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Dungeons--dangerous labyrinths filled with both monster and treasure. Hundreds of them litter the world. Some filled only with goblins and small amounts of gold. Others with dragons and ancient magical artifacts. The world has always known these dungeons. With these treasures come adventurers--those willing to delve inside for strength, wealth, to serve their god, or to solve the mystery of the dungeons. They venture within slaying all manner of beasts throughout the floors. Time and time again, with the god of the cycle at their side, they return to the dungeon. Again and again, they march deeper and deeper. Their goal?

To face the dungeon master and shatter the dungeon's core. The heart of the dungeon--the crystal that represents the ever expanding influence of the god of fate.

This is where you have awoken. But wait... where's the dungeon master?

It appears that the god of fate had loved your master a little too much. The god had allowed them to burn their life to summon you. Now without a master, the core had decided its new master...

Wait, it selected all of you?

Nothing yet has been discovered.

Docs map. WIP.

You have not yet discovered much about how the world functions.

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[character image--preferably some anime style]
[center][h2]Name[/h2][sup][h3]Rarity★ | Race | Level[/h3][/sup][/center]
[indent][b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Abilities:[/b][/indent]

As a primer, remember: you are effectively a fully-formed existence that's a newborn. You have knowledge about yourself and concepts, but no history. In addition, you might not know anything of the world, but it is not familiar or unfamiliar. It is merely natural--something that you would not give a second thought about outside of philosophical thought.

Name
The name is more or less self explanatory. Boss monsters (re: all of you) are born with an inherent sense of self. This includes the right to name themselves. The source of the name doesn't truly matter--it can be ingrained in your soul or it can be something as arbitrary as looking around you and looking at a pea, a tear, and a gryphon and liking how they sound together. Though please don't do exactly that.

Also put your title in your name, if you have one--IE, [name] the Goblin Lord or [name], Deep Dark Dragon of Destruction.

Rarity
Replace this number with 1★ through 5★. This isn't entirely a permanent decision and should be associated with your race. Rarity can be increased via special materials. Think of this as 20% your starting stats (these are arbitrary and do not mechanically exist), 40% your growth curve, and 40% your character's endgame potential.

What benefits are there for weaker ranks? Without committing to specifics or small spoilers, lower rarities will advance faster (make up for their worse stat growth) and may or may not be less frightening for some of the mooks that will populate your dungeon. But again, arbitrary.

As for rarity, you can imagine it as a curve. 1★ would be something like a goblin chief. 5* would be something like a dragonlord. Rarity is either an evolutionary or rank path. Using goblin chief as an example, it would go goblin chief > lord > baron > king > emperor for a rank-rarity. For evolutionary, imagine goblin > hobgoblin > orc > ogre > oni.

Do stars beyond 5★ exist? If I think it's interesting in the future, it will.

Note: this is primarily an aesthetic and thematic device. It, like most things, are entirely arbitrary.

Level
Replace level with 1.

All fresh spawns are level 1. This means the average adventurer will kick your ass as it stands, even if you are a 5★ Titanocider Ragnarok Behemoth. This serves the thematic purpose of actually needing this dungeon. Note that acquiring dungeon points (see: having adventurers die inside) will strengthen your dungeon core. This is the source of your initial levels--making the dungeon better will advance you all about equally.

Appearance
Things that your image doesn't cover. Write whatever, but some nice things to include: size/scale, impression, and things like that.

Personality
How your character acts. Be sure to include their desires--all monsters fundamentally have desires that put them in opposition with others.

Abilities
Put in your starting set of abilities. Skills, magic, abilities, etc. Consider this as generally more free-form than a rigid list (though having a few rigid techniques that gain power in exchange for flexibility is fine) Remember, combat isn't a giant part of the RP. Consider this through the lens of utility and narrative possibility (see: humanization, disguising, crafts) in addition to any power fantasy.

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Present and accounted for! And for your viewing convenience, here is my application again.


Schnupfen
2★ | Shadow | Level 1

Appearance: Schnupfun is a murky, semi-amorphous humanoid mass of darkness about the size of an average person. His typical form is the upper half of a hooded figure clag in dark rags just light enough to contrast the abyssal blackness within, which spills out from the bottom of his threadbare garb in an ever-shifting, formless plume. Though he lacks a face, the shadows within his hood bear one feature, most easily observable in profile: a huge nose, which protrudes outward like a great beak. The arms that Schnupfen manifests are scrawny and clawed, while the eyes he manifests boggle outwards in bulbous, glassy globes, with concentric rings of black highlighted in eerie pink and cyan ever collapsing inward

Personality: As ghosts go, Schnupfen is an interesting one. For starters, he’s a ‘naturalborn’ ghost, and was never human at any point to begin with. Despite this, he has some exceptionally human quirks. He is a humorless, obsessive-compulsive hypochondriac somewhat flanderized by his magic allergy, highly concerned with neatness, cleanliness, order, and organization. He’s reasonably intelligent, fairly passive-aggressive, somewhat paranoid, and very given to complaining, but he’s not entirely antisocial and can easily bond with others through commiseration. Since he’s not great at fighting due to his low attack power and highly abusable weakness, he prefers tricks to straight combat, but within the dungeon he’s quite competent at his other jobs, most notably communication, reconnaissance, spying, and distraction. He takes pride in doing a good job, to the point where he doesn’t mind being compared to a butler, and is quick to criticize those he views as incompetent or lazy, and get into their business; one might say that he is 'nosy'. He’s actually somewhat creative as well, not just in dungeon affairs but also when it comes to dealing with adventurers. He likes clear air, pleasant smells, and anti-magic measures

Abilities:
Manifest - Having a malleable form, Schnupfen can create new eyes, mouths, arms, and even noses wherever on his body he wants them, and he can coordinate the use of a remarkable number of them at once. Unfortunately, said structures have no superhuman abilities outside of his senses
Special Eyes - Even without any eyes manifested, Schnupfun possesses blindsight on par with a human's regular vision. By manifesting eyes, though, he gains perfect, long-distance night vision. They're also a bit psychadelic, and while they have no hypnotic abilities, they can induce seizures in a very small minority of humans
Wunderschnoz - Schnupfen has an excellent sense of smell and can detect all sorts of details invisible to the naked eye
Incorporeality  - Being a ghost, Schnupfen can not only float, but phase through walls as long as he’s in shadow form, giving him peerless speed and ease of travel within the dungeon. He’s also practically immune to physical attacks in shadow form, although any kind of magic (even dark magic) can still hit him
Shadow Puppetry - Schnupfen is adept at creating all kinds of shadow figures with his hands, making use of Manifest to utilize as many hands as needed. The shadows he casts in this manner assume can assume an uncanny level of realism if he’s focused enough. These shadow puppets are purely visual, of course, and can’t act on their own or attack at all, but they can be pretty scary
Impressions - With a voice almost as malleable as his form, Schnupfen is good at mimicking other people’s voices, and even the noises made by various beasts. Combining this talent with his Shadow Puppetry, he can play some pretty convincing tricks, whether to deceive or just to scare
Sunlight Weakness - Schnupfen is extremely weakened by exposure to sunlight (as well as holy light) and can’t use any of his abilities in their presence, even floating; he’s forced to drag himself along by whatever hands he had manifested prior to exposure
Magic Allergy - Schnupfen has a severe magic allergy. Even being in its presence congests and discomforts him, while direct exposure to magic causes an allergic reaction. He starts sneezing, his nose starts running, his eyes start watering, and he can no longer assume shadow form, which also renders him vulnerable to physical attacks. It takes at least five minutes with no exposure to magic for him to recover and use his abilities again

Notes: By default, Schnupfen has a slight German accent and a reedy, nasal voice, as if he’s always got a slight cold. His physical stats are on par with (or slightly below) an average human male, and as one might expect, he has a magic deficiency. The fluid he produces when suffering from an allergic reaction is ectoplasm, and it has some valuable magical and alchemical properties. I imagine his tier progression goes Poltergeist -> Shadow -> Wraith -> Bogeyman -> The Dark Itself

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Zogi
★★★★★ | Goblin | Level 1

Appearance: About what you'd expect out of a common goblin. Scrawny limbs with a potbelly, and yellowed eyes that feature the pupils of a goat. Zogi's hooked nose is surprisingly wartless, which makes him relatively handsome by goblin metrics. He stands at 3'2, and weighs 48 lbs. 

Personality: Zogi is a sniveling coward and a simpering henchman, always eager to kowtow and rub the shoulders (or calves) of his betters. Possessing an inhuman capacity for shamelessness, he will always bend the knee to the stronger power, and will undoubtedly be his current boss's best hypeman and frontman. Need a lowly henchman to saunter up to the foolish adventurers and announce just how doomed they are? Need a goblin grunt to bait idiotic adventurers into a boss chamber by mooning them? Need a buffoonish charlatan to make self-deprecating jokes to pass the time while waiting for adventurers to enter the dungeon? Zogi is your guy! And he will always be your guy...so long as a bigger, badder monster doesn't come along to take your place.

He is, after all, just another goblin out of many, forgettable and expendable.

BUT THIS IS ALL JUST A PART OF HIS PLOY, HIS ACT, HIS PRETENCE!!! FOR IT IS THE GOBLIN'S PLACE TO PLUNDER AND USURP, TO UTILIZE THEIR 5,000 IQ AND THE MUSCLEHEADED STUPIDITY OF THOSE FOOLISH DRAGONS AND OGRES AND DEMONS TO PAVE THE WAY AND PLAY AS DISTRACTIONS, WHILE THE SHADOW COUNCIL OF GOBLINS WORM THEIR WAY INTO SEATS OF TRUE POWER. WHAT IS INDIVIDUAL STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF A COUNTLESS HORDE?! WHAT IS DESTRUCTIVE MAGICS IN THE FACE OF LEGISLATION AND CAPITAL?! A TIDE IS RISING, A TIDE OF GREEN, TO CLAIM THE ENTIRETY OF THE DUNGEON FOR GOBLINKIND, TO REVERSE THE FORTUNES OF THE DOWNTRODDEN!

Enjoy your seats while you can. Keep it warm for the Green Lord.

Abilities:
It's a Goblin's Life Five minutes after getting killed, Zogi's corpse disintegrates, and he respawns back in his den.
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Salbjorg of the Deep
3★ | Shahmaran | Level 1

Appearance: Sal is a humanoid creature with snake-like features. At a distance she might pass for a human, but upon getting closer it's easy to notice something is amiss. Her pupils are long like daggers, her ears are too short for an elf, and her mouth houses fangs and a forked tongue. The rest of her is similar. Her feet are heavily scaled and her hair has fluorescent qualities. It's nearly black at her scalp, but gets greener as it ages until the tips of her locks are a vibrant green. She’s also quite tall and is a head above the tallest human adventurers. She prefers to wear ceremonial robes interwoven with gold and bone jewelry. When taken in all at once it’s hard not to assume she's a powerful monster.

Personality: Sal has a regal air about her. She’s overly reserved, to the point where she can take jokes at face value and smiles less frequently than a stone golem. Perhaps in a past life she was a princess, if not a queen. It’s not like she would know. What she does know is monster resources, and she runs a tight ship. When upper management makes a request it becomes her duty to make sure they can deliver. She will deliver the bad news when rations are cut, or to get on middle management’s case when productivity slips behind projections. Though she’s also there to provide training, dealing with employee conflict resolution, and let upper management know when morale is slipping. Perhaps it is the need to both be an employee's friend and nemesis that has her seem withdrawn emotionally. One moment she's providing assistance, the next she's injecting employees with “enthusiasm” to improve their lackluster performance. It's not clear if she enjoys bringing others to their full potential or only cares about making sure the dungeon is efficient enough for upper management. Maybe Sal is as joyless as she looks. Who can tell with a snake?

Though Sal cares about things other than efficiency. She likes beautiful things, be they pretty baubles, clothes, or even adventurers that storm the dungeon. Despite having potent claws to rend things with, she prefers to as little damage to the outside of their bodies as possible. Sal has a preference for using poison, suffocation, or similar methods to preserve the adventurers. She claims it makes them more likely return to the dungeon again, as priests don't charge as much to resurrect them if they're in one piece. Though this is not rigidly enforced as it is not part of upper management's guidelines.

Additionally she really likes eggs and hasn’t found one she couldn’t swallow yet.

Abilities:

Snake Physiology: Sal has some features you might find on a snake, such as poisonous fangs, heat sensing capabilities, a jaw that can dislodge itself to swallow large items, etc. Additionally, Sal is cold blooded and prefers warm, damp areas of the dungeon as opposed to cool and dry ones.

Bone Melding: A basic branch of necromancy that deals with shaping and conjuring bone. Since she doesn't believe in stabbing adventurers with bone spears, she uses it to fabricate tools. One of her more common uses for bone melding is to make whiteboards for discussions with upper and middle management. Though she also makes smaller placards to communicate sometimes. Sal doesn’t like speaking due to her lisssssssssp so she prefers to display written messages when she can. Sal is also there to provide pens, cups, really any hard bodied object that isn't made of complicated parts. The most complicated thing she can manufacture is a syringe, which uses cartilage as a plunger to push fluids through a hollowed bone.

Toxin Brewing: Sal can take her venom and brew specific poisons. Anything from a poison that tires people out to causing organ failure are on the table. But a far more important utility is to brew up various corrosive toxins of different colors. They can be used to chemically burn colored illustrations onto her white boards for the purpose of making great presentations. She's also experimenting with dying textiles, but that's still in development. She’s also capable of brewing a “helpful toxin” called enthusiasm. Its effects are a bit like drinking coffee, only it’s much more painful when administered.

Grappling Mastery: Like the dommy mommy she is, Sal is strong enough to wrestle monsters. She can go toe to toe with foes larger than she is, and she's already quite tall. Her own principles prevent her from using her claws to rend her targets, but she has no issue tumbling with anyone and putting them in a choke hold. This obviously has benefits when fighting adventurers, but it's also useful on unruly employees who need to know their place or resist being administered with enthusiasm.

Shifting: Sal can pass as a human if she wishes. In this guise, she is of average height, has no monstrous features, and can speak normally. However this form is uncomfortable to maintain, like wearing a corset that fits too tight. She has to actively maintain this form through focus or risk reverting back into her original shape.

Karaoke Queen: Sal's pretty good at singing, and her speech impediment disappears when she does.

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Muste
Rarity ★★★ | Illithid Magic Developer| Level 1

Appearance:

Muste is an illithid, a species of extraplanar monsters who subsist on the brains of other creatures. While he can subsist on non-sentient brains, they taste like plain white bread to him, and so he has a desire to eat the brains of sentient and especially intelligent creatures. However, he doesn’t need the brains to be completely fresh either: corpses would also suffice, though those taste like a cold pizza from the fridge.

Illithids have a natural affinity for the mystical arts, and have potential for both magic, and even psionics. However, they are physically frailer than humans, and will easily fall to any adventurer in close combat even at higher ranks. Hopefully by then he has learned enough spells to keep them at bay…Or delegated the task to someone from another floor of the dungeon.

While in the dungeon, he tends to dress very casual, something unusual for an illithid. For trips beyond the dungeon, he dresses more sensibly, with a coat, hat and walking cane.

Personality:

Muste is your typical salaryman in temperament: he works hard to manage the dungeon and its occupants through scrolls, but feels like he doesn’t earn enough respect for what he does, causing him stress. He likes to improve efficiency through magical means, but such experiments often end up blowing up in his face. He enjoys reading books and scrolls whenever his tentacles end up grasping one, and has a problem of staying up late reading, aware that he has to wake up early for his work. Due to his abnormal appearance, he often ends up shunned by other monsters, which can cause friction when he is trying to round them up for a visit outside the dungeon or other tasks.

Abilities:
Magic Proficiency: Muste has a professional level of skill with all things magical, from general knowledge of magic and types of spells, researching and developing spells and magical artifacts to applying the knowledge in a practical way. However, his pool of spell knowledge is limited at first, and requires collected arcane lore from grimoires and spelltomes to improve further.
Lvl1 Spells: Muste can cast basic spells designated as level 1. More spells become available given the chance for magical development, arcane knowledge accrued and other limitations.
Example spells:
-Create Scroll: using leaves and plants as a physical component, Muste creates a scroll that can be wrapped up into a tube or opened for reading.
-Enchant Item: upon touch, enchants a physical object with a magical effect.
-Detect Magic: detects magic in an area.
-Magic Missile: lobs a projectile made from magical energy.
Artifact Crafting: Muste can construct magical artifacts and other items with specific effects. However, what he can craft is dependent on both materials, the amount of mana available and his knowledge on the subject, all of which are limited at start.
Psionic: Muste is capable of using the power of his mind to great effect…At some point in the future. In the future he has the potential to learn more psionics given sufficient arcane lore. At start, he only has two psionic abilities.
-Telekinesis: only powerful enough to send scrolls to other monsters at start.
-Telepathy: for giving messages like reminders to monsters to perform their tasks. Could develop into something more powerful like mind reading or even mind control of weak-willed targets later down the line.
-Mind Blast: As a last resort, Muste can unleash a psionic attack that deals minor psychic damage and stuns targets with brains in a small area, similar to a flashbang. At start, can only do once a day, and it fatigues him. Could develop into something potent.
Tentacles: Muste possesses facial tentacles that can eat brains from creatures like they were cups of coffee. His hands, while resembling tentacles in shape and dexterity, lack this quality.
Ink Gland: Like an octopus, Muste can produce ink. In his case, he can either carefully drip it into a suitable container, or spray it in an emergency. Very useful for writing scrolls.

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I go to sleep for like 7 hours and the OOC gets put up and half the application slots get scooped up. Jeez.

I think I've cleaned the CS up and fixed most of the spelling mistakes and/or typos, but there might still be some in there somewhere.

But here's my application nontheless.




Crysia
Rarity ★★★ | Heavy Centaur Knight | Level 1

Appearance:

Stands at a respectable 195 cm (roughly 6'5") tall and weighs in well over 550+ kg (1210+ lbs), and that's without any equipment.  Crysia has hazel colored eyes and golden blonde hair, while her equine coat is a snowy white. Her humanoid half is both very voluptuous as well as quite toned, while her horse-half is robust and strong.

Personality:

Depending on your point of view, Crysia is either gallant, brave, proud, heroic, unscrupulous and an unwavering beacon of light! ... Or a bone-headed, simple-minded, reckless, bluntly direct, tactless and stubborn-ass mule. All of the above describes her accurately and truthfully, so it's really a matter of personal preference and the individual scenario at any given time. She likes to thinkh herself noble, eloquent and dignified, but her rather unimpressive vocabulary, knowledge of idioms or metaphors and penchant for brazenly speaking her mind sorta squashes the image of a "refined lady" anytime she speaks for any prolonged period of time.

While confident and proud of her own physique and appearance, she's not exactly the quickest or sharpest tool in the brains-department. Often not understanding jokes or jabs made at her expense, or being completely oblivious or ignorant of sleazy or uncouth innuendos aimed at her, she can appear as a bit of an air-headed ditz. Of course, when she eventually does realize she's been made the fool, or having been the target of lascivious comments, the centaur becomes equally flustered as she becomes outraged, and will seek out and deliver "divine punishment" (despite being a monster) to the guilty. Alas, due to her rather... Lacking... Mental awareness, she's also quite weak to praise, compliments and those who beg... Which just means she's really easy to dupe.

Having a hatred for cowardice and underhanded things, Crysia's really dislikes things like traps, sneak attacks, ambushes and other tactically effective and sound things, and will oft forego them for a far more perilous and costly head-on approach to things. Also, as a bit of a perfectionist and pedantic princess, she doesn't like things that lack "spirit" or "individuality". She can spend a great deal of time and effort on a single project or task, and completely forget that she's got other things to do as well. Time-management isn't her strong suit. And she gets pretty upset when others try to meddle with, or make her "more efficient". She can handle things just fine, thank you very much!

Finally, the centaur has an appreciation for all things pretty. Gems, metals, art, craftmanship, creatures... She enjoys all things that're aesthetically pleasing. She also enjoys food. Like, a lot. She's a big girl and needs to eat, after all.  Her dreams revolve around becoming a mighty warlord, who'll lead her mighty army of mighty minions to great glory and victory! ... Though, glory for or from what, or victory against who or what exactly, is a bit fuzzy and unclear.

Abilities:

Horse Powered: Crysia sports incredible physical strength and endurance, meaning she can keep at things for long periods of time without quickly becoming tired or winded. Her strenght is equally shared between her humanoid and horse-halves, meaning she can hit just as hard with her fists as she can deliver bone-shattering, boulder-crushing kicks.
Animal Senses: As a centaur, Crysia has far better hearing, and a far keener sense of smell, than any human. Which is both good and bad, depending on the situation or enviroment.
Sturdy Frame: As a fairly decently sized monster, Cryisa's very tough. It takes a lot to bring her down. In video game-terms, this just means she's got a high HP pool.
Armsmaster: Skilled with a wide variety of weapons, from swords, maces, hammers, axes and spears to bows, slings, throwing-and-fist weapons. She's also good at using shields, both for defense and offense. Not very well versed in more exotic weapons though.
Forgemaster: Crysia's got the knowledge and skill to work a forge or smithy. She can create items - if she has the materials - or reapir busted or broken down stuff, provided she has the tools needed. With a better forge, more tools and higher grade materials, she can create superior equipment eventually.
Inspiring Courage: The centaur is very brave and courageous. She'll ride into battles and conflicts head-on, more than happy to be the first one in and last one out of a fight. Such heroism can inspire others and bolster their morale, giving them courage and improving their will to fight. She's also surprisingly good at being a field commander, as well as an instructor where training is concerned. Perhaps she's just got that natural 'leader' aura?
Bulky Bod': Crysia is a big girl, and as such, she don't do much of that dodgey, twirly, side-stepping fancypants crud. Partly because she doesn't care for it, but also partly because it's anatomically impossible. Also, while she can use bows, certain parts of her physique typically get in the way, or make it really uncomfortable to use them - so she prefers not to wield them.
Chonky: Crysia dummy thicc. Which means she probably shouldn't walk on or try cross things that're structurally unsound or weak... Or y'know, trot in plcaes with loose soil, quicksand, mucky mud and clay... Basically keep her away from things that'll crumble under her weight or cause her to start sinking down into the ground... Unless you wanna be the one trying to pull her back up outta it.

Notes:
Rariry Ranks: Heavy Centaur → Heavy Centaur Squire → Heavy Centaur Knight → Heavy Centaur Champion → Heavy Ceantaur Warlord
The only distinction between a heavy centaur and regular ones is that the former are slower/can't run as fast or jump as far/high, but are physically stronger, more durable and have greater stamina. Oh, and they obviously weigh more, hence the name. In every other regard though, they're the same type of monster.
When confused, stumped or not undestanding something, Crysia will tilt her head with a 'Hmm~?' and stare, blank-faced and oblivious. She's thinking when she does this, so give her a minute.
Crysia is under the firm conviction that Bikini Armor has superior armor class and protective properties when compared to other forms of armor! Whether this is true or not is completely irrelevant.

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Clearly we now need to build a swimming pool in the dungeon, maybe even turn it into a hot spring with fire magic 

EDIT: This will be Muste's proposal for the design of the dungeon's first floor:

Dungeon F1 proposal

I kept the map to under 26 rows, as that was how much was in the WIP map. However, if that turns out to have been a mistake and the map should be smaller, then my apologies.

Essentially, he proposes three entrances, with the deadliest and thus most expensive and difficult to manage traps placed at two fake entrances: he believes that according to probability, adventurers will most often choose either the left or middle entrance. He also proposes a lengthier, circular route towards the core with a larger, dread-inspiring hall after the entrance room: there would be some splitting rooms with treasure chests for adventurers with nearby ambush closets. Additionally, he proposes a separate hidden section as a private sector for more essential facilities like residence and storage, and with hidden passageways to more efficiently move across the dungeon while still keeping core accessibility in mind. Monsters will have some hidden rooms where they can rest and from which they can easily ambush adventurers depending on which monsters are resting or not.

As a side note, he believes that the main path towards the core should not be obstructed by illusory walls, to give adventurers the wrong impression that the dungeon doesn't utilize them, and thus monsters should not use them unless they are absolutely sure any adventurers nearby haven't seen them, or they are quickly disposed of.

And yes, I have been watching Dungeon People recently.

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I go to sleep for like 7 hours and the OOC gets put up and half the application slots get scooped up. Jeez.@Xaltwind

It's not first come first served, no slots are getting scooped up. Regardless of how many laughs/likes a sheet gets, Burger is going to pick us based on what they think makes for the best experience. Not everyone who's shown interest is going to make a sheet. Not everyone who's made a sheet is going to stick with the RP. If you're not selected initially, there might be an opening for you sooner than you think. Maybe you will get picked and decide the RP isn't for you after a few posts. Maybe the RP will implode inside a month. Who can say what's good or bad?

This will be Muste's proposal for the design of the dungeon's first floor:@Ariamis

Upper management loves how you toy with the emotions of the adventurers. However, there are concerns about the price of the renovation. They'd like to see the same sort of job done with three Illusory walls. They also want a wide angle view of the core to enjoy on a lunch break, which your claustrophobic corridor system does not provide. Moreover, they are bothered by the layout's lack of symmetry and would like to see you lean harder on the spiral aspect of the design. The monster rest areas should also be spread around more, as not all of us will enjoy the humid air created by the hot spring you plan to implement later. Mind you that we are still unsure if we have room in our first quarter budget for such an upgrade, and certainly not with the currently proposed number of illusory walls. Upper management would like to see your complete revised plans in three days.

Additionally, everyone will be taking a pay cut until we can determine the exact price of the Lord Dread-Mare mosaic, which your floor plan currently does not possess the room to display.Placard on Muste's desk

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Yes, I'm aware. I asked the question regarding how the limited player slots would be handled in the interest check. My comment was the result of having just woken up, seeing the brand new OOC and 4 people already having submitted CS'es, and then mentally panicking internally because half of the "potential" spots to be picked for were "potentially  already snagged". I am derp.

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Yes, I'm aware. I asked the question regarding how the limited player slots would be handled in the interest check. My comment was the result of having just woken up, seeing the brand new OOC and 4 people already having submitted CS'es, and then mentally panicking internally because half of the "potential" spots to be picked for were "potentially  already snagged". I am derp.@Xaltwind

And I realized last night ERode has a goblin already. Hmmm. Is it a problem if there's two? Or should I try for something else?

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And I realized last night ERode has a goblin already. Hmmm. Is it a problem if there's two? Or should I try for something else?@Expendable

In my opinion it would be better to go for more variety in the type of monsters.

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Goblins are one of the races where you could presume there’d be a buncha them, so if you want to app a goblin, go ahead.

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Or you could go with a different breed of goblin... Like.. Hobgoblins, redcaps, bugbears, dworcs (dwarf-orc halfbreeds that LOOK like goblins), etc.

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Dungeon F1 proposal

I kept the map to under 26 rows, as that was how much was in the WIP map. However, if that turns out to have been a mistake and the map should be smaller, then my apologies.@Ariamis

Floors aren't actually size limited. I just thought that 26 was a nice number to make a square with.

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And I realized last night ERode has a goblin already. Hmmm. Is it a problem if there's two? Or should I try for something else?@Expendable

I'm not going penalize people for running the same race.

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Floors aren't actually size limited. I just thought that 26 was a nice number to make a square with.@Burger

Alright, good to know. By the way, were there any problems with the suggested renovations? @BrokenPromise pointed out that the number of illusory walls could raise costs in dungeon points. How much would they factor into renovation costs? On that note, will we get a list for how much different types of rooms, passages and dungeon elements cost dungeon points, or will it be more freeform/gacha pull?

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Alright, good to know. By the way, were there any problems with the suggested renovations? @BrokenPromise pointed out that the number of illusory walls could raise costs in dungeon points. How much would they factor into renovation costs? On that note, will we get a list for how much different types of rooms, passages and dungeon elements cost dungeon points, or will it be more freeform/gacha pull?@Ariamis

Keep floor 1 to one entrance for now.

You get two illusory walls for free (legally obligated mascot's ability).

So I don't have to prefab a ton of components, it's more free-form. You don't have the workers yet, so any change to the floor plan will cost dungeon points instead of time. I haven't costed it out yet, but a full floor like that could not be sufficient with the starting funds (nor should you spend everything on landscaping--you'd brick your dungeon). Dungeon elements will be mostly gacha or built out of materials via pitch.

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I do apologize for not posting yet, weekends tends to be pretty busy for me. I'll have my OC posted today

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Zoppy
1★ | Goblin Meatshield Merchant | Level 1

Appearance: Zoppy is a scrawny, female goblin, standing 2.6 feet short. She has long, messy greenish/black hair that hangs down to her knees and often envelopes more of her emaciated body than the tattered, patchwork rags that pass for her clothes. Her vibrant green eyes are bright and full of life, while her pointy teeth filled mouth often forms a cheerful smile, despite the pathetic state of her existence. Like most goblins, she has green skin, large, pointed ears, and sharp claws on her hands and feet. Well, on one hand and foot. Her left hand and right foot are both badly deformed, giving her a limp, and an inability to viably hold things with anything other than one hand.

Personality: Zoppy is cheerful, upbeat, and extraordinarily optimistic, especially for someone with her various… issues. She loves “shiniez” (which can be gold coins, but mostly just shiny objects in general) and has decided the best way to get them is to open her own shop at the bottom of the dungeon, just outside the final boss room, in order to sell her amazing wares to any adventurers that make it that far. Unfortunately for the enterprising little merchant, she’s far too stupid to be able to effectively run such an ambitious operation. While she has a shop, it’s more of a small cave, filled with a cluttered assortment of “stuff fer adventurerz”, which mostly amounts to “lucky rockz”, “lucky stickz”, jars of “lucky dirt”, and other such useless items, with price points ranging from “lotz” to “many many many lotz”. Of course, that doesn’t stop her from enthusiastically trying to promote her worthless wares, even to her fellow monsters, and she can frequently be seen excitedly scampering around her shop, tripping and crashing into things as she tries to find her latest “nicest nice fing” to show off. That said, she can equally often be seen taking a nap on the floor after overexerting her frail body, or due to a self inflicted concussion.

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Exceptionally Low Strength: This is a bad thing, because it makes it hard for her to carry anything heaver than a pebble or several small twigs without passing out from the strain.

Exceptionally Low Stamina/Vitality: This is also a bad thing, since it causes her to get winded extremely quickly, and causes her to badly bruise after only getting bumped or poked with even the most minimal of force.

Exceptionally Low Intelligence: This, too, is a bad thing, because it leads to her making incredibly poor decisions and easily being taken advantage of.

Exceptionally High Visual Acuity: This is actually a bad thing, because she has a hard time focusing on things and becomes easily overwhelmed and distracted, making her dizzy.

Exceptionally High Auditory Acuity: This is also actually a bad thing, because she often gets overwhelmed in even moderate noise level environments, such as when more than one person is talking, which makes her head hurt.

Excels at Failure: Take a guess if this is a good or bad thing.

Walking Joke: Self explanatory.

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There! Decided to do something different. I present to you: Skjsel Darkpetal, the necromantically corrupt Spriggan turned to Creepy gardener with the creepy goth garden.

Skjsel Darkpetal

Rarity★★★ | Corrupt Spriggan | Level 1

Appearance:
Skjsel manifests as a gaunt, shadowy figure, their form obscured by a tattered cloak of dark leaves or coarse fur that blends with the dim forest. A weathered, mask-like face is suggested beneath a set of large, twisting dark antlers that sprout from their head. Piercing, malevolent green light emanates from empty eye sockets and a wide, unsettling grin filled with sharp teeth. Faint green motes of light drift around their body, adding to their spectral presence in the gloom of their garden.

Personality:
Skjsel's personality reflects their dual nature as a nurturing gardener and a necromantic horror. They are meticulous and patient when tending to their garden, showing a twisted sense of pride in the beauty of their corrupt flora. However, this nurturing nature is reserved for the dungeon's inhabitants and their macabre creations. To outsiders, Skjsel is a silent, unnerving presence, their every movement deliberate and chilling. They take a perverse delight in the art of amalgamation, treating the corpses of adventurers and animals as mere clay for their creations.

Abilities:
~ Corrupted Gardener: Skjsel can manipulate the dungeon's flora, growing a variety of mutated fruits and vegetables to sustain the dungeon's inhabitants. The garden itself is a terrifying landscape of beautiful yet deadly plants, designed to ensnare and weaken intruders.

~ Flesh Amalgamation: Skjsel's most disturbing ability is the power to merge the corpses of slain beings with their plant life. They can bind the spirits of the deceased to these creations, giving them a semblance of life and turning them into loyal undead guardians of the garden.

~ Vine Whip: Skjsel can summon thorny vines from the ground or their own body to ensnare and attack foes. These vines are infused with a potent corruption that can poison or paralyze anyone they touch.

~ Toxic Spores: When threatened, Skjsel can release a cloud of toxic spores. These spores are highly disorienting and can cause temporary blindness, confusion, or a painful rot that spreads across the skin.

~ Chlorokinetic Defense: The plants in Skjsel's garden are extensions of their will. They can cause roots to rise from the ground, plants to lash out, and flowers to emit noxious fumes, creating a defensive barrier around them and their precious creations.

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I've decided that Vaaska probably works better as an NPC, so I have instead made upper management/a healer because every party needs one of those

Also I am embracing the gatcha


the Voice of Fate (tVoF)
Rarity ★★★★★ | Void Angel| Level 1

Appearance:
tVoF is a 20 meters long translucent semi insectile creature with a set of hand-like wings large enough to hold a person in a single one. The outsides consist of a softly teal glowing membrane sporting a singular large red eyespot. Any damage to the membrane will heal rapidly, with the new material emerging from the void within rather than from the surrounding membrane, meaning it could be skinned alive only for its skin to remember after a few moments. 

Its insides meanwhile seem to be mostly filled with distant stars and this is entirely true, as is indeed what is in there, at least as far as any analysis known to mortal kind can ascertain. Functionally and mechanically however, it is mostly filled with nothing, and any object passing through this void will act as if it is moving through vacuum. 

Membrane and void alike, can pass through matter as if it wasn’t there, which is convenient when operating in the cramped corridors of a dungeon. 

The corpse, however, cannot do this.

This headless, sexless, nonliving yet perfectly preserved hominid body of otherwise unremarkable composition floating in its core where its heart probably would be is entirely, mundanely, physical, restricting its movements and representing the only way to inflict true death upon it.

Personality:
tVoF speaks in confusing religious jargon that can be difficult to parse at times, particularly given that it claims to speak for the god of fate itself, with all the frivolous randomness that entails. 

It's also prone to performing illogical actions or making nonsensical changes to the dungeon in the name of ‘nudging the hand of fate into rolling a favorable outcome’ which often revolve around the holy number 8.

Naturally, as a (supposed) voice of their god, it thinks its demands and desires are incredibly important and is prone to either sulking or decrying that doom is upon them if things do not go its way. It will however quickly get over this and move on to the next new thing that totally actually needs to be done in order to gain the favor of fate. Also, fortunately, these demands, while odd, are often fairly simple, and might even be beneficial. Maybe. Certainly it will claim any good fortune is because of its efforts at any rate.

Given that its most reliable form of utility is as a healer, it's probably a good idea to keep it at least somewhat appeased.

Abilities:

Ocular ray: the void angel can shoot a beam of heat out of its singular eye. This can be used to either inflict or cauterize wounds at a distance.
Restoration: the void angel can phase its smaller hands into wounds and manually close them up, forcibly fusing flesh back to flesh to repair any damage. Be it internal or external damage, or even poisons or plagues, the void angel can set things back to the way they were. It cannot replace lost flesh however, and so that must be re-attached if possible. This is delicate work that requires the patient to stay still while it is done, making it an impractical method of dealing damage or performing burst healing.
Incorporeality: the void angel only touches this world when it wants to, rendering the majority of its body invulnerable to harm other than when it is interacting with the world (such as if it is holding something, attacking something or intentionally blocking the way to, say, its core). The corpse in its body is fully physical however, restricting its ability to just float through the terrain, though its sheer size means it can attack from the next tunnel over with relative ease.
Levitation: the void angel does not touch the ground unless it so please, and instead simply swims through the air
Large: the void angel would be more at home in the ocean than on land size wise, and so has a great deal of reach as a result. It is relatively slow however, most often floating lazily through reality as if it has all the time in the world (which it probably does).
Roll the dice: the void angel can manifest dice out of nowhere, which it often uses to interpret the will of fate. Usually D8s. It can pray to the god of fate for a favorable outcome while rolling, which will result in stuff happening. Just. Stuff. Anything really. Probably beneficial. Hopefully. Try not to lose any limbs if you don’t want to end up with an ‘interesting’ replacement is all I am saying.

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