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

Spoiler: everyone catches up, moss gets hit by a brick joke. END OF EPISODE 4

Moss Kaplan: yeah
im uh gonna sit down and drink some water
and talk to people
sI: update, giants are to be feared
Wiwaxia (GM): people who are possible awake
lemi and leon
Moss Kaplan: yep them
Leon Gaspar: nI: i
Lemi Malloy: aG: Well um
aG: I wasn't planning on giving them a hug but thanks, Moss
Leon Gaspar: nI: do i wanna know
Moss Kaplan: sI: 1. I'm an idiot. 2. good strategy lemi
Leon Gaspar: nI: well you're alive so i'm assuming nothing too bad happened
Lemi Malloy: aG: Well that's the first thing that anyone's ever said that to me
aG: Are you ok rn? how much did the giant hurt you?
Moss Kaplan: sI: all good. have house. not dead! protip-hittem in the eye
Arxon: (hey @Wiwaxia is this past where Lemi is in the timeline rn? just checking)
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, future lemi
probably under bed rest by strict orders of the healer
Arxon: ok thanks!
Leon Gaspar: nI: well hey good job
Moss Kaplan: sI: yeah! go me! I'm so dumb! anyway hows it going for you guys?
Leon Gaspar: (where's leon in the timeline here)
Lemi Malloy: aG: I got an innocent iguana killed by my own stupidity :/
aG: and then got saved by the iguanas I was supposed to be protecting
Wiwaxia (GM): @ leon about 3 hours in the future
Leon Gaspar: nI: oh yknow
nI: talking to aliens
nI: nbd
nI: oh lemi
Moss Kaplan: sI: that's a tragic story dude. iguanas. .....wait, aliens
sI: what
Leon Gaspar: nI: uh well yes
nI: a very nice alien messaged me
Moss Kaplan: sI: so by alien, you -really- mean....?
Leon Gaspar: nI: their name is terhanu and theyre hopefully gonna come hang out with us
nI: yeah apparently their species is 'goblin'
nI: which, i can't wait to tell ilmatar
Lemi Malloy: aG: goblins are aliens....?
Leon Gaspar: nI: as it turns out, yeah!
Moss Kaplan: sI:uh. so. uh. you. /aliens?/
Leon Gaspar: nI: look at this point i'm just rolling with it
Moss Kaplan: (we may need to reboot the history nerd especially if they talk to the aliens)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Where are they from?
Leon Gaspar: nI: lowkey freaking out because they lost their session and are hanging out in the middle of literally fucking nowhere
nI: i... uh. i forgot to ask
nI: i will report back later
nI; if anyone else has any questions for the aliens, let me know
Lemi Malloy: aG: what can we do to help them out?
Leon Gaspar: nI: mostly theyre locking onto my phone signal and are gonna try and fly into our session
Moss Kaplan: sI: Aliens.
Lemi Malloy: aG: Good!
(Lemi types, hoping they will be more competatnt then her)
Moss Kaplan: sI: how do they even have analogous equipment to our phone signals
Leon Gaspar: nI: so yes, hopefully we can hang out with them and fight monsters and not lose our session
nI: i will also ask them that
Lemi Malloy: aG: Oh um!
aG: I have something I should report, I think?
Leon Gaspar: nI: reports are good!
Lemi Malloy: aG: So after I, um, fell asleep I woke up in a tower on this weird purple city moon attached to a weird purple city planet?
Leon Gaspar: nI: derse!
Moss Kaplan: sI: yeah seems legit
Lemi Malloy: aG: I went and waited for hours and eventually met the queen, and she says I'm one of the princesses of that place? She also called me a Rogue, which seems like its the opposite of a Princess
Leon Gaspar: nI: oh. huh. well, there you go
Lemi Malloy: aG: (um, if it isn't too much trouble could you ask the aliens if they know what that means?)
aG: anyway the Queen told me that this other place, Prospit, is trying to bring this false god to life, or something like that?
aG: And that I and the other princess need to stop them???
aG: She offered to train me to be stronger....
Leon Gaspar: nI: i will add it to 'alien question list'
nI: ...
Myrtha Oscurr: (when in the timeline before I wake up is this?)
Leon Gaspar: LEON: (that seems fake but ok)
Lemi Malloy: aG: (well not personally but have me trained by her people)
Leon Gaspar: nI: i mean on one hand training is good
nI: but on the other hand i'm ... pretty sure prospit is also good? idk i'm not too sure about this whole dream thingy
Moss Kaplan: sI:yeah uh hi prospit is a thing
Lemi Malloy: aG: The queen didn't seem like she was lying. She did tell me that the Prospitians would try and tempt their...heroes? Or something like that, to their side, and eventually try to get me and the others on Derse
Leon Gaspar: nI: ok so both of you have woken up on your dream planets? neat
nI: uh
nI: hrm
nI: ok lets go with it and just
nI: keep an eye on things
Lemi Malloy: aG: I was invited to a ball at the court?
aG: So maybe I should go and....try to spy? I'm not sure if I'll be good at that, but I can try.
Leon Gaspar: nI: i mean information is always good
nI: just do your best, yeah?
Lemi Malloy: aG: Look where that's gotten me
aG: Ugh, srry, I should leave. Probably fall back asleep or wait for an opening to run away.
Leon Gaspar: nI: (moss help me out here)
nI: doing your best is better than not trying at all
Moss Kaplan: sI:you should totally try!
sI:we can help give you tips too
Lemi Malloy: aG: If I hadn't tried someone would still be alive.
Leon Gaspar: nI: oh man we'll be like those spy movies
Moss Kaplan: sI:there are a lot of historical spies you know
Leon Gaspar: nI: me and moss are in the van feeding you lines through your headset
nI: ... or that
nI: okay but consider: if you hadn't tried it's equally likely they would all have died
Lemi Malloy: aG: They would have stayed where it's safe, if I wasn't there, and they wouldn't have been put in danger if they didn't have to save me after I got my ass kicked.
aG: And I was too afraid to tell them I was hurt, so we kept on going until I could barely stand and they had to carry me back.
aG:....I should go before I say anything else stupid, sorry
--aphoticGaze[aG] has left the chat!--
Wiwaxia (GM): ((oh nooooooo))
Moss Kaplan: sI: shit
Leon Gaspar: nI: yeah
Moss Kaplan: (wait can I go to derse from prospit)
Leon Gaspar: nI: im running out of pep talks
Myrtha Oscurr: (awww)
Wiwaxia (GM): (moss is that an ooc question?)
Moss Kaplan: (yep)
(couldnt remember)
Leon Gaspar: nI: when we all get together we gotta organise some kind of, like
Wiwaxia (GM): (yes, if you're prepared for a lot of really boring flying, and don't wake up during that time)
Leon Gaspar: nI: 'lemi you have worth as a human being' party
Moss Kaplan: sI: you know what. I'm bringing the party to lemi
(...that wasnt as dramatic as I imagined it being)
Leon Gaspar: nI: oh shit
Moss Kaplan: (especially because my literal plan is to go to sleep)
Leon Gaspar: nI: shit just got real
(highkey hoping moss makes it to derse and realises something is very wrong with leon's tower. a guy can dream. (unless he's leon lmao))
Myrtha Oscurr: (wait something's wrong with the tower?)
Arxon: (it is smashed to hell)
Myrtha Oscurr: (welp)
Arxon: (also oh my god Lemi stop being such a child, you're worrying everyone ;_;)
Myrtha Oscurr: (and i do not remember who died so)
Moss Kaplan: ok so I'm going to go to sleep and also to derse, using the very helpful things TA said that one time
Leon Gaspar: (hugs for lemi, assuming she likes hugs)
(otherwise, like, gentle fistbumping)
Moss Kaplan: (also god what a knight moss is what the hell)
Wiwaxia (GM): fucking knights
Arxon: (oh man Lemi is not used to touch at allllll)
Moss Kaplan: (well moss isnt either so this should be awkward as fuuuck)
Leon Gaspar: (oh man this could go horribly wrong)
Myrtha Oscurr: (that's the SBURB way!)
Leon Gaspar: (lemi and moss vs. ilmatar 'everyone is my friend' nordwind and leon 'musicians get weirdly physical with each other' gaspar')
(and then, myrtha)
Wiwaxia (GM): and sera!
maybe
Arxon: (Maladapted Children and Magical Powers: the SBURB motto)
Leon Gaspar: (and sera! poor sera)
(can we put that in out of context quotes too)
Myrtha Oscurr: (myrtha 'oh hey these horrormonster songs are nice' oscurr)
Leon Gaspar: (hanging out, singing with giant space tentacle monsters. good times.)
Myrtha Oscurr: (seriously hoping I can make the grace checks on the horrorterror songs, just because i want to see what would happen)
(also because the idea of myrtha humming ancient horroroterror music sounds very funny to me)
Arxon: (singing with the Horrorterrors: what could go wrong)
Myrtha Oscurr: (Right?)
k m.: anyway so should we switch or are we done for the night or am I actually doing this
:D
Wiwaxia (GM): you can start doing it, yeah
you get an hour into the flight before you are quite rudely awakened by the feeling of your bed jostling
someone has messaged you while you slept
Moss Kaplan: damn
I check
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: moss, steer clear, ima move your balls
Moss Kaplan: sI: what
Wiwaxia (GM): (ahahahahaha, whimsy's gonna be so happy)
Moss Kaplan: what
Wiwaxia (GM): (you just ran into a bit of the future from like a dozen sessions ago)
Moss Kaplan: wait
what
Wiwaxia (GM): so like a couple real-world months ago we played a session that you missed where waking!ilmatar started building up your house
and sent that message to warn moss
because she obviously can't move anything that a player's in
waking!moss has finally hit that point in the timeline
Myrtha Oscurr: amazinf
Moss Kaplan: that's a _warning_
you rebuilt my _house_
.....alright. ok. this is fine. yep.
oh my god
Arxon: (perfectly timed bad-life-choice-cockblocking cockblocking)
Wiwaxia (GM): technically speaking she can't rebuild your house yet
because you can't move structures with a player on or in them
Moss Kaplan: why couldn't this have happened while the giant was on it
oh ok I...cautiously vacate the premises
Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar was still asleep!
Moss Kaplan: looking for angry things with possibly one eye
Wiwaxia (GM): you get a nice front-row seat to your room being plucked from its perch and set down next to the base of your tower
Moss Kaplan: "im going to move your -balls-" I mutter to myself in disbelief
Wiwaxia (GM): your mom's room is similarly picked up and placed on the other side of the tower
Moss Kaplan: "why are you doing this to me"
Wiwaxia (GM): and i think i'm gonna cut it there, if that's alright with arxon
to do some wrap-up stuff
Arxon: alrighty!
Moss Kaplan: next time: moss continuously tries to sleep despite all the interruptions
Leon Gaspar: will leon continue to not get hypothermia? will he finally put some fucking clothes on? tune in to find out!
Wiwaxia (GM): *will he have
cause past, yaknow
Leon Gaspar: listen
Myrtha Oscurr: will myrtha's brain slowly dribble out her ears fromlistening to horrorterrors?
Leon Gaspar: leon might be the seer of time but i can't with this temporal nonsense
Arxon: How many more bad life choices can Lemi make?
Wiwaxia (GM): @bird
ehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehe
eheeehheeeheeeheeehee
Leon Gaspar: in hindsight, not the best choice of character for me
i'm gonna have to start keeping track of the timeline
Moss Kaplan: pfff whoops
Wiwaxia (GM): not to worry, i'll figure out some way to get you deets from the super nice timeline program i splurged on
Leon Gaspar: niiice
i can get a handle on things if i have a visual representation lmao
Wiwaxia (GM): moss xp tally 52 total damage
so 1040 xp
Leon Gaspar: goddamn dude
Myrtha Oscurr: wow
(Not) Literally A Bird: also would it be ok if i checked out for tonight, i know we're only gonna be a bit longer but i gotta sleep
Wiwaxia (GM): oh yeah, i'm just doing wrapping-up stuff
anyways that not only nets moss level 3, it puts them halfway to level 4
(Not) Literally A Bird: awesome, i will see y'all either next week or whenever we do this again!
night y'all
Arxon: night!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Myrtha Oscurr: gnight!
Wiwaxia (GM): moss, while you're here, can you roll a d6 for level-up hp?
try not to roll another one
:V
k m.: rolling d6
(
6
)
= 6
(I'm sorry, there was dinner)
Wiwaxia (GM): well
that aint a one
(To GM) rolling 10^2
10
= 10
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 10e2
1000
= 1000
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1e2
100
= 100
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling .5e2
50
= 50
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 5!2
5
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 5!
5
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 4d4
(
2
+
1
+
3
+
2
)
= 8
rolling 4d10+4d6
(
9
+
8
+
7
+
10
)+(
3
+
4
+
5
+
3
)
= 49
hallo!
wait shit wrong game
that is to say, come join us over in episode 5
Arxon: oh sorry!

 

Spoiler: moss takes ilmatar on an abbreviated tour of prospit, until she gets lost in the library

whimsy: sup ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): heya
k m.: hi! so apparently wifi is a thing that exists in an hour, because the guy who owns the house has real shit wifi
but until then I have the phone!
which means I can see the text box
Arxon: (hi)
whimsy: hi ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
Arxon: I am just gonna
drink a coke
get my brain working
whimsy: im not very awake atm
stayed awake until half past 4 last night because of an rp, then slept 7 hours and had 3 hours of training. will keep self awake somehow, though
k m.: ok if I cut out again I will be back on in an hour guaranteed, because this place is the worst
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
i think we'll wait a little bit for bird to get here, if he can make it tonight
and then probably start with dream moss and ilmatar, to finish up that bit of non-chronological shenanigans and let whimsy get to sleep early
k m.: sweet, sounds good
whimsy: i'll be awake for a bit over an hour at minimum, because i've got my washing machine running at 1 am because i need my derse purple bedsheets for tomorrow
might be awake longer
Wiwaxia (GM): cool, good to know!
okay, bird said to start without him
gimme a minute to get all my shit together and we're good to go
k m.: k sounds good
Arxon: k!
whimsy: i'll do my best to be not a zombie "_"
and i need more food that i can just nuke in the microwave
k m.: yeah I'm just rewriting stats so I can reference them better on paper
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm trying to get a number on distance from prospit to derse
whimsy: good luck
Wiwaxia (GM): although that can strictly speaking wait
well, i found some old calculations from back in the day
k m.: ooh
Wiwaxia (GM): alright
so i'm getting a figure of 45km from the center of skaia to the planets
whimsy: brain!ilmatar suggests we should construct a highway made out of yellow bricks between the different parts of the incipisphere and procure some sort of vehicle
k m.: omg yes
Wiwaxia (GM): pfff
anyways, i can finish the rest of the calculations later
(btw, that means y'all need to build 45km of house)
(have fun with that)
k m.: jegus
whimsy: high enough levels to bounce a few higher leveled monsters around, and copypaste
it's exponential, so...
Wiwaxia (GM): it's still a lot of grist
and here i was worried it would be too cheap to build up to skaia
k m.: ok
we build a catapult
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways
you ready to start, moss and whimsy?
k m.: yeah, en route to starbucks
whimsy: yeah
although i dont quite remember where we left off, i think it was in prospit in a shoe shop
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, moss's friend the Taciturn Shoemaker was making you some tea
here, do you want me to paste you the last bit of dialogue you were having?
such as it was
Wiwaxia (GM): the door rings and a carapacian lady walks in
Wiwaxia (GM): TS: a moment, you two
TS appears to conduct an entire business deal with some nodding, some noncommittal grunting and a few single words
Moss Kaplan: ((oops, like 10 minutes left for me))
Wiwaxia (GM): ((K))
TS turns back to you
TS: tea?
Wiwaxia (GM): Ilmatar Nordwind: ((kk))
Moss Kaplan: sure! thanks
Ilmatar Nordwind: That'd be nice, thank you!
TS nods, and puts a pot on, then gets back to setting up her workbench
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't help but notice that her leather is almost entirely gold and white
Moss Kaplan: Hey that looks very nice
Wiwaxia (GM): Ilmatar Nordwind is looking around with big eyes.
TS: mm
Moss Kaplan: "so, how is the shop going?"
TS: alright
you keeping well?
Moss Kaplan: "pretty well. this is one of my friends"
TS nods

whimsy perks up at being called a friend! Of course she knew that Moss was her friend, but it's still nice to be an official friend as well!
Moss Kaplan: "she's, uhm. visiting"
TS nods again, then gets up and pours three cups of tea
TS: yours
and yours
Ilmatar Nordwind smiles. "Thank you!"
TS: mm
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((whoops i goofed earlier, that shouldve been ilma about the friend thing and not her mun))
Moss Kaplan: after drinking: "thanks, this is good"
((all good, I figured))
TS nods
Ilmatar Nordwind carefully sips her tea.
TS: visiting from where?
Ilmatar Nordwind: Nordfriesland. This tea is delicious, by the way. What kind is it?
TS: crystalanthemum
Ilmatar Nordwind has never heard of that kind. Must be a regional thing.
TS: that on the Lands?
never heard of it
Wiwaxia (GM): (ps guess what song i'm playing :D)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and the first two guesses don't count?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (yep)
Ilmatar Nordwind: Well, it is land, although there's a bunch of Halligen, too.
The Land of Steps and Storms doesn't have any of those, though.
TS: ah, that one I know
k m.: ((HAVE COFFEE & WIFIF, REFUSE TO TRAVEL))
TS: never been, though
should be overhead now
Ilmatar Nordwind: It's a beautiful place.
TS: mm
Moss Kaplan: is basically just sipping tea
kind of in awe how much TS is talking
-multiple- -syllables-
Wiwaxia (GM): (ehehehehe)
(what can i say, she likes ilmatar)
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((oo_oo))
((ilma should be chatterboxing on but im only drawing blanks, damnit.))
Wiwaxia (GM): you can just give an executive summary of what you're chattering about, too
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((mostly that this all is very exciting, because hooray new places, new people, and people can see her here)) ((although i just managed to decipher two questions))
Overhead?
Moss Kaplan: ((yeah moss isn't a big talker which is probably why when they run into ts it's so awkward))
((mostly moss talks to themself))
TS: in the sky
here, come
TS leads you out the door and points up between the buildings to where you can just barely see a small, iridescent circle hanging in the black
Ilmatar Nordwind looks up in awe, then assumes a pondering expression.
Ilmatar Nordwind: (did moss follow?)
Moss Kaplan: (yep! still with tea)
Ilmatar Nordwind: Moss, does that mean that I'm in two places at once?
Moss Kaplan: "...I don't actually know."
"Probably!"
Is kind of cheerful about this. Astral projection, while unscientific on a regular basis, is interesting when you're the one experiencing it
Ilmatar Nordwind: How delightfully strange! I wonder what happens if the two places at once are close enough to touch.
Moss Kaplan: -pleasantly surprised by ilmatar and scientific inquiry working together -
"that would be interesting! either nothing...or something"
"though i'm a little more interested in the something"
TS gives the both of you a somewhat baffled, somewhat amused look
Ilmatar Nordwind: Right? The challenge being making that happen. Hmmm....
Moss Kaplan: "I wonder if there's a gravitational pull, and if you could take advantage of it"
moss is not a math + science person anyway
"oh! i'm sorry TS. we're being rude. the sky -is- beautiful tonight though"
Ilmatar Nordwind: It might be easier with this body, this one can fly, although LOSAS looks quite distant.
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, btw, i apparently badly underestimated the angular diameter of LOSAS from Prospit
it's about the size of your fist at arms length
Ilmatar Nordwind: (aka... three or four times the size of the moon on clear nights? the moon is still fuck-off far away, and i don't think ilma is savvy enough to grok that the earth moon is MUCH larger than LOSAS)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, about
Moss Kaplan: (cool)
TS
Wiwaxia (GM): wait shit
TS nods
TS: it is beautiful
Ilmatar Nordwind resumes looking at the sky, and her appearance shifts a little - starry black butterfly wings unfurling from under her hair. She does not quite float yet.
is TS had eyebrows, she would raise them
TS: impressive
Moss Kaplan: "huh.
"are you aware you have wings?"
Ilmatar Nordwind: -Ilma looks at Moss with wide eyes.-
Of course I do! I told you I'm a fairy!
Wiwaxia (GM): ((gm giggling in distance))
Moss Kaplan: -moss is doing all the eyebrow raising needed in this area-
((i feel like this helps cement moss' eventual 'aliens. what' moment later, since _so much weird shit_ ))
"right. so you did."
Wiwaxia (GM): ((poor moss. poor moss's deeply ingrained skepticism))
Arxon: ((you know Moss is just trying their best))
Wiwaxia (GM): Moss: Mental breakdown.
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((i am so glad that neither dream nor rain were viable aspects in this session because rain!ilma or dream!ilma would've been somewhere between hilarious and utterly terrifying)) ((sburb glitch faq for those who dont know))
Moss Kaplan: (moss cannot help the skepticism. it is too strong. i'm just waiting for seriously weird stuff to start happening /because/ of moss)
(they may crack. it'll be great)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (im looking forward to the ectobiology part so. much.)
(or at least the frogbreeding, the ectoslime cloning could be anyone, theoretically)
(technically session leader. who's our session leader anyways?)
Wiwaxia (GM): Lemi
((more distant gm giggling))
Ilmatar Nordwind: (ah i remember)
Moss Kaplan: (pff. so weirded out. so much guhhwhut. isgonnabe great))
Arxon: ((oh nooooooo))
Ilmatar Nordwind: Oh! So, Moss, TS - may I call you TS? - how did you two meet?
Moss Kaplan: "Well, it kind of feels like I've always been coming down for tea at TS'"
"I was wandering around when i was a kid and just barged in. kids, right?" moss laughs, ignoring the fact that they are literally 16
Ilmatar Nordwind giggles, and looks at TS.
Moss Kaplan: "anyway, yeah, TS made me tea, and i've been barging in ever since"
TS smiles
TS: weren't quite so rude as they make it sound
Moss Kaplan: "thanks, TS"
Ilmatar Nordwind: You two are /adorable/
TS: mm
Moss Kaplan: -unsuccessfully hides slight blush behind tea cup-
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((the only reason ilma isnt pulling ts and moss into a group hug is that moss is holding a tea cup))
Moss Kaplan: ((moss knows this and will use the tea cup possibly forever))
((pff))
Wiwaxia (GM): (TS is also holding a teacup, as a matter of fact)
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((shucks))
Ilmatar Nordwind smiles brightly at TS.
Ilmatar Nordwind: Thank you for being Moss' friend.
TS gives you a polite, friendly but somewhat nonplussed blink
Moss Kaplan: -beep beep beep moss' future-emotional warnings are all going off-
"anyway! i promised to show ilmatar around!"
TS smiles
TS: mm
don't fly off with my cups, though
Moss Kaplan: ((oh no))
"of course not!"
Ilmatar Nordwind: Thank you for your tea and your hospitality, TS, and I hope we haven't taken too much of your time. May I return in the future?
-Ilma finishes her tea- Ah, where should I put this?
Moss Kaplan: -takes the tea cup-
"here, i'll take it back"
((into the shop))
TS: thank you
Moss Kaplan: "yup sure thing"
-goes inside to drop off cups-
TS also heads back inside and picks up her work where she left if
Ilmatar Nordwind follows the two back in.
TS: you heading out?
take care
come visit
Ilmatar Nordwind: Thank you, we will. To both.
Moss Kaplan: "yeah! thanks for the tea!"
TS: mhm.
Wiwaxia (GM): where are you two heading now?
Moss Kaplan: "alright, come on, PS is probably still up and about"
Ilmatar Nordwind waves at TS one last time, then catches up with Moss.
Ilmatar Nordwind: Where to?
Moss Kaplan: "this way"
-leads ilmatar to planless stenographer's-
Wiwaxia (GM): *planless typist
Ilmatar Nordwind: (not a very flattering job description)
Moss Kaplan: *oh right i forgot that happened
Wiwaxia (GM): i renamed him so his initials wouldn't conflict with pragmatic shopkeep
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((place description?))
Wiwaxia (GM): PT works on prospit proper
so you get a nice view as you fly away from the streets of the moon
and circle round it towards the great Chain of Prospit
it is massive, especially seeing it for the first time, like Ilmatar is
Ilmatar Nordwind: Whoa!
Wiwaxia (GM): the chain itself is thicker around than you are tall
and you could comfortably float in the middle of a link
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((it's taking ilmatar enough willpower to not explore every nook she sees!))
Wiwaxia (GM): around it flutter ships and what look like large floating patios full of milling carapacians
Ilmatar Nordwind explores the chain. It's HUGE.
Wiwaxia (GM): ferrying back and forth between the moon and the planet
Ilmatar Nordwind: (while taking a bit of care not to get into anyones way)
Wiwaxia (GM): you notice that half of them are oriented so the moon is "down" and half oriented so it is "up"
Ilmatar Nordwind: clever!
Wiwaxia (GM): some of the people on the ferry-platforms wave at you as you fly past
the chain itself is hard golden metal
pocked with thousands of tiny pits and scratches that glint in the blue light of Skaia
Moss Kaplan: -moss has seen this before and while it is cool as hell, they're like 'come on, this way'-
Ilmatar Nordwind: Naww!
Ilmatar Nordwind makes a memo to herself to keep the wonderful pun she just thought of in mind and tell Moss later.
Ilmatar Nordwind: Is it always this busy around here?
Moss Kaplan: "pretty much yeah"
Wiwaxia (GM): also, i can't get it on the jukebox, but
http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chain-of-prospit
Moss Kaplan: "those are new though" - pointing at warships in distance-
"it's probably because of the war"
Ilmatar Nordwind: There's a war? Against whom?
Moss Kaplan: "Derse, from what i hear"
Ilmatar Nordwind: Do you know why?
Moss Kaplan: "...not really. I haven't really asked. we can ask PT though"
Ilmatar Nordwind nods.
Wiwaxia (GM): onwards?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (aye)
Moss Kaplan: (yep! sorry, killing emails)
Wiwaxia (GM): np
you fly down towards Prospit, and around the curve of it
a block of six massive towers rises over the horizon, crowned with orbs of glowing light
below them spills a spiderweb of boulevards and plazas, cut deeply into the piled towers and spires of the city
Moss Kaplan: "now _that's_ a view"
Ilmatar Nordwind has huge glowy eyes!
Wiwaxia (GM): (also arxon, correction/retcon note, the palaces are in fact right below the prototyping towers)
(so you were right about that)
Arxon: (alright, thank you 0u0)
Wiwaxia (GM): (please hold while I find a sufficiently beautiful library and color it gold)
Moss Kaplan: (ysssss)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (you are aware that you wont be able to pry ilma from those books any time soon?)
Moss Kaplan: (booooks)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (brb hanging up the laundry)
(back)
Wiwaxia (GM): I'm calling this Official Snack Break
while I prep the library
Ilmatar Nordwind: (kk)
Moss Kaplan: (sweet)
Arxon: (I am apparently incapable of drawing Myrtha w/o making her look like a Disney princess :V)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (eheheheheheh)
Arxon: (btw, whimsy, what is Ilma's build?)
Moss Kaplan: (aww. disney princess forever)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (155 cm thereabouts, chubby, so 60-65 kg?)
(even if i tend to draw her slimmer, which i should stop) (shes got some muscle from climbing around in the forest for shoots, but nothing special)
Arxon: (thank you!)
Moss Kaplan: (shoot, i'm going to have to leave internet soon. it'll be a weird little hiccup as i switch back to phone, but i should be able to still rp))
Ilmatar Nordwind: (oh nooooo D::)
Moss Kaplan: (at any rate, plan is to get to PT's, ask some questions about war maybe, and then figure out when we match up with timeline/when we wake up))
k m.: (ok on mobile now)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (kk)
Wiwaxia (GM): good timing, I am almost done!
http://i.imgur.com/VTg910p.png
booyah
that glorious piece of architecture is what you see
Ilmatar Nordwind: Wheeee :DD
k m.: o my god I love you
Wiwaxia (GM): whoops missed a spot
http://i.imgur.com/U4wF9Sd.png
Moss Kaplan: "ok no. _that's_ a view"
Wiwaxia (GM): dear future people, click the second link, the first one's dead
so yeah
PT works in a small room off to one corner of the library campus
are you going to actually go meet him, or will ilmatar be lured away by the siren song of books
Ilmatar Nordwind: bookbooksbooksbooksbooks
Moss Kaplan: PT!
-a brief struggle of minds ensues-
Ilmatar Nordwind vanishes between the shelves.
Moss Kaplan: "godd-"
considers the books
"ok nevermind"
booksbooksbooksbooks
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d100
(
9
)
= 9
the first book you find is entirely in some sort of herptile-based heiroglyphics
Ilmatar Nordwind: naw shucks
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d100
(
28
)
= 28
you grab another book
it seems to be a treatise on battlefield surgery
with a hefty section of full-color plates
Moss Kaplan: I want that
Ilmatar Nordwind looks around to see if she can find a map, and where the legends are.
Wiwaxia (GM): are you looking for a book of maps, or a map of the library?
Ilmatar Nordwind: a map of the library
Wiwaxia (GM): you haven't the faintest idea of where that might be
and some running around produces no librarians
Ilmatar Nordwind is confused. She has been to quite a few libraries, and even the smaller ones have maps where the shelves, signatures, and topics are laid out.
Wiwaxia (GM): just a hell of a lot of books
shelves upon shelves upon shelves
Ilmatar Nordwind: are the books sorted haphazardly? do they have a signature?
(signature as in, a unique letter/number code that you use to locate a book if you have found the title in the catalogue)
Ilmatar Nordwind tries to locate a catalogue. Are there computers? Book catalogues? Card catalogues?
Moss Kaplan: moss wanders joyously
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((im sorry my librarian major is showing))
Wiwaxia (GM): (did medieval libraries have any of those, though?)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (they did have written catalogues)
(and for the time signatures came up i'd have to look that up, sec)
(the written catalogues are title, author, etc, and which shelf)
(blrgh, my google fu is weak)
Wiwaxia (GM): mine's not bad
it seems like you've got "shelfmarks"
Ilmatar Nordwind: (its almost 6 am i think thats part of the reason)
Wiwaxia (GM): which are kinda precursors to the signatures you're talking about
(fair enough!)
I haven't been able to find anything suggesting an organizational system by content
only by frequency of use if anything
so let's say there's running shelfmarks
and a written catalogue somewhere
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, and no spine titles
Ilmatar Nordwind: (if it isnt sorted by topic, its probably numerus currens, and then sorted alphabetically either via author or title in the book catalogue)
(ofc not, probably a consistent library binding, too)
Wiwaxia (GM): can you say "golden covers on everything?"
Ilmatar Nordwind: (yeah, that sounds like consistent library binding)
Wiwaxia (GM): also, numerus currens?
not familiar with
Ilmatar Nordwind: (running number. you put the books into the shelves as they come)
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, yeah
makes sense
we'll go with that

 

Spoiler: ilmatar buries her nose deeeep in a pile of books, leon starts exploring an office building

Ilmatar Nordwind: (and those systems are why librarians were necessary for book location back in the day) (signatures and sort by topic and opac or even a card catalogue are so much nicer)
catalogues are probably somewhere more central, so ilma is going to try and find the centre of the library
(also from my internship at berlin state library, there are topic based catalogues)
Wiwaxia (GM): (in medieval libraries, you mean? good to know!)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (aaaaayup. i held one of those in my own hands. it was coming apart.)
(ok berlin state library was 18th century i think but) (close enough)
Wiwaxia (GM): ((holy shit. much envy, dude))
Ilmatar Nordwind: (you wouldnt believe some of the stuff i was allowed to touch)
(my main project was working through some documents etc that were over a century old and catalogue them)
Wiwaxia (GM): ((nice))
Ilmatar Nordwind: (some of the older stuff we were shown by the librarians, literal centuries)
(from some pretty damn famous people, too)
Wiwaxia (GM): you make your way towards the center of the library
as you walk by the shelves, you notice a couple of books that seem to be locked shut
Ilmatar Nordwind: Huh!
Ilmatar Nordwind wonders if she could procure the keys to those from somewhere.
Wiwaxia (GM): you come to a central open atrium
several floors down is a large reading room filled with radially arranged lecterns
there are no stairs down, here
this would be more of a problem if you couldn't fly
Ilmatar Nordwind: heh.
Wiwaxia (GM): descend?
Ilmatar Nordwind: descend.
Wiwaxia (GM): you land neatly among the lecterns
around most of the edge of the reading room the shelves stretch back just as they did abover
however, in front of you is an imposing brick archway labeled
RARE BOOKS
EXTREME DANGER
CONSULT A LIBRARIAN BEFORE ENTERING AND EXERCISE CAUTION
Ilmatar Nordwind: (irl laughing my ass off)
Wiwaxia (GM): and behind you is a nice open corridor to a ornate gold and dark wood desk
there's a tasteful little bell way off in one corner of it
gold, of course
Ilmatar Nordwind: pfft, that's too easy
Ilmatar Nordwind takes a look at the shelves close to the desk.
Wiwaxia (GM): are you just pulling out books and examining them?
or looking at the shelves themselves?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (you know what? if youre asking like that, both)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d100
(
63
)
= 63
you find a hefty book of general engineering
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooooh
((personal guess as to what's in the forbidden section, it's books on loan from derse))
Wiwaxia (GM): looking at the shelves themselves, you notice that the shelf numbers are getting pretty low
Ilmatar Nordwind: (if they put in the catalogues via numerus currens, i'm going to slap them)
(i am literally going to reach through the screen and administer a most righteous drubbing)
(but yeah, going to look for the first shelf)
Wiwaxia (GM): can I get an int check?
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+13
(
1
)+13
= 14
welp
Wiwaxia (GM): you run around for like an hour looking for it
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and probably get distracted by other books)
Wiwaxia (GM): and accomplish nothing but getting yourself really, really lost
Ilmatar Nordwind: (hooray!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (honestly half the reason I went for a fuckstupid organizational system for this library was to facilitate people getting lost)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (its hilarious how the sburb glitch faq describes mages as fucking know it alls, and then we have ilma)
(ilma got lost in between a bazillion books, i dont think she really cares.)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
here I'll roll up what's around you right now
rolling 4d100
(
76
+
87
+
60
+
39
)
= 262
so the first book doesn't have any sort of title you can find anywhere
but it's pretty clearly a recipe book
Ilmatar Nordwind: (now untitled books can be very intere -- RECIPE BOOK)
Wiwaxia (GM): packed full of tiny, handwritten script, with jostling marginal annotations in many hands
Ilmatar Nordwind: (the best kind of recipe book)
Wiwaxia (GM): are you gonna just sit and read through it for a while, or check out the other nearby books before you start really digging in to reading?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i'm going to check the others out first)
(the best kind of recipe book is a huge part whimsy, because ive found the best kind of recipes turn out to be the modded ones)
Wiwaxia (GM): afk for a second
back
the next book you pick up, by contrast, has a very definite title page
in large, stern black letters, it reads:
The Solists Sinople
Ilmatar Nordwind has no idea what those words mean, so she looks inside.
of their origine, their might, and the dread chief of their number
Wiwaxia (GM): there is no author listed
you look inside
most of the pages appear to be blank white
Ilmatar Nordwind: Invisible ink. How rude.
Wiwaxia (GM): every now and then, half a page, or a two page spread or several pages all together are taken up with elaborate diagrams
like star charts, or bestiaries, or allegorical alchemical instructions
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't really tell without the text
Ilmatar Nordwind: i ask the book nicely to show me the text.
Wiwaxia (GM): these are all done in vivid color, usually on a black field
the book, quite rudely, does not comply
Ilmatar Nordwind: i tilt the book a little, maybe if the light angle changes i can see some more
Wiwaxia (GM): that sounds like a good idea
except that you suddenly realize you have no idea where the light is coming from
there's no obvious light sources, the entire space is just suffused with a golden light
Ilmatar Nordwind imagines herself wearing sunglasses.
Wiwaxia (GM): you are now wearing sunglasses
Ilmatar Nordwind: (nice. are they helping?)
(like, different tint, less golden light that makes gold ink on white paper illegible?)
(ooh, i try touching the pages and try to feel if there's anything on them)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, you can see faint white text showing up highlighted on the pages
Ilmatar Nordwind: (a-ha!)
(ilma is too adhd to remember the other books or the catalogue. she will try deciphering the book, probably until someone starts talking to her or she wakes up)
Wiwaxia (GM): if you squint and lean over the page, you can just barely read the tine white letters
... except that they're all written backwards
Ilmatar Nordwind: (bluuuuh)
(ok, next book)
Wiwaxia (GM): the next book is actually printed in a nice, reasonable, professional manner
it's got a long technical title and an abstract on the first page
from what you can tell, it seems to deal with genetics, cloning and the potential for genetically engineering soldiers and/or war monsters
at the bottom of the front page is a little sidebar listing the author's affiliations
you notice that they are split almost evenly between prospit and derse
Ilmatar Nordwind: huh
joint work, interesting
but that's good news, because it means that peace between the two factions is possible
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d100
(
52
)
= 52
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): continue reading or look at the last book here, or leave all these books behind and continue getting lost i mean exploring?
Ilmatar Nordwind: four is a lucky number, so let's see what the fourth book holds
Wiwaxia (GM): it's a book on the history, theory and techniques of prospitian fashion
Ilmatar Nordwind: (FASHION) (that was brain!ilma by the way)
Ilmatar Nordwind buries herself in the fashion book.
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and now its 7 am idk if you guys will continue playing but i probably won't so i'll stop hogging screentime)
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a lot of interesting stuff in there about incorporating these recurring motifs into fashion and clothing
"the vine"
"the leopard"
"the man of many eyes and many faces"
Ilmatar Nordwind: (do it for the vine)
k m.: (omg)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (also rude salbrak is a they)
Karrin Blue: hi
Wiwaxia (GM): "the standardbearing skeleton"
hi
Karrin Blue: Sorry
Arxon: hi!
Karrin Blue: i'm later
*late
whimsy: hi karrin ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, make that "the one of etc. etc."
Moss Kaplan: (when do we wake up tho because I have had so much coffee now
much tired)
(I'm so sad and old, it's like almost ten here)
Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, can't parse that
can you rephrase, moss?
Moss Kaplan: (yep hang on)
(when, in timeline, do we wake up from prospit? because me, in realtime, is super tired because too much coffee turns my brains to mush. addendum of "I'm pathetic for being tired at ten pm")
Wiwaxia (GM): alright
so we already know when you wake up and what you do immediately afterwards
Moss Kaplan: yup!
Wiwaxia (GM): you wake up at t=23:00 and pick a fight with a giclops
Moss Kaplan: just, in the story we're talking now, do we wake up soon?
Wiwaxia (GM): aaaahh, gotcha
Moss Kaplan: yup! sorry, coffee brain
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries
well, when we last saw you before ilmatar booked it off into the depths of the stacks was at about t=18:30
sou you've got like four and a half hours before you wake up
during which time you can go visit PT or whatever
Moss Kaplan: ok!
Wiwaxia (GM): but you ain't gonna run into ilmatar again unless you go hunt her down and find her
because she has gotten her nose buried in a number of books and will almost certainly be there until she wakes up at t=24:00
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((theory: ilma comes across a book on architecture and thats the reason her building session doesnt end in outright disaster)
Moss Kaplan: I'll wander for like a half hour, I figure, and maybe run into ilmatar and maybe not
Wiwaxia (GM): you do not run into ilmatar at all
you actually manage to find a librarian!
but they haven't seen her either
Moss Kaplan: oh hey
yeah I figured
well in that case, I tell them to let her know I'm going to pt's if they see her
Wiwaxia (GM): they agree, in a way that suggests that they really don't expect to see her, and ask if you need anything else
Moss Kaplan: "nah I'm good, thanks"
and off to pt's
Wiwaxia (GM): you find pt hammering away at his typewriter in somewhat of a panic
whimsy: (i'm going to sleep now tho its 7 am)
Moss Kaplan: (gnight!)
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Moss Kaplan: "hey pt"
Wiwaxia (GM): (dream of books!)
PT: i uh what oh hey moss one sec
Arxon: (opps night!)
Moss Kaplan: "yeah totes"
(niiiight)
Wiwaxia (GM): ahfuck, i think i'm running out of steam, too
do you mind if we stop here?
k m.: yeah totally!
Wiwaxia (GM): sorry for not getting to you, karrin and arxon
Karrin Blue: me too
sorry i didn't get here earlier
Wiwaxia (GM): eh, no worries
Arxon: it's fine 0u0
night!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
k m.: night!
Karrin Blue: night!
(Not) Literally A Bird: who's got two thumbs and managed to get a good night's sleep and is therefore well-rested?
d(THIS GUY)b
whimsy: hooray ::D
i slept until noon today b/c its sunday and i didnt get much sleep on friday
idk how long i can stay up today xxD
but hooray for getting sleep and being rested ::D
(Not) Literally A Bird: sleepins are good!
whimsy: (im currently baking cookies) (but i keep messing up the nonplus and i dont know why) (they taste ok but the baiser head shrivels and dies the second i take them from the oven)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (i cannot help you. good luck.)
whimsy: (thank you ::D the third batch is seriusly dark but hasnt shriveled) (i think i need to call grandma tomorrow and ask her what i did wrong)
Arxon: hello!
whimsy: sup::D
Karrin Blue: Hi
Arxon: ...actually bbs, just realized how bad I need food
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
sorry i'm a bit lat4
*late
(Not) Literally A Bird: not a problem
altho i think i should ... probably move to my room? hrm. can i motivate myself to get up...
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, everyone ready to go?
oh also bird, re: leon
Karrin Blue: think I'm ready!
Wiwaxia (GM): note that your starting Time thing can get you out of hypothermia
actually, yeah, I think I'm gonna start with leon
because bird hasn't done anything for a couple sessions and leon is the furthest back on the timeline right now
leon is currently shivering in a flooded office building at T=19:30
and has an appointment with a memo at a little before T=24:00
Arxon: (um hello again)
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
bird?
Arxon: Buuuuuueller?
(Not) Literally A Bird: dammit
sorry
people were being Wrong on the Internet
Wiwaxia (GM): haha
Arxon: ahahahaaaa I know that feel
Wiwaxia (GM): a perennial risk
(Not) Literally A Bird: ayup. ok here we go
also w/r/t the starting time thing, you mean the 'i put this thing Right Over Here' thing, right?
and also i can only use that once
Wiwaxia (GM): mm?
no, you can use it as much as you like
that just clutters up your Cosmic To-Do list
and Bad Things happen if you ever become unable to do something on there
Leon Gaspar: well then! as it happens, future!leon is going to remember the ignominy of this moment, and stash ... lemme think
a fluffy towel, definitely, and then a change of clothes and underwear.
is that too many items
whimsy: (one of those heat pads)
Wiwaxia (GM): hey, more items is just digging your own grave deeper, you put as much shit there as you want
Leon Gaspar: (see i'm worrying about how he's going to procure things. i was gonna put 'actual swimsuit' on the list, but it's not something leon would own, and then i have to rely on him getting a code from someone else and alchemising it)
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean what
Leon Gaspar: yeah, let's just go with that for now
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, and you should now be able to see the cosmic to-do list sheet over in the journal tab
Leon Gaspar: Okay. Since time is kind of wonky here, if I say that ... sometime in the future ... Future Leon is going to put some dry clothes and a towel behind that desk...
I peer hopefully over the desk
neat!
((ahaha yeah, 'without being spotted'. this is gonna be fun.))
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, nothing future you can do can contradict previously played events, so if you wanna run around in the early hours of the game
you're gonna have to do a lot of sneaking
Leon Gaspar: ((can i take it as read that i've located the care package?))
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, jackpot secured
Leon Gaspar: ((yeahhh. maybe i'll just...ask ilmatar reeeeeeeeeal nice if i can borrow some Breeze powers...))
B)
Wiwaxia (GM): you can even put some shades in there for yourself if you want
Leon Gaspar: (...yes)
I thoroughly dry myself off, then sort of make myself into a little towel-tent while i warm up
Wiwaxia (GM): it's quite cozy
Leon Gaspar: I try not to think about the fact that i'm going to have to swim to get out of here again. sigh.
Wiwaxia (GM): now that you're not losing all that heat from shivering immediately, you warm up fairly quickly
yeah, and the wind's still picking up
thin, sleet-grey clouds are sliding over the horizon in the direction of the highway you haven't explored yet
with just the faintest touch of peach light on the tops of their leading edges
Leon Gaspar: I look out the window, straining to see something, anything over the really close horizon.
I also consider whether or not I've warmed up enough to be considered not in danger of hypothermia
Wiwaxia (GM): you see the snaggletoothed algae covered tops of similar skyscrapers breaking around you
the highway you walked here along goes straight over the horizon, but you thiiiiink you might be able to make out an offramp or interchange or something right on the horizon
Leon Gaspar: Man. It's kind of pretty, in a desolate sort of way. Well, I kinda like that abandoned city aesthetic...just with less water, usually.
Off-ramp is promising, though! I take note and hope that I'm not seeing things
Wiwaxia (GM): (and i've actually got a cruddy reference map for this area, so it's not all improv)
Leon Gaspar: Alright. I'm warmer now, so I'mma get dressed again
Wiwaxia (GM): (:D)
Leon Gaspar: (neat! also i like your prospit picture :P)
(and ilmatar's symbol never fails to amuse me. it's just so...ilmatar.)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, i'd plop you on a LORAM page, but i don't have anything really presentable for it
Leon Gaspar: (nah, no problem. i mean i'm just hanging out in an apartment building anyway)
I'm also gonna take this here towel and fashion it into a cape
And for good measure, I will eat a bug snack, because I'm feeling run down and Tia always said to eat something sugary when you're run down. ...I'm not sure what the sugar content of bug snacks is, but it's worth a shot.
Wiwaxia (GM): i believe there was some candied cicadas in one of them
your cape kinda flops fuzzily rather than billowing in the wind, and it's heavy enough to tug on the neck of your shirt, but other than that, it's great!
and goes nicely with your collander-helmet aesthetic
Leon Gaspar: I feel ... childish. But also somehow heroic. More importantly, I can improve upon my aesthetic when I'm not in the middle of nowhere.
Onwards! I look around to see if this room is any different from the one I just escaped
Wiwaxia (GM): well
it's less wet
Leon Gaspar: yeah that's pretty much what i was expecting. another office room
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: any neat lockers i could prod around in?
or cupboards, or the like.
Wiwaxia (GM): some locked filing cabinets
although you could brute-force them open without too much trouble
Leon Gaspar: hm. might come back to that later if i have no luck elsewhere
gonna try the door now
Wiwaxia (GM): you push on the knob
your hand, and the knob, go through the doot
Leon Gaspar: uh
Wiwaxia (GM): *door, that is
Leon Gaspar: i flail for a minute
okay, gonna try pressing next to the handle, see if that's any more solid
assuming i can get my hand back out
Wiwaxia (GM): you can, and it's not
Leon Gaspar: excellent
welp! i'm assumign this is a rotting wood problem i've got here, or a rotting...something problem
Wiwaxia (GM): it's wood, yeah
and yeah, seems pretty rotten
you've got some greenish slime on your wrist where it went through
Leon Gaspar: blech. i start yanking at the wood, trying to make the hole bigger and tall enough for me to climb through
Wiwaxia (GM): it's pretty easy work
the door comes apart in big rotting slabs that crumple and fold and splinter as you tug at them
behind the door is a narrow hallway
erstwhile flourescent lights are in varying degrees of hanging from the ceiling
including a couple shattered on the floor
Leon Gaspar: any doorways?
Wiwaxia (GM): lots, up and down the hallway on both sides
Leon Gaspar: any open?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
although a number look fairly rotten as well
Leon Gaspar: can i see the stairs from here?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, but the corridor goes round a bend in one direction
Leon Gaspar: well that seems just as promising as opening all these doors
i head that direction
while i'm going that way, i keep an eye out for any doors rotten enough that i could peek in without having to break them
this is definitely because i'm trying to be cautious and sneaky, and not at all because i'm still kinda grossed out by the slime
Wiwaxia (GM): pfff
one sec, I'm gonna go grab an office building floorplan off the internet to reference off of
Leon Gaspar: go for it
((ooc i am suspecting there's fuckall here, but ic you better bet leon's going to explore this whole building if it'll delay getting back into the water and, by extension, back onto Hell Highway with the demon seagulls))
((#thestruggle))

 

Spoiler: leon runs across some unpleasant not-grist, then adventures for a place to rest and eat some soup

Arxon: (ya know, I just realized that we should hold off on any romspec until we find out if/what the goblins romance system is)
(DON'T WANNA CROSS THE FAKE ALIEN ROMANCE STREAMS)
whimsy: (eheheh) (youd better believe ilma is going to gobble up everything that expands romance beyond classic flushed)
Leon Gaspar: ((lbr i'm super excited. personally i am hoping for a romance system based off the entire major arcana))
whimsy: (oh man thatd be hella complicated and hella yes want)
Leon Gaspar: ((that was mostly a joke because i do not hate wiwaxia, but also, hella yes want))
Arxon: (we have already taken our chumhandles from the periodic table of elements, why not our romantic systems)
Wiwaxia (GM): (wow, it's surprisingly hard to find anything suitably dismal)
(it's almost like the architects are only putting their best work online or something)
Leon Gaspar: (i'm just imaginging a periodic table romance system being 'if there's one person in the relationship, it's hydrogen. two, helium, three, lithium...)
(fancy that! :V)
Arxon: (Yes but what about ionization?)
Leon Gaspar: (hello yes you have reached the limits of my high school chemistry knowledge)
Arxon: (same actually)
Leon Gaspar: (:P)
(ugh i gotta move, brb)
(tadaaaa)
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, that should do
image quality's a bit cruddy, but whatever
Leon Gaspar: (ah yes thank you)
ok! off down the hallway
sorta thisaway i guess?
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 4d4+2d6
(
2
+
2
+
2
+
4
)+(
2
+
6
)
= 18
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 4d4+2d6
(
2
+
4
+
2
+
4
)+(
1
+
1
)
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4+2d6
(
3
)+(
3
+
5
)
= 11
Wiwaxia (GM): well, there's what looks like a glassed-in atrium/lightwell in here
Leon Gaspar: oh, neat! alright well i'll explore that
Wiwaxia (GM): whoa hold on
because there's a pair of basilisks in there
Leon Gaspar: i got too excited
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
Leon Gaspar: ah yes there they are
well there goes that plan
if i go toe-to-toe with just one of them i will certainly die
Karrin Blue: Yes.
Wiwaxia (GM): also yes, one of them is notably larger than the other
Leon Gaspar: yeah i was wondering about that
okay. mooooving on. quietly.
Wiwaxia (GM): oh jesus fuck
Leon Gaspar: ((...))
Wiwaxia (GM): rolled prototypings for those and boy are you lucky they didn't notice you
Leon Gaspar: ((hoo boy))
okay. i am now going to be extra careful before i go charging in anywhere!
i am also now on the lookout for something that might make me feel a bit less, uh, shit
considering i am at 0 HP
Wiwaxia (GM): you hear something moving around in here
doesn't sound too big, but there's a few of them
Leon Gaspar: ok. state of the door?
Wiwaxia (GM): rotten but not broken yet
whimsy: (bets 14 boondollars on finally consorts)
Leon Gaspar: hhhh. i really don't wanna be making too much noise with those basilisks nearby, but...
alright. collander on, flail in hand. i reach for the doorknob and attempt to geeeeently push the door open
Wiwaxia (GM): the door's locked
you can push it through
but you won't be able to get it closed again
Leon Gaspar: i...fuck.
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, should give you a look down at the end of the hallway now that you're closer
Leon Gaspar: yeah, i was about to ask
alright. well, i'm just gonna go for it. push dat door open
Wiwaxia (GM): time to cough up those boonbucks, whimsy
Leon Gaspar: well, at least they're on the other end of the room!
have they noticed me?
Wiwaxia (GM): hmmm
nah, they're too busy tipping over computers
and wheeling office chairs through ankle-deep puddles
Leon Gaspar: wishing i had a long-range weapon right about now
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm honestly shocked that none of you do
well, except Sera
Leon Gaspar: dammit
you know what, for now im gonna creep down the corridor a bit further and just. see if there's a room with fewer imps
((so many conflicting feelings rn. i want the exp....but i also dont want leon to die...also leon is a weenie....))
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, on further examination of the floorplan, those basilisks are a story down, and retroactively have fins
Leon Gaspar: welp
that is slightly better
so now im sorta hereish
hey, is anyone online?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, literally everyone other than you is asleep
well
there is Terhanu
Leon Gaspar: i...yeah. hrm. ughhh decisions. potentially deadly decisions!
what have i sensed just now?
assuming that was a 'leon has sensed something' ping
or rather, what is that i see down that corridor?
Wiwaxia (GM): what, do you want an answer or something?
:V
Leon Gaspar: siiiiigh
:V
creep creep creepin' down the hallway
Wiwaxia (GM): well, that's what you see
Leon Gaspar: do i hear anything?
after that near-miss with the basilisks i am in Full Paranoid Baby mode
Wiwaxia (GM): can't hear anything immediately obvious
grace check to listen for more quiet/subtle things
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 + 15
(
11
)+15
= 26
i am guessing that's the correct roll
flexin' the old memory muscle
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
yeah, there's something small and still lurking around the corner
Leon Gaspar: left or right?
alrighty then. once more, with feeling: collander on, flail in hand, i step forward and brace myself for combat!
Wiwaxia (GM): this fucker jumps on your face
Leon Gaspar: OW FUCK
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
16
)
= 16
wow, and actually hits
Leon Gaspar: gdi
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
you get a clawed foot in your mouth and it's got it's nastly little hands truing to grab at your hair through the collander
Leon Gaspar: bluh!!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): also, it's literally on your face
so i would suggest maybe not with the flail
whimsy: (bite it! kick it in the balls!)
Leon Gaspar: yeah, i.
i get as much of said foot between my teeth as possible and bite the fuck down
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, that's gonna be at -2 for a seriously awkward attack
Leon Gaspar: hey worth a shot
Wiwaxia (GM): and only do d4-2 damage
but
whimsy: (foot in mouth?) (::D)
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 -2
(
15
)-2
= 13
Wiwaxia (GM): unlike most attacks on things climbing on you
can't hurt you
yep, that hits
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d4-2
(
3
)-2
= 1
haha i still did damage
Wiwaxia (GM): you taste copper
Leon Gaspar: take that fucker
bluh!!! x2 combo
Wiwaxia (GM): and it dies
Leon Gaspar: ... i just ate an imp to death
Wiwaxia (GM): you get the distinctly odd sensation of picking up grist inside your mouth
Leon Gaspar: tastes like gushers, except not
also kind of like popping candy
Wiwaxia (GM): 20 build and 3 copper, which i believe you have not seen before
Leon Gaspar: i don't think so! i was...amber, mostly, i think
alright, now, about this grist-looking stuff in the corner
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like more copper grist
Leon Gaspar: attempted yoink
Wiwaxia (GM): you take 4 damage
Leon Gaspar: :/
how much soul bruising is that
Wiwaxia (GM): stunned
you lose your next turn, get -1 protection until you heal above zero
also save versus being knocked over and versus being dazed
Leon Gaspar: having succeeded with the copper imp, i grew too confident, and flew too close to the sun...
uhhh what's that, fort?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
all death and dismemberment saves are fort
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
9
)
= 9
another one?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
you are not dazed, though
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
9
)
= 9
i am nothing if not consistent
Wiwaxia (GM): or knocked over!
Leon Gaspar: now i am going to scrutinise this shit
Wiwaxia (GM): you bend double hacking at some sort of copper dust, and lose your next turn
Leon Gaspar: ok i do that first
Wiwaxia (GM): whereupon you take another 4 damage
Leon Gaspar: oh for fuck's sake
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit
whimsy: (please dont die)
Leon Gaspar: i would rather not
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, two more saves and you still cant do shit
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
2
+
2
)
= 4
i hope that's ok, it's mildly faster than rolling 1d20 twice
i, uh. i think future leon might have to come save the day soon
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, it's fine
rolling 2d4+1
(
3
+
3
)+1
= 7
alright, roll 1d5
for a stat
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d5
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): so grace
you would normally take 1d8 temporary damage to your grace
Leon Gaspar: but i got insanely lucky and rolled the stat sera saved me for
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
and now you can actually move!
Leon Gaspar: sweet!
Wiwaxia (GM): i would suggest away
Leon Gaspar: yep
the fuck IS that shit
is there anything else in this room
what even is this room
besides the death room of unpleasantness
Wiwaxia (GM): hallway, actually
whimsy: (you activated a trap card, duh)
Wiwaxia (GM): the one thing you noticed there is that you couldn't "pick up" the grist like normal
it was actually solid to the touch
for any more info, you're gonna have to investigate more
oh also, all that damage ignored your sweet colander protection
Leon Gaspar: yyyep i figured
Wiwaxia (GM): due to being, you know, copper dust
Leon Gaspar: okay, yeah, sorry future leon, you're gonna have to do some sneaking
((remind me what items can heal?))
Wiwaxia (GM): well, there's healing goo, but you can't stockpile it or carry it around, just use it on the spot
and then a full meal will get you 2d6 hp
Leon Gaspar: ok, define full meal
Wiwaxia (GM): if you sit down and take like an hour to relax and eat it
not snacks
Leon Gaspar: i knowwww
im thinking thermos of soup
Wiwaxia (GM): something that would actually fill you up after a hard day of adventuring
so maybe like a stew or chowder or something
but probably not just like tomato soup
Leon Gaspar: ((help me out i don't eat real food))
whimsy: (-gazes lovingly at sburb glitch faq and then remembers that she does not want to play a session that is bugged to hell and back)
Leon Gaspar: stew it is
Wiwaxia (GM): you know, I've never actually read that
Karrin Blue: gilled cheese sammich?
grilled
Leon Gaspar: i tried that earlier :P
Karrin Blue: oops
Wiwaxia (GM): also, you might alchemize some healing shit in the future, but then you've got to make it
Karrin Blue: well mkay
Leon Gaspar: ok well, you see this desk-looking situation over here
i am sure that, if i look behind it, there will magically be a thermos of beef stew!!
this will definitely not come back to bite me
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey would you look at that
Leon Gaspar: at least they're in the same building
okay
now to find somewhere safe to eat it
what's up here to the left, can i see anything?
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, this here is a window
you manage to scrub off enough of the grime to see that there's a conference room or something inside
Leon Gaspar: anything moving? also i try to listen hard again, because that helped me so much last time
Wiwaxia (GM): grace check?
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 + 15
(
13
)+15
= 28
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, some stuff moving in the next conference room
nothing in this one, though
Leon Gaspar: okay well then i attempt to enter the conference room without things in it!
Wiwaxia (GM): door's locked
and unfortunately this one doesn't look quite as rotten
Leon Gaspar: aaaaalrighty
how about up this corridor then
uh, crouching just in case whatever's moving in there thinks to look out the window
so stealth, much sneak
Wiwaxia (GM): crouching successful, dex check to be quiet, too
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 + 13
(
13
)+13
= 26
Wiwaxia (GM): you sneak the shit out of that
which is good, because as you crawl past you note that this window is broken open
you manage not to cut yourself on anything, though
over here, there's a little cubicle right up against the wall and some more doors
Leon Gaspar: ok that is very good
doors! what sort of doors? rotting doors?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
this half of the building seems to be much less rotted overall
one's not locked, though
Leon Gaspar: ooh
gonna sneak up to it and listen
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, another set of windows, so you can see that at least one of the doors is yet another goddamned conference room
(To GM) rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
3
+
5
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
2
+
6
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also
your cell phone gives you a little "battery starting to run low" beep from inside your sylladex
Leon Gaspar: oh goody
okay so this unlocked door, can i hear anything suspicious
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing immediately
are you rolling to listen carefully?
Leon Gaspar: yep
rolling 1d20+15
(
9
)+15
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): can't hear anything
Leon Gaspar: alright welp
third time's the charm, right?
i, uh, push open the door
Wiwaxia (GM): you get treated to a niiiiiiiice long corridor or doors
empty, though
Leon Gaspar: hhhh
ONE of these has to be empty. surely.
i step into the hallway and close the door behind me
Wiwaxia (GM): checking doors?
Leon Gaspar: yep
Wiwaxia (GM): this side's got a lot and they've all got windows, although you can't see through all of hem
the other side just has a couple doors
that window is broken
if you feel like climbing through a broken window again
all the doors are locked
Leon Gaspar: can i see anything through said broken window?
Wiwaxia (GM): conference room
Leon Gaspar: empty?
Wiwaxia (GM): shocking, I know
very
Leon Gaspar: :P
alright
time to do this shit again
this time i wrap my hands in my towel
creating a sort of connected oven-mitt situation, but with a towel
Wiwaxia (GM): well, it's a good thing you've got that, because this one is a lot nastier
Leon Gaspar: like these bad boys http://tj-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/homemade-thumbs/double-oven-mitt-tutorial.JPG
alright, what've we got?
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a big fin of sharp glass well anchored to the bottom of the window
large enough for you to gut yourself on, you can't help but notice
Leon Gaspar: naturally. can i wiggle it loose?
Wiwaxia (GM): it wiggles, but doesn't come free
Leon Gaspar: leon considers his options
you know what? fuck it. fuck everything. i'm going to kick that door in.
or at the very least i am going to try
Wiwaxia (GM): kicking or flail?
Leon Gaspar: at this point i am hungry and tired and i just want to rest and eat my goddamn soup
flail actually
Wiwaxia (GM): normal, or Knife Day to Die?
Leon Gaspar: aiming for the lock
uhh probably normal just because i dont need the extra pointies
especially not if this goes pear shaped
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, you hit, roll damage
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
wait is that right
i forgot
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, d20 is to hit
Leon Gaspar: i used all my remembering on the grace check
Wiwaxia (GM): normal flail does d8 damage
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): that's didn't really do anything, other than make a dull wet knocking sound
Leon Gaspar: sturdy door, i guess
...what does Knife Day to Die do, again?
damage-wise
Wiwaxia (GM): you don't know, haven't tried it
Leon Gaspar: eh, fuck it. i equip knife day to die, say a prayer to anyone listening, and try hitting the door with it
Wiwaxia (GM): controlled swing or wild swing?
Leon Gaspar: hoo boy
controlled, but just barely
Wiwaxia (GM): gotta pick one, mate
that is, there is an actual mechanical difference here
Leon Gaspar: ah
controlled
he's annoyed but he's still leon, master of overthinking things
Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't seem any more effective than a regular flail this way
roll 1d8 damage
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): that does it, though
the door splinters and you can kick your way the rest of the way through
also, your Knife Day to Die card in your sylladex has been updated with additional info
Leon Gaspar: sweet!
alright
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a low table with nice-looking but cheap wood paneling that's peeling away
revealing the moldy plywood underneath
and four once-comfy chairs
you can see the springs poking through their tattered upholstery and clouds of mildewed stuffing
Leon Gaspar: alright. grab nearest chair, push up against door as much as possible. if nothing else it will make some noise when someone comes barging through
Wiwaxia (GM): there's also some exterior windows in the far wall
unbroken
(To GM) rolling 2d20
(
3
+
6
)
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d20
(
17
+
7
)
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: nice
ok, is the chair in place?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: nice
imma situate myself in the corner
put my towel down on the ground to sit on
and eat some motherfucking stew
B|

 

Spoiler: lemi gets some goddamn bed rest despite her best efforts, then drifts of to go gallivanting around derse again

Wiwaxia (GM): alright, time to check for things that happen while you're eating
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
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
2 Environmental Hazard
)
= 2
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
5 Roll twice
)
= 5
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
5 Carapacian
)
= 5
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
5 Carapacian
)
= 5
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
2-3 Underling
)
= 2
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
6 Alien Contact
)
= 6
Leon Gaspar: whoa
Wiwaxia (GM): well then
Leon Gaspar: jesus fucking christ on a cracker
im so sorry everyone else
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
2 Hazard
)
= 2
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
really now
Wiwaxia (GM): see this is the problem with exploding tables
Leon Gaspar: mmhmmmmmmm
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
2 Hazard
)
= 2
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
2 Hazard
)
= 2
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
2 Hazard
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: so what i'm getting from this is that the entire population of LORAM is coming to meet me
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, so let's sort all this out
whimsy: (and that's why you barricade the door)
Wiwaxia (GM): alien phones you, you get visited by underlings and meet two different carapacians
and then in addition to that
you get three hazards and two encounters blowing in the door at once
Leon Gaspar: hold on im gonna need a glass of water before i deal with this shit
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, i'm gonna need a moment to sort this all out
Leon Gaspar: pfft
great minds
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
5
+
6
)
= 11
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: LEON: @everyone who ever told me to step outside my comfort zone
LEON: i blame you
Arxon: (Now he knows how Lemi feels)
(lol)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (they can commiserate)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
2
+
1
)
= 3
Karrin Blue: (Myrtha sympathizes with her basilisk bruises and burns)
alliterationx3 combo!
Wiwaxia (GM): dont forget the lich
Arxon: Derse Team "I am starting to think this game was a really bad idea" Go!
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
(To GM) rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
Karrin Blue: (Myrtha: sorry, can't hear you over the tentahorror dreams)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (im crylaughing)
(and then it turns out that we're ectobiologically related and that it runs in the family)
Wiwaxia (GM): christ, and i rolled up three totally new carapacians, too
rather than anyone we know showing up to see you
granted, most of the people we know aren't on the lands, but
(Not) Literally A Bird: im so sorry
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
4
+
4
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
1
+
3
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, so
the order this much-interrupted lunch is gonna go
is first a hazard
then a carapacian
then that everything happens at once clusterfuk
then another carapacian
Wiwaxia (GM): and then after all that
leon gets a call from an alien
(Not) Literally A Bird: that's assuming he's still alive
Leon Gaspar: alright guys let's do this
Wiwaxia (GM): all those hazards coming in quick succession like that say "storm" to me
Leon Gaspar: sounds about right
Wiwaxia (GM): especially because there's been one on the horizon for a bit
Leon Gaspar: so, are we gonna tackle this clusterfuck now?
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm, i'm up for it
but i should give other people a chance to play tonight
Leon Gaspar: yeah, that's what i was thinking
Wiwaxia (GM): arxon, karrin?
Leon Gaspar: this could take a while
Karrin Blue: Yes
Arxon: 0u0
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna give priority to arxon, cause she hasn't done much for a bit
(Not) Literally A Bird: sounds good to me
Wiwaxia (GM): and also because myrtha's like a good six hours ahead of everyone else on the timeline
(Not) Literally A Bird: i'll be here for a bit longer but i'll probably fall asleep at some point
Arxon: mk
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, but before that
i wanna show off the new partial LOSAS map
(Not) Literally A Bird: owo
Arxon: ohhhhhhhh
(Not) Literally A Bird: niiice
whimsy: ooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): that's the consort village, btw
anyways
where we last left Lemi
she had just woken up from going to see the Queen
participated in a conversation about aliens, kingdoms and spying
and then left in ah, somewhat worrying way
Wiwaxia (GM): you are in a bed in the consort village, under strict orders from the healer to not even think too hard while you recover
Lemi Malloy: How long was I asleep?
Wiwaxia (GM): about four hours
twenty hours until you lose that one point of temporary grace damage
Lemi Malloy: and still have to worry about the rest of my decreases Grace score
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: Is my HP at 5 after sleeping?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, that's from levelling up, you get another 1d6+4
Lemi Malloy: alrighty
rolling 1d6+4
(
4
)+4
= 8
See, healer?! I am basically at full health now!
healer: no. rest.
if you can sit up, you can dip candles if you need something to do
but i wouldn't recommend sitting up just yet
it's frankly a miracle you're still alive

Lemi Malloy bites her lip, wondering if she should protest or just wait for the healer to forget about her and make her escape then
Lemi Malloy: "Yes, ma'am."
healer: good
you should get more sleep, if you can
i'll need to wake you in about an hour to check your bandages
Lemi Malloy: (Did Lemi ever get a timeframe for the ball?)
Wiwaxia (GM): "the eclipse after next"
Lemi Malloy: (alrighty)
She hesitantly asks the healer if she knows when the next eclipse is?
healer: the next what, dear?
Lemi Malloy: "Uh, nevermind, sorry..."
She lays there until she feels the healer's attention is off of her
the healer fairly quickly busies herself with dipping candles and checking on the iguana child in a cot next to you
Lemi Malloy: As soon as she does, Lemi experimentally tries to sit up
Wiwaxia (GM): your everything hurts
but you manage
the healer whips around and gently but firmly pushes you back down into a lying position
Lemi Malloy: If is obviously going to be harder to divert the healer attention then Sis's
whimsy: (ahahahaha) (its as if she saw it coming)
Lemi Malloy: Oh hey, while she's here, she decaptachalouges the Candle Stubs, The Basket, the extra Lantern and the Candles for the Iguanas that she has in her
Wiwaxia (GM): did she also captchalogue the dead iguana's body
?
Lemi Malloy: yes but she is unsure if she should just whip that out in the middle of the healing place/ meeting place
Wiwaxia (GM): fair enough
Lemi Malloy: She would ask the healer but she is trying not to call attention to herself
She places the stuff she just decaptachalouged on the floor next to her
the healer seems slightly baffled but grateful
Wiwaxia (GM): she takes the candle stubs and adds them to the tallow pot for dipping
healer: i know you didn't have those in your pockets when they brought you in
Wiwaxia (GM): she seems genuinely confused, but mostly amused and gently trying to joke with you
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, they were in my sylladex..."
healer: you must have come a long way, traveller
you have so many things i have never heard of
Lemi Malloy: (Lemi has trouble understanding jokes that aren't about the daily habits of various vengeful spirits, weird quadrupeds, and various mothmen)
"Um I suppose. It's weird to think about- I'd never been outside of a few miles away from my house. Well, um, I guess I'm still fairly close to my house...."
"Oh, while we're on the subject, how do you....um, take care of your. Fallen?"
healer: the dead?
too often, we cannot do anything
if we manage to recover the body, we render down their fat to make candles
so they can continue to protect us in death
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, well, um, I have the body of the...that...."

Lemi Malloy trails off awkwardly
healer: [solemnly] thip
Lemi Malloy: "thip"
"Should I give them to you?"
healer nods

Lemi Malloy decaptachlouges the Fall Down Iguana
Lemi Malloy: (....Fallen

Wiwaxia (GM) as the healer gives a slight, somber bow as she takes the body from you, and carries it off somewhere
Lemi Malloy: Lemi looks at her, and then stands up as quickly as she can
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, that's gonna take a fort save to not fall right back down on your ass
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
(
12
)
= 12
...Lemi falls right down on her ass
Wiwaxia (GM): you sit down heavily on the bed
it thumps and creaks
the iguana child turns over in her sleep
you don't know if the healer heard or not
Lemi Malloy: ....second time's the charm?
Or maybe I should just. Slither my way. Out of the village
....Yeah ok I'm going back to sleep
Wiwaxia (GM): you wake up back in your room on derse
lemme check the timing, actually, this might be the middle of the eclipse
Karrin Blue: how far off from my time is it?
I mean, i floated off during said eclipse
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm, it's after your waking self went to sleep but before your dreamself half-woke and sleepwalked (sleepfloated?) off
and just a few minutes until the eclipse
Lemi Malloy: Time to escape feelings of inadequacy via flying!
Lemi wonders if it would be odd to go straight back to the castle
She also wonders how long the interval between eclipses are, because hell if she know
Wiwaxia (GM): the streets are empty
a cold wind curls around the spires and crenelations, and sets dust and scraps waltzing slowly on the cobblestones
at the edge of hearing there is the soft susurrus of the melody that madness sings
Lemi Malloy: Lemi makes her slow way over the streets, watching the eclipse
She makes her way down the chain, to the towers, and then flies down to the palace courtyard, touching down softly
Wiwaxia (GM): above you, you see the moon swing into somehow yet deeper darkness, like a slowly falling leaf slipping into the lightless depths of clear water
you feel as though your feet have only a tenuous grip on the ground, and the vast abyss is pulling you down, down into its fathomless maw
Karrin Blue: (myrtha: hey come check out the music, it's neat)
Wiwaxia (GM): when you look away, everything seems small, and filled with brittle brightness, like a dream you don't want to realize isn't real
Lemi Malloy: Lemi hugs herself a little, as if fighting off a chill, and glances upwards, unable to stop herself from listening to something that isn't quite there
She wonders where everybody has gone- are they at the ball, and she's missed it? Were they wiped out by Prospit in between her last dreaming and now? Have they been replaced by this song?
Karrin Blue: (everyone is in the void, at the void party)
Wiwaxia (GM): (and here we see the difference between a Hero of Void's reaction and somebody else's :P)
Karrin Blue: (ain't no party like a void party because a void party is of dubious existence and doesn't stop until someone is channeling horrorterrors)
Lemi Malloy: Is there anybody in the courtyard?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, it's deserted
Lemi Malloy: Are the doors open?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
Lemi Malloy: Can she open them?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, but a wooden latch behind a small metal grate at eye level on one of the doors rattles open
guard: Who goes th- princess?
What are you doing out in the eclipse?
Karrin Blue: (oh hey complete tangent but. is there a time limit on how long a corpse can go before being smooched before resurrection or god tiering doesn't work)
Guard: Here, come in, come in.
Karrin Blue: (like, if someone died and we didn't get to the body for a week, or something?)
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, thank you! Um, why should we not be out during the eclipse?"
Wiwaxia (GM): (mortal injuries to your waking body start to appear on your dreamself after what appears to be a delay of only a few minutes, ruling out kissing or quest bed ascension unless the dreamself is somehow not eligible to receive those injuries cf. Jadesprite, or hypothetically if they were time-locked or something)
(as for quest crypts, who knows)
(well, I know what i'm going with for this game, but i ain't telling)
whimsy: (well, we know aradia's dreamself was on her cryptslab for quite some time)
Wiwaxia (GM): she's also kinda a special case, you'd be justified in arguing it either way
whimsy: (aye)
guard: It's not safe out during the eclipse.
The Moon moves out of the edge of the Medium and skims the Furthest Ring.
The astrologers can handle it, of course, and it's apparently the best time to commune with our allies the Noble Circle.
But you have to know what you are doing.
Even the Her Majesty the Queen stays inside most eclipses, and so should you.
Karrin Blue: (myrtha: lol i do what i want)
Wiwaxia (GM): people who have absolutely no sense of basic eclipse safety: myrtha, ilmatar
Lemi Malloy: "Oh! That does sound dangerous."
(Says Lemi, feeling worried though she doesn't quite know why)
"Um, how often are these eclipses?"
guard: Every sixteen and a half hours
You can set your clock by them. Most folks do.
Lemi Malloy: Lemi makes a note of this, then thanks the guard profusely for letting her in and answering her questions
the guard is not quite sure what to do with effusive thanks from a Princess of the Moon
Lemi Malloy: She asks him if there is anything she can do around the castle to help out
the poor guard is completely taken, well, off guard
Wiwaxia (GM): (also afk for a moment)
Lemi Malloy: (kk)
Wiwaxia (GM): (back)
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, um, also, is there a dress code for the ball? Do I need to find nicer clothes? Balls need those, right?"
guard: ah, I am not the one to ask.
Lemi Malloy: "Is there anyone I could ask that I wouldn't be bothering?"
guard: Uh. You could try asking a butler or a maid, or seeing if you can find a tailor?
I can't leave my post, but I can ring for another guard to escort you.
Lemi Malloy: "Um, if it isn't a huge hassle...."
guard is still not at all sure how to deal with deferential and apologetic royalty but goes into the guard's booth by one side of the main doors and pulls on a black velvet bellpull

Lemi Malloy tries to make herself unobtrusive
Wiwaxia (GM): Another guard comes along shortly and escorts you to the room of one Dersite Clothier
you don't think you have ever seen so much purple fabric

 

Spoiler: lemi meets The Best Character and they then proceed to have a fucking awesome clothing jam

Lemi Malloy: (THIS IS LEMI'S JAM)
She does ask, nervously, how she could pay, though
DC: pay?
My dear, I am in the employ of the Royal Palace of Derse
You have no need to worry about payment.
Of course, your garb as Princess of the Moon is more than adequate for even the most formal ball.
But there's never any harm in experimentation, is there!
Lemi Malloy: "Um, yes, right!"
(says Lemi, who doesn't really ware anything pretty. Sis's taste's tend towards more urban ninja/ warrior lady type stuff, not anything flowing or pretty)
DC: Delightful
So tell me, my dear, what did you have in mind?
Lemi Malloy: "Um, if it's possible, something really pretty? And flowing? And sleeveless?"
DC: My dear, I will have you know that I never make anything less than extremely pretty. Flowing and sleeveless I can most certainly work with, though.
Are you thinking sheer fabric, or something more opaque?
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, um, something sheer? Or maybe with tiers- I've always thought dresses like that looked nice."
DC: Oooh, yes, very good, very good.
and before we get started, i should ask where you want your concealed weapons.
I always put those right in the design from the very beginning,
I can't tell you how many perfectly good dresses or suits I've seen with their lines ruined because some careless tailor had to rework their design to get a knife in.
Quite defeats the purpose of "concealed" as well.
whimsy: (ok dc just jumped way up in my list of fave characters)
Karrin Blue: (I want myrtha to get stuff from her now. She is into ballet after all. pretty dresses go along with that)
Lemi Malloy: "Um, it seems hard to conceal an hatchet. And now that I think about it I'm not actually sure if I have it on me..."
(can the dreamself access your sylladex and specibus?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (no, no it cannot)
(also @ whimsy, they've got scary good stat rolls, too. And are nb.)
DC: Oho! Axes, is it? Not afraid to get our hands a bit dirty? I like that in a princess, and I'll have to make sure to try to find you some stain-resistant fabrics.
you are right about them being a little tricky to conceal, but I do believe I have some filigree dress axes around.
Not to worry, they are quite functional
Karrin Blue: (ask if they deliver to the Lands!)
DC: and the long handled ones are good for leaning after a long ball of dancing, ohoho!
Karrin Blue: (myrtha could use a dress suitable for a desert-trekking monster-fighting void princess)

Lemi Malloy 's eyes are sparkling
Lemi Malloy: She spends a minute trying to stammer out thank yous
(Lemi is like "HELL YEAH I'M A PRINCESS NOW THIS IS THE BEST")
Wiwaxia (GM): (yeah, I'm gonna need to look up a bunch of fashion stuff before next session aren't I. I love what this game makes me research)
DC: You are more then welcome, my dear! Now, I do think it is good sense to have a couple concealed weapons on you even if you have a dress weapon. Never know when one might be caught unawares!
I can look into getting you some concealable throwing axes, but I'm afraid those might have to be made-to-order so I can't say how long that will take.
Lemi Malloy: ( tbh I can see Myrtha in this http://hellyeahrihannafenty.tumblr.com/post/103496519951/rihanna-at-zac-posens-studio)
"O-of course, um, if it'll be a hassle it's fine..."
DC: what do you say we plan those in now, and also set you up with some nice reliable daggers in case they aren't ready for the ball?
Ooooooooh no, no customer of mine is going to skimp on a ballgown out of fear of causing hassle. Nothing but the best! I've got a reputation to maintain here.
Lemi Malloy: "Ye-yes, you're right! You're the best there is!"
(says Lemi, trying to match their energy)
whimsy: (ok everyone its 7 am here and i have trouble keeping my eyes open) (n8)
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
DC: You're damn right I am, my dear!
Arxon: Night!
Wiwaxia (GM): I'm think I'm about good to wrap up for tonight, too.
Karrin Blue: ok
gnight guys!
Wiwaxia (GM): besides, DC and Lemi are obviously about to do a kickass dressmaking montage, so that seems like a good place to break
Lemi Malloy: mk!
....I am kinda feeling very sorry not sorry about Lemi's Fashion Adventure
Wiwaxia (GM): no, this is great!
DC was originally gonna be a throwaway character and then they... weren't
Lemi Malloy: I am so pleased
Wiwaxia (GM): :3
Arxon: night!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Karrin Blue: night!
Wiwaxia (GM): also, for recordkeeping purposes
leon dealt/took 17 damage this session
for 340 xp
putting him painfully close, but not quiiiiite at level 3
Karrin Blue: Hey
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
Arxon: Hello
Karrin Blue: How are things going?
Arxon: Bluuuhhh I've had a headache all day
You?
Karrin Blue: it's my birthday!
well
Karrin Blue: by now it's past midnight
so it's not technically my birthday
but whatever
Wiwaxia (GM): happy birthday + 9 minutes!
(Not) Literally A Bird: Hap birth karrin!!
Arxon: Happy birthday!
(Not) Literally A Bird: Also i request not to go first, my brain is still waking up
But i forgot about mobile app so i can be aroind longer than i thought anyway
Wiwaxia (GM): cool beans
alright, looks like moss and whimsy may or may not turn up
so i think we're about good to start
Karrin Blue: woo
Arxon: 0u0
Wiwaxia (GM): so karrin, do you wanna do some stuff, or do you not wanna get too far ahead?
Karrin Blue: I do want to do stuff!
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
Karrin Blue: last time... I was floating in the void?
Wiwaxia (GM): this'll be after you wake back up as your waking self
at like t=28 hours
one sec, though
Karrin Blue: mkay
whimsy: (morning)
Arxon: (hello!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (hallo!)
(sorry bout waking you up early)
(was a schedule mishaps, will try not to do that next week)
whimsy: (7 am might work better from my end) (but it took me until half past midnight to go to bed and then i couldnt sleep and then i missed the first alarm) (6am is an ugly time to stand up for me)
(maybe it was also bc earplugs, but those are necessary bc one of my neighbours doesnt understand the concept of moderate noise levels at 2 am. oor headphones.)
Wiwaxia (GM): (noted)
(also augh)
and am ready to start, karrin
whimsy: (ive been ragging on him for that since 4 fucking years. ::/)

 

Spoiler: protip, kids: don't try to sing horrorterror songs

Wiwaxia (GM): Myrtha wakes up from strange, half-remembered dreams in her bedroom in the dark
it feels like it should be morning, but there is still no morning to be had here
Karrin Blue: (can I do the grace check thing?)
Wiwaxia (GM): to remember the song?
Karrin Blue: ys
Wiwaxia (GM): sure, but note that it will be at roll twice take lowest while you're awake
Karrin Blue: ok
d20 plus grace?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Karrin Blue: rolling 1d20 + 8
(
1
)+8
= 9
rolling 1d20 + 8
(
16
)+8
= 24
aww
Wiwaxia (GM): huh, gimme a second to figure out what to do with that one
Karrin Blue: yeah i was not expecting a critfail
Wiwaxia (GM): you seem to remember a snatch of music at the edge of memory
you try to sing it to yourself under your breath, to hear how it sounds
you start to retch up black, writhing, gooey tentacles

Myrtha Oscurr thinks: MOTHER OF FUCK
Myrtha Oscurr: or something to that effect

Myrtha Oscurr has fallen off her bed and onto her knees, trying to prop herself up with her hands
Wiwaxia (GM): you keep retching up tentacles over your hands and arms
you can't breathe
the tentacles flop on the ground around you like dying fish
what are you going to do?
Myrtha Oscurr: hmm

Myrtha Oscurr attempts to open headband chat client and ask for help, though any message sent would be more keysmashy than anyone could decipher

Myrtha Oscurr tries to remember where Flagcoonsprite got to
Myrtha Oscurr: (this in between trying to stay conscious btw)
Wiwaxia (GM): (i figured, but you've probably got a good minute before you start having to make fort saves to stay conscious)
either through panic or interference, you fail to open your chat client
you know that flagcoonsprite was downstairs when you went to sleep, but he may have wandered off since
the tentacles are starting to pile up around your hands and knees

Myrtha Oscurr does not want to die here, like this.
Myrtha Oscurr: (hmmm, trying to focus on the void would either be too hard in this mindstate or might actually make things worse, plus it wouldn't be what Myrtha'd think to do)
chat client doesn't work
isn't like I have a void power to help here, or a weapon
and at the same time, Myrtha is probably just thinking 'shit shit shit' so complex plans are probably not going to happen
Wiwaxia (GM): time for desperation ideas?
Myrtha Oscurr: yes

Myrtha Oscurr tries to crawl forward out of the growing pile of tentacles because oh god
Wiwaxia (GM): the tentacles squish and write under you. time takes on a nightmarish, icy slowness
the panicked pounding of your heart fills your ears like storm swells pounding into rocks

Myrtha Oscurr tries for the chat again, hopelessly
Wiwaxia (GM): you actually manage to get it open this time, but the letters twist and squirm in front of your eyes like the death throes of worms pinned live to a board

Myrtha Oscurr tries to send anything at all
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a grace check?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20 + 8
(
17
)+8
= 25
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, you can successfully send something
probably not anything intelligible, but you can't win them all, can you?
:V
Myrtha Oscurr: hee
Wiwaxia (GM): (also fun facts: if you had crit failed that roll too, you would have sent a message that made whoever read it start vomiting tentacles too)
Myrtha Oscurr: (wellp)
(good thing I didn't critfail!)
Arxon: ((horrorterror fun for the whole family/friendgroup!))
Myrtha Oscurr: (yuuup)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Myrtha?! Are you ok what's wrong?!!!
aG: Wait, wait, um
aG: This'll sound wierd if that was just an accident or something, but
aG: The tentacles are literally the song, ok? Um, if you remember the correct song, that will stop them, and if you use your unsong that will stop them too!
Wiwaxia (GM): (hoooooooope bullshit!)
(if anyone was wondering)
Myrtha Oscurr: (as much as I want to see what'd happen if I sang the song even worse...)

Myrtha Oscurr unsongs
Wiwaxia (GM): the tentacles vanish instantly
Myrtha Oscurr: (assuming that doing it properly would be just as hard the second time)
Wiwaxia (GM): you gasp in sweet, fresh air

Myrtha Oscurr falls over and curls into the fetal position
Wiwaxia (GM): as you stop unsinging, the tentacles return, but you're not puking them up anymore, and they've stopped moving

Lemi Malloy checks her server window thingy to see if Myrtha's ok
Lemi Malloy: (....If Myrtha is in her house, which I just realized I'm not sure is true)
Wiwaxia (GM): (she is)
Lemi Malloy: (Can Lemi pick up the tentacles?)
Wiwaxia (GM): she's curled up in the fetal position on a floor a couple centimeters deep in black, goopy tentacles
you can pick them up like one at a time with the cursor
and they're rapidly losing coherence, so they mostly drip and dribble away down to the floor

Myrtha Oscurr stares suspiciously at the tentacles. "Oh god. Now what?"
Lemi Malloy: Alright, Lemi flings them away from Myrtha and out a window or something
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: is that you?
whimsy: ((we need one of those, enter thing receive grist, things)
Wiwaxia (GM): (are you sure you want that grist?)
whimsy: (yup)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Yeah! Are you alright?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: no
cO: not sure yt
Wiwaxia (GM): well, that gets most of the goop out, but there's some residue on the floor that's too fallen-apart to pick up with the cursor
also there's eldritch goo-spatters all down the side of myrtha's house
Lemi Malloy: (THIS WILL HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER)
aG: Um, if Leon's right then Ilma should have the best chance of getting to you, right? Should I tell her?
aG:....or maybe it would be easier if I fell asleep and then flew over. I don't know if that's possible though.
aG: Um, unless you want to be left alone, of course!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: no, I
cO: i don't really want to be alone right now, or go asleep, or anything
Lemi Malloy: aG: If you want I can keep talking?
aG: Sorry if I'm being annoying about this
aG: Or I can contact someone else and they can talk to you while I see if I can get over to your planet?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: no, you're not, it's
cO: i don't want to go back asleep, so keep talking?
Lemi Malloy: aG: Um, alright!
aG: Did something happen while you were asleep? Did you wake up?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: i'm awake now, but
cO: i dreamed of something and when i tried to remember all of it
cO; this
Lemi Malloy: aG: That...doesn't sound like Derse?
aG: Maybe Prospit, but I think Moss is awake there and they've never, um, that
aG: Um, it's all gone now, right? You'll be fine, it's not going to happen again, you're safe...
(Lemi has zero idea how to comfort people, unfortunately)
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: it was dark and
cO: very far, i don't know
Lemi Malloy: aG: ...Maybe it was during the eclipse? I don't know if it's related, but during the eclipse I
aG: hm
aG: Almost heard this weird kind of half song?
aG: That's not quite it.
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: eclipse?
cO: ...maybe
cO: there was a song but
cO: it was everywhere
Lemi Malloy: aG: Next time I sleep, I could ask someone about it?
aG: Um! But that probably isn't helpful!
aG: Do you. Want a blanket? Or something?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: yes
Lemi Malloy: Lemi starts the delicate process of grabbing towels to sop up the remaining gross and then collecting every single blanket and pillow she can grab and depositing them with Myrtha
...As best she can
Wiwaxia (GM): the ooze just kind of wells up in big globs through the towels and doesn't really get sopped up at all
Lemi Malloy: >:[ gross
Ummm can she just kinda push the globs away? If not with the cursor, then trying to use something in the house like a scoop for a broom, something like that
Wiwaxia (GM): they'll come with, mostly, if you pick up the towels
although good luck ever getting those clean
the goop's all over myrtha's clothes, too
Lemi Malloy: aG: I will, um, alchemize you some new towels someday
Lemi figures it is probably NOT the best idea to, like, grab a hose and spray her down
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah no
Lemi Malloy: aG: I can look away if you wanna change...
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: i think i have clothes in my sylladex
Lemi Malloy: aG: Oh, yeah, that's a good idea!
She sheepishly gets back to collecting blankets and pillows

Myrtha Oscurr decaptchas her most comfortable clothes
Lemi Malloy: Lemi goes looking in Myrtha's kitchen to see if there is anything that a) doesn't need to be heated up or prepared in any way and b) looks better than Sis's food
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing out
you're gonna need to make a dex check to open the fridge with the cursor without like tipping it over or something
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+12
(
1
)+12
= 13
um
Wiwaxia (GM): you take the door off the fridge
Lemi Malloy: Fuck
aG: Um, sorry!!!!
....Is there anything in there, now that it's all going to spoil within the next couple hours?

Myrtha Oscurr has stumbled downstairs

Myrtha Oscurr looks at the door

Myrtha Oscurr 's shoulders shake
Myrtha Oscurr: For some reason, this is the funniest thing she's seen in ages.
whimsy: (whats it today with all the fumbles? ::D)
Arxon: (You say, as if crit fail isn't my middle name)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Are you ok! I, um, I can realchemize that too, once I get back home!
...She then realizes Myrtha's laughing, and feels like an ditz
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: it's ok
Lemi Malloy: aG: I'm just gonna stop messing around before I break anymore furniture
(Is anyone else online atm?)
Wiwaxia (GM): who knows
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah, it's a few hours ahead of everyone
Lemi Malloy: (riiight)
Wiwaxia (GM): anyone can opt to be online rn and pin down their future some, though
Lemi Malloy: aG: Um, is there anything else you need?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Just company. And a lot of caffeine, I think.
Lemi Malloy: aG: I can do the first! ...The second seems a bit too delicate for the cursor.
whimsy: (can i get a T+? ? i know what im planning to do with ilma but im not sure where exactly id be in the timeline)
Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar's just finished moving moss's balls at t=25 h
whimsy: (espc since i'm going to torrent grist like whoa to mess with moss' tower, so that's an anchor) (after that it's out adventuring)
BI: did i miss something?
Wiwaxia (GM): all this is going down starting at around t=28:20, but it's been almost an hour since that
whimsy: (at t=28 ilma should be out adventuring "_")
(thx)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (disregard the line made via whimsy)
BI: did i miss something?
Lemi Malloy: aG: Um, Ilmatar! Um, Something happened to Myrtha and she's not doing too well and I am really bad at being comforting
aG:....Although she probably didn't want me to tell you, um, shit
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: i'm checking the log rn
BI: -all the internet hugs for myrtha-
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Thank you
Wiwaxia (GM): (note that the only reference actually in the chatlog to what happened is lemi's apropos of nothing comment about "the tentacles"
whimsy: (shouldnt i see the keysmashes?)
(and "myrtha is not feeling well" is enough of a reason for ilma to send internet hugs ::D)
Wiwaxia (GM): (oh yeah, that too, although ilmatar won't know what's up with those. and I figured, just making sure you know what's actually said in the logs)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: what happened? ::O
(ffff ignore the quadruple eyes my personal quirk ended up in there)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Um, I think Myrtha sang the wrong Song?
aG: ....I have a theory, I think, but I don't know if I should mention it before I can confirm.
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Go ahead
Lemi Malloy: aG: On Derse they talk about something called the Noble Circle? And apparently they're the Gods in the Outer Rim, or something like that, but they can be super dangerous to commune with?
((I thiiiink Lmi knows all that?))
Wiwaxia (GM): (yep, i believe she does)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Maybe Myrtha just half woke up on Derse? Or something like that, and heard their song? And was drawn to it?
aG: It's just speculation, though. I wasn't listening to it, but that seems like the kind of thing that would happen, if you weren't fully awake.
((Things Lemi is basing this speculation on: what the guard told her, and come on, in stories the creepy music of the outer gods always entrances the listener!)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: oh dear
BI: i hope you feel better soon, Myrtha!!
Wiwaxia (GM): ((ilmatar. ilmatar plz))
(( :D ))
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Maybe?
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((what? ::D)
BI: what you told me sounds a bit like Fairy Songs, they have a similar effect...
BI: a shower should help, for a start
BI: and listening to a different song, something that roots you
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Mm.
cO: Yeah. I think I will.
Lemi Malloy: aG: Good!
((Lemi is so thankful for Ilmatar rn))
Myrtha Oscurr: (and since it is 3 am here, I think that is a good stopping point for me)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (n8 ::) )
Wiwaxia (GM): K!
g'night
Arxon: night!
Myrtha Oscurr: let me know what happens!
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
Ilmatar Nordwind: (you know what wll happen.) (shenanigans)
Wiwaxia (GM): i can go for about another hour, so do you wanna go, whimsy?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (sure)
(dream!ilma will read until she falls asleep, so, tower building shenanigans and then adventuring)
Wiwaxia (GM): k!
turns out you don't even need to torrent grist to get the balls moved, due to what moss has managed to accumulate
Ilmatar Nordwind: (niice)
but i wanted to copy up the tower up to the... first gate? second gate? whichever one is the lowest one that is still hanging up in the air
Wiwaxia (GM): first gate
lemme go dig up the grist number we calculated for that way back
Ilmatar Nordwind: kk ::D
hm, arrivals from other lands wll arrive through the second gate, though, no? then i hope i can build up to the second gate
Wiwaxia (GM): it's fairly trivial to build up to the first gate at this point, and only sucks up 20 grist
i needa figure out how far up i want the second gate to be, though
one moment
Arxon: (Um, would it be the same cost to build up to Myrtha's second gate as it is to Moss's?)
Wiwaxia (GM): probably not
this is a super thin, bare-bones tower
building something on top of a house is gonna take a bit more grist
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i am so glad im building up moss' house)
Arxon: mk
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm, fuck, the distance between gate 1 and gate 2 is definitely not 5km as if they were evenly spaced
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003539
Ilmatar Nordwind: that still looks like a hundred metres or two
but increasing distances would kinda make sense?
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, i'm gonna go with 200m for now, and sort out the spacing on the rest later
and it took 20 grist to go 50m, so this'll be another 80
which moss can afford no problem
Ilmatar Nordwind: neat
and there i feared i'd need to wait ages to torrent the necessary grist xxD
Wiwaxia (GM): well, that's the one thing ogres are good for :V
anyways, i assume you're taking another two build grist to put a floor under the second gate so people don't immediately fall down the center of the hollow tower
Ilmatar Nordwind: ofc
im pondering moving some of the transportalizers
Wiwaxia (GM): 'kay
they're 20 build to move each
and if you put em down somewhere and then want to move them again, that's another 20 build
Ilmatar Nordwind: on the other hand moving those was also awfully expensive
(blrgh, i was offline for a second) (my wifi is spotty again)
if it's just 20 grist, then i want to move the second one from the bottom to directly under the first gate, and the third one from the bottom directly under the second gate
aka: a bit more sensibly placed now that the tower is a bit taller
yes that one
Wiwaxia (GM): and pulling the one from the garden atrium, too?
or the one from where moss's room used to attatch
Ilmatar Nordwind: probably? or how far is the one where moss' mom's room was from the first gate?
Wiwaxia (GM): 50m down, and you already put one at the first gate
Ilmatar Nordwind: i did?
Wiwaxia (GM): just now, i mean
Ilmatar Nordwind: i dont remember that "_" but ok, then i'll only move that one
ah
not very awake, sorry
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, no worries
just that the grist is already burned for that move
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
as long as the gates are accessible somehow
Wiwaxia (GM): so which one are you moving to the second gate?
Ilmatar Nordwind: the one from moss' mom's room
because there's nothing else there, and the garden atrium is still a thing and there might be stairs but i'd rather take a transportalizer where it doesn't do any good
Wiwaxia (GM): sounds eminently reasonable!
anyways, that leaves moss still with 74 build grist
Ilmatar Nordwind: i'll be magnamonious and let them keep those
and go gear up for adventuring, because i remember having a quest ::D
(currently checking the alchemy excursus, why are some of the recipes struck through?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (that's "oh shit, i haven't come up with something yet")
Ilmatar Nordwind: (eheh, kk)
(what's my grist tally?)
Wiwaxia (GM): speaking of which, i should really go through all those recipies
(it kinda fell by the wayside cos nobody was alchemizing for a while and maps were more pressing)
one sec
98 build, 9 bismuth, 11 phosphorous
for just you
and then a bunch of other grist you can torrent
Ilmatar Nordwind: i want to mooch 3 cobalt and 3 amber from someone and make a laptopband. hands-free communication device! ::D
and i'm trying to figure out how to make a compass that points to my house, but that can wait another week
(i really shouldve thought about that beforehand)
Wiwaxia (GM): laptopband get!
Ilmatar Nordwind: whee ::D
and i'm going to get the sturdiest, storm-resistant clothing out of my wardrobe, including the longest coat i have
Wiwaxia (GM): that'll be worth +1 def, too
Ilmatar Nordwind: other gear: sandwiches, thermos with tea, a compass, some of those bug snacks, binoculars (do i have a pair of those), a heating pack (do i have one of those?), a lantern
nice
can i mooch 15 rust grist from someone to make another blade fan?
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, i added laptopband and storm coat as separate cards to your sylladex
you can keep track of what you're wearing and appropriate modifiers to def and so on however you want
Ilmatar Nordwind: kk
, thx
Wiwaxia (GM): nobody has any rust grist right now
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
ok, then this one i have will need to suffice for now
and, checking my backpack, i already made bug snacks "_" when did that happen?
but i'll also pack a fresh blanket
Wiwaxia (GM): heating pack is 4-in-6 chance of finding
binoculars is let's say 3-in-6 for actually good ones
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
thats the heating pack, binoculars is next
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): nice
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
Wiwaxia (GM): do you wanna make a couple more bug treats or just go with what you've got?
Ilmatar Nordwind: theyre 1 grist apiece, right?
then i think ima make 2 more

 

Spoiler: ilmatar preps to explore, while myrtha does some self-care

Ilmatar Nordwind: and i think im prepared as i can be, so "_"
what's the compass doing, btw?
Wiwaxia (GM): the bug treats are actually like 3 grist apeice, but you've got enough that it doesn't really matter
swinging round idly
Ilmatar Nordwind: i need to figure out a way to apply it to this place here
Wiwaxia (GM): (bismuth is diamagnetic, so i don't think it would pull on it, so the needle's basically just swinging free)
Ilmatar Nordwind: well, as long as i dont end up in another one of those clouds, i should be good
Wiwaxia (GM): the sea doesn't seem to be sending up any tall clouds right now, at least
Ilmatar Nordwind: then, onwards to the lizard farm, offer some treats to tide them over, and then ask in which directions the imp infested bug grounds are
i'm going to take panoramic shots every once in a while, so i can make a map later
or like, a set of 8 shots per stop
Wiwaxia (GM): good idea
anyways, i think i'm gonna call that good for tonight
Ilmatar Nordwind: kk ::3
then i'm gonna cook up some more recipes and we can see which ones i can make/take next week
Wiwaxia (GM): sounds good
and i'll try to figure out an xp value for barfing up tentacles
Ilmatar Nordwind: have fun ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): probably just a flat 100 between "seeing new thing" and emotional trauma not covered by actual experience-earning damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
Arxon: 0u0
night!
whimsy: n8 y'all who're going to sleep now
(Not) Literally A Bird: Why am i so bad at staying awake...oh well. Next week.
whimsy: morning ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
whimsy: it has ocurred to me that i fucking forgot the alchemizing recipes
in my defense, i was busy plotting the game im gonna write for our class on video games
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries, i forgot to work on my side of alchemizing, too
:V
in my defense, new years
Karrin Blue: Hiya
Wiwaxia (GM): (also that sounds awesome)
hey hey!
whimsy: sup ::D
Karrin Blue: Heads up, my internet may be wonky today
whimsy: -offers fistbunps- wonky internet is stupid

Karrin Blue bunps
whimsy: and it appears mine is wonky today, too. i hate you, internet provider ::/
Arxon: hello all
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
Karrin Blue: so uh my mom might unplug the router
idk
sometimes she does
whimsy: why D::
hi arxon ::D
Karrin Blue: sooo if i don't come on for a while, that'll be why
cause it's late? though really idk
it's not like i'm keeping anybody up
also it's not a school night
so WHO KNOWS
whimsy: "its late" isnt a valid excuse D::
ok maybe im too used to my own parents who used to play mmorpgs way past my bedtime
and still do oo00
Karrin Blue: well, i should've remembered to close my door and turn off the lights so she'd think i was asleep
hee
i've been playing dragon age lately
on inquisition now!
I miss da2 controls
whimsy: ::D
considering some of the parents mentioned on kintsugi and their stance on their offspring being able to communicate with other people, i am so fucking glad ive got my own place with my own internet
Karrin Blue: yeah that is definitely one of the things I am looking forard too
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey, i'm finally getting around to spriting sprites, so if i could collect guardian text colors (as per a hypothetical scratched session) that would be great
no rush, though
Karrin Blue: ooooh
hmm
whimsy: Mama Nordwind has a dark, foresty, emeraldy green
Karrin Blue: I think Dad Oscurr would have a nice dark blue
I'll find a specific hex code
whimsy: (also i have inhaled a piece of lasagna and am not hungry anymore ::D)
Arxon: hmmm, we have a bunch of green in our session already, don't we?
Then I am thinking either #DC6214 or #8C2937 for Sis
k m.: hola
whimsy: (if theres too much green mama nordwind could also be burgundy) (unless thats also taken i forgot)
sup ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo
Arxon: (also Karrin I don't know what to say but that sucks and you don't deserve it)
hey!
Karrin Blue: (ah thanks)
(I'm kind of just used to it, I guess? like objectively I know it's not normal but)
k m.: I'm catching up on what i missed from last time unless one you moved my house again :D
one of* you
Wiwaxia (GM): hrm
where is bird, I wonder
they liked my ping post on the forums like 20 minutes ago, but...
:?
do people wanna go ahead and start?
Karrin Blue: Y
k m.: OK I'M ALL CAUGHT UP
unfortunately, since i have been organizing a library since 2ish, my brain has retained almost none of it
Arxon: If you want to start then yes
whimsy: +
Wiwaxia (GM): alrighty then!
first order of business: everyone's current time and position
ilmatar's preparing to go do some exploring at around t=25:00
moss was last seen being rudely awakened from an attempted flight to derse to intercept lemi's self-loathing spiral, also at about t=25:00
lemi and myrtha were last seens dealing with the aftermath of tentaclebarf at t=29:00
whimsy: and it has ocurred to me that ilma still has something to tell myrtha! does she remember what happened on prospit?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
(Not) Literally A Bird: Bird fell asleep again whoops. Here now.
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey there bird!
whimsy: ITS A BIRD
k m.: IT'S A PLANE
no wait nevermind it is a bird
whimsy: told you so! ::D
(Not) Literally A Bird: Pfft
Good to see you guys too
whimsy: yknow bird when you followed me on kintsugi i was half asleep and there was the phrase "an actual bird is following you" and
(Not) Literally A Bird: >=D
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, leon's got a storm comin in many senses at about t=22:00 that he needs to be finished with before t=23:30, so he can have a chat we already saw
Karrin Blue: test
ok internet fizzed out for a sec because i moved around a bit :b
k m.: ugh internet how dare
(Not) Literally A Bird: For a second i thought that said he only had half an hour and i was worried
I mean im still worried but
Ooh hey it's raining. Also I'm by the actual seaside! Very IC
whimsy: ::O -quietly jealous-
k m.: oooh nice
(Not) Literally A Bird: right! yes. where were we?
Wiwaxia (GM): right right!
so, who wants to start?
i'm gonna give priority to karrin and bird because of real-life timezone and in-game timeline position, respectively
(Not) Literally A Bird: karrin, you want first dibs?
whimsy: (who was playing myrtha again) (one of these days i will keep the characters traight)
Wiwaxia (GM): (karrin)
whimsy: (kk) (then ilma will interject herself with a pesterchum message once myrtha starts)
Karrin Blue: Yes
k m.: (kk good, I"m going to grab food real quick then. its just downstairs so i should be back)
Karrin Blue: Test
Hrmmm
OK
Yeah I can go first
though the timeline thing still needs to be fixed
Wiwaxia (GM): which timeline thing?
Karrin Blue: Where myrtha's pretty far ahead ot the others, i mean
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, gotcha
here's the last few lines of chatlog
BI: oh dear
BI: i hope you feel better soon, Myrtha!!
cO: Maybe?
BI: what you told me sounds a bit like Fairy Songs, they have a similar effect...
Wiwaxia (GM): BI: a shower should help, for a start
BI: and listening to a different song, something that roots you
cO: Mm.
cO: Yeah. I think I will.
aG: Good!
k m.: (back)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: Oh yeah!
whimsy: (wat)
(scratch that)
('WAIT)
(i messed up myrtha for lemi im dumb)
(its way too early)
(that oh yeah doesnt happen until it's lemi's turn)
Wiwaxia (GM): well lemi is also in that convo
but waking ilmatar may have enough tact to contact her in a side chat rather than in the one where myrtha's still kinda flipping out :V
Arxon: we could do it in whisper and then repost at the end? can GMs see whispers in between players?
Wiwaxia (GM): can't, no
but if you mention which chat it's happening in i should be able to sort it out
because i'm copy-pasting all chatlogs into the timeline as they happen
whimsy: waking ilmatar is on T=25, that combo is 3 hours later
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
whimsy: *CONVO
damn it what is it with me todaY??
Ilmatar Nordwind: (the following happens in a private window)
BI: oh, yeah!
BI: i've got good news and bad news!
BI: good news: your sister is still alive, although i don't know how long in the past my vision was? she got a candle with her and everything, somewhere in the bog.
BI: bad news: she's out of bullets, you should probably carry a spare pack for her if you get the chance.
BI: good news #2: the shade thingies can be killed. they bleed and don't drop grist, but they can be killed.
Lemi Malloy: aG: wait, vision? You saw Sis?
aG: um, wow....
aG: Sis out of bullets seems kinda unbelievable.
aG: (not that I don't believe you)
aG: That really means I need to get home, though.
aG:...I'm gonna see if I can stand. Thank you, Ilma.
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: :)
BI: don't overdo yourself!
BI: your sis is a tough cookie
Wiwaxia (GM): @ lemi you've also gotten 1d6+2 more hp back
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6+2
(
3
)+2
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): and i think you can stand up now with a fort save at advantage
(roll twice, take the better)
Arxon: Alrighty!
I'll give that a try when it's my turn
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
Lemi Malloy: aG: I know.
aG: She's probably handling herself way better then I am.
aG: It just feels kind of like the world isn't right?
aG: (which is a weird thing to say in a candle forest with a blood red ground, I know)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: :D
(Not) Literally A Bird: (...huh. the shades don't drop grist? interesting. lemi's our hope player, isn't she?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (yes and yes)
Arxon: (...Fun fact: Before I met the iguanas I was kind of convinced that the shades were my consorts)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (pfft. that would have been...unfortunate.)
(i do suspect they might be your version of angels, though)
Arxon: (Maybe the iguanas are Leon's consorts, and Lemi's planet stole them somehow :D)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i am going to preemptively apologize if the shades are also somehow typheus' fault)
whimsy: (bc, father of all monsters and all that)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (well i think leon's supposed to be meeting his consorts in the Great Clusterfuck of T=22:00, so we'll see :P)
whimsy: (::DD)
Arxon: (my friend has money on them being crocodiles)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (he's certainly very striderlike, so it fits :P i realised that after i did his profile and was like 'welp hope this doesn't seem like a total ripoff')
Arxon: (...tbh it was just another silly punk croc joke)
(Not) Literally A Bird: (.........gdi)
whimsy: (sadfgfhg)
Wiwaxia (GM): (omg)
k m.: (how dare that pun)
Arxon: (the other part of the suggestion was "and they should tell lots of puns")
whimsy: (....)
Arxon: (lemme just slowly retreat into the trash cave, and apologize)
whimsy: (i think the second one falls a little bit flat because it's punning on the same thing)
Arxon: (the way it was delivered to me was
"hey are Leon's consorts crocodiles"
"he hasn't met them yet"
"Well they should be. And they should tell lots of puns")
(Not) Literally A Bird: (oh shit i should point out that i'm going out in three hours' time! i might still have phone access but it's spotty)
Wiwaxia (GM): (kay)
karrin, how's your internet doing
Karrin Blue: pretty ok right now!
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
what's myrtha gonna say/do?
Karrin Blue: well
she said she as gonna take a shower, i think
so that
after that, hm.
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also the door's off your fridge
Karrin Blue: oh yeah
idk how to fix that though
whimsy: duct tape
Wiwaxia (GM): fortunately, the nasty black goop washes off in the shower, although it stays in little icky floating globs that crowd round the drain
looks to be staining the ceramic, too
k m.: (toothpaste. or baking soda)
whimsy: (salt is traditionally used for purification, too ::D)
(but year, baking soda. and vinegar.)
k m.: (come to d&d for all your housecare tips apparently :D )
Wiwaxia (GM): (howto.com how to clean up eldritch tentaclebarf goop stains)
Karrin Blue: wikihow in a pinch
But anyways yes
Myrtha is showered and has on comfy soft pajamatype clothes, I think
now
what is there to do
(and also it is rather late here so I maaay just hop off to bed soonish? I do want to get SOMETHING done tho)
Wiwaxia (GM): well, let's see
eat perishable food
or
Karrin Blue: hee
well myrtha probably SHOULD get some solid food into her
Wiwaxia (GM): attempt to Do Science to remaining eldritch goop
or go exploring outside
Karrin Blue: recover that last 8 hp
Wiwaxia (GM): or build ilmatar's house some
Karrin Blue: so I shall pick the most perishable-looking food item out of the fridge and cook it
and start meddling with Iln's house via computerband
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, that's 2d6 health
Karrin Blue: rolling 2d6
(
5
+
6
)
= 11
Wiwaxia (GM): and ker-drop
Karrin Blue: hm ok so
CO: So
CO: What do you need in your house?
whimsy: BI: wait what
Karrin Blue: CO: Well I don't think I'll be up to adventuring in the ghost desert for a while, so I figured I'd see if your house needed anything modified? Since that's apparently my responsibility
whimsy: BI: I think the general consensus was up
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Then up it shall go

Myrtha Oscurr checks grist levels
whimsy: BI: at least to the first gate?
BI: make sure there's stairs or sth tho
BI: i built up moss' home up to the second
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Got it
Wiwaxia (GM): (ilmatar has like 86 build, total avaliable given gristtorrenting is around 750 build)
Myrtha Oscurr: how much would it take to start stacking mediumish rooms that are empty except for stairs atop the house
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, let's see
aaaand roll20 just pissed out on me
Myrtha Oscurr: disconnected from the server?
that just happened to m too
Ilmatar Nordwind: dito
Wiwaxia (GM): so building costs
building rooms is 2 grist + 2 per 9 sq m of area covered
for each story
same for stairs and the like
it's 5 stories/ 15m up to the first gate
and then from there like 67 stories/ 200m up to the second gate
Myrtha Oscurr: sooo
is 9 sq meters a good size, d'you think
Wiwaxia (GM): if you'r just gonna go for bare-bones stairwell
you also need to consider load-bearing walls
Ilmatar Nordwind: (at some point physics fucks off anyways) (if i remember the towrs from canon)
Wiwaxia (GM): although cos of the handwavey bullshit way sburb handles gravity, only the loading of the few stories immediately overhead matter, not the whole damn (eventually) kilometers high tower
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
i was just gonna make a big stairwell, i think
i don't think physics holds much sway here
k m.: (now i kind of wish i'd attempted an elevator when i built. i mean, it would fail. but it would fail Dramatically)
Myrtha Oscurr: ok it's 4 am here
so
bedtim
Wiwaxia (GM): gnight!
Myrtha Oscurr: think I have enough grist to make the stairwell up to the first gate
so
Ilmatar Nordwind: (n8)
Myrtha Oscurr: can i safely assume that worked?
Wiwaxia (GM): can you give me the footprint of it and where it's sitting over the lower stories of the house?
Myrtha Oscurr: that x however many you need to get up?
does that work?
Wiwaxia (GM): hm, i'll get back to you on workability after i've had a chance to confer with my Engineering Advisor
(my sibling)
Myrtha Oscurr: hee
gnight!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Arxon: night!

 

Spoiler: leon has a """"peaceful"""" lunch

Wiwaxia (GM): so 4 for area +2 for each staircase *5 is -30 grist
so, who wants to go next?
probably not arxon, sorry, cos timeline
(Not) Literally A Bird: i volunteer as tribute
Wiwaxia (GM): aallright, gimme a sec
Leon Gaspar: sweet
do i get that health back from the stew yet or do i have to wait until the clusterfuck is over
imaginign leon taking bites between fending off imps and consorts and aliens
k m.: pff, like skyrim
"and then i ate 36 cabbages!"
Leon Gaspar: 'let's all pause while i scarf an entire grocery's worth of food'
k m.: "i'm just gonna eat this cheese wheel here rill quick"
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna say roll the 2d6 now, and you get a bit of it in between each gale of bullshit
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d6
(
2
+
6
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): so 2hp per bit of bullshit weathered, lessay
you start to eat the stew
it is really good, and warming and relaxing
Leon Gaspar: feels good man
Wiwaxia (GM): you start to feel almost cozy as the wind starts to rise from a whisper to a whine to a howl
waves start to slop noisily against the side of the skyscraper below
Leon Gaspar: it's actually a little relaxing, if i forget where i am
i like the sound of storms
although the waves are new
~on an old ocean highway, sea breeze in my hair~
~cool smell of salt and brine rising up through the air~
Wiwaxia (GM): there is a sharp cracking noise from somewhere above, but you see no flash of lightning
the waves redouble and set the old flourescent light above you swinging worringly
Leon Gaspar: okay, slightly less relaxing
i instinctively duck and press myself up against the wall, away from the light
Wiwaxia (GM): you think you can hear a grinding, whining sound above the wind, but you're not sure
the light continues to swing, but hasn't fallen yet
Leon Gaspar: i concentrate and try to make out that whining sound
Wiwaxia (GM): grace check to try to get more details, or int check to try to identify
pick one
Leon Gaspar: grade
*grace
is it 1d20 + grace?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 + 15
(
7
)+15
= 22
Wiwaxia (GM): okay let's see if this works
should be broadcasting noise from my mike to get the sound effect across
Leon Gaspar: iiiii can't hear anything, hold on
Wiwaxia (GM): can you hear now?
Leon Gaspar: no :/ i'll go poking around in settings
Wiwaxia (GM): go to "i want to receive from others" in the settings tab and get "voice"
and lemme know when, so i can restart the thing
Leon Gaspar: it's set to video and voice. i'll set it to just 'voice'
done
Wiwaxia (GM): and is your volume on?
Leon Gaspar: yep! but i'm not getting the little 'this user is broadcasting sound' symbol that sometimes pops up on the site
hrmmmmm
Wiwaxia (GM): huh weird
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and ofc when i want to listen in my internet connection dies) (==_==)
Wiwaxia (GM): is anyone else getting the noise?
k m.: whoa, well i'm getting it
dark time zone magic probably
Leon Gaspar: well now that's just weird
Arxon: I am too
Leon Gaspar: ok what do you guys' settings look like
k m.: i'm thinking...mechanical gibbering.
lemme check the settings
Leon Gaspar: oh
Arxon: Nothing for broadcasting, voice only recieving
k m.: video and voice
Ilmatar Nordwind: (no broadcast, receive voice)
Leon Gaspar: squints
k m.: for both actually, i'm super fucking lazy and i just turn off the microphone thing in my avatar every time
Leon Gaspar: frustrated noises
troubleshooting time
Wiwaxia (GM): any luck now?
Leon Gaspar: imma open it in firefox, hold on
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm also poking at soundcloud to see if i can pipe something ~equivalent through the jukebox if that doesn't work
(Not) Literally A Bird: aha!
firefox to the rescue
k m.: didgeridoo? didgeridoo
Leon Gaspar: well that sounds like....construction, or a helicopter
drones
:/
k m.: (a cyborg gargling while playing a didgeridoo)
Leon Gaspar: exactly
Wiwaxia (GM): yes exactly
good job, you figured it out
Leon Gaspar: my consorts are frillnecks
Wiwaxia (GM): what's leon gonna do?
Leon Gaspar: is there a window to the outside from this room?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: well then i'm gonna look out the window
Wiwaxia (GM): you're standing right in front of it
you see nothing but scudding sheets of dark grey clouds overhead, and rising whitecaps among the teeth of broken skyscraper-tops
the noise continues, inconsistently, wavering in and out of the noise of the wind
Leon Gaspar: out of curiousity, how far down is the water?
Wiwaxia (GM): couple meters
Leon Gaspar: and do i have any sense of where the noise is coming from, or is it just omnipresent?
Wiwaxia (GM): overhead, definitely
and not omnipresent
like it's coming from a specific source
as you look and consider, there's a series of snapping noises on the edge of hearing
Leon Gaspar: snapping like rubber bands, or snapping like crocodile jaws?
Wiwaxia (GM): neither, really
Leon Gaspar: huh
i am Thoroughly Bonetrousled
can i open the window?
Wiwaxia (GM): like series of short, sharp but mostly drowned out, cracking or popping noises
like a firecracker, almost
not without breaking the glass or the frame
Leon Gaspar: frowns
from the same direction as didgeridoo cyclops?
Wiwaxia (GM): mmm, probably?
you don't have much time to ponder, though
from above, there is a colossal, dull boom that lights the thinnest areas of the scudding clouds a deep, ruddy orange
then settles into a low, flaming roar
Leon Gaspar: JESUS
i instrinctively reel backwards
Wiwaxia (GM): something big - bus sized at least- and flat and boxy and purple breaks through the clouds, falling, shrouded in thick smoke that whips away in the wind as soon as it billows from the thing
Leon Gaspar: what
Wiwaxia (GM): flames flap like ragged fringes of torn cloth in the wind, too stiffly blown to fan out, but too fierce to be extinguished
the thing falls fast, and slams into the waves, breaking up as it strikes the water
whimsy: (... i feel reminded of romantically apocalyptic) (/r schoolbus)
Wiwaxia (GM): steam hisses and billows up, then races towards you on the wind
Leon Gaspar: D=
oH GOD
Wiwaxia (GM): the "didgeridoo cyclops" grows louder, and you see a flash of gold dipping below the clouds
then the wake of the impact hits and breaks through the window
i hope you put the cap back on your thermos
k m.: (those didgeridoo cyclopses, i tell ya.)
Leon Gaspar: yeah somewhere between 'loud noises' and 'big ol' fireclap' the thermos was safely stowed
meanwhile i cover my face and scramble outta the way
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm taking that to be bringing your face down to your raised arm and managing a quarter turn away from the window when the wake hits
it's not tall enough to get all the way up to the window directly, i don't think, but it slams into the wall of the building below
Leon Gaspar: that works
Wiwaxia (GM): the building shakes, the window breaks, the ceiling light breaks off at one end and swings free towards the wall
and the wave striking sends a bunch of water more or less straight up through the window
also, 1 the light is swinging towards you, 2 away
rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: augh!!!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): so the worst of the wave and the broken glass it's carrying are going up behind your back, then falling down
water about knee deep is slopping through the window on the floor
the light hits the table, snaps in half, then the remaining half continues into the far wall where it shatters
so effects on poor leon
first off, can i get a fort save to avoid collapsing from the water hitting the back of his knees?
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): nice
you manage to take a solid step forward and brace yourself against the water
next you've just gotta deal with all that water and glass currently hitting the ceiling
Leon Gaspar: yaaaaay
Wiwaxia (GM): does (d4-1)*d4 damage sound fair?
Leon Gaspar: yeah
i don't even know how to roll that
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling (1d4-1)*1d4
((
2
)-1)*(
4
)
= 4
well that could been a lot worse
lemme see what that is on the death and dismemberment table
Leon Gaspar: i gave him +2 from the bit of food he had early, was that the right thing to do
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
which is good, because otherwise you'd be saving vs. KO
instead of just saving vs. -2 to everything for d4 turns
Leon Gaspar: fort again, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
17
)
= 17
eugh
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
eughhhh
Wiwaxia (GM): okay you're kinda dazed
whimsy: (.... könnt schlimmer sein, könnt regnen) (could be worse, could be raining)
Wiwaxia (GM): you're seeing all these nice stars and pinwheels against the water rushing over the floor
Leon Gaspar: also i'm back down to 0hp again, yeah?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: it IS RAINING
or uh
raining seawater and glass
whimsy: (thats why its funny)
Leon Gaspar: >:/
Wiwaxia (GM): also a) you are now soaked b) the wind is whipping in through the now open window c) the floor is covered in glass
and d) the room is filling with steam and smoke blown off the crash
what do?
Leon Gaspar: let's get out of here!
by which i mean, out the way i came
Wiwaxia (GM): you mean the door you propped shut with a chair?
>:D
Leon Gaspar: ok i remove the chair first
possibly in a frustrated manner
Wiwaxia (GM): wait wait, hold yer horses
first off, i'm gonna need a dex check to actually traverse the room without falling over
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20_13
1
= 1
oh
wrong button
rolling 1d20+13
(
4
)+13
= 17
Wiwaxia (GM): -2, because dazed
so that's a straight failure
you trip over some rotten wood in the confusion, probably a broken-apart bit of chair, and go down hard
fortunately, your arms are still up in front of your face, so they're what gets filled with glass
Leon Gaspar: auuuUUUUGH
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a grace check for luck and general poise to see if you fall on the broken half-light or just on the scattered glass shards from the window?
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+15
(
12
)+15
= 27
Wiwaxia (GM): nice
Leon Gaspar: phew
Wiwaxia (GM): you take 3 damage
Leon Gaspar: also i don't mean to interrupt but i gotta go get dressed soon lmao
Wiwaxia (GM): and have little bits of glass pressed into your forearms
Leon Gaspar: hooray! ... i need tweezers
Wiwaxia (GM): incidentally, the result for 3 damage on the death and dismemberment table is...
knocked over
:V
Leon Gaspar: hah! you cannot knock me over, for i am already knocked over!!!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): now what?
gonna try to pick yourself back up with a minimum of kneeling on glass or what
Leon Gaspar: yeah pretty much
i mean the alternative is 'lie in a pool of glass-water and cry until i bleed out' which while tempting is not something i'm gonna pursue right at this juncture
Wiwaxia (GM): well, you could try to crawl
or try to clear the area around you of glass without getting cut
or throw down your towel and roll over onto it
Leon Gaspar: actually crawling sounds pretty good tbh
let's crawl to the door while avoiding glass
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, that's gonna be 3 (1d3-1)! damage
and i'm gonna say a cap of 2 on the exploding cos really, it's just glass lying around
Leon Gaspar: sounds fair
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling (1d3-1)!
((
3
)-1)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: and after this im rly gonna needa take a break unfortunately
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: i might be able to keep going via phone, we'll see
Wiwaxia (GM): so 4 damage for 1
rolling 2d3-2
(
1
+
3
)-2
= 2
and 0 damage and 2 damage for the others
so that comes out to, you put your hand on a piece of glass super painfully and stop short
Leon Gaspar: noooooo :c
Wiwaxia (GM): save vs. further dazing and collapsing to lying from pain
(seperate saves)
(fort)
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
5
)
= 5
rolling 1d20
(
6
)
= 6
thumbs up
while bleeding from hand
Wiwaxia (GM): nice, you successfully avoided faceplanting into broken glass
after that, it's just another dazing nick on one knee and you've made it to the door and accompaning chair
Leon Gaspar: wheee!!!
((and with that bird needs to go be an actual human, i'll be back in probs 10 minutes with an update on whether i can keep going or if we should switch over))
(i can stay in the session either way, it's just a pain to type on my phone browser lmao)
(ok but brb!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (kay!)
(poor leon)
(today is not his day)
(so much broken glass)
k m.: (Man, i gotta go to bed. talk to yall laters?)
Wiwaxia (GM): later!
whimsy: (n8)
Wiwaxia (GM): will try to get to you next week
k m.: (night! I should be good for it next week)
Arxon: (night!)
Leon Gaspar: (ooh, night!!)
also hi hello
here i am at the door
imma grab that chair and shove it outta the way
(in the 5 minutes before i gotta go)
Wiwaxia (GM): you take 1d4-1 damage from the pressure against various bits of glass lodged in your hands and arms
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d4-1
(
1
)-1
= 0
Wiwaxia (GM): haha nice
it doesn't even hurt
Leon Gaspar: tv-vt
sweet
can i reach the handle from here
Wiwaxia (GM): yes
Leon has exited the GLASS-STREWN CONFERENCE ROOM
Leon Gaspar: yeah!!!!
B)
((alas, time to switch to phone. does someone else wanna go? now that i have successfully completed an objective))
Wiwaxia (GM): whimsy?
whimsy: (maybe?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (sorry arxon, you're still a bit far up on the timeline)
(although if whimsy doesn't wanna go rn, you're up)
whimsy: (the question would be, how long would you be willing to dm? should be hella late your place too)
Wiwaxia (GM): it's like 3 am
buuut i'm willing to go like another hour probably
because i'm nuts

 

Spoiler: ilmatar fights an ogre

whimsy: ::D
arent we all
but ya id be willling to have a go
even without interesting new items xxD gotta collect more greest
the plan was, go back to the rice paddy fields, and take pics of the surroundings like, ever 5 min or sth)
(or 10)
Arxon: IIII am pretty sure I gotta sleep anyways, I just sent five minutes staring into space vacantly
night!
whimsy: n8 ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): gnight!
whimsy: so ilma is going to brave her odd and arcane adventures with no extradimensional spectators
Wiwaxia (GM): ehehe
well, almost none
;D
whimsy: well, save the world
but yeah, all geared up from last session, although, can i locate a first aid kit?
Wiwaxia (GM): that'll be 4-in-6 by the syllable rule
whimsy: rolling 1d6
(
6
)
= 6
we actually dont have a first aid kit????
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, apparently not
whimsy: thats disturbin
g
Wiwaxia (GM): guess ilmatar's mama isn't super safety-minded?
or neglected to replace a lost or used-up one
whimsy: with ilma running around the forest all the time, i'd rather guess it's freshly empty and we didn't get around to getting a new one yet
oh well that's what friends are for xxD
Wiwaxia (GM): k, so you have an empty-of-anything-useful first aid bag
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: oh dear
BI: if any of you come across a first aid kit that is not empty, can you send me the code? i appear to be fresh out
i leave it at the house, if it aint of use
and start trecking towards the rice paddies
Wiwaxia (GM): you make pretty good, uneventful time
no sign of underlings on this side of the mountain
Ilmatar Nordwind: (blrgh internet connection died again) (its stable until i need it)
(brb gotta restart the tablet my keyboard ceased fnctioning)
Wiwaxia (GM): (kay)
whimsy: (sorry about that, but rping on touch keyboard is awful)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, i can imagine
X6
whimsy: (at least its not 9 keys phone keyboard)
Ilmatar Nordwind: so yeah! what are my lizards glubbing?
Wiwaxia (GM): salamanders, excuse you
>:0
also one sec, figuring out a horizon thing
Ilmatar Nordwind: i was under the impression that salamanders are a subset of lizards
Wiwaxia (GM): nope!
they're amphibians
more closely related to frogs than lizards
and more closely related to ceacilians than lizards, for that matter
Ilmatar Nordwind: "_" ok
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, so you're coming up towards the rice paddies when you can see this guy over the horizon
Ilmatar Nordwind: this. guy.
binoculars to the rescue
Wiwaxia (GM): you get a good look at it through the 'nocs
it's wearing a white kimono, but it's left rust brown stains all over it
and all over the ground, too
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm
Wiwaxia (GM): it's climbing up the mountain, slowly but steadily, on all fours
Ilmatar Nordwind: fucked up monster i guess
over the horizon means still a ways away i guess?
the one im on right now? oh dear
in the direction of the consort village?
Wiwaxia (GM): not really, except insofar as being further up the mountain implies getting close to it
Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm
i'll keep half an eye on it so it wont sneak up on me or my darling salamanders
Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't look like it's intentionally heading there, at any rate
more like (see arrow)
Ilmatar Nordwind: and am currently quite cross that i dont have some kind of ranged weapon
except my bladefan but im so not throwing that
Wiwaxia (GM): hoop, time is finally catching up with me
you good to wrap up?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): later, then!
i'd say night, but it isn't for you
Ilmatar Nordwind: n8 ::DD
no, not really
more like almost 1 pm
Wiwaxia (GM): leon took 13 damage
for 260 xp
which rolls him over to level 3!
rolling 5d4
(
2
+
4
+
2
+
1
+
4
)
= 13
rolling 3d4
(
2
+
1
+
2
)
= 5
rolling 3d6
(
5
+
6
+
1
)
= 12
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d8
(
3
)
= 3
Arxon: (hello)
Wiwaxia (GM): heyo!
whimsy: hi
not sure how long i'll be online today
i got a train to catch tonight
Wiwaxia (GM): k, i'll start with you once a few other people get here, then
whimsy: and stuff to do before
thank you .._..§
next week i'll be back at home and able to just sleep away monday, but not today >>_<<
and fuckdamnit i forgot the alchemization again aaaaargh
Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna just give em to me now so i can put them into the handout?
whimsy: as in, i forgot to cook some up
as ive been meaning to do for a month
Wiwaxia (GM): ahhhh, gotcha
k m.: heyyo I'm gonna be in and out for a lil
Arxon: hullo
Wiwaxia (GM): heya!
and karrin said she'd be a bit late

whimsy repeatedly kicks the vm she's running ilmatar on, but the damn thing won't start
Wiwaxia (GM): so wait like say, completely randomly, 5 minutes for Bird to show up and start
4 minutes
still completely random, though
and not tied to any sort of number on the clock
also i did manage to update the alchemy excursus a wee bit
Karrin Blue: Hi
Arxon: hi
whimsy: morning
(brr, its cold, my parents dont heat as much as i do, the place is larger, and the door to the hallway is always open so the dogs can go through
(i wanna be back at home in berlin ;;_;;) (TONIGHT) (HALF PAST MIDNIGHT AND THEN UNTIL I GET MY ASS HOME)
Wiwaxia (GM): you good to start, whimsy?
also should i give everyone timechecks?
k m.: I would like a time check!
Karrin Blue: yep!
Arxon: yes please!
whimsy: im present and i will try to be as ilmatar as i can be, but vm!ilmatar is asleep and i cant get her to wake up
(vm!ilmatar = virtual machine!ilmatar = brain!ilmatar = the copy of ilmatar occupying part of my brain who tells me what to say)
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, so
Lemi was last seen talking to Myrtha and Ilmatar at T= 29:30
Moss was last seen being rudely awakened by Ilmatar's construction in the middle of trying to fly to Derse to shake some sense of self-worth into Lemi at T= 25:00
Leon was last seen scrambling from a wave of glass and water that interrupted his nice lunch at about T= 22:00
and has a conversation waiting for him at about T=23:45
Myrtha was last seen doing some construction work at T=30:00
Karrin Blue: hm so I'm pretty far ahead of everyone...
Wiwaxia (GM): and Ilmatar is climbing up the mountain by her house and just spotted an Ogre at T=25:30
and has convos waithing for her starting at about 29:00
whimsy: for combat, being over your enemy is an advantage yes?
Wiwaxia (GM): depends
but yeah, ususally
whimsy: oh dear ::D
hmm kk
Wiwaxia (GM): concrete advantages of height: allows you to drop things on them, wherepon they and the thing dropped both take full falling damage
may force them to roll 2d20 take worst if they've got a really hard time reaching you
usually protects you from jostling damage by dint of not being next to them
Ilmatar Nordwind: how far until i reach the first rice paddies halfways up? or did we shortcut there last week and i just forgot
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, you are where you are
and i think i got the scale calibrated
okay there we go
scale bar is calibrated
d'you want me to throw down a few labels too?
Ilmatar Nordwind: YES PLEASE
like, pretty colours are pretty, but theres more to my land than them
even though i -- ooooh i just got an endgame idea
(endgame!ilma needs to ask endgame!moss to shrink her world to a manageable size, and then insert it into a crown)
k m.: (oooh yes)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (main reason i dont wanna fight the rust ogre on this side of the pyramid is that it could throw me into the sea of storms)
Wiwaxia (GM): that better?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (or into a scepter)
aye
(ilmatars gonna end up king of skaia lul)
i think ima go towards the edge of the side above where the rust ogre is, and meanwhile look for a nice high step i can stand on and wail on the ogre
Wiwaxia (GM): you're standing on the highest step for a long ways
the intermediate steps you walked up disappear as you move towards the "top" corner of the mountain
Ilmatar Nordwind: so i cant run either
can i see off the side of the pyramid i'm approaching?
Wiwaxia (GM): whoops, sorry may have phrased that badly
going straight up the mountain from your house, there's a lot of small steps just below you
over where i just pinged they're gone, so it's a 3 or 4 m cliff
dipping at probably like 60 degrees
Ilmatar Nordwind: how tall is the ogre?
Wiwaxia (GM): bout 3m
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice, so i can dance a jig on its head while it's flailing abouts
Wiwaxia (GM): also one sec, i'm gonna display your horizon rn
Ilmatar Nordwind: (memo to future self: once ilma can fly, make a sled or sth, wait until another cloud passes from the sea of storms, and then sled down the pyramid)
oh hey more mist :D who wulda thunk
Wiwaxia (GM): which, uh actually, now that i think about it
means you shoulda seen the whole map when you were on the peak last time
Ilmatar Nordwind: but i wanna be at least lvl 6 before heading down under. (lvl 6 is the level you get out of the starter areas in wow)
ya
so, single crystal over the the sea of storms?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, that jagged stuff on the bottom connects to more stuff over even that horizon
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
Wiwaxia (GM): that is also not, in point of fact, on this map
:V
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
so anyways im gonna intercept that ogre on its way up because theres NO WAY IN HELL ITS GONNA HURT MY SALAMANDERS
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, so that takes you about 3 minues to walk over there
Ilmatar Nordwind: memo to self: alchemize a marble or two hundred. roll under big monster feet. hope they don't just break them
Wiwaxia (GM): in which time the ogre has gone
Ilmatar Nordwind: damn that bastard is quick on his feet
Wiwaxia (GM): nnot really
you outpaced him pretty handily
and that time assumed normal walking speed
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah but im not going up
Wiwaxia (GM): were you running?
Ilmatar Nordwind: nope
maybe a brisk walk because tryng to intercept sth and having it cross the point where you were trying to intercept it is just embarassing
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, alright
i'll set him back a touch
fort save for being winded, but roll twice, take the better
Ilmatar Nordwind: (brisk walk is my standard walking pace, but thats irl)
rolling 2d20
(
12
+
20
)
= 32
take better would be 12
but i have fort 8
jegus fuck ilma
ok then i need to catch my breath before the damn thing arrives xxD
Wiwaxia (GM): k, so -1 to literally everything on a d4 minutes spindown timer
Ilmatar Nordwind: also, what prototypings do i see on it?
should i start rolling d4?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, and then it gets a minute of movement, and then roll d3 and so on
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey, you're good
Ilmatar Nordwind: HAH im not that out of shape yet
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, it's got a leopard face, is sprouting leaves all over, and is wearing Arashi Matsuri's getup
Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm
memo to self: rig a flamethrower
Wiwaxia (GM): you've got a good few minutes before it reaches you
you gonna to anything to prep?
also it's currently splashing through what look to be abandoned rice paddies
Ilmatar Nordwind: take out bladefan, take a step from the ledge, and the second one of its hands goes on the ledge im on rn to climb on it,ima start hacking away at it
(and i really, really dont want to fight it in the ricepaddies)
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, i think i'm gonna sketch up a more detailed battlefield real quick
right-o, there we go
ogre is there
ilma is here
3 2 1 STRIFE
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
i told you what im going to do
the second it starts climbing up that slope in front of me im gonna hack away at it
Wiwaxia (GM): well it's not headed directly for you
honestly you don't even know if it's paying any attention to you
Ilmatar Nordwind: thats good
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like it's trying to go up past you
Ilmatar Nordwind: but im going to try and stand in its way anyways
yeeeeah no no way im gonna let it past
Wiwaxia (GM): k! you've got 6m of movement a round, and you can trade in your attack for another 6m
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and i think i said earlier that i was gonna stand IN ITS PATH, so i shouldnt be that far from it)
(not if i watch it coming up and can adjust my position)
Wiwaxia (GM): ahkay, fair uff
wanna reposition yourself?
it starts going faster
(traded it's attack for more movement)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (same)
(ilma guesses it's headed for some sort of event, but she's not gonna let it get there)
Wiwaxia (GM): it puts its head down and breaks into a run
Ilmatar Nordwind: up a 60 degree slope as tall as it is?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
what are you gonna do?
note that you can prepare an action to do if it does some given thing on it's turn
Ilmatar Nordwind: afaik perpendicular is the best way to go up a slope, so if it goes any different angle it should get slowed down hard
quick question, did it just walk up the slopes, or did it grab the ledges on its way up to help itself up?
Wiwaxia (GM): (one moment, consulting Parkour Advisor)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (meanwhile i try to come up with more than "actually an imp in disguise and avoiding me bc level difference" and "on its way to a scripted event" for solutions) (although "dont let the ogre reach the gazebo" could be an event/quest)
Wiwaxia (GM): most of the smaller steps it could clear a few at a time just walking up, the larger ones it grabbed the ledges and hauled itself up
the running charge is new, as is running at all, in truth
Ilmatar Nordwind: and pretty damn stupid to boot
unless its trying to get me off balance from tremors
Wiwaxia (GM): so, your turn?
Ilmatar Nordwind: and since this one is a step it needs to haul itself up, it needs to g perpendicular
ready to hack away at it the second it puts its hands up
and a slightly wider stance in preparation of it hitting the slope
Wiwaxia (GM): actually, this slope's drawn too wide, one se
kay
Ilmatar Nordwind: the fuck
how is that thing standing on there oo00
Wiwaxia (GM): it runs about halfway up the wall under momentum, then starts to slip
Ilmatar Nordwind: well yeah its also going 45° instead of 90°
Wiwaxia (GM): the near hand comes up and grabs the edge of the ledge about a meter away from you, far enough that you can't hit it without throwing your fan or pouncing
Ilmatar Nordwind: whats the pouncing mechanics?
Wiwaxia (GM): hm
well going off the leopard prototyping
jump, gets resolved as a charge (+2 to damage, -2 to your def next turn), if you hit you are either grappling the thing or climbing on them
depending on relative size
probably a str check to jump
but even a critical failure would be like "fall on ass" not "fall down cliff"
Wiwaxia (GM): low risk
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah, and the ledge situation and me then propably crouching on its hand or sth would add stuff to my def
so
i pounce, tell me what to roll
(standard attack roll?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (no bonuses, but it can't attack you without risking hitting itself)
(see climbing rules in thread)
first d20 + str, then standard attack if that works
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+8
(
13
)+8
= 21
Wiwaxia (GM): (incidentally, karrin, why myrtha didn't need to make a str check when jumping on the basilisk was that she was jumping straight down, not horizontally like ilmatar's doing here
yep, sucessful jump!
Karrin Blue: ok
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
2
)+0
= 2
....
Wiwaxia (GM): limited range, but more than adequate to get to it's hand
Ilmatar Nordwind: i couldve used that earlier
and now the 20
Wiwaxia (GM): you miss the hand entirely
do you want to be there or 1m off right on the edge of the cliff?
Ilmatar Nordwind: there is good
Wiwaxia (GM): k, now your turn
Ilmatar Nordwind: right on the edge sounds like a bad idea
face the hand again and attack again
Wiwaxia (GM): K!
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
17
)+0
= 17
now thats better
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2D4+1
(
2
+
4
)+1
= 7
Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit, ilmatar
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::3
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm, let's see
Ilmatar Nordwind: (can i glare at it as a free action?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
it lets go of the ledge and starts backing away
Ilmatar Nordwind GLARES at the ogre
Ilmatar Nordwind: unless it starts backing down the next edge
im not gonna follow down, because thatd just be asking for trouble
Wiwaxia (GM): just gonna wait out your turn, then?
Ilmatar Nordwind: probs yell at it some
like
"GET BACK HERE SO I CAN MURDER YOU"
"WHOEVER MADE YOU SUCKED AT THEIR JOB"
"YOURE A SAD EXCUSE FOR A MONSTER"
(and im playing undertale rn loling so hard)
Wiwaxia (GM): it rolls it's head at you and starts walking away, towards the next ledge down
Ilmatar Nordwind: does it turn its back to me?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahhahaha
can i skid down the slope without too much trouble to follow it?
(like, sit on butt, use as slide)
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get an int check?
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+13
(
2
)+13
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): you don't see why not
Ilmatar Nordwind: what is it with me and 2 today
Wiwaxia (GM): (according to parkour advisor not hurting yourself doing that is mostly a matter of technique)
Ilmatar Nordwind: then ima kindergarten slide down the slope, 2 movements
Wiwaxia (GM): slope doesn't take up any of your movement, that's just gravity
Ilmatar Nordwind: would i be able to attack it within one move?
Wiwaxia (GM): you land hard on your ankles, taking 3 falling damage
yes
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
then grin, grit my teeth, bear the pain, and merrily hack away
Wiwaxia (GM): can you move yourself?
Ilmatar Nordwind: wait a sec
blrgh, touch screen controls
that should be it "_"
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, you get to there when the ogre whips around with it's palm out at your head height
Ilmatar Nordwind: why did i know this was a trap
and why did i walk into it anyways
reflex save?
Wiwaxia (GM): cos it only used one move last turn?
nope
rolling 1d20-1
(
17
)-1
= 16
Ilmatar Nordwind: ouch
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm assuming that beats your ac
Ilmatar Nordwind: yyyyep
Wiwaxia (GM): *def
rolling 1d12
(
8
)
= 8
Ilmatar Nordwind: motherfucking OW
Wiwaxia (GM): did you remember to take the fall damage, too?
Ilmatar Nordwind: if i dont kill that fucker fast its gonna kill me and that'd be suboptimal
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, now you can resolve your attack
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
16
)+0
= 16
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah that hits
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2D4+1
(
3
+
1
)+1
= 5
damn
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, there's little flags of rust in your arm
Ilmatar Nordwind: and now i gotta pray it doesnt 12 damage me until i manage to hit it
Wiwaxia (GM): you take an additional 1d4 damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: i hate rust enemies
Wiwaxia (GM): (spindown, the effect ends if you roll a one, blah blah)
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): it bends down and bites at you
rolling 1d20
(
4
)
= 4
+1
Ilmatar Nordwind: bite the AIR motherfucker
Wiwaxia (GM): which still doesn't hit

Wiwaxia (GM) The monster's bulk jostles you!
You take 0 damage!
Ilmatar Nordwind: HAH
you cant HIT air
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
Ilmatar Nordwind: i try to stab it in the face
or whichever bodypart i can hit
Wiwaxia (GM): well, you can't manage face from where you are, but you can manage crotch
Ilmatar Nordwind: not like theyve got reproductive parts, so, standard stabbing
Wiwaxia (GM): oh yeah, it also moved away form you, not that that's all that much of an issue
because you outpace it handily
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
17
)+0
= 17
rolling 2D4+1
(
4
+
4
)+1
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): you get it with a nice horizontal swipe that takes one leg clean off below the knee. before the whole thing collapses into a pile of grist and rust shavings
take 1d3 ongoing rust damage
(from before that is)
(not it collapsing)
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
why does the rust damage me anyways when it's nowhere near my skin though?
Wiwaxia (GM): it's _in_ your skin
Ilmatar Nordwind: i try to swipe it off with my bladefan
Wiwaxia (GM): embedded
Ilmatar Nordwind: my arms are completely covered
ah, so i can try and pull it out?
Wiwaxia (GM): that's assumed in the duration
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
Wiwaxia (GM): rust monsters are nasty
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): gotta be, with that name

 

Spoiler: moss gets fortuitously knocked out in time to try to fly to derse, from prospit, to check on lemi. END OF EPISODE 5

Ilmatar Nordwind: i know that i wont be able to take one f those motherfuckers again any time soon
Wiwaxia (GM): pick up the loot?
Ilmatar Nordwind: ya
Wiwaxia (GM): '47 rust grist', '102 build grist', '44 build grist', '3 rust grist', '14 build grist'
Ilmatar Nordwind: niiiice
BI: oh booyeah
BI: i just kicked an ogre to the curb and collected enough grist to make another bladefan or two
and i think ima head to the consort village now "_"
rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): and you're free!
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm
can i put one of the rust flakes into my sylladex?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
Ilmatar Nordwind: then im gonna do that
because i wanna try cross that into a weapon
or armor "_"
or both ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): ya!
just make sure you write it in
Ilmatar Nordwind: added it to inventory list
Wiwaxia (GM): excellent
you wanna go a little bit longer or are you good to switch?
Ilmatar Nordwind: good to switch
because next is interaction and i cant ilmatar very well atm
Wiwaxia (GM): fair nuff
Ilmatar Nordwind: will be around for pestercombos tho
Wiwaxia (GM): first though, i think i'm gonna tally up your damage/exp
37 total damage dealt and taken
so 740 exp
you wanna add that or should I?
Ilmatar Nordwind: you do it, please
Wiwaxia (GM): illmatar is now only 160xp away from level 3
Ilmatar Nordwind: hmm
looks like i really need to get to bashing some more imps post-haste
Arxon: Alternatively: get the shit beat out of you. What could possibly go wrong?
Wiwaxia (GM): oh nothing, nothing at all
lemi definitely wasn't a point of damage away from losing a hand or foot ever
Arxon: Look if she looses a hand she can just get it replaced with a hook it'll be fine
Wiwaxia (GM): fiiiiiiiine
anyways, moss, you wanna go?
kay, no word from moss, so arxon?
Arxon: sure!
k m.: shit, just got back, go ahead arxon
Arxon: oh no it's fine I'm way ahead in the timeline
k m.: if you're sure then :D
Arxon: ye!
k m.: kk, so I'm working off phone, but I have my character info on my notebook
Wiwaxia (GM): alright
so you'd been trying to fly to derse an account of lemi signed off of the last group chat in a rather worrying way
and you were woken up by ilmatar announcing that she was going to "move your balls"
your tower is now much taller and much, much more phallic
with like, a hook on the side where your room used to be
k m.: good lord yep
Wiwaxia (GM): it looks like your tower now goes up to your second gate, like 300m above you
k m.: alright cool
...what if I drugged myself to sleep to fly to derse
Wiwaxia (GM): what with?
k m.: uhhh
hm, either I draw on my mom's gardening knowledge to find a plant outside that could coma me
or I space power retcon
ok I'm gonna attempt to find a plant like twice, and then I'm just gonna retcon
Wiwaxia (GM): right-o then
can i get an int check?
k m.: int is 11, so
rolling d20+11
(
7
)+11
= 18
Arxon: (I am going to feel very bad if Moss does something dangerous to get to Lemi and meanwhile Lemi is like "Pretty Dresses! :D")
k m.: (it'll be pretty funny though)
Wiwaxia (GM): the scene in the Wizard of Oz with the sleeping poppies rises to your mind
Moss Kaplan: "huh, poppies, right. well, I'm going outside and looking for some poppies.maybe in a big field"
Wiwaxia (GM): you see dust, dirt, mudcracks, dying bushes and some trees
(psst dismiss the chat window for a sec so you can see the map)
Moss Kaplan: I go towards the forest! carefully. still thinking about things that could make me sleepy
shit, ok, I cant dismiss it
here ill send to you on skype what I can see
wait ok turning it sideways lets me see a little more
Wiwaxia (GM): also, you can bump down the size of the avatars under the gear tab
Moss Kaplan: ok this might be the best I get. hey, terrain!
Wiwaxia (GM): (afk momentarily)
Moss Kaplan: (kk)
Wiwaxia (GM): (back)
Moss Kaplan: (k)
Wiwaxia (GM): so what are you doing now?
Moss Kaplan: I'm again rolling to try and remember something about knockout plants?
yep
calling on the spirit of my mom to help me
concentrating super hard
rolling d20+11
(
12
)+11
= 23
Wiwaxia (GM): (please hold, the gm is researching)
you're pretty sure, on reflection, that anything strong enough to knock you out in a timely way is also likely to kill you
a horrible image of your Mom's dead body fills your mind's eye and won't go away
Moss Kaplan: I shudder
ok fuck it, ret con for...sleeping pills?.....my other option is to run myself into a tree
Wiwaxia (GM): what manner of sleeping pills, what would you have seen to make you know you needed them, and where would you have procured them in advance?
Moss Kaplan: damn. yep. well, I basically have no access to those
I genuinely feel like I've hit a road block. I message this to my fellow sburb players
Wiwaxia (GM): aka ilmatar and leon
Moss Kaplan: yep
Wiwaxia (GM): (can you actually write that message out for timeline chat records, btw?)
Moss Kaplan: sI: well, this is pretty funny. I was all pumped to go rescue mission to derse. but there's no real way for me to be out long enough to get there
sI: so much for all that gardening knowledge, right? I'm surrounded by pants and none of them are
helping
(whoops accidental enter)
(fuck, I'm laughing so hard. *plants. not pants)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: maybe if you ask nicely?
BI: the plants, i mean
Wiwaxia (GM): (ilmatar. ilmatar plz)
(:D)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (it was the most ilmatar thing i could think of)
Wiwaxia (GM): btw, timelinewise, ilmatar's putting the finishing touches on her renovation of Moss's tower rn
Ilmatar Nordwind: (kk)
Moss Kaplan: miss sighs
fuck fumble fingers today
misspelling my own name
sI:sure. maybe if I am super polite to the plants, one of them will knock me out for a few hours
"hello plants I was just wondering if you could help me go to derse" moss tells the plants
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
the Breeze picks up
a dead branch of a drought-worn tree is blown loose in the canopy above
it falls
Moss awakens on Prospit with a start, the back of their head still feeling a phantom pain
Ilmatar Nordwind: (ilu wi)
Arxon: (omg amazing)
Wiwaxia (GM): Breath special thing best special thing
Moss Kaplan: "....ok what the goddamn hell"

whimsy sing-songs "it's a kind of magic"
Moss Kaplan: "whellp. guess I'm going to derse"
Wiwaxia (GM): you're in luck, the moon is about on it's furthest reach from skaia
Arxon: (they have 3 hours to get to Derse before Lemi wakes up, right?)
Wiwaxia (GM): closer to two and a half
Moss Kaplan: I can fly there right? I think I actually spend more time walking around in this place than I do anything else
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Moss Kaplan: at any rate, I start off
Wiwaxia (GM): prospit and it's moon drop away rapidly behind you
ahead, a colossal red planet swathed in blackness looms against the void
Moss Kaplan: "whoa. cool."
I continue onwards, remembering everything that I was told about derse
like the likelihood of a friendly mugging
ok is anything crazy gonna happen on my way there or am I just in for a two and a half hour trip
Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, was afk for a moment
also, hm lemme check some orbital speeds
Moss Kaplan: (no worries,I was too, we're packing tonight)
Wiwaxia (GM): on account of i appear to have gotten my math catastrophically wrong
like, three orders of magnitude wrong
k m.: shit
whimsy: (better catch a shuttle then)
k m.: well, I actually do have to go to sleep soon, we have baseline pt in...7hours? but, I should have better schedules soon
whimsy: (seconding the sleeping thing, im falling asleep in front of the tablet again zz_zz) (n8)
Wiwaxia (GM): (night!)
Arxon: (night!)
k m.: night! yep, doing the sleep thing, talk to yall next week from petaluma
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
arxon, do you wanna go for a little bit, or just call it a night?
Arxon: Going for a little would be night but if you're tired then I don't wanna, like, pressure u into anything if that makes sense?
...nice, not night
Wiwaxia (GM): well i can confidently say that it would also be night
anyways in that case, i think i'd rather wrap it up, on account of i think i'm running a tad low on dming juices right now
Arxon: alrighty!
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, i've been meaning to ask
did anyone in your iteration of the game pick a hero of blood?
Arxon: nope
Wiwaxia (GM): probably just as well for you, really
Arxon: I didn't even tell them not to!
(...I gave them an option (b/c half the players haven't read Homestuck ever) to not know what the special starting things were before they choose, because the boys like surprises :I Thankfully, neither of them chose blood)
Wiwaxia (GM): ooh, fun times
youuu should give me updates, because i'm really interested to hear how it plays out with a different group
if you're willing, of course
Arxon: alright!
due to scheduling we only really started on Friday, so there's not much to report yet
I don't have excel, so I did have to fuck with the carapace gen you sent me so that I could get a bastardized, extremely simplified version to work on google sheets
Wiwaxia (GM): glad you got it working, though
what classpects did you wind up with?
only half the players had selected last i heard
Arxon: Page of Space, Mage of Time, Rogue of Void, Sylph of Life, Witch of Heart
we only have 5 people who are able to make it nowadays so there is a phantom 6th player who they lost communication with, just to make it even and patternful and just in case, who is a Knight of Breath
Wiwaxia (GM): ahahaha, that situation doesn't sound even a little familiar
:V
Arxon: ya know it might :V
it's mostly b/c I am a huge stickler about patterns- part of the reason Homestuck appeals to me is because it's so symmetrical. I didn't force them to do 4 letter/ 6 or 7 letter names, but I did suggest that it would make me very very happy
Myrtha Oscurr: gnight then!
oops
Karrin Blue: there we go
Wiwaxia (GM): gnight
Arxon: night
(there was technically a blood player among the alyuns, but they're straight up dead so :D)
Wiwaxia (GM): what manner of alyuns have you got?
Arxon: I decided to go w/ elves, because a full half of my group goes fucking crazy about elves of some kind
Wiwaxia (GM): pfahahaha
fair nuff
just don't let them near any shiny rocks, i guess
or do
Arxon: that's inevitable, one of the Rogue's interests is shiny things
alright I am gonna sleep, probably
goodnight!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!

 

Spoiler: leon polishes off some imps and learns the source of the wave that interrupted his lunch

k m.: gello hello, I'm in the van for another 6 minutes and then we're at the campground, where the wifi _theoretically_ works, just letting you know what's up
whimsy: morning
k m.: God why are my thumbs so fat on this keyboard.
mirning! it's 6pm here in nocal :D
Arxon: hello
whimsy: 3 am ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo
k m.: I am continuously impressed with your dedication to playing this game
3 am, jesus
hello wiwaxia
ok testing wifi connection
whimsy: getting to play ilma in this group is a gift that keeps on giving
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, my "who's online" monitor seems to be borked
so could everyone who's actually online right now call roll?
Arxon: Present
k m.: christing FUCK
ok well I guess im on data then
also, here, on phone, because my computer will load halfway on roll 20 and then give up, because I am Literally Trapped in the Wilderness
whimsy: present, and my internt has been stable since wednesday
Wiwaxia (GM): sweet
is karrin actually on or is roll20 just lying to me?
whimsy: theyre online for me to but i havent seen them post anything, maybe theyre afk "_"
Wiwaxia (GM): k, cool
next question
whimsy, can you yell loud enough for bird to hear you from the UK?
whimsy: uhm
i dont think so, no
sorry
my throats been hurting
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, well, wouldn't want you to strain your throat
perfectly reasonable reason to not be up for international yelling, that
also, alchemy excursus has been updated a bit
y'all should go look at that while we wait to hear back from karrin and/or bird
Karrin Blue: Hey
Wiwaxia (GM): heyo
whimsy: sup
Arxon: hey
Karrin Blue: not much
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, i think we're just gonna have to start without bird
dude's probably asleep
which he honestly needs
any questions before we get going?
Arxon: Nah
k m.: nope
Wiwaxia (GM): i do have a thing to point out re: mechanics you guys could be taking advantage of but haven't so far
your interests give you best of 2d20 on rolls related to them
so try to set up situations or thing of solutions where they're relevant
whimsy: oooh
Wiwaxia (GM): and everyone wants timeline check, i assume
Karrin Blue: yes
k m.: that would be fabulous
Arxon: yes please
Wiwaxia (GM): lemi''s still at about T=29:45, chatting with ilmatar
leon is still at T=22:00
moss is at about T=25:30, flying full speed away from prospit
ilmatar just killed an ogre, also at T=25:30
and has several conversations waiting in her future, starting at about T=29:30
myrth is still way out ahead of the pack at T= 30:00
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo, bird
(Not) Literally A Bird: Hi hello i'm awake
Sorry bout that!!
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries
you wanna start?
(Not) Literally A Bird: Ey why not. Lemme get my laptop
Wiwaxia (GM): seeing as you missed the last session or two and are the furthest back on the timeline
(Not) Literally A Bird: haaaa yeah
my schedule's been kinda haywire lately, hopefully from here on it'll settle down
i'm really sorry about all that
anyway, yes, let's get going
Wiwaxia (GM): so, you have just crawled across way too much broken glass and are sopping wet
Karrin Blue: man everyone in this rp really needs to get in a cuddlepile don't they
Wiwaxia (GM): the broken glass is there because something crashed outside and the splash broke the window
your hitherto very nice lunch is rapidly becoming less so
on the plus side, you climbed your echeladder!
Leon Gaspar: yeah!
also for reference, how many floors above sea level am I?
Wiwaxia (GM): 1 and change
Leon Gaspar: aight
do i get anything neat from this recent level up, like for example more health
Wiwaxia (GM): yes!
1d6
to both current and max
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
eyyy! i'll, uh, go ahead and add that if that's alright
Wiwaxia (GM): yep yep
Leon Gaspar: aaaaalright
still storming outside?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
(you also got +1 attack)
Leon Gaspar: neat! is that just +1 to any attack i make?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
just to hit, not to damage
Leon Gaspar: ah, gotcha
anything else i should know?
Wiwaxia (GM): well, you added that hp to the wrong bar :V
also, your new echeladder ruung is PICKING AND FLAILING
Leon Gaspar: wait, which is my hp bar
you've turned my world upside down here
ohh neat! =D
Wiwaxia (GM): blue
Leon Gaspar: well, huh
welp that's fixed so
good to go!
Wiwaxia (GM): you added the three to max hp too, right?
Leon Gaspar: yep!
Wiwaxia (GM): also there's 6 hp left in that stew, for reference
Leon Gaspar: gotcha
well, better than nothing
Wiwaxia (GM): i think you can stop and eat some of it and pick the glass out of your everything before the next wave of bullshit hits, though
for +2 hp
Leon Gaspar: yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea
gonna just. crouch here in the hallway for a minute and try to get the glass outta my arms
also more stew
tastes like healing
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
Leon Gaspar: while i'm doing this, can i check to see if i can hear anything that's not the storm? for example, any imps/other nasties that mightve been dislodged by the crash?
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d8+1
(
3
)+1
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): screaming
Leon Gaspar: uh
from....from what direction
Wiwaxia (GM): direction of the crash
it's faint over the sounds of the storm and frequently interrupted
sounds like multiple voices, but you don't know how many
Leon Gaspar: hrn
if i head sorta westaways down the hallway towards that meeting room i might be able to get a better look
i mean they're in the ocean, i'm not going out there
i wouldn't be much good anyway
Wiwaxia (GM): heading down over there?
Leon Gaspar: ayup!
the last few times i moved without running it by you i nearly went face-first into a basilisk so
Wiwaxia (GM): the door's locked and not rotten enough to push through easily
you can see through the window into the room, but tattered curtains obscure your view through the exterior window opposite
(also, for the record, running it by me first will not save you from nearly going face-first into a basilisk)
Leon Gaspar: hmmmmm
(well yes but i needa give you time to reveal the map is what im saying)
Wiwaxia (GM): (fair nuff)
Leon Gaspar: well it probably won't hurt so
gonna try breaking down that door with my regular flail
Wiwaxia (GM): kay
you hit, roll damage
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8 maybe
(
6
)
= 6
i forgot what to roll
Wiwaxia (GM): that is the correct roll, but the door stands firm
Leon Gaspar: dang
tough door
Wiwaxia (GM): you just broke through the plastic fake-wood veneer and into the plywood beneath
Leon Gaspar: man i got really lucky critting that metal door all that time ago, huh
Wiwaxia (GM): it was actually just as sturdy as this one
thin sheet metal
Leon Gaspar: fair
can i hit it again
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
(To GM) rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
:/
Wiwaxia (GM): you can just keep whaling away at the thing, but do note that it makes noise
Leon Gaspar: yeah
well i'll give it one more shot probably
rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): the door splinters
some imps start piling out of the broken window of the room you snuck past earlier
Leon Gaspar: mightve forgotten about that
gonna duck in there reaaal quick assuming there's enough room for me to get through
or, can i smack the closest imp and then bolt for the room?
Wiwaxia (GM): ohhh yeah, that door is a complete non-entity now
and nope, that would involve moving twice
could move and wait to smack the first one to come next to you, though
Leon Gaspar: yeah, sounds good
er i'm snapping to the grid there but imagine i'm next to the door
Wiwaxia (GM): (holding alt lets you ignore grid snapping. at least if you have advanced shortcuts on)
Leon Gaspar: ah gotcha
aight what's going on here
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn, that's all they're moving right now
you notice that there's less screaming now
Leon Gaspar: i try to ignore that fact and focus on the imps
i kinda wanna stay near the door tbh
hm. hmmm.
wishin i had a ranged weapon riiiight about now
what if i threw a chair at the imps
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
you can probably only chuck it about 4m, though
and i'm gonna say a -1 penalty to hit for every meter traveled
1d6-2 damage on a hit
Leon Gaspar: eh, i'll just lob it at this copper imp here
if nothing else it might slow them down
1d20 to hit?
Wiwaxia (GM): 1d20+1
cos you're level 3 now
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 +1
(
5
)+1
= 6
dammit
i like the +1 thing though that's nice
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a chair there now
Leon Gaspar: neat!
where'd he go
Wiwaxia (GM): copper imp ducks out of sight
Leon Gaspar: :/
Wiwaxia (GM): there we go
shoulda just drawn the fucking chair on the map layer to start
and your turn
nobody's attacked yet
Leon Gaspar: gonna quickly look around the room
is there anything relatively small and heavy
a book maybe
a desktop pc
a....fuck it, i dunno what office people have
a paperweight
Karrin Blue: A desk knicknack?
idk
Leon Gaspar: one of those clicky things
Wiwaxia (GM): roll for it
2 or lower on d6
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
ah, so close
Wiwaxia (GM): no dice
lotsa chairs, though
Leon Gaspar: eyyyyy
it seems kinda silly to throw another chair but again, puts something else between me and them
so
let's do it
yeah, just at the nearest one
Wiwaxia (GM): so it'll be 1d20-1 overall
+1 from you, -2 from distance with something that clumsy
Leon Gaspar: gotcha
rolling 1d20-1
(
17
)-1
= 16
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
damage is gonna be 1d6-2
minimum 0, duh
nobody ever got healed by having a chair thrown at them
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6-2
(
6
)-2
= 4
whimsy: (nice)
Leon Gaspar: for which i'm grateful
the minimum-0 thing, that is, but the crit is also nice even tho i'm not sure if it counts?
ehh
actually it's not even a crit is it
you crit on a d20
rules are hard
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
you got it
that is, you have both grasped the essence of the rules, and have struck down the imp
Leon Gaspar: eyy!
i am momentarily surprised, then pumped! something has gone my way today!
whimsy: (leons superhero alias: the chairman)
Leon Gaspar: hey where did they go
Wiwaxia (GM): the rust imps decide they want no part of this and book it
Leon Gaspar: well....fair
Wiwaxia (GM): i think that's actually the first time any of you have seen an enemy fail morale
Leon Gaspar: i am filled with determination
time to check out that window
whimsy: (leon, just asking, but undertale refrance?)
Leon Gaspar: (you got it)
Wiwaxia (GM): although to be fair my algorithm was fucked up and miscalculating for a while there
whimsy: (::d)
Leon Gaspar: ('seeing your enemies turn tail and flee because you threw a chair at them fills you with determination.')
whimsy: (maybe the morale dropped because it wasnt just propaganda and that the kids are noncombatant pushovers, and then the plan met us)
Leon Gaspar: (you say that like imps have a plan. ...do imps have a plan?)
Wiwaxia (GM): no i'm pretty sure it was the grievous order of operations error
:V
whimsy: (maybe not the imps) (but the shadowy presence behind them)
(naw come on im giving you ideas ::P)
Leon Gaspar: (leon does not need to be any more paranoid than he is right now)
alright, what can i see from here
inb4 'nothing more than what you saw from the other one, idiot'
Wiwaxia (GM): well you didn't actually look out the other one post-crash, so
doubtless because of all the intervening glass
Leon Gaspar: oh yeah
forgot about that
Wiwaxia (GM): you see black bodies struggling in the waves
Leon Gaspar: well! let's do it!
oh, huh
my internet crapped out for a minute there
Wiwaxia (GM): torn and shattered chunks of purple stuff still float on the water, but the majority of the crashed thing seems to have sunk
Leon Gaspar: ugh ok think fast
Wiwaxia (GM): stray steam and smoke still soars up into the storm
but most has been blown away
also, there's an imp behind you
Leon Gaspar: agh!
ok gonna deal with THAT first
ugh and i was thinking 'i'm not gonna forget about him!' too
(weather update: not storming here, but apparently snowing. too comfy to get outta bed to check)
whimsy: (snowfall
(naw shucks it killed my heart emoticon)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: (it does not like the arrow thingies) (assuming you were attempting less-than-three)
whimsy: (ayup, it was a lessthanthree)
(or rather, a less than 3333)
(because i have a thing with 4s)
Wiwaxia (GM): (i hadn't noticed :P)
anyways, it's leon's turn
(To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: its flailing time!
by which i mean i'm gonna try out my new flail if that's alright
Wiwaxia (GM): of course!
are you attacking normally or recklessly?
Leon Gaspar: recklessly, natch
gotta see what it does!
Wiwaxia (GM): question: are you wearing your collander?
also, roll to hit
Leon Gaspar: uh, good question. i...lemme think about that one while i roll
rolling 1d20+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
:/
i took it off at some point because swimming but it's reasonable that it would be back on if i'm exploring
Wiwaxia (GM): your backswing carves a bite out of the edge of the table
sounds reasonable to me
collander: on
Leon Gaspar: sigh
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, shoulda mentioned before you moved there
Leon Gaspar: this is why i ask you before i move
Wiwaxia (GM): this thing is wearing a white kimono with a green castle in six parts
Leon Gaspar: ahhh
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, fair, mea culpa
Leon Gaspar: nah it's alright it's not a big deal
Wiwaxia (GM): do you still wanna do that with that information or not?
Leon Gaspar: i thought you were gonna be like 'also the floor's caving in'
hm
maybe not
that thing's kinda spooky looking
but is that ok?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, i failed to give you all the necessary information
Leon Gaspar: alright then, i might move slightly less forward and try the chair thing one more time
Wiwaxia (GM): so like there?
Leon Gaspar: yeah looks good
what's my penalty?
Wiwaxia (GM): -1, so just 1d20 overall
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
13
)
= 13
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Leon Gaspar: =D
Wiwaxia (GM): damage is still 1d6-2
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6-2
(
2
)-2
= 0
aww
Wiwaxia (GM): also i'm gonna refresh, my cursor's misbehaving
one sec
Leon Gaspar: aight
hows everyone else doing?
Wiwaxia (GM): the imp is now under the chair
also i can probably run someone else simultaneously with leon if anyone wants to
the imp hunkers down in a vaguely aggressive posture but otherwise does nothing
so it's leon's turn again
Leon Gaspar: welp there's not much really to do i suppose
try to hit it and pray real hard
Wiwaxia (GM): flailing it?
Leon Gaspar: ayup
maybe controlled this time though, since it's under the chair
any penalties?
Wiwaxia (GM): i was thinking about that
i think since you technically hit it, no
so it's not just straight profiting from your success there
also, where are you moving?
Leon Gaspar: thereish
Wiwaxia (GM): it jabs at you as you move next to it
Leon Gaspar: i don't have rude
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
Leon Gaspar: hey! rude!
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
jeez
Leon Gaspar: ruder!!!!
at least i'm not in the negatives again
and at least it didn't crit
Wiwaxia (GM): you're at 2hp, actually
collander
Leon Gaspar: oh yeah!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): attacking recklessly or nah?
Leon Gaspar: nah, not this time
rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits, yep
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
i forgot to +1 my hit, oh well
man
i really have ups and downs on this whole luck thing
it's like it's completely arbitrary or something
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, lemme think
this thing didn't move on it's last turn after you threw the chair at it
and you did that immediately after it entered the room, yeah?
Leon Gaspar: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
so it is dead
Leon Gaspar: whaaa
thing was made of paper
or cloth, i guess
Wiwaxia (GM): copper, actually
Leon Gaspar: close enough
Wiwaxia (GM): you get 14 build grist and 8 copper from its remains
Leon Gaspar: gotta go pick up chair dude's grist too
Wiwaxia (GM): another 14 build
what now?
you gonna sit and eat, try to turn your attention back to the crash, or chase after the imps that fled?
Leon Gaspar: sorry yes
gonna see what's going on outside
i feel like there's not much i can do for them though
do chairs float
i could throw them a chair
Wiwaxia (GM): the seas are p high, and these chairs are more plush than wood
also, the window doesn't open and wasn't broken
also, the crash site is a good like 40 meters away
when you look back outside, you see a lot fewer people in the water
Leon Gaspar: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): some seem to have climbed up onto the buildings poking up
Leon Gaspar: i can't exactly dive in to save them, that wouldn't help
Wiwaxia (GM): but you really doubt that was everyone onboard
Leon Gaspar: i'm glad some of them have survived at least

 

Spoiler: ilma eats some bug snacks with some salamanders on break, then goes off to fight some more monsters

Wiwaxia (GM): oh also
fort save vs. hypothermia
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
ugh not again
i liked having clothes
ok if i just take off my shirt
Wiwaxia (GM): won't help until you get dry
Leon Gaspar: yeah
wait have i still got that towel
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: hah!
Wiwaxia (GM): also this is a reminder to me to get that more robust hypothermia system going
:B
Leon Gaspar: ok imma take off my wet clothes, dry myself off, and also get some food
gdi
also we've been going for 3 hours does anyone else want a go
k m.: I am actually running to the bathroom, so I would go, if it was cool, but it would be in like ten minutes as I have to hike across the campground
whimsy: (id be up for getting ilma somewhere)
Arxon: (I would like to if that is ok)
k m.: otherwise, anyone else can go, please
Arxon: (But I'm second farthest ahead so)
k m.: brb then
Wiwaxia (GM): i can run moss alongside someone else p easily, too, so
why don't we wrap this bit up, bird and then switch to ilma and moss?
Leon Gaspar: sounds good!
so: wet clothes off, towel on, apply food to piehole
Wiwaxia (GM): these motherfuckers have got some of there courage back, but not enough to come in the door after you
Leon Gaspar: gdi
ok forget the food
Wiwaxia (GM): so they're just kinda milling around outside, looking fighty
Leon Gaspar: what if i just screamed at them
whimsy: (if i appear a little distracted im writing & concept arting for my video game) (but i can totally play ilma bc i need to be in the madness place to write good stuff anyways) (and if im there i can do both)
Wiwaxia (GM): (good)
also, you can hear swearing from down the hall
Leon Gaspar: deep breath
FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Wiwaxia (GM): grace check?
Leon Gaspar: doing my best impression of onryousprite
is that d20+grace
Wiwaxia (GM): ayup
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+15
(
13
)+15
= 28
Wiwaxia (GM): imps fucking book it
Leon Gaspar: im laughing. good.
also where's that swearing coming from
as far as i know imps don't talk so
i am intrigued
Wiwaxia (GM): swearing is coming from hereabouts
Leon Gaspar: well then i'mma chase after that imp and see what's what
i forget what my movement range is
so sorta eastwards
Wiwaxia (GM): 6m/round
can trade in your attack for another 6m, but that shout counted as it for this turn
Leon Gaspar: so hereish
that's alright
i mean what i really want is to check out that noise
Wiwaxia (GM): it's a lady in sodden overalls, with pitch-black skin that looks shiny and hard and has seriously exoskeleton-looking joints
she does not look happy
Leon Gaspar: where is she?
like, in the hall or in a room
gotcha
k m.: (back, also ngl I can probably only manage an hour or so of rp, I'm being useless awake so it's probably better just to hit the reset button tonight.)
Leon Gaspar: (ack, sorry for taking up so much time! at least leon's closer to being caught up...)
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
moss, you've been flying for about 15 minutes
k m.: (srs, no worries dude)
Moss Kaplan: delightful, I continue flying! unless I'm in danger of dying I guess
Wiwaxia (GM): sounds good
one sec, i'm gonna try to see how much of the sky prospit takes up
so you can get an idea of how far you've gone
Leon Gaspar: (actually have i picked a bad place to leave leon for tonight? i'm hella tired)
(also continue to be in awe of whimsy's ability to stay awake)
Wiwaxia (GM): (it's not all that much farther along, but it's not a bad place to stop and you probably need sleep)
in any case, prospit is visually about the size of your fist held out at arms lengt
Leon Gaspar: (yeah i know ... blech)
(next time i won't be coming off three nights of next to no sleep so hopefully that'll go better :P)
(new years resolution: get to sburb on time)
Wiwaxia (GM): little bit smaller in the sky than the planet ahead of you, actually
Moss Kaplan: nyoom
Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar, you've just kicked the shit out of an ogre
what are you up to now?
Leon Gaspar: (alright yeah im gonna....sleep. night all! less-than-three)
Arxon: (night!)
Moss Kaplan: (gnight! get so many sleeps)
whimsy: (fff i just dozed off for a second sry)
Ilmatar Nordwind: I'm going to head to the consort village
Wiwaxia (GM): (kay gimme a sec to dig up the salamander logs and get the voice)
salamander: glub!
hello again not-yellow one!
Ilmatar Nordwind: "Hello hello, yellow one! I was on my way to your bug hunting grounds, when I remembered, silly old me forgot to ask where they were! Can you tell me?"
salamander: gosh, butterfly hunting?
, well you want to go around to the other side of the mountain
there's a few little boxy valleys on the far side of the mountain where the butterflies gather!
they're right above the rice fields of the village on the other side of the mountain!
Ilmatar Nordwind: "Sounds like I can't miss them! Thank you. I heard there were imps there, and I just can't abide these vile creatures harassing you. And if an ogre can't stop me, a few lousy imps won't, either! You'll have your bug hunting grounds back."
(is there sth i can plant my butt on and eat something to regenerate some health, besides the ground?)
Wiwaxia (GM): sitting down and having a meal would get you 2d6 health
Ilmatar Nordwind: (yeah, question is, do i plant my butt on the ground, or is there a little wall thing bc i vaguely remember more rice paddies in the village)
Wiwaxia (GM): well first off, do you have any real food on you?
Ilmatar Nordwind: im pretty sure i packed sandwiches
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a little bismuth wall on the race paddy steps keeping the water in
and then there's houses and paths across the flooded areas in the village
or you could just sit on the ground
Ilmatar Nordwind: im gonna plant myself on one of the little bismuth walls and inhale a sandwich
and probs some tea from the thermos
Wiwaxia (GM): a bunch of salamanders working nearby stop and take their lunch breaks with you
Ilmatar Nordwind: the more, the merrier!
Wiwaxia (GM): their food seems to be mostly rice with little bits of what you assume are bugs for flavor
Ilmatar Nordwind: :D
i grab a bug treat bag from my sylladex and ask the closest salamander if they also eat these (and check how many bugs are in a treat bag)
salamander: !!!!
well, I've never had them but gosh that looks good
glub glub glub glub
Wiwaxia (GM): there's enough to give everyone one or two
Ilmatar Nordwind: i'm going to share a bag with the lunch takers :D
and make sure everyone gets at least one "_"
Wiwaxia (GM): there is a lot of happy glubbing
Ilmatar Nordwind: and theres a very happy ilma
Moss Kaplan: (well, that's adorable)
Wiwaxia (GM): and that gets you 2d6+1 from the company and general lifted spirits
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
ima nibble on one of the bug treats, too, what do they taste like?
rolling 2d6+1
(
5
+
1
)+1
= 7
Wiwaxia (GM): crunchy, mostly
other than that, a bit fatty
Ilmatar Nordwind: fatty bugs "_" deep fried or what?
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a touch of bitter, and then the sweet and spicy seasoning on them
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i ate larvae before) (dried, and then fried in oil and spices) (kinda salty, little own taste)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah probably. deep-fried grasshoppers are what i'm going off of here
Ilmatar Nordwind: (which is something i wanna try irl at some point) (considering locusts fried with honey was/is a delicacy in the middle east)
once they're starting to trail back to their work, i'm going to go follow the directions the salamander gave me to the bug hunting grounds
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
where to?
that was probably a good half-hour eating and chatting, so i think I'll advance moss by that much, too
Moss Kaplan: much nyoom, very wow.
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i think ima go to the gazebo first and take some shots, and then take a close gander for where the bug grounds should be)
Wiwaxia (GM): moss, you've seen two glimpses of purple go by over your right shoulder
and there looks like a third coming up in the distance, just on the edge of vision
Ilmatar Nordwind: (sounds like battleships) (considering one of those already crashed on leons planet)
Moss Kaplan: moss is horrifically bored and wishes they had brought a ds or something. at least there are purple things to make this experience feel not entirely like that one space screensaver
Wiwaxia (GM): uh no, the purple things are making it feel more like that if anything
hard to tell, but they don't seem to be moving, or if they are, they're going the exact opposite direction from you
Moss Kaplan: curses. moss descends into the slow entrenching insanity of boredom. also they resolve to check the purple deals out later. possibly with lemi.
Wiwaxia (GM): (also oh shit, my computer's making me restart in 5 minutes. will be back asap)
Moss Kaplan: kk
whimsy: (im gonna take that time to wash my hair)
(back)
Wiwaxia (GM): I return!
whimsy: i knew we hadn't seen the last of you yet!
Moss Kaplan: (delightful! Computer done with its totally necessary maintenance then? :D )
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
so ilmatar
where were you heading?
also moss, are you trying to keep your course straight, trying to keep prospit directly behind you (not the same, as prospit is also orbiting)
which would require periodically slowing or stopping and looking back
or trying to keep the bigass red-and-black planet ahead of you?
Moss Kaplan: red and black ahead of me, honestly. hadn't really thought about prospit since I set out
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i couldve sworn i said twice what i wanted to do)
(head to the gazebo, take some picturs, then follow the directions the salamander gave me to the bug hunting grounds)
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, forgot that while i was rebooting
sorry bout that
(also afk momentarily)
(back)
k m.: guh, sorry, I have to do the sleep thing. last night I literally fell asleep in my clothes and I don't want to do the same thing tonight
Wiwaxia (GM): k, night!
Arxon: night!
Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar, can you show me path you're taking to the top of the mountain?
k m.: night, see you guys next week
Wiwaxia (GM): press space right before you move your icon and you can plot out paths
Ilmatar Nordwind: basically the path i took last time
Wiwaxia (GM): well you get to there before you get ambushed by...
a thing I don't have a sprite for yet!
Ilmatar Nordwind: what
that can either be very, very bad
or my own sprite doing shenanigans
whats it look like
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like a screaming bird underling
Ilmatar Nordwind: and i presume ambushes me = tries to attack me?
Wiwaxia (GM): going for a flyby, yep
rolling 1d20+1
(
17
)+1
= 18
rolling 1d8
(
4
)
= 4
okay, yeah, no, 1d8 is too much damage for that attack
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: asshole! a wanna try and attack back
rolling 1d20 + 0
(
7
)+0
= 7
Wiwaxia (GM): it's flown up waaaaaay back out of range
Ilmatar Nordwind: bluuuuh
Wiwaxia (GM): you can prep an attack to try to hit it if it goes for another flyby, though
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah that sounds like an idea
Wiwaxia (GM): you got a better look at it as it swooped you, too
it's a "Aluminum Harpy"
and appears to be prototyped with a flag and a bunch of leaves
in any case, it ain't coming by for another flyby this round
it's wheeling up high
and screaming
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
16
)+0
= 16
i hope that hits
and i had just regenerated thse 6 hp!
Wiwaxia (GM): oh!
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah wait
i misread
Wiwaxia (GM): sorry, clarity, that wasn't damage it just rolled
shoulda been more clear
Ilmatar Nordwind: fuck my reading comprehension is shit
Wiwaxia (GM): that's a different thing
you can keep that roll if you want, though
for your next attack whenever
Ilmatar Nordwind: thank you "_"
i hope that wasnt a call for more monsters to arrive
Wiwaxia (GM): :3
Ilmatar Nordwind: gdi
Wiwaxia (GM): it doesn't seem to have got what it wanted, so it's going for another flyby
now you hit it
successfully, with that 16
roll damage?
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2D4+1
(
2
+
1
)+1
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): fuckit, this circle is standing in for the harpy so i've got something to stick the health bar on
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): and it's attacking you
rolling 1d20+1
(
16
)+1
= 17
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
Ilmatar Nordwind: fucking beast i just regenerated that
im preparing another attack
Wiwaxia (GM): and pchooo off into the air again
Ilmatar Nordwind: and hum something under my breath
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): k, roll to hit it before it hits you
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
15
)+0
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): that does not hir
*hit
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh dear
(quick question, you get the first +1 on hit at lvl 3?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Ilmatar Nordwind: but wow, 1/4 chance to hit the damn thing and i'm probably not going to survive another two of its hits
not the way its rolling
i dont like this at all :://
Wiwaxia (GM): actually, lemme check something
wait, actually!
you get 400xp just for seeing the damn thing
because new type of underling
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): which puts you up to level 3
Ilmatar Nordwind: and a 16 hit earlier
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
also you get another 1d6 hp
to current and max
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d6
(
6
)
= 6
booyeah
Wiwaxia (GM): did you add that to max hp too?
Ilmatar Nordwind: aye
so, 16 hits, and it gets a bladefan to the face again
Wiwaxia (GM): that doesn't look right, your character sheet says you have max 20
Ilmatar Nordwind: whut, i put 26 there
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, roll damage for that
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2D4+1
(
2
+
3
)+1
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): that kills it, fortunately
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 0
(
5
)+0
= 5
disregard that roll
the 1d20 i mean, just checked a button "_"
bu damn, at least they dont have that many hp
fragile speedsters
Wiwaxia (GM): in any case there's a hugeass cube of healing gel
yyyyep
fragile, dodgy, speedsters
Ilmatar Nordwind: you should try to snack on something that has the wind in its veins, little flying underling
Wiwaxia (GM): 191 phosphorus grist and 157 aluminum grist
Ilmatar Nordwind: i prod the healing gel, because my character doesnt have any idea what it is probably
ooooh nice
Wiwaxia (GM): it vanishes and you immediately regain 4d4 hp
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 4d4
(
3
+
4
+
2
+
1
)
= 10
well that looks better ::D
and look i rolled a street
Wiwaxia (GM): noice
also, aluminum is a new grist type
so lemme go see if there's any ? grists that need to be changed on the alchemy excursus
yep, and edited
Ilmatar Nordwind: mostly highlevel stuff from what ive seen
mucho aluminium needed
Wiwaxia (GM): also from here you can see a bunch of underlings hanging out in the distance
lemme place em
(To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Ilmatar Nordwind: let's check out the three imps
motherfuck
i was about to say thats one huge basilisk
Arxon: (suddenly the god basilisk descends)
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean it's still a huge motherfucking basilisk
just uh
not that huge
Ilmatar Nordwind: yyyyeaah im not going to pick a fight with a basilisk just yet
BI: oh wow!
BI: i just came across a particularily nasty underling!
BI: they're pretty fast and hard to hit, and they scream
BI: but they're pretty fragile
BI: a bit like flies, only bigger and louder and more capable and willing to hurt you
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: but i squashed it :)
Arxon: (...that is one hell of an underling party)
Wiwaxia (GM): note that there's some fairly major distances between these lots
all of you have similar on your world maps, ilmatar's just got a better vantage point to see em from afar
useful things, mountains
Ilmatar Nordwind: three imps i can take
an ogre i can take
an imp and an ogre, i do not know
a basilisk, probably not
so i'm going to check out the three imps first
Wiwaxia (GM): uuuuuugh, fuck me and my bright ideas
one moment please
Ilmatar Nordwind: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): fuckit, that'll have to do
Ilmatar Nordwind: we try things, sometimes they even work? ::D
and im gonna try and sneak up to them ::D

whimsy sees the grid and holds up a crucifix
Wiwaxia (GM): grid's gone, don't worry
hex grid was being a butt with the ruler for some reason
whimsy: it was the square vs hex thing
::D
my d&d group hated the hexes, and i hated the squares
but they insisted on tabletopping
Wiwaxia (GM): also note that those dark swatches are cliffs
betweeen 60 and 80 degree slopes
whimsy: how higH?
Wiwaxia (GM): jesus, like 10m
whimsy: thaaat looked like a "too high to jump down"
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, gonna say those slightly ligher bits are substeps
so, staircases that tall and steep, not sheer slopes
whimsy: iiim gonna keep to the cliffs going up, not taking any chances of toppling down
Wiwaxia (GM): d'you want an arrow for which way downhill is?
whimsy: i assumed from where ilma is standing top right is down
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
whimsy: bc its still on the same side of the pyramid
(and owch i just flipped the depth illusion in my head)
(it reverts whenever i blink tho)

 

Spoiler: ilmatar sneaks up on some imps, lemi sneaks out of the iguana village

Wiwaxia (GM): k, so how are you gonna sneak?
whimsy: silent, smooth movements as to not alert the imps by sheer flashyness
Wiwaxia (GM): the imps aren't paying you any mind at this distance, but there's no cover between you and them as you approach
whimsy: i am one with my surroundings "_"
yeah but if theyre distracted they might not notice me ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, fine
whimsy: (mind ya 90% from what ilma is doing is certified bullshit) (feel free to go "no thats not gonna work" when you think it fits)
Wiwaxia (GM): that will be 2d20 take worst on your grace check not to get noticed, though
eh, grace is partly the "bullshit the universe" stat, soooo
whimsy: heh
grace is 10, ima add after the roll
Wiwaxia (GM): also pst, you're switched to whimsy
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 2d20
(
5
+
18
)
= 23
15
Wiwaxia (GM): well, at least that's just a straight failure
Ilmatar Nordwind: eh, cant have everything
bladefan at the ready, the first one to get in range gets it into its face
Wiwaxia (GM): kay
i'm gonna roll 1d10*10 for the distance in meters at which they notice you
rolling 1d10*10
(
2
)*10
= 20
damn, you almost made it
(To GM) rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh dear, three of those
Ilmatar Nordwind is sporting a slightly maniacal grin.
Ilmatar Nordwind: why did i prototype a shapeshifter again? or rather, why did i not tell you arashis limitations
probably because i thought itd be funny
seriously with this setup of a session im surprised we're still whole and alive
Wiwaxia (GM): the giclops has four eyes, fins and is covered in spots
one of the others has a long neck with a raccoon skull on the end
and the last has a long neck and has a green castle in six parts on its front
Ilmatar Nordwind: (ugh, sorry wi, but im having serious trouble not to fall asleep in front of the tablet)
(can we save here and do the battle next week?)
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing!
i don't blame you for being so sleepy either
@_@
Ilmatar Nordwind: (my eyes keep falling shut and i know if i just rest them for a bit i'll wake up in 4 hours when my medicine alarm rings)
Wiwaxia (GM): i am seriously, seriously flattered by the stupid times you are willing to be awake to play this game
Ilmatar Nordwind: (pfft i wanna play!) (seriously being able to play ilma with this group is a gift)
Wiwaxia (GM): nevertheless, i am flattered
Ilmatar Nordwind: (and you should tell bird that, too, because they have similar times)
Wiwaxia (GM): will do!
also the rest of your exp tally for this session
12 damage
for 240 exp
which i'll add
Ilmatar Nordwind: and the 6 damage i received from the damn thing? ::D
or is just total hp of it counted
Wiwaxia (GM): that puts you at 2480 exp total
Ilmatar Nordwind: aka it had 6, dealt 6?
Wiwaxia (GM): all damage you dealt or took
whoops, you're right, missed an attack
so 4 more damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
Wiwaxia (GM): and thus 80 more exp
Ilmatar Nordwind: how much until 4?
Wiwaxia (GM): so 2560 total
4 is at 4000
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm, thats a way off
Wiwaxia (GM): it's powers of 2*1000
up til the last couple levels, at least
clarification: (powers of 2)*1000
not powers of 2000
:V
Ilmatar Nordwind: 500, 1000, 2000, 4000?
because thats the only way i can think of it making sense atm
Wiwaxia (GM): 0, 1000, 2000, 4000 actually
don't need any experience to get to level 1
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah or that way
.... its 9 am ok
xxD
Wiwaxia (GM): well technically it is 500 xp for level 0 underlings to get to level 1
*consorts
herp a durp brain
Ilmatar Nordwind: (well if i see johns destructive power once he goes tiger its not difficult to rack up that kind of damage)
Wiwaxia (GM): or carapacians
yep
and there's a lot of lump sums to be got by exploring or seeing new enemies
or looting dungeons
Ilmatar Nordwind: 1440 more xp, meaning 72 damage dealt
::D
Wiwaxia (GM): dealt or taken
Arxon: Ohh, you should try critting yourself!
Double the exp!
Absolutely no consequences!
Ilmatar Nordwind: let me think
no
Wiwaxia (GM): and the xp calc gets a bit fussier once you start teaming up
Ilmatar Nordwind: imps have about 8-ish hp iirc?
Wiwaxia (GM): 1d4, actually
Ilmatar Nordwind: naw
how cute
and they retain those even transformed?
Wiwaxia (GM): thpoiplers
Ilmatar Nordwind: i vaguely remember the "ogre" in my basement going down faster than the one on the pyramid
(otherwise this fake giclops is gonna be all sorts of trouble)
Wiwaxia (GM): i can tell you the exact amount of damage it took, if you like
Ilmatar Nordwind: i think ima look it up when im not falling asleep
Wiwaxia (GM): kay
Ilmatar Nordwind: n8 zz_zz
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Arxon: night!
Wiwaxia (GM): arxon, you wanna go for a bit?
Arxon: yeah!
Wiwaxia (GM): k!
so you are at about T=29:45
there's a couple hours of dreamself shenanigans presumably with DC that we're not gonna play in case Moss shows up in there
Lemi Malloy: iirc, I had advantage on a fort check to get out of bed?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Lemi Malloy: alrighty!
rolling 2d20
(
10
+
9
)
= 19
.......
I do not make either
Wiwaxia (GM): so you are still bedridden
whatcha gonna do in bed?
you could go back to sleep on derse
although that might run into consequences of as yet unplayed stuff
or dip candles
or crawl around
Wiwaxia (GM): or do server player stuff
or something else you can think of, of course
Lemi Malloy: Alright, first I am gonna eat a serving on Iguana Food
((-squints at Sylladex- not sure if that is supposed to be assorted colors or if it means associated colors of the group))
Wiwaxia (GM): the latter
a platter of such has been left by your bedside while you slept
it is mostly a heaping pile of salad, with a small side of some sort of gruel
with uh
you hope those aren't maggots
Lemi Malloy: Beggars can't be choosers!
...And besides, I'm like 100% sure there are maggots in the protein bars
Wiwaxia (GM): you get 2d6-1 health from the humble meal
Lemi Malloy: rolling 2d6-1
(
5
+
2
)-1
= 6
That brings me up to full hp!
Alright, so, it's 50 build grist to make a story, and I don't know how many stories to the gates
How much build is available over gristtorrent
Wiwaxia (GM): 5 stories from the top of myrtha's house to the first gate
Lemi Malloy: mk, so 250 build grist total
Wiwaxia (GM): and then 61 stories from there to gate 2
Lemi Malloy: ...And then around 3000
Wiwaxia (GM): there's about 1000 build grist availible
Lemi Malloy: Alright, then I'll build about 3 stories on top of Myrtha's house
In case other people need to build up as well
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna double check that 50 figure, though
Lemi Malloy: It's what you said in OP
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, i'm aware
just double checking my old math
Lemi Malloy: kk
Wiwaxia (GM): oh balls, yeah
i forgot that multiple stories are counted towards the "square meters" of a house
not just the footprint
in any case, assuming you're using more or less the second story footprint for myrtha's house
it's about 30 build per story
Lemi Malloy: well
Then I'll build 5 stories
Wiwaxia (GM): 'kay
myrtha has 0
so who are you leeching off of?
Lemi Malloy: (has Leon built any stories while I was there? I forget)
Wiwaxia (GM): (i can tell you how much everyone has)
Lemi Malloy: (that'd be nice, yeah)
Wiwaxia (GM): (and yes, that's how you got up to your first gate and away from your house)
Lemi Malloy: (right!)
(sorry)
Wiwaxia (GM): you have 548, ilmatar has 216
(no worries! it was a while ago)
leon has 81 and moss 74
Lemi Malloy: Then I'll leech from myself
Wiwaxia (GM): you tap your fingers and twiddle your thumbs for a couple minutes while you leech the grist
Lemi Malloy: I start humming something aimless and meandering
Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna plot out a few floors or nah?
Lemi Malloy: ...Lemi doesn't know much about architecture- she would probably copy the previous story as closely as possible just to make sure it is still structurally sound
Then I'll shoot a quick message to Myrtha
aG: Ummm jsyk, I built up to your first gate.
Wiwaxia (GM): that all look good?
Lemi Malloy: Yes!
Wiwaxia (GM): i am amused by the fact that this creates a horrifying deathchute from every hall straight down to the ground floor foyer
(there is a railing, but...)
Lemi Malloy: ...Is there a way that Lemi could put a board/floor over that? To stop it from being deathchute?
Wiwaxia (GM): (actually, i think there's gonna be another 6 grist per floor for stairs and railings )
and yes
it's gonna be
2 grist/floor
Lemi Malloy: Alright
lemi torrents the additional grist from herself as well
Wiwaxia (GM): you putting it every floor or every other or what?
Lemi Malloy: Every floor
Safety first!
Wiwaxia (GM): there you go
Lemi Malloy: Alright!
...did that+meal kill enough time that I can try for standing again, orrrr
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
you stand up
Lemi Malloy: oh wow!
Do any of the iguanas notice me>
Wiwaxia (GM): hm, let's see
grace check for dumb luck?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+8
(
7
)+8
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, spotted
but not by the healer, thankfully
(that woulda been a crit failre)
Lemi Malloy: Alright, well
.....It's probably best for them all if I don't stick around anyway, and now I need to help Sis
I'm going to try and slip out the door as quietly as possible
iguana: are you sure you are well?
I can go get the healer for you
Lemi Malloy: "No, really, I'm feeling almost completely better!"
iguana: well, if you're sure...
just don't wander too far
and make sure you;re back in bed soon
don't strain yourself!
Lemi Malloy: "Um....yes...of course....thank you...."
Wiwaxia (GM): (ehehehe >:3)
Lemi Malloy: aG:...I just lied to an iguana.
aG: I feel like the Worst.
Alright, I slip out of the hut and try to creep through the town
Headed....South
Wiwaxia (GM): "south," really
alright, let's see
so the village is about 20 iguanas
nobody is outside the village limits right now
there's just a few people in the main hall
so let's say 5 in other buildings
Wiwaxia (GM): and 10 out and about to try to sneak past
do you have a candle lit?
Lemi Malloy: Not at the moment, no
(that reminds me, I leave a candle on the ground for them)
Wiwaxia (GM): k
mark it off
Lemi Malloy: Already did
Wiwaxia (GM): nice
and i'm gonna roll
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
to see how bad an idea that was
not that bad, it turns out
Lemi Malloy: well
Wiwaxia (GM): so let's see
trying to sneak through the village without being spotted
there's only like three buildings to hide around
but people will be looking for candles moving
so i'm gonna call that just a straight dex check to sneak?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+12
(
20
)+12
= 32
Wiwaxia (GM): you breeze out of the village like you were never there
Lemi Malloy: (...I'm glad I get this nat20s when they matter)
ok, as soon as I leave the village I'll light a candle
Wiwaxia (GM): i assume you're just gonna light it off one of the perimeter candles as you go past?
Lemi Malloy: Yes
and then put it in the lantern that I just stole
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 3d8
(
1
+
1
+
2
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, why don't you move yourself where you're going
Lemi Malloy: To about there, if I can
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, that's about what you see
to the "northeast" there's an open plain where you can see farther
without the trees blocking your veiw
you notice that there's no candles on the trees here
Lemi Malloy: ...Can I see that Ogre that I can just barely see?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
just barely
what you see is what you see
Lemi Malloy: I don't like how close that is to the iguanas
I move towards it, trying to stealth if it hasn't noticed me
Wiwaxia (GM): your attempt at stealth fails catastrophically, on account of the fact that you are carrying a goddamned candle
Lemi Malloy: Right, yeah, that makes sense
Wiwaxia (GM): hoo boy
okay, it's wearing a white kimono with a green castle in six parts on the front, is covered in leopard spots and leaves and has a long nessie neck
Lemi Malloy: .....well
Alright, I'm gonna try and attack it
Wiwaxia (GM): charging, yes or no?
Lemi Malloy: mmmmm that's +2 to hit and -2 def, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): +2 to damage, not to hit, but yes
Lemi Malloy: right
no, not charging
Wiwaxia (GM): right-o, roll to hit
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+1
(
18
)+1
= 19
Wiwaxia (GM): yes i think i can safely say that hits
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d8+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): that does nothing
Lemi Malloy: goddamn 3 or more protection
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
you take 1 damage from an evil presence
and the ogre's gonna try and punch you
rolling 1d20-1
(
7
)-1
= 6
it punches the air about half a meter above your head
your turn
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): nnnnnope
gonna move?
Lemi Malloy: I'll move between it and the village
Wiwaxia (GM): how far away from it?
Lemi Malloy: is there good?
Wiwaxia (GM): (cos scale bullshit)
Lemi Malloy: ummmm my movement is 6 meters per round while still having attack, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: then as close to 6 meters away as I can get
Although it I'm doing it like this I should move away from the village and sraw it to me
So yeah, moving 6 meters back from where I was at beginning of round
Wiwaxia (GM): it doesn't move
Lemi Malloy: fuck
my turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: alright, I go back up to hit
rolling 1d20+1
(
8
)+1
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): nope!
Lemi Malloy: asshole!
(not u, the ogre)
Wiwaxia (GM): and it's biting you as you get close
within 2m, that is
rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
Lemi Malloy: kk
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits, yeah?
Lemi Malloy: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
it's turn
you take 1 damage from it's evil aura again
and it's trying to grab you
rolling 1d20-1
(
10
)-1
= 9
Lemi Malloy: Does not hit
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+1
(
12
)+1
= 13
Wiwaxia (GM): that does hit!
Lemi Malloy: yay!
rolling 1d8+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
Leeeemmmiiii
Wiwaxia (GM): plink
moving away?
Lemi Malloy: not giving it a change to ready an action again
Wiwaxia (GM): (invest in some throwing axes, girl)
note that if you stay next to it, it'll just attack you on its next turn rather than readying an action
Lemi Malloy: (I will attempt this, once I am near alchemiter)
Wiwaxia (GM): staying put does not avoid an attack
Lemi Malloy: oh, and plus I'll be evil presensed
alright then, moving 6m back
Wiwaxia (GM): it still ain't moving
rinse and repeat or try something new?
Lemi Malloy: It's just a plain, yeah?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
open, grassy plain
some stray trees around the edge
lights of the village shining in the distance
Lemi Malloy: ....starting a fire would be a class A terrible idea
Yeah, rinse and repeat
I do not have a tactical mind

Wiwaxia (GM) quietly pulls up object saving throws table in background
Lemi Malloy: (I am too worried about throwing my axe past the ogre and having to look for it in darkness to throw the axe
unless there are any stones on the ground?)
Wiwaxia (GM): 5 in 6 on d6
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): you got A Stone
does d6-2 damage
Lemi Malloy: ...but that would be an improvised weapon, meaning 1d6-2, meaning that I would have a 1 in 6 chance to maybe damage it
unless I crit, which I'm not gonna bet on
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, i also forgot a couple jostles
eh, i'll just say you avoided the both of them
on account of i forgot
Lemi Malloy: :')
Wiwaxia (GM): but yes, jostling is a thing that will happen if you get close
Lemi Malloy: alright, so just gonna Hit Wood With Axe
rolling 1d20+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
(muffled Lemi shrieking)
(....a)can I split up my move action into before and after attack and b)what is this guys physical range)
Wiwaxia (GM): no, but charges move as part of the attack, so you can charge and then move
gotta keep moving in about the same direction, though
cos charges also limit your maneuverability
Lemi Malloy: how far can a charge go?
Wiwaxia (GM): same as your normal movement
Lemi Malloy: alright
Wiwaxia (GM): and assuming standard ogre movement, this guy can move 4m a round
if that's what you meant by physical range
Lemi Malloy: yeah
alright, so his turn
Wiwaxia (GM): yep

Wiwaxia (GM) The monster's bulk jostles you!
You take 1 damage!
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
for evil presence
and he's gonna try to grab you again
rolling 1d20-1
(
3
)-1
= 2
Lemi Malloy: alright, I am gonna Hit Him With Axe (or attempt)
rolling 1d20+1
(
15
)+1
= 16
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d8+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
please tell me that at least hurts it
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: Alright, I move 6m back
Wiwaxia (GM): can you see it's health bar?
Lemi Malloy: Yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): iiiiit's still not moving
Lemi Malloy: alright
I am going to do a Smart Thing and charge
rolling 1d20+1
(
8
)+1
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
bites you on your way in
and that charge misses, unfortunately
Lemi Malloy: yeah
can I move back or no?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, but you can keep moving forward
and get to 4m away on the other side
Lemi Malloy: ...yeah sure
Wiwaxia (GM): it's still just fucking standing there
Lemi Malloy: jerk
charge again!
rolling 1d20+1
(
1
)+1
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit
you wanna do the honors of rolling on the table or should i?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
oh wait I need to just press the table button, huh
Wiwaxia (GM): goooooodbye axe
yeah but i'd keep that roll if i were you
Lemi Malloy: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): roll 1d6 for direction
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna roll meters flung in secret
cos dark
Lemi Malloy: (I literally sighed in relief when I saw the number)
kk
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, one sec, gonna move this to a more detailed grid
cos relative position just became more important
one sec
Lemi Malloy: alright
Wiwaxia (GM): right, there you go
Lemi Malloy: Well um
that axe didn't go very far
It's turn, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
turns it's head to look at you on its long neck, but otherwise nothing
Lemi Malloy: Alright
I get ye axe?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep and that's your turn
it continues to not move
Lemi Malloy: Alright then
SO CLEARLY this Charge this has been working out, let me do that again
rolling 1d20+1
(
13
)+1
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): where do you wanna hit it?
one of those two spots
Lemi Malloy: First ping
yeah that
Wiwaxia (GM): and yep, that hits
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d8+3
(
7
)+3
= 10
Wiwaxia (GM): Loot: '51 ash grist', '36 mahogany grist', '13 mahogany grist'

 

Spoiler: lemi traps some crawling horrors, then meets Another Fantastic Character

Lemi Malloy: Yay!
Wiwaxia (GM): that was kinda a hilarious fight
little bit with the attrition there
Lemi Malloy: Running back and forth is totally a viable strategy
Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
Lemi Malloy: Alright
iirc, the hill I passed out own is to theeeee relative east?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
relative northeast, really
Lemi Malloy: so the first gate is generally in that direction
Wiwaxia (GM): first gate output
Lemi Malloy: ...Did Leon ever tell me whether or not these gates or both ways?
right
Wiwaxia (GM): they don't
he didn't tell you, but there was very clearly not a gate behind you when you went through
Lemi Malloy: ah ok
well then, I have no actual idea which way my house is
Wiwaxia (GM): cf. Act 4
yep
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): or where the second gate to leon's land is
Lemi Malloy: well then, I will head west, I guess
Wiwaxia (GM): towards the village?
Lemi Malloy: I'll go around the village to the north
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a grace check to not get spotted?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+8
(
13
)+8
= 21
Wiwaxia (GM): you don't get spotted!
because the iguanas are busy
Lemi Malloy: yay!
Alright then, continuing west
Wiwaxia (GM): hoooold yer horses
Lemi Malloy: mmmkkk
Wiwaxia (GM): can you actually see any of that junk i just placed from there?
Lemi Malloy: the shadows?
Wiwaxia (GM): crawling horrors, technically
anyways, the iguanas are mostly concentrated right around where they are, making sure the candles stay lit and trying to herd them away with lanterns on poles
Lemi Malloy: .....
I'm gonna charge them
Wiwaxia (GM): the crawling horrors?
Lemi Malloy: Ilma told me I can hit them!
I think
Wiwaxia (GM): you break into a full tilt run and get ready to swing
you never have a chance to, because they are shoved away by the edge of your candlelight as soon as it touches them
Lemi Malloy: fuck
into the village?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
they bounce off the circle of candles as if those were walls
one gets caught between your candle and the perimeter candles and gets pushed like a meter into the air between them
Lemi Malloy: ..that is strangely adorable
Wiwaxia (GM): an iguana with a candle on a pole pushes it away and rolls it over the top of your candlelight
Lemi Malloy: I move towards the others, pushing them away from the village
Wiwaxia (GM): they keep scrabbling back around as soon as you move one away
Lemi Malloy: .....what if
I did something super super super dumb
I hand an iguana my lantern, axe at the ready
Wiwaxia (GM): the iguana refuses to take it
iguana: you can't fight these things!
they bite through walls!
Lemi Malloy: "But it's not like they're just going to go away, are they?"
iguana: they can't get in if we keep the candles lit
and sometimes they lose interest and wander off
or follow anyone who leaves the village alone
Lemi Malloy: Lemi looks doubtful, and kind of frustrated, as if she feels like she should be able to fight them
Then she perks up
"So I might be able to lead them away?"
iguana: don't do it!
if your light flickers for even a second, you'll be torn apart!
Lemi Malloy: "But it will make things safer for you all, right? I've lost one of these before..."
(at least, if I' remembering correctly)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
you trapped it behind candles and booked it while it was stuck
these thing's pathfinding is kinda cruddy
Lemi Malloy: ....Again, setting a fire would be such a bad idea, and yet
There are no trees with remaining candlestubs nearby, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
and no trees at all on the side of the village you're on
Lemi Malloy: and all I can see around here is the plain, right?
When I first came to the village, about how far was the walk?
is that from the hill?
Wiwaxia (GM): you mean the direction of the arrow?
yep, more or less
Lemi Malloy: alright
I step into the village light, decaptchalouge the broken candle, and ask if I can ligh\t the part that still has a wick
oh wait, nevermind, I don't need it to be lit
right?
iguana: don't do this, it's not worth it!
Wiwaxia (GM): correct
Lemi Malloy: and I can store this, or do I have to use it immediately
Wiwaxia (GM): store it
you can only have 1 stored, though
no stockpiling
at least not yet
Lemi Malloy: ok
so I decaptchalouge the broken candle, give them the half without a wick for spare tallow, and then steal the potential light of the other half
Wiwaxia (GM): it crumbles into ashes that fall through your fingers
several nearby iguanas start or lean away in shock
iguana: w-what?
Lemi Malloy: ...If I am dead to them for the sin of candle wasting, then that'll make this easier
alright, so to the east, somewhere, is forest+ a ravine
to the west is forest
right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes to the second
to the first, there's also a bunch of hills up
the ravine is in the side of the hills
Lemi Malloy: alright
and the area of the forest to the west with candle remaining is definitely closer then the alternative, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): it's about equidistant
the west is flat ground, though, not a climb
Lemi Malloy: Alright, then
to the west
walking as confidently as I can towards the trees
Wiwaxia (GM): shitfuck, sorry
i got east and west flipped
god fucking damn it
east is flat ground, northwest is hills, ravine and first gate output
a durr
Lemi Malloy: It's fine, I got it flipped to
To clarify

Wiwaxia (GM) offers the saddest high-five
Lemi Malloy: (I once got lost in a literal grid for 45 minutes getting from P and 24 to R and 24, so that's my sense of direction)
So the other side of the village is still the direction away from first gate output
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Lemi Malloy: ok!
Then I confidently ect ect that direction
Wiwaxia (GM): at first the crawling horrors ignore you and go back to futility trying to crawl into the village
then one by one the move round the outskirts of the lights and start following you
Lemi Malloy: Alright
I am ready to deploy Emergency Hope Magic Light if my candle dies
I am still not in the area where there is candle stubs, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): just moving out of the picked-clean area now
although you're moving through the area your previous expedition harvested, so the easiest candles are all gone
Lemi Malloy: Alright
I am going to look for an area where there are 4 trees fairly close together, that all have candles
close enough that the candlelight halos, at their brightest, would touch
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, that'll be moving slowly
2 on d6 to find such trees
you can repeat as often as you like, but every time, that's 10 minutes and an exploration die roll
sound fair?
Lemi Malloy: yep
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
2 Environmental Hazard
)
= 2
well, you found your trees
Lemi Malloy: somehow that sounds ominous
does anything happen immediately?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
one of them is oozing...
sap? oil?
Lemi Malloy: this
is fine
People who are totally not going to blow themselves up today: Lemi Malloy
alright, so I am going to light three of the candles on 3 of the trees
the ones facing closest to the village
Wiwaxia (GM): right, i'm gonna roll 1d4 clockwise from "north" for the oozy one
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
Lemi Malloy: k
Wiwaxia (GM): so it is one of the 3 you want to light first
Lemi Malloy: .....alright, maybe not that one
Unless it is set in stone
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
which ones are you lighting the candles on?
Lemi Malloy: the three that aren't that one
(question: does hope light give off heat)
Wiwaxia (GM): as much as a normal candle flame
Lemi Malloy: .....ok so this tree is going to blow up if I light it, possibly
which would start a forest fire
which a bear told me not to do
Are there other trees with candle stubs around?
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, but not so close the lights would overlap
Lemi Malloy: Can I place a candle on the ground that could overlap the others w/o touching the dark stuff?
Wiwaxia (GM): it'll take more than one
let's say... 5?
4 if you're willing to get a bit closer to oozy tree
Lemi Malloy: Thaaaaaat is a lot of candles
dammit, responsible fire practices
(she says, placing candles on the ground)
Alright, I will sacrifice 5
Wiwaxia (GM): kay
gonna try to harvest any
or just burn ones from your sylladex
Lemi Malloy: I already took them out of my sylladex
Wiwaxia (GM): the former runs the risk of letting the crawling horrors wander out of you trap
oh, ok
light em up?
Lemi Malloy: yep!
Wiwaxia (GM): the snare is complete!
where to now?
Lemi Malloy: Further west, I suppose
After eating my other serving of Iguana Food
Wiwaxia (GM): if you stop to eat right now, the candle stubs on the trees will burn out and let the crawling horrors out while you're still right there
Lemi Malloy: then I will get a move on
and continue to the west
Can I go this way or is there wall?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, just more trees
Lemi Malloy: which was that yep to?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep to you can go this way
Lemi Malloy: ok
then I shall
...I will just walk in that direction for either 30 min or until something stops me
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
5 Roll twice
)
= 5
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
3 Light burns down
)
= 3
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
.____.
Lemi Malloy: ..............................
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, i think i'm gonna stop that explosion right there
4 results, any more doubles count as nothing
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
Lemi Malloy: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
4 roll twice
)
= 4
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
2 Hazard
)
= 2
rolling 1t[Geez-billy-TWO-encounters?]
(
1 Encounter
)
= 1
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
5 Carapacian
)
= 5
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
5 Carapacian
)
= 5
oooooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): iiiiiiiinteresting
Lemi Malloy: hmmmmmmmmm
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
well then
first off, you can see the beginnings of a worn path
(To GM) rolling 2d6
(
6
+
6
)
= 12
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
1
+
5
)
= 6
Lemi Malloy: Like a dirt path?
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
3
+
3
)
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
you hear a horrible creaking noise
and a tree falls on you
well, almost
someone grabs you around the waist and spins you out of the way just in the nick of time
Lemi Malloy: I squeak
voice: greetings, my dear, my darling!
I am ah.. Intrepid Profiteer
there is an audible silence that leaves you with no doubt that IP is winking flamboyantly
IP: and I am completely at your service
Lemi Malloy: "Oh, well, um, thank you for saving me, M.... kind Profiteer"
IP spins you around to look at you
Wiwaxia (GM): she's a tall, moderately built dersite woman in a fucking three-corner hat with red and black feathers jutting out
instead of the standard-issue dersite kimono and sundry other prototyping accessories
she's wearing a long, green coat with gold buttons, some spirograph-y blue flower on the lapel and what looks like a stuffed parrot pinned to the shoulder
it's flopped over forwards
it has a little three-corner hat sewn onto its head, too
Lemi Malloy: "....I like your hat, and also your parrot, and also your parrot's hat."
Wiwaxia (GM): (god bless the random carapacian generator)
IP: why thank you, thank you, my dear!
I knew you as soon as looked at you that you were a lady with a taste for high adventure!
"here's a born corsair" i thought to myself
"a buckaneer sure as the Queen shits on her throne"
Lemi Malloy: "A buckaneer...doesn't that mean pirate?"
IP: nothing other!
for you see...
I am none other than...
Idiosyncratic Pirate TERROR OF THE VEIL'S SKIES
Idiosyncratic Pirate poses dramatically

Lemi Malloy gives an appreciative gasp
Wiwaxia (GM): you're pretty sure she's surreptitiously flapping her coat with one hand
Lemi Malloy: Why do I get to meet all the best carapacians
Wiwaxia (GM): I was literally just about to ask that
Lemi Malloy: I don't even know if there are exiles in this game but even if there are I don't know who I'd want to be Lemi's
Wiwaxia (GM): still gotta figure out exiles, actually
Leon should actually be able to hear his directly, because Seer
but who gets exiled is yet to be determined, soooo....
time problems
Lemi Malloy: ahhh time problems
Wiwaxia (GM): i'll probably pose the question in thread sooner or later
Lemi Malloy: "So what brings a fearless marauder of the- the Veil, you said?- here?"
"....And as a follow up, what's the Veil?"
Wiwaxia (GM): before IP can answer, another dersite woman, carrying a candle in one hand and a notepad under the other arm comes walking down the path
Tireless Author: generally speaking, one is supposed to keep an eye on their hostage
Idiosyncratic Pirate: ehh
you weren't gonna run off anyways
now, as you were saying!
the Veil...
the beating heart of Derse's war machine!
ten thousand forges, ten thousand vats, churning out guns as fast as bodies to hold them!
Idiosyncratic Pirate: ships, forged!
munitions, packed!
abominations, mutated!
and full of ships, plying supplies and workers back and forth
full of the enterprises of industry and the seeds of war!
fat with boondollars!
Idiosyncratic Pirate: Ripe for the taking!
Idiosyncratic Pirate clenches her fist and grins widely
Idiosyncratic Pirate: and that is what I do!
... which, admittedly, led to my being shot down over this hellhole of a planet by my own countrymen, hostage or no hostage
but as soon as my plane's back in working order, they'll rue this day!
Lemi Malloy: "So you're going to sabotage the entire Derse fleet?"
Idiosyncratic Pirate: what? nah, I couldn't do that much
and Prospitian boonbucks glitter just as glintingly, if you catch my meaning
Let them have their stupid little war
all it is is more industry!
more industry for me to prey on!
...and admittedly, more escorts and guards
Idiosyncratic Pirate: probably shoulda sprung for that big gun last time i got my plane tuned up
Lemi Malloy: "Where is your plane?"
Idiosyncratic Pirate: right over the hill!
my companion-
Tireless Author: hostage
Idiosyncratic Pirate: -and i set out into this valley in hopes of procuring repairs
Lemi Malloy: "Hmmm....my sister has an interest in Mechanics, but I don't even know where my house is anymore..."
(By the way, Sis now has an interest in Mechanics)
(if that'll work)
(yep yep!)
Wiwaxia (GM): fucking hell
that yep was from me, if it wasn't clear
anyways, mark that on your character sheet
Lemi Malloy: Done and Done!
Wiwaxia (GM): unfortunately, i've gotta go scamper and pack
Lemi Malloy: and yeah, it was clear 0u0
alright!
Wiwaxia (GM): because i just realized my plane leaves in two hours
:B
Lemi Malloy: thank you so much
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
also ping me in the thread to remember to tally your xp for this session
and y'know, get all these shenanigans into the timeline
Lemi Malloy: alright, I'll do that sometime during the week
best not tomorrow?
Wiwaxia (GM): eh, tomorrow could work
i should have some slack time in the evening
anyways
night!

 

Spoiler: nothing like some loss of limbs to make friends

Lemi Malloy: night!
(Not) Literally A Bird: ah! arxon! hello!
i am very glad to see you
i was worried i'd got the date wrong again
Arxon: Same here! I was getting very worried
(Not) Literally A Bird: yeah, i've been obsessively refreshing to see if i've been pinged
whimsy: evening
Arxon: Yeah I've been debating whether or not to post a "hey we on?" in the thread
(Not) Literally A Bird: hey whims!
Arxon: Hi whimsy!
Wiwaxia (GM): heya
sorry bout that
got hit with a sudden attack of the sleeps
(Not) Literally A Bird: i know that feel
whimsy: me too
still sleepy
zzzz
Arxon: Yeah I was sleeping basically all of yesterday
(Not) Literally A Bird: i feel GREAT
(that was a joke)
whimsy: (i'll be back in 10 min)
Wiwaxia (GM): so did those bonus xp numbers look about right to everyone?
(Not) Literally A Bird: leon's looked fine. i'm still not 100% on the rude grist but i will continue investigating, when the storm subsides
Arxon: Yeah, Lemi looked fine
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, added those all
(Not) Literally A Bird: so......who's up first? i went first last time iirc
Arxon: (hey wi, quick q: The eclipse is every 16.5 hours, right? and it's been 7 or 8 hours since the last one?)
Wiwaxia (GM): one moment
lemme get the timeline up
whimsy: (do i get the name of ilmas current echeladder rung? bc she leveled up last week but shes still on still believes in fairies)
Wiwaxia (GM): shit, forgot to do that
will get that to you ASAP
Karrin Blue: Hey
How much did I miss?
...apparently nothing!
Arxon: hey Karrin!
whimsy: sup
Karrin Blue: not much!
procrastinating on vocab sheets
how're you?
whimsy: sleepy
so sleepy ive got my alarm on 10 min snooze that if i fall asleep again i wont be asleep for too long
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, forgot to enter last sessions events for lemi on timeline, so had to do that before answering question
Karrin Blue: is anyone getting closer to myrtha on the timeline
Wiwaxia (GM): where lemi is now on the timeline (T=31:30) it's been almost exactly 6 hours since the eclipse ended
yep, lemi juuust passed her
Karrin Blue: FINALLY
Wiwaxia (GM): i think i'm gonna start with leon again, in the hopes of getting him caught up, though
Karrin Blue: of course!
Arxon: Thank you for times, wi!
Wiwaxia (GM): sure sure!
also, for reference
moss and ilmatar are both at T=26:30
(Not) Literally A Bird: aight if you're sure
i'll try to go a bit faster this time :P
ah fuck there are those basilisks again
Karrin Blue: wellp
Leon Gaspar: alright, last time on 'my life is shit', i was chasing that imp and heading for the person that was swearing
am i close enough to get a swing in on it?
Wiwaxia (GM): one sec, i'm getting that poor person a proper token
urk
did everyone else get kicked too?
Leon Gaspar: i didnt
Arxon: no
Wiwaxia (GM): huh
Karrin Blue: I had a server disconnection
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, where were we?
Leon Gaspar: imp, lady, running
oh hey there she is!
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Leon Gaspar: alright, can i smack dat imp?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, not close enough
Leon Gaspar: is it my turn? i got confused with all that running
Wiwaxia (GM): you can move up to it, but then it'll be the imp's turn
Leon Gaspar: ahh. i'm not a fan of that plan. and i gotta watch out for the other imp too. blech.
ok i'm gonna stay put and yell 'HEY LADY LOOK OUT!'
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d0
(
0
)
= 0
:I
Leon Gaspar: uh
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
Leon Gaspar: what does that die even look like
Wiwaxia (GM): mistype
Leon Gaspar: ah
Wiwaxia (GM): it
doesn't
Leon Gaspar: non-euclidian dice
Wiwaxia (GM): although i do have a couple macros that use it :v
anyways, the imp blows its reflex save catastrophically
and trips over the lady's outstretched foot
Leon Gaspar: haha i was wondering what that was
Wiwaxia (GM): then she stomps on its head
Leon Gaspar: i like her already
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
Karrin Blue: i also like this lady
hopefully she will not try and murder us!
Wiwaxia (GM): one moment, lemme check a thing
Leon Gaspar: i mean right now we're united in killing imps so!
and lemi seems to be having a good time on derse ... maybe the walkthrough was exaggerating? /ic reaction to ooc chat
(ugh why am i so dehydrated all the time? i don't wanna go downstairs to get water ughhhhhhh)
(ugh ugh ugh brb)
Wiwaxia (GM): hydrate or diedrate!
whimsy: (i know why i always have a bottle of water next to my bed)
(on the other hand i have a grand total of 30 square metres of living space and my kitchen where the water is is just through the door)
Leon Gaspar: (ok i'm back)
(yeah normally it wouldn't be a drama but my laptop died so i'm on my desktop, which is in like a loft-ish sorta area up like 2 flights of stairs)
(anyway i am hydrated)
whimsy: (died died or just empty battery)
Leon Gaspar: ('something, probably the cpu but i'm not certain, suddenly crapped out and the computer stopped responding at all' died)
whimsy: (naw shit) (that sucks)
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, that'll do for now
Leon Gaspar: ((yeahh. but i salvaged all my files! and it was dying anyway))
Wiwaxia (GM): i needa get my rules for carapacians together somewhere
Leon Gaspar: (so i'm mostly just annoyed at the inconvenience lmao)
Wiwaxia (GM): because they don't use the same rules that you guys do
quite
Leon Gaspar: carapacians! they're cool dudes
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways yeah, that motherfucker is dead
the woman kicks the grist away irritably
Leon Gaspar: heart eyes, motherfucker
'er, uh, nicely done!'
Steadfast Mechanic: who
THE HELL
are you.
Karrin Blue: oh she's a carapace lady
Leon Gaspar: i'm, uh, leon. leon gaspar. and you?
Steadfast Mechanic: mmrph
what the hell are you doing on a dead planet?
Karrin Blue: (...leon IS still on his land right?)
Leon Gaspar: i've been asking myself that for the past twenty hours
uh, well, my friends and i were playing a game and then suddenly i was here
and i made the really smart decision to explore this building which
has not been going well
...were you on that ... thing that crashed just now?
(er, i assume he is)
Steadfast Mechanic narrows her eyes
Steadfast Mechanic: ...
yes.
Leon Gaspar: did...did anyone else make it?
Steadfast Mechanic: yes.
why do you want to know, anyways
Leon Gaspar: i just...i dunno. i saw people in the water...
i dunno.
-shrugs helplessly-
anyway, this place is crawling with imps and, uh, bigger things
Steadfast Mechanic: ugh
stupid fucking agents
stupid fucking queen
Karrin Blue: ...?
Steadfast Mechanic: stupid fucking war
whimsy: (i like her already)
Leon Gaspar: LEON: (the queen? lemi mentioned a queen...)
uh, wait, 'war'?
Steadfast Mechanic: stupid fucking white-shells
eh?
you know, the place all the fucking troopships are going?
allegedly
swear to fucking B Slick we're just a buncha bait
Leon Gaspar: i've kinda been stuck down here
Steadfast Mechanic spits derisively on the ground
Leon Gaspar: LEON: (mumble mumble stupid friends and their stupid dreamselves mumble mumble why don't i get to fly around in cool pyjamas)
okay uh now i'm kinda glad i'm stuck here. with the monsters, and the seagulls, and the water. so much water.
Leon Gaspar is a little afraid of the cranky carapace lady
Leon Gaspar is also not really mad at his friends, just sort of affectionately envious
Karrin Blue: (myrtha: solidarity fistbump)
Leon Gaspar: (leon and myrtha are gonna have their own cool pyjama party ok it's gonna be great)
Steadfast Mechanic gives leon a withering stare, then stands for a minute lost in thought
Karrin Blue: (awww. pls be kind to us, carapace lady, we are confused and traumatized children)
Leon Gaspar really does not want to piss her off any further. she seems real mad
Leon Gaspar is holding back from asking her just what the hell is even happening around here
Steadfast Mechanic: (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
5
+
4
)
= 9
Arxon: (plz SM Leon does not deserve this)
Leon Gaspar wonders how you even make conversation with bug aliens?
Steadfast Mechanic: :disgusted noise:
Steadfast Mechanic grabs the door next to her by the handle and the hinges
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1d20+16
(
20
)+16
= 36
Leon Gaspar: huh
Leon Gaspar flinches
Steadfast Mechanic rips the door out of the wall and tosses it on the ground
Steadfast Mechanic: fuck
more glass
Leon Gaspar flinches even further
Leon Gaspar groans
Karrin Blue: (oh god poor Leon)
Leon Gaspar: i do not need any more of that in my arms
Steadfast Mechanic: hmph
likewise
well, i suppose i'm stuck with you until you turn out to be some goldshit bioweapon
or a product of my deteriorating mind
or the miserable tentacular fucking gods know what else
Leon Gaspar: a gold....uh, nevermind. alright, sure
Steadfast Mechanic: you know any way out of here?
Leon Gaspar: i came in via a window on the other side of the building
Steadfast Mechanic: gods, do i even want to make it offplanet?
Steadfast Mechanic slumps against a wall
Leon Gaspar: it's near a road which leads...well, back to my house on one side, and to Seagull Hell the other side
Steadfast Mechanic: your
house
Leon Gaspar: uh, yeah
it came with me when i got here
Steadfast Mechanic: yeah, that sounds legit
your house that somehow didn't get drowned with the rest of the planet
pull the other one
Leon Gaspar: oh
well, that explains all the sunken buildings
but yeah my house is a new arrival
it's built on top of one of the roads
Steadfast Mechanic slow blinks
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1d20+16
(
1
)+16
= 17
Leon Gaspar: i can...show you? but maybe we should see if anyone else made it out?
uh
(...)
Steadfast Mechanic kicks the wall and
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1t[The-Ya-Done-Fucked-Up-Table]
(
2 You hit your nearest friend, or yourself if there are no friends you can hit. Go directly to the Children-Fucking-Around-With-Deadly-Weapons-Table-of-Despair-and-Very-Probable-Death, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 boonbucks. You should probably get your kissin lips ready.
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: (SM please stop picking fights with the scenery)
(SM NO)
(SM WE'RE NOT FRIENDS)
Steadfast Mechanic: no, you are not
so
Leon Gaspar: (I DONT COUNT)
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1d8
(
3
)
= 3
Leon Gaspar: oh ok
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
Leon Gaspar: uh
Karrin Blue: (oh my GOD)
Leon Gaspar: (i s2g if she dies)
whimsy: (does anyone have a hug me jacket)
(because i think this lady needs one)
Steadfast Mechanic: rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: (it's time for trauma hour with leon and SM!)
Steadfast Mechanic: a ceiling light snaps free
Wiwaxia (GM): shitfuck
swings down like a blade
and cuts SM's left hand off
Leon Gaspar: nononoNONONO
shit shit shit
Leon Gaspar rushes over
Leon Gaspar: holy shit!!!
(do carapacians bleed. they bleed right?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Karrin Blue: yep
red blood
spades cuts his hand to show karkat he's not alone
Leon Gaspar: (thought so, wanted to make sure)
(is it my turn)
(has the pain train pulled in at the station)
whimsy: (sm stop hitting yourself)
Karrin Blue: (what kind of light fixture even WAS that)
Leon Gaspar: (consort interior design: not health and safety approved)
Wiwaxia (GM): long flourescent light tube, already shattered
so sharp-edged
Karrin Blue: (new from mr Guillotin's new interior decoration catalogue)
(and yes i did look up the inventor of the guillotine to see if i got the spelling right)
Leon Gaspar: (well done :P)
Wiwaxia (GM): (nerd)
Steadfast Mechanic is standing still in utter shock
Leon Gaspar decaptchalogues his Sodden T-shirt which I believe he took off last session because he got soaked again
Leon Gaspar grabs SM's arm and clumsily tries to bandage the end
Steadfast Mechanic snaps to her senses and starts correcting you with her remaining hand
Leon Gaspar watches intensely, feels as though this might be useful to know
Steadfast Mechanic: fuck fuck fuck fuck not like that you imbecile fuck fuck
Wiwaxia (GM): (int check to remember it for later)
Leon Gaspar: fuck sorry uh have you got it? i'll uh let you do it. fuck
Karrin Blue: (D:)
(KIDS AND FUN!)
Steadfast Mechanic: no, you idiot! i need two hands!
give me that!
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+12
(
20
)+12
= 32
okay!
Leon Gaspar does what he's told
Steadfast Mechanic grabs your wrist and shows you somewhat roughly where to put it
Leon Gaspar: (really? NOW i get a nat 20?)
Wiwaxia (GM): that is a damn good place to get a nat 20
Leon Gaspar continues following her lead! also trying not to feel queasy from all the blood
Wiwaxia (GM): mark that down on your character sheet
Leon Gaspar her perfunctory nature is helping
Wiwaxia (GM): leon knows how to staunch bleeding wounds now
Karrin Blue: (leon you're th time playr, get used to corpses and blood)
Leon Gaspar: (neat!)
(i wonder when we're gonna get our first leoncorpse)
(...wait)
(both aradia and dave prototyped themselves)
(oh god)
Karrin Blue: (.....???)
(uh, what did you prototype)
whimsy: (we get the first leoncorpse once leon creates his timturner)
Leon Gaspar: (onryousprite, but i haven't second-prototyped her)
Wiwaxia (GM): when you're done, SM awkwardly tries to give you a hearty slap on the back
with her left hand
Karrin Blue: (wellp. guess we're gonna get creepy ghost-leon!)
Wiwaxia (GM): and screams in agony
Leon Gaspar: agh!
Karrin Blue: (also... shouldn't a dead lemi have shown up? since like. at some point. the time turner WILL be made, and things will go back in time, and auuugh)
Steadfast Mechanic: ouch ouchauuuuuugh fuck shit gods fucking tentacle beakfast SHIT
Karrin Blue: (er, dead leon)
(hopefully no dead lemis)
Leon Gaspar: (i guess it's hard to tell since the future hasn't been determined)
Steadfast Mechanic: fuck
gotta learn to not do that
Leon Gaspar winces
Steadfast Mechanic: well, you just got me a discharge, kid, so thanks i guess
Leon Gaspar: er, you're welcome, probably. sorry about your hand
Steadfast Mechanic: hand off's better than being shot as a deserter, eh.
Leon Gaspar: that does sound better, yeah
Steadfast Mechanic: funny though
Leon Gaspar attempts a wry smile
Steadfast Mechanic: always thought if i lost a hand it would be from getting it stuck in the machinery
not from a fucking
what was that, anyways
Steadfast Mechanic looks
Steadfast Mechanic: office light?
stars below
ugh
Leon Gaspar: yyyep. i nearly got brained with one earlier
hence all the glass
whimsy: (so, leon being brainy came in handy just now?)
Leon Gaspar: anyway. we should probably get you to ... fuck, i dunno. somewhere that's not here. i sure as hell don't wanna be here anymore.
whimsy: (sees self out for stupid pun)
Steadfast Mechanic: too right
Leon Gaspar: (:getout:)
whimsy: (HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO GET OUT, WHEN I'M ALREADY GONE)
Leon Gaspar: (oh no!!!!!)
yeah. so, well ... do you wanna try checking your ship, or just go out the way I got in?
Steadfast Mechanic: (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
Steadfast Mechanic: ship sank
Leon Gaspar: uh, by the way, are you gonna be okay to swim?
ah. yeah.
Steadfast Mechanic: ugh, i doubt it
fuck
Leon Gaspar frowns
Leon Gaspar: we might be able to build a raft outta something here
or i could try to pull you
which could go well, or spectacularly badly
Steadfast Mechanic: kid, i'm pretty sure i weigh more than you do
Leon Gaspar: (i don't even remember where leon's entry is on this map)
...fair point.

 

Spoiler: except possibly running for your life from a basilisk

Wiwaxia (GM): (here, i'll ping you)
Leon Gaspar: (cheers!)
...the chairs! is there foam in the chairs?
Wiwaxia (GM): (also, for the record, SM is now at 0 hp)
(so any damage she takes is straight to death and dismemberment)
Leon Gaspar: (considers having future leon leave 'an entire fucking liferaft' somewhere)
Wiwaxia (GM): there is foam in the chairs, yes
Leon Gaspar: (eesh. well, leon's not looking too hot either. broken buddies!)
Wiwaxia (GM): or some of them, at least
Leon Gaspar gets excited!
Wiwaxia (GM): the one in the room you were eating in was mildewed so much you doubt it would float, but there may be chairs in better shape elsewhere on the floor
Leon Gaspar: i'm gonna go check out this room down the hall for foam chairs
Arxon: (Future Leon is going to have to spend a day just scrambling around this one office complex)
Wiwaxia (GM): which room down the hall?
Leon Gaspar: (future leon
(oh, huh
(no less-than markers
(that was future leon [spades] present leon])
also, leon looks around for imps, since that was the whole reason he even went into this room in the first place
Wiwaxia (GM): this one's still there
but bolts through that broken window as soon as it sees you
Leon Gaspar: good. -glares at it-
oh, right! i totally threw these chairs around earlier
Wiwaxia (GM): all wooden chairs in this room
Leon Gaspar: ach
i'm gonna need more of an officey area
well, i was in a computer room when i started...
Wiwaxia (GM): or a room like the one you were eating in, which had a plush chair
Leon Gaspar: (is that the one that got smashed up by the crash?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: @SM hey, did you check any of the other rooms down that hall? did any of them have chairs in good condition?
Leon Gaspar is on a mission!
Steadfast Mechanic: nope, just climbed up through this one
Steadfast Mechanic gestures
Leon Gaspar: nods
alright, i'm gonna just ... oh yeah, do you mind if i take the grist from that imp you squishes?
*squished
Wiwaxia (GM): 7 rust grist
Leon Gaspar: gonna start peeking in the other rooms in this hallway
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a chance of hurting yourself on broken glass if you try to walk over where that light fell down
Leon Gaspar: ach
Wiwaxia (GM): also, the doors haven't stopped being locked
Leon Gaspar: what about on the opposite wall?
yes well that's why i have a flail
Wiwaxia (GM): door there, also locked
Leon Gaspar: mrr. considers imps.
ugh i'm gonna go back and try the computer room first.
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, move yourself over there
Leon Gaspar: is SM following?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: a brief pause
hey, you see that stuff over there?
-gestures to the rude grist-
Steadfast Mechanic: yes...?
Leon Gaspar: what is it
it fucked me up earlier
Steadfast Mechanic: more of that stuff you wanted for some reason, yeah?
Leon Gaspar: well, that's what i thought it was
eh, doesn't matter. moving on!
are these cubicles in here?
Steadfast Mechanic: in there?
fuck
Wiwaxia (GM): in there?
yep, yes they are
with computers
Leon Gaspar: (do i have a ping button? gdi)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: (i meant in the area west of leon)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like a water cooler corner, then cubicles, yeah
Leon Gaspar: sweet! chair investigation!
Wiwaxia (GM): wheely chairs with some foam
Leon Gaspar: alright. i'm gonna try to pull the foamy bits out in one piece, as many as i can
this is as far as i've gotten with this plan
right now i am considering just strapping them to SM and hoping for the best
SM: what are you doing?
Leon Gaspar: these things should float
gonna use them to get you to shore
er, if that's ok
Leon Gaspar realises he sorta charged off there
Leon Gaspar got too excited about getting the fuck outta here
Leon Gaspar: (uh)
prospitian: GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU SCUM!
Leon Gaspar: UH
UH????
Karrin Blue: (D:)
Leon Gaspar instinctive flinching
Wiwaxia (GM): she is wielding a ruler and shaking noticably
Leon Gaspar instinctive flail equip
Leon Gaspar: ...
uh
are...are you okay, miss?
Leon Gaspar still braced
the prospitian looks bewildered, sags, then starts to look horrified
prospitian: you... you're a Dersite collaborator?
Leon Gaspar: er, i'm not really an anything collaborator
i'm a 'let's get outta this building' collaborator
prospitian: but but, you are, but
Leon Gaspar: LEON: (so she IS dersite. ok good. i wasn't sure. text-only walkthroughs are suffering)
the prospitian gestures wildly at SM
Leon Gaspar: uh, she's my...uh...she crashed here. we're trying to not die
did you crash here too?
prospitian: what? no! no i
what?!
okay, i don't have time for this
Wiwaxia (GM): she charges SM
Leon Gaspar: whoa WHOA NOT COOL
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
10
)
= 10
Leon Gaspar: VERY NOT COOL!!
Wiwaxia (GM): (no worries, that was a ref save, not an attack roll)
(needa check if she made it)
Leon Gaspar: (leon: interplanetary diplomat)
(ok good)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, she blows that
Leon Gaspar: whoa whoa whoa whoa
??????
[this is an audible noise]
Leon steps between SM and the prospitian, or at least attempts to
considering she appears to have fallen over
Wiwaxia (GM): (SM tripped her)
(hence the save)
(someday, people will stop trying to charge SM)
Leon Gaspar: (ah gotcha)
whimsy: (sm is all kindsa awesome)
Wiwaxia (GM): (but today is apparently not that day)
Leon Gaspar: (sm is real good with her foot)
uh. what the hell is even going on here.
whimsy: (someone suggest to chuck the prospitian into the water, maybe that will cool her off)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Leon Gaspar looks between SM and the prospitian
Leon Gaspar: this, uh, wouldn't be that war you were talking about, would it?
Wiwaxia (GM): the prospitian looks at her life
looks at her chances
and bolts
Leon Gaspar winces
Karrin Blue: :(
Wiwaxia (GM): (fucking amazing, you befriended the person with the hostile reaction roll and alienated the person with a friendly reaction roll)
Karrin Blue: (poor poor leon)
Leon Gaspar: (leon: the best at carapacian politics)
Wiwaxia (GM): you gonna try to run after her?
if you don't do it now, she's goooone
Leon Gaspar: yeah fuck it why not
Wiwaxia (GM): she can run as fast as you
Leon Gaspar: HEY WAIT THERE ARE MONSTERS THAT WAY WAIT UUUUP
(leon: try to save everyone)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
7
)
= 7
Leon Gaspar: is that me or her
Wiwaxia (GM): neither, as it turns out
anyways, you can move up to 12m if you're not taking attacks
more if you start sprinting
but that limits your maneuverability
Leon Gaspar: oh hey i figured out how to ping
well i'm gonna
yeah
fuck
'sorry! i'll be back in a minute - i don't want her to get hurt - the exit is this way anyway - '
and i'm off!
Leon Gaspar: just regular running probably
Wiwaxia (GM): kay
and now
can you roll 1d6 for initiative
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
okay, you first, then
Leon Gaspar: ok uh
can i try to grab her hand
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
Leon Gaspar: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): attack roll with no damage attatched, probably
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
13
)
= 13
'hey! wait up, you'll get hurt!'
Wiwaxia (GM): you have grabbed her hand
prospitian: fine! you want to fight?
I'll-
Leon Gaspar: UH
LIKE I SAID
(vinyl holy shit)
(i love it)
Wiwaxia (GM): oh god i am so sorry about this
it has skeletal raccoon paws and long stringy hair
Leon Gaspar: okay.
liste,
*listen.
i know you don't like her
but none of us are gonna get out of here if we don't work together
Valiant Librarian: i...
okay
Leon Gaspar: alright
ugh shit shit shit okay
how did you get in here? is there a way out?
Valiant Librarian: broken window in the room i came out of
Leon Gaspar: close enough
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, and i think it's been about another 10 minutes which meeeeans
Leon Gaspar: (hey, people who have fought basilisks. how did that go for you?)
Karrin Blue: (well)
Leon Gaspar: (...you gotta be shitting meeeeee)
Karrin Blue: (i got set on fire)
(my one lead got killed)
(i only survived cause i had carapace knife-wielding backup)
(is this a teleporting one?)
Wiwaxia (GM): spoilers!
Arxon: (I survived because there were iguanas)
Wiwaxia (GM): well, you could go look up the protypings on the one you fought
Leon Gaspar: @VL do you have a weapon? ...besides the ruler?
Wiwaxia (GM): but I don't think anyone is online to be able to relay info to leon
Leon Gaspar: (yep. also idek if leon got the memo on teleporting enemies)
Wiwaxia (GM): you do know from the walkthrough that all basilisks can breathe fire, though
Leon Gaspar: (he probably did, but)
Valiant Librarian: no, i don't
Leon Gaspar: okay. well we probably want to avoid fighting it anyway but
Wiwaxia (GM): also, you get like two more sentences of conversation before it the basilisk's turn again
Leon Gaspar: okay fuck let's go
(can i move again this turn?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, but not attack
Leon Gaspar: ok welp guess where we're going!
Wiwaxia (GM): only 6m
because only one action left
Leon Gaspar: fair
@sm we gotta go dude
Wiwaxia (GM): SM snags the ruler as VL runs past
Leon Gaspar: white lady's coming with us
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20-2
(
14
)-2
= 12
hm, what sounds about right for the def of a thin wire?
Leon Gaspar: depends what it's made out of i guess? and if it's like, a single strand or a woven thingy
Wiwaxia (GM): let's see, it's "fine" so by 3.5 rules that gives it +8 def
but it is also not a moving target
Leon Gaspar: wait where's sm going
hey hey HEY
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, -5 for inanimate
Leon Gaspar: (i cannot help you at all i'm sorry)
Wiwaxia (GM): so that comes out to 13
so she hits
rolling 1d6-2
(
4
)-2
= 2
right then
Leon Gaspar: ? ???
Wiwaxia (GM): SM grabs the ruler, charges out towards the basilisk, and throws it sidearm towards the cord of a light fixture between her and it
Wiwaxia (GM): the ruler hits, the cord snaps
Leon Gaspar: ?!
Wiwaxia (GM): the basilisk gets to make a reflex save
rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
which it does, so only half damage
rolling 1d10/2
(
4
)/2
= 2
the light swings free and crashes into the floor just in front of the basilisk
Leon Gaspar: i mean still. that was cool.
Wiwaxia (GM): also, glass hazards
Leon Gaspar: welp guess we're fighting it
@VL stay back, okay?
Leon Gaspar decaptchalogues his plain flail
Leon Gaspar: and take this. i don't know if you'll be able to use it but - it might help
Wiwaxia (GM): and that's all it can do for this round, it double moved to get around the glass
where too?
Leon Gaspar: i can't do the hit 'n' run technique, can i
Wiwaxia (GM): mmmnope, too far away
Leon Gaspar: then i'm gonna go here
is there anything i can do on a free turn? defensive stance or something?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, or ready an action to perform on a trigger
defensive stance is, let me se
Leon Gaspar: and i'm still wearing my colander right? we had that discussion last session
Wiwaxia (GM): +2 to def, protection and all saves
yes, you are
Leon Gaspar: good, good
can i ready to hit the basilisk if it comes within range on its next turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
Leon Gaspar: or...hrm
no, let's go with defensive
Wiwaxia (GM): SM is backing away
good call, honestly
Leon Gaspar: (i still laugh at the basilisk's back half trailing behind it tbh)
whimsy: (same)
Wiwaxia (GM): okay we need meter level resolution for this
one sec
that look about right?
Leon Gaspar: christ
yeah that looks, i mean
awful
but about right
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways, on a successful reflex save, you can jump 1m in any direction
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): i suggest jumping out of the fire, tho
Leon Gaspar: yes
so that was successful yes?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, saves are roll low
Leon Gaspar: gonna go 1m south, so out of the cone
beep boop
Wiwaxia (GM): good call
yeah, if you'd blown that
Leon Gaspar: fire to the face
Wiwaxia (GM): that would have been 3d6 damage, ignoring protection
Leon Gaspar: eeeeeeeeeeesh
let's not do that
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, and the light fixture above that blast has to make a save
vs. thermal shock
Leon Gaspar: hooray
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
6
)
= 6
(To GM) rolling 20-11
20-11
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): which it makes!
so you are not all showered in hot, broken glass
Leon Gaspar: hooray!
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
Leon Gaspar: haha yeah i think it's time to get outta dodge
wait do i get 6m or 12m
Wiwaxia (GM): 12 if you're not attacking, readying an action or defending
Leon Gaspar: ah, right, well then
Wiwaxia (GM): you hear no sounds of pursuit
(To GM) rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Leon Gaspar: does that mean i'm outta combat or
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, but it is your turn again
Leon Gaspar: nice!
chairs in this room - foam or wooden?
granted wood also floats and is better than nothing
Wiwaxia (GM): two comfy, two wood and two wooden tables
or, well, plywood and veneer
all varying degrees of rotten
Leon Gaspar: fuuuuck
ok quick team meeting
@VL can you swim?
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
VL uh, I've never tried
Leon Gaspar: me neither until today!
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
6
)
= 6
Leon Gaspar: help me grab this table
(the smaller one, that is)
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, that is gonna be a strength check at -20
but with your combined strength
Leon Gaspar: 1d20+strength?
(i am bad at rememebring)
Wiwaxia (GM): +16+5
from SM and VL
Leon Gaspar: neat
rolling 1d20 + 12 + 16 + 5
(
15
)+12+16+5
= 48
Wiwaxia (GM): -20=28, which is an unqualified success
Leon Gaspar: haha!
alright gang this is our new floatation device
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Leon Gaspar: so out the window it goes, i guess
Wiwaxia (GM): splash!
Leon Gaspar: woohoo!
is there glass in the window?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
now lemme check if rotten plywood floats
Leon Gaspar: :/
Karrin Blue: (hey i am gonna go get snacks, will try and get back quickly, just so you know!)
Wiwaxia (GM): kay!
alright, looks like
Leon Gaspar: whoa
freedom!
are you SHITTING ME
Wiwaxia (GM): gueeesss whoooo's clinging onto the side of the building?
Leon Gaspar looks at SM
Leon Gaspar looks at VL
Leon Gaspar gestures like 'DO YOU SEE THIS SHIT'
Wiwaxia (GM): (tail's going straight up)
(which i can't really represent, here
your turn, though
Leon Gaspar: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
mmmmmrgh
ok where is it in relation to the window?
Wiwaxia (GM): outside
Leon Gaspar: but like
directly outside?
Wiwaxia (GM): grabbed onto the building above it
and sticking its head in
Leon Gaspar: christ almighty give me strength
Wiwaxia (GM): oh and btw, it's still storming out
Leon Gaspar: oooookay gimme a minute here
so can i smack it from here
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
right in the jaw
Leon Gaspar: goood
GOOD
uncontrolled swing from knife day to die, right in that motherfucker's jaw, thank you very much
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, roll to hit
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
are you kIDDING ME RIGHT NOW
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit
bird
bird i am so sorry about this
Leon Gaspar: yeah, i know
Wiwaxia (GM): it's fire breath recharged
Leon Gaspar: can i reflex save
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
5
)
= 5
phew
Wiwaxia (GM): where are you jumping?
you can jump out the window onto your raft, btw
Leon Gaspar: wait really?!
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar:
Wiwaxia (GM): also that chair
rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
bursts into flames
Leon Gaspar: 'course it does
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, almost forgot
falling damafe
Leon Gaspar: leon goes through the five stages of grief every session
Wiwaxia (GM): you fell a little over 3m so
you take 1d6 damage
Leon Gaspar: who rolls, me or you?
Wiwaxia (GM): you could also opt to land in the water beside the raft and take no damage
me
Leon Gaspar: yeah let's do that
don't want ot break the raft either
Wiwaxia (GM): fair nuff!
lessay thereinsh
SM receives the Normal Flail from VL
and charges
you will note that where she is charging to is not actually in the building
Leon Gaspar: sm
sm nooo
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
18
+
19
)
= 37
holy shit
Leon Gaspar: hoooooly shit
what even is that
Wiwaxia (GM): (that was 2d20 take low)
and both hit
Leon Gaspar: holy shit giiirl
girl
did you ever know that you're my hero
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6-1
(
4
)-1
= 3
Leon Gaspar mentally composing a power ballad to SM
Wiwaxia (GM): and then falls into the water
VL takes a controlled jump onto the raft, taking no damage
Leon Gaspar: sweet

 

Spoiler: in which two carapacians and a kid flee desperately across choppy seas from a swimming basilisk on a floating office table

Wiwaxia (GM): and now the table in there gets to make a save
rolling 1d20
(
4
)
= 4
which it makes
so the fire isn't spreading yet, at least
you know what?
the basilisk
Wiwaxia (GM): let's go of the side of the building
Leon Gaspar: ? ??? ?????
Wiwaxia (GM): it's got fins
it can swim
also you all got moved by the splash
now before anyone does anything, waves are attacking the lot of you
Leon Gaspar: hooray
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 4d20
(
18
+
19
+
8
+
19
)
= 64
Leon Gaspar: WHAT
whimsy: (oh deaR)
Wiwaxia (GM): leon gets hit, raft gets hit, SM does not get hit, basilisk gets hit
Leon Gaspar: (someone needs to get their ass to loram quick-smart)
Wiwaxia (GM): everyone hit takes 1d3-1 damage and gets pushed towards the wall
Leon Gaspar: (and/or onryousprite needs to show up and eat a leoncorpse)
Wiwaxia (GM): protection does apply
Leon Gaspar: ok that's good
Wiwaxia (GM): and then basilisk is gonna
let's see, it's probably a whole move action just recombobulating itself enough to do anything useful
oh and
rolling 1d3-1
(
3
)-1
= 2
for leon
and
Leon Gaspar: neat
Wiwaxia (GM): for leon
rolling 1d3-1
(
2
)-1
= 1
Leon Gaspar: huh
Wiwaxia (GM): basilisk takes no damage
Leon Gaspar: they're both me?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, misclick
second one was for basilisk
Leon Gaspar: ah gotcha
Wiwaxia (GM): but stopped bu protection
Leon Gaspar: also does leon get another -1 for protection?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Leon Gaspar: eyy
Wiwaxia (GM): you're not gonna get killed by waves
not directly, at least
anyways, basilisk is gonna bite at VL
Leon Gaspar: this suuuucks
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
(
11
)+1
= 12
rolling 1d8
(
5
)
= 5
VL is now at 0 HP
Leon Gaspar: siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
Leon Gaspar is somewhere between paralysing fear and overwhelming hopelessness
Leon Gaspar and just a tinge of DETERMINATION
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
it's a str check at +5 to move anywhere
Leon Gaspar: how far can i move in the water
ah
Wiwaxia (GM): and you can move 3m
Leon Gaspar: god this sucks
uh
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
15
+
5
)
= 20
rolling 5+16
5+16
= 21
for SM's swim check
Leon Gaspar: ah
ok so i'm closer
Wiwaxia (GM): SM climbs aboard the raft
Leon Gaspar: actually that's a good idea i'm gonna do that too
Wiwaxia (GM): are you sure you want to climb on to that side?
good call
Leon Gaspar: forgot we were in hyper-detailed mode
@SM any ideas?
SM: row!
Leon Gaspar: got it!
Leon Gaspar for some reason this didn't occur to him
Wiwaxia (GM): that's gonna be another str check
Leon Gaspar for a seer he can be remarkably shortsighted
Wiwaxia (GM): +5, but 2d20 take lowest
Leon Gaspar: so ok
Wiwaxia (GM): (+5 prevents crit fails for anyone of str over 10)
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
19
+
20
)
= 39
and it's +11 + 5 to the lower?
also can we all appreciate my completely useless crits
Wiwaxia (GM): +your strength+16+5
whimsy: (well better now than never and better you than the enemies)
Leon Gaspar: oh neat!
so 19 + 11 + 16 + 5 + 5
Wiwaxia (GM): oop nope, sorry
19+16+5+11
Leon Gaspar: ah gotcha
(also thanks whimsy)
(like genuinely)
(trying to have perspective)
Wiwaxia (GM): also which way
i can move you all at once
Leon Gaspar: (about fictional characters)
southwest i think
uh
which way did i come from
Wiwaxia (GM): southeast
but you can see the road to the south
also, iiiit's
wave time!
rolling 2d20
(
15
+
10
)
= 25
Leon Gaspar: yeah! wave time! we're all excited!
Wiwaxia (GM): raft gets hit, basilisk does not
(To GM) rolling 1d6
(
6
)
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): basilisk swims to try to bite you, but you get pushed away by the waves
it gets a mouthful of water
Leon Gaspar: hahaha t-.-t
Wiwaxia (GM): y'all's turn
same deal
Leon Gaspar: i think we're gonna keep rowing
rolling 2d20
(
10
+
18
)
= 28
Wiwaxia (GM): but you can do it twice
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
9
+
20
)
= 29
sigh
Wiwaxia (GM): eh, fuck it
i'm gonna rule that that 20 cuts through the disadvantage
you can move 9m
whimsy: (its a slinky basilisk)
Wiwaxia (GM): but first
Leon Gaspar: aaaugh
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
16
)
= 16
Leon Gaspar: :/
Wiwaxia (GM): nope!
Leon Gaspar: ...nope?
Wiwaxia (GM): wave hits it in the mouth
Leon Gaspar: oh! oh!!!!!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): it just sends up a colossal cloud of steam
Leon Gaspar DETERMINATION increases
Leon Gaspar HOPELESSNESS reduced
Wiwaxia (GM): also
rolling 1d3-1
(
2
)-1
= 1
takes no damage but is pushed back
and waves versus raft
rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
nope
Wiwaxia (GM): (raft has def 10 vs. waves, btw)
Leon Gaspar: ah gotcha, good to know
more rowing? still 2x?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep!
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
13
+
7
)
= 20
rolling 2d20
(
9
+
15
)
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): 42
Leon Gaspar: not too bad
Wiwaxia (GM): 42-20 is close success
and the other
Leon Gaspar: ([h2g2 joke goes here])
Wiwaxia (GM): is two better
so you can move 4m this round
Leon Gaspar: (i assume 'off the map' is an option lmao)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: (neat!)
what)
Karrin Blue: I return!
Leon Gaspar: (christ)
Karrin Blue: has leon died yet?
Leon Gaspar: (not yet)
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: (you get to watch it as it happens)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
12
+
20
)
= 32
huh
Leon Gaspar: :/
Wiwaxia (GM): so basilisk just got wavecrit
Leon Gaspar: oh
ohhh
whimsy: booyeah
Leon Gaspar: (i dfeinitely thought that was a crit to hitting me)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3!
(
1
)
= 1
:C
Leon Gaspar: better than nothing
Wiwaxia (GM): uh, that is nothing
because protection
Leon Gaspar: well yeah
but like, at least it didnt crit me
Wiwaxia (GM): fair nuff
Leon Gaspar: listen i am trying to stay positive here
(:P)
aaaaalrighty
whose turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): yours
you can keep rowing
or try to jury-rig a sail
Leon Gaspar: ok uh how to boats work
Wiwaxia (GM): int check
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20 +12
(
14
)+12
= 26
(bird needs to roll one too)
Wiwaxia (GM): you can move at an angle to the wind if your sails are set at an angle to the wind
Leon Gaspar: well right now 'away from the basilisk' is looking good so yes let's do that
what...what do i have to jury-rig with. what're VL and SM carrying?
Wiwaxia (GM): their clothes and your regular flail
and you've got whatever's in your sylladex
btw
fort save vs. hypothermia
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
and now i'm freezing
Wiwaxia (GM): you have moved from shivering uncontrollably to shivering uncontrollably
sorry
Karrin Blue: D:
Leon Gaspar: sounds about right
Wiwaxia (GM): shivering controllably to the latter
Leon Gaspar: (can i phone a friend)
Wiwaxia (GM): actually, yes
cL: hey-o!
are you really an alien!
cL: Terhanu said you were!
Karrin Blue: these are goblins right?
Leon Gaspar: NI: what??
cL: she was very excited about it
Leon Gaspar: NI: SHE????
cL: oh, sorry!
whimsy: (pfft)
Karrin Blue: man i want to chat with a goblin
Leon Gaspar is weirdly surprised by that
Karrin Blue: is this the nepeta
cL: yeah, i'm not her!
duh!
i'm her sister
Leon Gaspar: NI: sorry!!! sorry!! uh can i call you--back -- what?!
Wiwaxia (GM): and that's that for that round
Leon Gaspar: NI: do you know anything about fighting basilisks in the water!
(that's next round)
agh fuck
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
8
+
6
)
= 14
waves do nothing
whimsy: (the waves are loafing around)
Wiwaxia (GM): basilisk has to move to recombobulate
and then move to there
but no actions left to attack
cL: beam em!
ehehehehe
Leon Gaspar: ok about that sail
NI: 'beam em'?? what beam??
cL: buuuuuut that won't work if you aren't a sprite
Leon Gaspar: @SM/VL ok maybe if we hold up a piece of cloth
cL: sooooorry ":c
Leon Gaspar: NI: that is in fact a minor obstruction yes!
...my towel!
cL: throw something in it's mouth!
Leon Gaspar towel!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): (i was wondering when you'd think of that!)
Leon Gaspar: (it wasn't listed in my written-down sylladex so i forgot it existed!)
is there a bit of wood jutting out impudently?
Wiwaxia (GM): that's why you write things down
you don't have time to attatch it to anything
but you could hold one and and the others hold the other
Leon Gaspar: yep let's do that
eastward we go!
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): aaand waves time
first is you, second basilisk
rolling 2d20
(
8
+
4
)
= 12
nope
keep hold of the sail?
Leon Gaspar: yep
Wiwaxia (GM): the basilisk stops chasing you
and creepily sinks below the waves
it's long, ragged hair spreading out in the water
Leon Gaspar: hhhhh
cl: : hello?
cL: : mr. alien?
ms: . alien?
Leon Gaspar: NI: hi
Karrin Blue: (pls give the alien the rest of the group's contact info)
Leon Gaspar: NI: sorry uh there was an issue
(dry land first!)
cL: : terhanu didn't say....
Leon Gaspar: NI: gimme a minute sorry!
Wiwaxia (GM): (note that this is chronologically before you've had a chance to tell anyone else about the aliens
Leon Gaspar: yep
Karrin Blue: (do it anyways, i wanna chat with a goblin!)
Wiwaxia (GM): although you've gotta do that pretty soon
Leon Gaspar: LEON: ok yes let's focus on getting to that road! it should dip into the water up here somewhere
Wiwaxia (GM): (well, remember the timeline shenanigans)
are you dropping the sail or sailing straight into the side of the building?
Leon Gaspar: oh dropping it yeah
Karrin Blue: don't drop it in the water!
Leon Gaspar: sorry couldn't see the building edge
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, fair point!
Leon Gaspar: more rowing!
Wiwaxia (GM): yes that is what that unrevealed area is
Leon Gaspar: ahh gotcha
okay! recaptchaloguing the towel for safekeeping
time for rowing
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, you know what i've been forgetting to do
table saves
rolling 5d20
(
20
+
12
+
5
+
17
+
2
)
= 56
anyways
row, row, row your table
through the choppy waaaaaves
Leon Gaspar: yaaay
same as before?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
3
+
17
)
= 20
rolling 2d20
(
19
+
11
)
= 30
Wiwaxia (GM): 15
23
so one fails and you are blown off course
and then you can move 3m
and then waves
Leon Gaspar: yaay
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
7
)
= 7
(To GM) rolling 1d4+1d6
(
4
)+(
2
)
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): the waves slop more peacably
you think the wind may be dying down
Leon Gaspar: hooooo boy
Karrin Blue: uh oh
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 2d6
(
6
+
2
)
= 8
Leon Gaspar: i swear to fucking christ
Wiwaxia (GM): you make it that far towards the bridge before, well
Leon Gaspar: how much further is it?
the bridge, not the basilisk
Wiwaxia (GM): road is right at the bottom of the screen, let's say
but then you still need to get up onto it
Leon Gaspar: yeah
what about the ramp thingy?
Wiwaxia (GM): this is the ramp thingy
Leon Gaspar: wait do it again
Wiwaxia (GM): it's like half a meter above the water
instead of a couple meters
do what again?
Leon Gaspar: the 'this is the ramp thingy' thing
i assumed you pinged it
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, nope
the whole road is sloping down towards the water in this area
Leon Gaspar: ahhhh
well if it's only half a metre
if one of us gets up they can pull the others
so that's what i'm gonna do probably
Wiwaxia (GM): who's going up first?
the lady with one arm, you or the lady with 5 str
Leon Gaspar: ...me
i should be able to clamber up there
what, uh, what should i do, in order to do that
Wiwaxia (GM): (To GM) rolling 1d6
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): well, either row the table over
Leon Gaspar: ah yes
Wiwaxia (GM): or jump off and swim over
Leon Gaspar: sorry i confused the order of actions there for a minute
rolling 2d20
(
2
+
1
)
= 3
...
welp goodnight everyone it's been fun
Karrin Blue: wellp
sooo isthat capsizing
Wiwaxia (GM): you wanna do the table honors?
oh yeah whups
and no, that ain't capsizing
the table breaks up into a million rotting shards
Karrin Blue: ouchh
Leon Gaspar: yaaaay
swimming it is
Wiwaxia (GM): aaaand basilisk's turn
and waves
clockwise, starting from leon
rolling 4d20
(
9
+
15
+
1
+
4
)
= 29
Leon Gaspar: this is an emotional rollercoaster
Karrin Blue: yes it is
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3-2
(
2
)-2
= 0
Karrin Blue: please don't die, we can't corpsesmooch you if you've drowned
i mean it's a moot point as none of us could gete there in time
but we couldn't even throw a corpse party
Wiwaxia (GM): an i guess a wave critfailing moves you in the direction you want to go?
sure
your turn
Leon Gaspar: swimming towarsd the bridge
rolling 1d20+11
(
9
)+11
= 20
Wiwaxia (GM): close success
you can swim 1m with that action
Leon Gaspar: tadaaaa
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
9
+
16
)
= 25
oh hey, that works out nicely
rolling 1d20+5
(
16
)+5
= 21
and waves
rolling 4d20
(
16
+
6
+
20
+
12
)
= 54
oh shit
Leon Gaspar: yaaaaaaaaaay
Wiwaxia (GM): k, leon, you take 0 damage
before protection
VL takes
rolling 1d3!
(
1
)
= 1
-1 so none
and SM takes
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3-1
(
3
)-1
= 2
and is dazed
and the basilisk is gonna
hm
and
shit, sorry
Wiwaxia (GM): reflex save, only direction you can go is down
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
20
)
= 20
Wiwaxia (GM): oh no
Leon Gaspar LEON! Stay determined!
Wiwaxia (GM): you take
rolling 3d6
(
2
+
5
+
2
)
= 9
damage
how much overflow is that?
Leon Gaspar: 8
whimsy: (uh oh)
Wiwaxia (GM): KO'd no save
Leon Gaspar: goodnight, sweet seer
Wiwaxia (GM): and 2 fort saves versus temporary stat damage and temporary loss of usefulness of limb
nnnnnot quite
Leon Gaspar: i'm gonna 2d20 that if tha'ts ok
Wiwaxia (GM): you've got shit to do in the future
ye
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d20
(
8
+
12
)
= 20
Wiwaxia (GM): what's your fort save?
Leon Gaspar: his fort's 9
Wiwaxia (GM): k
rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
right arm is useless for the next 1d6 hours
Leon Gaspar: we're gonna need all the forces of paradox space to keep this boy alive
rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): you wake up, on the road, in blankets and dry clothes
Karrin Blue: that's suspicious
whimsy: very
Karrin Blue: or possibly future self intervention?
idek
whimsy: did his consorts finally deign to show up
Karrin Blue: but probably something bad
whimsy: (yeah or future self intervention=
Wiwaxia (GM): there is no sign of SM, VL or the basilisk
Karrin Blue: well it was nice while they were alive
Leon Gaspar: LEON: ...
LEON: ... ...
LEON: ...SM? VL?
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm not gonna railroad bird into future self intervention
Leon Gaspar: (we'll work that out in the future :V)
Wiwaxia (GM): all timeline fuckery's gotta be his choice
Karrin Blue: yeah i mean that's what i figured
whimsy: (well what do i know what youre discussing behind closed whispers ::D)
Leon Gaspar: I ... I check my phone.
and also my arm
how long have I been out for...?
is terhanu's sister still online?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
your phone's fine
you see the following message on your phone
sI: update, giants are to be feared
Leon Gaspar: how long's it been since my conversation with her?

 

Spoiler: some conversations we already saw, ilmatar beating up a fake giclops and extended drowtales chatter

Wiwaxia (GM): and then have this whole conversation we already saw
nI: i
aG: Well um
aG: I wasn't planning on giving them a hug but thanks, Moss
nI: do i wanna know
sI: 1. I'm an idiot. 2. good strategy lemi
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: well you're alive so i'm assuming nothing too bad happened
aG: Well that's the first thing that anyone's ever said that to me
aG: Are you ok rn? how much did the giant hurt you?
sI: all good. have house. not dead! protip-hittem in the eye
nI: well hey good job
sI: yeah! go me! I'm so dumb! anyway hows it going for you guys?
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: I got an innocent iguana killed by my own stupidity :/
aG: and then got saved by the iguanas I was supposed to be protecting
nI: oh yknow
nI: talking to aliens
nI: nbd
nI: oh lemi
Wiwaxia (GM): sI: that's a tragic story dude. iguanas. .....wait, aliens
sI: what
nI: uh well yes
nI: a very nice alien messaged me
sI: so by alien, you -really- mean....?
nI: their name is terhanu and theyre hopefully gonna come hang out with us
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: yeah apparently their species is 'goblin'
nI: which, i can't wait to tell ilmatar
aG: goblins are aliens....?
nI: as it turns out, yeah!
sI:uh. so. uh. you. /aliens?/
nI: look at this point i'm just rolling with it
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: Where are they from?
nI: lowkey freaking out because they lost their session and are hanging out in the middle of literally fucking nowhere
nI: i... uh. i forgot to ask
nI: i will report back later
nI; if anyone else has any questions for the aliens, let me know
aG: what can we do to help them out?
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: mostly theyre locking onto my phone signal and are gonna try and fly into our session
sI: Aliens.
aG: Good!
sI: how do they even have analogous equipment to our phone signals
nI: so yes, hopefully we can hang out with them and fight monsters and not lose our session
nI: i will also ask them that
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: Oh um!
aG: I have something I should report, I think?
nI: reports are good!
aG: So after I, um, fell asleep I woke up in a tower on this weird purple city moon attached to a weird purple city planet?
nI: derse!
sI: yeah seems legit
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: I went and waited for hours and eventually met the queen, and she says I'm one of the princesses of that place? She also called me a Rogue, which seems like its the opposite of a Princess
nI: oh. huh. well, there you go
aG: (um, if it isn't too much trouble could you ask the aliens if they know what that means?)
aG: anyway the Queen told me that this other place, Prospit, is trying to bring this false god to life, or something like that?
aG: And that I and the other princess need to stop them???
aG: She offered to train me to be stronger....
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: (um, if it isn't too much trouble could you ask the aliens if they know what that means?)
aG: anyway the Queen told me that this other place, Prospit, is trying to bring this false god to life, or something like that?
aG: And that I and the other princess need to stop them???
aG: She offered to train me to be stronger....
aG: (well not personally but have me trained by her people)
nI: i mean on one hand training is good
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: but on the other hand i'm ... pretty sure prospit is also good? idk i'm not too sure about this whole dream thingy
sI:yeah uh hi prospit is a thing
aG: The queen didn't seem like she was lying. She did tell me that the Prospitians would try and tempt their...heroes? Or something like that, to their side, and eventually try to get me and the others on Derse
nI: ok so both of you have woken up on your dream planets? neat
nI: uh
nI: hrm
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: ok lets go with it and just
nI: keep an eye on things
aG: I was invited to a ball at the court?
aG: So maybe I should go and....try to spy? I'm not sure if I'll be good at that, but I can try.
nI: i mean information is always good
nI: just do your best, yeah?
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: Look where that's gotten me
aG: Ugh, srry, I should leave. Probably fall back asleep or wait for an opening to run away.
nI: (moss help me out here)
nI: doing your best is better than not trying at all
sI:you should totally try!
sI:we can help give you tips too
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: If I hadn't tried someone would still be alive.
nI: oh man we'll be like those spy movies
sI:there are a lot of historical spies you know
nI: me and moss are in the van feeding you lines through your headset
nI: ... or that
nI: okay but consider: if you hadn't tried it's equally likely they would all have died
Wiwaxia (GM): aG: They would have stayed where it's safe, if I wasn't there, and they wouldn't have been put in danger if they didn't have to save me after I got my ass kicked.
aG:....I should go before I say anything else stupid, sorry
aG: And I was too afraid to tell them I was hurt, so we kept on going until I could barely stand and they had to carry me back.
--aphoticGaze[aG] has left the chat!--
sI: shit
nI: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): nI: im running out of pep talks
nI: when we all get together we gotta organise some kind of, like
nI: 'lemi you have worth as a human being' party
sI: you know what. I'm bringing the party to lemi
nI: oh shit
nI: shit just got real
Leon Gaspar: I sorta. lie back down.
and think about my conversation with terhanu's sister. that's right, terhanu's a 'she'. everything was so confusing, I ...
...
I look down over the side of the road
is there any trace of...?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, nada
you don't think this is quite the same segment of road, either
Leon Gaspar: ...
i wanna go home.
Wiwaxia (GM): you can do that!
Leon Gaspar: (that was IC btw! actual bird is not traumatised)
(er, mostly)
whimsy: (theres only one thing left to do, search their pockets for loose change, or however the quote goes. check your sylladex?)
Karrin Blue: (darnit, so now the rest of us still can't talk with the goblins!)
(this is obviously the most important thing)
Leon Gaspar: do i have any sense of where i am? Does it look familiar?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, same road, just like
20 or 30m down
away from the wrecked buildings a bit more
the clouds are clear now
Leon Gaspar: towards or away from my house?
Wiwaxia (GM): towards
Leon Gaspar: then...yeah. i'm going home.
Wiwaxia (GM): i think i'm gonna switch to whimsy before we wrap, so
Leon Gaspar: (sounds good!)
(that was a serious rollercoaster tho, jesus)
whimsy: whimsy is currently facing two imps and an imp who decided it wants to be a giclops when it grows up
or rather, ilma is
Leon Gaspar: (i'mma transition to my phone since it's hella cold up here. brb!)
Wiwaxia (GM): by the way, leon is now at T=25:00
Leon Gaspar: (eyyyy, i'm all caught up!)
Wiwaxia (GM): iiish
Karrin Blue: (well, arxon and i are still a few hours ahead of you guys)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, that
of course, leon's probably gonna wanna sleep, which'll eat up some of that time
Leon Gaspar: (ahaha yeah that's priority no.1)
Wiwaxia (GM): in any case
Leon Gaspar: (falling into bed)
Wiwaxia (GM): what's your plan, ilmatar?
Leon Gaspar: (okay yes NOW i'm going, brb)
whimsy: hm
Ilmatar Nordwind: bismuth were the ones with the nasty aura iirc
how high is the ledge next to me?
Karrin Blue: (hey - lemi, leon, and myrtha are the derse royalty, while ilma and moss are prospit, right?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
but leon is mia on derse
and sera is ????
Karrin Blue: well so is myrtha
considering last time she was off in the void
Wiwaxia (GM): no, more so
Arxon: Leon's dream tower is striaght up wrecked
Karrin Blue: ah.
well that's worrying!
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Karrin Blue: and sera is of course ???
Wiwaxia (GM): ilmatar did stumble across her sleeping dreamself on prospit, though
Karrin Blue: well ok then
Wiwaxia (GM): also note that ilmatar is still like 20m away from these imps
Ilmatar Nordwind: aye
im trying to gauge my options rn
because im not sure i can actually fight a giclops even if its just three imps in a trenchcoat
or one imp on stilts
i know i fought one of those transformed bastards earlier, but whimsy doesnt remember if they had imp HP or transformed mob HP
blrgh
Ilmatar Nordwind: as ive asked
how high is the ledge to the right of me
Wiwaxia (GM): that-un?
Ilmatar Nordwind: aye
... that looks to be, too high to scramble up on even if i take the split ledge a bit back
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
(Not) Literally A Bird: (back! And a lot warmer.)
Wiwaxia (GM): quite a bit too high, in fact
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah well thats what i get for being shit with the sneaky stuff
Wiwaxia (GM): although there are further splits further back that are hidden by low-res
but yeah, the whole thing's like
10m tall
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah no not before i learn to fly
Wiwaxia (GM): twice as tall as that giclops
's big
Ilmatar Nordwind: im gonna go ready an attack and wait for the first monster to get into hitting range
Wiwaxia (GM): it's low angle enough that you could maybe run up it a ways, with good traction
45 degrees
you sit and wait as the lot amble towards you
giclops gets there first
stabbity?
Ilmatar Nordwind: stabbity!
rolling 1d20 + 0
(
8
)+0
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
Ilmatar Nordwind: +1 which i havent added yet
but probably still nope
Wiwaxia (GM): still nope
rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
the giclops swings a collosal fist towards you, dealing---!
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: well at least it doesnt do biclops damage
because its just an imp on stilts
Wiwaxia (GM): one of the imps hangs back while the other runs at you
rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
your turn
Ilmatar Nordwind: i figure the giclops should be a bit easier to hit because its a bit larger
so i try hacking the giclops again
while doing that, i insult it!
"You're just an imp on stilts in a trenchcoat! You don't scare me!"
rolling 1d20 + 0
(
4
)+0
= 4
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh COME on
(yo wi where do i add the one that adds to my attack roll)
Wiwaxia (GM): whoops, forgot that
just did it
anyways, you can play keep away because you're faster than all these louts, or you can stay put
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooh, run and prep attack?
that sounds like a sensible thing to do
Wiwaxia (GM): make that two rounds of funning
*running
because you used your attack for the first
and these chumps can't catch you until you want them to, p much
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
(do we need to play that on the board? because always fiddling with the distances on this zoom and without a grid is a BITCH)
(or rather, an uncooked shotglass full of vinegar)
(amounts to the same)
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, don't need to
unless shit gets super detailed
in any case, the one with the green castle on isn't coming after you at all
"giclops" gets in range first
Ilmatar Nordwind: the green castle guy seems to be
holding the fort ||D
so, the readied attack goes off and i hope that third time's the charm and i finally hit`?
rolling 1d20 + 1
(
3
)+1
= 4
motherfuck
Wiwaxia (GM): hey, you aint rolled a one yet
Ilmatar Nordwind: all the high rolls were used up earlier apparently
Wiwaxia (GM): :D :D ;D
Ilmatar Nordwind: hey wi LETS TRADE DICE
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing

Wiwaxia (GM) hands over virtual rattly sound effects
Arxon: (please don't roll a one I've started to have mini heart attacks whenever the crit fail table comes up)
Ilmatar Nordwind receives virtual dice simulations because shes got the visuals activated)
Wiwaxia (GM): oh nooo, poor arxon
anyways some imps bein dicks
rolling 1d20
(
10
)
= 10
what's ilmatar's def?
rolling 1d20
(
7
)
= 7
Ilmatar Nordwind: higher than that
Wiwaxia (GM): and that one definitely doesn't hit
higher than the 10?
Ilmatar Nordwind: 11 i think? 10 natural and 1 from the coat
Wiwaxia (GM): right, yep
so both those whiff
your turn
Ilmatar Nordwind: (quick question, the attack, run, prep, is that 2 rounds?)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Ilmatar Nordwind: (just for personal reference) (but since the mobs play catching up in between...)
rolling 1d20 + 1
(
8
)+1
= 9
gdi
(run, prep)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
not-giclops gets to you first this time
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 1
(
4
)+1
= 5
....
Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit wow
rolling 1d20
(
15
)
= 15
rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 1
(
12
)+1
= 13
at the giclops
Wiwaxia (GM): that does indeed hit!
Ilmatar Nordwind: wow, finally something larger than 10 i am amazed
rolling 2D4+1
(
4
+
2
)+1
= 7
Wiwaxia (GM): 's very dead
Ilmatar Nordwind: I HOPE SO
Wiwaxia (GM): (it had literally 1 hp)
Ilmatar Nordwind: jesus
it appears ilma is not used to fighting large enemies
smaller ones are more her thing
Wiwaxia (GM): playing keep away with the remaining one again?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
(ugh sorry if im a bit slow its 5 am)
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries, i'm gettin a bit slow too
Ilmatar Nordwind: so i bail before it can hit me, and then i wait for it to come after me, and attack
rolling 1d20 + 1
(
8
)+1
= 9
....
whats it today with me and rolling 8s
im not vriska
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
you suuuuuuuure????????
::::)
Karrin Blue: thank every god for that
Ilmatar Nordwind: you wouldve gotten vriska had i played a thief. you guys wanted the loopy mage instead
Wiwaxia (GM): juuuust as well, probably
anyways, imp's
rolling 1d20
(
16
)
= 16
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 1
(
6
)+1
= 7
....
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
8
)
= 8
Ilmatar Nordwind: aint my day today
rolling 1d20 + 1
(
11
)+1
= 12
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Ilmatar Nordwind: fucking finally
rolling 2D4+1
(
2
+
1
)+1
= 4
ilma you need to learn to aim
Wiwaxia (GM): ['5 bismuth grist', '6 build grist', '4 build grist', '8 build grist']
: ['4 bismuth grist', '2 bismuth grist
Ilmatar Nordwind: sweet, loot
now lets see whats KEEPing the other one
Wiwaxia (GM): mnuh
Ilmatar Nordwind: (tbh im kinda glad the third one decided to stay back and keep watch)
"Boo!"
Wiwaxia (GM): how close are you getting?
Ilmatar Nordwind: if youre asking like that, im approaching with drawn fan ready to react to whatever its doing
like, inching closer if thats whats necessary
Wiwaxia (GM): prepped attack jab
rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
jusuuuust barely hits your 13 def
Ilmatar Nordwind: why did i know that would happen? ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): (+2 from approaching defensively)
Ilmatar Nordwind: getting ogre deja vu
::D
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
16
)
= 16
Ilmatar Nordwind: it was worth a try "_"
please dont tell me that as its attack oll
Wiwaxia (GM): that is not the dice i wanted
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Ilmatar Nordwind: (meant damage roll)
yeah that looks more manageable
Wiwaxia (GM): actually, no damage
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 1
(
13
)+1
= 14
no?
Wiwaxia (GM): +2 protection from approaching defensively, too
that hits
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
rolling 2D4+1
(
2
+
1
)+1
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
12
)
= 12
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20 + 1
(
19
)+1
= 20
rolling 2D4+1
(
4
+
4
)+1
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): damn
if you'd rolled one higher on the attack that woulda been a hell of a damage roll
Ilmatar Nordwind: and i cant even say i stormed that castle
Wiwaxia (GM): because both d4's woulda exploded
Ilmatar Nordwind: tbh with my earlier rolls im glad i hit at all
Wiwaxia (GM): heh
's late, you good to call it there?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also
['12 build grist', '2 bismuth grist']
night!
Ilmatar Nordwind: it had a treasury ::D
n8 ::D
Karrin Blue: gnight!
Wiwaxia (GM): i think i'm gonna have to tally up xp later
Karrin Blue: probably a good idea
Ilmatar Nordwind: and think of a new echeladder rung ::D
Arxon: night!
Karrin Blue: also i want to talk with a goblin next session pls
Wiwaxia (GM): 's on the encounter chart man

Arxon chants 'goblins goblins goblins'
Wiwaxia (GM): just gotta wait for the dice to throw it up
er
Karrin Blue: :b
Wiwaxia (GM): but yes, we've finally got leon out of being stuck in ye past
so i can get back to you next session
Karrin Blue: yaaay
alright sleep well guys!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
tallying xp from last session
leon took 10 damage (and dealt none)
so 100 xp from that
and another 93 xp from the total of damage dealt and taken, divided three ways with VL and SM
and ilmatar pockets 620 xp from that bullshit attrition-fest
whimsy: morning
stable since an hour, let's see how long it keeps
Arxon: Hello!
Karrin Blue: Hey
Wiwaxia (GM): heyo
Karrin Blue: so whaddaya think is going to happen once the drowtales chapter wraps up
since there's going to be a timeskip
Wiwaxia (GM): death
Karrin Blue: well YES
i'm still wondering about what the long term plan Anahid has
Wiwaxia (GM): i like to play my plot predictions safe, what can i say?
Karrin Blue: is
yep
also i am still worried about kil
*Kiel
whimsy: dito
kiel has nothing left now
Karrin Blue: she has Chrys and Nau and... friend demon?
yeah.
btw SO DISAPPOINTED that it's apparently nauXkiel
and not chrysXkiel
who is even this random Balv chrys hooked up with
whimsy: yeah, but no actual support structure, her clan was at the bottom and now its gone in a real bad way
Karrin Blue: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): as in
Karrin Blue: her house FELL INTO THE GROUND
Wiwaxia (GM): literally at the bottom
Karrin Blue: the only way she MIGHT have family left is if that engineer guy really was her dad
Wiwaxia (GM): wasn't he in the thing when if fell?
Karrin Blue: and she could probably hold together a gang out of force of will but
she is in no position to do that
nope!
he left
and got a sandwich
whimsy: engineer guy had a floater
Karrin Blue: he left one of Senekha's crew to fall into the rift
whimsy: and left nibai to fall into the rift
Karrin Blue: because screw that
whimsy: oh oh oh!
Wiwaxia (GM): right, gotcha
whimsy: i want kiel to join anahid
Karrin Blue: .....

Karrin Blue tilts head
Karrin Blue: well i mean
Wiwaxia (GM): that's uh
Karrin Blue: i think Anahid's view is that tainting is like a war wound
it is not something you like or seek out
Wiwaxia (GM): theologically dicey
whimsy: anahid would be the most amenable to taking her in
Karrin Blue: but it is NOT what you die for
whimsy: hilarious clashes between chiri and kiel
Karrin Blue: and kiel is pretty bluntly not sharessian or whatever
whimsy: details, details
Wiwaxia (GM): even so, kiel is more or less a literal demon at this point
Karrin Blue: yep
whimsy: why do you think i think itd be hilarious
Karrin Blue: though i will be honest
Wiwaxia (GM): and also was probably tainted intentionally back in the day
Karrin Blue: Kiel could use Anahid-therapy
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, fair nuff
Karrin Blue: oh yeah Kiel probably got tainted back when Ven was in charge, IIRC?
with a safe ritual
whimsy: probs
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
Karrin Blue: to some plain they knew wouldn't have horrorbeasts in it
whimsy: one of the reasons she didnt have that many problems to merge with her seed
Karrin Blue: *plane
cause Ven was a smart lady, I think
Wiwaxia (GM): man, i should get back to my Fire Emblem: Moonless Age sprite edits sometime
(Not) Literally A Bird: Evening
Karrin Blue: evening
whimsy: morning ::D
Karrin Blue: also
(Not) Literally A Bird: That too :P
Karrin Blue: I will be VERY surprised if Zala doesn't try her damnedest to get Nau married off to someone for alliances
She wouldn't have supported him and Kiel when Kiel was more or less an Illharess
now that she's just some insane mostly-demon drow?
Wiwaxia (GM): oh god, nau x ariel arranged marriage?
the Worst Idea
Karrin Blue: hmm
maybe that kid of Mel's
once she's grown up
still creepy age differences
Wiwaxia (GM): that's a good like 30 years before you have a baby to seal the alliance, though
Karrin Blue: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): dicey, politically
Karrin Blue: I am hoping soemthing goes well for Waes
and that we get another cool Beldie character

Karrin Blue still mourns Naal
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, same
whimsy: naal ;;_;;
Karrin Blue: and i feel like some of Kiel's feels toward Nau are... not super unrelated to her Naal issues
she has said he looks a bit like naal
though idek
naal keeps dying
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, how's sillice gonna react to the alliance?