Across Fiction, there has been a recent uptake of a special kind of curse: the Vamprobabilitant Curse! People have been having their luck drained, and have started seeing a strange figure nearby when this act is perpetrated. On top of this, people with their luck drained are slowly turning into vamprobabilitants themselves! If this keeps happening, the entirety of Fiction could suffer a luck shortage! You have traced the perpetrator of these crimes to a recently created area of Fiction called Probabilivania. You have found his castle and prepare to venture forth.

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Hello there and welcome to...

This is only a beta that is planned to end sometime... eventually... This game follows a roguelike structure with a couple of twists: CP is a currency that is used to create items and upgrade them, all items created end up in the item pool at the end of the run, and entities live forever, but when their HP reaches zero, the person who summoned them starts taking the damage they take. This will be refined as the game goes on, so I'd love your feedback!

GAMEDOC IS HERE: Curse of Nolucferu Doc
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Changelog:

0.2.7- Major rules overhaul.
0.2.0- Added charging rules!
0.1.6 - Added the leveling rules to the OP, as well as item rules.
0.1.7 - Clarification edits and minor rule reworks.
0.1.6 - A major rule rework. Too many changes to name.
0.0.6 - Added entity rules to the OP.
0.0.5 - Entities now have a dedicated Speed and Range stat. Pouring CP into these stats allows for faster movement/longer range- following the 1 CP= 2 points matrix.
0.0.3 - Entity changes: once they hit zero, instead of dying any damage they take afterwards will damage the player character.
0.0.2 - Three actions instead of one.
0.0.1 - First Release!
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You have entered the first hall of the castle. There are two of those treelike sconces with candles in them in the hall. What are those even called anyway. Wall chandeliers? Whatever, that's not important right now. You gotta find that guy stealing people's luck!

What will you do?

You have three actions, with charging allowed.

I walk over to the right wall sconce, investigate it, and either pull it down or take the torch, whichever seems to want to happen.

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Oct 9 2019, 08:33 PM)

I walk over to the right wall sconce, investigate it, and either pull it down or take the torch, whichever seems to want to happen.

You take the torch. The TORCH is added to the inventory. You also find two Charge Poins on the floor.


There are five torches remaining in the room, with two WALL SCONCE THINGIES and one FAMCY RUG.

You have discovered a new room of the mansion. The MAIN HALL was added to this run’s map.

There is ONE door left unexplored.

Remember, you have three actions.

I take the FANCY RUG and equip it as a cloak. Stylish!
I then equip my TORCH as a weapon and open the unexplored DOOR.

Action 1: I take one of the remaining TORCHES and equip it.

Action 2: I travel to the Main Hall.

Action 3: I charge 1 CP.

QUOTE (Splashcat @ Oct 15 2019, 08:54 PM)

Action 1: I take one of the remaining TORCHES and equip it. Action 2: I travel to the Main Hall. Action 3: I charge 1 CP.

You’re already in the main hall, it’s the first room. You do that.

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Oct 15 2019, 02:27 PM)

I take the FANCY RUG and equip it as a cloak. Stylish! I then equip my TORCH as a weapon and open the unexplored DOOR.

You get the FAMCY RUG and use it as a cloak. You open the door to the next area.

You discovered the PORTRAIT HALL. Various PAINTINGS and PORTRAITS line the walls. There is an ORNAPE CARPET on the floor. More TORCHES are in here. One of the paintings is slightly crooked. There are two doors at opposite ends of the room.

The PORTRAIT HALL was added to the map.

Action 1: I travel to the Portrait Hall, or, if that does not take an action, I charge a second CP.

Action 2: I inspect the crooked portrait.

Action 3: I extract a TRAP from the ORNAPE CARPET, setting it to guard the entrance. A pile of E-APE CORN, the favoured food of electronic monkeys, is left behind on the floor.

I rip the portrait directly to the right of the crooked portrait down!
I then do the same to the left.
After properly vandalizing the chamber, I exit through the door at the other end of the hall.

QUOTE (Splashcat @ Oct 18 2019, 05:18 PM)

Action 1: I travel to the Portrait Hall, or, if that does not take an action, I charge a second CP. Action 2: I inspect the crooked portrait. Action 3: I extract a TRAP from the ORNAPE CARPET, setting it to guard the entrance. A pile of E-APE CORN, the favoured food of electronic monkeys, is left behind on the floor.

You head into the Portrait Hall.

When you start inspecting the portrait, however, all the doors slam shut and lock themselves. It’s not immediately apparent why, until the portrait leans out of its frame and bites you on the nose! You free your nose from the portrait, no damage incurred, and stumble back. The MONSTROUS PORTRAIT leaps off the wall and starts snarling at you.

You create both a TRAP and some E-APE CORN. They will be added to the ITEM POOL next round.

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Oct 31 2019, 06:14 PM)

I rip the portrait directly to the right of the crooked portrait down! I then do the same to the left. After properly vandalizing the chamber, I exit through the door at the other end of the hall.

You are bitten by both of those portraits, for a total of two damage out of twenty hit points! Those portraits also leap off the wall and start snarling. Great job! You’re now outnumbered.

To specify, there are three doors into this room: the one you came from, and two more on the left and the right walls. All three need a red, blue and yellow key to unlock!

>>>Battlestats<<<
(AN:Anti Nolucferu
PN: Pro Nolucferu)
Monstrous Portrait [PN](x3) HP: 3/3
Splashcat [AN] HP: 20/20 (Equipped: Torch)
SirNatureWriter [AN] HP: 18/20 (Equipped: Torch, Famcy Cloak)

FOCUS: I conjure a staircase leading down into the floor, then neglect to warn the portrains about the stairs. They accidentally tumble down them as a chorus of comedic sound effects play. But as they reach the bottom, they realize that they have looped back around to fall out of the ceiling of the room, dropping them back on the top of the original stairs. The next time they emerge, they shoot out of a wall and fall sideways across the room. The time after that, gravity pulls each of them in different directions and down/up/across different staircases, and upon emergence, they all collide in the middle, tangling into a fascinatingly incomprehensible ball of paint and staircase falling down itself forever. I sign the resulting tessellated tesseract "M.C. Bro and Hella Escher" in JPEG'd Comic Sans and sell it at an auction for one billion dollars.

CP: 1

I don't believe in infinite staircases and comic sans.
I rely on the power...
OF FIRE!!!
I swing furiously at the paintings, scorching them in the heat of the inferno!

QUOTE (Splashcat @ Nov 1 2019, 08:11 PM)

FOCUS: I conjure a staircase leading down into the floor, then neglect to warn the portrains about the stairs. They accidentally tumble down them as a chorus of comedic sound effects play. But as they reach the bottom, they realize that they have looped back around to fall out of the ceiling of the room, dropping them back on the top of the original stairs. The next time they emerge, they shoot out of a wall and fall sideways across the room. The time after that, gravity pulls each of them in different directions and down/up/across different staircases, and upon emergence, they all collide in the middle, tangling into a fascinatingly incomprehensible ball of paint and staircase falling down itself forever. I sign the resulting tessellated tesseract "M.C. Bro and Hella Escher" in JPEG'd Comic Sans and sell it at an auction for one billion dollars. CP: 1

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Oooooookay then.

You make M.C. BRO AND HELLA ESCHER'S TESSELLATED TESSERACT STAIR BOMB. You then sell it for a billion dollars, which is equivalent to... lessee here... 6 CP.

All the monstrous portraits are dead. Two KEYS pop out of the bomb: a RED KEY and a BLUE KEY.

M.C. BRO AND HELLA ESCHER'S TESSELLATED TESSERACT STAIR BOMB is added to the item pool.

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Nov 4 2019, 01:38 PM)

I don't believe in infinite staircases and comic sans. I rely on the power... OF FIRE!!! I swing furiously at the paintings, scorching them in the heat of the inferno!

You burn down the paintings on the walls. A YELLOW KEY pops out of one.

You found all the keys! The DOORS pop open.

I possess the doors. every door in existance. at once.

I go through the door to the right, setting it on fire on my way through.
I then look around for... hidden things, I guess.

(I'm confused. If I sold the item for CP, how is it also in our inventory?)

(Also, is summoning a thing in this game?)

The door to the right is taken, so I'll go through the door to the left. I also conjure a wizard's staff for use in later attacks. If I have any actions left, I charge another CP.

CP: 7 (maybe 8, maybe 2, who knows?)

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Nov 11 2019, 06:18 PM)

I go through the door to the right, setting it on fire on my way through. I then look around for... hidden things, I guess.

You try to set the door on fire. It’s super effective.
You are now in the RIGHTSIDE COURTYARD. It is dark, and you can only see a couple of feet in front of you. There is a FULL MOON.
You search for hidden things but find nothing.

QUOTE (JOEbob @ Nov 9 2019, 07:29 PM)

I possess the doors. every door in existance. at once.

Welcome to the game, JOEbob!
In your attempt to own every door in existence, you fall through the burning door leading to the RIGHTSIDE COURTYARD.

You receive the TRANSDOORTALIZER. It can lead to any door you have discovered in the castle. You can also enter into the room you place it in from any door in the castle. This would be useful to set up a home base you can escape to if things get too hot to handle in the castle.

QUOTE (Splashcat @ Nov 15 2019, 02:47 AM)

(I'm confused. If I sold the item for CP, how is it also in our inventory?) (Also, is summoning a thing in this game?) The door to the right is taken, so I'll go through the door to the left. I also conjure a wizard's staff for use in later attacks. If I have any actions left, I charge another CP. CP: 7 (maybe 8, maybe 2, who knows?)

You sold it for CP, but you sold it to an agent of Nolucferu without knowing it! So M.C. BRO AND HELLA ESCHER’S TESSELLATED TESSERACT STAIR BOMB will be somewhere in the mansion.

Yes, summoning is a thing in this game.

You enter the LEFTSIDE COURTYARD. You conjure a WIZARD’S STAFF.

That’s 3 CP, actually.

STORYPOST: Creatures from the Bluck Lagoon

Just then, torches light themselves, illuminating both courtyards.
Part of the wall has been destroyed. There is some mucky water past the busted wall.

Splashcat, you hear a splashing noise.

OH GOD IT’S COMING CLOSER.

OH GOD- wait.



THAT’S ADORABLE! Surely it can’t be a monster.

And then it bites you on the nose. Two of its friends pop out of the water...

SirNatureWriter and JOEbob, you hear considerably farther away splashing noises...

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Alright: Splashcat has three 5/5 HP Bog Monsters attacking him.
SirNatureWriter and JOEbob, you’ll have some in a turn or so...

Actions 1, 2 and 3 + 2 CP: I summon a Dog Mobster to fight the Bog Monsters. They're going to sleep with more fishes than usual tonight. The Dog Mobster has 2 CP invested in Attack, 2 in HP, and if I can buy Dodge I'll put the last one in there but if not I'll just put a third one in HP.

CP: 1

I spend my actions charging my XP.

QUOTE (Splashcat @ Nov 25 2019, 10:44 PM)

Actions 1, 2 and 3 + 2 CP: I summon a Dog Mobster to fight the Bog Monsters. They're going to sleep with more fishes than usual tonight. The Dog Mobster has 2 CP invested in Attack, 2 in HP, and if I can buy Dodge I'll put the last one in there but if not I'll just put a third one in HP. CP: 1

Okay then! Dodge is not a thing right now, so that's... 6 Attack (OwO) and 9 HP.

QUOTE (SirNatureWriter @ Nov 26 2019, 01:42 PM)

I spend my actions charging my XP.

Your CP is now 3.




1 round before the Bog Monsters get to the Rightside Courtyard!