Wiwaxia runs a SBURB D&D(ish) game - logdump/spectating/popcorn thread!

Spoiler: Moss crushes an ogre's self esteem

Arxon: Hello!
Karrin Blue: Hiyo!
what happen?
Wiwaxia (GM): hello hello
Karrin Blue: ah, just read up the ilma shenanigans
dang i wish you'd rolled higher on the 'talk into the void' check
i bet that'd make some interesting times for myrtha
Arxon: I mightdisappear at times bc i am helping a friend babysit 3 year olds
Karrin Blue: akay
whimsy: morning
Arxon: Hey
Karrin Blue: hello whimsy!
also arxon i found your tumblr
you have nice arts
Arxon: 0u0 thank you!
http://mid-childan-puella-magi.tumb...erse-dreamer-and-so-thats-my-plan-what-do-you Relatedly
Karrin Blue: hehehe
i mean
if i made a myrtha blog
'I may have to do something drastically eldritch'
would probably be her title
Arxon: Perfect
ya know we're all doing fine
Karrin Blue: (i'm still surprised 'drastically eldritch' is not a rose lalonde quote)
Arxon: New game which two homestuck characters fuse to make ur character
Karrin Blue: ...rose and aliveradia?
because. bones.
idk
Arxon: Lemi is like roxy and dave
Karrin Blue: Moss!
k m.: HI!
whimsy: hii ::D
Karrin Blue: how is life?
k m.: ok so i forgot entirely today, i'm super crazy far behind, but i can totally just sit in and get back into the swing of things
Arxon: Hi!
whimsy: (ilma is probably a mix of john and aranea, or john and vriska)
k m.: (i can see that)
Arxon: @kite that... Seems a little terrifying
@Arxon ilma is not a stable person in case you havent noticed ::D
k m.: also i'm pretty sure seattle is the hottest place in the world rn, i may have offended mother nature in a past life
Arxon: Yeah petition to cast the entire west coast into the sea
k m.: it WOULD make it less hot
whimsy: i am so glad there was a storm yesterday, its cooled down
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey are you in seattle now moss?
Arxon: I am still sunburnt from san fran fucking cisco last week
Wiwaxia (GM): weeee should hang out
Arxon: summer is the woorst
Karrin Blue: mggg
there was rain earlier but it's already hot
k m.: yes! i'm crashing at a friend of my sister's in upper?? queen anne
we should definitely absolutely hang out
also my sister is in san fran on work trip rn and am combo of jealous but also "you keep that devil weather right where it belongs"
Karrin Blue: hehehe
Arxon: No plz someone else take the devil weather
k m.: oh no no it's fine you can keep it
Wiwaxia (GM): give it to
hmmm
southern hemishpere?
of course now i'm thinking about enso and all the shit you can fuck up by moving big masses of hot air around, so maybe best to leave it
Arxon: Hm ok
Karrin Blue: god we don't need hurricanes to come early
Arxon: Time for plan b: i escape
Wiwaxia (GM): flee into the Void
k m.: the Void may be cooler
Karrin Blue: do not flee into the void without a map
and leon/myrtha
as the voidnavigation tag team
whimsy: ((i'd offer yall to join me on my own planet, but land of hills and sky does currently not appear to have an atmosphere, and i still need to figure out whose to steal))
Karrin Blue: (???)
whimsy: ((i dreamed of prospit and what i have tentatively named land of hills and sky))
Karrin Blue: ...actual dream or ic dream
whimsy: ((or was it named like that in my dream? dont remember ::/))
(actual dream)
Wiwaxia (GM): (nice)
Karrin Blue: (awesome)
(what consorts?)
(if you dreamed them up)
Arxon: I will move there i can take a helmet and oxygen tanks
whimsy: (none as far as ive seen)
Karrin Blue: aight
whimsy: (i think my rogue of breath major land quest would be to replenish the atmosphere)
Karrin Blue: seems about right
Arxon: I don't know my title but judging by my dreams my land would be land of towers and mist
whimsy: oooh
Arxon: w/ towers referring both to ruins and trees
k m.: i think like two years ago i decided mine would be glass and rain but i have no reasoning behind this at all
Wiwaxia (GM): cos it's pretty?
k m.: .....this makes sense
Arxon: Tbh i would not last a second in lemi's land without crying
Karrin Blue: so
is bird going to show up?
and yes
myrtha's land i would probably get freaked out in
constant whispering
whimsy: im p sure i could deal with ilmas land ::3
but then again, its a nice land
except for the weather hazards that crop up once in a while
Karrin Blue: sburb is prejudiced against dersites
whimsy: derse drools, prospit rules
Karrin Blue: no offense wiwaxia you are a delight
:b
Wiwaxia (GM): haha shit, i hadn't even realized the shitty lands were split up that way
whimsy:
Wiwaxia (GM): :p
Karrin Blue: oh dear! where arxon
whimsy: (blrgh, imagine a lessthan3 tere)
Karrin Blue: well leon's isn't too bad either
...i think
aside from all the
dead stuff
whimsy: pretty waterlogged, i think thats where all the water from moss' planet ended up going /captainobvious
k m.: pffwhoops
whimsy: someone needs to figure out scuba gear
Wiwaxia (GM): yes please do
Karrin Blue: And someone needs to figure out jetpacks
Wiwaxia (GM): i have scubad just enough to know all sorts of fun things
like
Karrin Blue: :D
well we expect nothing less
i maen
Wiwaxia (GM): "what happens if you throw up in your respirator"
Karrin Blue: i'm pretty sure there's going to be all KINDS of nasties in myrtha's ocean
whimsy: and because im a filthy gearpunk enthusiast, what about victorian era type diving suits. gearpunk submarines. gearpunk ships that can sail above both water and clouds
Wiwaxia (GM): (answer: absolutely nothing, it's actually more pleasant than throwing up literally anywhere else)
Karrin Blue: wait why
whimsy: im looking forward to going beneath the sea of storms, tbh
Wiwaxia (GM): it just spills out into the water and doesn't stick around
feed some fishies
Karrin Blue: well ok then
Arxon: Best case vomit scenario
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, doesn't look like bird's gonna turn up for a bit, so how about we start and he can get here when he gets here
Arxon: (Peppa pig is fucking wild)
Karrin Blue: (???)
Arxon: (By fucking wild i mean a fairly accurate portrayal of child logic)
(I wish you had been trapped in that bush for a hundred years, a child tells her mother
Karrin Blue: ...alright
Wiwaxia (GM): timeline check: myrtha, lemi and leon are all right about t=34:00
ilmatar is at about t=33:00 and moss at about t=32:00
so not bad in terms of people being ahead or behind
Arxon: Wow we are all basically caught up
Karrin Blue: wow!
k m.: shit, really?
that makes me feel way better about being such a flake
Wiwaxia (GM): moss gets dibs on going first because they haven't been here in a while, after that it's up for grabs
k m.: sweet
uh. i was lost in planets, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, you got to derse, tried and succeded in getting mugged
got stabbed, woke up
wandered into a bunch of underlings that don't know you're there
k m.: AH hey i remember that
what a dick
and hy em beink verry verry shneaky
yes. sneaky
Moss Kaplan: ok, so i was up a tree. wasn't i going to start throwing things? i was probably going to start throwing things
Wiwaxia (GM): reading the logs you hit an ogre with a spitball
Moss Kaplan: yup. I'm so proud. of me.
Wiwaxia (GM): ran away, it reappeared in the trees in front of you and you managed to kill it
so i should probably roll to see if any of the others noticed all that
rolling 3d6
(
1
+
5
+
2
)
= 8
the ash imp seems to have heard
it heads straight for you
but it's slow and far away so you've got a couple full rounds before it gets here
Moss Kaplan: dammit.what an ash
Wiwaxia (GM): ugh
Moss Kaplan: am i actually in a tree or just hiding behind a bush
Wiwaxia (GM): you are actually up a tree
a crazy jungle tree as per last time
i can get you some pictures again
Moss Kaplan: ah yes.
i actually remember that!
(this is mostly ironic because irl i cannot climb trees for shit)
yep. ok. i'm gonna throw a book at him
rolling d20
(
3
)
= 3
whoops
whimsy: well you aint carrot ironfounderson
Moss Kaplan: i hope that he's really dumb and gets distracted by the book??
pff
Wiwaxia (GM): the book files open in midair and smacks perfectly pages first into the trunc of a tree
the imp notices none of this
how many books are you down to?
Moss Kaplan: i! have no idea. i'm thinking two, since i start out with four,
whimsy: maybe you should just
book it
B)
Moss Kaplan: gross
gross
no
get out
( :D )
Wiwaxia (GM): god
you are all terrible
terrible
whimsy: (i am so glad homestuck made me appreciate puns)
Wiwaxia (GM): this dirt ogre bursts out of the trees, too
also headed straight for your location
do you want prototypings on these guys?
Moss Kaplan: yes! if only to make fun of them
Wiwaxia (GM): imp has a long neck and a kimono on backwards
Moss Kaplan: #can't even wear a kimono right
Wiwaxia (GM): ogre has a tabard with a green castle on it, leopard spats and stringy black hair
Moss Kaplan: #worst metal band ever
Wiwaxia (GM): pfahaha
afk to grab a food
Moss Kaplan: kk
whimsy: does food get a dodge roll tho
((also))
((sbirb))
Wiwaxia (GM): just awful
whimsy: love you too, wi ::3
Wiwaxia (GM): so moss, what are you gonna do before the imp gets close?
ogre's still a good ways off
Moss Kaplan: i am gonna throw my book at the dumb long neck
rolling d20
(
16
)
= 16
suck it
Wiwaxia (GM): yes i think that hits
Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): d6
moss?
Moss Kaplan: another one?
Wiwaxia (GM): oh whoops, how did i miss that
adurr
i am attentive
Moss Kaplan: pff all ok
Wiwaxia (GM): it goes poof into deliberately-ambiguous-definition ash
spilling it's grist on the forest floo
*floor
Moss Kaplan: yesss
Wiwaxia (GM): dirt ogre is still coming, and since it's crossing the line of sight of the other dirt ogre, i'm gonna roll to see if that one cottons on to anything
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Moss Kaplan: i hope not
Wiwaxia (GM): it starts following the other ogre
not headed directly for where you are, just trailing the other one
goin wherever it's goin
this one is almost the same prototyping wise, but has skeletal raccoon paws instead of leopard spots
Moss Kaplan: jeezus. i only have one book left too
lame, dirt ogre. lame
i'm going to go further up the tree
Wiwaxia (GM): the first dirt ogre arrives to the scene of the ruckus and starts peering around aggressively
the other ogre wanders after a little ways back
Moss Kaplan: #good cop lazy cop
i drop a book on aggressive peerer
man, one "r" changes that phrase so much
rolling d20
(
6
)
= 6
oh Come On apparently i am the worst dropper ever
Wiwaxia (GM): advantage, though, because it can't see you
whimsy: random number god hates you. maybe you shouldve read the random number bible, and not thrown it?
or thrown the random number bibl.e
random number birble
Moss Kaplan: curse you, rng
ooh, sneak attack?
Wiwaxia (GM): so you get to roll again and take the better on that attack
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20
(
3
)
= 3
GOOD CHRIST
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
rolling 1d6
(
1
)
= 1
aggressive cop does not notice the book, lazy cop does
whimsy: make the ogre read. give it a future.
Moss Kaplan: WORST LAZY COP EVER
i'm out of books
i'm also really weirdly tempted to drop MySelf, but i feel it would turn out badly
hmm. how far up am i, anyway
Wiwaxia (GM): hm
let's say 6-7m?
there's plenty more up to go
Moss Kaplan: .....i continue upwards, hoping that the weight of my displeasure will physically detach and crush their self-esteem
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a str check for that climb?
and fuck it, a grace check for the latter
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20 + 12
(
12
)+12
= 24
so, grace check, the (+1) next to it, I Don't add to the grace #? or id o
....* or i do
Wiwaxia (GM): the +1 is the grace modifier to saves, don't add it to the check
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20 +15
(
20
)+15
= 35
....if you could see my face rn
Wiwaxia (GM): oh boy
okay give me a minute to figure out how to adjudicate this
Moss Kaplan: http://saxigenouscorviform.tumblr.c...just-got-a-really-great-roll-on-a-really-dumb
in the meantime, my face rn
Wiwaxia (GM): the ogre... wilts
like, literally wilts
it's like half its size and kind of shriveled now
Moss Kaplan: ahahah Suckit
i should be a middle school teacher
Arxon: Save it and try to prototype it!
Moss Kaplan: i would but i'm halfway up a tree and dont have any pokeballs
oh man we should make pokeballs
Arxon: :D
Moss Kaplan: is that an agreement :D
or a "mwahah i have already made pokeballs" :D
...either are awesome
whimsy: yes we should make pokeballs
the question is _how_
ilma would be so on board with catching a bajillion monsters
shes gonna try and catch typheus
shes gonna try and catch the black king
Moss Kaplan: containment, minimization, and....hm. stasis
all connected to like, a tupperware container
whimsy: snnnrk
maybe one of our characters has one of those pokeball toys lying about
Moss Kaplan: who's the nerdiest, that's the real question here
whimsy: theyre all nerds
stasis could come from leons time instrument
Moss Kaplan: shit
ok so they all have pokeball toys
Karrin Blue: well, moss could do the
shrink
thing
whimsy: minimization, theres the scale-addon for the alchemizer, but i wouldnt know how to card that ::/
Moss Kaplan: yes. excellent. team effort. i do the shrink thing
whimsy: and then theres whatevers going on where ilma is rn
we need shrink essence
Moss Kaplan: the power of shrink
whimsy: ... cake and potion
Moss Kaplan: drink me
whimsy: ilma will make a tophat with rabbit ears and a clockwork pocketwatch for leon
and a mad hatter hat for herself
Moss Kaplan: we're gonna be the new professors
Karrin Blue: what would myrtha be
in this alice in wonderland mixup
would lemi be alice
whimsy: theres the cheshire cat
Karrin Blue: ...was actually thinking of him
because
vanishing
whimsy: is myrtha a cat person
oooooh nice
Moss Kaplan: poof
i want to be the vorpal sword
no, it isn't a character
i just like saying snicker snack
actually *vorpal blade
i think
whimsy: ((vorpal sord))
((im sorry))
Wiwaxia (GM): no
please do not make that
Moss Kaplan: ((oh god no))
Wiwaxia (GM): please
Moss Kaplan: (((but also yes)))
Karrin Blue: myrtha's new weapon
Moss Kaplan: This is, without a doubt, the shittiest vorpal weapon of all time
Arxon: Holy shit
whimsy: (with lemi as alice, myrtha as cheshire, leon as the white rabbit, ilma as the mad hatter; who else is there in that story? my knowledge of alice in wonderland is limited to the two american mcgee games)
Arxon: ....can I make one of Sis's interests beloved childrens stories so that we have a better chance of this happening
Moss Kaplan: i...basically only know the poem the jabberwock tbh
used to have it memorized
Arxon: That might also cover pokemon
Karrin Blue: ummm let's see
Arxon: Umm theres the catepillar
Wiwaxia (GM): are you doing that?
Karrin Blue: queen of hearts obviously
Wiwaxia (GM): you can totally do that
Moss Kaplan: ((snicker snack snicker snack))
whimsy: well yeah but the queen of hearts and the jabberwock are adversaries iirc?
Karrin Blue: well
jabberwock isn't really
in alice in wonderland
Arxon: Would i have to specify it to memorabilia from beloved childrens stories?
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna have to make it back to your house to get the items, but
Karrin Blue: 's a nonsense story
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, you can just go for children's stories
Arxon: Jabbereock might be in through the looking glass
Then yeah I will go for children's stories
Moss Kaplan: yeah, it's just lewis carroll.
i thought he connected it in later stories though
...could just be from zelazny
Karrin Blue: i mean
i think alice finds a copy of it
in the second book
but not really anything else
Moss Kaplan: well, yknow
beware
((the jaws that bite/the claws that catch))
Arxon: Theres also the dormouse, ummm is the sleeping king of hearts in this version
Karrin Blue: well
anyhow
Wiwaxia (GM): the shriveled ogre rages impotently at the base of the tree you're on
formerly lay cop starts climbing the next tree over
Moss Kaplan: love it
seriously! worst! lazy! cop! ever!
I stick my tongue out at it

 

Spoiler: Moss escapes a fire, barely

whimsy: was it a baking book that you threw
or was it a fake book filled with donuts
Moss Kaplan: it was probably history
.....probably about the history of donuts
god, i would never just
throw
donuts
Moss Kaplan: ....i would eat them
Wiwaxia (GM): what are you gonna do?
Moss Kaplan: i am also going to continue climbing
whimsy: (which reminds me, i once tried the "pizza delivery" ruse in a d&d session. it sadly did not work)
(but we had remoras pizza)
Wiwaxia (GM): up and up and up you go
the ogre is better at climbing, it's gaining on you
slowly, though
Moss Kaplan: how dare
how far away from me is this tree
Wiwaxia (GM): hm let's see
like 4-5 meters, but their canopies touch
so the ogre can climb up over and back down
or try to make the jump
it's heavy but has a long enough reach i might be able to do it
Moss Kaplan: oh nono
i climb faster
can i do that
yes
yes i can
Wiwaxia (GM): takes a str check though
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
(
2
)+12
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): you lose your grip
reflex save to not fall
Moss Kaplan: nooooo
rolling d20+12
(
7
)+12
= 19
Wiwaxia (GM): reflex save is roll-under score, but i believe 7 makes that
Moss Kaplan: oh! huh.
cool
yes i'm not dead
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean you could survive the drop
you could survive any drop
technically
dirt ogre is gonna try to make the jump
rolling 2d20
(
6
+
6
)
= 12
Moss Kaplan: i'm gonna punch him
Wiwaxia (GM): dirt ogre sails majestically past your tree
Moss Kaplan: HAH
punched him with gravity
Wiwaxia (GM): dirt ogre takes 1d6*1d12 damage
Moss Kaplan: ...has anything else noticed
Wiwaxia (GM): (he takes more damage than you from falling because more massive)
Moss Kaplan: splat
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6*1d12
(
3
)*(
4
)
= 12
the ogre falls to the forest floor with a boom and explodes into grist
Moss Kaplan: i wanna try to plant a tree in him
just a little
Wiwaxia (GM): this imp starts wandering your way
the basilisk remains oblivious
Moss Kaplan: ok no i shouldn't be so flippant
i'm going to try and treat the dirt ogre's death with more
gravitas
Wiwaxia (GM): ugh
Moss Kaplan: badum tsh
Wiwaxia (GM): baboom grist
Moss Kaplan: pffff hehehe
Karrin Blue: woooo
whimsy: (and you guys complain when i pun)
(hypocrites)
(lessthanthree)
Moss Kaplan: i complain, but while actively encouraging
......hm
i'm going to climb up higher
slowly, yknow, get into the canopy
Wiwaxia (GM): shriveled ogre would reappear in front of you, but your disappointment has crushed that ability right out of it
Moss Kaplan: dude
yes
(if only that worked on school loans)
Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
Moss Kaplan: i know the trees are all kind of pathetic
(lessthantree)
but how much canopy is there
Wiwaxia (GM): leaves are dying, but there's still branches
Moss Kaplan: sweet.
man, i really want that grist though
hmm.
escape vs greed
quintessential human dilemma
Karrin Blue: (oh hey quick thought)
(so, moss has that teleport power right)
(anywhere he can see where one of us is in danger)
(could the windscope be used to alchemize omniglasses)
whimsy: ((spit at both the basilisk and the ogre, make them think it was the other and set them against each other))
Karrin Blue: (wait, i mean they)
(moss is not a he right)
Moss Kaplan: (i like both of these thoughts)
(yep they, 'scool)
do i still have paper
or am i going to make a disgusting leaf mess instead
at any rate, i climb through the canopies until i'm just about in the middle of the,
Wiwaxia (GM): you have thrown all your paper, better make a disgusting leaf mess
Moss Kaplan: excellent, just like elementary school
i make two (TWO) disgusting leaf messes and hurl them at the ogre and basilisk respectively
Wiwaxia (GM): sweet
two grace checks for the deceit
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+15
(
9
)+15
= 24
rolling d20+15
(
15
)+15
= 30
Wiwaxia (GM): they are both absolutely convinced
they charge each other
basilisk breathes fire
ogre blows its save
Moss Kaplan: this is amazing
i wish i had a vidya camera
Wiwaxia (GM): ogre is still up, barely
now time to make some saves
Moss Kaplan: inside, i am cheering for the ogre
because it'll be easier to kill if it wins
Wiwaxia (GM): for
dry leaves
:3
Moss Kaplan: uh oh
is that reflex or fortitude
Wiwaxia (GM): neither, objects have their own saves
Moss Kaplan: ah
sweet
Wiwaxia (GM): http://i.imgur.com/0HtaruA.png
if you're curious
rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
that does not make the save
Moss Kaplan: whellp
Karrin Blue: well
i gotta go to bed
don't die
tell me how it goes
remember not to die
Moss Kaplan: it's cool, if i don't die i can always put on a phantom of the opera mask
Wiwaxia (GM): the leaf litter starts to smoke
ogre attacks
whimsy: gn8 karrin
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling d20
(
7
)
= 7
whiffs
basilisk bites
rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
Moss Kaplan: dun dun dun
another one bites the dirt
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d8
(
1
)
= 1
does no damage
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
from the fire
first save for the trees, second for surrounding leaf litter
rolling 2d20
(
9
+
13
)
= 22
Wiwaxia (GM): trees save, leaf litter does not
Moss Kaplan: whoomp?
whoomp
Wiwaxia (GM): ogre goes for another attack
rolling 1d20
(
8
)
= 8
hahanope
basilisk bites again
rolling 1d20+1
(
13
)+1
= 14
rolling 1d8
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): down goes the ogre
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
same saves as before
rolling 2d20
(
7
+
9
)
= 16
trees save, leaf litter does not
the fire is now under you
Moss Kaplan: oh boy oh boy!
I climb...
backwards. opposite direction of basilisk
hey there's two of me
Wiwaxia (GM): that's gonna take a str check to switch trees
wait what
Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
(
17
)+12
= 29
Wiwaxia (GM): i can't see the other one
weird
no i see that one
Moss Kaplan: super weird
i just moved both of them around
Wiwaxia (GM): the one with the x i can see
Moss Kaplan: ok, there's a littler one that has a giant see through circle around it
Anyhoo
Wiwaxia (GM): oh i should also check if there's wind
rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
okay no wind
Moss Kaplan: sweeet
i climb down to get the grist that isn't, you know, in the fire
Wiwaxia (GM): 98 dust grist', '172 build grist', '74 dust grist', '246 loam grist', '196 dust grist'
all the rest is in the fire
and
Moss Kaplan: 'unknown fire grist'
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
imp dies, basilisk flees to the dry river
Moss Kaplan: bwahahaha
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
16
+
18
)
= 34
trees juuuuust barely make their save, more leaf litter catches fire
Moss Kaplan: ok whellp i'm going to run this way
Wiwaxia (GM): the very center starts to burn out
Moss Kaplan: possibly stopping, dropping, and rolling
Wiwaxia (GM): you can stay ahead of the fire
also, the fire is now a "conflagration or raging fire"
the leaf litter no longer gets a save
Moss Kaplan: oh bo oh boy
yep, continued thataway
Wiwaxia (GM): and the trees now need a 14 or lower to avoid catching fire
basilisk makes it out onto the mud and away from anything flammable
rolling 1d20
(
13
)
= 13
Moss Kaplan: aw lame
luckily, based on my knowledge of gardening. i know that something something ashes and stuff grow healthier plants if i get water back ever
Wiwaxia (GM): there's an imp over here, but it's more interested in fleeing the flames than getting in a fight
Moss Kaplan: i set fiiiiiiire to ... well, all this stuff
if he gets close imma trip him
i keep going
probably eventually falling off the map
#here be monsters
Wiwaxia (GM): oh yeah you can see all this stuff now
rolling 1d20
(
6
)
= 6
Moss Kaplan: oh hey that's neat
(you can tell it's neat because of the way it is)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
droppin some grist so i know where and what it is
Moss Kaplan: ....oooh
...it would be really dumb to try and run through the fire to get it, wouldn't it
Wiwaxia (GM): no really
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
upping damage to 2d4 b/c raging fire
Moss Kaplan: hmmmmmmmmmmmm
yep i'm gonna do it
technically it's the safest place
the D E A D Z O N E
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, you
shit
you're moving about as fast as the fire
so you can get through it in 2 turns
would be three but the last ring will be burning out as you arive
Moss Kaplan: i'm going to do it and i'm going to say "ouch" the entire time
-deep breath- ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d4
(
1
+
1
)
= 2
Moss Kaplan: ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d4
(
2
+
3
)
= 5
Moss Kaplan: ouch ouch ouch hot feet
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
13
+
16
)
= 29
oh hey
the trees catch flame
roll 1d3
rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Moss Kaplan: rolling d3
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): pff
anyways that means trees on the left catching
Moss Kaplan: i take the grist, as i may be an idiot child, but i'm an idiot child who really wants grist
Wiwaxia (GM): 186 dust grist', '114 dust grist
'6 build grist', '4 build grist', '6 ash grist', '4 build grist'
okay gimme a couple minutes to just add grist
Moss Kaplan: kk
Wiwaxia (GM): '2 loam grist', '10 build grist', '8 build grist', '6 build grist'
and the last one isn't out of the fire yet
Moss Kaplan: -sad moss noises-
i wait?
but also keep an eye on that basilisk because fuck that noise
Wiwaxia (GM): and it's just
500 straight build grist
Moss Kaplan: i wait, continuing to make sad moss noises
yssss
Wiwaxia (GM): the tree fire does not spread nor do any more trees catch
also whoops didn't mean to make that a secret roll
5 and 10
you have obtained the 500 build grist
what now?
Moss Kaplan: well.
huh.
i go, well, down
around the fire
and back to my tower
Wiwaxia (GM): alright i'm gonna make like 30 saves to see if the tree fire spreads or not
Moss Kaplan: kk
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 30d20
(
14
+
13
+
20
+
15
+
16
+
11
+
4
+
4
+
18
+
17
+
19
+
4
+
9
+
5
+
1
+
18
+
8
+
16
+
12
+
9
+
18
+
8
+
12
+
17
+
5
+
3
+
18
+
2
+
19
+
6
)
= 341
Moss Kaplan: dang
that is some fire
Wiwaxia (GM): contines to spread for several minutes
looking up how big it needs to be to create a firestorm with its own wind
whimsy: (im so sorry for that suggestion)
Moss Kaplan: (this was a whole lot of fun and i accidentally burned down a lot of forest)
( this also reminds me of this: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
.......which i spent a lot of time on back when i lived in north dakota)
Wiwaxia (GM): stalss here for a few minutes, but not long enough to stop it's spread
Moss Kaplan: yup ok, out of fire path, into this bit here
Wiwaxia (GM): you're in your tower by this point no worries
Moss Kaplan: oh good
i can just watch everything burn down
Wiwaxia (GM): okay some research says you need a lot of fires burning over a large area for a proper firestorm, so this fire probably won't make enough wind to jump the riverbed
you do get some fire tornadoes, though
Moss Kaplan: yesssssss
Wiwaxia (GM): which is good, because your tower would absolutely not make it in a true firestorm
Moss Kaplan: ok i guess that would suck
Wiwaxia (GM): a column of smoke pours up into the sky, fanning out as it it were clouds
a light drizzle begins to fall, not enough to quench the flames or slake the thirst of the cracked ground and withering forest
but enough to remind one of the possibility of rain
Moss Kaplan: ok!
so all i need to do is set everything on fire
....no wait bad plan
i think i'm going to take a nap and regain health points
...and switch over to someone else???
Wiwaxia (GM): ye sounds good
actually wait
smoke inhalation says hi
Moss Kaplan: awwwwwww hey
durn smoke
Wiwaxia (GM): you're gonna want to find somewhere else to sleep
Moss Kaplan: stair landing, no windows
right?
drag mattress down, lil slumber party all on my lonesome
Wiwaxia (GM): sure, there's not enough smoke to be harmful
but it is enough to be lest restful
-2 to hp recovered
Moss Kaplan: nah, like get out of the room with the windows to sleep at the foot of the stairs
Wiwaxia (GM): remember that your room got pulled off and placed in a somewhat phallic position
so the bottom of the stairs is now open to the air
Moss Kaplan: oh. huh. dammit, forgot that one. screw it, just gonna stay in room and shove a bookshelf across the window
whimsy: (im still fond of that stunt)
(captchalogue your bed, hang out on main tower midlevel)
Moss Kaplan: (you're all terrible.)
(terrible terrible)
..........i definitely keeping forgetting captchalogue is a thing
*keep
yes, i will do that thing
Wiwaxia (GM): k, call it -1 to hp recovered
you cannot completely escape the smoke
Moss Kaplan: neat, i'm down with that
Wiwaxia (GM): it gets everywhere
smoke is terrible
Moss Kaplan: this is true
Wiwaxia (GM): so switching
arxon or whimsy either of you wanna go?
Arxon: If you give me like 10 minutes to get home then yeah!
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing!

 

Spoiler: Lemi makes a promise to a salamander, END OF EPISODE 9

Moss Kaplan: (but seriously pokeballs)
whimsy: we just need to figure out how to implement the resizing
theyre like
zip files
Moss Kaplan: yes
whimsy: but how do you create a physical iteration of the abstract concept of a zip file, and then move it bakc onto the 0.5 abstract concept of a sylladex card
there needs to be an easier way to do this
k m.: well, catchalogue tech
whimsy: oooh, you mean, we just try to combo it with a card?
... have we already tried to captchalogue underlings
k m.: shortcuts!
yeah, it's obv got some measure of accurate resizing
someone should try this
...i should have tried this
whimsy: next person to come across an imp should try to captchalogue it
if it costs less to duplicate them than what they drop, we might be able to set up grist farms
k m.: GRIST FARMS
.......we're professor oak
this is what happens to the pokemon
whimsy: eheheheh
i wonder if we could stockholm syndrome the underlings
i mean, if we want to make them pokemon analogues, we need to create loyalty somehow
cant have your pets mauling you
(dont let ilma do this)
(it would only destabilize her further)
whimsy: (you dont want her to go off kilter in that direction)
k m.: yes
moss is science moss will help
(we could just give ilma one After ....neotenization?
yep)
Arxon: ok I am here!
Wiwaxia (GM): excellent
Arxon: (I am free from child hell thank god)
whimsy: (yay)
Wiwaxia (GM): so last we saw some salamanders were getting you a bug crepe and aggressively taking care of you after you jumped off a roof and missed a dog
whimsy: (i currently hc the dogs as turbofoxes)
Arxon: (no I don't wanna fight a fox)
(or a dominus)
k m.: (you jumped off a roof
this is amazing i'm so impressed)
Arxon: (I missed)
ok so!
Lemi Malloy: Time for some recon, Lemi thinks, munching on a bug crepe
whimsy: (psst) (look up) (i wanna know if youre above or beneath the sea of storms)
Lemi Malloy: where does the bug crepe rate on Lemi Malloy's Sis's Gross Ass Bars Scale of Food Edibility
Wiwaxia (GM): tasty, but don't look at it, and the texture leaves some to be desired
Lemi Malloy: Ilma hasn't mentioned anything on chat about being called a Mage, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): and it's a full meal, so if you take like a full half an hour to just sit and rest you get 2d6 hp
Lemi Malloy: yeah I'll do that
can I chat during?
Wiwaxia (GM): oh yeah, of course
Lemi Malloy: (I know I'm on her planet, right?)
whimsy: (we assume)
(...at least i assume youre on losas)
(dunno if ilma mentioned magehood tho)
Wiwaxia (GM): can search the logs, one sec
yes, ilma mentioned "i'm the mage i think?"
in response to mediocre porn
Lemi Malloy: ok, so
Lemi'll ask the Salamanders where she is, just for confirmation
salamander: you're in the city!
Lemi Malloy: "Um"
"And where's the city?"
salamander: right here, silly!
Lemi Malloy: "What...is the city in?"
salamander: ... the ...ground?
Lemi Malloy: "Is there a larger political entity?"
whimsy: (what is the name of the land ::P)
salamander: i don't know the words you just said but they sounded smart, so i'm going to glub enthusiastically
glub glub glub glub!
Lemi Malloy: "Uh...thank you?"
"Different track....are there any, um, stories or legends about a Mage?"
salamander: oh of course!
didn't you grow up on stories of the Mage?
I thought everyone did!
Lemi Malloy: "I'm....not from around here."
salamander: oh oh oh there's that one where the Mage splits the stormclouds.
or the one where the Mage goes and confronts
conspiratorial whisper
salamander: the... Slumbering One
Lemi Malloy: The...Slumbering One?

Lemi Malloy imitates their whisper
salamander: oh yes yes the horrible monster at the core of the planet who rules the Breeze
according to the stories anyways
but who believes those haha....
glub
Lemi Malloy: "Is there a...a traditional area where the Mage comes from?"
salamander: oh somewhere on a cliff above the Sea of Storms
in a little cottage
but it's also supposed to stretch all the way to the sky?
i'm not sure how that's supposed to work, honestly
Lemi Malloy: "Are we....below the Sea of Storms?"
salamander: oh no, of course not
I don't think anything is down there
, but not to worry, we're a good way from the coast here!
don't have to worry about storms blowing in
Lemi Malloy: "That's good!"
"Have you seen a bunch of strange rings in the sky lately?"
salamander: no i don't think i have!
the salamander looks up and glubs thoughtfully anyways
Lemi Malloy: "Hmmmm"
"Have you heard any strange recent happenings from anywhere?"
salamander: well there was a bunch of monsters and someone jumped off a roof!
i hope they're okay.
Lemi Malloy: "Eheheheeeee"
whimsy: (snrk)
Lemi Malloy: "Sorry for worrying you!"
"It's just...."

Lemi Malloy decides to take a chance

Lemi Malloy drops her voice to a whisper again
Lemi Malloy: "I'm looking for the Mage. She's a friend of mine."
salamander: whaaaaaat?
glub glub i can't believe this
can you tell me about her?
does she really wear the wind like a cloak??
did she really talk to
... the Slumbering One?
salamaner: oh man oh gosh oh man oh gosh
the salamander does a little jig on the sidewalk
Wiwaxia (GM): none of the passerby seem to notice
this may not be all that uncommon an occurence here
Lemi Malloy: "hehe"
"well she has't done any of that yet, but it's her..."
salamander: oh man oh gosh oh man
Lemi Malloy: "Her destiny! Yeah! And I know she'll be able to, because she's really strong, eve if she can be kindaaaaa..."

Lemi Malloy waves her hand
salander: glub glub glub glub glub glub glub glub glub glub glub!
Lemi Malloy: "So I'm trying to find her!"
salamander: oh man oh gosh oh man...
can you
can you get me an outograph?
Wiwaxia (GM): *autograph
(i don't know how i typod that, those keys are literally on opposite sides of the keyboard)
Lemi Malloy: (miracles man)
"Of course!....If I can ever find her..."
salamander: oh man oh gosh oh man thank you so much!
Wiwaxia (GM): you get the RANDOM SCRAP OF SHIT FOR ILMATAR TO AUTOGRAPH
Lemi Malloy: "No problem!"
"Do you have a map of the area I could use to find her?"
salamander: no but you could check the Municipal Map-Place
Lemi Malloy: "Can you point me over there?"
salamander: it's just [unfollowable series of directions]

Lemi Malloy blinks slowly
Lemi Malloy: "...Ok!"
Wiwaxia (GM): this will definitely end well!
anyways, i think i'm about ready to wrap up for the night if you are
moss gets 60 xp,
which i just added
Lemi Malloy: k!
night, everyone@
whimsy: n8 ::3
k m.: gniii! will do my darnest to stay together for next week haha