Monsters and Mazes

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

As you enter the Sensorium today you find a most peculiar sight.

A large black wall with a 8-bit logo reading "Monsters and Mazes"

And two simple words.

"Start Game."

Upon choosing this a new menu appears showing a series of options:

Fighter
Paladin
Hunter
Rogue
Wizard
Cleric
Bard

What to do what to do?

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[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

...this is the Sensorium he'd heard so much about?

Wasn't it supposed to read his mind or something? Display close-to-reality? Look slightly better?

"Paladin!" he said, quite clearly. Because he was.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

There was an acknowledging "Ding!" And The hero would find himself clad in simple armor with a blade and a shield imprinted with the mark of his deity.

The next menu was much shorter:

Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[seesbosscrotch.livejournal.com]

Oookay. It had just replaced his armor and shield with a crappier armor and shield.

Not a fan so far.

"Elf, obviously, but those selections are too limited!" Mar complained to the pixellated words. "It doesn't distinguish between kaldorei, sin'dorei, high elf..."

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

He's been hanging around the sensoriums reasonably often, while waiting for things to get set up for some serious exploration. Can't have too much training.

This is... something. Sadly, most of the words don't mean much.

"The hell is this?" he asks, though pleasantly enough.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The game title appeared again in big blinking neon.

"MONSTERS AND MAZES"

And again with a "Start Game"

And under it additional

"Information"

[puny-parker.livejournal.com]

Peter, for his part, had jumped to largely avoiding people (read Starfire) after his blow-up on XaXing. Of course, aon this ship that meant he was likely going to get involved in something regardless.

"Wait? Rogue?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Taking the word as a selection Peter would find himself clad in some leather armor with a cloak, dagger, and lock pick set. Light enough to move around but sturdy enough to offer...at least some protection.

Next came the shorter list:
Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[king-of-koopas.livejournal.com]

"Oh, come ON!" Bowser glared at the wall like it was some sort of personal insult- which it was. How DARE someone else use the Sensoriums when HE wanted to!

The Koopa King briefly considered lighting the whole thing on fire before realizing that he didn't know HOW flammable any of this was. "Fine, I'll play your stupid little game!" he growled, before he hauled back and punched the 'Fighter' option with enough force to break brick walls.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The option actually shattered into pieces and out trotted the next list, trembling nervously as Bowser became armored in plate mail and a mighty battle axe was strapped to his back.

Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[dragonlordbight]

He had heard and read of the sensoriums, illusions after all could be quite powerful, and thus with a free moment in passing Bight had decided to enter one that appeared to be open. What greeted him was far from what he expected though he merely peered up at the large wall that held the title of "Monsters and Mazes", a game then? Mildly interested, Bight tapped the option before him.

At the options that followed, the dragon in human form rose an eyebrow. Many of the options striking him as quite familiar. "An interesting selection, Wizard if I must choose," After all in his human form, that's what most thought of him as.

http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Category:Wizard_Spells

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

And with that selection he would find himself clad in some loose robes allowing for freedom of movement and comfort. Not terribly protective but at least he could run in them

Also a bag full of potions and ingredients, and finally one thick spell book. Try as he might though he couldn't open the book any further then the first level spells.

And finally, a staff. His melee weapon for the game. Not even very pointy really.

The second list popped up listing different races to pick from:
Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Wasn't there an option for 'Princess'? Come on, game.

"Wizard!" Midna announced. Wizards got the best hats, didn't they? She wanted to put on her wizard hat.

http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Category:Wizard_Spells

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Wizards did indeed get the best hats and that would be the first thing to appear on her head followed by the rest of the outfit.

Loose robes with wide sleeves for freedom of movement, a bag of potions and spell ingredients dangling from her hip, a long blunt staff for defending herself...and a thick spellbook.

Unfortunately that spellbook wouldn't open past the level one spells, but it would have to do for now.

The next list popped up, no doubt full of more disappointment for Midna for not including more options:

Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

Threadhopping ok here!

[starbolts]

Back on the ship at last. Starfire still had some plotting in mind---she did have to make amends with Peter in some way---but perhaps she would find her inspiration somewhere!

In one of Beastboy and Cyborg's Gamestation games? She looked at the wall, puzzled---well they did often play the game with the cool cars, and her troubles were car-related, so it just might work! She was never an expert at this sort of thing, but she could give it a try.

"Yes, please start." The first menu was easy enough. The second...she remembered what she could of each word. Wizard was easy enough. Fighter and Hunter were obvious. But what were the others?

"Bard, please" was her eventual decision. Risks were worth taking if she would find her creative genius.

I'm ok with it ^_^ Probably better ask whoever else is in the thread though~

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

An interesting choice to be sure! Starfire would find her outfit changed into something more...poofy.

First a hat that somewhat resembles a round pillow with a feather sticking out of it, then a matching purple tunic with puffy sleeves.

A skirt and matching stockings that would make Jinx jealous, along with some comfortable boots. An outfit made for lots of moving around, with not alot of protection.

There was a small sword at her side, as well as a scroll with the label "Bard spells"

The most important choice though was presented in musical instrument. A row of options presented themselves before Star. Everything from old fashioned looking guitars to what looked to be a midevil accordion.

"Bardic magic comes from their music." An all too familiar voice called from the darkness. "Just roll with it!"

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"...fighter."

Because she's not some poncy damn wizard, no sir. She works for a living, unlike those high-and-mighty bastards who can summon the powers of the universe with a snap of their fingers.

Man, she hates wizards.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Full plate armor for you as well then, and your choice of nice heavy two handed weapons, Hammer, Axe, Sword.

Oh and a nifty crossbow as an extra, already strapped to your hip.

The next list might leave her a bit disgruntled with how limited it was but that's how the game was played.

Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[nokosi.livejournal.com]

Nokosi eyed the large wall with curiosity, wondering just what it was all about. Well, he could understand 'monsters' and 'and', easily enough. The other word...

"Monsters and....Ma..zee...s?" He tried to sound out. Ma-zee-s? Okay. That made little sense but maybe the other words held some sort of knowledge for him.

"Stee-aye-r-tee Gee-a-mee." Yeah, this 'reading' thing that Ronnae had been trying to coax him into doing wasn't working so well. And he'd pronounced the letters just as they looked, too. Oh well.

He turned around and looked at the Orc girl behind him, frowning as he did. "Ronnae. Is 'stee-aye-r-tee' the name for a 'big, black wall monster?'?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae laughed a bit shaking her head, a bright smile on her face.

"No Kosi, looks like this is a game of sorts. It says; 'Monsters and mazes, then right after it says, 'start game'."

She turned to face him and smiled, "Looks like this might be fun, an adventure~" She mused happily.

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

She'd gone to the Sensorium to practice piloting her mobile suit, in safety and privacy. Instead she was faced with some kind of game, that wanted her to choose something.

Cagalli ponders the options, deciding to humor whoever's behind it. "Er... what's a Hunter like?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The shift was pretty swift as far as things go, her outfit was replaced by a tunic and pants in dark forest colors, a thick sort of leather studded armor to offer some form of protection.

And most importantly a powerful looking bow and a quiver full of arrows.

Late and apparently stalking Ultra

[brustriese.livejournal.com]

Well this was new. Signum is more interested in her daily training than in playing games, but that could wait. This could potentially be an interesting break from routine.

"Hm. Wizard, I suppose," she says, simply picking the one that sounded closest to 'mage'. She wondered why cleric was an option, though. Every other choice sounds like a combatant, so why was a pencil-pusher an option...

A stalker is never late, just more stalky~

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

She would find herself clad in loose robes that offered freedom of movement but not much protection, a simple staff, and a thick spell book. The book would only open for a small bit of spells and the rest of the pages were sealed shut for the time being.

((http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Category:Wizard_Spells ))

The next list was much shorter:
Human
Elf
Dwarf
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc

[thewunderkind]

Lash had no idea what half of those are.

"A bard? What are they going to do, sing the bad guy to death?" And there was a different between a Cleric and a Wizard? Really?

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

A short 8-bit Tutorial popped up explaining that Bardic music had special properties that could bolster the powers of others, or instill fear, sorry and other magical effects in others.

The second explained that Cleric's were like wizards, but also like priests so more godly and such.