/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>29160
I'll add this to the "before teleport" explanation.
"In the last game, we tried to interact with them, during the day and in broad daylight. They just shut the gates and fired the cannons at us. So we busted down the gates and they all cowered like bitches. The larger ones tried negotiating for their lives by offering the smaller ones as a bribe, but we weren't (initially) there to kill any of them, we just wanted to strike up a deal for some of the proceeds from the mine. After a few days nothing came of it, and upon investigation we found that the larger ones were stealing the gems and precious metals and were trading them with the (((rats))) in exchange for the supplies for that god-awful restaurant that they set up. What's more, they were directing the workers to be lazy and not really produce anything, with the idea that if they lowered our expectations of them that we would get frustrated and go elsewhere. Slag (our resident necromancer) suggested we just kill them and turn them into obedient and efficient zombies,... so we did. They've all been sterilized, apparently before being sent to Durpistan they were breeding like mad and wrecking their local or original economies. I don't know what happened to their kids, but they were separated from them and sent to Durpistan so that even if minimally, they might be semi-productive for the world at large, but we found that they were just as lazy and worthless as they had been elsewhere."

>>29170
"I see"

>>29169
Okay.. What about Spartintar?
I'll have her leave with him then, just give me a chance to slink-off and explore the alleyways and whatnot.

Quick reminder, I'll be leaving in ~an hour (Lenos' faggot is being delayed, otherwise I'd be gone already)

>>29172
Also, I kind of want to go incognito for a bit while exploring the city.

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>>29174
I need to finish dialogue with Baz, yes
Slink off after we're through the city gate or just before

>>29175
>just before
She'll land a good distance outside of the gate, and then explain that she's going to get a closer look herself, while he goes in the front.

Okay, Krenshall. There's a much longer name for it, but I don't feel like looking it up right now. There's a large main gate, with an extensive gear-system that apparently operates it. Gnomes can be seen milling about along a variety of haphazardly and erratically placed catwalks, and the buildings themselves are oddly shaped and unnecessarily tall, with windows and doors placed at unintuitive locations. Various gnomes are speaking with eachother, really quickly and impossible to really understand, even though they're speaking common.

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>>29160
I can feel the tension. I really don't like it

>>29178
What tension?
>>29177
Tracy pulls up her hood and puts on her glasses to assume the appearance of a small humanoid (idk what to disguise her as)
>Too Trummpaladin
"I'm not the best at making first impressions.. Flashy, so I'll let you do the greeting. I'm going to get a closer look on my own, but I won't be far off. Call me if you ever need my help; I'll be in link-range the whole time."

>>29179
"I'll try to establish diplomacy. Do your thing, just don't let them catch you doing anything that will get them pissed off at the party"

>>29177
Trumpaladin approaches the main gate more closely, looking to see if anyone talks to him as he does so

Infernius said he'd be willing to make a Detect Magic wand for Tracy, can we assume he did that before she left? It's only 750 gp.

>>29180
"'Kay. Bye for now, ~Flashy."
And with that, she slinks off into stealth.

Tracy approaches the walls from the side, and checks out the structures. Does it seem passable, aside from the main gate?

>>29182
Its scalable, if thats your question
>>29181
Sure
>>29180
No one approaches, but there appears to be an information booth just inside the gate. A surly looking gnome with fish-bowl glasses is scribbling notes on a piece of parchment.
>>29179
Glasses?

>>29183
The magical Mustache-&-Nose glasses the crafted: the ones that filled-in for a Hat of Disguise.

>>29183
Trumpaladin goes through the gate and approaches the information booth
He says to the gnome
"Greetings, I am visiting from Port Barry - settlement a ways South. What can you tell e about this fine city and its people?"

>>29184
Did you give your mask of disguise back to Thez?

>>29185
"Ohgreatahuman,thatsjustwhatIneeded,somebodywhoneedsmetoexplaineverything,probablywantssomething,atleastthisonelookslikehesgotmoney,nothingworsethanahumanexpectingahandout.HitheremynameisFarzellingtonandIguessI'msupposedtoansweryourquestions."

"Hello Farzelington. No, I have no desire for a handout, though I am always looking for exchange. Could you tell me about the gnomish people here, describe the general temperament if you could?"

>>29186
I thought she did.
Tracy can easily make her own now anyway.
>>29187
Tracy approaches carefully in stealth.

>>29188
"Whatdoeshethinkthisisaqandabooth?OhffsheprobablyDOESthinkthisisaqandabooth.Typicalhuman,thinking"Information"meansthatthisisaboothdesignedforpeopletoreceiveinformation.Fine,I'llanswerhisquestions,itsnotlikeIwasbusydevelopinganinventionoranything.Krenshallisacityofinnovation,wheregnomesliveandcreateallmannerofdevicestomarkettooutsidecivilizationinexchangeforresourceswithwhichtomakemoreinventionsanddevices.We'reimpatientwithoutsidersandalwaysthinkingaboutseveralthingsatoncesodon'texpectmanytogiveyouthetimeofday."

>>29190
"What were you busy developing?"

Tracy attempts to make her way over the wall, stealthily.

>>29191
"Itsadevicethatmanuallyretrievesandconveysplatesglassesandsilverwarealongaballasttoanautomatedreceptaclethatcleansandsanitizesthementirelywithoutanyuserinput.ThisisthethirdtimeI'vetriedtocompletethiscontraption,thelastonemaimedmycatandthepreviousoneexplodedwhydoyouask?"

>>29193
>Mained my cat and exploded
kek

"Sounds like quite a useful appliance. I am here to establish trade because we are interested in the innovations your city creates, and we believe we have resources and the like to exchange in return. What resources do you want?"

>>29194
"Whateverkindofresourcesyou'vegot?Wecanmakestuffoutofanythingbeitmetalwoodstonegemsliquidssolids.WhatdoeshethinkImeanbyresources?"

GM shakes his head, as writing without spacing is trickier than he first anticipated.

>>29196
Kek. I could tell

Anyway, I'm off to do stuff, I'll be back later on this evening. Sorry, but its a business venture.

>>29198
Okay, bye.

>>29195
>Short inhabitants
>Xenophobic and Isolationist
>Talk very fast
>Extremely industrious
>Extremely advanced and innovative
I've discovered Japan. Be ready to be Commodore Perry'ed

"We've got much to give - gems, gold, wood - and what we don't have we can acquire. What have you to sell?"

As soon as I'm back I'll give a complete (with spacing) rundown on Krenshall, the short version is its a paradise of making things, with ridiculous level crafters, assuming one has the patience to put up with their gnomish ways and can provide sufficient payment.

>>29202
>Crafting
Why lack ambition? If we could set up a permanent operation at the Durpistani mine, then export that to Krenshall, then manufacture things, then exchange those in Sparintenar...

>>29202
Tracy has great experience in dealing with autists. Perhaps she can make friends with them.
>>29203
That'd take several really great diplomacy checks, but that's a plausible idea. You'll need a way to Transport everything though.

>>29204
Caravans? Railways?

>>29205
Gotta build those, but it's an option
>Railways
Perhaps you can look for a steam engine.

I've seen you pass outside my door a thousand times
Hello, is it me you're looking for?

So whats up?

>>29207
What did he mean by this?

>>29208
It means I'm the only one who can help your sorry asses Nah, I'm kidding
Glad to see you haven't quit.

>>29209
I still feel hollowed out inside, like the joy is gone

But I guess that's kind of a normal feel for me anyways

>>29210
Thats just my normal fucking emotion usally.
But just fix the relationship damn it
Talk to Torc the philsopher.
"If man is just a featherless bird then..."
Shut up you

>>29211
>But just fix the relationship damn it
Believe me, I want to, it's just so very difficult

>>29212
This is why I said I don't want Torc in a relationship.
I don't feel like RPing it

im awake, gibe basic gestalt plz.

>>29215
what did you find there?

>>29216
Haven't gotten in yet.

Wtf did all of those Elf women go anyway?