Death's Grip (WIP and Demo Updated 5/8/17)

Still I imagine regenerating entire legs or lower bodies would still take significant effort and be a hard to achieve objective, if we can choose to go for that, to achieve even so.

Yes! You’re absolutely right. If your MC gets to walk again it will take a significant effort to do so. Heck, even waiting for all your burns to completely heal will take a while even with all the resources they have. If all you do is let your burns heal naturally and not intervene with magic, there is no natural way for your MC to walk again.

Oh, if there is a chance my mc will be cosmetically intact walk again he’ll take it no matter how dark the magic needed for that will be, particularly if he can sacrifice some of his enemies to it. Still I’m more worried about not being able to wear real clothes and being stuck in dresses and diapers in the interim.

So there’s no possible non-magical way then, even with prosthetics? Well wooden legs most likely considering the technological state of this world but still, that kind of confirms my worst fears that the fire reached quite a bit more then our lower legs.
So, yeah for my mc forget all about ā€œnaturalā€ healing.

Nah, don’t worry, I have resolved how your MC can still wear pants and any other article of clothing on your legs other than diapers and dresses. :smile:

Well, peg-legs are still things if you want. This keeps coming up though so I’ll say this- your crotch will be fine! :wink: Sure, a bit of painful burns on your inner thighs but luckily your friends made it conveniently in time for you not to be knackered in the privates.

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Ugh, no my mc would prefer to keep his feet and remain cosmetically intact if at all possible, even if the price for that (for most of the story anyway) is less than optimal mobility.

Hope that goes for our feet if we keep them too, since my mc does not have any Hobbit barefoot lifestyle inclinations.

If we get peg legs, will there be an option to take the peg leg off and beat offenders with it?

…I’m totally joking.

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Don’t worry, you won’t lose any body parts! There will be more information about how you can heal your legs in the story.

Well… I mean… It’s a creative option, that’s for sure :wink:
(Don’t start giving me ideas about whacking people in the head with peg legs… Or in MC’s case, whacking their ankles)

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Lol, just saying! I don’t know if the MC has unlimited power at his/her fingertips, just that IF they were ever to run out, it might be a prudent option to get whacking!

The MC certainly is very powerful, and there is… an underlying reason for that :wink:

Speaking of describing their power and all that, good think I’m a work-a-holic and it looks like another path might be available tomorrow, along with another character portrait. :blush:

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@Dew I just wanted to join the general consensus of people expressing their excitement for this game. I’m always fascinated by mystical settings. As someone who is crippled or ā€œheavily leg deficientā€ as @Gamemaster put it, in real life I’m especially interested to see how you handle the topic.

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@Dew, will our romances give us piggyback rides while we can’t walk? Y’know, if it doesn’t rip off parts of our burned skin.

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@enchantedoracle1
Thank you so much! :blush:
I love seeing new people on this topic and I hope I can meet everyone’s expectations. I honestly wasn’t expecting this much feedback when I first posted the WIP (which I mulled over for about a week before posting, actually!)

I assure you, a lot of carrying and piggy back rides happen, and your significant other would be more than happy to volunteer!
(Of course, there is one or two RO’s that would probably break their back trying to carry a bigger MC :anguished:)

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Incoherent cheering at the news

Joking aside, can’t wait!

Can I just say that I love that you could choose to make a ā€˜tall’ MC? It’s hard to come across games that let you be the ā€˜big spoon’, as you will. I don’t mean literally, of course. We don’t know if that’s really gonna happen, lol. Still, it warms my otherwise cold heart.

I won’t lie, I’ve played most of the CoG and HoG games (which slowly made holes in my money… but it was worth it), and there is always one big or little option I would choose that just wasn’t there.

That’s why I plan on implementing so, so many different branches (wipes sweat from brow) and try to not make it overwhelming. There are also sometimes so many options in games and you have to scroll to see them all, and oh boy, does that make it overwhelming for me, personally.

Honestly, if you see an option you would click that wasn’t there, tell me! A few minutes of my time is worth it for the players being content.

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You’re doing God’s work, @Dew.

I SALUTE YOU! o7

This was here for two whole days and this is my first time seeing it. Weird. I love what you’ve got. The plot is great and I’ve always been fascinated with the Salem Trials so this is so my kinda game. It’s fairly well written and well fleshed out, so thumbs up for that! I didn’t like the almost non-existent personality of the MC, you know, a brooder, a sarcastic, a charmer, a jester, that kinda thing. Also, why do we have to like Brenden? Why not give us a choice like
shortly after arriving the town, you befriended a local…
-boy
-girl
And then just have whichever choice we didn’t pick as the one who ā€œdoesn’t like usā€.
Those things aside, I’m looking forward for more.

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Same. I’m always used to seeing average or small bodies in works. So it’s nice to see a tall option. I like trying to make my characters as close to me as possible when deciding how they look. Now if only I could find an option that allows me to be slightly overweight instead of the usual ā€œskinny, average, fitā€ trio when deciding a body type.

@Baam
I’m adding options for that right now, actually! :slight_smile:
I noticed that and I’m glad someone else did too. You can hate on your ā€œfriendā€ all you want, soon. :imp:
It should be in the next update with should be maybe sometime this week?
Also a personality for the MC will also be in a future update, I just don’t know which one yet, unfortunately. :anguished:

@Gamemaster
This will also be added! I’m planning on the usual ā€œnow that you are stuck in one place for a while, you can reflect on your lifeā€ kind of thing to determine these things? I’m probably going to put options for the MCs personality in that too.

Customization is very important to me. More things like skin color, body type, personality, (and if a height option wasn’t in a path, that too) etc. are coming soon. If you have any suggestions, tell me!

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I’m quoting this separately because I wanted to explain why you couldn’t do that:
I have futures planned out for certain characters, along with what path they chose in life and what personalities they have. This is mostly because this was supposed to be a comic I was going to write before writing a game even popped in my head.
Also, I feel like it gives a story more depth if characters personality and story stays the same instead of flip-flopping for what option you choose? I don’t know, this is just me.

But Lita has a reason for not liking you, and even though this is a thing in one of the WIP paths at the beginning, Lita will be your companion, not Brenden.

Sorry if this is too long :grimacing:
A Lita path will be implemented soon! I’m sorry for those who have to wait.

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