/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>3365
Eh, nvm
I switch to the wooden staff, and say
"I call upon the powers of Mike "Deus Volt" Pence"
Before trying to cast lightning
I also mumble something about hoping this will work

>>3361
Sorry. Yes, there is a table. No one is standing beneath it, but if you want to cut it free I'd be happy to put Barry there.

>>3363
*Follows*
"Where are we supposed to be going?!"
>>3370
That only works on faggots.

[1d20 = 18]
>>3370
>>3368
Okay, now, Grab pony >>3367 and head out the window, I guess after Tourcil casts his spell

>>3369
I walk into the lobby ready to fight.

>>3372
To the Ground level away from the main group of rats. From there, we can either
1. head out of town and into the forests and grasslands, or
2. go to the harbor and acquire a ship

I'm certain Thez will collect the others and bring them to us

>>3370
With gestures, his worn oaken staff, and a "please motherfucker", Torcuil unleashes,...

A wave of electricity. It is something like a lightning bolt, but also like a ball. Its not something he has ever seen before. Oh, and it travels down the hallway you came from, and while you can't see ALL the rats that were there, the ones you can see fall over. I'm sure they're just sleeping.

>>3377
They are cured of their homosexuality. >>3370 Now come out the window

>>3378
Planning on it
*jumps*

>>3376
Unfs
"How do we know that she'll show up?"

[1d20 = 5]
>>3379
Alright we should all be on the ground now outside of the inn, and away from the main concentration of rats. We may now consider calling out for the other members, although that would alert the rats to our presence. We must also decide on whether we want to go to edge of town or deeper into it to the harbor. Also I want my sling, and we could raid shops if we have enough time before leaving.

Rolling for whether rats are on the street and within line of site, though none in the main concentration out side the entrance to the inn should see us

>>3375
#1
>>3366
#2
>>3381
>unseen
True, they weren't expecting a fight, they were expecting a shoah.

I put Torcuil down 1st cuz I figured Trump would hold the rear (no pun) and Tracy would wait for him.

>>3382
I run around to the mob
I notice the fighting and come up this a plan
"Oy Vey, YOU GOYS WANT SHEKELS?"

>>3384
>runs *into* the mob
Just...
>>3383
Yes, trump should come down now

[20d20 = 173]
So Infernius (unless he wants to die) springs to his feet as a few standing rats approach, weapons ready.
"You are not what we want, LEAVE this place!" he says hissing and spitting.
>>3384 dice
Tracy? Yak?

At the mention of shekels, all but 3 of the rats Infernius are facing are distracted.

>>3387
I shout
"Well you can have six gorillian"
And I cast a burst of supersonic shekels from my staff

>>3386
Barely awake, but lurking.

[1d20 = 14]
>>3386
i get up and attak

[1d20 = 3]
So for simplicity's sake, I'm gonna say that all but the 3 that Infernius already knocked over were distracted at the mention of shekels. Infernius gets to his feet as they do. Trump and Tracy (unless stated otherwise) are behind Torcuil, and Torcuil is casting a "burst of supersonic shekels" (IDFK what THAT means, but I can work sommin')
Yak Lee sees from his position that the lounge area has seen better days, that there are rats who have seen better days, and Thez is giving them what-for (with her tongue at the moment, don't be lewd).

[2d12 = 14]
>>3391
Infernius lands a solid hit that

>>3391
Imagine a bunch of shekels just appearing infront of torcuil, and then shooting off at the jews

>>3388
"Alright everyone, time to go, and we must decide to where"

>>3392
... causes his rat to diminish in its resolve to attack, tho he's still kicking.
Meanwhile, the supersonic shekels (again wut?) manifest as a field of gold that suspends its self in the air in an arc in front of the rats. Though largely useless against militant targets, the fact that there's untold shekels just floating in the air is too much for the distracted rats to resist, and they begin wandering toward the wall.

>>3391
I run out the main doors and round house kick the rat on the right of redbull

>>3396
Ouch...

[1d20 = 10]
>>3395
i run him through with my zweihander

>>3398
meant for>>3397

So what are my shekels doing?
>>3402
Night loser, I may hit the hay soon too

[2d20 = 24]
>>3394
That's pretty much where I was at
>>3396
That's your plan?
>>3399
He's discouraged, but his friends get to attack too

[2d6 = 7]
Both rats strike Infernius, though minimally and nothing to concern himself over.

>>3403
Spinning lazily in midair, and distracting the (((rats))). They're technically not yours but,....

>>3404
yes senpai.

[1d20 = 12]
>>3405
i slash one across the (((nose)))

[2d20 = 23]
>>3407
K, just checking. Upon darting toward the door, two rats attempt to block your progress. Since you declared a preparation roundhouse the f out of whoever,...

[4d12 = 34]
>>3408
Yak Lee busts a Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku on the two that tried to block his path.

>>3408
We'll be here. Thank you. Take care, and see you next time. ^_^

>>3406
Can I crash Nirbaru into the rats?

>>3411
oh shit

>>3413
o_o

>>3413
What, that would kill us too. M8

>>3415
>>3416
Crash the rats into Nirbaru?

[1d20 = 5]
>>3419
Fine,
But since my supersonic shekals dont do shit
I roll to turn some of the mob into bronze

>>3420
shit meme!

As Yak Lee finishes laying out (but not killing) the two who got shown he rocked (nice BTW), Thez appears from the other end of that wall-partition and sees Lee standing over two foes.
"Not bad. We'll have to spar one of these days," she says before darting toward the door (the main 'mass').
>>3420
>Fine, I WON'T try and control space and time,....
The staff goes "Pfffft".
Pffft

>>3421
That... that wasnt a meme
>>3422
>idea
I sexually Identify as an attack helicopter?

>>3422
BRAAAAAAAAAAAP

K. Is Infernius attacking the one who is wounded, or one of the other two? He landed btw.

>>3424
You just gave me an idea,... and one that fits entirely with the storyline. One moment (don't worry, u just bypassed the boss fight).

[1d20 = 1]
>>3425
i slash one of the other 2 across his rat nose

>>3427
oh nose

Alright! Fight is over! You don't know why, but let me tell you.
I'll start with Lee. After Thez commented to him and dashed off, he looked to the mass of rats still in the entryway, whom Thez just disappeared in the midst of.
At the same time, Infernius slashes away at the rats in front of him, gashing several (but he needs to learn to finish one off before moving to the next) but slaying none.
At the same time Trump struggles to come up with a plan. None of his surroundings are particularly strategic or useful, but that won't matter in a sec.
Tracy,... well I'll leave any lewdness out of it (its implied tho) is "by Trump's side".
Torcuil begins to question his gender identity, to a degree he may regret at some point (muhuhahahahaha).

As this is all happening,... a portal opens in the air over the entryway. Its the same sort of portal that Yak Lee popped out of, and is horizontally positioned over the entryway (so the "forward" position is "down"). This portal shimmers in the air above the general assembly of (((them))) before a sole and unmistakable sound can be heard.
"BBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPP" (a burp, not a fart)
As this sound issues forth, so too do gouts of liquid (lit napalm) spew forth from the portal.
What happens next is a mix of horror and splendor depending on one's disposition. On the one hand, you have a multitude of over-sized rats literally dissolving and/or burning from chemical and flame-induced burns, on the other hand you have a bunch of (((them))) getting what they deserve for trying to kike the party (you don't know, but I do). Ultimately, only a VERY small handful are able to escape the beautiful and terrible display, and those are mostly incapacitated (all are unwilling to fight now).

After a few moments of peace/calm (the whole party was stunned by this, even Thez), a 2' tall, golden/black-haired brownie (think Spike, except humanoid) flops through the portal. He places his hands in his pockets, looks around, (recognizing Lee and Thez) and says, "What the fuck is wrong with you. I've been watching the whole thing, and you've been acting like bitches. You DO know they were about to go Giga-Jew on you right?
>giga jew

>>3429
Hey man like its you, whats up. I could have taken the gigajew man.

>>3429
Trumpaladin wanted to run away from the rats and go steal a ship in the harbor, but nooooooo. Everyone just had to stop to fight the rats for an hour, giving them time to form a giga jew. We could have set sail for Tahiti by now, but no
>>3429
>Trump struggles to come up with a plan
Trump leaves to the harbor

>>3431
trump we take weapons and armor?

>>3432
Quickly, very quickly. Some extra shekels or gold or what have you since we'll probably have to purchase a crew. Now hurry, and let's go

[1d20 = 9]
>>3429
perception to find plate armor

[1d20 = 12]
>>3429
Perception for a bowstaff.

>>3435
Fail, rats don't use quarterstaves (bo staves).
>>3434
Fail, plate armor hinders their agility and dexterity. Rats prefer (and wear) hides and leather (maybe a smidge of chain, but as support-accents)
>>3430
"Hah! Maybe you and everyone here in tandem, but being that you'd be its first target, I wouldn't bet on it. If I were to guess, you'd probably have gotten mangled while it chased after the others. How far THEY got would depend on THAT one (pointing at Thez) and that in its SELF is a risky venture,...."
"Hey, you shut up."
"And even then, the best that could've been hoped is an ignoble retreat."

>>3434
Failed >>3436. Let's go to the harbor. No time to waste

The Brownie (Lenos) breathes out a sigh, his hands still in his pockets.
"Man, we gotta buff you guys." he cringes.

>>3436
infernuis need to go. need sleep.

>>3439
NP, its cinematic dialogue from here on

>>3438
Shit yea we do. *Do they have a carpet?*

Now WITHOUT revealing anything to the characters,... this scene was inevitable. (((They))) were gonna come after you from the moment Trump dropped a 10k sack of shekels on the counter and THEN credited another 18k. They were gonna rape, murder, jack, and loot you for everything you had, and then identity theft, fraud, and otherwise kike everything they could from your rotten corpses. That's what they have done, and thats what they would have done. You don't know this, but YOU do.

>>3442
Im pretty sure the big guy knew it.

... with Trump's script (even though its literally invalid in this world) they would have stolen fortunes, simply cuz there's no check-scanning, micr-reading tech to validate.
Tl:dr the party has weak opsec (including Thez). Luckily, these were (((rats))), as there are far more savvy creatures, factions, and entities who may have more to gain from molesting the party?

>>3442
I thought Trump handed over zero in shekels and paid 18k in credit that was later revealed to be worthless, giving the rats good reason to come after Trump

We're past bump-limit, so until nu-bread, this is a dialogue thread WRT GAME ONLY XP

>>3445
Yes, but. (wibbledy-wobbledy flashback blur with harp sounds)
Initially, Torcuil decided to proffer fake shekels. Through meme he made them appear real, but that only lasted until the shekels went to the next (((rat))), who easily and quickly determined they were fake.
Here's the fun part (again, char's don't know this) it didn't matter. Whether or not the coin was 100% authentic, (((they))) would still have found a reason to decide you weren't entitled to your belongings and have come after you. Even before you distinguished a degree of means (again, 10k is a keep, just for reference) they had their eye on you because Torc dropped 25pcs without blushing. I have to stop here cuz there IS a bit of undetermined theme here, but basically: (((they))) have been watching since you arrived, your entire interactions, and you (the party) distinguished yourselves as being "most probably worth the effort". Previously, they have had no difficulty of those worth the effort, simply because random algorythms have no ingenuity, and can't think beyond attack, slash, and steal (you have to understand the NPC mindset for this to make sense). So, when the 'subject' fought back coordinatively, they were caught unawares. Also, Yak reminded me that Lenos was watching this with his feet back on the console, and he does like to brownie-burp (trademark, no spoilers)

Remember the guy who said exotic fish? That was the moment Gm decided that (((they))) were coming after you. ^_~

>>3447
Lennos you should burn down the whole town so they can't do this again.

>>3449
He probably will in time, Lenos is a char OC I've been given license to.

>>3450
Oh cool, i gotta go gm sorry to bail. Ill check in tomorrow and see what else happens.

Now then, the elephant in the room. (u DID notice right?)
Since inception, the party has participated in the destruction of:
137 zombies
4 fire giants
1 7-head hydra
and now
~50 were-rats
>time for swag

>>3448
But that was like within two minutes of encountering them

>This is all not to mention that the town had become slowly and incrementally over-taken by (((them))) to the dismay of the existing population which lacked the ability to prevent (((them))).
>>3453
And? Are you expecting them to wait for you to brandish a unicorn horn?

>>3454
But why did they wait until they gave us awesome weapons. And why not poison the food

>>3455
Glad you asked.
Vandereim can only be used by a Paladin, and they haven't seen those (ever) so they thought the sword wouldn't work (not that it did e_e). The staves and knives were assumed to be 're-acquired' upon the party's death, so they didn't think they were 'arming' anyone, since they would just take back what had been sold.
What they were doing (again, non-character spoilers) was encouraging the party to stay, to participate, and to feel (ish) temporarily comfortable. They THOUGHT that doing so would ruin party morale, making them easy targets. Its been over a century since the last player (of this "group") who gave a damn. Again, this is storyline spoilers that chars don't know.

Even if the initial coin hadn't been fraud, they'd have accused the party of fraud anyway. They wanted everything the party had AND everything they could manipulate into ownership through the party's means.
The party was a very appetizing dinner plate, in short. ^_^

>>3457
Nu bread when?

>>3458
Soon, I've got alot of 'splainin' to so.

Oh yeah
>this https://mlpol.net/vx/res/3460.html