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Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22422#msg22422
« on: February 01, 2010, 12:14:29 am »
I first came to play Elements because I'm a huge fan of magic the gathering.  One thing I love about magic is it puts flavor text on cards without any other words on it.  What flavor text would you put on these cards.

Fire dragon: The fire dragon doesn't care about living.  It only cares about your death.
Otyugh: The Otyugh ate until there was nothing left.  Then they ate each other.
Skeleton: Even death cannot prevent their revenge
Hematite Golem: It lives in a sand castle
Leaf Dragon: The weakest of the dragons, the strongest of the pillars
Mind Flayer: Gorlock charged with an inner rage.  Suddenly it didn't know what rage was.  Then it went home.
Pegasus: The Narwal of the sky
Unstable Gas: Colorless, Odorless, merciless
Anubis: I can grant you constant life, but I will grant you instant death
Parasite: A common misconception, it's allergic to blood
Phase Dragon: There is nothing stranger than being bitten by what isn't there.



While I realize the fast majority of these are dumb, I enjoy seeing others ideas.

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22447#msg22447
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 12:38:51 am »
Just fit them on the cards now and it'll be good.


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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22454#msg22454
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2010, 12:57:05 am »
Whoa, good ideas and lovely suggestions, too! Although Elements cards are small and probably don't have room for many of these, those cards with no ability text can have some of these with italics on them.

Some more, only done for creatures without abilities:

Abomination: An experiment gone horribly wrong, or an experiment gone perfectly right?
Flesh Spider: For Flesh Spiders, there is nothing to fear but other Flesh Spiders themselves.
Graviton Mercenary: He cares more about his Electrum and his life than your cause.
Horned Frog: When you see one of them, you can be sure that more will come.
Cockatrice: At first glance, a puffy, flightless bird. At second glance - well, there is no second glance. (PuppyChow's. :D)
Ash Eater: They can eat ash, survive in an inferno, curl into a ball, and breathe fire. NOW do you think they're weak?
Blue Crawler: When you're on the ocean floor, you have 2 things to worry about: drowning and Blue Crawlers.
Photon: Take the sun and reduce its size by about a trillion. Yeah, that's a Photon.
Phase Spider: Before, they were the pets of the phase dwellers. Now, they're the predators.

Meh. I don't like them. But good ideas. :D

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22459#msg22459
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 01:02:17 am »
I liked those, especially the blue crawler one.

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22477#msg22477
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 01:25:26 am »
Maybe flavor text could be integrated with Elements short stories? :)

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22495#msg22495
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 01:34:15 am »
love the idea, but are the normal and upped versions going to have the same text. And if it does get implanted, how would we fit them on the cards?

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22526#msg22526
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2010, 01:47:19 am »
Probably some cards wouldn't get them.

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22553#msg22553
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2010, 02:02:52 am »
Like i said: only creatures without any skills should receive them (this includes all dwagunz :D)

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22567#msg22567
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2010, 02:23:47 am »
Now this reminds me of Yu-Gi-Oh, in which Normal Monsters get the descriptions...

I tried to think of some, but apparently I'm not good at short and witty descriptions... I'm only good at writing longer stories.
To be or not to be, I can do both at once. Go learn quantum mechanics, n00b.

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22568#msg22568
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2010, 02:26:14 am »
Now, now. We're horrible at them too.

2 examples of fail:

Gl1tch: "Hematite Golem: It lives in a sand castle"
Me: "Graviton Mercenary: He cares more about his Electrum and his life than your cause."

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22570#msg22570
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2010, 02:32:10 am »
Revision of your Cockatrice one: At first glance, a puffy, flightless bird. At second glance, well, there is no second glance.

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Re: Flavor text. https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=2710.msg22572#msg22572
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2010, 02:34:14 am »
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About ∞ times better than my original one. +1 karma for your "short and witty description"!

 

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