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How powerful are chain attacks
What parts are good at boosting them?

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>>76162723
Chain attacks on melee weapons are fucking brutal.

Chain attack on anything with dismember is OP.

Chain attack on Meat Snake is crazy because you get to reroll a bad roll.

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>>76162495
>-New 3rd Party Classes!

Is this one third party?

>>76162769
Digital River

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>>76162495
I hope we get Storytime in this thread.

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>>76162495
What's your relationship with your Necromancer like?

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>>76162940
She looks like the Borg from Star Trek the next generation except all the metal and plastic bits have been replaced with plant bits.

>>76162769
More file named jokes please.

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>>76162495
how about new OP picture from the new Fran

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>>76163124
Post them if you got em.

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>>76162495
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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>>76163768
Cheers!

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>>76163785
Sauce?

>>76163845
The Citadel. Real Nechronica-like wolfenstein-clone vidya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbu1uFduwHI

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>>76163014
>What's your relationship with your Necromancer like?

I bring her heads from the outside.
She give me syringes full of love.
I love my Necromancer.

>>76163927
Damn. Your right.

Right down to your anime looking enemies crawling around helplessly once they've been reduced to a head shoulder arms and entrails.

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>>76163983
>I bring her heads from the outside.
>She give me syringes full of love.
>I love my Necromancer.

This makes me sad.
So does this.

>>76164120
>Hi, this is doekuramori. I'm the creator of The Citadel. Thank you for playing and your feedback on the game. I will try in the future to make games with more variety and the feedback in mind. However there is one thing that is absolutely wrong. I am not guro artist. This is not a guro fetish game. Lately there have been many comments accusing me of being a nasty person and attacking me. This isn't true. I am not guro artist, I don't make guro works or doujin. My interests are Touhou, Lost in Abyss and biomechanism. I also very like dark themes and games that have dark themes and oppressive feeling. I hope you can see it now. Not guro. I am interested in biomechanism, like how people will merge with machines in the future. And what kind of conception that will make, like Ghost In The Shell meets H.R. Giger. It's strange aesthetic and I think creates interesting image. But it's not guro. The Citadel features gibbing and violence because I identified that as a big part of the aesthetic of classic retro shooter. Ultra violence. Because I draw anime style, I interpret that through the way I draw. It is not "fetish". It is inspired by those old games, and also newer games which are influence by that old style, like Shadow Warrior 2. I was quite interested by the gibbing and gore system in Shadow Warrior because it's like how old brutality meets new technology that allows use of physics with gib system. Again, not because it is sexual. I am proud of what I achieve with The Citadel game, even if it is not perfect, but now I receive many comments and mean messages after watching video from people accusing me of being a dangerous freak who only wants to hurt girls. It's not my intention. Please understand.

>>76164235
Well no. I'm not into guro.

But in Nechronica things, especially dolls and Savants, don't die when they are torn open or partially dismembered.

So in combat you often have situation s where some poor sod or other is making due with half a body, no head, no arms, or some of massive physical trauma.

You don't see that often depicted in video games.

You did a good job.

>>76164235

Gore doesn't do anything for me sexually. In fact it's a huge turn off.

I'm just impressed with the way you managed to depict beings put together with parts from different sources and materials, and also depict them when they are partially or mostly taken apart.

>>76164235
Dude your sxf and sprite work are awesome.

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>>76163014
Strained.
They keep going on about fate death and somesuch bullshit.
Always out of reach appearing only in waking dreams before vanishing into thin air yet again
Simultaneously acting in an antagonistic mentor like and subtly manipulative fashion.
We to our sister seem aimless but to them we suspect we are acting as planned
We greatly distrust the hand of fate that is manipulating us

>>76162495
Why does there seem to be a higher ratio of female players with obscure weeb rpgs?

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>>76162495
>-Gravel Storytime!
Hope we get more.

>>76163983
>>76164507
Tell me more please.

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>>76164551

I've yet to meet a single female player of GM (Necromancer) for this game.

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>>76162990
The GM and I are scheduled to work on more of the Coleo Storytime tomorrow night, so expect some of that to be popping up this weekend.

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>>76162723
What do you mean by boosting chain attacks? I think Horn is the only part in the vanilla the game that can increase an attack's chain number or give an attack Chain 1 if it didn't have Chain.

>>76163124
>how about new OP picture from the new Fran

Sure I'd love to see some examples of good OP pics from the new Fran.

Please post them.

>>76164235
A better view of the Architecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQtcAYzAID8

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>>76166098
Thank you.

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What are your top wholesome and top action moments in Nechronica lads?


I want to know what I could be in for if I find a game.

I know there will also be plenty of madness and downers.

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Have any characters in the game that you play talked about their philosophy?

Coleo recently summed up what she thinks life is in a scene.

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>>76162495
Post body horror.

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>>76166847
Good stuff

>>76164235
Fucking goddam Twitter warriors

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Not all dolls consume, but among those who do.

Some dolls love their nanopaste,
others swear by vinegar,
Still more are pleased with classic raw meat or a blended tender meat juice.

What are the staples, treats, and favored drinks of your dolls?

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>>76166169
Kinda quick and dirty because I'm typing this while I get ready for work:
>Port Campaign
>Action moments
My first Nechronica campaign ended with us decoupling a lifeboat from the side of a space station.
While the station was in free fall
And we were between the station and Earth.
And also the station was a hundred mile wide disk.

By the time we got out from under it you could make out individual trees. And I only made the last piloting check because my character had the Albino part and the DM let me leverage it for the roll [other parts I'd been using broke under prior hazards in the flight, like the 500 year old circuitry frying itself and sending an arch through my Doll's combat stim pump].

>wholesome
We befriended another Doll's happy memories, if that makes sense.

We saved another doll who had been locked in a stasis tube and added her to the party.

We found my character's robot dad and repaired him back to proper function.

We rescued a Savant who had been part of an old group of one of our player characters (not an actual group, but the story was they had been adventuring some time before the campaign) which resulted in chaste /u/ shenanigans.
You could also put this encounter under Action, because we had to blow off a portion of her face to destroy her muzzle, which activated her Final Form and actually let us speak with her (once we killed all the gargoyle constructs which were essentially cattleprodding her into a mad frenzy).

>other Campaign
My character has several close friends and a very doting father, so lots of wholesome. And lots of hugs because she has six arms so why not, y'know.

We did get into a rooftop combat involving Wyatt Earp, a samurai, and five or six other gunslingers while seven stories off the ground or so. That was fun.

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Bumping with a more traditional necromancer.
And now that I think about it, a Nechronica game set in a more traditional sword and sorcery setting might be good fun. Would require a more deft hand than mine to keep the mood proper though.

>>76163014
Port's relationship with hers was mostly ambivlanent. She thought of it as a machine that needed fixing rather than a being with any true agency (which was mostly correct, it turned out).
When the party finally got a chance to confront it face-to-face they made clear that what it was doing wasn't going to lead anywhere good and its methodologies would need to be changed. It responded with:
>You are correct
>Here is the entirety of the data my efforts have borne so far.
>take it and do with it as you will
>Now please evacuate, as I am about to crash this space station with no survivors
And then it crashed the space station with no survivors.
Port continued the project post-campaign, and the party managed to carve out a small fief where other Dolls could live in relative safety.

Coleo's never met her Necromancer.

I ran a short, three game campaign where the Necromancer was actually a good dude, which I've covered here before. He took in and fixed broken undead and gave them a place to stay. He wanted to eventually quell the other cruel necromancers who used their subjects as slaves, but the events of the campaign ultimately crushed his ambitions.

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>>76163768
A full gothic is a happy gothic. Though it's probably best not to ask what what exactly did she eat.

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>>76162723
Does a minigun/chaingun part exist in Nechronica? I see a part for a machine gun but no explicit heavy chaingun
Would Shooting Attack 1 + Area Attack + chain attack X be reasonable for it as a part used by horrors/savants

>>76173737

It could work as an enemy only part. Most shit can work as enemy only parts as long as its something the PCs can avoid, mitigate, or kill before it does too much damage. That gun having Chain 1 would make it do as much damage as Undead Gun but with an extra roll, Chain 2 does more if you land all 3, Chain 3 is just unlikely unless you have a high enough check bonus, and a bonus that high is likely to get multiple crits so it might not be a terribly good idea. Also AP cost and range could be mitigating factors to how dangerous it is. So the answer is, it probably won't destroy your players unless you get lucky and give it a high chain.

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>>76173737
>Does a minigun/chaingun part exist in Nechronica?
Not RAW.
Undead Gun is a bunch of shotguns strapped together, so I don't think it would be out of the question to fluff it as a minigun if you wanted, or if it was an enemy part and you wanted to emphasize ROF and walking fire then you could just chop one AP off the cost and let it rip.

You could just tack a chain attack on if you wanted, but imo chain attacks work better to represent things happening in a flurry, all at once. Sustained dakka works better with lower AP costs instead, imo.

>>76177622
Undead gun with more range sounds like a bullet hose with a mind numbing rate of fire to me too.

>>76167522
Mine likes coffee. Very sweet coffee.

>>76169166
Thank you anon.

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>>76177809
How do they get their coffee and cream?

>>76179657
By feeding spare dolls into a micro-disassembler/reassembler array. Duh.

The more accumulated suffering, the darker the roast. You need Alices on hand if you want cream though. It's a hassle, but less inconvenient than doing it the old fashioned way.

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>>76177809
Nice to see some people liking vietnamese coffees
Now how do you get good quality pho in a world as mouldy and decaying as Nechronica‘s

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Nier automata and Nechronica give me serious vibes off each other
Dolls are basically on a similar power level to YoRHa units

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>>76183922
>Nier automata
You will never 2B's B cups.

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>>76183922
Its a different feel but
Art In Times Of Anger
does a lot of potential horror and doll art https://artintimesofanger.tumblr.com/

Are the hinder move parts good for making sure enemies don't flee?

>>76183773
This thread is making me hungry.

>>76186001

Hinder moves are really handy to have when needed, either for enemies trying to move away or towards you or away from you. It also lets you stop teammates from getting moved by enemies.

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>>76184676
Nice.

>>76183922
YoRHas are too clean and pretty to be in Nechronica.

>>76166346
Forz's catchphrase is her entire philosophy resumed in two words.
Just meat.
Corpses aren't scary because they're just meat, and meat can't hurt you. Savants aren't that big of a deal because they're just meat, and meat can be torn apart. Emotions don't matter because she is just meat and meat doesn't feel pain.
She chafes a lot with the other girls who are hellbent in proving they're not dead and they're *real* against all evidence where .

>>76163014
The Necromancer is likely just another doll seeding corpses all around for the hell of it. Forz originally just found her annoying (and idly wanted to tear out her third eye to keep it as a chew toy) but after she learned the necromancer was bragging about being the only real human (Forz finds "grownups" disgusting for some reason) and was grooming her favorite sister she's grown to coldly hate her. Doesn't help that somebody sort-of joked that they could trade Forz the secrets of necromancy in exchange for s living human, and she takes everything seriously.

>>76189192
Is she a Junk?

>>76190244
I made her a Holic by accident but if I could I'd change her to an Automaton even if all the Automaton skills are fuckin garbo. Junk could be nice but she's been the only one that passes the conversation checks lmao she doesn't need Damaged Goods anymore.
But hey, Antenna and Fury. Nice combo he ha.

>>76190757
Its nice to see interesting examples of characters in the various positions.

What is the story behind Forz's philosophy?

>>76192190
As a Gothic, all she knew before stumbling into the small doll town the game takes place at, all she knew was hunting and eating other mindless undead.
Also, unlike the other dolls, she doesn't have any memories of her life other than a vague sense of disgust towards grown-ups and resentment towards the Necromancer.
She'd very much rather go back to being a mindless zombie gorging herself in flesh but she's grown attached to the other girls in various ways, even if the others aren't. It's too late for her now.

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>>76163124
This is the only Fran I've got.

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>>76183922
Same with Code Vein.
I haven't played it but my players have told me about it. Pic unrelated.

>>76189192
>Doesn't help that somebody sort-of joked that they could trade Forz the secrets of necromancy in exchange for s living human, and she takes everything seriously.

So wait, which thing does Does have and which one does the Necromancer have in this proposes trade?

>>76192372
>She'd very much rather go back to being a mindless zombie gorging herself in flesh but she's grown attached to the other girls in various ways, even if the others aren't. It's too late for her now.

What make her pine for her past as a lone hunter ans eatter of flesh?
Is part of it that she wants to go back to an existence that is familiar and makes sense to her?

>>76192372
>She'd very much rather go back to being a mindless zombie gorging herself in flesh but she's grown attached to the other girls

>It's too late for her now.

"You can't go home again" can go in some strange directions in Nechronica.

>>76192873
Forz believes the necromancer is human, so she thinks she can beat her to a pulp and trade her to the doll in exchange for the secrets of necromancy. The doll that made the offer collects body parts (and weapons) and jokingly claimed she's another necromancy when Forz asked what does she do with all of them, and she took it seriously half because of idle curiosity and half because of an existential doubt. What will she do once she's taken all te meat? What is it for? What's the point of hoarding all of it?
Those doubts are why she wishes she could go back to being just another hungry undead. No need to think, no need to doubt herself, no need to feel jealous about other dolls getting close to her sister, envious about her two sisters already in a relationships or insecure about being judged for being a gore-coated cannibal fiend.

Has anyone here ever run a dungeon crawl using Nechronica?

I'm wondering how well the system can handle such a thing.

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Here is a fun hypothetical
Your current Nechronica party unknowingly enters a portal to the matoran universe
How would the dolls react to such a different and strange world
How do they handle the incredibly mixed reactions of fear horror and curiosity among the denizens
Once they realise they are stuck in a place with little to no undead to scavenge parts from with no way home how do they handle things
>Overall how do they fare?
>Some cool music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5T1qL0qAI

>>76196917
>matoran universe

When you put forward something like this it is generally good practise to describe and summarize the important points of the setting as though you were asking this to a room full of people who had no idea what the setting your question involves is.

You'll get much better results this way.

Infor instance have no idea what Matora, Matora, or Matoran is as a setting so I can't answer your question.

>>76197715
whelp made this >>76196917
post on a mobile device while half asleep

>>76196917
Is this some fan-made lego bionicle setting with like 3 and a half novels worth of fiction about it floating around somewhere online?

>>76197715
matoran universe equals mata nui robot and land above it
HUGE lore vid here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlU6I5VXG8

>>76186001
If you mean stopping Savants from escaping the battlefield, they can be, but if the GM wants the savant to escape, she'll probably have something like Adhesive Pads or Hopper so her attempt to flee can't be prevented with a Hinder Move.
Typically, what I've seen done is applying the same rules to Savants as to PCs (but on the opposite end of the battlefield), meaning the Savant has to use a Move maneuver while she's in Tartarus to try to flee, then succeed at an Action Check to actually get away. So even if a Hinder Move isn't helpful against that, a standard Hinder can prevent her escape roll from succeeding. You just, you know, have to be in range to Hinder her, which for most of the good Hinders means you have to be in Tartarus too.

>>76196917
Stop making everything about bionicle you total autist. You've been doing this all over the boards for fucking ever.

>>76199036
Dude. Chill.

I don't care about Bionacle either but this anon has only made a hand full of posts, it's not quite time to breakout the pitchforks or carefully worded letters.

>>76196917
You stay.
I go.
No following.

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>tfw you win condition is also your loss condition
I made a hard choice tonight, lads.

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>>76192873
>Code Vein
Code Vein and Nechronica take a lot of the same cues. Super anime, the collection of lost memories, being transformed into a monster, mad science. Though in CV there's quite a bit less body horror.

Good soundtrack too.

>>76196917
I feel like it kind of depends on how hard you lean into the 'bio' portion of Bionicle. Dolls -can- incorporate mechanical parts if they want/try hard enough but IIRC Bionicles do include biological components as well. Or that might have been a movie thing.

>>76202339
Following up on this, have you anons ever been given a legitimately hard choice by your DMs? Like something seriously impactful to the overall story of the game.

>>76202984
>Following up on this, have you anons ever been given a legitimately hard choice by your DMs? Like something seriously impactful to the overall story of the game.

Yes, however the GM didn't explain it well, so my character ended up using their one time use godlike power to shake the villain like a ragdoll for a single turn instead of do something more useful like rewind time 72 hours with preserved knowledge and prevent things from going to shit in the first place.

>>76183773
What makes this coffee vietnamese?

>>76203952
its not definitely vietnamese, but its certainly french in origin

>>76163124
>the new Fran
The what now?

>>76197930
Thank you.
If it wasn't 2020 I'd listen to this in chunks during my long commute.

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>>76192190

>Its nice to see interesting examples of characters in the various positions.

It's more fun to play characters that don't cleave 100% to their position.

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>>76204408
https://mangadex.org/title/38049/franken-fran-frantic

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Would Alraune and Psychadelic combine well?

What sort of positives a part can bring would justify being offset by the part also lowering your max AP while unbroken?

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>>76210833
>Alraune and Psychadelic
some sort of spooky flower-themed girl? I wonder

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>>76213791
Maybe something like this?

Can I get the thoughts of other Anons on this as a part for dolls?

How much do non undead come up in Nechronica games?
Have the sisters in a game you’ve played ever met a fully alive biological human

>>76210833
Mushroom trip-chan.

>>76214582
My character's sub-objective is to find one to kill them.

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>>76214406
Having parts that reduce AP is kinda really iffy because putting yourself down in the initiative for situational boosts has a very real possibility of just gimping your influence on a combat. You're effectively trading Kung Fu, Animal Ears, and Adrenaline in exchange for a blanket Defend 1. That's nice if you're dealing with a bunch of chip damage all the time but what if you just don't get attacked one turn? That's a use of Meat Snake or Remote Attack or whatever that doesn't happen in exchange for your defend that didn't get used, and in Nechronica a 6 damage that didn't happen or a Stagger that wasn't triggered can have pretty gnarly knock on effects down the line.

I could see this as a custom part specifically made for a certain campaign, but in my honest opinion I would make this ability function like Waltz. Rapid, lasts the duration of the turn, and costs 3 to activate. Otherwise you're taking a severe chunk out of your Max AP.

>>76214582
I have been involved in one (1) game where the party encountered living humans outside of a memory, and it was pic related.
The party woke up in a bunker complex as a human army was bearing down on their necromancer. The party's main goal was simply to escape the combat area, but they encountered enemy combatants over the course of the adventure.

Pic related was a hapless contractor they captured early on and pumped for exposition. Just about everyone else they met were hostile soldiers.

>>76216093
It would also give all your other defend parts +1 and turn Crab legs or Gauntlet into passive defend 2 on the legs or arms.

>>76215891 Is this Forz or a different character?

>>76214406
>Start the game with a max AP of 6.

How would you make this viable?

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>>76216785
Yes, that's her.

>>76216821
You really don't. Closest I think is a Court/Gothic that abuses cheap/0 cost Supports/Hinders with Delight in Corruption but otherwise I have no idea.

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Hell yeah, we had our first session last night and I had a blast. Wish we had a fourth to play with, though, since a lot of the weight to make the game fun seems to be on the players

I'm playing a Holic with a Limiter and Antenna so it'll probably be a while before she goes completely unhinged. Chainsaws are very fun, very gorey.

My friend seems kinda miffed that we're all Range 0, but I think it could be interesting. I'm not too concerned about numbers, I just wanna be able to do and witness cool, freaky shit. Can't wait to Calamity my sisters' heads off!!

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>>76218357
The only part that worries me there is irresponsible use of calamity.

Glad you are having fun.

Congratulations on getting a game!

Can you tell us about your first session?

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>>76162495

How do you fluff spirit attacks?
Given that they inflict madness I imagine it can take a wide variety of forms.

But I'm drawing a blank on what to do with them story wise.

>>76218737
Forcing up horrific memories, Attacking your will to live, killing hope, etc

I tend to just fluff it as "Emotional damage" rather than Sanity Damage

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>>76218568
Our group's a girl made in the likelihood of the parlangua, a rotting plant-thing infested full of zombie butterflies and a girl with a collar that says Cerberus and a tail but no ears. She immediately starts feeling inadequate that the lizard has _actual_ teeth and claws fitting for a beast, on top of being naturally bigger than her.
Our Necromancer's some green sickly thing trapped inside some nuclear research facility - we saw her (it?) touch a nuclear reactor's core and fade away into nothing before hearing a voice in our heads telling us to take her to the stars. What the fuck?

Highlights include getting to roll a conversation check without uttering a word when the lizard and dog both find themselves dropping on all fours to sweep the place, my character got irritated for a second before realizing they both had had the same instinctual reaction. We also saw the ghost of one of those elevator-operating ladies in an elevator full of zombie corpses preserved with formaldehyde. She was creepy but nice! She asked us something but we didn't understand since her mouth was a gaping black hole and no sound came out, but our plant sis realized she must have been asking where we wanted to go.

The elevator took us into some ancient parking lot full of car carcasses, there was a houndmaster Savant waiting for us with a three-headed dog called Cerberus, a funny coincidence since that's what I called my character too.
She was waiting for us and wanted to disassemble us, we had a Spine stand-off since we all three were incredibly slow compared to her riding the dog. The houndmaster was trying to be cute and play hit-and-run using her mobility and range (Rapid movement's no joke, made us all waste an attack), but after her Rapid movement was down for the turn we just ganked the shit out of her.

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>>76219137
Our sorta-alraune dunked on her with a Meat Whip crit, then I promptly learned that Limiter is fucking strong by making her eat two free Fury-boosted chainsaw attacks back to back (thanks, Count order. Thanks, Antenna and Judgment!). Seriously, I can't get over how fucking fun using a chainsaw to hack off rotting flesh feels; I know how to use one in real life, but it's not that fun by comparison.
Anyways, we just decimated her into a talking head and she surrenders, offering to help us if we spare her life. We talk it out and agree; two of us already hate our Necromancer, but my dog is subservient to her (naturally), so we'll see. For now one of us gets to wear the Houndmaster's severed head as a part around our torso, so that's going to be fun.

Yeah, I don't know what the FUCK is going on but I'm liking it so far. It was a learning experience, especially for the flow of combat.

>>76214406

It'd be a dogshit part for a doll. It'd take multiple reinforcements to mitigate the downside, or you just play a Stacy/Gothic and play regen tank. The problem with that is you're actively doing even less than such a build normally does and potentially annoying the GM by making 1 damage attacks completely pointless. It's an enemy only part for a reason.

>>76218737
>Playing a song that inflicts madness through some method
>Hallucinations
>Attacks specifically created by necromancers to make a doll feel pain and thus take madness
>Makes them hear things they never want to hear from their sisters
>Make particularly disturbing noises, such as torturing another doll or mimicking the screams of prior victims
>Disturbing attacks such as having maggots burst out of the PC after they've taken a hit from an enemy.
>Horrific creatures making lewd/obscene gestures/motions. A dozen faces moaning in ecstasy as you strike the monster is going to shake most people.

>>76210833
Not that much but that's more a consequence of Psychadelic being a bit too much of a burden due to lacking a reinforcement part. If we're still gonna talk homebrew, the blast from the past version can enjoy some synergy due to having a bit more of a support bend. That combo is never going to be terribly good at combat unless you take holic, but an Alice might be able to manage something like grabbing Chameleon, Prayer, Growth and Pawn's gambit to turn invisible to hide until the PCs get their madness removal and repairs, and just shuffle shit around with pawn's gambit when it hits your count.

>>76219233
>It's an enemy only part for a reason.

I literally made that part up and then took a screenshot of it.

Its not on the wiki anywhere.
and if there is a enemy only apart with the same name then that is a coincidence.

>>76214406
Give it to psychedelics for free.

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>>76219566
>tank psychedelic's AP by 3
Do not bulli the brainy zombies

>>76218737
In one case I had them feel farther and farther away from everything that's going on. This changed all their fetter effects temporarily to dependant as well.
Dolls that went heartbroken around this reanimated pond of gore eventually became like statues.
The doll was still functioning and their body was still standing, their minds were just kind of forced into a state of careless unmoving fuege.
The two survivors came back later with a working car they found, and started rushing into the danger zone, grabbing dolls, and rushing back out again.
Then they hid all the strangers in a cave, and are looking for something to make their sisters want to respond to things again.
They will be meeting their new sisters next session.

>>76219751
But with a passive defend 1 they are so much more bullyable.
After all the best bullying targets can't fight back effectively, and take a lot of abuse.

>>76219841
I hope they put signs around the gore pond.

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>>76219218
>For now one of us gets to wear the Houndmaster's severed head as a part around our torso, so that's going to be fun.

So is she hanging off a belt loop or dangling on your front like a clock off of Flava Flav's neck?

>>76202339
What happened?

>>76214406
Tier 1 part, and a really suboptimal one.

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>>76216736
It's still basically putting 20-30 favor worth of AP parts up in smoke for mediocre gains.

>>76220663
I don't want to get too specific because I plan on story timing the events of the game either tonight or tomorrow, but I essentially was forced to choose between my own character's happiness and the party's freedom.

bump

>>76223663
Looking forward to it.

>>76214406
Would reducing the AP drain to -2 make it viable?

>>76229891
Anything that will drain AP will usualy be rather bad, so I'd still say no. It's effectively still 2 parts that you need to dedicate to it just to not have a net negative.

>>76230404
Or a tier three like extra head.

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>>76171762
>Coleo's never met her Necromancer.

Shhhh. Nobody correct him.

>>76229891

Making it viable just makes it a pain in the dick for the GM as someone with that and protect completely invalidates 1 damage attacks. Gauntlet/Crab legs can already be pretty annoying as those attacks have a 60-70% chance of doing nothing. So for someone looking to play a "tank" type of deal, they'll love it, most others won't want it and making it "viable" will just make the problems it brings more prevalent.

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>>76234593
I keep telling you, Jiminy is pure!

Though the idea of a cat or other pet becoming a necromancer and designing an ultra-realistic world sim just for the sake of having a loving owner again is an interesting mix of amusing and sad.

>>76219137
How did your group get put together?

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>>76223663
>>76227982
At long last, finally freed from the shackles of my work week, storytime can begin!

This was originally pitched as a one-shot, but it wound up being split into two sessions. Characters were pre-generated by the GM, minus memory fragments and fetters which were rolled once the players had chosen which characters they wanted to play.

Only three of the six characters feature prominently in the story, since there were only three players, but I'm going to go ahead and dump their info real quick anyway since it'll help a bit with understanding what's going on.

Also: there was quite a bit of 'note-passing' in this game between the GM and players. I'm going to include this content in spoilered text, but if you want to experience the game as it was played, WITHOUT SPOILERS, then you should avoid the spoilered text. This includes memory fragments and fetters in the info dump, as we weren't completely privy to each other's sheets at the beginning of the game.
If you do want to read through without spoilers, I would recommend going back afterward and looking through them for added context, as there's quite a bit of meat to them.

I'll post up the extra characters first:

First:
>Name: Mars
>Age: 15
>Height: 5'5"
>Position: Court
>Class: Thanatos/Requiem
>Treasure: Glasses

>Position Skills:
>Scapegoat
>Restraint

>Class: Skills
>God of Death
>Drama of Death
>Concentration

>Reinforcements:
>Reason: +1 AP
>Antenna
>Trusty Hatchet: Action, 2 AP, Range 0, Melee Attack 2 + Dismember, +1 to Attack Check
>Metal Case
>Subdermal Mesh: Damage, 0 AP, Range 0, Defend 1

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>>76238783
>Name: Teppe
>Age: 15
>Height: 5'9"
>Position: Holic
>Class: Baroque
>Treasure: Diary

>Position Skills:
>Drawn to Tartarus
>Insane Swiftness

>Class: Skills
>Mutated Being
>Battle Haze [Refluffed Mad Demon]
>Super Strength

>Reinforcements:
>Ears [+1 AP]
>Heart
>Tail
>Animal Legs
>Talons: Action, 2 AP, Range 0. Unarmed 2 + Chain 1

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>>76238957
>Name: Laus
>Age: 16
>Height: 6'1"
>Position: Automaton
>Class: Gothic
>Treasure: Trading Card

>Position Skills:
>Foes are Foes
>Tears of Blood

>Class Skills:
>Voracity
>Feast of Flesh
>Delight in Corruption

>Reinforcements:
>Sub-Brain [Extra Head]
>Saber Teeth
>Extra Arms
>Laser
>Slime

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>>76239073
Now on to the chosen player characters:
>Name: Ethwyn
>Age: 15
>Height: 5'9"
>Position: Alice
>Class: Stacy/Baroque
>Treasure: Eiffel [her pet bird]

>Position Skills:
>Undefeatable Heart
>Warm Smile

>Class Skills:
>Protect
>Unfazed
>Regeneration

>Reinforcements:
>Ears [+1 AP]
>Resolve [+1 AP]
>Gentle Face [+1 to Conversation checks]
>Bat [Act., 3 AP, Range 0, Melee Attack 2 + Stagger]
>Bone Shield [AP 0 Def 2]

>Memory Fragments:
>Snow
>Cold, white, airy fragments. You remember days when they fell from the sky and covered everything in pure white. All that falls in this world is black ash. Will there ever be a day when the snow falls again?
>Snacks
>You liked making snacks, and enjoyed watching the happy expression of others while eating it. Even now, you still remember many of the recipes. You wanted to make some for your sisters, but how would you gather the ingredients in this damned world?

>Fetters:
>Shirley: Protective
>Nephele: Rival

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>>76239578
>Name: Shirley
>Age: 14
>Height: 5'2"
>Position: Alice
>Class: Requiem
>Treasure: Family Photo

>Position Skills:
>Healing
>Maiden

>Class Skills:
>Lullaby
>Magic Bullet
>Gun God
>Instrument of Evil

>Reinforcements:
>Boost
>Voice Effect
>Boot Knife
>Practice [+1 AP]
>Recurve Bow [Action, 2 AP, Range 1-2, Shooting Attack 1]

>Memory Fragments:
>Blossoming Love
>Bittersweet memories of pure love. You're not sure who it was you loved, but that feeling certainly remains, waiting quietly within you. The thought of it leaves your body shaking at the loss, even now.
>Sports
>You loved to move your body. Even in desperate conflicts, you may just be happy for the chance to exercise... But this body never tires, never feels pain, and never grows at all. Every sensation is dull. How are you supposed to use it now?

>Fetters:
>Ethwyn: Possessive
>Nephele: Protective

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>>76239765
>Name: Nehpele Clay
>Age: 17
>Height: 5'9"
>Position: Sorority
>Class: Romanesque
>Treasure: Hand Mirror

>Position Skills:
>Prisoner in Limbo
>I Am a Doll

>Class Skills:
>Battle Maiden
>Dance of Death
>Deranged Gears
>Waltz

>Reinforcements:
>Remote Attack
>Adrenaline
>Mecha Tentacle
>Gauntlet
>Cyborg

>Memory Fragments:
>「FAKE」
>______________________________________________________________「FAKE」____________________________________
>「FAKE」
>______________________________________________________________________「FAKE」_________________________________________

>Fetters:
>Ethwyn:「FAKE」
>Nephele:「FAKE」

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>>76240052
And with the info dump done, onto the story proper.
>The year is 2143. The world still enjoys the fruits of scientific progress and unity as mankind studies the computational capabilities of the South Andes Garden-Mold and the philosophical and theological implications of its related applications.
>After the initial Undead Scare, mankind recovered, and a slow normalization of those brought back via Necromancy has begun... however, discrimination and paranoia still run rampant in major population centers, understandably - if unjustly - so.
>The greater world is politically unstable and rests on the precipice of disaster... but that is not your concern.
_ _ _ _

>It is Summer 2143, the party are reanimated youths staying on the isolated land of their blessedly accepting relatives, the Clays. When they first met, they were still human, but even now the Clays care for them. In young Nephele's case, there is an even sympathy.
>The Clays own a large swathe of farmland and forested hills built up over the course of several generations and recently expanded due to certain events. Most Summers spent here are spent exploring their property and generally goofing off, albeit rarely getting into actual trouble.
>Today, the plan was to take Nephele's buggy out to the creek, but...
>...Ethwyn woke up earlier than the others this morning, and noticed the Master Bedroom was silent. Indeed, the entire house was silent, and Mr. and Mrs. Clay were nowhere to be found. This... was odd, because their usual habits would place them performing various tasks about the yard in clear view, and yet they are absent, and their vehicles remain present. Worse, Teppe and Laus are missing as well, though she's yet to check Nephele's room for Mars.
>Even worse, when she thinks back to the last time she saw any of them...
>Ethwyn is dead certain it's been days, and no one said anything about any plans to leave the house.
[1/?]

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>>76240421
>set.Appearance = tired
- - -
>Nephele looks like she's had a sleepless night; baggy eyes, furrowed brow, a bit pasty looking. She's nursing a cup of coffee in one of the living room chairs.
- - -
>Waking up and realizing that something was distinctly very... wrong was not a fun experience for Ethwyn, but realizing what was wrong made it far worse. After going to the window and making sure she wasn't imagining things, Ethwyn hurried over to Shirley's bed and shook her awake a bit abruptly.
>"Shirley... get up, something isn't right."
>Shirley is so fast asleep she might as well be (re)dead if it weren't for the fact she was chewing on her pillow. It takes a moment for Ethwyn to rouse her.
>"Wha? What? What-is-it?" Shirley bolts awake abruptly, climbing her sister like a jungle gym to get upright and rushes over to get dressed while she listens.
>Ethwyn reacts as she always does to Shirley climbing all over her; she doesn't. "The Clay's... they aren't here. Anywhere... and I don't think that they have been for- days, even... I'm not sure why I know that, but I'm certain of it!"
>"Are you sure you didn't just have another nightmare?" Shirley nearly falls as she hops on one leg to get her second sock on. "What do you mean days?" She slips her boots on and gets to tying.
>Ethwyn frowns, hurrying to get dressed as well, and checking on Eiffel in her cage to make sure she was okay. And still blue. Excellent. "Look, I know it sounds crazy, but think about it, when was the last time we saw them? I'm pretty sure it's been days..."
- - -
>Nephele blows on her coffee and takes a tentative sip. "Still too hot..." she grumbles.
[2/?]
Because I forgot to mention it in her info dump; Nephele's mostly cybernetic. Her limbs are all high quality mechanical replacements and her legs taper down to points instead of proper feet.

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>>76240625
- - -
>Shirley gives Ethwyn a sort of look. "Yesterday. Mr. Clay tripped and dumped the mashed potatoes on the floor on his way to the dinner table. Remember?"
>She pinches herself.
>"Ok so I'm not dreaming either." Shirley moves over to look out the window, but it's too early in the morning to see much more than Mr. Clay's truck parked outside under the yard's lamp.
>Ethwyn sighs a bit, shifting from one foot to the other. "Look, I just... maybe I just had a really bad dream and I haven't really woken from it yet, but... I just have a really bad feeling, okay? I feel like I haven't seen Teppe or Laus in awhile either... I'm gonna go check on Nephele and Mars..."
>Shirley hugs Ethwyn "It's going to be fine. I'll go with you." She lets go and follows Ethwyn out of their shared bedroom.
- - -
>Nephele kicks her feet up on the ottoman and sinks deeper into her chair and lets her eyes slide closed. She takes a deep breath in and out through her nose as she savors the smell of her coffee. It doesn't appear to do much for her mood.
- - -
>"Mr. Clay! Mrs. Clay! Neffi! You in the house or did you leave us all to sleep in!?" Shirley yells as she walks down the second-story hallway.
>Nephele's eyes peek open. "I'm downstairs!" she hollers back half-heartedly.
>Hearing Nephele call from downstairs makes Ethwyn release a small sigh of relief... but only a small one, since she only heard Nephele and nobody else.
>Shirley peaks her head into Nephele and Mars' room.
>There's only one bed in here, though there's a stylized N and M carved into the bedpost; Nephele and Mars usually share a bed when Mars is staying at the house.
>The room is neat enough. The bed is made but there are clear signs of life about.
>There's a glint out of the corner of her eye. On Nephele's dresser.
>It's Mars' glasses, neatly folded and set aside. Their bright red frames mark a sharp contrast with the natural wood of the furniture.
[3/?]

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>>76240973
>Shirley snags them up and moves back out into the hallway to check on Laus' and Teppe's room with Ethwyn.
>The room is bare and bereft of any evidence of activity. The beds are made, the floors are clear, and there are no personal effects of either girl to be found except for the 'T' and 'L' carved into the bedposts of either bed to mark their owner.
>"This is getting weird." Shirley says slowly. clearly disconcerted. "What day is it?" She goes to check her phone.
>It is, in fact, the 17th of June. The day after yesterday.
>"I really don't like this..." Ethwyn takes Shirley's hand, hurrying downstairs with her, heading for Nephele.
>"Yeah." Shirley follows. As the pair hits the stairs, Shirley shouts down to the first floor; "Neffi were on our way!"
>Nephele perks up a little as she hears footsteps coming down the stairs. She's mid-sip of her coffee when Ethwyn and Shirley pop into the room. "Morning you two." Her expression shifts from tired to mild confusion. "S'everything OK? It's early for you two."
>"Where is everybody?" Shirley asks.
>Ethwyn shifts from one foot to the other again, twisting her scarf in her hands. "Okay look, this'll sound crazy, I know it, but I swear I'm not dreaming! Mr. and Mrs. Clay aren't here, and I'm positive I haven't seen them in days! And... and Teppe and Laus are missing I think... and I don't know where Mars is either... something doesn't feel right, Nephele..."
>Shirley bobs forward, holding out the glasses. "I found Mars's glasses. But she wasn't there, and the other guest room was cleaned out. Everybody was here when I went to bed last night. Did you stay up all night? Are you ok?"
[4/?]

>>76237760
It's my online group of 4 years, only tabletop group I've ever been in since RPGs are decidedly not a thing where I live. Our DM knows one of the guys in charge of the translation, so bam, there we go. Easy!

To the guy doing storytime, absolutely do keep going, I'll probably read it tomorrow. Here's a bump.

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>>76241179
I'll have to finish it tomorrow anyway, desu. Going to try and get one or two more posts down before I knock out and should be able to post the rest up tomorrow evening/afternoon.

>>76241159
>Nephele's eyes blink blearily. "Ma n' Pa got a call after you two went to bed and had to head over to Tarver's Town." She sighs. "One of their friends is in end-of-life it sounds like. And she's not interested in a revival either. Which I guess suits her. Mrs. Miller was always a real spiritual lady when I was a kid. I guess she still is." Her eyebrows quirk abruptly as Shirley presents her with Mars' glasses.
>"Eh? Did Mars leave these here?" She blinks, taking the object from Shirley's hand. "I sure hope these are her spares."
>These glasses aren't supposed to be here.
>They're cold in her hands. Too cold.
>No... your hands just feel number. It is a trick of perception.
>It hurts to hold them.
>"They take the other girls with them?" Shirley asks. "What's kept you up all night? Was there a storm? Should we make breakfast? Are you hungry?"
>Ethwyn frowns, brow furrowing as she processes Nephele's answer. "But... I'm sure I haven't seen them in... and that doesn't tell me where Teppe and Laus are, and-" She bites her lip, and reaches up to gently pet Eiffel on her shoulder. "Something doesn't make sense here..."
>"Take them- What?" Nephele pushes Shirley back a little bit, patting her head like only an older sister can. She takes another sip of coffee and clips Mars' glasses to the collar of her pajama shirt, looking something like a disgruntled office worker from the newspaper funnies. "Girls. It's just us here. Last time the others were here was Easter." Her expression softens noticeably. "Are you two feeling all right?"
[5/?]

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>>76241315
-That's right. Mars disappeared. A long time ago, she just vanished one day, without saying goodbye.
-There was no notice or warning. Your charge was simply there one day, then gone the next.
-You don't know what happened to her. You know you don't know what happened to her, and you got new charges afterward but...
>Ethwyn inhales sharply at this. "Easter... but..." She fell silent, wringing her scarf even more furiously in her hands as she tried to think back.
>Why was she so sure they were missing? Why was she so sure she hadn't seen the Clays in days? That they hadn't so much as mentioned an intent to leave?
-That blurry memory. Why did she look at you like that?
-Those glasses are hers.
-They aren't spares at all.
-Those glasses aren't supposed to be here...
-but they were exactly where you left them.
-Cold in your hands...? No, your hands are just numb.
-Nephele's heart is aching.
>"Easter. Easter?!" Shirley's eyes go wide. "Oh god... This is bad. We need to see a professional. None of us are on the same page. Maybe this is undead alzheimers or something and we're patient zeros."
>Ethwyn grumbled to herself and immediately turns around and started for the front door taking a firm hold of her bat on the way, intent on checking out the outside for... something.
>Nephele clamps down gently on Shirley's shoulders to keep the girl from bouncing off the walls. "Shirley, Shirley. Everything's fine." She giggles gently. "I was going to offer you some of the coffee but maybe some of ma's tea would do you better." She blinks as Ethwyn stalks towards the door. "Do you... want any breakfast? I can whip up some eggs."
>"Sis. Sis! We shouldn't separate if we're losing touch with reality. We might forget eachother or something!" Shirley says as Ethwyn goes. She pops up and down on the balls of her feet nervously then looks up into Neffi's eyes. It's a pleading look.

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>>76241365
>"Oh my- Shirley you are not losing your grip on reality!" Nephele rolls her eyes hard enough to tilt the sky. "What has got the two of you worked up this morning?"
>Ethwyn suddenly whips around, pointing at Nephele. "Something is -wrong- and I'm going to find out what. If you want to just sit around you can..." She trails off, looking at Shirley for a moment before sighing heavily, seemingly deflating. "But if something is wrong, then separating probably is a bad idea, yeah..."
>"We just told you Neffi," Shirley pleads. "As far as I know everyone was here last night. All eight of us. But Sis thinks they've been missing for days now. You said it's only been the five of us."
>"Well I know you told me but- The other girls haven't been here in weeks and Ma n' Pa just didn't want to wake you up. I-" Nephele shrugs helplessly. "I don't know why you two would think they've been here. It's just been us an the folks since Summer started."
>"That's -just not- what I remember Neffi," Shirley says quietly but firmly and with dread. "That's why I'm scared."
>Ethwyn grits her teeth, and walks up to Nephele, deliberately invading her personal space. Eiffel chirps at her disapprovingly as well - or at least that's how Ethwyn interprets it. "Where is Mars then? If everything is fine and it's just been us, and Mr. and Mrs. Clay just went to Tarver's Town, then where, exactly, is Mars?"
>Nephele blinks, uncomprehending. "I- I just said she hasn't been here. I'm not even sure where you found her glasses because her parents haven't called Pa about anything."
>"Maybe she went out to watch the sheep. She loves those," Shirley says that with conviction. And it's true. Mars always did love the farm animals.
>"Maybe she was half a sleep and forgot her glasses?" She floats this with much less confidence.
>She wriggles out from under Neffi's hand and heads for the foyer to grab a rain coat, flashlight, and her bow and quiver.
[7/?]

Would Shooting Attack 1 + Area Attack + chain attack 5 Ap cost 9 be balanced for a horror?

>>76244455 Horrors are the Swiss army knife of enemy types when it comes to building units made to fill specific niches in am encounter.

So it depends on what the horror in question is meant to do in the battle you are building it for, and the party you are tailoring the encounter for.

>>76244455
What are the maximum and minimum range on that attack part?

What is the horror meant to do in encounters?

What other abilities are you intending to horror to have?

Chain 5 is rather wierd to see outside of very large legions (legions usually have a chain attack that scales based on the number of units in the legion divided by 10 rounded down, or less commonly divided by 5 rounded down).

Chain is very swingy since the first attack in a chain to miss stops the rest from happening.

9 is a LOT of AP and 5 is a LOT of chain. I would roll them both back since at 9 AP your only going to be using once in an entire turn, or set that horror back really hard in turn two.

Let's say this horror has 12 AP (which is a lot for a horror in most circumstances) assuming it does nothing else and the battle starts with a doll in range and the horror attacks first, it's now down to 3 AP. If it attacks again it's down to -6 AP.

That means if it survives to turn 2 and still alive, has all it's AP parts that got it up to a Max AP of 12, and still has this attack part, then it is going to start turn 2 with 6 AP.

That means pretty much everything is going to get to act at least once before this thing gets its third chance to try to attack. If it has lost AP parts then it will be starting turn 2 with even less AP.

Fights often end in the first 2 turns, but assuming this thing still has all it's AP parts and that attack part and has done nothing but attack so far (This is unlikely), then it will be starting turn 4 at 9 AP. Which means it can attack a maximum of once in that turn.


With chain attack if you flub the roll on any of the early attack rolls then the rest of the chain goes to waste. Also hinder parts are a thing. If your horror rolls a 6 on it's first attack in the chain and a doll is in range to use a hinder 1 part and chooses to do so, then the first attack misses and all the other attacks in the chain automatically fail, and you spent 9 AP.

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>>76241540
>Ethwyn pauses and takes a long, deep breath. "Shirley found those glasses in your room. In the room you two share. Look..." She bites her lip and placed a hand on Nephele's shoulder. "Clearly our memory of things is messed up... but me and Shirley at least agree that it hasn't been just us here... so just... humor us, I guess? Come with us."
>"I..." Nephele's calm breaks a little. She slumps, keeping her hands up just enough that she doesn't dump her coffee. "I- I guess we can go looking around if you're really worried. I don't really know what you expect to find." Her eyebrows pop up a little as Shirley pops back into the room with her stuff. "It's a little warm out for a coat, Shirley. It's gunna be ninety today."
>She closes her eyes for a moment and takes a breath. "Do you two at least want something to eat before we go out? I can fix up some oatmeal. Or maybe some grits. We've got some leftover bacon fat to flavor them."
>Ethwyn shifts on her feet again. "Something quick, then. I don't want to waste any time..."
>Shirley sprints into the kitchen, flipping the light on as she goes.
>Nephele makes up a batch of oatmeal and bacon for the group. Ethwyn, with Shirley's excited help, takes the time to put together some snacks for later.
>They eat in tense silence before setting out onto the Clays' property.
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+set.OutBounds = Road to Town
+world.generatePred = yes
+generatePred = DroveOfHogs
- - -
>It's still dark out when the girls leave. The eastern sky is just starting to turn pink from the rising sun. True to what Nephele said earlier, it's warm and muggy, maybe eighty degrees.
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>>76246568
>The Clays' land is mostly flat, spared the most egregious sloping of the surrounding hill country. The land closest to the house has been cleared into a rough square and then subdivided into quadrants.
>The southwest quadrant contains the Clays' home, the new barn, Mr. Clay's toolshed, and the garage. The Northwest field is laying fallow this season. The Northeast quadrant is grazing land for the Clays' herd of sheep and is also where the old barn is located, which is where Nephele keeps her buggy and where the girls spend a good deal of time goofing off. The southeast quadrant is grazing land for the Clays' cattle.
>The whole field is surrounded in a dense forest of pine and deciduous trees, which the Clays' property line lays some far ways beyond. The road into town juts out from the northern tip of the property.
>The girls have been making a circuit around the property for a few minutes now. It's a quiet morning.
>MAAAAAAAARS! MAAAAAAARS! Where are you!? Shirley shouts as she plays her flashlight this way and that while walking down the lawn.
>MAAA-AH-chOOO!" Shirley doubles over with a sudden sneeze then straightens back up wiping her nose. "Awwwh-that hurt."
>Nephele flinches as Shirley yells just a bit too close to her ear.
>It's eighty degrees and Ethwyn shivers.
>She briefly pulls her scarf tighter around herself, before turning to look toward the barn. "...I heard something. Come on." She started toward the old barn.
>Shirley shuts up and follows Ethwyn from a distance, keeping an eye out.
>Nephele pads behind the other two, though she's mostly looking off toward the sheep pasture.
>As Ethwyn turns to look into the sheep pasture herself, she sees that all of them, every single sheep, are staring at her.
>Ethwyn stumbles a bit while walking, staring out into the sheep pasture. "Um... all the sheep are staring at us."
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>>76246772
>Shirley swings her flashlight over towards the sheep herd.
>Some of them are looking blandly at the group, but most of the herd is milling about idly and paying them little mind. "No they aren't," she says bluntly.
>Nephele blinks. "It's kind of weird that they aren't. We're the only thing moving in the field." She shrugs.
>Ethwyn shivers again, biting her lip. "R-right... guess I was seeing things. Let's keep going then."
>The three of them eventually make it to the old barn without further incident.
>Nephele's buggy is right where it's supposed to be. The whole barn seems to have been left undisturbed since they were last here.
>Shirley perks up about as soon as she sees the buggy. "I call bed. We can find Mars a lot faster this way."
>There's a moment of mild bickering as Ethwyn insists on rigging up some rope along the buggy's rollcage for Shirley to hold onto.
>It's simple enough to find some, thankfully. It is a barn after all.
>"Ah. Here we are. But Shirley can just hold onto the rollcage you know?" Nephele takes some rope off a hook and holds it up for Ethwyn. "It's what she does all the time normally. S'why I don't let any of you drive anymore."
>Shirley hops up into the buggy's rear bed, flopping face-down like a pancake.
>"Well excuse me for trying to be safe when I'm already worried about my sisters..." Ethwyn grumbles a bit getting into the passenger seat. "...Still holding onto this rope."
>Shirley rights herself, gripping onto the buggy's rollcage and posturing herself like she's about to set off on a pair of skis.
>Ethwyn takes the passenger seat and moves Eiffel to her lap, sheltering the bird to make sure the wind doesn't affect it too badly.
>Nephele produces the keys like they're a coin in a magic trick and climbs into the driver's seat, starting the engine.
>The three roll out through the barn doors.
> "So... where do you two want to go?" Nephele looks back and forth over the fields, looking a bit clueless.
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>>76247318
>"We Need to find Mars. Should we do a grid search?" Shirley raises her voice to be heard over the terrain noise.
>"And if that fails... head into town and check in, maybe?" Ethwyn proposes.
>Shirley nods. "I like that plan."
>Nephele frowns. "If Mars were here she'd probably be messing around in one of the animal pastures. She loves the sheep."
>On the way, Ethwyn glances at Nephele after awhile. "Hey Nephele... why did the woman buy a tiny wooden infant?"
>"To ward off evil spirits?" Shirley interjects.
>Nephele starts a loop around the sheep pasture, scanning the treeline in front of them and leaving the other two to actually scan for their quarry. "A wooden infant?" she answers absentmindedly. "I dunno."
>Ethwyn smiled slightly, despite her own worries as she patted Eiffel gently. "Because she wanted a whittle baby."
>"You got that from candy!" Shirley accuses.
>Ethwyn grins. "So it's a sweet joke."
>Nephele snickers. "I was worried this was going to be a voodoo thing. I hear some of the city people talk about the strangest things."
+???.setweather 'drythunder'
+deny
+???.setweather 'drythunder'
+den-
>THOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
>There is a sudden, startling bolt of lightning... but no rain.
>Nephele brakes the buggy abruptly, nearly throwing Shirley off her perch. She looks up into the sky, visibly incredulous. "It isn't supposed to rain-"
>The old barn is on fire.
>Ethwyn swallows hard. "Um... I just... saw someone walking toward the barn before that happened..."
>"Me too Ethwyn!" Shirley pipes up. "We gotta put it out, and make them tell us what's going on!" She slaps the rollcage twice "GO! NEFFI!"
>"GO! GO! GO!" She shouts in a rapid fire staccato
+spawnProp = water well
+spawnProp = bucketStack
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>>76248016
>Nephele peels out in the damp grass, whirling the buggy around towards the barn. "There's a pump well on the edge of the cow field. Ethwyn, can you work the pump while Shirley and I run the buckets?"
>Ethwyn nods sharply. "I can, yeah..." She prepared to jump out as soon as they got there.
>Nephele hops out of the cart as soon as it's stopped and puts a nearby bucket up to the spout. As soon as it's full, her right arm separates at the elbow and rockets off toward the roof. It dumps the bucket and turns for a return flight. She's filling a second one in her left already. "Shirley, try and wet the walls so they don't go up."
>Shirley leaps over the side of the bed and goes looking for a ladder. "Cooooooooooool," She says in awe as she runs, her head tracking Neffi's arm's flight through the air before snapping back to attention.
>As she works the pump, Ethwyn spies what might be a person standing by the treeline past the cow pasture. But when she focuses on it, the shape vanishes.
>Ethwyn pauses, looking off into the cow pasture for a moment before resuming working the water pump.
>Shirley dips into the burning barn and sees evidence of the fire starting to spead across the roof.
>"Uhhhh-No Nope-nope-nope." She sprints over and begins scrambling up the inside of the barn, she reaches for a fire blanket as she goes.
>"Please"
>For a moment, someone is below the fire, by a pile of old tarps, tugging at something ineffectually
>And screeches to a stop, looking down. "Mars!?"
+RunScan.ForeignEntity
+RunScan.Connections
+Run.EntitiyDebugger
>Access Denied
>Shirley spins around as a lamp explodes.
>"Shit!" she spins back around to the fire blankets "What?!" She grabs another fire blanket and runs for the roof.
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>>76248555
>Nephele's eyes go wide. "What?" Nephele breathes before looking back to Ethwyn. She holds there a moment before taking a hesitant half-step towards the barn.
>Ethwyn continues to work the water pump.
>Shirley trips and falls, hanging halfway out through the hayloft window. "Wooo-aaaaaaaah!" Visible to the others, she struggles back over the edge. Once back inside she gets to her feet and starts smothering parts of the fire.
+Run.AdministratorOverride
>Insufficient access.
>setWeather = rollingThunderstorm

>Winds picks up and it begins to rain. The rain picks up. Heavily. Swiftly.
>"That's lucky. I guess." Nephele's arms dip mid-flight and she takes off in a dead sprint towards the barn. Her arms fly back to connect once she's about halfway across the grass, two full buckets in tow.
>Seeing the rain start to fall, Ethwyn immediately ditches the pump and chases after Nephele.
>Shirley is chasing a line of fire spawned by the exploded lamp. It's rushing along the wall, toward a pile of tarps sitting in the corner of the barn.
>"Banzai!" Shirley swings down and impacts the racing fire line putting the head of it out, though she gets severe burns along her forearm in the process. And also klonking her face on the barn wall.
>Nephele's arms rocket forward, flying to dump the contents of her buckets on the fire directly around Shirley
>Ethwyn palms her face as she sees Shirley slam into the wall. The fire spawned by the lamp is still spreading, despite the girls' best efforts. "Damnit... Shirley, where are the fire blankets?"
>"Mars was here! The Fire haunted! Help me fight it! The fire blankets are up there!" Shriley rattles off as she checks to see if she managed to kill the fire under the blanket.
+TrimEntity.Oil Spill = 24.35%
+???.ExtendEntity.Oil Spill = 300%DENIED
>Under Shirley's efforts, the fire does seem to be slowing its spread drastically.
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>>76249039
>Ethwyn snags another fire blanket and aids Shirley in smothering the rest of the fire.
>Shirley starts smothing the fire back along it's initial track, regularly looking around for more sneaky snakes of fire trying to make a break for... well anywhere.
>Nephele's arms fly up and snap up another fire blanket from the rafters, moving to reinforce Shirley's efforts at the head of the fire.
>The three of them, plus the nearly torrential downpour outside, are able to get the fire under control. The barn is blackened, and there are holes in the roof where the blaze started, but it's not under serious risk of coming down around them
>Once the fire is out Shirley turns her forearms over to see how bad the damage is. As she checks them out she starts talking "The fire ghosts seemed to really want the tarp pile where I saw Mars. Maybe we should check in there..."
>Ethwyn looks over at the tarps. "That... doesn't sound good."
>Nephele reattaches her arms, shaking soot off of the metal fingers. "I thought I heard you yell her name. What do you mean you saw her here?" She looks around, trying to scrutinize the barn through the smoke and steam
+EntityScan.Mars
>01110011(*&(&#*&0110111101110010))(*_(_+ 01110010++_5005601111001
>"She was trying to dig something out of the blanket pile. Then I turned around when the oil lamp exploded. When I turned around she was gone. Then once I got to the roof the fire-ghost snakes started trying to get the blanket pile. You saw me dive after the first one."
>Ethwyn pauses, then immediately moved to the blanket pile, digging into it to find... something.
>Shirley goes to help Ethwyn
>Ethwyn actually does find something. She produces a sheaf of papers in short order, neatly stacked and in good condition.
>"Fire snake-" Nephele shakes her head. "That old antique lantern grandpa used to use must have been stashed up there." She droops a little. "Pa was looking for that, too." She turns to Ethwyn. "What's that?"
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>>76250312
>Ethwyn stares at the sheets for a second with a blank look before holding them out. "My head hurts too much to understand this right now."
>Nephele takes the sheaf of papers. The penmanship is impeccable, written with a quick but also clear, clinical hand. It's Mars' handwriting for sure. "It looks like notes Mars took on the animals. Wonder why she stashed them back in here instead of our room." She starts thumbing through the pages.
>"Maybe she forgot her coat when she took them and she didn't want them to get wet when she got caught in the rain." Shirley proposes.
>Nephele starts chewing on the inside of her cheek as she reads.
>The last page on the notes is dated July 20th.
>There is a certain pattern to the writings, revealing a concealed message.
>1 "Mr. and Mrs. Clay haven't gone to town."
>2 "I'm going to find them."
>3 "Tomorrow. I'll bring Mr. Clay's axe."
>4 "Why won't you believe me?"
>5 "I'm sorry."
>Ethwyn starts humming a certain song as she waits.
>Shirley looks outside at the pouring rain. She walks out to the doorway and looks for mud tracks and other signs someone besides the three of us was here recently. Turning her flashlight out into the dark.
>"Hmmm." Not seeing any Mars tracks, she goes back inside the barn. "I didn't see any signs of anyone besides the three of us having come by."
>Nephele continues thumbing through the papers. "There's a lot of random detail here, but it mostly just looks like detailed noted on the livestock. She's named a few of them, tracked some social bonds in the herds - especially among the cows - and notes a missing sheep at one point. If I remember right that date's a full week before Pa noticed; he found that one half eaten down by the creek. He thought it got out and got got by a hog."
>Nephele shrugs. "I have no idea why she'd hide this out here." Quieter, more to herself (almost injured, really), "She knows I wouldn't snoop."
[15/?]

>>76238783
Yay storytime!

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>>76252493
Where's that >he only has one insight.jpg image when I need it?

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>>76252633

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>>76250621
>Shirley rolls her eyes. "I just said. To keep it out of rain. Duh."
>Ethwyn's brow furrows. "I don't think it was anything against you, Nephele. Mars isn't the type."
>"How close to the present do the notes get, Neffi?"
+Edit.Entity:Item.Date = April 6th
+ERROR
>The dates shift backward to end at July 6th
>The handwriting doesn't look quite right.
>"The last date on the paper says July 6th, but there's not a year. But it also doesn't look old grody enough to have been out here a whole year." Nephele shrugs. "I guess it could have been nice and dry under the horse blankets. I've seen old newspapers from the 50s without a wrinkle being used as floor insulation."
>Shirley's eyebrows pop up. "Time travel? No wait. You recognized the events in the note. Why was she trying to pull them out? Why did the fire ghosts want them?" She offers a hand to Nephele. "I can put them in the inside pocket on my rain coat so they don't get wet."
>Nephele hands over the papers. "If you could."
>Ethwyn scratches the back of her head, sighing. "This is so weird. none of this makes any sense..."
>"C'mere notes. You can ride home with me. I need to get my arms fixed anyway." Shirley says reassuringly to the paper stack as she secrets them into her coat. "I call bed!"
>Nephele lets out a loud sigh. "Pa's gunna be so mad when he sees the barn." Then something clicks. "Ah, Shirley. How about you sit in the passenger seat? Since-"
>Ethwyn grabs Shirley, hoisting her over her shoulder immediately. "Nope."
>"But why-Oh. Ohhhh yeah. The arms. Ok. You can put me down now."
>Ethwyn carries Shirley over to the buggy, and sets her down in the passenger seat, buckling her in. She then carefully tucks Eiffel into her scarf for protection as she gets into the back.
>Nephele squeaks onto her seat, glowering at the rain a little. But at least the leading edge of the storm is passed by now. "Is there anywhere else you two want to go looking?"
[16/?]

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>>76252842
>"Are you mad at me Sis?" Shirley looks back at Ethwyn from the passenger seat and asks.
>Ethwyn raises a brow at Shirley. "Nope."
>"Okay." Shirley goes back to scanning all around as Neffi drives.
>"Shirley, you burnt your arms up good putting out the oil spill. You'd rip them up if you were in the bed," Nephele admonishes without malice.
- - -
>Nephele and the girls are all gathered in the sitting room again, Shirley's arms wrapped in fresh cotton packing and gauze. For all the good it does an undead. Nephele is nursing a cup of hot cocoa, trying to fight off the chill of the rain. "It was supposed to be hot today..." she grumbles. "A blue northerner, maybe."
>"And when I woke up this morning, everyone was supposed to be here. So we're just a bunch of blue southerners I guess," Ethwyn grumbles.
>As work on shirley's arms comes to a close she volunteers her thoughts. "Maybe we should go into town and get some help. Have she sheriff put a posse together to help us search for our missing family. Also call a post-necrotic de-bugger, or a psychiatrist to take a look at us."
>Nephele sighs. "I could drive us into town. But I don't have a license... But I guess it's extenuating circumstances."
>Shirley makes a face. "What's more extenuating that 'My family is missing and or going crazy and in either case need help?'"
>"Have we checked everywhere on the farm yet?" Ethwyn asks
>Nephele shrugs. "I guess we haven't been to the new barn yet. Or the trails."
+spawn.Entity t=Attic '?JK#%@99'
+delete.Entity = atticAccess
+Fill.Entity = 2ndFloorCeiling
>"Or the toolshed." Shirley volunteers. "Look I like the woods. But if we are going to be searching for missing people then we gotta get the word out first. It's the responsible sensible thing to do. That way if WE go missing there's someone who knows and can find US and the rest."
+???.connect.Portal 'Attic' 'Foyer'
[17/?]

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>>76253220
>Nephele presses her warm mug of coco against her forehead. "I keep telling you two, the other girls aren't staying here for the Summer. And Ma and Pa are two towns over. We can call 'em if you like"
>"Yeah!" Shirley fishes her phone out and gets to dialing. She sets it to speakerphone out of habit before it's had time to ring
>There is something in the shape of a person standing in the kitchen. Though it's more like a void in Nephele's perception.
+???.set.fx 'Service' = null;ERROR
>Ethwyn sighs softly. "Nephele... look, you have to accept the fact that if me and Shirley both are recalling things differently, that you might be as well. I'm positive that they've been missing for days. Shirley is positive that they were all here last night. You are positive that it's been just us. Clearly something is messing with our memories or something, and it's not likely that it's just me and Shirley experiencing it."
>"H-H-H-H-H-H-LLO?" a distorted voice crackles out over the phone
>If Shirley is put off by the odd voice, she doesn't seem to notice. "Hi Mrs. Clay! Boy are we glad to hear you! The barn caught fire but we put it out. We're having more problems though. Where are you?"
>Ethwyn covered her ears a bit, squinting at the phone. "Holy hell."
!SetEnity.Phone.Sound = Mrs. Clay
>Nephele screws up her face and sticks her fingers in her ears. "Shirley, turn your volume down! You'll blow out the speakers!"
>The void points upstairs to the bedrooms
???.playsfx 'ThunderClapIntense'
place.entity '?JK#%@99' 'Sitting Room'
>KARAK-THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
>Thunder roars outside
>The figure is right in front of Nephele
>It shouldn't be able to do that.
+SetEntity.Nephele.Sound = Mrs. Clay
+SetEntity.Nephele.Source = Shirly.Phone
>Shirley's eyes widen considerably at the mightly roll of thunder. making her look manic and unhinged before they go back to normal
[18/?]

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>>76253997
>Mrs. Clay's voice rings out over the phone, much clearer this time. "We're over in Travers Town in the waiting room... Everything alright over there? Heard a mighty big clap just then."
>The figure tilts its head, and then strides toward Shirley agitatedly.
+ Whitelist.Enitity.LivingRoom = Ethwyn; Shirley; Nephele.
+ Eject; Else;ERROR
>The figure pokes Shirley's phone.
>"A thunder storm rolled through a bit after you two left." Nephele explains. "A bolt struck the old barn roof, but we got it put out. And, well, the rain helped a lot."
+ Eject; Else;ERROR
>Something is here.
>Something is here.
>Something is here.
>Ethwyn's skin is crawling.
+ Eject; Else;ERROR
>Ethwyn wrapped her arms around herself, shivering a bit as she looked around a bit frantically. "There... Mrs. Clay, are Teppe, Laus, and Mars with you, or in town?" She leans in toward Nephele, whispering to her. "Something is here with us..."
+ Eject; Else;ERROR
>The figure pokes Shirley's phone
>Shirley's phone cuts to black.
>"It crashed!" Shirley whines as she snatches up the phone "No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no," she mutters worried.
>She tries to hold down the button combination to force a restart. Then to post into BIOS.
>She whimpers when it won't come on and dejectedly pockets it.
>The figure is among them.
>Ethwyn looks at Nephele
>Nephele is starting at something, eyes wide.
>She looks disturbed, tense. Almost like a rabbit at attention.
+ SceneChange.Buggy.Location.TartersCreek
???.setEgoReset = yes;ERROR
+ set.weather.Transition = partlyCloudy
>In the space of a heartbeat, all the girls are at the creek. They're in the buggy.
>The rain has mostly died down, and the clouds are starting to thin a little here and there.
[19/?]

>>76252786
merci

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>>76254508
>Shirley is standing in the bed of the buggy, holding the rollcage with her hands. "What?"
>The buggy gently rolls to a halt.
>Nephele climbs out of the driver's seat, rubbing the small of her back and stretching. "I wish Pa would go over that damn mulch he calls a road. Rougher than coarse grit sandpaper."
>Shirley doesn't move. "Neffi how long have we been here?"
>Ethwyn sits still in the buggy, staring ahead for a moment.
>Shirley continues. "The last thing I remember was trying to bring my phone back after it crashed when we were having speaker phone call with your Mommy."
>Nephele blinks. "Twenty minutes? In the buggy anyway." She kinda... looks at the two of them. "Are you two feelin' funny again?"
>Shirley nods once. "Yes. I was there, now I'm here. No time or distance in between. What time is it? it was around seven when I called your mama."
>Nephele makes a humorless, nervous chuckle. "I know I joke about how you guys can't remember the reason you aren't allowed to drive the buggy but- but- uh." She makes a dry swallow. "That isn't funny."
>"No Neffi." Shirley pouts and leans forward on the rollcage "It isn't funny."
>Ethwyn slowly turns to Nephele, and gently takes her face in her hands. "Nephele, we were JUST in the house, on the phone. I felt... something, the phone cut out, and now we are suddenly here... and just before, you had this look on your face like... you reminded me of whenever we accidentally spooked a rabbit. You know, the way they just tense up and stare? That was you."
>"We gotta get out of here," Shirley says sadly "There's something really wrong with us."
>Nephele starts chewing on the inside of her cheek. She shifts back and forward from her toes to her heels over and over again. "I- we- ya'll wanted to check around the creek for clues or something. But maybe we should grab the truck and take you two into the doctor." She makes another dry swallow.
[20/?]

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I should build a character around Pilebunker some day.

>>76255972
You know what also looks busted fun to play around? Boost, even though I don't understand how it's an Armament rather than an Enhancement.

Speaking of those, am I right in assuming that Wire Reel also lets you move yourself since it works on any target within range? You know, like firing off against a wall or the floor where you wanna go and dragging yourself there instead of dragging someone towards yourself?

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>Start - 5:00
>Shirley perks up, but remains weighed down by the knowledge of her apparently slipping grip on reality "Clues for what? I thought we were going to the toolshed and the new barn. Did we do that already? What did we find?"
>Nephele is already climbing back into the driver's seat and putting in the key.
>4:49
>4:48
>4:47
>"Maybe there is something wrong with us... but it's not just us... and... and it feels like something is messing with us..." says Ethwyn
>"Clues for whatever it is you two have been losing your heads over, but I think right now it's more important we get the both of you into a doc." Nephele turns the engine over and starts climbing through the woods, back in the direction of the house.
>Shirley adjusts her perch in the back of the buggy. "Wanna run that by us again Neffi? In more detail?"
>Nephele maneuvers over a shallow ditch. "Teppie liked to run down by the creek; she treated it like a big ol' obstacle course. You two thought there might be something here."
>"But why? When did we decide to start searching the placed we all had connections to?"
>4:05
+ Remove.OutOfBounds.Road
+ SceneChange.Truck.Location.Road
+ Delay: 30sec
+ SceneChange.Home.Bedtime
+ Guest.setEgoReset = yes
- - -
>The girls are in the truck, Nephele is driving with Ethwyn in the front passenger seat and Shirley in the rear.
>There's only the sound of road noise.
>Nephele's face looks grave.
- - -
>Ethwyn's alarm clock is going off.
>Shirley is chewing her pillow. She mumbles something in her sleep and rolls over.
>Ethwyn sits up in bed, yawning as she scratches her head. "Ngh.... mornin' Shirley..."
>"Morning sis..." Shirley returns without opening her eyes.
>Nephele tries not to nod off in her chair downstairs. She's nursing a steaming hot cup of coffee, holding it to her cheek.
>The figure is in the room with her.
[21/?]

>>76257660
>Speaking of those, am I right in assuming that Wire Reel also lets you move yourself since it works on any target within range?

You can target yourself with wire reel yes.

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Vive la France!

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>>76257660
Speaking of builds:
Would it be feasible to build around Sniper Rifle?
I was pleasantly surprised by it's capability when attaching it to an NPC helper in a one-shot but I have a hard time seeing it perform in higher threat level engagements.

My first inclination would be to build something for crit-seeking. Gun God and Concentration would give me a +3 to hit plus any supports I could tack on for extra consistency. Just peck hard at the important bits of enemy Savants over and over again until the rest of the party can close in on them.

>>76259043
>Would it be feasible to build around Sniper Rifle?

Yes.

>>76253220
>>76253997
>>76254508
>>76254725
>>76258275
Oh boy the crazy train has departed the station.

Can't wait to see where it goes.

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>>76166847
>Post body horror.

Yes please.

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>>76259454
Glad you're enjoying things.
DESU I wanted to be done by now but I underestimated how much time it would take me to line up the notes properly.
Expect a bit more storytime tonight once I get home from work.

>>76259200
Okay, but how tho?

>>76261524
Man your game sounds like a blast. Wish I had a GM that cool, mine seems to really have bought into the "Nechronica is an eroguro pedo game" bullshit and only seems to be trying to maim and/or rape our characters. He gleefully put in a houserule that if we let the enemies rape us, combat ended automatically without havikg to flee, then got reeeeeal pissy we beat his OP encounter.
I really want to bail but nobody else seems to until the GM tries something particularly fucky and I really like the group.

>>76261943

Have you talked with the others about this? If you aren't going to bail yet then this really seems like a thing to talk to your fellow players about and then bring up with the GM.

If the other players are into it then that's extra reason to bail. If they aren't then all of you can articulate your issues to the GM.

>>76261943

Are you sure that stuff wasn't done as a joke? At minimum the other players are probably seeing it as a joke.

>>76259043
It can be very feasible. You just have to take a Requiem/Baroque. Start with Lullaby, Gun God and Instrument of Evil. Instrument of evil doubles the base damage so that every non-crit will still do 2 damage and Lullaby doubles the amount of shots you're putting out per round. Sure, you take a -1 to hit, but its worth it. Then pick up concentration with your first 10 favor.

>>76262068
I did and the general sentiment was "let's not ruin the game over this, just tell him to calm down" which we did

>>76263152
I hope so. After he was told off he sort of calmed down but he never quite stopped being angry in that passive-aggressive way (i.e.: it's a pbp and he only posts once every three days, ignores pings and deliberately "forgets" to give favor), but maybe it's just my brain problems seeing things where there isn't any.

>>76263614
>it's a pbp and he only posts once every three days, ignores pings and deliberately "forgets" to give favor
>maybe it's just my brain problems seeing things where there isn't any.
UHHHHHH. Different anon here, but all these factors point to some serious fuckiness, brain problems or no. I'd say be on your guard because this sounds like the kind of thing that's gonna end in some serious salt for everybody.

>>76263614
>but he never quite stopped being angry in that passive-aggressive way (i.e.: it's a pbp and he only posts once every three days, ignores pings and deliberately "forgets" to give favor)

These seem like further red flags to me.

>>76263614

The post rate thing is a red flag if he's posting way slower than he did prior. Might be wise to frame it as a "Hey man, is something going on? You've been really slow to post."

>deliberately "forgets" to give favor

That's not unusual and might just be honest forgetfulness. If you didn't calculate the favor based on the threat before the fight, you'd have to get around to doing that.

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>>76162588

What kind of build is energy tube best for?

On enemies I'm guessing it's for strong but fragile ones.

What kinds of dolls is it good for?

When a location takes damage
Who determines what parts take damage?

>>76271542
If it's a doll taking the damage then the player of that doll. If it's an enemy taking the damage then the GM.

>>76261943
>>76263614
i know the guy
fuck that guy

>>76270075
Any that
a) doesn't expect to get hit (requiems)
b) doesn't mind getting hit (gothics or stacies)
c) took maggots, patchwork or junk part

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>>76267586
>Blue bedecked black booted buxom blonde with sword.jpg

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>>76270075
>>76272241
Adding on pure Baroques that have taken Mutated Being, since you can just negate the downside half the time.
You can also choose to just break the part if it's location gets hit. The extra AP is going to be a bigger deal on turn one where it's really important to get ahead than on turn 2 or 3 when the death spirals should have already started.

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>>76162495
So what exactly is the boy part supposed to mean?
Is it like a Larynx or does it depend on what location you attach it and how it’s interpreted
Could it be a.. you know~

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>>76274203
Abs.

>>76274203

Like most parts in Nechronica you refluff it to fit your campaign.

>>76274203
Wasn’t there implied futa impregnation in one of the official short stories?

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What design styles have blatantly mechanical doll's you've seen been?

The ones I've seen in games look like they stepped out of either Metal Gear Rising or a Tim Burton movie.

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>>76272832
>Filename

You know what I do like "Pythoness" and "Dollmaker" as alternatives to necromancer of increasing pretentiousness.

Why is the nechronicha translation discord filled with literal pedos

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>>76274853
No they’re /v/ tier subhuman lolikon there is a difference

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Thoughts on a tiny doll game?

I figure being tiny makes environments and interesting and challenging setting that would be too small or not dangerous enough for people sized dolls.

While at the same time being able to make mincemeat of most non-enhanced vermin's and small creatures.

For instance exploring partially collapsed ruins for their treasures and to kill and harvest the bioweapons that have made their home there for their rare parts.

Or maybe the necromancer, who is actually nice, is away and you have to fend off some enemies sneaking in to commit a hiest or so some other bad things.

>>76275269
Could work quite well

>>76275518
Do you have any ideas for possible premises for tiny doll games?

This song seems to be about how choosing a better life can still mean leaving behind things you care about and will miss.

It makes me think of dolls who have outlived lots of friends and family.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9FcY1EX0b1E

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>>76162495
How do I raise death flags.
I want to generate tention and worry in my players, or in my fellow players if I'm playing a doll who is fated, or things she is fated, to die for or because of her sisters.

>>76219218
When is your next session?
If nobody seems to be leading the scheduling effort don't be afraid of taking the initiative there. Sometimes the next session would never happen save for a player putting effort into prodding everyone into figuring out a time and day and sticking to it.

>>76275623
Valve method Think of a environment then design the story around it
You’ll also have to figure out the pc’s size

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>>76275767
>death flags
>for characters who are already dead
I don't know that I would bother, tbqhf
But more seriously, you do it just like normal death flags if you have a timetable already set out. If you don't have a timetable then you start hinting ahead of time that something is wrong.

>>76274480
Mechanical stuff in our games is usually kinda grungy. Like Deus Ex: Human Revolution's augs and robots but less refined and poorer cable management due to being left aside so long.

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>>76275269
Going to echo >>76277049
Scale and location are going to be pretty important for whatever you want to do.

Personally, I would run something in the vein of
>Small Soldiers
+
>Gratuitous body horror
If given the opportunity. Setting the dolls around Toy Story sized would arguably give you the most options for everyday items being used as reinforcement parts.

The move '9' about the tiny burlap robots might also be decent inspiration.

>>76279063
>Scale and location are going to be pretty important

>Scale is going to be pretty important

Agreed.

I would recommend playing army men Sarge's Heroes 2 levels set in the human world.

Maybe some Sarge's War, but I think the sand castle levels throw scale out the window.

>>76279063
>>76280961

This might be recent experiences talking, but boomer-shooter maps where its "everyone is tiny in a normal room" could provide some inspiration.

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>>76279063
>>Small Soldiers
>+
>>Gratuitous body horror
So, Small Soldiers

>>76281000
>boomer-shooter maps

What is this?

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>>76281555
he's talking about shit like de_rats

>>76278561
Why does M3LT1E have her robo head dangle upside down like that? Is it simply the most energy efficient posture that still has the head looking ahead?

>>76281596
Is that counterstrike 1.6?

>>76281000 >>76281596 There are some custom TF2 maps that do the same thing.

>>76281619
of course

I'd have posted one of the Army Men games but those have everyone tiny by default

>>76281704
How do they make those maps? Do they just scale everything up except the players and items they can pickup, or do also retexture things that are made bigger on the map to be more detailed,

Or do they keep the map the same and just scale DOWN the players and things they can pick up?

Remember.
>When one's Action Points are zero or less, they can use no Maneuvers except for those with Timing "Auto."

That means the vast majority of
Defend
Support
Hinder
Hinder Move
Aren't doable at 0 or less AP.

So if you or other dolls still have AP after an enemy goes to 0 or negative AP, it won't be able to defend itself or hinder your attacks.

Also if YOU go into negatives before the enemy, the enemy can attack you withlut worrying about your hinder or defend parts, and if the enemy attacks another doll, you won't be able to hinder that attack even if you have unused hinder parts with the appropriate range.

>>76284316
>When one's Action Points are zero or less, they can use no Maneuvers except for those with Timing "Auto."

Crab Legs and Gauntlet are timing Auto, but the free defend partof their effects are worded as.

>During Damage Timing, you gain "Defend 1" for Legs only.
and
>During Damage Timing, you gain "Defend 1" for Arms only.

So do you still get defends from them if you are at AP 0 or less, or do you not?

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>>76287283
Damage timing still happens, you just can't use Damage timing Manuevers. Since Crab Legs and Gauntlet are Auto their effect procs anyway.

If they were treated like Damage Timing Manuevers then you could only use the Defend aspect of them once per turn.

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>>76281597
She can rotate her head freely. She lets it hang like that because the occupant is ensconced on her back and keeping the head in line with the rest of the body feels the most natural.

Also it looks spooky.

>>76281915
The former. IIRC there's also some skybox trickery on de_rats to make things look farther than they are, but it's been forever since I've seen footage of it.

>>76281204
It's been too long since I've seen the movie. I don't remember this at all.

>>76291012
It's a pretty big sequence in the movie. They use the brain of a dead soldier to make a bunch of cannon fodder monstrosities out of barbies.

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I'll read this thread tomorrow. Great thread. Yay thread

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>>76275269
honestly a tiny doll game could be pretty comfy

>>76294456
>I'll talk to the cactus.

Alraune grow up big and strong when you give them the attention they deserve.

>>76196917
It kinda depends on how organic you make the Bionicles. I know people always calle them robots but whenever you see them in movies they tend to look pretty organic. The Rakshi from Mask of Light stick out in my mind particulalry.

Also, there's really not much stopping dolls from incorporating non-organic material, hence Junk Part. I figure a lot of them simply choose not to for humanity/comfort reasons.

>>76162495
What’s a good name for a YoRHa expy?

>>76296256

Noah?

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>>76296256
KoRHaL?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6bVj-nTkiU

>>76296256
Toby, if you want to take a swing at playing the box art character.
If you want to use an actual name and not an alpha-numeric pair/string then you might have to spend a bit coming up with Android designations and then matching them to similar sounding names (or vice versa)

>>76296396
>An entire organization of Dad!Nier and daughterus
Sounds pretty all right desu

I crave storytime
Give me storytime
Please

>>76299675
Another player from the same game here.

Storytime is being worked on. Life is just making things complicated and causing delays.

Expect posting to resume in 7 to 8 hours if the thread is still up.

>>76289285
Neat.

When the PCs are undead killing machines or longtime survivors or veterans of terrible situations and fighting to see another day how do you do horror?

Bump.

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>>76303678
Death isn't the worst thing that can happen to you in Nechronica.
You probably won't be able to consistently scare your players/characters all the way through the campaign, but a good way to raise tension is to threaten things that are important to the party but not actually part of the party. Like friendly NPCs the players/characters care about, or maybe threatening a treasured item (not necessarily a Treasure) or location that's important to them.

It's also important to remember to have 'downtime.' Not necessarily time where the PCs aren't doing anything, but time where they can unwind from being tense or on edge all the time. It'll make the moments of tension in your campaign stand out more and keep everything from blending together.

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>>76299675
4U anon. But only because you said please.
Sorry for the delay. Work's been kicking my tail this week.

>>76258275
+ Deafen.Ethwyn;Shirley-To-Nephele
>Nephele puts on a brave face. "... Mars?"
>The figure tilts its head.
+memorySuppress.'Nepele'.'Mars'
>Nepele's heart writhes as something, something precious nearly disappears from thought
>She doesn't want that
>She rejects it instinctively
>"Morning Sis. Sleep well?" Shirley mumbles as she rolls out of bed in her jammies and stretches.
>Ethwyn opens her mouth to speak, and then freezes.
>That's right.
>Her skin is crawling.
>Something is terribly, horribly wrong.
>Something is in this house that should not be.
>Shirley thought she was losing her mind.
>Nephele was terrified, and doing her best to hide it.
>Mars, Mrs. Clay, and everyone else were missing.
>"Yeah... just had a bad dream, I guess..." Ethwyn swallows hard, pulling Eiffel from her cage before taking a deep breath.
>Shirley has already bumbled out into the hall towards the downstairs shower.
>Under her breath, Ethwyn mumbles to herself. "Whatever you are, I'm going to bash your face in..."
>Nephele feigns relaxation as she hears footsteps on the stairs.
>Shirley thunders down the stairs and turns to the bathroom crammed under the stairwell. "Mornin' Neffi!" she says moments before slipping through the door and closing it behind her.
>The shower starts moments after.
+Unmute.Nephele
>"Mornin' Shirley," Nephele mumbles to no one as she sips her coffee.
>Ethwyn pads downstairs, peeking into the livingroom to check that Nephele is actually there before going back to her bedroom and retrieving her bat.
>It's in the room with Nephele.
>A void in the world, at the edges of Ethwyn's perception.
>Nephele's putting on a brave face, just like yesterday, but she definitely knows it's there.
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>>76308190
>"I'm walking on sunshine WOAAAAH! And don't it feel good!" Shirley's singing voice rings out from the shower.
>Ethwyn pads back downstairs. She acts natural. "Hey Nephele, how are you feeling?" Ethwyn takes a practice swing with her bat as she crosses the living room.
>"I'm thinking I might see how far I can send a ball flying at the creek." She moves about the room a bit, humming to herself. "But there's something we need to do first, to make sure today really goes well, you know?" She approaches Nephele, smiling softly and holding her arms out as if wanting a hug.
+ Whitelist.Home; Ethwyn; Shirley; Nephele
+ Eject; Else
+ ???.Blacklist.Home; Nephele
>Until she suddenly shifts and swings the bat as hard as she possibly can at the space right in front of Nephele.
>The silhouette vanishes -just- before Ethwyn's bat can make contact.
>Nephele isn't there anymore.
>Shirley's singing echoes through the house.
>"I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true
>And I don't wanna spend my whole life just a-waiting for you
>Now I don't want you back for the weekend"
>Ethwyn lets out what could only be called a primal scream of rage as she slams her bat into the floor violently.
>The floorboards splinter and pop out of place. Mr. Clay probably won't appreciate that when he sees it.
>"Not back for a day, no, no-Wha?" the shower's water valve squeaks audibly. Shirley comes bolting out into the hallway, her towel held up in one hand and her knife in the other. "Sis, what's wrong?!"
>Ethwyn turns to Shirley. "Something is HERE, Shirley! Something is here in this house and fucking with us! And it's done something with Nephele! She could see it, and was pretending not to because she didn't want to scare us!"
>She straightens, looking around the house. "It... it probably took the others too... damnit.... give us back our family!"
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>>76308612
>Shirley stands there dripping for a moment processing this.
>"We don't get out of eachothers sight for a moment. For any reason. Come with me I need to get my things." As she speaks she wraps and tucks her towel so that it can stay on by itself and so leave her with a free hand.
>Ethwyn grits her teeth "I don't think that will help... Nephele was right in front of me... so was that... thing... and they both disappeared when I tried to attack it..."
+???.mute.Nephele
+ Play.Sound;Source.Ethwyn;string: "Nephele is outside."
>Ethwyn suddenly begins to say something
>Then chokes and trips over her tongue.
>And then her voice emits from in front of her anyway.
>"Nephele is outside."
>Shirley grabs Ethlwyn and pulls her close. "STAY AWAY FROM HER! BAD GHOST!"
>Ethwyn swallows hard, shivering a bit. "Whatever it is, it wants us out of the house... so it's definitely here, somewhere..."
>Shirley is still shouting at the air. "GIVE US NEFFI BACK!"
+Unmute.Entity; Nephele
+???.set.NepheleLocation Tarter's Creek;ERROR
+ Play.Sound; area.Home; string; "Sorry. I was muted. I've been blacklisted from the house."
>"Sorry. I was muted. I've been blacklisted from the house." Nephele's voice echoes throughout the building.
>The girls in the hallway pause for a moment.
>Shirley speaks first. "What the FUCK!? How do you get blacklisted from a HOUSE?"
+ ???.reset.Egostates;ERROR; = NO
+ Entity.Rollback; Ethwyn; Shirley::FullRestore24hrs
>Ethwyn and Shirley suddenly find themselves in bed, in the morning, with Ethwyn's alarm clock ringing.
>And absolutely baffled by how one could be blacklisted from a house.
>Shirley is dripping wet atop her sheets, wrapped in a bath towel, her knife in hand. " . . . " She levers herself up and stalks off to her dresser.
>Ethwyn hopps out of bed, immediately getting dressed, keeping her eyes on Shirley as she does. "You remember everything?"
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>>76308822
>"Yes."
>"Well maybe."
>"I remember the fire, and Neffi, the Fire Ghosts, and Mars's notes, and you said a big mean invisible thing stole our family. And it took Neffi from infront of your eyes." She rattles off as she gets dressed.
>"And Nephele somehow got blacklisted. From a house." Ethwyn finishes.
>"That too." Shirley wipes her legs down with spare socks to get them dry before putting dry socks and boots on.
>Nephele stands outside of Ethwyn and Shirley's room, throwing pebbles at their window for attention.
+ ???.set.weather 'thunderstormIntense';ERROR
>Ethwyn goes over to the window, opening it and sticking her head out. "...How do we whitelist you?"
+ ???.deleteProp 'pebbles'--area 'ClayProperty'
>The pebble vanishes out of Nepheles hand.
>In fact, all the pebbles vanish. All the way to the treeline.
+ ???.muteEntity Nephele
>And when she opens her mouth to speak, there's no noise
>Nephele frowns
>Ethwyn's brow furrows. "It's not allowing you to talk, is it?"
>Nephele shakes her head
>Shirley stomps her way over to the window. Then looks down. "Neffi. I don't know what's happening, but we're going to get through this. We're going to be together again, believe it."
+ ???.clearWhiteList 'EthwynRoom';ERROR
>Nephele smiles, but shakes her head a little
+ printString: "Another entity has Admin privileges."; Medium:Ethwyn.Room.Sill;ERROR
+ ???.connect.Portal 'EthwynRoom' 'MasterBedroom'
>Shirley, however, is insistent. "Neffi no! Don't think like that. Please. You're one of the best people I know. We're not gonna let this damn vampire ghost beat us!"
>Ethwyn just points out the window at Nephele aggressively. "Don't you shake your head at us, we are gonna fucking get our family back, and that includes you! So you just wait for us to save your ass! You may be older, and taller, but I'm the big sister here, and I'm gonna protect all of... is that snow?"
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>>76309036
+ ???.setWeather 'IdealisedSnow'
+ ???.emphasizeMemory 'Ethwyn' 'Snow'
>Nephele starts dragging her toe in the loose dirt, writing something.
>'Another entity has gained Administrator privileges.'
>Ethwyn is lost in memory.
>It's as if she is there, in the snow again.
>Shirley gets a little wide-eyed. "Oooo oooo can you talk in our brains now? tell us what you need? Where do you want us to go? Is the Vampire Ghost in house still? Do you want to go to the creek?"
>Ethwyn stares out into the snow, brow furrowed.
>Nephele writes in the snow again.
>'Muted.'
>'Working on it.'
+ ???.setDirtParticles = off;ERROR
>"So it wasn't you. It was the ghost that did." Shirley is disappointed, and arguably less alarmed than the situation ought to call for. "Its a vampire ghost hacker."
>Nephele gives Ethwyn a look.
+ deemphasizeMemory 'Ethwyn' 'Snow'
>Shirley sees Neffi looking at Ethwyn and grabs Ethwyn's arm.
>Ethwyn jumps a bit, startled. "H-huh? What... s-sorry, just... lost in thought, I think..."
>A figure appears behind Nephele, with its arms crossed.
>Shirley fearfully hisses to her sister "It's the Vampire Ghost Hacker." She points.
>Or is it in front of her?
>It sort of doubles.
>"Neffi behind you!" Shirley yells from the window. "It's using double team!"
+ ???.deemphasizeMemory 'Nephele' '24 hours'
>Nephele winces and flickers for a moment.
>Ethwyn speaks up too. "Nephele... seriously... we'll get you back, okay?" Somehow.
>"I'll be right back! Neffi, I'll be right back!" Shirley turns and rockets toward the door, aiming to shoot down the stairs and into the foyer, where her bow is located.
>But her bedroom door doesn't go out into the hallway.
>It spits her out right into the middle of the master bedroom.
>The space on the ceiling where the attic door should be is a distorted mess that hurts her head to look at.
[26/?]