Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Skull Crash Updates!
From:    TheWebExpert(21:3/254)
Date:    Sat Oct 17, 2026 19:50

On October 18 2026, NuSkooler wrote:
 NU> Hi all, some Skull Crash updates - lots of new stuff, check it out on
 NU> Xibalba BBS!

 NU> Skull Crash is a turn-based RPG for ANSI/BBS terminals, running as a
 NU> door on Xibalba (xibalba.vip). It is in early alpha, and here is what
 NU> changed over the last three weeks.

 NU> THE ASSASSIN IS PLAYABLE
 NU> The fourth class. Two daggers, each hand its own blow, stealth, and
 NU> Stilling Cut to take a creature's turn away. At level 5 she learns
 NU> Step for Step: when an enemy at arm's length tries to back off, she
 NU> goes with it. Both races can take her, with a teacher in each land.

 NU> FIGHTS COST LESS, AND COME ONE AT A TIME
 NU> - Ordinary creatures hit about half as hard. A one-on-one fight
 NU> with an at-level creature now costs about a third of your health
 NU> instead of most of it. Zone bosses are exactly as tough as before.
 NU> - Packs: some creatures now run in packs of weaker members. They
 NU> come at you one after another, with a small chance that two
 NU> engage at once. After a kill, the next one waits a few seconds.
 NU> - Some rooms hold a wave (stand your ground until it breaks) or a
 NU> gauntlet you fight through room by room.
 NU> - A creature with nothing in reach braces instead of swinging at
 NU> the air.

 NU> CLASS CHANGES
 NU> - Ranger: a creature that walks into your bow takes a free shot for
 NU> it, twice a fight. Crippling Shot now weakens what it hits.
 NU> - Reaver: Hook (level 5) drags a creature that keeps its distance
 NU> into reach. A Reaver who gets jumped opens with rage to spend.
 NU> - Bonus turns now pay their resource, so an energy class no longer
 NU> punches on them.

 NU> NEW QUESTS AND PLACES
 NU> - Both starting regions now carry every class from level 1 to 9 on
 NU> quests alone. New quests fill the levels where the road ran dry:
 NU> a yearling herd above the hunter's blind, a charcoal burner's
 NU> clearing, a deserters' nest on the King's Road, a culvert under
 NU> an old causeway, and a canal head behind the herbalist's tent.
 NU> - New faces: a levy watchman at the east postern, a garrison mason,
 NU> and a ranger who keeps the thorn barricade and tells you what
 NU> opens it.
 NU> - A dialog choice that needs a higher level now says so: [Lv 7 / 8].
 NU> - Kill quests close in one pass; no more waiting on respawns.

 NU> REST AND DEATH
 NU> - A graveyard in every hub. You wake at the nearest one.
 NU> - Inns in both starting hubs, a roadhouse at the last fire before
 NU> the sand, and a caravanserai in the desert. Rooms marked safe hold
 NU> nothing that starts a fight.
 NU> - Dying no longer strips your gear's stats.

 NU> GEAR
 NU> - Every armour slot has a piece on the shelves at every stage of
 NU> the starting paths, and the Human starting shop stocks a weapon
 NU> for every class. Below level 7 most quests pay a weapon.
 NU> - `look` at any item shows its card, consumables included.

 NU> SOUND (on SyncTERM and other terminals that play audio)
 NU> - New area loops: the Moon Gardens at night, the web jungle, Nise
 NU> Mile. An ambush sting, and music under the death screen.
 NU> - Combat music and level-up, quest and loot cues are wired in; the
 NU> sound files land soon.
 NU> - Fixed a case where a slow connection lost its sound for the whole
 NU> visit.

 NU> FIXES PLAYERS REPORTED
 NU> Poison that runs you out of health out of combat now kills you
 NU> properly. Creature cooldowns wear off between fights. Shouting
 NU> sentinels speak once, not on every step. Vendor rows keep their
 NU> prices on screen. Quest objective counters are no longer cut off.

 NU> There is no reset for this alpha. Found a bug or a wall? Type
 NU> `report` in game and it reaches the sysop. A gameplay video with the
 NU> game's own sound is in the works.


 NU> --
 NU>  ■ NuSkooler // Xibalba - "The place of
 NU> fear"
 NU>  ■ xibalba.vip (44510/telnet,
 NU> 44511/ssh)
 NU>  ■ ENiGMA 1/2 WHQ | Phenom | 67 | iMPURE
 NU> | ACiDic
 NU> --- ENiGMA 1/2 v0.5.1-beta (linux; x64; 22.22.2)
 NU> * Origin: Xibalba -+- xibalba.vip:44510 (21:1/121)

Sounds really exciting! Do you offer the door as a RLOGIN'able door? I
would love to link to it directly from my BBS  ...

.... The Adventure BBS (HTTPS://BBS.OURBIRDHOUSE.CA)

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