>>29198918
>Search the dead NPC.
LOOT FOR THE LOOT GOD
Also, happy new year from Australia. WOOO TIMEZONES.

>>29198918
>>Wait for them to recover before doing anything.
Watch the corridor. It is sort of our fault he's hurt.

>>29198918
>loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot loot

>>29198918
>Search the dead NPC.
Grab the loot!

>>29198964
>>29198994
>>29199006
The realistic MMO experience.

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>>29199019

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>>29198964 >>29198994 >>29199006

You go over to the dead NPC and start patting him down. He's wearing the robes favoured by these kinds of NPCs, but you find a Key on a chain around his neck, nine Steel Crossbow Bolts, a Crossbow with Bronze Fretwork, a Fine Dagger, and 19 Coins.

Trish is watching Shrike's face go back to it's normal shape, but Shrike's looking at the bow.

"If you really need something, take it," he says.

"She needs a new staff more than anything."

You can hear the clumping of mechanical feet. More than two, in your estimation.

>Take the crossbow and bolts.
>Take the dagger.
>Let Shrike and Trish have their pick.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199070
>dagger
staff is like super shitty melee weapon, we need a better one

>>29199070
>>Take the crossbow and bolts.

>>29199070
>Take the dagger.
It's what we need most. Don't wanna be greedy

>>29199070
>Give Shrike the bow and the bolts

"Don't run into my line of fire again... all right? ...I'm really, really fucking sorry about that..."

>>29199070
>>Take the crossbow and bolts.

I don't know what bronze fretwork is but it sounds fancy.

>>29199070
>Take the crossbow and bolts.
Probably sell more

>>29199070
>Take the dagger.
>Give Shrike the bow and the bolts

>>29199070
>Take the dagger.

Ask if there is any way to check the stats of a weapon. We should compare the bow and the xbow.

>take dagger

>>29199119
>>29199112
>>29199101
>>29199090

We shot him in the fucking face! Give Shrike the bow and bolts, fuck!

>>29199090
>>29199112
>>29199119
damn guys, we already have a bad bow, while staff has been confirmed for shit
cool that bowlust

>>29199070
Try to nail the dagger to the top of the staff to make a stab axe.

New here, so don't mind me if that's a no go.

>>29199070
Hope we don't forget to divvy up the coins.

>>29199145
Then give him our bow and take the crossbow. Crossbows are cool.

>>29199157
>nailing the dagger to the staff
>not nailing it to the BOW
knifegun.jpg

>>29199169
Are you forgetting? Just because we can use a bow doesn't mean our "class" can use a crossbow.

Maintain the illusion!

>>29199180
What? There are class restrictions on weapons?

>>29199180
Lily already told us there's no restrictions on weapons.

>>29199169
But our bow's good, maybe even better then his. Crossbows are for queers who can't deal with the elegance of a bow.

Rolled 60

>>29199169
daggers are cool too

>>29199201
ill fite u m8

>>29199195
>>29199194

...y'all are fucking dumbasses.

These two don't know we hacked the game! They think we're a prophet!

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>>29199135
>>29199132
>>29199130
>>29199091
>>29199089
You take the dagger, and hand the bow to Shrike. "Don't run into my line of fire again... all right? ...I'm really, really fucking sorry about that..."

"Ha! Well, it happens. I'll be a bit more careful about sticking my head around corners though. Here," he offers the bow to Trish. "You need a ranged weapon, even if it's not your style."

Trish gets to her feet an accepts it with a sigh. "Fine."

You divvy up the coins as fairly as you can, giving yourself seven and the other two six.

Trish stares down the corridor. "Come on, let's hope there's something good in the room." Shrike gingerly touches his face, and then gets to his feet as well.

>Search chest of draws, cupboards etc.
>Look under the bed.
>Look under the rug.
>Look behind the curtains.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199226
I'm pretty sure weapons aren't restricted to classes, only abilities.

>>29199226
And who says Prophet's can't use crossbows?

>>29199257
>Look under the bed.
>Look under the rug.
These are the smart places.

>>29199268
I don't know, neither do we, and if we ask Shrike and Trish, then it'll seem suspicious.

>>29199257
>>Look under the bed.

>Look under the rug.
>Look behind the curtains.

These two for us. I'm thinking we're looking for secret doors.

Maybe also check behind any paintings?

>>29199257
>Look under the rug.

>>29199257
Do you even need to ask at this point, man?

We can full-heal in a couple minutes, so the more mobs that come our way, the better for our loot.

Search the room, upend the dresser, tear open the bed, shred the pillows, rip down the curtains, knock out the walls, break the dishes, crack the plates...

LOOT. FUCKING. EVERYTHING.

>>29199257
Let them know the NPC had a key on them

>>29199282
Fucking christ guy, there are no weapon restrictions. At all.

>>29199257
Would the robo guardians be able to fit through the door into the room? Do we need to worry about them?

>>29199308
Find me the specific post where Lily states that, because I'm pretty sure she said Awakened Soul specifically had none.

>>29199282
Please, show me where you got this weapon restriction idea. I haven't seen it at all.

>>29199338
I think it was two threads back, where we were discussing our l33t h4xx0r1ng with Lily after we kind of tried to kill her.

>>29199382
>"Well, most people start out with one ability, and it's on a big cooldown, so they focus weapons at first. You're a little different, so maybe spirit would be better. You don't have to stick with a staff either, there's no restrictions."

She doesn't know anything about our class, so I'm assuming she means there are no restrictions for anyone.

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>>29199281
>>29199285
>>29199286
The room you're standing in appears to be a bedroom. While the walls and ceiling are as fine as anywhere else in this building, the furniture is comparatively ordinary by comparison. There's a chest of drawers and a table, the remains of the vase you smashed are all over the floor.

Trish starts on the chest of drawers, Shrike pulls back the curtains. "Hey, a door!" inset into the wall is a bronze door. It's pretty small; even you would have to stoop to fit in.

You fling yourself down and look under the bed. In the floor is a trapdoor, you can see the pull ring. "Trapdoor under here."

"Second key," Trish says. "And money."

As well as the clumping feet, you can hear faster footsteps, and someone shouting, "Quick, stop them!" You think the guards might not fit through the door, but the NPCs definitely will.

>Search somewhere else.
>Suggest leaving via the trapdoor.
>Suggest leaving via the small door behind the curtains.
>Write in.

>>29199413
>Suggest leaving via the trapdoor.
There MUST be loot down there, I can feel it!

>>29199338
"Well, most people start out with one ability, and it's on a big cooldown, so they focus weapons at first. You're a little different, so maybe spirit would be better. You don't have to stick with a staff either, there's no restrictions."
Thread 3

>>29199413
>trapdoor exit

>>29199413
>Suggest leaving via the trapdoor.
We wanted to head downwards anyway, right?

>>29199413
>>Suggest leaving via the trapdoor.

>>29199409
All right, it seems a little ambiguous to me, but I may have read too much into it. Sorry for overreacting.

>>29199431
>>29199434
"We can get out this way," you suggest.

"I agree," Shrike says. "Let's move the bed."

Trish stops pawing through chest and takes one end of the bed, while you and Shrike take the other end. It's good, solid wood, with a couple of pillows and silk covers. As you and Shrike lift it unevenly, one of the pillows falls to the floor, and something clatters to the ground.

"A third key. Did this guy collect them?" Shrike looks at it and shrugs. As you shift the bed off the trapdoor, you see that it too is made of bronze, and has five keyholes in it. "Aw crap."

>"Let's go through the other door instead."
>"Trish, try and hold them off while we find the other two keys."
>Use the bed as a barricade while you try and get the trapdoor open.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199532
>other door it is, the other keys are probably behind it anyway

>>29199532
Hmm... five keys, and we have three. Let's keep searching the room.

>>29199532
>Use the bed as a barricade while you try and get the trapdoor open.
TRASH EVERYTHING

>>29199532
>Use the bed as a barricade while you try and get the trapdoor open.


It should buy us time for the 2 more keys.

>>29199532
>"Trish, try and hold them off while we find the other two keys."
THIS IS LIKE LOOTAPALOOZA THERE MUST BE BILLIONS OF MONEY DOWN THERE GOGOGO

>>29199532
>>"Let's go through the other door instead."

>>29199532
Trapdoor is definitely the one. The one you need all the keys for has the good shit.

Five keys is definitely good shit.

>>29199554
>>29199556
>>29199557
"The bed can buy us some time." The others nod and you carry it across the room. Trish closes the remains of the door and then heaves the bed up against it. Just in time too, as you hear someone pelting down the hallway.

They start hammering on the door. "Open up! Further resistance will result in your deaths."

"If we surrender will you let us go?" Trish shrugs. "Worth a try," she mouths.

Shrike kneels down at the trapdoor and starts trying the keys in the keyholes. You need to find two more.

1d100 DC 60 will also take a correct guess.

>>29199532
Is it obvious if we use Foresight? It's be really handy finding the keys before trouble comes up to our dinky barricade

Rolled 5

>>29199640

Rolled 72

>>29199640

Rolled 56

>>29199640
Check the mattress! And behind any furniture we can think of!

>>29199640
Under the rug, also smash every vase.

Rolled 57

>>29199640
Look in any vases in the room.

Rolled 24

>>29199657
aw almost a crit.

wait if crits happen on 1-4 and 96-100 that means theres only 4 chances to crit succeed and 5 chances to crit fail.

Rolled 56

>>29199666
derp.

>>29199640
Maybe the NPC kept one in his shoe? Look for loose stones in the walls or floor? Rip open the pillows

Rolled 37

>>29199666
Calm down there, Satan.

>>29199678
That's terrible.

>>29199657
You fling up the rug, and see a key lying on the tiled floor. "Four!" you call and stoop and toss it to Shrike. He catches it. He's managed to assign two keys already, and as the number of options dwindle he soon places the others.

"No, actually. The punishment for intruding is death. Guards, knock this door down!"

Trish braces herself and holds the bed in place while something heavy smashes into it from the other side. "Gah!" She holds it.

>>29199671
There's only one vase in the room, and it's broken, you bend down and scrabble through the pieces. Fifth key.

"Got it!"

"Wonderful." Shrike takes it and fits it in the last lock. You can hear the door splintering, and the bedspread tearing as Trish holds the line.

You and Shrike lift up the heavy bronze trapdoor, and he vaults down into the darkness below. "Down the hatch!"

>Jump down yourself.
>Tell Trish to go next.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199726
Everybody down. Take the keys with us so they can't follow.

We'll go first.

>Tell Trish to go next.
Cover her with our bow since she is the farthest.

>>29199726
>>Tell Trish to go next.
We can handle it with our special abilities after she jumps, before following.

>>29199726
>Tell Trish to go next.

Rolled 15

>>29199726
Tell Trish to go next. Preach to stun the guards, then take out one of the keys and follow, shutting the hatch behind you.

>>29199726
>Tell Trish to go next.
aw yiss time for tentacles

guys I just realized something. The Slaves call us classvariable. We aren't gonna be hiding our uniqueness for long.

Rolled 39

>>29199787
Well, the game just got released right? Maybe we can cover it up as a glitch in the system?

>>29199787
Shouldn't have any reason to address us if we don't talk to it.

>>29199750
>>29199754
>>29199755
>>29199756
>>29199759
"You go next!" You call to Trish. She looks pretty surprised but she doesn't argue. She abandons the barricade while you lift the trapdoor and take the keys.

She jumps down the trapdoor as the Palace Guard smashes through the remains of the bed, sending splinters flying.

"Alert," it says. It can't make it through the door.

"Stand aside!" the NPC says.

>Follow Trish.
>Attack the NPC.
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199815
>>Follow Trish.

>>29199787
And THATS when we betray the fuck out of these two for the EXP so we can adventure with Lily sooner.

>>29199815
>Preach

>>29199815
>Follow Trish.
Pft. Dumbasses.

>>29199815
>Follow Trish.
Just jump down feet first. It's not as if we can't recover fully by lying down for a minute.

Rolled 97

>>29199815
Slide down the trapdoor, and for the love of god, CLOSE IT BEHIND US!

>>29199815
>Preach, then follow.

>>29199815
Hit them with a preach first.

>>29199831
>>29199862
>>29199863
We don't need to preach, they're stuck behind the guard.

>>29199855
Why, why did you roll. no roll was asked for. You have doomed us all.

>>29199885
Because that's what you do when you escape a mob.

>>29199887
There was no DC requested, ergo he's taking it on vote, ergo my failure doesn't impact us. I hope...

>>29199885
What this guy said. Why waste our ability with a long ass cooldown when we don't need to?

>>29199913
Sorry, I just have /tg/ brand paranoia. It is deep and pervasive.

>>29199945
I played with a killer DM for a number of years. Believe me, I understand the paranoia and I don't fault you for it.

>>29199824
>>29199833 >>29199855

There's no handle on the inner side of the trapdoor, so you have to lift it up and dive in, letting it slam shut behind you. Instantly, you are plunged into total darkness.

With a jolt you land on a slippery stone slope. You have just enough time to point your staff the right way to stop it snagging before you start to slide.

It's black as pitch, and once you start picking up speed, you're not sure what direction you're going in, only that it's mostly downward. You fly along, the air whistling past your ears and the sound of your own decent soon drown out any sounds from up above.

You feel like you must be halfway to the center of the earth before you see a dim, cool glow up ahead, and then the tunnel abruptly ends and you're flung into space.

A moment later you land on Shrike.

You hear Trish laugh, and you raise your head.

"Chicks always throwing themselves at me," Shrike grumbles, somewhat muffled by the fact that you're sitting on his back. You're both sprawled on a large patch of deep, soft moss. Trish is dusting herself off and offers you a hand up.

>"You should be so lucky."
>"Um, y-you too."
>Just glare at him.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29199996
>"You should be so lucky."
dry humor is the best humor.

>>29199996
>"You should be so lucky."
We're in a game, we don't have to be awkward! Well, not that awkward.
Actually, what was he even doing there? Shrike just came down this way after him, why didn't he evacuate after that if not before?

>>29199996
[x] "I-it's not like I tried to land on you, or anything. Idiot."

>>29200015
*Trish, sorry. These mooks don't get their names remembered!

>>29199996
um y-you too

>>29199996
>>"Um, y-you too."
Though, I almost have to commend him for actually choosing a male avatar in an MMO. He seems an okay guy.

>>29200015
Pfft. You don't get over awkwardness so easy.

>>29199996
>"You should be so lucky."

>>29200068
O-on the internet I do...

>>29200048
>>29200059
>>29200068
"Um, I didn't try to land on your or anything." Aw. Some things clearly can't be fixed by a pair of pixillated boobs.

He takes you seriously, "I know. Trish took her sweet time getting off my back, that's all."

Trish chuckles. "Serves you right for landing on your face. At least she's probably a bit lighter than I am." Shrike rolls out of the way, in case someone less attractive falls on him next, and then gets to his feet.

Around you, are the ruins of a city, or part of one. It's as if a giant had pushed over buildings like the one above and then buried them. The white marble is now greenish with moss and cracked with age. You can't see how big this cavern is, but it seems to hold a whole city block at least. Moss grows thickly on the ground, and light filters in from cracks above, a little unbelievably given how long it took you to slide down here.

The other stand up and look around. You can hear the sound of water dripping slowly somewhere, and you can smell damp stone.

"I know this place," Trish says, and wanders over to one of the buildings, frowning at it.

1d100 DC 55

Rolled 36

>>29200182

Rolled 86

>>29200182
MYSTERY ROLL~

Rolled 37

>>29200182

Rolled 30

>>29200182

>>29200216
>>29200223
"These three doors, this building," Trish continues, as you and Shrike follow her. "This was how you got into the area the slave used to be hidden before it moved. If you picked the wrong door, you ended up in a maze of tiny little rooms. I actually like this new way better."

"They just smashed the whole part of the city down and buried it?" Shrike gazes up at the skewed walls and tumbled towers.

You're looking up too, and there's something funny about that wall. You narrow your eyes and suddenly you realise it's not just a bare mossy wall, there's something clinging to it, about the size of a man and perfectly camouflaged. It's got four limbs and a tail, and two huge eyes that rotate independently, as they keep an eye on all three of you. Its hands are very human.

You look around, and realise there are about half a dozen of them clinging to the ruins.

>Shout a warning.
>Address it politely.
>Attack with your bow (DC 60.)
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

Rolled 49

>>29200313
Shoot it while yelling "Ambush!"

>>29200313
>Address it politely.
Diplomacy!

>>29200313
>Say a warning
not too loudly, in case it's spooked by noise, but make sure your companions can hear.

Rolled 52

>>29200313
>Address it politely.
Quietly tell our companions about them and not to move suddenly.

Rolled 70

>>29200313
>>Attack with your bow (DC 60.)

Rolled 75

>>29200330
>>29200332
>>29200342
>Only PCs are human
>They're camouflaged
>Obvious ambush is obvious

>>29200313
[x] >>29200332

>>29200367
Only PCs are humans, but are PCs ALWAYS humans?

>>29200330
>>29200332
>>29200342
"Guys, there are lizard things on the walls, everywhere."

"Wha?" Trish squints. But she hefts her mace.

Shrike gets it though, "Motherfu-" he reaches for an arrow.

"Hello! We're a bit lost," you say, aiming for politeness.

It swivels both eyes on you. And smiles. And smiles. And smiles. That's a big mouth for such a small head, and it's full of a lot of teeth.

"That was a nice thought," Trish says, focusing on it at last.

>Attack with bow (DC 70)
>Run for it.
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

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>>29200393
Probably. We only got a class selection when we logged in, not a race selection.

Unless you're suggesting...

Rolled 58

>>29200367
>It's got four limbs and a tail, and two huge eyes that rotate independently, as they keep an eye on all three of you.
I've never seen a human looks like that.

Rolled 30

>>29200436
bow it is

Rolled 40

>>29200436

>Attack with bow (DC 70)

Rolled 39

>>29200455
I know, I was stating my case for shooting first and asking questions later, as in these creatures can't possibly be PCs, or friendly.

Shoot the fuckers.

Rolled 94

>>29200436
>Attack with bow (DC 70)
PYEW PYEW TIME BITCHES

>>29200477
I was thinking that they already knew we were here and they didn't immediately attack us, even giving us time to ready weapons. Why not try talking first? It's not as if we'd lose initiative.

Rolled 28

>>29200540
I don't know. Things like these probably have tongues as ranged weapons, and I know there's at least one species of salamander who can use that shit like a sniper rifle.

>>29200477
>>29200469
>>29200463
You and Shrike let your arrows fly at the same time, and both find their mark in the lizard's head. It recoils and then lets go of the wall sliding to the ground in an ungraceful heap. It's colour changes too, to a dull stoney brown rather than the mottled white it had been a moment ago.

You have slain moss stalker.

You hear a familiar chime, and you're pleased to remember that it heralds the acquisition of an experience point.

"Argh-" Trish is snatched off her feet as a stalker opens it's mouth and plants the end of about fifteen feet of ropey tounge on Trish's arm. It hauls her off the ground towards its gaping mouth, and she hefts her mace one-handed.

The other stalkers smile and open their mouths.

>Dodge, before you get suckered too.
>Help Trish and attack the stalker attacking her. DC 60
>Attack another stalker with your bow (DC 60)
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>Use ability.
PREACH time.

Rolled 82

>>29200580
>Help Trish and attack the stalker attacking her. DC 60
We won't let that tongue do anything indecent to you, Trish!

Rolled 55

>>29200580
Shoot the one binding Tish in the tongue.

Rolled 81

>>29200580
>Help Trish and attack the stalker attacking her. DC 60

>>29200603
>>29200605
>>29200612
>We won't let that tongue do anything indecent to you, Trish!
Well, actually...

>>29200580
Has nobody noticed that our hourly alarm has stopped working?

>>29200641
our alarm would have to stop working for us to notice that

>>29200653
Just seems like we've done a lot since the last time it buzzed.

>>29200603
>>29200605
>>29200612
You draw bead on the stalker currently hauling Trish up towards its mouth, and your arrow once again finds its mark, thudding deep into its ribs. Trish swings her mace one-handed, and batters its head.

You have slain moss stalker.

It and Trish fall to the ground, Trish landing on her feet. The tongue is still attached to her shoulder. She ignores it for now.

Something cool and damp slams into your back and pulls you off your feet. You're much lighter than Trish, and you are drawn towards the stalker's maw at an alarming rate of speed.

You can't turn around to shoot it.

>Drop your bow and take out your dagger.
>Drop your bow and reach for your staff.
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29200689
>Drop your bow and take out your dagger.
Let's cut the tongue!

>>29200689
>Drop your bow and take out your dagger.
LOOT THE TONGUE

Rolled 98

>>29200689
Grab the tongue, pull ourselves to the point we can get our teeth into it, and bite down as hard as we can.

>>29200745
...motherfucker, STOP ROLLING!

>>29200689
>Drop your bow and reach for your staff.

>>29200707
>>29200709
Guys, the thing will nom us while we try to stab at it. We can use the staff to jam it in it's soft throat, using it's own tongue's momentum. Our friends will save us like we did them.

>>29200689
>>Drop your bow and reach for your staff.

>>29200745
why not just stab the tongue then?

>>29200707
>>29200709
You drop your bow and take out your dagger. You see Shrike fire an arrow at the stalker behind you, and then get nabbed himself. Trish is coming to your aid, dragging the corpse of the stalker by its tongue, which is still stuck to her shoulder.

>Try and cut the tongue through before your get hauled up. (DC 60)
>Wait until you can go for the stalker's eyes. (DC 70)
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

Rolled 30

>>29200866
>Try and cut the tongue through before your get hauled up. (DC 60)

Rolled 85

>>29200866
>Wait until you can go for the stalker's eyes. (DC 70)
DO IT!

Rolled 83

>>29200866
>>Try and cut the tongue through before your get hauled up. (DC 60)

Rolled 14

>>29200866
>Wait until we can get at its eyes

We're good at murdering things in the eyes.

Rolled 7

>>29200866
>>Try and cut the tongue through before your get hauled up. (DC 60)

>>29200929
>>29200897
>>29200873
You twist around and start sawing through the tongue. You've never encountered anything so sticky in all your life, and you manage to avoid touching it with your fingers, instead using the tension to keep it in place.

The stalker hisses as you finally part the tongue from its owner and you thump back down onto the moss. Trish sees your escape and changes direction to go to Shrike's aid.

The tongue is still stuck to your back and now your dagger. The stalker opens its mouth and gurgles at you, the stump of its tongue waving around. Then it runs down the wall towards you.

>Pick up your bow and shoot. (DC 60)
>Use your staff to defend yourself (DC 70)
>Try and detach your dagger from the tongue.
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

Rolled 9

>>29201003
>>Pick up your bow and shoot. (DC 60)

Rolled 13

>>29201003
>Use your staff to defend yourself (DC 70)
C'mon!

Rolled 39

>>29201003
>>Pick up your bow and shoot. (DC 60)

Rolled 59

>>29201003
...try and use the tongue like an improvised lash, dagger at the end adding some additional nastiness. Lash the stalker rushing us.

>>29201032
That's just silly. Are you the guy that keeps pushing to nail the dagger through our staff? I think we won't have to do anything like this unless we turn into a meat. When that time comes you'll be the star of the thread!

Rolled 63

>>29201070
No, not the same guy, but nothing ventured/nothing gained. Besides, even if the dagger doesn't work, maybe the moss stalker tongue could make an effective lashlike weapon.

>>29201026
>>29201017
You drop your dagger, letting it swing from the end of the tongue and scoop up your bow. You barely have time to loose your arrow and it goes right down the stalker's throat. It crashes inert at your feet.

You have slain moss stalker.

Shrike has managed to kill the stalker menacing him, with Trish's help, and she flings herself in front of him to catch another tongue to the midsection. This time she has her arms free and her raises her mace above her head as the stalker hauls her in.

Shrike had dropped his bow when he'd been snagged, and still trailing a corpse he's down on the moss retrieving it.

The last stalker is carefully moving up on him

>Help out Trish.
>Help out Shrike.
>Try and disentangle yourself from the tongue.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201135
>Help out Shrike.
Trish seems to have it covered.

>>29201135
>Help out Shrike.

>>29201135
>Help out Shrike.
So no one's taking fall damage?

>>29201161
>>29201166
>>29201173
Gravity is slightly lower here, and so far you haven't fallen more than ten or fifteen feet. It jolts you but you're landing on soft moss and you don't feel like you've been hurt.

"Look out!" you call, and Shrike tries to dodge.

>Shoot an arrow (DC 60)
>Use ability
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia

Rolled 74

>>29201231
>Shoot an arrow (DC 60)

Rolled 56

>>29201231
>Shoot an arrow (DC 60)
DONT HIT SHRIKE THIS TIME GEEZ

Rolled 28

>>29201231
Headshot.

Rolled 8

>>29201231
>>Shoot an arrow (DC 60)

Rolled 61

>>29201231
Shoot it!

Hot damn we need a name for our bow, this thing rocks.

Rolled 7

>>29201280
How about Shrike Hunter?

>>29201242
>>29201251
>>29201254
You loose an arrow at the stalker and it hits solidly. Shrike dives out of the way, snatching his bow.

You hear Trish bring her mace down on the other stalker's head with a crunching, squishing sound. It still has a good go at chewing her and she hits it again.

Shrike raises his bow and fires at the last stalker.

You have slain moss stalker.

You hear Trish and her opponent hit the moss. That seems to be the last of them for now.

Trish has two corpses attached to her, Shrike one, and you have a tongue stuck to your back.

"Well that's gross," Trish says. "I'm okay though."

>Examine a corpse.
>Try and pull the tongue off your back.
>Assign exp points.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201342
>>Examine a corpse.

Loot!

>Examine a corpse.
maybe we can get some alchemical ingredients or something.

>>29201342
>Examine corpse

>>29201342
>Examine a corpse.
Retrieve arrows.

Rolled 5

>>29201342
Loot. Slash them open and go in elbows-deep.

>>29201342
>Assign exp points.
Oh boy oh boy!

>>29201342
>>Assign exp points.
Well, we DID kill most of them while they were flailing around trying not to be killed.

>>29201387
Nevermind, I'm being stupid.
>Examine a corpse.

>>29201352
>>29201355
>>29201362
You kneel down and examine the corpse at your feet. It definitely reminds you of a chameleon, but that smiling mouth and human hands are kind of creepy. It's not carrying or wearing anything, but there something hard and shiny sticking out the back of its head.

You yank it out, and find yourself holding a sharp shard of slightly greenish metal. It's not a piece of Arcadia, however. As soon as you pull it out the corpse, and the tongue it was once attached to, melt away.

"You got rid of it!" Shrike says.

>Show them the shard and ask them what it is.
>Offer to help them out and take the shards without showing them.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201453
>Show them the shard and ask them what it is.

>>29201453
>Offer to help them out and take the shards without showing them.
They almost certainly won't know, so let's try to keep it on the down-low for now

>>29201453
>>Show them the shard and ask them what it is.

I'd choose the second option but I want to know what these are.

>>29201453
>show shard, ask about it

Rolled 47

>>29201453
>Take the other shards without showing them. If they didn't know about it, well... we're already doing them a favor by coming along.

>>29201453
>Offer to help them out and take the shards without showing them.
I'm still supporting the betrayal plan, so it'd help to have a leg up on them. Besides, if these can be sold we should keep them all to ourselves.

>>29201453
>Offer to help them out and take the shards without showing them.
I think our class being entered into the game kicked off some sorta event to do with the mirrors.

>>29201453
I'm against showing them because I think it won't benefit us.

>>29201472
>>29201508
>>29201510
>>29201522

"Hang on, let me help, or you'll get more tangled up in them." You hurry over. You've got five more corpses to de-shard without them noticing what you're doing, and they are rather interested.

You also find one of your arrows.

1d100 DC 40

Rolled 40

>>29201584
If we get caught, we can just own up then.

Rolled 25

>>29201584

Rolled 29

>>29201584
Let's do this!

Rolled 90

>>29201594
>>29201595
>>29201599
That's what I like to see!

>>29201595
>>29201599
Ash is pretty fucking competent for a compsci nerd

Rolled 4

>>29201584
here's a 1 for epic loot

>>29201627
The magic of escapism anon!

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>>29201640
>wasting crits

>>29201594
>>29201595
>>29201599

"Hold still," you say, and free them.

You end up with six Greenish Shards. Shrike and Trish are very pleased to be freed.

"Well they're new," Trish says. "They die pretty easily, but those tongues start to slow you down after a while."

"Let's get through this bit fast then," Shrike says. "Cause I bet there'll be more."

>"Hold on a sec, I have to level up." Assign exp points.
>Change your mind, tell them about the shards.
>Let's go. Save the exp for now.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

Rolled 21

>>29201627
I honestly like to think we'd all be competent due in part to our escapist hobbies. We may not be experts, but we're better than somebody with no experience. "A thousand travel books aren't worth a single trip, but read a few manuals on arms and armor..."

>>29201674
>>"Hold on a sec, I have to level up." Assign exp points.

>>29201674
I think if we try to level up now, we'll be arguing about it all thread. We didn't find any leveling guides online, but since we're predominantly a ranged class, maybe a point or two in Spirit wouldn't be out of place?

>>29201674
>hang on, let me level up

>>29201674
>>"Hold on a sec, I have to level up." Assign exp points.
Let's look at any new skills we might be able to buy.

>>29201674
>"Hold on a sec, I have to level up." Assign exp points.
no shards!

>>29201674
>"Hold on a sec, I have to level up." Assign exp points.
gotta git skills

>>29201696
That's a good point. Maybe OP can put a level guide/tree in the pastebin so we can decide what to do for next time.

>>29201706
>>29201703
>>29201702
>>29201693
You ask them to wait, and take out your mirror.

You have two exp points. The next rank of abilities, Testify (Prophet), Eye of God (Seer) and Ascend (Avatar) you remember Lily told you cost three exp points each. You can't buy them yet.

>Buy HP
>Buy SP
>Buy Bow skill.
>Buy Dagger skill.
>Buy Staff skill.
>Save the points for now.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201758
Do we know what the next abilities do? I'm interested in Eye of God. Also, is it one XP per level, or are there other ways to get XP?

>>29201758
Buy 1 SP

>>29201758
>>Save the points for now.

I want abilities

>>29201758
>Buy Bow skill.
>Buy Dagger skill.

>>29201786
You don't know what anything does, and so far you've only received one exp per level.

>>29201758
Maybe we should buy Bow skill now and save the next point towards Eye of God?

>>29201758
>Ask them if they've leveled up their abilities and what they do if they have.

>>29201758
>Buy Bow skill.
More shooting!

>>29201836
this but we should really only ask about the prophet one mainly since they think we are a prophet

I just remembered that Lily's Preach was stronger then ours. Do the base abilities level up with us or will we have to do something like use shards or spend EXP?

>>29201836
"What do you guys think I should do?" you ask.

"Weapons skill," Trish says without hesitation. "You use your weapons a lot more than you use your abilities, don't you?"

>>29201805
>>29201828
>>29201881
You decide to assign one point into bow skill.

>Assign second point.
>Save it.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201904
Nothing wrong with a little curiosity. Mention it casually.

>>29201904
It would be useful to know what the other classes are capable of as well.

>Save it.

>>29201916
>Save it.
Let's ask Lily what she'd do with it later.

>>29201916
>Save it.

>>29201916
Save it.

>>29201915
Yes. You can level up your abilities as well. Sorry.

>QM is an idiot, retcon that last vote and level up an ability.
>QM is an idiot, but nevermind.

>>29201957
>>QM is an idiot, but nevermind.
Still need the bow skill

>>29201957
>retcon that last, level pray
I-It's not like I have a fetish for arm tentacles or anything...

>>29201957
If that's the case I vote Pray. That thing is useful as hell.

>>29201916
>Save it.
"Doesn't seem to be much point in having classes if abilities have cooldowns so long you never want to use them."
>>29201957
>QM is an idiot, but nevermind.
We're a jack-of-all-trades, we don't really need raw power yet.
If you offered us a way to reduce cooldowns, though, I'd jump on that in a heartbeat.

>QM is an idiot, but nevermind.

>>29201957
Level up Preach and Bow, then. AoE attacks will be useful.

>>29201957
I think we're happy with what we chose. Let's not retcon and slow it down, eh?
Also, what do you think of putting the level up 'screen' in the pastebin for us to figure out ahead of time?

>>29202002
>>29201998
>>29201969
>>29202010 (Yeah, I'll do something for that, definitely.)

You decide to save the last point of exp for now. "Let's go."

While you were looking at your mirror, the other two were scouting around a bit, clambering over the ruins and trying to work out which way to go.

"I have no idea where we are in relation to the city," Trish says. "We can either follow the wall around and just climb over whatever's in our way." She gestures back towards where you fell out out of the tunnel. "Or we can head straight ahead between these buildings."

>Follow the wall.
>Straight ahead.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29201957
I think we should save a point to spend on buying a new ability instead of leveling the base ones up since they only cost three exp anyway and are probably much better

>>29202082
>Straight ahead

>>29202082
>>Straight ahead.

>>29202082
>Straight ahead.

>>29202082
Forward, ho!

>>29202093
They're probably different rather than better. I'd ask around to see what they do before buying it.

>>29202095
>>29202116
>>29202120
You set off between the ruined buildings. There doesn't seem to be any way inside them, doorways and windows are either hopelessly crushed of full of rock.

You walk slowly and carefully, you and Shrike with your bows ready. If you can see the stalkers before you're in range, you can just pick them off. Trish says she'll try and get between you and the tongues, since your bows are more useful than your daggers. It's the best strategy you have for now.

After a little while, Shrike calls a halt. "There," he says softly. Another lizard.

>Shoot it. (DC 65)
>Let Shrike shoot it first.
>Use ability.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

Rolled 86

>>29202197
>>Shoot it. (DC 65)

>>29202197
>Let shrike go first

Rolled 49

>Shoot it. (DC 65)

>>29202197
Let's have both of us shoot it at the same time.

>>29202197
>Shoot it. (DC 65)
We're the better shot, I think.

Rolled 35

>>29202197
shoot it

Rolled 46

>>29202220
forgot roll.

>>29202197
Look for others. We don't want another ambush situation.

>>29202216
>>29202225
>>29202222 (Yep)

You loose an arrow, catching the stalker completely off-guard. You're not sure if you're doing more damage, as it doesn't die, but the bow feels a bit lighter, pulls a bit smoother. You think, anyway, it's so hard to quantify anything in this game; it could just be your imagination.

Shrike finishes it off and it falls down somewhere behind a building.

You have slain moss stalker.

Shrike nods in satisfaction. And turns his attention back to the other buildings.

>Leave the path to loot the corpse.
>Ignore the corpse.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29202300
>>Leave the path to loot the corpse.

>>29202300
>leave path to loot corpse

>>29202300
>>Leave the path to loot the corpse.
Have Trish loot it while the two of us cover her.

>>29202300
>Leave the path to loot the corpse.

>>29202315
>>29202318
>>29202334
"Where are you going?" Trish whispers, as you veer off.

>"Nevermind, force of habit."
>Tell her about the shards.
>"I just want my arrow back. I'll be fine."
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29202377
>"I just want my arrow back. I'll be fine."

Rolled 51

>>29202377
>>Tell her about the shards.

>>29202377
>"I just want my arrow back. I'll be fine."

>>29202377
>>"I just want my arrow back. I'll be fine."

>>29202377
>Arrow retrieval

>>29202377
>>Tell her about the shards.

>>29202377
"Going to get my arrow."

Make a mental note to see if animal followers in this game are a thing, and if we can teach them to fetch loot and ammo.

>>29202394
>>29202400
"We can't stop for every arrow," Shrike says. "If you run out, you can have some of mine. This place is getting on my nerves."

>"Then wait here." Get shard and arrows by yourself.
>Spill the beans.
>Fine, let's go.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29202457
>Fine, let's go.
Poor diddums.

>>29202457
>"Sorry, wait here." Get shard and arrows by yourself.

>>29202457
>>Fine, let's go.

Whatever. We already have 6 of the shards, if we reveal it to them they'll want a cut.

>>29202457
>Fine

Rolled 16

>>29202457
>>Fine, let's go.

>>29202457
"You can't exactly fire crossbow bolts from a longbow, Shrike."

>>29202457
"let's go"

>>29202494
he uses a bow a lot like ours if i remember correctly

>>29202494
Pretty sure he gave it to Trish.

>>29202507
>>29202513
Shh! You know that, and I know that, but Shrike doesn't seem like the sharpest spear in the armory, so if we just state it plainly, maybe he'll just kind of blank it out.

>>29202541
That makes no sense. Why state it in the first place?

>>29202583
To be a bully.

>>29202583
More or less >>29202606.

>>29202469
>>29202481
You venture on among the ruined buildings, and you realise you can see the opposite wall of the cavern.

"There's one." You spot a stalker, but almost as soon as the words leave your mouth, it quietly moves away. The three of you spot others, but now the creatures give you a very wide berth, and soon you cease seeing any.

You eventually cross the cavern in its entirety, and as you're walking past a building, you see a red thread caught in a crack of stone. It's beautiful. You know what it is. You snatch it, almost without thinking.

You've acquired a Piece of Arcadia. Simple as that. Nothing happens, and the others don't notice.

You clutch it in your hand as you approach the wall of the cavern. There's a round opening about a two feet in diameter.

"They all went through there?" Trish asks. "There has to be another way."

>Search about.
>The tunnel is clearly the way forward, go that way.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.

>>29202661
"Maybe we should scout it out, at least?"

>Search about.

>>29202661
>>Search about.

>>29202661
>Search around

>>29202661
>Search about.

>>29202681
>>29202680
>>29202679
You split up, but don't go far, keeping everyone within line of sight. Maybe the stalkers have gone, and maybe they haven't.

The cavern wall seems pretty solid to you, and your resigning yourself to a long crawl in the dark when the thread in your hand wriggles like a live thing. You might even have dropped it, if the idea of dropping it, leaving it behind, abandoning it, wasn't one of the most horrible and painful ideas you've ever refused to consider.

There's a door. In one of the buildings. It's the most intact one you've seen so far. You can see the other Piece of Arcadia in your pocket, too, almost humming.

>Call the others over.
>Approach the door with the thread.
>Move away.
>Write in.
>Quit Arcadia.