BrokenPromise

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

Yea, gotta make some progress on this over the weekend.

It's been rough with things going the way they are, but I'll manage.

We'll figure out something for ya Mayjay.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

“With friends like these, who needs enemies?”

— Su Fang

_{@Erode@Ariamis}

Su would be lying if she said she was 100% sure Askefye was going to agree, but she was confident in her strategy. Either Askefye would jump at the chance to be with the ascendancy girl, or jump at the chance to nuke her. And she’d get to eat either way. Having to pay didn’t bother Su much. “All-you-can-eat” was often a staple of cheaper restaurants. A shame, as Su wouldn’t have minded paying a little extra for decent food. Though for some reason, this was feeling like a victory she would regret.

Not like she could back out now.

“She’s heading in the direction of the shop I wanted to show you.” Su flew after Askefye, Su in tow.

---

”Bow chicka wow woooooooow!”

— Aria Rizzo

Aria had actually finished everything when the door to her shop swung open. Multicolored luminescent butterflies flew all around the newly arrived, but Aria didn’t look up from her book.

”Daji is best known for her fantastical depiction as a-”

She wasn’t making that mistake again.

When she looked up, her mark had entered the store, Unfortunately she was with two other girls. The one with the metallic body didn’t concern her, but the other one, the one that was always ablaze.

Askefye.

That girlwas essentially a giant light bulb and thus attracted all manner of insects, butterflies included. This is because female butterflies have a special gland that contains a chemical that emits ultraviolent radiation. Fires and light bulbs also emit this, which is why moths will seem to fly to certain death. Naturally, the butterflies would also swarm a burning woman thinking she was a potential mate. Fortunately her butterflies were more or less immune to being burned up. Well, the stronger ones anyway. But that’s getting sidetracked with animal facts! That girl… was especially welcome! Askefye was a regular, and one of the reasons why Aria was able to stay open.

”Welcome! You must be here for my newest bomb!” She reached under the counter and pulled out a giant disk. Its many reflective surfaces made it look like a two dimensional disco ball. ”I’m still deciding on a name. But the point is that when this bomb goes off, it releases confetti in almost every direction, causes spot lights to rain down on top of it, and fires a dazzling light array in every direction. There’s also a slot so that you can insert a music CD and play it at full volume.” Aria climbed onto the counter and stood on top of it. ”This model is entirely non-lethal. The idea is that you stand on top of it and BOOM! You are instantly the center of attention! Perfect for outshining other girls at a rave or getting full agro in a fight! You need this!”

Meanwhile, Su was examining the book that Aria had abandoned. “Daji?”

”Oh?” Aria turned to Su with a grin. ”Have you heard of her?”

“Something like that.” Su turned to Helga. “Seems like Askefye is shopping. We might as well take a look around before returning.”

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

Hider

Their memory is more important than what they were.

Hmmmmmmmmm...

Hider or new header are gunna be it me thinks.

RPGC#27 - To the sky! (Voting and Feedback)

As per the norm, I'm gonna whip out my reviews in public.

The sky-sailer

Well that was a cute story.

The grammar and punctuation could have been cleaned up a bit. The most common punctuation mistake is that commas are used in place of periods, and sometimes punctuation is forgone altogether. An example.

But he couldn’t just manipulate wind he needed wind, he needed to feel the wind to feel good, not feeling the wind would make him feel anxious.

VS

But he couldn’t just manipulate wind, he needed wind. He needed to feel the wind to feel good. Not feeling the wind would make him feel anxious.

And we can improve it further by changing redundant words and making the following two sentences less vague.

But he couldn’t just manipulate air, he needed wind. He needed to feel the wind on his skin. Stagnant air only made him feel anxious.

Leaning heavier into the grammar side, there were a lot of adjectives. This isn’t always a problem, but a lot of them ended in Y. So someone will pant heavily during an exceptionally long silence. Usually followed by someone nodding encouragingly and asking impatiently. To which they nodded pensively after speaking softly. It just makes everything sound the same. I would advise using more descriptive words or phrases. Instead of panting heavily they can gasp for air. Instead of asking impatiently you can snap. It’s also amazing how one can use body language to govern how someone sounds, which you did in a few spots.

“Look at me, I can fly!” Kate ran circles around Dawn with her arms extended.

“Seriously?” Dawn placed a hand on her hip. “You’re 16, you should stop acting like a child.”

Kate looked over her shoulder and smiled. “But children have the most fun!”

Dawn fret her brow. “Not when they’re being punished.” She forced her words through grit teeth.

Example w/ Kate and Dawn

The story’s composition fared better. Keith and Hazel were interesting, and the story manages to tell us enough about the magic they use and how it effects them without wasting too much time. I also enjoyed the banter at the supper table about Keith’s head being filled with hot air.

Though the pacing wasn’t perfect, and there were a lot of moving parts for such a simple story. I feel like the entire story could have been told using Keith and Hazel only, and probably would have been better for it. That’s not to say a larger family couldn’t have been alluded to, but there were five or so characters introduced in a story that’s only 2.5K words long. I don’t blame the writer for not using their entire word budget, but if that’s going to be your limit, make the most of it.

It had it’s faults but “The sky-sailer” was still an entertaining read.

Once Upon a Feather

Almighty then.

It’s hard to review the grammar in this story because it doesn’t make any grievous mistakes. Yet the mistakes it does make are so numerous and varied that it’s difficult to decide what to bring up for a concise review.

I can only try.

I got to one of the higher up peaks as I looked over the clouds below me.

The “up” isn’t necessary here, as is “below me.” I’m also not sure I would use “as” there.

I got to one of the higher peaks and looked over the clouds.

Same idea, but the lower word count tightens everything up.

"It's easy, you just have to focus. And don't just dive off one of the highest peak."

Probably a typo, but it should be “one of the highest peaks” or “the highest peak.”

I felt my body dip down before I started to flap my wings.
I spun slightly as I dipped down,

Dipped down is used twice in a row. It’s redundant.

None of these mistakes are a “game over” by themselves, but it does drag down the work when they can be found throughout the story.

Story wise it does satisfy the requirements for the contest, but there’s a lot left unwritten. We follow a nameless person up to a peak, where they use wings that they randomly acquired to try and fly. A bird gives them instructions to actually manage flight, and they vow to catch up to someone who can fly much better than they do. I’m sure if I was more artistic/ineffectual I could probably find some lesson in here about learning and mastery

The First and the Last

Edgy.

Grammar looked pretty okay to me. There were a few parts where the sentences were a little long and could have a few words pruned or be rephrased. An example.

A slight change in the sun’s light, or a faint blur of movement off in the distance; these might be the only warnings she receives before clawed death comes hurtling at her out of the blue.

“A change in the sun’s light, a blur of distant movement; these might be the only warnings she’ll receive.”

Just a bit more concise this way.

I’ll admit I was interested in seeing where this was going to end, but when the end came I was left with a case of “why even bother?” It’s alright to have your main character die, but it had no emotional weight or purpose. We’re just thrust into the life of a nameless bird that fell onto the ground and then said bird becomes falcon food. I feel like if the main character has to die, the reader needs to feel invested so that the death has meaning. It felt more like an experiment piece than an entry for a contest.

The above voters want you to continue submitting entries. They want you to take no offense. You should. But I'm here to tell you that if you want to play ball in this corner of the internet, you're going to need thick skin, buddy. Maybe get some sharp claws so that you can defend yourself. You're in the jungle now, act like it. Let's hear that roar!

_{Hopefully no one took that seriously or got offended.}

Le Vote

While not the best written of the stories here, I'm voting for "The sky-sailer" because I'm a sucker for character driven stories. The airhead joke really clinched it for me too.

Take me home, @Calle

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@Majoras End your characters are still in the game, they just can't act during events. So during the time skip, you could create a reason for Eliza to inherit the phone.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

”Run forest run!”

— Nuncio

_{@PlatinumSkink + The others im collabing with lolololololz}

”Gah!” The chain pierced Nuncio’s shoulder, tearing through ligaments and bone before coming out the other side. There was a spray of blood, but Sophia had missed any vital organs. The chain would hold strong. ”What?” In the next instant, Nuncio was slung towards Mariette. ”Amaryllis! You need to run!” Was all he got out before he, Sammy, Eli, and Mariette vanished inside a portal.

Rosa’s charge was intimidating, but Vermin Killer didn’t budge an inch. He remained stationary behind his wall of crows. Rosa would never get the chance to test its strength before the wolverines set upon her, tearing into the tiger’s rear quarters and front leg. It swiped and kicked, but the wolverines were relentless and without fear.

The wall of crows separated, with half of the birds flying up towards Sophia and the rest remaining before Verminkiller. Each one that flew by tried to take a piece of her flesh with each pass.

”Bring two, bring three, bring four magical girls. I will outnumber you every time.”

The pirate simply leveled her magical shotgun-axe and drew upon her Focused Assault once more. The wear and tear and drain from battle were one thing, but no matter how much she felt tired it wasn’t like she was going to relent either.

BOOM!!!

The girl unleashed an erupting shot from her gun at Vermin Killer, not caring if his birds got in the way or not. It was a more powerful shot than normal, which was to her favor, but even so she lightly winced at the light pain she got from her body as a result. Not like the birds trying to tear into her flesh with their wee little beaks wasn’t painful as well, but she’d just about had enough of today to use the pain to help her keep focus.

The bullet tore through a few birds, but moments before the bullet struck Vermin Killer, his body split apart into even more crows and scattered. With all the crows swarming the warehouse, it was hard to tell where they went, or if they were there fighting alongside their companions.

All the while, her patron floated overhead with worried creases forming in its worn wooden planks.

“Do ah’ look lak’ ah’ give ah’ fook about yer’ ‘cool guy talk’ at all, ya’ soddin’ bilge rat?

Ahm’ tired of yer’ kind ah’ trash prancin’ bout’, so get yeh’ ass movin’ outta’ ere’ if yeh’ don’t want yeh’ skull mounted on mah’ patron’s aft and yer’ beasties all fried golden brown!”

”It is my vultures that will pick your bones clean, corpse sailor.” Vermin Killer’s disembodied voice filled the warehouse.

The golden shields that had formed for Mariatte and company vanished, no longer needed, as they soon reappeared to form a bubble around Sophia with an opening in the front. That...and at least her clothing was incredibly tough and rather covering on her body.

Vestiges now. Vestiges and traces, seconds remaining. Amaryllis could feel her form begin to revert, the fatigue such that even though her own stamina seemed to sustain itself, her strength was beginning to flag. Her Sword grew heavier in her palm, the world around her seemed to be speeding up, and her magic no longer responded to her.

It would have been lovely to retort, to say that being outnumbered only made magical girls stronger, but the Knight of Rose knew that soon enough, she wouldn’t even be a knight anymore.

Nuncio was out. Sophia was still going strong. And Rosa…

“Pirate! Bring the whole warehouse down! We’re getting outta here!”

With that, Amaryllis charged into the forefront, her Silverlight ever-hungering as she used Sophia’s shotgun blast as cover fire. Reaching the mangled tiger swiftly, but not nearly so swift as she’d have liked, the midnight-haired swordswoman swung her weapon with wild abandon, disemboweling any wolverine that got its jaws on the bloodied tiger. Not to kill, nor to chase away, but simply to reduce the weight. She could lift a sedan with one hand, and a male tiger only weighed a quarter of that weight, but those records were on a good day. A flicking of a wrist reduced another wolverine to just a head, before Amaryllis reached out with her off-hand to grasp Rosa and toss her towards Sophia.

Her stump pressed against the white fur.

Fuck.

Even though Sophia hadn’t started to bring down the warehouse, the ground was starting to shake. Vermin Killer may have departed, but his reinforcements had arrived. two hippopotamus bulldozed their way through the wall, stampeding towards the magical girls.

Almost all of the most dangerous animals in the world originate from Africa, and the hippo is no exception. While they have a reputation for being docile creatures, they are anything but. They are heavyweight fighters that are far faster than their size would lead one to believe. They can move through water swiftly since the water doesn’t impede them at all. They weigh so much they sink to the floor of any body of water they traverse, allowing them to run as if they were on land. Their hide is so thick that they seldom have to worry about other predators. A pack of lionesses are unable to dig through their two inch thick hide, while the hippo has more than enough strength to crush their skulls in a single bite. Hippos aren’t just a problem for the wildlife in Africa, they are a problem for humans too. They make short work of boats and cars. Out of the entire animal kingdom, it is hippos that claim the most human lives per year.

Their jaws swung open, revealing jaws filled with tusks and teeth. Nothing was going to stop the two-ton behemoths from charging.

“That’s arr’ cue, lass!”

The pirate shot out her chain arm to grab up Amaryllis and the injured tiger, whilst she smirked and reached her other arm up into the air. The golden shields faded away once more, and through the roof crashed in an-...anchor? An anchor attached to a chain to be specific, but called forth by Sophia’s magic to help her up onto her patron.

So as the two ton piles of man-killing animal flesh charged, Sophia would suddenly be yanked up as she grabbed onto the chain itself. Was a little spell she’d been granted by her patron to get on the ship if she ever couldn’t fly up to it. A spooky precaution that was hopefully going to come right in handy. If Amaryllis and the tiger were on the other end of the chain arm, however, it would pull them along as well as it attached itself to the anchor chain in turn for more support.

The Anchor was hoisted into the air, Pirate knight and tiger in tow. The hippos snapped their jaws shut, but bit nothing but air. Big and strong as they might have been, they weren’t jumpers by any stretch of the imagination.

The warehouse was still filled with crows however. They bit and tore, but between Amaryllis’s swordsmanship and Sophia’s gunplay, they were no match.

Once they left the top of the warehouse, the animals seemed to retreat. The crows simply flew away, while the hippos retreated behind a building, only to disappear from sight.

Yet even as the enemies disappeared...the pirate seemed to have one last thing for those she and her allies had just been fighting.

“Remember this as the day you almost caught...Captain. Sophia. Von Zeerover!!! Hahahaha!”

---

“Hmmmmmm?”

— Tetrad

_@DarkwolfX37

Tetrad raised an eyebrow. This Puchuu seemed to care about Shion. Which was a good thing but it just went against everything Tetrad knew about Puchuus.

“Uh, yea! We can do something about that.” Tetrad snapped her fingers and tapped her foot. A few seconds later, and a door to a run down bar seemed to rise out of the ground and swing open. “It’s my interdimensional…bar…place. I don’t really ‘live’ in there so you’ll have to pardon the mess. I’ve been meaning to clean it up but I keep getting side tracked.” It also looked drab because it was a more fitting atmosphere to interrogate prisoners in. “There’s a few holes in the couch, but it’s still really comfortable. And you’re welcome to whatever is in the fridge.” Tetrad twiddled her thumbs. “So you can just relax in there. Or just her if you have other things to do. I’ll go back to the hotel I’m staying at, and then she can come back out in a place that isn’t surrounded by violent monsters. Sound good?”

---

“Registration successful.”

— Oros

_{@FamishedPants @AtomicNut @Ponn @PlatinumSkink @Majoras End @twave}

Oros chose to watch the rest of the fight from a rooftop. She had given herself the skin of a chameleon to blend into her surroundings. Unlike octopus and squids, chameleons did not shift pigmented plates on their skin to change their colors. Instead, they had nano-crystal scales under their skin that reflected different colored light. Tighter clusters reflected blue and green light, and spacing the scales apart changed the color to yellow, and orange and red the further apart they got. The light reflected mixes with the color of the skin to produce their camo. It is the chameleon’s control over these scales that lets it change its color. Though chameleons typically use their colors to stand out more so that they can attract a mate or scare off another chameleon.

Her eyes had become that of an owl, which were the best the animal kingdom had to offer. At least when it came to night vision. Their tubular eyes had excellent depth perception and could catch more light than cat eyes. This gave Oros binocular vision, but she’d have to turn her head to look around. An owl’s eyes aren’t round, and thus can’t pivot in their eye sockets.

Between these two features, Oros was able to remain hidden and keep her distance. It was possible someone with deviation magic could pick up her presence, but that was hardly a concern. If someone wanted to get the jump on her, they would have to contend with her excellent hearing and sense of smell. She wouldn’t be here long anyway.

After the fight’s anti-climatic finish, her eyes tracked Faith. Or more specifically, Raven. Her actions had been rather questionable in all this. But after glimpsing at her blade, she could understand why. It was evident where Raven’s alliance laid with a simple glimpse into her past.

“Another Beacon hopeful.” She sheathed her sword. “Hope you don’t mind collabs, Raven. We’ll meet again real soon.”

There was no reason to stick around longer. Oros could track Faith with her sword at this point. She turned towards the shadows and faded from sight.

Danganronpa: Tower of Carnage (Finished!)

@FamishedPants@Mateotis@Majoras End

Just an update, it's been slow going but I've added all of the starting truth bullets to the Zeroth post.

It's been kind of hot, and the focus to organize the case itself hasn't really been there as a result.

I'll make some progress over the weekend. I'm keeping with the "slow and steady" philosophy even with the arrangement process. I know it can be annoying when there's nothing you can do and you don't see progress every day. Just know I'm doing my best.

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

“She can burn me to ash, but you gotta admit she’s kind of cute like this. Lolz!”

— Su Fang

_{@Erode@Ariamis}

Su also slowed to a hover. Given that she wasn’t very aerodynamic ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) it was a simple thing to manage. Especially with Helga in tow.

There wasn’t much time to think. It was clear that Askefye had little patience for people at the moment. Fortunately Su had already decided what she wanted to say ahead of time. She just found it difficult to do so now that the fire girl was staring her in the face. That and she was a little concerned with how Helga would react, as this was something she thought up in the moment. She gave Helga a firm stare and nodded, which was the only thing she could do to prepare her before speaking. Then she turned to Askefye.

“I’m Su Fang.” She gestured towards Helga. “This is Helga, she once served as part of Justine’s elite four.” Su had noticed Askefye’s head pop up when they were talking about Justine earlier. Hopefully this detail would keep her interested in their conversation. “I’m trying to get Beacon off our back, and at present it looks like purification is our only option. Though with the Ascendancy present and Helga’s colorful history, they could try to kill us instead.” She placed a hand on her hip. “That girl you were with seemed more receptive than most Ascendancy girls. She was willing to talk, but a troll interrupted our conversation. I have my connections however and I know I can summon her again.” Su (begrudgingly) knew Lily, who knew Alicia. It shouldn’t be hard for the paladin to get in touch with Vivi. “Where you come into this is that I do not wish to invite the Ascendancy into my home. You seem to know the over city well and are fairly strong. I would feel safer if you could join us during our next meeting, in case things go south.” Su gestured towards Askefye. “If you’re interested, I’d like to know your name and a good place to eat.”

---

“Let me show you the true meaning of LOGIC!”

— Mika Sarraf

_@Vocab

Christine was wrong. Mika could tell she was scarcely the brightest bulb, but this was something else. It was one thing to take the lid off your milk shake to make sure you got the flavor you wanted, and another thing entirely to think licking the outside of the straw was the correct way to eat a milk shake. Mika found the display amusing, but decided not to embarrass her. She simply consumed her milkshake the correct way and hoped Christine would catch on. It did not dawn on Mika that Christine was checking for poison. If Mika had poisoned a shake, she was playing a dangerous game in letting Christine decide which one to take. Besides, Mika had already poisoned her in the hallway with her stinger, and used her healing artifact to seal up the wound before getting her into a bikini. Though there is a certain amount of irony in waking from poison-induced sleep and then checking your drink for poison. Admit it, that’s hilarious.

“Beacon tried to stop Vi-chan in time, I'm sure.” Rina called from her seat. Still holding her bow on her lap. “I mean yea, Alicia’s disguise was pretty bad, but they couldn’t get to her in time. Vi-chan made her big appearance before they could perfectly wrap everything up. They didn’t ‘allow it to become violent,’ it would have been a slaughter even if they did nothing. You’re talking like this entire thing was their idea, or like you didn’t have the power to stop it yourself!”

Mika raised her hand to Rina. “Monster lives matter.”

“Fool of a cat girl.” She sipped her milkshake.

Mika’s smile only glowed brighter. “I’ve been thinking about my mistakes a lot recently.” She set aside her milkshake. She had downed it all, so it was just an empty cup anyway. “The first fight I got into by myself, I got some help from a wolf girl. We were fighting this spider girl, and she got on my nerves. I got really angry.” She looked away from Christine and folded her arms. “I bit her with my most potent venom. I think I killed her. She hurt Lupa for a while too, because I had been so reckless she had to take a shot for me.” She hugged her knees. “At the time I had been really upset because Lupa got hurt. But now that she’s feeling better, I spend a lot more time thinking about the spider girl. She was a bad girl, but I wonder if I had to kill her.” Mika set her chin on top of her arms. “Maybe if I hadn’t killed her, things would have turned out better. Everyone wanted to hurt Dan, but I became friends with him. I forgave him, and look!” She gestured at everything around herself. “I know Beacon ruined the party, but everyone is mean to Beacon. Maybe if people were nicer to them they wouldn’t be so mean. If Vi had invited them to the party they wouldn’t have felt left out.” She smiled. “I think killing is bad no matter who it is. What you were going to do to Alicia was bad, what she was going to do to you was bad. That’s why I stopped it.”

Rina sighed. “Guess I’m the bad cop.”

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

OH MY A CHANCE TO SHARE MY OPINION CAN’T LET THE CHANCE ESCAPE!

So let’s talk about what stats do for a moment.

The point of having stats is to measure a character’s ability to do something. This is usually helpful in DnD campaigns or other structured forms of roleplaying where you want to quantify a characters stats. It also forces players to chose their strengths instead of just being a god at everything. A strong, durable barbarian is probably not smart as an example. Stats allow the player and GM see how a character is and decide on the likelihood of an action being successful or not.

Does this work? Well enough. If we look at Trixy’s stats, we know she’s average at everything but really excels at AGI. This makes her an accurate sniper and lets her move around swiftly. Amaryllis is a physical monster, but is a bit of a glass cannon. In this sense, the stats do their job of indicating what a character can do. And in PvE situations, the 30+ stat gap between Penny and Deni/Connie hasn’t really posed an issue.

But what makes stats a problem isn’t how they work when interfacing the GM, it’s how they function when interfacing other players. Even if there isn’t a lot of direct PvP in this RP, there are plenty of times when characters do something that contests another one. Does Trixy or Amaryllis get to the button first? Does Regina’s curse affect Penny? Stuff like that. This has a tendency to prevent players from engaging with those who are considerably stronger then them. An example of this is how Plat keeps insisting that Deni isn’t strong enough to do anything, and how a few players feel miffed that they will never be as strong as some of the old faces. And when you have a gap that’s 30+ points wide, it’s understandable.

Do stats actually give bonuses in RP though? It has always been Ari’s stance that stats are more indicators of a character’s power spread rather than something that relates to other girls. But Ari is also the one that said “The minion perk for horror girls scales with MAG” and “If your MAG is high enough, null field can be shaped the way you want it.” And that does not really agree with what Ari has stated earlier. Don’t quote me on this, but I thought Ari said that normal horror minions consisted of auto 1-hit monsters like goblins, and if you had 20 MAG you could control things like gorelions, which were a boss in season 1. I was also told that Amber’s magic had to fail against Janet because there was a 3 point difference in their MAG stat. It makes it sound like the only way to make the most out of certain character abilities is to have the right stats.

I’ve recently created Oros, who has a rather even 12/12/11 stat spread across her STR/AGI/VIT. I was PMed by several GMs asking if I inflated the numbers and even had a player accuse me of power gaming. But here’s the funny thing about Oros. On one hand, she is totally dwarfed but Penny’s 20/20/20 stat set up. On the other, she is considerably higher than characters on the lower end. Even though stats ”don’t mean anything,” I know that Oros will inevitably get auto parried by Amaryllis and Deni won’t be able to have a romanticized duel between with a fellow katana weilder. When either of those things happen, everyone will point their fingers at the almighty stat block. Which is a shame, because I think it would make for a better story if these characters could fight on even footing.

To fix stats the first thing that needs to happen is the GMs need to decide what the frick they even mean. They are either a hard representation of one’s power in the RP or are soft guidelines for an individual character’s power spread. Once that has been decided, steps can be taken to make sure that older players don’t have such an edge over newer players to the point where it feels insurmountable.

A few suggestions. you probably don’t want to use all of them, and some are more work than others:

~Newer CHARACTERS have higher starting coinage, with the understanding they can’t pool it all on their primary PC

~Stat advantages are added to normal and DMGs to make up for the stat gap caused by monster girls using the DMG module + mutations.

~Catch up mechanics so that newer players can EVENTUALLY join the ranks of the veteran players. I love flexing on noobs, but let’s give them an incentive to stick around.

~Make stats something that everyone can freely allocate and is the same for everyone. You get more as the seasons go on, etc.

~As an aside, I think the max stat cap is a good idea. But I was the one who suggested it so that shouldn't surprise anyone.

---

Also, people were talking about other uses for coins than boosting stats. Here are some ideas for that:

~Make coins required for organizations/groups: Might be fun to create a new sub system where players can get bonuses by creating a “guild.” Coins could then be used to make the organization stronger and gain additional benefits. If the Sakura gang gets enough coins together, everyone gets bikes. ETC.

~Make it so that you can buy plot stuff with coins: It might be interesting to let player buy their own “character arc” for the RP. This would give players a reason to try to earn the coins of other players so that they could enact a scheme or complete the final steps of their magical girl journey. It won’t be for everyone, but it creates a need and possibly an "economy."

~Make it so that you can “bid” for change: We seem to enjoy debating shit. Might be interesting to involve coins with it somehow. If you want a change so bad you’re willing to part with coins for it, clearly you want it more than all the tight purses right?

Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

From my understanding, corrupted specs are just edgier versions of their former selves. So corrupt wood would be dead trees, etc. Darkness is already pretty edgy so I'm not sure how you would make it edgier. Maybe your darkness would be an undead mass of some sort?