This thread begins with Infernius pushing random buttons on an already random object of ridiculous power.
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The first effect that is discharged by the rod is a ridiculously compressed stream of air, blowing back everyone around Infernius.
The second effect is that Infernius himself becomes invisible.
The third effect is someone adjacent to infernius is hit by Flesh to Stone.
The fourth effect is that Enlarge Size is cast on the statue-character..
The fifth effect is the rod summons a mouse.
Players should roll a d100
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Welp, this should be fun
[1d100 = 22]
Goddamnit Infernius
Why couldn't you wait until we figured out what the hell these things are before fucking us up with them?
>>46439>lack of common senseThis is more of a wisdom thing though
>>46437>16Easily the lowest role, unsurprisingly. Allow me to amend my previous declaration of what happened.
>>46444You sure?
I thought INT was things like textbook knowledge and WIS was common sense
[1d100 = 49]
Rolling for Fae
>inb4 infernius turns himself too stone and the enlarge only effects his one horn
Trumpaladin grabs onto his kitty and some portion of the loot as he braces for whatever the fuck was just unleashed
Or does kitty run after the mouse? I am not sure
>>46449
Roll to see if the mouse distracted her.
Gust of Wind,
Invisible Infernius,
Infernius Flesh to Stone,
Infernius Large Size,
Summon Mouse.
For kicks, I'm gonna say that the visible mouse is staring curious at everyone on a part of the invisible giant statue of Infernius, maybe on the tail.
>>46450I call the ring, scroll, and a goat. So can have what ever else you want
>>46453So wait, from the party's perspective, Infernius turned invisible, and we don't know what happened to him after that?
[1d20+21 = 35]>>46453"Did he just turn himself into a floating mouse?"
Spellcraft for Torc to know what spells where cast
[1d20+20 = 31][1d20+23 = 42]>>46453Top kek
Sicking Fae on the mouse
Spot, listen, and grapple
>>46459okay, no sic. Just observe
>>46459For all we know, Infernius is that mouse
>>46460He can't be seen, and isn't moving or breathing.
>>46462Fug! It'd totally look like that!
Dammit!
Also, I really want this rod now.
>>46462I was going to have her grapple, bite, and swallow whole figuring even a celestial mouse or demon mouse couldn't beat her, but then I figured "yeah, that'd look bad"
>>46461That could definitely also happen
>>46466Were you able to detect invisibility?
>>46464Gib Fae's reaction.
>>46468With a 35 I'd hope so, but GM hasn't said
>>46472Yeah, it'd be great. Also, Mouse is /bestsummon/.
>>46473Torc's snek staff makes an offended hiss
Until it's clear what just happened, Tracy casts Charm Animal on the mouse to bring it towards her.
"Now where did you come from?"
>>46470Yes, I missed the roll, but especially with Fae bouncing off shit (giving a bonus to the detect) he can tell there's a large invisible Infernius-shaped object there.
>>46478I missed the roll for her to grapple because the Email field isn't long enough, so Fae spot checked but never charged
Tracy has called it forward
>>46478"Okay, don't fucking quote me here, but I think infernius is invisible and stoned"
[1d20+27 = 28]>>46474Tracy bursts out laughing at the cat-meme.
Sleight of Hand to conceal Hand Of Glory while casting its See Invisibility. I gtg for a while. I would say don't do anything stupid, but then you guys couldn't do anything.
[1d20+20 = 27]
[1d20+25 = 45]
Grapple mouse from right in front of Tracy
Swallow
>>46485>20 on a swallowPlace a cloak of resistance on Fae just in case she needs to roll a Fort save
[1d100 = 48]>>46482I assume that's a fumble.
Tracy lets out a growl of frustration as she goes looking for her hand.
Rolling 1d100 to see if she hits her head on the statue.
>>46485She K.O. though.
>>46487I never rolled the grapple earlier (because fucking email field is too short) so the mouse came to Tracy when called
Wait, it's in the animated gauntlet.
><BANG!>
"OW! Wtf is going on here?!"
*Uses See Invisibility*
>>46487Yes that is a fumble, and in addition to dropping the hand she also falls over and is now prone.
>>46490It's in her gauntlet, can she use it while on the ground?
>>46491she still would've dropped it, but it wouldn't be hard to get back.
>>46490I'm still claiming the 20 in
>>46485 While still on the ground Tracy uses her hand and peers up at the thing she hit her head on.
"....... OH, for fuck's sake..!"
>>46493Fae hit her head on the statue though.
>>46494No, because the order to run was not complete because the fucking email field won't let me roll three dice with modifiers
>>46493Thats fine, the mouse is irrelevant, and Torcuil detected invisible-giant-statue-Infernius (though isn't sure what it is yet).
<whooof> Thez reappears holding the 4 Ivory Goats, which are now clustered with obscene amounts of gems and gold."I fixed 'em!"
>>46495Whatever. she got the mouse.
>>46496Are we in the temple or the tower, I'm confused now.
"The dumb bull fucking turned himself to stone somehow, and he's fatter too" Tracy grumbles, peering through the hand
>>46496"Just... You know money can be exchanged for goods and services, right?"
>>46499"Uh, Flashy, if you will..?"
*gestures towards the general direction of the bull*
"It's a pain to move in here while this invisible fatass is petrified"
>>46497As far as I can imagine, they're just outside the pyramid, in the airship, cuz thats where they would have taken the shit to and where it would be transported from. Also cuz it makes sense.
>>46498"These were goods, but now they're "betters"!" ^_^
>>46502You can't talk. You're petrified.
>>46501"Uh huh"
>>46500"Bippitty Boppitty boop"
Trumpaladin casts whatever spell Tracy's faggot thinks could help this situation, even though he hasn't a clue how to unfuck this
>>46506Break enchantment should free him of transmutations.
>>46502Thez shows Infernius the "Better" goats. It looks like someone has layered gobs of gold on the surface of the figures, and then thrown a bunch of precious stones all over them. In some cases the gold/gems completely obscures the fact that they're goats.
"I know it looks bad, but I've got a guy for it. He bases the final design off what I give him so I just give him lots of metal and lots of stones." ^_^
>>46507Bippitty Boopity boop Break Enchantment is cast at what Tracy is pointing at
>>46508"Now I
know you're just doing it to piss me off"
*glares*
>>46508"You do good job, me think they look pretty."
>>46509Requires a caster level check against the caster level of the rod.
>>46516I'm not sure about that desu
[1d20 = 16]>>46515Rolling. I don't know trumpaladin's caster level
>A little bit o time
Trump's caster level is 17. What is the rod's?
>Want that invisibility ~sooo hard
K, so Infernius quickly reappears, shrinks down to normal, and turns back into flesh, holding the rod.
>>46520Then Infernius is free?
*rubs sore head*
"Good to see you're alive, dumb bull."
I actually g2g nao
>>46519It's a Rod of wonder Tracy's faggot. It only turns you invisible if you roll an 80 to 84 on a d100. The essence of it is that you never know what you're going to get from it.
Now use your sneak and hide and move silently skills, and all your billions of items if you want to execute le Ebin super sneak attacks. Role play better
>>46524"I,... didn't know you were still here tbh."
Insert statue comparison dialogue
>>46524"And you are very welcome"
*pats and hugs Minotaur*
*stares at pony*
>>46527"Careful with that rod, its got lots of buttons on it, who knows what could happen!" ^_~
So before going anywhere with it, how available will anyone be tomorrow, and/or is there any interest in continuing it through the evening and/or further?
Burgers have tomorrow off is why I ask.
>>46529There's 4. One of them looks like its running fast, one of them looks strong with big curled horns. One of them has reaaaaally long and pointy horns, and one of them is very small, like a pet goat.
>>46530I need to move back to my school year apartment
and I have a seminar paper that needs to be completed
soon, so if we took tonight and two days off, or just one, that would be greatly appreciated
>>46533Take all the time you need. I can't guarantee that there won't be shitposting, cuz I'll be doing some of it, but we won't go nowhere. Maybe.
>>46524"... Say.. can I try-out that rod?"
>>46535"I don't think that rod does what you think it does"
Trumpaladin, terrified of what the foolish pony might summon, carefully removes and pockets the ring shield, and places on the ring with the flame motif
>>46537
Tracy's faggot likes pushing buttons.
[1d100 = 62]>>46538Let Infernius have this one. It's truly the perfect item for him. He is beloved of the dice gods and favored by his patron deity in a way none of the rest of us are
Rolling because I'm equally curious
Did he push separate buttons on it, or did he push a single button several time?
I want to try it out.
>>46541>>46540It's a rod of wonder. You use it in a standard action and it has a list of possible effects. You don't determine these effects before hand, you roll a d100 to determine what happens
>>46542So, you're saying you just used the rod?
>>46542Why does it have multiple buttons then?
>>46543Well, to actually use the rod would require stealing it from Infetnius which opens a shit load of possible issues I'd rather avoid. I made a what-if roll to see what would happen if I did have it, however. In this case, it would have grown a field of grass
*Fae lays low in non-existent grass field stalking prey*
>>46544Because how else are you going to describe a rod of wonder?
>>46546A rod with a single, big, red, irresistable button on it that does something random every time.
>>46547Tell me what you think the rod is
>>46532I guess that goat is really....
Horny
>>46548A rod with five functions that were generated randomly, with the list of a rod of wonder.
You wouldn't know unless you pushed the same button twice.
>>46550That removes all the fun of randomness and is too OP. Just play the game and stop seeking cheats. Embrace the dice
>>46551>too OPWhy? There are plenty of cooler rods.
And why should I stop looking for cool items?
>>46552You can keep looking for cool items, but a rod that consistently has five seperate functions like that is imbalanced
>>46554
Regardless of whatever it is, I want to press the buttons again.
>>46553There are other rods with multiple affects, fyi.
Can Torc roll to decipher that scroll now?
>>46530My family wants me to go on a trip tomorrow morning, so I can't play until this evening.
>>46558*tomorrow evening
Otr maybe later in the afternoon
>>46560What happened when Trumpaladin put on the ring?
>>46561Hey, I wanted the ring...
>>46560Well thats no fun
[1d20+16 = 27]>>46563Rolling to Appraise its value.
>>46565Aww..
Does that mean I can't tell how much something is worth until I've already stolen it?
Also, can I use Search to frisk NPCs for what they're carrying?
>>46569So I can tell if they have anything worth stealing.
>>46570You want to know if Tracy can stop people and then frisk them, so she can then steal from them.
A spot check would work for anything visible, and some concealed stuff (weapons, for example), but wouldn't work to detect other things.
>>46562Armor that has flame motifs signifies armor that provides fire resistance (to a degree) to its wearer. I don't know about rings, but my best bet is that the guy who is made out of cloth and who surrounded himself with gunpowder dust wanted some measure of protection against fire damage.
>>46563That's much better than "roll for will save"
>>46573Give Tracy the ring so she can appraise its market value.
>>46575If you know how much it's worth, you've got a slight hint at what it might be.
Also, I want to use my Rogue skills.
>>46576Alright, fine. I'm betting on a ring that does 5 or 10 fire-energy resistance.
"You may appraise it, but please give it back when you are done. I want to go dragon hunting some day, and I think this ring complements the one you gave me nicely"
*removes ring from finger and hands to pony*
[1d20+16 = 18]>>46578Rolling once again to appraise
>>46580It looks to be worth about 1200gp
[1d20+2 = 22]>>46582Torc tries an appraise
What stat bonus do I apply to these checks?
>>46579I'm open to trade, it's just that every character already is using all of their ring slots. Did you remember the ring of protection? That gives +3 or something to AC. Tracy also has one, she just prefers to wear a ring of animal friendship instead. Because you know, the odds of being engaged in Melee combat in a dungeon is much lower than needing to raise animals
>>46583A Natural 20 works just fine
>>46583Its a ring of Elemental Resistance +10, Trump nailed it
>>46583HOLY FEKKING SHIET M8S
>>46584No I don't remember that
>>46586Yeah, I'll fucking trade.
>>46585Future refernece, what stat would I apply?
>>46582>>46578*gives ring back*
"You're other ring looks cooler."
>>46584Tracy will have a ring slot open if she's able to use one of those Mummy hands like she used Kefka's, but that could take a bit.
Wait a minute, if King Doot is still undead, doesn't that mean the curse on his body is still active? Maybe his hands are still dangerous.
>>46588*pets pony*
>>46587I'm not sure what stats would be applied. I think you would apply your number of ranks in the Appraise skill, and either your wisdom or your intelligence modifier
>>46590[happy pony noises]
>>46590You use your Int modifier to appraise.
>>46590Apraise is a feat, I figured wis or int just wasn't sure enough to call it
>>46591Ah, so 20+2+3.
Fucking [i]nice
>>46592Appraising a rare item would be a DC of 15, 20 or more.
What exactly does a skill mean when it says "trained only?"
>>46593Reeee its a feat, not a skill
>>46594Sorry, but you're wrong about that
>>46595>>46596>>46597Wait, my bad. Torc's bonus is from diligence, not appraise. Sorry
Can Tracy press another button on the wand?
>>46600Which ring? The fire resistance or the Bees?
>>46601Resistance, since the odds of summoning a fireball are greater than the odds of summoning a melee fighter that the extra AC will be necessary for
[1d20+16 = 18]
[1d20+23 = 35]
Fug it
Sleight of Hand to gently lift wand from unresponsive Minotaur's hand.
Appraise to determine its value.
>>46605the first one is the Appraise.
>>46605Why do you keep rolling 2s?
>>46606>>46605This is mostly just to check if it's really what Trumpaladin said.
>>46607It should be enough if it was what you said.
>>46608I put 15 into Appraise so that she could quantify the value of any item she acquired (+1 Int modifier). Yes, it is a Rogue skill.
>>46609Fuck appraising
Press a button and rollin a d100 if oou really wanna know
>>46610Understandable
>>46606Nice try.
>>46609Cuz Infernius turning invisible, giant, and a statue (which was undone in that order so he was witnessed in all three states) wasn't enough of a clue?
How about the mouse?
Mods are finally getting around to killing flags. Tell me now if you want to keep custom flags on the VX board so I can try to argue for a board exception
[1d100 = 30]>>46612I just wanted to see.
*points at open air*
Rolling to press random button.
Can Torc press a button?
>>46613F
I wouldn't mind keeping them, but if everyone else says "Fuck you you little bitch" I would be fine with flags being oone
Also, I am of the mind that immediately after pushing a button, if possessing the means to do so they can mark the button in some way. The rod that Lenos has bears a small cute kitty face finely scratched next to the appropriate button.
>>46613If they're killing flags board-wide, I would appreciate an exception for /vx/, and in particular I would go back to the derpy flag. It was to not flag-fag on the board that I got rid of it at all. Desu.
>>46617>they can mark the button in some way.THIS Is why I wanted to test it.
>Stinking cloud"~Eeeew..."
"The TRUE power of a Rod of Wonder is when you have all the buttons pressed and marked, but you "keep pushing unmarked buttons". Technically, there are unlimited functions on them, and marking each button forces the GM to come up with new properties," Thez says, eyeballing it. "This one doesn't seem to have any marks."
>>46620That's just free infinite stone skin etherealness invisibility fireball summon monster grass growing etc etc etc
More haxx than all other combined, and it takes away the fun of randomness when it can just be discovered and marked under laboratory conditions
[1d100 = 48]>>46620>mfw know this is a bad idea but I can't resist pressing buttons*urge to press buttons intensifies*
>>46621>it takes away the fun of randomnessNo it doesn't. Watch this.
*presses button like a 9 Wis Psychopath*
>>46622>sigh[1d14+5 = 7]"Give me that"
Torc grabs the rod and presses a button
[1d100 = 12] [4d6 = 19]>>46621Under "ideal" circumstances, you're right. Take this for example.
Thez loses her balance for a moment and leans face-first along the rod pressing this many buttons.
Trumpaladin rides Fae the fuck out of the room
Stuff like that happens all the time. Heck, anyone carrying the thing just added a new category to their natural 1 dice rolls.
>>46628TY, I was rolling to determine number of buttons.
>>46629This is gonna get out of hand real quick, isn't it?
>>46629.... Who was it pointed at?
>>46629Thez is now permanently color changed, as is something else. Congratulations. Infernius will not be pleased
>>46634
Better start recoloring.
I guess she looks like one of those Avatar women now