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NEW PLAN: SECOND SCP MOVING TO FIRST. SCP-CYST BASIC PLAN: FIRST, DESCRIBE DETECTION (monitor social shit to detect extreme level then rapid decline then continued deficit of a single emotion[as well as employing social engineering to maintain a maximum level of any one emotion]), LOCATION (hume well/void whichever results in a more pliant reality [can't remember which is which]) AND CONTAINMENT PROCEDURE (TWO FORMS: first, scranton reality anchors permanently placed and regularly maintained. second, if the "cyst" empties before containment foundation MUST deploy heavy combat personnelle [possibly including instances recovered from other SCP:CYST instances] to intercept entities. the team must not engage unless absolutely necessary and rather approach from a negotiative standpoint to reach a peaceful resolution with said entities. if a peaceful resolution cannot be achieved entities must be terminated with extreme prejudice as containment without cooperation is virtually impossible.)
NEW SECOND SCP: MUCH OF THE SAME MECHANICAL SHIT FROM SECTIONS 2 AND 3 AND TESTING, BUT SOURCE MATERIAL WILL COME FROM SCP:CYST, NOT A FUCKING LAMP SELF-INSERT BULLSHIT THING. SCP-PUS INDIVIDUAL WILL DONATE FLESH AND FLUID SAMPLES FOR TESTING AND AT LEAST ONE BONE [DARKER THAN STEEL BUT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY SO, EXTREMELY SHINY RELATIVELY SPEAKING, NEARLY A SUPERCONDUCTOR, RELATIVELY LIGHT BUT ALSO STRONG, BENDS BEFORE IT BREAKS IF IT BREAKS AT ALL, MELTING POINT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER METALS SO DIFFICULT TO USE FOR EXISTING ELECTRONICS-MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.]
PART TWO: DESCRIPTION.
THE ANOMALY ITSELF: reality cyst, leeching emotion from the surrounding locale. this emotion before this point was in an extreme in the locale. cyst grows at varying rates, assumed dependent on those living in the locale and the amount of the original emotion they would have felt had the cyst not been regularly leeching it from all. [NOTE: AFFECTS ALL LIFEFORMS]
ENTITIES CONTAINED WITHIN THE ANOMALY: always a group of entities of varying quantity, shape, size, and personality. however, disposition is defined by the events entities experience within the "cyst" as well as the emotion the "cyst" was leeching. entities will speak the language(s) of those living in the locale and demonstrate a basic understanding of the physical state of said locale despite being trapped within the "cyst" until this point. entities will not display any knowledge one might consider trivia, but will behave within the norms of those/residents/hosts in the locale [first group is outright diplomatic]. [NOTE: ENTITIES PSYCHOLOGICALLY IMPRINT ON LIFE-FORMS LIVING IN LOCALE SURROUNDING CYST, EXPLAINS MOSTLY NON-HUMANOID SHAPED ENTITIES, HOWEVER MOST INTELLIGENT LIFE AFFECTS THEIR PSYCHOLOGY WHEREAS PHYSIOLOGY IS EMULATION OF LIFEFORMS, IE AREA WITH MANY ANIMALS WOULD PRODUCE MORE BEASTIAL SHAPED ENTITIES AND A GENERAL UNDERTONE OF ANIMAL INSTINCT, CYSTS FORMING EXCLUSIVELY DUE TO ANIMALS WILL NOT EXHIBIT HUMAN-TIER PSYCHOLOGY BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE INFLUENCED BY THE EMOTION OF THE CYST AS WELL AS CONTAINING EXCLUSIVELY BEASTIAL SHAPED ENTITIES]
NEED TABS THING TO SET THE INITIAL GROUP OF ENTITIES, THEIR DESCRIPTIONS, ABILITIES, APTITUDES, PERSONALITY, AND LEVEL OF COOPERATION WITH CONTAINMENT
ADDENDUM???: SINGLE ENTITY CYST, IMMEDIATELY AND EXTREMELY HOSTILE RESULTING IN MASS CASUALTIES, DAMAGE TO THE VEIL, AND SUBSEQUENT INVOLVEMENT OF SCP:PUS ENTITIES WHICH BROKE CONTAINMENT TO HELP[containment of entities re-established post-violence]
ADDENDUM 2???: WEAPONIZING?/THAUMIELING?-CYST RESEARCH, ATTEMPT TO LANCE CYST, DEPOSIT AN OBJECT, THEN SEAL THE CYST WITH SCRANTON REALITY ANCHORS. RESULT: CATASTROPHIC, SCRANTON REALITY ANCHORS FORCED ENTITIES TO BE EXPELLED.
Special Containment Procedures: When not in use for testing, SCP-XXXX may be kept in the █{single brick indicates non-foundation expungement of data} for personnel to make use of for personal or foundation electronics. When in transit either to storage or testing facilities, SCP-XXXX must be kept at least 10 meters away from all other SCPs involved with or in the form of electronic devices including but not limited to SCP-5045 [NEEDS MOAR]. A lead lined locker is to be maintained on site for long term storage of SCP-XXXX to prevent interactions with other electromagnetically sensitive objects.
Description: SCP-XXXX superficially resembles a black [modern/antique/average, needs picture pickings] table lamp. The light-bulb remains illuminated despite there being no observable source of power or any such physical connections for the light-bulb. Once removed, the bulb ceases being supplied with power. It has been confirmed that the socket produces a constant localised EMF1 which powers the bulb. Additionally, when SCP-XXXX is introduced to an electronic device within approximately 6 meters it will begin to power or charge the device to its standard requirements up to 280 Volts2 and not exceeding a total requirement of approximately 30 Amps3. When under load, the EMF produced in the socket weakens, giving an apparent indication of SCP-XXXX's electrical limits. It has been determined that SCP-XXXX uses induction to power these devices, however the exact mechanics of how it determines the exact electrical needs of these devices is unknown. Tests are ongoing to determine the limit of how much power SCP-XXXX contains, though it has been hypothesized that, since it has no detectable connections to an outside power source, the object contains a perpetual motion machine and as such would not have limits.
[insert bits about using xray/ultrasound/thaumaturgic stuff/etc to try and fail to peek at what is inside(forgot this bit, woops!)]Attempts to physically disassemble SCP-XXXX and explore its inner workings have similarly proven fruitless as the object bears no external mechanisms for disassembly and attempts to force the exterior have failed. The exterior material SCP-XXXX is constructed of exhibits a hardness exceeding at least 2000 HV4 and a tensile strength of at least 60,000 PSI5. It was decided that any further testing of the object's physical limits could damage or destroy it, and, due to its current moderately useful nature and potentially extreme value as an infinite energy source, such testing has been halted. It should be noted that there was no observable damage to the exterior of SCP-XXXX from these tests.
Acquisition: While the object itself has been determined to be devoid of malicious secondary functions (such as data transmission through electronic or thaumaturgical means), the object itself was found in an as of yet unused containment cell with a handwritten note attached.6 Forensic analysis of the note, object, as well as the interior and exterior of the cell revealed nothing of use. Additionally, all security footage of the interior of the cell had been wiped from local memory storage and backup systems. The camera itself was found to be disabled upon discovery but it is unknown when this occurred. No other security breach has been found.
[This is an archived page, please enter Level 3 credentials to view the updated article] {list page link to updated article, will set that up when this whole thing is mostly done, need to keep the 3 instances close for editing/adhd brain shenanigans}
SECTIONS REQUIRE STRIKETHROUGH EDITS TO INDICATE CHANGES MADE AFTER PRIMARY RESEARCHER'S DEATH AND SUBSEQUENT REPLACEMENT BY DR ETCETC WHO STILL NEEDS A PROPER NAME
Review of security logs after [incident 1] have determined that the entity security forces encountered and engaged was previously contained inside of SCP-XXXX. The object has been damaged beyond repair, and its inner workings determined to be non-anomalous in nature. The material of the object's chassis is presumed related to the entity it once contained and, as such, the resulting entity is to now be considered SCP-XXXX.
Special Containment Procedures: When an instance of SCP-XXXX is not assimilated with a test subject, it must be kept inside of an electrified standard steel lockbox7 airtight glass container with walls at least 0.1 meter thick and dimensions resulting in a volume that exceeds at least 10 times the SCP-XXXX instance's approximate volume. Containers should be kept on a thin raised pedestal sufficient to support the weight of the primary container. As well, primary containers are to be kept in sight of the enclosure's cameras and inspected once a week for signs of extreme corrosion and, if the the damage is too extensive, replaced entirely. Additionally, the container should be partially filled with large disposable objects8 as this has shown a general reduction in frequency of [minor containment breaches, needs an incident name]. In the event of a [minor containment breach]9 the floors, walls, and ceiling of the enclosure surrounding the glass container must be electrified to subdue the instance of SCP-XXXX while a new glass container is prepared. Once the replacement container is prepared, the enclosure may be de-electrified while security personnel enter then replace the instance into the new container.
When assimilated with another living entity, the pair should be kept in a minimum of a [baseline anomalous humanoid enclosure? NEED NAMES DAMNIT I AM BAD AT NAMES] with specific modifications made depending on the pair's specific anomalous emanative effect. Otherwise, all previous requirements for the individual's containment should also be met. Post [incident 2], all testing with D-Class individuals is suspended and all previous test subjects with an instance of SCP-XXXX assimilated with a portion of their body must have said instance removed as soon as possible. Preferably, this process should be facilitated by coercing the subject into desiring its removal and thus effecting its natural separation. However, surgically removing the instance or even terminating the D-Class personnel to retrieve it are permitted if the subject cannot be coerced into the correct state of mind for the instance to naturally separate.
Description: SCP-XXXX exhibits near complete absorption of light and radiation across the whole spectrum as well as a mild corrosive effect on all other forms of matter in direct contact with it. This has hindered testing of the specific mechanics of the subject however it is hypothesized that this absorptive property is how the subject gains mass. When an instance of SCP-XXXX is exposed to a wound on another entity, the instance will attempt to assimilate with that entity. It is unknown by what mechanism SCP-XXXX maintains or disengages its assimilation with another entity. It has been determined that the specific emotional response to an instance of SCP-XXXX assimilating with it will determine whether or not said instance remains assimilated with a subject. Extremely negative emotional responses disallow assimilation entirely, negative emotional response allows the instance to repair apparent minor damage on the assimilated area and then disengage with a minimum amount of mass, neutral emotional responses allow for permanent assimilation and full restoration of the assimilated areas, and positive emotional response causes the instance to "spread," converting adjoining tissues. It is currently assumed that the instance will completely convert a subject that has a constant positive emotional response to the conversion.
Non-assimilated instances of SCP-XXXX are aggressive and regularly attempt to breach containment have been universally shown to possess a basic level of cognisance, awareness of their immediate environment, and what has been described as a general curiosity. All instances of SCP-XXXX demonstrate aversion to electric shock and can be contained utilising this interaction. While all non-assimilated instances of SCP-XXXX have demonstrated a physical hardening and pain response to electric shock, instances assimilated with another entity behave more like a true part of the subjects body than a non-assimilated instance of SCP-XXXX. Subjects assimilated with an instance of SCP-XXXX have indicated that, aside from a highly disproportionate level of pain when the assimilated instance is shocked and a general increase in physical resistance and ability, the instance behaves as would be expected of their baseline flesh. Additionally, subjects who undergo a sufficient amount of conversion have all demonstrated an anomalous emanative ability, differing from subject to subject. It is unclear whether these produced effects are random or if there is some other criteria that explains the variation from one subject to another. It was hypothesized that the subject's overall mental state is the deciding factor to what effect this will be. However, there is not enough data to determine if this is truly the case. Regardless, SCP-XXXX must be sequestered away from hostile sapient SCPs10 as their assimilation with SCP-XXXX could prove catastrophic.
Addendum: While SCP-XXXX was initially designated Keter due to its extreme strength for its size, amorphous nature, and tendency to easily breach previous containment methods beyond the most recent previous and current methods, SCP-XXXX has shown to lack inherent hostility when not assimilated with another living entity and when assimilated to act exclusively according to the other entity's will. As such, SCP-XXXX has been redesignated Euclid. Portions of the most recent previous version of the article have been maintained in this revised version for posterity after [PRIMARY RESEARCH GUY]'s death during [incident 2] as well as to give an idea of what SCP-XXXX can breach in the long term and potential methodologies to deal with an instance that has breached the enclosure.
Incident Reports: [incident 1]: Incident following initial breakout of current SCP-XXXX from defunct SCP-XXXX, resulting in 3 major injuries. SCP-XXXX was considered contained after the incident as subject has seemingly assimilated with the flesh of a guard who was wounded in the process of attempting to terminate SCP-XXXX. A transcript of events follows:
Experiment logs:
first subject post-incident-1: security personnel, redesignated E class, scp disengaged once bullet wound was healed [no bullet was located and tissue resembled healthy tissue rather than scar tissue].
[MORE MEMETIC KILL AGENT STUFF HERE, DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS]
SECTION IS A STUB, REQUIRES INTERVIEW AND TESTING LOGS FROM/WITH DR. ETCETC, TESTING OF CONVERTED FLESH AGAINST ANOMALOUS SCPS AND PHYSICAL APTITUDES, FLESHING OUT OF ADDENDUMS, AND IS OTHERWISE STILL VERY WIP WITH ONLY BASIC OUTLINE CONCEPTS DOWN
Special Containment Procedures: For Level 5 and Level 4/XXXX11 clearance or higher foundation personnel, SCP-XXXX will designate the process and procedure for assimilating SCP-XXXX with (trusted/vetted) volunteer foundation staff as well as known dangers and benefits of conversion.
As this process is currently irreversible, all personnel undergoing full assimilation must remain onsite indefinitely when off duty and may only leave the site when transferring to another site, when being deployed as part of an MTF squad, or otherwise by explicit permission of O5 command or the Administrator. {should flesh this out more i think but it's fine for now}
Aside from personnel's obligation towards maintaining the veil, known dangers include, but are not necessarily limited to, extreme susceptibility to electric discharge experienced as pain [described as dental work without anesthetics] and, in the worst case scenario, the SCP-XXXX equivalent of complete brain death. Additionally, fully converted individuals have shown a steady increase in mass over time and may require regular excisions from their body in order to maintain an acceptably low weight. Finally, a minor issue encountered has been the rapid degradation of uniforms, clothes, and otherwise equipment in regular use by fully converted subjects.12 SCP-XXXX-1 has demonstrated a small amount of control over the baseline absorptive effect, visible as a slight increase or decrease in light absorption. It is assumed that, with practice, other subjects may be able to demonstrate similar control thus prolonging the life of equipment and apparel.
Fully assimilated subjects must familiarize themselves with SCPs that could pose a greater risk of containment breach if assimilated with SCP-XXXX as well as Sites that contain such SCPs so as to avoid contact with them and thus request positions and assignments accordingly. [LIST OF SCPS THAT COULD PROVE CATASTROPHIC IF ASSIMILATED WITH SCP-XXXX as well as the site containing them, first and foremost SCP-682 aka the lizard both because he's an extremely murderous shit and also to setup the table visually aka he's gonna have more specific/elaborate procedures than most.]
Description: Following [incident 2], newly promoted Primary researcher Dr. ETCETC proposed testing assimilation with trusted foundation personnel and offered herself as the first test subject if she was considered acceptable. [This request was granted under the stipulation that Primary Researcher DR. ETCETC remain onsite and held within containment for the foreseeable future.] Primary researcher and first volunteer test subject of total conversion: electromagnetic field generation (can produce EMP with force, as well as ability to remotely manipulate ferromagnetic objects and power electronic devices through induction [subject indicated difficulty producing exact levels of electromagnetic force to accurately power smaller electronic devices and has since constructed an inductive power bank for powering smaller devices])
Testing Results:
- TABS CODE EXAMPLE PLACEHOLDER
- PLACEHOLDER{do test number rather than SCP involved and a few redacted/expunged/empty ones?}
- Dr. Bright
FIRST TAB FOR GENERAL TESTING ON SELF OR ANOTHER INSTANCE OF SCP-XXXX BY SCP-XXXX-1, USE A TABLE HERE FOR STUFF AND THINGS
| TITLE-FORMATTED CELL | TITLE-FORMATTED CELL | TITLE-FORMATTED CELL |
|---|---|---|
| Non-formatted cell | Non-formatted cell | Non-formatted cell |
| Left-aligned cell | Left-aligned cell | Left-aligned cell |
| Right-aligned cell | Right-aligned cell | Right-aligned cell |
| Center-aligned cell | Center-aligned cell | Center-aligned cell |
Addendum 1:[search for trusted fieldable/[restorable?] personnel volunteers for assimilation of SCP-XXXX are ongoing.]
Addendum 2:[it has been theorized that SCP-XXXX could constitute the risk of an NK-Class "Grey Goo" Scenario if allowed to spread freely and additionally proposed that the exclusive priority of the foundation should be to contain it rather than utilize it. {denied by [unanimous?] vote of O5 council, noting the baseline rate of absorption being too slow to pose any immediate risk of such an event, that fully integrated subjects can control this absorptive effect to a certain degree, that when displaying anomalous abilities that subjects lose mass allotting at least one solution to this problem if the need should arise, and finally its extremely anti-anomalous nature both as a form of personnel reinforcement and object destruction.}]
Addendum 3.1:{It was discovered on █ that all mentions of a specific time or place involved with SCP-XXXX within all versions of this article and corresponding data, including in backups and physical copies, had been removed by an unknown party. The investigation into determining how and when this occurred is ongoing.
Addendum 3.2: ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION INFO: apparently even the metadata on all involved documentation has been scrubbed, we can't even tell what department the documents came from, the computer that was used to first created them, or even that they were created within the foundation at all. the machine in question, described by SCP-XXXX-1, was discovered to be missing.
Addendum 3.3: final investigation note: data and metadata indicating specific dates and times related to the origins of SCP-XXXX are seemingly being altered in real time, as the files are uploaded, updated, or created, including those of this investigation. when discussed, it was determined that members of the investigation team could not remember specific times or places related to the investigation. The [memetics/anti-memetics] department was consulted, though they confirmed this was not due to the result of an anti-memetic entity. However, upon examining the Level 3 clearance iteration of the document, [the department?] discovered mention of a memetic/anti-memetic entity referred to as [REDACTED] in the [incident 1] transcript. No records of this individual could be located prior to the beginning of their employment with the foundation and all records of the individual ceased upon its death during [incident 1]. It is presumed that this individual is not the one responsible for the initial modifications due to its more complete obliteration of information related to it. As such, the investigation into [THE PREVIOUS THING] has been suspended pending new information and a new investigation opened into this entity.}
UNRELATED: VIDEOGAME IDEA: CULTIVATION TYPE GAME
GENRES:
ARPG
HIGH COMPLEXITY PROGRESSION [origin to determine fast track of specific lines of abilities? minigames used to determine player's build at major thresholds ie, first minigame immediately after tutorial phase to determine affinity towards (and thus access to) elements/magic types such as the generic elements, light, dark, life, death, space(as in teleportation and bags of holding), time, gravity, as well as more esoteric shit like illusion, soul, power, control, eldritch, stars (as in cosmology), deism (as in prayer/worship and subsequent blessings), demonology, and so on. maybe three stages? one for elements, one for type (ie control, power, illusion, utility?, buffs etc) and the last for the wellspring of these powers (ie, nature, eldritch, cosmology, deism, demonology) in all cases a true neutral position can be achieved which early on sees little benefit but later on has far more access to various abilities than any other orientation with the tradeoff being a higher cost of materials as well as being unable to access the absolute highest tiers of any one school of magic.
in the cases of elements, they define the elements of skills available as well as ailments/utilities/resources the player has access to aka no one can have access to everything and will frequently need things that cannot be obtained by oneself. for type, they would define the kinds of skills available (damage/destruction, aoe, single target, creation, buffs, movement, cc (hard and soft) and specific methods of acquiring resources (ie, mining hard ores like iron would require power but mining soft ores like gold would require less power but also cc), and finally wellsprings would determine resource replenishment/generation/acquisition as well as specifically what kinds of edible items you can safely eat (ie, most have major detriments to those without the correct minimum wellspring alignment). basically, the wellspring disposition would define the "supports" available to the aforementioned skills
in all cases, a true neutral stance on any one of these three selections would grant the player access to all effects of that selection and grant the player access to "omni" tags which would serve as the neutral mechanic in lieu of specialization's inherent access to higher tier magics. with omni, all tags affect all elements/types/wellsprings however with extremely diminishing returns for each tag beyond the current in progress tier. omni tags would also exist as a means to bolster such groups but would be difficult to acquire.
specialization benefits would include higher tier spells and such as well as the possibility of access to ultimate spells which will be abilities bosses make use of. additionally, meta builds may be carved out of the game and repurposed into an ultimate ability. such spells would be utterly unique and require a very high meta-tag count as well as having defeated the boss which makes use of said ability for the player to have access to it.
in the backend, the more overlapping meta tags the player has for a line of skills the higher tier of magic in that line they could access. having several "fire" tags would increase the average tag count so skills a player normally wouldn't have access to would be usable with a sufficient specialization in an element. so long as the average tags exceeds the tier of the spell, the player could use it, so even with an extremely hyper-specialized build you would have access to lower tier utilities/buffs/ccs of the main element.
the idea of this system would be to allow adding more spells/abilities/dispositions seamlessly so as to ease future development efforts as well as to help mitigate long term issues for maintenance.
all monsters/enemies/bosses will make use of the exact same system as players with the only exception being able to have negative disposition and thus more minmaxed dispositions but with the tradeoff that negative disposition would apply detrimental effects towards those same dispositions (ie, something with negative disposition towards ice would take significantly more damage from ice as well as having ice-element effects last much longer)
actual leveling should be separated into three aspects: mind (type), body (elements), and soul (wellspring). each would have its own leveling methodology and all would affect your ability in combat. your initial disposition would define how fast you level as well as access to such spells/effects. going all in on fire and damage would mean that you mind and body would level very fast while using damage fire spells but without utilising a sufficient amount of resource restoration items/effects soul would be left in the dust.
the player's level should be defined as the total levels across all three stats with each providing access to tags and baseline stats (ie, mind should affect resource consumption and accuracy, body total life and the power of effects, and soul total mana as well as resistance to resource drain and CC effects?) as well as increasing the amount of experience one needs for the next level of all three when one advances through a minor stage. however, passing through a major stage would require a minimum player level before being able to pass through.
STAGE RESULTS MAY BE DISCARDED AND REDONE ANY NUMBER OF TIMES TO ADJUST THEM BUT ALL AFTER THE FIRST WILL REQUIRE INGREDIENTS AND EFFORT! THE FIRST WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND LEAST DIFFICULT, DEFINING THE PLAYER'S ALIGNMENT AND THUS ACCESS TO SPECIFIC MAGICS, ALL OF WHICH SHOULD BE VISIBLE TO THE PLAYER AT THIS TIME
HIGH COMPLEXITY CRAFTING [all items/weapons/apparel created and named by players, generic 3d models for most items (and rendering the icons from them) and levels and unique ingredients/addons able to be integrated into items to add unique appearance to them including elemental effects, dangly bits, or major modification to physical structure of an item within specific bounds but otherwise unlimited modification
GATHERING: USED AS DOWNTIME/PREPARATION PHASE FOR TACKLING MORE DIFFICULT CONTENT OR TO OTHERWISE GARNER RESOURCES IN BULK, should have minigames which produce resources fast but with lots of attention, and others which could be afked.
CRAFTING ADDENDUM: A PLAYER'S MAXIMUM ABILITY TO CRAFT SHOULD BE TIED TO ONE OF THE THREE STATS! ALCHEMY SHOULD BE MIND, BODY SHOULD BE WEAPONS AND ARMOR, AND SOUL SHOULD GOVERN TRINKETS BOTH EQUIPABLE STUFF LIKE JEWELRY AS WELL AS UTILITY ITEMS LIKE ONE MAY FIND IN WUXIA SHIT [TOTEMS, ENERGY CRYSTALS, UNIQUE TOOLS].
AS WELL, THE POSSIBILITY FOR HYBRID CRAFTING REQUIRING TWO STATS BUT LESS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE TO MAKE CERTAIN ITEMS [IE FLYING SWORD, PILL-BATH/LOTION/BALM, PILL FURNACES/CAULDRONS/ETC] SO AS TO NOT SCREW OVER PEOPLE NOT GOING ALL IN ON ONE STAT, THOUGH DOING SO WILL BE DISCOURAGED BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE SO AS TO RENDER THE BEST POSSIBLE ITEMS DIFFICULT TO CREATE.
ADDENDUM ADDENDUM: THE MATERIALS USED SHOULD DEFINE ASPECTS OF THE CRAFTING MINIGAMES, IE PRIMARY MATERIAL DETERMINES THE BASE GAME, OTHERS DEFINE ASPECTS OR INTERACTIONS WITHIN!
[SHOULD MATERIAL VISUAL QUALITY MATCH THEIR FUNCTIONAL QUALITY? SCIFI WUXIA? WOT?!?]
GIMMICK IDEA: VARIED WUXIA-TYPE WORLD IS INVADED BY SCIFI BULLSHIT, PLAYER IS INFECTED BY SCIFI BULLSHIT AND BREAKS THE NORMAL LIMITER OF CULTIVATION NEEDING A BALANCED FOUNDATION TURNING A BANE INTO A BOON AS WUXIA BULLSHIT IS OFT TO DO. WUXIA ENEMIES/BOSSES WILL BE BALANCED CULTIVATION, SCIFI-BULLSHIT WILL BE MINMAXED WITH FAR GREATER STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [THINK THAT PSION MINMAX FUCKER FROM GOBLINSCOMIC] BOTH WILL TRY TO KILL THE PLAYER, THE QWUXIA PEEPS BECAUSE THEY THINK THE PLAYER IS SCIFIBULLSHIT AND SCIFI PEEPS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE PLAYER ISN'T SCIFI. SCIFI BULLSHIT AND WUXIA NEVER FIGHT TOGEHTER AGAINST THE PLAYER AND IF THEY ARE IN THE SAME ZONE WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF THE PLAYER UNTIL THE PLAYER ATTACKS.
SCIFI BULLSHIT HOOK: SCIFI BULLSHIT LITERALLY CANNOT LIE, DO NOT RESORT TO ANY KIND OF ROUNDABOUT FORM OF ATTACK, ALWAYS DIRECT. WUXIA+CO ON THE OTHER HAND WILL BETRAY AND AMBUSH AND CONNIVE AND SO ON.
HOOK 2: SOME SCIFIBULLSHIT PEOPLE DO NOT WISH FOR THIS CONFLICT AND SEEK OUT MASTERS TO HELP QUELL THE CONFLICT. THIS GIVES INSIGHT INTO THE SCIFIBULLSHIT CULTURE AND EXPOSES SOME CULTURESHOCK, SUCH AS BEING 100% UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE SARCASM OR STORYTELLING: "WE WISH TO STOP THE VIOLENCE!" "yeah, sure you do. /s" "HOW DID YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS? HAVE YOU MET ANOTHER PEACESEEKER?" "wot"
HOOK 3/PLOT TWIST: PEACESEEKERS EVENTUALLY LEARN HOW TO LIE! MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS WHEN INTERACTING WITH OTHER SCIFIBULLSHIT WHO WILL BELIEVE THEM 100% OF THE TIME UNTIL AFTER THE LIE IS EXPOSED!
REALLY DUMB INTRO IDEA: IDLE CULTIVATOR GAME AS PROOF OF CONCEPT! FUCK! WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT ON OUR OWN! JUST BORROW A SHITTON OF PIXEL GRAPHICS AND MAKE IT F2P [NOTE: INSPIRATION CAME FROM THE EXISTENCE OF AN IDLE GAME ABOUT USING LEAFBLOWERS TO BLOW LEAVES: LEAF BLOWER REVOLUTION - IDLE GAME, YO]
ALGORITHM OF THE ALGORITHM'S ALGORITHM AKA NOT-EVEN-A-SKELETON OF AN IDEA:
ok first up, treat the internal planet (ala wuxia) resource system like an idle game. while not actively interacting with content, content produces slow/medium resource generation depending on diversity and tier. being present in the world will increase the rate of resource generation and actively participating in farming will increase the rate further. (ala, runescape's farming animals, albeit less intensive per animal but being more intensive in actually raising them) resources the player can generate (and farm in the real) will be defined by the cultivator's (need a neutral name for this like exile is to PoE) affinity alignments (which should show what you can and can't farm as well as the benefits/detriments of doing so as well as things you can and can't do. maybe incorporate a system for respeccing this choice and others like it?).
additionally, this "internal world" is where the player will be able to store unique artifacts which provide passive buffs. artifacts exclusively affecting the internal world will be unlimited (aka when you get em they will always be active, think hideout decorations) whereas artifacts affecting the real or the player's stats will be limited, requiring shrines to be built to enable activation of more artifacts.
real world artifacts will take the place of flasks (ala poe) and as such provide on demand healing, utility, passive regeneration, or other effects which make sense as skills BUT should be available to anyone (travel abilities will go here, culling strike, guard skills, phasing, defy-death kind of things tho these should be consumed on death and otherwise unusable) though having them overlap with other defensive effects will also be acceptable (ie, leech, regen, healing and so on). the crafting of these artifacts (as well as player made ones for use in the internal world) should be significantly more in depth than the crafting of other gear and as such provide a huge potential source of power any player can use. however, like with resource acquisition, the player's affinity alignments will define what they can craft in the first place. this particular design decision is meant to ensure a minimum amount of trade between players as well as consumption of resources for leveling new characters meant for combat or crafting (or both if they can manage it)
as for actually crafting artifacts, there should be at least 3 levels of choices for main components defining what the resulting artifact will look like. for lack of a better analogy, handle, blade, hilt, and pommel. each variation to fill one of those slots should also have variety in crafting, defining aspects of the intended effect (intensity vs duration vs range and so on). components should also be interchangeable in certain instances, a handle could be used for a sword or for a gong, a "pommel" could be used for a flying dagger (applying a specific debuff or culling strike to a single enemy or chain through a group of enemies and so on) OR as a totem for a miniature shrine (kinda like treasurer meng's house forcefield thing).
artifacts should not have a 3D model, but rather indicate what they are through small chests or lockboxes (so the model is simply a box on the floor rather than whatever horrible abomination can be created by rng)
idea: poe's corruption as scifibullshit modifying/enhancing things?
IDEA SCIFI BULLSHIT AS "CHAOS" ELEMENT, SEPARATE TREE AVAILABLE TO PLAYER REGARDLESS OF ORIGINAL AFFINITY
WORLD RANDOMIZATION: OK SO YAKNOW HOW THERE ARE REGULARLY DEAD ENDS IN SOME INDOOR AREAS? HAVE THE MAP GENERATOR CHECK FOR SUCH THINGS AND OTHER ROOMS THEY COULD CONNECT TO OTHER TILES EITHER WITH NORMAL TILES OR TILES SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE (IE, CRACK IN A WALL IS ATTACKED AND REVEALS A SMALL DIRT PASSAGE TO ANOTHER TILE) RESULTING IN DEAD ENDS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY DEAD ENDS AND ALLOWING FOR A STRANGE ENVIRONMENT TRAVERSAL. APPLY THIS INDOOR NOTION ALSO TO OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS WITH OBTACLES (MOUNTAINS, HOUSES, RAVINES, ETC) AND PUT RARE RESOURCE/ENEMY NODES INSIDE OF THEM SO FINDING THEM IS WORTHWHILE FOR MORE THAN JUST A SHORTCUT.
SKILL TREE!: OK SO RATHER THAN GO THE SAME WAY AS POE WITH SKILLS AS ITEMS, FUSE PASSIVE EFFECTS AND SKILLS TOGETHER ON THE TREE SUCH THAT SOME SKILLS WILL PROVIDE MORE BENEFIT THAN THE PASSIVES THAT COME WITH THEM OR VICE VERSA DEPENDING ON WHAT'S WHAT, IN THE CASE OF KEYSTONES HAVE THEM ACTIVATE SIMILARLY TO AURAS, SOMETHING YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF AT WILL WITH A COOLDOWN. THIS WAY, YOU COULD ALLOW MULTIPLE SKILLS WHICH PERFORM VERY SIMILAR FUNCTIONS, POSSIBLY EVEN ALLOWING THEM TO STACK THEIR EFFECTS.
CRAFTING SKILLS [NEED 6]: first two are obvious, pill creation and artifact refining. next two, less obvious: talismans and minion creation (separate from minion skills. these would be powerful durational minions meant to provide extreme assistance for a period of time. some would be standalone, others would go hand and hand with minion builds). last two: unsure, alchemy? as in, transposing one material into another? lead to gold, gold to platinum, weed a to flower b etc etc, ultimately allowing transposing .
MIND: ARTIFACT REFINING! UTILITY ITEMS, REUSABLE! ABSOLUTE FUCKTONNE OF VARIETY! MINIGAME: NONE! ASSEMBLE ITEMS WITH THE CORRECT COMBINATION OF STUFF TO PRODUCE AN EFFECT. FAILURE CAN RESULT FROM COMBINING INCOMPATIBLE ITEM SETS. (INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS CAN BE BATCH MADE BUT FULL ARTIFACTS CANNOT)
BODY: TOTEM CREATION! ARRAYS! LONGSTANDING BUFFS BUT LONG WINDED TO SET! HIGHEST RESOURCE REQUIREMENT! NOT PERMANENT, LAST FOR A SET PERIOD OF TIME DRAINED WHILE THEIR BUFFS ARE ACTIVELY IN USE! MINIGAME: SIMILAR TO ALCHEMY BUT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FOCUSED ON OVERALL BALANCE OF MATERIALS RESULTING IN AN ARRAY STORED ON A SCROLL OR AN ARRAY THAT IS IMMEDIATELY PLACED (CAN'T BE BATCH MADE)
SOUL: PILL CREATION! CONSUMABLE BUFFS AND RESTORABLES! MINIGAME: ORIENTATION OF HERBS AND SUCH OVER A PILL FURNACE? (RENAME OR SOMETHING) (CAN BE BATCH MADE WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS OF EXTREMELY POWERFUL PILLS)
MIND+BODY: TALISMANS! RUNESTONES! CARVE SHAPES INTO PREPARED STONES TO RESULT IN CONSUMABLE SPELLS! DRAW SHAPES ONTO PAPER FIRST TO GET THE SHAPES CORRECT THEN WHEN SATISFIED COMMIT TO ETCHING THE STONE AND CREATING THE RUNE (CAN BE BATCH MADE)
MIND+SOUL: ALCHEMY! TRANSFORM MATERIALS! CERTAIN UNIQUE MATERIALS ONLY CRAFTABLE WITH ALCHEMY BUT REQUIRED FOR OTHER SKILLS! CREATES ALL OF THE TOOLS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER SKILLS! SIMILAR TO PILL CREATION WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER AS WELL AS OPPOSING DIRECTIONALITY (IE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A HEAVIER METAL, YOU NEED TO BALANCE TWO LIGHTER METALS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER OR IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE MATERIALS, DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER BASED ON WEIGHT AND ANGLES SUCH THAT THEY ALL NEGATE EACH OTHER'S MOMENTUM) (CAN BE BATCH MADE EXCEPT FOR THE CREATION OF ITEMS WHICH REQUIRE SEVERAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS TOOLS)
SOUL+BODY: MINION CREATION! PUPPETRY! TEMPORARY ALLIES! MOST STANDALONE AND CONSUMABLE, SOME SYNCHRONIZE WITH MINION STUFF ON TREE TO BECOME PERMANENT OR REUSABLE (NOT AS POWERFUL AS THE REGULAR ONES, BUT STILL PROVIDE UNIQUE ASPECTS NORMALLY NOT OBTAINABLE VIA MINIONS ON THE TREE!) MINIGAME: DEPENDS ON THE MATERIAL! MUCH LIKE CREATING ARTIFACTS, COMPONENTS MUST BE COMBINED TO CREATE THE RESULTING BODY WHICH IS THEN IMBUED WITH SOULSTUFF HOW FUCKING EVER THE COMPONENTS THEMSELVES MUST ALSO BE CREATED/TREATED WHETHER IT IS CREATING AN ABSOLUTE ABOMINATION OF VARYING COMBINATIONS OF GIBBLETS OR USING A WHOLE CORPSE/BODY(AS IN A GOLEM)/PUPPET (AS IN A REALLY SHITTY GOLEM) ITEMS FOR THIS SHOULD EITHER BE SCAVENGED FROM CORPSES OR CREATED DIRECTLY WITH THE SKILL. EARLY ON, THIS WILL MOSTLY MEAN CORPSES ARE WHAT YOU USE. (CAN'T BE BATCH MADE EXCEPT FOR PROCESSING WHOLE BODIES)
SEVENTH SKILL! MIND + BODY + SOUL! NO FUICKING IDEA WHAT TO DO FOR THIS ONE!
EIGHTH SKILL! MIND, BODY, AND/OR SOUL: SCIFI BULLSHIT CYBERNETICS! BASIC SKILL INTENDED FOR USE BY EVERYONE! LOWEST MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS TO TRAIN! CYBERNETICS ARE PERSONAL USE ONLY, CANNOT BE TRADED! EQUIPPED SIMILARLY TO OTHER EQUIPMENT! ALTERS BASELINE VISUAL APPEARANCE! MINIGAME: BASIC BITCH OLDSCHOOL CRAFTING? AKA GATHER MATERIALS, CLICK A BUTTON, AND BOOM FUNTIMES?
MINIGAMES NOTE: ALL MINIGAMES EXCEPT FOR THE 8TH SKILL SHOULD NOT TELL YOU THE EFFECTS OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE MADE IT! YES, PLAYERS WILL HAVE TO FUCKING LEARN HOW TO CRAFT SHIT! MARVELOUS! EFFECTS MUST BE LEARNED FROM THE GAME FOR BASIC STUFF AND EXPERIMENTED FOR WITH THE MORE EXOTIC THINGS! THERE ABSOLUTELY MUST BE A SYSTEM TRACKING WHETHER OR NOT ALL RECIPES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED SO DEVS CAN CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT PLAYERS HAVE MADE EVERYTHING YET
MINIGAMES NOTE 2: ABSOLUTELY NEED A WAY FOR THE GAMES TO BE FAIR BUT TO COUNTERACT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT OUT OF MACROERS AND BOTTERS.
CRAFTING NOTE: PLAYERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO 5 CHARACTERS IN A LEAGUE(UNLIMITED IN STANDARD LEAGUES) AND FUNDAMENTALLY DISALLOW MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE GAME! THIS KIND OF LIMITATION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH OF THE GAME AND ITS ECONOMY! THIS WAY, YOU LITERALLY CANNOT DO EVERYTHING YOURSELF!
CRAFTING NOTE 2: THE CRAFTING PROCESS/CALCULATION CAN BE COMPLICATED BUT THE RESULTS ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT BE SO AS TO SAVE DATA SPACE
CRAFTING NOTE 3: LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CRAFTING A PLAYER CAN DO IN ONE DAY (WITH A COLLECTED AMOUNT OF UP TO 1 WEEK)! HOWEVERRRR!!!! ENERGY CRYSTALS (SOURCE OF SCIFIBULLSHIT CONFLICT???) CAN BE USED TO REPLENISH THESE ENERGY LIMITS AND THUS CRAFT MORE! HOWEVER, THESE WILL ALSO HAVE MANY OTHER USES AND WILL BE INTEGRAL TO EVERYTHING
ENDGAME CONCEPT: AFTER THE FINAL CONFLICT IS RESOLVED, WUXIA AND SCIFIBULLSHIT MAKE AMMENDS, CULTURE IS SHARED, TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY INTERMINGLE! SUDDENLY: ANGELS! (AS IN, ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONS MADE MANIFEST AND DECLARING THEIR OWN DIVINITY, LOWEST TIER LOOK LIKE HUMANS WITH WINGS AND OCCASIONALLY STRANGE FEATURES, HIGHER UP LOOK OUTRIGHT ABOMINABLE! NONE CAN BE REASONED WITH! ZEALOTRY MIXED WITH INSANITY!) "RIGHTEOUS" MASS MURDERERS, "CLEANSING" AN IMPURE LAND. ASCEND TO THE CELESTIAL REALMS AND FIGHT! AN INDIRECT CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN STORYLINE! THESE GUYS ARE OUTRIGHT MONSTROUS IN THEIR BEHAVIOR! THIS IS WHERE THE HORROR OPENS UP! THINK MAGIC-NAZIS! AS IN, MAGIC MUST BE KEPT "PURE" IN ALL THE REALMS AND THEY REALLY DON'T FUCKING LIKE HOW WUXIA OR SCIFIBULLSHIT MAKE USE OF IT! ULTIMATELY THEY'RE FUCKING WRONG ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES MAGICAL PURITY (CUZ REALLY THAT'S A FUCKING RIDICULOUS CONCEPT IN THE FIRST PLACE) IN THAT WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE MAGIC'S BASELINE IS ACTUALLY JUST HOW THEY MAKE USE OF MAGIC! THIS POINT IS BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY AND IT IS ALWAYS IGNORED OR ENRAGES THE FUCKERS IN QUESTION! ULTIMATELY SUBJUGATION PROVES IMPOSSIBLE, THE INDOCTRINATION IS GENETIC AT THIS POINT AND AS SUCH THE ONLY SOLUTION AVAILABLE IS WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER WHENEVER SUCH ENTITIES ARE DISCOVERED! IRREDEEMABLE SLAVERING FANATICS, TO PUT IT NICELY!
ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE ADDING ANGELIC FEATURES TO EXISTING MONSTERS AS WELL AS THE ANGELS THEMSELVES IN A MAPS-LIKE SYSTEM, HOWEVER THE "CRAFTING" OF SAID ITEMS WILL BE AN INVERSE OF POE'S SYSTEM, IN THAT A WHITE MAP WOULD HAVE THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE ENEMIES WITH ROLLS APPLYING DEBUFFS TO ENEMIES AND/OR PLAYERS MAKING USE OF THEM!
MECHANIC IDEA: GAMBIT SYSTEM. A METHODOLOGY FOR DEFINING WHAT A SKILL WILL TARGET WHEN THE PLAYER IS NOT TARGETING A SPECIFIC ENTITY. IN OTHER WORDS, A WAY TO MAKE SKILLS HAVE A SORTOF "AIMBOT" MECHANIC DEPENDING ON THE SKILL. SOME BASIC SKILLS WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MUCH, IF ANY, CONTROL VIA THIS SYSTEM WHILE OTHERS WILL HAVE A LOT (LIKE HIGH RANKING MINIONS OR HOMING SPELLS)
