Board 8 > Labyrinth of Ishiene [CYOA/Forum Game] [ITD8]

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I'm now imagining Larrington as Roger Daltrey and nothing will change my mind
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Now is the time to finish this monster. Morris sees Larrington charge and reaches into his coat. "Good thing I have an ample supply of hearts."

Morris will aid Larrington's attack with his throwing daggers.
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Grigorov peers skeptically through the pipe. Is this really a good idea? But that only makes him more curious.

Well, he will let the scientist go first. For now, he will head to the wagon to see if it has anything for his burned face.
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A Mismatched Palette Girl has charged at the Imperishable Knight from behind.
She seems to be trying to blindside him before he can kill Dust.
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Lionel has little time to truly process the menagerie of flashy attacks honing in on his nemesis. His mind must become one with the Imperishable Knight -- not literally, thank goodness -- in order to finish the battle once and for all. Being that he has remained behind the Knight, he is in perfect position to keep a close eye on the Mismatched Palette Girl and seek to thwart her if she ends up turning against the team. But for now, he'll move alongside her, his tai chi sword reflecting his aforementioned and altogether cryptic heroic imagery as he bends at the knee and launches himself forward to nimbly impale the Imperishable.
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Isildur weakly makes a pass at Mara before falling unconscious.
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Mismatched Palette Girl best girl
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I have a feeling that letting Mismatched Palette Girl get the blob was a big mistake but 'oh well'
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You will not gain levels from using the wagon.
Repeatedly using the wagon will have little effect.

is this in general or per person / pc?
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it's cool, I haven't used the wagon before
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btw if we are good on Knight attack we could use some people trying to get that locket for the loot door or something (I think that is still a thing)?
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anyone can use the wagon and will get something from it (at the cost of using a turn and not gaining any levels)

if one player spams using the wagon over and over they will not gain much from it
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the system is specifically set up to prevent "wagon grinding" since this isn't really a grinding type game. we'll be advancing past the first floor pretty soon here, in fact. probably within a few turns.
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Teams up with Vendrix to hold off the Kobolds

When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside....

You gotta eat a kobold it dont help to hide.
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// I seem to have typecast myself as making magical scientist characters, haha. Carwen was just supposed to be able to summon vehicles initially, then she became a mineralmancer, and now she's being referred to as a scientist by other players. Not that I'm complaining mind you. I love magic, I love science, and I really love magical science. It's fate, clearly.

Carwen's curiosity piqued, she uses her power to make an arrow pointing down the pipe, then crawls through it.
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hey @Eddv

MariaTaylor posted...

[Four Blocks in total were applied to the Melee.]
[The Kobolds were too busy fighting the others to interfere with the rest of the party.]
[As the battle begins to wind down they are driven out of the Round Room and even flee from the keep.]
[The Social Anxiety Kobolds have been driven away from the dungeon!]

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the dog ran after the kobolds and left the dungeon too

woof woof bark bark

much accurate roleplay very canine wow
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Torun, passing by the wagon while casually singing some unheard of song, will notice a wagon next to a some opening.

Torun will sigh while scratching his head.

"Why not, what could be worse than a spooky hole with Gods knows what's inside."

Torun a badass spear wielder, will take a swig of strong alcohol and wander through the dungeon.
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Vendrix, panting heavily after the intense fight with the Kobolds will look at Aron " You saved my life..." Vendrix will reach down and pet Aron "You are.. a good boy!" Vendrix will notice the collar around the dogs neck and will look at for a name " Aron Rex huh... What happened to your master? How did a dog end up in a dangerous place like this.."

Vendrix will turn toward the boss ready to end the mayhem he is causing, it is then that he notices yet another handful of heroes readying to deal the final blow. Vendrix will mutter to himself " Looks like your time here is reaching its end, I will let these brave heroes finish you.. "

Vendrix will notice the treasure horde that the Kobolds left behind and will loot the treasure horde for anything useful while looking for any traps that could be there. " It is hard for a dragon to resist the temptation to collect treasure."
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Aron notices some closed doors as he follows the kobolds and looks at door Q
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Feeling the flow of battle turn in the favor of the humanoids, Dee feels compelled to switch gears and head outside the labyrinth and spies the wagon, as equally full of mystery as anything else she's encountered. Still, it seemed to help the others, maybe it could help her too. What a slime being like herself could possibly need was beyond her, but if her injury could be healed that would be a nice start.
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Morgan wakes up and tries to leech off exp from nearby people.



i have no idea what is happening
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Come explore the pipe with Carwen :P
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Remulel looks back into the dungeon and has a huge misunderstanding.
From this far away he sees the black armor pieces knocked all over the floor.
For this reason, even though things were getting even more dangerous, he thought the fight was over.
"Ah, good." Remulel sounds pleased.
He'll begin exploring the exterior of the keep; specifically the place beyond the eastern pillar.
After heading around the corner of the castle he looks North.
In that direction you can see the mountains looming in the distance.
And, at the base of the mountain, is the South Pass Forest.
It is aptly named because it is on the same side as the southern pass.
You remember hearing Jefferson and Adams talking about their trek over the mountain.
Along with the other Knights.
They mentioned the Terrible Lizards which lived in that forest.
Might be worth exploring if you want to see such creatures.

Dust readies his bow and struggles to stay on his feet.
He cannot hide here forever.
Soon the enemy would attack again.
And if that foe came after him he might die.
For that reason it was better to shoot first and ask questions later.
"Hey, can I count on you to attack together with me again?" Dust calls out.
Of course he is speaking to Carl, who assisted him last time.
And, Carl has every intention of performing a Team Attack again.
The two prepare a double sided assault again and-
With a flash and a whirr, the Imperishable Knight vanishes from sight.
He begins streaking around the room -- so fast that he becomes a blur.
And Dust realizes in one painful moment that the enemy is moving too fast.
Without his armor weighing down he's way too quick.
There was no way to flank such an enemy.
Therefore, a team attack would never work.
"Crap!"
Dust raises his bow quickly and fires a snapshot in a panic.
The arrow fires through the after image of the opponent [1],
then, within an instant, the Imperishable Knight appears before Dust.
His hand extends outward and then pushes right through.
Dust cries out in pain and then vomits blood all over the floor as his entrails are punched out.
Dust has perished...

The Mismatched Palette Girl had been running at the enemy from behind.
Her goal was to blindside him and save Dust but... well... it was too late for that.
The enemy turned and stopped her in her tracks with a glare [1],
she was so caught off guard that she actually tripped head over heels and fell to the ground.
"Ouch!"
The item she was carrying in her arms, the lump, goes flying through the air.
The Imperishable Knight vaporizes the lump with his wand. Hot, bloody goo sprays all over the room.
The lump stops crying at last.

Crunch!

The Imperishable Knight takes a step forward.
He prepares to vault.
With a springing attack he could cover the distance and then crush the girl as well.

However, Carl could not be ignored.
He was already prepared to flank the enemy, already prepared to attack.
So, at that time, he appeared in the gap to block the advance of the Knight.
"Damn it!" Carl cries out. He clenches his hand into a fist.
He grits his teeth.
He pushes his feet into the ground so hard.
So hard that they hurt.
And he knew that he'd swing that arm with all of his might.
"I'll either do something cool or die trying!!!!"
The Imperishable Knight flips through the air and then his wand begins to glow brilliantly.
At that moment Carl realized just what had happened.
The Jeweled Wand had completely changed functions.
The enemy was using it to Enchant himself.
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Yes. It was that severe.
Now he had it;
The Strength of the Titan.
The Speed of a Wind Elemental.
The Resistance of a Gorgon.
All that weight was coming down on top of him.
And when the weight of the entire world was threatening to crush his shoulders...
Carl could only do one thing.

He pushed back [3].

His closed fist slammed into the stomach of the opponent.
The Impershiable Knight, so taken off guard that someone had the reflexes to strike him, could only let out a howl of pain.
He was knocked into the air above Carl and lost his sense of balance.
His speed, his defense, his strength... it all became worthless in this position.
He was left there completely ready to be finished off by the remaining attackers!

Carl falls to one knee and nurses his wounds.
"Ugh... At least I could do this much..."

S will enter the dungeon.
She ignores the epic battle going on in the round room.
She ignores the awesome combo attack that is currently in the process of happening.
As the enemy is currently suspended in the air and multiple allies move to finish him off with special moves.
S merely plays with her hair and goes to find M's body.
She'll loot his Redblade Twin Daggers. "Well, whatever." [3]

Larrington draws his rapier and vaults into the air.
Um, he might have accidentally stepped on someone but whatever.
"Ow!" Mara cries out, having finally climbed up to the round room.
She was on her hands and knees and someone just stepped on her back.
With the enemy completely defenseless, Larry thrusts with his sword.
The Imperishable Knight is impaled! [Combo]

Morris throws an assortment of knives into the air.
Skillfully he somehow manages to avoid impaling Larrington.
The Imperishable Knight, however, is not so fortunate.
The blades rip into him and pull him back to the ground. [Combo]
The enemy is now riddled with blades and covered in wounds.

Grigorov heads back to the wagon and wipes his face down with a rag [Cured].

The Mismatched Palette Girl sits back up. "Owwie..."
She rubs her head. Her gray hair, previously streaked with green and black, now has a bit of red in it.
She'll stop to look at her hand which is also now covered in blood.
Just who the hell is this Mismatched Palette Girl anyway?
Now that the fighting is over it might be a good time to investigate.

Lionel rolls past her and thrusts with his sword, delivering a death blow to the Imperishable Knight.
The Tai Chi sword bites into the neck of the foe and slays him [Combo].

Isildur will go over to Mara and smile. "Um... hey... s-so... after all this is over... um..."
Mara glares at him.
Due to a misunderstanding, she has only this to say; "Did you step on me? You ass!" [1]
Isildur is so heartbroken that he falls over.

Aron Rex runs back outside while chasing the kobolds and barking.

Carwen will climb down the pipe in the Research Hall.
Everyone else has gone off to do other things but well her mind is still set on exploring.
Carwen finds a room full of Mutated Roaches.
There are gas tanks in here and slime pods.
The slime pods have all been spilled all over the floor since long ago.
The Mutated Roaches mistake Carwen for a God, and offer her tribute [3].
Carwen is gifted with the Royal Cloak and sent on her way.
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A guy named Torun wanders into the dungeon by accident.
Those who had just finished fighting the Imperishable Knight will notice him.
"Oh, hello there. Jeez, we've sure got a lot of people wandering into this place," Jefferson will remark.
"I mean first that odd girl over there. And now this guy. I thought this mission was supposed to be a secret."
Mismatched Palette Girl will offer; "I came here looking for Miss Liona. I heard the Knights were going to be here, so..."
"Liona Brezwicz?" Jefferson raises a brow. "Um, sorry. She's way too busy to deal with stuff like this."
Jefferson will turn to Torun. "And what about you? Did you come to get an autograph too?"
Torun takes a swig of his drink.
"Uh, no." Torun gives him a weird look. "I was just out on a walk."
"Didn't realize I was in a top secret zone. Should I leave?"
Jefferson looks around at how many have already died.
"... No. Stay. We could use the help."

Vendrix goes into the Kobold Treasure Hoard and loots it.
Vendrix obtained a Scroll of Invisibility.
Vendrix obtained a Ring of Dancing +3.
Vendrix had to throw his Christmas Socks away to make room for the new loot.

Dee goes back outside and finds an elixir to heal herself with.
Grigorov, who had just finished wiping himself off, will offer her a towel.
"Um, no thanks," Dee says awkwardly. "I might accidentally get stuck to it if I try to wipe myself."
Grigorov figures that probably makes sense.

Morgan finally wakes up from her drug overdose induced slumber.
She attempts to Leech EXP from nearby allies.
Actually, Morgan manages to Leech EXP from nearby foes instead [3].
Morgan gains 3 Levels without draining levels from any of her allies.
"Wow, that actually worked!"
Morgan is pretty surprised but then again she did have an evil Curse cast on her.
While in this body it was possible she had access to mana reserves that she hadn't even considered before.
Morgan begins wondering what other kinds of magic she might be able to perform..


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[Player List]

Morgan, Lvl 5 Futanari
Spider-Mana, Lvl 6 Spider [Injury]
Steveth, Lvl 3 Foreign Knight
Carwen, Lvl 7 Mineralmancer [Royal Cloak]
Remulel, Lvl 7 Fighter [Wide Sword]
Grigorov, Lvl 5 Goblin [Ganthian Half-Mail]
Isildur, Lvl 4 Fanciful [Injury]
Batiri, Lvl 3 Goblin
S, Lvl 2 Designer [Redblade Twin Daggers]
Aron Rex, Lvl 9 Dog [Grappling Hook, Book of Circles]
Carl, Lvl 9 Dunce [Injury, Icy Knight Sword]
Dust, Lvl 5 Coolguy [Injury, Silver Bowharp, Dull Raincoat]
Morris, Lvl 11 Main Character
Larrington, Lvl 6 Dilettante
Lionel, Lvl 10 Artist
Vendrix, Lvl 6 Cosplayer [Scroll of Invisibility, Ring of Dancing +3]
Dee, Lvl 5 Slime [Injury]
Torun, Lvl 2 Lostguy

Jefferson: A Knight of Frantz. Experienced but chatty.
Mara Raiev: An elvish spy. Who knows what she is even doing here?
Mismatched Palette Girl: You'll have to learn more about her.
Short: A Demon who was brought here for experimentation. Badly Injured.

Deaths:
1. Revilio saw the Five Fingers of Death. Just a glimpse is enough.
2. Esme was ambushed by the Five Fingers of Death. Lowered her guard for only a moment.
3. Ishiene was melted by some projectile acid. Should've used her sword. Er, Adams' sword.
4. Bones died from overwhelming sadness. Can a skeleton weep?
5. Tabi was slain with the Wand of Vaporization. Died saving Adams...
6. S was killed while protecting the others from Social Anxiety Kobolds.
7. Sanders tried to negotiate with monsters and got killed. Too good for this world.
8. Dust was impaled by the Imperishable Knight. Moon Presence...



!!!
Additionally, a Demon Soul was recovered from the Imperishable Knight.
You may vote to give it to any character, including yourself.
The character with the most votes will receive the Demon Soul.
It CANNOT be given to NPCs.
However, it CAN be uniquely given to Short.
If Short obtains the Demon Soul a unique event will happen.
Everyone gets a vote even if they did not participate in the battle.
You do not have to vote if you don't want to.
The Demon Soul will go to its owner at the end of the next turn.
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Regaro posted...

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(tfw baby thing is dead and we won't get to take it on hilarious misadventures)

Carl shakily rises to his feet once more and dramatically turns to give an awesome thumbs up...
...only for nobody to be standing behind him.

"Uhhh..."

Carl snaps back into place to find the girl with the weirdly colored hair just staring at him nearby

"Oh! Uh. . ."

There is an awkward silence

"...Sorry about your kid."

The girl just stands there

"Well...I mean it wasn't mine but..."

Man now things were even MORE awkward

Carl tries to break the ice and attempts to learn more about the Mismatched Palette Girl by examining her

"Are you checking me out!?"

"N-No!"
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(It's supposedto be M not S, S was the one that died. He's even listed in the death list.)
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ah yeah I just mixed it up because I didn't sleep much last night. whoops.
I'll correct it in the next update (and on the roster)
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//All hail the new God-Queen of the Roaches, Carwen.

As Carwen returns to the group, she overhears part of the conversation. "Liona Brezwicz? The name sounds like it's something I should remember..."

Carwen will try to recall Liona Brezwicz, or ask others about her if she doesn't know anything.
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btw I have a suggestion in case anyone thinks it will work

@chaos259
Have Vendrix use the invisibility scroll to sneak past the elementals and retrieve the medallion / locket thing in the bog so we can open the Dosh Vault (unless you think someone else can do it like Aron getting to water guys with his grappling hook or someone taking a shot at talking with the water guys) for more reinforcement

unless it requires two actions / success I am not sure. May want to confirm (unless scroll should be saved for something else)

and at the risk of messing with flow (for leveling / sake of completion)

I think "returned home" and "Glowing Locket" have yet to be examined?
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Aron, satisfied the kobolds are gone wanders back to the guy who had praised him and nudges open DOOR R
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Also give the soul to short
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you are correct, those have not been examined yet.
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Dee returns to the dungeon, the battle having indeed ended. She sees there is a demon soul up for grabs. Before anything else, she irrationally wants the D...emon soul. Deemon soul? It practically has her name on it!

Dee decides this is not a democracy and tries to take the demon soul, slapping down anyone who suggests otherwise.
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Outside the dungeon stood a small girl, who had thoughts of fame and fortune put into her head by some drunk, if only she could explore this place and make it out alive. She sees the wagon, a solid indicator that others arrived first and that she's fashionably late as usual. She stops for a moment, but ignores it. She doesn't need to loot it after all. Not when she has everything she needs dragging on the ground behind her. A battleaxe, easily more than twice the girl's size. Intentionally being dragged such as to create as much noise as possible.

Luna enters the dungeon, well aware there are people already inside. Instead of exploring it, she opts to immediately make her way to the largest group she can find, which is conveniently located dead north of the entrance, and begin staring at the Mismatched Palette Girl, rather intensely, giving her a close examination. This bitch smells like competiton.
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"A dog in a place like this....." M ponders, "Well, my da always told me 'Dogs that don't bite make great friends'." M follows Aron through Door R

Vote to give Short the Demon Soul
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Also, Luna is in favor of giving the Demon Soul to the guy with the main character aura.

No way that goes wrong...!
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Grigorov thinks about taking the Demon Soul for himself. That sounds pretty sweet.

Though, on the other hand, what if it fries him from the inside? It's...demonic. And stuff.
How does this "soul" thing even work? If he takes it, will his own soul get kicked out, and then someone else will claim it as loot, and everyone plays soul musical chairs?

This is getting too deep for Grigorov.
He's pretty much talked himself out of wanting it, though.

Besides, the slime has already grabbed it.
"...Cute," mutters Grigorov, as he turns his back and heads to open Door Q.

(Vote to give demon soul to Dee)
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Vendrix, satisfied with the loot acquired will exit the treasure hoard room and will enter the hall way. He quickly notices that the dog that saved his life earlier run past him to the nearby door R. Aron will bark at Vendrix before nudging door R open. " You sure are eager to explore that room.. Well your instincts haven't let you down yet, and you have earned my trust. Let's see what we find." Vendrix will follow Aron through door R, ready for any dangers they might face

While following Aron, Vendrix smiles at the idea of a dog/dragon team-up. This is something he had not anticipated but is glad to finally have a companion.
" Who could've thought..."
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Torun will scan the room he is in and will notice multiple different entrances.

"Well, there's only one way I see of solving this."

Torun will down the last bits of is drink and spin the bottle on the ground. It lands on the entrance with a giant dog nudging the door, some crazy guy in a costume, and a suspicious looking woman with dual knives crowded around it.

"I've never trusted a woman with a knife, let alone two. But, oh well, the bottle has chosen."

Torun will go explore Door R.
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Vendrix will also vote to give the demon soul to Short.
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Give the demon soul to Dee

And now at last it comes. We will give her the Soul freely! In place of the Imperishable Knight we will set up a Deemon. And she shall not be dark, but cute and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love her and despair!
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oh fuck yeah i'm back baby.

Morgan changes into revealing bikini armor for a defensive stat increase.

Vote to give demon soul to Morgan of course.
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Isildur helps Mara climb out of the chute.
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"I... I did it! Aha! I did it!"

Larrington hoots and hollers as he struggles to remove his blade from the corpse of the knight.

After succeeding, he will return to Short.

"Demon, without your help, this victory would not have been possible. As thanks, I hereby promote you to being a member of this expedition, with the promise of as big a cut the other survivors will get!"

Larrington then tries to help Short nurse his wounds.
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Vote to give Demon soul to Short.
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