Areas needing urgent flavour

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The below all have provisional names and stories.

Feel free to send PRs or leave comments here.

Torments

These need a name and a context.

• [x] UNNAMED_ENEMY_1
• [x] UNNAMED1
• [x] UNNAMED_MINION1
• [x] SPECIAL_MINION1

Almost all Torments need an in-ordeal description

Non-Combat Encounters

These needs intros and outros and generally fluff improvements

• [x] MultipleOptions.gd
• [x] RiskyEvent1.gd
• [x] RiskyEvent2.gd
• [ ] RiskyEvent3.gd
• [ ] RiskyEvent4.gd
• [x] PathosForAnxiety.gd
• [ ] MiniShop.gd
• [ ] Subconscious.gd
• [ ] MultipleTags.gd
• [ ] MultipleScriptMods.gd
• [ ] LoseRandomCurio.gd
• [ ] MultipleDestroys
• [ ] MultipleProgress
• [ ] ArtifactReward
• [x] EpicUpgrade

All other NCEs need expanded fluff as well, something more than one sentence of text.

Curios

These need a thematic name and a fitting icon

• [x] MaxHealth
• [x] StartingHeal
• [x] EndingHeal
• [x] FirstPowerAttack
• [x] ThickImmersion
• [x] UpgradedAction
• [x] UpgradedControl
• [x] UpgradedUnderstanding
• [x] UpgradedConcentration
• [ ] ResistDisempower
• [ ] ResistPoison
• [ ] ResistBurn
• [ ] ResistVulnerable
• [x] ImproveThorns
• [ ] ImprovePoison
• [x] ImproveBurn
• [ ] ThickExplosion
• [x] ImproveImpervious
• [ ] ProgressiveImmersion
• [x] RandomUpgrades
• [ ] ProgressEverything
• [ ] IncreaseBufferStacks
• [ ] IncreasePoisonStacks
• [ ] DecreaseExertStacks

Also any artifact still using "perspective-dice-six-faces-random.png" as icon, needs a better one.

Memories

These need a thematic name

• [ ] CardDraw

Also, all Memories at the moment need icons

[simply-peachy]

Unnamed Enemy 1 holds a grudge. The word "grudge" is apparently a variant of "grutch" which itself is a delicious word and would make for a cool name. I also quite like "Grocken", it sounds toady and fantastical. The Wiktionary page lists several other etymological roots which offer plenty of inspirational material:

• Middle English grucchen: to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge
• Old French grouchier, groucier: to murmur, grumble
• Germanic origin, akin to Middle High German grogezen: to howl, wail
• German grocken: to croak
• Compare also Old Norse krytja: to murmur
• Old High German grunzen: to grunt

Name "Grutch", with an avatar of a broken crutch. Perhaps the dreamer knocked someone down or injured them in some way and they bear a grudge in the dreamworld. Name "Murmuration" with the graphic of a starling bird; mumuration is their collective noun. Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" springs to mind; they sure bore a grudge. Name "Groken", avatar of a frog or toad. Or if you want to go Weird, those wellington boots with frog eyes on the toes! Apparently as a child I took delight in stepping on frogs :-( If they came to haunt me in my dreams I'd probably deserve it and if they were those boots...that'd be wtf for sure. n.b. I was not an evil child, am now an animal lover, pls do not hurt amphibifriends. One "bears" a grudge, so perhaps it could have a bear avatar. I'd usually associate the bear with strong and mighty attributes through, and the Torment doesn't seem overly tanky (compared to, say, Pialephant). That being said, I have always found this Torment an easy opponent. Maybe it needs some teeth. "Grudgement" is a derived term and is similar to "judgement", which is thematic. An avatar of a gavel which subjects the dreamer to grudgement because of their past sins.

[simply-peachy]

MaxHealth: Fortitude StartingHeal: Triggers before an ordeal, so thematically, perhaps things that are associated with enjoying a more restful sleep: Plumped Pillows, Fresh Sheets, Extra Blanket, Hot Water Bottle. A Calm Night, New Moon. EndingHeal: As above, but after sleep: A Good Stretch, Cup of Coffee, Hearty Breakfast, Fresh Orange Juice, Clear Skies, Morning Chorus FirstPowerAttack: First Strike, Initiative, Press the Advantage, Quick of Mind, Quick Wit, Intuition (the ability to interpret promptly?), Rosetta Stone - it allows easier/faster interpretation - or a reference: Torment's Rosetta. ThickImmersion: Lucid Dreaming, Uninterruption (uninterrupted sleep means more immersion?), since immersion allows the dreamer more chances to interpret a Torment: Thoroughtude, Thoroughness, Thoughtful, Thoughtfulness, Consideration UpgradedAction (new action cards receive progress): Playing on "action": Swift, A Swift Step( Forwards) - it progresses cards so there's a sense of forward motion, can be thematically linked to the others below, (some dreams are) Action Packed, UpgradedControl: A Controlled Step, A Strong Grasp (more control), Mission Control, UpgradedUnderstanding: An Understanding, An Understanding Step, Comprehension, Understood UpgradedConcentration: A Concentrated Step, Bitten Lip (one may bite one's lip while concentrating hard), Lighthouse/Laser (a concentrated light), Cordial (wordplay on a fruit juice concentrate, yes it's weird but so is this game, I regret nothing) ResistDisempower: Conviction, Belief, Zealotry, Fanaticism are all traits that resist disempowerment. ResistPoison (Resist Doubt): Certainty, Belief, Proven( Hypothesis), Proof, Evidence, Empirical ResistBurn (Resist Envy): Unjaded, Content, Positivity, Self-Certain ResistVulnerable (Resist "Reduce Focus on 9+ dmg"): Sustain, Fortify, Strength ImproveThorns (Improve Grudge): Chip on the Shoulder, Begrudged, various words from my Unnamed Enemy 1 comment ImprovePoison (Improve Doubt): Deceit, Web of Lies, Shaky Ground, Loose Foundations, Argumentative, Combative, Persuasion ImproveBurn (Improve Envy): Flaunt, Photogenic, Success, Wealth, Rose-Tinted Glasses, Clout ThickExplosion (Deal Interpretation on first deck shuffle): Collected Thoughts, Regroup, Unleash ImproveImpervious (Untouchable is reduced by half, not removed): References to the classic film "The Untouchables": Ness, Capone, Tommy Gun. Slick, Eel (slippery as an), Diplomatic Immunity, Stress Relief (untouchable prevents stress). ProgressiveImmersion (Extra Immersion/turn, half card upgrades): Slow and Steady, Careful Steps RandomUpgrades (Extra Immersion/turn, card upgrades are random): Jumble Sale, Chaotica, (this'd make a good Torment name!), D20 (an easy icon for that one)

[simply-peachy]

Brain dump re: shop fluff.

Since repressed Loneliness dictates the shop frequency, the shop could be an encounter with a friend. "It's been a while since we caught up!" Having a heart-to-heart with a friend means discovering new viewpoints and opinions on dealing with troubling circumstances. Hence new cards. Curios are given by the friend to help along the journey. "Just don't ask where I found them". We're reminded of Memories by our friends. "Remember that time you made a zip line in the yard?". We can then take that Memory with us through the dream and use it against ordeals.

"I tried to Concentrate but it wasn't good enough", I said. "I find that sitting near a ticking clock helps me concentrate." she replied. This is why cards can be upgraded by meeting the friend.

Forgetting cards is a way of a friend taking a load off our shoulders. But we wouldn't want to burden them with too many problems at once...

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Just a note about curio names. I tend to use nouns as their concept, rather than verbs or adjectives. So "Plumped Pillows" works, but "Thoughtful" doesn't. Verbs and Adjectives tend to be cards instead.

Curios = Things that your find

Cards = Things that you do

[3CHosler]

A few Ideas: maxHealth: stress-ball, it increases how much anxiety you can tolerate. thickImmersion: weighted blanket upgraded: (laser pointer) flashlight, nightlight, candle? i.e. lightsources improveThorns: White rose resist: (encyclopedia) dictionary, thesaurus, atlas increaseConfusionStacks: smoke-bomb, fog machine, smokescreen increaseImmersionGain: bookmark(helps keep you immersed in a book?)

Other objects: moonrock telescope

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I took all suggestions except the resist* stuff, as they don't really fit the effects they're resisting. I originally chose Encyclopedia for ResistDoubt, on the theme that "knowledge dispells doubt"