>>5549163
>DIG 1 A
Just keep going forward.

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> DIG 1 A

Command processed successfully.

1 Standard Turn has passed.

Spawner functionality unlocked.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]

>>5549188
> SPAWNER [1]

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> SPAWNER [1]

SPAWNER created at location 1. SPAWNER THEME set to DUNGEON_BASIC.
1 Giant Rat spawned.

Command processed successfully.

2 Standard Turns have passed.

Quirk functionality unlocked.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]

LOCAL DATA COLLECTED. DISPLAYING.

---

The shaking nearly threw him on his ass, severe enough that his sister didn’t laugh.

“Earthquake?” She asked. “Or geomancers?”

He stood and spat at the ground. “They better not.” His sister rolled her eyes.

“Keep that attitude to yourself before you get the house knocked down. You know they want to make an example out of someone.”

He shrugged. “They’ll take a knife to the gut the same as anyone else. Besides, the empire doesn’t care about a place out here. Must have been an earthquake.”

She shook her head. “Hasn’t been an earthquake in three hundred years, since...” Her eyes went distant ransacking the heaps of old books she had read. “Since the dungeon died.”

His eyes lit up. “Do you think it could be a new one? A new dungeon...could make us heroes you know.”

“Or kill us.” She rolled her eyes again. “Or just pull everything out of us until we’re just husks. Besides, it can’t be a dungeon. They’re all dead, at least here. Have been for three hundred years.”

“Could change everything if there was one here on the farm though. Shove one of those geomancers in and we could rip the magic right out of him, and into us.”

His sister actually shuddered and wrapped her arms around herself. “Stop saying things like that. You never know who’s listening.”

“And I keep telling you, no one is. No one gives a damn about us.”

The ground shook again, more violently, and suddenly crumbled. The siblings scrambled madly as dirt, stones and old tree roots shifted suddenly, swallowing up into a new hole in the earth. Adam found himself buried to his waist in dirt, but the shaking finally settled.

“Maddy! You ok?!” His lungs caught on the dust and he hacked for a moment.

“Yeah! I’ll get you out, just let me grab a shovel!” Footsteps faded.

The dust cleared and Adam stared at the stone archway in front of him, the level floor stretching out on the other side. Just beyond a second doorway was a ball of fire, hovering in the air. An actual fucking dungeon had just opened up under his feet.

---

THREAT DETECTED, ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 3 TURNS.

>>5549284
> QUIRK 3

Go on...

>>5549334

QUIRK ARGUMENT TARGET_NUMBER INVALID.

Please choose an existing room number.

Quirk 1

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> Quirk 1

Analyzing targeted room...Conditional Match DEFENDER_BEFORE_CORE Found.

Setting theme BASIC_DUNGEON.

Log Trap Created.

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

3 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED, ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 2 TURNS

Empower functionality unlocked.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]

>>5549681
>> DIG 2 A
got to get more rooms

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LOCAL DATA COLLECTED. DISPLAYING.

---

Madeline woke up early and set to work. Cows needed to be milked. The fence needed to be inspected. Her mother was only a few months out of childbirth and needed help preparing breakfast. Dishes were cleaned, animals were fed, and a thousand other chores handled one by one. Just like every day before this one.

It wasn’t until the inevitable repair of the fence that she finally got a chance to actually talk to her brother where the rest of the family couldn’t hear. She naturally led with her strongest argument.

“This is a really stupid idea.”

“Probably!” He replied with that stupid cheerful grin of his. “But do you want to work this farm forever?”

She beat the fence post with the hammer a bit harder than it deserved. “Getting ripped in a hole isn’t going to change that.”

“We’re not going to get ripped, it’s barely a day old. I know you want out of here.”

She grimaced. It was true, which made it hurt all the more. But stepping into a dungeon, a pair of unprepared children, was just asking to have pieces of their mind ripped out...on the other hand doing the same thing every day felt the same way.

“Fine. One run. I’ve got memories to spare.”

---

> DIG 2 A

Digging...Complete. New room added.

Core automatically moved to most distant location.

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

4 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED, ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 1 TURNS

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]

>>5549723
>SPAWNER 2

>>5549723
>> QUIRK 2
There isn't going to be enough time to spawn enough minions, so trap it is

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Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d5)

> SPAWNER 2

SPAWNER created at location 2. SPAWNER THEME set to DUNGEON_BASIC.

Spawners Cycling...2 Monsters created.

5 Standard Turns have passed.

Spawners Cycling...2 Monsters created.

THREAT ARRIVED. AWAIT COMBAT RESOLUTION.

LOCAL DATA COLLECTED. DISPLAYING.

---

“I can’t believe we’re doing this.” Adam slid down the slope of collapsed dirt.

“I can’t believe you convinced me to do this.” Madeline followed, carefully stepping down the slope, shovel in hand. “It’s a dungeon, we should...I don’t even know, report it? Not go in it.”

“And what? Lose the farm? Lose the whole town? The Tarks would kill us, level the town, and probably kill the dungeon.”

“Someone needs to know...I just don’t know who. Hold up, it’s so dark in there, I’ve got something for it though.” She reached out and scraped a hand along the dirt slope, a spray of bright sparks rolling up, a tiny ball of light forming in her hand.

He grinned as she perched the light on her own head where it seemed to stick. “And you’ve been telling me to keep my head down.”

“What the Tark’s don’t know won’t get us all killed...I hope.” She scraped another ball of light into existence and set it on her brother’s head. “A shovel and a pitchfork. We’re so fucked.”

“Hey, what’s the worst that could happen, we forget how to milk a cow?”

She grimaced. “I could forget that spell. Or how to read. Too late now though, let’s go in.”

They stepped through. The edge, between dungeon and the outskirts of their farm, was immediately obvious. A pressure, like a thousand staring eyes seemed to push down on them, scanning, analyzing, watching every detail.

“It’s suffocating.” He looked around in the dark room, the light on his head barely piercing the dark.

“Dungeon gaze. Just by walking in we’ve made it a little stronger. It’s how they grow, watching, learning.”

“Right, and we can steal it back to get stronger?”

“If we make it to the core in one piece.” She jerked her head at a noise in the dark and drew a little closer to her brother. “Something’s in the room!”

---

INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. 10/10 HP.
INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. 10/10 HP.
DEFENDER: Giant Rats 5d2.
DEFENDER: Log Trap 1d4.

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 5d2
> Roll 1d4

>>5549723
> QUIRK 2

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5549737

Rolled 2, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 8 (5d2)

>>5549737
Rat gang

Rolled 4, 2 = 6 (2d5)

Blood, fur and chaos.

Rats, as big as a dog, charged out of the dark corners of the room. Madeline panicked, closed her eyes and started swinging wildly with her shovel. The first swing somehow hit something, reverberating up her arm, then furry bodies slammed into her and knocked her to the ground. Scratching, clawing and biting, mildew smell in her mouth as clothes ripped and bits of her flesh were torn out.

Adrenaline overcame panic and she rolled, somehow getting her hands back on the shovel and forcing the rats back. She opened her eyes just in time to see her brother take a log to the face, hurling him across the room to land next to her, his face and arms covered in cuts and gouges.

Beady red eyes rushed toward them.

---
2 Giant Rats defeated.

INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. 6/10 HP.
INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. 2/10 HP.
DEFENDER: Giant Rats 3d2.

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 3d2

Rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5 (3d2)

>>5549758

Rolled 1 (1d5)

Her first swing missed, and her heart jumped to her throat as the rat lunged, then it soared past her. She span as her brother screamed, rats knocking him to the ground, ripping and flaying. The life went out of his eyes mid scream as she slammed the shovel down over and over until all that was left was pulped flesh and the red stains on her face.

---

Commencing Data Extraction of Adam Brookside...Extracting Farm Tool Use.

---

“Hey! Maddy! I’m still here! I’m still here!” Adam hugged his sister’s shivering form tightly despite the gore.

“It ripped your throat out! One of this things had your guts in its mouth!”

Adam shuddered as the memories shot through his head. “Yeah, I guess they got me. But then the reset triggered, and I’m fine. Let’s keep moving, I want whatever it took back.” He leaned down to pick up... “Uh...Maddy, what is this?” He held out the object, holding it awkwardly.

“It’s a pitchfork you idiot.”

“I...fuck, I don’t know what you’re holding either.”

Madeline wiped gore and tear stains from her eyes. “It took your memory of farm tools? Don’t think you’re getting out of chores that way. Let’s go, I think it’s just one more room.

---

3 Giant Rats defeated. Invaders moving to room 2.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. 6/10 HP.
INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 1 Farmer. DISABLED.
DEFENDER: Giant Rats 2d2.

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 2d2

Rolled 1, 2 = 3 (2d2)

>>5549786
Come on rats!

Adam shivered as he stepped into the next room, his body fading and becoming transparent.

“I don’t think I can do anything Maddy, be careful...”

His sister gripped the...thing tightly and nodded. Two rats jumped her, scratching, biting and clawing and he shuddered as his sister lost more blood, more flesh to the monsters, then she crushed one with a brutal stomp, and pinned the other to the wall with her weapon...whatever it was.

The oppressive feel of dungeon gaze faded, his body becoming solid again. They’d won...sort of.

“Come on, let’s get your memories back.” His sister practically dragged him along to the core.

“Wait...what if we bargained with it?”

Maddy grimaced. “With what? One of us needs to teach the other what a shovel is.”

“It can take other kinds of memories too, right? Of people? What about Caroline?” It felt dirty to suggest forgetting his baby sister but...she was just a baby right? Plenty of time to make new memories.

“I...I don’t know. It has to accept the bargain anyway. It’s up to you.”

“I’m going to try it.” He walked up to the core, a great flaming orb, like the sun contained in glass and laid a hand on it.

---

> BARGAIN

OFFERING: Family Connection (Caroline Brookside) +20 DATA
REQUEST: VISITOR DATA (Adam Brookside) -10 DATA

ANALYSIS: Target will gain strength, but dungeon acquires additional DATA.

>ACCEPT
>DENY

>>5549799
>>ACCEPT

>>5549799
>ACCEPT

>>5549799
>ACCEPT

“You can teach me how to use...this thing? Right?”

“It’s a pitchfork. Of course I can.”

“Well, you should get something too then. Don’t worry about me.”

Madeline scrubbed at the blood on her arm for a moment. “I...ok. Yeah, I don’t want this to be for nothing.”

She put her hand on the orb.

---

> BARGAIN ACCEPTED

> THEFT. Lesser Light Orb Observation Stolen by Madeline Brookside.

40/25 DATA Acquired. THEME AWARDED. THEME COMMAND UNLOCKED.

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 3d100

Rolled 42, 20, 35 = 97 (3d100)

>>5549822
Hey, give the orb back!

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5549822

THEMATIC POSSIBILITIES DETERMINED.

CHOOSE 1

> 42. The Season of Autumn
> 20. Temple of Light
> 76. Museum

>>5549836
>20. Temple of Light

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>>5549836
> 76. Museum

>>5549836
> 42. The Season of Autumn
We are under a farm

>>5549836
>Temple of Light

>>5549836
> 42. The Season of Autumn

>>5549836
> 20. Temple of Light

Locking it for
> 20. Temple of Light

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They were outside again. Madeline’s head buzzed, the skill she knew, overlapped with the power from the dungeon she had stolen...something was happening there. The rest of the day was a blur of washing bloodstains and mending the worst parts of her clothes. As the sun was setting she ducked into their shed and cast the spell again, sparks gathering up in her hand, but then kept going, building more light, more power...

The ball of light burst into a ball of flame shimmering in her hand. She screamed and dropped it where it burst on the floor, burned her toes and set a small fire. She panicked and stamped on the flame as she heard a voice.

“Madeline? Everything ok?” Her father called out. Shit, shit, she still needed to repair her clothes, agree on a cover story, and definitely not burn down the house. But she had a skill! A real combat skill!

---

> THEME Acquired. Temple of Light

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

>>5549868
> THEME [2] [Temple of Light]

lets try this out.

>>5549868
>QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER] 2

>>5549868
> THEME 1 Caryatid, Statues, Entrance, Portico
Let's turn the rats into holy statues

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>5549879
>>5549883
>>5549885

Resolving...

>>5549888
Why are you rolling? Mine is basically the same as this one
>>5549879

>>5549894
No wait nevermind, it's because he went for the second room instead of the first right?

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> Quirk 2

Analyzing targeted room...Conditional Match DEFENDER_BEFORE_CORE Found.

Setting theme BASIC_DUNGEON.

Log Trap Created.

Spawners Cycling...2 Monsters created.

6 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.

>>5549902
> THEME 1 Temple of light
Let's try a holy entrance again

>>5549902
>THEME [1] [Temple of Light]

>>5549902
>SPAWNER 3
what % does empower increases ?

>>5549902
support >>5549903

next time we need to communicate more.

> THEME 1 Temple of Light

Applying Theme...
Log Trap Transformed into Judgement Gaze. 1D4 and Reduces target’s attack by 1.
Giant Rat Transformed into Ivory Watchers. 1D3. Vigilant, cannot be surprised.

Spawners Cycling...2 Monsters created.

7 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.

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>>5549916

>>5549916
>SPAWNER [3]
Sugoi, gonna change theme in the second room next

btw you forgot to put more monsters in the picture

>>5549916
> EMPOWER [1] [Ivory Watchers] [1]

>>5549916
QM, quick question, does the order change what's in the room?
Say we put a spawner and the change the theme, would the monster be different then if we changed the theme and then put a spawner?

>>5549927
anon, let's make another spawner in the empty room first so that it'll be making monster in the meantime we do other things.

>>5549928
Because depending on the answer, I'm either supporting this anon
>>5549921
Or changing room's 3 theme and then put the spawner next turn

>>5549928

Themes aren't effected by order of events. Quirks can be.

>>5549933
I see
>>5549916
I'm supporting
>SPAWNER [3]


Anons, I have an idea for a plan
Next turn we
> THEME 3 [Temple of Light]
Then we
> QUIRK 3
Then we
> EMPOWER [1] [Ivory Watchers] [1]
That way we find out about the mechanics

>>5549939
sure we can do that as well. sounds like a good plan

>>5549939
sure

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Adam felt incredible. The bargain with the dungeon had made him stronger and faster, breezing through his chores, as long as his sister was there to remind him what all the funny sticks and things were. And sure, he was a bit clumsy with them now, despite vaguely remembering using them most of his life, but what did it matter when he was burning with power! And his sister had somehow turned her little light spell into an actual ball of fire! They had to go back, get more power, actually become somebody that could leave this patch of farmland.

---

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 3 Standard Turns.

> SPAWNER 3

SPAWNER created at location 3. SPAWNER THEME set to DUNGEON_BASIC.

Spawners Cycling...3 Monsters created.

7 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.

>>5549966
3 turns?
We have enough time to do that plan
> THEME 3 [Temple of Light]

>>5549966
support >>5549969

So, a question about empower, is the target number the amount of units empowered, or how many levels to strengthen them?
Is there a limit of how much we can do at once? Like empower from 1 to 5? Is there a cost?
It's fine if you want us to find some of these question through experimentation

>>5549969
>+1

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> THEME 3 [Temple of Light]

Applying Theme...
Log Trap Transformed into Judgement Gaze. 1D4 and Reduces target’s attack by 1.
Giant Rat Transformed into Ivory Watchers. 1D3. Vigilant, cannot be surprised.

Spawners Cycling...3 Monsters created.

9 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 2 Standard Turns.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.

>>5549972
Target number refers room number

>>5549980
> QUIRK [3]

>>5549980
> QUIRK 3
So what's destination number?
Huh, so changing the order didn't end up changing the trap.
Still, we should have one anyway

>>5549980
>Quirk 3

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>Quirk 3

Analyzing room...condition CORE_ROOM met!

PUZZLE Test of Harmony created. Test difficulty increases based on number of invaders, 2 damage dealt to each invader per failure.

PUZZLE Limit reached.

Spawners Cycling...3 Monsters created.

10 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL = 1 Standard Turns.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.


>>5549982
Destination Letter is used when you empower a room

>>5550003
> EMPOWER [1] [Ivory Watchers] [1]

The test of the core room got me curious, btw what would it be if it was a themeless room instead ?
>>5550011
>+1

>>5550003
> EMPOWER [1] [Ivory Watchers]

>>5550012
I'm curious about that to.
Would it end up just as a Judgement Gaze?
Would it be another puzzle if we didn't put the temple theme before?

>>5549980
By the looks of it traps are better than mobs.

> Quirk 3

>>5550014
Oooh that's right. If we can only have one puzzle per theme, then BASIC_DUNGEON should have its own

>>5550016
I mean, individually they are but the spawner auto-makes more everyturn so it works out. We got unlucky the first time 'coz we weren't waiting for invaders soon e made the 2nd spawner a bit late.

>>5550016
You just made me think of a question, how many quirks can each room have?
Can a room have a puzzle and a trap? Or even two traps? maybe Two spawners and no traps, with two different types of monsters? Or maybe empower is what changes a monster to have different types

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Rolled 4, 4, 5 = 13 (3d5)

> EMPOWER [1] [Ivory Watchers] [1]

Empowering Ivory Watchers...
GUARDIAN created. Test of Courage. 3D5. 15 HP.

Spawners Cycling...1 Monsters created.

11 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. RESOLVING COMBAT...

---

“Alright, what is this?”

“Uh...pitchfork?” He guessed.

Madeline rolled her eyes. “I can’t believe you barely remember what a pitchfork is. Dad probably thought you were drunk.”

“Yeah, but did you see how much firewood I could carry at once?”

She sighed as they slid down the slope. “Yeah, if the dungeon wants you to carry the firewood that...that’s different.”

The dungeon had changed. The rough entrance was now a marble arch, leading to a black and white tiled floor. The room was well lit, despite a lack of any torches and another marble archway waited on the far end. Above the door a winged statue waited, and beneath it a suit of armor stood, arms folded, two swords driven into the ground on either side of it. Dimly beyond that was the cavern from before, no doubt crawling with rats.

“It’s gotten a lot bigger...”

Her brother grinned and swung his pitchfork inexpertly. “So have we. And look, an actual sword! Imagine if I got a hold of that?”

“That thing is going to take your head off. Again.”

Adam just hefted his pitchfork and charged.

---

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Farmer Level 2. 20/20 HP 1D5.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Hedge Mage Level 1. 15/15 HP. 2D5.
DEFENDER: Test of Courage. 3D5. 15 HP
DEFENDER: Gaze of Judgement. 1D4.

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 3d5
> Roll 1d4


>>5550024
One quirk per room. One monster(or monster spawner) per room.

>>5550019
One puzzle per floor of the dungeon.

>>5550012
BASIC_DUNGEON puzzle...maybe a block puzzle? Towers of hanoi?

Rolled 2, 1, 4 = 7 (3d5)

>>5550035

Rolled 3, 3, 1 = 7 (3d5)

>>5550035
Empowered guardians first.

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5550035

They were amazing. The suit of armor came to life, both swords jerking into the air and moving in to attack. His body just responded, sprinting across the room, barely noticing the wave of pressure did I really give up my baby sister? . He weaved past the floating swords, the first missing entirely, the second leaving a red ribbon of his blood from a shallow cut, but nothing worth worrying about. He slammed his weapon, whatever it was called, into the suit of armor, sending the helmet flying revealing nothing underneath. It punched back, probably breaking his nose, but Adam didn’t care as he reeled backwards. His sister was hurling bolts of fire and he was fighting a suit of magic armor in a dungeon.

He was finally somebody worth a damn.

---

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Farmer Level 2. 11/20 HP 1D5-1.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Hedge Mage Level 1. 13/15 HP. 2D5.
DEFENDER: Test of Courage. 3D5. 3/15 HP

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM.
> Roll 3d5

>>5550057
I was thinking our mobs would wipe the floor with the intruders but no...

Rolled 4, 5, 3 = 12 (3d5)

>>5550057

Rolled 1, 2, 3 = 6 (3d5)

>>5550057

>>5550063
Good

>>5550061
well, they got stronger as well but no worries 'coz we still have 2 more floors to work with unlike last time.

>>5550061
Maybe the rats will nibble them to death

One thing that bothers me about this kind of quest is the complexity creep. I saw other quests that were like this one and the qm kept adding stuff every update.... it's a wonder it lasted like 7 threads

Also did you dropped your vermin quest like that? Not even a heads up

>>5550089
Vermin Quest isn't mine, I'm shirking Lost Garden right now to toy with this, but I'll get back to it shortly.

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Farmer Level 2. 2/20 HP 1D4.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Hedge Mage Level 1. 10/15 HP. 2D5.

---

Madeline smacked a floating sword out of the way, then ducked under another, a thin line of hair scattering from the blade. Another firebolt ignited in his head as her brother wrestled with the suit of armor, weapon forgotten. The two rained blows on each other, pieces of armor scattering, her brother’s flesh mottled with red and black bruises. She finally found an opening and slammed a firebolt into the back of the armor, bringing it to a shuddering stop.

The flying swords clattered to the ground.

“Fuck.” She collapsed to the floor with them. “We’re outclassed.”

Her brother dropped down as well. “We won, didn’t we?” He swayed, throwing out his hands.

“The first room. You’re about to drop, I’m exhausted...” She staggered up, calling up her orb of light and peered at the next room. Red eyes glinted in the dark and she took a step backwards. “We need help. Those rats would eat us alive.”

“They’ll just get stronger if we turn back.”

She shook her head. “Only so much though. Dungeons have rules, things that hold them back. And maybe it’ll make a resource room or even a treasure room. One of these needs to learn to harvest the monsters too, there’s probably good stuff in that armor.”

“Can we make it do that?” Adam staggered up and picked up one of the previously floating swords.

“I...I don’t know. I’ll look through some of my books. Let’s get out of here though, we’re beat.”

Adam hefted the sword and gave it a few swings. “Got this though.”

---

INVADERS ANALYZED. 60/50 DATA Collected. Special Action Acquired.

> Acquire New Theme
> Auto Apply Theme ‘Temple of Light’ to Floor 1
> Triple Dig

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>>5550132

DATA SUMMARY

>>5550132
> Triple Dig
Three more rooms

>>5550132
>Triple Dig
>G, A, A

>>5550132
>Triple Dig
2xF & 1xG

>>5550134
Actually, does the autoapply counts to both current and future rooms? Because it would be the better option in that case

>>5550138
Current rooms without a theme and all future ones when they're created, but just for this floor.

>>5550138
If it counts for future rooms, then it surpasses triple dig in two theme changes (since room 2 would get one)
Unless we try to mix and match different themes, or if triple dig is also an upgrade, instead of a one time deal.

>>5550141
In that case
>>5550132
>>5550134
Changing to
> Auto Apply Theme ‘Temple of Light’ to Floor 1

>Triple Dig

>>5550035

> Choose three locations to dig rooms into

>>5550156
A, F, G

>>5550164
>+1

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> Triple Dig A, F, G

PROCESSING...New Rooms Complete.

11 Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

>>5550180
> THEME [2] [Temple of Light]

>>5550180
> SPAWNER A
Start getting some minions out while we focus on other things

>>5550184
>+1

Taking a break for a few hours, I'll try and bang out a few more turns this evening. I'll probably do one more invasion Monday or Tuesday then call it, at least until I finish Lost Garden up.

>>5550209
no problem. btw what's your timezone ?

>>5550209
I'm guessing empowering rooms is how we could make thing like resource rooms, treasure rooms, or even other type of special rooms, right?

>>5550092
Sorry, the style was similar

>>5550180
>Spawner [a]
We indeed have to fill the rooms to get the most outta em. Sad that they will only spawn rats. For now...

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>Spawner [a]

Processing...Spawner created. Assigned theme BASIC_DUNGEON.

Cycling Spawners.

2 Monsters created.

12 Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

Alright, that's it for tonight. See you all around this time tomorrow and we'll try to knock a few more turns out, but sadly my time is pretty limited through the week.

>>5550476
>Empower [5]Room[5]

>>5550476
>Empower [5]Room[5]

>>5550476
> EMPOWER 5 ROOM

>>5550476
> THEME [2] [Temple of Light]
Come on, we can't have rats in the middle. We can have a cave before proper entrance like fallout vaults, or a side cave, but no mid-dungeon rats.
Why did you guys chose dig 3 instead of a floor theme anyway?

>>5550654
I don't know why anons voted for that
I'm empowering the room 5 because I want to find this out
>>5550218

>>5550654
Dude, we only had 1 themeless room, so it wasn’t worth it.

>>5550874
It applied to all future rooms as well.

>>5550877
Well, all future rooms on this floor.
Still, it would surpass triple dig in worth after two new rooms.

Yeah the theme boon was better but we suffered a momentary stroke and we didn't run the numbers. Also why tf empower room 5.
>Theme room [2]
I can support experimenting but for next turn

>>5551019
At least the triple dig turned our temple themed dungeon into a cross.
So it's still themed!

>>5551020
I'll change to
> THEME [2] [Temple of Light]
But I still want to know what empower room does

>>5550476
>THEME [2] [Temple of Light]

>>5551020
True that

>>5550476
>Empower [5]Room[5]

>>5550476
>THEME [2] [TOL]

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> THEME 2 Temple of Light

Applying Theme...
Log Trap Transformed into Judgement Gaze. 1D4 and Reduces target’s attack by 1.
Giant Rat Transformed into Ivory Watchers. 1D3. Vigilant, cannot be surprised.

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

13 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”.


>>5550550
A small note, Empower asks for a target NUMBER (Room in your dungeon) and a destination LETTER (which refers to undug areas)

>>5551358
>empower [5] [Room] [F]

>>5551369

PROCESSING...

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“A dungeon!?”

“Say it louder, I bet the Tarks didn’t hear it in the capital!” Adam hissed.

The other boy blinked a few times, then repeated himself in a whisper. “A dungeon?”

“Yeah, swing by later and I’ll show you. But keep your mouth shut!”

---

>empower [5] [Room] [F]

Empowering Room 5...Expansion into Area F Complete.

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

14 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

>>5551389
>empower [3] [Unit] [G]

>>5551393
>empower [3] [Unit] [G]

ERROR. GUARDIAN_MAX Reached.

15 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

>>5551412
What, that used a turn? I thought the last time we input an invalid command we got to redo it.
>Quirk 5

>>5551418
It didn't, I just copy pasted from the wrong spot.

>>5551412
>Spawner 5

Rolled 2 (1d2)

RESOLVING...
>>5551422
>>5551418

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“You know, I thought you were lying...or stupid or something.”

Madeline smirked, leaning on her shovel. “He is pretty stupid.”

“Shut up Maddy. You want in Michael?”

The larger boy flinched a little and stared at the marble archway. “Is that statue a guardian?”

“Yeah. Swords come up and fly around. Almost took us out, but...”

“Oh fuck...you want me to go in with you.”

Adam picked up a bundle of cloth wrapped in the corner, revealing a pair of swords. They had faded a bit, picking up rust and a few chips, when they left the dungeon, but they were still functional weapons.

“You want one? I bet there’s more deeper in, and Maddy is trying to figure out Harvesting. I know you want an edge when you enlist. You saw how much stronger I’ve gotten when we unloaded the cart.”

Madeline scraped her fingers along the wall, sparks swirling together into a ball of fire. “Both of us.”

---

QUIRK at room 5...CONDITION DEAD_END met!

Small Resource Created! Dungeon Cap - A useful resource for crafting low tier potions

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

Resources Cycling...1 Resource created.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL 3 TURNS.

15 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

>>5551441
>Quirk 5

>>5551441
>Quirk 4
I look away for one second and the dungeon is getting gimped again

>>5551441
I wonder if there will be a way to change placement. I feel there is to many fights in a row. Need some thing later to sweeten the pot for baiting people. Thinking after two fights and the more loot after 3 fights.

> DIG 4 to A

>>5551445
That was a joke by the way.
If empowering expands a room, then that's probably how to get more units in one room

>>5551448
we just got a thing to sweeten the pot, the dungeon cap

I wonder how to make a treasure room.
A quirk in a dead end room?

>>5551450
Sorry, thinking we need something more. As in gold as well to sweeten the deal for the people untrained in potions. Maybe we make room 3 a pick 1 loot door. So people will risk round 2 more often.

>>5551451
That or room themes, I think.

>>5551455
I think theme would change the resources, not the type of room.
We could pop a quirk on 6 to find out

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>>5551448
Something like this?

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>5551443
>>5551445
>>5551448

RESOLVING...

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> Quirk 4

QUIRK at room 4...CONDITION CORE_ROOM_PUZZLE at limit.
CONDITION CORE_ROOM_KEY met!

Spawners Cycling...1 Monster created.

Resources Cycling...1 Resource created.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL 2 TURNS.

16 Standard Turns have passed.

PLEASE ENTER A KEY LOCATION:

> ROOM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

>>5551469
6

>>5551469
Can our mosnters make use of the resource or it's something for the adventurers only ?
>Spawner 6

>>5551475
We are choosing where to put the key to the core room right now

>>5551448
I wasn't planning on it, to encourage more organic growth, but I might add SWITCH, which would do about what you'd expect.

>>5551469
6 then

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KEY ASSIGNED TO ROOM 6.

16 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL 2 TURNS.

SWITCH command unlocked! THEME must match to SWITCH!

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]
> SWITCH [TARGET NUMBER] [TARGET NUMBER] [ QUIRK | UNIT ]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

That's it for tonight! I'll try for another few turns tomorrow.

>>5551497
>quirk 6

>>5551503
I'll support this.
But if the key counts as a quirk, then
> THEME 5 Temple

>>5551459
yeah that would work.

>>5551488
Understandable, but cool of you to do.

>>5551503
Backing as well.

>>5551503
>+1

>>5551497
support >>5551503

at least some more security for the key to our heart.

>>5551497
>QUIRK 6

>>5551503
+1

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> Quirk 6

Analyzing targeted room...Conditional Match KEY_ROOM Found.

Creating OBSTACLE. Basic Pit. Invaders must pass a martial test or take 3 damage when passing this OBSTACLE.

17 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL 1 TURNS.

PLEASE ENTER A COMMAND

> DIG [ORIGIN NUMBER] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> SPAWNER [TARGET NUMBER]
> QUIRK [TARGET NUMBER]
> EMPOWER [TARGET NUMBER] [QUIRK | UNIT | ROOM] [DESTINATION LETTER]
> THEME [TARGET NUMBER] [THEME IDENTIFIER]
> SWITCH [TARGET NUMBER] [TARGET NUMBER] [ QUIRK | UNIT ]

AVAILABLE THEMES: “Temple of Light”

No time for more tonight

>>5552727
>Empower [6] [Quirk] [6]

better defenses.

>>5552727
>Empower [6] [Quirk] [6]

>>5552727
I think we ought to put something in the shroom room so they're not just a gimme.

>QUIRK [5]

>>5552755
>+1

>>5552730
>>5552736
Empower's third option requires a destination letter

>>5552755
+1

>>5552727
>> THEME 4 ToL

>>5552917
The destination is for when you empower a room, since the room expands. >>5550003
I think Quirks and Units don't need it

>>5552934
QM says otherwise >>5551358

>>5552940
Anon, I just linked a post where QM said that the destination number is for empowering rooms.
Also when we empowered the guardian, the destination letter was the same as the room, and it went through
>>5550035
Meaning it doesn't matter for units, but when another anon voted to empower a room using the same destination, he did that clarification

>>5552952
Although QM might just have skipped that part when making the guardian, or choosing the same room as the destination for units is possible, as well as choosing another room.
Either way, we haven't empowered a quirk as well, so we don't know how it for for those

>>5552727
> EMPOWER [6] [ROOM] [G]

>>5552730
I wholeheartedly agree.
>>5552727
>EMPOWER [6] [QUIRK]
It seems we don't have to specify the number of the quirk >>5552730 >>5552736 just the room where the quirk is.

>>5552727

> EMPOWER 4 UNIT
I want a rat that makes all the rules.

>>5553261
You can only have one guardian at the moment. You could always try to make your current guardian not a guardian though...

>>5552727
>EMPOWER [6] [QUIRK]
>>5553276
we should further empower the guardian after this

>>5553276
Alright.

Will we be able to empower a spawner later? It could be cool to have a swarm room with a puzzle to challenge people.

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Rolled 10 (1d15)

> EMPOWER [6] [ROOM] [G]

Empowering Basic Pit...transformed to Large Basic Pit. Requires two might tests to pass. Failure results in 3 damage.

Cycling Spawners...All spawners at Maximum for room size

Cycling Resources...1 Resource Created

18 Standard Turns have passed.

THREAT DETECTED. RESOLVING...

---

“Ok, are we ready?” Madeline patted the bulky gambeson, a slight smell of mildew coming off of it. It smelled, but every little bit helped, and Michael had lucked into being able to take the old cloth armor before it turned into rags and bandages.

“So that thing is going to attack as soon as we walk in?” Michael peered at the suit of armor.

Adam nodded. “Yeah, the swords start flying too. They’re pretty sharp, so uh...stay sharp too. There were rats too, but we haven’t seen them since the first time.”

“Shit...I can’t believe we’re going into a dungeon.” Michael checked the padded satchel, four tiny vials set into it. “God I hope we get something to offset the cost of these.”

Adam hopped in place. “We will. That thing is the toughest thing the dungeon has-”

“Unless it has a boss.” Madeline cut in dryly.
“Which will only be the core room...right? Right?”

Madeline sighed. “Yeah, bosses are always in either core rooms, or guarding the stairs to the next floor. We see a boss though, we turn back. I don’t think we’re ready.”

“Yet!” Adam grinned and pointed his sword. “Let’s go!”

---

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 2 Scrapper. 25/25 HP. 1d15. Might Advantage.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 2 Hedge Mage. 20/20 HP. 2d10. Presence Advantage.
INVADER: Michael Guardkin. Level 2 Cadet. 20/20 HP. 5d2. Might Advantage.

DEFENDER: Test of Courage. 3D5. 15 HP.
DEFENDER: Gaze of Judgement. 1D4. Target loses 1 Attack Power.

---

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM

> Roll 3d5
> Roll 1d4

Rolled 3, 1 = 4 (2d10)

ANALYZING PROBABILITIES...

Rolled 2, 1, 2, 2, 2 = 9 (5d2)

ANALYZING PROBABILITIES...

STILL AWAITING EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM...

> Roll 3d5
> Roll 1d4

>>5553794

Rolled 2, 3, 2, 2 = 9 (4d3)

CONSIDERING TARGETS...

The largest clump of numbers attacks Adam. The next largest attacks Michael, with the last targeting Madeline. It's good to be a back liner.

STILL AWAITING EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM...

> Roll 3d5
> Roll 1d4

Rolled 4, 5, 4 = 13 (3d5)

>>5553803
>external chaos system is low power, consider using internal chaos system

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>5553803

Rolled 5, 1, 2 = 8 (3d5)

>>5553803
Rollin’ for one.

Adam bulled straight into the fight, slamming his blade across the suit of animate armor, ripping the helmet cleanly off, taking a punch to the gut and a slice across the back for his trouble, held back a little by the cheap armor, but still staining with a red line. Michael moved in more cautiously, weaving and dodging, but still taking a cut to the arm when he broke for the armor, driving his blade between plates of armor. Madeline knelt low, scooping two handfuls of fire into her hands, and hurled them, one glancing off a leg, the other slamming into a mail boot, knocking it aside. Michael gave a twist and literally tore the armor in half, pieces separating to clatter on the floor.

They stood and panted for a moment. “Easier that time.” She gasped.

Adam grinned. “Yeah, not as bad.” He reached awkward to pat his back. “Still got me good a couple times, but I think I’m good.”

Michael looked at his arm and twitched. “Should we do potions? We only have the four.”

Madeline nodded. “No taking chances, I’m going to try and Harvest something.” She knelt and picked up the fragments of armor, trying to collect her mana, calm her breath, feel out the item that might lurk inside the pieces. After a moment something twitched and caught and she pulled it out, the armor dissolving into smoke. She stared at the three hard gray chips in her hand.

“Hey Michael, what is this?” She glanced over as the boys drained a potion each, tucking the empty vials into their bag.

He squinted then grinned. “Lesser mana gem. Might be able to pay for the potions if we get a few more at least.”

“Thank god, I thought it was just a rock and the dungeon was an asshole.”

The three turned toward the next room and Adam sighed. “I really hate that statue in the back, I think it’s messing with my head. Ready?”

---

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 2 Scrapper. 20/25 HP. 1d14. Might Advantage.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 2 Hedge Mage. 20/20 HP. 2d10. Presence Advantage.
INVADER: Michael Guardkin. Level 2 Cadet. 20/20 HP. 5d2. Might Advantage.

DEFENDER: Ivory Watchers. 5d3, Cannot be Surprised
DEFENDER: Gaze of Judgement. 1D4. Target loses 1 Attack Power.

---

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM

> Roll 5d3
> Roll 1d4

Rolled 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 6 (5d3)

>>5553864

Rolled 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3 = 12 (6d3)

>>5553864

CONSIDERING TARGETS...

STILL AWAITING EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM...

> Roll 1d4

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>5553880

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Rolled 2, 1, 2, 3, 2 = 10 (5d3)

Madeline looked at the ranks of statues, each one an eye pleasing white stone of a robed woman. She glanced up and met the gaze of the statue her brother had mentioned and shuddered. Mom was going to kill her for doing this, putting both them in danger, dungeons could rip the soul right out of those reckless enough, what was she thinking putting the family in danger like this-

“Get out my head!” She screamed, both of the boys jumping in surprised. A sharp pain shot through her head.

“Maddy?”

The statues lunged. She dodged one, then collided with another. It slammed into her shoulder, sending her spinning, another tripped her and sent her tumbling to the floor. She raked her hands on the floor and flicked them upward, hurling a pair of firebolts, stone shattering easily. Her brother sporting a fresh black eye cleaved another in half, while Adam more carefully cut the last two down.

Adam pulled her up. “You ok?”

“Yeah...it just got me thinking about mom...somehow. Let me Harvest and we’ll keep moving.” She scooped up a handful of stone fragments, focused for a moment, and an object fell into her hands, a tiny white statuette. “Cute. Probably worth something at least.”

---

INVADERS AT ROOM 3.

INVADER: Adam Brookside. Level 2 Scrapper. 17/25 HP. 1d14. Might Advantage.
INVADER: Madeline Brookside. Level 2 Hedge Mage. 17/20 HP. 2d9. Presence Advantage.
INVADER: Michael Guardkin. Level 2 Cadet. 18/20 HP. 5d2 (Max 2). Might Advantage.

DEFENDER: Ivory Watchers. 5d3, Cannot be Surprised

---

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM

> Roll 5d3

Rolled 1, 2, 3, 1, 1 = 8 (5d3)

Piling up those data rewards...

CONSIDERING TARGETS...

Rolled 2, 2, 3, 1, 3 = 11 (5d3)

>>5553904

Adam didn’t waste any time gawking in the next room. He hurled himself at the pale statues, who jerked to life in response. Fire flashed to his left, steel to his right. A few stone fists crashed into him, bloodied his nose, bruised his shoulder, cracked his shin, but he could take it. Every room they advanced was another step forward, a little stronger, a little better. He swung recklessly, cleaving a head from its shoulders, and the room was clear, a few bits of stone still clattering to a standstill.

He turned. “Everyone good?”

Madeline spit blood on the floor and grimaced. “Took a punch, but I’m good. You’re starting to look pretty rough though. Drink another potion.”

“I’m fine. Anything good from the harvest?”

Madeline glared but started on the harvest, producing another tiny statue. Michael joined him at the altar at the far end of the room. Three tiny golden hand bells sat on the table.

“Act in harmony and the path forward will be revealed. Discord will result in correct.” Michael read aloud. “Do they mean the bells? And what’s correction?”

Madeline glanced over. “Probably pain of some sort.” She pulled a light orb together and peered into a side room. “Big room over here, I don’t see anything in it from here. Hold on, I’m going to try pinging it.”

“What’s a ping?”

Madeline ignored him and set the floor, closing her eyes. She raised a fist and dropped it to the floor with an audible ‘ping’ of noise.

“It’s a mapping spell, only good for one room...mushrooms?”

“Mushrooms?”

Madeline hopped up with a grin. “Yeah, dungeon caps! The dungeon finally did something nice for us! It’s got a giant room growing dungeon caps!”

Madeline shot into the room and he hurried after her.

“Hey! Don’t just rush off!”

---

One collection of mushrooms later they assembled in front of the bell altar and nervously picked up a bell each.

“Ok...on three.”

> Roll 3d3, until all three numbers match. Invaders take 2 damage for each failure, and will make attempts until one of them is on the verge of defeat.

Rolled 2, 3, 1 = 6 (3d3)

>>5553926

Rolled 1, 1, 3 = 5 (3d3)

>>5553926
I will just continue rolling every couple minutes if that is acceptable to the System

>>5553932

Yeah, go for it

Rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5 (3d3)

>>5553926
Dam this trap hurts more that I thought it would. I wonder what it odds of matching is.

Rolled 2, 1, 1 = 4 (3d3)

>>5553926

Rolled 3, 3, 5 = 11 (3d6)

>>5553926

Rolled 3, 3, 3 = 9 (3d3)

>>5553926

Rolled 2, 1, 2 = 5 (3d3)

>>5553941
>>5553926

Oops here 3d3 instead

>>5553942
Cool so it was 33.33...

Still 2 x 7 damage is good for making them think twice. Hope it was still worth it for them as it was for us.

>>5553931 Fail
>>5553932 Fail
>>5553938 Fail
>>5553939 Fail
>>5553942 Pass

8 AOE Damage unless I'm missing something

That's it for tonight, see you tomorrow.

>>5553956
Cool. Thanks for running.

>>5553956
So they all are somewhere around the 10 HP mark. So they are quite bloodied already... sadly all that is left for them to overcome is the pit.... i have little hope that it will safe us on its own

What should be next on the bill for expansion. Maybe a larger enttance room with more place for Spawners....

Definetly a Boss monster i would guess

>>5554212
The spawners have shown themselves to be unable to keep up with the invaders’ scaling. I say we go for more types of traps like the pit and puzzle

>>5554235
Well they still provide some sort of an obstacle and our rolls this time were complete and utter shit.

But you are right. Just put down a Spawner for some defenses and try some more Traps to work with in conjunction.

That staue that weakens invaders should be pretty good.

And a Bossmonster should be in the cards. Hopefully.

>>5554235
Have we tried empoering a room witha spawner yet?
Maybe that's the key to get stronger units without turning them into guardians/bosses

>>5554257
Yes we have tried. The QM system said "room monster cap reached" or something and we wasted a turn. Empowering seems to increase number of monsters and that's it...

Shit. Our rolls were Shit and theirs weren't. That's one problem... I agree that we need more traps and that they are better than monsters. Did any trap caused damage I wonder? Our rolls were too bad damn it!!!

>>5554261
Can you point the update that happened? The only cap I can find is after we empowered the units themselves not the room the units were in.
Also QM said that didn't wast a turn and he made a mistake

>>5551412
>>5551420
>>5551441
Linking to the posts I'm talking about

>>5553789
I'm thinking increasing room size would get us more monsters because of this
>All spawners at Maximum for room size
So I want to find out if it only increases amount or it makes them stronger.
Maybe increasing the room size of the guardian would do that?

>>5554272
Lemme browse through

>>5554294
>>5554272
>>5551412

>>5554300
That's exactly what I linked here >>5554273, it was to empower a unit, not the room it was in.
And we didn't lose a turn, Sys made a copy paste mistake.

Madeline clutched her head as the massively applied off key bell strike reverberated, shaking her entire body with an unpleasant vibration. Her brother swayed and Michael clutched the edge of the altar, knuckles and face white.

“I. Said. On. Three.” She spat between teeth.

Adam rubbed the side of his face. “I thought you’d say go afterwards.”

“We’re not saying go. On three.”

---

The room shook. Her stomach shook. Her head shook. Her vision shook. She found herself vomiting noisily into the corner of the room. Bells echoed.

“I used to like bells too.” She glared at the nearest wall. “I’m sticking you with all my choir songs if I get a chance. See if you like it.” She turned and glared at the two boys.

“Not after two! Immediately after I say three. Everyone still good?”

The boys nodded.

“Ok. One...two...three!”

---

Madeline stared at the ceiling, listening to the pleasant echoing reverb of the crisp unified bell tone. Underneath it, somehow harmonizing with it, was the whisper of smooth stone sliding away.

“Fuck you dungeon!”

Maddie winced at the discord of her brother’s voice and sat up, immediately seeing the issue. Beyond the altar a section of wall had slid away. Beyond that wall was an ornate padlock, held against the door by four sturdy gleaming steel chains. She groaned and laid back down, hair fanned out behind her.

“Ok, I think we’re done for now.” All she had were bruises, guilt, and a headache, but she knew on some level that she was badly beaten, and so were her companions.

“We’ve still got two potions.”

She shook her head. “We should save them. I’m beat, I can see you swaying from here, and Michel doesn’t look much better. As long as the dungeon isn’t too much of an asshole we can come back in a couple days and try again.” She closed her eyes and tried to remember everything she had read about dungeons over the past few days. “They grow stronger from seeing new things and people, so maybe it’ll have something new in a couple days, since we brought Michael and I showed it a new spell.”

Adam sighed. “I feel like we’re close.”

“Yeah, me too, but I don’t want to waste time relearning a spell either. Let’s go home.”

---

ANALYZING COLLECTED DATA...

110/75 DATA ACQUIRED! New THEME awarded!
110/100 DATA ACQUIRED! DELVE action awarded! Special action awarded!

DISPATCH TO EXTERNAL CHAOS SYSTEM...

> Roll 1d100
> Roll 1d100
> Roll 1d100

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>5554357

>>5554358

OVERLOAD...ADDITION CHAOS REQUIRED.

> Roll 2d100

STILL AWAITING PREVIOUS CHAOS

> Roll 1d100
> Roll 1d100

Rolled 4, 18 = 22 (2d100)

>>5554360
Rolling for overload

>>5554361

PROCESSING...

> 4. Taiga (Boreal Forest)
> 18. Wind
...
...
THEME "Howling Blizzard" available as a choice.

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>5554360

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>5554360

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>5554357
third roll?

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>>5554371

CHOOSE NEW THEME

> 100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard
> 98. Vine choked
> 82. Catacombs

>>5554376
Jungle, if you were curious

>>5554384
> 100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard

>>5554386
neat sadly i was too late. but the howling Blizzard sounds interesting.

>>5554384
> 100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard

>>5554384
> 100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard

>>5554384
fuck, cataboms is always cool as h*ck!!
> 82

>>5554384
> 82. Catacombs
Catacombs beneath a temple is thematic

>>5554384
>100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard

>>5554384
>100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard

>>5554384
Catacombs is a good go to for temple. I hope we get it later.

As Howling Blizzard will be nice for fleshing out the floor. The light temple as a beacon in the cold and the party having to fine where we place the key in a large room. If not the key maybe they now have to make the trip thought a frozen waste to the temple. Get some snow monsters and we are good to go.

>>5554518
how about the core is always on the top floor and they have to stumble through the blizzard and find the key in the snow?

>>5554532
I think the delve action is going to let us dig another floor.
So it may be better to go down to get more monsters, and only expand this floor to get a treasure room or boss room.

>>5554532
Make the key white just to mess with them as a hardcore mode. If someone gets metal detection it will be strong for the party. Assuming the key is metal.

>>5554534
Going with that and assuming we do big winter room themed set up. We may want to make spots on the next floor to let people warm up. Using it as a way to guild their actions into our traps or the like. If it stays small like this first floor just a room every so often will do. To hard and costly in supplies will not be good for long term. Got to let new blood have a chance.

I can't wait till the core gets to see more from the people to grow. We got to think of ways to keep texting people. Now I'm thinking Ninja Warrior the dungeon.

>>5554565
Maybe we could apply the winter theme to 1, with the guardian and all
You have to face the yeti through an avalanche to reach the abandoned temple.
I still prefer the catacomb though

>We got to think of ways to keep texting people.
Maybe we can put some signs around? Something like enjoy your visit, bring friends!

>>5554577
Shit I meant to say testing, but yeah signs will help with communicating. The bring friends alone could lead to more people with new abilities to saw us. Granted it feels like there is lore in the background to worry about, maybe. Not sure what kills the dungeon.

It would be great to build up ways to gather knew intel from the outside. Like some kind of mid game building inns or schools to study people passively.

>>5554384
> 100. Fusion. Howling Blizzard
Petition to 'adopt' the human farmers and not hurt them too much.
Other invader are fair game, but I like them.