I think I’ve thought of a different but still fitting gimmick for Scrybe Luke (I like how once you made the AU with Luke being put inside the game that was the first thing ppl thought of). Because he’s a YouTuber, maybe the cost of his cards could be clout (or called glory, depending on the vibe), gotten from doing exciting stunts or Big W’s like those you tubers would do to garner views, reflected in gameplay as getting one glory token for every point of damage your card does to an enemy card exceeding that card’s remaining health -like overkill damage but to a singular card- (it could alternatively be 1D4 tokens if the card gets any amount of card v card overkill damage), and also on the other end of the spectrum, when one of your cards receives a Major L and gets card v card overkill damage dealt to it (because every narrative loves an underdog comeback, though on this side the flat rate may be receiving only one token for any amount of damage of overkill your card receives, so cards summoned by glory tokens won’t get horribly overpowered once the enemy summons a bear, also you don’t get tokens for sacrificing cards)
Also a big but hard thing to consider is how Luke’s vibe is changed by becoming a scrybe, and what his New Vibe and his area is like, which I think would be a dark, shady sort of casino (not completely abandoning the luck theme), there’re sounds of patrons shuffling around gambling chips and moving their feet across the carpet from somewhere behind you, when you turn there’s no one there. You’re bent over a poker table, the walls on its sides look to be something like mahogany, the inside of it that a bright light shines down on where you’ve put down your cards is green (like a green screen, it’s a twist that boss fights put special effects over it) you see the hands of the table’s dealer hanging over those walls, if you look up you can see him standing tall on the other side of it. You can see glimpses of the edges of his silhouette and the grin on his face, but through the shadows you can’t quite make out his eyes. To whatever you throw at him, he may pause to think, he may even frown, but he’ll never waver and there isn’t quite anything that could put a damper on his confidence. Whenever your card puts on a display of dominance in dealing extra damage to an enemy, what you assume are the hands of the other patrons (you know how Luke likes to think there are viewers watching him, even when he knows they can’t here) put gambling chips on your side of the table (those are the glory tokens, maybe sometimes you can hear them chuckle distantly at the show, or that may be just a laugh track. “Behind door one you’ll merge two cards,” maybe you’ll find the mycologists there, maybe not, “door two; you’ll find card buffs. Door three; cut one out an be rewarded,” though every one will give a gauntlet of challenges and opportunities to gain new cards alike. For mini bosses he announces that a renowned card player has areived on the scene challenging you, and for the crowd to place their bets. (His minibosses tend to be modeled after other card youtubers, some he may have met and collaborated with, some that he only hoped to. Of course they aren’t exact copies of those people, that would be a little painful to deal with, but generally those types of personas are there. Since in Leshy and Po3’s own acts there weren’t other characters that come up to the table as much as the scrybe takes on the personas of those minibosses, that’s what Luke does too, he’ll pick up a hat from under the table -at least once theres a wig involved, dramatically puts it on -it looks cooler and more graceful than it sounds in the shadows, I swear- and plays up the part like an actor)
This may warrant a long post tag, srry about that, all the asks on this subject tend to run so long this subject might warrant its own tag (if you haven’t established one already- I’m on mobile so I can’t check) but still this discussion is Very Cool and I love it
Holy HECK this is a lot to unpack, I'm thrilled though! I know this is hella late but I've got the time to break this all down now so let's go! (Also I don't believe I have a tag, but all prev posts will be edited with the tag #Scrybe Luke!)
I think glory is a good name for it, and while the idea for gaining it you presented is neat, I imagine this would be difficult in competitive play and work mostly as a gimmick deck in that sense because you'd need to play it with cards that wouldn't be glory cards, as well as the fact that the diffrent decks tend to have more/less damage, making that sort of thing very difficult to balance! (I believe the idea is hella cool but I am a card game nerd and I wanna make things REALISTIC DAMNIT- /lh I wanna play glory cards...)
Tossing out ideas here, so everyone on the Scrybe Luke train feel free to hop in, but perhaps glory cards could work more like they get buffs for other glory cards being on the field, simmilar to how YouTube collabs tend to send views skyrocketing. Many of the cards have a weak base health/power, but the more you have on the field, the stronger everything gets. simmilar to ants, but ants suck so... Better.
Another idea to toss into the ring would be the ability to play certain cards based on how many cards your opponent has in play! Half the platform steals ideas from each other, so being able to play stronger cards simply because your opponent has two in play would probably play along to the theming very well!
Overall I love the ideas presented but I feel like they could be super unbalanced, especially due to playing against other decks would likely require you to change your strategy every time, which I feel like could be difficult!
Okayokay since I've now talked about the practical side, I have an excuse to talk about the aesthetics AT LENGTH. THIS IS SO COOL.
I LOVE the idea of an abandoned casino. The green screen, the whispering voices, the WHOLE idea of making Luke as ominous as possible. This dude gives into his theatre side and goes FULL THEATRICS on us and I couldn't ask for more. THIS IS SO COOL I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH!!!
I am sitting here re-reading it to try and express how cool it is but I am just
Such an AESTHETIC for my favorite boy!!!!!!! Lookit him go!!!!!
The mix of gameshow and poker elements showing off his Luck theme, there are definitely four leaf clover designs on the table and his cards, ohhg..
He likley only reveals what he truly looks like for the final boss, but I LOVE the idea that he's cloaked almost exclusively in shadow beforehand!! It keeps the challenger vibe as well as the scrybe vibe, and the final reveal would be so VIBRANT!
I think he deserves a really cool suit with green tones and four leaf Clovers. Like. Ogh.
I am DYING for this aesthetic I could rant about it for hours!!!!!!!!!
I also feel like he is probably the type to let the player play a luck based game, such as a wheel or other game show item, that could either advantage or disadvantage the player. It's like, instead of items, they can spin the wheel and could loose a card from their deck, get to draw two cards in one turn, skip a turn, kill one of Luke's monsters, ect. This would work like an item, likely - you have to collect it but you can use it at any time - and overall just!! He's ominous!!
I have realized I have been ranting for far too long but!!!!!! Please!! I need this aesthetic and this design for Luke and!!!!! AaaAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you ever have more ideas ever please drop them in my askbox I am so excited omggg
Also expect a drawing of this because I don't think I would let myself live if I didn't