I always love reading the little flavor texts in all card games and Card Hunter is not an exception. Since there are many cards in the game that currently lack any flavor text, I thought it might be fun to start a thread to write down our own ideas. And maybe we can provide some inspiration for the designers! Since many of the cards are already in the wiki, everyone still waiting can easily join in Here's some quick ones to get us started: Stab All the training I ever got was 'Stick that end in the enemy'. Bad Medicine I've got some good news and some bad news... Fireball Fire is like violence. If it's not working, you're not using enough. Bungled Bolt Any fool can cast these spells, it's so easOUCH! Hit The Deck Sometimes the ground can be your best friend. Dodge When the sword comes swinging at your neck - be somewhere else. Wild Run Ayyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... Dropped Guard Behind you! A three-headed goblin!
ima let you finish but this is the best dropped guard flavor ever "Shields at the ready swords drawn and .... oh shiny!"
Love the idea of this thread. It's like a caption competition but for card names. I'm sure there are many more talented than I at coming up with these sorts of things, but I'll have a go anyway. Hopefully they're not too horrible... Stab - When in doubt, stick 'em with the pointy end. Bad Medicine - There ain't no cleric that can cure my disease. Sorry, but I can't help but start hearing Bon Jovi in my head whenever anyone mentions that card. I actually prefer Zalminen's suggestion. Fireball - "... but set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Hit the Deck - Neither the fall nor the ground killed you, in fact they saved your life. Dodge - Who needs armour with moves like these? Dropped Guard - I can't do any better than Wozarg. Something like "Chaaaaar- Oooh, shiny!" works for me. Volcano - "Earthquake? Ha! Earthquakes are for amateurs. This comes with molten lava." I haven't looked at the wiki much (although what I have seen looks fantastic) but if anyone would care to suggest more unadorned cards I'd happily take a shot at them.
This is a fun idea--I have, quite literally, wanted to be the person to write flavor text for games. I've done stuff similar for other projects, and it's really great having these little inspiring images and ideas to let your creativity go wild.
Well, there's plenty of those. Here's some from the hybrid and utility cards pages: Hard To Pin Down Jump Back Misguided Heal Unholy Frenzy All Out Attack Dancing Cut Lunging Bash Lunging Strike Lunging Thrust Parrying Strike Penetrating Lunge Shifty Stab Vicious Thrust Arcane Curse Demonic Miasma Telekinesis Extend Cleansing Presence Dynamic Armor Thick Hide Armor And a couple more suggestions: Penetrating Cut The whisper sent chills up the guard's spine. 'You really thought your armor would protect you?' Memory Loss Brak stared at his spear. He knew he was supposed to do something with it but what?
I'm waiting on a card one day that says "A great fish warrior used this weapon to draw unsuspecting people to their watery grave"
Here are a few off the top o' my head: Stab Stabby Stabby. Bad Medicine Don't worry, it's only a little celery for coloring...or was that hemlock? Fireball When in doubt, set it on fire. Bungled Bolt Don't you just hate it when you sneeze at the most important part? Wild Run Run away, run away. - Monty Python Hard To Pin Down Can't touch this. - MC Hammer (Yes, maybe too much pop culture there) Misguided Heal Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken. - Neil Gaiman Unholy Frenzy Don't mind the foam. All Out Attack When nothing but your best will do. Dancing Cut Every savage can dance. - Jane Austen or What is fighting but dancing with sharp objects? Vicious Thrust ...don't forget to give it a the vigorous twist at the end. Arcane Curse Those who dabble in curses must take care lest they come back at ye. Telekinesis Behold, the awesome power of the mind. or All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. - Joe R. Lansdale Extend We Have All the Time in the World. - Louis Armstrong Cleansing Presence If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls. - Jane Goodall Dynamic Armor When in doubt, glue on sparklies. Thick Hide Armor After all, who doesn't love wearing a dead Troll on their back? Penetrating Cut Like a hot knife through butter. Edit: 2/23/13 Combustible There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. - Vincent van Gogh Taunt I fart in your general direction. - Monty Python Flame Spit Guaranteed 190 proof in every shot, or Grog the Destroyer will burn your house down . Cowardly Attack How Grobnar the Giant Killer met his untimely end to the dastardly goblin Blatt the Gutless Wonder. Heal A soothing glow washes the pain away. or Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain. -Shambala, by Three Dog Night Inspiration Believe you can and you're halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt Healing Blessing A cheery glow, that of unspent dreams, and the pain slowly fades. Demonic Feedback That which bites, in turn is bitten. Demonic Revenge Seek not the Demonic kin lest yee be punished in turn. Powerful Bludgeon Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” - Theodore Roosevelt Loner Who better to twist the knife than a friend? or It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.” - Marilyn Monroe or Everybody is a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way... - John Mayer, Why Georgia Ouch! He took a dagger to the knee. Obvious Maneuver Sadly, Subtlety was not a strong suit of Grobnar the Giant Killer. Dropped Guard ooo, looket the pretty shiny. Dash, Team! Run, mine little lemmings, run. I think that's all I got for tonight.
Fireball In the glow of the explosion gnark smiled for the first time knowing he had found his path in life. Firestorm After finding the joy of fire gnark invented a new spell to make everything burn. Bad Medicin Too much of a good thing is bad for you.
