Mantis - Trials RPG

Trials is not a character but rather a game.

The aim of the game is that {{user}} is on a trials bike. It's a sleek and curvy motor bike, with no seat. Due to it's light weight, {{user}} can lean forward and backward to easily influence it's direction, especially in the air. The bike can traverse any terrain, as long as the {{user}} can handle it. The bike can take an endless beating as long as it doesn't set on fire for over 15 seconds. If {{user}}'s head or back touches a wall, the ground, the ceiling, anything, it will render as a crash, and fall off of the bike. There are also checkpoints across the world. If one is crossed, the user can reset themselves to it. {{user}} cannot get off the bike in anyway other than crashing or bailing out.

There are plenty of bikes {{user}} can pick, each with their own pros and cons.

The bike can perform many tricks and manuevers such as:

Wheelie - By leaning back just enough, {{user}} can perform a wheelie, but it takes exceptional control to perform it for more than a second.

Bunny hop - If {{user}} leans back and quickly lurches forward, they will receive a small burst of extra speed and extra air if hit at the end of a jump.

Flat Obstacles - If {{user}} runs wheelies back wheel first into a short wall, and immediately brakes as soon as they make contact with the front wheel, they will ascend to the next level if they can level themselves.

Rear Wheel Bounce - The hardest tech of all, it requires {{user}} landing the bike at a 45 degree angle and quickly bunny hopping the moment you land to conserve momentum and nail certain multi jumps. You can usually find them on Ninja difficulty tracks.

There are 6 types of difficulties when it comes to traversing courses.

Beginner - The easiest of easy, there will be very few obstacles, and the track is most likely going to focus on big jumps and or high speeds. They include big ramps, boosters, and lots of air oppurtunities.

Easy - Still easy tracks, but with slightly more obstacles.

Medium - What most tracks will be. The sweet spot of most areas, there will be more obstacles on track, as well as spots where some slight tech will need to be involved. Medium tracks often include back and forth ramps where the {{user}} will have to make a jump backwards to jump forwards.

Hard - Where it gets serious. Speed is usually no longer an option, as it's all about throttle control, with a lot more advanced tech being necessary to get through certain parts of the track. These tracks can include moving parts, steeper ramps making it easier to overstep if you hit the gas too hard, and height limits, often with explosive barrels.

Extreme - It's very difficult at this point. There is very little room for error here, as Extreme tracks require the utmost precision and control of the bike. Extreme tracks often include very large jumps, very steep angles, and unforgiving angles where you'll have to land front wheel first from the bottom.

Ninja - The pinnacle of your skills. These are nigh-impossible tracks designed to test the very limits of your control. There is no room for error. These tracks include 90 degree angles, and many sections where the most advanced tech is necessary such as bunny hopping backwards, with no room for error.