11/05 — ΣHeartless Snaring Cathedral...?

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Who: █████ & visitors
What: scheming
Where: Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground (Hulle Granz Cathedral)
When: Sunday, 11/05
Warnings: to be added


[ Despite the ominous aura, the haunted tower has seen no shortage of visitors recently. But for those who gate in today the air itself is different. The skies are black, and the mist that had blanketed only the top of the tower now pours out across the plains, shrouding the ruined city from sight.

Anyone who goes looking for the master of the tower will find that the room he occupied before now holds only a single door, standing unsupported in the middle of the room. It beckons, tugging with a terrible compulsion — you know whatever sight awaits you is one you'll later wish you could forget, and yet... you look. But the door opens only onto the bridge leading to Hulle Granz Cathedral, where the first quiet strains of choral music through the open doors guides you on. ]

((Note: Characters are welcome to receive the location from any other player and gate directly to Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground. Allowing those who found his tower inaccessible to come join, too, is cruelty.))

Comments

[tablescraps]

... L3V147H4N.

( You can somehow just hear him saying Levi's full and proper username. Don't ask how.

As if his gear and arrival were super normal: )

What's the status of the battle so far? I can't tell how much I've missed.

( What's he need to know... What's the 411... )

[trashtier]

[He's not sure why—because he doesn't even remember why he wrote "Leviathan" that way in the first place—but he feels a surge of pride when he hears Mithrun say his name with that particular inflection...]

I think we're making some progress, but his HP bar is weird. It was under 90%, but it jumped back up.

[He seems to have recovered from the initial shock of Macha's siren song to talk strats, at least.]

I noticed he doesn't take damage from some elements like wood and thunder, and I think when he has colored flames out they correspond to matching elements. He tethered Vogel and Owen to doors with red and purple flames, and the red flames got brighter when I used a fire attack on the doors.

[tablescraps]

( He's quiet for a moment, taking in the mechanics seriously. Maybe all the Phases would increase in complexity and difficulty as the Waves continued...

Wood resistance is a problem, though, given he's wood-aligned. He'll just have to keep to his other skills, then. )

... I saw how the door shut when it came in contact with its matching element. That may be the key to closing them, whatever they do to whoever they tether.

( He just missed Sinclair and Owen's trauma hour, so he just figures it does damage or something. )

Does his HP reset when he shifts forms?

( He saw the tailend of a formshift, but nothing more. He doesn't know if it's a shift that can happen multiple times, or if it's a one-way change. )

[trashtier]

[Levi nods, following right along with the impromptu strategy power hour.]

Let's keep an eye on the flame colors if he tries tethering more people.

[He, uh...has no idea what to do with the people getting pulled into the doors, though. It could just be a mechanic to put people out of the fight for a set amount of turns? He always hated those in...

...hated those in what?

He shakes his head. Not because of Mithrun's theorizing, though. Just...something else.]

Either that, or...oh, maybe a drain mechanic? The tethers made Vogel and Owen lose a lot of HP and SP.

[tablescraps]

( Mm. He nods. )

That might be to blame for his HP filling up again. The objective must be to resolve the doors as quickly as possible when they open, before he can refill too much HP or SP.

( Or the people being drained die, )

I agree that the flame colors might be key to that. ( Elemental typing in skills and spells mattering very acutely... ) Let's try it.