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

Spoiler: our kids get a chance to consult with eachother on the fun they've been having

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))

 

Spoiler: moss gets caught in some vines, ilmatar chats with some salamanders

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

 

Spoiler: myrtha chats with flagcoonsprite and clears out some more of her house

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

 

Spoiler: leon and ilmatar attempt to help lemi troubleshoot her wraith problem

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

 

Spoiler: the way to deal with creepy houses is to throw toilets, tvs and books around like it's going out of style. also lemi bullshits reality into accepting a broken tv as a stand-in for dead and doomed human culture

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.

 

Spoiler: lemi gets some defence also, END OF EPISODE 1

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

 

Spoiler: ilmatar meets with the salamander village crone

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."

 

Spoiler: ilmatar encounters the dread gazebo and some voices fuck with myrtha

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

 

Spoiler: ilmatar is really bad at whiteout safety

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

 

Spoiler: leon's basement misadventures part the one

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

 

Spoiler: leon's basement misadventures, part the two

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?)

 

Spoiler: ARCHITECTURE

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

 

Spoiler: more architecture and myrtha clearing out some more imps

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

 

Spoiler: moss talks to his old friends on prospit

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

 

Spoiler: the book is mightier than the ogre

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)

 

Spoiler: moss meets the Tireless Author and Lemi Ascends to her first gate

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!

 

Spoiler: lemi Enters her first gate, Myrtha goes exploring

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?

 

Spoiler: moss gets their build on, leon walks into trouble by which i mean birdshit, END OF EPISODE 2

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!