Alex, one question, how can you feel disturbed by Sarah scarring herself after typing what happened in the match between Big Foot and the darlek in The Wars Incarnate? :p
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Alex, one question, how can you feel disturbed by Sarah scarring herself after typing what happened in the match between Big Foot and the darlek in The Wars Incarnate? :p
interesting question that... maybe its because they were killing each other not themselves, besides couldnt you use a magic staff like everyone else?
Anyway:
The party advance down the hill, all there stuff in tow and come upon a curious creature. It resembles a stick thin man with the head of a wild boar, but the boar has no eyes. Additionally it has 4 arms, 1 pair being normal but the other pair ending without hands but instead with what can be best described as a tuba end.
He isnt carrying any obvious weapons and has a massive pack upon its back which should really weight about ten times as much as him.
What do you do?
Prof, run a foe-checker on him and that bag if possible.
Everyone, whatever you do, do not touch his bag, not even if he asks you to help him, some bags are cursed to be permanently attached to the wearers back. The fact that it looks like it should be ten times his weight looks suspicious.
If the foe checker comes out ok, talk to him, but DO NOT TOUCH THE BAG, not even once. If he should want to give us something, he can take it out of the bag himself.
*laughs at reaction consdierign whats going to happen*
The foe checker comes up clean, the bag is filled with lots and lots of random junk. The one item you will most likely be interested in thou is that he appears to be a member of the great guild of merchants, he has an official dna encoded, fingerprint matching id card
And we trust official membership IDs in a pretty much lawless land why?
Ok, im still wary but talk to him.
Alex, Sarah is not killing herself, each cut is a precise cut that brings her no danger. And why not a staff? They are so cliche :p
lmao, just thought of who the piskie reminded me off, it was a small Groundskeeper Willie :p
Well, I dont trust this guy. I think we should talk to him and see what hes selling, but spread out a bit so we all have a clear shot.
i try and proove to you hes an innocent merchant, but from only having encountered a pair of pirates and a piskie your making a lot of assumptions
about how lawless it is, anyway
Anyway i dont have time to do this tonight so tomorrow, basically
As for why i dont like it ive known some people who have selfharmed so its just a bit close to home for my liking, anyway i could just do soem form of plot twist whereby you no longer need to do that or you can cast it through an enchanted xylopohone i dunno
Come on, chaps, hes come up clean. Lets get him talking and see if we cant learn more about this fer-eeky universe. We might get a few bargins from him for our troubles, too. :)
And if he DOES try anything, we can always gang up on him and we can try out our new toys :proud:
A) Merchants are never on your side, only on the side of making as much money as quickly as possible. This works in real life as well as games :P
B) Alex seems to want us to trust him too much for me to trust him :proud:
I know people who have self harmed too, i dont see it exactly like that, it doesnt come from feeling lonely or a need to hurt herself, it is more ritualistic than anything, and the scars heal.
If it does bother you, ill think of something else, but the simple cast and no consequecies thing has never worked for me, its a way of making sure that she knows that her magic isnt to be used lightly.
As i said, talk to the merchant, just stay away from the damn bag i tells ye, i still dont like it, this half elf aint touching it, Sarahs mumma didnt raise no fool.
Alex, you said it yourself, weve encountered a pair of pirates and a piskie ok, the pirates turned out to be ok as far as we know and Aaron DID steal from said piskie, but still..., not jumping to conclusions but that doesnt exactly tell me that we reside in a land of law, order and curse free bags (ok, enough about the bag, i read one too many Knightmare books).
I wish to cast phantasmal self. I want to be invisible all the time so if an enemy attacks us, he might not find me and I could possibly help turn the tables.
Also, can I use Toms blue laser to imbune 20 of my uranium pellets into the blade of my katana. Id like to make it a little radio active.
Thats not what phantasmal self does; it creates an illusion of another one of you to confuse enemies.
As for magic usage thats why i develoepd what i believe to be a unique magic system for the book im writing, basically; a) mages can can as much magic as they like, however it gets harder to cast bigger spells and b) they have to have a staff, it acts as a valve to stop too much magic comign through, castign without it annihalates then and c) if a non magical person is exposed to too much magic they begin to change even if that was not the intended purpose of the magic and d) magic is not inherant in the world its drawn from what is for all intents and purposes a demon realm and as such there are consequences
Anyway yes you can have your radioactive katana
and as to Franks point about me wanting you to talk to him, how do you know Im not just trying to get you to not talk to him because he proves vital through reverse psychology or b i wouldnt do what ever im going to do even if you didn talk to him
As the group carefully approaches the strange being it swivels its trumpet arms towards you and makes a loud sound from them. You pause wondering whats happening but then the peculiar creature speaks.
€˜Ah travellers, I was hoping I€™d encounter some on the way, I have plenty of wares to sell as you can see by my pack.€™
Here€™s what I have:
A jar of €˜Titanicus Clay€™ which has a detailed set of instructions to its use (weight 3, cost 5 silver)
A rapid fire throwing star launcher with 20 throwing stars which are reusable (weight 7, speed very fast, defence +2, attack 30-70, cost 55 silver)
A suit of Kevlar armour (weight 12, defense 25, cost 107 silver)
A baboon on a leash (cost 16 silver)
A fire warriors gauntlet (produces a small flaming ball in your hand which can be thrown at an enemy for 90-110 points of damage and the possibility of burning (90 silver, weight 5)
The brain of a cogitor in its preservation jar (can be asked 3 questions a day, but not necessarily give a comprehensible answer, weight 5, silver 56)
The fourth leg of Ivor the three legged panda of the apocalypse (weight 12)
A telekinetic implant (although the merchant doesn€™t recognise it as such, successful KNO roll) Cost 16 silver, upgrade, replaces; none, weight 1)
A time machine for a rat (weight 6 cost 38)
A crocodile skin womens swimming costume (weight 4, cost 35 silver, defense 11)
A Perculiar text entitled the €˜holy bible; the rap€™ which does appear to be exactly what it says in it (cost 1, INT -3)
A pair of revolvers and 50 bullets (110 silver)
Additionally this is what you€™d get for items you presently have but aren€™t using:
A glowing golden feather (35)
One handgrenade covered in what appears to be pink fur fabric (190)
Salamander-in-a-jar (60)
Mail on Sunday (5)
A random computer motherboard (35)
A large box of leeks (15)
A reel of masking tape (5)
Two small medi-kits including bandages and plasters (25 each)
Barbecue Fork (25)
Severed Arm of Tom Roper (55)
The skull of a griffon (160)
A hanging basket filled with forget-me-nots (50)
Tiny whisky keg (30)
Jar of Octopus Venom; 4 / 5 uses remaining (45)
Uranium pellets (x20) (25)
Alex, im gonna keep my system but i aint gonna actually write what she does, and that is actually a pretty unique system you have.
Question: How do you use the TK implant. Id like instructions on that (we have enough knowledge between us to figure it out im guessing), i temporarily have dibs on that, also, if the guys dont mind me spending 90, i wouldnt mind the Fire gauntlet until i get fire abilities, then someone else can have it.
May i recomend something to the Prof? Use the throwing star du dah if you can while the cane charges up, someone wants to get it regardless i think.
Opinions on the brain in a jar guys?
you dont need to bother bout the implant, just get steve or tom to attach it to the side of your head and away you go though you may need to get used to using it before yuor good with it
Ok, id like the implant, want the groups opinions on the rest, the fire gauntlet is expensive.
Oh, if i get the gauntlet, when i use it, the knife would be conveniantly in Sarahs pocket, girls dont have a certain area that that would affect :p I would still use the knife from time to time though, fire can be dangerous to my own party.
One thought, does anyone have plans or ideas for use on the Griffins skull?
Oh btw, a little hint; you are allowed to conrust cyborgs or frankenstien type creatures from body parts if you wish
Little clue for the use of soemthings
Im guessing that means keep Toms arm and buy the Pandas leg (though for all we know, it aint really Ivors :p), also keep the skull?
Ok, i say we sell the feather. The forget-me-nots maybe? or may they be useful for the creature Alex was talking about? I say we keep everything else, though i wouldnt use the grenade in a closed in area, knowing our luck, thats where its power would be most needed though. The motherboard may be useful for a cyborg. All this is assuming that we actually want to construct one.
Ok, the implant is a deffinate for me.
The Gauntlet depending on what the group think about the money.
I think the brain would be useful.
Alex is hinting at the leg.
The Throwing star launcher might be useful as a speedy attack for the prof or anyone else for that matter.
I think that comes up to 155 silver, though the panda leg does not have a price tag.
We ARE keeping Firestorm, might need his fire.
To sell (if the group/respective opwner agrees).
The Feather.
The Forget me nots if they arent useful for a creation.
Do we need the nade or no? Well wait for the prof to give the say so on that.
I think if we sold all that, it would come to something along the lines of 290, could be wrong, didnt get much sleep.
Im not hinting at anytihng, im just comign up with a suggestion that you may have overlooked which i came up with later.
I wrote the leg in before i came up with the cyborg idea, you could also use such thigns to modify yourselves too yuor realise.
Id sell the barbeque fork, myself. But we may have a use for it with my flintlock and such.
Id use the Hand-Grenade, but I have the cyborg arm. I say sell that.
Id VERY MUCH appreciate the Kevlar suit if we can spare the cash. HP is one of my weakest points.
We probably could afford it, specially if we sold the nade, you wont catch Sarah wearing a swinmming costume though :p
Two questions about modifications for the gauntlet.
1. Could the prof modify it so that i can draw fire arrows, it would be more accurate, but if he left a fireball setting, i could use that for more widespread damage?
2. Could i modify the back so that the blade can be holstered there pointing outwards so that i can use it in close range, if so, would i have the option of being able to remove the blade?
Oh, as well as more accurate, the arrows would be more concentrated methinks, the whole thing would hit the target.
Titanicus clay is five silver, what do you guys think?
Ill take:
A rapid fire throwing star launcher with 20 throwing stars which are reusable (weight 7, speed very fast, defence +2, attack 30-70, cost 55 silver)
I believe I have the cash for this. Id also recommend getting the body parts are we might be able to make ourselfs a Guardian Golem ALA NeverWinter Nights(Alex knows what Im talking about).
If no one wants it, Ill take the hand granade.
BTW, if anyone wants the revolvers, I have a flintlock I can make bullets out of and Steve has alchemy powers to hopefully make something resembling a strong bullet-like material.
Aaron, would you mind if we sold it? If you would, forget about it. :)
I want the granade :)
If it goes boom, it has my name written on it!
Ill give you a little help if you wish:
The foe checker scans the items to give some extra details upon the items:
The titanicus clay is used to apply to the body and will cause some form of elemental transformation. Details as to exactly what are unknown, but should be applied to skin not metal.
The Holy Bible in rap; has recently been voted the worst book ever created in any world.
The time machine for a rat could relativly easily be modified to create other temporal effects.
The telekinetic implant is labelled as amateur meaning that using it the best it could achieve is levitating two large people.
There is no question to which the brain of the cogitor cannot answer, however if it feels you should not know it will speak in ridiculously complex riddles.
The thowign stars are made of spungril a strogn metal which absorbs magic to add its effects onto the physical damage it does.
The fire warrior gauntlets are damaged slgihtly so prolongued use will cause burnt hands.
This exact swimsuit was recently worn by Miss Death-swamp-of-no-return in the year of the stoned-weasel
Ok, forget the gauntlets lol, i dont need my hands flamegrilled.
Ill go with the implants and get the brain. Also the clay.
Slow down, chaps! Some of us have a busy school schedule ahead and can have difficulty keeping up with all this lunacy! :proud:
As for what to take now, Id like, if possible:
- the revolver (for use while charging the cane up)
- the rat for a time machine (could come in useful when we get more techno stuff)
- The Holy Bible: The Rap (combined with the Mail on Sunday, well be unstoppable! Mwuhahahahahahaaaaaa! :proud:)
Id go with the brain... Not too interested in the other bits.
Just thought, are the implants and the clay permanent? I think we need a guinee pig (or guinee salamander :p) for the clay.
I was kidding about using Firestorm to test the clay btw, i dont need the RSPCA on my back, though i would use the prof as a guinee pig, :p Kidding again :p
Ok, final wishlist, Clay, the brain, Implants
Ill take the clay if no one is game to test it.
We go fifty-fifty on the clay amigo.
You can have the clay Sarah. Im after something else.
Also, can I have the fire gauntlets with the star launcher.
Someone take the revolvers. I have a flintlock.
Im taking the kevlar suit, and nothing else.
I have a feeling that Holy Bible: The Rap could be used in conjunction with the mail and my Aussie linguistics skills to both confuse and terrorise opponents. Interesting theory, but it probably wont work.
I NEED the suit though, and with the alchemy & flintlock the revolvers are worth it for someone (Frank, maybe? Sarah?)