The Maze of the Guilds DT

//fourteen hours later

Uh, I remember a while ago Wandering saying something about placing a link of a post here as the forum gets much longer posts that stretch down the page, so here!

~ The Maze of the Guilds

One down, one more to go. (It is getting finished tonight or I am not Wolfar-- oh wait.) Also, I think I completed the bonus point? I'll leave that for you to decide, Wandering ^^ But technically he could have killed the boy but he didn't, which I believe works up to the standards.

EDIT: MY POST WAS LONGER THAN HUNTERS?? WHAT IS UP WITH THAT? ... well, his second.

I'm free today but I might end up starting my Wilderness post first

Eh, this really super far from any of my good work, but it's finished. A lot longer than I expected but I'm pretty much done caring at this point >.< If you need me to change something please let me know, I'll be happy to ^^ I really know it's not the greatest, but hey. It's done. And that's a lesson now for me to never procrastinate.

Link: The Maze of the Guilds

@15253 I noticed that in your post for Nacht, you put 'Shade' where location should be. I think that was a mistake, as Nacht should technically at that point be at the gate. Just something I noticed.

@SpiritedWolfe, might I just say that those were two extraordinary posts! I was hooked every sentence... Bravo

Here are Zefen Fitzbyr's points:

~Tenth to complete the Trial: 130 points
~Completion of Trial: 50 points
~Completion of Bonus Point: 25 points
~Word count to point tally: 250 points
*Total points awarded: 455 points

Zefen's netto amount: 475 points
Zefen's consumables remaining: 1 Supply unit remaining

Congratulations! Zefen has moved to ninth position!

Here are Avali Smythe's points:

~Twelfth to complete Trial: 110 points
~Completion of Trial: 50 points
~Word count to point tally: 250 points
*Total awarded: 410 points

Avali's netto point tally: 440 points
Avali's remaining consumables: 1 Supply unit remaining (restock required)

Congratulations! Avali has moved to eleventh overall. You may also go claim your 5 SB credits in the SB Challenge forum.

@15253, that was also a very nice post to read. I will allocate your points, but please just edit that he grabs a Key of Passing from the Scribe, and not a scroll. Just a minor thing really.

~Eleventh to complete the Trial: 120 points
~Completion of the Trial: 50 points
~Completion of the Bonus Point: 25 points
~Word Count to point tally: 250 points
*Total amount awarded: 445 points

Nachtan's netto amount: 465 points
Nachtan's remaining consumables: 1 Supply unit remaining

Congratulations! Nachtan has moved to the tenth position overall! You may also go claim your 3 SB credits in the Storybook Challenges Forum.

Oh, and a notice, due to me having started at university today, I didn't submit the Trial... I shall do so at the latest by Saturday, giving Candy enough time due to the situation he explained to me (he's writing university exams, so I will allow later posting... Academics is way more important anyway... )

Hey, Wandering. Because of your name change, the pad to the store's link changed as well. So I hope you don't mind that I went in and edited the first post of the DT to fix it ^^

Thanks @SpiritedWolfe! I don't mind:P

Awesome posts guys! Really enjoyable reads!

So, I'm thinking towards the next trial already, and I have a few questions on the food/consumption items aspect.

First, the wording on how the undead deal with their consumption items is kind of throwing me off. Looking through the answers to questions underneath, I don't think I'm understanding. From what I understood, undead can go two trials on one item without penalty? (For instance, Zefen could consume something trial two, then nothing trial three, and then something trial four without penalty.) Or am I wrong in thinking this? I'd appreciate more clarification on this.

Also, since Avali is a monster and eats everything, in taking the ample supplies, it would last him five trials instead of six, correct? Just to make sure.

Final thing, in the sort of wrap up thing, it is mentioned that the consumables remaining for my characters is one each. But neither of my characters came into the Maze with supplies? I don't think I'm following. Please explain xD

Sorry for all the questions xD I just wanted to be sure in my ideaing. (That is a word now.)

Hey @SpiritedWolfe! No worries about the questions. I'm always happy to answer them...

1) With the undead (Zefen and Nachturn), they have the undead bonus, which means that they consume half supply units instead of 1 per trial. Thus, if Zefen has 1 unit, it takes him 2 Trials to deplete it (Unlike the 1Trial it takes normal sized Champions)
Also, like I had mentioned, normal sized Champions can go 1Trial after their supplies are depleted (essentially they can go to -1 Supply units), after which they have to start buying supplies. Undead, since they only consume half units, can thus go 2 Trials without buying supplies instead of 1.

2) Large Champions obviously have the consumption penalty, meaning they essentially consume double units. That would mean they have to buy a lot of supplies to stay above 1, 0 or -1 supplies (since 1 supply would be insufficient)

3) The 1 Supply unit everyone has is essentially us assuming all the Champions had eaten something before they entered the Maze, and thus will still be sated for a short while in the beginning. (@AstralHunter, I noticed that I didn't write 4 Supplies at your Champions to indicate pre-Maze dining) It's just so that you all don't have to start spending your points from Trial 1.

I hope I clarified your queries for you

Sorry this took so long Adjusting to university can be exhausting.

@CandyWizard, that was a truly interesting post to read! Also, I see what you did there (with the two parts of my name ) Anyway, here are Mannaric's points after Trial 1:

~Thirteenth to complete the Trial: 100 points
~Completion of the Trial: 50 points
~Word Count to point tally: 250 points
*Total awarded: 400 points

Mannaric's netto amount: 430 points
Mannaric's remaining consumables: 2 supply units remaining

Darryon Pippalook's point awarding follows:

~Fourteenth to complete the Trial: 90 points
~Completion of the Trial: 50 points
~Word count to point tally: 250 points
*Total awarded after Trial 1: 390 points

Darryon's netto point total: 410 points
Darryon's remaining consumables: 4 supply units remaining

You may go claim your 5 SB credits in the Storybook challenges forum.

@15253 and @Deskro, please submit your remaining Trial posts before 14:00 GMT+2 on the 31st of this month (thus tomorrow), otherwise I shall penalize them... Trial will be up tomorrow at 20:00 GMT+2

@TheIllusiveIntellect, you know you are supposed to update the list on the first page, right? I did it for you, but don't forget.

Oh, and as of Trial Two, the supplies for all characters are:
♦ Aquanette - two units
♦ Asphyxius - zero units
♦ Avali - zero units
♦ Cactus Jack - zero units
♦ Darry - three units
♦ Frost - zero units
♦ Lysander - three units
♦ Manelau - zero units
♦ Mannaric - one unit
♦ Mira - zero units
♦ Nacht - zero units
♦ Nef - zero units
♦ Revan - zero units
♦ Shade - one unit
♦ Sibylla - zero units
♦ Tryk - zero units
♦ Zefen - zero units

If you wonder why Wanderer said everybody has at least one left, that's because all the characters ate before entering the Maze. During the second trial, they will begin to experience hunger, so they must acquire supplies and consume one unit. If they don't, they get a penalty of ten credits. I know Wanderer initially said you can go one trial without eating and not be penalised, but that can be exploited to allow a character to acquire and consume Small Supplies every second trial, which defeats the purpose of the hunger system (and it would leave at a disadvantage those who buy the supplies as they should).

Basically, that means eat or suffer.

cant we just kill and eat a wolf instead of buying units