History Roleplay / FightForTheCore

-> '''[[NoIndoorVoice GRIMDAD]]''': '''WHERE'S THE CORE?'''
-> '''Mysterious Man''': You can find that out by reading the previous posts.

** '''"WHERE'S THE CORE?"'''-[[NoIndoorVoice GRIMDAD]]
** [[AC: "You can find that out by reading the previous posts."]]-Mysterious Man

* AnIcePerson:
** Drew is able to freeze stuff by drawing the heat from the object.
** [[spoiler: came full circle as of act 4.]]

* BadassNormal - Lynn lacks an elemental/magical power and only has a steel bamboo tree as a weapon [[spoiler: doesn't stop her from killing the first guardian]].

* CloudCuckooLander - Lynn and Taso show signs of this (though Lynn admits to being one).

* FisticuffsBoss - Sort of. [[spoiler:The final battle with the Man of Darkness is not exclusively melee, but the group had to ditch their HumongousMecha]]

* HopeSpot - Drew's able to [[spoiler:successfully revive Lynn...but then she quits the session shortly afterwards.]]
** [[spoiler: The creature's]] able to [[spoiler: save Drew before he's devoured by the black mist]] and Jason's able to [[spoiler: bring Drew back from his comatose state using birdsong,]] however...[[spoiler: It appears as if Drew is (or already has) gone mad from the experience.]] Only time will tell.

* ImprobableWeaponUser - Some weapons make more sense than others...

* KillItWithFire - Nat's main form of attack.

* MindRape - [[spoiler: Drew goes through this during Act 3.]]

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie]]
* AuthorAvatar - The mysterious man from the hub.
* BackToBackBadasses - Jason and the creature.

* BerserkButton - Never burn GRIMDAD's tie.

* BigBad - [[spoiler: possibly the MOD.]]
** [[spoiler: Confirmed as of Act 4.]]

* BlowYouAway - Jason's elemental/magical power.
* BreatherEpisode - The intermission.

* BreakingTheFourthWall - The mysterious man does a mild form of this.

* ChekhovsGun - [[spoiler: The mist]]

* DeadpanSnarker - Drew to a T.
* DishingOutDirt - Taso's elemental/magical power.
* EveryoneMeetsEveryone - New characters have a habit of appearing out of nowhere to join the group.
* FanService - The second guardian first form.
* FireIceLightning - Drew (ice), Nat (fire), and Roarke (lightning)

* FourElementEnsemble - Drew (water), Taso (earth), Nat (fire), and Jason (wind).
* FourTemperamentEnsemble - Julius (Sanguine), GRIMDAD (Choleric), Roarke (Melancholic), Drew (Phlegmatic).
* FlamingSword - Nat's weapon of choice.
* FuumaShuriken - Jason's weapon of choice.

* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler: Lynn]]
** [[spoiler: Jason as well.]]
* HighlyVisibleNinja - Jason...maybe.

* HubLevel

* IndyPloy - [[spoiler: Most of the plot after act 3.]]

* MacGuffin - The core.
* MadScientist - Julius.
* MakingASplash - Drew's elemental/magical ability.

* MoreDakka - GRIMDAD's weapon of choice.
* NoIndoorVoice - GRIMDAD...just GRIMDAD.
* OneWingedAngel - The guardians.
* PlayingWithFire - Nat's elemental/magical ability.
* PortalNetwork
* RunningGag - Too early to tell but GRIMDAD has tried to smash everything in the inner sanctum every time he set foot into it.
* SlasherSmile - The first guardian sports one in his first appearance.
* SuperStrength - GRIMDAD uses this to great effect.
* SwordAndGun - [[spoiler: GRIMDAD after he gains the bedrock blade.]]
* ThisIsADrill - Taso's weapon of choice.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia - [[spoiler: possibly Lynn.]]
* UnstoppableRage - Never mess with GRIMDAD's tie!
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight - Taso and Lynn seem to frequently miss certain events.
* WakeUpCallBoss - [[spoiler: The third guardian.]]

* SimpleStaff - Lynn's weapon of choice.

* KnifeNut - Drew's weapon of choice.

* AnIcePerson - Drew is able to freeze stuff by drawing the heat from the object.

* MemeticBadass - GRIMDAD.

* ShrugOfGod - [[{{@/Flyingdingo0827}} The GM.]]

* SuperStrength - GRIMDAD uses this to [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome great]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments effect]].

* FridgeHorror - Taso and Robert was with the group up to the third act [[spoiler: where a sadistic guardian kidnapped Jason and later Drew...]] after the third act, they haven't been seen again...

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel - The guardians]].

* TearJerker - [[spoiler: Lynn's death and subsequent departure.]]
** [[spoiler: Drew's thoughts after Jason's death sound absolutely heartbreaking.]]

*** [[spoiler: The destruction of the Gray Polymorph and the hub.]]
* TheWoobie - Drew has gone through a lot during the session...
** Lost his favorite flashlight seconds after entering the temple.
** Splashed with acid seconds after seeing the entrance guardian.
** [[spoiler: Lost two good friends during the session, resulting in a [[HeroicBSOD heroic BSOD.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Taken hostage by the wood guardian, resulting in [[MindRape mind rape.]]]]
** Almost slipped into a coma.
** Suffers panic attacks whenever he's reminded of the previous incidents.
** Wants to protect everyone he meets [[spoiler: and has failed to do so twice so far.]]
** Low self-esteem and blames himself for things beyond his control.
** [[spoiler: Everyone he loves end up dying.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - So very much...
** Nat accidentally killing the entrance guardian with one stray fireball
** Drew sucking the heat out of the first guardian [[RuleOfThree not once, not twice, but '''THREE TIMES'''.]]
** GRIMDAD grabbing the guardian's sword (which is over ten feet tall) out of the air before breaking it in half and using that same piece of the guardian's sword to blindside it, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard knocked him off the side of the platform]].
** GRIMDAD reorienting himself in midair (seconds after an accidental [[GroinAttack groin attack]]) so that he falls feet first before he skips across the surface of the lava pit where he climbs up the rock structure that previously housed the guardian/[[spoiler: lava creature]] until he reaches the top where he jumps up and open fires on the lava creature.
** Lynn stabbing the lava creature in the back of the head [[spoiler: even after she gets doused in lava.]]
** GRIMDAD shooting through the lava creature's wings seconds after Lynn jumps off of it.
** Drew [[spoiler: pulling the lava off of Lynn]] by unconsciously utilizing [[spoiler: the power of flow.]]
** Drew [[spoiler: bringing Lynn back to life.]]
** Jason cutting through the second guardian's attack with a shuriken before disintegrating it using his wind powers.
** Drew and Nat working together to negate the second guardian's water tentacles.
*** Specifically [[spoiler: Drew manages to freeze one of the tentacles while Nat holds one back using his fire powers which then leads to Drew empowering Nat's attack using his temperature control powers.]]
** Everyone working together to beat the water guardian's water form [[spoiler: which led to the 2nd guardian getting [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled on a rock spire.]]
** Jason saving GRIMDAD by pulling him aside while the latter was heading towards a bed of spikes.
** Taso scoring the finishing blow on the 2nd guardian.
** The creature saving Drew [[spoiler: seconds before the black mist devoured the 3rd guardian's body.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny - Nat's incredulous reaction to the mysterious man's question.
** [[AC: "I suppose you have some questions"]]
** "Hell, questions is an under statement"
** Pretty much any time GRIMDAD talks.

* SuperStrength - GRIMDAD uses this to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome great]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny effect]].

* ItGotWorse- every act ends with a WHAM episode, people are dying left and right, [[spoiler: the black sun is apparently on its way to claim the core...]] By now it should be obvious that the shit has hit the fan.

* FanService - The second guardian first form ([[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]]).

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - The entrance guardian.
** The third guardian can be very creepy as well.
** Drew's experience [[spoiler: while he's captured by the third guardian]] can basically be described as intense...and frightening to say the least.
** The MOD.
** [[spoiler: The effects of the black flames on the earth guardian...it never stopped screaming...]]

The RP session is open to anyone who wants to join as long as they submit a character sheet [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13004736020A50739800&page=1 here.]]

* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood - Pawn
** NeutralGood - Drew, Nat, and Taro
** ChaoticGood - Lynn
** LawfulNeutral - The guardians
** TrueNeutral - The mysterious man
** ChaoticNeutral - Jason, [[MadScientist Julius]]
** [[CrazyAwesome Chaotic Awesome]]- GRIMDAD