Let's get to it. This is the ongoing RP game. We're mid session so don't mind me, but you're welcome to join or watch or whatever.
Some ridiculous shit just went down, previous thread here:
https://archive.4plebs.org/mlpol/and OP just set his steaks on fire while Trump approaches the group of felines.
"Please hold!" says a large bipedal light-grey.
>>7249"Them sneaky rats you lot wiped out. They had some place they took all the wealth of the town and stashed it. Its a pity too, this city used to be a thriving and successful trading port."
>>7254He waves his hands. "I ain't got money son (he's older). Its good of you to offer though."
Thez slowly buzzed back in front of the building. Her fly is wearing the poofy-cloud-girdle that she normally wears, and it has a small bag tied to its abdomen.
The fly places her on the ground, and she worms her way over to the bag and puts it in her mouth. She then <whooofs> to the counter and BLEAUGHs the bag on the counter.
"Good proprietor, I know an individual who has these items for immediate front-sale. If you are interested, he is offering these pieces if you think that you can sell them," she smiles.
>>7256Precisely. The tower is a double-ended one of those.
>>7256*moves closer to shop inquisitively in stealth, and inspects treasure area*
[use detection]
>>7257I don't need money I need...
An object
The shopkeeper opens the bag, and his eyes pop out of their sockets.
"What are,... where did you,... look at the intricacy of these lines! How on earth did you," he trails off.
Thez giggles. "I know a guy who is unable to market his wares. He's very skilled, only wants to increase his notoriety, and is willing to start a business relationship,... cuz Its me."
"I am certain that these will sell, and at,... my word, these will fetch a king's ransom!"
>>7260"Wh, what sort of object?" he asks, still fixated on the bag, with all the segments of his goggles applied to the contents.
>>7261*moves closer, interested*
>>7261Do you have any expireance with magic?
>i glance at the bag too
>>7262>>7263Because of how he's holding it (he's behind the counter) you can't see inside, but you can tell it is several small objects that are casting a disco-ball, technicolor scatter all across the guy's face.
>>7263"N, no. I just do designs and crafting. You'd need a mage for that sort of thing, but I can certainly fabricate the pieces if you're looking to make something."
"Also, if you have uncut stones I can do that too. Not like this guy though,... who the hell made these?"
Thez giggles. "My older brother."
>>7265Okay, I'll let you know if I need anything
>What other stores are there to visit?
>>7267Just basic adventuring/sailing wares and stock. I'm all-but positive that we've covered every possible significant variant.
>>7269
Meh, just delete one
>>7270is there a butcher in town?
>>7273hello, infernuis need 2 bison steaks.
>>7274"Okee, ya!" A short woman in a butcher's outfit waddles behind a curtain and produces a big chunk of bison which she <SMACK> tosses down on the counter.
"2 Ya? What kind you want?"
>>7275which kind is good for small dog
*pulls out sparky*
>>7278"Livah!" She walks back behind the curtain again. Two distict <SHUUUUNK> sounds can be heard. She walks back in holding a ridiculously oversized cleaver in her hand, and <THWAPS> two large chunks of liver on the counter, easily twice the size of the puppy.
"Two liver. You want else?"
Sparkly skeedles about in excitement. She's an awfully fast little bugger.
>>7279me was thinking about cooking meal for devil-lady got any suggestions?
"Hart!" she waddles back behind the curtain again. Some ripping sounds can be heard. Still behind the curtain: "Me got two, you want?"
"Hokee!" she waddles back, her hands and apron with blood splattered along the surface.
"You want else?"
*holding 2 bloody hearts.
>>7286Now that's a fine choice in steaks. She'll sleep with you for sure
>>7286"Hokee," she puts the hearts next to the liver, and with an overhand chop much like someone hammering railroad ties, <SHUUUUNKS> through the bison, cutting off 3 yuuuuge, choice steaks.
While she waits for you to choose something else, she neatly wraps the liver in one package, the hearts in another, and the steaks in yet another.
>>7290"Hokee," she waddles behind the curtain muttering some jibberish in Chinese.
"What kinna ribs? I got cow, elk, bison!" still from the back.
>>7289thank you mrs chan. infernuis gotta go cook now.
>>7292"Hokee, u come back!" she yells.
"Hokee," she returns from the back still muttering, whacks off a rack from the bison already on the counter.
"You want else?"
[1d20 = 16]>>7259forgot to roll
Where are the characters now?
>>7298Treasure area? I don't follow.
Infernius just left the butcher shop, Torcuil is still inside, Trump IDK, Thez is discussing terms with the jeweler, and Tracy is,....
>>7298Trumpaladin is out meeting with representatives of the metallurgy industry, of course
>>7299I hate having to work on weekends...I was going to investigate where the Werrats' nest was, but now...
>>7299Did I detect anything in the shop?
>>7301I see. Well, with that die roll all you can find out is that its somewhere along the roads. They had their own wagon that would periodically take all the available wealth and leave with it. They kept to themselves and never divulged anything to anyone. You're gonna have to do some Carmen Sandiego shit to find that place. Clues in the shop? No.
>>7303Playing as a hoers give me the "Scent" ability: does that add anything to my roll?
>>7304Nope, all traces of their passage is long gone by now.
>>7305Tracy takes note, but otherwise gives up on shekel stash.
*returns to pyramid and grinds her kunai in the training room, venting frustration*
Also, where did that Dragonne sleep?
>>7307It hasn't slept yet, not much game time has passed since she joined the party.
>>7307In the luxury apartment at the top of the floating Trump Tower
>>7308Alright.
How exactly does the training room work, meta-wise?
>>7310Every time you successfully use an item, a skill, or whatever, you gain minute amounts of experience in that skill, but no character exp.
Thez buzzes in and heads up to the dais, where the fly sets her down. She begins worming her way around the dais, adjusting things and arranging some of the trinkets and runes and shit strewn about, but it takes her some time cuz she's worming.
>>7311Alright.
What kind of skills can I practice there, furthermore, what do I have at this level of (multi-class)?
>>7312does the dais have a kitchen?
>>7313Well, I don't recall you drinking the blood yet, so not much really.
>>7314Thats in the mess area.
>>7315is there a spice shop in town?
>>7315*pops bottles*
I was going to save this for when I had the Alternate form ability...
Are skills limited by class, or are the train-only skills flexible?
>>7316... yeah,... do you want spices?
>>7317Each class has "class skills" and "cross class skills", the latter taking twice as much time and/or skill points to gain proficiency in. As for the alternate form, don't worry; we'll get to that.
>ywn actually experience a true Trump Steak
y live?
>>7318Strike that, no there is no spice shop. There is however a man-sized spinning tower rack of spices in the mess hall.
>>7320alright i make my way to the mess hall then.
>>7321You successfully climb back up and are now in the mess hall.
If you have a plan in mind, you can just lump what you're planning. With a few exceptions, you can just 'do stuff' if it doesn't involve other players or a questionably difficult action.
>>7322ok so first of all i try and find a small bowl. and then i set it in the corner of the kitchen and put the raw liver in there for sparkly. then i cook a trump brand steak and a heart ans spice it up, then i cook one of the bison steaks.
>>7323>a minotaur cooking bisonOkay. Considering the size of the livers you just acquired, I'll say you put 'part' of 'one' of the livers in a bowl for sparky. As for the others, sure.
For future, assume its an exhaustively stocked kitchen, having whatever resources might be needed. Yukihira Souma would love this kitchen (blatant reference)
>>7326You hear her talking up at the dais. As you approach, you can see her seated and talking to thin air.
"It went perfectly! He agreed to all your conditions. I'll check back with him to learn his progress, and to submit any custom orders, but you may just have saved his entire business!" she goes quiet, as though listening to something you can't hear. "Of course!" silent again.
"Okay, but DON'T put your name all over the damn things, no one wants that shit! Do that weird crystalline surface you showed me! Yeah,... I don't care if its time consuming, you want them to sell right?" she admonishes. "Okay, fine print only. Sounds good, I'll keep you posted." she seems to finish whatever she's looking at/hearing.
>>7329>>7327*Paladin ears perk up at the mention of "business," "sell," and "order."*
>>7318Kunai aren't unlike darts, so I guess I'll use them to build Concentration.
As for Rage-related feats (the thing I really wanted out of the Barbarian class), is that really practical in the training room?
Should I go innawoods and start genociding the local wildlife?>>7328>8-ft tall Red Minotaur having stealth
>>7332K. When you said "pops bottles", did you mean drink them as well?
>>7328kek
I decide to practice with my new rod
>>7334Remember, magnetics only (you could have made a rod of telepathy, but you were specific. Xp)
>>7333Am I in privacy? I'm about to go out innawoods anyway.
Yes.
>>7335"Nope! I just completed a side-quest! Did you want something?"
>>7337Oh, my bad. Tracy's brain feels like its on fire. Like there is something burrowing into her skull (there isn't, but thats the sensation). You involuntarily start screaming and hitting your own face.
[1d20 = 5]>>7336>implying im going to regret thisI follow tracy at a distance
Roll for stealth
>>7339Tracy starts flippin' out.
Fug
>runs while protecting haggis
>>7338>>7340*Downs regeneration potion to get even more wasted
with a small taste of moon sugar*
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuck -~FUCK!!!"
>>7338infernuis have surprise in mess hall, come see.
Well, I'm going after Thez to get to the bottom of this business deal. I can sense business deals from miles away
>>7344Thez gets a strange look on her face, "A surprise? What KIND of surprise?"
At this point is when Tracy starts flipping out. Anyone in the pyramid can hear it.
>>7343... actually, that was a really good move. You regain full control of your body movements, but it feels like your insides are shifting. I'm talking bones, muscles, brain,... the whole works.
>>7347The safest place would be the main rooms.
[1d100 = 85]>>7349Roll for levitation height to get into the tower
(1-100)
Can I train for autohypnosis later?>>7348"WHY IS THERE NO HOLE IN THIS WALL?!"
*kicks hole in wall*
>is still burning up*leaves pyramid for fresh air*
*blindly runs into the woods, shrieking like a banshee*
>>7350This is all going on in the tower I thought.
>>7351K, Tracy is there wide-eyed, and looking a smidge crazier than usual. Her eyes are bloodshot (using latest ep as visual inspiration) and her posture is a bit more bestial than usual. Also, her hair is disheveled. She just got control of herself, though occasionally jerks like she's Michael J Fox.
>>7348i bring thez to the mess hall.
>>7351
>pretending his haggis wasn't stirred
>>7352Kek, you don't kick a hole in the wall, that's solid glass-steal. You do run out into the forest.
As you do so, there are several humanoid-looking things running about. They all turn as you come charging into the forest. None are close, but you can hear them jibber-jabber.
>>7356She only just declared departing for the forest. You can still follow.
>>7354"Hey wait! What about Tracy?" she mutters curses at her faggot for putting her in this situation.
Kek.
[1d20 = 15]
>Doesn't want to leave his position, but hears Tracy's scream and wants to know if it's the sort of thing he needs to leave for
Roll to tell if the scream was caused by contact with a foe, or Tracy being Tracy as per normal
>>7359Well the tower is above Port Barry, which is not far from the edge of the forest which eventually leads to Trollestia's grove, beyond the great tree.
>>7360It is neither Tracy being Tracy, nor contact with another foe. This scream sounds like something of an uncontrollable change occurring within, rather than something caused by without or 'normal' circumstances.
>>7360Wait seriously? YOU'RE Trump?
>>7357>barbarian rage*right through them, still shrieking*
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
>translation>'Unholy fuck! My brain is on fire!'
>>7361>eventually leads to Trollestia's groveFucking shit..!
Is there a darker, spookier direction I could run towards?
[1d20 = 4]>>7362...
ID e4acb is Trump, yes
>>7361Well, Tracy's personal issues become mine sooner or later, but I'm going to have to go with "later." In the meantime, I will explore the business situation in Port Barry.
>>7365Torcuil knows nothing of the grove at this point, only Tracy's been there.
>>7367The area before the grove is/was plenty dark and spooky. You haven't even made it to the tree, its just this time you're having a panic attack and can't stealth.
Two of them start to approach (you can see three) and the jibber-jabbering increases. Rather than a single medium-sized creature, they appear a mess of movement, kind of like a pile of ants.
>>7368No, I mean,... ur that artfag?? ^_^
>>7370That's picsart guy. Someone else.
>>7369*instinctively draws knife*
>has low-light visiondetection?
>>7371Oh, okay. I haven't been able to determine whether picsart guy is still around. I hope so.
>>7373Just one? Its daytime btw.
>>73751
>>73762
>had no idea, fuggin awesome
>>7377I thought I was beginning to morph.
*bites knife a growls*
>>7377Torcuil heads back to the pyramid, hoping for something that doesnt involve insane murder horse
>>7380swiggity swooty im coming to heal that booty.
>>7378SOMETHING is happening, but ur not sure what yet.
>>7379You're the one who followed,....
>>7364You and Thez arrive a distance from where Tracy is now pulling her full trio of knives to bear. You see a few brownish-mounds that look humanoid, and one of them approaches Tracy. As it does so, it explodes in a flurry of movement, appearing to increase a bit in size.
Tracy gets an attack of opportunity.
[2d20 = 22]>>7382*attacks with both knife and fire*
[2d20 = 12]>>7382when its my turn i gore 2 of the mounds.
>>7383Both attacks land, causing small brownish creatures to be flung from the mound. That in its self is curious. What is also curious is that almost to your command, a burst of fire erupts against the mound which draws back and distorts as it attempts to escape the flame.
>>7385Even more curious, as the flame erupts, the pain in your head decreases.
>>7386*Mauls nearest creature*
What did I just tear apart?
>>7388*focuses on pain in head*
I head to the treasury
Side note, could a mage use throwing weapons efficently?
[16d3 = 31]Thez, still being held by Infernius sniffs the air a few times. "Wait a second, that smell. There's a hint of the infernal about."
>>7390Its almost like the pressure that comes of a nasty infection; an abnormal pressure you're unfamiliar with that is painful and alien. It feels primordial, and unlike anything you've ever experienced.
The mound in front of you reforms, and advances on you, almost enveloping you.
[16d3 = 39]>>7392As the mound envelops, a dozen or more tiny slashes and gashes crack along your exposed parts (no armor is all-encompassing). This only fills Tracy with more rage (and pain), which increases the pressure in her head. She feels about to burst.
Ignore the second set of rolls
>>7391With practice, yes. Darts are the preferred thrown weapon, but daggers/knives are also applicable.
[2d20 = 18]>>7392>has uncanny dodgesaving roll
*Attacks with fire again*
From her closer perspective, Tracy can see that the mound is actually a mass of 6" bipedal creatures, swarming all over themselves and leveraging each other to slash and stab with very small crude weapons of metal, bone, and wood. The creatures themselves are hairy and fast.
>>7395>not acknowlegding best throwing weaponWhat would be the best secondary weapon for a mage?
Im thinking about a set of throwing hatchets
>>7396Gibberlings get auto-flank when they envelop a target. However, fire was the correct choice.
In a fit of maddened and pain-riddled flexing, the area immediately around Tracy bursts with gouts of flame, as though a gasoline fire was just lit. The mound explodes backwards, as the Gibberlings lose their grip on one another and start scrambling around. The other Gibberling mounds stop and watch.
The blasted mound attempts to reconstitute its self. While, Tracy feels the pressure in her head diminish significantly, though she still has some 'juice' left.
The other two mounds however, appear to be looking at eachother quizzically with large tear-drops over their 'heads'.
>>7401They got blown off by the last burst. They're scrambling just out of physical range.
[1d20 = 18]>>7403*takes even more moon sugar*>is literally shaking*Steps forward and uses Appraisal*
>>7404Wrong skill (appraisal is for determining items) but I know what you mean.
Tracy feels like she could focus on the mound and envoke fire upon them.
Also, I'm assuming that Infernius is a bit stunned by what is happening. He was too far off to gore to begin with, it wouldn't have worked for the second, and omfwtfbbq?
[1d20 = 1]
[angry hoers noises]
*Use Intimidate*
steps forward
>>7411Gibbity gibbity
The mound seems less interested in approaching, and is keeping its distance. The other two mounds slowly shuffle closer.
How do I into rage combos?
*keeps moving forward, still hissing*
>>7413You don't EVEN know at this point, you just know that theres a pressure in your head and there's a mound in front of them.
From distance, still being carried by Infernius, Thez yells "Unleash it! Don't let it build, they are your enemy and deserve whatever happens!"
>>7414"Fucking leave me alone!"
*Runs off, ignoring jibberniggers*
Thez looks at Infernius. "Don't just stand there, go after her!"
The Gibberlings are not impressed, and start to swarm around Tracy, the three of them expanding to envelop her. She gets an attack of opportunity, but there's three of them and each represents a mass of smaller creatures.
>>7418Yes, but you're coming in from distance, it'd take a few rounds even at free-fall speed.
[1d20 = 12]>>7417Can't my Escape Artist ability help me?
*spray fire at anything in obstructing path*
[3d3 = 7]>>7421Yes, but you're surrounded and they're keeping their distance, taking advantage of circumferential flank.
Thez yells "Tracy! Crush them with fire!!"
[1d20 = 14]>>7423"Shut the fuck up, you bitch!"
>Charges>brandishes knife and slashes through whatever is in the front
[30d3 = 62]>>7424You/she successfully strike at 3 of them, but there's over a hundred. They fully envelop, and slash/scrape/stab from all sides.
>>7424You're NOT in good shape.
>>7424Uh... Can I swoop in now?
>>7429Alright, preliminary question then. Can I tell the entity being attacked is the Blue One
[1d20 = 10]>>7425>what does it take for a lady to get some space?>>7427"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
>*rage at maximun*>erratic slashing and bitingCan I cast a saving roll now?
>>7428It wouldn't help.
>>7431>saving rollIn these circumstances no. They're rather coordinated, and taking full advantage of their small size. They're essentially like piranas(sp) except with swords and jagged things, instead of teeth.
You're beginning to feel faint.
[1d20 = 9]>>7432Fuck it. Do whatever the fuck Thez said, so I can get some space.
[1d20 = 6]>>7434As Tracy begins to lose track of her surroundings, and as (unbeknownst to her, vaporous steam begins to hiss from her pores and especially her mane) she casts a single lasting glance at the mound.
"BURN" echoes through her mind, as her eyes dip, and then close.
From outside Tracy's perspective, obsrvers can see she's steaming (literally) and covered in tiny wounds and gashes. Her eyes begin to lose their focus, and she grits her teeth.
The mound(s) that now surround her are enveloped in a spiralling flame, which burn like a cylinder around her. Most of the GIbberlings are burned away, while others scramble to escape the unwarranted and unexpected flames. Tens and twenties of the little bastards lie smoking and charred at her feet, while the survivors an evaders flee to whatever rock or hole they crawled out of.
As Tracy surveys the area, she begins to lose consciousness.
Tracy has one move before falling.
>>7437>>7438No, that's exactly what happens. As the Gibberlings escape/retreat, Trump swoops down atop (what was her name again? I forgot to give her a name.) the Dragonne, while Tracy slumps and falls forward, prevented from falling only by Trump's intervention.
As she collapses across the Dragonne's back, Trump notices that her mane is lined with bony protrusions that were not there before. They're like horns almost, but really small and dotting the inside of her mane (not obvious on glance, but detectable upon inspection).
The remaining Gibberlings make like ninjas and vanish.
Thez, still being held by Infernius.
"What the fuck just happened?! What did she do!?"
>>7441You have no idea. From inside a blackened area, you sense a cackling. This exists apart from the world.
>>7439>What is her namePonies, America, Football, Elway - PAFE. Pa'fey. Fey if you like.
>>7441I can leave you on the charred ground near the surviving groundhog things if you prefer
>>7445My luck has been shitty today...
Guess whose back
Back again
>>7411This is adorable
What are my choices of metal in the treasury?
>>7445Nice fail rape horse
>>7448*takes note to stir haggis later*
>>7444Fae works (if you don't mind)
>>7446"No! You don't get it!" Thez is struggling around despite her bandages. "Her scent is totally different now! She smells like,... well,... like one of my kind!"
With Tracy safely on Fae's back, she (Fae) comments, "I don't mean to question you great Trump, but that pony we're ushering,... do you know that she has devil blood in her?"
>>7451>devilCan't I just be fiendish instead? I was thinking something closer to a Nightmare.
>>7452Don't worry, we're on EXACTLY the same page. I said you have devil blood in you (which is true), I didn't yet state the lasting effect. Its not an easy transition.