Isms!

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Anarchism

Any government structure results in a hierarchy of those who have and those who don't. Of course, even anarchists can't agree what this means, so that's problematic.

"Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. You know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go according to plan. Even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I tell the press that like a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up; nobody panics. Because, it's all part of the plan. But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds! [Joker hands Two-Face a gun and points it at himself] Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fear." —The Joker

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Atheism

God is a construction of the human mind and does not actually exist—except, like, when you really, really, need a favor from God. As they say, "There are no Atheists in foxholes." But then, if you're in a hole in the mud and someone is lobbing explosives and gas at you, is there really a God?

Offense: Logic; causes other religious Isms to doubt their own existence. Attack +5 Defense: Disbelief; laughs at other religious isms to the point of irritation; their attack -3

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Altruism

Is it selfless or selfish—does giving others give you joy and does that even matter when others are in need?

Sure, you can own things and flaunt your status with material goods, but the joy that you feel from helping someone with less is real; although even Abraham Lincoln doubted its sincerity. Still, altruism can kill you, so there's that.

Offense: Distract; give other Isms kind gifts, initiative -2 Defense: Protect; the mother bear comes about, defense +10

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Futurism

It's coming faster than you think, the future! Why it's going to be so hyperfast, you won't even be able to tell that it's not already here! We'll have self-driving holograms directly injected into our brains! And all sentences will end in exclamation points! Srsly!

Predict that AI will win the game easily within at least 25 years; attack +3 Eliminate opponent with same time-traveling AI; defense +3

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Hedonism

Maximum pleasure! More everything! Nothing but thrills and joy. This Ism has everything he needs, and so is focused entirely on enjoying as much of everything as he can. He’ll sleep when he’s dead, which he will be soon, because nutrition and health are no fun to think about.

Offense: Superior reflexes from constant gaming; attack +2 Defense: He's locked inside; other Ism attacks -3

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It is the Is that Is. It is the All that is All.

Offense: Flood; ruin any Ism defense power Defense: Total Distortion; other Isms attacks -3

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Indeterminism

The only ism that's more of a moron than Optimism is Indeterminism. Nothing causes anything, everything is an accident. How do even know which way to go? Doesn't matter apparently, because nothing has cause. Idiot.

(Also, he's an embarrassment to his brother, too—Determinism.)

Offensive move: Disregard; other ism loses turn because Indeterminism is late to the match. Defensive move: Bumbling; it's like drunk monkey style +3 argument.

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Shamanism

In the still of the woods, the quiet of the night, the root is kicking in and the spirits are coming. They while guide you on the path of what is right and correct and you will pay them return for their services.

Offense: Summon spirit animal; +3 attack Defense: Blend into natural surroundings; +3 defense

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New Logo

Put together a logo for the game this evening. This is the second draft and it's MUCH improved. Thanks Komika Axis!

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Fatalism

Behold! Action is useless, Death is imminent. Everything is planned, so why do anything at all?

Fatalism is just to give up on the idea of free will, do nothing and let Determinsim push you around. That's cool. Maybe you're right. We're all going to die anyway.

(This is the first Ism to contain a secret Ism.)

Offense: Summon Determinsim and it's powers Defense: Summon Nihlism: +2 defense

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Absurdism

Phhhbt!

Offense: Put a giraffe in a bathtub; attack +4 Defense: Pile up blue machine tools; defense +4

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New card design

The logotype is now set and here's an example of it on the back of the card with Stoicism on the front. Still working on the game rules, so the numbers are still pretty meaningless. :)

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Platonism

There is the material, the mental, and the perfect. Pi is transcendental, a fraction that can be divided forever... where does it go? What space does it occupy?

Offense: Turn unimaginable, impossible to hit for one turn. Defense: Universalize opponent. Other isms defenses no longer function

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Animism

It's not just about the things around you that have souls; it's about what you call them in reference to what you, yourself, are. Isn't your dog a member of your family? Your cat? Your hermit crab? Can you love it? Know it?

Offensive Power: Overpower other isms with elements; attack +2 Defensive Power: Turn other ism into follower; steal opponent ism

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Mysticism

Becoming aware of the everything isn't all that easy. You have to find and brandish that third eye; the one that looks through more than space and time. It's only then that you can realize that it's all already happened. Of course, getting back from there can be tricky.

Offensive power: See the fractional nature of other isms, reduce their power 2 points. Defensive power: Reduce form to a cosmic one, increase defense 2 points.

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Occultism

There is surely something stranger and deeper than what we know as Science; a place where the empirical dare not or know not to dig? Is it Science that we do not yet understand—the in between of the curls of many dimensions?

Offensive power: Perform magic trick; amazed other ism loses 1 turn Defense power: Summon Aleister Crowley; defense +3

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Minimalism

What could I say that would be brief enough?

Offensive power: return philosophy, but shorter. Defensive power: reduce other ism to moot.