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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[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

Ok, in a collapsing building, fighting something harmful to the touch before it gets away to wreak massive destruction.

He wishes this were the first time.

Actually, its the third.

He grits his teeth against the heat, pushing down on the hammer to try and pin her, and swings the fist with the ring on it, seeing if punching her with the ring-as-brass-knuckle will speed this process up any so he can get the fuck out.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

A solid strike leaving his knuckles singed black, another piercing shriek and her fire is sucked violently into the ring leaving it burning like a candle on his finger. All that was left of the elemental was the ashes of the rug she'd landed on as the stones of the tower began to fall all around him.

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

Fuck, that hurts. Not the worst he's been hurt, but all the injuries are adding up, and he's not used to not regenerating.

Still, he has the werewithal to go bolting out of the tower, crouched slightly and covering his head, diving for the first opening to daylight.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The tower crumbles into rubble as the first light of morning begins to rise over the treetops. You made it out alive and even saved the forest...from a threat that you set free.

Either way it's a win win. Plus you could probably sell that ring for a pretty penny since it contains the spirit of a fire elemental in it. Enough to replace your armor or buy even better stuff.

More text scrolling along with stat increases, nothing too amazing but an overwhelming sense of accomplishment...and his injuries healing. After all this is the Sensorium. You can't get hurt in the Sensoriums.

[j-y-d.livejournal.com]

Given that he can't read most of the text without taking a long time to sort it out, the stat increase idea is meaningless, and his usual take from defeating evil is... defeating evil... yeah, all in all, this worked out nicely. Were he home, he'd take the ring to Jack to see what he could make by binding an evil fire whatsit into something else.

In the end, the real reward? "Damn, nice game. I needed the workout."