into the sky with his boxing glove that has you painted on it! You lose 6 points of Vitality Gel from your Health Vial!

Simumodder: You're gonna have to try a little harder than that, punk!

Action 1: A small dirt house appears behind the Simumodder, and another Minecraftian comes out of it. His skin is somewhat derpy and his tools are made of wood. In short, he is a NOOB.

The NOOB attempts to attack the Simumodder. His wooden sword breaks on impact. So does his wooden pickaxe. His wooden hoe (wait, why does he have a hoe?) misses entirely and tills a random patch of soil.

Suddenly terrified that the Simumodder is just taking all of these attacks, the NOOB runs back into his house and refuses to come out.

But what nobody (except for me) noticed was that with all the wooden tools breaking against the Simumodder, the Simumodder now has a bad case of splinters.

The Simumodder points out that the NOOB is using Minecraft tools, which don't leave splinters!

I join. (storing this: (Saber && SCP-914) and (Bow && SCP-914) )
Action one: I toss a rock into the air. It flies off into the sky, maybe to be never seen again.
Action Two: I run over to the Simumodder, give him a Giant Stone Middle Finger. He thanks me, then tries to put it down so he can block the attacks coming at him. It does not leave his hands. He frowns and tries again. This time, it flips into his face, bashing it in, and flies off into the sunset.
Action Three: I recollect the Giant Stone Middle Finger for later.

The Simumodder doesn't appreciate you dictating his actions for him! However, he does respect the Middle Finger and what it stands for, so he doesn't counterattack!

The Battlefield:
Simumodder: [GM] HV: 10/10

KeepOnRolling: [AG-P] HV: 14/20
Karpinsky/The NOOB: [AG-P] HV: 20/20
FlamingFlapjacks: [AG-P] HV: 20/20

The Giant Stone Middle Finger glares at the Simumodder. The Simumodder suddenly is hit in the face by a bird that flips into existence, where it explodes in a explosion of Lesser Stone Middle Fingers, which fly everywhere.
I use my next two actions to charge if I can.
CP: 2

Well, If this is a simulation, then the Simumodder must be some type of Ai or some such...

I tell the Simumodder every Paradox that has ever been written. I also attempt to invoke nihilism by making it realize it’s lack of true existence.

FOCUS (all 3 actions toward this damage attempt)

I point out that the NOOB is not me.

I prove this by grabbing the NOOB and swinging him around by his feet, then hurling him at the Simumodder.

That hoe'd patch of soil is still right under the Simumodder as of this action. While he's dealing with the NOOB, I sneak up behind him and plant some magic beans there, then apply Minecraft bone meal to the soil.

This results in a giant beanstalk growing into the same space the Simumodder is occupying within an instant. However this turns out, it won't be pretty.

The Giant Stone Middle Finger glares at the Simumodder. The Simumodder suddenly is hit in the face by a bird that flips into existence, where it explodes in a explosion of Lesser Stone Middle Fingers, which fly everywhere.
I use my next two actions to charge if I can.
CP: 2

A disembodied voice speaks into your mind.
CHARGING HAS NOT BEEN ENABLED YET... BUT CONSIDERING THE CURRENT COURSE OF THE SIMULATION, IT WILL BE. REGARDLESS, YOUR ATTACK WILL BE TREATED AS FOCUSED.

The Simumodder effortlessly dodges the bird! However, he has more difficulty dodging the Lesser Stone Middle Fingers...

Well, If this is a simulation, then the Simumodder must be some type of Ai or some such...

I tell the Simumodder every Paradox that has ever been written. I also attempt to invoke nihilism by making it realize it’s lack of true existence.

Thanks to his fuzzy logic programming, the Simumodder is immune to paradoxes! In addition, he follows an existentialist philosophy that allows him to be at peace with his lack of true existence! However, thinking about this does distract him a tiny bit...

FOCUS (all 3 actions toward this damage attempt)

I point out that the NOOB is not me.

I prove this by grabbing the NOOB and swinging him around by his feet, then hurling him at the Simumodder.

That hoe'd patch of soil is still right under the Simumodder as of this action. While he's dealing with the NOOB, I sneak up behind him and plant some magic beans there, then apply Minecraft bone meal to the soil.

This results in a giant beanstalk growing into the same space the Simumodder is occupying within an instant. However this turns out, it won't be pretty.

Even while distracted by the cloud of Lesser Stone Middle Fingers and deep philosophical questions, the Simumodder blocks the NOOB with his Infinity +1 Shield. However, in the confusion, he fails to notice your sneaky action... and gets stabbed in the chest by a humble beanstalk. 1 damage to the Simumodder!

Simumodder: ...
Simumodder: What the hell?!
Simumodder: That was supposed to be an easy dodge!

However, before he can continue, he is interrupted by a familiar disembodied voice.

SIMUMODDER DAMAGE DETECTED. PROCEEDING TO PHASE 2 OF SIMULATION
INITIALIZING ENTITY MODULE...
INITIALIZING CHARGE MODULE...
TOGGLING ACTIVE CHARGES TO ON...
PHASE 2... BEGIN.

Suddenly, you feel a new power flow through you... and also, through the Simumodder (New rules in a post to follow).

Simumodder: Heh. Just wait until next turn, punks.

To fill the time, the Simumodder summons 100 Dersite Pawns to distract the Descendants!

Battlefield:

Dersite Pawns (x100): [PG] HP: 100/100
Simumodder: [GM] HV: 9/10

KeepOnRolling: [AG-P] HV: 14/20 Dodge: 50%
Karpinsky: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%
FlamingFlapjacks: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%

(As a note, the Dodge values on the players are only used to determine if NPC entities attack them. Simumodder attacks are handled by GM fiat.)

New Charging and Entity Rules:

Thanks to the Simumodder taking its first point of damage, active charging and entity summoning has been enabled! A copy of these rules will be posted in the OP.

Charging Mechanics:

In addition to spending actions on Battlefield actions, you can also convert actions into Charge Points (or CP, for short) that can be stored in an active charge. An active charge represents an immediate Battlefield action that is difficult to counter and has a power equivalent to multiple individual actions (e.g., a charged attack, a charged heal, a charged assist, etc.) and requires the expenditure of CP. An active charge can also be expended to summon entities onto the Battlefield (entity summoning is explained in a later section of the rules).

Players can trade each other CP as a free action. However, attempting to combine multiple active charges together may require a multi-turn combination sequence to function (especially if the combined charge would be particularly strong), and the participating players and the “ritual” must be defended from enemies.

Entity Mechanics:

Entities are the NPC combatants of the Battlefield who serve the players or Simumodder directly. In addition to bodyguarding combatants, entities make the opposing team’s combatants more vulnerable, and serving as the target of most attacks. Each entity acts during the End of Turn Battle (or EoTB, for short), in a set order (usually it’s AG, Neutral, PG, and finally, the Simumodder). Summoned entities can be whatever the summoner desires: characters from pop culture, original creations, you name it! Regardless of origin, entities are defined by their stats and mechanics: HP, attack, Dodge, Armor, etc. The summoner is free to design their entities with whatever mechanics they wish, as long as they are balanced according to the power of the action or charge used to summon them. In general, entities are balanced by investing actions or CP into their stats - if you’re trying to summon a tanky 10-charge entity, you might give it 8 CP worth of health or defensive abilities and 2 CP worth of attack and offensive abilities, while a glass cannon might receive 3 CP worth of health or defensive abilities and 7 CP worth of attack or offensive abilities. More detailed notes on balancing specific stats are below, in the List of Useful Entity Stats and Mechanics. Putting more CP (passive or active) into an entity will make it stronger.

List of Useful Entity Mechanics:

While none of these stats are strictly required in an entity, they are still very useful and easily applicable.

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• HP: This is probably the most common stat that an entity has. While some entities can have their own equivalent stat that tracks how far away from defeat they are, most measure theirs with HP. HP scales according to player power - each action or CP equivalent invested into HP is equivalent to twice the average attack of a player with standard-level alchemies.
  
• Attack(s): Generally a single statistic for simple entities, but you can give entities a variety of special abilities. Each, however, is balanced around an entity’s “average attack,” with each action or CP equivalent invested into average attack translating into 1/2 of the average attack of a player with standard-level alchemies. Inflicting status effects or using gimmicks such as AoE will deduct attack power from an ability or attack. If you want an entity to have expensive but powerful attacks or abilities, a good way is to give those attacks a cooldown, which multiplies the power of that ability.
  
• Dodge: This is the ability of an entity to avoid attacks directed against them, and is treated as a functional HP boost. In general, the probability to hit an entity is Accuracy of attacker - Dodge of defender. A unique variant of Dodge is Parry, which only works against melee attacks but is more effective against them.
  
• Accuracy: This is the ability of an entity to target hard-to-hit entities or weak points in an entity. The average entity Accuracy is 100% - entities with less than 100% Accuracy may not be able to consistently hit even non-dodging entities, while entities with more than 100% are not only able to hit dodging entities, but can also minicrit or outright crit on their attacks. Because of this, Accuracy is treated as an effective damage boost or penalty.
  
• Armor: As a separate stat (instead of just an entity component), Armor acts as a flat damage reduction that is counted as a functional HP increase for balancing purposes. Specifically, Armor adds a CP cost multiplier (or HP reducer) equivalent to (1 + (Armor value/average player attack power)). However, some player attacks and items, in addition to entities with Armor-Piercing attacks, will be able to partially or fully ignore the Armor value of an entity.
  
• Critical hits: In general, an entity minicrits if it rolls a value of greater than 100 on its hit chance roll, while an entity crits if it rolls a value of greater than 125 on its hit chance roll. This is only possible if the entity has an Accuracy higher than 100%, or if its target somehow has a negative Dodge rate. You can also put in Critical Chance as a unique entity mechanic. In both cases, crit chance is treated as a functional damage boost for balancing purposes.
  
• Range: Range is a numerical value which indicates the distance at which an entity can engage an enemy. An entity without Range is classified as a Melee entity, which means that it cannot engage enemies in distant areas or enemies outside of its Domain except under special circumstances. Adding Range onto an entity allows it to attack enemies in areas with a distance equivalent to its Range score, with Aerial enemies requiring one extra point of Range to attack. Each point of Range costs (total CP or action cost of entity/10), rounded up.
  
• Domain: This is the region in which an entity operates. An entity can either be Grounded or Aerial. An entity can also be granted the ability to transition between two domains at the cost of a CP. An Aerial Melee entity can attack Grounded entities, but doing so will allow Grounded Melee entities to attack the Aerial entity on their turn.
  
• Healing: Instead of being purely offensive, you can give your entities abilities that let them heal other entities. In this case, healing is treated as attack for balance purposes.
  
• AoE: Area of Effect attacks or abilities can affect multiple entities at once. Unless the target has a specific counter to it, AoE attacks can also ignore a certain amount of Dodge, with the specific negation equal to (AoE attack power/1,000).
  
• Armor-Piercing: Attacks with Armor-Piercing are able to ignore Armor up to the numerical value of Armor-Piercing. For balance purposes, Armor-Piercing is treated as 25% of a damage boost, as many entities do not have Armor.
  
• Horde: Horde entities are entities that are composed of many attackers instead of just one and a few components. The standard rules for entities apply differently to Horde entities - Hordes do not have Dodge or Armor stats, as those would be redundant or overcomplicate Horde entity combat. As a Horde’s attack represents many small attacks, an enemy’s Dodge rate is treated as a pure damage reducer (the Horde’s damage is multiplied by (1 - Dodge), to be specific), and a Horde’s accuracy is treated as a damage multiplier. In addition, a Horde’s attack power and Armor-Piercing stat decreases as the Horde takes damage. To compensate, a Horde starts off with increased stats.
  
• Power system: Another way to balance an entity is to make its abilities cost “power” to use, which strengthens them at the cost of adding resource management into the gameplay mix. There really isn’t a set template for power systems - so feel free to design one however you like, as long as it remains balanced.
  

FOCUS:

The Dersite Pawns find themselves at one end of a long, slick, flat wooden surface. For some reason, they have been arranged in a rough triangle.

I stand at the other end of the long, slick, flat wooden surface, holding a bowling ball ten feet wide. I throw it down the surface in a typical underhand bowl, aiming straight for the Pawns. I put a certain spin on it, so it doesn't go wide but rather picks up speed as it heads for the Pawns.

When it hits, all the Pawns go flying. Some hit the unforgiving surface of the battlefield and perish. Others are crushed by the ball itself. A lucky few manage soft landings, and recover to fight on.

I put one cp into a charge
1/5 Clockwork Chaos
I run at the simumodder, and steal his face.
I then give it to a bunch of dersite pawns. His face is so ugly that they instantly die. The face leaps onto a new pawn.. and dead
and dead
and dead
and so much death wow

I begin to crack open a can of BEES BEES: AAAAAAA 100% AAAAAAA. It's full of bees. A totally stupid amount of bees. (2 CP/30 CP)
I also pick up one of the dersite pawns and use it as a bat, bonking a bunch of other pawns.

Hi I also want to join

Action 1:
Challenge the godmodder to a game of chess with prospitans and dersites joining.

Action 2:
Figure out how to actually get CP.

Action 3:
Eat some pie flavoured pie.

Ill join, hopefully this goes better than the last time this game (well, a game basically like this one) was run here.

I do have a question, do i need to specify exact stats for entities i summon? I dont want to write all that.

Anyway i guess i just appear? I cant think of anything cool for that.

Action 1: Summon a robot bird. Is pretty agile and can carry light things while being mildly hardy, at the cost of 0 offensive capabilities. I wont be using it for attacking.

Action 2: I use a Worms-style blowtorch to begin burning a hole through the ground, slightly in the direction of the godmodder.

Action 3: 1/10 charge to F-drive.

FOCUS:

The Dersite Pawns find themselves at one end of a long, slick, flat wooden surface. For some reason, they have been arranged in a rough triangle.

I stand at the other end of the long, slick, flat wooden surface, holding a bowling ball ten feet wide. I throw it down the surface in a typical underhand bowl, aiming straight for the Pawns. I put a certain spin on it, so it doesn't go wide but rather picks up speed as it heads for the Pawns.

When it hits, all the Pawns go flying. Some hit the unforgiving surface of the battlefield and perish. Others are crushed by the ball itself. A lucky few manage soft landings, and recover to fight on.

You manage to kill 40 Dersite Pawns and deal 50 points of damage each to 10 more!

I put one cp into a charge
1/5 Clockwork Chaos
I run at the simumodder, and steal his face.
I then give it to a bunch of dersite pawns. His face is so ugly that they instantly die. The face leaps onto a new pawn.. and dead
and dead
and dead
and so much death wow

You successfully steal the Simumodder's face... only to realize that it was actually a Doombot the face of a Decoy! Regardless, you attempt to kill Dersite pawns with the Decoy's face... but the Simumodder, being the Simumodder, ensured that his face would be DASHINGLY HANDSOME rather than ugly! The attack fails!

Hi I also want to join

Action 1:
Challenge the godmodder to a game of chess with prospitans and dersites joining.

Action 2:
Figure out how to actually get CP.

Action 3:
Eat some pie flavoured pie.

Welcome, HunterX55! To get charge points, all you have to do is spend actions. For example, instead of spending an action in-game, you can use it to increment the charge counter of a charge by one, like this: My Charge: 1/10. You can spend up to three actions each turn on a charge, if you want.

You eat a pie flavored pie... it tastes delicious... the Simumodder is now staring at you with envy. Uh oh...

Ill join, hopefully this goes better than <a href="https://eagle-time.org/showthread.php?tid=1872">the last time</a> this game (well, a game basically like this one) was run here.

I do have a question, do i need to specify exact stats for entities i summon? I dont want to write all that.

Anyway i guess i just appear? I cant think of anything cool for that.

Action 1: Summon a robot bird. Is pretty agile and can carry light things while being mildly hardy, at the cost of 0 offensive capabilities. I wont be using it for attacking.

Action 2: I use a Worms-style blowtorch to begin burning a hole through the ground, slightly in the direction of the godmodder.

Action 3: 1/10 charge to F-drive.

Welcome, Ten11! I hope that the new mechanics of this game will let it run better than the last one...

You summon a Robot Bird! It will have 2,500 HP and a Dodge Rate of 50%. It will boost the effectiveness of whatever non-offensive actions you take with it until destroyed. In a pinch, it can also bodyguard you from attackers.

End of Turn Battle

In revenge for killing their comrades-in-arms, the Dersite Pawns charge on Karapinsky! However, he manages to dodge many of their attacks, and they are only able to deal 3 points of HV in damage at the end! As a note, you can use your actions to defend yourself from attacks. The Simumodder then turns to face the players... he appears to be concentrating on something. He clenches his Godarm... Suddenly, two summoning circles appear on the ground, then disappear to reveal the two hulking figures that have been summoned... Terror Imps!

Battlefield:

Robot Bird: [AG] HP: 2,500 Dodge: 50%
Dersite Pawns (x50): [PG] HP: 100/100 (x10): HP: 50/100
Terror Imps (x2): [PG] HP: 10,000/10,000
Simumodder: [GM] HV: 9/10

KeepOnRolling: [AG-P] HV: 14/20 Dodge: 50%
Karpinsky: [AG-P] HV: 17/20 Dodge: 50%
FlamingFlapjacks: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%
HunterX55: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%
Ten11: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%

I'm going to join this thing and possibly immediately die.

I begin to crack open a can of BEES BEES: AAAAAAA 100% AAAAAAA. It's full of bees. A totally stupid amount of bees. (2 CP/30 CP)
I use one of the pawns as a bat, and knock over the other pawns.

FOCUS:

I summon a MEDIC.

Every turn, the MEDIC will heal someone on the AG team that has taken damage. It will never heal itself.

I FOOOCCUSSSSSSSSSS
Through the power of ALL CAPS, I summon AAAA MAN
He hits incredibly hard, but is incredibly weak heath wise! He'll hide behind others/

I'm going to join this thing and possibly immediately die.

I begin to crack open a can of BEES BEES: AAAAAAA 100% AAAAAAA. It's full of bees. A totally stupid amount of bees. (2 CP/30 CP)
I use one of the pawns as a bat, and knock over the other pawns.

Welcome, Numbers! You manage to kill all of the wounded pawns and 15 of the healthy pawns!

FOCUS:

I summon a MEDIC.

Every turn, the MEDIC will heal someone on the AG team that has taken damage. It will never heal itself.

You summon a Medic! It will heal a random AG each turn!

I FOOOCCUSSSSSSSSSS
Through the power of ALL CAPS, I summon AAAA MAN
He hits incredibly hard, but is incredibly weak heath wise! He'll hide behind others/

 
You summon AAAA Man! He will have only 1500 HP but deal 4,000 damage each turn. He hides behind the Medic... if an entity attempts to attack it, the Medic will take the hit for him!

End of Turn Battle

The Robot Bird idles, waiting for commands from its master. The AAAA Man takes the initiative, inflicting 4,000 damage on one of the Terror Imps! The Medic heals KeepOnRolling for 2 points of HV! Seeing their comrades die, the Dersite Pawns cower in fear, not doing anything with their action this turn! Looks like they don't really make the best soldiers. The Terror Imps, however, have no such compuctions... all together, they deal 4,000 damage to the Medic! Ouch. Looks like you may want to find a different entity for the AAAA Man to hide behind... The Simumodder, enraged at HunterX55 for not sharing some of his pie with him last turn, throws him into the Medic, dealing 6 points of damage to HunterX55 and 1,000 points of damage to the Medic!

Battlefield:

Robot Bird: [AG] HP: 2,500 Dodge: 50%
Medic: [AG] HP: 5,000/10,000
AAAA Man: [AG] HP: 1,500 - Hiding behind Medic
Dersite Pawns: [PG] (x35) HP: 100/100
Terror Imps: [PG] (x1) HP: 10,000/10,000, (x1) 6,000/10,000
Simumodder: [GM] HV: 9/10

KeepOnRolling: [AG-P] HV: 16/20 Dodge: 50%
Karpinsky: [AG-P] HV: 17/20 Dodge: 50%
FlamingFlapjacks: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%
HunterX55: [AG-P] HV: 14/20 Dodge: 50%
Ten11: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%
Numbers: [AG-P] HV: 20/20 Dodge: 50%

FOCUS:

I summon a Giant Gatling Gun, which is big enough to use Dersite Pawns as its ammunition (which it does).

I fire all 35 Dersite Pawns through it straight at the weaker Terror Imp.

Entity Orders:
AAAA Man hides behind the Giant Gatling Gun!
FOCUS: AAAA Man is upgraded to A A A A A Man, with even more attack! He pummels the Imps.

I manifest a Potion Dispenser. It will dispense Potions of Healing to Anti-Godmodder players and entities, and Potions of Harming that are dyed with food dye to look like Potions of Healing to Pro-Godmodder players and entities. I offer the Simumodder a free try, on the house.
I continue to crack open the can of BEES BEES: AAAAAAA 100% AAAAAAA. (4 CP / 30 CP)

Action 1: I continue blowtorching a hole.

Action 2: I give my robot bird a message, and instruct it to deliver it to both the White and Black Kings, asking for their aid against this intruder of their land.

Action 3: 2/10 F-Drive.

Action 1: I bake some pie flavoured pie for the godmodder. Even programs gotta eat!

Then I charge.
+2 CP