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

Spoiler: A2A2 and A2A3

A2A2

Myrtha suits up (with an assist from Ilmatar and a prophetic dream about goggles) then heads back out. She starts singing, which weirdly enough seems to do...something. Not sure what. But she gets the feeling that something is depleting. She explores and finds a grid of purple glass set in a rock. No amount of prodding or meditating invokes a reaction, so she leaves it alone, then promptly finds another one. Then she gets her hand stuck in a rock trying to get at something shiny. More exploring, then she finds a bigass snake thingy.


During the same period of time (and periodically chatting to each other), Moss is building shit at Sera’s place. I’m not gonna lie, I know fuckall about architecture so I don’t have much to say. There are staircases everywhere.


Hours in the past (but not many), I’m recovering from my misadventure. I make Knife Day to Die, which is a flail covered in knives, which is great. I go for a bit of a poke around and discover lots of fucking aquatic monsters and also seagulls. There is birdshit everywhere. I am in despair.


A2A3

At T~=24, Ilmatar wakes up on Prospit. Everything is extremely gold and pretty.


Lemi is still near where her first gate spat her out. She attempts to climb a tree, then is almost accosted by a crawling shadow-monster. Unfortunately for it, her candle-light repels it. She takes burnt-down candles from trees as she goes, followed every step by the creeping horrors. Startled by an ogre, she takes off running and gets herself even more thoroughly lost. Then she falls down a fucking ravine. Well, only 2 metres, but still. A fly puts out her candle, and she manages to light another one just in time to avoid a wraith.


Almost immediately after, she runs head-first into the ogre from before, now with added imp friends. The ogre gets itself killed on malevolent ogres, but the imps have Lemi stunlocked. She falls unconscious.


When she wakes, the imps are nowhere to be seen. Luckily, she almost immediately finds a lavender iguana. He takes Lemi inside, while talking about the crawling horrors (Fears) and their creator (the Jabberwock). Lemi, being Lemi, immediately tries to help out, but given that she’s a hair’s breadth from death, he pretty firmly forces her to lie down. The healer thips around and talks about old legends with her father. Then, finally, Lemi rests.

 

:D Bird the Leon summaries are a light in my life

 

Spoiler: Myrtha goes home and fights some imps

Karrin Blue: Hey!
WIWAXIA I HAVE FEELS FROM TODAY'S COMIC
Wiwaxia (GM): hello
and yes
ohhhh noooooo
Karrin Blue: She
she finally made it home
after 15 years
...and it's like this
and Kern calls that drider a _former family member_
and
Karrin Blue: that drider is guarding a carriage being pulled by beld-black dawmeres
maybe
maybe
it's waesoloth inside
Wiwaxia (GM): oh fuck
nooooooooo
Karrin Blue: i saw someone on the forum suggest maybe waes is going to kill her, because
well
she's Waes, she's certainly strong enough
but GOD
i'm sort of desperately hoping naal will recover the power of speech and be like
able to convince the drider not to kill her
Karrin Blue: but that's not gonna happen
hm
if naal's body dies
is that kyorl far enough away that her soulblob can get away?
without being sealed
Wiwaxia (GM): assuming the belds don't have sealers of their own
Karrin Blue: well, probably not on escort duty
i... a little bit want naal to take over the drider body cause i love the driders
but
also i hope naal can do less killing people
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean, pre-timeskip at least there were still areas full of incorporeal demons from the nidrachaal war
Karrin Blue: i kinda figured that was like
Wiwaxia (GM): after 15 years of dedicated sealing from the kyorl
Karrin Blue: huh
also the way the demonthoughts are drawn is cool
like they're literally centered around her stomach
also when she's strong-willed the lettering breaks apart
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit i didn't notice that
Karrin Blue: well the main one is
when she's taking over ilva'fay
'i won't give up!' or something
...oh hey
just noticed
that drider is called 'former family member' and has really long hair
Karrin Blue: like, past where her waist would be
drider val?
admittedly she's a guard but she could be like
an officer or something
Wiwaxia (GM): that's another point in favor of waes being there, i guess
Karrin Blue: yeah
...oh god
you know what would SUCK
IF NAAL TOOK OVER WAES BODY
like holy shit
i mean it wouldn't make sense for waes', like, arc
Wiwaxia (GM): no no no nope no not that nope
Karrin Blue: also the goth dawmeres are adorable
and did you spot the secret on the page?
i saw someone think it might be that the fountain looks like flowey
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Magical-Chiri-Chan-Crystal-612518209 did you see this, by the way
Wiwaxia (GM): i did not!
oh dear
Arxon: hello!
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
Karrin Blue: hi!
Arxon: How are you guys?
whimsy: morning
Karrin Blue: doing ok11
ok!!
Arxon: morning whimsy!
Wiwaxia (GM): heyo!
got a couple of your alchemizations done, but not all of them
Karrin Blue: can i go first tonight?
Wiwaxia (GM): hm, iirc you just went through your first gate?
because i am still figuring out where that goes whoops :B
Karrin Blue: I don't think I went through yet?
cause I haven't had a turn in a few sessions
and the last thing i did was head home without incident
Wiwaxia (GM): ah yeah, okay, you just said you were planning to
sure, you can go first, but please save the gate jumping for now
or i can improvise, i guess
Karrin Blue: sure
let's see, i wanted to beat some imps so i could get cobalt for alchemy
and other stuff
other kinds of grist i mean
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
one sec, my edits to my underling genreator apparently turned up some new and exciting bugs
whimsy: .::D
Wiwaxia (GM): well the most apparent thing when you get back is the crowd of imps using your torn-off fridge door to surf down your stairs
all your stairs
from floor 7 on down

Myrtha Oscurr eyetwitch

Myrtha Oscurr pulls out halberd
Wiwaxia (GM): two copper imps and a cobalt imp start coming at you, the rest scatter in every direction
Myrtha Oscurr: "Flagcoonsprite? Could you please help me clean these up?"
also stab.
do they get to attack first or do I?
Wiwaxia (GM): you want prototypings?
also it's a standoff so roll d6 for it
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): so you go first
prototypings/
*?
Myrtha Oscurr: sure!
Wiwaxia (GM): the three agressive ones are all wearing kimono
one of the copper ones has fins, the other has a face that's a mixture of leopard and raccoon skull
the cobalt imp has leaves growing everywhere
Myrtha Oscurr: well alright
Wiwaxia (GM): two of the other copper imps scampered before you could get a good look
Myrtha Oscurr: onryous are the ones with the crazy necks, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): the last has fins
nope, that's a nessie prototyping
Myrtha Oscurr: ah, ok
which is fins.
ok

Myrtha Oscurr will start astabbing now, then?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
Myrtha Oscurr: it's a d20 right
Wiwaxia (GM): + your attack
which i don't recall off the top of my head but is on your sheet
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
17
)+1
= 18
Wiwaxia (GM): on which one?
Myrtha Oscurr: cobalt
Wiwaxia (GM): also that hits
there or a meter over?
Myrtha Oscurr: there's fine, i think
Wiwaxia (GM): damage?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
(
2
)
= 2
wow
Wiwaxia (GM): d8
Myrtha Oscurr: ah
rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): that's better
it drops 4 build grist and 4 cobalt grist
Myrtha Oscurr: right
Wiwaxia (GM): you take [1d4] damage from a malign presence (no protection)
sorry 2
and they're both gonna jab you
Myrtha Oscurr: ok i took 2 hp away
....god this would be a dumb way to die
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
13
+
16
)
= 29
both of those hit, i believe
rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
and
Myrtha Oscurr: defense is 10 so
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
protection does count for those
Myrtha Oscurr: protection is 2
so 1 damage?
Wiwaxia (GM): from one and 2 from the other
Myrtha Oscurr: 4 hp
alright
well
still gonna stab these guys
rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
...and i forgot to add 1 so that's 12
Wiwaxia (GM): yep that nails one of em
which one?
Myrtha Oscurr: eeny meeny miny
the one next to me i guess
on the right
Wiwaxia (GM): skull and leopard is ahead of you
if that makes any difference
and fins on the right
Myrtha Oscurr: idk which of them is the malign presence on
so
fins
Wiwaxia (GM): k, damage?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): and down he goes
7 copper, 12 build
gonna move or stay put?
Myrtha Oscurr: I would like to move
I'm using dad's halberd
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, cool
Myrtha Oscurr: so i can still hit the imp even if i'm not right next to it, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: so I would like to go and get by Flagcoonsprite
so that he might be able to heal me
because oh god i'm low on hp
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, there we go
Myrtha Oscurr: did flagcoon kill any of those imps btw
Wiwaxia (GM): the imp bites at you with it's skeletal jaws as you move away
rolling 1d20+1
(
11
)+1
= 12
rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
and yeah, there's a pile of grist here
Myrtha Oscurr: ok good
well
is that 2 damage?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
aka none
Myrtha Oscurr: i think all of that should be cancelled out by my protection
:D
so
my turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
flagcoon healbeams you
for 1d6 hp
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): and then imp goes
rolling 1d20
(
17
)
= 17
rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
Myrtha Oscurr: well that puts me basically where i was when i went into the house
ah.
ok 5 hp
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
1
)+1
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): oh wait, one more thing first
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Myrtha Oscurr: oh
what's that?
Wiwaxia (GM): you hear an imp downstairs pounding on glass
and then iiiiiiiits time for
rolling 1t[The-Ya-Done-Fucked-Up-Table]
(
12 You stumble and do not catch your balance. Congratulations, you have fallen flat on your ass.
)
= 12
Myrtha Oscurr: >:[
well ok
does that mean i miss my turn or take a penalty?
Wiwaxia (GM): miss your turn
flagcoon bonebeams the imp
rolling 1d20
(
2
)
= 2
Myrtha Oscurr: ...well ok then
...wow
Wiwaxia (GM): who makes its save, surprisingly
rolling 1d10/2
(
10
)/2
= 5
not that it helps it much
Myrtha Oscurr: so is it dead
Wiwaxia (GM): quite

 

Spoiler: Myrtha leaves home and doesn't fight any liches

Myrtha Oscurr: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): although lemme check its grist

Myrtha Oscurr will collect all of the grists
Wiwaxia (GM): 3 copper and 8 build
and then
rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
there's a sound of breaking glass
Myrtha Oscurr: how inconsiderate.
well
can flagcoon healbeam me again
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
nope
still recharging
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
well
since i've collected the grist
do i have any quick snacks that can heal me
Wiwaxia (GM): you do get 1hp from standing next to him, though
Myrtha Oscurr: that's something!
Wiwaxia (GM): not really on the quick snacks
given your fridge is uh
Myrtha Oscurr: well ok then
Wiwaxia (GM): well
Myrtha Oscurr: ...yeah
i'll go and sylladex all the food that's in there
hopefully none of it's spoiled yet
Wiwaxia (GM): you already ate most of it
while recovering from the whole tentaclebarf incident
Myrtha Oscurr: ah, ok
then i'll sylladex what's left?
and then get flagcoon to stick next to me while i go investigate that broken glass
Wiwaxia (GM): k gonna go give you 2 spins on the wolfram alpha random food widget
split peas and a pair of eggplants
Myrtha Oscurr: well ok then
Wiwaxia (GM): as for the broken glass, looks like the imp busted through the window in an effort to flee
and killed itself between that and the drop
Myrtha Oscurr: ...how long IS the drop
Wiwaxia (GM): there's some grist on the ground below the window, but it's all mixed with broken glass
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
what kinda grist
Wiwaxia (GM): copper and build
Myrtha Oscurr: well, are there more imps outside
Wiwaxia (GM): drop's like a couple meters?
Myrtha Oscurr: if not then I'll just go and walk over to it outside
Wiwaxia (GM): there's some, but they're mostly tailing it
Myrtha Oscurr: well
ok then
still gonna go collect grist
and stab any stragglers
Wiwaxia (GM): 1 copper and 12 build
at some point flagcoonsprites healbeam recharges
you can just hang around until he plinks and peices you back up to full
but it'll be a while
Myrtha Oscurr: hmm
uuugh i wanna do stuff but i also want to be like
not about to die
Wiwaxia (GM): it'll be faster than sleeping, anyways
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
then i'll do that!
hm, i still don't think i have enough grist for any of my new stuff
so that'll have to wait
how quickly can I get back to full health?
Wiwaxia (GM): that takes, oh let's say 6 minutes
Myrtha Oscurr: oh ok
in that case!
I'm back to full health?
Wiwaxia (GM): yah
Myrtha Oscurr: OK then!
I shall go and explore/kill more imps!
I think I went everywhere in the underground, in the passages that were open before
Wiwaxia (GM): i don't think so, but lemme check
there's an unlocked pull door that you might be able to figure out a way to open
Myrtha Oscurr: then I will go to the pull door!
which pull door was that
Wiwaxia (GM): *with no handle, to be clear
Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
is that the one that's beyond the wire room
Wiwaxia (GM): in the room with the glass grid over the pit
no, that's the cylindrical glass door that the ogres somehow got past
Myrtha Oscurr: Ohhh that one
Wiwaxia (GM): and then the third dead end you hit was the uncooperative consorts
Myrtha Oscurr: Yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): there's also the path in the other direction
Myrtha Oscurr: Oh yeah!
I'll head down the other direction then
I avoided it cause of the lich the first time
but mothsong! so hopefully I can sneak past
if it hasn't moved on
Wiwaxia (GM): it hasn't, and it has a friend now
Myrtha Oscurr: aww hell
more lich?
well
mothsong then

Myrtha Oscurr SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK
Wiwaxia (GM): yep another lich
Myrtha Oscurr: really hoping mothsong continues to work
Wiwaxia (GM): they continue to stand around doing jack shit and fuckall
Myrtha Oscurr: well they're still called liches so i'd rather get upgraded weapons and armor before fighting them
so
sneaksneak
Wiwaxia (GM): let's see, horizon is 100m
so you've gotta walk 200m in 8 minutes
quite doable at a quiet not attention-drawing pace
Myrtha Oscurr: oh ok
then i wil do that
Wiwaxia (GM): they drop over the horizon behind
you
you are in the bit with the roots of the power line poles again
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
oh, so i've been in this area before?
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, the first time you ran into the lich and ran away
Myrtha Oscurr: ah yeah
ok
hmm

Myrtha Oscurr pokes the roots
Myrtha Oscurr: if they're low enough
Wiwaxia (GM): here i can go grab you the description from last time
one sec
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a whole lot of nothing for a long stretch
then you run across... roots?
bare, dead wood, full of rusted staples
Myrtha Oscurr: ...huh
Wiwaxia (GM): Wiwaxia (GM): but shaped kinda rootlike and coming down through the ceiling
Myrtha Oscurr: does it look like the same kind of wood as the poles are made of
Wiwaxia (GM): and passing on down through the floor
yep
whimsy: (staples in the wood instead of coins? ::D)
Myrtha Oscurr: coins?
Wiwaxia (GM): Wiwaxia (GM): looks like some of the wires from the ceiling go up through the ceiling along with the "roots"
Myrtha Oscurr: Huh.
so the poles are... trees of some kind
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
they haven't grown have they
Wiwaxia (GM): since last time?
nope
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): everything seems pretty much the same
except the air is a lot dustier now
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
that's odd
if it hasnt even been 2 days since i teleported here
well, continuing down the tunnel!
Wiwaxia (GM): well the tunnel was full of dust the whole time
Myrtha Oscurr: well i'd expect it to have settled
or something
Wiwaxia (GM): it is less settled than last time
continue?
Myrtha Oscurr: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): there's some minor damp splashes in the dust on the floor and wall ahead
and then a junction just past
Myrtha Oscurr: Oh, I guess we're under the ocean part now
how many directions in the junction?
Wiwaxia (GM): two, it's a T
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
is there a noticeable difference between the two?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes
on the left
there's a bunch of shelves and wooden boxes like those in the tunnel under your house, but shoved around and piled into a crude barricade
there's a couple of the spears you made the sirens leaned against the wall on the near side
a couple sirens are dozing fitfully
Myrtha Oscurr: oh
Well I should probably say hello, though I feel bad about waking them up
though they're probably also meant to be guarding
so
"Hello?"
siren: aaah!
Wiwaxia (GM): they leap up with surprising speed
one grabs a spear and whips around to point it at you
the other goes for a wire halfway up the wall
Myrtha Oscurr: "Hey, I'm not here to fight!"
Wiwaxia (GM): then they both stop and sag slightly
siren: Oh!
are you the Lady of the house on the hill?
Myrtha Oscurr: "I am."
siren: our humblest apologies, milady!
Wiwaxia (GM): the one with the spear drops it like it's suddenly burning
Myrtha Oscurr: "Don't worry about it. The tunnels seem to be a dangerous place, after all."
Wiwaxia (GM): and then they both sweep very low bows
Myrtha Oscurr: "Is your village doing well?"
siren: well enough, Lady
thanks to the arms you granted us, we were able to defend from a group of raiders
we lost two of our number but we held them off here and in the tunnel behind you
Myrtha Oscurr: "Raiders? You mean, other sirens, or carapace people, or the monsters?"
siren: other sirens, milady
Myrtha Oscurr: (I just noticed that one of those liches has pretty low health)
(did I try and fight that guy before...)
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: (well ok then)
"The liches that way haven't come this way, have they?"
siren: no, milady
Myrtha Oscurr: "Ah, that's good."
siren: do you wish to inspect the village, Lady?
Myrtha Oscurr: "Oh, if it's not an inconvenience, then I would."
siren: of course!
if you will permit me to escort you?
Myrtha Oscurr: "Thank you very much."
Wiwaxia (GM): the siren leads you down the right hand path
you can see the scuff marks on the floor where the shelves were moved from to make the barricade
you pass under one of the glass gridded lightwells
some of the white flowers are growing in its inset of the ceiling
clinging to both the walls and the faint light
there's another barricade here, much bigger and with a door propped more-or-less upright in the middle of it
Myrtha Oscurr: Does the door look like the one from the other consort village?
Wiwaxia (GM): no
more like the other plain wood doors you've been seeing around
Arxon: (hey um)
(I am srry to drop out early two weeks in a row but rn is bad brain times and I think I just need to sleep or something)
Wiwaxia (GM): (no worries, man)
Myrtha Oscurr: (sleep well!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (sleep well and take care of yourself)
Myrtha Oscurr: (drink tea!)
Arxon: (thank you ouo)
(night)
Wiwaxia (GM): the siren raps on the door with the butt of their pike
siren: The Lady is here to examine the village!
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a commotion of activity on the other side of the barricade
the door swings out somewhat lopsidedly
revealing a tunnel through the barricade
seems to be using some shelving, with the actual shelves taken out, for support
there's a bunch of chair legs and things lying crossways across the ground to make movement somewhat slow
there's a cluster of more sirens around the far end with more of your spears

Myrtha Oscurr does not think she has anything lying around the house useful for defending in this case...
siren: as you can see, Lady, your support has helped us more than we can state
without your arms we would likely have been unable to defend the gate
Myrtha Oscurr: "I'm glad to have helped you, then."
Wiwaxia (GM): you can also see a wire running through the barricade, and a salamander sitting on a box listening to it
Myrtha Oscurr: (oh, working wires!)
Wiwaxia (GM): beyond the barricade, there's a brief stretch of hallway with the rest of the spears piled up, and what look like some makeshift sleeping places
then there's an open archway
and beyond the village
the center of the village is a patch of the white flowers, positioned directly under another glass grid skylight
Myrtha Oscurr: aww
sounds pretty
and also Undertale
Wiwaxia (GM): white moths flutter silently among them and around the rest of the room
around the circumference of the round room, there are little bedding areas
there's some makeshift walls between them, but they're clearly not more than a formality
looks like all the materials that would serve went to the barricades
all the sirens in the village are standing at attention, in small groups in the common area or alone in front of one of the "rooms," looking at you
one by one they bow
Wiwaxia (GM): you hear a few mumbled "my Lady"s

Myrtha Oscurr bows a bit as well to be polite
Wiwaxia (GM): the sirens seems a bit nonplussed, then bow lower, to be sure
Myrtha Oscurr: (oh god they're all REALLY POLITE)
escorting_siren: our village is at your service, Lady
we had not expected this visit, or we would have prepared some tribute for you
I hope all is satisfactory to you, milady.
Myrtha Oscurr: "Of course. Thank you for your hospitality."
the siren escorting you nods and bows slightly
Myrtha Oscurr: "Do any of you know where I might go, or who I might talk to, to learn about this land? There's a few things that I need to find out about, and I haven't yet had much luck."
Wiwaxia (GM): the sirens look at eachother and give eachother gestures of agreeing helplessness
eventually one speaks up
siren: We are deeply sorry, Lady, but we do not know much beyond our lands here and your lands.
other_siren: the Renegade might know more.
but they are a dangerous element, and we see them rarely.
yet_another_siren: there... there may be more answers deeper in the underground
Wiwaxia (GM): they look afraid
yet_another_siren: but that is far more dangerous.
if. If your Ladyship wishes, we could organize an expedition, but there would not be much hope of them returning, with answers or without.
Myrtha Oscurr: "No, I wouldn't ask you to do something like that."
"So please don't worry about it."
Wiwaxia (GM): the sirens look relieved, and there is another round of bows
Myrtha Oscurr: (I don't mind switching out now if someone else wants to go)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, im actually starting to fade a bit
are people willing to leave it there for the week?
sorry i haven't been able to run for long recently
Myrtha Oscurr: it's fine!
whimsy: its ok
been distracted as well
Wiwaxia (GM): and then next week we can do Actual Fucking First Gate times
whimsy: ::DD
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
sleep well, guy!
guys!
Wiwaxia (GM): ya!
sleep well!
or well
you sleep well at least
dunno if whimsy and bird are gonna go back to sleep or what
whimsy: probably not just now ::D
but n8
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also belated xp tally
17
damage
for 340 exp

 

Spoiler: Some Drowtales chat and Ilmatar finds something whimsical

whimsy: morning ::D
i have circumvented my waking-up-at-3-am-sleepiness by not sleeping at all
Wiwaxia (GM): morning
uh, best of luck frined
whimsy: thank you ::D
i plan on not sleeping much today
Wiwaxia (GM): i've got a general idea of where your first gate goes now though!
whimsy: ooh
(i'll be mildly distracted tho bc im working on a trailer for adfr)
Karrin Blue: Hey
Arxon: hey!
whimsy: hii ::D
wi was here a moment ago
Karrin Blue: so
girl genius
what did RvR DO
whimsy: send the storm king to the future
duh
::D
all those time creatures around mechanicsburg...
considering av describes rvr as having a mad grin on his face, i presume a prototype gone, uh, slightly unintended
Karrin Blue: but the thing is that
it seems like he was less sent into the future, like agatha and martellus and vi
and more
stopping time for him?
whimsy: possibly a strong temporal draw from this era instead of the "im getting you out of battle"
hmm
i might need to reread those pages
he seems to be reconstructing himself
Arxon: (hello Wi)
Karrin Blue: well he'd need to
like
look at his arms
those maw things
there's no actual
room
Karrin Blue: for arms there unless they are spaghetti-thin
he might just be a head on top of a mechsuit, i mean
whimsy: those arms got the same colour as his face
a mildly unhealthy bubbly green
so whatever rvr did, it probably backfired
(wouldnt it be funny if that state made him officially ineligible for the crown bc of death) (the crown goes to tarvek) (a few people need to suppress snickers because oh boy howdy if only they knew)
Karrin Blue: yep
if 30 seconds dead disqualifies you...
depending on things, if he never actually _died_ but was suspended that miiiight swing things
also i really am wondering when he'll see agatha and think she's euphrosynia
whimsy: im not sure whether shell be pissed that she keeps getting mistaken for her ancestresses, on the other hand, euphrosynia is better than lucrezia, by sheer weight of the fact that you cant go worse than lucrezia
i wonder if dead but rescuciated by non-sparky means counts as dead
Wiwaxia (GM): well internet appears to be moderately turdy
Karrin Blue: D:
Wiwaxia (GM): hopefully it won't be a problem
whimsy: we noticed, you kept oscillating between on and off
Karrin Blue: yep
hm
thoughts on latest drowtales?
quain cannot politick
Wiwaxia (GM): that table is not going to last the evening
Karrin Blue: god no
whimsy: its going to end in a disaster
Karrin Blue: like, ashie can politic. but quain cannot
also half the clan leaders sent proxies
like
anahid isn't going, and she sent MERRILL
uwaaa-seer
whimsy: she couldve sent kel
Karrin Blue: yeah, kel can negotiate!
the nals are apparently being headed by baby greenie
whimsy: question would be wether the head bitches would accept a male voice among them
Karrin Blue: mm
well
is the jie'yen rep male?
though he and sara are probably there just to support zala
also is zala like
in a fit state
Karrin Blue: to be here
whimsy: no
Karrin Blue: there's no way the Jaal'darya's turnaround is that quick
whimsy: she shouldve sent chrys, but... yeah, bad stuff all around
Karrin Blue: mmmaybe they managed to come up with a way to delay symptoms bu
....oh fuck
imagine if
zala starts budding
right there
whimsy: the jaal are playing all sides at once and are just yoloing all along
i hope chrys managed to get her dose of the antidote somewhere where it can be diplicated
Karrin Blue: well, i do think that they have legit grievances with the sarghs
chrys passed it to the jaal who came to the fortress
hopefully she's... well, trustworthy ENOUGH.
although i do think the jaal have legit problems now, more than the other clans
like their strength is dependent on being able to deliver
and we saw sargh recruits stabbing them at the checkpoints
Karrin Blue: though she's darn creepy about it
(also i do wonder why agneya didn't go herself. she's also going by proxy. even though the proxy is herself.)
whimsy: the sargh got too big. not enough people in the upper echelons who can control their subordinates
Karrin Blue: yeah
quain decided to go for quantity over quality and they opened recruitment to anyone who could hold a spear
and thus they ended up with everyone who wasn't low enough to only be able to go to the vloz
and as a result
whimsy: you can do that if you have enough drill sargeants who at least pay lip service to the doctrine
Karrin Blue: they didn't have sturdy enough supply lines to feed everyone
which leads to more disobedience and lack of discipline in the ranks
also
quain's planning to besiege snads
whimsy: ahahahahhahahahhahahahahahahahah
Karrin Blue: but for a siege you need to be prepared to settle in for a WHILE
whimsy: quain please
Karrin Blue: they can't feed everyone IN THEIR OWN CITY
whimsy: im sorry, but snads got the longer lever here
Karrin Blue: there's already a banditry problem
whimsy: yeah bc snads controls the rift
Karrin Blue: there's no way they can make sturdy supply lines
yeah!
i mean
whimsy: they need to strike snads quick, hard, and dirty
Karrin Blue: i remember that quain was planning on letting merchant caravans enter first landing free with a guard of veteran raiders
which would help some
but
not enough.
whimsy: not by far
Karrin Blue: yeah striking snads down quick
letting her get to her seat of power is the worst thing that could happen
if she can entrench herself in felde
just
i don't even know
whimsy: and since the sargh have no blood bond like the other clans, and come from extremely disparate places altogether, they cant even build on a "do it for the clan"
Karrin Blue: go to orthobbae with everyone equipped with earth focii and drop the whole building
yeah
and quain is strong but she's one person
and fighting AS one person has got her poisoned
whimsy: yeah
her mana immunity would make her an asset to a strike party
but shes too proud, and too short-sighted
Karrin Blue: and she's still a brutal fighter
Wiwaxia (GM): still one of the best people to 1v1 snads irl
but yeah
anyways
people ready to start?
Arxon: ye!
Karrin Blue: (thing is, she started out as a merc leader, which she's good at. and then it all just. grew.)
yes!
whimsy: yeah no 1-on-1ing snads wont work
they threw mimaneid at her and she came out of in on top
Karrin Blue: (the mimans had no plan as far as i remember tho)
Wiwaxia (GM): i assume snads is gonna go down fmab wrath style
Karrin Blue: (ooooh.)
whimsy: oh wow yeah thatd be hella
the mimians severely underestimated snads which is a stupid idea
Karrin Blue: poor mikilu
whimsy: the one who got the best shot at snads was the sargh lady who was like "fuckit ima go the sneaky route to plant a knife in her"
she had the right idea
if snads knows youre there you dont stand a chance, shes too op
Karrin Blue: snads does not seem to have any personal defense other than the summons, yeah
she's putting all her effort into magic
but a knife to the gut will do just fine, she's not a warrior and she never wears armor
zala'ess put more effort into her nonmagical protection
and it _worked_
anyways
Karrin Blue: game!
so moss and bird?
i know moss is busy
Wiwaxia (GM): bird is napping and moss is ???
Karrin Blue: ok then!
ladychar party!
Arxon: clearly we should get together
have a slumber arty
talk about boys
braid each others hair
Karrin Blue: (p sure lemi and ilma are both lady-types?)
hee
Lemi Malloy: "So.....Do you guys know any boys other than Leon?"
Ilmatar Nordwind: "... Nah"
Karrin Blue: "....there's those theoretical aliens?"
"they might all be girls tho."
"and the chess people i guess."
Ilmatar Nordwind: "I hope they're all girls. Girl powerr! Or enby, bc Moss is cool"
Lemi Malloy: "I don't think any of the chess people I've met have been boys."
"Oh wait! The potter was."
"Now I know two boys."
Ilmatar Nordwind: "If we find more we'll need a box for them. Can't keep putting them with the other assorted findings."
(also let the record show tham im fucking STARRYEYED at this bismuth crystal picture)
Myrtha Oscurr: nice nice nice
Ilmatar Nordwind: like WHOA
probs lots of good places to hide and ambush and trap stuff and _get_ ambushed
Lemi Malloy: Ilmatar has best planet omg
Myrtha Oscurr: ...well
yeah it's not haunted
or evil.
so yeah
Ilmatar Nordwind: im still amazed stuff grows there
Wiwaxia (GM): arguable
sera's is p sweet
Myrtha Oscurr: music!
Wiwaxia (GM): you are just about the sea of storms, here
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooooh
im taking
so many pictures
Wiwaxia (GM): fog skimmed from its top swirls thickly around the riot of crystals the sprout from the ground
Myrtha Oscurr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus_Procellarum
??
(also what is this song)
secretly ilma was the moon princess all along
now to find the cat
Wiwaxia (GM): searched for "mist" on soundcloud and grabbed the thing that sounded cool
Myrtha Oscurr: nice
Ilmatar Nordwind: well she is a royal princess of prospit
and she probably still have the sailor fuku tee
too bad i didnt think to bring bottles, i wouldve loved to catch some of the mist
Wiwaxia (GM): condensation drips heavily on every faceted surface and runs in rivulets between the jumble of half-formed crystals that is the ground
Ilmatar Nordwind: can i catch some of the mist in my hands and drink/inhale it?
Wiwaxia (GM): it's everywhere around you
Ilmatar Nordwind: i feel so fairy like atm
Wiwaxia (GM): you inhale it with every breath
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooh nice
Wiwaxia (GM): flashes of blue wheel and strike against the pink and orange crystals crowding over your head, great iridescent butterflies wheeling in the swirling fog
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: guys guys guys omg
BI is sending pictures!
BI: this place is magical
BI: leeeeeeeeeeeeemiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii can i drag you here at some point so we can take artisty pics together
Myrtha Oscurr: (who's online now)
Ilmatar Nordwind: BUTTERFLIES
i reach my hands up in the direction of the butterflies and hold them as still as i can
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
this is rather
whimsical
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD

 

Spoiler: The whimsy train just don't stop

Wiwaxia (GM) checks timeline
Wiwaxia (GM): lemi is stumbling around the forest on LOFAC having trapped the crawling horrors
Myrtha Oscurr: ...lemi's still on lofac at this point?
Wiwaxia (GM): technically online and chatting with myrtha but probably too occupied to chat with imatar too
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: theres HUGE butterflies here
BI: i wonder if i can make nice fairy wings from them
Wiwaxia (GM): myrtha probably can, though
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Wow!
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah we're at T=31:00
Myrtha Oscurr: (refresh my memory there?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (you're just starting your underground exploration, are gonna ask about the Nyx statues in a few minutes)
Myrtha Oscurr: (ok)
cO: That place is gorgeous
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: yess!!
bI: im so glad i get to play this game with you guys!
bI: and if your places are more difficult, we can start here! ^________________^
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well, I think we might be supposed to figure our own places out... but it is multiplayer after all. And I could probably use a break from the planet of blue and ghosts.
Ilmatar Nordwind: Wi, how far above me are the butterflies?
Wiwaxia (GM): all around you
above, at your height, off in the distance where you can just catch glimpses of them through the mist...
Ilmatar Nordwind: i try approaching one
oh darn, i didnt pack my fairy wings
cant even camouflage myself
Wiwaxia (GM): it flutters and wheels away
Ilmatar Nordwind: i chase it

Ilmatar Nordwind is chasing butterflies. Wheeeeeeeeeeee! :D
Wiwaxia (GM): it flies up and over the rim of this large crystal
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
Wiwaxia (GM): which comes up to about chest height on you
Ilmatar Nordwind: i peek over it!
endless sea of clouds?
Wiwaxia (GM): well yes, just down the hill
but this in particular is a large square crystal, stepping down on the inside
it's been filled with water from the mist
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooh
can i reach the water?
Myrtha Oscurr: it's probably not very warm
Wiwaxia (GM): if you kinda haul your shoulder half up over the rim you can dip the tips of your fingers in
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice
i get out my thermos and dip in the cup
time to sample
Wiwaxia (GM): it tastes like light through crystal and is teeth-achingly cold
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooooh
well, at least its better than whatever is in the pipes of my house atm, lol
Myrtha Oscurr: ilmatar that water may be drugs
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::DD
Myrtha Oscurr: normally 'light through crystal' is not a taste
Ilmatar Nordwind: What are you talking about? Ilma is a fairy, food of the fairy world cannot harm her.
::P
Wiwaxia (GM): several butterflies perch on the step just above the water, drinking and slowly opening and closing their iridescent wings
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: item: the water in the pipes in my house is currently disgusting
bI: item: the water here tastes absolutely amaziing
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Huh, I haven't had any plumbing problems yet, even though I'm in a desert. Though there is a river right next to me.
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: like light filtering through ice, scattering into colours
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ...I don't think water is supposed to taste like that?
cO: Or that anything is supposed to taste like that.
Wiwaxia (GM): (pff)
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: the butterflies seem to like it!
bI: well, the nutrients need to come from somewhere!
bI: ive been wondering how anything can grow on bismuth, but it might be the water
bI: and then i went and forgot to bring bottles for samples
Wiwaxia (GM): speaking of growing, it looks like there's some kind of aquatic plant in the center part of the pool
looks like this
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/images/tree_of_silver1.jpg
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooh
Myrtha Oscurr: nice
Ilmatar Nordwind: can i take a good picture?
and, do i have any idea what it might be?
Wiwaxia (GM): not without a waterproof camera, no
it's submerged completely and the reflections on the water make it hard to get a good shot
and int check?
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+13
(
5
)+13
= 18
seriously. thats the first roll of the night.
(at least it wasnt a 1)
Wiwaxia (GM): near miss
so
hmm
Ilmatar Nordwind: i know i dont know?
Wiwaxia (GM): doesn't look like any sort of earth plant
Ilmatar Nordwind: Well, figures! This is obviously in the fairy realm. Of course they have other plants here.
"Thank you, spring spirit, for your hospitality", I say towards the water. Just in case.
gotta be friendly to the spirits.
then plop down and explore some more
Wiwaxia (GM): where to?
Ilmatar Nordwind: northwards
Wiwaxia (GM): you make your way carefully across the crystal-jumbled and mist-slick ground
Ilmatar Nordwind: good thing ive got good and sturdy boots made for that kind of thing!
Wiwaxia (GM): the next big crystal pillar is tipped towards you, and holds little water
instead it's mouth is filled with silver mossy plants
Ilmatar Nordwind: take a pic, and try to figure out what those are
rolling 1D20+13
(
11
)+13
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): http://www.davidkjoyceminerals.com/graphics/homecarousel/carousel dend silver.jpg
you get the obvious metagame knowledge the link above provides
Ilmatar Nordwind: eheheheh
made of silver?
bI: ooh, theres plants made of silver here
bI so pretty!
i prod one with my bladefan
Wiwaxia (GM): it brushes back a little, like a branch of a plant, but seems mostly stiff and hard
Ilmatar Nordwind: How delightfully odd!
Wiwaxia (GM): the dewdrops gathering on it roll down your bladefan and up your sleeve
Ilmatar Nordwind: cold?
Wiwaxia (GM): very
Ilmatar Nordwind: Can i assess whether its just really close to 0 celsius, or already below?
if its below, theres shenanigans involved
on the other hand, this is a very shenanigan-y place
Wiwaxia (GM): not without a thermometer, i don't think
Ilmatar Nordwind: alright
"I hope I did not harm you, spirit. I will annoy you no longer."
and then truck onwards, further north
Wiwaxia (GM): this one is a small pool at knee height, and then a wide pillar that reaches just above your head
to your left, the ground curves aways steeply down to the surface of the sea of storms proper
Ilmatar Nordwind: hmm, i have bad experiences with cloud-slippery bismuth and drops
Wiwaxia (GM): waves of cloud break on the large crystals at the edge of the land, sending pulses of mist rolling up the channel towards you
in return, rivulets of condensed water and mist-dripping gather together into a jumbing splashing stream
Ilmatar Nordwind: (the bgm is making me wanna hum)
im going to hum a song
Wiwaxia (GM): returning to the cloudy sea
Ilmatar Nordwind: when i come here next, i'm gonna take a message in a bottle with me
Wiwaxia (GM): you hum aimlessly, by which i mean you start idly humming the background music in-universe
Ilmatar Nordwind: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): have a song bar
the shallow pool in front of you has a deep square "keyhole" in its center
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooooh, gotta keep that in mind
possibly either a planter for one of the silver things, of a bismuth key
i pass the tall column on the right and venture on
(whimsy thinks there must be more to this place than just these crystals and the butterflies)
Wiwaxia (GM): here the half-formed crystals of the ground start to become little ankle-deep square pools
the butterflies are thick, and swirl around you, alighting on you momentarily
Ilmatar Nordwind: eeeeeeeeeeeeeh _
starry eyes
Wiwaxia (GM): to your right, a crystal looms several meters over you head, tilted towards you
water spills from it's overhanging edge in intermittent streams
ahead there's a relatively clear path to the big blocky crystals of the shoreline
Ilmatar Nordwind: i should probably get out of the way quick-ish, hypothermia is awful
so i see
whatever this here is
bllrrgh why cant i ping again
Wiwaxia (GM): to the left, uphill, a sight of blue crystals through the shifting mist
huh, you should be able to?
weird
well you can move yourself there, yeah?
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh dear
did we forget to up my health after i rested and ate some food, or did the water drop me down to 9hp?
Wiwaxia (GM): that's your song
9/10
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
Wiwaxia (GM): blue is health
Ilmatar Nordwind: aah
red is usually health
Wiwaxia (GM): i can go green for song if that'd be less confusing?
Ilmatar Nordwind: damn colour coding
yes please, green would be less confusing
green is a wind colour
thank you
so yeah
the weird gradient-y lump in front of me
Karrin Blue: though I think I'm the only one who figured out singing so far
Wiwaxia (GM): well ilma's just singing a non-magic song
Karrin Blue: yeah
which is the path to learning magic songs!
Wiwaxia (GM): mhm!
that's a a flat plane of bismuth, starting at about knee-high and tipped up towards you
it's wrinkled and dimpled, but you can catch your reflection in it
Ilmatar Nordwind: do i still pass as human?
Wiwaxia (GM): you look pretty human to you, yeah
Ilmatar Nordwind: huh. well, onwards to the east now
Karrin Blue: (what were you expecting ilmatar)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (whistles innocently-
Wiwaxia (GM): as you reach here, the mist parts abruptly, like stepping through a curtain
centered on the pedetal in front of you, there is an eye in the swirling mist
Karrin Blue: (WELL)
Ilmatar Nordwind: "Hello, hello!"
Wiwaxia (GM): you can see the black skies of the medium above you, and a faint line of dim... stars?
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh, that kind of eye
i thought an... eyeball
Karrin Blue: (yeah so did i)
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, sorry, like eye-of-the-storm
Ilmatar Nordwind: greeting rescinded, exchange with taking pictures
i think i should be feeling wind here, though
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing
absolutely still
Ilmatar Nordwind: how strange
i step into it
Wiwaxia (GM): stepping up onto the pedestal?
Ilmatar Nordwind: you know what? sure
i'll watch my step tho
Karrin Blue: ...is this eye the god tier pillar
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a clear keyhole of water in the center of the pedestal too
Karrin Blue: oh no ok
Wiwaxia (GM): (nah, those are obvious)
Ilmatar Nordwind: and you cant just port right next to them like that id think
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, no
as you step up, a ripple passes over it, the water drains, and the mist rushes in, suddenly blindingly thick
Karrin Blue: IT'S A TRAP
Ilmatar Nordwind: i disturbed the circle ::D
and carefully step back from it
Wiwaxia (GM): you pass back out through a curtain into a more normal level of mist
where there was once a clear area, there is now a slowly twisting column of thick white mist, extending upward for 5 or more meters
Ilmatar Nordwind: (on a meta level i know that this might be a good time to use my power, but the meta also knows that ilma is not yet ready to accumulate more charges of that)
Well, mist is a thing Ilma has encountered before, living by the sea and all
Is my flashlight strong enough to penetrate the mist?
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't stockpile charges of it, anyways, only recharge it after it's been used
Ilmatar Nordwind: ah
Wiwaxia (GM): it penetrates a couple centimeters in, but mostly you just illuminate a circle of the swirling mist
Ilmatar Nordwind: hrm!
quick detour back to the other keyhole
climb on top of it
does anything happen?
i might have triggered the wrong sequence.
Wiwaxia (GM): well when you get over here, you notice that the water is gone, but no, climbing on it does nothing
Ilmatar Nordwind: the water is gone. huh
i shine the flashlight down the hole
Wiwaxia (GM): unfortunately for your eyes and for your investigation, the walls of the hole are highly reflective
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
stupid reflective walls
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like it goes straight down a good ways, though
you can't tell if it has a bottom in sight, though, just OH GOD REFLECTIONS
Ilmatar Nordwind: eheheheheh
i rub my eyes, sounds like another detour waiting to happen
this time towards yellow
maybe theres a pedestal here that acts as a reset button
Wiwaxia (GM): heading thisaways?
Ilmatar Nordwind: i'll move her
also, my brain tells me that this light blue patch is a weird thing and would like it explained
Wiwaxia (GM): this one?
Ilmatar Nordwind: the thing in front of me
(urgh, sorry, my eyes are falling shut >>_<<)
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, you wanna switch?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (yes please)
Wiwaxia (GM): okay!
Ilmatar Nordwind: (i keep missing your pings and thats just...) (blrgh)
(i feel like im off my drugs in terms of concentration and, yeah, blrgh)
Wiwaxia (GM): yah, no worries

 

Spoiler: Meteor fun with Lemi, Myrtha fights those liches

Wiwaxia (GM): so who wants to go next?
Arxon: (I would like to? :>)
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing!
(also blrgh, these tiles don't line up like they should)
(i am tempted to just redraw)
(...or use the original sprite resources for gen 3 of the geomorphs)
(lousy goddamn perfectionist self)
Arxon: (it is fine!)
Wiwaxia (GM): so i believe you just transportalized to this pillar and opened both chests
Arxon: I believe so, yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): okay i think that's all the opened chests marked off
Arxon: ok!
Lemi Malloy: So Lemi kinda abruptly realizes that she has no idea where IP and TA are
Wiwaxia (GM): these latest two got you the swingline sewing machine and a fuckload of origami beetles
Lemi Malloy: she listens really hard to see if she can hear the anywhere nearby
(I love the beetles)
Wiwaxia (GM): you hear nothing, but then you're also in kinda a bigass pit of a room
Lemi Malloy: right!
is the staircase close enough to jump to?
Wiwaxia (GM): technically, yes
but probably unwise
it's a difficult jump, and a 3m fall if you miss
Lemi Malloy: what would a controlled drop to the ground be?
Wiwaxia (GM): you could do a controlled drop with no risk of damage, yeah
Lemi Malloy: alright then
controlled drop to the floor, then exit the way I came into this room originally
Wiwaxia (GM): the transportalizer in the corner?
Lemi Malloy: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): you're back here now
Lemi Malloy: ok
and then it wassss
the walkway back
here?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
however
you can hear IP and TA talking over those walls in the room you transportalized into
whoops you stepped on the transportalizer
:v
Lemi Malloy: frick!
ok, back on the transportmentalizer, then scan the room to see if there's any way into the adjacent area
Wiwaxia (GM): well, there's the tunnel under the walled-off area
and there's a walkway into it from over here
Lemi Malloy: so back around by the staircase I originally stepped onto the outside f the meteor from?
Wiwaxia (GM): that was there, but you might be able to walk around the outside and find a way in, yeah
Lemi Malloy: the ouside of the meteor?
ok then, I'll step onto the outside, reorient myself, and then walk towards the room I heard them talking in
Wiwaxia (GM): you see a pair of external buildings in that general direction over here
Lemi Malloy: wheeeee meteor trekkin
alright I'll head towards them
Wiwaxia (GM): you clamber across more craters than you ever really wanted to see
and enter a hallay
there's a chest on your left
Lemi Malloy: open!
Wiwaxia (GM): also a long desk with a computer on it
rolling 1t[whats-in-the-chest-(delete-items-after-use)]
(
- A STACK OF OLD SLEAZY DERSITE RAGS
)
= 0
Lemi Malloy: ohhhhh
hm ok a) find IP and TA b) see if these say anything about why that third tower is all crumbled
I check the computer
Wiwaxia (GM): it's powered off
turn it on?
Lemi Malloy: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): it doesn't ask for a password, thankfully
it opens to a spreadsheet covering production of munitions from VEIL MUNITIONS FACTORY 616AH
Karrin Blue: 616
Lemi Malloy: ...I'm not SURE if this is important, but I'll take a picture of it anyways
Wiwaxia (GM): the computer appears to be running windows 95, or something equivalent
Lemi Malloy: I check the start menu
is there anything else?
Wiwaxia (GM): the start menu shows the frequently used programs: MS Paint, PROBLEM SLEUTH, Veilnet, and the spreadsheet program
Lemi Malloy: ...I open up MS Paint and check the picture folder
Wiwaxia (GM): it appears to be a prospitian man in a long black cape with a scythe passionately kissing Death
Lemi Malloy: ...
I am going to take a picture of this
and post it to the chat
aG: ?????
Wiwaxia (GM): you open another one, a file named ACEDICKS
and feel the inexplicable urge to cover your screen and check if anyone is standing blurrily in the forground
Lemi Malloy: I'm
I'm gonna turn the computer off now
Can I still hear IP and TA?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, and this doesn't looks ike quite the hallway you were going for
*look like
Lemi Malloy: Alright
there was another enterence structue, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
takes you to pretty much the same place, though
(for reference, you're trying to get here)
Lemi Malloy: bluhhh
ok, so are there are doors or openings anywhere in this hall?
whimsy: ((gonna glose my eyes for half an hour if i just never respond i pproperly fell asleep)
Wiwaxia (GM): (kay, you probably need the sleps anyways)
Lemi Malloy: (sleep well!)
Wiwaxia (GM): two that go up to the little ledge you were at before
and a door on the far end
Lemi Malloy: alright, lets try that door
Wiwaxia (GM): it's a bunch of stairways, going up and up and uup
this takes you to the stairway going down and down and down under the platform you were wandering around on before
which eventually spits you out on the other side of the meteor
Lemi Malloy: bluhhh
alright, backtrack back onto the surface
near where I last heard them
Wiwaxia (GM): that;s probably around here
Lemi Malloy: I'll go back inside and see if there are any doors that I didn't explore in there
Wiwaxia (GM): there's this door up the stairs in the wall
Lemi Malloy: alright, lets check that out
Wiwaxia (GM): deadends in another transportaizer
taking it?
Lemi Malloy: ....sure
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
ehehehehehe
Karrin Blue: gosh that's good news
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d10
(
9
)
= 9
well then
Lemi Malloy: (distressed Arxon noises)
Wiwaxia (GM): you find yourself looking down a checkerboard hallway
Lemi Malloy: huh
I will walk down it?
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit you walked off the map
Lemi Malloy: um????
Wiwaxia (GM): :v
i think i'll leave that til next week, okay?
Lemi Malloy: k
Karrin Blue: does she reappear on the other end of the map
oh ok
my turn? or are you flagging?
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean i haven't made that shit yet
Karrin Blue: ahh.
Arxon: ahhhh
Wiwaxia (GM): i can run you for a bit, yeah
Karrin Blue: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): probably not super long though
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): so we left you in the consort one-room village, i believe
Myrtha Oscurr: yep
Wiwaxia (GM): discussing the difficulty of finding things out about your land
Myrtha Oscurr: yep
Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
Myrtha Oscurr: well let's see
Wiwaxia (GM): (also metagame wise i know where your first gate goes now)
Myrtha Oscurr: tell the truth i'd like to check that out but
Wiwaxia (GM): (so you can take that whenever)
Myrtha Oscurr: also consorts
i do not want to be rude to sirens ><
Wiwaxia (GM): at least not these sirens
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): (afk for a moment)
Myrtha Oscurr: k
Wiwaxia (GM): back
Myrtha Oscurr: ok so
last time on
i was saying hello to consorts

Myrtha Oscurr notes awkward silence
Myrtha Oscurr: "...Well, does your village need any more weapons? Or supplies?"
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a flurry of "oh no we couldn't possibly ask"s and "you've done more than enough"s
but the siren at your elbow quietly asks if you might be able to spare some materials for fortifications
Myrtha Oscurr: "Ah, you mean planks, nails, that sort of thing?"
siren: yes, those would be ideal, milady
but anything you can spare we can put to use
the other branch of the hallways leading to our village is still undefended
as is our back entrance
Myrtha Oscurr: "I see. I will see what I can find, then."
siren: Our thanks, milady. We will send what tribute we can.

Myrtha Oscurr will make the polite sayings and then leave to go back to her house
Myrtha Oscurr: and Unsing when getting in sight of the liches
siren: we also have a few efts who can be prepared to enter your service as knights shortly, if you wish
Myrtha Oscurr: oh wait
Wiwaxia (GM): (not sure if eft is the proper word for young sirens, but oh well)
Myrtha Oscurr: "Oh - well, I wouldn't want to take anyone that you need for defending your village..."
the siren bows
siren: very well
Myrtha Oscurr: (but Myrtha having an entourage of sirens sounds REALLY CUTE)
"But - well, I can perhaps talk to them after the village is safer? If that's alright."
siren: we will let you know if we have any forelimbs to spare

Wiwaxia (GM) causally gestures to the FOLLOWER column on the level-up chart
Myrtha Oscurr: oh well
_in that case_
still going to do it once I feel better about the village's safety
anyways
i'll leave to go back to my house then?
and then to my Gate
Myrtha Oscurr: while Unsinging, as I said
Wiwaxia (GM): K!
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
2 Environmental Hazard
)
= 2
oh well that should be fun
let's see
Myrtha Oscurr: hahah shit what is it
Wiwaxia (GM): a bunch of wires have been pulled down across the hallway
several of them are twisting back and forth across the floor, writing obscure glyphs in the dust and hissing whispers on the edge of hearing
the liches are standing just on the far side of this mess
Myrtha Oscurr: ...shit.

Myrtha Oscurr does NOT say that out loud
Myrtha Oscurr: hmm ok
killing them would probably be a good idea
can I tell which is the one I injured earlier
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, it's the lampblack one
Myrtha Oscurr: ok...
let's see.
Wiwaxia (GM): besides, you can see health vials as a kind of semi-abstract game construct
Myrtha Oscurr: can I charge that guy? do the wires make the footing bad?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure, if you're willing to risk stepping on a live wire
Myrtha Oscurr: ...well I don't like these guys coming in and tearing up my tunnels. Plus they're carrying whispers, not electricity, right?
so it'll probably scramble my head but not be like. deadly. i hope.
anyways
what do I roll for charging
Wiwaxia (GM): normal attack, add 2 to damage if you hit
and then your def is 2 lower for their turn
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
14
)+1
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): also not stepping on a wire is pure dumb luck, so grace check
Myrtha Oscurr: wait that's the attack roll not the to-hit roll
Wiwaxia (GM): yes that hits
Myrtha Oscurr: (i was adding +1 for attack)
ok let's see
rolling 1d20+8
(
13
)+8
= 21
and since that hit
it's +2 and +1 from my normal attack?
Wiwaxia (GM): no normal attack is just to hit
so +2
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+2
(
12
)+2
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): d8, not d20
also what are you hitting it with?
Myrtha Oscurr: oh hmm
let's use the Pop Sickle
haven't tried that out yet
Wiwaxia (GM): also grace check was a narrow success, so you didn't hit a live wire, but you did alert the liches to your presence
so you don't get a chance for two turns in a row
Myrtha Oscurr: even while unsinging?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, if you do something obvious enough the unsinging won't help
Myrtha Oscurr: alright
Wiwaxia (GM): i assume you tripped and caught yourself or something
Myrtha Oscurr: fair enough
anyway
what do i roll for the pop sickle
Wiwaxia (GM): you 1d8 normal damage +1d8 cold damage
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 2d8
(
5
+
4
)
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): the lampblack lich takes 5 normal damage and no cold damage
Myrtha Oscurr: ...well shoot
so it's immune to cold?
Wiwaxia (GM): ugh internet
anyways
+2 from charging kills it anyways
it drops ['skull', 'healing gel for 4d4', '184 build grist']
Myrtha Oscurr: ...it drops a SKULL?
:D
nice
can i attack the other one
Wiwaxia (GM): nope. because you tripped
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): it scrambles away 5m and shoots a bolt of purple magic at you
iiiiiiiiinterneeeeeet
rolling 1d4 damage
(
4
)
= 4
Myrtha Oscurr: ...oh dear
Wiwaxia (GM): yes that did bypass a to hit roll
probably does not bypass protection, though
Myrtha Oscurr: protection is at 2
so, 2 damage?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: well
has it gone far enough i can charge again
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
Wiwaxia (GM): that does not hit
Myrtha Oscurr: dangit
Wiwaxia (GM): it takes a swipe at you with a claw
rolling 1d20+1
(
4
)+1
= 5
ahahaha no
and it's gonna move past you back to where the other lich's grist and skull is

 

Spoiler: Myrtha is the Witch of Fists

Myrtha Oscurr: dangit i want that skull
it better not steal it
can i charge it again
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
DANGIT AGAIN
Wiwaxia (GM): still doesn't hit
Myrtha Oscurr: TWICE.
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
that hits, yeah?
Myrtha Oscurr: it's against my defense, right?
then yes
Wiwaxia (GM): fortitude save, please
Myrtha Oscurr: d20 plus 10?
Wiwaxia (GM): d20 plus nothing, try to roll 10 or under
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
(
11
)
= 11
......
Wiwaxia (GM): you are paralyzed!
Myrtha Oscurr: D:
Wiwaxia (GM): the lich backs up 5m again
you're paralyzed, lich's turn again, it backs up another 5m
Myrtha Oscurr: can i move yet
Wiwaxia (GM): okay roll 1d4, on a 1 you get free, anything else you roll 1d3 next turn and get free
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): the cobalt lich recharges and shoots another bolt of magic at you for 2 damage
Myrtha Oscurr: it's a _cobalt_ lich?
well now i NEED to kill it!
Wiwaxia (GM): behind you, the lampblack lich's skull rises into the air and reforms its body under it
Myrtha Oscurr: DAMMIT
I WANTED TO TAKE THAT HOME.
BUT NO I NEED TO BREAK IT.
at least this isn't happening inside my house.
Wiwaxia (GM): (fun dnd war story digression)
(so i was playing in a game once with a floating skull fire shooting skull with the same trick)
(we killed it after a lot of effort, and the barbarian decided it was a Worthy Foe)
(and took it as a trophy)
(by which i mean used it as a codpiece)
Myrtha Oscurr: ahahaha
Wiwaxia (GM): in any case, your turn
1d3 to get free
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d3
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): lampblack lich backs up 5m in the other direction and also shoots you for 4
Myrtha Oscurr: 2 damage then?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
your turn again, 1d2
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): congrats, you can do shit
Myrtha Oscurr: yay
ok well
which is closer
Wiwaxia (GM): lampblack
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
i will stabbity it
Wiwaxia (GM): what with?
Myrtha Oscurr: ...actually wait
how quickly can i drop things in and out of sylladex
because
if it's immune to cold damage, then fists are better
Wiwaxia (GM): minor action to put a thing in or out
Myrtha Oscurr: well i guess i'll do it? i don't think I'll need a minor action for anything else
do you remember whether I'd get extra attack this turn or not
Wiwaxia (GM): yep and i don't remember, roll 1d2?
2 is yes
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
eh
rolling 1d20+1
(
15
)+1
= 16
that hit?
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
dang.
Wiwaxia (GM): cobalt lich moves up so it's only 10m away from you again
lampblack lich moves 5m back and magicbolts you for 4
Myrtha Oscurr: alright
lampblack's next?
Wiwaxia (GM): mm? no lampblack bolted you, it's your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: ah yeah ok
lampblack again
rolling 1d20+1
(
13
)+1
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): charging or no?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
12
)+1
= 13
oh
sure why not
Wiwaxia (GM): both of those hit, charging only applies to the first
Myrtha Oscurr: ok then
so
rolling 1d8+2
(
8
)+2
= 10
rolling 1d8
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): it's down again
Myrtha Oscurr: can I break its skull while it's down
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm not sure if i want liches to double dip on grist or not, but let's just say yes for now and then i can decide if it'll stay that way or not
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, but next turn, you needa attack it
but any attack will bust it
anyways round two grist is
'skull', '208 build grist', '379 woad grist', '182 lampblack grist', '566 build grist', '1 ultramarine grist'
Myrtha Oscurr: holy shit
Wiwaxia (GM): cobalt bolts you for 1 and your turn again
Myrtha Oscurr: can i break the skull and collect the grist at the same time
Arxon: (hey guys I think I need to get to sleep)
(night!)
Myrtha Oscurr: (gnight!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (night)
and yep
Myrtha Oscurr: then I do that
Wiwaxia (GM): attack to break the skull and then move to run around through all the grist
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
19
)+1
= 20
(wait, did i need to roll to hit)
well anyways
is that enough to do the things
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah that does up
gimme a sec to add the grist to the sheet
Myrtha Oscurr: there's some new types!
does that fill in any of my recipes btw
or anyone else's, for that matter
Wiwaxia (GM): i'll check in a minute
also, congrats, you are the first person to get some capstone grist
one unit of it, admittedly, but
Myrtha Oscurr: capstone grist?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, the Best Grist for your land
Myrtha Oscurr: gosh
well then!
do i get an exp for that
Wiwaxia (GM): sure why not
+100 xp
Myrtha Oscurr: added to sheet!
now
what does other lich do
Wiwaxia (GM): also yes, there were two recipes that wanted lampblack
Myrtha Oscurr: which ones?
i assume you mean two for everyone's excurseses?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
colander || shirt and ring && kenaz rune
Myrtha Oscurr: ...well i couldn't make that one anyways
oh well!
onto lich 2
Wiwaxia (GM): cobalt moves away from you
it is now too far away to charge this turn
Myrtha Oscurr: well darn
can i attack it at all this turn?
(also did I collect all of the grist?)
Wiwaxia (GM): not unless you grabbed a ranged attack somehow, nope
it's 15m away, you can move 12m with a double-move or move-and-charge
(yep)
Myrtha Oscurr: (ok good i didn't want to forget the grist from the first lampblack death)
ok so
double move then!
since that'll let me defend
yeah
though I hope there's a way to carry it without using it
Wiwaxia (GM): (i assume you're leaving the healing gel for later)
(although i should mark that)
nope, but you can leave it in situ
Myrtha Oscurr: well alright
Wiwaxia (GM): cobalt lich continues to back up
it is now 8m away
your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: charge?
Wiwaxia (GM): can do!
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
8
)+1
= 9
:b
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, alas
cobalt lich backs up again and bolts you for 1
Myrtha Oscurr: which should get absorbed by my armor, I think
Wiwaxia (GM): ayup
Myrtha Oscurr: can I charge again?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
>:[
Wiwaxia (GM): (also patch notes: i've been trying to differentiate tactics more between types of underling, so that's a thing to pay attention to now, and liches will eventually have more spells than just magic missile)
rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
fort save?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
....
oh NOW you roll high
Wiwaxia (GM): congrats!
you're paralyzed
Myrtha Oscurr: i will kill this guy and _take all its cobalt_
Wiwaxia (GM): lich backs away
your turn again
1d4
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
>:[
Wiwaxia (GM): lich's turn, it backs away more
and recharges and blasts you for 2
Myrtha Oscurr: still gets absorbed
my turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): aren't you glad for armor?
yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d3
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): lich just hangs out where it is, your turn again
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
there
can I charge
Wiwaxia (GM): yes
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
DAMMIT
Wiwaxia (GM): in fact charging is the only way to hit it this turn
or try to
rolling 1d20+1
(
11
)+1
= 12
fort save?
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
(
8
)
= 8
yes finally
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: it didn't move right
Wiwaxia (GM): it hasn't backed away for once, so not charge
yep
Myrtha Oscurr: oh so i can't charge?
but i can still try and hit it so
rolling 1d20+1
(
12
)+1
= 13
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
:)
Wiwaxia (GM): and if you're still pummeling with fists, i think you passed up some opportunities to double-hit so you can take that now
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
Wiwaxia (GM): need to hit for the second though first
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah that hits
Myrtha Oscurr: ok! its turn?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
it moves back and blasts you
Myrtha Oscurr: fort save?
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
nope it hit you with the magic blast rather than clawing you
your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: did it do 1 damage
that got absorbed by armor then
rolling 1d20+1
(
13
)+1
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): and that hits
rolling 1d20+1
(
6
)+1
= 7
whiffs its claw for once, and stays put
your turn
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
17
)+1
= 18
rolling 1d20+1
(
8
)+1
= 9
well, one of those hit
rolling 1d8
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): moves back and bolts you for 2
Myrtha Oscurr: hooray for armor
can I charge?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d20+1
(
18
)+1
= 19
rolling 1d8+2
(
7
)+2
= 9
Wiwaxia (GM): and that finally kills it
Myrtha Oscurr: woo
Wiwaxia (GM): ['skull', '102 cobalt grist', '534 build grist', '381 woad grist']

Myrtha Oscurr smashes the phylactull
Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit so much woad

Myrtha Oscurr collects grist
Myrtha Oscurr: and COBALT
Wiwaxia (GM): leon will be happy
Myrtha Oscurr: and now
ok are you tired firstly
Wiwaxia (GM): i can do some alchemizations and a first impression of the other side of your first gate, but that's about it, i think
Myrtha Oscurr: hm wel
i was thinking I wanted to go back to the sirens and let them know there are broken wires and ask if any of them knew about how to fix them
it's a bit dangerous to just leave them on the ground
speaking of, i'm gonna photograph the patterns they were making in the dust since you said they were glyphs or something?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
photos come out well enough, with some interference
Myrtha Oscurr: anything intelligible?
and can I understand any of the glyphs
are they pictureglyphs, I mean
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
Myrtha Oscurr: well alright
I'll just post them to the chat then
and back to the siren village!
Wiwaxia (GM): and i think i'm gonna leave that for next time
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Hey so I killed some liches. Got a TON of grist for it.
cO: If you fight and kill any make sure to smash the skull they leave behind. If you don't then they regenerate.
cO: Which is REALLY disappointing to me.
cO: Anyways they tore down some wires and they did this? I'm gonna go see if I can fix them. Hopefully that'll go well!
ok then
gnight!
Myrtha Oscurr: that was fun!
Wiwaxia (GM): oh first xp tally though
you already added the 100, right?
Myrtha Oscurr: (and I should have enough to start making glass swords)
yep!
Wiwaxia (GM): you lost 7 hp and did, let's see
47
for a total of 1080 xp
Myrtha Oscurr: 6525+1080=7605?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
and i just edited that
Myrtha Oscurr: how close am I to levelling up?
Wiwaxia (GM): only 400 xp, i think
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): holy shit how do you always get so much more experience
Myrtha Oscurr: because I have no self preservation instinct!
Wiwaxia (GM): and a knack for rolling 8s on punches
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
I AM THE WITCH OF FISTS
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean
yes
Myrtha Oscurr: :)
next session is gonna be fun
i am gonna talk to sirens and maybe figure out how to repair wires and alchemy and go through my gate
Wiwaxia (GM): ye!
gnight!
Myrtha Oscurr: sleep well!
Thanks!

 

Spoiler: Lemi finds herself in the Battlefield

Arxon: hello!
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo!
Arxon: I will prolly have to duck out for a bit faairrlly soon b/c a friend of moms is coming to fix my hair
I might get on my phone but otoh old people bitching at me for being on my phone :/
Wiwaxia (GM): have you tried fixing it with duct tape?
:V
Arxon: noooo then everyone would see how wierdly shaped my head is ><
Wiwaxia (GM): Welp it's 6:16 so let's start asap for Arc Number Shenanigans
arxon, you wanna start?
Arxon: ye!
Wiwaxia (GM): alright!
you have just transportalized to somewhere with a checkered floor and stone walls
radiant blue light streams through high arched windows and fills the corridor with an ineffable loftiness
Lemi Malloy: I don't recall there being any blue light on the meteor
Can I reach the windows or are they too high?
Wiwaxia (GM): they're up by the ceiling, yeah, but you can probably look out them if you go stand where the rays of light hit the floor
Lemi Malloy: Alright, I'll head over to the nearest one
Wiwaxia (GM): through the window you can see a stunning blue sky above
white clouds drift serenely past
the air itself seems luminous and crisp and free and full of promise
like a long summer's day stretching out ahead, full of incipient exploration and advenure
Lemi Malloy: Does it seem like the windows can be opened?
Wiwaxia (GM): they already are
a refreshing breeze wafts around you
cool but not chilly
Lemi Malloy: I'm going to try to either climb or, failing that, run and jump up to a window
Wiwaxia (GM): way too high to run and jump
the stonework is big and blocky enough that it's technically climable
although it'd be tough going
Karrin Blue: (SORRY I'M LATE)
Wiwaxia (GM): there's no nice hand or footholds, you'll have to grab onto the bulk of the blocks or try to get a grip on the chinks and rely on friction to keep your footing
Lemi Malloy: I'll give it a try
Karrin Blue: (althouh it's fitting lemi starts on 616)
(happy birthday!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (ayup)
Karrin Blue: (and also day-after-birthday)
Lemi Malloy: ( 0u0 we have been doing this for a year I am so happy)
Wiwaxia (GM): (:3)
Karrin Blue: (did we actually start a year ago)
(i thought it was in july or august or somethin)
Wiwaxia (GM): (nope, pretty much a year ago!)
Karrin Blue: (wow!)
Lemi Malloy: (we had a test/info coordination session on 6/16/15)
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, i think the way I'm gonna do this is a dex check to see if you're nimble enough to do the required shenanigans described above
if you fail that, you just can't do it
and then a str check to do the actual climbing and fall if you fail
that sound fair?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+12
(
15
)+12
= 27
yep!
Wiwaxia (GM): well, okay!
you should make a note that lemi can climb ~sheer masonry walls
because that is a notable skill
Lemi Malloy: (Can do!)
rolling 1d20+9
(
1
)+9
= 10
Wiwaxia (GM): oh dear
Lemi Malloy: ....not this on though
Wiwaxia (GM): you make it all the way up to the window, lean to look out, then overbalance and fall
Lemi Malloy: ...well
Karrin Blue: (this seems. very anime)
Wiwaxia (GM): fortunately, you are only falling one story , so 1d6 damage
Lemi Malloy: Should i roll?
Wiwaxia (GM): ya
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
(I am on my phone so i cant adjust rn)
Wiwaxia (GM): (k)
Karrin Blue: (which album is this song from)
Wiwaxia (GM): that takes you to -4 on the good old death and dismemberment chart
(vol 5!)
you land flat on your ass and stub your tailbone
Karrin Blue: (k!)
Wiwaxia (GM): it is excruciatingly painful
Karrin Blue: D:
Wiwaxia (GM): (also you are now at 0hp and take an extra -1 from any damage until you get some healing in you)
Lemi Malloy: I swear, wait a little until less pain is happening, and then stand up and survey my surroundings
Wiwaxia (GM): you are on an enormous chessboard, at the foot of a checkered castle
golden flags fly from the battlements
Karrin Blue: (well at least the carapaces don't seem able to tell who's a princess or prince of a moon?)
(at least the ones on our lands...)
Wiwaxia (GM): to your right, in the distance, a gentle knoll rises from the checkered plain, covered with twisted trees flush with green leaves
to the left, the plain stretches to the horizon, with a silver ribbon of river wandering back and forth across it
in the distance, there's an encampment of white tents with golden pennants at their peaks, ensconced in a bend of the river
Lemi Malloy: What is the texture of th ground
Does it feel like a chrckerboard
Wiwaxia (GM): hm
you know, lemme think
i'm gonna go with "smooth and feels like a marble checkerboard but can be broken and moved like soil"
Lemi Malloy: Hug
*huh
I'll walk towards the river, but not too close to the camp
Wiwaxia (GM): kay, just a sec, lemme figure out how far away it is
also uh
okay
you just got 4,900 xp
Lemi Malloy: Ah??????
Wiwaxia (GM): for arriving on the battlefield
congrats on sequence breaking, it gets you assloads of xp
Lemi Malloy: I am playing this game in its intended manner
Karrin Blue: (YEP)
(look it took the homestuck kids less time to get there)
(so)
(it's not THAT bad)
Wiwaxia (GM): also general heads-up re: how i've designed lump sum xp
the more you get for seeing a thing, the more dangerous it is
Lemi Malloy: ..........
Wiwaxia (GM): that said!
you're level 5 now!

Lemi Malloy is a maker of good life choices
Wiwaxia (GM): you get +1d6hp
your attack is now +2, which i can add
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): and you get to add 1 to a stat of your choice
Lemi Malloy: Grace
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, that's what i figured
also that fixes your temporary grace damage, too
so your gra is now 10/10
Lemi Malloy: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): the horizon is surprisingly close
and the river that you had subconsciously assumed was broad turns out to be more of a stream
reeds cluster around its banks
Lemi Malloy: Epic leap over the brook!
Wiwaxia (GM): you soar gracefully over the book with your newly revitalized grace
There's what sounds like a fanfare on a foghorn behind you
descending towards the encampment is a massive floating golden ship
Lemi Malloy: Huh
am i close enough to make out people?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
(for reference, do you have a general sense of how wide a football field is?)
(that's how far away the horizon is)
Lemi Malloy: (general, yeah)
(K)
Wiwaxia (GM): (marching band has given me an intimate familiarity with football-field-as-unit, but i realize that this is not the case for most people. :v)
Lemi Malloy: I'll watchc to see who comes out of the ship
Wiwaxia (GM): it floats down with surprising gentleness between the castle and encampment, and lowers long ramps from fore and aft
(please hold, researching)
Lemi Malloy: (Alrighty!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (alright, got it)
there's a swarm of activity on deck, and then a bunch of white-carapaced soldiers dressed in uniforms of white kimono begin to wheel long guns and cannon down the ramps
whimsy: (well that didnt work)
(good morning)
Lemi Malloy: (Morning!)
Wiwaxia (GM): (hallo!)
whimsy: (i overheard th 10 min snooze)
(or rather, i didnt hear it)
(overheard =/= überhöre jfc english and german why)
Wiwaxia (GM): (i'm trying to pace to run long so bird can maybe show up, anyways, so)
Karrin Blue: (heyo whimsy!)
Arxon: I decide that, as interesting as this all is, I'm not entirely sure how prospitian soldiers will feel about me
Lemi Malloy: Or rather, I do
Can I roll a d6 to decide a direction to go in, discounting the direction of the camp?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
clockwise from camp?
Lemi Malloy: shore!
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
whimsy: (computer that was unecessary) (blrrrhgh its got trouble charging and its probs bc of the cable and it shut itself down again)
Wiwaxia (GM): so you're going to be going away from the river and from the camp, around the back of the castle from before
you leave camp, ship and castle oover the horizon pretty quickly
although you can still see the battlements of the castle and the conning towers of the ship above it
Lemi Malloy: This seems like a very short horizon
LOFAC is too wooded to really establish horizon, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): and too dark
you've entered an area of rolling hills and scattered trees, now
there's watchtowers on the tops of the highest hills, it looks like in a chain
like that one scene from the LOTR movies
you also notice, faint and lost in the haze of distance, that the sky is filled with strings, or perhaps a twisted web, of checkerboard
the clouds drift around and through it
Karrin Blue: (just as a sidenote i wish i could give you brownies. because i just made soem)
(pls imagine me giving you Kids and Funniversary brownies)
Lemi Malloy: I wonder where the hell I am
and check to see if anyone's online
whimsy: (am i online?)
Wiwaxia (GM): anybody
we're ahead of ilmatar on the timeline
Karrin Blue: me?
whimsy: (oooh)
Wiwaxia (GM): and myrtha is in between going home and visiting the consort village
Myrtha Oscurr: (wait what happened last for me)
(at this point in time)
(like this is just after i got home from the underground but before i went exploring down Lich Tunnel?)
Lemi Malloy: yay!
aG: Hey guys I have zero clue where I am
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ?
Wiwaxia (GM): (yep p much)
Lemi Malloy: aG: So I stepped on one of the teleporter thingys
aG: did I tell you about the teleporter thinys?
aG: And instead of dumping me a different place on the meteor it put me on some checkerboard lace
Wiwaxia (GM): (i assume that was a typo, but actually...)
whimsy: bI: ooooooh
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Teleporter?
Lemi Malloy: (omg)
aG: Yeah!
aG: They're round and when you step on them you appear on one in a different place
aG: There's a bunch of I think prospitians?
aG: the white ones
aG: they have like a camp and a castle
Myrtha Oscurr: (what color were the carapaces i met)
whimsy: bI: -high pitched squeeing-
bI: oh this is exciting!
Wiwaxia (GM): (both prospitian)
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Oh I met some of them earlier
whimsy: bI: castles castles castles castles
bI: send pictures!
Lemi Malloy: aG: gimmie a sec!
I walk back towards the castle, close enough to get some nice pictures
I also take some pictures of the scenery on the way there
and the watchtowers
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Whoah
whimsy: bI:
(blrgh)
(imagine heart emoticons there)
Wiwaxia (GM): (how many do you want)
(for the timelinelogs)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (2)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Do either of you know what this place is?
Myrtha Oscurr: (i remember flagcoonsprite referencing the light of skaia but idk if i've run into anything else?)
(actually if i'm in my house can i ask flagcoonsprite about them)
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, yes you can!
one sec, i'm gonna go read the spritelogs with nannasprite so i can gauge the exact correct amount of unhelpful
Myrtha Oscurr: "Hey, Flagcoonsprite - do you know anything about a checkerboard place?"
"With castles and such?"
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: it's clearly a...
bI: darn it, whats a good translation for 'verwunschen'?
bI: enchanted?
bI: enchanted castle.
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well, I dunno if the prospitians are magical
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: this whole place is magical!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: The ones I met seemed pretty much like people
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: most people in fairy tales are, in fact, people!
bI: and then there's the odd witch or fairy
bI: some of them benevolent, some of them less so
bI: and the good ending is reached through perseverance and kindness
Lemi Malloy: aG: and cannons?
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: so they might well be the inhabitants of a bewitched or enchanted castle without them having been at fault
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I've had to punch monsters to death several times and found imps using pieces of my refridgerator to slide down the stairs.
Lemi Malloy: aG: They had cannons
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: well of course they had
bI: what castle doesnt have cannons
Wiwaxia (GM): (visual reference interjection)
(cannons like so
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: and the monsters are the sure sign that these lands are in peril, and we are the heros to save it!
Wiwaxia (GM): https://www.google.com/search?q=wwi...ia7NAhUQ52MKHT75DboQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=643
)
not like so
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well I am apparently the Witch of Void
Wiwaxia (GM): (https://www.google.com/search?q=can...ia7NAhVBRGMKHeE9D3sQ_AUICCgB&biw=1366&bih=606)
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Not that anyone KNOWS what that is so the prophecy thing may be a wash.
Lemi Malloy: (does Lemi know enough about history to know what era they're from?)
Wiwaxia (GM): (eh, no more that can be gleaned visually from degree-of-machineryness, probably)
Lemi Malloy: aG: No like really shooty cannons
aG: not fancy old ones
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Like, artillery sorts of thing?
Lemi Malloy: aG: Probably
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Huh.
Lemi Malloy: aG: I don't think this war is like a fairy tale war
aG: Everything seems a lot more modern.
aG: Of course nobody's seen any battlefields yet, I guess
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: There's deserters too
cO: The guy I met left to be a farmer
cO: I dunno why he picked HERE of all places considering that the land looks about as fertile as a block of salt
cO: But he did
Lemi Malloy: aG: and the planes sure have real ass guns
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: modern fairy tale, duh
flagcoonsprite: Ah, my Witch, you speak of the Battlefield, where the Armies of Light and Darkness do march to war
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: wheres the fun in not adapting whatever new technology youve _got_
Myrtha Oscurr: (ugh i'm trying to think if myrtha knows what prospit and derse are specifically)
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: i bet there was a time when someone went 'christina you cant just put a drawbridge into a fairy tale, what's the point if they can just remove the way, instead of the armies wailing against the gates'
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Who's Christina?
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: just some random name i picked
bI: of a storyteller of old who went and put the new technology of drawbridges into her stories
bI: which totally changed everything
Wiwaxia (GM): (i know she's heard them namedropped, but i don't think any details?)
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: :P
Lemi Malloy: aG: a maverick
Wiwaxia (GM): (checking the logs)
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((also how about poly pile for endgame))
Myrtha Oscurr: (sorry was that not assumed already)
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((xxD)
Lemi Malloy: (plz imagine that good shit meme)
Wiwaxia (GM): (well, ectobiology wiggles it's sinister fingers in the background, but if that's no obstacle)
Myrtha Oscurr: (eh, we can do it six-person sedoretu style ifn we want)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (pls dont let ilma and lemi turn out to be related pls dont let ilma and lemi turn out to be related)
Myrtha Oscurr: (i mean. they can't be right? on account of prospit and derse)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (... point)
Myrtha Oscurr: (i just figured that myrtha had 2 moms and 1 dad)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (unless the siblings were split bc weve got 6 people)
Myrtha Oscurr: (and her dad only descends from himself and similarly for the others)
Lemi Malloy: (man Lemi is gonna have A Time with ectobiology)
(stares at her hands)
(what have I done, she whispers)
Wiwaxia (GM): (okay, myrtha's probably seen the logs where lemi describes derse as a dark purple place and talks about the queen telling her that prospit is trying to raise a false god)
Myrtha Oscurr: "By Light and Darkness, do you mean Prospit and Derse?"
Flagcoonsprite: Yes, the Kingdoms of Light and Darkness!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well, apparently that place is the bold-letters Battlefield that Prospit and Derse are fighting over?
"Why are they fighting over it?"
Flagcoonsprite: They go to war for the dormant crucible of unlimited creative potential that is Skaia's core
I hope that I will be able to serve as your standard-bearer upon the Battlefield ere the forces of light are overrun
Myrtha Oscurr: "...is Skaia also the Battlefield?"
"Wait, ere they're overrun - is that a certainty?"
Flagcoonsprite: Skaia encompasses the Battlefield and surrounds it, like the fruit around a nut
and the Battlefield itself surrounds the Core as the shell around the seed
Flagcoonsprite
Flagcoonsprite nods
Myrtha Oscurr: (was that intentional)
(the early-enter-ing)
Wiwaxia (GM): (nope)
Flagcoonsprite: yes, a certainty, as sure as my death once was
Ilmatar Nordwind: (being intensifies)
Myrtha Oscurr: "...do the carapace people know about that?"
cO: OK you're someplace called Skaia that SURROUNDS the Battlefield
cO: And apparently Prospit's going to lose, in the fighting over that place.
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: D:
bI: DDD:
bI: THAT IS MY FACE RN
Flagcoonsprite: They know what the clouds know.
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: on the other hand, the good kingdom in peril
((i apologize for ilmas black&white approach to reality here))
Myrtha Oscurr: "The - clouds?"
Flagcoonsprite: The clouds of Skaia!
They are like the flags creation flies, or like what happens when you eat the powder in the trash behind that place with the pink lights
Myrtha Oscurr: ...flagcoonsprite has been on drugs ok
that's a new thought
Lemi Malloy: aG: ...so this is where the war is fought?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I guess so.
cO: Oh and apparently the clouds here are magic?
cO: Or maybe just make you hallucinate
Lemi Malloy: aG: um
aG: maybe I should leave
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well if you can GET there then probably there's something to do, right?

Myrtha Oscurr does not usually sequence-break game.
Myrtha Oscurr: games, rather
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: the clouds give you visions!
bI: sometimes theyre sad
bI: sometimes you can infer things from them!
bI: and you can fly into them!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well OK then
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: but you cant interact with anything...
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I don't think raccoons are very good at explaining things
cO: At least not after they died
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: Myrtha, perhaps you need to offer your magical animal companion something?
bI: on the other hand, magical animal companions tend to be a bit on the convoluted side
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ...no I think he's just a weird ghost
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: nothing is ever only as it seems :)
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Don't you have a ghost buddy too
Ilmatar Nordwind: ((ilma did you just)) ((that was a fumble on self-awareness))
bI: ...no?
bI: at least none that actually converses with me
bI: the remains of my kernel sprite are trolling me by transforming into household items and hiding in plain sight
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: The remains?
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: hell if i know what happened to it during entry, but...
bI: yeah, nothing to make sense of there
Lemi Malloy: aG: I have a plesiosaur with a television for a head
aG: ....That sounds super unhelpful, Ilma
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: i shall have to brave this world without a guide
bI: but that's alright
bI: i'm a fairy, after all, and acquaintanced with otherworldly places
bI: but i am glad to hear you have support in your adventures
bI: it's a bit like coming home, really
bI: just that i've never actually seen the place
Lemi Malloy: aG: I....really wouldn't want this place to be my home
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: you can come hang out at my place, it's nice ^_^
bI: and i'm sure that, when you've broken the spell on your planet, it will be nicer
bI: enchanted places have a tendency to be perilous
bI: all part of the hero's journey

 

Spoiler: Lemi fulfills her mythological role and also has concerns

Lemi Malloy: So uh, as we're talking, I'm gonna try to find the window I fell out of
jumped
jumped out of
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: hmm
bI: i wonder, am i a magical hero archetype, or will i turn to be someone's magical guide?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: You jumped out a WINDOW?
cO: Also I don't know if anyone else will join us.
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: ...
bI: lemi, i hope you utilized bedsheets
Wiwaxia (GM): (to be clear, that wasn't said in chat, i don't think)
Lemi Malloy: aG: BY ACCIDENT
aG: I JUMPED OUT OF A WINDOW BY ACCIDENT
(nah but I wanna run w/ it)
Wiwaxia (GM): k, will backedit into chat
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ...how?
Lemi Malloy: aG: I appeared in castle and wanted to climb up to the window sill to get a better view
aG: I got up tere fine!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ... ok that's actually kind of impressive
Wiwaxia (GM): in any case, you see many windows
you're not sure which one you fell out of
Lemi Malloy: well I'll try and get in one of them!
....I try to climb up the wall to one
Wiwaxia (GM): just a str check now
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+9
(
20
)+9
= 29
well that went drastically different
Wiwaxia (GM): okay then
Myrtha Oscurr: spiderlemi,spiderlemi
Lemi Malloy: question: can I take a selfie of myself gripping the windowsill w/ one hand?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, absolutely
Lemi Malloy: I do that and post it on the chat
aG: ;p
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: NICE
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: lemi
bI: lemi, sweetie
bI: THATS NOT WHAT LEARNING FROM YOUR MISTAKES LOOKS LIKE
bI: but i have to agree with myrtha, it looks hella
Lemi Malloy: I controlled drop back to the ground below
that should negate damage, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: aG: hey if you try your best and you don't suceed, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): this is not, however, the window you fell out of
let's get an actual map of this place up
to dave'smapper!
Lemi Malloy: weeeeeeee
Wiwaxia (GM): you are in one of a series of hexagonal alcoves
there's a window in each of them, on the outside wall
there's a wooden door in one wall, and the other three are lined with bookshelves
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: be careful u_u
Lemi Malloy: ohhhh
I will grab a book at random!
Myrtha Oscurr: (oh man is lemi gonna find prospit porn)
(or prophecies)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d100
(
53
)
= 53
Myrtha Oscurr: (i remember bits of what rose found back then)
Wiwaxia (GM): 53 - works of fiction, roll 1d10 for quality
rolling 1d10
(
4
)
= 4
Lemi Malloy: so decent Prospit port
*porn
Myrtha Oscurr: not great porn
Wiwaxia (GM): well, mediocre
Myrtha Oscurr: but it's ok
Lemi Malloy: Lemi blushes, slams the book shut
...then opens it aain because she has to know, ok?
Myrtha Oscurr: (HOW DO THEY BANG)
Wiwaxia (GM): ...it appears to be a pornographic re-imagining of the traditional tales of the Rogue
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
(LEMI FIND ONE ABOUT THE WITCH)
Lemi Malloy: "FUCK," Lemi screams
Myrtha Oscurr: (WHO DO THE CARAPACES SHIP)
Lemi Malloy: ....I captchalouge it
Ilmatar Nordwind: (snrrrrrrrrrrrk)
Lemi Malloy: then look for other books about the same folklore but NOT LIKE THAT
(my friend: ok one, that's blasphemous, two, yes)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (but seconding karrin, who do the carapaces ship with the rogue)
Lemi Malloy: Did I read enough to see that?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, but you could give it a good skim to find out
Lemi Malloy: ...I
I will do that
Wiwaxia (GM): things are apparently getting pretty steamy with some other mythological figure called the Seer, but there's also side-fucking-plots involving a pirate, your web browser Abraxas (?), multiple iguanas, a sex duel with the Jabberwock...
rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
2-3 Underling
)
= 2
whoops wrong button
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
3 Your current light source (if any) loses a pip of fuel
)
= 3
Myrtha Oscurr: (:D ok when does leon find out)
Wiwaxia (GM): nobody walks in on you while you are skimming
Lemi Malloy: Alright so
I will return to plan grab other books about the folklore
Myrtha Oscurr: grab ALL THE BOOK
Ilmatar Nordwind: (the main plot with the seer solidly cements it in non-canon territory) (if theres anything ilma aint its being into boys)
Lemi Malloy: aG: HEY
aG: GUYS
aG: FOUND PORN OF MYSELF
aG: NO BIG DEAL
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: wait what
Lemi Malloy: aG: Are....
aG: Are either of you the Seer?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Porn?
cO: I'm the Witch
(BIRD)
(GET LEON ONLINE)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Porn of the Rogue, which is what the queen called me, and also it sounds....like....me....kinda......
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Dear god in heaven
Ilmatar Nordwind: (augh fuck nvm my earlier bracketed comment) (im used to being the rogue and forgot i was the mage)
(does ilma know shes the mage)
(i think yes)
bI: I'm the Mage, I think...?
Wiwaxia (GM): (yep)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Any books you guys want?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well I haven't found ANY books about my land or what being a Witch involves
Lemi Malloy: aG: I'm looking for others about the whole folklore thing
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: So if you could find that
cO: Although if you find Witchporn I wouldn't mind seeing it for sporking purposes
Lemi Malloy: aG: request noted
aG: I wonder how many books my captchalouge can hold?
Wiwaxia (GM): also, for reference
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: How many books can you fit on every card?
cO: Is your modus one that lets you captchalogue piles of stuff
Wiwaxia (GM): metagame-wise, you can ask one question about the lore of your land and have it answered
in a porny sort of way
Lemi Malloy: I
will keep that in mind
Wiwaxia (GM): because the book is kiiiiiiiiinda useful for reconstructing the source material
ish
Lemi Malloy: ummmm so how should we handle captchalouge capacity
Myrtha Oscurr: (yeah i just forgot if lemi had a modus perk)
Wiwaxia (GM): captchalogue cards are cheap as fuck and easy to get the code for, i'm not really worried about number-of-items
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah we can just alchemize more
if we want
Wiwaxia (GM): only size, and nobody has a large size modus
Ilmatar Nordwind: organizing might be more tricky
wi, ive got a "large capacity modus", if that doesnt apply to size, to what does it apply then
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, so you do!
Lemi Malloy: alright then I am going to just
grabs books of shelves, put them in piles my captchalouge can hold, and get em
Wiwaxia (GM): i completely forgot about that
kay, that's gonna take you about 10 minutes, so there's a chance for someone to walk in on you pilfering books
Myrtha Oscurr: you go rogue the SHIT out of those bookshelves
Lemi Malloy: (Lemi is stealing stories/imagination/possibility to give to her friends! :D)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[okay-but-what-KIND-of-encounter]
(
2-3 Underling
)
= 2
motherfucker
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
there we go
Lemi Malloy: all that wanton book stealing is wearing me out
Wiwaxia (GM): ayup
oh, while you're pilfering the shelves
you find one book that's stuck
fastened to the shelf
it's got an unmarked spine and a spirograph on the cover
Ilmatar Nordwind: well thats one way to find a hidden switch
Myrtha Oscurr: yep
Lemi Malloy: aG: Secret passssssage!
Alright so
I try to push it in
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Ooh
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): the book doesn't budge, but the spirograph on the cover depresses with a click
you hear a scrape of stone on stone
can you see my pings?
Lemi Malloy: yep
over there ish?
Wiwaxia (GM): gotta go the long way round, but yep
there's a transportalizer in the center of this room, a chest on either side and a bookshelf in front of you
atop the bookshelf is an orrery or brass and glass
*of
Myrtha Oscurr: (pls send pics to us)
Lemi Malloy: I'll take pictures of the orrery
and then on second thought will also take pictures of the transportalier, just to show what it looks like
and post them both in the char
then I will loot the chests!
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a handle on the orrery
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Pretty
Wiwaxia (GM): turn it?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I guess I'm on the dark blue one
Lemi Malloy: after I loot, jic it makes the floor fall out from under me
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[whats-in-the-chest-(delete-items-after-use)]
(
- CORPROLITES
)
= 0
rolling 1t[whats-in-the-chest-(delete-items-after-use)]
(
- NESTING DOLLS
)
= 0
Lemi Malloy: .................................
Myrtha Oscurr: ...poop rocks and dolls?
Lemi Malloy: ......................................................
.................................................................
Myrtha Oscurr: Prospitians are WEIRD
Lemi Malloy: I will also take pictures of those
and post them
aG: well
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: ...Huh
Lemi Malloy: Alright now I will pull the handle
Wiwaxia (GM): a music box tinkles to life, and the orrery begins to turn

the six planets drift in procession around the blue glass globe in the center, while a small golden spikeball orbits in the opposite direction
Ilmatar Nordwind: (ilma is currently starry-eyed at the picture of the orrery)
Wiwaxia (GM): it's moon orbits it, weaving in and out and describing the spirograph engraved into the brass base of the orrery
keeping pace with it on the far outside is Derse, a deep amethyst bead, with it's own moon
between the orbit of derse and the planets dritfts the Veil, a ring of brass wires with pinheads instead of glass globes, each orbiting at their own speed and in different directions, drifting past and through each other
Lemi Malloy: I'll take video of the orrery while I watch the paths of the planets
Wiwaxia (GM): (this is,, incidentally, what happened to moss)
(they were setting their course by LOFAC, but the Lands orbit the other direction from prospit and derse)
Lemi Malloy: I post the video once the orrery winds down
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Wow
cO: So that's us
cO: Or where we are, I mean
Lemi Malloy: aG: I guess....
aG: this place really doesn't mke any sense, does it?
aG: I should know this by now, but it keeps surprising me...
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: These places are so small, too
cO: And we all have - spare bodies? Somewhere?
Lemi Malloy: aG: do we?
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: on the moon
bI: :P
Lemi Malloy: aG: oh that
aG: is actually physically?
aG: I thought I just...sleep teleported
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I don't think I had my blue spots during
cO: Well
(idk if myrtha remembered enough of that dream for that)
(sorry f not)
cO: Never mind
Lemi Malloy: aG:...anyway
aG: should I steal all these books too?
aG: and do you guys dare me to jump on that teleporter?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Steal them all
cO; And yeah I mean they're two way teleporters
cO: So if you go to an acid pit or whatever you can always jump right back
(oh wait cancel that)
(last two)
(myrtha has no way to know that)
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: i think the standard would be to tie a piece of yarn to something else before you step through
bI: but i have to confess i never quite got how that works with portals
Lemi Malloy: aG: it might just yank me through, I'm not sure...
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: ... magc, probably
Lemi Malloy: I diligently begin stealing these books too
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
6 Nothing
)
= 6
Lemi Malloy: annnd then I jump on the transportalizer!
Wiwaxia (GM): let's see where this thing goes
rolling 1d10
(
7
)
= 7
oh hey
Lemi Malloy: oh man teleported to abraxas's lair
Myrtha Oscurr: ....
fr serious
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, there's no transportalizers down there
it's all return nodes and gates
_obviously_
Lemi Malloy: clearly
Myrtha Oscurr: of course
Wiwaxia (GM): no you wind up here
Lemi Malloy: UM
Myrtha Oscurr: :O
THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR
Lemi Malloy: aG: Ok I am in
aG: shiny blue land
aG: geometric shiny blue land? with orange highlights?
Wiwaxia (GM): also
you are on a roof
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well, my land's blue, but I think anything orange would need to be literally on fire
Wiwaxia (GM): every little box is a house
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: And even then!
Lemi Malloy: aG: oh i'm on a house
aG: huh
Wiwaxia (GM): the streets are thronged with glubbing salamanders
Lemi Malloy: aG: do either of you have....salamanders in your land?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: I have snake people with arms
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: ive got salamanders!
bI: and this looks like my land
bI: hiii~ ^_^
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Whoah
cO: You two need to meet up!
Lemi Malloy: aG: ah!!!!!
aG: should I try and find you?
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Oh wait maybe the salamander guys have directions to Ilma
s house?
cO: If they're nearby
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: i have no idea where we are in relation to each other! im currently on a chunk somewhere in he sea of storms
bI: but if you can find my house, its right through the lowest gate
Lemi Malloy: alright I am gonna get off this house
Ilmatar Nordwind: (the sea of storms looks orange, i think lemi might be around the equator where it's constant twilight/dusk/dawn, if we put the house as pole)
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, clarity, that's not the sea of storms
Ilmatar Nordwind: (oh ok)
Wiwaxia (GM): this city is recessed into a plain of flat bismuth
and then there's other stuff around it
Ilmatar Nordwind: (from lemis description, ilma would still assume its her land) (seeing as i also mistook it)
Lemi Malloy: oh wait actually!
what is the highest point in this city?
Wiwaxia (GM): the rim
it's all downhill from there
:v
Lemi Malloy: :v
does there seem to be an easy way onto the rim?
Wiwaxia (GM): rooftop hopping
Lemi Malloy: hardcore parkour?
Wiwaxia (GM): if you can get up onto these long arcades, you can walk up them to the rim
(arcade as in covered passageway with arches)
(not as in vidya games)
Lemi Malloy: ok!
I should probably bow out, seeing as I have been playing for like 4 hours
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries, but yeah, time to switch
bird, you up?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (bird mightve fallen asleep in front of their computer after switching it on)
Wiwaxia (GM): ya, could be
Ilmatar Nordwind: (would explain why theyve been so silent)
Myrtha Oscurr: (what timezone are they in?)
Wiwaxia (GM): one west of whimsy, i think
Ilmatar Nordwind: (yah)
Myrtha Oscurr: west of whimsy is a good name for somethin
Ilmatar Nordwind: (its like 7 am their place)
Arxon: (West of Whimsy, a coming of age story about two queer teens trying to forget about a childhood "fantasy" that actually happened)
Myrtha Oscurr: (nice nice)
Wiwaxia (GM): i'd read it
Ilmatar Nordwind: me too
Myrtha Oscurr: nyhow
can i go?
i know i went last time though so if whimsy wants to
Wiwaxia (GM): sure, you can go

 

Spoiler: Myrtha enters her first gate

Myrtha Oscurr: ..:D
ok
so
i have collected all the grist
so
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: I shall return to the cute little village
Wiwaxia (GM): also patch notes, liches now drop half of what they dropped before when revived and rekilled, then half of that, then half of that. etc
Myrtha Oscurr: aight
Wiwaxia (GM): you return to the cute little village
Myrtha Oscurr: "Pardon me? I killed the liches that were in the tunnel that way, but they tore down some of the lines. Do you know how to repair them?"
siren: Ah! Our thanks, milady! I will fetch our wireworker, but i think that is likely beyond her
Myrtha Oscurr: "Well, hopefully something can be done to help."
Wiwaxia (GM): the wireworker is a nervous young (?) lady with a massive spool of wire over one tiny arm, and a pair of needle-nosed pliers in the other
she scrambles over, bows frantically and starts talking over herself
wireworker: , cut wires cut wires oh that's not good any live wires, i can't fix those but we can get them all tacked back up to the ceiling
Myrtha Oscurr: "I think some of them were still live ?"
wireworker: oh ha hmm
oh that's not good, those are dangerous, and there's so few left
Myrtha Oscurr: "Is there any way to bring wires back?"
wireworker: i can take some i mean by your leave lady i can take some for alarms id never dream of cutting a whole wire but uh?
yes there must be the traditions of my trade say the lines used to be maintained but ah i don't know it i'm sorry
i mean there's splicing with dead wire of course, but that's risky, and not the way it was done i don't think
Myrtha Oscurr: "Hm, there must be some kind of record somewhere..."
"Is there anything I could look for that would make it easier for you?"
wireworker: oh if you could find that id be ever so grateful i mean lady yes yes milady there's so much we've lost
oh dear i hope this hasn't stopped the lines above from running, i hear they're one of the lines in the best condition i'll have to check on them
the lines above and below are often connected you see, but they're not strictly part of the same lines
like veins and arteries you see
Myrtha Oscurr: "I think so - when they were functioning properly, would one set of lines pick up and carry out new whispers while the other one went to go get more?"
"We didn't have wires like this, where I lived before, but they're fascinating, I think. It's impressive that you know a lot about them."
wireworker: oh oh oh thank you so much lady i do my best
Myrtha Oscurr: (i'm picturing this girl as basically Alphys)
(but a snake with arms)
Wiwaxia (GM): and extremely fidgety
wireworker: yes i think that's how they worked cant be quite sure so much is broken
i know there's a Plant somewhere that they all run to and from but ive never seen it or met anyone who has
and then of course there's the Deep Wires im still not sure if those are part of the same system or just keep running down or even
could be... re-purposed wires cut from the lines by ah
the wireworker is suddenly uncharacteristically still and quiet
Myrtha Oscurr: "Are you alright?
the wireworker shakes her head and gestures emphatically at the ground
Myrtha Oscurr: "Ohh."
"Well, can you write anything? Is that safe?"
( idk if myrtha has paper with her but)
wireworker: buuuuuuuut in any case if you can find any old records or even map out some of the lines for me that would be very helpful
lady
Myrtha Oscurr: "Well, then I'll try and do that."
"For now, is there anything I can help you with, for the wires that are down here?"
the wireworker bows several times, quite quickly
wireworker: well by your leave i could cut some segments of live wire always useful for the village although id never dream of touching an uncut one but you wont be wanting me to do that if youre thinking of repairing them i can get all the cut wires out of the way but other than that i dont think theres anything i need
milady
wireworker looks worried that she may have been impolite and bows several times in rapid succession, to be safe
Myrtha Oscurr: "I see. In that case, I'll go and see if I can find anything that'll be useful to your. Thank you very much, and good luck."
the wireworker turns and scuttles away, hesitates, turns back and bows, then repeats the process several more times in rapid succession before she passes out of your line of sight
Myrtha Oscurr: In that case

Myrtha Oscurr returns to her alchemy equipment
Wiwaxia (GM): (oop, one sec gotta take meds)
Myrtha Oscurr: of course!
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, to the alchemy equipment!
Myrtha Oscurr: ye
firstly
i am gonna maaaake
the && glass insulator and sword
Wiwaxia (GM): (also for the record, your convo with lemi has streched over all this time)
Myrtha Oscurr: myrtha is a good multitasker
Wiwaxia (GM): (presumably she was reading porn while you were fighting the liches and stealing books just now)
Myrtha Oscurr: hee
Ilmatar Nordwind: (snrk)
Arxon: (:v)
Myrtha Oscurr: also once i make that sword how much cobalt will remain
Arxon: (heeyyyy so are there any songs that hypothetically remind u of Lemi?)
Wiwaxia (GM): you make the Strain Insuslaughter!
Myrtha Oscurr: an _excellent_ name
Wiwaxia (GM): it has the glass insulator thing for a hilt, and then in place of a blade, some somewhat floppy but razor-sharp thin wire
Myrtha Oscurr: how floppy
like
fencing foil
Wiwaxia (GM): little floppier, but not so much you couldn't stick someone with it
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
and
can use it in SLASHY movements
Arxon: vibrate it violently
Ilmatar Nordwind: that thing is a health hazard
Wiwaxia (GM): slashy movements are a bit all over the place but yeah
Myrtha Oscurr: 1) could i accidentally stab myself with it, barring critical fails and all
2) is the hilt grippable
Wiwaxia (GM): the hilt is surprisingly grippable!
looks like the ridges of the insulator have been modified just enough that your fingers fir comfortably between them
Myrtha Oscurr: cool
also cobalt situation?
Wiwaxia (GM): you're probably not gonna stab yourself with it barring fumbles, no
Myrtha Oscurr: that is all i need to know
Wiwaxia (GM): 49 cobalt but you're almost out of glass
Myrtha Oscurr: aaalright
then
I
will go and GET MORE GLASS
TO MY FIRST GATE!
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, but looks like other people have plenty glass
Myrtha Oscurr: ah.
well
still goin to the gate
Wiwaxia (GM): leon stumbled across 200 of the stuff somehow
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
well anyhow
GATE
Wiwaxia (GM): GATE
Myrtha Oscurr: cO: Well, I'm going to go see where this spirograph door thing goes
cO: Got a new sword and everything
Lemi Malloy: aG: The gate?
aG: Be careful!
Myrtha Oscurr: cO; Yes that
cO: I will be!
Wiwaxia (GM): aaaaand gimme a moment to get new map set up
Myrtha Oscurr: (test)
(can you guys see me ok)
Wiwaxia (GM): ye
Myrtha Oscurr: aight
Wiwaxia (GM): your first impression upon stepping through the gate is pain
Myrtha Oscurr: ...pain _where_
Wiwaxia (GM): eyes
your second impression, after they've adjusted
Myrtha Oscurr: (is this how myrtha learns to voidsee)
Wiwaxia (GM): is that the landscape is studded with little stemmy plants, the tips of which glow the brilliant, bitter orange of molten cobalt glass
(i couldn't find any pictures, so you're gonna have to take my word on this one)
Myrtha Oscurr: k
well
Wiwaxia (GM): (but it's bright even through darkness 3 welding glasses)
Myrtha Oscurr: the _land_ is bright?
or how many plants are there
Wiwaxia (GM): lots and lots and lots
Myrtha Oscurr: oh boy
well
any wires?
Wiwaxia (GM): growing up the sides of the bead dunes, growing along the path you've found yourself on
Ilmatar Nordwind: (dont go into the light)
Wiwaxia (GM): none around here
off in the distance you can see a... lighthouse?
with a top that looks like this
Ilmatar Nordwind: (also wi can i just say that i absolutely love the lands?)
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah they're really cool
Ilmatar Nordwind: (theyre all so awesome)
Wiwaxia (GM): http://theodoregray.com/periodictable/Samples/027.24/s14s.JPG
:3
thank you!
Myrtha Oscurr: ohh interesting
also
it's 3 am here
so
i might need to tap out
im sorry
Wiwaxia (GM): honestly, the promise of the lands are most of what motivated me to build and run this game
Myrtha Oscurr: :D
they're really cool
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): so i'm glad you think i'm doing a good job with them!
Lemi Malloy: :D I love them all!
Myrtha Oscurr: sometime youre gonna have to show us what sera's is
Wiwaxia (GM): when you get there
it's still in the gate chain
Myrtha Oscurr: oh uah
yeah
whimsy: i hope kathy gets well enough to play with us soon
Wiwaxia (GM): and hell, there was a 1/10 chance of lemi getting transportalized there just earlier
i do to!
*too
Myrtha Oscurr: hm
six lands
prospit, derse
that leaves 2 spots?
Wiwaxia (GM): veil, battlefield
whimsy: veil and skaia?
Myrtha Oscurr: alright
whimsy: darn, ninjaed
Myrtha Oscurr: i figured since she was ON skaia it wasn't an option but
k
Lemi Malloy: awww no teleport into the outer ring chance?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, coulda gone elsewhere
Myrtha Oscurr: just fly out next time you sleep
like myrtha did
and regret your life choices on waking up
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean if you put a transportalizer out there somehow
Myrtha Oscurr: like myrtha did
Lemi Malloy: Lemi and Myrtha can go grimdark together and have sibling bonding time! :D
Wiwaxia (GM): oh boy!
anyways, i think i'm p much done too
Myrtha Oscurr: k
gnight guys!
Wiwaxia (GM): i'll get to you next time, whimsy
night!
Lemi Malloy: night!
whimsy: n8 ::D
Arxon: see yall next week!
Wiwaxia (GM): see ya!

 

Spoiler: Myrtha does some more exploring

whimsy: morning
Wiwaxia (GM): hallo hallo
Arxon: hello!
whimsy: i'm still trying to wake up, might take a bit
Wiwaxia (GM): harooom
not sure where other people are
will ping in thread I guess
whimsy: hi bird
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey it's a bird
Bird: Heyo
B)
Arxon: Hiya bird!
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, so bird hasn't gone in a while
so you up for starting?
bird?
Karrin Blue: Hey guys!
Wiwaxia (GM): heyo!
Karrin Blue: oh i didn't miss anything
ok
Wiwaxia (GM): yah, everyones a bit slow today, i think
myself included
you may also notice a couple additions to this map you're on
:V
Karrin Blue: o.o
_shit_
like
holy _fuck_
so um
Wiwaxia (GM): the good news is they're all asleep or lying around basking
Karrin Blue: getting to the lighthouse is not going to be THAT easy
how spread out are they
like
Wiwaxia (GM): i suggest not waking them up
Karrin Blue: Unsong!
I am SO HAPPY i took that power
whimsy: (im gonna sit this one out as well im falling asleep)
(n8)
Karrin Blue: :(
gnight!
sleep well!
Wiwaxia (GM): (K, night!)
whimsy: (have fun)
Wiwaxia (GM): also, that's not the lighthouse, that's the gate
which is on top of a rather large pillar of rock
Karrin Blue: o-oh
Wiwaxia (GM): the lighthouse is off-map, to the upper right
Karrin Blue: ok...
....wait is that the return gate or
one that takes me to someone else's planet
Wiwaxia (GM): spits you out of lemi's second above her house, yep
Karrin Blue: ....well i'd better not go _through_ that one then
shoot
Wiwaxia (GM): there's also probably a return node around somewhere, but not that you can see right now
Karrin Blue: ok i should
find that
wait is it my turn
i went last time
i don't want to monopolize things if the others are around
Wiwaxia (GM): hm, well it would be bird's turn but I haven't heard from them
and arxon also went last time
so you can go until bird is ready, i think
Karrin Blue: well ok then
how close am i to basilisks
Wiwaxia (GM): not an immediate worry
they're technically over the horizon from where you're positioned right now, but I figured you climbed up one of the dunes to survey
Karrin Blue: yeah ok
Wiwaxia (GM): which would put you like here i guess
nice high point
Karrin Blue: did not see that ping
ahhh ok
is that a river
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, it's a path
flat glass, no beads, and no eye hurting glowing plants
Karrin Blue: well ok
i guess
i will go explore the plains?
Wiwaxia (GM): that area?
Karrin Blue: sure!
it looks relatively basilisk-free
Wiwaxia (GM): k, gonne hike back to the bath or go down the face of this dune and over the next
Karrin Blue: the bath?
Wiwaxia (GM): *path
Karrin Blue: ok
dune i think
actually wait no
the lighthouse is northwesty of me?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Karrin Blue: i'm going to go on the path and head that way
carefully
keeping an eye out for basilisks
Wiwaxia (GM): good call
Karrin Blue: like a lighthouse, as a location, usually implies a lighthouse-keeper
Wiwaxia (GM): you move a bit towards the face of the dune before reconsidering, but even that is enough to set off a loud, clattering beadvalache
Karrin Blue: and if not, it might have loots within
FFF

Karrin Blue unsings
Myrtha Oscurr: rather

Myrtha Oscurr unsings
Myrtha Oscurr: i don't know if ANYONE was near enough to hear that but!
Wiwaxia (GM): you make it back to the path without encountering anything, so you hope that if the beadvalanche didn't escape notice, at least that did
although as you round the bend in the path, you can see down the valley between the dunes
there's an imp investigating the spilled beads and an ogre doggely trying to climb up the slipping dune face to where you were standing
Myrtha Oscurr: how close am i to them
Wiwaxia (GM): 30m
if you duck down, you'll be out of sight below the shoulder of the dune
and neither are looking your way
Myrtha Oscurr: I will do that then
I could probably take them but I don't want to draw any reinforcements over
Wiwaxia (GM): onwards to the lighthouse?
Myrtha Oscurr: yes
carefully
Wiwaxia (GM): the path winds between two dunes, reflecting the glare of the plants on their flanks
it's hard to see clearly between squinting against the glare of the plants and the omnipresent darkness of everything else
Myrtha Oscurr: >:[
Wiwaxia (GM): you come across a low, squat shed by the side of the road
one half looks like an outhouse, the other half is behind a locked door

Myrtha Oscurr is going to look in the outhouse
Myrtha Oscurr: if the door is open
just to check
hopefully no one is occupying it
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, it swings open just fine
Myrtha Oscurr: like hopefully they have invented latches for bathrooms
out here
Wiwaxia (GM): it looks like every hiking-trail outhouse ever
a hook and a little ring to drop it in for a latch
a toilet paper roll with no toilet paper
and a nice toilet seat over a pit
instead of being filled with sanitizing fluid and/or excrement, though, the toilet is just full of inky blackness
Myrtha Oscurr: ,,,,
yeah i'm not doing anything with that
let's see
the door
of the other one
(btw is there like a little moon cutout on the door)
Myrtha Oscurr: (except there is also a minimoon)
Wiwaxia (GM): i hadn't thought of that, but yes, accepted
the other door has an actual lock on it, but isn't super sturdily constructed
just slats of blue wood
you can peer through the cracks, but it's dark on the other side
and hard to make out much distinct
Myrtha Oscurr: can i use my shiny new sword to poke in between the bars and cut downwards through the latch
Wiwaxia (GM): the strain insuslaughter?
Myrtha Oscurr: ys
Wiwaxia (GM): you try that, but your sword doesn't quite react as expected
it's too bendy and not hefty enough to make the cut, but when you try to pull it out, it catches, despite being smooth
Myrtha Oscurr: ...wha

Myrtha Oscurr tries to lift it up and then out
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, it's grabbed on firm, somehow

Myrtha Oscurr tries to wiggle it around
Wiwaxia (GM): trying to pull it out after lifting, deals 1d8 damage to the door, though
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
1
)
= 1
...wow
Wiwaxia (GM): the door is unaffected
Myrtha Oscurr: can i go again
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean there's nothing else here, you can do whatever you want
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
1
)
= 1
i just got this sword
i'm not leaving it stuck in a door
rolling 1d8
(
2
)
= 2
what even the hell
Wiwaxia (GM): oh also, when wiggling the sword around, you can push it in, but it'll slide back out a bit and then catch again if you tug on it
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
there
Wiwaxia (GM): you give it a solid tug and the sword comes free!
did I say "sword"?
I meant "sword with the latch still stuck to it"
Myrtha Oscurr: ....
well the door should be open now?
Wiwaxia (GM): the latch is ripped entirely free of the wood
Myrtha Oscurr: uh so
...does this sword make stuff stick to it

Myrtha Oscurr would try and pry off the latch but how to do that without risking cutting her fingers off
Wiwaxia (GM): not quite!
if you tip the blade up, the latch slides all the way down, bounces off the handguard and falls to the floor
Myrtha Oscurr: ...o k
um
huh
well i am going to check out the shed
now that the latch is no longer there
Wiwaxia (GM): just a sec
okay, had to take care of another thing
Myrtha Oscurr: k
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a plug snaking under the wall from the outhouse
a pair of binoculars on a dusty desk
Myrtha Oscurr: like
an electronics plug
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Myrtha Oscurr: wha
were there any electronics
in the outhouse
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a socket one on of those little plugs you get sticking up from concrete floors sometimes, too
not that you recall
Myrtha Oscurr: ......
this is a good plan

Myrtha Oscurr is going to grab the binoculars and connect the two plug
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, add the binocs to your sheet
nothing obvious happens when you plug in the pulg
*plug
at least not here
Myrtha Oscurr: well ok
Wiwaxia (GM): there's also some falling-apart softbound books on the desk and a faded map framed on the wall
Myrtha Oscurr: books!
map!
can i carefully look at the books and map
trying not to break them
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't open the books without the pages crumbling
the map shows this area, the lighthouse, seems to indicate that there's a "tunnel entrance" just up the path from you
Myrtha Oscurr: ;-;
well um
i am going to sylladex them
Wiwaxia (GM): that takes you to "access/maintenance tunnels" under the lighthouse
Myrtha Oscurr: ....i like the sound of that!
Wiwaxia (GM): there's several whisper lines marked on the map running to the lighthouse
Myrtha Oscurr: yes excellent
wait can i hear any whispers from them
here
Wiwaxia (GM): no, but you wouldn't be able to in any case
Myrtha Oscurr: well ok
then
Wiwaxia (GM): they're on the far side of the lighthouse
Myrtha Oscurr: without opening the books
i am gonna put them in my sylladex
and hope that at some point i find someone who CAN read them without destroying them
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna try to take down the map and captchalogue it, or leave it up?
Myrtha Oscurr: or that leon can rewind them idk
take it!
Wiwaxia (GM): k
how?
it's on old paper, albeit in better condition than the books, behind a thing, weatherworn sheet of plastic
which is riveted to the wall
*thin not thing
Myrtha Oscurr: oh
ok
is the light good enough that i can photo it
Wiwaxia (GM): no, and flash would just get the plastic
Myrtha Oscurr: :/
dang.
well fine then

Myrtha Oscurr looks for other points of interest on the map
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a return node in the lighthouse keeper's house
although it's marked on the map as "nighthouse"
Myrtha Oscurr: hee
i was wondering whether there were any ships that'd need a lightouse
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a path off in the far lower right corner of the map, beyond the lighthouse labelled "to sinkhole"
Myrtha Oscurr: ...huh
Wiwaxia (GM): and one of the lines has an arrow pointing off the map saying "to transformer"
Myrtha Oscurr: there's giant robots on this planet?
(kidding)
but okkk
are sinkhole and transformer in the same direction basically
ok
i am
Myrtha Oscurr: going to check this shed for anything else
then head to the repair tunels
Wiwaxia (GM): a big tin of "brightweed killer"
it's rusted through at the bottom and is surrounded by a massive stain on the floor
Myrtha Oscurr: ....well then!
not touching that
Wiwaxia (GM): and then the plug and outlet
sinkhole is more "south" than the transformer
Bird: (I fell back asleep :/ motherfucker)
Myrtha Oscurr: (actually if you want this isn't a bad time for me to stop for now, if you wanna go)
Bird: (Ooh, you dont mind?)
Myrtha Oscurr: (nope!)
(as long as wiwaxia's ok)
Wiwaxia (GM): ye!
Myrtha Oscurr: (and wasn't planning for me to be about to be ambushed)

 

Spoiler: Leon fights a bunch of imps

Wiwaxia (GM): well now that you said that...
:v
anyways, flipping over to leon's house i guess because i still don't have a nice looking map for loram
especially because leon's kinda been hoofing it all over the place
Leon Gaspar: hey check it out i'm back
now where was i
Wiwaxia (GM): kinda flipping out over finding a dead tortoise in a crashed truck
Leon Gaspar: oh yeah
welp
probably time to move in an onwards direction
Wiwaxia (GM): continuing on the way you were going, or turning back to the rest stop and intersection with highway going off in a different direction?
Leon Gaspar: can i see anything along the rest of the highway the way i'm going?
Wiwaxia (GM): gimme a sec to check the logs
looks pretty clear, is getting steadily closer to the water after going up over the tangle of submerged roads and wrecked cars you walked past earlier
Leon Gaspar: hrm, so if I keep going forward i'm gonna end up in the water?
Wiwaxia (GM): maybe?
you can't see over the horizon, but it's starting to look that way
Leon Gaspar: ehhhhh
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
let's try the other direction
Wiwaxia (GM): about face!
and back past all the distressing reminders of mortality
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
2 Environmental Hazard
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: let's just powerwalk past the corpse
this had better not be more birdshit
Wiwaxia (GM): oh no, nothing like that
don't worry
Leon Gaspar: side eyeing you real hard rn
Wiwaxia (GM): :3
just a tire come loose from the truck
and rolling downhill
at you
can I get a reflex save?
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): you duck off to the side and the tire rolls harmlessly past then spins to a halt like a dime
Leon Gaspar: ...wait, where did it come from
:/
examine: tire
Wiwaxia (GM): it's slimy with algae
Leon Gaspar: :////
i don't know what i was expecting
Wiwaxia (GM): the bit where it attatched to the axle is rusted, but shouldn't have rusted through yet
also there's score marks on it
Leon Gaspar: ooh
how many?
Wiwaxia (GM): lots
Leon Gaspar: hff
i'm gonna captchalogue it. might come in handy.
Wiwaxia (GM): too big
Leon Gaspar: awww
i look over to see where it came from
tires dont just come rolling out of nowhere, except when they do
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like something tipped the truck upright while you were off down the road and that popped a wheel off
Leon Gaspar: ....
>equip Knife Day to Die
Wiwaxia (GM): the ground shakes
the truck jostles
another wheel looks like it's getting ready to come loose
Leon Gaspar: >approach, cautiously, as faaar to the other side of the road as possible
Wiwaxia (GM): the road shakes again
a vast shadow moves below the surface of the water
Leon Gaspar: oh no
>powerwalk past the truck
Wiwaxia (GM): you do so
you hear the second wheel snap off and go rolling off behind you
the shadow breaks the surface ahead of you, revealing a single eye
then there's a sound of something giving way deep beneath, and it sinks with a wave
the road shakes disconcertingly
Leon Gaspar: oh gODOHGODOHGOD KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKINGG
Wiwaxia (GM): you get to the submerged road-spaghetti
several of the sunken cars are more crushed than before, one of the overpasses has broken through, and mud and rubble are stirred up in the water
Leon Gaspar: NI: HEY GUYS HAS ANYONE ENCOUNTERED CTHULHU YET OR IS IT JUST ME
ok ok. ok. ok ok ok. what're my options for directions
Wiwaxia (GM): same as before
fortunately, it seems that mx. shadow is headed the other direction
Leon Gaspar: refresh my memory? there's just the other fork and then the way back home, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): technically two forks, but one of them dead-ends almost immediately
while the other goes off out of sight
so taking the road not yet traveled, I assume?
Leon Gaspar: aye
Wiwaxia (GM): the road heads straight and level out across the water
it's empty for a good ways, then you start coming across cars
some with their doors open, some crashed with skeletons still inside
looks like lots of places where cars broke through the barriers on the sides of the road and plunged off
there's imps all around the cars
they don't seem to pay you much mind, but are busy pulling out algae covered car parts and strewing them across the road and generally disrespecting the dead
Leon Gaspar: hhh
how many?
Wiwaxia (GM): how many imps?
Leon Gaspar: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): dozens along the stretch of road, in little groups of two or three
Leon Gaspar: squints
prototypings?
i really feel like smashin some imps but i don't wanna get swarmed
Wiwaxia (GM): the two closest to you are both amber imps onryou hair
one has fins and the other has a skull
they're pulling bones out of a crashed car one by one and jumping up and down on them
Leon Gaspar: can i sneak up on them
Wiwaxia (GM): sure, roll dex
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
(
8
)+13
= 21
hopefulyl that's rght
Wiwaxia (GM): that is right!
and that's a narrow success
you sneak up on them without them noticing, but you do get spotted by a rust imp a ways down the road
it'll be a couple rounds before it can get to you
you get advantage on unsuspecting targets, so roll twice and take the better for attacking
Leon Gaspar: sweet, gonna hit whichever's closest to me wth a controlled swing
rolling 2d20
(
20
+
8
)
= 28
OH
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
that's on fins, then
so crit is 8+1d8 exploding + any int damage modifiers you may or may not have
you can roll exploding like /roll 1d8!
Leon Gaspar: ii do not have an int modifier
Wiwaxia (GM): it's gonna be massive overkill, but hey, you get experience for overkill so
Leon Gaspar: rolling 8 + 1d8!
8+(
1
)
= 9
.... :/
Wiwaxia (GM): it is still quite dead, though
Leon Gaspar: well yes
oh well
that was exciting
Wiwaxia (GM): now roll 1d6 to see if you go again before the other imp does
rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
again?
Wiwaxia (GM): ya
rolling 1d6
(
5
)
= 5
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d6
(
2
)
= 2
aww
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, imp gets it
whips around and tries to jab you
rolling 1d20
(
1
)
= 1
okay then
let's see what it does to itself
rolling 1t[The-Ya-Done-Fucked-Up-Table]
(
1 Fortitude save or die. If you succeed, you will bleed to death in 1d6 minutes without aid.
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaitsdead
Leon Gaspar: ....
Arxon: ...imp is gonna make the save, I'm calling it
Leon Gaspar stare
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
imp does not make the save
Arxon: aw nope
Wiwaxia (GM): it jabs leon, misses, and puts its claw directly through it's own skullface
Leon Gaspar: i mean all i would have to do is keep it off me for 6 mins max anyway :v imps are not known for their first aid skills
hooooooly shit
Myrtha Oscurr: D:
Arxon: D: no lil guy
Leon Gaspar: i stare at it in disbelief.
how. how do you fuck up that bad. even i haven't fucked up that bad yet.
Arxon: (brief but semi relevant disgression: one time in my game an imp critfailed, rolled a 2, and paralyzed itself)
(it was basically the saddest thing I ever did see)
Wiwaxia (GM): alas, poor imp
the rust imp reconsiders attacking
Leon Gaspar: (im crying this is amazing)
(....do i get experience for an imp critting itself to death)
Leon Gaspar staring intently at exp
Wiwaxia (GM): hmmmmmmmm
sure why not
only half of what you'd otherwise get though, because it goes in the total damage dealt pool but not the damage you did, pool
Leon Gaspar: fair
Wiwaxia (GM): anyways that all nets you 220xp
Leon Gaspar: ...
30 points. i need 30 more points.
Leon Gaspar metagaming sorry
Wiwaxia (GM): well i have good news and bad news
Leon Gaspar squints
Wiwaxia (GM): the good news is that theres more imps
the bad news is that the rust imp has started raising the alarm
one of the imps has shapeshifted to an ogre
Leon Gaspar: why. why would you do that.
Wiwaxia (GM): and is hauling cars into a barricade
Leon Gaspar: wait are they....are they hiding from me
Wiwaxia (GM): some of em
Leon Gaspar: more importantly is there one i can reach in my next turn
Wiwaxia (GM): or just jumping off the road to get away
Leon Gaspar: my blood is pumping. i feel like i am getting stronger! i want to kill more imps.
Wiwaxia (GM): all the ones with an onryou prototyping are attacking head on, though
Leon Gaspar: how many's that?
Wiwaxia (GM): uh
lots
i rolled up like 50 imps
Leon Gaspar: ok are we talking 50 onryou or just 50 in total
Wiwaxia (GM): 50 total
Myrtha Oscurr: do it
fight the imps
Leon Gaspar: ok phew
when i find myself in times of trouble, myrtha oscurr comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, 'fight the imps'
Wiwaxia (GM): there's two copper that are closest to you
Leon Gaspar: nice, let's hit one with an uncontrolled swing
actually can i do the thing where i try to bash one into the other?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
let's see how that would go
Leon Gaspar: haven't tried this since like game 1
Wiwaxia (GM): any overkill damage on one rolls over onto the other if you hit both?
or i can look up how i ruled it in ep 1
Leon Gaspar: up to you!
Wiwaxia (GM): eh, i can't find it, let's go with this
Leon Gaspar: aight
two rolls-to-hit?
Wiwaxia (GM): one and then if that hits another
Leon Gaspar: oh yeah, do i get a bonus to hit? i feel like that was a thing on my last level, but i could also have imagined it
Wiwaxia (GM): yes you do
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+1
(
15
)+1
= 16
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
you whip your flail at it crazily, dealing 1d4 damage to yourself and 1d12 damage to the imp
Leon Gaspar: oh hey now we know what that does
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
rolling 1d12
(
6
)
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): 1d4-1 sorry
Leon Gaspar: can i keep the roll?
Wiwaxia (GM): so i think your colander takes care of that
yeah, np
Leon Gaspar: oh neat
Wiwaxia (GM): you successfully pick the imp up on your flail and flail it at the other imp
roll to hit that one
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+1
(
2
)+1
= 3
sigh
Wiwaxia (GM): you absolutely wreck the first imp, though
grist goes everywhere
Leon Gaspar: dang son
Arxon: (i am rapidly spiraling into Brain Hell, I am srry but I am gonna duck out)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d20+1
(
10
)+1
= 11
(oh jeez, hugs, and I hope you feel better soon)
Arxon: (thank you)
Wiwaxia (GM): the other imp ducks past its flailed friend and bites you
rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
well that doesn't do much
Leon Gaspar: (oh man :c go take care of yourself)
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn, and then next turn the next wave from farther down the road of three amber imps and a copper imp with onryou hair and/or kimono will be on you
Myrtha Oscurr: (ok bedtime)
gnight)
Wiwaxia (GM): (night!)
Leon Gaspar: (night!)
how many waves after this one?
Wiwaxia (GM): i don't even know
i just generated a list and i'm working through it
Leon Gaspar: oh ok :v
there's a defensive stance thing, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: think i'm gonna do that
Wiwaxia (GM): k, that's +2 to def, protection and all your saves
you get 3 bypassing protection from the evil presence of the imp trying to bite your leg
and then i roll 5 attacks
Leon Gaspar: oh yeah, forgot about him
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, four hit
you take 1 damage
Leon Gaspar: aaaaaalrighty
Wiwaxia (GM): (bucketloads of attacks is where protection really excels)
(def is better against fewer higher damage attacks)
Leon Gaspar: buddy-boy on my leg is gonna have to be priority here
can i try my sweet move again
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
Leon Gaspar: controlled this time, don't need undue damage
(also how're you going? must be getting late where you are)
Wiwaxia (GM): just keep rolling attacks until you get one less than 10
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+1
(
16
)+1
= 17
Wiwaxia (GM): (not too bad, i'm winding down, but combat is a lot easier to run than exploration)
Leon Gaspar: which i think is at a 1d8?
rolling 1d8
(
1
)
= 1
:/
rolling 1d20+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
how could this happen to me....i made my mistakes....
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna hold your position or try to move?
Leon Gaspar: yeah time to get outta dodge i think
if we had a map this is where i would drmatically move back as far as possible but you'll have to imagine it
Wiwaxia (GM): the three amber imps all snap at you with skeletal jaws as you step away
rolling 3d20
(
15
+
10
+
9
)
= 34
one hits
rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
Leon Gaspar: ow!
Wiwaxia (GM): next turn they all forsake their attacks to double-move and cluster up around you again
your turn
Leon Gaspar: pchoo!
that was me double-moving

 

Spoiler: Just a whole mess of imps

Wiwaxia (GM): the amber imps take their free attacks again
rolling 3d20
(
8
+
15
+
1
)
= 24
rolling 1d2, on a 1 that one resolves before the hit (potentially messing it up)
rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
okay so the hit hits
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): not that that does anything
and then
rolling 1t[The-Ya-Done-Fucked-Up-Table]
(
17 - 19 You miss and your turn ends. Could be a lot worse, all things considered.
)
= 17
Leon Gaspar: aww
hmm i can hit and still run after, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, but not both that and double-moving
the two amber imps in kimono and the copper imp keep pursuing, but can't catch up to you
Leon Gaspar: oh right i haven't moved yet, duh
Wiwaxia (GM): the amber imp with the long stringy hair just stops and staaaaaares at you
your turn
you've gotten about 4m space bwtween you and them
Leon Gaspar: i am moderately bonetrousled and continue to get the fuck outta dodge
Wiwaxia (GM): they continue to pursue, but are falling further behind
keep fleeing?
Leon Gaspar: yeah
i'm getting pretty low on health
remember that time i ate breakfast? good times.
Wiwaxia (GM): the amber imp with the stringy hair crawls over the edge of the road in front of you
Leon Gaspar: :/
can i hit it
Wiwaxia (GM): yes
the ones behind you will gain on you, but you've got enough of a lead
they won't catch up if you can kill it this turn
Leon Gaspar: yeah, think i'm gonna do that
rolling 1d20+1
(
14
)+1
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
Leon Gaspar: cmooooooooon
rolling 1d8
(
6
)
= 6
cmon cmon cmon
Wiwaxia (GM): blammo, it is dead
Leon Gaspar: hell yeah!!!!!
Wiwaxia (GM): i assume you're not stopping to collect the grist
Leon Gaspar: nope
need to go recollect myself, eat something, maybe try to get some better goddamn armor
Wiwaxia (GM): well i have some bad news for you
two more imps, both with longs stringy onryou hair also crawl up in front of you
copper and rust
Leon Gaspar: why this
Wiwaxia (GM): (this whole fight sequence is basically just "do you regret your prototyping yet?")
gonna try and whack em or run past?
Leon Gaspar: run
Wiwaxia (GM): rust attacks you as you pass it and move away from it
rolling 1d20
(
10
)
= 10
and misses
the pursers in kimono are falling behind again
Leon Gaspar: ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun
Wiwaxia (GM): the copper imp reappears, along with another copper imp
Leon Gaspar: it keeps happening
auuugh ok ok gotta think
uh
gonna try running one more time
Wiwaxia (GM): neither of these get a free attack
nobody shows up this turn
the pursuers in kimono are starting to flag
Leon Gaspar: i am filled with determination
to keep fleeing
Wiwaxia (GM): a copper in and a second rust imp show up
I assume you're gonna keep running until you leave the kimono-imps behind, but you are not gonna be able to ditch these four with the hair
so where and when do you wanna make your stand?
Leon Gaspar: goddamn
well...here is as good a place as any, i suppose
once the kimono imps are far enough behind that they won't show up for a while
Wiwaxia (GM): they'll show up in four rounds if you keep moving after attacking
Leon Gaspar: alright then. are all four stringy-hairs around me?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope, only two right now
Leon Gaspar: alright, let's go for a twofer with a controlled swing
rolling 1d20+1
(
17
)+1
= 18
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits the copper imp
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d8
(
7
)
= 7
Wiwaxia (GM): and kills it with 4 damage left over if you hit the rust imp
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+1
(
18
)+1
= 19
Wiwaxia (GM): bam, two down, two to go
Leon Gaspar: rock 'n roll
let's keep moving so the kimonos don't catch up
Wiwaxia (GM): it's the rust that gets free attacks this time
your turn
Leon Gaspar: iiiit did not attack?
and are both of them in range?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, they don't get attacks right after creepy showing up
and only one
Leon Gaspar: ahhh
Wiwaxia (GM): one is still staring at you from behing
*behind
Leon Gaspar: let's hit that one then
the one in front that is
Wiwaxia (GM): makes these guys not too big of a threat, but when myrtha was fighting a basilisk that did the same...
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+1
(
20
)+1
= 21
ooof
yeah our prototypings are a hot mess
Wiwaxia (GM): could be worse
could be a first guardian
or an outer god
so really y'all are ahead of the curve
Leon Gaspar: true actually we haven't done too bad for ourselves
oh wait i have to roll damage don't i
it's 1d8! right?
Wiwaxia (GM): 8+1d8!
Leon Gaspar: dang
rolling 8+1d8!
8+(
3
)
= 11
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah it's a goner
Leon Gaspar: ooooverkill
B)
keep moving
Wiwaxia (GM): and then on round 3 with the kimono imps only a couple meters behind the final copper hair imp shows up
Leon Gaspar: gonna attack
rolling 1d20+1
(
7
)+1
= 8
:/
that's not a hit, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): that is not a hit, no
Leon Gaspar: well great
i move as far as i can within my turn
Wiwaxia (GM): it pounces on you from behind
rolling 1d20
(
20
)
= 20
Leon Gaspar: oh no
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 4+1d4!
4+(
3
)
= 7
Leon Gaspar: why are there so many crits in this session
puts me at -3
Wiwaxia (GM): i know, right??
-3: knocked over
oh boy
also it's grabbed onto your shoulder
if you attack it and miss, you take the full damage of the attack
or you can just shake it loose
Wiwaxia (GM): and the amber imps have caught up with you
Leon Gaspar: auuugh
Wiwaxia (GM): although they don't get attacks this turn
what do?
Leon Gaspar: man it sure would be great if i could see into the future about now
alright
alright alright alright
i can't risk the damage, i'm gonna shake it off
Wiwaxia (GM): actually, you've probably tipped over the level mark exp wise by now
so you can get that 1d6 hp now if you want
Leon Gaspar: yes yes yes yes
rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): don't forget to add that to your max, too
Leon Gaspar: alright ok. still gonna shake it off tho. really don't need to be hitting myself here
Wiwaxia (GM): that counts as an attack, so it'll be just that and standing up, and you'll still be in the middle of the kimono imps
or you could let it be for now, get up and run
Leon Gaspar: oh, true
let's run
Wiwaxia (GM): kimono imps take their moving away attacks
Leon Gaspar: (wax....thank you. it is early and my mind is like 'how do game')
Wiwaxia (GM): so that is 2 and 3 damage for 2 overflow, i think
Leon Gaspar: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): so you're dazed for 1d4 turns
-2 to everything
so yeah, i suggest not attacking :v
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
that'd be right
Wiwaxia (GM): spindown
roll 1d3 next turn, then 1d2
get free whenever you roll a 1
Leon Gaspar: oh neat
Wiwaxia (GM): (same probabilities, and you don't know how long things will last ahead of time)
Leon Gaspar: ok but yes this next turn is for running
Wiwaxia (GM): (it's a fucking great dice trick)
Leon Gaspar: (it's pretty cool tbh)
Wiwaxia (GM): dude on your shoulder is gonna roll to hang on and attack
rolling 2d20
(
16
+
10
)
= 26
so it stays on and attack autohits, of course
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
it punches your colander
Leon Gaspar: sweet
running~ running~
time to roll 1d3?
Wiwaxia (GM): ya
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
Wiwaxia (GM): you didn't manage to pull away completely from the amber imps last turn so they get their free attacks again
rolling 3d20
(
11
+
12
+
16
)
= 39
all of which hit
rolling 3d4
(
2
+
1
+
2
)
= 5
Leon Gaspar: hhhhhhh cmon i'm so close
Wiwaxia (GM): 2 hits of one, which are painful but have no lasting ill effect
(doesn't count as stunning again, because they're separate attacks)
and shoulderimp
rolling 2d20
(
17
+
19
)
= 36
rolling 1d4
(
2
)
= 2
Leon Gaspar: seriously hurtin' here
Wiwaxia (GM): you have now pulled away from the amber imps though!
and can try to shake shoulderimp
or grapple and throw
at your option
Leon Gaspar: is grapple a dex check or strength?
Wiwaxia (GM): neither, there's a button for it on your sheet
but you have no chance of failing that
but
you do need to hit the imp with an attack first, but it does no damage itself, so you won't hurt yourself if you miss
Leon Gaspar: yeah, that sounds like a good idea
Wiwaxia (GM): basically your options
shaking it off is more likely to be successful, but if you can hit it with an attack you can grab it and spike it into the ground to actually do some damage
Leon Gaspar: i like that option
rolling 3d6+11 (0)
(
6
+
2
+
5
)+11
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): gotta roll an attack first
Leon Gaspar: ohh
rolling 1d20+1
(
4
)+1
= 5
why
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
rolling 2d20
(
12
+
20
)
= 32
Leon Gaspar: WHY
Wiwaxia (GM): shoulderimp remains put
no worries, that's not a crit on attack
Leon Gaspar: ok phew
he's just really stuck on there
Wiwaxia (GM): he's rolling on the "climbing on things and stabbing them in their stupid faces" table at the start of the thread, for reference
Leon Gaspar: ahhh
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
3
)
= 3
stunned again
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
again
where're my kimono friends at
Wiwaxia (GM): falling behind
about 8m back, now
you gonna try to shake shoulderfriend, or try to grab again?
Leon Gaspar: grab :v
i did not do the thing enough times
it will work
you will see
rolling 1d20+1
(
5
)+1
= 6
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d20
(
12
+
7
)
= 19
shoulderfriend is hanging on, but doesn't get an attack this turn
your turn
Leon Gaspar: aight fuck that i'm shaking it
Wiwaxia (GM): it gets a reflex save
rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
it completely predictably blows the reflex save because its saves are shit in a basket, and falls off to the side
Leon Gaspar: nice
Wiwaxia (GM): roll for stun again?
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d3
(
1
)
= 1
B)
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
aaaaaand the imp you just shook
Leon Gaspar: i also totally forgot i was stunned last turn but i wouldn't've succeeded anyway
Wiwaxia (GM): shows up ahead of you, again
Leon Gaspar: i'm no longer stunned yeah?
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah
Leon Gaspar: let's hit it
rolling 1d20+1
(
9
)+1
= 10
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits!
barely, but it hits
Leon Gaspar: yeah! yeah!!!!!
rolling 1d8
(
5
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): and it is dead
Leon Gaspar: YEAHHHHHHH
Wiwaxia (GM): you can finally outpace the rest of those assholes in peace
Leon Gaspar: thank fucking god bc i am aching everywhere
Wiwaxia (GM): final xp tally, not counting the stuff i already added
1200
what can i say?
it was a learning experience
Leon Gaspar: well it certainly was
:v
next time: don't listen to spirit myrtha
aight. time to finish up?
also uh i might go sleep this off
er, that's leon being in character
Wiwaxia (GM): yah
Leon Gaspar: although bird is also considering a nap
Wiwaxia (GM): your new echeladder rung
is
Leon Gaspar: oh shit drumrolll
Wiwaxia (GM): NICKELED AND TIMED
Leon Gaspar: AW SHIT SON
i love this fucking game
Wiwaxia (GM): :3
and you'll get your choice of powers next sess-haha just kidding you get a sidequest
Leon Gaspar: listen. i will take it. i will quest the shit outta that sidequest.
Bird: shall we wrap up?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
i will pm you ~~spoooilers~~ about sidequest
Bird: aww shit B) i'm looking forward to it!
now go get some sleep :P
Wiwaxia (GM): ya will do

 

Spoiler: Myrtha explores by the light of laptopband

Karrin Blue: So my wifi seems to have been messed up in a rainstorm
Im on my phone now
there we go
Hey
Wiwaxia (GM): hey
sorry, super tired suddenly
Karrin Blue: oh no!
whimsy: hullo
Karrin Blue: So is Wiwaxia asleep
whimsy: seems like it
im gonna join her, i think
n8
Karrin Blue: sleep well!
Hi!
Sorry you forgot your charger
Wiwaxia (GM): hi hi
and yep
:B
oh also
i just added a fraymotif for myrtha and moss to the doc
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...QUcfpQ8AkkGIuBM_68c0E/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0
Wiwaxia (GM): i am v proud of it
Karrin Blue: Black Hole Backbeat?
nice
or Spatial Syncopation?
wait no i was reading the wrong thing
bone-dry blues
that's great
Karrin Blue: ok o
exploretime?
Wiwaxia (GM): ehehehe
sorry, my dad was introducing me to yet another of his friends
ye, exploretime!
as soon as i figure out where we left off
Karrin Blue: k
Wiwaxia (GM): so you'd just finished poking around the shed you tore your way into
Karrin Blue: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): and looking at the map
Karrin Blue: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): where to now?
Karrin Blue: hm
let's see

Karrin Blue is checking the logs to see where she'd said she'd go
Karrin Blue: repair tunnels!
Wiwaxia (GM): the entrance marked on the map for those is right up the road
(one sec, lemme check a thing)
there's a large cylindrical metal tank
and then another bluewood shack
Karrin Blue: oh?

Myrtha Oscurr examines tank
Wiwaxia (GM): it's locked as well
the shack, that is
it's a little taller than you
sounds mostly empty when you bang on it
Myrtha Oscurr: (hee, i was going to ask what'd happen then)
any signage?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, as a matter of fact
"authorized personnel only" on the door of the shack
Myrtha Oscurr: ..

Myrtha Oscurr wishes she had gotten the walk-through walls power

Myrtha Oscurr knocks on the door
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing
(worth noting that the door is just wood, by the way)
Myrtha Oscurr: ok
Wiwaxia (GM): (it's locked, but nothing you couldn't bust down)

Myrtha Oscurr is going to try and do the same thing that she did on the other door
Wiwaxia (GM): slashing at the lock with Strain Insuslaughter?
Myrtha Oscurr: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): same thing happens
it catches as soon as you start to pull

Myrtha Oscurr is real interested in seeing what happens when she does this to an underling
Wiwaxia (GM): roll 1d8 for damage when you yank on it
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
5
)
= 5
cO: Please come bail me out if I get sent to Siren Prison
Wiwaxia (GM): the door rattles, but doesn't break
Myrtha Oscurr: oh
i was trying to catch the lock?
like
stick the sword between the door
cut downwards
cut the lock mechanism
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, i know
strain insuslaughter won't cut
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
Wiwaxia (GM): it only does damage on a pull

Myrtha Oscurr pulls more?
Wiwaxia (GM): adding that info to your sheet for it, btw
you have found out a thing
1d8 damage, again
Myrtha Oscurr: rolling 1d8
(
8
)
= 8
Wiwaxia (GM): the wood splinters as you rip the whole lock mechanism out of the door
again

Myrtha Oscurr will need to get an actual cutting sword
Wiwaxia (GM): with the lock gone, a cool draft pulls the door open inwards
there inside of the hut is flat, frosted glass with a square shaft leading down into darkness in the center of it
Myrtha Oscurr: :O
Wiwaxia (GM): a metal ladder runs down the far side
you can see where the rungs are anchored in the transparent glass
Karrin Blue: blug
internet
anywas!
down the rabbit hole
Wiwaxia (GM): one sec, afk momentarily
back
also gonna have to be leaving the coffeeshop soon, unfortunately
they're closing
but before that
Karrin Blue: darn
but ok
Wiwaxia (GM): you
descend
the shaft is just barely shoulder-width for you
it was clearly built for someone smaller
Karrin Blue: probably nice and roomy for a siren
though
they don't have feet
so carapaces maybe
(for a siren i'd imagin more like a fire pole)
(though you couldn't climb one of those up...)
Wiwaxia (GM): if the walls weren't smooth glass, your arms would probably be all torn up by friction
you descend for what feels like quite a ways
the shaft entrance is just a small faint square of blue light far above by the time you feel floor beneath your feet
it is utterly dark down here
the thin shaft has opened up abruptly, though, probably passing through the ceiling of some room or passage
the wall the ladder is on stretches out smooth in either direction
Wiwaxia (GM): feel around, or try to get some light?
Karrin Blue: hm
light i think
Wiwaxia (GM): alright
how?
Karrin Blue: laptopband?
Wiwaxia (GM): you can see a reflection of it's little heads-up display screen in the glass wall in front of you
if you turn around, there's another reflection of it in a wall a couple meters ahead

Karrin Blue starts feeling around the edges of the walls
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing you can see in the other two directions
Karrin Blue: carefully
don't want to hit a dropoff
Wiwaxia (GM): you're in a hallway
the walls are just a little farther apart than your armspan
both walls are smooth, solid glass
the floor is frosted for grip, but seems of a piece with the walls
and we're getting kicked out
Karrin Blue: ok
gnight then!
Wiwaxia (GM): so until next time!
night!
Karrin Blue: bye!
Woo
Wiwaxia (GM): woo!
Karrin Blue: hokay so
i am
poking along this room
carefully
in case there is sudden pittrap
Wiwaxia (GM): which direction?
Karrin Blue: um
oh yeah it's a hall
can i tell any difference between the two
Wiwaxia (GM): not with the meagre light you have
Karrin Blue: alright then
Wiwaxia (GM): but you do know how they're oriented with regards to what's going on abovegroung
Karrin Blue: rolling 1d2
(
1
)
= 1
oh hm
right then
by which i mean
let's go to the right
of me
Wiwaxia (GM): you feel your way along carefully
as far as you can tell, the tunnel is going fairly straight and constant
you think you can hear whispers on the edge of hearing, but when you try to focus on them, there's only silence
Karrin Blue: underground wires?
mean those are a thing in some places...
Wiwaxia (GM): wanna try to feel around for some?
Karrin Blue: yes
def
whimsy: morning
Wiwaxia (GM): hello hello!
Karrin Blue: hi whimsy!
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't feel anything running along the floors, or on the walls as high up as you can reach up and jump
Karrin Blue: hm
well i will continue onwards
(whimsy i found a hole to climb down and it connected to a hallway!)
whimsy: (as long as you didnt end up in the house from the house of leaves)
Karrin Blue: idk
i do not think there are leaves here
whimsy: havent read the book? aah
Wiwaxia (GM): you know what?
whimsy: the place is basically an eldritch location altering itself based on the cognition and imagination of the people who were stupid enough to go inside, is larger inside than on the outside, and malicious
Wiwaxia (GM): just because you said that, you step on a dried leaf
it goes crunch
whimsy: snrk
Karrin Blue: :O
whimsy: sorry
Karrin Blue: that raises some questions
like
'how'
and 'why'
and 'wait wha'
and 'oh god id anythin else hear that'
Wiwaxia (GM): a couple steps past, you feel some changes in both walls
to wit
the one on your right is no longer there
Karrin Blue: :O
Wiwaxia (GM): and the one on you left has been hacked or smashed at
Karrin Blue: oh dear
is the floor to my right still there
Wiwaxia (GM): there's sharp-edged scallops where flakes of glass have been broken off, and powdered splinters of glass
Karrin Blue: oh boy broken glass in the dark
this is gonna end well
Wiwaxia (GM): nothing very deep into the wall, a centimeter at best
whimsy: shoulda brought a flashlight
Wiwaxia (GM): some cautious prodding with one foot reveals that the floor to the right is in fact still there
Karrin Blue: ok good

Karrin Blue is going to explore around then
Karrin Blue: and listen VERY CLOSEY
for anything that sounds like monsters
or whispers
Arxon: (Hi hello i am here)
Wiwaxia (GM): hey hi hello!
whimsy: hi arxon ::D
Karrin Blue: hiya!
Wiwaxia (GM): some prodding around reveals that another tunnel is joining with the one you've been walking along here, t-intersection style
this new hallway is made of the sintered glass bricks that the Underground around your house was made of
Karrin Blue: can i see at all
Wiwaxia (GM): the tunnel you were walking along continues past the intersection
ahahahahahnope
Karrin Blue: wellp
anyhow

Karrin Blue will continue walking i guess
Wiwaxia (GM): the best you can get is "is something reflecting the light of my laptopband"

Myrtha Oscurr needs to get some kind of walk-map app
Wiwaxia (GM): you step on another leaf
with how intently you're listening, it sounds like a somewhat crackly gunshot in the silence
Myrtha Oscurr: ....
where are these coming from

Myrtha Oscurr looks at the crunched-up leaf
Myrtha Oscurr: does it look at all like the plants i saw above here
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm sorry, i cannot perform the command "looks" in this location
:v
Myrtha Oscurr: not even in laptopbandlight
Wiwaxia (GM): point
it looks like a crunched up dried leaf
if you could get a whole one you might be able to see if it matched the ones from above

Myrtha Oscurr looks along the ground as best she can
Wiwaxia (GM): you can't see shit, but you do manage to feel around and grab one
doesn't look like the leaves on the obnoxious glowing plants, but it does seem to match up with the flowers from before
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
so
somehow a at least three of those flowers
ended up in a tunnel
this far down
Wiwaxia (GM): or leaves from them, at least
Myrtha Oscurr: either someone was carrying some or there's another ext this way

Myrtha Oscurr is gonna captchalogue this
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna keep going along this way, or explore the other hallway?
Myrtha Oscurr: keep going!
Wiwaxia (GM): your feet crunch on several more dried leaves, and broken glass
Myrtha Oscurr: if i find any good living plants
i am gonna send some codes to leon
Wiwaxia (GM): the lefthand wall is pitted and chipped at pretty thoroughly at about waist height for a couple meter long stretch
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
oh wait
ok
i am
going to pull out my halberd
hold it very tightly
Myrtha Oscurr: and poke it over the edge of the wall
to see if the floor vanishes there or what
also it just occured to be i can totally use a polearm as a walkinng stick
or cane or whatever
Wiwaxia (GM): clarification: this is still a smooth glass wall from the floor of the tunnel to the ceiling
Myrtha Oscurr: oh
i thought it was broken off
but the cane thing is still a good idea i figure
Wiwaxia (GM): nah
Myrtha Oscurr: so i'm doing that
Wiwaxia (GM): just like someone or something was hacking and bashing at the solid glass
and breaking off flakes and chips
didn't get very far into the wall, but made quite a mess
Myrtha Oscurr: huh
well

Myrtha Oscurr is gonna continue onwards
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, shit, i'm fading, and i wanna actually prep this next bit
do you mind calling it a night here?
although
Karrin Blue: sure!
?
Wiwaxia (GM): i may have to do next week on thursday, depending on travel plans
Karrin Blue: huh
ok
whimsy: my classes are just about done, i can do thursday
Wiwaxia (GM): will post in thread about that, too
Karrin Blue: ok
gnight1
sleep well all
whimsy: n8 ::3
Karrin Blue: except whimsy
have a good day whimsy!
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
whimsy: thank you ::3
Wiwaxia (GM): and i'll make sure to get to you and arxon next time
whimsy: i'll try to be awake xxD
might show up an hour late or so, 4 am seems easier than 3 am for some reason atm
Arxon: Night!
Srry i was barely here, i'll definitely be here next week

 

Spoiler: Ilmatar investigates the Crystal Pools

whimsy: good morning
Karrin Blue: Hey
whimsy: im awake ::D
Karrin Blue: yaaay
whimsy: havent slept at all "_"
Karrin Blue: not yaaaay
:(
whimsy: was at game night until half past midnight
helped with the dishes
and took over an hour to get home bc public transit is a bit sparse during this time of day
arrived at home 3/4 an hour ago

Karrin Blue is looking at pokemans stuff
Karrin Blue: http://mid-childan-puella-magi.tumblr.com/post/147419761951/some-stuff-about-mimikkyu
i love this one
whimsy: creepy doll based ghost pokemon more like GIMME
i love ghost pokemon
Karrin Blue: it is not creepy it is ADORABLE
whimsy: YESSS
Karrin Blue: it just wants to be friends with humans
whimsy: give ti all the hugs
Karrin Blue: i am not sure if
when it evolves
i want the pikachu head to be less and less efective as a disguise until it's basically a hat
or
if as it evolves, i want it to get bigger and bigger worn out costumes
till it's wearing a giant snorlax covering
Karrin Blue: or something
whimsy: either would be interesting
Karrin Blue: also i love the new bear one
it wants to hug but it is too strong
whimsy: im trying to keep myself from as many spoilers as possible
and go into the games as unspoiled as possible
to keep the sense of adventure and something new ::D
Karrin Blue: ahh that's fair
yeah
i hope we get new eevees
steel eevee
whimsy: yes
bug eevee
Karrin Blue: ghost
poison
whimsy: omg ghost eevee yes pls
dragon eevee
Karrin Blue: like if ghost eevee
were
'eevee in a white ghost costume'
i would be happy
whimsy: snrrrk
yes want
Karrin Blue: just a bedsheet ghost
whimsy: naww
Karrin Blue: anyways yes
Give Me The Eevees
Wiwaxia (GM): hello hello
whimsy: hi wi ::D
Karrin Blue: hey!
what's up?
Wiwaxia (GM): not much
my sibling's birthday was earlier this week
so we cooked a bunch of curry and really good chocolate chilli torte
Karrin Blue: cool
whimsy: ::D
Karrin Blue: yay
Arxon: hello!
whimsy: hi arxon ::D
Karrin Blue: i need to come up with palestuck prompts
whimsy: - hair brushing/braiding
- pillow fort
- the world sucks rn and im going to curl around you and not take any calls k?
- strange minds think alike
Karrin Blue: hm well
whimsy: or was that not an invitation to come up with prompts ::?
Karrin Blue: hee nah don't worry
whimsy: the last one is inspired by some of my interactions with my moirail
i think our record was 3 identical thoughts and near-identical wordings within one hour
Karrin Blue: i am thinking of who would fit best for
whimsy: ::D
Karrin Blue: 'weapon/handler' /'monster/person who can keep them in control'
which is a thing i am shameful levels of into for pale business
whimsy: ^^_^^
(ok afk for a bit i think i need to take my planting pots back inside its storming outside and i dont want them to get blown away)
Arxon: plz send storm to me
plz
whimsy: nah
i like storms
very soothing
you can come visit me tho then we can curl up on my futon and eat ice cream
Arxon: can blanket forts happens?
whimsy: totally
Arxon: sold
whimsy: (off topic) (is "tides" and "eyes" close enough for a rhyme)
Karrin Blue: probably
Arxon: yeah it's a good enough slant rhyme
just emphasize the I sound if spoken out loud
whimsy: kk ::3 thank you ^^_^^
("I met a girl, wild as the tides
With wind in her hair and stars in her eyes")
Karrin Blue: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): whimsy, you wanna start?
myrtha's pulling ahead of everyone else on the timeline again, and you didn't get a chance to go last week
whimsy: yah
better do it now while i actually still am awake
last thing i remember was something something huge column of mist
Wiwaxia (GM): lemme go back and skim the logs a second, because i am a dipshit who didn't make separate notes
whimsy: because i went and triggered a thing because im leeroy jenkins
seriously when ilma teams up with the rest, you need to keep her from buttons
they will get pushed
accidentally or not
although shes currently veering more towards "lets see what this red button does" than "whoops i didnt see that"
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, there was a pedestal crystal with water in it and a clear hole through the mist above it
and then you stepped on it and made the water drain
and the mist rushed in to make a huge opaque column
and the water drained from the "keyhole" pedestal, too
whimsy: but i still dont have a key, at least as far as i know
Ilmatar Nordwind: i think the plan was to go around the column and do... something, iirc
and/or generally more exploring this place
Wiwaxia (GM): ye
Ilmatar Nordwind: current goal is just above the upper left corner of the blue part
theres two weird things there
bit further north, already in the yellow area
theres this thing that might just be three tiny blue bumbs but looked like checkerboard on zoom out, and the thing with a dark dot on it
up, not left
yes
Wiwaxia (GM): the mist is a lot thicker here
there aren't the tall crystals ringing the island in a wall like elsewhere, so waves of thick mist come pouring in directly of the swelling of the sea
you can see two holes in the thick mist, one on either side
i'll mark them
Ilmatar Nordwind: well those look like larger chunks
can you mark the big column?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure thing
Arxon: (back, hi)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (wb)
just that tiny part? i imagined it larger. huh.
like, reaching all the way to the left of the clear holes
Wiwaxia (GM): well that's 3m across right there
but nah, just that size
Ilmatar Nordwind: huh
Wiwaxia (GM): whoops, put that in the wrong place, one sec
there we go
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
the big blueish thingie with the spot on it on the map, anything interesting there?
Wiwaxia (GM): that one?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yes
Wiwaxia (GM): the spot you can see is a little rectangular divot into the side of the crystal
i assume you're gonna put your finger in it or something
Ilmatar Nordwind: of course ::D probably gonna check if i got something in my backpack im not quite as attached to
memo to self: i need a 10 foot pole
and im gonna stick my finger in it
Wiwaxia (GM): there is a gurgling sound, and water springs from those three blue crystals in a line behind you
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): it flows down that smooth path do the large depression in the center of the island
Ilmatar Nordwind: does anything interesting happen?
Wiwaxia (GM): no, the pool is already mostly full
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
hm, can i, from the thingie with the divot and going towards map east, climb onto the thing where theres a clear hole in the mist?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, quite easily
Ilmatar Nordwind: nice, then im gonna do that
Wiwaxia (GM): you manage to heave yourself up onto the chest high ledge without much difficulty but also without much elegance
Ilmatar Nordwind: eeh, no ones here to judge performance
and no ones dying either
Wiwaxia (GM): just in time to see ripples pass over the face of the water in the pool on top
and watch it drain with surprising speed
mist rushes in to form a thick column, with enough substantiallity to push you off the pedestal
Ilmatar Nordwind: oo_oo
wi im not on that pedestal ::D
im on that one
i prod the mist
Wiwaxia (GM): that would be "west" whimsy
Ilmatar Nordwind: ...
damn
i always mix those two up
not as bad as left and right
Wiwaxia (GM): no worries, i do that too
i almost did a two wrongs make a right there
Ilmatar Nordwind: (its 4 am and i havent slept in 16 hours is it obvious yet xxD)
Wiwaxia (GM): by thinking you meant the one you meant instead of the one you said
so
:P
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
(or, as we say, "the _other_ left")
Wiwaxia (GM): in that case, ignore the hauling yourself up, this one has a nice series of crystals that serve as steps up to the rim
Ilmatar Nordwind: (or "the other right", as applicable.)
Wiwaxia (GM): you can stick your hand into the mist, but there's resistance
as if the wind was blowing strong, though the air is still
Ilmatar Nordwind: i try to grasp it
Wiwaxia (GM): it is, unsurprisingly, like grasping at air
Ilmatar Nordwind: i shall not be deterred
it looks like cotton candy, and so i shall attempt to take a bite out of it
Wiwaxia (GM): it tastes like mist
that hard-to-describe scent of fine particles of water suspended in air
you also get some up your nose
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
i take a deep inhale and take my head back out, then breathe the mist out and revel in how awesome it looks
Wiwaxia (GM): it looks pretty fucking awesome, you must admit
Ilmatar Nordwind: look at me, im a living fog machine
i also look around, is there anything interesting i can seem from this elevation?
Wiwaxia (GM): well, your view is having some trouble what with the big mist column and the tall, massive crystal to the "south"
and the rest is shrouded in thick mist, except for that other clear hole
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm
then lets head to the other clear hole, trigger that, and see what happens
because this couldnt possibly end bad
Wiwaxia (GM): now you have the afroementioned inelegant hauling yourself up
Ilmatar Nordwind: ;;D
Wiwaxia (GM): passing back this way, you notice that the pool in the center of the island is now only half-full, although it is filling from the fountains you turned on earlier
Ilmatar Nordwind: water cycle ::D
man, the water bill for this thing must be enormous
Wiwaxia (GM): then you continue on and get up on this pedestal and also turn it into a mist column
it has the same resistance as the other one
(which the first smaller one did not have)
gosh, if only there were some source of water
all around this place, say
Ilmatar Nordwind: ::D
well, my next test would be to try and see if i can dissipate the mist by lugging some water from the fountain into the nearest column
and to see if i can turn the fountain off by prodding the pivot again, mabe ill get another column
Wiwaxia (GM): acidentally closed my browser somehow, whoops
well, second question is closer, so let's answer that one first
yes, sticking your finger in the divot does turn off the fountain
no mist column, though
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
Wiwaxia (GM): also, the erstwhile pool in the middle of the island is now almost completely empty
Ilmatar Nordwind: then lets look at whats in there ::3
Wiwaxia (GM): looks like just the water from between stepping on the second pedestal and you switching off the fountain
Ilmatar Nordwind: anything interesting at the bottom?
Wiwaxia (GM): compared to the other crystals and their pools full of silver-plants, this one is quite bare
there's a "lip" at about half the volume that you can see on the map, i think
and then the very bottom is a square about a meter across, colorless, and recessed about ten centimeters or so from the slope of the walls above it
there's something under the shallow water there
Ilmatar Nordwind: can i reach it without utterly drenching myself?
or at least try to get a closer look and identify what it might be
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, the issue's not slipping on the sloped sides and either falling on it or getting your side soaked as you slide down
Ilmatar Nordwind: slow and careful steps ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): you can half-step, half slide to the lip and stand there without any problems
from here you can see that it is a BISMUTH SPYGLASS
Ilmatar Nordwind: O_O
Wiwaxia (GM): getting down the other half of the pool and grabbing it is gonna be trickier, though
Ilmatar Nordwind: thats where theres still water, yes?
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, just a bit at the bottom
the sides aren't full of water, but they're still wet and slippery
in addition to dropping at like a 45 degree angle
Ilmatar Nordwind: well ive got good boots, and considering where im from, theyre built to deal with slippery stuff
probably possibly
shouldnt have activated the damn fountain. ah well.
the 45° angle on the other hand...
damn, i want the thing
partially bc im reminded of the amber spyglass

 

Spoiler: Ilmatar tries to figure out the Bismuth Spyglass

Ilmatar Nordwind: oh ye, whats those strange shell-like formations on the other side of the pool?
Wiwaxia (GM): can you ping me?
Ilmatar Nordwind: pings still dont work for some reason
but straight across the pool
yes those
Wiwaxia (GM): weird
Ilmatar Nordwind: those look roundish
Wiwaxia (GM): those are half-formed crystals growing out of the ground
Ilmatar Nordwind: huh
Wiwaxia (GM): they are roundish, and roundish with the ground
Ilmatar Nordwind: and, ooh, i spot another thing with a spot and weird formations just beyond the half-formed crystals
(ilma apparently forgot to take her adhd meds)
(so did i btw)
Wiwaxia (GM): thisun?
Ilmatar Nordwind: can you ping again, please?
yeah that one
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna climb out and investigate it?
Ilmatar Nordwind: and the coffin-looking thing next to it
yah
so many interesting details
::D
Wiwaxia (GM): that the "coffin looking thing" you mean?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): well it's another switch/fountain setup with the "coffin looking thing" the fountain
Ilmatar Nordwind: hrmmm probably also towards the pool, so not gonna activate it just now
will do later to see if filling it up again will disable the columns again
straight to map right, theres this brownish thing, is that just a weirdly coloured crystal, or something a litle more interesting?
Wiwaxia (GM): that one?
Ilmatar Nordwind: (if you pinged it didnt arrive)
(or my sleepy brain didnt see it)
yes
Wiwaxia (GM): (i guess y'all can't see pings i make when i'm on gm layer)
Ilmatar Nordwind: eheh
Wiwaxia (GM): mostly just a weirdly colored crystal i'm afraid
Ilmatar Nordwind: naw
"mostly"?
Wiwaxia (GM): but there's some absolutely stunning silverplants growing atop it
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooh ::D
am i close enough to knock some off with my bladefan
next test i wanna do i plugging the columns
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, it's like waist height
Ilmatar Nordwind: booyeah, lets harves this
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, did you mark that down on your sheet?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
is the weird pearly blob straight to ap south just a weirdly coloured crystal?
Wiwaxia (GM): that one?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): not weirdly colored, out of focus
Ilmatar Nordwind: aah
Wiwaxia (GM): because it is from your perspective a spire sticking straight up
maybe 5-6m
Ilmatar Nordwind: spires tend to be magic, but theres lots of spires here
Wiwaxia (GM): this one is particularly tall and thin, but there's no immediately obvious indicators of shenanigans around it vs any othe the others
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm
theen im gonna head over to the first mist column, and attempt to plug it with the silvery growth
Wiwaxia (GM): that one? or the one from last time
Ilmatar Nordwind: the one from last time
like, if i have to deal with low visibility, i only want 1 and a half metres of that towards the centre
makes it easier to find the hole
Wiwaxia (GM): yes
however, you can't feel any hole
there's the depression the water was in, but it feels smooth and solid all the way round
Ilmatar Nordwind: i call bullshit
Wiwaxia (GM): mm?
Ilmatar Nordwind: i roll on disbelief
(jk)
i place the silvery growth there anyways
hm, do i still have some of the local water in my thermos cup?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Ilmatar Nordwind: then im gonna pour that in as well for good measure
Wiwaxia (GM): let's say with the displacement of the silvery growths that's enough to top off the depression
the column of mist swirls back out leaving a clear space again
Ilmatar Nordwind: a-ha!
any change in the pool?
Wiwaxia (GM): well it's full of water now
Ilmatar Nordwind: well that was a reset button if ever i saw one
Wiwaxia (GM): but it looks like there's still no holes or anything
Ilmatar Nordwind: i take out the silver growth again
Wiwaxia (GM): that drops the water level, and the mist rushes back in
Ilmatar Nordwind: aye, and whats the pool water level?
Wiwaxia (GM): you poke your finger back in to feel
the pool is now empty
Ilmatar Nordwind: no, i meant the big one in the centre
Wiwaxia (GM): ah, that one is still empty
Ilmatar Nordwind: empty-empty, or with some water remains from the fountains
Wiwaxia (GM): the latter
Ilmatar Nordwind: how deep/much?
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm, few centimeters
just over the top of the BISMUTH SPYGLASS
and slick sides
Ilmatar Nordwind: i wish to fashion a weighted net from the empty bag, filled with my binoculars, and then the rope at the ends
place the bag near the drop on one side, take the rope with me along the edge, and then pull
the binoculars should weigh the bag down enough that it sinks enough to gather up the bismuth spyglass, and then i pull the bag with the haul towards me
Wiwaxia (GM): clever!
you might want to try a different weight, though
Ilmatar Nordwind: wi it took me half an hour to figure out how to weigh down the bag enough
not heavy enough?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, they'll work, they just won't appreciate it
Ilmatar Nordwind: point
the bottled water should be water proof tho
Wiwaxia (GM): should also be heavy enough, given that i don't think you've drunk any of it
Ilmatar Nordwind: nope
Wiwaxia (GM): although, wait
neutrally buoyant in water
Ilmatar Nordwind: darn
Wiwaxia (GM): water is the same density as water, oddly enough
:v
Ilmatar Nordwind: eheh
... is my bag sturdy enough to not tear if i use a brick as a weight
Wiwaxia (GM): hmm
okay, given that you have a bag, roll for "sturdy bag" as a find items check
5 or lower
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): on a 6, no, your bag is not sturdy enough
Ilmatar Nordwind: looks like it is sturdy enough ::3
probably made from canvas
Wiwaxia (GM): ayup
okay, you do that thing you described
there's a bit of jostling to get the lip of the bag under the spyglass, but you manage to tip it in
str check to see if you can pull up a bag full of water
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+8
(
20
)+8
= 28
Wiwaxia (GM): uh
Ilmatar Nordwind: looks like it
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, no fucking problem
you are feeling hale enough to haul this bag o water around and dump it somewhere, too, if you want
Ilmatar Nordwind: a) haul up
b) store brick and bismuth spyglass in sylladex
c) wring out rope and bag as good as i can
d) sylladex rope and bag
e) remove bismuth spyglass from sylladex and inspect it
Wiwaxia (GM): dumping out the water or sylladexing the bag with water in?
it's canvas, so the water will drain slowly
Ilmatar Nordwind: dumping out the water, but somewere else
how warm is it?
Wiwaxia (GM): cold
quite cold
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm, so hanging it out to dry isnt an option atm
dump out the water, wring some, then sylladex wet bag
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, you just mean environmentally?
i thought you meant the water
then somewhat chilly and damp
still not ideal drying conditions
Ilmatar Nordwind: im probably going to use the bag to carry water to the other two columns later
Wiwaxia (GM): yah

Ilmatar Nordwind is a genius
Wiwaxia (GM): inspecting the spyglass
it's a long thin bismuth crystal, stepping outward in what looks telescoping
but does not, in fact, telescope
there doesn't appear to be lenses in it
look through it?
Ilmatar Nordwind: ofc! ::D

Ilmatar Nordwind feels like a pirate. Arr!
Wiwaxia (GM): the landscape vanishes
no, that's not quite right
you can still see it, kind of
in where there's stillness
everything else is motion
gentle drafts or large roiling ones
Ilmatar Nordwind: where to?
Wiwaxia (GM): what do you mean?
Ilmatar Nordwind: is there a direction to the motion
an eye of the storm, a common "goal"
?
Wiwaxia (GM): not really, at least not here
just back and forth and here and there
Ilmatar Nordwind: i turn the spyglass around and through it the other way
Wiwaxia (GM): oh shit, that's clever
lemme figure out what that does
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh come on, how did you not see that coming ::D
while you figure out what it does, im gonna take a pic of it and post it to the general chat with the caption "Sweet Loot"
BI has posted bismuthspyglass.jpg
BI: Sweet Loot! :D
Arxon: (time check?)
Wiwaxia (GM): checking as we speak
you're still exploring the meteor and opening chests
myrtha is busy
Lemi Malloy: aG: Oh, fancy!
aG: I'd be scared to use it.
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: currently testing it :3
Lemi Malloy: aG: Testing it?
aG: I mean, it's a spyglass, right>
Ilmatar Nordwind: bI: one side shows wind but no still things
bI: ... i wonder what happens if i turn it around
Arxon: (finally finished all the sketches for the streettier pic
I'm just gonna wait till tomorrow to do the rest)
Karrin Blue: (whatabout me?)
(Post 'em in the thread?)
Wiwaxia (GM): this way shows more or less the same stuff, but now the wind is almost impossible to see and the stillness is obvious
Karrin Blue: (also yeah what was myrtha doing)
Lemi Malloy: aG: Only wind?
aG: Hmmmm, what's the oppsosite of wind. I mean, it'd just be a normal spyglass, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): fucking around on the stage, probably no time to talk
Karrin Blue: k
Arxon: (mk lemme take pics
I am prolly gonna alter Ilma and Leon a lot on the comp b/c they were first and also fix hands)
Ilmatar Nordwind: (looking forward to seeing the pictures ::D)
Wiwaxia (GM): you can see that you are standing on a mass of stillness, and there's another peak of it to the "west"
with a knife-edge ridge between them
Ilmatar Nordwind: o-ho ::D
also, i grab a bag full of water, captchalogue it, and then go over to the middle column. before i pour in the water, however, i want to see what it looks like in motion view
Wiwaxia (GM): it appears that the "wind-like resistance" that you felt does not count as actual wind
if anything, it's more still than the surrounding air
Ilmatar Nordwind: then in still view?
Wiwaxia (GM): still moving too much for that, though
but you can see the empty pedestal through the mist
it also appears to have no holes in it, nor is there any empty space beneath it
Ilmatar Nordwind: magic, obviously
i pour in the water
Wiwaxia (GM): the column of mist dissolves away, but it doesn't form an empty eye this time
instead the mist here is the same as the surroundings
and a column of mist springs up from the central pool
Ilmatar Nordwind: a-ha ::D
ive been waiting for that to happen eventually
Wiwaxia (GM): (this would have been another way to get the spyglass, incidentally)
Ilmatar Nordwind: hm, do i want to see what happens if i trigger all four of those at once, or do i want to test what the central column is like
would the column have pushed the spyglass out?
Wiwaxia (GM): well that gets into testing the central column
Ilmatar Nordwind: also, can we cut here? im lowkey falling asleep again
and want one of the others to have a go as well
Wiwaxia (GM): yah, was gonna switch soon, and this seems like a good place
arxon, you up for going?
oh
i'm gonna make you a seperate card for the spyglass, though
whimsy: kk
Arxon: yeah I think I am
Wiwaxia (GM): there you should be able to see that now
and i'm gonna grab some leftovers to eat real quick and then we can go
whimsy: (ok girls my eyes are looking at things from different angles (one sees text horizontal-ish, the other sees it tilted by 40ish degrees, im gonna shut off and go sleep now)
Wiwaxia (GM): sleep seems like a wise response to that, yeah
alright
Arxon: sleep well!
Karrin Blue: gnight
bedtime here too
Wiwaxia (GM): night!
Arxon: night!

 

Spoiler: Lemi sets some dogs on fire

Wiwaxia (GM) cracks open their vornheim pdf
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, let's do this

Arxon cracks knuckles
Arxon: hell yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): you are on a roof
there's a transportalizer back to the Battlefield castle up here, too
other than that, pretty much nothing
Arxon: what type of roof does it seem to be
other than bismuth
Wiwaxia (GM): flat, looks like it covers several buildings
the architecture in general has a bit of hmmm
spanish colonial is close-ish
as in so many things, quito is one of my big references here
https://www.google.com/search?q=fla...VjVWMKHd1HCNQQsAQIGw#tbm=isch&q=quito+streets
like that but all continuous bismuth with open windows and flat roofs
Wiwaxia (GM): (quito is a hell of a city, btw)
Arxon: (goddamn)
Wiwaxia (GM): (i only spent a few days there but it left an Impression)
Lemi Malloy: Wow! Lemi thinks, This is the first time I've been in a city!
then she remembers Derse
and amends that to first time THIS body has been in a city
Wiwaxia (GM): (it also just. keeps going. https://holachicosdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/111.jpg)
Lemi Malloy: the ity is in kinda a valley or crater, right?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Lemi Malloy: (file not found)
Wiwaxia (GM): take the paren off the end
bad auto-linking roll20
Lemi Malloy: that is a lot of city
alrighty!
so Lemi looks around, sees if there are any landmarks, and especially ones accessible by rooftop
She is pretty sure she would get lost on the streets
Wiwaxia (GM): well there's these long arcades thisaways
(arcades in the architectural sense, not the vidya games sense)
ok lemme fix the scale on this thing
okay that looks about right
you suspect you may also be on a landmark, given the size of the roof compared to those around it
Lemi Malloy: What's going on on the street below?
Wiwaxia (GM): the street is deserted
some wolflike underlings are gnawing on something or other at one end, which is probably why
Lemi Malloy: ....
....
..........
yeah ok Lemi is gonna creepy along the rooftops until she's above them, then jump from above, axe at the ready
Wiwaxia (GM): also, new type of underling means you get xp for seeing them
500 in this case
you can go ahead and add that while i roll up prototypings
there's
hm
1+1d3 of them
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1+1d3
1+(
2
)
= 3
Lemi Malloy: I like my chances!
Wiwaxia (GM): sorry technical difficulties with program
also i still need to make homestuck style sprites for these guys so in the meantime i guess i'll grab a generic wolf icon
Lemi Malloy: three wolf moon!
Wiwaxia (GM): fuck
also, how sure are you you want to pick this fight
Lemi Malloy: um
yeah I just
saw the state of my health bar
ok so um a) how easy does it seem it would be for them to get up here and b) is there anything I can use as projectiles nearby
Wiwaxia (GM): very hard, unless there's prototyping bs involved
not really
also just a sec, gonna reroll all these guys hp, because it seems too high
for their mass
Lemi Malloy: oh wait
I just remembered what I have in my sylladex
ok, I am gonna decaptchalouge a hefty pile of books, pick out the...lets say the 15 largest ones, and glance briefly to see if they seem interesting
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, those numbers are much saner
of those 15, let's say 1d4 look interesting
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d4
(
4
)
= 4
hm, well
I'll work with what I have first
chucking the first one!
Wiwaxia (GM): at which one?
Lemi Malloy: um
ping isn't wrking >:(
the guy closest to the wall
Wiwaxia (GM): weeeeird
i wonder why that is
Lemi Malloy: it never works for me
so I am prolly doing it wront
Wiwaxia (GM): click and hold down
does that not work?
in any case
Lemi Malloy: ok!
you need to
hold
oh
oh
Wiwaxia (GM): 1d20 to hit and then damage is either 1d6-2 for nonlethal improvised or just 1d2 for dropping that distance at that weight
you can pick which, because one isn't straightforwardly better
hurling vs just dropping, i guess
Lemi Malloy: lets say hurling
rolling 1d20
(
14
)
= 14
Wiwaxia (GM): you've got advantage because they don't know you're there
that hits, but might as well try for a crit, yeah?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
:,)
Wiwaxia (GM): now that's just mean, random number god
i guess this is what happens when you're not a Hero of Light
Lemi Malloy: if we ever scratch someone needs to go with Light
Wiwaxia (GM): the light special thing also has the potential to be hella fun, ye
Lemi Malloy: Prince of Light would work for Sis
I would say conspiracy theories would work fr destroying knowledge via knowledge
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, id say!
anyways, roll damage?
Lemi Malloy: oh wait no we don't want a destroyer class D:
rolling 1d6-2
(
3
)-2
= 1
well I
I did him a bip
Wiwaxia (GM): indeed
actually, no, protection
it does go boiiinggg and get knocked back a meter, though
Lemi Malloy: Lemi Malloy, make of good plans
Rogue means "self sacrificial idiot with no self regard", right?
ok can I try and duck back before they see me?
Wiwaxia (GM): sure
oh also
do you want prototyping rundown?
Lemi Malloy: yes please!
Wiwaxia (GM): the one you just hit has fins and leaves, and is wearing a tabard with a green castle in 6 pieces on it
the one in the middle has long, stringy black hair and a long neck
although not long enough to reach up to where you are
and the last one has four eyes in a leopard face
where are you moving?
Lemi Malloy: this aways
and dropping close to the roof
does it slope?
Wiwaxia (GM): nope
which means you are pretty damn well hidden from the street
the barghests know you're up here, though, they're yipping at the wall
but not getting up that you can see
Lemi Malloy: ok
hopefully when I meet up w/ Ilmatar I can alchemie more candles and matches
I am going to find some super shitty books
and home bismuth isn't flammable
*hope
Wiwaxia (GM): oho!
:3
Lemi Malloy: why catface at fire
Wiwaxia (GM): fire
that is why
Lemi Malloy: point
Wiwaxia (GM): okay if you hit, damage will be 1d6-2+1d4 fire and then an easy fort save for them to not catch on fire (fort+4)
if they catch on fire that's gonna be 1d4 a round until they can get it out, possibly increasing to 2d4 if it starts burning more
Lemi Malloy: can they catch each other on fire if they touch?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep, same save
(everything to do with fire is rolled on d4s
because the tetrahedron is the platonic solid associated with the classical element of fire
and i am a nerd)
Lemi Malloy: (.....nerd)
ok!
so I am gonna take the shittest looking book and use a match to light it on fire
then Imma move up towards the edge but not to it and throw it
Wiwaxia (GM): which are you throwing it at?
Lemi Malloy: ummm
one in the middle
Wiwaxia (GM): k! roll to hit
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
(
15
)
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): that hits
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6-2+1d4
(
4
)-2+(
3
)
= 5
Wiwaxia (GM): okay i think that winds up doing 4 damage when all is said and done
aaaaand rolling save
rolling 1d20
(
19
)
= 19
Wiwaxia (GM): ahahaha WELL
:D
Wiwaxia (GM): oh, it gets knocked back a meter, too
underling turn
the one on fire is gonna flee in a panic
in
rolling 1d2
(
2
)
= 2
that direction
Wiwaxia (GM): (that was a double-move)
Lemi Malloy: aw why's he scared
Wiwaxia (GM): aaand that was the only one with a hope of getting up to where you are, so the other two are just gonna yap at you uselessly
Lemi Malloy: ok I'm gonna try and trash talk them
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling damage for the flaming one because i wanna try to see how far it gets before it manages to extinguish itself or dies
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
Lemi Malloy: "Hey- jerks! How about you, uh, eat a mouth full of fire like your buddy!"
Wiwaxia (GM): also, hm
thinking about how to handle ongoing damage experience-wise
i think i'll just give it to you in full, honestly
Lemi Malloy: thanks!
Wiwaxia (GM): but probably not the damage from anything it catches on fire
sounds fair?
Lemi Malloy: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): some salamander guards show up
Lemi Malloy: Um
I really hope they're not staunchly anti book burning
Wiwaxia (GM): they all have bismuth helmets and long spears
rolling 2d20
(
8
+
3
)
= 11
two of them try to stick the barghest with their spears and fail
Lemi Malloy: shit shit shit
"HEY I'VE GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL"
salamander_guard: NO NEED TO WORRY CIVALIAN, WE ARE TRAINED PROEFESSIONALS.
GLUB.
Wiwaxia (GM): your turn
Lemi Malloy: ok I am gonna hope that they can take out scaredy mcfireass
...ya know what
I'm gonna do the axe jump at
that guy
Wiwaxia (GM): you're gonna take 1d6 falling damage in addition to being on the ground
you sure about this?
Lemi Malloy: ...
do these guys seem focused on me or interested in the salamanders
Wiwaxia (GM): v focus on you
*focused
Lemi Malloy: ok then I'll grab the second shittiest book and set that on fire too
rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
Wiwaxia (GM): that also hits
can you ping which one again?
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6-2+1d4
(
6
)-2+(
2
)
= 6
that one
up top
Wiwaxia (GM): k
forgot to factor in it's bonus protection, which is why the health went back up
so 3 damage total
and it gets to make a save
rolling 1d20
(
20
)
= 20
holy
Wiwaxia (GM): shit
Lemi Malloy: um
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 2d4
(
2
+
4
)
= 6
2 to firepants one, 4 to firepants 2
Lemi Malloy: :D
Wiwaxia (GM): firepants one does an about face, runs up to here and starts rolling around on the ground
rolling 1d20
(
3
)
= 3
and successfully extinguishes itself
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
3 Your current light source (if any) loses a pip of fuel
)
= 3
whoops, misclick
rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
3 Your current light source (if any) loses a pip of fuel
)
= 3
Wiwaxia (GM): goddammit
third one keeps yapping at you
Lemi Malloy: alrighty
next book, go!
at the yapper
Wiwaxia (GM): the salamander guards try to catch the former firepants, but are not fast enough
alright, roll to hit
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20
(
18
)
= 18
rolling 1d6-2+1d4
(
2
)-2+(
4
)
= 4
Wiwaxia (GM): 4 damage
(protection doesn't help against elemental damage)
rolling 1d20
(
16
)
= 16
... also fails
rolling 2d4
(
1
+
2
)
= 3
Lemi Malloy: aG: Note- dogs have an elemental weakness to fire
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, all three of the dogs are fleeing
let's see how this is gonna work
okay, i think all three of them can escape into side streets without you or the guards being able to stop them
they are p damn fast
Lemi Malloy: shit :/
Wiwaxia (GM): gonna secretly roll out the fire damage stuff
see if they can extinguish themselves before they die
Lemi Malloy: kk!
salamander_guard: after them, salamanders! we need to catch them!
Wiwaxia (GM): the salamanders sprint off at their top speed, which is somewhat slow, especially in their armor
Lemi Malloy: I'm gonna captchalouge all my books and take after them too
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, how so?
you're hm
i think you're high enough up that you'll still take damage if you do a controlled drop
you can try jumping between rooftops, but do try not miss
Lemi Malloy: well
shit
ok, hardcore parkour!
Wiwaxia (GM): hardkour
alright, str checks for jumping, grace to tell where the doggies went
Lemi Malloy: ok!
str:
rolling 1d20+9
(
16
)+9
= 25
grace
rolling 1d20+10
(
4
)+10
= 14
well
Wiwaxia (GM): nice
Lemi Malloy: Lemi just
stick to jumping and climbing
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna let you keep that str roll for a bit for multiple jumps
rather than rolling to failure
Lemi Malloy: I love that strength is her worst stat, and yet
thanks!
Wiwaxia (GM): okay, you can slow down to keep pace with the salamanders and hope that they're having better luck tracking, or try jumping around randomlu
Lemi Malloy: .....
I'll follow the salamanders
if they get in trouble I wanna be there
Wiwaxia (GM): they start winding up towards the arcades
actually
wait
fuck
i forgot
one of them is immune to fear
Lemi Malloy: oh
well
also if they're on fire isn't there smoke?
Wiwaxia (GM): you don't see any smoke
also a couple of the salamanders are gonna stay behind and engage no 3
who is immune to fear
Lemi Malloy: um nope full stop
"I'll take care of this one!" Lemi says, trying to sound as badass as possible
Wiwaxia (GM): and also has no self-preservation, so the success i rolled on it putting itself out doesn't matter
rolling 1d4
(
1
)
= 1
the guards form a pike wall in the street
Lemi Malloy: fire, have u considered being burnier
Wiwaxia (GM): barghest charges
readied actions go
rolling 2d20
(
10
+
4
)
= 14
both of those miss
readied actions from the second rank
rolling 2d20
(
17
+
12
)
= 29
Wiwaxia (GM): one hits
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
and dead
Lemi Malloy: damn
shit I can't get the grist
ok I am gonna hardcore parkour towards the vague direction I think they're in
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna mark the grist pile on the city map so you can double back and get it sometime maybe
Lemi Malloy: thanks!
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, why don't you move where you're looking
also, this is why reach weapons are great
Lemi Malloy: yeeaaaaahhhh
Sera, lend me ur strength and also ur bow
that way
Wiwaxia (GM): that is the way the guards came from, before you go that way
Lemi Malloy: ah
then
that way
Wiwaxia (GM): cutting across that broad roof, you actually manage to find and get ahead of the second barghest
now on 1 hp
Lemi Malloy: does it look like its gonna be able to extinguish itself?
Wiwaxia (GM): it's already out
you've got probably one shot to hit it before it pulls away
it's running through crowded streets full of screaming salamanders, but fortunately seems to be more interested in running than chowing down
Lemi Malloy: I'm going to jump on it and try to grapple
Wiwaxia (GM): might as well just try to kill it, only 1 hp, not much advantage to grappling
Lemi Malloy: then I'll try and jump on it and hope I don't hit a salamander!
Wiwaxia (GM): dex to hit, i think
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d20+12
(
3
)+12
= 15
Wiwaxia (GM): you and whatever you hit take 1d6 damage
Lemi Malloy: ...
Wiwaxia (GM): you fail
and hit the ground
Lemi Malloy: rolling 1d6
(
3
)
= 3
took the damage
Wiwaxia (GM): there's a collective gasp from the crowd, and the barghest runs away
several concerned salamanders rush over to you and help you up as soon as it's past
Lemi Malloy: Is it possible for me to chase after it?
Wiwaxia (GM): i mean you can
but you double-moving is only like 2/3rds of it double moving and it's all out sprinting
Lemi Malloy: shit
ok
I apologize to the salamanders
Wiwaxia (GM): the salamanders are having absolutely none of it
several of them bundle you off to a street cafe nearby, gently but firmly sit you down, wave off all your protests and buy you tea and a bug cape
*crepe
one wraps a shawl around you
there is a lot of glubbing
Lemi Malloy: I glub back at them
thankfully
Wiwaxia (GM): and i think i'm about good to leave off there
Lemi Malloy: yeah same I'm exhausted
Wiwaxia (GM): lemme tally up xp
i don't blame you
rolling 1+4+5+
1
= 1
whups
rolling 1+4+3+4+3+1+4
1+4+3+4+3+1+4
= 20
total damage
Wiwaxia (GM): so +400 xp
did you add the +500 from earlier?
Lemi Malloy: yeah
Wiwaxia (GM): k
Lemi Malloy: ust added the new one too
I'm at just over 12 000
Wiwaxia (GM): sweet!
only 4000 xp to your next level
Lemi Malloy: yay!
see ya next week?
Wiwaxia (GM): at which point you start getting bonus attacks
yep, should do!
until then!
Lemi Malloy: night!

 

Spoiler: Leon gets spoiled

Wiwaxia (GM): heyo, was a bit slow getting on
mapping
map map map map map
Karrin Blue: Heyo
what's up?
Wiwaxia (GM): did an enormous amount of dishwashing and don't want to acknowledge that the kitchen exists, mostly
Karrin Blue: oh dear
whimsy: morning
Karrin Blue: so how's life?
also does anyone know a good reliable way to download youtube videos
without watermarks or anything
Wiwaxia (GM): i don't know one although i'm sure such means are out there
also are you two willing to wait around a bit for bird?
Karrin Blue: yeah
whimsy: im still a bit woozy from actually falling asleep, but im not making the mistake of trying to alleviate that via dozing
instead im sitting up and got the lights on ::D
and i finished going through all the class materials for the exam on august 5th today and everything else is just rehearsing
Karrin Blue: what exam>
whimsy: computer science in a contemporary socio-cultural context
iis the best translation i can come up with
Karrin Blue: ...alright
whimsy: it couldve been a very interesting subject! but in effect, its a trivia learn-by-heart exam without any actual context and more acronyms and which law passed when
Karrin Blue: :/
whimsy: yeah ::/
but its a mandatory class ==_=="
the adhd meds did wonders already though, if i compare this semester to when i last attempted this class
aka i can actually remember some of this stuff
Wiwaxia (GM): bluh bluh, well, no bird yet and my mapping is being stymied so are you up to just start
whimsy: start yes just not with ilma ::D
unless you want losas to end up made out of cheese wedges
Wiwaxia (GM): three of them?
Karrin Blue: well I'm already pretty ahead on the timeline
so
Wiwaxia (GM): hm, yeah
Bird: Bluh bluh
Wiwaxia (GM): oh hey it's a bird!
did you get your spoilers pm?
Karrin Blue: hibird!
spoilers pm?
bird has access to spoilers?
whimsy: hi bird ::D
Karrin Blue: gasp
Wiwaxia (GM): tiiiiiiiiiiime
whimsy: shenanigans.jpg
Karrin Blue: :))))
Bird: I did! Haaavent read it yet, i literally just woke up
....uh oh.
Karrin Blue: D:
Bird: Well that sure is a thing i have to achieve
Karrin Blue: D:
GANBATTE
Wiwaxia (GM): eeeeeeehehehe
Bird:
Karrin Blue: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net...syduck.gif/revision/latest?cb=20070420152052?
Bird: Arigatou
Karrin Blue: YOU CAN DO IT
Bird: Uh well. If no one else wants to go, should we get started on these shenanigans?

Karrin Blue is probably just gonna observe and offer commentary
Bird: This might escalate quickly
Karrin Blue: ahahaha wow that's a good sign
Bird: How do i even begin to achieve this....
Karrin Blue: is leonryou going to come into existence
Bird: Definitely a possibility
Karrin Blue: consider applying duct tape and wd40 to the problem
Bird: Hold on im gonna grab tea and wake up properly first
Karrin Blue: tea is deeply important
Bird: alrighty here we go
you'll note i'm also being vague
because i want you guys to figure out what i'm doing while i'm doing it
>:D
Karrin Blue: i noticed!
Wiwaxia (GM): aaaaalright
sorry, my attempts a making like
a good world map
for loram are proceeding poorly
Bird: that is OK
alright what was the last thing i did. did i rest? my hp is looking a lil dire
Wiwaxia (GM): last thing you did was run home from onryou imps
Bird: oh yeah
speaking of them, is onryousprite around?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes it is
Bird: hi onryousprite
ah shit
Wiwaxia (GM): [horror movie gifs]
Leon Gaspar: ahem
as we were!
well it's nice to see a friendly (?) face
i'd better cook something, i'm real hungry. again.
well i've had breakfast already so let's do lunch. sandwiches!
Wiwaxia (GM): i found a nice random ingredients generator, finally
onion, button mushrooms, lima beans, egg, and beef.
Karrin Blue: woo woo
Leon Gaspar: when you say beef are we talking steak, ground beef ... some other type of beef ... ?
Wiwaxia (GM): let's say ground beef
Leon Gaspar: alright let's chop up the onion and button mushrooms and chuck 'em in a skillet w/ the beef. this is going to be some stir-fry thing
(i actually lucked out with the ingredients here)
Karrin Blue: i've heard of people putting eggs in sandwiches but idk if it'd be good with those ingredients
Wiwaxia (GM): i'm gonna record what's in your fridge, btw
you are gonna wanna think about how to get more ingredients sometime
Leon Gaspar: yyyep
i'm gonna leave the egg where it is in case i want it later
Wiwaxia (GM): there's lets say 1+4
Leon Gaspar: omg
fridge!
Wiwaxia (GM): you can control your fridge to look in it now too
Leon Gaspar: neat!
alright shall we get this thing going?
Wiwaxia (GM): ayep
Karrin Blue: :3
(immediately a dead leon drops out of nowhere)
Wiwaxia (GM): that sounds delicious so you get a +1 to hp
2d6+1
actually let's make that +2
Leon Gaspar: rolling 2d6 + 2
(
1
+
3
)+2
= 6
an auspicious start to the day /s
Wiwaxia (GM): you can also take a quick nap for another 1d6
Leon Gaspar: yeah look i've been doin a bunch of running, that sounds good. lllllets crash
rolling 1d6
(
4
)
= 4
ahh much better.
Wiwaxia (GM): you sleep for 35 minutes, which is getting you caught up
myrtha's still ahead a bit, but you're almost even with lemi now
whimsy: (how far is ilma behind? i imagine all that running about she did last session took a while)
Wiwaxia (GM): it did, but she's still about an hour behind
whimsy: (kk)
Leon Gaspar: woo!
alrighty
now that i'm well rested, i should probably take a closer look at that conspicuous note that was taped to the fridge, right?
whimsy: is that thing rattling
be careful, i think theres a grue inside there D::
Wiwaxia (GM): psssh
whimsy: wi, im the mage, its my job to know things ::P
Leon Gaspar: hmm
LEON: well that sure is a thing I have to achieve
whimsy: your fridge might be possessed
Leon Gaspar: hm
whimsy: ghosts of leons past
Karrin Blue: as the resident witch i agree
grues are a serious threat
Leon Gaspar: iiiii am gonna go check out my first gate
whimsy: (i love this session)
Leon Gaspar: just how high is it?
Wiwaxia (GM): it continues to be about 15m up
Leon Gaspar: listen, it's been a long time
whimsy: oh come on, that was the perfect time to say "it continues to be OFF THE CHARTS"
Leon Gaspar: i squint up at it
Wiwaxia (GM): shit, you're right
Leon Gaspar: then i check if anyone's online
Wiwaxia (GM): you know i should record all the heights up of various gates in the thread
gonna go do that
whimsy: ilma is probably online ::D
Karrin Blue: probably myrtha is?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep and yep
and lemi
Karrin Blue: :3
Leon Gaspar: NI: hey guys i need some advice
NI: i gotta get through my first gate
NI: but i am uh
Karrin Blue: (is myrtha through hers yet)
Leon Gaspar: NI: distinctly lacking in a server player
NI: i need to somehow get 15m up in the air
Karrin Blue: CO: Are you going to go look for Sera?
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: No, wait, wrong gate
CO: Hm.
whimsy: BI: two words: rocket backpack
Wiwaxia (GM): (no, going to talk to sirens
Leon Gaspar: NI: i mean ... eventually. i'm gonna have to.
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: ...rocket backpack would be great. But likely to burn your legs off?
Leon Gaspar: NI: but there's something i gotta do first
NI: ok ilma where do i get one
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Hm. Could you alchemize some kind of ladder?
CO: Like a tall one.
Leon Gaspar: NI: hrm
whimsy: BI: create a metric shitton of generic obects and stack them
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: That'd take a while though.
Leon Gaspar: NI: ...
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: They're like a foot cubed right
Leon Gaspar: NI: THAT'S your problem with that plan?
whimsy: BI: i was about to say
BI: if theres one thing leon has, its time
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: You could make them into a step-pyramid or something
Leon Gaspar: NI: there might be a ladder in the garage? i wonder how i'd make it bigger though
whimsy: BI: just wiggle the gears a little
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: That doesn't seem right
whimsy: BI: duplicate ladders, make ladder pyramid
Leon Gaspar: NI: ... hm
Myrtha Oscurr: CO; pretty sure that's not what you do with ladders
Leon Gaspar: NI: a house of cards, but ladders
whimsy: BI: im fairly certain thats exactly what you do with ladders! :D
BI: just duct tape them together just in case
Leon Gaspar: (physics question: if i throw something into the gate does it come back out this side or does it fall out that side?)
(i'm thinking something like lemi's rope, if i weighted one end and threw it into the gate would it stay there?)
Myrtha Oscurr: (what if you got a really long stick and poked it through a gate. does it poke what's on the other side)
Leon Gaspar: (exactly!)
(asking the important questions)
Myrtha Oscurr: (yeah that could work!)
Leon Gaspar: (where's moss, this sounds like a moss question)
whimsy: try a lasso
Wiwaxia (GM): the gate teleports things wholesale, rather than acting as a portal
like with lemi the whole bedsheet chain came with her rather than staying anchored
also afk for a minute my mouse died and i need to rebattery it
Leon Gaspar: ahhh
(that's annoying :/ needa rethink this)
Myrtha Oscurr: (so you just need to get up there, right? a ladder could still work)
Leon Gaspar: (gotta have something to slow my fall on the other side)
Myrtha Oscurr: (oh yeah. well i landed ok in the future...)
Leon Gaspar: (oh you did? that's promising)
Myrtha Oscurr: yeah i think the first portals open close to the ground
since they spawn on the land
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: (ok phew sweet)
Myrtha Oscurr: there'd be no way to put a cushion there ahead of time
Wiwaxia (GM): the one you need to worry about going through is the second gate on the land
Leon Gaspar: NI: ladder pyramid it is i guess
NI: brb gonna check if there's even one here
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: You probably won't need too many to get up to your first gate
Leon Gaspar: i check the garage for ladders
Wiwaxia (GM): don't need to roll for that, of course there's ladders in the janitor closet
both stepladders and an extension ladder
Leon Gaspar: ohhhhhhh sweet
how tall is the extension ladder?
Wiwaxia (GM): 7 m
Leon Gaspar: aaand the stepladders?
there's also the part where i need something to lean it against
wait what if
whimsy: what is it with ladders that cant stand on their own
Myrtha Oscurr: oh i was thinking of one of those triangle ladders
Leon Gaspar: stepladder && extension ladder
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: BTW do either of you know anything about magic phone line repair
Leon Gaspar: NI: uhhhhh ... duct tape?
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: ...possibly.
Wiwaxia (GM): oop sorry, was editing gate heights into the first post in the thread
Leon Gaspar: np!
Wiwaxia (GM): stepladder is like
a meter
Leon Gaspar: stepladder && extension ladder!
Wiwaxia (GM): 3 aluminum grist
Leon Gaspar: ....doooo we have that?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, or it would be ??? grist
Leon Gaspar: i mean do we have three of it :P
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, ilmatar's got like 250 from the harpy she fought
Leon Gaspar: aw sweet alright let's make one
Wiwaxia (GM): it makes a telescoping triangular stepladder
right triangle, btw
and there's a telescoping cross-brace between the ladder side and the support side
Leon Gaspar: hell yeah
still 7m tall?
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Leon Gaspar: i make another one
i actually have a roll of what i assume is duct tape in my inventory so that's handy
Wiwaxia (GM): no it's scotch tape :v
(i kid i'm not gonna be that mean)
Leon Gaspar: basically i'mma extend them as far as they go, put them next to each other, sandwich the regular extension ladder between them and point it straight up at the portal
it's gonna look like a shitty eiffel tower
but it should be stable enough to get me up there.... hopefully
Wiwaxia (GM): lemme think what you need to roll
let's say grace for the "prayers" part of duct tape and prayers
Leon Gaspar: im laughing
ok how do i roll that
Wiwaxia (GM): d20+your entire grace score
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+15
(
10
)+15
= 25
Wiwaxia (GM): that is a success!
Leon Gaspar: phew, after last time i was really worried about a nat 1
woohoo!
Wiwaxia (GM): you are now 1m short of the gate
Leon Gaspar: i'm gonna do something real dumb and attempt to climb past where it's safe
if i can just....touch it ....
whimsy: chants: jump jump jump jump
Myrtha Oscurr: you're taller than a meter right...
Leon Gaspar: that's what i'm thinking
also: the last time i listened to the ghosts of my friends whispering in my ear i nearly got mauled by like 20 imps >:C
i mean i'm still gonna try to awkwardly balance on the second-top rung and stretch up as high as i can
...more prayers required?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah, i think this is dex
Leon Gaspar: rolling 1d20+13
(
11
)+13
= 24
Wiwaxia (GM): that is a narrow success
you fall, but as you do, you manage to graze the gate
Leon Gaspar: ...which gets me onto the other side? =D
Wiwaxia (GM): you can hear the ladderfel tower toppling in the split second before you fall facedown on asphalt
Leon Gaspar: augh!!!
NI: OW
NI: nailed it
whimsy: BI: booyeah :D
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Oh no + Good
Leon Gaspar: I sit up and look around
and contemplate my predicament
and how exactly to achieve
*achieve it
Wiwaxia (GM): aaaaaaand this is the bit i need a map for
Leon Gaspar: hrm
there's an obvious way, but it's a little....
(hey, lemi hasn't started ectobiology yet, has she? asking for a friend)
Myrtha Oscurr: no i don't think so
Wiwaxia (GM): no she has not
Leon Gaspar: (i mean she's not here so it's moot and also it would be wildly out of character so :v)
hrmmmmmmm
Myrtha Oscurr: (someday you're gonna need to tell us what this plan would be)
(make a note so you do not forget)
Leon Gaspar: ( how do i even)
well there's one way to do it i guess
Myrtha Oscurr: (ok you're gonna need to fill a meter-cubed crate with coffee grounds)
(just to start things off)
Leon Gaspar: (i want it to be a surprise and yet. i am stuck)
(:v)
alright ww, what can i see?
Myrtha Oscurr: ...this is a predicament indeed
Wiwaxia (GM): uhhhh
i will get back to you
on that
Leon Gaspar: roger
Wiwaxia (GM): next time
:v
Leon Gaspar: i'll keep brainstorming until then
:v
Myrtha Oscurr: (:V)
look it's pacman

 

Spoiler: Ilmatar finds a BIGGER and BETTER Bismuth Spyglass

Wiwaxia (GM): whimsy, you good to go?
whimsy: yeah
sorry, was a little bit afk
Wiwaxia (GM): nae worries
Ilmatar Nordwind: i think ima trigger the two fountains and see if the basin can overflow
and in the meantime, lug around some more water in my captchalogued and waterlogged bag and pour water into the keyho-- wait
waaaait
what shape is the keyhole
(that up there: my actual train of thought)
Wiwaxia (GM): perfectly square and a long way down
Ilmatar Nordwind: does the looking glass fit into it
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, yes it does
Ilmatar Nordwind: whoda thunk ::D
well now this is the obvious way to go
but honestly, going the obvious way first is boring and you run the danger of missing something!
so im going to try and flood the basin first
and flood the two other mist pillars as well
and then scamper up somewhere with a view, and check if i can see something interesting out in the sea of storms with my special looking glass!
Wiwaxia (GM): alright, in that order?
Ilmatar Nordwind: yeah
so, turn on the fountains, fill the bag with water, disable the two mist pillars, and then probably stick with the rightmost one because i can scamper up there and i gotta go there anyways
Wiwaxia (GM): as the basin starts to fill with water the mist pillar over it disappears
gonna wait for it to overflow?
Ilmatar Nordwind: nah
why wait if i can do other stuff in the meantime ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): okay lesse
Ilmatar Nordwind: also, i definitely need one of those boats from treasure planet
Myrtha Oscurr: everyone does.
Wiwaxia (GM): are you still on the pedestal?
as the central pool fills to halfway, the hole in the mist reappears over the other pedestal
Ilmatar Nordwind: back to a hole in the mist from the mist covering?
ooh
(btw i also bring water to that one in case my wording wasnt clear)
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah, i got that
Ilmatar Nordwind: the one my icon is on is the last one im going to, bc i think its got a good vantage point
kk, ust bc of the colours
Wiwaxia (GM): when you pour water into that one
the mist column disappears but doesn't make a hole
instead you get a brief but energetic explosion of mist from the keyhole
Ilmatar Nordwind: ahahahahahah
shoulda seen that coming
Wiwaxia (GM): when you fill this one, the mist column above it disappears
the column appears above the central pool again, then immediately disappears as it continues filling
Ilmatar Nordwind: well thats what i got the fountains running for
now since ive got that done, do i see anything interesting moving or static beyond my pretty island here, through the looking glass?
and, also, if i look straight up into the sky, what do i see? and if i look around, can i see anything else interesting? planets, skaia...?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes and yes!
looking up
you can't see the planets looking through the windy way
the medium is full of stirring air and winds in all directions
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): skaia is very noticeable, though
a roiling sphere of the Breeze picking out the moebius net around the Battlefield in negative space
Ilmatar Nordwind: .... can i take pictures through the looking glass
like, put looking glass in front of camera, take picture
Wiwaxia (GM): technically yes, it works for the camera too
but works about as well in practice as you would expect from trying to take a through a telescope pressed to the lens
Ilmatar Nordwind: naw
Wiwaxia (GM): *take a picture
Ilmatar Nordwind: but interesting nonetheless ::D
i shall need to combine this device with a camera to create something alike the omniculars from the 4th harry potter book
Myrtha Oscurr: yes do
Ilmatar Nordwind: speaking of, gonna note down the code on the backside of the card
because i dont know whether i get to keep the looking glass after ive used it in the keyhole
if yes, then no harm done, if no, then i shall have the means to recreate it
hm, since skaia is above my house, can i see my house from here, or the shard its on?
Wiwaxia (GM): no i don't think so, you can see through the horizon, but you'll have trouble seeing something that relatively small in negative space stillness
Ilmatar Nordwind: but hey, at least i know in which direction my house is ::D
can i see anything interesting around the shard sticking out of the sea of storms? or any interestingly shaped currents in the sea?
Wiwaxia (GM): yes, quite a few
there's what looks worryingly like a supercell storm somewhere on the other side of the planet
Ilmatar Nordwind: oh dear
does ilma even know what that is? those are kind of not a regular thing hereabouts
Wiwaxia (GM): oh huh
int check?
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1D20+13
(
4
)+13
= 17
like, i know what a supercell storm is because i like looking shit up on wikipedia and storm pictures are hella
but def not a regular occurrence here
(also, oh hey arc numbers, just not ours)
Wiwaxia (GM): close failure, actually, so you know what a supercell storm is, but don't know enough about the wind circulation to recognize it from that
Ilmatar Nordwind: so, filed under "weird and strong winds over there, need to check later with better gear" ::D
BI: oh
BI: oh dear
BI: there's some awfully strong and odd wind patterns over on the other side of this land
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Oh?
Ilmatar Nordwind: BI: like a whirlwind, but fraying at the edges? and huge
Myrtha Oscurr: CO: Well that doesn't sound good
Ilmatar Nordwind: does it move?
Wiwaxia (GM): depends on how long you're staring at it
Ilmatar Nordwind: hmhm
Myrtha Oscurr: (OK i gotta go to bed)
Ilmatar Nordwind: so not fast
Myrtha Oscurr: (gnight guys!0
Ilmatar Nordwind: n8
Myrtha Oscurr: for a second i thought you said 'not so fast'
and was going to reply 'well i have to get up in about eight hours so...'
Ilmatar Nordwind: eheheh
::P
Myrtha Oscurr: :)
k have fun!
try to avoid death!
Ilmatar Nordwind: have a good sleep ^^_^^
anything else interesting?
Wiwaxia (GM): there's wind below you
quite a bit of it
Ilmatar Nordwind: ooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): and a lot of wind below the horizon that doesn't look far enough away to be on the other side of the planet
Ilmatar Nordwind: quite the windy place this is here :D
does the keyhole still belch mist?
Wiwaxia (GM): nah it stopped fairly quickly
Ilmatar Nordwind: then i think im gonna trek over there and put the looking glass in
(unless there's something still and interesting to see)
Wiwaxia (GM): you stick it in
there's a massive rumbling below you
Ilmatar Nordwind: does the island sink
Wiwaxia (GM): no
Ilmatar Nordwind: naww
Wiwaxia (GM): a massive version of the bismuth spyglass starts rising out of
that pedestal
Ilmatar Nordwind: can you ping again? that sorta got lost
aah
yeah, that was bc your orange is v close to that colour
huh
interesting!
does it disappear if i remove my own spyglass
Wiwaxia (GM): yep
Ilmatar Nordwind: boo
well, at least ive got the code
Wiwaxia (GM): it may in fact be the same spyglass altering scale
Ilmatar Nordwind: huh
what happens if i look through the spyglass in my pedestal?
(ahahahha is that how the butterflies got so huge) (flew into the tiny hole and came out FUCKOFF HUGE)
Wiwaxia (GM): well which side did you put in down
Ilmatar Nordwind: you know what, ima try both ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): same as before, but magnified
with the windy side you can see the winds tracing out the edge of a bubble
beyond which is
something
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooooooh
Wiwaxia (GM): there's movement out there
but its
wrong
Ilmatar Nordwind: oooooooooooooooooh
such a shame that none of the others are still left
because i am so hyped
i think its the horrorterrors ^^_^^
oh, oh, does ilma know morse
Wiwaxia (GM): iiiiint check
Ilmatar Nordwind: and, what happens if i shine the flashlight into the looking glass
rolling 1D20+13
(
19
)+13
= 32
yeah that looks like
Wiwaxia (GM): thaaaat is a crit
yes you absolutely know morse
and let's say one other related kind of signalling
like semaphore or whatever
your call
you should probably record these
Ilmatar Nordwind: (of course ilma can morse. why am i surprised.) (background: ilmas transformerversion, tempest dive, communicates via morse if shes not communicate via pictures)
ima pick something over the course of next week, k?
so, what happens if i shine the torch into the looking glass?
Wiwaxia (GM): motherfucking searchlight
Ilmatar Nordwind: BOOYEAH
i morse a "hello" into the void
(i love this character so fucking much)
.... . .-.. .-.. ---
Wiwaxia (GM): can i get a grace check for ~shenanigans~
Ilmatar Nordwind: rolling 1d20+10
(
2
)+10
= 12
uh oh ::D
Wiwaxia (GM): rolling 1t[THE-ADVENTURE-DIE-OF-ADVENTURE!!(and/or-misery)]
(
4 You are starting to feel a bit worn down. Lose a pip of endurance.
)
= 4
Ilmatar Nordwind: naw
on the other hand, i have been running about for a while!
so let's take a break and look into the sky some more, i guess
Wiwaxia (GM): actually would you mind finishing up here
i'm starting to wind down
Ilmatar Nordwind: sure thing ::D
have a good sleep ^^_^^
should i pick another code that ilma understands over the week, or do we just keep that in mind and should one come up i can just go "yeah ilma speaks this btw"
Wiwaxia (GM): yeah you can do the second, just remember that you've got it!
Ilmatar Nordwind: i noted it on the character sheet ::D
(also im redoing ilmas avatar, she's far too light-skinned in hindsight)
n8 then ^^_^^