Gudic's First Strife!

Gudic
Yo
aberrantArtificer
yo
Give me the lowdown on where you're at
Gudic
So... um
Yeah
It's Juan vs Three Brocolli Imps?
*Broccoli
I think they're broccoli anyway
Some dumb vegetable
aberrantArtificer
lol
i went to look at your thread
very unhelpful :P
where are you?
what sort of environment?
in a dark dungeon? On the roof of your house? Outside in an earthquake? swimming through the middle of a lake?
Gudic
Make it up really
aberrantArtificer
wait really?
Gudic
I've done so little that it really doesn't matter
aberrantArtificer
oh, okay then
what room in your house is your alchemy equipment set up in?
Gudic
Go wild with your descriptions
Uhh
I think it's in the main room
Of my guardian's hut
aberrantArtificer
Okay
You've been spending the afternoon in your guardian's hut
earlier you put together a very basic snack to hold you over until you can find actual food
Now you're in the main room of the hut, investigating the strange equipment
looking at some diagrams inscribed on the "punch designix"
Gudic
Attempt to follow the diagrams.
aberrantArtificer
you got pretty bored of that, so you sat down on the floor to think about what you're supposed to do with the machines
You think you'll need some captchalogue cards to punch, according to the diagrams
((have you done anything with alchemy so far?))
Gudic
((Yeah, I briefly made a shitty jpeg thing after punching a random code
))
aberrantArtificer
((okay))
Gudic
((I also tried to alchemize some rice, but I ran out of grist))
aberrantArtificer
You know that punching cards will somehow generate items, but it's not clear exactly what you can do with these machines other than guess random codes (that didn't work very well) or duplicate existing objects (boooooring!)
How could you make something interesting?
roll perception
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled perception error: malformed expression
aberrantArtificer
((do you know how to use the dice thing here?))
Gudic
Just use a dice roller site and transfer it here
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
Roll 1d20 example
`DICE
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter] rolled 1d20 example [ 1d20=11 ]{11}
aberrantArtificer
we've got something better
roll 1d20+2 for perception
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20+2 for perception [ 1d20=9 ]{11}
aberrantArtificer
like so
so just type that
with whatever your wisdom modifier is
Gudic
I can't remember the modifier, so I'll add the modifier after rolling
aberrantArtificer
i think it's +1 from your character sheet
Gudic
roll 1d20 for perception
`DICE
Gudic rolled 1d20 for perception [ 1d20=16 ]{16}
Gudic
Well then, I suppose the modifer's pretty irrelevant then.
But yeah, looks like +1
So 17
aberrantArtificer
You sit on the floor, thinking about what you could use these machines for, and the silence of the world around you hits you
the peaceful grassy knolls, the stone prisms hanging gently in the air
Gudic
((Ouch))
aberrantArtificer
you hear the wind gently rustling through the grass outside
You hear what sounds like a cricket probably hiding somewhere in the hut
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Great job AA>
aberrantArtificer
But..... you also hear some tinkling of glass outside
It's very faint, so you're not sure if you even heard anything
But you remember there were glassy shards everywhere outside
Who knows?
<thanks!>
Gudic
Probably one of those samurai trying to sneak up on you. You better ready your gun and put some distance between you.
aberrantArtificer
You quickly jump to your feet, ready for action!
What do you do?
There's a doorway into the adjacent room where you cooked some food, as well as some sleeping quarters
there's a door to the outside, the equipment that was placed in this room, and a stool sitting in the corner
Gudic
Grab the magical cruxite thingies and throw them around like a fool!
Then shoot the fucker
aberrantArtificer
You have a couple cruxite dowels lying around from your previous adventures
What the hell even is cruxite???
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<The fucker being your stool?>
aberrantArtificer
you don't know, but it's magical, and these things are in the way!
You grab the couple totems you have and hurl them out of the way. You don't have time for silly little pillars!
Make a strength check
(your modifier is +1)
Gudic
roll 1d20+1 for strength
`DICE
Gudic rolled 1d20+1 for strength [ 1d20=6 ]{7}
aberrantArtificer
You toss each dowel out of the way in turn
Gudic
Fuck, I can't throw cruxite around like an ididot
Or can I?
[](/plotthicken)
aberrantArtificer
one flies over and hits the door with at dull *THUMP*
another one lobs gently over in the corner, overturning the poor, innocent stool
The other one lobs more of less straight up
oops
that fucker
YOU SHOOT THE DOWEL
roll for attack
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled for attack error: malformed expression
aberrantArtificer
(guns are dex and you have +2 for that)
Gudic
roll 1d20+2 i suppose for dex
`DICE
Gudic rolled 1d20+2 i suppose for dex [ 1d20=9 ]{11}
Gudic
Why is not to roll?
aberrantArtificer
The dowel reaches the apex of its feeble trajectory, and turns around, headed straight back down for your head
Gudic
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
Gudic rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
aberrantArtificer
You look up, quickly bring your gun arm up, fire, and blast that fucker to oblivion
← Gudic has quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client)
→ GudicyWabit has joined
GudicyWabit
((My internet screwballed, soz))
aberrantArtificer
yay, you're back!
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
aberrantArtificer
The dowel reaches the apex of its feeble trajectory, and turns around, headed straight back down for your head
GudicyWabit
((Bullseye))
aberrantArtificer
You look up, quickly bring your gun arm up, narrow your eyes in concentration, fire, and blast that fucker to oblivion
Aint no dowel gonna hit you on the head
You gotta show them totems who's boss
Cruxite fragments fly all over the room with a loud BANG, littering the floor inside the hut like the shards on the ground outside
GudicyWabit
Wait, isn't there an intruder coming? You should probably get ready for that.
Also, watch your step.
aberrantArtificer
((AT, how much damage is a gun? 1d6+dex?))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Pistols are that yes>
aberrantArtificer
((cool))
You slowly make your way to the door, tiptoeing around the magical fragments on the ground
((what color are they, Gudic?))
GudicyWabit
((tommyguns are multi shot))
((so maybe 3d2+dex))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Sure>
GudicyWabit
((Cruxite is yellow))
aberrantArtificer
One of the floating stone prisms drifts a bit too far to one side, removing its shadow from your window
Light streams in through the window and painfully bright gold sparkles shine back up at you from the floor
It is difficult to make it to the door without stepp--OW!--on things, but you get there eventually
You open the door and look out over the rolling hills
roll for wisdom perception again
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled for wisdom perception again error: malformed expression
aberrantArtificer
GudicyWabit?
GudicyWabit ?
rip interwebs?
GudicyWabit
((Oops))
roll 1d20+1 for perception
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+1 for perception [ 1d20=5 ]{6}
GudicyWabit
Did not percieve, ouch.
aberrantArtificer
Your face is basked in warm light as you step into the doorway, and all is still outside
It is very pretty
GudicyWabit
You know you definitely heard something, so you decide to look around for the source of the noise.
aberrantArtificer
You step outside, fully basking in the warmth
Where do you look?
GudicyWabit
Check the source of the noise
aberrantArtificer
Where? You don't hear anything at the moment other than the occasional clink under your foot as you walked outside
aberrantArtificer
?
((I still have to pack for a trip I'm leaving on tomorrow morning and I'd like to get to bed at a reasonable hour ;) ))
((we still got plenty of time, but it'd be nice to keep things moving))
GudicyWabit
You disregard that thought, and decide instead to forage the glassy land for some form of decent cuisine.
aberrantArtificer
You decide to enjoy the day and find some actual food
You start roaming the hills around your house looking for delectable cuisine!
You walk down the hill your house seems to be on, but it seems to be mostly grassy over here.
GudicyWabit
Shoot the stony prism out of the sky! Perhaps it contains deliciousness!
aberrantArtificer
attack!
((roll))
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
GudicyWabit
((Did I win?))
aberrantArtificer
You look around the serene landscape suspiciously, and decide the only food around must be inside these mysterious rocks!
BAMBAMBAM
a small shower of dust and rock fragments float fly off of the rock, but soon freeze in midair, just like the suspended prisms they came from
you don't appear to have made much of a dent in them
GudicyWabit
Wonder if you can float like the magical prisms
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Alchemize Prism && Shirt>
aberrantArtificer
((oh snap))
You round the base of the hill, hoping to find something on the other side, and you see what appear to be a clump of bushes on the slope.
GudicyWabit
((You understand I'm going to do that later, don't you?))
aberrantArtificer
((o rly?))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<If you can captchalogue one>
aberrantArtificer
((teh prizmz are really quite gigantic))
GudicyWabit
See if the bushes hold any natural wildlife and/or berries
((What are my consorts?))
((You could probably make some up if you want.))
aberrantArtificer
You make your way up the slope towards the rear of your guardian's hut and notice the bushes seem to have a mixture of red and blue berries on them
((you have to go find them!! :P))
((you should do that in post by post though probs))
((go exploring on an adventure! find your destiny!))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
^
GudicyWabit
((Right))
Have an existential crisis over whether to take the blue or red berries. Just take the entire bush.
aberrantArtificer
make a strength check
GudicyWabit
((Catchpalogue?))
aberrantArtificer
((yeah, make a strength check, hehehe))
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+1 for strength i think
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+1 for strength i think [ 1d20=17 ]{18}
aberrantArtificer
You stand there observing the bush, anxiously breaking a sweat and you agonize over which berry to choose
But then it occurs to you. Take the whole bush! You reach down and heave with all your might, ripping the poor, innocent bush out of the ground!
You have the bush. It is yours.
You also have quite a number of smushed berry messes on your torso.
You captchalogue the bush for later sustenance
As you harvest the bush, you hear a loud CRASH!
Bushes don't make crashing noises, do they?
GudicyWabit
Swivel around to face crash noise!
aberrantArtificer
It seemed to be coming from the hut!
You about face and look at the hut
You see what appears to be something small and black wriggling its way into the hut through the back window
GudicyWabit
Run back to the hut whilst shooting at black wriggling thing
aberrantArtificer
You see another small black creature standing outside the window wearing a skull on its face and a santa hat
Upon seeing you running towards it, the one standing outside screeches menacingly!
STRIFE!
GudicyWabit
Blast it to crap!
aberrantArtificer
Fire away!
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=15 ]{17}
aberrantArtificer
You hit! roll damage!
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2 for damage
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 for damage [ 3d2=5 ]{7}
aberrantArtificer
The creature takes the shot in the chest and is oozing black goo everywhere!
((you got to go first because you surprised them, btw))
GudicyWabit
Right, noted
aberrantArtificer
the black creature in the window turns to look at you
you notice unlike the humanoid creature on the ground outside this one is very..... blocky? unnaturally so.
It seems to have a frowning face made of individual squares/pixels
and has what appears to be makeup on its eyes
it cackles in laughter and drops in through the window
you hear another quieter SMASH come from inside the hut
the imp outside staggers forwards and slashes at you with its claws!
what is your armor class?
It should be 10+dex
GudicyWabit
Light armor (Suit: 1) I think
aberrantArtificer
the AC rules got changed around since we started
what are you wearing?
GudicyWabit
Standard light armour then
aberrantArtificer
okay, so then your AC is 10+1+dex
this is the number that enemies need to roll in order to hit you
GudicyWabit
So 14 then
aberrantArtificer
So when you are wearing your light armor, your AC is 13, right?
GudicyWabit
I mean 13, yeah
aberrantArtificer
Okay, cool
roll 1d20 for imp attack!
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for imp attack! [ 1d20=2 ]{2}
aberrantArtificer
the imp staggers from its chest wound and misses by a long shot
GudicyWabit
Well, he sucks shit.
aberrantArtificer
your turn!
GudicyWabit
Shoot back at this jackass!
aberrantArtificer
fire away!
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=12 ]{14}
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2 for damage
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 for damage [ 3d2=4 ]{6}
aberrantArtificer
You aim your gun at the imp's face and shoot it to smithereens!
the imp slowly melts into the ground, the skull mask making a faint "kekekekeke" laugh before disappearing
A shower of blue hexagonal prism looking objects fly everywhere
GudicyWabit
Punch the hexagons in the snout to establish superiority.
aberrantArtificer
You swing your fist at the foolish hexagons!
Who do they think they are exploding out of your monsters!
However, as soon as your fist touches the block, you feel no resistance and it disappears
You do likewise for the remainder of the hexagons in a futile attempt to assert dominance
Maybe you can just say you... win?
GudicyWabit
Punch all of them like you're popping the bubbles on bubble wrap.
aberrantArtificer
You're not entirely sure what they were, but they appear to have given you 11 Grist
GudicyWabit
Assert your clear and undenied victory.
You are the warrior, it's you.
aberrantArtificer
You release a fearsome war cry into the clear sky that echoes across the grassy hills
GudicyWabit
Ponder what 11 Grist might do
aberrantArtificer
In response, you hear more cackling laughter from inside the hut, as well as some more crashing noises. What's going on in there?
If you could only figure how to make more interesting things with those machines, maybe the grist would be more useful?
You seemed to have run out of it when you tried to make more rice.
Perhaps you will have enough now?
What do you do next?
GudicyWabit
Don't bother with your silly rice, you have berries now.
Follow cackling, it must be one of those "imps"
aberrantArtificer
You walk over the place on the ground where you smote the foolish imp and make a beeline for the window you saw the other creature crawl through
You look in to see the room where you were cooking before
The entire room is in complete disarray!
You see some jars smashed on the ground, a couple wooden shelves have been upended
It almost looks like they tried to smash down the walls, but were less than effective, so there are simply several dents in the wall.
How dare they?!?!
GudicyWabit
((> Gudic: Flip out at the state of your metaphorical RP house))
Try and locate the evil fiends who created this havoc.
aberrantArtificer
How do you wish to make your entrance to the hut?
Surely the fiend is located in there somewhere? You can here the cackling......
GudicyWabit
Keep this house in order, enter through the front door and attack black "imps"
aberrantArtificer
You consider diving in through the window, but that would only make things worse! You're better than this stupid imps.
You dash around to the front of the house and walk through the open door.
You see two monsters in the room
The same pixelated black one with makeup
but also a very rotund one wearing a familiar looking kasa hat
GudicyWabit
Shoot at the pixelated one first
aberrantArtificer
That particular one seems to have oblong pastries jutting out of its sides and cookies for eyes
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=7 ]{9}
aberrantArtificer
you hit, roll for damage!
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2 for damage
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 for damage [ 3d2=4 ]{6}
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<AA, I want you as a DM so bad now, you are really freaking great at improv>
GudicyWabit
((Bang))
aberrantArtificer
You fire at it, and one of its arms flies off
you notice that as the arm disintegrates, it breaks up into small cubes rather than the blobs of the previous imp
The pixelated imp uses its other good arm to pick up one of the cruxite dowels, which it lobs at you!
((thanks! *blush* ))
roll 1d20 for flying cruxite
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for flying cruxite [ 1d20=6 ]{6}
GudicyWabit
((Yeah, you're really good at this shit))
((Why are these imps so bad?))
aberrantArtificer
You duck, and it sails over your head, flying out onto the grassy hill and rolling out of sight
The rotund imps slowly moves up to you and slashes at you with its claws!
roll 1d20 for claws
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for claws [ 1d20=5 ]{5}
aberrantArtificer
((wow))
its feeble attempt glances off your armor without a scratch!
((when you DM a D&D campaign with college students, you kind of have to improvise a lot because of all the stupid, glorious shit that happens :P))
GudicyWabit
Fire at the kasa hat dude
roll 1d20+2 for dex
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 [ 3d2=3 ]{5}
aberrantArtificer
You fire your gun, and the bullets just seem to embed in it with a sickening SQUELCH
it starts oozing black goo into the floor of the hut
GudicyWabit
((I'm beginning to understand that my lowest damage is five on a stock weapon))
aberrantArtificer
The frowning pixelated one makes its way over to you and slashes at it with its other arm. It lets out a looooong menacing hisssssssssss
GudicyWabit
((Nevermind))
aberrantArtificer
roll 1d20 for imp
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for imp [ 1d20=13 ]{13}
aberrantArtificer
((FINALLY))
roll 1d4 for claw damage
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d4 for claw damage [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
aberrantArtificer
-.-
GudicyWabit
((FUCKING HELL!))
aberrantArtificer
you get a scratch on your arm
It is bleeding a little bit.
The obese monster tries again, frustrated at its last failure!
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<It is a flipping Tommy-Gun>
aberrantArtificer
roll 1d20 for fat imp
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for fat imp [ 1d20=6 ]{6}
aberrantArtificer
misses entirely
((yeah, that's the difference between 1d6 and 3d2))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Not to mention that it requires you minor action reload each turn>
aberrantArtificer
((its impossible to roll a 1 or 2 so you get about 1 extra damage on average))
((oh, it does? Ah.))
((good thing he hasn't been moving anywhere))
GudicyWabit
((I might have to go now))
aberrantArtificer
You're up mr. warrior!
((we're almost done! :D))
GudicyWabit
((So I'll wrap this up quickly))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Movement =! Minor action>
GudicyWabit
Fire one shot at the small imp, two shots at the big imp
roll 1d20+2
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 [ 1d20=12 ]{14}
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Minor actions are grappling and throwing stuff, and CHA stuff>
<Your gun doesn't work like that Gudic>
<One target per Attack>
GudicyWabit
Okay, fire at the big one
aberrantArtificer
((oh! might want to update the doc then))
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2 [ 3d2=4 ]{4}
aberrantArtificer
((it says movement is a minor action))
GudicyWabit
+2 = 6
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Yeah, the doc is completely wrong at this point>
aberrantArtificer
<lol>
You fire at the large one and it slowly keels over, almost as in slow motion, gradually turning into a mound of black ooze
((that makes faerzen's feat a lot more useful than i thought))
((i thought you'd have to do it at the cost of moving which sucks))
The final imp slashes at you again!
Hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Its still hissing at you.... it hasn't even stopped to take a breath?
rolld 1d20 for imp
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for imp [ 1d20=5 ]{5}
aberrantArtificer
it loses its balance because of the one arm and misses you
aberrantArtificer
You're up!
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 hit final imp
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 hit final imp [ 1d20=6 ]{8}
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 [ 3d2=3 ]{5}
aberrantArtificer
Your bullets miss and fly through the back wall
you here a SMASH as another jar breaks to smithereens
A slow drip..... drip..... drip...... follows as its contents leak out onto the floor
The imp retaliates again!
roll 1d20 for imp
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d20 for imp [ 1d20=1 ]{1}
aberrantArtificer
wow
[](/roll1)
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<gg>
<Commits honorable sudoku>
aberrantArtificer
The imp tries to slash at you again, but it loses it's balance. Again! It ends up clawing itself in one of its decorated eyes
roll 1d4
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled 1d4 [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
aberrantArtificer
It is just lying there on the ground now, hissing even more loudly
It also seems to be...... flashing?
You can coup de grace the imp if you'd like
Just describe how you are a badass and finish off its sorry guts
GudicyWabit
Just pack a few rounds into the thing's head. Put it out of it's misery
aberrantArtificer
You sink the rounds into its head which proceeds to separate into several blocky chunks
The hissing stops
and the flashing intensifies, becoming more and more rapid
roll a dexterity save
`DICE
aberrantArtificer rolled a dexterity save error: malformed expression
GudicyWabit
roll 3d2+2 for damage?
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 3d2+2 for damage? [ 3d2=3 ]{5}
aberrantArtificer
oh no, you kill it
its just lying on the ground
but you need to make a dexterity save (so roll dex) ;)
GudicyWabit
roll 1d20+2 for dex?
`DICE
GudicyWabit rolled 1d20+2 for dex? [ 1d20=7 ]{9}
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Splat>
aberrantArtificer
The flashing gets more and more rapid, and suddenly your vision goes white.
BANG!!!!
you take 3 damage from the explosion
you feel yourself thrown backwards, landing on the soft grass
after blinking several times, you clear your vision and manage to look up
The door to the hut has been blown off its hinges and there is some soot on the ground
as well as a great many grist blocks!
<creeper imp best imp>
aberrantArtificer
You ready to finish up?
GudicyWabit
Punch all the grist, all of it!
Nah, I can do a bit more
aberrantArtificer
You pick up 33 grist!
and also......
GudicyWabit
also what?
aberrantArtificer
((okay, how do you want grist to work for you? The DMs have been, for simplicity's sake, just using shale and tar, etc. like John for everyone regardless of their land))
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
<Restate question AA>
aberrantArtificer
((do you want to go with that, or would you rather have different types for flavor?))
((all costs work the same and your grist is for all intensive purposes just shale and tar, but you can call it something else if you want))
((so basically, do you have any preferences on what your first tier of non-build grist is called))
((cuz you just got some!))
GudicyWabit
((FLAVOURS!!! WOO!))
((Give him Liquor.))
aberrantArtificer
((..... it should be something somewhat relevant to your land at lower tiers :P ))
((shale actually works given the giant floating stone things))
GudicyWabit
((I kid, I kid.))
((Glass or Stone))
((Preferably Glass))
aberrantArtificer
((okie!))
You pick up 3 Glass!
record all of this grist on your character sheet in the doc
if you ever see "shale", it means the same thing as glass
GudicyWabit
Will note.
aberrantArtificer
Nice!
You have a horribly messy hut with no front door
and a boatload of loot!
Unfortunately I need to go pack now so we'll have to call it quits, but great strife!
GudicyWabit
Analyze sweet loot, also figure out what to do with this 44 Grist and 3 Glass
Oh, right
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
Oi AA
aberrantArtificer
Gudic and AT, what's up with DMing for gudic?
yeah?
GudicyWabit
Save that for next time then
ATtheorytime[Huelicopter]
I want to offer you a DM position