Submission: Teddy Bear Blood Sport

[snikle]

No official title as of yet. Started work around 5am this morning, took a break for lunch, got wrapped up in some work, but already have over 14 pages worth of text so far. No images, background or character sheet yet so I feel like I am doing pretty good, though I am a perfectionist where those sort of things are involved so I may be fooling myself.

I am taking the road of Teddy Bears possessed by the souls of the evil and damned and thus they like to spill blood, lots of it. I will submit it as soon as I am done and the interent here allows me to (I am stationed in Iraq at the moment).

So right now I am about 7 hours into the project.

[Rob Lang]

Snikle, sounds like you're going great guns! Glad you picked the Teddy Bear Blood Sport idea, it's brilliant. You're putting something of a devilish tint to it, which should be interesting to read!

If you can, keep us updated and good luck!

[snikle]

[snikle]

[snikle]

pdf submitted. I ran out of steam around 3 hour short of the 24, just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. I had a great time doing it, and hope to possibly do another one if I can find the time. Great contest Rob, thanks for hosting this.

[shinobicow]

well, i loved it. fun working with teddy bears huh?

[Rob Lang]

Thanks for joining in, sinkle! You've really thrown yourself head first into it. Congratulations on completing the compo! A challenge well met.

[snikle]

Thanks! I hope others like it, I had great fun doing it.

[Dyson Logos]

Congrats Snikle, on winning the competition!

I'm posting this to my blog on Monday (already posted today, always do a Top 5 list on Sundays, so it's been bumped to my Monday release). But I wanted to post it here first - my first character for Keeton Must Die! (the 56th character on my blog)

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The first step in character creation is determining what kind of stuffed animal you are. The options are pretty close to unlimited, but to help you out the author has included a table of various animal types. Unfortunately there's no random die roll option so I have to pick one from the list myself. I'm going to purposefully pick one that doesn't have any real "natural" abilities that could provide bonuses in-game (like the turtle's hardened shell... although no plush turtle I've ever owned actually had a hard shell). I think I'll go with chicken. I love chickens.

Well, actually I don't. I hate the smelly clucking beasts. But all the better for a game about Teddy Bear Blood Sports.

I then get 10 dice to distribute between 3 ability scores of Body / Mind / Soul (like in GoO's Tri-Stat system). The maximum in any stat is 6. Chickens are not known for their smarts, so I'll focus on the other two stats. In the end my stuffed fake fowl goes with a Body of 3, Mind of 2 and Soul of 6. Kid's got soul. Probably has a soul patch under his beak and plays a saxophone in his spare time.

Clucky McSoulPatch (clever name, eh?) then gets 10 dice to put into traits (with a maximum of 5 dice in any trait). Traits in this game are things like Claws of Doom, Thinks He's A Viking, Chainsaw Massacre and Texas Hot BBQ Chef. Hmm... I'm getting the impression the author is a fan of Risus. Anyways, Clucky takes 4 dice of Peck Yer Eyeballs Out (or somewhere else that hurts, damnit), 3 dice of Musical Accompaniment, and 3 dice of Frier Tuck (yuck yuck yuck) (which makes him pleasant to be around, fat, good with a quarter-staff, and tasty when deep fried).

Next, each Teddy Bear gets a signature move. Some brutal way that he finishes off opponents. Using a signature move costs a point of Soul and doubles his dice pool for the conflict roll. For Clucky McSoulPatch I figure it has to involve either his saxophone or quarterstaff into your nether regions and then jumping on your head and pecking your brains out through your eyes as you double over in pain. I'll call it "Blunt Nads to Brainless Peck".

Now we hit some Beary Important Details... it's true. He needs a colour, a favourite tool of death, a sucker for and a peeve. As a hip chicken, he's mostly yellow except for his black turtleneck and bright blue comb. His favourite tool of death is whatever piece of wood he can pick up (like a 2x4, a swizzle stick or a pool cue) or if necessary his saxophone.

A Sucker For is something that the character can't not do. In this case, it's the consumption of fried food. The smell of KFC is enough to send him into a nearly paralyzed daze as he wanders towards the deep frier... And of course a pet peeve is something that sends him over the deep end. In this case it's traditional, boring poetry. Especially without bongos.

Clucky McSoulPatch
Form: Chicken
Colour: Yellow with black turtleneck and bright blue comb
Favourite Tool of Death: Blunt piece of wood or treasured saxophone
A Sucker For: Fried food
Pet Peeve: Boring traditional poetry

Body: 3
Mind: 2
Soul: 6

Traits
[ 4 ] Peck Yer Eye Eyeballs Out (or somewhere else that hurts, damnit)
[ 3 ] Musical Accompaniment
[ 3 ] Frier Tuck

Signature Move: Blunt Nads to Brainless Peck

[snikle]

That's awesome. I am still floored that I somehow won the contest. Thanks for making a character from the game, pretty cool to see someone take something you made and do something with it!