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

Discussion in 'It's Galley's Turn' started by Wiwaxia, Oct 20, 2016.

  1. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): sweet
    also consulting with your friends may be wise
    k, who's next
    moss?
    k m.: yo!
    wait
    Moss Kaplan: yo!
    there we go
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright
    whatcha gonna do?
    Moss Kaplan: ok! so i'm...in my room, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): and a solid 2 hours back on the timeline
    nonlinearity!
    Moss Kaplan: Whoo!
    Wiwaxia (GM): myrtha, lemi and ilmatar are alseep
    leon's doing the highway exploration from the end of last session
    Moss Kaplan: i raid my bookshelf, especially now i have a combat modus. annd check to make sure i still have those scary gardening tools.
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    Moss Kaplan: *now i remember i have a combat modus
    i also raid my desk, looking for pens or scissors
    do i need to roll that?
    Wiwaxia (GM): pens, nah
    scissors 5 or lower on a d6
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, scissors
    Moss Kaplan: nice. i pack those away too. Okay.
    Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna survey the landscape while you're up here?
    Moss Kaplan: I look out each window
    does compass directions work, like nw window?
    i guess i should move my wardrobe at some point too
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, compass directions are now meaningless, given that you are no longer on Earth, you are not sure if magnetic or geographic north are relevant concepts to where you are, and you don't have a compass
    but you can look out em in clockwise order from an arbitrary starting point
    Moss Kaplan: oh ok! that works
    starting with ping, then clockwise
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    there's a red-brown strip of wet mud under you
    but it looks like it's drying and cracking pretty rapidly in the heat
    there's some drier mud past that with some sad looking bushes
    and the rainforest
    sans rain
    Wiwaxia (GM): some of the trees are just dead white snags
    the vines are whithering
    and even the healthiest trees look somewhat wilted
    continuing clockwise
    Moss Kaplan: neat
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see that your house is on a raised bar of dry mud
    possibly an ex-island
    the former river winds off that way into the parched jungle
    the air is heavy with the oppressive silence of heat
    clock wise of that
    you can see the other fork of the riverbed around your house
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's more bushes here
    and a pile of logs by the side of the riverbed
    the final window is a mudcracked plain all the way to the giant fucking volcano you brought with you
    you think you see some things moving out there
    too big to be imps
    Moss Kaplan: fuckin awesome volcano
    i feel like i should be worried about the big moving things
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can't really see them clearly
    too far off and too much heat haze
    Moss Kaplan: ehhhhh. i make an executive decision to not worry about that yet
    Wiwaxia (GM): where to?
    Moss Kaplan: mom's old room. there were some imps there the last time.
    Wiwaxia (GM): you killed the ones that were there, btw
    but you can look and see if there's any more
    Moss Kaplan: ohhh. hm. yeah. i'm going to see if there are more.
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    the room's pretty much just as you left it
    Moss Kaplan: okay. are mom's old magazines those tiny magazines, or those huge ones like Women magazine
    Wiwaxia (GM): ~bout letter paper sized?
    like national geographic
    and gardening mags, which are a bit bigger and a bit thinner
    Moss Kaplan: hmmm. i contemplate them.
    nah, i'll leave them here.
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh, @ Lemi
    the grist you got from the imp you killed
    Lemi Malloy: oh right!
    Wiwaxia (GM): 10 build, 8 mahogany
    Lemi Malloy: ok, noted
    Moss Kaplan: i want to continue downwards in the towel
    ...
    whoa
    *tower
    Wiwaxia (GM): it is dry and fluffy!
    Karrin Blue: a+ towel
    Moss Kaplan: dammit :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): garden atrium or lower floors?
    Moss Kaplan: garden atrium
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    you're starting to feel a bit peckish, but no nasty surprises here
    Moss Kaplan: , which i look around as soon as i enter
    Wiwaxia (GM): the vines are looking a lot less happy than they were even just 2 hours ago
    Moss Kaplan: huh. garden: food
    is there any veggies/fruits not dead and/or watering cans
    Wiwaxia (GM): you find a watering can
    it's dry, but it's a watering can
    Moss Kaplan: i look at the empty watering can sadly
    any hose/sink/ watering materials that still have water?
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's not much in the way of things to eat here since your mom died and the place got overgrown, but I assume you have a corner where you grow your food
    nope
    Moss Kaplan: 'keydoke
    i find my personal food corner
    Wiwaxia (GM): well the hose spits out a bit of backlogged water, but dribbles dry
    whimsy: whoops, killed the tab accidentally
    Wiwaxia (GM): you've got some unripe tomatoes, a pumpkin, and let's say some scrawny carrots
    Karrin Blue: a pumpkin?
    Moss Kaplan: hmm. i grab the tomatoes, carrots, and make a mental note to get a paper bag at some point
    Wiwaxia (GM): consider them grabbed!
    are you leaving any tomatoes to ripen or just assuming you won't be able to get water to them?
    also, I think I can handle another thread right now, so does Lemi or Myrtha wanna pick up?
    Karrin Blue: Sure!
    Moss Kaplan: i... am pretty sure i won't be able to find water, but just in case, i'll leave 2 tomatoes
    also i take the pumpkin
    Wiwaxia (GM): what pumpkin?
    Myrtha Oscurr: what pump- aww
    Moss Kaplan: fistbump i knew that was coming and said it anyway :D
    Karrin Blue: :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): :D
    so where to now?
    Myrtha Oscurr: is it my turn?
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, myrtha, you wake up
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
    Moss Kaplan: i'm heading down to the lower levels, checking for imps as i go

    Myrtha Oscurr is sore from sleeping in the garage
    Wiwaxia (GM): flagcoonsprite's standing (?) watch over you
    @ moss, there's some in some of the side halls on the lower levels, but the don't seem to notice you going down
    @myrth the sky hasn't changed
    Moss Kaplan: yeahh i'm just going to avoid them on my way down
    Wiwaxia (GM): you dunno how long it's ben
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hm, that's a bit worrying
    I check to see if anyone's online
    and check the clock on the phone
    or computer, i forgot which one I'm using
    Wiwaxia (GM): phone
    b/c why not
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemi, leon, ilmatar and future!moss
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Hi guys
    Wiwaxia (GM): relative to where moss is currently playing on the timeline
    also it's been about 3 hours
    so you get d6+3 HP
    Moss Kaplan: yeah that works :D
    sI: Heya
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    aww.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: myrtha! hi!
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Sleeping on the floor is not fun, news at 11.
    whimsy: BI: hullo ::3
    BI: And that's why you always carry a blanket with you,
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Oh hi everyone!!!
    Leon Gaspar: ((just to check, is this leon where he left off last time, or past!leon? or future!leon? tenses are hard))
    Wiwaxia (GM): actually, myrtha, you'll be at full because of flagcoonsprite's healing aura
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (please disregard that i forgot to switch names)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh hooray!
    Wiwaxia (GM): where you left off last time
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Also I'm pretty sure I'm permanently blue now, so.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (dittoing leon's question, where on ilmatar's timeline are we atm?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): where you left off
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: sounds pretty :D
    kk
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Heh, I guess!
    Wiwaxia (GM): moss is the only one out of sync rn
    Leon Gaspar: NI: what on earth did you do
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Metaphorically?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: or do i not want to know
    Wiwaxia (GM): and sera, technically
    :B
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I don't understand it
    CO: There's a monster that turns what touches it blue
    CO: It's dead now though.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: oh. hm. that sounds. unfortunate.
    Leon Gaspar runs a hand through his hair. really does not want to meet that creature
    Leon Gaspar: NI: anyway! i'm glad you're all alive
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I wish I had cool blue monsters!
    Moss Kaplan: sI: being blue sounds cool, ngl.
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Well not all of me is blue
    CO: It's kind of surreal at the moment though
    Moss Kaplan: sI: like, you're blue. dabbadee dabbadoo
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: In any case! How are you guys faring?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ngl i could really use a bike or something right now
    NI: roads. roads everywhere.
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I just woke uppppp. How long did I sleep anyway?
    Moss Kaplan: sI: I wonder if you could, like, tame an imp
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: I advise against searching for a crossroads for the purpose of summoning a dark being of power to sell your soul to in exchange for a bike.
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: That does seem ill-advised
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: At least go for a motorbike.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i will take that under consideration
    NI: i don't have a motorbike license!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: As if there's anyone here to check those
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I'm not sure licences are a relevant concept now
    Moss Kaplan: sI: see, i was going to suggest making a cart and taming four imps
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I wonder if we could alchemize one? Like, if we used a wheel and pipes or something?
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: We can probably do better
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ... actually now that you mention it ilmatar there's a crossroads like right over there
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Like, robot horses
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: moss, i like the way you're thinking
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Or jetpacks!
    CO: Probably very expensive though.
    Moss Kaplan: sI: we live we die we live again. ride eternal on the imp-y road
    or whatever
    Leon Gaspar: NI: please no-one attempt to enter valhalla
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Certainly not.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i don't suppose any of you guys have bikes just. lying around your houses.
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I might?
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((i am so saving that fury road exchange for later))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: i'm going to continue on my path of being a caterpillar at the moment, but i'll surely soon spin myself into a cocoon and emerge as a full fledged fairy
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Depends on if one was stepped on by monsters
    Moss Kaplan: sI: I have a shitload of vines.
    Myrtha Oscurr: (what do I roll to look for a bike?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I could check, maybe? Neither Sis or I ever ride them, though.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: mission: make bike out of vines
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Yeah, bikes are pretty straightforward, right?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: do it for the vine
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: The issue would be materials.
    Moss Kaplan: sI: this will be the sweetest vine-bike in existence
    Leon Gaspar: NI: B^)
    Wiwaxia (GM): @myrtha, 1'd say 5 or lower normally, but make that 4 or lower because an ogre just rampaged through your garage
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Yay
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    bike grist: 10 build, 3?
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Found a bike!

    Myrtha Oscurr sends file
    Leon Gaspar: NI: that was quick! thank you myrtha!
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Well I'm in my garage, after all.
    Moss Kaplan: sI: NICE
    Leon Gaspar: NI: if any of you want, uh. fruit and bug snacks. lemme know. got plenty of those and that's about it.
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Bug snacks?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: yeah. i'm not gonna look at them too closely. food is food.
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I have candles? If your places as dark as mine?
    Moss Kaplan: sI: yeah, uh, I guess I'll be in charge of the "not giving everyone scurvy" dept. although i guess fruit snacks help with that too
    Leon Gaspar: NI: fresh fruit is probably better for that though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: my place is as bright as can be without a sun, apparently - everything's visible, just the sun is missing. do you need a torch?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i wish we were all together so i could make like ... a fort. with supplies and stuff.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: I'm pretty sure we have some stuff stored away to tide us over stormfloods, but i'd have to look
    Moss Kaplan: sI: Yeah, ok, goal, we need to get to each other
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: OK, how do we do that?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: okay hold on
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: And when we do, whose house should be meeting point?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Definitely not mine :/
    Leon Gaspar: NI: according to the walkthrough: we need to find our second gates, somewhere on our planets
    NI: which will drop us through to the next person's house
    Myrtha Oscurr: (I thought the gates were all above the house)
    Leon Gaspar: NI: like a conga line
    Wiwaxia (GM): (there's gates above the houses and gates on the planets' surfaces)
    (cf. gate diagram)
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ok so let's figure this out
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: i would love to welcome you, but at the moment, my home is a bit tiny. but apart from occassional grues, this place is quite calm
    Leon Gaspar: NI: we can probably rule out sera's place since we haven't heard from her
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: My place has enough room, I think
    Moss Kaplan: sI: I have a tower but i also have a volcano so shrugs
    Leon Gaspar: ((this might be a good time to mention that kintsugi's back up if people need to reference things, like i am doing right now))
    Myrtha Oscurr: Wiwaxia, could you post all the frames of the map thing?
    Leon Gaspar: ((which planet is myrtha's? all these blues are confusing me x.x))
    Myrtha Oscurr: LOWAW
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: ((cheers!))
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh yeah, but not till after we're done here
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah no
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey, i can send Bird Leon's land description now
    Leon Gaspar: NI: okay, so should we plan to meet at myrtha's?
    ((hell fucking yeah))
    Moss Kaplan: sI: sounds good :D
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Guess that means I need to get exploring
    Wiwaxia (GM): @whimsy do you want the rough draft of your land description now, or wait till the revision is done?
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Alright then
    Wiwaxia (GM): also i'm resending everyone else their descriptions because I found the font
    whimsy: can't decide, i'ma throw a dice. even, rough draft, odd, wait for revision
    rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Leon Gaspar: NI: which means some of us are gonna have to go through sera's land, specifically me and lemi
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: beware the hidden lands, you two
    Leon Gaspar: ((if i'm reading that right and sera is LOPAB))
    NI: ... it'd be nice if we could find her
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Yeah...
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yeah I'm worried :((((
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: while i am sure that sera is well, for losing her at this point would make for a boring story, your travel through her base would be fraught with peril
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((you are reading that correctly, sera is LOPAB))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (i need to remember to not tell ilmatar's reasoning, dangit.)
    Leon Gaspar: NI: yeah, i think i'll stay on this world until lemi gets here
    NI: i'll get started on finding the gate though
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Ok! I'm gonna poke around here to see if there's anything I can use as armor, then I'll leave and try to find my first gate.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright! hopefully i'll see you soon!
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Be there as soon as I can!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: say
    BI: are the gates two-way?
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((nope))
    Leon Gaspar: NI: er, lemme check
    NI: doesn't look like it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: ok :)
    (we still need an excuse to build up the towers so we don't get too much drop damage just because the gate we came through was too high up)
    Myrtha Oscurr: (yeah a corpsesmooching this early wouldn't be too great)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ilmatar would gleefully point to her wings, but she knows her friends cant actually fly)
    Leon Gaspar: NI: hey ilmatar, are you still wearing your wings?
    NI: i wonder if we could make like
    NI: wings that actually work
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I bet we could
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: rude!
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Physics is weird here, I think
    Leon Gaspar: NI: for us!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: oh
    BI: hm
    Moss Kaplan: i wonder if i could do some crazy jack + beanstalk shenanigans
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: maybe? i can send you the codes
    Leon Gaspar: NI: worth a shot!
    NI: it's good to collect a bunch of codes
    NI: as long as you don't get crushed by giants, moss
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: while we do have our chatlog, we are sadly bereft of a space where to store and sort our information
    Moss Kaplan: sI: psh, jack was weak. I could totally take on a giant. (by screaming and running) (it's a very effective technique)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: online, i mean
    BI: and while i have an abundance of clouds here, i doubt we could use those as storage
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((there is a group notepad set up in houndouts, btw))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (yeah, but im talking ingame googledocs here)
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((just saying that you could use it as ingame googledocs, if you wanna))
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright! hm. i might spend some time sorting out all the codes we know we have
    NI: i'll send you guys a link so you can add stuff
    NI: don't ask me how it works
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: magic.
    Leon Gaspar sends link to the handouts thing B^)
    Wiwaxia (GM): ... leon hosted it on the walkthrough server, didn't he
    Leon Gaspar: look, what's important is that it works
    whether or not it is based somewhere in the furthest ring is irrelevant. probably
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I am pretty sure magic is fake and not real
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: your reality must be weird.
    BI: but rest assured, young grasshopper, i shall show you the world on the other side of the road
    Leon Gaspar: ((Leon is now taking a break to organise his shit, so I'm gonna bow out again for a bit to let other people do their thing))
     
  2. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): cool!
    is past moss continuing to descend?
    Leon Gaspar: ((since i'm up the latest it makes sense for me to go last, haha. i'll still be hanging around though!))
    Moss Kaplan: Moss: Descend
    Wiwaxia (GM): exiting the grand exit?
    Moss Kaplan: also i'm looking around to see if there are any imps outside the door?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    hoo boy
    hazards aren't implemented yet >:T
    Moss Kaplan: oh good, that's a super reassuring sound
    Wiwaxia (GM): so i'm gonna say some vines have detached themselves
    so as you step out the doorway, a bunch of vines falls behind&around you
    you are kinda stuck
    Moss Kaplan: I get out the handsaw
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's some imps a ways off, but they haven't noticed you
    alright, why dontcha make a strength check to see how long it takes you
    Moss Kaplan: .....
    rolling d20+12
    (
    9
    )+12
    = 21
    Wiwaxia (GM): narrow success, so let's say 10 minutes?
    Moss Kaplan: sweet. have the imps noticed me?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    nope
    but you dislodged more vines
    but hey, you advanced a meter or two!
    Moss Kaplan: oh good.
    i continue to move quietly
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, can I get dex and str checks?
    Moss Kaplan: dex:
    rolling d20+9
    (
    4
    )+9
    = 13
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, the imps heard
    Moss Kaplan: str:
    rolling d20+12
    (
    10
    )+12
    = 22
    whoops
    where are the imps
    Wiwaxia (GM): narrow sucess again. get free or lose your saw, your call
    and I'll get the imps together
    (To GM) rolling 1d4!
    (
    4
    +
    1
    )
    = 5
    Moss Kaplan: ....of those two choices, i think i'm choosing to keep my saw
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Moss Kaplan: and balance as well as possible on the vines
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, you've got a dust imp, a loam imp and 3 ash imps coming at you
    one sec
    k m.: k. i prepare to beat up some imps
    Wiwaxia (GM): dust imp is moving noticiably faster than the other 4, and so it'll get there a full round before they do
    roll 1d6 for initiative
    rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    k m.: rolling d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    whatcha gonna do?
    you can't move, btw
    you can ready an action to do something when it gets close, though
    or use your combat modus
    or both, actually
    k m.: combat modus, i fire the immortal life of henrietta lacks right at him
    (good book btw)(hardcover)
    Wiwaxia (GM): k roll to hit
    k m.: ooh. and prepare to kick him
    Myrtha Oscurr: (oh yeah I read that one for school)
    Wiwaxia (GM): and that'll do 1d6 damage
    k m.: rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): wait, you needa hit first
    d20
    k m.: ohp whoops
    rolling d20
    (
    17
    )
    = 17
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah it is dead
    k m.: nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): dust imps: significantly less immortal than henrietta lacks
    k m.: ehheheh
    Wiwaxia (GM): this ash imp's coming up to jab ya
    but you get to kickim first
    roll to hit?
    k m.: i kick him real hard
    rolling d20
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    ok, i weakly flail my foot
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, leg's caught in the vines
    this guy's gonna press his luck and try to climb on you
    so you get another kick at it
    k m.: what. a. jerk.
    rolling d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    Wiwaxia (GM): i think that one hit
    k m.: rolling d8
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Wiwaxia (GM): clonkpaff
    that was not that imp's brightest moment
    well, maybe
    imps are p dumb
    k m.: ehheh suck it imp
    how close are the other ones
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's see
    the loam imp's gonna pounce at you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    11
    )
    = 11
    k m.: Jerk imp
    Wiwaxia (GM): which hits, yes?
    k m.: yeah, def is 10
    Wiwaxia (GM): yours is 11, I think
    but that would still hit
    rolling 1d4+2
    (
    2
    )+2
    = 4
    damage and it is now hanging on to your fucking shoulder
    k m.: weird, i've got it written down as 10 :/
    eh
    i...punch it?
    Wiwaxia (GM): wait no, you are right, it is 10
    i thought you had high dex
    sure
    note that you will take the damage if you miss
    k m.: dex is 9
    Wiwaxia (GM): and your punches do 1d6-2 damage
    k m.: aight
    Wiwaxia (GM): was thinking of someone else, then
    k m.: let's wing it
    rolling d20
    (
    16
    )
    = 16
    Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
    k m.: rolling d6-2
    (
    5
    )-2
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): dead
    k m.: nicccce
    Wiwaxia (GM): gonna specibus?
    sorry, combat modus
    k m.: oh right
    hmm
    Guns Germs & Steel right at that Ash imp
    rolling d20
    (
    16
    )
    = 16
    Wiwaxia (GM): hits!
    which one?
    k m.: closer one
    Wiwaxia (GM): and damage?
    k m.: rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    eat it imp
    ok, do i have a chance of getting my feet unstuck
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, not this turn certainly
    k m.: oh god apparently not
    Wiwaxia (GM): and the imp's jumping you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    17
    )
    = 17
    k m.: nooooooooo
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4+2
    (
    3
    )+2
    = 5
    and it's on your face
    k m.: well, uh
    that's the hp i had left
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    you're at zero and all further damage gets checked against the death and dismemberment chart
    punch the imp and risk damaging yourself, or try to shake it off and lose your main attack (but not your combat modus)
    ?
    k m.: fun
    oh apparently i've been posting in km
    Moss Kaplan: ok back to moss
    I shriek angrily and punch it
    rolling d20
    (
    20
    )
    = 20
    Wiwaxia (GM): damn, son
    Moss Kaplan: SHITYEAH
    Ilmatar Nordwind: booyeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): enjoy your d6 exploding - 2
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6-2
    (
    3
    )-2
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, 's dead
    gonna go sleep till future moss needs to talk to people?
    Moss Kaplan: Hm
    Yes. First I will eat a carrot. and collect the two books I chucked, if they're ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d6
    (
    4
    +
    2
    )
    = 6
    Moss Kaplan: and also, like, pick up the grist and whatevs
    Wiwaxia (GM): both books are fine
    Moss Kaplan: awesome
    Wiwaxia (GM): lesse, 38 build
    16 ash
    11 loam
    gonna flip over to Ilmatar now, I think
    Moss Kaplan: anddd yeah, going upstairs to sleep and be happy about avoiding dismemberment
    sounds good
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i was talking to salamanders working at rice paddies
    Wiwaxia (GM): 2 hours sleep, 1d6+2 hp back and you are now caught up on the timeline
    yep
    lemme go find what they were saying
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i asked for the name of the land, and they replied with, land of steps and storms, but everyone knows that
    Wiwaxia (GM): right!
    salamander: : glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Mayhap you who live here, but I am but a traveller from afar."
    other_salamander: don't be ridiculous! where else could you have come from!
    salamander: well, the Mage is supposed to come from distant lands
    but that's just old superstition
    no right-thinking amphibian would be caught dead thinking that a random passerby was the Mage of legends in this day and age!
    no offense, not-yellow one
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind chuckles.
    Myrtha Oscurr: ((even if that one was blatantly not the same species as anything before))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "None taken, yellow one. Would you tell me more of this superstition? It has not carried over where I come from."
    other_salamander: haven't heard of the Mage! what id your mother croon to your floating egmass, then?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Only of maps and the sea, I fear."
    "None where I come from knew of it, too old, perhaps."
    other_salamander: the _Sea of Storms?_ that's hardly appropriate material for eggtime stories!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Many stories were lost in the storms, and so, the storms became our stories."
    "It is a blessing to hear the stories of old still live on!"
    "Would you be so kind and tell them to me?"
    other_salamander: gosh!
    glub
    , well, I don't remember them all that well myself, and i've gotta keep farming all this goddamn rice, goddamn pain in the ass though it is
    Myrtha Oscurr: ((I love these guys))
    other: salamander but maybe you could ask the village crone?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I will, you have my gratitude. Can I aid you with anything?"
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((so do i. consorts are great))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (im thoroughly enjoying this part) (its gr8)
    salamander: gosh, aid us?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "You told me a bit of this place and I have been taking up some of your time, so it's only right."
    salamander: well, if you could bring us some bugs, we would dearly appreciate it!
    glub!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I will think of you if I come across some."
    salamander: watch out for those Imps though. theyve taken all the best butterfly catching spots!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "How ghastly of them. I thank you for your warning."
    "To find the village crone, I ascend further, I presume?"
    BI: Leeeeoooon
    other_salamander: no, you wanna follow the rice fields until you get to where the houses stick out
    the villiage crone has the highest and best house, of course!
    good luck! glub!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I thank you for your guidance. May your work be fruitful."
    Ilmatar Nordwind heads towrds where the salamanders guided her.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ilmataaaar
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: you said something about bug snacks
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i do in fact have bug snacks
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: funny that, there are some salamanders here that really love bugs
    Leon Gaspar: NI: well how about that
    NI: would you like the code for some bug snacks
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI yes please :)
    Leon Gaspar sends the code over
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: although i'm going to follow this storyline a bit more before i head back and grab them
    BI: thanks a bunch!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: storyline? ... right you are then
    NI: good luck!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: thanks ::3
    BI: i meant that literally, by the way. following clues and trails to an old story
    Wiwaxia (GM): the village is a few minutes walk along the cliff
    the houses are the same metal as the mountain, and you can't tell if they grew out of it, were carved into it, or were just built to mach
    the rice fields continue right into and through the town, too
    Ilmatar Nordwind takes so many pictures
    Ilmatar Nordwind: how odd
    Wiwaxia (GM): so there's just small raised pathways like the "lip" you're walking on between buildings in the middle of flooded rice patties
    a couple salamander warriors with frankly useless-looking spears glub jovially at you as you walk into town
    Ilmatar Nordwind greets back.
    Wiwaxia (GM): the village crone's house is up above the rice paddies and set into/growing out of the next terrace
    it has a grand bismuth staircase leading up to the front door, which is guarded by two more salamander warriors
    well, one really. the other one's asleep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: is he snoring a bubble
    Wiwaxia (GM): what do you think?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: probably
     
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  3. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Moss Kaplan: ((awwww)
    )
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (brb)
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    i'll switch to...
    myrtha hasn't done much tonight
    Myrtha Oscurr: mkay!
    Hm, I think I will go and see what the area around the house is like
    k m.: ((also my internet keeps cutting out on me, so i'm going to cut out for a bit. might not come back, depending on how long it takes to make this work))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((k))
    your house is on a raised blue-rock knoll
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (back)
    Wiwaxia (GM): with drifts of cobalt-blue glass beads blown up onto it like sand
    you can see a dark ribbon that you think may be water on the horizon
    but mostly it's blue dunes, presumably of the same beads, and blue rock, and wires whispering in the telephone poles
    there's kinda a lot of them on this knoll
    Myrtha Oscurr: any signs of life, like consort villages?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see like 5 or 6 lines of telephone poles heading off in different direction
    none that you can see
    Myrtha Oscurr: darn.
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can still see the tracks of your dad's car, thoug
    the wind down the knoll and out across the dunes to the possible water
    Myrtha Oscurr: Well, I guess I'll head to the nearest phone pole
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's faded grey-blue and looks pretty weatherbeaten
    there's the "ladder" of staples up the side like on most telephone poles
    from here, you can see that the wires are threaded through caps of blue glass
    https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4153/4962752492_453631d4e6_b.jpg
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hmm
    how easy would it be to climb the ladder?
    Wiwaxia (GM): hard
    especially without a harness or belayer
    Myrtha Oscurr: darn.
    in that case, can I still see the tire tracks?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's literally just a bunch of big metal staples in the sides of the pole as handholds
    yep
    for a ways, until they get lost in the dunes
    Myrtha Oscurr: then i start to follow them to see where they go, generally
    Wiwaxia (GM): you reach the banks of what turns out to be a fairly substantial river
    about 20m across
    it's ink-black and flows silently
    you think the car may have turned to follow the river, but you're losing the tracks
    Myrtha Oscurr: does it look like water?
    or, smell like it, or anything?
    Wiwaxia (GM): as far as you can tell
    looks like it
    smells like it
    if you pick some up in your hands, it's clear
    eerily quiet when you splash it, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: huh.
    Guess I'll head back to my house, since I don't want to get too far away
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    flagcoon is waiting for you when you get back
    he explains that he cannot leave the immediate environs of your house until you advance enough to be worthy of his boon
    whatever that is
    Myrtha Oscurr: How odd!
    I guess I'll go see what enemies there are to murder in the upstairs of the house
    Wiwaxia (GM): alas, the day when he can be your semi-skeletal standard-bearer are not yet here
    but he hopes that he can serve you on the Battlefield when the time comes
    Myrtha Oscurr: How ominous!
    Flagcoonsprite: Don't worry, the forces of light won't be defeated for a few days at least!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (asdfg)
    Flagcoonsprite: Now if you'll excuse me, my Witch, I have an appointment with a dumpster.
    Myrtha Oscurr: Certainly, Flagcoonsprit
    *sprite
    Do hurry back, I shall miss you so.
    Flagcoonsprite scurries off in glee
    Wiwaxia (GM): proceed upstairs?
    Myrtha Oscurr: are there even any dumpsters in this world...
    Yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright!
    one sec
    (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Myrtha Oscurr: time to punch that cobalt imp then
    1d20 and then 1d8 right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    Wiwaxia (GM): nice
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
    (
    8
    )
    = 8
    :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): which one are you punching, btw?
    Myrtha Oscurr: stair one next to me
    Wiwaxia (GM): goodbye, imp
    Myrtha Oscurr: now the next cobalt imp
    rolling 1d20
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    well darn
    Wiwaxia (GM): no worries, it's its turn anyways
    so i won't count that fumble against you
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna back up and leap at you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    9
    )
    = 9
    bu which I mean go sailing blitely down the stairs
    rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    and kill itself with falling damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: wow
    Wiwaxia (GM): nicely done
    Myrtha Oscurr: If only I had it on video
    Can I collect the stair grist and then attack Woad Imp
    Wiwaxia (GM): woad imp's gonna attack you first
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah, ok then
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
    (
    6
    )+1
    = 7
    whiffs its bite
    your turn'
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    18
    )
    = 18
    rolling 1d8
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    sigh
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's still up
    barely
    gonna move or stand your ground?
    it's got a mix of a leopard face and a raccoon skull for prototypings, btw
    Myrtha Oscurr: is there any benefit to ground-standing?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not really
    you can technically outrun most imps
    and then general maneuvering bullshit
    but it's situational
    Myrtha Oscurr: scoot scoot
    Wiwaxia (GM): in this case, however, the woad imp bites at you as you move away
    rolling 1d20+1
    (
    16
    )+1
    = 17
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: darn
    can I punch it now?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, it's attacking you again
    rolling 1d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    now you can punch it
    don't forget to take damage
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (blrgh, dced from wifi)
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    16
    )
    = 16
    Wiwaxia (GM): also you can see these other chumps now
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep that hits
    Myrtha Oscurr: then i shall go after the guy in the bathtub
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's got the bathtub running and it's starting to spill out onto the floor
    k m.: ((ok yeah, i don't think i can stay on here, my wifi is eating itself. good luck! my skype on phone is working ok if anything particularly weird happens. sorry!))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((k, have a good night!))
    Myrtha Oscurr: "Stop that."
    Wiwaxia (GM): can I get a reflex save??
    Myrtha Oscurr: what's that, d20?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    Wiwaxia (GM): ouch
    (saves are roll-under, btw, so you want low numbers)
    Myrtha Oscurr: awww
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, you slip on the wet floor and skid crotch-first into the toilet
    take 1 damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: "Fuck you, imp"
    Wiwaxia (GM): also you still needa take all the damage from before
    (Not) Literally A Bird: (hey i know i'm not doing anything rn but just letting you guys know i'll be afk for around 30 minutes!)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh
    Wiwaxia (GM): (k, gotcha)
    Myrtha Oscurr: so, 2 from woad imp, 1 from this asshole
    and how many others?
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1 from woad imp's second attack
    Myrtha Oscurr: so 4 total?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    also, prototyping description time!
    long neck, weaboo clothing, four red eyes, creepy ghost hair, leopard face
    you have one action left
    do you wanna dtand up or try to punch it from the floor
    Myrtha Oscurr: I do not think floor punching is viable.
    so I will stand up
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna try to bite you
    rolling 1d20+1
    (
    4
    )+1
    = 5
    it bites the toilet seat
    incidentally, the body's completely submerged, just the head's whipping around on the neck
    your turn
    Myrtha Oscurr: I punch it
    rolling 1d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    rolling 1d8
    (
    8
    )
    = 8
    Wiwaxia (GM): ahahaahaha it's dead
    Myrtha Oscurr: and collect the grist before it gets too far into the toilet
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeeah that looks like mashed in good
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh hey other guy
    it's his turn?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, yours
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok
    CHARGE
    rolling 1d20
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    ...or not!
    Wiwaxia (GM): ... can I get another reflex save?
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): you made it!
    congrats, you do not go flying on your ass yet again
    good job
    Myrtha Oscurr: yaay
    now what?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it ducks around the corner
    then whips it's long nech around the door and bites you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    11
    )
    = 11
    rolling 1d4
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: my turn again?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    ugh
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can't hit it from there anyways
    it could only get you because of long, flexible neck
    sou you've gotta move and then miss it
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
    so now?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    it's gonna back up and close the door
    Myrtha Oscurr: :/
    I open the door, then
    Wiwaxia (GM): a pike falls out at you
    reflex save, please
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
    (
    11
    )
    = 11
    gh
    Wiwaxia (GM): you make it!
    the pike clatters harmlessly to the floor
    the imp bites at you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    20
    )
    = 20
    oh shit
    Myrtha Oscurr: wow
    this is gonna hurt!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 4+1d4!
    4+(
    2
    )
    = 6
    that... coulda been a lot worse
    Myrtha Oscurr: so, six points?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: wellp
    Wiwaxia (GM): and the little shit is gonna dodge out of sight again
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok hm
    i have 3 hp left so retreating and recovering would be smart
    but flagcoonsprite is not here!
    and there are no healing items as yet
    Wiwaxia (GM): do you want prototyping rundown on mr woad there?
    Myrtha Oscurr: sure
    Wiwaxia (GM): long, neck, covered in vines, leopard face
    and the cobalt imp you've been tangling with has animu clothes and a long neck
    Myrtha Oscurr: I see
    well I don't think I can last through if I get unlucky on this, so I might retreat to heal up
    though IDK how that would happen
    Wiwaxia (GM): sleep
    or a solid meal
    and about an hour's rest
    or try to find flagcoonsprite without running into trouble
    Myrtha Oscurr: theeen i shall head down to my kitchen
    no clearly flagcoon is doing important dumpster things that mustn't be interrupted
    so can I get into my kitchen OK?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you hear the door to the armory swing shut as you go down the stairs
    you make it to your kitchen without incident
    Myrtha Oscurr: in that case I look in my fridge for quick meal things
    like, idk
    leftover pizzas to be reheated?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    i feel save assuming that you can find leftovers in your fridge
    delicious leftovers are a 3 in 6 chance
    but heal an extra bonus HP
    Myrtha Oscurr: so i roll a d6?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): you want 3 or lower
    bam
    Myrtha Oscurr: yay
    Wiwaxia (GM): delicious leftovers
    let's say takeout curry
    Myrtha Oscurr: mm
    Wiwaxia (GM): you hear what sounds like weapons being moved upstairs as you eat
    Myrtha Oscurr: Darn monsters.
    Stupid auto-spawns
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 1d6+1 hp
    after a nice meal and an hour
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6 + 1
    (
    5
    )+1
    = 6
    ooh
    Wiwaxia (GM): nice
    i think I'm gonna switch to lemi for a bit
    Myrtha Oscurr: ...actually yeah
    it's 2 am here
    i'm going to clock out
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    Lemi Malloy: mk!
    Myrtha Oscurr: gnight guys!
    Lemi Malloy: night!
    Wiwaxia (GM): i'll tally up your grist now so I don't forget
    60 build 8 cobalt 6 woad
    right
    lemi
     
  4. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Lemi Malloy: mk
    having had that chat with the others, I'm gonna a) go try and find some defensive wear somewhere and b) try and see if I have access to the kitchen
    I gingerly exit my room
    I would be moving myself but it's not letting me hold on
    Wiwaxia (GM): stairs are there
    descend
    might be b/c you moved out of a revealed area?
    who knows
    Lemi Malloy: nah I see my icon where I left it it just won't let me move :/
    alright, I climb down
    any imps or evil walls of terror or wraiths?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nothing that you can see
    7 there is toolshed, I beleivw
    Lemi Malloy: yep
    alright, I'll go looking through the toolshed for anything that looks like I can use it as armor?
    Wiwaxia (GM): like what?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: (back btw. i know y'all missed my silence.)
    Lemi Malloy: wait actually
    is metal the only thing that could provide protection bonuses?
    Wiwaxia (GM): (heya)
    nope
    leather or plastic could too
    Lemi Malloy: so if I, say, broke into Sis's room and see if she had any leather jackets
    Wiwaxia (GM): a nice cloak could give you a def bonus by making you harder to target/hit
    leather longcoat would probably be worth +1 def
    Lemi Malloy: Could I fashion a cloak out of dark fabric?
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, let's see
    dark fabric would be 3 or lower on d6
    as would sowing kit
    and then int check to see if you know how to so
    *sow
    and if so, dex check to make it properly?
    Wiwaxia (GM): probably a couple hours work
    Lemi Malloy: what if I said one of Sis's interests was sewing? would that make it easier to find a sewing kit?
    Wiwaxia (GM): that would bump it up to 5 or lower
    and if you rolled a 6 you'd still have one around, just not where you could find it
    Lemi Malloy: Alright, so
    I head into Sis's room, hoping that a) it isn't imp rave 2k15 and b) she hasn't just been in there this entire time
    Wiwaxia (GM): are you gonna set one of your sis's interests as sowing, or are you holding off on that?
    Lemi Malloy: hmmmmm
    it might be more useful to just say that one of her interests is metalworking or armor
    Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, you see this obnoxious motherfucker again
    Lemi Malloy: I can't see which obnoxious motherfucker 0n0
    I'm gonna refresh the page and see if that works 1 sec
    Arxon: ok that worked
    Lemi Malloy: he's within my candlelight circle?
    Wiwaxia (GM): remember from last time: it could be in it if you moved towards it, it just couldn't enter on its own
    Lemi Malloy: alright
    then I pull the candle back until it's out of the circle
    Wiwaxia (GM): can you move yourself again?
    Lemi Malloy: yes I can!
    ok I move to around there
    Wiwaxia (GM): there, now you're less in a wall
    Lemi Malloy: mk
    can I see the door to sis's room from where I am?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, it's right in front of you
    Lemi Malloy: is it unlocked?
    Wiwaxia (GM): hahahanope
    also, you see shadows encroaching
    Lemi Malloy: god dammit Sis!
    alright, I try and move up toards the ladder again
    Wiwaxia (GM): this fucker jumps you
    Lemi Malloy: fuck him
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    20
    )
    = 20
    oh shit
    Lemi Malloy: FUCK HIM
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 4+1d4!
    4+(
    3
    )
    = 7
    where's that put you?
    Lemi Malloy: um
    -1
    Lemi is starting to think that maybe she should just lock herself in the closet and wait for oblivion because this fighting this is obv not working out for her
    Wiwaxia (GM): you feel like your arm... soul... has been bruised
    it feels really profoundly gross in a way that you can't really express
    Lemi Malloy: D: can I try and hit him?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    wait psyche nope
    Lemi Malloy: -_-
    Wiwaxia (GM): your axe goes through him like so much mist
    run?
    Lemi Malloy: yeah gonna run up the stairs
    Wiwaxia (GM): he comes up through the floor
    Lemi Malloy: AHHHHH
    Ok I am just going to very carefully press myself against the wall and try to avoid him
    Wiwaxia (GM): also note that the bottom of the stairs has been blacked out
    you're in a wall there mate
    Lemi Malloy: oh right
    Wiwaxia (GM): but if you get to the other side of him it doesn't matter if you passed him over with your light
    Lemi Malloy: ok then
    I will sprint to my room as fast as I can
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can go 6m per move
    you can skip an attack for an extra move
    not that you need to
    Lemi Malloy: ok then I run to my room
    is there anything in there?
    Wiwaxia (GM): just your junk and an agitated Nessiesprite
    it appears to be trying to give you advice, which would be helpful if you spoke wingdings
    Lemi Malloy: I look around my room to see if there's anything that might make a useful- or at least legible- second prototyping
    arrggggg!
    *intelligible
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, let's see
    creepypasta stuff and photography stuff
    +whatever of your sister's junk has made its way into your room
    whaddaya wanna see if you have?
    Lemi Malloy: ummm, any humanoid dolls?
    maybe any skulls
    figurines, maybe photographs of ghosts or such?
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's say 2-in-6 chance you bought a skull off of Myrtha?
    photos of ghosts would be 1-in-6 +1 for each interest
    so 3
    humanoid dolls, 3 in 6?
    Lemi Malloy: do I roll separate for each?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    rolling 3d6
    (
    4
    +
    4
    +
    6
    )
    = 14
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, no, no
    Lemi Malloy: do I have, like, a dictionary?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (psst, lemi, i can totally send you codes) (you just have to ask)
    Lemi Malloy: (mk, if I can't find anything in here I'll just log into pesterchum 0u0)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you do have a dictionary
    Lemi Malloy: I try and prototype the dictionary because this can only go well
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    9
    )
    = 9
    nessiesprite dodges
    the dictionary goes thunk
    Lemi Malloy: alllright then!
    I am just going to give up and get out my laptop
    Wiwaxia (GM): the wraith comes in through the wall, skirting your circle of light
    (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Lemi Malloy: I set the candle on the table in front of me
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    6
    )
    = 8
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i wonder, since imps, and most other monsters, are basically doomed if we get our fingers on them, if you could prototype a sprite with an imp
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Hey guys maybe you should just meet up without me?
    AG: I am kinda super fucking up :((((
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: Then all the more reason to get you out of there
    BI: What's your place throwing at you?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Just imps who are kicking my ass
    AG: And these little wraith things who attack through me and it's gross and ugh ugh ugh
    Ag: I feel like my soul was bruised :(
    (Not) Literally A Bird: NI: i gotta side with ilmatar here. especially since on my planet there's roughly fuck-all right now
    oops
    Leon Gaspar: ahem
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: Spirit entities do not react to normal weapons, you need something special for them. Enchantments, silver, cold iron, salt...
    BI: retreat to a place where you can heal, it does not sound like the one you're at right now allows this
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I can't let the candle die, or else the wraith can get to me
    AG: He's dancing around the edge right now
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: oh dear, that does not sound good
    BI: do you have a lantern that can protect the candle?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: well fuck
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: although more pedestrian, i can send you a code for a torch
    Lemi Malloy: hmmmm
    I look around my room for anything silver on the off chance
    Leon Gaspar: ((...is leon lemi's server player, or her client? they're next to each other, right?))
    Lemi Malloy: AG: That'll probably burn longer then this little thing.
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((server))
    ((is that torch as in electric torch?))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (aayup ::D)
    Leon Gaspar: ((so could he help her out via dropping a toilet on this thing or no?))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (but i think ilmatar doesnt know that all the lights blew)
    Wiwaxia (GM): figured
    Leon Gaspar: ((i don't know if that would help but it would be funny))
    Wiwaxia (GM): actually, why don't you set up where the alchemy stuff is, bird, while we're here
    Leon Gaspar: (sounds good to me!)
    (oh dude i get to see someone else's room)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: hang on, i'm going to research wraiths
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright! teamwork!
    Wiwaxia (GM): floorplan temporarily reveal for placing stuff
    Leon Gaspar: NI: lemme load up sburb again here and i'll see what i can do
    Wiwaxia (GM): most of that is too dark to see on your screen right now
    Leon Gaspar: alright, what do i do?
    Wiwaxia (GM): there should be a "draw" tool on the side of your sscreen
    Leon Gaspar: yep! so i'm putting down alchemiters and stuff?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna lay down 2 2mx2m things and 2 2mx1m things
    yep!
    in the past, technically
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: hey lemi where is the least-annoying place to put this stuff
    Lemi Malloy: PAG: I guess in the room across from mine on the second floor? It's basically our study
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((psst you probably want make shape))
    Leon Gaspar: bird: attempt to draw
    bird: wonder why it's greying out
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((and the blue on that side is just the downstairs on the other side))
    Lemi Malloy: (for ref since my map is confuse: blue is first floor, pink is second, purple is Lemi's room)
    Leon Gaspar: (ah!! now i understand)
    (so the one labelled '1' in the pink bit?)
    Lemi Malloy: (yep!)
    Leon Gaspar: (wait hang on let me
    work this out)
    (are squares = m2 on this one too?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: can i. just fudge that. rooms are very small
    otherwise there is a lot of room in the second floor
    first. first floor.
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, that works
    keep in mind that the ruler counts from 0
    Leon Gaspar: i think the others may have to go downstairs
    Lemi Malloy: maybe on the area between the two rooms? would there be enough room to put one there without blocking passage?
    Leon Gaspar: ((bird can't maths))
    Wiwaxia (GM): that's the right size
    Leon Gaspar: okay thank you yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that you can also put one outside
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: uh. that'll have to do
    PNI: ... at least you'll get plenty of exercise?
    Lemi Malloy: PAG: So two in the study, one in the living room, and out outside?
    PAG: Ok!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: good luck!
    ~time shenanigans~
    NI: alright, i'm gonna see if there's anything i can do from my end
    NI: wow, your place is really dark
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yeah, all of the lights exploded.
    AG: And I think some of the creatures can create darkness or something.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: well that's not good
    NI: that black thingy over there, is that the thing that's been attacking you?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yeah
    AG: It can't enter the candle light but if I move towards it it's fine.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: is it tangible? like, can you actually hit it or does it go straight through?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Haven't been able to hit it so far :( My axe just went through it!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: this is...weird. they're not imps. i've got no data on them at all.
    NI: stupid walkthrough
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: wraiths are a scottish type of spirit, usually only omens, though
    BI: this one is actng more like a classic furious spirit
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright, what do we do about furious spirits?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: perhaps something got dislodged or woken up when you entered
    BI: leave, try to figure out why theyre upset, appease them, exorcise, or bless the place
    BI: was your house built on an ancient burial ground?
    BI: ... was it shifted onto an ancient burial ground`?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Not that I know about, but I don't know how Sis thinks.
    AG: Try to figure out why they're upset....
    Lemi turns towards the wraith
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i hate to ask, but ... no violent murders in your house, right? right?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (what does ilmatar know about lemis sis?)
    Lemi Malloy: (ummm Lemi seems scared of her sis and her usual tactic is apeasement. Ilmatar would know that Sis is very stand offish and gruff and that she convinced in about a thousand different conspiricy theories, which are the reason they live in the woods)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ii think i can work with that)
    BI: maybe your sister woke something, on purpose or by accident
    BI: perhaps the spirit is mistaking you for your sister
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Sis did something?
    AG:..That seems believable, yeah.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (... i hope im not playing ilmatar too sensible)
    Lemi Malloy: (To be fair if you told Lemi "Yeah your sister revived the dinosaurs and is using them to wage war on both Russia and Mars she would e like "Yeah that sounds like her")
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((pfffhehehe))
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (heh)
    Lemi Malloy: ok!
    Lemi turns to the wraith and asks him why he;s upset
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get a
    you're not sure if it's a sound, actually
    a something that sends pure elemental terror down your spine
    the wraith presses against you circle of light like it's a bubble
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi cowers a bit, then tries again, and asks it to bob up and down if it's mad at her, left and right if it's mad at her sister, and back and forth if it's something else
    Wiwaxia (GM): it doesn't move
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (omg lemi youre adorbs)
    Wiwaxia (GM): or even really show any signs of comprehension
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Attempts at communication aren't working:(
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: hrm
    Leon Gaspar: NI: huh
    Leon Gaspar is trying desperately to remember all the horror movie's he's blocked out of his memory
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: then bail
    BI: youre not equipped to deal with this at the moment
    Wiwaxia (GM): it goes through the wall to your closet/bathroom
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: no protection, no weapon, and a thing that wants to hurt you
    Leon Gaspar: NI: yeah, i think we gotta get you outta there
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: ...
    BI: Lemi.
    BI: are you afraid?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Um!
    AG: I'm definitely very nervous but really it isn't that big a deal!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Anyone who came here would have to go all the way through the gates again to get back to Myrtha's, it's too much of a hassle!
    Wiwaxia (GM): your candle flickers out
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i dont suppose you can get onto your roof
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi jumps a foot in the air
    She does not scream because she bites her lip because she's afraid the sound will attract enemies
    She decapchalgues her last candle
    And tries to light it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: maybe it still feels your nervousness, and is trying to make you more afraid
    BI: whatever is keeping it from you, it will protect you. keep it going. it will keep you safe
    BI: for long enough to get the fuck out of there
    Wiwaxia (GM): can I get a grace check, Lemi?
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    9
    )+13
    = 22
    Leon Gaspar: NI: lemi, is there a window in your room?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you have to fight the darkness to get your match to light and again to get it to light the candle, but you make it
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi breaths a sigh of relief
    AG: There's one above my bed, but its not any lighter outside.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: hrm
    [Leon takes a deep breath and runs his hands through his hair. They've only got until her candle burns down again! He needs time to think!]
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: there's probably an enchantment of some kind on your house
    BI: at this point, you can't do much against it
    BI: get out, meet up, we'll figure something out
    BI: and if it's just more people trying to affect the thing
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I'll try and do that!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: in that case. should we be trying to get you through your first gate?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yeah. Hopefully I can find it?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: it should be above your hosue
    NI: *house
    NI: hence asking about the window
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Oh right! I forgot about those ones...
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemi's got 40 build grist, btw
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i should hopefully be able to build you some kind of stairs...hopefully
    Lemi Malloy: AG:But I've not been killing enough imps...
    Leon Gaspar: NI: argh. okay. dammit, if i could get enough grist for gristtorrent...
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Ah no you shouldn't use your grist on me! You'll need it!
    AG: Really, I can figure something out, I shouldn't have bothered you guys...
    Leon Gaspar: NI: don't be ridiculous, we need you
    NI: this is a co-op game
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: lemi you dumbdumb
    BI: thats what friends are for
    Lemi Malloy: AG: But friends shouldn't drag other friends down...
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ok this is going to sound harsh but
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: friends should keep each other alive when theyre in peril
    Leon Gaspar: NI: keeping you alive is way more important than "being dragged down"
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: and i have the nagging feeling that we're gonna need everyone for this story.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: we're gonna save you and you're gonna like it!
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi bites her lip, looking frustrated.
    AG: If you say so...
    Wiwaxia (GM): admittedly, you can't see what you're dropping where, but...
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright, ilmatar, you're the one who's good at improvising
    Wiwaxia (GM): ahaha, that won't make any sense to anyone but leon
    Leon Gaspar: ((:P))
    NI: i know your axe didn't do anything, but ... hey, how attached are you to this chair?
    NI: er, i assume it's a chair, it's pretty dark
    ((oops, i can't ping))
    Wiwaxia (GM): can't ping in the dark?
    Leon Gaspar: ((yes that one, thank you wiwaxia))
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I only need one chair, I guess?
    AG: Why?
    Leon Gaspar: ((=P))
    NI: wait where did that wraith even go
     
  5. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): ((can you see my pings in the dark?))
    Leon Gaspar: ((yeah i can see yours, just all my tools are greyed out))
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, tell me when
    Leon Gaspar: NI: anyway yes! so: outside or up?
    NI: we might need to build up more grist before we try for 'up'
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Outside then?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: yeah
    NI: hopefully less wraiths out there
    ((ww what are you doing))
    ((you are pinging me all over the place!)))
    Wiwaxia (GM): pinging in a grid, so you can tell me where to drop the chair
    Leon Gaspar: ((ah gotcha))
    Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, shoulda been more clear
    Leon Gaspar: that's ok!
    ok one more time
    now!
    yes!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you hear an almighty crash
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ...oops
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Leon please tell me that was you!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i think it was!
    NI: i can't see what happened but i tried to throw that chair at something
    NI: i will buy you a new chair. or alchemise one
    NI: now that we've established that i can do that
    NI: should we try to get you downstairs?
    whimsy: (ok, i'm about falling asleep now, so ilmatars prolly going to fizz out)
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, night!
    whimsy: n8
    Lemi Malloy: night!
    Leon Gaspar: ((night! :3))
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can hear the tales of the Mage next week
    whimsy: kk
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I guesssssss?
    AG: What's your plan?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: "try to get you out of scary ghost house before your candle runs out" was the plan, but, uh
    NI: i don't know if outside is going to be any safer
    NI: goddamn it
    NI: if the damn walkthrough would have mentioned these things...
    NI: fuck
    NI: lemi stay in your room
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I was going to say that it couldn't be less safe but then I remembered that the ground is blood red
    AG: Um ok!
    AG: Really I can figure something out I don't want to stress you out.
    AG: If I can find more candles then I can set them up?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: is there anything else in your room you don't mind potentially being smashed up
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I already threw an axe through my computer :((((
    *tv
    ((I meant tv))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((nb. there are more candles in room 2 on the second floor))
    Leon Gaspar: NI: okay, plan change: find more candles
    NI: is the tv detached from the wall? could i, for example, pick it up?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Sure? It was an old boxy one.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I'm going to creep forward and hope I can keep the wraith away...
    Leon Gaspar: I attempt to pick up the TV and throw it at the suspicious black shape I've spotted on the monitor
    NI: okay just. don't move too much
    NI: it's right outside your room
    ((...i think. i cannot read maps apparently))
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Oh :(((( ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Leon Gaspar: [Leon: Freak out at the gravity of the situation]
    Wiwaxia (GM): can I get a dex check to manage the cursor?
    Leon Gaspar: ((alright lemme find my dex))
    ((so, d20+13+1 i think?))
    Wiwaxia (GM): just +13
    Leon Gaspar: ((sorry i ask so many questions, i have trouble with numbers ^^;))
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1 is the modifier to your def
    no worries!
    's cool
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    8
    )+13
    = 21
    Wiwaxia (GM): you clip it for half damage
    lesse
    how heavy would this tv be?
    Leon Gaspar: an old CRT? lemme check
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d2
    (
    2
    +
    2
    )
    = 4
    Leon Gaspar: depends how big the screen was. 20" would be ~50lb
    Wiwaxia (GM): sweet
    rolling 1d4
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    the tv slams right into the shadowy form
    it's definitely damaged, but still up
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i can't believe that worked
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Wraiths=weak to tvs appe-
    AG: Oh HI THERE
    Leon Gaspar: what's the TV's status? is it still like...in once piece?
    Wiwaxia (GM): hah
    Leon Gaspar: i'm gonna go with 'no'
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Lemi Malloy: Alright so
    Imma just rush towards room 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): you could always continue in the grand homestuck tradition and through a toilet at it
    Leon Gaspar: B^)
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Leon Gaspar: NI: hey lemi where's your bathroom
    Wiwaxia (GM): can you move where you're going?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: There's 2- the room literally next to mine and one downstairs.
    Leon Gaspar: [Leon is thinking about where he can find something suitably heavy. For some reason he comes to a single conclusion.]
    NI: wait, is that where you are now?
    NI: man i wish i could see better
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yep, there should be candles in here
    Leon Gaspar: NI: you may wanna duck
    I attempt to pick up the toilet
    Lemi Malloy: Lmi blinks at the screen, then ducks
    Wiwaxia (GM): -2 build and you rip the toilet right out of the floor
    Leon Gaspar: shall i roll the same again?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: also is that -2 to me or lemi?
    rolling 1d20+13
    (
    18
    )+13
    = 31
    Wiwaxia (GM): leme
    *lemi
    ehehehehe
    that is a crit
    Leon Gaspar: smack dat wraith
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    rolling 4+1d4!
    4+(
    4
    +
    2
    )
    = 10
    also
    lemi, what's the wall of your room made of?
    and how does it related to the lower floor?
    Lemi Malloy: Ummmm it's basically a fancy log cabin so wood?
    It's probably supported by the wall of Sis's room? I do not know much about architecture
    but Lemi's room is right above Sis's
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, drywall and studs, probably
    yeah, that breaks
    rolling 1d6*1d6
    (
    3
    )*(
    2
    )
    = 6
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Did you get it?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: well, yes
    NI: but uh
    NI: it got a little out of hand
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Huh?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i may have broken your wall. a lot.
    Lemi Malloy: AG:....Lemme find some more candles.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: sounds like a good idea
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi looks around for candles
    Wiwaxia (GM): there we go
    sorry bout that
    lesse
    how about roll 6 or lower on a d6 to find 1 candle
    then 1 lower for each additional
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): so 6 or less, 5 or less, 3 or less
    2 candles so far
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): 3
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): 4
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): and nope
    you've got 4 candles in addition to the one you have lit
    Lemi Malloy: ok, that's better then before!
    Lemi tenatively goes back into her room and surveys damage
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see down into the living room a bit
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i'll, uh, i'll fix that. when we have more grist.
    NI: ... at least the wraith's gone?
    Wiwaxia (GM): there may be some advantages to putting holes everywhere in your house
    rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Well it's definitely be easier to get out now!
    Wiwaxia (GM): a fly buzzes into your room
    and starts flying at your candle
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi sets the candle down and starts swatting at the fly
    Wiwaxia (GM): if you crit on a dex check i'll actually let you swat it
    Leon Gaspar: [i love this game]
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+12
    (
    19
    )+12
    = 31
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((:3))
    uh
    damn
    that is indeed a crit
    Lemi Malloy: :D
    Leon Gaspar: B^)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you snag it out of the air with one hand like a total badass
    Lemi Malloy: Hell yeah!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: that was so cool
    Lemi Malloy: ...I go to the bathroom and wash dead fly gunk off of my hand, then return to my room
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can hear imps milling around downstairs
    you think they may be investigating the crash-landed toilet
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Maybe I can just sit up here and snipe them with books???
    Wiwaxia (GM): wanna try blind-firing?
    can you see my ruler?
    Lemi Malloy: yes
    Lemi makes a stack of books and then starts throwing them as hard as she can!
    Wiwaxia (GM): tell me when
    Lemi Malloy: when
    Wiwaxia (GM): there?
    Lemi Malloy: yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): you hear a clang as the book bounces off your cruxtruder
    Lemi Malloy: oh
    well that was suboptimal
    Leon Gaspar: NI: maybe i can try
    NI: or break something else
    Wiwaxia (GM): you see shadows moving below you
    Lemi Malloy: AG:...Hey Leon?
    AG: On a scale of one to ten how bad of an idea is throwing a lit candle into my living room.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: depends, how flammable is your living room?
    Wiwaxia (GM): [ERROR-SPOILERS]
    :33
    Lemi Malloy: ((CLEARLY THIS MEANS IT'S A GREAT IDEA))
    Leon Gaspar: ((squints suspiciously @ wiwaxia))
    (('my songs know what you did in the dark' playing in the distance))
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I just don't wanna blind jump down there! I can hear a bunch of imps
    Leon Gaspar: ((I heard that >:D))
    Lemi Malloy: ((oh my gosh :3))
    Leon Gaspar: NI: no i'm with you
    NI: alright okay
    NI: are we gonna do this
    Wiwaxia (GM): i can find a better cover, though
    one sec
    Leon Gaspar: i feel like i should be recording this
    Lemi Malloy: alright!
    Grace check to light a candle?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not if you're lighting it from another candle, nah
    alright, where are you throwing this thing?
    Leon Gaspar: ((for archival readers: literally, "my songs know what you did in the dark (sweet guitar cover)" playing in the background))
    Lemi Malloy: now
    Wiwaxia (GM): there?
    Lemi Malloy: a bit hghter
    yes there
    Leon Gaspar: wait for it....
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, let's see how to to this
    watch carefully
    5
    4
    area re-hidden in 3
    2
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright, did you get that?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the light goes out as it hits the floor
    Lemi Malloy: AG: There's two imps down there, between the cruxathingy and the wall
    Leon Gaspar: NI: yeah. you got something to throw at them?
    NI: else i can try again
    Lemi Malloy: ((I still have more books?
    Wiwaxia (GM): ya
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Yep!
    Lemi throws the books where she threw the candle
    Leon Gaspar: NI: alright! good luck!
    Lemi Malloy: wait no
    there
    further down srry I hit enter slow
    a bit further down
    there
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, can you roll an attack at -4 for blind firing?
    w/ scatter die if you miss
    Lemi Malloy: (attack is a d20 right?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20-4
    (
    11
    )-4
    = 7
    Wiwaxia (GM): that missed
    so
    rolling 1d10
    (
    10
    )
    = 10
    wait psyche no it didn't
    Lemi Malloy: yay!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    you see the shadows recede
    Lemi Malloy: the book made the shadows recede?
    huh
    Wiwaxia (GM): also sound hit there
    Lemi Malloy: ohhhh
    sound hit?
    Wiwaxia (GM): where you heard the book fall
    Lemi Malloy: ahhhhh
    Alright, imma throw another book at nearly the same place, maybe a bit closer to the outside wall
    Wiwaxia (GM): there?
    Lemi Malloy: yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): can I get another attack roll at -4?
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20-4
    (
    2
    )-4
    = -2
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh
    huh
    Lemi Malloy: ...at least it wasn't a crit fail
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, I don't even know what to do with that
    you drop the book on your foot and stub your toe, I guess
    Lemi Malloy: Crap!!!!!!
    ok, um
    Leon Gaspar: NI: how're you going there?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Hey Leon?
    AG: Do you think
    AG: Wait nevermind you can't see either :((((
    Leon Gaspar: NI: nope but i can try
    Lemi Malloy: AG: It'd be pretty hard to direct you to my fridge.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ah. fair enough
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Leon Gaspar: ((i get suspicious every time you make a roll without telling us what's going on))
    Lemi Malloy: ((that is a good dm instinct to have))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((most unprompted d6 rolls are that exploration die i mentioned in thread))
    ((no comment on d4s))
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Do you think I should keep blind firing books?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i mean it can't hurt, probably
    Lemi Malloy: AG: But what if making sound attracts more?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ...
    NI: you have a point
    NI: wait, hang on
    NI: i think i see something in the next room over
    Lemi Malloy: AG: I am kinda not sure how many hits I can take to be honest?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: this birds-eye thing is annoying
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Wait what?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ugh
    NI: i don't know what i'm seeing
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Should i check or should I try and barricade the door?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: you'll probably need to rest soon
    NI: maybe barricading is a better idea
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Doesn't mean I'll be safe, though.
    AG: Maybe Nessiesprite will protect me?
    ((where is Nessiesprite?))
    Leon Gaspar: NI: my sprite's been pretty helpful, so it's possible!
    Wiwaxia (GM): nessiesprite's been hangign around your room
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi tries to protype the dictionary again
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    nessiesprite dodges
    again
    the book crashes to the floor
    Leon Gaspar: NI: they're also really good at dodging, apparently
    Lemi Malloy: If I set the dictionary on fire would that be better!
    AG: I noticed :(
    AG: I can't find anything else that might make her able to speak...
    Leon Gaspar: NI: argh, okay, thinking...
    NI: according to the walkthrough, they like dead things
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Maybe we can prototype the broken tv ://///
    Leon Gaspar: NI: and doomed things, but that's a bit more vague
    NI: ... do you want me to try
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Can't hurt?
    Leon Gaspar: I attempt to pick up the broken TV and put it on top of nessiesprite
    rolling 1d20+13
    (
    13
    )+13
    = 26
    (I assume)
    Wiwaxia (GM): pick it up where?
    Leon Gaspar: okay gimme the pings again
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((:3))
    Leon Gaspar: can you see my rulery thing?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: hereish
    that's the one!
    Wiwaxia (GM): congrats, you successfully blind picked up the tv!
    Leon Gaspar: B^)
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    nessiesprite is not ineterested
    Leon Gaspar: NI: this would be easier if we could communicate
    NI: er, sorry
    Lemi Malloy: oh come on, that tv is symbolic of all human culture, which is definitely doomed and or dead!
    (Lemi says, indignantly)
    Wiwaxia (GM): pfahahaha
    Leon Gaspar: (lemi should roll persuasion B^))
    Wiwaxia (GM): grace
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    12
    )+13
    = 25
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, then
    nessiesprite is now nessievisionsprite
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ...
    Wiwaxia (GM): with a busted TV for a head
    Lemi Malloy: AG:...Oh that worked.
     
  6. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Leon Gaspar: NI: this is incredible
    NI: why is everything always so wonderful
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi waves
    Nessievisionsprite: kksshhshk
    thank you for kksknk giving me a way to communicasshhhhhsk
    and to better aid you, RGHKKSHHK
    Lemi Malloy: [Truly Lemi has made good life choices today]
    Nessievisionsprite: One moment please, this conversation will return after the break
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    rolling 1d20
    (
    14
    )
    = 14
    whoops
    rolling 1d10/2
    (
    7
    )/2
    = 3.5
    nessievisionsprite fires a beam of static and glass shards here
    the shadows jump
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi makes sure she's out of the way, but peeks over to where she's firing
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemo cant' see much from where she iss
    there's a big cloud of shadows filling the hall
    rolling 1d20
    (
    7
    )
    = 7
    nessievisionsprite snaps into the cloud with her broken-glass jaws
    but misses
    as far as you can tell
    Wiwaxia (GM): and gets her head stuck
    (To GM) rolling 1d20+2
    (
    14
    )+2
    = 16
    Lemi Malloy: Oh no!
    Lemi raises her axe and rushes forth to try and help her sprite!
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    where ya going?
    Lemi Malloy: yeah there
    Leon Gaspar: (AFK for ~10 minutes while i eat dinner!)
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a cloud of light and shadow
    between your candle and the... whatever
    where are you attacking?
    also are you doing a charge?
    +2 to damage, -2 to def until your nest turn
    Lemi Malloy: can I use the clash between candlelight and unnatural shadow to get a good dea of where this thing is?
    also hmmm yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): the info on the map is what you've got
    zig-zag line
    radii
    Lemi Malloy: alright
    then there
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    can you roll an attack at -4?
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20-4
    (
    11
    )-4
    = 7
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, ya missed
    but
    you can now see this
    with nessievisionsprite's head entangled in its vines
    rolling 2d20
    (
    12
    +
    4
    )
    = 16
    nessievisionsprite attempts to pull her head free and fails
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    13
    )
    = 13
    rolling 1d4
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    the imp jabs you
    Lemi Malloy: alright down to neg 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): not quite
    hits while you're at zero HP get looked up seperately on the death and dismemberment chart
    Lemi Malloy: right
    Wiwaxia (GM): speaking of which, you are now flat on your back
    Lemi Malloy: well thatt is both surprising and unsurprising
    Wiwaxia (GM): whatcha gonna do?
    Lemi Malloy: Try and stand up and fight on!
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    roll an attack!
    no -4 because you can see the damn thing now
    Lemi Malloy: minus 4?
    oh ok!
    rolling 1d20
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    FUCK ME
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh boy
    rolling 1t[The-Ya-Done-Fucked-Up-Table]
    (
    3 You crit your nearest friend with your attack. If none are available, you crit yourself. Hopefully there won't be any hard feelings.
    )
    = 3
    ooooof
    i think that's nessievisionsprite
    Lemi Malloy: oh nooooo!
    Wiwaxia (GM): 8+1d8 exploding
    Lemi Malloy: I have done the opposite of help
    rolling 1d8+8
    (
    7
    )+8
    = 15
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, that took a major bite out of nessievisionsprite's side
    she's still up, though
    rolling 2d20
    (
    8
    +
    20
    )
    = 28
    she can't free her neck, but she manages to use it as leverage to pull the ebony imp away from you
    Lemi Malloy: Wait no!
    Fuck I fucked up
    I take a look at my wounds
    Wiwaxia (GM): nothing permanent
    yet
    (To GM) rolling 3d6
    (
    2
    +
    6
    +
    4
    )
    = 12
    Lemi Malloy: ok I am going to give chase, and use my hope power to give me 2 standard actions
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Leon Gaspar: [Leon watches on nervously, wondering whether he should intervene]
    Wiwaxia (GM): where are you moving?
    Lemi Malloy: there?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you literally run into the imp
    attack?
    Lemi Malloy: blindly?
    Wiwaxia (GM): first one yes
    second no
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    rolling 1d20-4
    (
    17
    )-4
    = 13
    Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
    Lemi Malloy: yeessss!
    1d8 +1 for damage, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): was that a charge?
    Lemi Malloy: ummm yes probably
    Wiwaxia (GM): +3 then
    Lemi Malloy: yes
    rolling 1d8+3
    (
    2
    )+3
    = 5
    (would second action still be a charge?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): don't matter, the thing's dead
    Lemi Malloy: oh
    hey!
    Wiwaxia (GM): and the grist isn't, yanno, downstairs
    you get 16 build grist
    Lemi Malloy: yay!
    is nessievisionsprite alright?
    Wiwaxia (GM): pretty badly wounded, but she'll be fine
    she also informs you that her beam has recharged
    as has her healbeam
    you get blasted with static
    but, like, in a soothing way
    heal 1d6 hp
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): better than nothing
    Lemi Malloy: I give nessievisionsprite some fin and then apologize for accidentally lodging an axe in her side
    Wiwaxia (GM): she's pretty understanding about it, all things considered
    Lemi Malloy: yay!
    ok, so priority 2 is getting food, I think
    how many imps does it sound like there are downstairs?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you dunno
    they aren't moving
    Lemi Malloy: hmmm
    then for right now I return to my laptop
    AG: I managed to fight something!!!!
    Leon Gaspar: NI: i saw!!!! well done!
    NI: er, sorry, that's probably creepy
    Lemi Malloy: AG: No, it's fine!
    AG: ...Wait, that gives me an idea. Technically I can throw a candle into the kitchen from the wall hole.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: ahaha. if you're sure
    NI: ah. are we lighting it up again?
    Lemi Malloy: AG: OOOR I can just risk it and rush downstairs.
    Leon Gaspar: NI: that also works, yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Leon Gaspar: NI: light could attract them
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Leon Gaspar: NI: watching your sprite makes me want to go find something for mine
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Lemi Malloy: AG: Ok then! You try to prototype x2 and I'll try and get food?
    Leon Gaspar: NI: sounds like a plan!
    NI: it goes without saying, but try not to die?
    NI: we care about you, lemi
    Lemi Malloy: Ag:....
    AG: Thanks :)
    AG: You be careful too, Leon
    Leon Gaspar: NI: will do!
    [nascentInterlude has ceased pestering aphioticGaze]
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi very carefully heads down the ladder
    Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
    Lemi Malloy: Down the hall
    Axe at the ready
    Wiwaxia (GM): you see the chair from your room
    one of its legs is off
    Lemi Malloy: I thank the brave warrior chair and very seriously tell it that it is awaited in vahalla
    then continue down the hall
    ok, heading into the kitchen!
    Wiwaxia (GM): congrats, kitchen attained!
    Lemi Malloy: yay!
    can I root through the fridge for something filling and/or nourishing?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you find some dehydrated camping miso
    and some protein bar ration things
    ^3
    Lemi Malloy: I captchalogue them and eat one of the protein bars
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, it certainly is nourishing
    there are many things that could be said about these protein bars, but non-nourishing certainly is not one of them
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi mentally notes that down, along with several other impressions of her sisters camping food
    is there a garage can in the kitchen?
    one with a metal lid?
    Wiwaxia (GM): definitely a garage can
    let's day metal lid on 4 or less on d6
    Lemi Malloy: mk
    rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Lemi Malloy: sweet!
    so is my lil hatchet a one handed weapon?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Lemi Malloy: can I use the garage can as a lid or does that mean I would need a strife specibus?
    um
    and by lid I meant shield
    Wiwaxia (GM): i figured
    yeah, you can use it without a strife specibus
    unless you wanna get into shield bashing or throwing or what have you
    Lemi Malloy: nah just using it to attempt to block attacks
    ok, cool!
    Wiwaxia (GM): the metal's pretty flimsy, so it doesn't give you any protection, but it does give you +1 def from increased ability to parry
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    alright, I move into the living room slowly
    Wiwaxia (GM): i put it in your sylladex, remember the def bonus however you want to
    Lemi Malloy: is the plus only when trying to parry?
    Wiwaxia (GM): parrying is rolled into you passive def, mostly
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): waitasec
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're getting ambushed back here
    Lemi Malloy: ah k
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+3
    (
    9
    )+3
    = 12
    (backstab)
    or backbite, really
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Lemi Malloy: annd that puts me at 0
    Wiwaxia (GM): roll 1d6 for initiative
    rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): your turn then
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
    (
    17
    )
    = 17
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, that hits
    damage?
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d8+1
    (
    3
    )+1
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): it is dead!
    Lemi Malloy: yeah!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 44 build grist and 1 dust grist between that imp and the grist lying around under the toilet
    Lemi Malloy: I continue into the living room
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is the candle you threw, btw
    Lemi Malloy: good thing it didn't start a fire!
    ok, now that I am in the living room:
    I am going to look around for a sewing kit and a dark piece of fabric
    Wiwaxia (GM): it just kinda splatted out when it hit the ground
    you could probably still use it, if you splinted the break in the middle or something
    there's some grist over here, too
    Lemi Malloy: ok
    I grab the candle and head to the grist
    Wiwaxia (GM): 10 build, 3 ebony
    you now have 110 build grist
    didya note the broken candle in your syllaxex?
    also, are you calling sowing as one of your guardian's interests, or trying to find that stuff without?
    Lemi Malloy: hmmmmm has someone already had "costuming" as an interest?
    because that could cover sewing supplies + misc other stuff?
    Wiwaxia (GM): don't believe so
    lemme check
    leon's got "fashion"
    that's the closest
    Lemi Malloy: hmmm then I think I'll take costuming
    if it's ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure!
    1 bonus guardian interest, coming right up
    can I get an int check to see if you know how to sew?
    twice and take the best
    because sister's interest gives you a leg up there
    also, both dark fabric and sewing kit are 5 or lower on a d6
    Lemi Malloy: hmmm, the int you have here says something dif then mine? wierd
    Wiwaxia (GM): mm?
    is it two higher, by any chance?
    Lemi Malloy: no its 2 lower
    Wiwaxia (GM): whoops
    yours is the correct one
    Lemi Malloy: oh ok! :)
    then
    rolling 1d20+15
    (
    4
    )+15
    = 19
    rolling 1d20+15
    (
    15
    )+15
    = 30
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you can sew
    Lemi Malloy: yay!
    ok, then looking around for a sewing kit and dark fabric
    Wiwaxia (GM): 5 or lower on d6
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): if you get a 6, they're in your sister's room
    2 rolls
    1 each
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you got em both
    Lemi Malloy: ok!
    then I will try and make myself a dark cloak!
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, that'll be a dex check or two
    and take at least a couple hours
    gonna try it here, or try to get offplanet first
    ?
    Lemi Malloy: hmmmm
    I'll try and get off lanet
    so I'll captchalogue both
    also I think I need to pass out now sorry!
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, I don't doubt it!
    night!
    Lemi Malloy: night!
    Wiwaxia (GM): bird, I think I'm just gonna tally xp and call it a night
    but you're welcome to stick around while I do
    Leon Gaspar: ahh, that's alright, i was gonna go afk again anyway :P
    as long as i get to go early next time! i've got something on this time next week so i can only be here for the first hour-ish
    and maybe the last couple of hours
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure, sure!
    Leon Gaspar: :3
    well anyway, i got to help lemi so it's not like i didn't do anything
    alright, i'm gonna head off. thank you wiwaxia!
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    2.6666666666666665
    whimsy: bzzt bzzt, testing some rolls
    rolling 1d20 + 0
    (
    17
    )+0
    = 17
    rolling 1D20+13
    (
    16
    )+13
    = 29
    rolling 2D4+1
    (
    1
    +
    1
    )+1
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): campaign's been copied so the chat archive doesn't fucking eat me
    go over here
    https://app.roll20.net/join/944854/SGQCiQ
    Karrin Blue: Hey
    whimsy: morning
    ugh, tired
    Karrin Blue: I went to see Mad Max!
    whimsy: cool ::D
    Karrin Blue: I went with my dad
    it was fun
    apparently max's very crude stab-decompression is basically correct!
    whimsy: (To GM) rolling 4d6
    (
    2
    +
    3
    +
    4
    +
    5
    )
    = 14
    Wiwaxia (GM): heya!
    sorry, didn't have time to get to people's alchemizations
    rolling 3d4
    (
    4
    +
    2
    +
    4
    )
    = 10
    whimsy: re: taking a gander at alchemizing, i was more like, what can i actually see with our current interface
    Wiwaxia (GM): how do you mean?
    also we should all take this over to episode 2
    https://app.roll20.net/join/944854/SGQCiQ
     
  7. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    whimsy: like, somewhere i need to have a display what the stuff costs i got on the combo punch card, is therenonly this display and nothing else?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, just that one
    it's the alchemy excursus on the server player's toolbar
    whimsy: and no other clickable buttons? like, one labeled "help"? (xxD)
    Wiwaxia (GM): http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002038
    not really, no
    whimsy: (im totes fine w/ "currently not", just checking what i have access to that it's not like "but you never asked!")
    aah, tyvm
    Wiwaxia (GM): technically you need both the explore athenuem and the alchemy excursus to see what you've currently got
    but implementing that in roll20 would be p much pointless
    whimsy: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): hmm
    no sign of the others, yet
    k m said they'd be late b/c computer troubles
    although, interesting thing Ilmatar notices
    all the holes punched on the dagaz card are also punched on the candle lamp
    and there are no punched holes on the dagaz card that are not on the candle lamp
    Wiwaxia (GM): so if you tried to double punch the card or overlap the cards (|| or &&) you'd just get a candle lamp
    whimsy: huh
    makes sense
    lamp || sowilo is probs gonna net me a solar powered lamp, which would be kinda useless but on par with the bs sburb threw at the kids
    di i have a tea strainer at all?
    Wiwaxia (GM): a non- ball one, you mean?
    whimsy: yeah
    like, any kind of
    Wiwaxia (GM): try 4 or lower
    whimsy: rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    this is a travesty
    i declare that our old one broke and we didnt get around to buying a new one yet
    Wiwaxia (GM): or you had one, but it's gone missing for some reason
    whimsy: damn imps
    Wiwaxia (GM): that's about the village layout there
    dark blue is buildings
    mostly houses, althought the lopsided one is a toolshed
    there's probably some more similar houses off the map in both directions
    Ilmatar Nordwind: :3
    Arxon: (hey sorry ran late in traffic)
    Wiwaxia (GM): no worries
    whimsy: morning ::D
    Arxon: mornevening!
    Ilmatar Nordwind curtsies
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Greetings, yellow one"
    Wiwaxia (GM): this one's asleep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: damh
    Wiwaxia (GM): that one is not
    Ilmatar Nordwind: *dang
    then i curtsy for the awake one
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey, do people want grist updates before we start?
    whimsy: (yes please) (though i fully plan on going on an imp hunt before i actually alchemize more stuff)
    Arxon: (that would be full of help yes)
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    Lemi: 108 build 1 dust 14 mahogany 3 ebony
    Leon: 56 build 23 amber 5 copper
    Moss: 94 build 14 dust 11 loam 16 ash
    Karrin Blue: oh!
    i wanted to build gristorrent
    i have 100 build, yeah?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    consider it made
    Karrin Blue: so now we have communist grist supplies
    whimsy: nice
    whats ilmatars grist stash?
    grist stache, now theres an idea
    Wiwaxia (GM): Ilmatar: 94 build 9 bismuth 11 phosphorus 10 rust
    and Myrtha: 18 build 11 cobalt 2 indigo 31 woad
    grist transfers at 4/min
    which is usually gonna be ignored
    unless you're trying to build or alchemize in a hurry
    Karrin Blue: can I make my laptopheadband?
    now that i have access to amber
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Karrin Blue: then i'd like one of those
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's pretty plain, but it looks quite servicable
    Karrin Blue: yay! handsfree computing!
    Wiwaxia (GM): (and it is now in your sylladex)
    yep
    again, you guys are gonna have to keep track of what exactly you are wearing once multiple things start competing for space
    but moving things into or out of your sylladex is only a minor action, so
    Karrin Blue: I want to be wearing the laptopband
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, just keep that in mind or note it somewhere
    so that you don't try to wear it and like a helmet at the same time
    Karrin Blue: noted
    Wiwaxia (GM): oop, a tiny mushroom just posted in the thread that bird will be late
    so I guess we're starting!
    anything else?
    Karrin Blue: i don't think so!
    Arxon: nope
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    gonna start with Ilmatar, I think
    do other people wanna come over to this screen and watch?
    Karrin Blue: CO: Hey guys we're communists now
    CO: All grist shall be held in common or something
    (screen thing: sure!)
    Wiwaxia (GM): the salamanders with the sword icons on the corners are salamander warriors
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: another theory down
    BI: i suspected we were all dragons who hoarded our gains
    Wiwaxia (GM): which mostly means that they have shitty-looking spears
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: and i so looked forward to sleeping on a pile of it
    Wiwaxia (GM): and are presumably guarding the place?
    Karrin Blue: CO: We can probably still pile in it
    CO: It'll just be a group pile
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: -waggles eyebrows-
    Karrin Blue: CO: ~~
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: so it's not "get off my lawn", but "get off my pile"?
    Karrin Blue: CO: I suppose so
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: ah well, i guess i shall just regard you all as part of my pile
    Karrin Blue: CO: Nah, you're in mine.
    CO: I made it after all
    CO: Already this communism is breaking down
    salamander_guard: state your business, traveler!
    aw, who am I kiddining, you're no imp. go on in
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Thank you, kindly."
    between the roads it's rice paddies, aight? probably no stepping over those unless i get a 1 square distance
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    they're knee-deep in water
    and full of rice
    Karrin Blue: yeah but
    salamander knees
    not that high
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, human knees
    Karrin Blue: ah.
    Wiwaxia (GM): the salamanders are like waist-deep in it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: how good is ilmatar at long jumping? (she should know, i remember having that in school. i absolutely HATED summer time sport classes) (str 8, dex 9, grace 10)
    no wonder they hate the job
    Wiwaxia (GM): which probably makes farming all this goddamn rice significantly more of a goddamn pain in the ass
    yep
    long jumping's probably gonna be on str
    so kinda shitty
    Ilmatar Nordwind: its a bit of grace, too, because if you fall ass backwards you get deductions
    ah, not 1.5 squares here
    so no chance at all, keep to the roads.
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, just had to fix the scale
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah kk
    BI: what can i say, fairies are greedy, and so are dragons
    Wiwaxia (GM): grace wouldn't matter in a perfectly utilitarian jump, though
    whimsy: (long jump was, run to get some speed, then jump. but hell if i know which checks reality made me roll, i rolled shitty. no outright fumbles, but close)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yeah i'd advise sticking to the roads)
    (or wading, if you really must)
    whimsy: (im p sure ilmatars stuff is sturdier than it looks like xxD at least the underworks)
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you figure up here is probably the village elder's house
    * village crone, sorry
    Ilmatar Nordwind: biggest and highest house in the village, as advertised
    whats the one im standing in front of rn? just a plain old larger hut`?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    note that it's really not that large
    at all
    it's like 8 square m
    Ilmatar Nordwind: tiny huts ::D
    not that ilmatar isnt used to living on tiny space, but not that tiny
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, not generally seamless with the metal ground
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    their houses are grown, oh, this is so wonderful
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see the door from this side
    there's someone inside, messing with something over a low fire
    Ilmatar Nordwind: :D
    selfie time
    i was about to ask, why the spiral, and then i remembered, all that is natural from the land itself
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    the village crone's house is built/grown/reccessed into the next big "step" of the pyramid
    fortunately, there's also a smaller, much less leg-exhausting set of steps running up to it
    and a couple braziers with flames flapping in the wind by the guard posts
    Ilmatar Nordwind: flame colour? (blue would mean they could be burning bismuth oxide)
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, just orange
    Ilmatar Nordwind: itd be funny if they were burning the braziers themselve
    naw
    Wiwaxia (GM): you guess that they're probably burning rice waste or something
    the salamander warriors here look very, very bored
    Ilmatar Nordwind: they probably have already seen me, yes?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i'm kind of in plain sight
    Wiwaxia (GM): they are glubbing at attention
    Ilmatar Nordwind: pfft
    Wiwaxia (GM): where attention means making sort of an effort to look guard-ly
    sort of
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i take a picture
    salamander_guard: glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "glub"
    salamander_guard2: glub
    here to see the village crone?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Indeed I am, yellow one. Does she receive visitors at this time?"
    salamander_guard2: can I see your papers?
    i don't know what those are, but I think I'm supposed to want to see them
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (sec, my brain is refusing to do words)
    "Papers are naught but collections of words, yellow one. I carry mine in my head, but you do not seem to be able to gaze into it, and even if you were, I would advise against it. The mind of a fairy is a terrible thing to behold."
    (shit, i need to put irl points into bullshitting on the fly)
    salamander_guard2: ok i don't think i understood a single thing you said just there
    you'd better go in and talk to the crone
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Thank you kindly"
    (well that worked better than i anticipated)
    Arxon: (Ilmatar is such a cute)
    Wiwaxia (GM): the crone is wearing a long dark robe that covers her eyes and is hunched over a low, blue flame
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (just throw more complicated words at them and they shunt you to the brainier lanes)
    Ilmatar Nordwind curtsies
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Greetings, venerable one"
    crone: greetings, hmm hmm
    glub
    what brings you here, human child?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I was told you know the stories of these lands, venerable one"
    crone: i had not though my old eyes would live to see the day of Entry hmm
    oh, tales of the land
    i have many tales of the land, hmm
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Fate works in mysterious ways, but for now, I'd like to remain a simple, not-yellow traveller in the eyes of the yellow ones."
    "Would you tell me?"
    crone: hmm? and when did i suggest you weren't, hmm?
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind chuckles. "Fair enough"
    crone: you can't just listen to everything an old woman says hmm
    now, what tales would you be after, not-yellow one
    this land has many tales
    of things that were and things that will be and things that may never come to pass
    and not all these tales are fit for the ears of a simple young not-yelloe traveller, hmm?
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: I shall defer to your wisdom which tales are for the ears of this simple, young, not-yellow traveller.
    And since I know none of the stories, I shall not know what you deem not for me.
    But I seek to understand, this land, this your people, and the creatures that plague them. The stories told to tide the nights over and carry on, the light in the distance you travel to. The stories that tell how matter was born from void and came to be."
    crone: hmm hmm
    then I shall tell you a story of the Slumbering One
    the Breeze-Singer, the Father of Monsters and Herald of Pollution
    they say he has tasted the Breath of a thousand worlds
    they say he remembers things that have never happened and never will
    hmm hmm they say a lot of things though, don't they, traveller
    crone: they even say this land grew around him
    although there is no question that he slumbers in its core
    the Sea of Storms is of his making, as is the rust it makes of the steps below its surface
    he is the Herald of Pollution, hmm, and so rust and rot and oil and ash and smoke follow him wherever he goes
    he sleeps restlessly, as light as the Breeze
    and he is particularly incensed when anyone else call upon it
    crone: which is why he is the sworn foe of the Mage, hmm? but that is a story for another day
    , now there is war on the horizon, hmm
    and an Agent from the Dark Kindom managed to stir the Slumbering One for long enough to persuade him to make them monsters on commission
    though it must have cost the Agent and their Kingdom dear
    hmm, you see the Slumbering One guards the Grist Horde
    a massive treasure of incipient creation
    crone: and as the Father of Monsters it would be the easiest thing in the world for him to fashion these Underlings, hmm
    and so they climb out of the Sea of Storms and ravage the land and us poor farmers, hmm
    i hear some even make it to the Dark Kingdom that commissioned them
    , as I said, war is coming
    and though they will win, the Dark Kingdom may come to regret bargaining with the Slumbering One ere the end, hmm
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Opportunities for advancement, huh? More than you can say about other BOs.
    Thank you, venerable one, for your time, and your story.
    If I come across these underlings, I shall fell them, as the very least I can do to ease your life a little, but is there anything else I can do for you?
    Save hauling my ass outside and bashing underling heads in, I mean."
    crone: hmm i've filled your young ears and emptied my old throat, hmm
    come back later
    glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I shall.
    Fare thee well."
    crone: hmm
    Ilmatar Nordwind curtsies and exits the house.
    Wiwaxia (GM): one of the guards has fallen asleep leaning on his spear
    the other glubs at you amiably as you exit
    Ilmatar Nordwind smiles and nods at the glubbing one
    guard: there might be as storm coming off the top of the sea, glub
    i'd be careful climbing around
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Thank you for your warning. May I know the signs of this storm?"
    guard: well, i usually tell by the bigass pile of clouds coming this way
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "... point."
    guard: but the crone's probably got a smarter way glub
    she knows all kinds of things, our village crone
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "She is, for lack of a better word, awesome."
    guard: glub
    Ilmatar Nordwind smiles. "Glub"
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "May I pass?"
    guard: glubwhat?
    oh yes, go right through
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "Thank you"
    guard: careful, storms on the way!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "I have heard. I shall be on my guard."
     
  8. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d6
    (
    3
    +
    5
    )
    = 8
    rolling 2d6
    (
    3
    +
    4
    )
    = 7
    whimsy: i mistrust a gm rolling dice and not saying anything
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're starting to feel a bit peckish
    Ilmatar Nordwind: time to sit somewhere and bust out the sandwiches, then.
    or eat while walking, i guess. unless i gotta balance or climb, that should work
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh
    you are on a massive stepped pyramid
    how do you propose to avoid climbing?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: going parallel to the steps, duh
    Wiwaxia (GM): fair
    Ilmatar Nordwind: :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): gonna head back the way you came or continue around?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: continue around a little, then circle back
    and hope i come across some conglomeration of imps that tells me there's bugs around
    and i want to get a look at the incoming storm cloud
    (also, can i see the top of the pyramid yet or is it still far off in the distance?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, you can see the top
    Ilmatar Nordwind: how far off, about?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's about 300m away and a little less up
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thats not very far - after im done with the sandwich, ima check it out and get a good look at the surrounding area
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((hoo boy, horizon calculation time))
    also
    rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ominous dice is ominous
    BI: looks like there's a storm coming. Good thing I packed my raincoat!
    Myrtha Oscurr: Handy!
    *CO:
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: also i think i know where the monsters come from? on a larger scale, i mean
    BI: the lizards told me about a big monster in the heart of this land who created them for a dark kingdom
    BI: and that the monsters come from the sea of storms, so down below theres probably more waiting
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: A dark kingdom, huh?
    CO: But does that mean that your sea monster made all the other monsters here?
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: i think?
    BI: the crone referred to him as the "father of monsters"
    BI: and that the dark kingdom commissioned him to make them
    BI: also check this out
    Ilmatar Nordwind sends selfie on spiral pic
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Nice
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see a looooong ways from the summit
    enough to seriousl take in the curve of the planet
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I should probably go exploring some more and take photos of the world of so much blue and ghosts
    Ilmatar Nordwind is taking SO many pictures. Does her phone or tablet have a panorama option? If not, it's recording time
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: Land of Blue and Ghosts? :D
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Wires and Whispers
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: The yellow ones called this place, the Land of Steps and Storms
    BI: It has a really nice sounding name
    BI: oh wow that's a nice name, too
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: There are these telephone pole things everywhere.
    CO: They make sounds like people talking but you can't understand them
    Wiwaxia (GM): on the far side of the mountain, there's a jumble of intergrown walls of bismuth around square, stepped-down valleys. You think you can see something moving on top of one of the walls.
    there's another rise of purple off to your right, juuuust barely coming over the horizon
    everything else is roiling storms that flicker with submerged lightning
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: close your eyes, drone everything else out.
    BI: you know that feeling when you hear nothing, and at the edge of your perception, there's something?
    BI: listen for that feeling. recall it.
    BI: but if you can understand them, they can perceive you, too, so beware
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: ...What?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: :)
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: The whispers are pretty omnipresent. They get louder the closer to the poles I get, but
    CO: There's nothing understandable
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: wrong frequency?
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a big wispy collumn of cloud almost as tall as the mountain you're standing on being blown off the top of the Sea of Storms.
    it's pretty diffuse and doesn't look like it's got lightning in it, but it's got some rain coming, or at least mist
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Maybe.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: maybe if you record them and play them backwards
    Wiwaxia (GM): and the wind's picking up
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I'll record some when I go exploring.
    Ilmatar Nordwind takes out her raincoat and stashes her wings
    Wiwaxia (GM): your raincoat flaps noisily in the rising wind
    Ilmatar Nordwind inhales, takes in the coming storm
    Wiwaxia (GM): the peak of the mountain is a flat square plateau
    Ilmatar Nordwind: if i look into the direction of my house, do i see anything interesting, save the village and the fields?
    Wiwaxia (GM): when you're standing on one side of it, the other side almost obscures the horizon
    but you'd guess that it's only about 100m each side
    well, for starters, there's some clouds headed your way :P
    whimsy: yay, perspective fuckery. guessed as much when i reached the summit you said was beyond the horizon ::D
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: looks like i'm getting a chance to literally have my head in the clouds
    Wiwaxia (GM): @whimsy honestly, not even
    it's just the size of these planets
    i.e. small as fuck
    whimsy: ::D
    but for ilmatar, whos used to earth, its still perspective fuckery
    Ilmatar Nordwind: Guess I'll see if the storm literally brings monsters.
    Ilmatar Nordwind heads down back into the direction of her house
    Wiwaxia (GM): wait wait, there's still some description
    hold yer horses
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh god are there horses
    Ilmatar Nordwind: whoops, sorry
    Wiwaxia (GM): what do you think?
    and no worries
    Ilmatar Nordwind: let's open a pony farm
    Myrtha Oscurr: hell yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): you see what looks like a couple other villages on the rice patty levels
    and the cliff your house is on wraps around one corner of the pyramid/mountain as a low shelf
    the other side ends in a squared off cliff to the stairs like where your house is
    in the middle of the plateau at the top of the mountain there's slightly raised stepped platform with a canopy grown up over it
    looks like a gazebo, or maybe a shrine
    there's nothing in it, though
    whimsy: (i attack the gazebo) (jk, old anecdote from a pen&paper magazine)
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is what is the referance, yes
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    now are you heading down?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
    blade fan at the ready under the raincoat
    Wiwaxia (GM): you probably can't make it to your house before the storm hits
    Ilmatar Nordwind: im glad i packed the coat, then
    and closed off the house
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    karrin and arxon, you ready to get switched off to?
    Myrtha Oscurr: I am!
    Wiwaxia (GM): swwet
    *sweet
    say, i think you still need to roll for level-up hp
    for both your level ups
    1d6 each
    Myrtha Oscurr: guess so! my HP is still at 15
    rolling 2d6
    (
    6
    +
    2
    )
    = 8
    not bad!
    HP is now 23
    oh, should I roll to recover HP?
    Wiwaxia (GM): no (unless you slept? i don't think you did), but level up HP gets added to current hp
    Myrtha Oscurr: i ate food
    Wiwaxia (GM): i think we rolled for that last time?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Though I may have already counted that
    yeah
    hm
    Wiwaxia (GM): up to 9 from 3
    anyways you're at 17 now
    Myrtha Oscurr: so I am!
    anyways
    can you send me back to my home map?
    OK
    so is my kitchen imp still there?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you mean armory imp?
    Myrtha Oscurr: nope
    kitchen imp
    who was under the kitchen counter
    this was a few sessions ago
    Wiwaxia (GM): was the one that shapeshifted into an ogre and then your dad
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
    Wiwaxia (GM): because somebody prototyped a shapeshifter
    where to?
    Myrtha Oscurr: hmm
    let's go check the outside
    I wanna see if I can find a consort village
    Ilmatar Nordwind: excuse you, it was the doll of a shapeshifter
    :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah and we all know how well the harlequin doll went over :P
    k
    so you've walked down to the river before
    and you know there's nothing between you and there
    there's the rocks and drifting beads in the other direction, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (which only started messing around after nanna got into it) (jaspersprite aint much of a cthulhu princess) ::D ah wwell, different game version
    Myrtha Oscurr: Then I shall take a large bottle of water and head out into the rocks and drifting beads!
    Wiwaxia (GM): gonna follow the whisper lines or just wander?
    Myrtha Oscurr: I'll follow the whisper lines
    that way I can follow them back home
    oh wait, I'll also grab a granola bar or some cheesesticks out of the fridge
    those are sensible things to have, right?
    do i have to roll?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nah
    Myrtha Oscurr: kay
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    your house and it's hill drop rapidly over the horizon
    without the whisper lines to guide you you could easily get pretty damn lost
    rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    rolling 2d6
    (
    5
    +
    6
    )
    = 11
    Myrtha Oscurr: I use my laptopband to start making a map
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    6
    )
    = 8
    good plan
    your house is on there
    Myrtha Oscurr: Can I also include the river, and the whisper lines?
    maybe the car tracks?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the black line's the whisper lines you're following
    one sec
    don't wanna make this map too complicated
    i do have a proper map I'm working off of that you'll get access to at some point
    so i'm not really gonna bother making this pretty or comprehensive
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah no
    Wiwaxia (GM): sweet
    that should be about to scale
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): the ground starts to rise into a ridge of low, deep-blue hills
    the whisper lines seem to follow their spine
    there's not much in the way of beads on the top of the ridge
    just dunes clinging to its sides
    with what looks like dried riverbeds running through them?
    you're not sure
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's p fucking empty
    Myrtha Oscurr: I take some pictures and post them to the chat
    CO: This place gives me the creeps.
    Wiwaxia (GM): continue?
    or head back
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hmm
    Wiwaxia (GM): or split with the lines
    Myrtha Oscurr: I'll keep following the lines for a bit
    not up into the higher parts, just to get a better view of the surrounding areas
    Wiwaxia (GM): you keep walking along the top of the ridge for you guess about a kilometer
    Myrtha Oscurr: (I drink water as necessary)
    Wiwaxia (GM): eventually the ridge forks and the lines fork with it
    ((assumed, yeah))
    Myrtha Oscurr: ((just making sure! :) ))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((it's cool enough here and you've got enough water that i'm comfortable not tracking it closely))
    ((moss, on the other hand...))
    rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    the ridge subsides back down into the surrounding terrain, and the lines keep processing off over the horizon
    the landscape's pretty similar all along the ridge
    (To GM) rolling 1d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Myrtha Oscurr: I take more photos
    Do I see any villagey things?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, nothing
    just the lines, and the glass bead dunes, and the cobalt rock
    Myrtha Oscurr: Huh.
    Does make for some nice landscapes though.
    photo time!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you take some sweet photos
    rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    the wind starts to pick up
    the low hiss of glass bead on bead starts to drown out the whispering
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hm
    I head down to the lee side of the hill?
    Wiwaxia (GM): gimme a sec to determine wind direction
    rolling 1d8
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    ouch
    Myrtha Oscurr: did I just fall into the blue scorpion nest or something
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, the wind's just blowing along a lot of the length of the ridge
    you'll need to go a couple of hundred meters before you can drop down into the lee
    and there's an open gap between the end of the ridge and your house
    Myrtha Oscurr: drop?
    Wiwaxia (GM): off the ridge
    not a precipitous drop or anything
    so you are potentially cut off from your home
    Myrtha Oscurr: (just having a bit of trouble figuring out the topography and such)
    hrm
    how strong is the wind?
    Wiwaxia (GM): that more understandable?
    Myrtha Oscurr: I think so, yes
    So the lee shore would be getting into the fork area?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    Myrtha Oscurr: not shore
    lee side
    hrm
    CO; Wind's picking up. This place probably gets sandstorms.
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, beadstorms
    Myrtha Oscurr: hehe
    Hrm
    and me without any kind of mask
    (I make a note of that on my laptopband)
    ok let's see... could I make it to the actual fork in the ridge quickly?
    Wiwaxia (GM): about 8 minutes at a walk and 4 at a run
    Myrtha Oscurr: hrm
    I shall make a run for it then!
    Wiwaxia (GM): hm
    do you think checks to keep running would be str or con?
    Myrtha Oscurr: I do not know
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's say str
    Myrtha Oscurr: Though
    there's only a 1-pt difference for me on those
    no modifiers, I think
    Wiwaxia (GM): that 5%
    *that's
    Ilmatar Nordwind: str for speed, con for duration, id say
    Myrtha Oscurr: actually no
    i have 11 for both
    so it wouldn't matter either way
    Wiwaxia (GM): true
    i'm gonna rule str for future reference, though
    (@whimsy str is already factored into speed, but none of you have high enough str to get a speed bonus)
    (it's what str modifiers apply to)
    and let's say a check for every minute after the first
    so 3 str checks, please
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    5
    +
    3
    )
    = 8
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    4
    +
    2
    )
    = 6
    Myrtha Oscurr: roll a d20?
    Wiwaxia (GM): d20+ entire str score, yeah
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 3d20 + 11
    (
    19
    +
    16
    +
    12
    )+11
    = 58
    ...I feel i did that wrong, hm.
    Wiwaxia (GM): [[19+11] [[16+11] 23
    30 27 23
    there we go
    Myrtha Oscurr: alright
    is that good?
    Wiwaxia (GM): very
    you're p winded by the time you get there, though
    Arxon: (hey i am srry and i have been super silent but. ad headache, aproaching migraine, think i need to drop out, sorry)
    Myrtha Oscurr: but I'm out of the wind, right?
    on that side of the ridg
    without being cut off
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((ooof, i'm sorry, migranes suck ass. night!))
    Myrtha Oscurr: ((sleep well!))
    ((ah, too late))
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you're out of the wind
    but you're still cut off by this gap
    Myrtha Oscurr: but I'm barely over the ridge, right?
    or head over to the river and back to my house
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're in the lee of the ridge
    there's a ridgeless gap between you and your house
    so no protection from the wind if you try to walk home
    Myrtha Oscurr: so I can wait out the storm, hopefully
    Wiwaxia (GM): hopefully
    speaking of which, it's really picking up
    Myrtha Oscurr: I think I'm wearing a jacket
    Wiwaxia (GM): you would say it's starting to howl, but it's not getting any noisier
    Myrtha Oscurr: So I'll pull the hood over my head as tightly as I can
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see beads getting blown over the top of the ridge, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Yup, definitely a blue bead sandstorm
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I guess I'm stuck here, but I have water and a bit of food.
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d8
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Any of you know what sandstorm-appropriate clothing is?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6 + 1d8
    (
    5
    )+(
    1
    )
    = 6
    Myrtha Oscurr: ominous!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    6
    )
    = 8
    huh
    oooookay, gimme a sec
    Myrtha Oscurr: ...OK
    Wiwaxia (GM): that was about 20 minutes right there, btw
    Myrtha Oscurr: k
    Wiwaxia (GM): and the wind's starting to subside
    Myrtha Oscurr: "What."
    (is it coming from over the ridge?)
    (how do I whisper?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you go /w and then a name
    Myrtha Oscurr: ...
    I start trekking back to my house
    not going chasing that sort of thing unprepared
    CO: ... Welp.

    Myrtha Oscurr yells "Who's there?"
    Wiwaxia (GM): silence except the whispering of the wires
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: This place is freaking me out. I hope one of you guys gets here soon.
    I keep heading back to my house.
    "I have no idea who you are, for one thing! For all I know you're more monsters, or hallucinations, or something more ridiculous!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: longcoat, and something to cover your face. goggles and shawl, mostly
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: So! I can actually hear understandable voices
    CO: Downside: They are creepy as hell.
    "...give me some time."
    CO: You met some things, right? Did they know your name?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: nope!
    BI: the salamanders didnt even know what i am, save for the crone
    help us myrtha help us
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: what the fuck
    CO: Ilmatar that is not funny
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: huh?
    Myrtha Oscurr: (oh, I thought that was from Ilmatar's text thing)
    (my bad, forget that I said that then!)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (kk ::D)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (it was)
    Myrtha Oscurr: (wait I am confused now)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: so, you said you understood stuff?
    BI: whats they say?
    Myrtha Oscurr: (was the 'help us' bit OOC or not?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: 'help us' 'why are you turning your back on us witch'
    CO: And then you just said the same thing
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: whu?
    Ilmatar Nordwind checks the log
    Myrtha Oscurr: I screenshot my chat thing and send it to him
    assuming it still has the message on it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (her)
    Myrtha Oscurr: right sorry
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: hmm
    BI: our logs are different
    i send a screen of my version
    BI: pershaps something is trying to speak to you
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: using every channel it can get its hands on
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: ... Why'd you get salamanders and cool scenery while I get ghosts and nothing but blue sand beads
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: including the tiny fairy connected to the otherworld
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 8d6
    (
    6
    +
    2
    +
    1
    +
    1
    +
    5
    +
    2
    +
    6
    +
    4
    )
    = 27
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: I guess?
    CO: But you're not even here, how's it getting to you?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: these stories are interwoven, like fabric
    BI: of course theyre connected
    (or they could just tap into your phone, but ilmatars not going to offer that explanation)
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Well, I'm going home and kitting up for desert jaunts as best I can.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: you cannot help them if you are not prepared
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Right,
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: you also cannot help them if you do not know what, or where they are, or what to help them from or with
    BI: whatever is there whispering to you from the lines, reaching out to everywhere it can in hope to reach
    BI: well, not everyone
    BI: to reach you
    BI: you need to find them first
    Myrtha Oscurr: CO: That's also true.
    @ ilmatar: the storm hits
    Wiwaxia (GM): whoops shit
     
  9. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM):@ ilmatar: the storm hits
    you're getting pretty close to your house
    but you're in full whiteout immediately
    you can see like 2m at best
    Myrtha Oscurr: blueout
    Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar, not myrtha
    so whaiteout
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i have an electric torch
    and i have it with me
    Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't help
    fog
    Ilmatar Nordwind: damn
    Wiwaxia (GM): and wind
    the steps are getting pretty fucking slick
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeeah not risking breaking my neck here
    probably safest to use the steps as a slide
    Wiwaxia (GM): you do get a nice bright view of a circle of rushing, blinding fog
    you're gonna try to slide down them?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yknow what
    yeah
    Myrtha Oscurr: (hey, uh, I think I might call it a night)
    (it's late here)
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: n8 ::D
    Myrtha Oscurr: bye guys!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: half past 7 in the morning here
    Wiwaxia (GM): pff
    aaaaalrigh, can I get a dex check?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+9
    (
    18
    )+9
    = 27
    Wiwaxia (GM): you manage to do a nice controlled bump a bump on yout but down the stairs for, oh let's say 10m
    rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    nother dex check?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+9
    (
    2
    )+9
    = 11
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh oh
    well, at least it isn't a crit fail
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d30
    (
    16
    )
    = 16
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i probably veer off somewhere and land in a puddle
    Wiwaxia (GM): noope, you stumble on a slick step
    one leg goes under you as you bump down
    and you tumble for
    17m
    oh shit
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ah) (my plan was to sit on my ass and slide down)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, I got that
    you had your legs in front of you to slide down
    Ilmatar Nordwind: theen i need to reread to wrap my head around the physics
    hrmm
    oh dear
    Wiwaxia (GM): legs no longer in front of you --> headfirst tumble
    Ilmatar Nordwind: 17m really doesnt sound nice
    as in, thats almost 6 stories, and then on bismuth
    Wiwaxia (GM): it really, really isn't
    it's not a direct fall, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: at least its just tumbling and not outright falling
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    so i think I'll call that 4 3m falls
    so you take 3d6 damage
    instead of 1d6*1d10
    Ilmatar Nordwind: eep
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 3d6
    (
    3
    +
    2
    +
    5
    )
    = 10
    Ilmatar Nordwind: guess whos down on one hp
    Wiwaxia (GM): whoop, 4d6, sorry
    so add 1
    0 hp
    Ilmatar Nordwind: lol
    Wiwaxia (GM): you lucky motherfucker
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i'm gonna feel that tomorrow
    also i need one of those round sled pad things
    no hunting imps for me until i get a dose of sleep
    Wiwaxia (GM): you should probably not think about sleep until you are out of the cold and wet, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): i don't want to have to make up hypothermia rules just yet
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ehehehheheheheh
    my first suggestion to that rule list would probably be, slower/no hp reg
    Wiwaxia (GM): more like massive progressive stat damage
    Ilmatar Nordwind: that too
    Wiwaxia (GM): fun facts: if your con ever hits 0, you're toast
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yikes ::D
    lets not let that happen then, yes? good.
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you are lying facedown on some metal stairs
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yay
    i try to sit up
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are soaked p much to the bone and your everything hurts
    you manage to sit up
    water's gotten inside your rainjacket
    Ilmatar Nordwind: joy
    Wiwaxia (GM): what's your plan of action?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: my dress probably needs washed anyways
    slowly slide down step by step
    Wiwaxia (GM): dex check, if ya please?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+9
    (
    9
    )+9
    = 18
    Wiwaxia (GM): you feel your foot slip and wisely decide to stop forward movement
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i shouldve waited this out in the gazebo shouldnt i
    Wiwaxia (GM): or the village
    or the lee side of the mountain
    or basically anywhere but the fucking staircase
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (its 100% in character for her to just run headfirst into the storm)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yep)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: on which colour level am i atm?
    Wiwaxia (GM): green
    Ilmatar Nordwind: house level was blue, so i still have some way to go
    hm
    how long is the rope i have with me?
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that blue went to green almost immediately as you started to climb
    so you could be very close
    or not
    Ilmatar Nordwind: if the fog hasnt mangled my sense of where i am, the tumble has
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so i'm not going to trust that
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, you can tell which way "down the steps" is
    but other than that haha no
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    would there be any way to tie the rope to the stairs? like, jutting out crystal?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Ilmatar Nordwind: there goes that plan
    Wiwaxia (GM): although in retrospect it's probably just as well that there wasn't anything jutting out
    for you to fall on
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yyeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): speaking of which, you really cannot handle another fall like that
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i think ima chow down on another sandwich, im soaked anyways and this should calm my nerves a little
    what can i say, ive got my head in the clouds ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): head on the stairs is the real problem here
    the sandwich helps
    you're really starting to feel the cold, though
    rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    pffft
    Ilmatar Nordwind: can i get out my blanket and shrug it under the raincoat without it getting too wet?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not really, no
    what's it made out of?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (uhm) (player confession: i just put down "blanket") (if you give me a second, i can check mine)
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (polyamid, polyacril, cotton mix) (standard fluffy winter blankets you use with your sheeted blankets when it's cold af)
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha
    you can probably make a dex check to get it on merely damp rather than completely sopping
    if you crit fail, it's gonna blow the fuck away, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+9
    (
    20
    )+9
    = 29
    well look at that ::3
    Wiwaxia (GM): by some miracle of sylladex fumbling, you get it on dry
    Ilmatar Nordwind: muhahaha
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're shivering p violently, but that's helping you warm up your blanket
    what's your plan now?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: do i have a chance to warm up at least a little bit in this rain?
    Wiwaxia (GM): technically it's more like soaking fog than rain
    and you can stay warm ~ as long as your blanket stays dry
    staying put is not gonna be very good for warming up, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ok, then i'm going to try and curl up a little and stop shivering before i try to continue downwards
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: memo to me, pack a thermos with hot tea or sth next time
    Wiwaxia (GM): you guess your torch's batteries are starting to lose some juice
    Ilmatar Nordwind: good thing i packed spares
    Wiwaxia (GM): still got some life in the current ones, though
    what now?
    (To GM) rolling 1d20
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d19
    (
    14
    )
    = 14
    Ilmatar Nordwind: get back to sliding, slowly
    like, nudge towards edge, legs down, and slowly lower self down, rinse and repeat
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d18
    (
    15
    )
    = 15
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    dex check?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+9
    (
    18
    )+9
    = 27
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that you will go less far
    b/c you're being cautious
    you advance about 5m without incident
    Ilmatar Nordwind: still green?
    Wiwaxia (GM): just starting to turn blue
    Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
    not far anymore then
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d17
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d16
    (
    13
    )
    = 13
    Wiwaxia (GM): keep sliding?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: quick question, are the stairs indented a little?
    (brb, looking up bismuths softness)
    Wiwaxia (GM): some of them?
    but not much
    water is pooling up on them by dint of nowhere else to go, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: probs still pretty damn slippery
    too slippery to hold tight to them while lowering myself down
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    bismuth is soft af, btw
    ~2 on the moh's scale
    Ilmatar Nordwind: which means i could probs ram my blade fan into the stairs to get additional grip/stability
    Wiwaxia (GM): hmm
    that deals with toughness of bismuth too, I think
    your bladefan can scratch it like nobody's business, but it'll be harder to get a solid grip
    so str check to ram it in?
    with danger of the blades going wide on a failure
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+8
    (
    4
    )+8
    = 12
    htm
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, 1 blade goes towards you, 2 away
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (also i tested parallel to the steps bc im not stupid)
    Wiwaxia (GM): your blade skitters on the wet metal
    Ilmatar Nordwind: no getting grip this way. oh well, was worth a try
    Wiwaxia (GM): you keep a grip on it, but you go down on your side and soak your blanket
    Ilmatar Nordwind: but now the 4 doesnt loom over my next dex check on the way down
    Wiwaxia (GM): if you roll another four i will laugh
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    lets continue down
    rolling 1d20+9
    (
    15
    )+9
    = 24
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is not a four!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: looks good
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d30
    (
    27
    )
    = 27
    Wiwaxia (GM): you advance another 10 m
    (To GM) rolling 1d15
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i should be in blue-ish territory by now
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's mostly blue, with a little bit of green on the edges of stairs
    keep descending?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: do i remember how soon exactly it turned green, to estimate how far i am from solid ground?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you don't really remember precisely enough
    and it varied sideways
    Ilmatar Nordwind: dang
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, you don't know how far you've got
    other than "not much"
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thing is
    i need to keep moving
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so downwards it is, and hoping for the best
    rolling 1d20+9
    (
    17
    )+9
    = 26
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, I've got good news and bad news
    the good news is that you have found level ground!
    the bad news is that this means that you have lost your only directional marker
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i know my house wasnt far from the cliff
    and that it wasnt far from the pyramid either
    Wiwaxia (GM): protip: do not walk off the cliff
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so ill follow the pyramid until i can see the cliff in the light of the flashlight
    Wiwaxia (GM): also note that "not far" seems a hell of a lot farther when you can only walk 2 m
    *see
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and walk along it parallel
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Ilmatar Nordwind: then i should bump against it, or at least see it
    Wiwaxia (GM): which way are you going, relative to your current direction
    Ilmatar Nordwind: iirc, there werent more than 4 metres from cliff to house
    if the cliff was northwas on the map, and the pyramid was westways, and i followed it up westways, then i edge along to left, because north is left when facing east, which i am
    Wiwaxia (GM): wait wait
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and then try to keep the distance to the cliff that is "seeing it, but not in immediate danger of falling down"
    Wiwaxia (GM): cliff to stairs or cliff to sea?
    you're counting as N
    or let's say bow
    and then port starboard and stern
    b/c directions are meaningless
    (Not) Literally A Bird: bird is checking in very quickly!!!!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ye, but i know jackall about nautical stuff, so short explanation plx so were on the same page (starboard was right, i think? because all starfish are righthanded)
    hullo bird ::D
    (Not) Literally A Bird: i ended up taking way longer than i thought i would and also i quickly have to pack some stuff
    gonna aim to be back in ~an hour
    wiwaxia will u be ok to keep going?
    Wiwaxia (GM): we'll see if I'm up for it in an hour
    bow -reference point "front"
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (i was also referencing the map you drew a few sessions ago for me, just with up as north for easiness)
    Wiwaxia (GM): port left when facing bow, does not rotate when you do
    (gotcha)
    like "ship left" or "stage left" or in your case "house left"
    starboard is "house right"
    stern is back, away from bow
    if that makes sense?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i'm trying my best
    so
    house, with my window facing the sea of storms cliff, as bow
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: stairs down were starboard
    door was stern
    pyremid was backboard
    facing the pyramid with my house in the back, the cliff and sea of storms are to the right, which means now on the way down theyre to the left
    Wiwaxia (GM): facing the pyramid, the sea of storms is behind you
    and stairs down were port
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm, then i remember the map wrong
    not good
    hitting the cliff is a good starting point, hitting the stairs even better because then my house should be close
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    right, left or forward?
    rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    1
    )
    = 3
    (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thing is, depending on which of our map memories (well, you can just pull the map up) is right, the only thing i can do is move forward, otherwise i run danger of really becoming lost
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 30
    30
    = 30
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so, forward, and hope that i just run into my house
    but i mark the point where i touched down, with the alchemical symbol for air
    just scratch into bismuth
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha
    how far forwad do you wanna go?
    or just keep going until you hit something?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: the pyramid wasnt far from my house, but i dont know how far
    and i probs dont remember, grml
    and since i seem to have all-encompassing wifi here i cant even check if i can connect to the house wifi
    waait
    i bend over to the phone doesnt get too wet, and try to find my house wifi
    or like, home network
    Wiwaxia (GM): kinda cruddy connection, but yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: which means im close
    i mark my spot and direction in the bismuth, and walk a circle around it
    does the signal get stronger in any direction?
    Wiwaxia (GM): how wide a circle are you walking?
    (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so i can still see the mark i made in the ground
    nothing heavy to weigh down the rope so i could just use that, so i'll have to make do
    so, 1-1.5m?
    Wiwaxia (GM): no real change in signal strength
    also can I get a reflex save vs. unexpected puddle?
    (To GM) rolling 1d14
    (
    9
    )
    = 9
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20
    (
    17
    )
    = 17
    fuck
    well that didnt work
    flat on my ass?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    and your phone goes skittering away out of sight
    Ilmatar Nordwind: SHIT
    ok, back to plan A
    locate mark, walk in direction
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    rolling 1d8
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: make marks on the ground periodically
    Wiwaxia (GM): you run into the steps up
    Ilmatar Nordwind: from the cliff?
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, that you came down from
    Ilmatar Nordwind: whu?
    that does not make sense
    Wiwaxia (GM): you got turned around
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i made the mark into the direction facing away from the pyramid
    HOW
    gdi
    Wiwaxia (GM): whiteouts are a bitch
    Ilmatar Nordwind: does my tablet have some sort of mapping software or signal locator?
    just on the off chance
    (can i pull one from the depths of the internet?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can probably pull the same trick you were trying with yout phone with it
    (gps won't work because the satellites are in an adjacent existence)
    but you risk losing your tablet, too
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thats why i was trying to look for a hotspot/signal locator ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d13
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): and, just like that, the storm clears
    the end of the mist whips past you and races up the pyramid side
    (i was rolling countdown checks the whole time, btw)
    if there was a sun, it would come out
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yay
    Wiwaxia (GM): but instead you just get to see black sky above you
    and your house
    and your phone
    those are important
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: storm: weathered
    Wiwaxia (GM): :P
    it occurs to me that i should probably not whisper countdown checks to myself
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i try to circumvent the puddles, grab the phone, and head home
    eheheh
    Wiwaxia (GM): given that you can now see more than 2m, you succeed effortlessly
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yknow i wouldnt have been able to make heads nor tails from all those rolls you made
    unexplained gm rolls are ominous ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, 1d20, then 1d19, then 1d18, then 1d17 is probably only gonna be one thing
     
  10. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Ilmatar Nordwind: since i locked the house up there SHOULDNT be any imps inside, or im going to scream
    heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's an imp outside, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: is my spritechair still on the roof?
    what kinda imp?
    Wiwaxia (GM): there is no longer a chair on your roof
    phosphorus
    Ilmatar Nordwind: probs glowy because of the fog
    Wiwaxia (GM): glowy, but the wind's whipped away all the fog
    Ilmatar Nordwind: where is it, and has it seen me yet
    yeah but it wont be dry immediately
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's right outside your door
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ffffffff
    Wiwaxia (GM): does not appear to have spotted you
    does appear to be trying the doorknob
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahahahhahaha suck on lock technology, bitches
    i'll try sneaking up on it from behind
    Wiwaxia (GM): dex check?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+9
    (
    11
    )+9
    = 20
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're almost behind it when it notices you
    you win initiative automatically, but no surprise round
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
    (
    10
    )+0
    = 10
    that was the attack roll
    blrgh
    Wiwaxia (GM): that hits
    Ilmatar Nordwind: wrong floorplan btw
    you want the one on squared paper
    Wiwaxia (GM): i was on the right one
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2D4+1
    (
    1
    +
    3
    )+1
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): it is so dead
    which unfortunately means that it is also blowing up in your face
    rolling 1d4
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: oh come ON
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're knocked over, but otherwise unhurt
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (raging against reality here)
    Wiwaxia (GM): fortunately, your door isn't going down to 3 points of damage, either
    Ilmatar Nordwind: stand up, collect grist, unlock door, enter, lock door
    i should hope not
    storm door
    Wiwaxia (GM): 16 build
    yeah that'll take 4 hits of 7+ damage apeice to break
    anything less than 7 damage won't even scratch it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): i assume you do a quick survey for imps?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
    although none shouldve been able to enter
    i locked the place down
    unless they spawned inside, in which case im shit out of luck in securing the place
    Wiwaxia (GM): you find no imps!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: but one of the chairs is missing
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i guess i can chalk that up to sprite shenanigans
    fuck this im too beat to worry about sprite shenanigans rn
    i go upstairs, dry off, switch into dry pajamas and go the fuck to sleep
    those 3 from the imp blowing up, damage or just what happens?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 280 exp, btw
    Ilmatar Nordwind: wohoo
    Wiwaxia (GM): goes to death and dismemberment chart
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
    Wiwaxia (GM): on which "knocked over" is the result for 3 damage
    Ilmatar Nordwind: aah
    i should probably read that chart a bit more in detail
    does that add up?
    or is it per hit?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, it's per hit
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thats nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): if you go above a certain threshold, each hit deals more damage, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): so lots of 1d4 hits won't kill you
    but a couple solid 1d12 hits might
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): and then there's giclopses
    Ilmatar Nordwind: who just go straight to that chart? ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, they can do 2d20 damage
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yikes
    Wiwaxia (GM): if they hit, that is
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so anywhere between 2 and 4 plus boni
    *40
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    i should probably also show you guys the fall damage chart i'm using
    which goes like (in steps of 3m)
    1d6
    1d6*1d6
    1d6*1d8
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1d6*1d10
    1d6*1d12
    1d6*1d20
    1d6*1d50
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so you can still end up with 1 damage because you got low rolls, but you can also end up with a 120 damage headcrash
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1d6*1d100
    yeah
    swingyness!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: you dont believe how much i look forward to flying
    Wiwaxia (GM): ehehehe
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, you levelled
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i think ilmatars gonna down a hot chocolate before she goes to sleep tho
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you should roll hp for that
    Ilmatar Nordwind: 1d6?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Wiwaxia (GM): noice
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahahahhaha
    booyeah
    im not on 6 hp anymore ::D
    (youll inform me of any statchanges / points to distribute right?)
    *not on 0 hp anymore
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1 to all saves
    which I can put in or you can
    Ilmatar Nordwind: im on it
    Wiwaxia (GM): and then increased grist cache and a sweet 1000 boondollars, which I just gave you
    Ilmatar Nordwind: whoop whoop
    what rung did i advance to?
    Wiwaxia (GM): Still Believes in Fairies
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ehehehheheheheh
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, unless birds around and ready to play, I think i'll call that a night!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
    waking up on the dream moon is a hidden roll, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): hidden roll
    with hidden trigger conditions
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yay
    ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): i also can't wait for you guys to get Google LOSAS, etc.
    well, I can, because I need to finish mapping them, but
    Ilmatar Nordwind: itll make navigating so much easier
    heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): fun facts: you can wrap pngs around google earth as overlays
    :3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahahahahha nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): i am also amused that literally nobody has started building yet
    Ilmatar Nordwind: whimsy wouldve advocated it, ilmatar not so much
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: but rn shes a wet cat, and might start next session because fuck the outside world ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): leon and lemi were thinking about it last session
    (Not) Literally A Bird: guess who's back (back back)
    Wiwaxia (GM): heya!
    (Not) Literally A Bird: =D
    Ilmatar Nordwind: sup
    (Not) Literally A Bird: how's it going?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: how much are the bug treats moss i think was it linked me?
    i tumbled down the stairs in a whiteout
    and then i lost my phone
    Wiwaxia (GM): leon linked you those and they're like 3 build apeice
    except for one kind which is inexplicable 300 of some unknown grist
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah thats probs some fancy-shmancy kind
    (Not) Literally A Bird: incredible
    Ilmatar Nordwind: are those like, bags with bugs inside, or one treat one bug?
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that it is not any more expensive in boondollars
    bags with bugs, mostly
    deep fried criketz!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
    (Not) Literally A Bird: super curious as to what's in those
    Wiwaxia (GM): candied scorpions and gummy lettuce!
    apple thangs
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ima make like 4 of them, two for the farmers and two more if i need to bribe somelizard
    (Not) Literally A Bird: also wiwaxia are you gonna be ok to mess around for a little bit longer? i'll try not to keep you up too long
    Wiwaxia (GM): grist deducted, you should write em down
    yeah, I can poke around a bit
    also wanna see the permanent sprite for the wraith from last time?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: ooh yeah!
    dang
    very nice
    you've been busy :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    i am not looking forward to when i run out of canon underling sprites, though
    (Not) Literally A Bird: ah yes. that's gonna be fun
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (since im not completely deadbeat / on 0 hp anymore, the plan is as following:
    -dry off, shrug on comfy DRY pajamas
    -throw soaked stuff in dryer
    -hang raincoat up to dry in basement
    -grab mug of hot chocolate
    -dry off tablet and phone
    Ilmatar Nordwind: -plug in tablet, phone, and spent batteries
    -go the fuck to sleep)
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha!
    leon do you wanna do server stuff or 'splore
    (Not) Literally A Bird: 'splore thank you!
    nice
    alright
    Ilmatar Nordwind: can i watch the map, too?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: okay, i remember one direction had the convenience store, one had stepping-stones...what were the other two?
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh and I've actually got a proper map to reference off of for you now
    (Not) Literally A Bird: ooh nice!
    Wiwaxia (GM): for me to reference off of that is
    you don't get to see it juuuuust yet
    (Not) Literally A Bird: :P ruude
    Wiwaxia (GM): mostly because it is just a nicer recreation of those orange scribbles and not much else
    (Not) Literally A Bird: hahaha
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, clockwise from top
    off into the distance
    convenience store
    dead end
    stepping stones
    with a bunch of connecting loops between em
    Wiwaxia (GM): and at least one look to the apartment parking garage
    or whatever's in its place now
    (Not) Literally A Bird: so the loop that connects to the parking garage is broken off at some point, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    (Not) Literally A Bird: ooh
    alright, let's walk along that one!
    follow it wherever it may lead
    Wiwaxia (GM): you follow it down
    the apartment appears to be built on a small rocky island now
    just wide enough for its foundation
    there's seagullshit and alagae and mussels all over the bottom of the island
    and the cavernous mouth of the parking garage
    which is, in fact, still a garage
    Leon Gaspar: ...is there anything in the garage, by chance?
    like, you know, a bike
    Wiwaxia (GM): albeit one with algae all over the floor and dripping water
    there are some seriously rusted-out cars
    Leon Gaspar: or a skateboard, or some kind of transport
    Wiwaxia (GM): and you Tia's car, which is as nice-looking as ever
    Leon Gaspar: i take a quick look in tia's car. anything inside? is the engine warm?
    Wiwaxia (GM): engine's cool
    nothing out of the ordinary inside
    except, yanno, Tia
    Leon Gaspar: ....
    Wiwaxia (GM): (note that it's been at least 8 hours since you entered)
    Leon Gaspar: Dot Dot Dot
    I knock on the window
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a knocking noise
    i dunno what you expected
    Leon Gaspar: yeah
    (wait are you saying she is or isn't in there)
    (sorry, parsing abilities are shot. again.)
    Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, she is not on there
    *in
    Leon Gaspar: (that's what i figured :P)
    Wiwaxia (GM): shoulda been more clear
    Leon Gaspar: alright, well, even if she's mysteriously disappeared i'm not brave enough to steal this
    does the other end of this loop lead to the water?
    Wiwaxia (GM): other end of this loop rejoins one of the main branches just outside the lobby doors
    Leon Gaspar: rightio
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's other garage exits, though
    Leon Gaspar: alright, what exits have i got?
    Wiwaxia (GM): another couple just lead to other loopy ramps back into the cloverleaf
    but one's got stairs to the water's edge
    and there's stairs going down from the garage into the island in the stairwell
    as well as the old stairs up to the apartment building
    Leon Gaspar: hm
    go investigate the stairs going down into the island?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    do you have a light?
    Leon Gaspar: only my laptop
    how much grist to build the lantern thingy we've got in the sburbdoc?
    the candle lantern
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1 build, 1 rust
    candles require a kind of grist you haven't seen, though
    Leon Gaspar: argh, that'd be right
    Wiwaxia (GM): so unless you've got some in your apartment the lantern's useless
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i just entered the electric torch btw
    *added
    Leon Gaspar: ...maybe i should go fight some imps
    how much is the torch?
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that gristtorrent has been set up
    Leon Gaspar: ohh it has? =D
    Wiwaxia (GM): 3 build, 1 amber
    Leon Gaspar: you know who can afford that? leon can afford that B)
    back up to the apartment to do some alchemising!
    Wiwaxia (GM): iiii should place your shit for you
    Leon Gaspar: yeahh
    also i am waiting outside the door and cautiously peeking in
    juuust in case
    pfft. sorry tia. no bed for you.
    well if she wanted a bed she shouldn't have gone off and disappeared
    Wiwaxia (GM): that should about do it
    Leon Gaspar: alright
    can i see any imps hanging around?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Leon Gaspar: sweet
    in i go!
    so electric torch is first order of business
    Wiwaxia (GM): bam, 1 electric torch
    batteries not included
    Leon Gaspar: i'll take care of my own grist tally?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can find those on 4- on d6
    Leon Gaspar: alright, let's see
    rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    B)
    Wiwaxia (GM): nah, i've got the grist spreadsheet set up
    i'm just deducting stuff live
    Leon Gaspar: nise
    nice
    wow i can spell
    alright, have i got batteries? and if so how many?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you've got enough to fill the flashlight
    3 fuel pips
    Leon Gaspar: nice
    alright!
    did you end up getting my alchemisations on time, or shall i wait for next time?
    i don't mind waiting tbh
    i kinda wanna see what's down there
    Wiwaxia (GM): next time, yeah
    Leon: go down?
    Leon Gaspar: B)
    yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are very glad for the light of your torch
    these stairs are cracked and slimy with algae
    Leon Gaspar: is there a railing or something i can hold on to?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    it's rusty and algae coated, though
    Leon Gaspar: ...
    i sort of....hover my hand over the railing
    in case i needa grab it
    and i continue to descend
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get to a landing
    there's a very rusted iron door
    and the stairs continue down
    there's some cracked plastic by the door that looks to have once been a sign
    Leon Gaspar: can i make anything out on the sign?
    Wiwaxia (GM): ahahahahano
    it's pretty much uniform off-white at this point
    Leon Gaspar: welp
    Wiwaxia (GM): well,off white with streaks of green and brown
    Leon Gaspar: is the iron door locked?
    Wiwaxia (GM): can't tell
    Leon Gaspar: that is to say, i test to see if it's locked
    Wiwaxia (GM): the handle
    Leon Gaspar: sorta
    Wiwaxia (GM): the handle's off
    Leon Gaspar: huh
    can i like. push it.
    Wiwaxia (GM): and it's rusted shut anyhow
    you can push it, sure
    it's not going anywhere, but you can push it
    Leon Gaspar: hm. welp. down we go again!
    Wiwaxia (GM): (nb you can also try to batter it down, now or sometime in the future)
    keep going down?
    Leon Gaspar: hm. i might see if there's anything a bit further down, yeah
    can come back to the door later
    Wiwaxia (GM): you come to another landing about a floor down
    it's ankle deep in water
    it looks like the stairs continue down underwater
    there's another door here, though
    it's busted open
    although it's still in the doorway so you'll have to clamber over it's slimy, rusted bulk if you wanna get into or look into the room
    Leon Gaspar: hm. i think im gonna head back up and try the other door then
    seems like a slightly safer prospect
    so, back up the stairs. do i have enough room on the landing to swing my flail without falling down the stairs?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: alright, gonna give that a go. what do i roll?
    Wiwaxia (GM): don't need to roll to hit inanimate objects
    unless they're tiny or moving
    Leon Gaspar: i meant for 'actually breaking it down', haha
    Wiwaxia (GM): so just roll damage
    the way item breakage works
    Leon Gaspar: what's the damage roll again? 1d6 or 8? /my memory is terrible
    Wiwaxia (GM): is that different durabilities of item break if they get hit by a certain threshold of dama
    less does nothing, more doesn't do any more
    1d8
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): there is an almighty bang
    rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    that echoes up and down the stairwell
    the door looks pretty much undaunted and undented, though
    Leon Gaspar: can i try more than once?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you can try as many times as you like
    Leon Gaspar: alright!
    rolling 1d8
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    god dam it
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    another colossal bang
    Leon Gaspar: i grumble and resolve to try one more time
    rolling 1d8
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): another boom
    door is still undamaged
    rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    some water drips on your head
    Leon Gaspar: oof. i look up warily
    and then up the stairwell. that was loud.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ceiling imp?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, just ceiling algal snotsticle
    or bacterial maybe
    certainly nothing photosynthesizing down here
    Leon Gaspar: grooooss
    how's my battery life going?
    Wiwaxia (GM): battery's fine
    Leon Gaspar: alright
    i am going to do something productive, dammit!
    downstairs to the gross water area we go
    and im gonna shine my torch into the busted-open room when i get there.
    Wiwaxia (GM): the door's twisted on its hinges such that you need to climb up over it to see into the room
    Leon Gaspar: blech. alright. i'm gonna try to climb over the door!
    Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a dex check for doing that without dropping your torch?
    rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    4
    )
    = 6
    Leon Gaspar: yep, what do i add to it, just my dex?
    rolling 1d20+13
    (
    1
    )+13
    = 14
    holy shit
    Wiwaxia (GM): whole dex, yep
    Leon Gaspar: i am not doing well today
    Wiwaxia (GM): hoo boy
    Leon Gaspar: this is what i get for being late
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, the good news is you got over the door
    the bad news is you fell over the door
    and took 2 damage on the way over
    hope you're up on your tetanus shots
    and you dropped your flashlight
    into the water
    Leon Gaspar: on the other side of the door?
    dammit
    Wiwaxia (GM): where it shorted
    Leon Gaspar: ===>Leon: Regret everything
    Wiwaxia (GM): you cannot see jack shit
    Leon Gaspar: Can i hear anything, though?
    Wiwaxia (GM): plip plip plip
    Leon Gaspar: nothing suspicious-sounding? like, you know, giant footsteps
    Wiwaxia (GM): the room sounds about... janatorial closet sized?
    nothing suspicious, no
    maybe like a small storeroom
    Leon Gaspar: ooh, alright. gonna like...feel around.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh, differene between can be used in a rainstorm and can be used under water?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: maybe there's an emergency supply with candles or something
    or one of those bigass emergency torches
    Wiwaxia (GM): gonna grope around in the dark?
    Leon Gaspar: yeah, why not
    i mean, i'm already here
    Wiwaxia (GM): you put your hand through what may once have been a cardboard box
    Leon Gaspar: if there's even a slight chance of finding a light imma take it
    Wiwaxia (GM): feels like it's full of cans
    Leon Gaspar: well that's a start
    gonna take one of those and examine it when i get outta here
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Leon Gaspar: ~mystery can~
    Wiwaxia (GM): keep shuffling around in the dark?
    Leon Gaspar: yep
    Wiwaxia (GM): a mop falls on your head
    Leon Gaspar: that would be right
    right. leon has had enough adventure for one day.
    going to try NOT to crit fail as he climbs back out over the door
    rolling 1d20 +13
    (
    11
    )+13
    = 24
    Wiwaxia (GM): how is he planning to crawl out over the door?
    Leon Gaspar: oh. is there not a way back over?
    hm
    mop!
    Wiwaxia (GM): the top's angled towards you
    Leon Gaspar: ahh
    hoo boy
    Wiwaxia (GM): the top is also ragged and rusty
    and what got you on the way down
    Leon Gaspar: alright, im gonna feel my way around the walls, just in case there's a way out
    Wiwaxia (GM): feeling with hands or mop handle?
    Leon Gaspar: mop handle, yeah
    kinda prod the walls
    Wiwaxia (GM): good call
    Leon Gaspar: see if anything moves
    yeah. way too much algae around here
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a sound like a shelf falling
    Leon Gaspar: or...whatever this stuff is
    also sharp rusty things
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is, a wall shelf detatching from the wall at one end
    followed by a series of crashing and splashing
    another can rolls into your leg
    Leon Gaspar: oops
    Wiwaxia (GM): the mop handle has also been snapped in half
    the wood was pretty rotten
    Leon Gaspar: well, i'll hold onto this end at least
    right. doesn't seem like i'm getting out any way but over.
    Wiwaxia (GM): what's your plan?
    Leon Gaspar: two plans at the moment
    plan one: attempt to assemble a platform of cans and use that to lever myself over the door
    plan two: flail vs door, round 2
    i'm going to try plan one first, that is, i'm going to see if i can get enough cans together to get me high enough to climb over the door
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, groping around in the dark for cans?
    Leon Gaspar: yep
    with the requisite amount of quiet grumbling
    Wiwaxia (GM): well,there's a boxfull right next to you
    Leon Gaspar: that helps
     
  11. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): so that'll get you like half a meter of height with some restacking
    Leon Gaspar: alright, is half a meter going to be enough? i shall try it
    just how folded-over is this door?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's plenty enough to reach the top of the door and pull yourself up
    problem
    top of the door is ragged and rusty
    Leon Gaspar: small-cuts ragged and rusty, or possible-impalement ragged and rusty?
    Wiwaxia (GM): in between
    will scrape up bare hands and wriggling chest
    Leon Gaspar: are there any more cans in the room, or anything else i can add to my platform?
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, there's the shelf-full of cans and whatever else you tipped over
    and the shelf itself, for what that's worth
    and another two wall unexplored
    Leon Gaspar: well, priority number one is going to be 'poke next wall with what remains of the mop'
    Wiwaxia (GM): more shelves, but these one's don
    't seem to be in immediate danger of crashing
    Leon Gaspar: well that's a start
    i try to feel what's actually on them. more cans?
    Wiwaxia (GM): feels like there's some... bottles? on them
    not the right shape for cans
    plastic and glass
    Leon Gaspar: huh. supply cupboard. wonder who put this here?
    and on the last wall?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you'd need to shuffle forward some to reach it
    Leon Gaspar: i can't poke it from here?
    i guess i did break the mop in half
    Wiwaxia (GM): not with half a mop handle, yeah
    Leon Gaspar: alright. gonna shuffle close enough to poke it w/ mop handle. want to avoid getting hit in the head if at all possible
    Wiwaxia (GM): you run into some more boxes
    one of them bursts above you
    showering you in...
    something slimy, anyways
    not full of cans, fortunately
    Leon Gaspar: i continue to regret everything
    at least i didn't knock myself out
    anyway. anything solid and unlikely to buckle under me gets added to the platform pile
    the goal is to get up high enough that i can go over leg-first, since my jeans will hopefully be thick enough to take the brunt of the damage
    Wiwaxia (GM): a couple of the boxes have cans in them
    so you add those to the pile
    Leon Gaspar: cans! cans for the can platform!
    Wiwaxia (GM): which is now a meter high
    but looking a little precarious
    Leon Gaspar: i am caaarefully going to try to climb up it
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    dex check?
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    2
    )+13
    = 15
    leon. leon you're supposed to be the dextrous one.
    Wiwaxia (GM): yikes, dude
    cans go everywhere
    Leon Gaspar: leon says "fuck it" and gets out his flail
    Wiwaxia (GM): reflex save to avoid tripping on cans, please
    Leon Gaspar: ah
    ok what do i roll for that one
    (sorry, again)
    one day i will get the hang of this
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1d20 you want less than or equal to your save
    (no worries)
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    oh thank god
    save's 15
    Wiwaxia (GM): 5 and lower saves for p much everyone, anyways
    even imps
    damage?
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
    (
    8
    )
    = 8
    Wiwaxia (GM): boom
    door gets ripped off it's top hinge and comes crashing down
    rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Leon Gaspar: right. good. i feel a sense of satisfaction.
    can i see anything yet or is it still pitch-black?
    Wiwaxia (GM): still pitch black
    Leon Gaspar: im gonna feel around for the stairs, i should remember which direction they were in
    Wiwaxia (GM): you put your hand on the incredibly gross railing
    Leon Gaspar: i shudder and grit my teeth. 'the shower is probably still working', i say to myself.
    as carefully as possible i try to make my way back up to the next landing
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    let's say just one dex check to get up to the garage without slipping?
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    19
    )+13
    = 32
    thank christ
    Wiwaxia (GM): that's a crit, actually
    you make it out in double-time
    Leon Gaspar: B)
    right. heading back to the apartment to assess the damage
    next time i will bring two flashlights
    Wiwaxia (GM): shirt's torn, your everything is slimed, there's muck in your hair and your flashlight has been lost to the depths
    Leon Gaspar: is my shower working?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Leon Gaspar: are any of the taps working?
    i ask, more out of desperation than anything
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, faucet's working
    gives you a thin stream of rusty water
    Leon Gaspar: okay. going to wash as much slime out of my hair as possible
    Wiwaxia (GM): hope you like rust, dude!
    Leon Gaspar: and then i am going to find a towel
    dry myself off as much as possible
    Wiwaxia (GM): (there is also an ocean)
    Leon Gaspar: (well yes, i wasn't sure if u were okay with yet another excursion though?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (just down to the water isn't much of an excursion)
    Leon Gaspar: (i am aware that it's late for you nwn;)
    yeah, alright
    gonna head down to the water's edge
    poke it with like, the toe of my shoe to make sure it's not acidic
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's saltwater
    Leon Gaspar: B^)
    bathtime!
    Wiwaxia (GM): it does normal saltwater things
    Leon Gaspar: by which i mean i dunk my head in
    then kinda
    Wiwaxia (GM): like be screamingly painful on your scrapes
    Leon Gaspar: well yes but salt is good for them
    Ilmatar Nordwind: disinfection ftw
    Leon Gaspar: fuck infection
    there were steps into the water, right?
    somewhere
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Leon Gaspar: gonna go hang out by them so i don't accidentally drown myself
    Wiwaxia (GM): the steps are fairly not-slick
    and also, fortunately, not completely mussel encruested
    Leon Gaspar: well yes
    i'm gonna just try to submerge as much of me into the water without walking off the steps
    because i don't know how deep it is and frankly i don't want to find out
    Wiwaxia (GM): the steps just keep going down underwater
    Leon Gaspar: i'm a city boy, i'm not a strong swimmer
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you can just walk down them and back up
    Leon Gaspar: right. in water, out of water.
    Wiwaxia (GM): the water is...
    bracing
    Leon Gaspar: mmf
    also burning on those scrapes
    Wiwaxia (GM): you feel very braced, certinly
    Leon Gaspar: i very quickly scrub off as much goop as possible
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, you've p much trashed your towel, but you get most of it off
    Leon Gaspar: it's a start
    alright
    like on a scale of clean to disgusting, am i in a comfortable range
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    like day-at-the-beach
    rather than day-in-the-sewers
    Leon Gaspar: alright, you know what? good enough
    back upstairs! i will tackle the stubborn door later, i think
    for now, i need some clean clothes
    Wiwaxia (GM): and I think i'll call it there
    Leon Gaspar: yep
    so, clean clothes and sleep for mr leon
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 400 exp from your scrape on the door
    Leon Gaspar: pfft
    well i certainly learnt something
    Wiwaxia (GM): wait, miscalculated
    40
    sorry
    Leon Gaspar: haha it's alright
    Wiwaxia (GM): 400 would be a bit much
    Leon Gaspar: well yes
    right, so leon's sleeping
    i don't know how much im going to be available next week since i'm catching a plane at i think 10pm your time? but i will try to be here for a bit
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    good luck with the move
    Leon Gaspar: hehe, thanks nwn sorry i've been sporadic! once i settle in over there i'll be more reliable :P
    thanks for hanging around so long, i really appreciate it! i look forward to this every week
    anyway yes, i'll leave you to it! thank you!
    Wiwaxia (GM): awww, that makes me really glad to hear
    :3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Leon Gaspar: B3
    Ilmatar Nordwind: n8 then
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    Wiwaxia (GM): hallo
    sorry, didn't get around to alchemizations again
    brain has been floppish this week
    whimsy: heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): so bird's gonna be late and i'm not sure if arxon and km are showing up
    whimsy: blrgh, i miss my tablet, at least my tablet didnt crash at random
    Wiwaxia (GM): so i think we're mostly waiting on karrin
    whimsy: yeah, and im not sure im coordinated enough to eat gloop out of a tub xxD
    werent km and karrin the same person, or am i having brainlags again
    Wiwaxia (GM): km = boy across the street = moss
    whimsy: ah
    ok, having brainlags again
    Wiwaxia (GM): no worries
    whimsy: didnt boy mention sth, too?
    Wiwaxia (GM): seems to be that kinda day
    whimsy: boy mentioned being invited to a baby shower and unable to smuggle a comp in
    might be coming late or not at all
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    should probably have checked in in-thread earlier, but OH WELL
    :VV
    whimsy: ::D
    (also, just to remind you, i wont be present next week) (im gonna go to ratcon over the weekend)
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha!
    ratcon?
    whimsy: german pen & paper con ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): sweet!
    whimsy: and it looks like half of my usual group including the lady who usually plans everything wont come this year, so i need to check who of the group comes and plan that stuff, ugh
    and of course no one told me until i asked her last week ==_=="
    (aka yesterday)
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh jeez
    yeah, i've been in those nerd wrangling situations
    never fun
    whimsy: and of course no one is online / responding to my texts
    ./joy
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, the time of day might have something to do with that one
    whimsy: yeah well but i contacted them all like friday
    then laura was like, hey im in birmingham and not sure if im gonna go, aeq was like, im in san fran, and björn was like, short notice much?
    and neither marco nor nikita are checking their skype ==_=="
    raaaagh -flips table-
    Wiwaxia (GM): -quietly rights table-
    whimsy: (pfft)
    sorry, im a bit peeved rn ::/
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, I would be too!
    whimsy: and i had asked laura to plan that stuff for me too last nordcon because we all sat in different parts of the bus ::/
    blrgh
    im getting anxiety nopeouts while having to plan my own stuff, tyvm, whyyyy
    back to sburb
    Wiwaxia (GM): -pats the whimsy-
    whimsy: (theres no way im goig to let anything stop me from going to ratcon) (my sister is attending) (i havent seen her in a year b/c she missed dreieich)
    (shes not really my sister, but we sorta adopted each other over mom issues) (so now i kinda have two older sisters and a younger sister to whom i have no blood relation but for whose children i will be the eccentric auncle)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (nice)
    whimsy: so
    ilmatar snoozed out
    buried in dry clothes and warm blankets hoping she wont catch a cold from having her head in the clouds
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    i don'e have the timeline set up, and there's no constraints on you future anyways
    so you can sleep as long as you want
    whimsy: how much time were we in-session when ilmatar went to sleep?
    ballpark figure
    Wiwaxia (GM): :?
    at some point i'm gonna comb back through all the chat archives and get all that shit sorted
    but right now, it doesn't really matter if ilmatar winds up a few hours ahead or behind
    Ilmatar Nordwind: long day running around in the cold getting hurt, ima go for exhausted and aim for like a full 8 hrs sleep
    Wiwaxia (GM): 's sburb, nolinearity comes with the territory
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): so 8+1d6 hp back
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d6+8
    (
    6
    )+8
    = 14
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is gonna put you solidly in the future, btw
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ya
    i know
    but i think ilma needs her sleep rn
    not just a nap
    solid conkout
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, she's certainly feeling much better
    so what's the plan?
    build? explore?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: build
    as far as we have grist
    (also BLRGH, my tower suddenly cant recognize my micro sd on which i had saved my stuff) (my tower is stupid) (ima see if my netbook fares better in the meantime)
    Wiwaxia (GM): moss has 94 build, and you can pirate some more from other people
    (k)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (or not, because my netbook is outta juice and i dont wanna dig up the charger)
    (its one of those days, alright)
    (because my tower recognized the micro sd just fine yesterday and the day before)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yeah, i've been having one of those days too)
    (i didn't get to sleep till sunrise last night)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (::D)
    (whaddya do?)
     
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  12. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Ilmatar Nordwind: so, building via copypasting, and if im not familiar with the system ima dick around until i figure it out
    whats the price for copying this marked part?
    Wiwaxia (GM): k lemme sort this out
    first of all, how are you planning to build up off the round top?
    second, for reference, the first gate is about 15m up from the top of the tower
    third, lemme run some quick numbers
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm, which means i need a stable base first
    whoever designed this did not take alchemizing a stable place into consideration
    Wiwaxia (GM): (designed? :P)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ooh what if i copy the tower branch without the round room, and then move the top room to the tower branch
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, can i get an int check?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: d20+int stat?
    Wiwaxia (GM): (to determine how many of the relevant factors ilmatar knows)
    yep!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+13
    (
    20
    )+13
    = 33
    Wiwaxia (GM): damn
    Ilmatar Nordwind: well ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar knows her architecture
    actually, mark that on your character sheet
    so, you know that the off-branch is cantilevered out
    there's horizontal beams (or equivalent) going into the tower core
    and then the weight of the tower above it keeps the heavy end from falling and tearing the thing off
    so you can't just stick another stem off the side
    Wiwaxia (GM): but you could build another one into the tower by the same trick
    if that makes sense?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: it sounds like its easier to just paste over the tower tbh
    if thats possible
    (i think thats what they did in hs too) (just paste over the damn thing)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (the whole tower stem got snapped off, actually)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ah) (its been ages since i reread the comic)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (one sec, consulting w/ engineering sister about architecture)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (eheheheh) (yeah, having someone who has points in that skill is always a good thing to have as a gm)
    Wiwaxia (GM): okay, so those walls down at the bottom are not, really load-bearing
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (not that sburb cares much about sense regarding architecture, but there was the difference of just copypasting stuff up and building the wobbly chimney layers rose attempted to do)
    Wiwaxia (GM): the support of the tower is the stem
    and then the lower floors are kinda built around it/hung off of it
    got that?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ok, so building that tower up in any way stable is going to be a BITCH
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, the stem under the ball has solid structural support
    you could build it up just that width
    or cantilever things off like the side-tower
    or hang more floors around it
    you could build columns around the top ball
    Ilmatar Nordwind: would those be in any way stable enough?
    Wiwaxia (GM): and then buttress the fuck out of it
    so that weight gets redistributed back to the tower's core
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i think a cantilever and relocating the round room atop it is going to be easier and more stable ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, probably
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and then just pull the tower core up
    maybe add some marking for the gate locations
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    so fun relevant fact about skyscrapers
    only the very core (that the elevators run through) supports weight
    the floors and walls and all are not built up, they're hung off the core
    Ilmatar Nordwind: "_"
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you could easily hang a room around each gate or something
    Ilmatar Nordwind: unlike towers of old, where the outer walls were loadbearing
    ya that was what i was thinking ::D
    hm
    what is in that round top room anyways
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: bc if its empty im just gonna paste right over it
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's moss's dead mom's old room
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
    hm, i shouldnt paste over that
    (so moss' guardian kicked the bucket? poor kid. but i should probs ask him if he told me about that)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yeah)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ilmatars probably gonna offer to adopt him as a bro)
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, my sister suggests that you should run flying buttresses to the surrounding trees, because it would look cool
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ok, that i gotta google because language barrier)
    ooh those things
    those look GORGEOUS
    i wonder how peeved the party is gonna be if i spend early grist on stuff like that
    Wiwaxia (GM): fffff
    Ilmatar Nordwind: because both whimsy and ilmatar are SO up for that
    (the copied parts are empty, right? man, a tower like that, miles high, is gonna be so eerie)
    Wiwaxia (GM): empty, yeah
    well there's periodic transportalizers
    which are gonna cost a buttload of grist if you try to copy them
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (lotsa space to design and fill, tho) (i could probably set all my consorts up in my tower once its high enough)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can redeploy the existing ones fairly cheaply, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh, im sure theres some midlevel one i can nab for the first gate, if i even manage to build that high with our available grist - which i doubt
    so, the plan is, hang the thing off the side, ilmatar knows how to do that better than me, and relocate the top room
    how much grist is that gonna eat=
    Wiwaxia (GM): okay, this is gonna take a bit
    running numbers
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    (not gonna copy moss room, just the thing that carries it)
    (or do i need to resize the carrying structure so it wont break off for the larger orb?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, you just need more weight on top to counterbalance it
    you're going to need to copy that much
    as for the tower stem
    Ilmatar Nordwind: would it work if i put the two cantilevers opposite of each other?
    Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't matter, although it would look nice
    Ilmatar Nordwind: that those balance each other out?
    Wiwaxia (GM): they're counterbalancing with respect to the center of the tower, not with respect to each other
    Ilmatar Nordwind: blrgh, physics
    but how would i manage moving the thing and raising the tower beofre it collapses, then? :/
    Wiwaxia (GM): (it's like you put a ruler or something so just the end of it is one the edge of a table, and get it to stay level by pressing down on that end)
    hmmm
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (i dropped physics with a D 6 years ago, i think its showing)
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, thing's you're moving are in kinda not-there land
    hmm
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah but do i sorta have a clipboard where i can store items in the interim while im working on the foundations
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemme think
    okay, my sister and i figured it out
    you need to run a flying buttress from the side tower out to a tree
    so it's supported that way and won't fall off when you move the top
    then you can have one thing in your "clipboard"
    if that makes sense?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: mostly
    Wiwaxia (GM): don't wanna do all your problem solving for you, so
    Ilmatar Nordwind: wouldnt i need to support the second branch that way too until i raise the tower?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    one sec, i'm gonna roll for number of tall surrounding trees
    because that area isn't firmly mapped yet
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d6
    (
    6
    +
    5
    )
    = 11
    Ilmatar Nordwind: not sure if the trees could support the weight tho? or is it just how far out the flying buttress goes
    Wiwaxia (GM): what do you mean?
    also you can distribute the weight among multiple trees
    not like you've got a shortage
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ive got a shortage
    one of grist
    Wiwaxia (GM): pff
    true
    Ilmatar Nordwind: if moss and the alchemiting stuff werent in that damn part of the tower (which is why i thought id put the alchemizing stuff in the main tower, but it seems ms gm had other ideas) i would just clipboard the whole upper part branch and top room included and build up from there until i have more grist to work with
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh whoops, misinterpreted that
    one sec
    Ilmatar Nordwind: you could still put it level with the branch, just to spite me ::3
    Wiwaxia (GM): tadaaa
    it is, yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: fml
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, additional factor
    moss may or may not be in that section
    depending on what he is doing at this point in the future
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ya
    but communications seem to be down atm soo
    so
    1) Copy of branch structure
    2) Flying buttress to support the two branch structures
    3) relocating the top room
    Ilmatar Nordwind: 4) copypasting a tower part so shit stays balanced
    grist tally plx
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright
    Ilmatar Nordwind: or like, projected grist tally
    Wiwaxia (GM): tower stem is a cheap-ass 4 grist/floor (3m up)
    oh, for reference
    lemme get the actual scale on
    Ilmatar Nordwind: .... i knew something couldnt have been right about that
    Wiwaxia (GM): cantilevered hallway alone, not counting side-tower stem is gonna be 404 grist
    (counting transportalizer)
    wait actually
    that's low
    lemme cross-check
    (but still 4 w/out transportalizer)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: why does the hallway copy the transportalizer if it doesnt copy it from the stem?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, clarification
    that's the generic stem-cost anywhere
    i assume you're copying it from between transportalizers
    there's only one of this hallway, and it has a transportalizer in it
    which you are going to want to move out
    Ilmatar Nordwind: 5) cost of moving the transportalizer
    6) substract cost of copying transportalizer
    Wiwaxia (GM): because that's gonna be like 10,004 grist to copy
    moving is gonna be
    hmmm
    Ilmatar Nordwind: much better
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    i forgot exponential scaling and then was like wait
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (i can totally remove the flying buttresses once ive got the tower another 24 metres up right)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, if you wanna
    actually
    Ilmatar Nordwind: question: does ilmatar wanna? hell if i know, but i wouldnt be sure
    ooh i have a better idea
    Wiwaxia (GM): actually, i'm not sure if you can convert built stuff back into grist
    ooh?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: build two tower bases left and right, outsource the orb rooms on there, clipboard the support structure, and then build up
    was less effort and cost intensive
    Wiwaxia (GM): tower bases like the boxed thing?
    or something else?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: can i copy the tower stem base? without the surrounding rooms
    because id need doors
    Wiwaxia (GM): this?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: this
    Wiwaxia (GM): aaaah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: just a couple a stories below so its got doors
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: or i could just paste doors in idk
    Wiwaxia (GM): that would probably be easier
    Ilmatar Nordwind: im a fucking genius
    1) 2 story tower base with door; x2
    2) move the orb rooms on top
    grist tally plx
    if im feeling fancy ima even copy part of the path so you dont have to hike to the tiny towers
    Wiwaxia (GM): 2 story tower base= 8 grist apeice
    moving orb rooms i'm gonna need to poke a couple things
    Ilmatar Nordwind: you can include the cost to move the transportalizers out of dodge
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, i'm gonna mark the transportalizers for you (and moss)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hrmm
    now i only need to figure out how to manage the supporting structure inside the tower stem
    bc i cant just cut it out, thatd -
    actually i totally CAN
    nvm
    this part (without moss room) is gonna get clipboarded, and if i need space in the clipboard, relocated as the fourth tower
    Ilmatar Nordwind: no, wait, i cant. fucking alchemiting stuff.
    more thinking needs to be done
    can i just paste the branch back on later if i know where the beams are/were?
    aka if i know where the branch originally was before i snipped it off into limbo
    Wiwaxia (GM): you mean if you snip it off the at the side of the tower?
    like here?
    i don't think so
    Ilmatar Nordwind: blrgh
    Wiwaxia (GM): you could probably try to recreate the cantiliver from scratch, though
    would take some kind of check
    int at +2 from architectural knowledge, maybe?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so 1d20+int+2?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    at the time you build it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ok
    hrmm
    ooh
    ooooh
    i can COPY the cantilever structure
    and snip the actual branch
    Wiwaxia (GM): explain
    Ilmatar Nordwind: outsorce this to the clipboard
    Wiwaxia (GM): (btw, without that nat 20, something would probably have torn off and fallen by now)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and then delete the part marked in orange
    im still planning!
    Wiwaxia (GM): (no i mean for lack of background info)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): (sure, go ahead and copy that branch!)
    (looks stable enough)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    blue part is the part you told me i need to copy to be able to insert a stable branch, but if i have a copy outsourced to the clipboard and can insert again at will, i can totally snip the original branch without anyone missing it
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: now the last thing to figure out is how to deal with the tapering structure of the stem, grml
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that the copy will include and cost everything in the blue section
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and you still havent told me how much it costs to relocate the rooms
    Wiwaxia (GM): including alchemy shit
    still figuring!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah kk
    hrm, so transportalizer and alchemy stuff are being fussy game constructs and force themselves into the copy, instead of all other nice items that just dont carry over, good to know
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, every item copies
    they're just the only ones that are gonna cost you
    b/c clipboard is really "moving"
    rather than "copy-pasting"
    so you're spending grist to move stuff rather than breaking stuff down into grist and spending grist to get it back
    versus copying
    Ilmatar Nordwind: https://shop.flixbus.de/search?ride...ion=1284&adults=1&children=0&bikes=0#Q0S2C220
    wai
    wait
    thats the old copy
    scratch that my copypaste didnt work
    Wiwaxia (GM): ??
    yeah i was wondering
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hit enter to fast
    Wiwaxia (GM): so clipboarding a transportalizer won't cost you the 10,000
    only copying it to make a new one
    Ilmatar Nordwind: Ilmatar Nordwind: because both whimsy and ilmatar are SO up for that
    (the copied parts are empty, right? man, a tower like that, miles high, is gonna be so eerie)
    Wiwaxia (GM): empty, yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): ah
    okay
    step back
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i love this log function
    Wiwaxia (GM): i've kinda been figuring this out as we're going along
    so summary time
    (i'm gonna post this in thread too when we're done)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: because if alchemy stuff gets copied too, then the original plan of copying the complete branch structure wouldnt have been feasible anyways
    for fairness sake, you mentioned transportalizers copy
    Wiwaxia (GM): okay, you can do two things
    clipboard (really extended move)
    and copy
    not really the same, although you can probably only have one at once
    moving things costs you grist if you need to pull them out of the structure or if they're particularly heavy
    it moves everything you've selected
    Wiwaxia (GM): copying things costs you grist = creating everything from whole cloth, but doesn't care about moving heavy things
    moving a section of building will also move everything in it
    copying a section of building will probably only copy the "building" bits (that is walls, floors, sburb constructs but not furniture or things lying on the ground)
    that sound consistent and fair?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah, although the sburb constructs part sucks because moving the alchemy part is gonna be expensive af
    same w copying it
    (or how much does the base alchemy stuff cost)
    (or did we just get one freebie and more are expensive?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): one freebe and more are expensive, yep
    not sure how expensive, but probably in the 1000-10,000 grist range
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so outta our range atm
    so i gotta plan around that
    Wiwaxia (GM): i'm trying to figure out how much they cost to move
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ive got a few ideas for that
    if the tower doesnt need to balance out moss room any more, buttressing the branch itself to the tower should be easier / less cost intensive, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, if you popped moss's room and mom's room off, that would be stable
    Ilmatar Nordwind: booyeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): provided you did it in that order
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ofc ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): otherwise, bad news :P
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    would the branch without moss room need buttressing?
    Wiwaxia (GM): i''l give you this, though, it would move the alchemy stuff :V
    nope
    not unless you took off this (ping) part of tower
    Ilmatar Nordwind: nah that parts gonna stay
    what and why would move the alchemizing stuff
    Wiwaxia (GM): (if you removed mom's room first, moss's room would fall and snap off the top part of the tower with the alchemizing stuff in it)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
    but thats physics, not player interference
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    i was just being a snark
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
    now i only need to figure out how to deal with the tapering nature of the stem
    .... can i flip a copy of something upside down before deploying it?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahahahha then ive dealt with that
    mostly
    can i paste something over something else? like a broader part from further down the stem over the narrower part at the top?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you mean like surrounding it?
    yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: now were talking, because i kinda need a halfways stable base to put the tower on top of
    Wiwaxia (GM): leetle bit, yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: whimsy's thinking, this is going to be so fugly
    ilmatar's thinking, this is avant-garde
    whimsy's thinking, you keep using that word, i dont think you know what it means
    Wiwaxia (GM): ehehehe
    also, for reference
    i'm gonna say the transportalizers and punch designix cost 20 to move, the totem lathe 50 and the cruxtruder and alchemiter 100
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thats a lot less than it cost in hs ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): i don't think we ever saw the cost?
    lemme go check
    Ilmatar Nordwind: pretty early
    like, rose deploying stuff in johns house early
    like, first act early
    Wiwaxia (GM): i know the bit, i just don't remember if we saw the exact number
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (brb)
    Wiwaxia (GM): found it
    http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002183
    100 grist for cruxtruder
    :P
    Ilmatar Nordwind: huh
    so relocating that is still outside our scope for now, but not as much as i thought itd be
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    and you can relocate a couple transportalizers
    Ilmatar Nordwind: if the transportalizers are marked, i dont even need to
    unless i start at the very base of the stem
    which kinda sounds like a good idea actually
    Karrin Blue: sorry i'm late!
    i didn't see a post on kintsugi so i forgot
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heya there ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, i mean, moss might be a bit pissy that his room's been moved away from his alchemy shit
    heya!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: moss can suck it
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha!
    @karrin you have missed some serious architectural engineering
     
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  13. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Ilmatar Nordwind: my house has been defaced by the haphazard addition of alchemiting space on the upper floor with no consideration to aesthetics, atmosphere, and storm stability, when i had a perfectly fine BASEMENT for that
    so im a leedle bit peeved rn, especially since im sitting right next to the result of the ghastly deed, feeling vicious, and taking it out on the only person i can take it out on, which is moss
    Wiwaxia (GM): ehehe
    so final plan?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Wow
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (whimsy is mostly loling)
    so, can i copy the tower stem from inside the parts built around it?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you mean from within the lower floors?
    yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
    1) how much does it cost to move the round rooms, chop chop
    2) how much does it cost to move the transportalizers
    3) how stable is that platform between top and stem as base for further building up?
    Wiwaxia (GM): 2) 20 build
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yikes thats a lot
    but a lot less then redeploying them
    Wiwaxia (GM): 3) the platform's basically just decorative, but you can build stably on the top stem
    still thinking about 1
    Ilmatar Nordwind: wi, if the carrying walls dont match up im gonna end up with the tower impaling itself on itself
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can get around that by copying the top of the tower, though
    or building on it directly
    Ilmatar Nordwind: you mean pasting a tower part on like this is going to be stable?
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, but pasting a tower part on like this will be
    Ilmatar Nordwind: we're gonna end up with a really thin tower with stuff hanging from it for space arent we
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    unless you wanna build wider load-bearing walls up from the ground later at some point
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yknow what fuck it
    lets build space needle
    Wiwaxia (GM): :3
    (it's funny 'cos that's my hometown)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: eheheheh
    there shall be jokes abundant about popping the soap bubble that is skaia
    or poking skaias eye out
    Wiwaxia (GM): ehehehehe
    Ilmatar Nordwind: this part is about one story
    foor future reference because i still need to move the balls first
    good grief that spire is an even worse target for dick jokes than the other spires
    because this one also has balls
    Wiwaxia (GM): pfffffft
    nicely done
    and that wasn't even intentional, was it?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: for whimsy its on purpose, for ilmatar its an accidental innuendo, she needs another 4 years to get on that level
    Wiwaxia (GM): so for moving rooms, i think i'm gonna go with 10*the amount of grist it would cost to build
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ten times? yikes
    Wiwaxia (GM): in accordance with sburbs general attitude of things are easier placed than moved
    Ilmatar Nordwind: gwg
    Wiwaxia (GM): so moss's room
    Ilmatar Nordwind: *heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): (fingers got shifted?)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ya
    typing blind
    Wiwaxia (GM): so that's 40 grist to move moss's room
    Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: moss, steer clear, ima move your balls
    everything else gets lost in the static mess of losas, because whimsy wont be present
    of ffs
    of course the IMPORTANT part doesnt get whispered
    -flips messaging system off because it just ruined a REALLY GOOD JOKE-
    Wiwaxia (GM): :C
    ah well
    Ilmatar Nordwind: idk if boyacrossthestreet checks the logs
    i know i do ::/
    if he doesnt we still got a chance for that one
    Wiwaxia (GM): 160 to move mom's room, yikes
    i could post in the thread telling him not to
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hm
    16 for the two tower bases, 200 to move the rooms, 20 to build up to the second gate
    i guess you could? his reaction is the most important, although everyone elses unspoiled reaction would be funny, too
    Wiwaxia (GM): you've got 94, unless you wanna pirate some grist
    Ilmatar Nordwind: can i even pirate the missing 142 grist?
    not sure if we even have that much
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, but it''l bleed most everyone dry
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i could cut it to 136 if i only make 1 story high tower bases for the rooms
    Wiwaxia (GM): mom's bigass room is the major stumbling block, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: im in the future atm tho, its quite possible everyone else still collects some grist in the previous 8 hours, but its connection problems that only display the current tallies
    yeah
    whyd you make it so expensive, wi :;P
    but tbh every other plan wouldve cost even more
    Wiwaxia (GM): -insert hussie-style "you're welcome" sticker-
    Ilmatar Nordwind: heh
    and im not sure if i can build a structurally sound buttressing around the round room
    if i manage that itd probs be lots cheaper
    Wiwaxia (GM): probably not
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (psst, that was your first suggestion ::P)
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's a massive airspace in your support column
    yeah i know
    i reconsidered
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): :6
    Ilmatar Nordwind: this is a test #2
    ah, theres the problem
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: roll20 is shitty about linebreaks
    so i have to restate the whisper command after every linebreak
    good to know for the future
    Wiwaxia (GM): you could pull rose's trick of building structurally unsound stuff as a stopgap measure
    or hope moss picks a fight with some ogres
    in the intervening time
    actually
    let's call that good
    if moss has enough grist by the time he catches up with you, you'll execute that plan
    Ilmatar Nordwind: if a server player frags imps, do they still drop grist?
    Wiwaxia (GM): if not, ball's back in your court
    yep
    that's actually how john got most early of his grist canonically
    Ilmatar Nordwind: why not do it this way: i build the base tower structures, and maybe move moss' room, but wait for enough grist to accumulate before moving his moms room
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and once thats out of the way, project space needle is good to go
    Wiwaxia (GM): that about where you want it>
    *?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
    (Not) Literally A Bird: guess who's at the airport
    Wiwaxia (GM): shit, i need to adjust scale on that base sometime
    Ilmatar Nordwind: hi bird ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): hey!
    (Not) Literally A Bird: also guess who gave WW money to buy a subscription >:D
    hi! idk if o
    *i'll be participating much today
    but i wanted to check in
    Wiwaxia (GM): gosh!
    thank
    (Not) Literally A Bird: it ok
    i mean it's pretty selfish i just wanna play on a tablet
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, now i also get to give lemi the full dynamic lighting treatment
    how does that work, btw?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: basically i put credit in your account so you just have to go activate it
    anyway yes! how is everyone?
    Karrin Blue: am good
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ilmatar is 8 hours in the future
    whimsy is making dick jokes, aka fine but tired and silly
    (Not) Literally A Bird: :P
    Ilmatar Nordwind: also i wanna spend a few bits of grist on a thing i can use to bully imps while acting as moss server player
    how eavy is a perfectly generic object, anyways?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not very
    Ilmatar Nordwind: naw
    Wiwaxia (GM): you'd be better off with a toilet
    Ilmatar Nordwind: how unsanitary
    how about a piece of wall?
    Wiwaxia (GM): or this wardrobe or something
    that's do it
    costs 2 grist to pull out a chunk, btw
    Ilmatar Nordwind: they might not getting walled in, but theyre getting brickwalled by me
    (Not) Literally A Bird: aaand i'm actually gonna check out for now b/c airports are exhausting :P sorry! i'll catch y'all next week. have fun everyone!
    Wiwaxia (GM): *taht's
    Ilmatar Nordwind: real headbanger
    Wiwaxia (GM): :T
    *that'd
    there we go
    Ilmatar Nordwind: see you bird, but in 2 weeks ::3
    i thought i can generate a random patch of wall like rose did? or was that copied from johns house?
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh yeah, you can
    also two grist
    but it's got nice straight edges and everything
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
    lets make one and go bully some imps
    by which i mean, make them bang their head on the wall ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright!
    first i think i'm gonna switch to karrin, though
    Ilmatar Nordwind: kk ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna draw the side towers?
    or should i
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i can
    gimme a second
    Wiwaxia (GM): is karrin around rn?
    Karrin Blue: i am
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i think i dropped one of the tower copies, very accidentally on an imp
    Karrin Blue: so, can you remind me of the Last Time On stuff?
    wrt Myrtha
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemme go look
    k, you were walking back to your house after the beadstorm
    and flipping out about voices
    Karrin Blue: ah yes
    and now the storm has died down and i'm heading to my house
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    you make it back safely, but tired
    Karrin Blue: Hmm, how tired?
    Wiwaxia (GM): winded but not wiped
    a good snack would set you back up
    Karrin Blue: I have snacks!
    In my sylladex
    and pantry
    Wiwaxia (GM): you take about half an hour catching your breath and noshing
    Karrin Blue: (can you switch my map back to my house?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can hear imps moving upstairs
    Karrin Blue: ok
    Well, may as well head up to take care of those asshole armory imps
    has Flagcoonsprite returned?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    Karrin Blue: then with him in tow I shall head upstairs!
    Wiwaxia (GM): flagcoonsprite is very plaesed with the results of his appointment
    and smells it too
    Myrtha Oscurr: of course
    Wiwaxia (GM): opening the door?
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's stuck
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hmm
    is the lock jam, or the door blocked?
    *jammed
    Wiwaxia (GM): blocked, you think
    Myrtha Oscurr: Urgh.
    and this is the only door in :/
    how heavily is the door blocked?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can't jostle it open, but you could probably ram it open
    Myrtha Oscurr: Then I shall do that
    since no voidy powers are presenting themselves
    how shall I roll?
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's say strength check
    if you only succeed narrowly you'll rush in and the imps inside will get the drop on you
    Myrtha Oscurr: Strength is 11, so no modifier
    i roll a d20 plus 11?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling d20 + 11
    (
    4
    )+11
    = 15
    awww
    Wiwaxia (GM): you bang into the door
    your shoulder kinda hurts
    if the imps didn't know you were there before, they do now

    Myrtha Oscurr is rather annoyed at herself
    Myrtha Oscurr: wellp
    try try again?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling d20 + 11
    (
    4
    )+11
    = 15
    OH COME ON
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope.jpeg

    Myrtha Oscurr is very angry at this door now
    Myrtha Oscurr: again?
    third time may be the charm
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope, you're getting outflanked
    Myrtha Oscurr: well darn
    does it attack first?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: mkay
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna bite you
    with it's creepy long neck
    Myrtha Oscurr: is this one of the same ones from the armory?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
    (
    19
    )+1
    = 20
    no, it is not
    Myrtha Oscurr: SERIOUSLY?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's got vines and leaves and leopard spots and a leopard face and weaboo clothing and generally looks like someone shitty first furry oc
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Myrtha Oscurr: ......
    Wiwaxia (GM): damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: the RNG is displeased with me
    2 damage?
    Wiwaxia (GM): and it's grabbed you
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok, health at 15 now
    my turn?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    wait
    Myrtha Oscurr: it's bitten onto my arm? can i move my arm to slam its head into the wall?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    hit the button that says "grapple" on your character sheet
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6+11 (0)
    (
    3
    )+11
    = 14
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4+1d0
    (
    1
    )+(
    0
    )
    = 1
    Myrtha Oscurr: level 1
    one d0?
    Wiwaxia (GM): (level 3, actually)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh
    i'll reroll then?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's a necceccary cludge
    uh, there's no way for you to not beat it
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh good
    Wiwaxia (GM): damage is 1d8 as per normal
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    :/
    man i really pissed off the RNG today
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, it's still up
    wait no
    flagcoonsprite's got a +1 aura
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh
    yay!
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's dead
    Myrtha Oscurr: I collect the grist then
    Wiwaxia (GM): 5 cobalt, 10 build
    Myrtha Oscurr: and I shall try a third time to breach the armory
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, heal 1d4 hp
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    :D
    ok
    rolling 1d20 + 11
    (
    18
    )+11
    = 29
    :DDD
    Wiwaxia (GM): that will do it
    and you get the first attack, too
    reflex save first, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: that's a d20 again?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    and you want <= your save
    Myrtha Oscurr: that's 14
    rolling 1d20
    (
    11
    )
    = 11
    yay
    Wiwaxia (GM): you successfully duck the polearm balanced against the door to drop on you
    the room is a mess
    Myrtha Oscurr: I shall charge the Woad imp!
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's swords on the groung
    Myrtha Oscurr: if the terrain allows
    ah.
    "You idiots are making a complete mess!"
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can charge over swords if you really like
    Myrtha Oscurr: ok then
    rolling 1d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    ....
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, can i get a dex check to not hurt yourself on the swords?
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20 + 12
    (
    18
    )+12
    = 30
    Wiwaxia (GM): you employ your ballet training to elegantly dodge all the swords on the floor
    Myrtha Oscurr: :)
    Wiwaxia (GM): unfortunately, this makes for kinda a shitty charge attack
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah well
    Wiwaxia (GM): flagcoonsprite's gonna beam the cobalt imp
    Myrtha Oscurr: good
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    12
    )
    = 12
    and it blows its save
    rolling 1d10
    (
    8
    )
    = 8
    yeah, that thing is so dead
    12 cobalt, 4 build, when you get over there to get it
    woad imp's gonna back up and snap at you over the swords
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
    (
    17
    )+1
    = 18
    rolling 1d2
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    and it's grabbed onto you
    you get the oddest sense of deja vu
    Myrtha Oscurr: I do that wall slam thing again
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 3d6+11 (0)
    (
    6
    +
    1
    +
    2
    )+11
    = 20
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4+1d0
    (
    4
    )+(
    0
    )
    = 4
    ahahahahahaha
    hahahahaha
    Ilmatar Nordwind: so it appears that the imps are like earthworms
    Wiwaxia (GM): damage?
    Myrtha Oscurr: ?
    whimsy: (earthworms are the furthest evolved creature that is just yet not capable of learning)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you successfully slammed it, go ahead and roll 1d8 damage
    to be fair to the imp, it didn't see what happened to the other one
    not contesting that most imps a p dumb, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: I collect the grist and... can I just dump the weapons into a heap and sylladex the lot as one giant Weapons Pile?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: I do that then
    Wiwaxia (GM): you should actually roll that d8, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    that's the damage I took, then?
    Wiwaxia (GM): damage you did
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
    Wiwaxia (GM): (btw, overkill damage does count towards xp)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh ok
     
  14. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Guess I shall check my bedroom and Dad's bedroom
    and close the door behind me
    Wiwaxia (GM): thereabouts?
    you see a copper imp in your room
    Myrtha Oscurr: Imma go punch it
    Wiwaxia (GM): charging?
    Myrtha Oscurr: ys
    rolling 1d20
    (
    10
    )
    = 10
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, that hits
    damage is +2
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8 + 2
    (
    3
    )+2
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    it's dead
    Myrtha Oscurr: I collect the grist
    Wiwaxia (GM): 5 copper, 12 build
    gonna check your dad's room?
    Myrtha Oscurr: yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): nothing you can see from there
    Myrtha Oscurr: I poke my head inside and look around more
    Wiwaxia (GM): there is a yellow woad imp in dad's bathtub
    Myrtha Oscurr: we;; ;et
    let's go kill it
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's water overflowing the bathtub here too
    Myrtha Oscurr: what is with these guys and wasting water
    WE ARE IN A DESERT
    anyways
    I punch it
    not charging though
    rolling 1d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Myrtha Oscurr: ugh
    Wiwaxia (GM): not charging is probably a good call, yeah
    first of all, you take 1 damage
    and then it's gonna jab you
    rolling 1d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    damage
    Myrtha Oscurr: so another -1?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: OK
    rolling 1d20
    (
    15
    )
    = 15
    trying to punch it again btw
    rolling 1d8
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): that does it
    Myrtha Oscurr: I collect the grist, then
    Wiwaxia (GM): you fish 10 build grist out of the bathtub
    and turn off the water, i assume
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
    i shall go searching for desert-suitable wear!
    I mean, ski goggles/safety goggles, if Dad did metalworking
    that kinda thing
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's say 2 in 6?
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    aww
    so close
    Wiwaxia (GM): you recall your dad having some, but you can't find them anywhere
    you wonder if he may have taken them with him
    Myrtha Oscurr: :/
    spare pairs?
    Wiwaxia (GM): no dice
    Myrtha Oscurr: darn
    well then I shall look for scarves and jackets of suitable desert-trekking quality
    and sturdy boots
    Wiwaxia (GM): 3 in 6 for the first 2
    and 4 in 6 for the boots
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    oh good!
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, i am kinda less stamina than usual, so i'm good to wrap up
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah me too
    gnight then!
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    whimsy, anything else you wanna do before we call it a night/morning too?
    whimsy: not really
    n8 then ::3
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    or, uh, not
    :P
    whimsy: eheheheh ::D
    Arxon: (hullo)
    Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
    how's the light shit working from your end?
    Arxon: you mean the yello circle round Lemi?
    great@
    *great!
    Wiwaxia (GM): good!
    bird gave me credit towards a subscription
    so i figured i might as well take advantage of the lighting stuff
    Arxon: cool!
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, i'm gonna go try to get some more timeline stuff sorted
    Arxon: yeah, a lot of people are desynched now, right?
    also: I might have to leave early-ish and/or disappear a few times, there's family over and there's a wedding I'm going to tomorrow
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    i will keep that in mind
    k m.: heya, checking logs
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh can you hold off on that?
    k m.: sure
    oh are these transportalizer things? the little gray dudes?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    k m.: wait hang on
    ...redecoration has occurred
    Wiwaxia (GM): also there's a couple changes to your tower that aren't technically happening yet
    b/c timeline
    I'll let you know when they go through
    k m.: o ok
    holding off on checking logs till then?
    Wiwaxia (GM): ya
    k m.: kk cool
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh!
    your contacts should be in the journal tab
    sorry, descriptions not really there yet
    k m.: ooh ok
    hmmmm i am going to go read some fanfic. i'll check back in like ten minutes
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    sorry for being slow
    I'll ping you when i've got timelines alligned
    k m.: no worries! it's RoT, so i wanted to read it anyways
    Karrin Blue: Hey
    Wiwaxia (GM): heya!
    you get 440 experience from last time, btw
    Karrin Blue: sweet
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can go ahead and add that, I haven't
    Karrin Blue: 2500 xp total!
    nice round number
    Wiwaxia (GM): ey moss
    you needa roll hp
    +1d6
    k m.: good timing
    Wiwaxia (GM): from levelling a couple sessions ago
    k m.: rolling d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    .......:C
    Wiwaxia (GM): ouch
    k m.: :CCCCCC
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, you've now got a whole 12 hp
    k m.: wheeeeeee
    and written down
    Wiwaxia (GM): also you should double-check your footkind damage
    it may have gone up?
    not sure
    k m.: huh ok i gotta check kintsugi for the leveling real quick
    yep 1d10 for level 2 looks like
    and now i've written that stuff down as well
    Wiwaxia (GM): sweet!
    okay, haven't got exact times nailed down
    but i'd rather start
    from what it looks
    moss is p far back on the timeline
    ilmatar is way ahead and locked up for the forseeable future
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemi is probably a couple hours ahead of moss?
    and myrtha around the same
    and i'm not sure where leon is
    i needa check the pesterchum chatter with him to see how all that lines up
    moss was chronologically last seen when everyone was chatting about how to meet up
    k m.: k, and i finally read in the journal the order for jumping gates
    so i at least know that
    do you want me to start and kind of catch up?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, sounds good!
    for my future reference, we are at about T=9 hours here
    ilmatar is probably pushing t=1 day
    but not sure about that
    so
    you just went downstairs, got caught in some vines
    Wiwaxia (GM): beat up some imps while caught in vines
    went to your room and slept for about 2 hours
    then woke up and had that group chat
    do you wanna do anything on prospit during those two hours?
    k m.: kk. yes!
    i want to write down the names of my contacts real quick
    but ....hm, how about Pragmatic Shopkeep?
    Wiwaxia (GM): tough, levelheaded and well, pragmatic, lady
    runs a general store/greengrocers kinda deal
    more or less straight down from your tower, in the lower-level streets of the moon
    k m.: She seems cool. I'm going to go visit her
    see what's up
    which way the wind is blowing
    Wiwaxia (GM): you see a lot of gold bunting on your way down
    and hear some distant cheering
    k m.: oh whoops wrong username, switchingggg
    Moss Kaplan: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): you think there might be another parade going on
    Moss Kaplan: do i see a parade? can i grab a bystander and ask what's up?
    random_prospitian: More soldiers going off to the war, of course!
    Moss Kaplan: Ah, of course! Has, uh, anyone come back from war?
    ((history nerds know what is up with wars))
    random_prospitian: Of course not! There hasn't even been any contact with the enemy yet!
    But we've got to support our young men and women in the gold and white!
    Moss Kaplan: Oh, silly me. Thanks for telling me! Have a good parade.
    Yeah, ok, so, off to PS
    Wiwaxia (GM): (i just noticed that two of your contects have ps as a name, so i'll go dig up a synonym for stenographer before next session)
    Moss Kaplan: (kedoke! :D)
    Karrin Blue: well darn now i can only think of s-synonyms
    scrivener,scribe,scribbler
    Moss Kaplan: cartographer?
    Karrin Blue: that's maps
    Moss Kaplan: calligrapher?
    Karrin Blue: transcriber?
    Wiwaxia (GM): PS smiles at you in a kind of friendly-but-distracted as you fly in the door of her shop
    she's got plenty of gold bunting up too, but you suspect it's more a concession to patriotic commerce than anything
    Moss Kaplan: of course, she's pragmatic. i like her already
    "Hi! Do you have a few minutes? I can wait"
    PS: oh hey hon
    yeah, everyone's out watching the parade
    the rush won't be until they're all shipped off so i've got a moment to chat
    Moss Kaplan: "Cool. So, where are these soldiers going anyway? I mean, I know they're going to war, but"
    PS: Oh boy, it's all tangled up in the cloud stuff i never had much time for.
    as far as I can understand, it's some sort of war over the power of creation?
    something to to with the Speaker of the Vast Croak, may his name be blessed, but I never was very religious
    sorry, Moss, I'm probably not the one you wanna be asking this stuff
    all the cloud-oglers say we're doomed to lose anyways, but people still seem to be awfully happy about it all
    Moss Kaplan: "Huh. Seems kind of...yeah, high flown kind of stuff to me. Well, how's business then? With everyone going off to war and all."
    PS: ahah! yes, good for business, that's the one thing you can say about this mess
    at least until the bodies start to pile up or the supply lines go down, I suppose
    how've you, been, kid?
    Moss Kaplan: "Pretty ok. Some weird stuff happening back home, but that's probably the war too, huh."
    PS: Ain't it always
    PS sighs
    Moss Kaplan: "Yeah sure seems like it. Well, is there anything new happening that isn't the war?"
    PS: hmmm
    not that I can think of, honestly
    seems to be all people talk about these days
    Moss Kaplan: "Yeah, it really is. Patriotism's a funny thing"
    "Anything I can do for you?"
    PS: aw, thank you for offering hon, but I think I'm good
    Moss Kaplan: "Anytime! I'm gonna head out now. Hope business stays good"
    PS: thanks for stopping by!
    Moss Kaplan: "Yup! Have a good day!" annnd out into the street
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's pretty deserted
    the parade's a good few levels up
    looks like most people are either up there or stuck behind counters
    except for a few less-patriotic oddjobs hanging around down here
    Moss Kaplan: huh. oddjobs are always fun.
    buttt i think... is the other PS or is TS closer
    Wiwaxia (GM): TS is much closer, on the other side of the moon
    the other PS has a job in the Court on Prospit proper
    so he's a good flight away
    Moss Kaplan: whooo. Well, if i've got time, I think i'll wander over to TS'
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, I think you've got some time
    as you fly around the moon you can see troop ships taking off and heading towards Skaia
    you also note that an eclipse is coming up in a few hours, as your moon swings towards the clouds
    Moss Kaplan: cool
    unless that's bad
    -has not reread HS in like forEver-
    Wiwaxia (GM): during an eclipse, prospit's moon actually dips into the clouds of skaia
    so you can not merely see snapshot visions, you can actually wander around in the visions like dreams
    Moss Kaplan: OH COOL
    Wiwaxia (GM): this is pretty dangerous, both physically and in terms of knowing too much about your future (and thus locking it down)
    but it can be usefull
    not a good time to be caught outside, though
    Karrin Blue: I think staring at skaia can blind you
    it blinded dream!terezi
    Moss Kaplan: I laugh in the face of danger
    Ha Ha Ha!
    ok but maybe i should try not to die in all of my d&d campaigns
    Wiwaxia (GM): (well, it never seemed to do jade any harm, so i'm gonna go with that being dreaming/waking synchronicity rather than just skaia alone)
    Karrin Blue: tru
    Moss Kaplan: (which i should be really, since 2 hour nap)
    well, i make a mental note to be out in at least a few hours
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yeah, but it'll be a factor if you go back to sleep after the group chat)
    so heading over to TS?
    Moss Kaplan: (ohhh)
    yep, let's do the visit thing!
    ((hahaha mama needs a new pair of shoes))
    TS: mm?
    TS is bent over a shoeform, nailing on a sole or something
    Moss Kaplan: "Hello! How is business? Are you busy?"
    TS: it's alright
    Moss Kaplan: "That's good. Have you heard anything about the war?"
    TS: you're on about that too?
    TS continues working
    Moss Kaplan: "Well, it seems to be all anything talks about. Have you heard about anything else going on?"
    TS: not much
    something about the Lands?
    never much bothered with all that
    Moss Kaplan: ((Moss begins to understand the reasoning behind TS' name))
    "The Lands? anything in particular?"
    TS: dunno
    change in the air, I guess
    there is a long pause while TS works
    TS: droughts and storms and all
    had some customers leaving for them
    Moss Kaplan: "Wow. That's kind of a big change. And customers left for them?"
    TS: mm.
    Moss Kaplan: "That's impressive." ((hm, how much time do i have?))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((lessay about 20 minutes. if you wake up outside your room you go poof and wake up there next time you sleep))
    TS: royal business maybe
    dunno
    Moss Kaplan: ((mk thnx))
    "Royal business?"
    TS: dunno
    going abroad at the start of war?
    not my business, though
    Moss Kaplan: "Yeah, royal business. Well, it looks like you're pretty busy. Before I go, did you need any errands done or anything?"
    TS: nah
    take care of yourself, alright?
    Moss Kaplan: "Sure thing. You too! Sounds like there's some weird stuff happening"
    TS: mm.
    Wiwaxia (GM): you wake up on your way to wherever you were thinking of heading next
    and have a bunch of conversations we already saw
    Moss Kaplan: sweet.
    did i get any health back?
    Wiwaxia (GM): 1d6+2
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6+2
    (
    1
    )+2
    = 3
    well, that's something i guess
    better than 1 :D
    Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit
    someone pissed off the rng
    Moss Kaplan: apparently
    i have faith that one day i will get better than a 1
    on a roll that doesn't matter at all
     
  15. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, probably
    what are you doing?
    Moss Kaplan: at any rate, i'm going to wander outside
    while looking for imps
    Wiwaxia (GM): outside as in outside your room, or outside the tower?
    Moss Kaplan: outside the tower!
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, fortunately you managed to clear the vines around the door in your last misadventure
    Moss Kaplan: oh good that could have been bad
    Wiwaxia (GM): the vines also don't look to be appreciating the heat and lack of water
    Moss Kaplan: Man, I wish I could water them or something. i feel bad.
    ah well
    I pat one awkwardly
    Wiwaxia (GM): it kinda flops
    you can also see a stand of trees around your house, and then the dry riverbed that you saw from your window
    Moss Kaplan: I feel like Charlie Brown.
    I'm going to head for the trees!
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((also, where was moss from before he entered? I need to know what the landscape on the flanks of the Forge is like))
    Moss Kaplan: ((Uh, somewhere forested. rural Wisconsin))
    ((https://www.google.com/search?q=wis...ChMImZ_U8YKbxwIVTX6SCh3TwgsY&biw=1366&bih=643 so pretty))
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((so also forested, but more temperate and less rainforest. gotcha))
    Moss Kaplan: ((yep yep!))
    Wiwaxia (GM): the trees are right around your house
    there's also a stand of lower trees and shrubs between them and the erstwhile river, but those are all looking pretty dead
    there's curtains of brown moss everywhere
    Moss Kaplan: So much dead stuff.
    Well, to the trees!
    Neat!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are there!
    you see some imps lurking around in the shade, but they don't seem particularly interested in you
    Moss Kaplan: I sneak past them because, hey, let's try not getting murdered for once
    Wiwaxia (GM): you don't even need to sneak that much
    they all seem pretty focused on staying in the shade
    you don't know if they're hiding from the heat or something else
    Moss Kaplan: oh thank god, since the rng is not with me tonight apparently
    probably from something worse
    I look around to see if i can see what they might be hiding from
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's large vaugely-human shapes moving in your general direction from upstream
    (To GM) rolling 1d4-1
    (
    2
    )-1
    = 1
    Moss Kaplan: oh, fun.
    hmm. i wonder how far i can sneak to see them without them seeing me
    -all thoughts of self-preservation go out the window-
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, there's not much cover once you're out from under the trees
    just cracked mud and heat haze
    Moss Kaplan: Well, if they're moving towards me
    I stay within tree cover
    can i climb a tree?
    should i roll?
    Wiwaxia (GM): lets say str?
    Moss Kaplan: d20 right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): d20+str stat, yep
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
    (
    2
    )+12
    = 14
    ((-makes incoherent groaning sounds-))
    Wiwaxia (GM): nothing climbable around, unless you can shimmy up a bare trunk
    (spoilers: moss can't)
    Moss Kaplan: i kick the tree because fuck trees, and head the other way in hopes of finding a beginner level climby-tree
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah these are all proper rainforest canopy trees
    you could try to go up the vines around your house, or hope there's a strangler fig around
    (both would be another str check, I think, but with slightly different consequences)
    Moss Kaplan: Huh.
    yeah let's look for some strangler figs
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, lessay there's on on evens
    rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Moss Kaplan: nice
    ok
    imma climb it
    rolling d20+12
    (
    13
    )+12
    = 25
    HAH
    Wiwaxia (GM): you climb it!
    Moss Kaplan: YEAH TAKE THAT
    well, now i am up a fig.
    I watch like super quietly for the approaching dudes
    Wiwaxia (GM): something like that, anyway
    Moss Kaplan: that works! nice fig
    aw. ogres.
    Wiwaxia (GM): pretend these guys are going the other way, k?
    Moss Kaplan: works
    Wiwaxia (GM): there we go
    Moss Kaplan: i continue being incredibly quiet, and hope that their tiny necks make it irritating to look up
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, front to back
    covered in vines
    next one is carrying a flag and wearing clothing with a green castle in 6 parts
    last one has skeletal raccoon paws and also wearing castle clothes
    they move forward a bit
    the trailing one starts to halfheartedly climb up your tree
    Wiwaxia (GM): the imps are staying well out of their way
    Moss Kaplan: Uh oh
    uh. screw it. combative modus, book to the face of the climber.
    and try to climb up hiigher
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    attack first or climb first?
    also it'll be a str check to climb
    Moss Kaplan: attack!
    i know i wrote down something for combat modus.
    Wiwaxia (GM): minor action (so you still get normal move and attack, roll 1d20+attack to hit, does 1d6 damage on a hit)
    Moss Kaplan: right, ok
    rolling d20
    (
    12
    )
    = 12
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah that hits
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    eh.
    and cliiiimb
    Wiwaxia (GM): you should probably note whatever you fired, because you ain't getting it back easily
    it bounces off harmlessly
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20 + 12
    (
    13
    )+12
    = 25
    (Aw, i was thinking henrietta lacks)
    Wiwaxia (GM): so you can move half your normal movement and take a standard action (which you can also spend on moving, if you like)
    Moss Kaplan: ooh. yeah
    Karrin Blue: uh, hey
    Wiwaxia (GM): k, sou you can move up to your normal speed with your move+standard
    Karrin Blue: i have to get up early tomorrow, so I ought to go to bed
    sorry
    Wiwaxia (GM): night
    sorry, i didn't get to you
    :C
    Karrin Blue: it's cool!
    Moss Kaplan: ((this is mostly my bad, because 2 weeks in a row, sry ))
    Wiwaxia (GM): (eh, you hadn't gotten to do a lot of sploring even before that, so you're about due)
    arxon, do you wanna take over for a bit?
    or should i keep going with moss
    well, let's keep going while I wait to hear back from arxon
    Moss Kaplan: ok, well, i'm going to do the climbing thing
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, can you move yourself?
    Moss Kaplan: yep!
    Wiwaxia (GM): ogres move like so
    Moss Kaplan: mk, and then standard move for climb check too?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, it'll be another check if you wanna move
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
    (
    18
    )+12
    = 30
    heyyy
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you get half your normal movement, and a standard + minor
    Moss Kaplan: hmm, how far up is that?
    Wiwaxia (GM): 3m
    + another 3m if you wanna use your standard for climbing too
    Moss Kaplan: yepppp
    another check for that?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nah
    1 per turn
    you gonna fire something with your sylladex?
    Moss Kaplan: yep. goodbye, uh, trowel number 1
    rolling d20
    (
    10
    )
    = 10
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, that hits
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    heyyyyyyy
    Wiwaxia (GM): + an additional d6 from height
    Moss Kaplan: oh, roll another?
    rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): wham
    Moss Kaplan: yesssss, trowels are deadly
    or at least, wounding
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna go back down it
    rolling 1d4
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Moss Kaplan: haha suck it ogre
    ...uh, you ogre
    you
    Wiwaxia (GM): you note that it appears to have healed some
    your turn
    Moss Kaplan: uh. uh-oh
    eh what the hell
    trowel number 2, bombs away
    rolling d20
    (
    10
    )
    = 10
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    hey. :c
    Wiwaxia (GM): +d8 from height
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d8
    (
    7
    )
    = 7
    ooh
    Wiwaxia (GM): bam
    one down
    Moss Kaplan: bahaha
    hm. would moving to the other side of the tree make any changes in my aim?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not really
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    10
    +
    1
    )
    = 11
    Moss Kaplan: Wellp. 1900's compendium of facts, at the next one
    unless i wait for them
    Wiwaxia (GM): that one tries to climb and pulls a bunch of strangler fig vines free and falls
    rolling 1d10*1d6
    (
    1
    )*(
    4
    )
    = 4
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    4
    +
    11
    )
    = 15
    Moss Kaplan: (the ogre hurt itself in its confusion!)
    Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
    Moss Kaplan: ok! now 1900's fact compendium
    rolling d20
    (
    13
    )
    = 13
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): and that one gets 1d2*1d8 bonus damage
    Moss Kaplan: ooh.
    rolling d2*d8
    (
    1
    )*(
    1
    )
    = 1
    heyyyyyyyyyy
    :(
    I wave at it in hopes that it will try to climb and fall off again
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    5
    +
    13
    )
    = 18
    Moss Kaplan: well that didn't have the hoped for effect
    Wiwaxia (GM): the ogres look aggressive but cautious and confused
    your turn again
    Moss Kaplan: hmm
    zinn
    well
    rolling d20
    (
    17
    )
    = 17
    Wiwaxia (GM): yyyyeah that hits
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1d2*1d8 again
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    16
    +
    12
    )
    = 28
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d2*d8
    (
    2
    )*(
    5
    )
    = 10
    yessssssss
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Moss Kaplan: hm. is that out of range?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    they're fleeing, though
    Moss Kaplan: yeah, that's right!
    ...i'm gonna stay up this tree for a bit
    would you say they're fleeing far or just out of range
    Wiwaxia (GM): not that far
    they're hanging around under some trees on the other side of your house
    Moss Kaplan: hmm
    i climb down in hopes of picking up my thrown stuff
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): can I get a str check to avoid falling?
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
    (
    2
    )+12
    = 14
    Wiwaxia (GM): nothing'll happen unless you crit fail, though
    which you didn't
    Moss Kaplan: oh good
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d4
    (
    1
    +
    4
    )
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): down here?
    Moss Kaplan: yep! i grab all the things i threw
    Wiwaxia (GM): henrietta lacks is okay, zinn and the fact book are trashed
    Moss Kaplan: aw. you have served nobly
    i pick them up anyway even though i can't use them
    trowels are ok?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    you also find two cubes of healing gel for 1d6 hp each
    Moss Kaplan: nice.
    i...use one
    rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): gonna use the other?
    you can't pick it up, but you can leave it there for later if you like
    Moss Kaplan: leave for later then
    Wiwaxia (GM): you also get 9 cobble grist, 18 build grist, 31 loam grist and 35 sandstone grist
    Moss Kaplan: nice
    uh oh
    up tree?
    Wiwaxia (GM): roll for it
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20+12
    (
    15
    )+12
    = 27
    whew
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    same deal as before
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    3
    +
    19
    )
    = 22
    Wiwaxia (GM): keep climbing?
    Moss Kaplan: yep
    rolling d20+12
    (
    19
    )+12
    = 31
    Wiwaxia (GM): that is a crit
    you can climb up to 12m
    Moss Kaplan: oooh
    that works
    Wiwaxia (GM): i assume you're holding your fire until they're in range
    Moss Kaplan: yup
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can attack at -2 there or wait for them to get closer
    Moss Kaplan: eh. i'll wait
    Wiwaxia (GM): this one starts to climb
    Moss Kaplan: Lacks, /roll d20
    fuck
    rolling d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): and +1d2*1d8
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d2*d8
    (
    1
    )*(
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): also you can kiss that book goodbye
    you can see the binding explode as it hits
    Moss Kaplan: taps plays in the distance
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    10
    +
    18
    )
    = 28
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    13
    +
    15
    )
    = 28
    Moss Kaplan: uh. trowel number 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20
    (
    19
    )
    = 19
    rolling d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    aw
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1d8 this time
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d8
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    wtf
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah that doesn't do much
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    12
    +
    19
    )
    = 31
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    3
    +
    9
    )
    = 12
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
    (
    10
    )
    = 10
    that one falls like a chump
    rolling 1d10*1d6
    (
    10
    )*(
    2
    )
    = 20
    uh
    yeah it dead
    Moss Kaplan: i wrap one arm and a leg in strangler fig and take out the handsaw to saw at the part the other one is holding onto?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's got it's arms most of the way around the tree
    good luck with that
    Moss Kaplan: ah
    alright, guns germs and steel
    rolling d20
    (
    16
    )
    = 16
    rolling d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1d2
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d2
    (
    1
    )
    = 1
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's just gonna hunker down there
    Moss Kaplan: i climb
    Wiwaxia (GM): up?
    nb. if you fall, you are very dead
    Moss Kaplan: hm
    i reconsider climbing
    trowel number two
    also, prayers
    haha
    rolling d20
    (
    18
    )
    = 18
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, hits
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): +1 from height
    Moss Kaplan: so 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    which does jack shit and fuckall
    Moss Kaplan: yep.
    hm
    trowel number 3 because fuckit
    on my next turn
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    17
    +
    11
    )
    = 28
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna inch up and then hunker down there
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20
    (
    9
    )
    = 9
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Moss Kaplan: sigh
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
    (
    5
    +
    18
    )
    = 23
    Wiwaxia (GM): inches up again
    your turn
    it's in kicking range, btw
    Moss Kaplan: hm.
    is that-
    yep, i kick it
    hands
    Wiwaxia (GM): roll to hit?
    d20
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    what the shit
    Wiwaxia (GM): um, nope
    it's gonna try to grab you
    rolling 1d20-1
    (
    11
    )-1
    = 10
    Moss Kaplan: i prepare to try to kick its hand away and also hope that it overbalances
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    see that button called grapple on your character sheet?
    hit that
    you're level 2
    rolling 2d10+2d0
    (
    10
    +
    6
    )+(
    0
    +
    0
    )
    = 16
    and try to beat that ^
    Moss Kaplan: uh
    character sheet
    Wiwaxia (GM): in the journal tab
    Moss Kaplan: rolling 2d6+12 (0)
    (
    1
    +
    3
    )+12
    = 16
    Wiwaxia (GM): nice
    Moss Kaplan: ohp
    Wiwaxia (GM): that would have been very, very bad if you had failed that
    Moss Kaplan: yepppppp
    Wiwaxia (GM): aka the ogre would have dropped you to the tune of 1d6*1d10 damage
    Moss Kaplan: i would have died
    or smth
    Wiwaxia (GM): you could have taken 1 damage
    technically
    now do that grapple thing again to do what you want
    Moss Kaplan: righto
    rolling 2d6+12 (0)
    (
    3
    +
    6
    )+12
    = 21
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d10+2d0
    (
    5
    +
    4
    )+(
    0
    +
    0
    )
    = 9
    yep
    you can kick it to autohit or break free or start climbing on it or whatever
    Moss Kaplan: kick it
    rolling d10
    (
    9
    )
    = 9
    Wiwaxia (GM): dead
    Moss Kaplan: oh thank god
    i'm going to look around first
    Wiwaxia (GM): all the imps look p scared of you now
    Moss Kaplan: bahaha i am king of imps
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a shitload of grist at the base of the tree
    Moss Kaplan: i am going to inch down the tree in hopes of not dying
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey, forgot a thing
    rolling 2d2
    (
    2
    +
    1
    )
    = 3
    you took 1 damage from getting jostled by the ogre's massive bulk when you were wrassling it
    other than that, nothing different
    also, str check to get down?
    Moss Kaplan: kk, did you take the hp yet?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Moss Kaplan: k done
    Wiwaxia (GM): again, nothing happens unless you crit fail
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d20 + 12
    (
    20
    )+12
    = 32
    ohthankgod
    Wiwaxia (GM): you fucking swing from vine to vine on the way down
    you do like a midair somersault and stick the landing
    Moss Kaplan: WHOO
    Wiwaxia (GM): you feel fucking fantastic and are ludicrously high on adrenaline
    Moss Kaplan: i find my trowels and look at all this grust
    *grist
    pick up guns germs n steel if it's ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 96 dust grist, 134 build grist, 37 sandstone grist,
    guns germs and steel is a little worse for wear, but not totally destroyed
    Moss Kaplan: nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): trowels are fine
    Moss Kaplan: also nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are the unquestioned king of the grist heap
    Moss Kaplan: yesssss
    i raise a kinglike fist to the sky
    and take all of it
    oh, did i ever collect that grist from the crushed raccoon thing
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Moss Kaplan: ok good
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's also a spare healcube if you want it
    Moss Kaplan: yeah i use it
    rolling d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): (i am seriously impressed that you actually managed to take out 3 ogres on your lonesome)
     
  16. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Moss Kaplan: heck yeah
    i am done exploring for the day. that was some terror
    i am also impressed
    i think i need more books
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can also wander for a bit
    none of the imps are gonna start shit with you
    Moss Kaplan: oh huh
    that is true
    i'm gonna go and check out the forest then
    the rest of the forest?
    yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): well there's not much more on this little island thign
    but there's some more across the riverbed
    Moss Kaplan: hm. actually, i kind of wanted to look at the riverbed. riverbeds are cool
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, I think you are now level in time with lemi, if arxon's around
    Moss Kaplan: oh cool
    Wiwaxia (GM): ... which they do not seem to be
    riverbed, you said?
    Moss Kaplan: yeppers!
    checking to see if ogre
    *ogres
    Wiwaxia (GM): looks ogre-free to you
    there are some choice mudcracks in the drying river
    the mud in the center is still damp, and clings to your feet, but it's drying fast
    Moss Kaplan: cool.
    mud is awesome
    Wiwaxia (GM): play in the mud y/n
    Moss Kaplan: yyyyyyy
    Wiwaxia (GM): you waste nearly an hour on this tomfoolry
    it is completely worth it
    Moss Kaplan: amazing
    i anticipate that i am covered in mud
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are caked
    rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    (To GM) rolling 5d6
    (
    2
    +
    5
    +
    6
    +
    3
    +
    1
    )
    = 17
    Moss Kaplan: heck yeah mud
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    2
    +
    5
    )
    = 7
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    6
    +
    1
    )
    = 7
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    5
    +
    3
    )
    = 8
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are, however, starting to get a bit hot and tired
    you also see someone wandering towards you
    someone?
    like an imp?
    Wiwaxia (GM): a carapacian
    dersite, though
    Moss Kaplan: ohhhh hey cool
    i wave
    Wiwaxia (GM): they wave back
    Moss Kaplan: yessss
    Wiwaxia (GM): they're wearing a purple shawl totally covered in dust and have on a backpack and what appears to be a clipboard under one arm
    (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    5
    +
    6
    )
    = 11
    Moss Kaplan: "Hello!"
    Hallo: allo! Can you spare a drink of water?
    Moss Kaplan: (do i even have water? oh noes)
    Wiwaxia (GM): ((ok, that was a weird interface thing))
    Moss Kaplan: ((haha))
    Wiwaxia (GM): the person comes up to you and sticks out a hand
    TA: Tireless Author, with the Dersite Enquirer, at your service!
    Moss Kaplan: I shake it!
    "I don't know if I have water right now, but you're welcome to my house and any water we find! It's nice to meet you!"
    TA: thank you, thank you!
    I assume that is the tall white structure over there?
    Moss Kaplan: "Yep!"
    I start walking back to the house, making sure to walk slowly enough for the carapacian to keep up, since they are probably shorter than me
    Wiwaxia (GM): ta is indeed shorter than you, but she can swing her legs at quite impressive speed
    Moss Kaplan: oh good!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you are having trouble keeping up with her, in fact
    Moss Kaplan: haha :D
    well, then, we go to the house in search of water!
    TA: oh, all the imps are hiding!
    that's unusual, must be Ogres around
    I do wonder where all these things turned up from
    Moss Kaplan: "yeah, i found them earlier. they're pretty scary"
    TA: I came to LODAF to report on the drought, and suddenly there's these tings cropping up all over the place
    all the alligators seemed to think I had something to do with them too
    no idea why
    Moss Kaplan: "Jeez, alligators?"
    "...cool"
    TA: I'm not gonna let that interfere with my inversigation, though!
    yes, the alligators!
    the indigenous people of this land
    they're mostly farmers, so they've been hit hard by this drought
    Moss Kaplan: "yeah, my vines are pretty wilty too"
    TA: your vines?
    are you a vitner, then?
    say, what's your story?
    I kind of doubt you're from around here
    or prospit or derse, for that matter
    Moss Kaplan: "haha, well, that's true. My mom was the gardener, but i prefer history to gardening"
    TA: history, you say?
    Moss Kaplan: "yep! I feel like, as an author, you'd know a fair amount"
    TA: never much had the nose for it, but at the end of the day it's all still investigating and reporting, yeah?
    I tend to be much more in the here and now
    i hear there's some interesting stuff in the history of LORAM though
    although you'd have to get into the Royal Library to see most of the books on it
    Moss Kaplan: "that's what it feels like! investigation :D The Royal Library?"
    TA: oh yes, on Derse, under the Obsidian Towers
    can't miss it, really
    just watch out for the muggers under the eaves and grease the librarians palms a bit and you should be able to look it up no problem!
    Moss Kaplan: "cool. I'll take your advice if I can ever go." Annnnd looking for water. Maybe there's a fridge and bottled water somewhere?
    Wiwaxia (GM): let's call that a 2 in 6 chance
    (it'd ordinarily be higher, but moss's living situation is special)
    Moss Kaplan: aight
    rolling d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Moss Kaplan: nice!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you have a 6 bottles of water
    Moss Kaplan: I grab one and offer the rest to TA
    "Here's some water!"
    Wiwaxia (GM): she pours them out into her canteen
    TA: thank you so much!
    i don't know what I'd have done without you
    i was hoping to refill my canteen at the river here, but it appears to have been another victim of the drought
    Moss Kaplan: "Oh, no problem! Desert rule of hospitality applies even in drought" :D
    TA: I've heard some whispers that even the seas are running dry
    speaking of which, could I trouble you for a statement or any leads you might have?
    technically this is only supposed to be an "alligator interest" peice
    but I'd like to get as much of the story as I can
    and I have a hunch that I haven't got all of it yet
    Moss Kaplan: "Well... It might have to do with this weird game we're playing. And I know there's a war on."
    TA: game?
    ... wait, there's a war?
    Moss Kaplan: "You're from Derse, right? Have you been back recently?"
    TA: , no I've been out on this assignment quite a while
    i did wonder why all the alligators suddenly got mistrustful of me, though
    i'd have thought that the paper would have pulled they're best reporter to go cover the war, though!
    not that I'm complaining, I suppose
    Moss Kaplan: "Probably you got sent out before they could adjust coverage"
    TA: well, you'd think in the event of a massive story like that, they could adapt
    i suppose the editors spend a bit too much time on the astrology section, though, if you know what I mean
    never thought that sort of thing was healthy
    i mean, I value the patronage the Outer Gods offer our Queen as much as the next Dersite, but...
    Moss Kaplan: "Yeah, astrology is seldom backed up by...well. anything."
    "The Outer Gods?"
    TA: the Horrorterrors of the Furthest Ring, of course!
    i think they formally back the Queen
    I do wonder if they're making any concrete contributions to the war effort, though
    doesn't seem their style
    Moss Kaplan: "Oh. Of course."
    (Moss' entire worldview continues changing)
    TA: i think the astrologers do something with listening to their song during the eclipses?
    not 100% on that, though
    never been my department, thankfully
    i mean they all seem to have a pretty good handle on their predictions, but they're all as batty as a cave on LOFAC
    Moss Kaplan: "That sounds like an intense job. I think I'd prefer invesigation"
    TA: hah! you've certainly got a good head on your shoulders there
    it's the perfect combination of lazy desk job and slow corrosion of the all-too thin walls that protect your illusory sanity to produce some right assholes, if you ask me
    not that i want to bad mouth the noble allies of Derse or their interpeters, of course
    Moss Kaplan: ((dammit this is interesting but i keep nodding off as it's 2amish here))
    Wiwaxia (GM): (k, call it a night?)
    (also holy shit TA is so much fucking fun to write)
    k m.: yeah
    I love TA
    Arxon: TA is the best
    Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna pick up for a bit, arxon?
    Arxon: ummmm sure!
    cannot guarantee I can stay awake ast 12 tho
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    lemme check where you are
    k, you've rounded up materials to sew yourself a cloak
    and have collected the grist from your blind firing into your living room
    leon has logged off sburb server to go exploring
    or maybe not
    Wiwaxia (GM): hi bird
    (Not) Literally A Bird: hi
    i am. going to do the thing.
    Wiwaxia (GM): the thing?
    Arxon: (hi bird)
    (Not) Literally A Bird: the roleplaying thing. hopefully.
    hi arxon nwn;
    Wiwaxia (GM): here, take a look at the results of your five bucks
    you should be able to see out the cursor, yeah?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: :o
    whoa
    ye
    ohhh dude that's cool
    :3
    anyway yes sorry for being late, again. in good news i have worked out that trying to stay up late is less effective than trying to wake up early! so this shouldn't happen again
    (Not) Literally A Bird: anyway yes it was arxon's turn right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    you can also run server player shenanigans as pre-storage closet past leon
    (Not) Literally A Bird: niiice. i could start building probably? that seems like a good idea
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemi has 108 build grist
    ~ooooooOOOOOoooooo~
    (Not) Literally A Bird: hehehe
    alright how are we going to do this
    Wiwaxia (GM): k
    grist costs
    2+2 per 9 square meters per floor
    moving things costs at least 2, plums more by mass
    moving around whole rooms costs 10 times what they would cost to build and moves anything in them
    cruxtruder and alchemiter are 100 grist to move, totem lathe is 50, punch desinix is 20
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can skimp on grist by doing unsafe shit like using chimneys as load-bearing columns
    also, watch out for wraiths
    (Not) Literally A Bird: somehow that does not seem like a safe plan
    Arxon: So Lemi has looked at her life
    Looked at her choices
    and deduce that she is a better fighter while near death. Therefore, in a display of amazing decision making, she is going to at least explore the area around her house a little
    (Not) Literally A Bird: alright. so it's 2 grist to build a floor? or am i reading that wrong
    Wiwaxia (GM): 2 grist to build something a floor high and less than 9 m square area
    (Not) Literally A Bird: also stairs, are stairs included?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the first gate is about 5 stories up, btw
    stairs are 2 grist a floor
    less if you make them half-width or some shit
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: alright let's do this shit
    lemi has 108 grist, so if I use 4 per floor that's 20, if i use 6 to make the floors bigger it's 30
    (am i mathsing right)
    Wiwaxia (GM): that's about right, yeah
    here's a how big an area that would get you, for reference
    Leon Gaspar: ah thanks!
    alright where's your cursor
    gotcha. it is very dark here
    aha! there we go
    Wiwaxia (GM): right, fog o war
    Leon Gaspar: yeah alright definitely need the extra 9sqft
    Wiwaxia (GM): or alternately
    Leon Gaspar: alright yeah that seems good
    which brings us to 6 per floor plus 2 for stairs for 8 per floor, times 5 stories, is 40 grist!
    ...sorry lemi
    alright, let's start building!
    Wiwaxia (GM): 'ere you've got some space to draw some additional stories
    Leon Gaspar: nice
    so the one you drew already is floor....uh, three i guess since she already has two
    so it'll be 7 stories total
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    lemi, what are you doing while all this construction is going on?
    Leon Gaspar: that's stairs in the corner there
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha
    can you show me where they connect?
    Leon Gaspar: yeah i should colour code them hold on
    right so they should actually be this way so they don't fall off the side of her house
    Wiwaxia (GM): you see a couple of these creepy motherfuckers crawling around in the shadows at the edge of the clearing
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: :/
    PNI: need more TVs
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Only had the one, sorry!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: haha it's ok. i can get creative
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: And I didn't get the code!
    CAG: Although by the look of things, you've been using the grist anyways.
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: yep! been trying to get you up to your gate
    hopefully less wraiths on the other side of it
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: That is probably better than my plan!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: why, what's your plan?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Wander into the wilderness.
    CAG: I mean, I guess I do it all the time, but I've been getting clawed at a bunch.
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: that seems. dangerous. are you okay?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Plus I am assuming I don't know the area anymore :/
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: oh SHIT uh
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: I'm fine though!!! I don't think I'm hurt!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: no no that's ok! i mean i'm glad you're okay!
    PNI: i just spotted more wraiths
    PNI: and some. bigger wraiths.
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Oh. Um.
    CAG: Maybe I should go through the gate now!!! Yeah the gate seems fun!!!!
    CAG:...Is the house high enough?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: almost!
    PNI: three more floors
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Sounds great!
    Wiwaxia (GM): the wraiths and crawling horrors continue milling around aimlessly outside
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi peeks out the door
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: done!
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Great!
    CAG: So this gate will put me...somewhere on my planet?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: yeah, hopefully near your second gate, which will take you to my place, if i'm reading this right
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Alright!
    CAG:...Thanks for doing so much for me, Leon. Am I taking up too much time?
    Wiwaxia (GM): (you should probably try to think of some way to keep lemi from falling to her death upon going through her second gate)
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: not at all!
    PNI: to be honest...it's a bit selfish, haha
    PNI: i'd like some company
    PNI: and i'm kinda scared here by myself
    (you're not wrong. uhh. where's ilmatar when you need her)
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Are all the planets so scary?
    CAG:....I guess I was always into scary stuff, but I never really though it could hurt me. But stuff here definitely can!
    CAG: So where are the stairs leading up?
    Leon Gaspar: (this would probably be a good time to go back and reread homestuck and see how the actual characters did it)
    PNI: well, maybe i'm just a wuss! that's probably it
    PNI: mine's just so desolate
    PNI: stairs are in on your second floor, where i threw the TV that one time
    PNI: you don't have, like, a parachute or something do you
    Lemi Malloy: CAG:...Hmmm....I could look around for one I guess????
    CAG: Do parachutes have to be some special fabric?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: i don't think so
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Then maybe I can make one?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: you could try! although it'd have to be pretty big
    PNI: thinking, thinking...
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Yeah everything online is just for toys and stuff.
    Leon Gaspar: alternatively: reverse blanket rope
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi looks around the living room for a parachute on the off chance one is just laying around.
    Leon Gaspar: (er that was PNI: reverse blanket rope)
    PNI: how many bedsheets do you have
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Um I don't know? I guess like, two sets?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: okay. say each sheet is like 2 metres. a storey is about 3 metres high. there are 5 stories. so...15 metres, so 7 bedsheets, and you have a metre drop on the other side
    PNI: also if you have a better plan let me know
    PNI: that wasn't sarcastic i am aware that this is not the best plan
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Sis has some bolts of fabric laying around?
    CAG: could those work?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: yeah!
    PNI: wait i think i've made a mistake
    PNI: er, your first gate, comes out my ...second gate? ... shit, that's ten stories
    PNI: more blankets!
    PNI: 10 stories is 30 metres, so around 30m of fabric total
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Well a story is usually around 10 feet, right? And a bolt is about 40 yards I think?
    CAG: i don't know metric sorry, Sis thinks it's a conspiracy to let England take back control of the globe.
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: haha sorry! old habits
    PNI: yeah, that's about right
    PNI: so we need 100 feet of fabric, which is...how many yards
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Ummm a bit more than 33
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: ...hey, so if you can find one of those bolts
    PNI: or maybe captchalogue a few in case we need them for later
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: And than roll it up so its a rope? Ok!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: we can do this
    PNI: yeah!
    PNI: i'll make a pole-thing to tie it to from this side
    Lemi Malloy: Alright, Imma look around for bolts of fabric!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: which'll probably be another 2 build grist...sorry
    PNI: i'll make it up to you :P
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: You already are!!!!!! Thank you so much!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: no problem! man i can't wait to see you
    Lemi Malloy: Ok, so Lemi looks around for bolts of fabric
    Wiwaxia (GM): where are you looking?
    Lemi Malloy: Ummm in the living room right now. I will avoid Sis's room if I can help it.
    Wiwaxia (GM): you've already got a bolt of dark fabric for a cloak
    you're not seeing much in here
    you could also check the cupboard or basement
    or get towels from the bathroom
    Lemi Malloy: Alright, I'll check the cupboard first!
    Careuflly skirtin round that wraithy fellow there
    carefully skirting
    Wiwaxia (GM): the wraith screeches at you and goes through the wall
    Leon Gaspar: I'm watching her on the screen, keeping an eye on the wraiths
    Wiwaxia (GM): the wraith went into her sister's room, where you can't see
    the others still seem to be milling around outside
    lemi, you see shadows spilling out from under your sisters door as you pass
    Lemi Malloy: prolly one of those giant guys again 0n0
    Alright, I will see if there are any bolts of fabric in the cupboard
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 7-1d6 bolts of fabric
    Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
    (
    2
    )
    = 2
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, 5
    Lemi Malloy: sweet!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: how'd it go?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Is five enough?
    (what colors are they?)
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: dude one would be enough but the more the merrier
    PNI: i mean we're gonna have to go through a lot of gates
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Plus I already have some black.
    Wiwaxia (GM): (let's say they are completely coincidentally everyone except sera's associated colors)
    Leon Gaspar: (yes good)
    Lemi Malloy: (what a magical coincidence! :D)
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: hey lemi
    PNI: should we make this happen?
    Arxon: CAG: Lets do this man.
    CAG: First lemme get up to the stairs though.
    Lemi climbs up the ladder to the second story
    Leon Gaspar: (;~; the music)
    Wiwaxia (GM): nessievisionsprie is here, nursing her wound
    Arxon: (ah wait music?I have sound off because someone is asleep in my room 0n0)
    Leon Gaspar: (it's a cool sburban jungle remix i think)
    Arxon: (oh hey when did I become Arxon)
    Lemi Malloy: (there we go)
    Lemi says hello to nessievisionsprite
    Wiwaxia (GM): nessievisionsprite says hello back
    and that not to worry if things look bleak, because you must Descend before to Ascend
    also, not to let your candle die in the wilds
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi is sure that the second part will come into play, and the first part just kinda sounds like something Ilmatar would say
    She decaptalouges a bolt of fabric and starts rolling it as tightly as possible.
    Wiwaxia (GM): continue ascending?
    Lemi Malloy: Yes!
     
  17. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    CAG: Leon! What do I do now?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 3d10
    (
    2
    +
    3
    +
    4
    )
    = 9
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: see that pole thing? tie one end of your rope to it
    PNI: make sure it's gonna hold!
    Wiwaxia (GM): you hear an almighty crash and feel the house shake
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Ah! Leon, do you see anything inside the house?
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: there's a biiiiig motherfucker at the door
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Crap!
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: I can't see anything actually inside though
    PNI: want me to throw something at it?
    Lemi Malloy: Lemi ties a knot in both ends of th fabric rope as quickly as she can while making them secure
    CAG: What could do much damage?
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 3d10
    (
    9
    +
    5
    +
    6
    )
    = 20
    the thing crashes through the wall
    Leon Gaspar: I'm gonna try and pick up a bit of broken wall
    PNI: keep going! can you jump through the gate from there?
    Wiwaxia (GM): are you throwing the wall at it?
    Leon Gaspar: yes I am
    Lemi Malloy: Can Lemi jump through?
    Wiwaxia (GM): leoon, dex check
    lemi, yep
    Lemi Malloy: Alright! I secure the rope to the pole, grab it tight, and jump!
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
    (
    4
    )+13
    = 17
    (prays to god I did that right)
    Wiwaxia (GM): the wall bounces harmlessly off the creature just as lemi jumps through the gate
    you find yourself in a dark, twisted wood
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: dammit! ...lemi?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the trees are leafless and cast jagged shadows in the candlelight
    Leon Gaspar: (can i still see her or is it limited to her planet?)
    (wait nm
    (she's still on her planet)
    (i confused myself)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep, but can't see her outside of the area of her house
    burnt out, dribbly candles are stuck to the branches and ground
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: wow it is. dark. lemi? are you okay?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Yeah fine!
    CAG: Um.
    CAG: I am not sure I'm on your planet....
    CAG: In fact, I'm pretty sure I'm not.
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: yeah i confused myself, again
    PNI: i should probably not be the person in charge of the walkthrough...anyway!
    PNI: you're still on your planet, but you should be near the gate to get to my planet
    PNI: what can you see?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Trees. It's a forest, but it's covered with these wierd old candles...
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: well...candles are good? any of them usable?
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: I don't think so.
    I try lighting one of the old candles with my candle
    Wiwaxia (GM): it lights!
    Lemi Malloy: CAG: Oh they are!!!! Thanks Leon!
    Ok, I light some candles
    Arxon: ...also I think I need to end, sleep needs to happen and tomorrow is going to be a Thing.
    Leon Gaspar: PNI: that's alright! don't let yourself get stuck in the dark
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    (Not) Literally A Bird: That's ok :3 how about you wiwaxia? i'm happy to stop if you are
    Arxon: night!
    Wiwaxia (GM): just as well, you got ahead of my mapping
    night
    Arxon: (hehe, sorry)
    (Not) Literally A Bird: :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): I think I'm about done for tonight
    (Not) Literally A Bird: sounds good. sorry to keep you up late...again...but i've figured it out now! so when we get back i'll be good :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): so this is the point where leon logs off and has his misadventure with the storage room
    (Not) Literally A Bird: got it!
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    (Not) Literally A Bird: night!
    Karrin Blue: So was there a game tonight?
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, now that you're here, probably
    arxon can't make it
    bird and whimsy are gonna be late
    and moss can't get on
    Karrin Blue: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): i think I'm gonna wait a bit and do some stuff in the background
    see if anyone else gets on
    Karrin Blue: ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): also note new alchemy excursus "interface"
    the cards were getting to be a bit much
    k m.: HAH
    i swear to god i'm going to boot this thing off a cliff
    Wiwaxia (GM): boooyah!
    k m.: yeah! turns out alcohol does fix things!
    let's do this!
    Wiwaxia (GM): ... did you get your computer drunk, or...?
    k m.: nah, i started drinking so i wouldn't throw it out the window
    which gave both of us time to reconsider our life choices!
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, I suppose that works too
    lemme consult my timeline notes for a minute
    k, that's not quite sorted but
    IIRC Myrtha just finished killing some water-wasting imps
    and Moss is talking to TA
    lessay they're about in the same place on the timeline
    Wiwaxia (GM): I don't think that contradicts anything I've got
    k m.: aight cool
    Wiwaxia (GM): TA was gossiping with you about astrology
    as practiced on Derse
    k m.: astrology, which is terrifying
    Wiwaxia (GM): yyyep
    Moss Kaplan: and disturbingly eldritch
    Karrin Blue: and that's the tentacluster, which is currently in the house of Too Many Angles
    and over there is the constellation of Ridiculous Amount of Eyes
    Moss Kaplan: "wow so what's my horoscope"
    "Uh. wear a jacket. and. uh. how scared, exactly, are you of spiders?"
    Wiwaxia (GM): so Myrtha, what are you doing?
    Karrin Blue: So I just beat up some Imps, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    and turned of the running water that one had turned on
    Karrin Blue: I don't really remember what I was doing before that...
    something about weird voices out in the desert?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    you got stuck in a beadstorm
    Karrin Blue: Did I alchemize or find any equipment? I vaguely remember something like that happening
    Wiwaxia (GM): then on your way back, you got a lot of weird voices addressing you by name and begging for help
    including impersonating Ilmatar when you were chatting with her
    Karrin Blue: oh yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): you made a couple underwhelming rings and learned a bunch of combinations that look more promising but are kinda out of your price range rn
    and made yourself a laptopband
    Karrin Blue: Did I find desert-trekking gear?
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemme check
    you've got some nice hiking boots and a good jacket to keep the beads off, but your dad appears to have taken the goggles you were looking for
    (also after this session, I think it's gonna be time for episode 3. chat archive is getting looooooooong)
    Karrin Blue: Alright then
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Hey, do any of you guys have goggles at your houses?
    CA: Or safety glasses or anything?
    Moss Kaplan: sI: Proooobably not?
    sI: I can check mom's old stuff though
    (i can check mom's old stuff though right)
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    2 in 6
    also TA's still with you
    Moss Kaplan: rolling d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Please do
    Wiwaxia (GM): and will probably keep talking your ear off while you look
    Moss Kaplan: ok that works
    sI: Hey! I actually think you'll find your own in your house :D Look for a box from Amazon!
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: I shall then!
    Do I need to roll or anything for that?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nope
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Found it!
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's in the garage
    the box is all blue, but the goggles are fortunately unstained
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA:Ooh, nice.
    I captcha it and save the code in the same doc where I'm keeping all the other codes
    Moss Kaplan: sI: Sweet!
    Myrtha Oscurr: (so Moss mailed that to me, or is it timetravel stuff, or?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (mailed it to you based on a dream vision)
    Moss Kaplan: (being a space player is sweet )
    Myrtha Oscurr: (Oh, I see! That's handy!)
    In that case, I shall collect snacks and water again, then equip my new desert gear and head out again!
    Wiwaxia (GM): y'know what
    one moment, please
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: How'd you know that it was there?
    Moss Kaplan: sI: I...ok this is probably weird game shenanigans
    sI: but i swear to god i had a dream that you'd need them
    sI: and i had some money laying around so...why not
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Wow, that's convenient
    CA: And I owe you one, so let me know if there's something I can help you out with
    CA: Well, I'd help you out anyways, but I still owe you one.
    CA: Don't suppose you had any dreams about anything out in the desert?
    Moss Kaplan: sI:...blue sandstorm. it was weird
    sI: be careful. and like dude. weird game shenanigans buddies
    sI: fistbump
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: fistbump
    CA: I have a handsfree computer, so I'll keep you posted on what happens to me
    Moss Kaplan: sI: that's good!
    Wiwaxia (GM): there we go
    Myrtha Oscurr: nice!
    Wiwaxia (GM): apologies for the kinda cruddy resolution
    Myrtha Oscurr: hey it's fine!
    Wiwaxia (GM): km you can come see this too
    Myrtha Oscurr: (hey, out of curiosity, at what point is it likely that we'll learn Aspect powers? is that only with god tiering?)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get your first one at level 4
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah, OK!
    Wiwaxia (GM): although it's likely to be p subtle
    hopefully it'll take you longer to get to level four than it took you to get from level 2 to 3, so I have time to work it out
    :V
    Myrtha Oscurr: who knows!
    Wiwaxia (GM): although I think that was mostly your crazy good damage rolls
    Myrtha Oscurr: probably
    I guess I'll head in the direction that I remember hearing the voices from
    Wiwaxia (GM): out thataway
    Myrtha Oscurr: Whichaway?
    Wiwaxia (GM): east south-east, if we're arbitrarily assuming that up is north (it isn't, your house is on the pole)
    Myrtha Oscurr: Alright then I shall go that way
    Wiwaxia (GM): silence
    Myrtha Oscurr: "Is there anyone else out here?"

    Myrtha Oscurr feels rather silly but...
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    3 Your current light source (if any) loses a pip of fuel
    )
    = 3
    Myrtha Oscurr: ...I don't have one
    Wiwaxia (GM): no response
    Myrtha Oscurr: Also I thought it was still daytimeish
    Wiwaxia (GM): "daytime"?
    Myrtha Oscurr: or is it eternally dusky?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the sky here is a perpetual deep violet-blue
    Myrtha Oscurr: ah ok then
    still enough to see by, right?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: oK then
    Wiwaxia (GM): although you'd want a light to read by
    (that's just a general exploring/time passes die, btw)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh ok
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're starting to move away from the whisper lines now
    it is really fucking silent out here
    the air is completely still now, too
    Myrtha Oscurr: Don't humans hallucinate in total silence?
    Wiwaxia (GM): so the only sound is your footsteps and your breathing
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: It is ridiculously quiet here, it's creepy
    Moss Kaplan: sI: would singing loudly make it better or just creepy
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Not if I use funny songs!
    Wiwaxia (GM): alright, whatcha singing?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Weird Al's Star Wars song

    Wiwaxia (GM): nice
    Myrtha Oscurr: :)
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, i guess the song bar is turning up way sooner than I was expecting
    it's a mundane song, so it only costs 1 song/minute
    keeps you a lot less creeped out while you're singing
    Myrtha Oscurr: The son bar?
    Wiwaxia (GM): should be showing up in green over your icon
    it's kinda like mp for magic songs
    depletes while you're singing, recovers whenever you're not
    Myrtha Oscurr: Oh, OK
    I guess music is a pretty big part of Homestuck!
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
    like I said, I wasn't expecting it to show up for like another 2 or 3 levels at the earliest
    but hey, if you're singing...
    (max song = grace, btw)
    onward?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Yes
    Though I think I'll stick closer to the lines
    Wiwaxia (GM): this is, incidentally, where you were sheltering from the storm probably like an hour ago now
    you can see your footprints in the lee where the wind hasn't disturbed the beads
    keep following the lines?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're pretty much at the end of the ridge here
    the lined keep going over the horizon, and you can see little arroyos cutting down off the ridge
    Myrtha Oscurr: Do the lines split off anywhere in those arroyos?
    Wiwaxia (GM): arroyos are where I just pinged
    line keeps following what was the line of the ridge
    Myrtha Oscurr: guess I'll head out thataway
    as long as I can still see the lines it should be safe
    Wiwaxia (GM): incidentally, that's about how far out the horizon is on level ground
    horizons on small planets are weeeeeird
    the lines are juuuuust on the horizon here, because they're a bit taller
    Myrtha Oscurr: huh ok
    CA: Man the geography of this place is weird.
    CA: I wish I knew enough math to judge the width of this planet via something or other
    Wiwaxia (GM): it looks like the arroyos are leading from the ridge into a very gentle valley ahead of you
    Myrtha Oscurr: Guess I'll check out the valley
    Wiwaxia (GM): that would mean going out of sight of the lines
    gonna do it?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Nah
    I suppose I'll head back to the fork and check out the other line
    like that
    that ok?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
    Myrtha Oscurr: (I went around the normal way, not jumping the gulch)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're starting to get a bit out of breath for singing
    Myrtha Oscurr: I'll take a little break then
    Wiwaxia (GM): one sec, need to consult larger map
    this side of the ridge looks like what you would call "scrubland" if there was any scrub to speak of
    the closest thing to foliage is the poles of the whisper lines behind you
    it's mostly bare blue rock, with drisfts of beads in sheltered crevices
    no proper arroyos here, but there are marks of flowing water in the not-too-distant past
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hm, interesting
    Wiwaxia (GM): keep exploring?
    Myrtha Oscurr: Sure
    Wiwaxia (GM): like there?
    Myrtha Oscurr: looks good1
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see the edge of a couple-meter cliff ahead of you
    there's also what appears to be a grid of purple squares of glass set into the rock
    Myrtha Oscurr: Oh?
    I investigate!
    Also I take a picture and post it to the group chat
    CA: Found this while exploring
    (I also mark it on my map and upload the most-updated version)
    Wiwaxia (GM): each square of glass is set directly into some indent or hole in the rock a couple centimeters apart
    the glass is fairly dark, and you can't see the bottom of the indents through it
    Myrtha Oscurr: I poke the squares then
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's stuck fast
    it also fails to light up or do anything magical
    (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    6
    )
    = 6
    Myrtha Oscurr: Hmmm
    CA: Any thoughts?
    Moss Kaplan: (shit sorry, lemme catch up real quick, laundry while drinking is distracting)
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    6 Nothing
    )
    = 6
    Moss Kaplan: sI: huh that's weird
    sI: are there any other glass things around
    sI: or is it only in that one place
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: None I've seen, but I haven't explored this scrubby area much.
    How far does the cliff extend?
    Moss Kaplan: (also how many glass pieces are there
    )
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's about a 10 by 20 grid
    each square is maybe 4-5cm
    Moss Kaplan: sI: i'm going to be totally illogical here and tell you to talk to the pieces of glass
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Maybe it reacts to some kind of trigger? Normally in games it'd be some otherwise useless tool.
    Moss Kaplan: sI: because maybe something will happen
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: But I don't think I have one of those yet, unless you count the useless rings.

    Myrtha Oscurr hums a snippet of a tune
    Wiwaxia (GM): (go, ring with a melted hailstone on!)

    Myrtha Oscurr taps the melty hailstone ring on the glass halfheartedly
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    5
    )
    = 5
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
    (
    3
    +
    3
    )
    = 6
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: It might be some kind of indicator, too
    Wiwaxia (GM): still nothing happening
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Like, there's 200 sections or whatever, and somewhere else I might find one with only 199 pieces
    CA: And there's a magic puzzle piece for an extra life or an infinity+1 sword if you find all of them?
    CA: Probably not though.
    CA: I should've brought Flagcoonsprite with me, he might've had something useful to say.
    Hrmm

    Myrtha Oscurr meditates on the Voidy Thing inasmuch as that's possible while not having any Voidy abilities

    Myrtha Oscurr meditates in the direction of the glass very directly
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's glass
    it's purple and translucent
    it's in occupying holes in the ground
    Myrtha Oscurr: Look I'm going through all the possibilities
    Wiwaxia (GM): :P
    Myrtha Oscurr: sometimes things react to thinking significant thoughts at them in games!
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    4 You are starting to feel a bit worn down. Lose a pip of endurance.
    )
    = 4
    Myrtha Oscurr: Ugh, I can't think of anything else to try
    Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
    (
    3
    )
    = 3
    Wiwaxia (GM): you could always look around for clues or mark it and come back to it later
    Myrtha Oscurr: Yeah
    I guess I'll keep looking around then
    Wiwaxia (GM): you stumble across another identical grid about here
    Myrtha Oscurr: completely identical?
    I'll mark it on the map. Is there still a clif?
    or is it more sloped?
    Wiwaxia (GM): I mean there's some scuffs in the glass that the other one doesn't have, but same color, same size, more or less same number
    it's more sloped where you are, yes
    Myrtha Oscurr: I'll take another picture and head down the slope
    Wiwaxia (GM): there's a bit of an arroyo heading thisaway
    and you can see a hill or something starting to rise on the horizon hereabouts
    and now you can see the side of the cliff, of course
    Myrtha Oscurr: Anything interesting in the rock?
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's got notches eroded into it so it looks almost like pleated fabric
    lots of in and out nooks and crannies
    Myrtha Oscurr: any of them large enough to hide something?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yes
    Myrtha Oscurr: I look for prizes inside then
    Wiwaxia (GM): starting hereabouts?
    while you're looking...
    rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    2 Environmental Hazard
    )
    = 2
    hmm
    yeah, you got your hand stuck
    you really hope this place doesn't have scorpions
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Well, that's annoying.
    Can I try to wiggle it out?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure
    dex check
    Myrtha Oscurr: so, d20 plus 12?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20 + 12
    (
    8
    )+12
    = 20
    :/
    Wiwaxia (GM): that'll get you out, with some scrapes and bruises
    Myrtha Oscurr: Ugh,
    Did I find anything cool?
    Wiwaxia (GM): you think you see something glinting back there
    but you can't reach it
    Myrtha Oscurr: darn.
    Well, I'll make a note of that on my map. Maybe I'll come up with an idea to get that out later.
    Anyways, I guess I'll head off towards that horizon thing, if that's that
    Not very quickly, but I want to see if I can get a better view of it
    Wiwaxia (GM): it is indeed a hill
    pretty barren
    there's one solitary snapped-off telephone pole trunk on the top
    but other than that, it's just bare rock
    Myrtha Oscurr: Darn.
    Wiwaxia (GM): could get a good veiw from the top, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: How far away is it?
    Wiwaxia (GM): not very
    Myrtha Oscurr: Then I'll head that way
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see another "bow" of the shallow cliff
    on the other side of the hill, there's a large, flat-bottomed valley stretching off over the horizon
    Myrtha Oscurr: Nice view. I post pictures to the memo
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can see a couple arroyos lead into it
    the bottom looks like either very flat beads or flat blue rock, you can't tell which
    it's even more featureless than the rocks you've been climbing over
    there's some movement on it almost out of sight, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: I'll go check that out then, I suppose
    Wiwaxia (GM): where are you going?
    Myrtha Oscurr: towards the moving thing
    Wiwaxia (GM): looks like a giant snake or lizard
    Myrtha Oscurr: ,,,huh
    Does it notice me
    I send a picture over the memo
    Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't seem to
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Look familiar to you guys?
     
    Last edited: Oct 20, 2016
  18. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    whimsy: good morning everyone
    im sorry, i didnt hear my alarm
    Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
    Moss Kaplan: sI: giant lizard snake? sounds cool but doesnt ring any bells. suggestion: don't piss it off
    Wiwaxia (GM): i think it is midnight for most/all of us
    Moss Kaplan: ((ALSO hi!))
    Myrtha Oscurr: yeah it is
    Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar is asleep at this point in the timeline, btw
    probably
    lemme check a thing
    whimsy: probably
    Myrtha Oscurr: CA: Yeah, I'm not betting on it being friendly
    CA: If it isn't then I'll be basically screwed, probably
    Wiwaxia (GM): it still hasn't noticed you, though
    it seems to pretty much just be milling about aimlessly
    Myrtha Oscurr: I
    will back off because doing otherwise seems very dumb
    I do hope that's not a plot hook
    or at least not one needed to keep going forward
    Wiwaxia (GM): (i don't do bottleneck plot hooks, for the record)
    (and if I do, they'll come looking for you)
    Myrtha Oscurr: oh good
    Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    3 Your current light source (if any) loses a pip of fuel
    )
    = 3
    gosh, the batteries on the flashlight you don't have sure aren't doing too hot
    I think I'm gonna switch away from Myrtha for the moment, though
    Myrtha Oscurr: OK
    I think I'll go to bed, being as it's midnight, if that's OK?
    Wiwaxia (GM): sure!
    Myrtha Oscurr: night guys!
    Wiwaxia (GM): night
    Moss Kaplan: gnight!
    Wiwaxia (GM): back in a sec
    Moss Kaplan: kk
    Wiwaxia (GM): Alright
    Moss, Myrtha's been exploring for a couple hours, so your chats with her are spaced out over that time
    Moss Kaplan: ok that works
    Wiwaxia (GM): what else have you been up to during that time?
    TA is still around, at least at the beginning of it
    Moss Kaplan: Hm. well, I mean, i figure the mud's drying off so that's probably starting to crack off
    and i have water so i'm like refreshed n shit
    do i actually have a goal? I mean, like get as much grist as possible
    so maybe i'll try to get some murderin' in
    not of TA tho that would be like super bad hospitality
    Wiwaxia (GM): The Plan as it stands is to try to get through your gates to meet up at Myrtha's
    unfortunately, your server player is currently offline
    Moss Kaplan: right ok cool. and i'm basically waiting for the next dudes to come through so we can get to sera's, too, right
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're sera's server, so they'd be coming from sera's to you
    Moss Kaplan: OH ok works. i think i was reading that backwards somehow
    can i still build stuff at sera's then
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    and thanks to gristtorrent, you actually have more than 20 build grist to do it with
    Moss Kaplan: sweet
    whimsy: (uh oh) (::DD)
    Wiwaxia (GM): note that it is 2 grist/minute though
    Moss Kaplan: okey dokey
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, Sera is still absolutely nowhere to be seen
    Moss Kaplan: and i want to build upwards tho, right? because gate in sky?
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    gate's about 5 stories up
    Moss Kaplan: ok
    hm
    staircase? for easy traveling
    how much grist does it take to make uh
    like, is there an equation for grist per dimensions
    whimsy: yes
    Wiwaxia (GM): yep
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i remember a glorious conversation about this a few weeks back
    Wiwaxia (GM): 2+2 per 9 square m
    more if you wanna move junk around
    specifically, 10* the cost of building the walls to move a section of house and everything in it
    [grumpy ilmatar faces in the background]
    Moss Kaplan: ok so do i have 20 build to start with and then it increases in realtime
    at 2/min
    Wiwaxia (GM): probably not realtime, I'm just gonna use how much grist you spend to determine how long you're doing this on the timeline
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (curse you, time shenanigans)
    Moss Kaplan: sorry math makes my brain freeze up sometimes
    be prepared for a shitton of increasingly dumb questions
    Ilmatar Nordwind: wi had a fewof those from me already probs xxD
    Moss Kaplan: ...this house isn't built in realtime dimensions either, is it
    Wiwaxia (GM): ???
    what do you mean by that
    Moss Kaplan: well the house is reading 6x9 meters
    Ilmatar Nordwind: did wi put the wrong scale again ::D
    Moss Kaplan: i mean the bed alone is a meter
    so
    my meter to foot estimates might be off but a meter is 3 feet ish yeah
    Ilmatar Nordwind: oh wait youre nit on this map, nvm
    some houses are real small
    Wiwaxia (GM): okay yeah, the bed means I should scale it up a little
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (ilmatars is 6x7m storm walls inc)
    Wiwaxia (GM): this is about the scale I got from Kathy, though
    Moss Kaplan: i mean like i'll take it because hey less build grist used to take off ceilings
    but yeah just checking
    also that one room is her mom's or sis' or something, right, so no occupants?
    Wiwaxia (GM): the one you put all the alchemy junk is is Aunt's
    the other one is Sera's
    Moss Kaplan: aunt's ok
    huh is that a staircase to an upper floor there?
    Wiwaxia (GM): external staircase to lower floor, I beleive
    Moss Kaplan: well i guess i know where i'm moving the alchemiter and cruxtruder & co then
    Wiwaxia (GM): uh
    nb
    moving the alchemiter or cruxtruder costs 100 grist
    moving the totem lathe costs 50 and moving the punch designix costs 20
    Moss Kaplan: -thwacks past Moss with a rolled up newspaper for not reading the damn house design before building those-
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    i think you can make that everyone here
    Moss Kaplan: -is just going on a thwacking mission here-
    -just really going nuts-
    -eventually the newspaper wilts-
    Wiwaxia (GM): this is why you get a nwspaperkind specibus, people
    Moss Kaplan: ....
    huh
    can i build a transportalizer
    is that within my powers
    Wiwaxia (GM): for 10,000 grist, sure
    Ilmatar Nordwind: now we know why grampa harley hunted those monsters, he needed grist xxD
    Moss Kaplan: a magic elevator?
    how do physics work here
    do i have to keep maintaining structure as i increase in height?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: you should, yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): your structure has to be more or less sound, but sburb starts ignoring self-loading after a few stories
    Ilmatar Nordwind: part of my ttroubke w your house
    Wiwaxia (GM): gravity's all bullshit here, anyways
    Moss Kaplan: do i have to go into detail about staircase support
    or can we assume that the grist works
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, are you building a staircase all the way up?
    or just building staircases between floors
    Moss Kaplan: let me work out some math real quick
    Ilmatar Nordwind: stairway to heaven?
    who had the highway to hell again?
    moss was that you?
    Wiwaxia (GM): nah, I think that's Leon
    he's got a lot of highways to somewhere certainly
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): oh, speak of the devil
    (Not) Literally A Bird: :P
    Ilmatar Nordwind: xxD
    (Not) Literally A Bird: you called for me and so i appear!
    okay my plan is to try and get here earlier and earlier every week
    anyway yes carry on everyone
    Ilmatar Nordwind: its like 6 am your place, right?
    (Not) Literally A Bird: it is indeed!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: dont sweat it, i totally overslept today and woke at 6 on the dot
    (Not) Literally A Bird: i was actually awake at 2am which is the starting time but i was not coherent enough for roleplaying so i said 'fuck it i'll try to at least be earlier than last time'
    and I am! by an hour
    ehehe thanks ^^;
    Moss Kaplan: ok if i have to draw all this out i'm going to buy autocad because this format offends me mortally. but wiwaxia
    do you follow that format?
    landings, etc
    Ilmatar Nordwind: -ponders building her house in 2:1 scale in minecraft-
    Wiwaxia (GM): staircase ascends from bathrooom, has a "landing" on the roof over the kitchen, turns 180 and keeps ascending?
    Moss Kaplan: staircase begins, technically, in corridor
    Wiwaxia (GM): ohhhh, gotcha
    Moss Kaplan: has two landings, one in kitchen, one in bathroom
    i feel like it has better support
    and is more accessible
    Wiwaxia (GM): so is it just gonna spiral around like that all the way up?
    Moss Kaplan: yup
    that is plan
    Wiwaxia (GM): question
    Moss Kaplan: yep
    (Not) Literally A Bird: (also Wiwaxia can you pop me onto ilmatar's screen? i wanna watch the action :3)
    Wiwaxia (GM): you can put down supports from the first loop, but after that your stairs are looping over themselves
    so how are you going to support the higher loops?
    Moss Kaplan: support structure: crossing beams from landings to next landings
    Wiwaxia (GM): so like two columns of landings with stairs more or less hanging between them?
    Moss Kaplan: ok i am really tempted to draw this out and actually just takew a pitcure or something, this drawing deal chafes my brain
    hang on i need to draw this out real quick for myself
    Wiwaxia (GM): k!
    will jump to...
    future ilmatar?
    Ilmatar Nordwind:
    asleep!
    i wanna wait to see how much build grist is left
    after moss is done
    Wiwaxia (GM): gotcha!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: bc of reasons
    Wiwaxia (GM): leon, then
    Leon Gaspar: reporting for duty
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and theres little use in me getting ahead and ahead while not knowing whats actually going on (wait...)
    Wiwaxia (GM): lemme see what you were up to chronologically last
    Leon Gaspar: somewhere between getting moss through her gate and the underground misadventure i think?
    or are we even further in the past
    Wiwaxia (GM): *lemi
    and less far in the past
    i'm checking to see if this is pre or post misadventure
    yeah, post misadventure, I think
    so may be matching up with Moss a couple hours into building
    but timing should work out for cross-chatter there
    (Not) Literally A Bird: alright sounds good
    Leon Gaspar: have i recovered any health in the meantime? i did take a nap
    Wiwaxia (GM): right, so you did
    less than an hour or about an hour are your options
    for 1d6 hp or 1d6+1 hp
    Leon Gaspar: let's go 'about an hour'
    rolling 1d6+1
    (
    3
    )+1
    = 4
    right we are then
    lllllet's go! i'm gonna find shit
    or at least attempt to find shit
    Wiwaxia (GM): you awaken to damn light streaming through the windows
    not that that's any different from when you went to sleep
    where to?
    *dawn
    although damn works too, if Leon's not a morning person
    Leon Gaspar: yep, that's about the summary
    i'm gonna go for the road that stretches off into the distance
    Wiwaxia (GM): oooh boy, adventure!
    gonna make anything before you go?
    Leon Gaspar: hmm can i roll to look for some snacks/bottles of fresh water?
    ooh yeah is it all in the notes section? i'll take a look
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, you've got the bug snacks you bought earlier
    and 4 in 6 for bottled water
    Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
    (
    4
    )
    = 4
    Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, didn't get a lot of those recipes figured out in time
    Leon Gaspar: that's alright!
    i gave you a lot, haha
    Wiwaxia (GM): you have a bottle of water!
    Leon Gaspar: can i nick 2 amber from someone via gristtorrent?
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, yanno, band camp
    Leon Gaspar: well that too
    what do you mean you have real life responsibilities? :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): no, on account of they'd have to nick it from you first
    you are the king of amber island, mate
    the copal monopolist
    Leon Gaspar: ...rust. i meant rust.
    dang
    i'm swimming in resin over here
    Wiwaxia (GM): yes, you can nick some rust from Ilmatar, the High Sovereign Lady of the Oxides
    Leon Gaspar: B) sorry ilmatar i'm just gonna. taaake some of that
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, not anymore
    but she was before you took it
    Leon Gaspar: and try for kitchen knife || flail
    oops
    i'll pay you back!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: -notes down interes-
    ::P
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're asleep!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: details!
    ::D
    Leon Gaspar: oh god i popped out the chat window how do i make it not do that
    ...never mind i figured it out
    Wiwaxia (GM): there ya go!
    Leon Gaspar: =D
    gonna equip the shit outta that
    Wiwaxia (GM): it's a flail with a bunch of knives sticking out of the head like a horrible combination of inside-out pincushion and kitchen knife block
    Leon Gaspar: B)
    this is definitely not dangerous to my wellbeing at all
    Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit km
    okay, I think I see how you're doing this
    Moss Kaplan: yeah
    uh
    structure design is kind of my brain baby
    and i get a little
    ...
    yeah
    Wiwaxia (GM): that's gonna work in your favor, though
    that's a pretty cheap design, gristways
    Moss Kaplan: that was also the hope
    my other plan had some really solid walls
    but honestly, support the corners with some decent internal stress
    and 5 stories shouldn't be too bad
    probably gonna sway a bit in heavy winds
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, it's a good thing you ain't Ilmatar's server player
    here bird, come look
    Moss Kaplan: hm
    yeah, then
    an enclosed spiral staircase would have been fun for that then
    getting larger based at the bottom
    Leon Gaspar: daaaang
    holy shit there's more when i scroll
    Wiwaxia (GM): i think I'm gonna call that 20 grist
    Moss Kaplan: nice
    Wiwaxia (GM): which is a saving of 10 grist at least over just blindly slapping up walls
    so you don't actually have to torrent any grist at all
    Moss Kaplan: sweeeeet
    -moss highfives themself-
    Leon Gaspar: (ooh is moss' pronouns them/themself?)
    (i mean i probably knew that but apparently that data didn't get retained)
    Moss Kaplan: (yeah not too intense about it tho. sometimes sentence structure carries gender connotations blah blah blah)
    (no worries)
    Leon Gaspar: (duly noted! i like knowing things. also feel like it's something leon would know as a character)
    Moss Kaplan: (haha nice. that leon kid. :D )
    Wiwaxia (GM): speaking of whom
    is he gonna hit the road with that knife new flail of his?
    Leon Gaspar: you need to leave, and also yes
    ( :V )
    Wiwaxia (GM): how can I leave
    when I AM ALREADY GONE i mean the gm
    Leon Gaspar: (i feel like you're having the time of your life with all these pun opportunities)
    :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): i just seer them all over the space
    Leon Gaspar: (goddammit i am enabling you OK let's do this shit)
    NI: i'm going on an adventure!
    Wiwaxia (GM): (also heads up, I can go for about another half an hour, and then I think I'll need to sleep)
    Leon Gaspar: (fair enough! then let's do this shit quickly :P)
    Wiwaxia (GM): the top of the apartment building is juuuuust about dropping over the horizon when you come across a fork in the road
    Leon Gaspar: i strain to see if there's anything visible at either end
    Wiwaxia (GM): haha no
    the horizon's way too close to pull that off
    (for reference, the horizon is about 100m away, assuming level ground)
    (although your apartment is a good deal farther away now, because tall)
    (small planets are weird)
    Leon Gaspar: (oh yeah, forgot the scale of that)
    well, left first, i guess
    Wiwaxia (GM): to the left, then!
    the road curves pretty sharply away from the right and dips down towards the water's surface
    you can see a good number of underlings with fins swimming around down there, including a couple small basilisks
    Leon Gaspar: I squat by the water's edge and try to get a better look
    Wiwaxia (GM): they're circling around the support columns under the highway
    maybe a dozen imps and two basilisks
    and some very agitated seagulls
    Leon Gaspar: :/ well i don't think I can beat them while they're underwater so
    backtrack, go to the right
    Ilmatar Nordwind: seagull consorts? ::O
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, they're still beneath you
    Leon Gaspar: fishing with flails
    Wiwaxia (GM): (not consorts, equivalent to the hummingbirds or fireflies)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: thats one big equivalent tho
    Wiwaxia (GM): you're safe unless they climb up onto the road
    Ilmatar Nordwind: seagulls are huge
    Leon Gaspar: (am....am i gonnna be covered in birdshit if/when i ascend)
    Wiwaxia (GM): (yes)
    Leon Gaspar: (gr8)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: (asfqsdfhsdrthd)
    Wiwaxia (GM): also, these are more like galapagos gull size, not like motherfucking glaucous gull size
    still bigger but not like, fucking huge
    Leon Gaspar: man, i hope nothing bad happens when the seagulls cry :/
    anyway yes, i'm gonna backtrack for now and try the right path
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
    Wiwaxia (GM): alternately ~~why do the white gulls caaaaaaaaaall?~~
    Leon Gaspar: B)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: well, we might have a witch but i think were not all related
    Wiwaxia (GM): ~across the seeeeeaaaa, a pale horiiiiiiiizoooooooon~
    Leon Gaspar: ~iiii don't remember how it goes~ ~but yes that too~
    Wiwaxia (GM): so, right fork
    rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
    (
    2 Environmental Hazard
    )
    = 2
    you have walked into a gull nesting area or some shit
    there's birdshit everywhere and a lot of very unhappy gulls
    what do?
    Leon Gaspar: oh my god it's another table
    Moss Kaplan: ((also i think i am going to bed because tirrrred. have fun yalls))
    Wiwaxia (GM): night!
    i like tables
    Leon Gaspar: (see ya! yeah i imagine we're getting close to your limit too WW?)
    you realise you have to post it now too :P
    Wiwaxia (GM): already have, actually
    Moss Kaplan: episode 3 next week tho, right?
    Leon Gaspar: okay do we want to deal with the birdshit issue next time
    Wiwaxia (GM): just took a while for me to get it implemented
    yep
    Leon Gaspar: ohhh
    Ilmatar Nordwind: n8 moss
    Leon Gaspar: wait
    okay look my reading comprehension is slightly shot
    Wiwaxia (GM): mm?
    Leon Gaspar: i was wondering whether 'already have' was in reference to 'has wiwaxia hit their limit' or 'has wiwaxia already posted the table in the thread'
    Wiwaxia (GM): already posted it
    i'm about ready to wrap up, though
    Leon Gaspar: sounds good to me!
    that can be a future!leon issue
    Wiwaxia (GM): you get 300 xp for seeing a basilisk, btw
    Leon Gaspar: aw shit son
    Wiwaxia (GM): as does myrtha
    Leon Gaspar: will i add that or will you? don't wanna get confused
    Wiwaxia (GM): i'll do it
    holy fuck, how does myrtha have so damn much xp
    Ilmatar Nordwind: we need to bug myrtha to start building, heh
    Wiwaxia (GM): (well, a lot of it's because she always rolls 7s and 8s for damage)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: also i see it coming that next time ilmatars active shes gonna go on a trip to the bug grounds and mash some imps
    Leon Gaspar: are we sure myrtha's not a light player
    Ilmatar Nordwind: maybe myrthas player is
    Wiwaxia (GM): well you know
    void and light
    Leon Gaspar: pfft
    Wiwaxia (GM): two sides of the same coin, really
    Leon Gaspar: well you've got a point
    Ilmatar Nordwind: also i heartily endorse starting earlier from next week
    Leon Gaspar: as do i, but obvs i'm also happy to do whatever
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, we'll see
    Leon Gaspar: if we do not do the thing i'm gonna aim for 5am my time next week
    Wiwaxia (GM): I've got an afternoon band game
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
    hrm
    Leon Gaspar: (which is an hour earlier again from when i got here today)
    Ilmatar Nordwind: ill try not to oversleep next week .._..
    Wiwaxia (GM): shouldn't run into the evening, but I'm not sure how early I can start
    it's a fucking awesome show, tho
    Leon Gaspar: oh yeah, you and i are practically on the same timezone now whimsy!
    Ilmatar Nordwind: aye
    my alarms at 2:30 am, but i woke up at 6.
    which is 1:30 and 5 for you e
    resp
    Leon Gaspar: yep that's uh. that's pretty much what happened with me too
    well done us :P
    Ilmatar Nordwind: starting earlier by at least an hour would mean i stay awake instead of napping
    yeah i skyped w a friend whom i havent talked to in ages
    and usually i can deal w 3 hours
    but the last few weeks ive been short on sleep bc internsip
    Leon Gaspar: ah yeah, that'll do it
    Ilmatar Nordwind: im trying to be better about it and then its 2 am again
    Wiwaxia (GM): hectic time of year, this hemisphere
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and i stand up at half past 8 latest so i can shower and make breakfast, and then its 8-9 hours work ::D and 1 hour commute a day
    Wiwaxia (GM): oooof
    can you sleep on the commute, at least?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: and then i stay a bit longer and haunt the halls and am home at 9 and then do shit for 4 or 5 hours and forget the time xxD
    nah
    quarter hour each in two subway lines, and the rails on the second are ducking LOUD
    Wiwaxia (GM): eeeew
    well can I just say that I'm really happy and honored that you make time for my game at stupid hours on top of all that?
    Ilmatar Nordwind: pfft, it keeps me social
    its also hella fun
    Leon Gaspar: i just. damn.
    Ilmatar Nordwind: i just need to juggle sleep xxD
    Wiwaxia (GM): well, night, y'two
    Ilmatar Nordwind: n8
    Leon Gaspar: night!
     
    Last edited: Oct 20, 2016
  19. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    and i'm gonna call it there for logdumping for tonight. 2 down, 9 to go! :V
     
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  20. Wiwaxia

    Wiwaxia problematic taxon

    Also belated pinging of @blue and @TheSeer, who i believe have previously expressed interest in our shenanigans
     
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