Goofball Defense Force

...The question that was asked a few times was: What is the fork for?
One brilliant mind then said "wall mac, of course!"

I'll never forget that day.

I think, since we are getting many familiars. They all will react diffently. Putting in some personality into each familiar is hard and I think we will see more of the SOTN "ghost" rather than Bat or Faery. I think a few will be a bit more polished than the others, and they will all have colors (not blue tint).

The main familiar would be the Armor, which were voted by a few backers. That one might be the strongest in terms of personality.

No matter how they are in combat, I really hope they are used for more than just running around in the castle and let them kick ass. If everyone could to a few different things each, it would be nice. The IMP had a button to press in SOTN, which I found interesting as a mechanic.

I really hope the familiars are sorted into 3-4 different categories, where each category can do one of either things: push buttons out of reach, pull a lever out of reach, are so heavy they can balance out your weight or make you go higher somewhere and perhaps even aid you to grab stuff. Perhaps including a way for miriam to breath, having one collect airbubbles for her and perhaps push her to "swim faster". Others could be something that swirls the mist away so you actually can see, or light up the way for you to go in otherwise pitch black areas.

The list are so long! But I guess the time and concept are probably already nailed down, and I do not think they will do much more than attack at random encounter.

I think Mana said she didn't actually knew (not at the time of the xmas podcast anyway), but she thought they would be similar to SOTN. But with "many" familiars, it could be an issue, unless they all can do the same things, or like I said, divide them into categories. I mean, not all familiars would like water or darkness perhaps?

Dullahammer Head was to be like the Ghost, floating skull. It didn't do as much as the rest of the familiars, which felt a bit off - but knowing they are under development bring my hope up. I do not ask of them to make all the familiars super intelligent, just that they are triggered in some situations to reveal an alternate path or options for us to investigate things we else would miss out on.

Voice lines for familiars would be fun. I wonder how Goofball would sound like... Making insane giggles? Or "doh hjuo undhurshand he wohds cohihng out of my mouh?"