  
ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ClubFloyd Transcript:
The idea behind ClubFloyd
is that each week at a pre-arranged time, a group of
people meet online to cooperatively play a game of
interactive fiction. |
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ToyShop & Floyditorium
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#ClubFloyd Discussion
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| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load lifeofawizard" | ||
Floyd | Wizards. From the kindly old white bearded casters wearing robes with Floyd | stars and moons to the battle-hardened war-mage throwing fireballs at Floyd | dragons. The royal family has always had one on hand: a wise diviner Floyd | to lead the kingdom into peace or a dangerous conjurer to dominate all Floyd | of the land under one rule. Or perhaps a divine healer? An Floyd | alchemist? Or even a necromancer? The combinations are boundless. Floyd | Let me tell you my story. Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't always a wizened old wizard, you know. Wizards begin their Floyd | lives the same as everyone else. I was born in a small village in the Floyd | Kingdom of Daria. King Norbert and Queen Audrey reigned in the Floyd | capital city of Tornassa, which was many miles away from my small Floyd | village. Floyd | Floyd | I remember the day I was born. Floyd | Floyd | A: My parents were good people. Floyd | B: My parents didn't want me. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Short but sweet" | |
| JimKaplan says, "The Kingdom of Daria, neat" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "So, high school?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I remember the day I was born? Damn, wizards are *good*" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, should we go the emo route or the Pollyanna route?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hey, the protagonist of Fallout 3 practiced pre-emptive eugenics on himself" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Emo, whynot" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "B" | ||
Floyd | > It was a terrible start for a baby: Floyd | Floyd | A: Boy Floyd | B: Girl Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Also, "Norbert" is not the most regal of names" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Hmm...USB jack or USB port?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We can't choose our name. Though I suppose if you're the king you can." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I like being a girl, but perhaps that's just me." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I like being a - uh, I like lady protagonists" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > They named me: Floyd | Floyd | A: Morgana Floyd | B: Prunella Floyd | C: Griselda Floyd | D: Gladys Floyd | E: Helena Floyd | F: Something else Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "NOT B" | |
| JimKaplan says, "PRUNELLA OMG" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "You know that was the name of the actor who played Basil Fawlty's wife right?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Prunella Scales" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, maga just brought that up." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, A or C are my votes." | ||
| JimKaplan says, ""Something else" seems like a pretty lame name" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm OK with A mostly" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > I grew up in the village of Elmvale where nearly everyone was human, Floyd | although there were a few exceptions. The entire kingdom of Daria was Floyd | like that, besides the dwarves under the Grey Mountains, the elves in Floyd | the Alderheart Forest and the orcs in the wilderness to the west. Our Floyd | kingdom was very racially tolerant, when I was young. Floyd | Floyd | A: My parents and I were human. Floyd | B: My parents and I were elves. Floyd | C: My parents and I were dwarves. Floyd | D: My parents and I were halflings. Floyd | E: My parents and I were gnomes. Floyd | F: My parents and I were half-orcs. Floyd | G: My parents and I were half-elves. Floyd | H: My parents and I were pure blood orcs. Floyd | I: My parents and I were goblins. Floyd | J: My parents and I were trolls. Floyd | | zarf says, "okay now this is just stereotyping" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Wowza, we're heavy on the role-playing" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "It's funny...usually when picking race they tell you what difference it'll make to your stats" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to zarf), "No, it's what zach wanted. It's surroundsoundtyping." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I guess at this point we're in a place where it's assumed we already know the racial traits" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Let's see...gnomes tend to have the highest INT scores" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Surroundsoundtyping is my new awkward hyperbole for over-the-top stereotyping. Thanks, zach, now people will think I'm even a bigger dork." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But they get a penalty to WIS, so." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I always go for high elves, but that's not an option, sadly." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'd actually like to see a viable troll wizard" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "That rarely seems to happen" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Morgana seems like a very non-troll name tho" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Morgana, glamorous troll magician" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think if we went emo, and our parents didn't like us, let's go for one of the 'less pretty' options." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Exactly." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Emo-wise a half-breed seems apt." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am for H, I, or J." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "or, hm, yeah, F is fine." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Although I've always wanted to be a garden gnome." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK, F if you're OK with it" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > It was sometimes a little difficult for me, being a half-orc growing Floyd | up in a village of humans, but I managed. Floyd | (Orc Faction +25, Fighting +25, Body +10, Willpower -5 and Personality Floyd | -5) Floyd | Floyd | My parents weren't poor, although they never bothered to make sure Floyd | that my clothes were without holes or that my shoes fit. They fought Floyd | a lot and my father was often drunk. They never hit me, but I think Floyd | it was because they knew that the temple priests would never allow Floyd | such a thing. I always had the impression that they were waiting for Floyd | me to become old enough to move out. Floyd | Floyd | Even as a young child, I was drawn into the unknown. I remember my Floyd | first magical experience, even though I was only five years old. I Floyd | don't know where my parents were, but I wandered off alone: Floyd | Floyd | A: Into the forest. Floyd | B: Into a graveyard. Floyd | C: Into the temple. Floyd | D: Into the village witch's hut. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Heh, it really does assume you know racial traits" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Personality -5? Girl, I'm ALL personality" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, to cut this game some slack, it may be surroundsoundtyping, but the childhood of a wizard is kind of a novel thing." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure, yeah" | ||
| DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | JimKaplan says, "If we had to pick class as well, this would risk getting really bland" | |
| JimKaplan says, "I almost get the feeling the game will be over once we're done deciding the character's stats and backstory though" | ||
| DavidW says, "sorry, was in another window and lost track of the time" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I want to go to the graveyard." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to DavidW), "What is it with you and perching on windows, dude" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Want us to pause for a sec while you recap?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "He's a gargoyle. Didn't you know?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm fine with pausing, and also the graveyard." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Now who's stereotyping, you goylephobe" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'll have you know some of my best friends are gargoyles. David, for example." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Damn." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "She bested me with LOGIC" | ||
| Jacqueline snaps her fingers. | ||
| JimKaplan) Jacqueline says, "You couldn't handle it, honey" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Let us know when you're caught up." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We'll just sit here and quietly banter" | ||
| DavidW asks, "I'm confused. Did a game start?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Er...technically yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But we're still actually deciding character stuff" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah. We're playing a ChoiceScript game." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "@recap Toyshop to catch up." | ||
| DavidW says, "oh well. Recapping the toyshop is wretched. I'll just try to catch up without recap." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We're a female troll wizard named Morgana" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Want me to post the transcript thus far? That's easy." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "With an unhappy childhood" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "One sec." | ||
| DavidW says, "fwiw, I was creating a walkthrough for A Roiling Original in the other window." | ||
| Jacqueline | [LINK] | ||
| DavidW says, "thanks" | ||
| DavidW says, "ok, caught up" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yay." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, graveyard, then?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I remember how the moon had cast odd shadows upon the gravestones Floyd | that night. I had wandered between the tombstones for some time | DavidW asks, "Why not?" | |
Floyd | before a glowing shape appeared before me. It was a ghost, a spirit Floyd | trapped on our side of the veil. Floyd | Floyd | A: I ran home and told the local priests what I saw. Floyd | B: I tried to force it to do what I wanted. Floyd | C: I felt sad for it, so I tried to cheer the ghost up. Floyd | D: I tried to break the gravestone it was in front of. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "We are five." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Hm...what breed of emo, I wonder" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "When I was five, I would have done C." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'd like to think I would have done C" | ||
| DavidW says, "I was thinking C also" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'm open to whatever." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sounds like you guys want C, though." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Just to be clear, we're talking about Cocaine, right?" | ||
| Jacqueline removes JimKaplan from the channel. | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or option C, sure, why not" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I'm not sure how much it understood of a five year old's ramblings. Floyd | I like to think that I brought the creature some measure of peace. Floyd | (Good +1, Diplomacy +10 and Personality +3) Floyd | Floyd | At the age of seven, I made a friend. Childhood friends are special Floyd | since they remain a part of you for the rest of your life, even long Floyd | after you have grown apart. My best friend was: Floyd | Floyd | A: A boy. Floyd | B: A girl. Floyd | C: Imaginary. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Ohhh" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "C!" | ||
| olethros arrives, full of fun and funk. | JimKaplan says, "Sure, C" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Or, y'know, something boring." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hmm...I *do* like boring things..." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm with C, though" | ||
| DavidW says, "c" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I was a very lonely child. Floyd | (Personality -5) Floyd | Floyd | There was a bully in my village who was a few years older than me. Floyd | Yes, even I had this type of trouble when I was a child. Floyd | Floyd | A: He terrorized my childhood. Floyd | B: She terrorized my childhood. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "AW" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Grr" | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Now we're picking the gender of our childhood bully? Wow." | ||
| DavidW says, "B" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I had imaginary friends, and I wasn't lonely. I just like imaginary friends because they were more on my wavelength and were substanailly lower drama." | ||
| Zach says, "It's OK. We're just keeping things realistic." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So B?" | ||
| DavidW says, "This seems to be still a stats rolling pre-game thing." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I agree, B. Women are so underrepresented among pre-teen bullies" | ||
| olethros says, "i had an imaginary person, but it was not a friend" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of o), "Oh?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Was it the bully?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to olethros), "That may have been a demon" | ||
| olethros says, "it was an alien that appeared in the palm of my hand and would sometimes answer questions" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Super cool. Was it generally right?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What did it look like?" | ||
| olethros says, "it always agreed with me" | ||
| olethros says, "it was a green humanoid, though I think the colour was due to the clothes" | ||
| Jacqueline) olethros asks (the tiny palm-alien), "Should I steal that other child's baklava?" and it answers "YES!" | ||
| olethros says, "but now this might be a false memory of an imaginary friend, implanted to me via my parents' referencing the episode" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Did schoolkids get baklava? Wow" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We never got baklava" | ||
| olethros asks, "were your imaginary friends full-sized?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was hoping that in Greece they did." | ||
| olethros says, "we actually got cream or cheese pie" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Cheese pie? Is that like cheese cake?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We'll play this game eventually, but I'm really enjoying the tangents it's creating." | ||
| olethros says, "get back to the game's imaginary childhood!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I was gonna say" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Aw! Fine." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, female bully, then?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "There's plenty of time in the future for childhood dessert discussions. Anyway, I say B." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Her name was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Sue Floyd | B: Brianna Floyd | C: Francine Floyd | D: Natasha Floyd | E: Something else Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Great, the bully gets all the cool names" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we try E, just to see if it gives us more options or lets us type something in?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > >Type Something | Jacqueline asks, "Prunella?" | |
| DavidW says, "Cruella" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "HAH. Yes, Prunella." | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Explains why she bullies other people - her own life sucks" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Are you cool with Prunella?" | ||
| DavidW says, "sure" | ||
| olethros says, "(taking the pie discussion to #greece )" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Prunella" | ||
Floyd | Prunella was: Floyd | Floyd | A: A human. Floyd | B: An elf. Floyd | C: A dwarf. Floyd | D: A halfling. Floyd | E: A gnome. Floyd | F: A half-orc. Floyd | G: A half-elf. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Jesus." | |
| olethros says, "huh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think Prunella was an elitist elf." | ||
| olethros says, "sounds right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Head of all the cliques. Total showoff." | ||
| olethros says, "though dwarf would be nice too" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "This is either gonna be a totally awesome commentary on race and identity politics, or a huge waste of time" | ||
| olethros says, "ok, let's go for B and be done with it" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "I have a guess, but I'm keeping it to myself." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, cool" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "B up dat stuff" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I know that I shouldn't have stereotyped all elves because of how Floyd | Prunella behaved, but I couldn't help myself. Floyd | (Elf Faction -10) Floyd | Floyd | I remember the first day Prunella started picking on me. Floyd | Floyd | A: I kicked her shins and ran away. Floyd | B: I tried reasoning with the bully. Floyd | C: I didn't want to be bullied my entire life, so I started Floyd | exercising. Floyd | D: I tried to join Prunella. I thought that we'd be able to bully Floyd | more kids together. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "snrk" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh dear." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Wow." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK I guess if we try to befriend a ghost, it might be because we're too alienated to form other friends" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am without words." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "So, uh....hmm." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I now have this vision of us as a tiny half-breed Rocky, running up stairs in sweatpants." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure A whynot" | ||
| olethros says, "I like A, hm" | ||
| DavidW asks, "A?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was eventually caught and beaten up, but I learned from the Floyd | experience. Floyd | (Fighting +7) Floyd | Floyd | I was seven years old when I started noticing the difference between Floyd | boys and girls. Floyd | Floyd | A: I was attracted to girls. Floyd | B: I was attracted to boys. Floyd | C: I was attracted to both boys and girls. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Christ on a stick" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh dear." | ||
| olethros says, "i suggest randomness" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or Christ in a hole, I guess" | ||
| zarf says, "'both trolls and goblins'" | ||
| maga says, "Jacqueline is laughing uncontrollably, and wheezing because she has a cold" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "You tattletale." | ||
| DavidW says, "I wonder if we're an ass or a legs troll." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we hedge our bets and go with C. We have enough love to go around." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Man, I was sort of joking about the race politics thing" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But now" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, C." | ||
| olethros says, "get it over with" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > A: That was the year I met a very special girl. Floyd | B: That was the year I met a very special boy. Floyd | C: It was a very lonely year for me. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Lonely." | |
| olethros says, "she was seven so" | ||
| DavidW says, "D: That was the year I met twins. It was a great year!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hey, pre-teens need lovin' too...god, that sounds wrong" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "yay" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's say C." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yes." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We were going emo, I thought." | ||
| zarf says, "I suspect that somewhere in this code is a table of puberty age per race" | ||
| olethros asks, "what is our race?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Half-orc." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to z), "I'll be right back. I need to have a wash." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I don't even remember anymore." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Arright, I'm going C." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "More emo." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "C" | ||
Floyd | > I had nobody to play with and I never experienced puppy love when I Floyd | was young. Floyd | (Personality -2) Floyd | Floyd | Life in Elmvale was pleasant and it was a beautiful place to grow up. Floyd | There were farms all around us and a sparkling river that ran through Floyd | the center of it. We had all of the amenities of a small town as Floyd | well. Floyd | Floyd | A: I enjoyed swimming in the town's river on hot summer days. Floyd | B: I did small jobs for the local business owners. Floyd | C: I rarely left my home, I prefered to stay at home and read. Floyd | D: I got into a lot of trouble. Floyd | E: I helped out at the local temple. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, ""Puppy love"" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, we're half-orc." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Now I'm seeing half-dog half-half-orc children in my imagination" | ||
| olethros says, "D" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm cool with D or C" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We're also eventually a wizard, of course" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But it's D if no objections" | ||
| DavidW asks, "what, no F: I hid behind buildings and tore the heads off dandelions?" | ||
| olethros says, "wizards get in trouble" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "D" | ||
Floyd | > My petty actions began to grow into larger crimes as I got older. I Floyd | lied, I took things that didn't belong to me and I got into fights. Floyd | (Evil +1, Fighting +10, Thievery +10 and Willpower -3) Floyd | Floyd | I remember one day when we found a little puppy in a back alley. It Floyd | looked so sad and lonely, which made me think it didn't belong to Floyd | anyone. It was very dirty and had a broken leg. Floyd | Floyd | A: I nursed it back to health. Floyd | B: I threw rocks at it until it died. Floyd | C: I caught it and sold it to some orcs. Floyd | D: I ignored it. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "How many stats does this game even have" | |
| JimKaplan exclaims, "Oh, wait, finally a chance at puppy love!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Damn. I did not see this road of trechery we were on." | ||
| olethros says, "D" | ||
| DavidW says, "A" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like A as well" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I want A" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > I fed it and kept it clean until its leg healed. It was a strong Floyd | little dog. Floyd | (Good +1 and Healing +15) Floyd | Floyd | I was twelve years old when tragedy struck. Rumors of trouble had Floyd | been building for weeks, but as a kid, I never paid it any attention. Floyd | One day I saw the streets full of smoke. At first, I thought it was Floyd | the great dragon Parnaxxus, breathing fire upon my small village. Floyd | That wasn't the case, soon I learned that raiders were setting fire to Floyd | houses and stores. Our small village was being attacked by: Floyd | Floyd | A: Elves Floyd | B: Dwarves Floyd | C: Orcs Floyd | | olethros asks, "Are we a bad-ass half-orc bisexual wizard with good feelings?" | |
| DavidW says, "We can train it to be our attack dog." | ||
| Jacqueline says, ".olethros yeah" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to olethros), "Pitch it to Starz" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Parnaxxus...is that a dragon pornstar name?" | ||
| DavidW says, "A. Elves are teh evil." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hmm...I don't really care which" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We could introduce internal race conflict by chosing C." | ||
| olethros says, "half-orcs are not orcs" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah, our bully is A, so I'm cool with that as well." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Arright, A." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > I wondered where King Norbert was and why weren't his soldiers there Floyd | to protect us. I later learned that most of Daria was attacked that Floyd | year. The king really had his hands full. I did the only thing I Floyd | could think of. Floyd | Floyd | A: I grabbed a sword to protect my friends and family. Floyd | B: I went to the temple to tend the wounded. Floyd | C: I looted the corpses. Floyd | D: I hid in the basement of my house. Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to olethros), "I totally read that in the voice of Worf." | |
| JimKaplan says, "King Norbert is a fucking wimp, that's why" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Just look at his name" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "He probably spent most of his reign collecting ceramic figurines" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, this morning's been all about sterotypes." | ||
| olethros says, "well, seems like it must be either A, B, or C here" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Not D?" | ||
| olethros says, "though the village corpses must have been poor fare" | ||
| DavidW says, "I like A and C." | ||
| JimKaplan) Jacqueline says (to JimKaplan), "Whoah, this is a side of you I haven't seen before" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, we're 12. D seems not unreasonable. But it also seems like we'd get more lame stats." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I like C." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Emo troublemaker" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "C or D seems best" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "C is horrible but pragmatic. Fine." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I looted both the villagers and the raiders. They were dead and Floyd | their belongings were there for the taking. I even found an enchanted Floyd | dagger on a dead elf. Floyd | (Thievery +15, Gold +65 and Gained Enchanted Dagger) Floyd | Floyd | The elf raiders were ruthless. Many people were killed and several Floyd | buildings burned down. Floyd | Floyd | A: My parents were killed. Floyd | B: I was very badly injured. Floyd | | olethros says, "ok, let's hope we find something useful in the corpses.." | |
| olethros says, "oh we did" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Enchanted dagger." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Gotta be honest, I'm not sure if we've actually started playing or if we're still deciding the backstory" | ||
| olethros says, "ok, obviously A, unless we want to be mr crippled wizard" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "A. Those losers." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A, sure." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I had mixed feelings. My parents had been cruel and mean, but they Floyd | were still my parents and now they were dead. It didn't go unnoticed Floyd | to me that Prunella, the bully, was an elf, like the attackers. It Floyd | was just a mean spirited thought since Prunella had nothing to do with Floyd | the raid. Floyd | Floyd | The attack changed everything, putting an end to my carefree days as a Floyd | child. I likely would have had a few more years of fun and innocence, Floyd | but after the attack, I had to get a job and become an adult. Floyd | Floyd | A: I moved into the temple orphanage. Floyd | B: I got my own place and found a job. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Prunella was a mole, don't kid yourself, kid." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Wow, fairly self-aware on our own prejudices, are we" | ||
| olethros says, "it's present day half-orc speaking" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Everything changed when the elf nation attacked" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to o), "True. Half-orc hindsight is slightly better than 20-20" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hm. I have no preference." | ||
| olethros says, "maybe the temple gives mad skillz" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So do we want to be all 'please, sir, may I have some more?' or should we get a pad of our own?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I like B." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Like calling upon unholy spirits to rend the souls of our enemies? Sounds neat" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like B as well" | ||
| olethros says, "but B seems more like in character" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "On the other hand, being a self-supporting entrepreneur is cool" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Life was hard, as a young adult, but I earned a living. Floyd | Floyd | A: I apprenticed to the local blacksmith. Floyd | B: I joined the town guard. Floyd | C: I became a nature guide. Floyd | D: I became an apprentice to a scribe. Floyd | E: Actually, I did something else. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I want C or D" | |
| olethros says, "I think that means ... E!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh oh oh oh park ranger" | ||
| olethros says, "sure, C" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "D is more wizardly in terms of nerdiness, but C is more wizardly in terms of communing with the spirit world" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I have a lot of trouble believing that there'd be work for nature guides in this genre, to be honest." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "True, everyone's a nature guide" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Exactly." | ||
| DavidW asks, "This kid is destined to be a wizard regardless?" | ||
| Binder says, "It's not guiding people to nature, it's guiding nature in to attack people." | ||
| olethros says, "here's were my dad died .. and here you can still see the ichor stains from that elf's blood" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to DW), "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Seems like it." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Yay" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "C" | ||
Floyd | > I was hired by priests, herbalists and healers to go into the woods Floyd | to collect rare reagents. I was also hired by people for hunting Floyd | trips, fishing trips and general camping. I traveled far and wide, Floyd | but I kept returning to my village. Floyd | (Body +3, Willpower +1, Geography +25, Nature, +30 and Gold +20) Floyd | Floyd | When I was fourteen, Prunella the bully, and some of her friends, Floyd | cornered me in an alley. I thought that now that I was a nature guide, Floyd | these types of things wouldn't happen. Prunella didn't see it that Floyd | way. Floyd | Floyd | A: I stood up for myself and fought them off. (Needs 30 Fighting and Floyd | 30 Body) Floyd | B: I talked them out of it. (Needs 35 Personality) Floyd | C: I drew my magic dagger. Floyd | D: Remember that dog I helped? He came back and helped me fight them Floyd | off. Floyd | E: I got beaten up badly that day, but I vowed to get my revenge in Floyd | the future. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Workin' on mah body" | |
| JimKaplan says, ""I thought that now I was a nature guide, these types of things wouldn't happen?" WTF" | ||
| DavidW says, "See? Attack dog is here!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Great line." | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Are we a nature guide or a fucking crime boss?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We're a fucking nature guide, that's what." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "You know it" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK, I say attack dog." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide. Floyd | Age: 14 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 38% Floyd | Personality: 16% Floyd | Willpower: 18% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "So we could actually fight them I guess" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Sword and magic helmet? I mean, magic dagger?" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 0% Floyd | Conjuration: 0% Floyd | Divination: 0% Floyd | Enchantment: 0% Floyd | Healing: 15% Floyd | Illusion: 0% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 0% Floyd | Transmutation: 0% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 0% Floyd | Agriculture: 0% Floyd | Diplomacy: 10% Floyd | Economics: 0% Floyd | Fighting: 42% Floyd | Geography: 25% Floyd | History: 0% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 0% Floyd | Smithing: 0% Floyd | Thievery: 25% Floyd | Warcraft: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Magic-shank 'em up" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Or yeah, attack dog is good too." | ||
| olethros says, "yeah we can fuck them or attack dog them" | ||
| DavidW says, "geez. Lots of stats." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "magic dog" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "C" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | Jacqueline says, "I'm good with whatever." | |
| DavidW asks, "How big is this game, anyway?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Dunno" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | I was hired by priests, herbalists and healers to go into the woods to Floyd | collect rare reagents. I was also hired by people for hunting trips, Floyd | fishing trips and general camping. I traveled far and wide, but I Floyd | kept returning to my village. Floyd | (Body +3, Willpower +1, Geography +25, Nature, +30 and Gold +20) Floyd | Floyd | When I was fourteen, Prunella the bully, and some of her friends, Floyd | cornered me in an alley. I thought that now that I was a nature guide, Floyd | these types of things wouldn't happen. Prunella didn't see it that Floyd | way. Floyd | Floyd | A: I stood up for myself and fought them off. (Needs 30 Fighting and Floyd | 30 Body) Floyd | B: I talked them out of it. (Needs 35 Personality) Floyd | C: I drew my magic dagger. Floyd | D: Remember that dog I helped? He came back and helped me fight them Floyd | off. Floyd | E: I got beaten up badly that day, but I vowed to get my revenge in Floyd | the future. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > They had me cornered, when suddenly the dog dove over my shoulder Floyd | and landed right on Prunella. His teeth dug into her arm and bit Floyd | deeply while Prunella screamed in pain and surprise. After a few Floyd | minutes, the dog let go. Prunella and the other bullies ran away. I Floyd | knew at that moment that I could form a special bond to this wonderful Floyd | animal. Floyd | Floyd | Did I find my familiar that day? Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, I did. Floyd | B: No, I didn't keep the dog. Floyd | | JimKaplan asks, "After a few minutes?" | |
| olethros says, "well" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "That must have gotten monotonous" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Still, I like having a badass canine familiar" | ||
| olethros asks, "we want the dog?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha minute of it latching on, mildly growling." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I want the dog, yeah" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > So I named it: Floyd | Floyd | A: Max Floyd | B: Shadow Floyd | C: Killer Floyd | D: Fido Floyd | E: Something else Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "FIDO" | |
| zarf says, "Prunella!" | ||
| DavidW says, "Shadow" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Of COURSE we wait to name it for a few years." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Prunella Killa" | ||
| zarf says, "you are what you eat" | ||
| olethros says, ""Killah P"" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Mr. Scruffy" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, Killah P" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > >Type Something | JimKaplan says, "Or Prunilla Kazilla" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Killah P" | ||
Floyd | Killah P never left my side. Floyd | Floyd | You're probably wondering when my magical training began. I became a Floyd | mighty wizard, after all, yet so far my story has been about my Floyd | childhood. I was fifteen years old when I left my job as a nature Floyd | guide. Floyd | Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs Floyd | 10 Thievery) Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings. Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a Floyd | wizard. Floyd | | olethros says, "(RIP)" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Also Killah P is a French poodle" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "An attack poodle" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "A French toy poodle." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide. Floyd | Age: 15 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 38% Floyd | Personality: 16% Floyd | Willpower: 18% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Steal from sorcerer." | |
| Jacqueline says, "That makes the last scene that much better." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 0% Floyd | Conjuration: 0% Floyd | Divination: 0% Floyd | Enchantment: 0% Floyd | Healing: 15% Floyd | Illusion: 0% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 0% Floyd | Transmutation: 0% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 0% Floyd | Agriculture: 0% Floyd | Diplomacy: 10% Floyd | Economics: 0% Floyd | Fighting: 42% Floyd | Geography: 25% Floyd | History: 0% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 0% Floyd | Smithing: 0% Floyd | Thievery: 25% Floyd | Warcraft: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "I know, right." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | Killah P never left my side. Floyd | Floyd | You're probably wondering when my magical training began. I became a Floyd | mighty wizard, after all, yet so far my story has been about my Floyd | childhood. I was fifteen years old when I left my job as a nature Floyd | guide. Floyd | Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs Floyd | 10 Thievery) Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings. Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a Floyd | wizard. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "It would help if the stats were in alphabetical order" | |
| olethros says, "ok so we can do A" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, I kind of like it when stats we have show us things we can do, but otherwise we don't know we missed that choice, as opposed to having to look at our stats." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats thievery" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: I stole a magic ring from a sorcerer who visited my village. (Needs Floyd | 10 Thievery) Floyd | B: I was going through my parents' belongings. Floyd | C: I had seen enough magic in my life to know that I wanted to be a Floyd | wizard. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I like magic rings, but I'm down with going through our parents' stuff." | |
| olethros says, "ok, why not" | ||
| DavidW says, "I want the ring." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, fine. Get the ring." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Put that ring down, steal it and reverse it" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > He caught me right away which made me suspect that he used magic. Floyd | He was surprisingly nice about the whole thing. He said that I had Floyd | likely been drawn to the ring due to my own potential talent to become Floyd | a wizard. He suggested that I go to the Academy to unlock this power. Floyd | I decided to do as he suggested and he even let me keep the ring. Floyd | (Gained Ruby Ring) Floyd | Floyd | I knew I needed a horse to get to the Academy. It was in the royal Floyd | city of Tornassa, many miles away. Floyd | Floyd | A: I purchased a horse for 75 gold. (Needs 75 Gold) Floyd | B: So I stole a horse. (Needs 25 Thievery) Floyd | C: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my enchanted dagger. Floyd | D: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my ruby ring. Floyd | E: I chose to borrow the money. Floyd | | olethros says, "but i suppose that having a prerequisite results in a probably more powerful result" | |
| inky arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | JimKaplan says, "RIDE THE DOG" | |
| Jacqueline says, "We just decided it was a toy poodle, though." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Our attack poodle is a mighty steed" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Anyway...I don't think we have the gold, do we?" | ||
| olethros says, "well, we can easily steal a horse" | ||
| zarf says, "Okay must go buy food in real life" | ||
| zarf walks off through the wall; pale violet light flares briefly around him. | olethros says, "thief-wizard!" | |
| JimKaplan says, "OK, steal I say" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we know how much money we have?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I think we must have the gold to have that option." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc nature guide. Floyd | Age: 15 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 38% Floyd | Personality: 16% Floyd | Willpower: 18% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I remember 65 gold from the looting" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Gold: 85 Floyd | Floyd | INVENTORY: Floyd | A magical ruby ring. Floyd | An enchanted dagger. Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | JimKaplan says, "Oh, huh." | |
| olethros says, "ok, 85" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "85, so yeah" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | He caught me right away which made me suspect that he used magic. He Floyd | was surprisingly nice about the whole thing. He said that I had Floyd | likely been drawn to the ring due to my own potential talent to become Floyd | a wizard. He suggested that I go to the Academy to unlock this power. Floyd | I decided to do as he suggested and he even let me keep the ring. Floyd | (Gained Ruby Ring) Floyd | Floyd | I knew I needed a horse to get to the Academy. It was in the royal Floyd | city of Tornassa, many miles away. Floyd | Floyd | A: I purchased a horse for 75 gold. (Needs 75 Gold) Floyd | B: So I stole a horse. (Needs 25 Thievery) Floyd | C: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my enchanted dagger. Floyd | D: I needed cash, so I decided to sell my ruby ring. Floyd | E: I chose to borrow the money. Floyd | | DavidW says, "yikes. That's almost all our gold." | |
| Jacqueline says, "So frugal." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah, he's right." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "We could steal it, David. Would that make you sleep better?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I like thievery" | ||
| DavidW says, "If we steal from Prunella." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Just hide it under our shirt and no one will suspect a thing" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, that makes it okay then." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, B?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "B" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am against B, but I'll go with it." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I made a short trip to a nearby village where I found a horse that I Floyd | liked. I snuck into the stables late one night. It wasn't hard to Floyd | take the animal out of its pen and pretend that it was my own when I Floyd | returned home. Floyd | Floyd | I mounted up and left my village. I didn't know it at the time, but Floyd | my magic would end up greatly extending my mount's lifespan. I decided Floyd | to name it: Floyd | Floyd | A: Blaze Floyd | B: Dash Floyd | C: Spirit Floyd | D: Prancer Floyd | E: Something else Floyd | | DavidW says, "yeah, try to steal it." | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Rudolf?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Donkey?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Please not Prancer." | ||
| olethros says, "Dressager" | ||
| DavidW says, "Lightning" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "What's the name of the protagonist of MLP?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Romney), "No." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like Lightning" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "MLP?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "My Little Pony" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Friendshipia?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Twilight Sparkle?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, yeah. I really like Twilight Sparkle." | ||
| DavidW says, "Rainbow Spectacular" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'll go with Twilight Sparkle or Rainbow Spectacular" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The Saturday Night Special is also cool with me" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Twilight Sparkle is fine" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > >Type Something | JimKaplan says, "Arright, Twilight Sparkle" | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Twilight Sparkle" | ||
Floyd | Needless to say, Killah P, my dog, came with me. Floyd | Floyd | I had a nice little party before I left. We had it in the newly Floyd | rebuilt tavern since the old one had been burned down during the elf Floyd | raid. I gave up the life of a nature guide and left for the Academy Floyd | the next day. Floyd | Floyd | >Next Chapter | JimKaplan says, "I'm liking these names" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I almost typed Twilight Sparklepants, but restrained myself." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Heh" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I was going to suggest Thank God It's Friday" | ||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | The trip to Tornassa went well. I spent the first day as a tourist, Floyd | just looking at the sights. King Norbert and Queen Audrey's castle Floyd | was impressive. I stared up at the towers, hoping to catch a glimpse Floyd | of Prince Gareth, who was now 25, or Princess Emily, who was two years Floyd | younger. I didn't see any royalty that day. Floyd | Floyd | The next morning, I went to the Academy. This was where all of the Floyd | great mages learned their skills, including the royal advisor Floyd | Fraledan. The Academy was financed by the Mage's Guild, which was Floyd | nice, since it meant I didn't have to pay anything. Floyd | Floyd | I stood at the entrance to the Academy, uncertain as to how to Floyd | proceed. Floyd | Floyd | "Why have you come?" Floyd | Floyd | The voice came from a little old man sitting on a rock next to the Floyd | doors leading into the Academy. He was very small and his bald head Floyd | made him seem vulnerable. Floyd | Floyd | "Who are you?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | "I am Master Durgan, the doorkeeper to the Academy. Why have you Floyd | come?" Floyd | Floyd | A: I told him that I wanted to learn magic. Floyd | B: I told him that I wanted to learn Necromancy. Floyd | C: I told him that I wanted to learn everything. Floyd | D: I told him it was none of his business and to let me in. Floyd | | olethros says, "C" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Hey, Emly's in this game" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Still reading" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Are we gonna have a royal threesome?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "C" | ||
| JimKaplan says, ""I have come...to tell you I'm really glad my name isn't Durgan"" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But yes, C" | ||
| DavidW says, "C" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > He nodded wisely. "A well-rounded education is important for a Floyd | wizard. Magical knowledge is important, but the other disciplines Floyd | will be invaluable." Floyd | Floyd | He smiled warmly at me and led me to the testing chamber. Floyd | (Arcana +5, Agriculture +5, Diplomacy +5, Economics +5, Geography +5, Floyd | History +5, Religion +5, Smithing +5, Warcraft +5) Floyd | Floyd | Master Durgan placed his hands on my head and concentrated. After a Floyd | few moments, he nodded his bald head in approval. "Yes, the spark is Floyd | within you. Welcome to the Academy." Floyd | Floyd | I was given a room in the Academy, it had a bed, a desk and a chair. Floyd | It was very sparse, but it was my own. I was given a schedule of Floyd | classes. My training as a wizard had begun. Floyd | Floyd | Although I learned many things at the Academy, my favourite class was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Alchemy Floyd | B: Conjuration Floyd | C: Divination Floyd | D: Enchantment Floyd | E: Illusion Floyd | F: Summoning Floyd | G: Transmutation Floyd | H: Something else Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Like Optimus Prime, the spark is within us" | |
| inky says, "H: Recess" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I like illusion" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Since we're already into thievery" | ||
| DavidW says, "I like Alchemy" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw. But RECESS" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "You just want us to have more gold." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Which, yeah, can't fault you there." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "H: Cheat codes" | ||
| olethros says, "hm, I wonder what happens if we do H then. Hm." | ||
| DavidW says, "No! I like acids and teas and magic paint and all sorts of stuff." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Okay!" | ||
| Zach says, "Hmm, what about gym? We might be awesome at badminton." | ||
| JimKaplan says, ""Acids" seems like it does not belong in that list DW" | ||
| JimKaplan exclaims, "I like arts and crafts and ricin!" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can I please say H and type 'underwater basketweaving'?" | ||
| olethros says, "not that kind of acids, JK" | ||
| olethros says (to Jacqueline), "sure" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I still say Illusion" | ||
| DavidW looks away from the computer. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "h" | ||
Floyd | > I learned that Necromancy wasn't studied, it was considered an evil Floyd | magic. Healing also wasn't taught in a specific class, being Floyd | considered mostly the domain of priests. Floyd | Floyd | A: Healing was my true gift, even though it wasn't officially taught Floyd | at the Academy. Floyd | B: Necromancy was where true power lay. Floyd | C: Actually, my favourite class WAS one of those others. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Also we have imaginary friends remember" | |
| olethros says, "aha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, we don't get to enter it. Damn." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The POWER of IMAGINATION" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And I don't think there's an UNDO" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "poop" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "C is Undo" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, so it is." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Although I learned many things at the Academy, my favourite class Floyd | was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Alchemy Floyd | B: Conjuration Floyd | C: Divination Floyd | D: Enchantment Floyd | E: Illusion Floyd | F: Summoning Floyd | G: Transmutation Floyd | H: Something else Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Imaginaaation....imaginaaaaaaashawn" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "So people liked A and E?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm still for E" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I will go with E." | ||
| olethros says, "E sounds ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That's a lot of Es. Sorry, DW." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > The creation of things that don't really exist. An illusionist Floyd | could make people see and hear anything they wanted to. Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, I was pretty good at it. Floyd | B: No, not Illusion. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Conjuration isn't bad. Conjure up food at any time?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, good point." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'll conjure my foot...up the asses of my enemies" | ||
| olethros says, "if this is D&D, it's going to be attack spells" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I think we need to move forward." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So I say A." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A" | ||
| olethros says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was on the road to becoming an illusionist. Floyd | (Illusion +30) Floyd | Floyd | My classes went well as I began to learn the arcane arts. It was a lot Floyd | of work, reading ancient tomes and trying to force mystical energies Floyd | to do as I wished. I learned a little bit of everything that was Floyd | taught during my time in the Academy. Floyd | (Arcana +10, Alchemy +10, Conjuration +10, Divination +10, Enchantment Floyd | +10, Illusion +10, Summoning +10, Transmutation +10) Floyd | Floyd | A: I made a friend. He was also a student. Floyd | B: I made a friend. She was also a student. Floyd | C: I concentrated solely on my studies leaving me no time for Floyd | socializing. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Hmm." | |
| olethros says, "forcing mystical energies to do as I wished was also my favourite fantasy .. err" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We have thus far been answering in the vein of C, but perhaps we will come out of our shell." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Yeah, I was thinking about that too" | ||
| olethros says, "affirmative" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say B." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "My guess is the student will die or something" | ||
| DavidW says, "Let's dally with someone with the key to the *special* laboratory." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "Jim!" | ||
| JimKaplan exclaims, "Good opportunity for tragedy!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say B" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "meh" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Her name was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Marissa Floyd | B: Brigitte Floyd | C: Tessa Floyd | D: Lucy Floyd | E: Something else Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh, of course we name her." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Of course we do." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Barbara" | ||
| DavidW says, "We have the dog for future tragedy." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like Tessa." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Esmerelda" | ||
| DavidW says, "Tessa is good." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK, Tessa." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Tessa was: Floyd | Floyd | A: A human. Floyd | B: An elf. Floyd | C: A dwarf. Floyd | D: A halfling. Floyd | E: A gnome. Floyd | F: A half-orc. Floyd | G: A half-elf. Floyd | | Jacqueline bangs her head on her laptop. | |
| JimKaplan says, "I hear you" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Apply desk to head. Repeat vigorously" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "An elf, for a twist?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "What if Tessa's a half-breed elf?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Half-breed like us, but elf like our enemies?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, okay." | ||
| DavidW says, "Tessa's hair was A: blonde and long-flowing B:blonde and short, ..." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > Racial diversity was even more prominent in the capital city of Floyd | Tornassa, especially in the Academy. It seemed natural that a half-orc Floyd | and a half-elf would be friends. I learned a lot about her culture. Floyd | (Elf Faction +10) Floyd | Floyd | We met in Transmutation class. We got to talking and it turned out Floyd | that her big passion was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Gardening Floyd | B: Board games Floyd | C: Sword fighting Floyd | D: History Floyd | E: Making toy soldiers. Floyd | | JimKaplan asks, "Is this a dating sim and I didn't realize it?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "We are just friends." | ||
| DavidW says, "For now." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Women can be friends with other women without wanting to play swords with them." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, sure" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Though technically in this case it may be playing scabbards" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I want to see if there are Eurogames in this universe." | ||
| DavidW says, "It's all fun and games until someone sits on the washing machine." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Oh dear Lord" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "B?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I say B or D" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I was introduced to all sorts of neat games. Our favourite was one Floyd | where we each had a kingdom and we had to advance our armies to take Floyd | over duchies until one of us ruled the entire land. It was a lot of Floyd | fun. Floyd | (Diplomacy +5, Warcraft +10, Body -1) Floyd | Floyd | My Summoning class was always interesting. We learned to create Floyd | protective circles and to bring forth all kinds of animals, demons and Floyd | elementals from various planes. It was important to keep control of Floyd | the creatures that were summoned. I had a really difficult Summoning Floyd | assignment in my first year. Floyd | Floyd | A: That ruby ring gave me an advantage. Floyd | B: I cheated by going into the woods and catching a rabbit. (Needs 10 Floyd | Nature) Floyd | C: I cheated by using Killah P, my dog. Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | olethros says, "hee cheating" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "What? Boardgames lowers your body stats?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Boardy stat" | ||
| olethros says, "only slightly!" | ||
| DavidW says, "A" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to o), "True." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A seems the least costly" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like A." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Other than dog" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "So sure, A" | ||
| olethros says, "ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It had some sort of fire affinity Enchantment. I found that I was Floyd | able to access the plane of fire with much more ease than I should Floyd | have. I summoned a fire elemental and passed the assignment. Floyd | Everyone was pretty impressed and it was a great boost to my Floyd | confidence. Floyd | (Personality +3) Floyd | Floyd | Tessa and I spent a lot of time together. It was nice to have a Floyd | friend at the Academy. Floyd | Floyd | A: We liked to pull pranks on the teachers. Floyd | B: We spent all our time studying. Floyd | C: We liked to bully the other students. Floyd | D: We started a business to earn some extra money. Floyd | E: We volunteered in the school infirmary. Floyd | F: We studied weaponry together. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I say pranks" | |
| DavidW says, "D" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like a lot of these." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "B is nice." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "E is nice." | ||
| olethros says, "yeah, let's be superwizards with B" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm okay with superwizardry" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm okay with D." | ||
| DavidW says, "I think the job would open up our contacts list." | ||
| olethros asks, "is ALL the game multiple choice tests?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not so keen on A." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to o), "Yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A seems more in tune with our young self" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But admittedly we are growing as a person" | ||
| DavidW says, "I'll go with B is that's what people want." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "When have we pulled pranks?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Well, not pranks, but we've been mischievous" | ||
| olethros says, "we were pragmatic" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Stealing stuff" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sneaking around is a skill we have" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, illusion is great for pranks" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "B is admittedly kind of introverted (AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT) but it seems like it could up our various wizard stats." | ||
| olethros says, "I can roll a dice" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Hm, true." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A and B I'd both be okay with" | ||
| olethros says, "or .. a die" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, roll a die." | ||
| JimKaplan says, ""I'd both"...suddenly I'm two people." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You have this die nearby, I hope." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "I have a coin?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Otherwise I'm going with B." | ||
| olethros asks, "which choices?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A and B" | ||
| olethros asks, "A, B, D, E?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's form a committee." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We need to convene the Senate before we can form a committee" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Which reminds me, we have to elect a Senate" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm about to type B." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is anyone going to stop me?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK, do B" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Let's keep it rolling" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > It was good to have a study partner since the material we were Floyd | learning was very difficult. Floyd | (Arcana +1, Alchemy +1, Conjuration +1, Divination +1, Enchantment +1, Floyd | Illusion +1, Summoning +1, Transmutation +1, Body -3) Floyd | Floyd | One of the new subjects that we had to study at the Academy was Floyd | Arcana. This included everything from the theory of magic to magical Floyd | artifacts. We learned about the nature of reality and how our Floyd | mystical energies were able to change the very fabric of existence. Floyd | Floyd | A: It was tremendously exciting and I was an apt pupil. Floyd | B: A fifth year student sold me a potion that helped me to concentrate Floyd | better in class. Floyd | C: I had trouble sitting still through the long lectures. I wasn't Floyd | much of a bookworm. Floyd | | olethros says, "man that was weak" | |
| olethros says, "just +1 to everything for -3 body" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Studying and playing board games is making us fat." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or skinny" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Both are antibody" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "Sorry, perhaps I was projecting." | ||
| JimKaplan (to Jacq) ( | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Jim), "zomg your eyes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Heh" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I'm not interested in being a poor student" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm in favor of concentrating better in class" | ||
| DavidW asks, "A then?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Don't do B. Just say no, kids." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like A." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm OK with A" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > My teachers were happy to see how enthusiastic I was about learning Floyd | everything. I spent many hours studying Arcana and reading extra Floyd | books on the subject. Floyd | (Arcana +20, Body -5) Floyd | Floyd | It was in my second year at the Academy that I had my big Divination Floyd | test. We were given a blank piece of paper and told to write down the Floyd | answer. Our task was to use our magic to divine what the question Floyd | was. Floyd | Floyd | A: I begged my teacher for a hint and she eventually helped me. (Needs Floyd | 35 Personality) Floyd | B: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | C: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "There goes our bod again." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we do A?" | ||
| DavidW says, "C" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 16 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 19% Floyd | Willpower: 18% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I prefer our other magic not to suffer" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Personality is 19%" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | JimKaplan says, "Shame" | |
| JimKaplan says, "I'm willing to flunk rather than let other magic skills suffer" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I would prefer that as well, but I think we should go with B." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "Really?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "What do other people think?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "In fairness I'm not sure what our magic stats are" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 16 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 19% Floyd | Willpower: 18% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 11% Floyd | Conjuration: 11% Floyd | Divination: 11% Floyd | Enchantment: 11% Floyd | Healing: 15% Floyd | Illusion: 41% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 11% Floyd | Transmutation: 11% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 20% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 42% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 25% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Other than illusion, we seem pretty mediocre anyway" | |
| JimKaplan says, "So I guess I'm ok with studying at the expense of other classes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Our Arcana is also good." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "True" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And because we kicked someone in the shins when we were, like, seven, we have good fighting." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "So, B?" | ||
Floyd | My teachers were happy to see how enthusiastic I was about learning Floyd | everything. I spent many hours studying Arcana and reading extra Floyd | books on the subject. Floyd | (Arcana +20, Body -5) Floyd | Floyd | It was in my second year at the Academy that I had my big Divination Floyd | test. We were given a blank piece of paper and told to write down the Floyd | answer. Our task was to use our magic to divine what the question Floyd | was. Floyd | Floyd | A: I begged my teacher for a hint and she eventually helped me. (Needs Floyd | 35 Personality) Floyd | B: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | C: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oops, ILAC." | |
| Jacqueline asks, "But yeah, B?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "David, are you still here? Others?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I wonder if we'll actually take a hit on stats or if they'll just grow slower" | ||
| DavidW says, "fine" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I divined that the question was: "What was the teacher's favourite Floyd | number?" It was 7. I wrote that down and passed the test. Floyd | (Willpower +3, Alchemy -2, Conjuration -2, Divination +12, Enchantment Floyd | -2, Illusion -2, Summoning -2, Transmutation -2) Floyd | Floyd | The Academy was filled with young men and women who were filled with Floyd | young hopes and dreams. Despite the fact that we were studying Floyd | knowledge that seemed better suited to older people, we still acted Floyd | like kids sometimes. Floyd | Floyd | A: I met an attractive girl in my second year. Floyd | B: I met a handsome boy in my second year. Floyd | C: I didn't have time for such thoughts. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "The number they're thinking of is always seven" | |
| inky says, "oh, that was a divination test? weird" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, yeah, I guess we took a hit" | ||
| olethros says, "no" | ||
| olethros says, "gained +3 overall" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The magic skills went down" | ||
| olethros says, "and to a primary stat" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "My concern was largely with the magic skills, but anyway." | ||
| olethros says, "div + 12, all other mag skills -12 total" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Do we get our booty thang on?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Or whatever the kids call it these days?" | ||
| inky says, "of course" | ||
| olethros says, "so we are hot on divination and illusion at the moment" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I assume it will boost personality" | ||
| olethros says, "it boosted willpower, do try and pay attention" | ||
| DavidW says, "yuck. This study style sucks." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to olethros), "No, getting our booty thang on" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am finding this an odd reaction, but I wish we didn't get a choice here, either." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Though I guess good willpower is required to effectively get one's booty thang on" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, you become attracted to this person and you don't get to chose because you can't fight it." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "It is a bit of an odd educational system we seem to be experiencing" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I have no preference at this point" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm sort of running out of energy to invest in these choices" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I think this is the focus of the game, at university, as the title is Way Walkers: University. It's by J. Leigh, by the way." | ||
| DavidW says, "I wonder if the entire game is gonna feel like it's in pre-game mode." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, we don't have a preference, but we know we want to have a relationship. I'm asking maga to flip a coin. Heads it's A." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And it's heads." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Her name was: Floyd | Floyd | A: Amanda Floyd | B: Jill Floyd | C: Julie Floyd | D: Rosie Floyd | E: Something else Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "OK." | |
| DavidW says, "Let's have a boy this time. It's been all girls so far." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "oops" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "More with the names" | ||
| DavidW says, "damnit" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry. Was trying to move us along." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Call her International Airport" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of Jim), "?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I dunno, I just want silly names now" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's name her Fascination." | ||
| DavidW asks (of JK), "Have you heard of the Adorable Care Plan?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "That sounds like a perfume" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||
| inky says, "you could call her Fred" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to DavidW), "An acquaintance of my aunt's was named Government Car" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of inky), "Like in Angel?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to inky), "Or Romanadvoratrelundar" | ||
| DavidW says (to JK), "heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We could just call her Generic Love Interest" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "YES." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > >Type Something | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Generic Love Interest" | ||
Floyd | Generic Love Interest was: Floyd | Floyd | A: A human. Floyd | B: An elf. Floyd | C: A dwarf. Floyd | D: A halfling. Floyd | E: A gnome. Floyd | F: A half-orc. Floyd | G: A half-elf. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "NOOOOO" | |
| olethros says, "random" | ||
| JimKaplan sobs silently | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Halfling." | ||
| maga says, "pssh, everyone knows Generic is a boy's name" | ||
| olethros says, "RNG gave: half-elf" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "For the image of giant gruff half-orc getting it on with a cutesy halfling" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I used the random number generator, and it said G. Cool?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Fine." | ||
| DavidW says, "Generic Love Interest has a tattoo on his/her: A: throat, B: chest, C: left arm, ..." | ||
| olethros says, "hey, so did my RNG. Awesome." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Generic Love Interest's shoe size is..." | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of olethros), "BUT HOW CAN THEY BOTH BE RANDOM?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "<j/k>" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > I found myself thinking about her eyes while meditating in Floyd | Divination class, or wondering what it would be like to kiss her lips Floyd | when I should have been practicing my conjuring. Floyd | (Personality +3) Floyd | Floyd | A: We started dating. Floyd | B: But it never really amounted to anything. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Generic Love Interest's *favorite* shoe size is" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Kiss her lips? That's vanilla." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We went to all this trouble, we *must* date her." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, date the fuck out of that girl" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Gosh." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was a romantic place to court someone. We spent nights in the Floyd | diviner's tower, watching the stars, and we spent days watching the Floyd | illusionists practice their craft. There was always something Floyd | interesting to do or to see. In a city as big as Tornassa, a half-orc Floyd | dating a half-elf didn't turn that many heads. I found her pointed Floyd | ears very appealing. Floyd | (Elf Faction +10) Floyd | Floyd | I really enjoyed her company. Floyd | Floyd | A: We slept together in her room nearly every night. Floyd | B: Our relationship remained chaste, we did no more than kiss. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Or fuck the date out of her, whichever" | |
| olethros says, "time for a cold shower, JK" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Agreed." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to olethros), "Cold showers are a turn-on for me" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "So i'm damned if I do and damned if I don't" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why am I not surprised?" | ||
| olethros says, "have fun then" | ||
| olethros says, "bye bye" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say chastity" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Okay, now I'm surprised." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hmm, we have an ear fetish" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But I also agree." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we kiss those pointy ears and nothing else." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think we have body image issues" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Given that we're a half-breed and nerdy" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Kind of" | ||
| maga says, "this channel is particularly disturbing today" | ||
| Jacqueline cackles. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > We were a nice couple, we did fun things together, but we spent our Floyd | nights in our own rooms. Floyd | Floyd | My Alchemy class included a lot of memorization. I had to know what Floyd | each ingredient did, how they reacted to each other and what type of Floyd | incantations would make the potions stable. There was a very Floyd | difficult project that year. Floyd | Floyd | A: I borrowed a potion from Tessa, handing it in as my own. Floyd | B: I stole the recipe from the teacher's desk. (Needs 20 Thievery) Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "B." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sometimes it's best to read #clubfloyd without actually being in the room to read the game text, yeah." | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A lot of this could be interpreted as us actually discussing our lives and tastes, yeah" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder what the difference is between B and D skill-wise" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "D is I think just alchemy suffers" | ||
| inky says, "or A and B and D, I guess" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "B might increase thievery" | ||
| DavidW says, "I don't like any of these choices." | ||
| Jacqueline laughs. It *is* more fun when you read back over our stuff without the context. | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Insofar as magic goes, I prefer to stick to Divination and Illusion" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "We have to be bad at some things, right?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Though I guess willpower would suffer as well." | ||
| inky says, "I assume if you get like seven of these that boost one by +12 and the others by -2, you'll net out at +0 over the years" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking eventually we may get caught stealing." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacqueline), "Is the stealing random, though" | ||
| DavidW says, "Divination and Illusion are very poor schools of magic. We're gonna be hopeless." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, that would be interesting." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Stealth + illusion = awesome" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "True" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Divination = see in dark" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, B?" | ||
| maga says (to DW), "you're thinking in D&D terms, man" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to maga), "So is this game, sort of" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "This game has that spraypainted all over it" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Anyway, I stand by B" | ||
| olethros says, "i think that we always gain more if we leverage our own skills" | ||
| olethros says, "so B" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > The potion was much easier to brew, with the teacher's own recipe. Floyd | I had to bite my tongue when the teacher said that my potion was Floyd | uninspired and lacked creativity, but at least I passed. Floyd | (Thievery +10) Floyd | Floyd | There was a terrible accident in my transformations class at the Floyd | beginning of my third year. We were taking turns working on a Floyd | standard spell when a young red-haired boy's magic went wild. The Floyd | walls turned translucent and then shiny, as the brick turned to glass. Floyd | A loud crack silenced everyone in the room but there was no time to Floyd | think before the roof came crashing down upon us. Many students were Floyd | badly injured from flying glass and falling stone. Floyd | Floyd | A: I was able to help a lot. (Needs 20 Healing) Floyd | B: I was able to help a little bit. (Needs 10 Healing) Floyd | C: I tried to help. (Needs 1 Healing) Floyd | D: I chose not to help anyone Floyd | | JimKaplan asks, "What's our healing stat?" | |
| maga says, "aww, and here I was hoping that all the sexing you're going on about meant that it was sort of Monsterhearts High-Fantasy" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We got some from the nature guide thing" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 17 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 22% Floyd | Willpower: 21% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 9% Floyd | Conjuration: 9% Floyd | Divination: 23% Floyd | Enchantment: 9% Floyd | Healing: 15% Floyd | Illusion: 39% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 9% Floyd | Transmutation: 9% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 20% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 42% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | Jacqueline says, "A young red-haired boy's magic went wild in our university class? Someone call JK." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Speaking." | ||
| Binder snorts. | ||
| JimKaplan says, "And by "magic" I assume we're using a euphemism." | ||
| Binder says, "Healing 15% whee" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "So B is an option." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This is reminding me of the Harry Potter Puppet Pals episode where Snape writes in his diary about how Weasly vomits a rainbow." | ||
| olethros says, "yeah, let's boost healing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ok" | ||
| maga says (to JimKaplan), "a euphemism for friendship, I hope" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | The potion was much easier to brew, with the teacher's own recipe. I Floyd | had to bite my tongue when the teacher said that my potion was Floyd | uninspired and lacked creativity, but at least I passed. Floyd | (Thievery +10) Floyd | Floyd | There was a terrible accident in my transformations class at the Floyd | beginning of my third year. We were taking turns working on a Floyd | standard spell when a young red-haired boy's magic went wild. The Floyd | walls turned translucent and then shiny, as the brick turned to glass. Floyd | A loud crack silenced everyone in the room but there was no time to Floyd | think before the roof came crashing down upon us. Many students were Floyd | badly injured from flying glass and falling stone. Floyd | Floyd | A: I was able to help a lot. (Needs 20 Healing) Floyd | B: I was able to help a little bit. (Needs 10 Healing) Floyd | C: I tried to help. (Needs 1 Healing) Floyd | D: I chose not to help anyone Floyd | | JimKaplan says (to maga), "Well, friendship *is* magic" | |
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I knew a little about Healing and I was able to help a few students Floyd | with their wounds. Unfortunately, one student still died in the Floyd | accident, although it was still a good thing I was there. Floyd | (Mage Guild +10, Healing +10) Floyd | Floyd | I remember the day I had a knock on my door. Floyd | Floyd | A: It turned out to be a mistake. They were at the wrong door. Floyd | | Binder says, "Nice option list." | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Um, what?" | ||
| olethros says, "wtf" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "Defiantly choose Z!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We have been complaining about having too many choices, people." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "World's shortest choose-your-own adventure, am I right" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Now the game rewards us, and we are all WTF?" | ||
| Binder says, "I haven't been complaining about anything." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I felt very lonely. Floyd | (Personality -5) Floyd | Floyd | My Conjuration class was very practical. We learned to throw fire and Floyd | create magical shields for combat casting and dueling. Floyd | Floyd | A: I still won my share of duels since I knew how to fight. (Needs 25 Floyd | Fighting) Floyd | B: I still won my share of duels since I was very strong. (Needs 35 Floyd | Body) Floyd | C: I used the ruby ring. Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | Binder says, "I love everything." | |
| JimKaplan says, "WHAT" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "ha. That was awesome." | ||
| olethros says, "we had no friends, hence no choice!" | ||
| Binder asks, "Fighting" | JimKaplan says, "Jesus Louisus" | |
| Binder ilac | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 17 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 21% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | - a half-elf named Tessa, a friend I met in the academy. Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 10 Floyd | Royal Family: 0 Floyd | Elves: -40 Floyd | Dwarves: 0 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 10 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Wow, yeah, we're total pariahs" | |
| maga says, "Jacq is unable to explain what just happened because she is laughing too hard" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | Binder says, "Fighting is 42%, though" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Admittedly I'm feeling short of breath myself" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | I felt very lonely. Floyd | (Personality -5) Floyd | Floyd | My Conjuration class was very practical. We learned to throw fire and Floyd | create magical shields for combat casting and dueling. Floyd | Floyd | A: I still won my share of duels since I knew how to fight. (Needs 25 Floyd | Fighting) Floyd | B: I still won my share of duels since I was very strong. (Needs 35 Floyd | Body) Floyd | C: I used the ruby ring. Floyd | D: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | E: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | maga says, "FINE" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Isn't throwing fire evocation?" | ||
| maga arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Binder says, "yay we conjured maga" | |
| JimKaplan says (to maga), "We were given only one choice, and then punished for that choice." | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| olethros says, "ring of course" | ||
| maga exclaims (at JimKaplan), "life is often like this!" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to maga), "But...but..." | ||
| inky says, "I had thought maybe this game didn't show options you couldn't do, but that doesn't seem to be correct" | ||
| olethros asks, "> LIVE: Y/N ?" | ||
| DavidW says, "I wish we had opened that business with Tessa when we could." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say ring" | ||
| DavidW says, "yeah, ring here." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > My ruby ring made casting fire spells so much easier. During the Floyd | school duels, I was able to cast fire bolts so quickly that few could Floyd | stand before me. My teacher never suspected that I was using an Floyd | enchanted ring. Floyd | (Conjuration +10) Floyd | Floyd | I was beginning to learn that the Academy was a very dangerous place. Floyd | I had made it to my fourth year, but I was becoming less concerned Floyd | with the graduation rate and more ill at ease with the survival rate. Floyd | Another accident took place in my Summoning class. Some student had Floyd | found access to the Archmage's personal library and learned a spell Floyd | they couldn't control. I filed that thought away for later. The idea Floyd | that extra powerful tomes were kept apart was very interesting. Floyd | Floyd | The spell began normally as the student made the necessary gestures Floyd | and said the needed magic words. Unfortunately, he missed a key Floyd | component to the spell and the snakes he summoned were out of his Floyd | control. To make matters worst, they were poisonous and extremely Floyd | aggressive. They immediately began to attack everyone in sight. Floyd | Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower) Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting) Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration) Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Binder says, "yay cheating" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "E: Speak Parseltongue" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 18 Floyd | 51% Good vs. 49% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 21% Floyd | Fame: 0% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 9% Floyd | Conjuration: 19% Floyd | Divination: 23% Floyd | Enchantment: 9% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 39% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 9% Floyd | Transmutation: 9% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 20% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 42% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Willpower too low" | |
| inky says, "anyway, I note that in that case, it appears that you got a conjuration boost despite cheating" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims (at JK), "Yes, Parseltongue!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We can only fight them or get bitten, it seems" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Our fight is good." | ||
| DavidW says, "For pities sake! WHY all the stats checking? I can't read without the story scrolling off!" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Because there are too many stats" | ||
| maga exclaims (at inky), "just like Harry Potter!" | ||
| inky says (to maga), "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "I guess this game would have a better UI if the choices indicated whether you could take them or not" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we fight." | ||
| DavidW asks, "And you have to check every frickin' turn?" | ||
| olethros says, "5 points for stupiddor" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I shall endeavor to remember" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yeah" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I prefer fighting to getting bitten by snakes" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Or didn't offer them to you if you couldn't have them, just like in LIFE" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "help" | ||
Floyd | My ruby ring made casting fire spells so much easier. During the Floyd | school duels, I was able to cast fire bolts so quickly that few could Floyd | stand before me. My teacher never suspected that I was using an Floyd | enchanted ring. Floyd | (Conjuration +10) Floyd | Floyd | I was beginning to learn that the Academy was a very dangerous place. Floyd | I had made it to my fourth year, but I was becoming less concerned Floyd | with the graduation rate and more ill at ease with the survival rate. Floyd | Another accident took place in my Summoning class. Some student had Floyd | found access to the Archmage's personal library and learned a spell Floyd | they couldn't control. I filed that thought away for later. The idea Floyd | that extra powerful tomes were kept apart was very interesting. Floyd | Floyd | The spell began normally as the student made the necessary gestures Floyd | and said the needed magic words. Unfortunately, he missed a key Floyd | component to the spell and the snakes he summoned were out of his Floyd | control. To make matters worst, they were poisonous and extremely Floyd | aggressive. They immediately began to attack everyone in sight. Floyd | Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower) Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting) Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration) Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Admittedly this is a personal preference" | |
| olethros says, "hm" | ||
| olethros says, "maybe we can check a single stat" | ||
| Binder says, "Needs a dual screen UI" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stat willpower" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower) Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting) Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration) Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me. Floyd | | inky says (to JimKaplan), "ha ha" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "willpower" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: I commanded the snakes to follow my orders. (Needs 30 Willpower) Floyd | B: I grabbed a chair and fought the snakes. (Needs 30 Fighting) Floyd | C: I fried them all with conjured lightning. (Needs 25 Conjuration) Floyd | D: Several of the snakes bit me. Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to Binder), "Wouldn't run in Floyd then, I'm afraid." | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm betting the actual game does have that." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Maybe getting bitten by snakes builds character" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "B, please" | ||
| maga says, "maybe we're looking at this all wrong! maybe snakebite will make us popular and competent" | ||
| DavidW asks, "er, 'actual game'? What?" | ||
| Binder says (to Jacqueline), "I actually had a dream that Floyd grew multiple channels specifically for the purpose of better client integration but mostly people used it to be snarky across several conduits." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Well, I mean the browser-based version, not this conversion that's been done." | ||
| maga says, "it worked for Steve Irwin, temporarily" | ||
| inky says (to Binder), "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say B" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Any objections" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The other option is being eaten by snakes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I grabbed the closest thing I could find, a chair, and began to Floyd | fight the snakes. They fell, one at a time, and nobody was seriously Floyd | injured. After a few minutes, their corpses disappeared, returned to Floyd | where they had come from. Floyd | (Fame +1, Mage Guild +15, Fighting +15) Floyd | Floyd | Everyone congratulated me on my heroism. I don't know how poisonous Floyd | their venom was. I was just glad that I wasn't bitten. Floyd | Floyd | My Enchantment exam was very interesting. The Academy hired a man Floyd | from a nearby town for us to work our magic on. He stood at the front Floyd | of the class and we were told to use our enchanting spells to make him Floyd | do what we wanted. Floyd | Floyd | A: I bribed him 100 gold to do what I told him to do. (Needs 100 Gold) Floyd | B: I cheated by flirting with the man. He was putty in my hands. Floyd | (Needs 30 Personality) Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "...this seems like a human rights violation of some kind" | |
| maga asks, "question: if you kill a legless foe, does it really 'fall'?" | ||
| Binder says, "Yeah, they should have used an elf." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "My Grown-Up Pony: Flirting is Magic" | ||
| maga says (to JimKaplan), "enh, muggles aren't really human" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I am starting to wonder if this is nothing but loosely-connected vingettes, or if there will eventually be some great challenge that comes our way." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "we don't have enough personality." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, neither does our character." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nor gold." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "BAM" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say C." | ||
| inky says, "I think we should blow off this one" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I like blowing off." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But. But." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, we shouldn't try." | ||
| inky says, "well, if we pick C, it'll lower our illusion and divination skills" | ||
| inky says, "(I assume)" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This is totally against my personality, but I think you two are probably right." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Go ahead, be a slacker." | ||
| olethros says, "anyway, this does not make sense" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The downside is our willpower will either go down or disproprtionately not go up" | ||
| olethros says, "yes" | ||
| Binder cheers unenergetically. | ||
| olethros says, "let's willpowerit" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > I don't think he even knew I was casting since he just stood there, Floyd | looking back at me. Floyd | (Willpower -3) Floyd | Floyd | I remember that fateful day in my fourth year when all classes were Floyd | cancelled. Good King Norbert had died, Prince Gareth, who was 28 Floyd | years old at the time, was to be our new king. All of the wizards of Floyd | the Academy gathered for the coronation ceremony. The royal wizard, Floyd | Fraledan, smiled at the students from his place of honor near the Floyd | prince and princess. He held his gnarled wooden staff in his hands Floyd | and smiled through his thick white beard. Floyd | Floyd | King Norbert's widow, Queen Audrey, looked very sad, she had obviously Floyd | loved her husband very much. Princess Emily looked very sad as well. Floyd | Her lightly curled brown hair lay across her shoulders and her deep Floyd | brown eyes had a shine to them that showed she had been crying. Floyd | Prince Gareth seemed eager to assume the crown, his dark gaze never Floyd | left the official who was conducting the coronation. After the Floyd | ceremony, the festivities began. I saw Archmage Lacius sitting with Floyd | Fraledan for most of the celebration. Ciel, Lacius' familiar, was Floyd | nowhere to be seen. The raven was likely flying high in the sky and Floyd | out of sight. Floyd | Floyd | A: My accomplishments had become known to a few nobles. (Needs 1 Fame) Floyd | B: I watched Princess Emily. She was very beautiful. Floyd | C: I watched our newly appointed ruler, King Gareth, he was very Floyd | handsome. Floyd | D: I sat with my fellow students and enjoyed the festivities. Floyd | | inky says, "oops, you're right" | |
| olethros says, "yup, we lost the willpower" | ||
| inky says, "here's a chance to check out a guy" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Thick white beard" | ||
| inky says, "although he seems like he might be a bad guy" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "I assume Fraledan is gay and this is his stupid white wife?" | ||
| olethros asks, "ok, A?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sure, A" | ||
| inky asks, "oh, we have some fame?" | ||
| olethros says, "from killing SNAKES" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We have 1 fame from fighting the snakes" | ||
| inky says, "I guess that seems like the option to take if we do" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was the center of attention and many important people dropped by Floyd | to say hello. I was even given a gift by one of them. It was a Floyd | beautifully enchanted ring to enhance the bravery I had already shown. Floyd | (Diplomacy +10, Gained Ring of Courage) Floyd | Floyd | Everyone was sad that King Norbert had died, he had been a good king. Floyd | We all had great hopes for our new monarch, King Gareth. The Kingdom Floyd | of Daria waited in eager anticipation to see what kind of king he Floyd | would be. Floyd | Floyd | My Illusion teacher took the occasion to implement a unique type of Floyd | test. Our class gathered that night to cast entertainments into the Floyd | sky for everyone to enjoy. Floyd | Floyd | A: I created a spectacle of lights and sounds that was talked about Floyd | for years. Floyd | B: I made up a fake cultural reason to get out of doing it. (Needs 20 Floyd | Geography) Floyd | C: I cheated by making a special mixture using fertilizer. (Needs 20 Floyd | Agriculture) Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | Indy asks, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" | |
| inky says, "badass" | ||
| olethros says, "hey, A" | ||
| olethros says, "we are badass" | ||
| inky says, "hmmm interesting" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A, yes." | ||
| maga asks, "so, is the game's premise that all character development comes from wearing increasing numbers of enchanted rings?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A: Invent motion pictures." | ||
| olethros says, "Mr. W" | ||
| maga says, "man, Gareth is the least kingly name ever" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Film people get all the babes" | ||
| inky says, "so here is (I assume) a case where it changes the displayed choices, it doesn't just show you everything" | ||
| JimKaplan asks (of maga), "Less so than NORBERT?" | ||
| inky says (to maga), "to an american all british names sound kingly" | ||
| DavidW says, "A, sure" | ||
| maga says, "you're not allowed to be a king called Gareth unless you were born a swineherd or something" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I really enjoyed my Illusion class. I started with balls of light, Floyd | but then I started getting creative, sending up displays of fairies, Floyd | griffons and charging horses. For my grand finale, I created a Floyd | life-sized Illusion of the fierce dragon Parnaxxus. Although everyone Floyd | was terrified at first, when the dragon glowed brightly and exploded Floyd | into thousands of twinkling lights, I was given an applause that Floyd | thundered across the city. It really helped the relationship between Floyd | the royal family and the mage guild. Floyd | (Mage Guild +30, Royal Faction +30, Kingdom +30) Floyd | Floyd | My days in the Academy were numbered, I only had one more year after Floyd | this one. Perhaps this was the reason that I started thinking about Floyd | romance. Floyd | Floyd | A: I was still madly in love with Generic Love Interest. Floyd | B: Although I was dating Generic Love Interest, I was secretly in love Floyd | with Tessa, my friend from the Academy. I decided to break up with Floyd | Generic Love Interest and follow my heart's true desire. Floyd | C: I felt like it was time for me and Generic Love Interest to break Floyd | up. I felt the need to be single. Floyd | | olethros says, "yeah, no 'studied hard' choice" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Gareth Swineherdson" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Goodness gracious, great balls of light" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I feel like I've seen this fireworks display somewhere before." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also does it occur to anyone that we are basically gandalf" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Dragon fireworks from the Long-Expected Party" | ||
| olethros asks, "oh there was a dragon firework there?" | ||
| JimKaplan | I was still madly in love with Generic Love Interest. | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Heh" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to olethros), "In the movie at least" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "We just started thinking about it? What about our girlfriend?" | ||
| inky says, "if we could do it all over again, I would have named the horse Generic Medieval Transportation" | ||
| JimKaplan says, ""Feel the need to be single"" | ||
| olethros says, "the game makes little sense" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Must be nice to feel that" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "heehee" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, B?" | ||
| inky asks, "did you have any moments with tessa?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "B whynot" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Break up with Generic Love Interest (TM) and get a girlfriend with an actual name?" | ||
| inky says, "all I saw is where you didn't get the alchemy formula from her" | ||
| JimKaplan exclaims (at inky), "You're right!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "She's not supportive" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "DTMFA" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "We had many good moments with her. You have to be someone's friend before you can become more. Or something." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "God, I'll settle for a coin toss" | ||
| inky says, "well ok fair enough" | ||
| inky says, "it's probably smoochier to switch to her" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I will use the RNG." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "If people want." | ||
| inky says, "sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The RNG says we are still madly in love with GLI." | ||
| FlightoftheConchords says, "Jacq, don't use the RNG" | ||
| FlightoftheConchords says, "I know it's very tempting" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "YAY" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Anyway, yes, remain madly in love" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I took Generic Love Interest to the tournament yards, to watch the Floyd | jousting and swordfighting. It was a very popular form of Floyd | entertainment. We held hands as we walked around the tournament, there Floyd | was a lot going on. Floyd | Floyd | A: We watched the bards putting on show. Floyd | B: I entered myself into the sword fighting competition. (Needs 10 Floyd | Gold) Floyd | C: We watched the jousting. Floyd | | inky says, "ooh, yeah, let's sword fight" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||
| inky says, "we have good fighting by now" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm seriously getting consumer choice fatigue" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "DW, may we please spend some gold?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's not very much." | ||
| DavidW says, "ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > It cost 10 gold to join, but it was exciting. I took the practice Floyd | blade and stood in the participant box. It was thrilling, having Floyd | Generic Love Interest cheering me on from the sidelines. Floyd | (Gold -10) Floyd | Floyd | A: I fought well. (Needs 30 Fighting) Floyd | B: I fought okay. (Needs 25 Fighting) Floyd | C: I didn't even try, I was just there for fun. Floyd | | inky says, "we'll win it all back!" | |
| inky says, "unless we lose" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "We have over 30, don't we?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I believe we do." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yes, 42" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's impress GLI" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I did really well. I fought hard, and although I didn't win the Floyd | competition, I placed high enough to win 250 gold! It was a great Floyd | achievement, considering that the winning fighters devoted their lives Floyd | to the blade. Floyd | (Gold +250) Floyd | Floyd | We had a wonderful time at the tournament and had a lot of fun. We Floyd | returned to the Academy that night. Floyd | Floyd | A: We went to my room and made love. Floyd | B: We had a beautiful goodnight kiss and went to our separate rooms. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "w00t" | |
| inky says, "aw yeah" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say bonk her" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We're overflowing with victory hormones" | ||
| maga says, "ladies love the ritual violence" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Sorry, *boink* her" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to JK), "I don't see an option for bonking or boinking." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Bonk I assume is hitting on the head" | ||
| inky says, "I hope it tells us that since this is our first time it is kind of complicated and not very good" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "True, dat." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "So that's why my girlfriends keep breaking up with me" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Not violent ENOUGH" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Fortunately, we can't get pregnant our first time. Particularly since we're both female." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was very sweet. I was madly in love with Generic Love Interest. Floyd | Whatever the future after the Academy held in store and the challenges Floyd | it would bring, I knew that it would be at her side. Floyd | Floyd | My studies in the tower didn't deal exclusively with magic. The royal Floyd | wizard, Fraledan, was a great example. As the court mage, he was Floyd | constantly being relied upon to know about the world around him in Floyd | order to effectively advise the king. Sometimes a wizard's sagely Floyd | knowledge was just as beneficial as their arcane power. Floyd | Floyd | A: I studied a little of everything. Floyd | B: I studied a lot about agriculture. (Agriculture: 5) Floyd | C: I studied a lot about diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 30) Floyd | D: I studied a lot about economics. (Economics: 5) Floyd | E: I studied a lot about geography. (Geography: 30) Floyd | F: I studied a lot about history. (History: 5) Floyd | G: I studied a lot about religion. (Religion: 5) Floyd | H: I studied a lot about smithing. (Smithing: 5) Floyd | I: I studied a lot about warcraft. (Warcraft: 15) Floyd | | DavidW says, "And she's imaginary." | |
| EricIdle exclaims (at Jacq), "Stop oppressing me!" | ||
| inky says, "I'm confused" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to inky), "That's what they said about us" | ||
| inky asks, "is that stat minimums or the boost you'll get or your current stat level?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "But no, we're bi" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "J: Underwater basket-weaving" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "K: Pole-dancing" | ||
| DavidW says (to inky), "The pre-reqs for that choice to appear." | ||
| maga says, "I assume that 'studied a lot about warcraft' means 'stay in our dorm room and play MMORPGs'" | ||
| olethros says, "let's do diplomacy, sounds potentially useful" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to JK), "I am really starting to wonder about you, dude." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to o), "True." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "I am an international man of mystery, yes" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Anybody against diplomacy?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The fact is, you're either with us in diplomacy or you're against us." | ||
| Binder says, "It takes too long to play." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Diplomacy is still on the table" | ||
| DavidW says, "Unless it's our current stats, in which case it's being inconsistent in the display of these choices." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I assume it's current stats." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say Diplomacy." | ||
| inky says (to DavidW), "it seems weird the prereqs would be different levels for the different skills" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "May I please type C, please?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Jacq), "Knock yourself out" | ||
| inky says, "yes" | ||
| olethros says, "C!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Successful treatises were essential to a well-functioning kingdom. Floyd | I set my mind to learning more about them. Floyd | (Diplomacy +20) Floyd | Floyd | My fifth and final year in the Academy was very thrilling. I had been Floyd | hearing about Archmage Lacius' private library since I first came. Floyd | Floyd | A: (Needs 30 Thievery) I decided to try to break in. Floyd | B: I was invited in. (Needs 30 Mage Guild Faction) Floyd | C: I learned of a way to sneak in. (Needs 35 History) Floyd | D: I had no idea how to get inside. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it was our current stats. Weird." | |
| inky asks, "do we qualify with the faction?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Would have been nice if it had done that all along." | ||
| JimKaplan exclaims, "Break in!" | ||
| DavidW says, "Shame we didn't do smithing, but I remember the nature trail choice." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We have enough thievery to do it." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we just choose B and see what happens even if we don't have enough to qualify." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hmm." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Can we save?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Nope" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK, then whatever you like." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Ain't no such thang in ChoiceScript, I don't think. Not on Floyd, anyway." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I was in the common area late at night when Master Durgan, the Floyd | doorkeeper came in to get a midnight snack. His small stature made him | inky asks, "wait, you can pick choices that you don't qualify for stats-wise?" | |
Floyd | very quiet as he entered unobtrusively. Floyd | Floyd | "How are your studies going?" he asked me in a friendly tone. Floyd | Floyd | "They're going well, but I'm having some troubles with recursive Floyd | enchantments." Floyd | Floyd | "There's a book in the Archmage's library that explains it really Floyd | well. Come along." Floyd | Floyd | I got up immediately, astounded by my luck. He led me across the Floyd | Academy and to the Archmage's quarters, the torchlight reflecting on Floyd | his bald head. He opened the door to the library and we were just Floyd | about to enter when he said that he had forgotten an important task Floyd | that he needed to do. I had no idea what he could have forgotten Floyd | about, that late at night, but I said that it was alright. He Floyd | apologized and said that he'd get me the book the next day. He closed Floyd | the door and hurried away. But, the door didn't latch. It was Floyd | ironic, considering that he was the doorkeeper. Floyd | Floyd | A: So, I went in. Floyd | B: I closed the door and returned to my studies. Floyd | | DavidW says, "B, I think." | |
| DavidW says, "ack. FOR previous menu" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Dunno. Just thought I'd try." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Hm." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yeah, I understand you." | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Let's go in." | ||
| inky says, "I mean, this is all a test obviously" | ||
| inky says, "but we still have to go in" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Kobayashi Maru scenario?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "DO IT" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, I say we don't." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It's a test." | ||
| inky says, "I forget which fantasy series has the doorkeeper as being the most powerful wizard" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Earthsea" | ||
| inky says, "aha" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Right?" | ||
| inky says, "yeah, that sounds right" | ||
| DavidW says, "A" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, let's take a vote." | ||
| Binder says, "I was thinking Dilbert." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "DW says A." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I say B." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Jim says A." | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "inky?" | ||
| inky says, "I would like to go inside" | ||
| Jacqueline sighs. | Jacqueline sighs on the channel. | |
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > My curiosity had gotten the better of me. I opened the unlatched Floyd | door and slipped quietly inside. The library was very exciting and Floyd | there was a wealth of information to be had. I wondered why the books Floyd | weren't available to everyone. After skimming a few of them, I saw Floyd | why. They were dangerous! The magic involved was intense and Floyd | powerful. One book in particular caught my eye. It was a book about Floyd | golemcraft. I knew I couldn't stay long, but the book showed how to Floyd | make a golem that would serve its master forever. And, the best thing Floyd | was, I had access to the materials from my assorted classrooms. Floyd | Floyd | A: The temptation was too great, I took the book. Floyd | B: The danger was too great, I put the book back and left. Floyd | | inky says, "sorry for leading you into illicit behavior" | |
| Binder says (to inky), "Is that a macro" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm disowning you people. Toy with the darkarts at your peril." | ||
| inky says, "on the one hand this doesn't seem that dangerous" | ||
| inky says, "on the other hand, it doesn't seem that useful" | ||
| DavidW says, "Tessa is sleeping with Generic Love Interest. Make the golem." | ||
| olethros asks, ";we want willpower?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I dunno, if Prunella shows back up, our pet golem could definitely kick her in the shins." | ||
| olethros asks (of davidw), "wait, she is?" | ||
| DavidW says (to oletrhos), "A raven told me." | ||
| Binder says, "I say we should walk away from Golemcraft." | ||
| Jacqueline passes David the platter. "Here, have some more crack." | ||
| Binder says, "I'm all about crimes, but book learning is dum." | ||
| DavidW says, "Fine, put the book back" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I knew that the book was kept locked away for a reason. It was just Floyd | too powerful, so I left it behind. Floyd | (Good +3, Willpower +10) Floyd | Floyd | My Transmutation class was pretty boring, although it might just have Floyd | been the teacher. We always seemed to be doing the same things, turn Floyd | a stone into bronze, then to iron, then to gold... That might sound Floyd | like it should have been financially lucrative, but it wasn't. We Floyd | used to spend hours to create the tiniest bit of gold from another Floyd | material. I think I could have made the same amount of money, for the Floyd | time it took, working at a normal job. I knew that Transmutation Floyd | would eventually allow you to turn an enemy to stone, or to craft an Floyd | item into giving it special powers, but that was very advanced magic. Floyd | Floyd | We were each given a finely crafted statue of King Gareth, at the Floyd | beginning of the year. They had all been sculpted from stone by very Floyd | talented artisans. Our task was to convert the statue into ruby, the Floyd | royal gemstone. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cheated by finding another ruby statue of King Gareth. (Needs 10 Floyd | Mage Faction and 10 Thievery) Floyd | B: I cheated by making one the old fashioned way. (Needs 15 Economics Floyd | and 65 Gold) Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | DavidW says, "There'll be more books in our future." | |
| Binder asks (of DavidW), "Are you threatening me?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Something tells me that the author frequently had to cram for one class at the expense of others." | ||
| DavidW says, "I hate that there's so many options for cheating in this school." | ||
| Binder pulls his shirt up over his head. | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Yes" | ||
| olethros says, "so do we want transmutation and +3 willpower, and -2 everywhere else, or do we want... jsut transmutation and some lost gold" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc student. Floyd | Age: 18 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 28% Floyd | Fame: 1% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 9% Floyd | Conjuration: 19% Floyd | Divination: 23% Floyd | Enchantment: 9% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 39% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 9% Floyd | Transmutation: 9% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 50% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 57% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | DavidW says (to Binder), "what? I said nothing to you. I didn't even know you're here." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, we don't seem to have a very balanced approach to studying" | ||
| inky says, "we can pick A, I believe" | ||
| Binder says (to DavidW), "I get that a lot." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "You threatened him with book learnin'" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Binder), "Aww" | ||
| inky says, "which I assume will give either nothing or maybe a little transmutation for nothing" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I knew that the book was kept locked away for a reason. It was just Floyd | too powerful, so I left it behind. Floyd | (Good +3, Willpower +10) Floyd | Floyd | My Transmutation class was pretty boring, although it might just have Floyd | been the teacher. We always seemed to be doing the same things, turn Floyd | a stone into bronze, then to iron, then to gold... That might sound Floyd | like it should have been financially lucrative, but it wasn't. We Floyd | used to spend hours to create the tiniest bit of gold from another Floyd | material. I think I could have made the same amount of money, for the Floyd | time it took, working at a normal job. I knew that Transmutation Floyd | would eventually allow you to turn an enemy to stone, or to craft an Floyd | item into giving it special powers, but that was very advanced magic. Floyd | Floyd | We were each given a finely crafted statue of King Gareth, at the Floyd | beginning of the year. They had all been sculpted from stone by very Floyd | talented artisans. Our task was to convert the statue into ruby, the Floyd | royal gemstone. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cheated by finding another ruby statue of King Gareth. (Needs 10 Floyd | Mage Faction and 10 Thievery) Floyd | B: I cheated by making one the old fashioned way. (Needs 15 Economics Floyd | and 65 Gold) Floyd | C: I studied really hard, at the expense of my other classes. Floyd | D: I didn't even bother to try. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "I am still lawful good and prefer C." | |
| olethros says, "i wonder if we gain something at all by doing a" | ||
| olethros says, "compared to d" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "We don't get in trouble?" | ||
| inky says, "well, d gives -willpower, right? and a probably doesn't" | ||
| olethros says, "hopefully not" | ||
| olethros says, "but C gives a gain in willpower" | ||
| olethros says, "and I think we want that in general" | ||
| inky says, "we haven't previously got caught cheating, but I can imagine we might eventually" | ||
| DavidW says, "I like C." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "As do I." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I had to stay up late for many nights to convert the entire statue Floyd | to ruby. It was hard to do the small pieces, like a lock of hair or a Floyd | little finger. I accidentally broke off one ear and the fingers on Floyd | the left hand never completely converted into gem. It was enough to Floyd | pass, so I was content. Floyd | (Willpower +3, Alchemy -2, Conjuration -2, Divination -2, Enchantment Floyd | -2, Illusion -2, Summoning -2, Transmutation +12) Floyd | Floyd | >Next | Binder says, "Ouch." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Hmm." | ||
| olethros says, "it's standard for 'study hard'" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sounds like we did a crappy job." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "If it was higher to begin with it may have been less crappy" | ||
| Binder says, "Well, we chose C and C-work is what we did." | ||
| DavidW says, "At least we're not turning woodland critters into water goblets." | ||
| inky says, "basically we're bad at most of these classes" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "heh" | ||
| inky says, "so our choices are to study really hard and produce half-assed results, or cheat" | ||
| olethros says, "i remember last time we cheated we got +10 in conjuration anyway" | ||
| inky says, "or don't try" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "We hit space I guess?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "There's a life lesson in there somewhere." | ||
| Jacqueline presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | It was a nervous time for all students, when they reached the end of Floyd | their fifth year. The courses had been difficult, and although I had Floyd | learned a lot of magic. I was afraid of what my final grades would Floyd | be. I remember being called into Archmage Lacius' office to see my Floyd | final evaluation. Ciel, his raven, sat on a wooden stand in the Floyd | corner as I looked over my grades. Floyd | Floyd | Final Transcript for Morgana Floyd | Alchemy: Passed. Floyd | Conjuration: Passed. Floyd | Divination: Passed. Floyd | Enchantment: Failed. Floyd | Illusion: Passed. Floyd | Summoning: Passed. Floyd | Transmutation: Passed. Floyd | Floyd | My heart leaped into my throat. I had failed and wouldn't be Floyd | receiving my wizardly robes. Floyd | Floyd | "Chin up," Archmage Lacius said sternly. "Remember, some of the Floyd | greatest wizards in history have been unsuccessful in their schooling. Floyd | You are still Academy trained and you shall find your place in the Floyd | world." Floyd | Floyd | I remember packing up my bags, books and other belongings. The Floyd | Academy had been my home for five years and I was a little nervous Floyd | about what the future held. At least I wouldn't be alone, Killah P, my Floyd | dog, would be at my side. Even though I no longer had a schedule or Floyd | teachers, my education as a wizard was farfrom over. I would Floyd | continued to grow and learn for the rest of my life. I had a large Floyd | decision to make: I had to decide if I would continue to be an Floyd | illusionist or if I should generalize my studies. Floyd | Floyd | A: I decided to specialize. I would become an illusionist Floyd | B: I decided to diversify. I would study all of the magical arts. Floyd | | inky says, "we got +10 in conjuration for cheating there, but I believe we didn't get +10 for cheating at the alchemy exam" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Well, dang" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I didn't know we had to pass everything" | ||
| Roger arrives, full of fun and funk. | inky asks, "wait, what?" | |
| inky says, "that blows" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Also, saying "Chin up" sternly seems to me to defeat the point of saying "chin up"" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "It's okay, bro. Our dog, Killa P, will be by our side." | ||
| olethros asks, "what happened in alchemy class?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, Killah P." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "We were uncreative but successful" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "We stole a recipe right?" | ||
| olethros says, "oh ok" | ||
| inky says, "in alchemy class we stole the recipe from the teacher's desk, yeah" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "I guess cheating doesn't work in the end?" | ||
| inky says, "and got a thievery boost but no alchemy boost" | ||
| inky says, "no, it does" | ||
| olethros says, "aha, so you always get a boost with cheating" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Clearly nothing happened in Enchantment. We didn't even get a chance to cheat, did we? Oh wait, we did... they hired that muggle we were supposed to control. I forget what happened, though." | ||
| inky says, "we just talked Jacqueline into blowing off enchantment entirely" | ||
| inky says, "more fools us" | ||
| olethros says, "yeah, blowing it off was bad" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Anyway, Illusionist or generalist?" | ||
| inky says, "I think we should specialize in illusions and be the finest illusionist in the land" | ||
| inky says, "that'll show those fools at the academy" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I *am* a fan of being the finest things in the land" | ||
| olethros says, "ok let's be an awesome illusionist" | ||
| DavidW says, "I remember playing a campaign vs an illusionist's lair, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy the entire time. And I felt sorry for Iris in the Xanth series too." | ||
| inky asks, "sorry for them being so lame?" | ||
| olethros says, "create an illusion that we are the greatest wizzzards ever" | ||
| DavidW says, "no, neither were lame." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I left the academy and returned to Elmvale, my home village. Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my horse, seemed eager to be on the road. Generic Floyd | Love Interest and Tessa had traveled with me to my home village from Floyd | the academy. I was grateful for their companionship. Floyd | Floyd | I had a lot to think about, now that my life as a student was over. Floyd | The next logical step for any wizard was to find traveling companions Floyd | and set out on an adventure. I stayed a few weeks in my village, but I Floyd | knew that this was no longer my home. I tearfully said goodbye to Floyd | everyone, explaining that I needed some time alone to find my place in Floyd | the world. I promised that I would send word as soon as I could. I Floyd | mounted Twilight Sparkle and left my village. My destiny awaited. Floyd | Floyd | >Next Chapter | maga says (to DW), "it's super-powerful if the main point of magic isn't combat-oriented" | |
| DavidW says, "But they were unhappy and had to commit to living a lie." | ||
| JimKaplan | In a world where the next logical step is "find traveling companions and set out on an adventure" | ||
| DavidW says, "Illusions are lies. To be a master illusionist, you have to be a master liar." | ||
| inky says, "yeah, that is pretty funny" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I have to laugh at fantasy worlds where "adventurer" is like this super-common profession" | ||
| inky says, "I guess there's no real job structure here" | ||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||
Floyd | I spent some time looking for a suitable adventuring party, which was Floyd | more difficult than I had thought. I knew that I'd need a fighter, a Floyd | thief and a cleric. A strong fighter would keep the enemies away Floyd | while I cast my magic, a dexterous thief would open locks and find Floyd | traps, and a wise cleric would heal us all when trouble occurred. Floyd | Even though I could do a little of each job, I knew that it was Floyd | important to have specialists so that I could concentrate on my magic. Floyd | After nearly a year of searching, I came upon the solution, I would Floyd | form the party myself. I rented a room at the Full Cup Inn in Floyd | Tornassa and began to accept applicants. Generic Love Interest moved Floyd | in with me and the innkeeper was nice enough to let us stay for free, Floyd | provided that I promised to help with security or any other troubles Floyd | that routinely cropped up. Floyd | Floyd | First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "They must have no concept of risky investments" | |
| inky says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "of course you need a fighter and a cleric and a thief" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha ha ha more" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "What are even these people's stats?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No preference." | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "tessa, qualifications: friendship grom, qualifications: dwarf stewart, qualifications: showed up" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||
| olethros says, "this person is really juvenile" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Who is, the author?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I say be racist and hire the dwarf" | ||
| olethros says, "the author" | ||
| inky says, "I can't tell if we graduated or not" | ||
| olethros says, "we need a cleric and a fighter, hm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "The author's conception of fantasy seems a tad juvenile" | ||
| olethros says (to inky), "we graduated sans diploma" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to inky), "We didn't get into the guild, I think" | ||
| inky says, "ok we should hire Grom then, he seems like the best" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We didn't graduate, no." | ||
| inky says, "Tessa is presumably a bad fighter because she was at the mage's academy with us" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm in favor of affirmative action for dwarves" | ||
| inky says, "oh, well" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We can just say that we studied there." | ||
| olethros says, "ok, so we are rincewind" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Hire the dwarf. Let's hope he has an AXE" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "A loaf of bread would do" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Grom for the fighter position: Floyd | - Dwarves made great fighters. Floyd | - Had his own equipment. Floyd | - Some fighting experience. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - He was a stranger. Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 4 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Grom the dwarf for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | inky says, "oh, interesting" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Oh, now you tell us" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Stewart for the fighter position: Floyd | - He applied for the job. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - Low fighting experience. Floyd | - Has no equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 2 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Stewart for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I'm seriously beginning to feel physically exhausted from this" | |
| maga says, "what a resume" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the fighter position: Floyd | - I trusted her friendship. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - No fighting experience, trained as a wizard instead. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky asks, "see?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | olethros says, "ok" | |
| Roger says, "This is quite the game, as someone coming in midway" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the fighter position: Floyd | - I was in love. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - No fighting experience. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | olethros says, "NEPOTISM" | |
| maga says, "ahahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||
| olethros says, "ok, it's d" | ||
| maga says, "HARD CHOICES" | ||
| inky says, "I'm not sure "I'm in love with them" is a great reason to want to fight with them" | ||
| Roger says, "I love them, generically, so they must die" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Just be ruthless and hire the qualified people" | ||
| maga says (to inky), "maybe you enjoy getting all hot and sweaty in battle" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Stewart for the fighter position: Floyd | - He applied for the job. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - Low fighting experience. Floyd | - Has no equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 2 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Stewart for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | inky says, "good point" | |
| olethros asks, "wait, both d and c suck?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I still like Grom." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I had to hire someone for the fighter position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the fighter Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Grom, a dwarf who applied for the job, for the fighter Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Stewart, a man who applied for the job, for the Floyd | fighter position. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Grom for the fighter position: Floyd | - Dwarves made great fighters. Floyd | - Had his own equipment. Floyd | - Some fighting experience. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - He was a stranger. Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Floyd | Overall fighter rating: 4 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Grom the dwarf for the fighter position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | maga says, "everybody sucks but the dwarf" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Grom's the best." | ||
| olethros says, "ah, ok" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Do Grom." | ||
| maga says, "which is odd, because he's at the right height for it" | ||
| olethros says, "let's pay the bastard" | ||
| inky says, "har" | ||
| olethros says, "the other guy is free? wtf" | ||
| inky says, "we made a profit of 240 gold from the swordfighting at school" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I paid Grom his 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm, ok, I guess these are indeed all going to be like this" | |
| Jacqueline says, "So, I guess we go through the round-about way of seeing their stats." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the thief position: Floyd | - I trusted her friendship. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - No thieving experience, having been trained as a wizard instead. Floyd | Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the thief position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | olethros asks, "wait 'needs to have graduated'?" | |
| inky asks, "though consider that our thievery is pretty good ourself, right?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the thief position: Floyd | - I was in love. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - No thieving experience. Floyd | Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the thief position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Kal for the thief position: Floyd | - Halflings made great thieves. Floyd | - Good thieving experience. Floyd | - Had his own equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - He was a stranger. Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Floyd | Overall thief rating: 3 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Kal the halfling for the thief position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "How about WE be the thief?" | |
| inky says, "so theoretically we could hire the less-experienced person here and cover ourselves" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think we have to be the wizard" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Though actually that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, that one is okay." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Maris for the thief position: Floyd | - She applied for the job. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - Low thieving experience. Floyd | - Has no equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Overall thief rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Maris for the thief position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Hire Kal." | |
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Maris Crane is applying for work as a thief? Hunh." | ||
| olethros says, "D is for when we have no cash" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Anyway, yeah, I'm hiring Kal." | ||
| inky says, "Maris isn't actually any better than Tessa or GLI" | ||
| inky says, "ok go for it" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Next, I had to hire someone for the thief position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Kal, a halfling who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Maris, a woman who applied for the job, for the thief Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Kal for the thief position: Floyd | - Halflings made great thieves. Floyd | - Good thieving experience. Floyd | - Had his own equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - He was a stranger. Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Floyd | Overall thief rating: 3 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Kal the halfling for the thief position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | maga says, "you realise that the moment you get outside the city gates, these hired strangers are going to beat you up and steal every penny you have" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I paid Kal his 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "barry the cleric" | ||
| inky says, "brilliant" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "I really find it interesting, how difficult these choices are. Hire one of three people with no experience, or this one person who has great stats and comes with their own equipment?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "HMM I WONDER HOW THIS WILL GO" | ||
| Binder says, "That's why it's a good incentive to spend all the money on hiring them. Then they know there's no point in mugging you." | ||
| maga says, "there are some who call me... Barry" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the cleric position: Floyd | - Some experience in magic. Floyd | - I trusted her friendship. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - None Floyd | Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 3 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the cleric position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | inky says, "oh, hmmmm" | |
| JimKaplan exclaims, "Wow, she doesn't totally suck!" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | | olethros says, "yay" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Generic Love Interest for the cleric position: Floyd | - I was in love. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - No cleric experience, but willing to learn. Floyd | Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Generic Love Interest for the cleric position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | | inky says, "I guess it makes sense there is some cleric/mage overlap" | |
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Rachel for the cleric position: Floyd | - Already a priestess. Floyd | - Had her own equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - She was a stranger. Floyd | - Costs 25 gold retainer fee. Floyd | Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 2 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Rachel for the cleric position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Huh" | |
| olethros says, "let's get tessa!" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "She's not the best" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "D" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Barry for the cleric position: Floyd | - He applied for the job. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - Although already a priest, he has very little experience. Floyd | - Has no equipment. Floyd | Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 1 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Barry for the cleric position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | inky says, "we should have switched to dating Tessa and then we wouldn't have two useless people here" | |
| olethros asks, "wait, barry is also a priest?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Barry apparently is a priest" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "THough he sucks as a priest" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, now, he's new." | ||
| inky says, "let's hire Tessa, she" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "You were new at things once, Jim." | ||
| olethros says, "oh no the previous one was Naris" | ||
| inky says, "er, she is cool" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Give him a few decades, he'll be the first president of the US" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Finally, I had to hire someone for the cleric position: Floyd | Floyd | A: I considered my friend from the academy, Tessa, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | B: I considered Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | C: I considered Rachel, a human who applied for the job, for the Floyd | cleric position. (Needs to have graduated and 25 gold) Floyd | D: I considered Barry, a human who applied for the job, for the cleric Floyd | position. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Reasons to hire Tessa for the cleric position: Floyd | - Some experience in magic. Floyd | - I trusted her friendship. Floyd | Floyd | Reasons against: Floyd | - None Floyd | Floyd | Overall cleric rating: 3 Floyd | Floyd | A: Yes, hire Tessa for the cleric position. Floyd | B: No, hire someone else. Floyd | | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > My party was complete. The four of us had a good long talk about Floyd | the kinds of missions we'd like to do and how we would go about doing Floyd | them. I soon learned that my partners were terrible with money: The Floyd | fighter drank it away, the cleric offered it all to charity and the Floyd | thief lost it through gambling as fast as it was made. The result was Floyd | that I was left outfitting the party. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I think we could do as many of these as possible" | |
| Binder says, "Yay heroic accounting." | ||
| Roger says, "Reasons against: -named Barry" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Just in case, I suggest we pick the most important one to start with" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "In case we stupidly can only do one thing" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Actually, that's too stupid to be a thing." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "It'll probably let us go back, right?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm trying A." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Any objections?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No" | ||
| olethros says, "let's train tessa a bit, since she is the worst" | ||
| olethros says, "the fighter has equipment" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "OK" | ||
| olethros says, "so we need to get her equipment" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | olethros asks, "also C no?" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "Huh...we can keep training her?" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 3, wielding her hands. Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold) Floyd | B: Smith a regular mace. (Needs 15 Smithing) Floyd | C: Buy a regular mace. (Needs 10 Gold) Floyd | D: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and Floyd | 35 Alchemy) Floyd | E: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50 Floyd | Religion 50) Floyd | F: Craft the Elixir of Wisdom. (Needs 50 Alchemy and 25 Divination) Floyd | G: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and Floyd | 35 Religion) Floyd | H: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | I: Do something else. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Oh, and we can train them." | |
| JimKaplan says, "Wielding her hands? Heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This is going to get grindy." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Her hands are considered deadly weapons" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I weild my hands. See?" and wiggles her jazzhands. | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I read H as Craft the Healer's Kilt" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I can only throw up my hands at how much choice we're being given here" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I don't care what you guys do, I just want to get through this and move on." | ||
| Roger says, "I'm imagining the game just goes on and on like this and you never, in fact, ever get to the fireworks factory" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Same, my patience is really ebbing" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to Roger), "I suspect that's the case, actually" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Either that or this is like a 60-hour game" | ||
| Roger says, "Haha I would faintly applaud that." | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Shall I see if there's a limit to how much we can train?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This is sort of crazy. We've been playing for two and a half hours, and it feels like we're just generated our character." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I borrowed a smithy from a blacksmith I knew in Tornassa. I Floyd | proceeded to forge a standard mace for Tessa. It was good work. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I know." | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 4, wielding her mace. Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold) Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and Floyd | 35 Alchemy) Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50 Floyd | Religion 50) Floyd | D: Craft the Elixir of Wisdom. (Needs 50 Alchemy and 25 Divination) Floyd | E: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and Floyd | 35 Religion) Floyd | F: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | G: Do something else. Floyd | | Roger says, "WHAT!?! I didn't know that." | |
| JimKaplan says, "I'm still not sure if we're actually playing the game." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > I brewed the powerful Elixir of Wisdom using some very powerful Floyd | magic. The moment Tessa drank it, amazing words of insight came from Floyd | her mouth. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | maga asks, "well, isn't it called Way Walkers: University?" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 5, wielding her mace. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold) Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and Floyd | 35 Alchemy) Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50 Floyd | Religion 50) Floyd | D: Find the Ancient Holy Symbol. (Needs 30 Geography, 50 History and Floyd | 35 Religion) Floyd | E: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | F: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > The Ancient Holy Symbol wasn't something I could make. Instead, I Floyd | had to study history books and old maps to learn where I could obtain Floyd | one. With a little luck, I found one buried in the ground near an old Floyd | battle site. Tessa, our cleric, accepted it with great pride, putting Floyd | it around her neck and never taking it off again. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan exclaims (at maga), "...but we're *done* with university!" | |
| maga says, "so presumably now we've left the university... right" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 6, wielding her mace. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted mace. (Needs 2000 Gold) Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and Floyd | 35 Alchemy) Floyd | C: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50 Floyd | Religion 50) Floyd | D: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | E: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I had to use several alchemical processes to get the metal right, Floyd | but once I did, I smithed a powerful Enchanted Mace for Tessa to use. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 7, wielding her Floyd | enchanted mace. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol Floyd | Floyd | A: Craft the Holy Mace. (Needs 35 Smithing, 35 Transmutation and 50 Floyd | Religion 50) Floyd | B: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | C: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I made the legendary Holy Mace using my knowledge of religious Floyd | icons. Once I knew what the divine Gods wanted, I smithed a mace and Floyd | imbued it with the appropriate transformation magic. Tessa felt Floyd | honored to carry the holy weapon. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 8, wielding her Holy Floyd | Mace. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol Floyd | Floyd | A: Craft the Healer's Kit. (Needs 30 Alchemy, 30 Nature and 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | B: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It took a combination of my Alchemy skills and herbalism from my Floyd | knowledge of nature, but when I was finished, I had crafted a very Floyd | potent Healer's Kit. Tessa gratefully took it, knowing that it would Floyd | allow her divine magic to last longer, since they could use the kit Floyd | for minor wounds. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | olethros says, "ok, done" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 5, wielding his sword. Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted sword. (Needs 2000 Gold) Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted sword. (Needs 50 Smithing and 50 Transmutation) Floyd | C: Craft the Sword of Death. (Needs 50 Smithing, 25 Transmutation and Floyd | 65 Necromancy) Floyd | D: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold) Floyd | E: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom. Floyd | F: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold) Floyd | G: Do something else. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Nice" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapons mith to craft an excellent Floyd | blade. Then, I cast a powerful Transmutation spell upon it. I was Floyd | very pleased with the results, the enchanted sword I had crafted would Floyd | become a part of legend, Grom was very pleased. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 6, wielding his enchanted Floyd | sword. Floyd | Floyd | A: Craft the Sword of Death. (Needs 50 Smithing, 25 Transmutation and Floyd | 65 Necromancy) Floyd | B: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold) Floyd | C: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom. Floyd | D: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold) Floyd | E: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapon smith to craft an excellent Floyd | blade. Then, I cast a powerful Transmutation spell upon the blade. Floyd | At that point, it was already very powerful. But next, I used my Floyd | Necromancy skills to bind several souls to the blade. It was truly Floyd | epic, Grom was very pleased. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan exclaims, "Sword of Death!" | |
| olethros says, "IT WAS TRULY EPIC" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 7, wielding his Sword of Floyd | Death. Floyd | Floyd | A: Craft the Gauntlets of Strength. (Needs 25 Healing, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 10 Gold) Floyd | B: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom. Floyd | C: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold) Floyd | D: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > I purchased a pair of really nice gauntlets. I then cast the Floyd | Transmutation spell upon them, changing them and imbuing them with the Floyd | Healing property of strength. The result was very good: I had crafted Floyd | the legendary Gauntlets of Strength. Grom wasmore than happy to wear Floyd | them. Floyd | (Gold -10) Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 8, wielding his Sword of Floyd | Death. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the Ring of Courage to Grom. Floyd | B: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold) Floyd | C: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Grom placed the Ring of Courage onto his finger, the results were Floyd | immediate. It wasn't the recklessness of false bravado, the courage it Floyd | instilled made every motion more confident and deadly, it was a Floyd | beautiful piece of magic. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 9, wielding his Sword of Floyd | Death. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength Floyd | - Ring of Courage Floyd | A: Craft the Helm of Battle Insight. (Needs 50 Divination, 25 Floyd | Transmutation and 15 Gold) Floyd | B: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I purchased a sturdy helm of good quality and cast a spell of Floyd | Transmutation on it. After that, I cast a powerful Divination spell Floyd | into the weave of magic. The result was excellent. I had crafted the Floyd | Helm of Battle Insight. It would become a piece of history in ages to Floyd | come, Grom was eager to be the first to use it. Floyd | (Gold -15) Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | olethros says, "we can do everything, or what" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 20 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 1% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 7% Floyd | Conjuration: 17% Floyd | Divination: 21% Floyd | Enchantment: 7% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 37% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 7% Floyd | Transmutation: 21% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 50% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 57% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "We seem to be pretty good at everything considering we're dropouts" | |
| olethros says, "yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or what have you" | ||
| olethros says, "seems like no checks are necessary" | ||
| olethros says, "or checks are not implemented" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "If checks are not implemented, I will punch something" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 10, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 4, wielding his dagger Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40 Floyd | Royal Family: 30 Floyd | Elves: -40 Floyd | Dwarves: 0 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 55 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 7% Floyd | Conjuration: 17% Floyd | Divination: 21% Floyd | Enchantment: 7% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 37% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 7% Floyd | Transmutation: 21% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 50% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 57% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 5% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | JimKaplan says, "Because checks are like 80% of the information I've been factoring into my game" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | I purchased a sturdy helm of good quality and cast a spell of Floyd | Transmutation on it. After that, I cast a powerful Divination spell Floyd | into the weave of magic. The result was excellent. I had crafted the Floyd | Helm of Battle Insight. It would become a piece of history in ages to Floyd | come, Grom was eager to be the first to use it. Floyd | (Gold -15) Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | inky says, "man" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 4, wielding his dagger. Floyd | Floyd | A: Buy an enchanted dagger. (Needs 1500 Gold) Floyd | B: Craft an enchanted dagger. (Needs 25 Smithing and 50 Transmutation) Floyd | C: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal. Floyd | D: Craft the Dagger of Sharpness. (Needs 50 Smithing and 60 Floyd | Transmutation) Floyd | E: Craft the Boots of Silence. (Needs 25 Illusion, 25 Transmutation Floyd | and 8 Gold) Floyd | F: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation Floyd | and 15 Gold) Floyd | G: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature) Floyd | H: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > First, I used my skills as a weapon smith to craft an excellent Floyd | blade, then I cast an extremely powerful Transmutation spell onto the Floyd | blade. It was sharp enough to cut stone when I finished. Kal had to Floyd | be careful when putting the Dagger of Sharpness through his belt loop. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | olethros says, "ok, dagger of sharpness" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 6, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness. Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal. Floyd | B: Craft the Boots of Silence. (Needs 25 Illusion, 25 Transmutation Floyd | and 8 Gold) Floyd | C: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation Floyd | and 15 Gold) Floyd | D: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature) Floyd | E: Do something else. Floyd | | olethros asks, "well, should I stop?" | |
| JimKaplan says, "This game needs a Rapier of Wit" | ||
| inky says, "I hope this game is over when we select Journey onward" | ||
| JimKaplan says (to o), "Keep going" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "haha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, keep going. Thank you for doing this." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I purchased a pair of really nice boots. I then cast the Floyd | Transmutation spell upon them, followed by an Illusion spell that was Floyd | designed to eliminate any noise. The result was very great. Kal now Floyd | had a pair of Boots of Silence. Floyd | (Gold -8) Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Yeah, seriously" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 7, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Boots of Silence Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal. Floyd | B: Craft the Cloak of Shadows. (Needs 45 Illusion, 25 Transmutation Floyd | and 15 Gold) Floyd | C: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature) Floyd | D: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I purchased an expensive black cloak. I then cast the Transmutation Floyd | spell upon it, followed by a powerful Illusion spell which made the Floyd | wearer blend into the smallest of shadows. Kal was very excited to Floyd | wear the Cloak of Shadows, anitem which would live on in history. Floyd | (Gold -15) Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 8, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Boots of Silence Floyd | - Cloak of Shadows Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal. Floyd | B: Craft the Collection of Poisons. (Needs 45 Alchemy and 50 Nature) Floyd | C: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > It took a combination of my Alchemy skills and herbalism from my Floyd | knowledge of nature, but when I wasfinished, I had crafted a Floyd | Collection of Poisons the likes of which the world had never seen. Floyd | Kal was very eager to start trying them out. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Grom a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Grom a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 20 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 1% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog | JimKaplan says, "This is ridiculous" | |
Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 11, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40 Floyd | Royal Family: 30 Floyd | Elves: -40 Floyd | Dwarves: 0 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 55 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Who teaches the teacher?" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 20 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 17% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 1% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My horse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 11, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 9, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 40 Floyd | Royal Family: 30 Floyd | Elves: -40 Floyd | Dwarves: 0 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 55 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 0 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "OK, we're maxed out I guess" | |
| olethros says, "well i cannot train them anymore" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I guess G" | |
| Jacqueline exclaims, "G!" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. Floyd | Floyd | Our first job came to us where first jobs usually did. We were Floyd | sitting around the Full Cup Inn and drinking. We were also discussing Floyd | tactics, but often the useful conversation gave way to the useless Floyd | after as the night wore on. A caravan guard from a nearby town came Floyd | into our tavern complaining that he had been robbed. He said that a Floyd | group of kobold bandits were charging people a toll for using a Floyd | kingdom road. It was a small band, so the royal guards hadn't been Floyd | sent. This was our chance to begin our new careers. We left Floyd | immediately. Floyd | Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my horse, was very impatient at our slow moving. I Floyd | knew that we would have to get mounts for everyone eventually, if we Floyd | wanted to take jobs that were further away. We hadn't gone far down Floyd | the forest road when five kobolds stepped in front of us. Floyd | Floyd | "Give us your money!" they exclaimed upon our arrival. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast several fire bolts at them. (Needs 20 Conjuration) Floyd | B: I told them that they didn't have the legal right to collect a toll Floyd | on that road. (Needs 20 Geography) Floyd | C: I told Grom to attack. (Needs Fighter Power 4) Floyd | D: I didn't think we were ready, so I did as they requested. Floyd | | olethros says, "the journey begins" | |
| inky says, "oh man oh man" | ||
| inky asks, "can we pick B?" | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha geography" | ||
| olethros says, "yes yes" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yeah, quote law at the bandits" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm sure that'll work" | ||
| olethros says, "we can undo" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Actually, do try that" | ||
| olethros says, "f b" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > We had a good discussion about kingdom boundary lines. After nearly Floyd | an hour of discussion about when the currentboundary was put into Floyd | place, they finally agreed and left. Floyd | (History +10) Floyd | Floyd | It was a good victory and a nice start to our adventuring days. We Floyd | returned to the tavern and told everyone that the road was now safe. Floyd | A few caravanners gave us some gold for our troubles. Floyd | Floyd | A: I happily accepted the reward. Floyd | B: I demanded more money for our efforts. Floyd | C: I told them that no reward was necessary. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "YAY" | |
| JimKaplan says, "WHAAAAAAT" | ||
| inky says, "hooray" | ||
| maga says, "hahahahahaha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "That is so awesome." | ||
| JimKaplan MOTHER OF | ||
| JimKaplan ILAC | JimKaplan says, "Mother of" | |
| maga says, "I don't even" | ||
| olethros says, "you can only steal from citizens of Jaetumbia" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "This is" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "What" | ||
| Jacqueline laughs. | ||
| olethros says, "this here is Xelos" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm slapping myself in the face right now" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "A?" | ||
| olethros says, "sure" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Yes, A" | ||
| inky says, "sure" | ||
| Binder says, "i like munn" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "This game may have some grindy weirdness and, oddly enough, Too Many Choices, but damn it does have its moments." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was our rightful pay and we needed the money. Floyd | (Gold +60, Fame +1) Floyd | Floyd | We spent several days in the Full Cup Inn as we looked for our next Floyd | job. There was a dwarf shopkeeper who had a task for us, a couple of Floyd | orcs had stolen his wife's diamond necklace. We learned that the orcs Floyd | had a camp just outside of Tornassa. Floyd | Floyd | It wasn't difficult to find the orc encampment. We spoke to the three Floyd | warriors who were living there and they said that they took the Floyd | necklace because the dwarf owed them money for services that they had Floyd | provided but hadn't been paid for. They claimed to have been working Floyd | as guards for the dwarf's store. I wasn't sure about this Floyd | arrangement, perhaps if they had been half-orcs it would have made Floyd | sense, but full orcs were not reliable and likely wouldn't have been Floyd | hired. Floyd | Floyd | A: I spoke to them, using our orc heritage as common ground. Floyd | B: I felt that they deserved the necklace, so I told them so, even Floyd | though it meant we would fail the quest. (Needs 20 Personality) Floyd | C: I sent in Kal, the thief, to steal it back. (Needs Thief Power 5) Floyd | D: I cast an Enchantment spell to make the orcs want to give me the Floyd | necklace. (Needs 30 Enchantment) Floyd | E: I cast a Transmutation spell to turn the ground into mud. (Needs 20 Floyd | Transmutation) Floyd | F: I didn't see any safe way to recover the necklace, so we gave up. Floyd | | Binder says, "+y" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Orc Heritage seems best to me" | ||
| maga says, "suuuure, go all blood-quantum on my brothers" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Kal is skilled enough to steal it" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I think we may not have enough personality" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm cool with heritage." | ||
| JimKaplan says (to floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > They were nice enough about the situation, explaining that they only Floyd | wanted what was fair. Floyd | (Diplomacy +10) Floyd | Floyd | A: I sided with the orcs, they deserved the necklace for services Floyd | rendered. Floyd | B: I sided with the dwarf shopkeeper, asking for the necklace back. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "I guess we can pick between orc faction and gold" | |
| JimKaplan asks, "?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "A seems the most fair, though of course they should have taken this to small claims court, instead of taking the law into their own hands." | ||
| olethros says, "probably the necklace is worth far too much compared to their guard duty pay" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| Binder says, "We should side with the people paying our bills." | ||
| maga says, "small claims court doesn't recognise orcs, I'll bet" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to olethros), "Hm, possibly, I guess." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "True enough." | ||
| inky says, "I mean, it's possible they're just lying" | ||
| olethros says, "say B" | ||
| Binder says (to inky), "Racist." | ||
| maga says, "and the orc tribal authority court is just hitting one another with a club" | ||
| olethros says, "3 .." | ||
| olethros says, "2.." | ||
| inky says (to Binder), "the game says orcs are unreliable and shifty, not like noble half-orcs" | ||
| olethros says, "1.." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "B" | ||
Floyd | > It took a little charm, but they handed the necklace over. Floyd | (Personality +2, Diplomacy +10) Floyd | Floyd | A: We returned the necklace to the dwarf shopkeeper for our reward. Floyd | B: I gave them back the necklace and told them that no reward was Floyd | necessary. Floyd | C: We kept the necklace and sold it. Floyd | | Binder says (to inky), "Oh, well, that's fair, then." | |
| inky says, "wow" | ||
| olethros asks, "well, no 'we gave the reward to the orcs'?" | ||
| olethros asks, "A?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > The dwarf and his wife were very happy to get the diamond necklace Floyd | back. They gave us a nice reward too. Floyd | (Dwarf Faction +10, Gold +65, Fame +1) Floyd | Floyd | I was beginning to get used to living in the Full Cup Inn. It got Floyd | loud at times, but it was nice to be so close to my party. The room I Floyd | shared with my girlfriend Generic Love Interest was just the right Floyd | size. It wasn't always peaceful. Floyd | Floyd | A: I remember the time Grom, our fighter, got drunk and came into our Floyd | room. Floyd | B: I remember the time I caught Kal, our thief, stealing from me. Floyd | C: I remember the time Tessa tried to convert me to her faith. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "Tessa, you're not supposed to go native!" | ||
| olethros says, "i like A as a story" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Please A." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > As if it wasn't bad enough to have an intruder in our room, imagine Floyd | my anger when Grom started hitting on Generic Love Interest! Floyd | Floyd | A: I forgave Grom and it never happened again. Floyd | B: I blasted Grom with magic. Floyd | | inky says, "whoah" | |
| olethros says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Wowza" | ||
| maga exclaims, "blast him! blast him!" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "B" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Grom was too drunk to stop me. The next morning, he didn't even Floyd | remember what had happened. Floyd | (Conjuration +10) Floyd | Floyd | It was in my first year of adventuring that rumors about King Gareth's Floyd | rule began surface. I had a front-row seat for the event because we Floyd | came across a job from his royal highness. A bounty was posted for an Floyd | escaped elf prisoner. The 250 gold reward drew bounty hunters and Floyd | adventurers from across the land, all of us hoping to capture the Floyd | prisoner first. Floyd | Floyd | After a few days of searching Tornassa with no success, we tried a new Floyd | tactic. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my Divination magic. (Needs 15 Divination) Floyd | B: We spent a lot of money on bribes. (Needs 75 Gold) Floyd | C: I used my contacts in the Thieves Guild to find him. (Needs 10 Floyd | Thieves Guild Faction) Floyd | D: We found his cellmate and tortured him. Floyd | E: We were unable to find him. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "hahah" | |
| maga asks, "also, no obvious option C?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of maga), "Which was?" | ||
| inky asks, "wow, there was really no repercussion there?" | ||
| inky says, "more like option 3 IYKWIM" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "golly" | ||
| olethros says, "of course" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Except he beat our girlfriend, so NO" | ||
| DavidW says, "A. You guys paid for it." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "hitting *on*" | ||
| olethros says, ""hitting on"" | ||
| maga says (to Jacq), "hitting *on*, not hitting" | ||
| inky says, "although he's a fighter so maybe he gets confused" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. I guess I read that wrong." | ||
| Binder says, "or DID you" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I actually did." | ||
| Binder says, "Well all right then." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I was wondering what the hell you all were doing talking about three-ways." | ||
| olethros says, "three-way round-house kick" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway, there's an escaped elf prisoner, and I think we should catch her to see if her name is Prunella." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 20 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 19% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 3% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 7% Floyd | Conjuration: 27% Floyd | Divination: 21% Floyd | Enchantment: 7% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 37% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 7% Floyd | Transmutation: 21% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 70% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 57% Floyd | Geography: 30% Floyd | History: 15% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | olethros says, "hm we have enough, but not sure it's necessary" | |
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | Grom was too drunk to stop me. The next morning, he didn't even Floyd | remember what had happened. Floyd | (Conjuration +10) Floyd | Floyd | It was in my first year of adventuring that rumors about King Gareth's Floyd | rule began surface. I had a front-row seat for the event because we Floyd | came across a job from his royal highness. A bounty was posted for an Floyd | escaped elf prisoner. The 250 gold reward drew bounty hunters and Floyd | adventurers from across the land, all of us hoping to capture the Floyd | prisoner first. Floyd | Floyd | After a few days of searching Tornassa with no success, we tried a new Floyd | tactic. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my Divination magic. (Needs 15 Divination) Floyd | B: We spent a lot of money on bribes. (Needs 75 Gold) Floyd | C: I used my contacts in the Thieves Guild to find him. (Needs 10 Floyd | Thieves Guild Faction) Floyd | D: We found his cellmate and tortured him. Floyd | E: We were unable to find him. Floyd | | olethros asks, "A?" | |
| olethros says, "E is so lame" | ||
| Binder says, "I like A. Let's put our degree to work." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > My spell shimmered in the air, showing the elf very clearly. He had Floyd | gotten across most of Daria and was waiting for a ship along the Floyd | eastern coast. It was no wonder that nobody found him in Tornassa Floyd | since the Silver Sea was on the other side of Daria. We left Floyd | immediately. Floyd | (Divination +10, Geography +5) Floyd | Floyd | My horse wasn't ideal, since he wasn't trained for combat, I knew I Floyd | could get Twilight Sparkle trained for 350 gold. Floyd | Floyd | A: I had Twilight Sparkle trained. Floyd | B: I didn't have Twilight Sparkle trained. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "haha - For some reason, maga was sure that we'd named the Kingdom." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, the elf is a he." | ||
| olethros says, "well, elves." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Golly. Thatsalottamoney." | ||
| Binder says, "It's an investment." | ||
| olethros says, "we earn lots of gold" | ||
| maga says, "seems like something we're going to need" | ||
| inky says, "there's no time to train our horse, we're on the trail of a prisoner" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm fine either way." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Twilight Sparkle learned many combat commands and learned to not shy Floyd | away from the smell of blood or the sounds of fighting. Floyd | (Gold -350, Twilight Sparkle becomes a Warhorse) Floyd | Floyd | It was a long way to the Silver Sea, especially since only I had a Floyd | mount. Floyd | Floyd | A: It was about time we were mounted, so I bought horses for my three Floyd | companions. (Needs 210 Gold) Floyd | B: It was about time we were mounted, so I stole horses for my three Floyd | companions. (Needs 35 Thievery) Floyd | C: I summoned horses using my magic. (Needs 35 Summoning) Floyd | D: We had no choice but to walk the entire way. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "David seems to be gone, and he was the only reason we were being wise with our funds." | |
| olethros says, "oh well" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > It was a nice piece of magic, summoning a trio of horses for my Floyd | companions as we needed them. We rode across Daria to the Silver Sea. Floyd | It took us a few weeks to get there. We got to see a lot of the Floyd | country as we went and Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse, was happy to be Floyd | moving at a decent speed. Floyd | (Geography +10, Summoning +10) Floyd | Floyd | The smell of salt hung in the air as we arrived at the shores of the Floyd | Silver Sea. I saw large ships and the blue ocean for the first time Floyd | in my life. We got to work, looking for the elf once again. When we Floyd | asked around, we were given very specific directions to a street down Floyd | by the docks. It seemed like our luck was with us. Floyd | Floyd | We went to the seaside and searched where we were told. The alley was Floyd | dark and smelled of fish. I'll never forget seeing that enormous fist Floyd | flying right toward my face! Floyd | Floyd | A: I took the punch, not letting it slow me down. (Needs 30 Body) Floyd | B: I blocked the punch. (Needs 25 Fighting) Floyd | C: I fought through the dizziness. (Needs 30 Willpower) Floyd | D: I conjured a very quick shield. (Needs 25 Conjuration) Floyd | E: I awoke a few minutes later. Floyd | | maga says (to inky), "see, we just clicked the upgrade button and bam, warhorse" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Twilight Sparkle: The Warhorse." | ||
| DavidW says, "I'm not gone. I just can't care much or follow this." | ||
| inky says, "wow, awesome" | ||
| maga says, "block" | ||
| olethros | The alley ewas dark and smelled of fish | ||
| DavidW says, "You guys are playing a character I don't like overmuch." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Gosh, I can't understand why.</sarcasm>" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Block the punch." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > My hand moved out of instinct and knocked the punch aside before it Floyd | could hit me. The sailors who had ambushed us were very surprised. Floyd | (Fighting +10) Floyd | Floyd | There were six sailors in total and they were all large muscular men. Floyd | Floyd | A: I let Grom handle it. (Needs Fighter Power 4) Floyd | B: I sprayed the sailors with hard balls of ice. (Needs 25 Floyd | Conjuration) Floyd | C: I threw punches right back at them. (Needs 25 Fighting) Floyd | D: I created the illusion of a sea monster. (Needs 25 Illusion) Floyd | E: I summoned a swarm of spiders. (Needs 25 Summoning) Floyd | F: I pleaded for mercy. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Binder exclaims, "ooh sea monster!" | ||
| olethros says, "yay, sea monster" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I *would* be interested in replaying a completely different way to see what happens, except I've already played this longer than I'd intended to play today. I will have to go in a bit." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > The monster I created was so large it could be seen from the alley Floyd | we were within. It was all tentacles and suckers, reaching and Floyd | grabbing toward the sailors. I made the illusion climb out of the Floyd | water and toward the alley. They backed down immediately, Floyd | surrendering and calling for mercy. Floyd | (Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | The sailors turned on the elf right away, telling us everything. They Floyd | had been hired to slow down any pursuers to allow him a chance to get Floyd | away. We went immediately to where we were told he could be found. We Floyd | found him in a seaside bar called the Rusty Harpoon where the elf was Floyd | sitting at a table and having a drink. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast an Enchantment spell upon him, forcing him to come with us. Floyd | (Needs 20 Enchantment) Floyd | B: I got Grom to rough him up a bit. (Needs Fighter Power 5) Floyd | C: I talked him into coming back to Tornassa with us. (Needs 40 Floyd | Personality) Floyd | D: I brewed a sleeping potion and slipped it into his drink. (Needs 20 Floyd | Alchemy) Floyd | E: We had no choice but to try to capture him. Floyd | | maga says, "I sprayed the six muscular sailors with hard balls of... ice" | |
| Binder says, "oh my" | ||
| inky asks, "hmm, we can't do most of these, can we?" | ||
| olethros says, "we can do it all" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We can do it nine times." | ||
| olethros says, "no checks, see? or at least, no checks implemented in that one bit" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 20 Floyd | 54% Good vs. 46% Evil Floyd | Body: 29% Floyd | Personality: 19% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 3% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 7% Floyd | Conjuration: 27% Floyd | Divination: 31% Floyd | Enchantment: 7% Floyd | Healing: 25% Floyd | Illusion: 47% Floyd | Necromancy: 0% Floyd | Summoning: 17% Floyd | Transmutation: 21% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 36% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 70% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 67% Floyd | Geography: 45% Floyd | History: 15% Floyd | Nature: 30% Floyd | Religion: 5% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 15% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | The monster I created was so large it could be seen from the alley we Floyd | were within. It was all tentacles and suckers, reaching and grabbing Floyd | toward the sailors. I made the illusion climb out of the water and Floyd | toward the alley. They backed down immediately, surrendering and Floyd | calling for mercy. Floyd | (Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | The sailors turned on the elf right away, telling us everything. They Floyd | had been hired to slow down any pursuers to allow him a chance to get Floyd | away. We went immediately to where we were told he could be found. We Floyd | found him in a seaside bar called the Rusty Harpoon where the elf was Floyd | sitting at a table and having a drink. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast an Enchantment spell upon him, forcing him to come with us. Floyd | (Needs 20 Enchantment) Floyd | B: I got Grom to rough him up a bit. (Needs Fighter Power 5) Floyd | C: I talked him into coming back to Tornassa with us. (Needs 40 Floyd | Personality) Floyd | D: I brewed a sleeping potion and slipped it into his drink. (Needs 20 Floyd | Alchemy) Floyd | E: We had no choice but to try to capture him. Floyd | | olethros asks, "so our enchantment is too low... should we try it?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "I'm interested in how that will fail, sure." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was easy, with a little magic. After I cast the spell, he Floyd | followed along and did as he was told. All we needed to do was return Floyd | to Tornassa. Floyd | (Enchantment +10) Floyd | Floyd | The return trip went better than I suspected. I asked the elf Floyd | prisoner why he had been locked up. Floyd | Floyd | "I honestly don't know," the elf said. "I was the official ambassador Floyd | to the elf nation, it makes no sense for your king to have thrown me Floyd | in the dungeons." Floyd | Floyd | Memories of the elf attack on my village went through my head as he Floyd | spoke. I guessed that he must be connected in some way, despite Floyd | what he claimed. Floyd | Floyd | A: I spoke to the prisoner a lot during the trip back. (Needs 30 Floyd | Personality) Floyd | B: We played chess every night during our trip back. (Needs 15 Floyd | Warcraft) Floyd | C: I was cruel to him during the trip back. Floyd | D: I was civil to the prisoner, being careful to keep our boundaries Floyd | professional. Floyd | | inky says, "man" | |
| olethros says, "ok, this is just not implemented at all" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "huh" | ||
| DavidW says, "E: I was more than civil to the prisoner, careless of our boundaries." | ||
| olethros says, "i don't care anymore" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I began to suspect that he really was a diplomat because he seemed Floyd | to know a lot of things. Floyd | (Geography +5, Diplomacy +10) Floyd | Floyd | We finally arrived in Tornassa. It was good to be home. We took the Floyd | elf directly to the royal castle and were granted an immediate Floyd | audience with King Gareth. It had only been two years since the Floyd | coronation, but it looked like he had aged ten years instead. His Floyd | hair was still black, but he had a weariness in his eyes that spoke of Floyd | many sleepless nights. Floyd | Floyd | "Put the elf in the dungeons!" he screamed to his guards, spittle Floyd | flying from his lips. Floyd | Floyd | He left without granting us a reward, but Wizard Fraledan was there to Floyd | make things right. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you for your service," the white bearded wizard said as he gave Floyd | us our reward. Floyd | Floyd | We heard about the public execution a few days later and naturally we Floyd | went. Floyd | (Gold +250, Fame +1, Royal Faction +10, Kingdom Faction +20) Floyd | Floyd | It was a cold and wet day, but the courtyard was filled with people. Floyd | There hadn't been an execution in Daria for nearly a hundred years. Floyd | Many of the citizens thought that it was barbaric, but they came Floyd | anyway to see history in the making. King Gareth watched from his Floyd | balcony, his black hair waving in the wind. He didn't address the Floyd | crowd, instead he simply watched the proceedings with his dark eyes. Floyd | The elf was escorted to the noose by a pair of royal guards but no Floyd | words were said as they put the rope around his neck. Floyd | Floyd | A: I called out, demanding to know what his crimes were. Floyd | B: I was happy to see the elf die, since it was his kind that had Floyd | attacked my village. I started throwing rocks at him. Floyd | C: I said nothing and simply watched. Floyd | | Binder asks, "So we don't actually need the purported minimums to do stuff?" | |
| inky says, "spittle, eh" | ||
| inky says, "I guess not" | ||
| Binder says, "hrmph" | ||
| olethros asks, "ok, A then?" | ||
| Binder says, "Sure, A." | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "A" | ||
Floyd | > It was very bold of me, but I wanted to know. The guards gave me Floyd | dirty looks and King Gareth ignored me. I didn't get my answer that Floyd | day, but later that night, Wizard Fraledan came by the Full Cup Inn. Floyd | His clean white beard lay across his chest as he clutched his wooden Floyd | staff in his wrinkled hands. Floyd | Floyd | "The king doesn't sleep well," the kindly wizard explained. "He often Floyd | flies into rages. The elf used to be the royal ambassador to the Floyd | elfnation, but his imprisonment and execution had nothing to do with Floyd | any of this. King Gareth had been eating in the throne room and had Floyd | spilled a glass of wine across the front of his shirt. The elf had Floyd | laughed, so the king sent him to the dungeons the very next day." Floyd | Floyd | "Please, tell no one. King Gareth is having his troubles, but he is Floyd | still our king and the people need to believe in him. These stories Floyd | are making it very difficult." Floyd | Floyd | He left the Full Cup Inn, leaving me with many questions about our Floyd | monarch. Floyd | (Diplomacy +15, History +10, Mage Guild +10) Floyd | Floyd | We were very fortunate to have the patronage of the Full Cup Inn for Floyd | our base of operations. The deal was that we would help the owner if Floyd | he ever ran into trouble. We had been staying there for nearly a year Floyd | before we were needed. A group of fighters from the Fighters Guild Floyd | were drinking and not paying. They claimed that they were protecting Floyd | the inn, but since this was our job, we knew they were lying. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast an Illusion of filth over the place every time they entered. Floyd | (Needs 25 Illusion) Floyd | B: I poisoned their drinks, killing the entire group. (Needs 30 Floyd | Nature) Floyd | C: I told them about a bar that they might like better. (Needs 30 Floyd | Geography) Floyd | D: I summoned cockroaches to drive them away. (Needs 25 Summoning) Floyd | E: I had no choice but to tell the town guard. Floyd | | Binder says, "This king is kind of creeping me out." | |
| inky says, "we knew he was a bad guy from the start because he wanted to be king" | ||
| inky says, "the only people who should be king are the people who don't want to" | ||
| inky asks, "wow, you can just poison everyone?" | ||
| Binder says, "yay moral relativism" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "wow" | ||
| inky says, "A, B, and D seem terrible for the inn's other business" | ||
| Binder says, "Now I'm picturing prisoners being sentenced to monarchy." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > "The Gray Cat is closer to your barracks and the drinks are Floyd | cheaper," I told them. Floyd | Floyd | It worked well, they left happy and we had our bar back. Floyd | (Fighter Guild +15, Geography +10) Floyd | Floyd | One day, a richly dressed halfling purchased our services. Floyd | Floyd | "My family graveyard is no longer resting in peace. Several of my Floyd | deceased relatives have been seen wandering the grounds." Floyd | Floyd | Tessa, our cleric, was eager to go. This was exactly the type of Floyd | mission that religious people enjoyed so much. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The halfling's Floyd | estate was just outside of Tornassa, so I left Twilight Sparkle, my Floyd | warhorse, in the stables and we walked. We found his home easily and Floyd | went straight to the graveyard. The mausoleum doors were locked, so Floyd | we acquired a key and went inside. We didn't go far before the first Floyd | halfling zombies approached us. Floyd | Floyd | A: Tessa turned them. (Needs Cleric Power 4) Floyd | B: I used my dark magic to bind the halflings to my will. (Needs 25 Floyd | Necromancy) Floyd | C: I roasted the halfling zombies with flame. (Needs 20 Conjuration) Floyd | D: We smashed them with our weapons. Floyd | | Binder says, "Religious people are apparently all Goths." | |
| olethros says, "TURN THEM" | ||
| olethros says, "or smash them!" | ||
| Binder says, "awww, adorable halfling zombies. We should adopt them as pets." | ||
| olethros asks, "bind them?" | ||
| inky says, "I'm not sure our client will be happy about that" | ||
| Roger says, "they're just a TINY bit undead" | ||
| Binder says, "I like a turning." | ||
| olethros | Berlusconi’s ‘crazy idea’: Running for the EU elections in Estonia | ||
| olethros says, "lac" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Tessa called to the Gods, forcing the halfling zombies to fall to Floyd | the ground, lifeless once more. I think I saw some of the mystical Floyd | bindings that had been used, everything was a potential learning Floyd | experience. Floyd | (Necromancy +5, Religion +5) Floyd | Floyd | We followed the corridor some more and found ourselves at a dead end. Floyd | There didn't seem to be anywhere to go. It didn't seem likely that we Floyd | would be hired to get rid of a couple of zombies. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my Divination to find the way. (Needs 20 Divination) Floyd | B: I suspected something about the crypt. (Needs 25 Religion) Floyd | C: I could sense something magical. (Needs 25 Arcana) Floyd | D: We returned to the halfling who had hired us, unable to get any Floyd | further into the crypt. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I found the answer, a secret passage! We pulled a torch sconce and Floyd | a section of the wall opened to reveal a dark corridor. Floyd | (Divination +10) Floyd | Floyd | The corridor took us to a well-lit chamber. I saw the markings on the Floyd | floor and the walls, someone had been doing some very powerful magic. Floyd | I immediately suspected Necromancy, someone was trying to raise the Floyd | dead. The focus of the power led me to the center of the designs Floyd | where the mummified remains of a halfling lay. He was still dead, but Floyd | I wasn't sure for how much longer. Suddenly, five other halflings Floyd | burst into the crypt! They were wearing priestly gowns and held long Floyd | sharp knives. Floyd | Floyd | A: I took control of the dead halfling, raising him myself. (Needs 40 Floyd | Necromancy) Floyd | B: I cast chain-lightning from my fingertips. (Needs 30 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I summoned an ogre. (Needs 30 Summoning) Floyd | D: I let Grom handle it. (Needs Fighter Power 5) Floyd | E: I enchanted the cultists to fight each other. (Needs 30 Floyd | Enchantment) Floyd | F: We ran away as fast as we could. Floyd | | inky says, "awesome, halfling cultists" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "We ended up not studying necromancy, right?" | ||
| inky says, "I think that is correct" | ||
| Binder says, "But apparently it doesn't matter if we want to pretend we have it." | ||
| inky says, "maybe we should let Grom handle this since he hasn't done anything yet" | ||
| Binder says, "Yeah, let's deploy the dwarf." | ||
| olethros says, "yeah, he has to grow" | ||
| olethros says, "RELEASE THE DWARFEX" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > The five halflings were no problem for Grom and his Sword of Death. Floyd | (Fighting +10, Warcraft +5) Floyd | Floyd | The halfling who had hired us returned to the crypt. Floyd | Floyd | "I am ashamed to say that those cultists are relatives of mine," he Floyd | said, his eyes on the dead halfling on the slab in front of us. "This Floyd | was my great-great-grandfather. I believe that they were planning to Floyd | raise him in order to to have him retroactively change his will and Floyd | give the estate to their side of the family." Floyd | Floyd | "Please clean this up before you leave," he said as he handed over a Floyd | large bag of gold and left the crypt. Floyd | (Gold +180, Fame +1) Floyd | Floyd | A: I studied the undead halfling, curious as to the powers being used. Floyd | B: Loot! He had asked us to clean up, so I really cleaned up. Floyd | C: I took the gold and left things where they were. I wasn't a maid Floyd | or an undertaker. Floyd | D: I tidied up the crypt, being careful to leave all of the valuables Floyd | with the deceased bodies. Floyd | | inky says, "whoah, brilliant" | |
| inky says, "raise the dead to have them change their will? that is amazing" | ||
| olethros says, "ha ha retroactive will changes by resurrected people!" | ||
| olethros says, "ok, this is definitely written by a pre-teen" | ||
| Binder says, "This kingdom *really* needs a civil court system." | ||
| olethros says, "it's almost like axe cop" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > It was a nice thing to do, to clean up after such a terrible Floyd | situation. It took a few hours, but when I was done, the crypt looked Floyd | clean and tidy. Floyd | (Good +10) Floyd | Floyd | It was a nice sunny day when an old man came into the Full Cup Inn Floyd | with a job for us. Floyd | Floyd | "My name is Gorion. I'm a former member of the Thieves Guild," he Floyd | told us. "I need an escort out of Tornassa. I'll be honest with you, Floyd | I stole a large sum of money from the guild and they are hunting me Floyd | down." Floyd | Floyd | A: We did as he asked and tried to escape Tornassa. Floyd | B: I cut his throat and took his stolen money for myself. Floyd | C: We took him directly to the guild for a reward. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| olethros says, "oh, consequences" | ||
| Binder asks, "Wait, who does that? Who rips off a thieve's guild and then confesses to strangers?" | ||
| olethros says, "a character in a child's adventure game" | ||
| Binder says, "thieves guild? thieves' guild? whatever." | ||
| olethros says, "and an old man too" | ||
| DavidW says, "Ion of Gor." | ||
| Binder says (to DavidW), "ha ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if C gives us a +Good bonus" | ||
| Binder says, "uh, I mean, no idea what you're referencing ahem" | ||
| olethros says, "is our motto 'we take all business'" | ||
| inky says, "sure ok" | ||
| olethros says, "also, the thieves guild are thieves, and so who gives a fuck, let's give this guy some protection" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > We took him up to our room to make plans. The Guild was powerful Floyd | and it wouldn't be good to cross them, but the man was willing to pay, Floyd | so we took the job. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast an Illusion upon him. (Needs 30 Illusion) Floyd | B: I knew the guild, so I went to the guild master to discuss Floyd | leniency. (Needs 20 Thieves Guild Faction) Floyd | C: I bribed every thief I saw on our way out of the city. (Needs 90 Floyd | Gold) Floyd | D: We put a disguise on him and tried to get out of the city. Floyd | | Binder asks, "I really have no idea what to want here. It seems like cripping the guild is good?" | |
| maga says, "obviously we are illusionish" | ||
| Binder exclaims, "Illusion!" | ||
| olethros says, "we are illusionists!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was almost too easy, the thieves of the city weren't looking for Floyd | a young woman. The Illusion held and we simply walked out of Floyd | Tornassa. Floyd | (Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | Gorion was happy that we had gotten him out of the city. Floyd | Floyd | "I used to be the guild's top poisoner, but it's a terrible line of Floyd | work. I'll use this money to retire. You know, I can offer you more Floyd | than money." Floyd | Floyd | A: He taught me the Alchemy needed to brew poisons. Floyd | B: He taught me the Healing needed to heal poisons. Floyd | C: I didn't accept the trade. I wanted money. Floyd | D: I told him that no reward was necessary. Floyd | | inky says, "man" | |
| Binder asks, "b?" | ||
| Binder says, "That seems like it might be handy" | ||
| inky asks, "so we just helped out the top poisoner steal money from his ex-friends?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Tessa and I listened as he told us about anti-toxins and Floyd | anti-venoms. It was really good information to know. Floyd | (Nature +15, Healing +15) Floyd | Floyd | I continued to hear terrible stories about King Gareth's reign. He Floyd | had raised taxes every year since he had come into power, but nobody Floyd | knew where the money was going. Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend, Floyd | heard that he was simply stockpiling it in his treasury for reasons Floyd | that nobody knew. Public executions became commonplace in the capital Floyd | city, yet the dungeons were still overflowing with prisoners from Floyd | everyone that the king had imprisoned. Even the other nations around Floyd | Daria were beginning to become leary of Daria's monarch. People were Floyd | already starting to call him the Mad King at that time. It was a name Floyd | that would be on everyone's lips as the years went on. Floyd | Floyd | We had a very surprising visitor enter the Full Cup Inn one day. She Floyd | was in disguise at first, asking for a private meeting. We took her Floyd | up to our rooms before she removed her disguise. It was Princess Floyd | Emily, the king's sister! Now that she had removed her costume, I was Floyd | surprised that I didn't recognize her beautiful deep brown eyes. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm afraid for my life," the princess stated bluntly as she flipped Floyd | her long brown hair away from her slender neck. "My brother has Floyd | always been troubled, but since he gained the crown, his moods are Floyd | even darker. He's suspicious of everything and has been becoming Floyd | increasingly cruel." Floyd | Floyd | "He's planning to kill me. He doesn't want me to bear children, since Floyd | he has no heirs of his own. He's afraid that any child I have will Floyd | become a threat to his reign." Floyd | Floyd | "I intend to go to the elves. I know that they will grant me refuge Floyd | in their forest." Floyd | Floyd | I said it was a bad idea, the elves couldn't be trusted since their Floyd | attacks upon the kingdom. Floyd | Floyd | "This is different. The circumstances surrounding those attacks were Floyd | unique, the elves are actually very trustworthy. Perhaps my presence Floyd | there will also help to mend the bad blood between our nations. Floyd | Floyd | A: I decided to take Princess Emily to the elves. Floyd | B: I decided not to help her. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, ";It's a long life, and this game is going to let us experience every moment of it." | |
| Binder says, "Holy textdump Batman" | ||
| inky says, "man" | ||
| inky says, "the elves are actually very trustworthy, hunh" | ||
| olethros says, "yes, indeed, you can trust them to mess you up" | ||
| olethros says, "ok, time for tea and shower and possible recap" | ||
| Binder says, "I say we give her to the elves." | ||
| inky says, "okey doke" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The trip to the Floyd | Alderheart Forest would take nearly a week. Princess Emily was a good Floyd | traveling companion, packing only what she could carry on one horse Floyd | and leaving all of her royal retainers behind. Twilight Sparkle, my Floyd | warhorse was happy to be moving and so were the horses that my Floyd | companions were mounted upon. It was a pleasant ride and I learned Floyd | about many of the small villages in Daria. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | We left Tornassa with no trouble, heading due east. Princess Emily Floyd | had done well, the king never knew she had left, so nobody chased us. Floyd | We didn't travel far when we ran into trouble, a group of bandits Floyd | surrounded us on the king's road itself. This was no small band of Floyd | stupid kobolds, but instead, a pack of 20 well-armored and Floyd | well-trained criminals. It was another sign of the deteriorating Floyd | state of the kingdom. Floyd | Floyd | A: I created a burst of fire to burn them all. (Needs 35 Conjuration) Floyd | B: I created an Illusion of a large group of kingdom soldiers Floyd | approaching. (Needs 25 Illusion.) Floyd | C: I talked our way through. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | D: I rode Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse past the bandits. Floyd | E: I cast an Enchantment spell that made them all forget what they Floyd | were doing. (Needs 25 Enchantment) Floyd | F: I surrendered, allowing the bandits to go through our gear. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "I wonder if D requires a warhorse" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "afk a sec" | ||
| Binder says, "If so, we should do D. Let's get our money worth from our horse training." | ||
| inky says, "it doesn't say it does, though" | ||
| inky asks, "also, what about our other group members?" | ||
| Binder says, "They're not that interested in this confrontation." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "I am inclined to just solve all our problems with illusions" | ||
| Binder says, "OK, it'll be interesting to see if these 'bandits' are actually just off-duty kingdom cops." | ||
| Binder says, "So B-luff them" | ||
| inky says, "okey doke" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > The illusionary soldiers marched toward us, getting the attention of Floyd | all of the bandits. Many of them dropped what they were holding as Floyd | they scattered in every direction. Princess Emily was very happy with Floyd | my solution, since it had caused no bloodshed. Floyd | (Royal Faction +10, Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | The remainder of the trip to the Alderheart went smoothly, the Floyd | enormous ancient forest loomed up all around us as we entered. The Floyd | path we took looked to be little more than an animal run, but Princess Floyd | Emily assured us that it was the correct way. We traveled for a few Floyd | hours, the feeling of being observed was very strong. Floyd | Floyd | "Halt," a voice said from above. Floyd | Floyd | I looked up to see a dozen elves in the trees, many of them holding Floyd | longbows. I suspected that there were even more that we couldn't see. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my skills as a former nature guide to impress the elves. Floyd | B: I greeted them using the appropriate formalities. (Needs 30 Floyd | Diplomacy) Floyd | C: I set fire to their trees, attempting to burn them all. (Needs 20 Floyd | Conjuration) Floyd | D: I let Princess Emily speak for us. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "we should burn their trees down, that'll convince them" | ||
| inky says, "I think we've been doing a bunch of diplomacy" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I knew the proper words and customs. The elves were happy to see Floyd | someone knowledgeable about their heritage. The elves came down out of Floyd | the trees and escorted us to their city. Floyd | (Elf Faction +20, Diplomacy +10) Floyd | Floyd | The elven city was beautiful to behold, the trees themselves were Floyd | enormous and ancient. I had never seen anything like it, they were Floyd | thicker than a man was tall and had shimmering silver leaves. Wooden Floyd | bridges and spiralling walkways connected platforms high above us and Floyd | everywhere I looked, I saw beautiful elves. Floyd | Floyd | "Greetings and welcome to Oneiduin," the Elf Queen said graciously in Floyd | elven. Floyd | Floyd | "Thank you," Princess Emily said, surprising me with her elven Floyd | language skills. "I am eternally grateful for your hospitality." Floyd | Floyd | The queen escorted the princess to her new home and we were taken to a Floyd | set of rooms to stay in. We stayed in Oneiduin for several weeks Floyd | while the princess settled in. Floyd | Floyd | A: I spent the days talking to the elves and learning about their Floyd | ways. Floyd | B: I spoke with the elven spell-binders, learning about elven magic. Floyd | C: I snuck around the elven city, stealing everything that wasn't Floyd | nailed down. (Needs 30 Thievery) Floyd | D: I spent the days hiding in my room and studying my magic, I didn't Floyd | want anything to do with the elves. Floyd | | inky asks, "hmm, would we rather learn magic or elf faction stuff?" | |
| inky says, "I guess we're wizards so screw it" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > It was fascinating, the way they worked nature into all aspects of Floyd | their magic. They were impressed with my own magic, which was growing Floyd | very strong through all of my studying. Floyd | (Alchemy +5, Healing +5, Summoning +5, Transmutation +10) Floyd | Floyd | Near the end of my stay with the elves, I found Princess Emily alone Floyd | in one of the gardens. The flowers were in bloom and she was looking Floyd | very pretty. She looked melancholy and sad as she sat on a wooden Floyd | bench among the green foliage. Floyd | Floyd | A: I flirted with the princess. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | B: I talked to her and tried to cheer her up. Floyd | C: I called her a coward for leaving the kingdom. Floyd | | Roger says, "What, no regicidal option booo" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I chatted to her and tried to cheer her up. We spent a few hours Floyd | together in the garden and became friends. Floyd | (Personality +5, Royal Faction +10) Floyd | Floyd | One day, I was approached by the elf queen herself. She had heard Floyd | that my village had been one of those attacked by the elves and she Floyd | wanted to explain why. Floyd | Floyd | "It started with a band of kingdom loggers," she explained in her Floyd | melodious voice. "They were plying their trade too deeply into the Floyd | Alderheart. We sent messengers to King Norbert, but he refused to do Floyd | anything about it. Numarri, an elf-lord, was the one wholed the Floyd | attacks on the kingdom without my consent." Floyd | Floyd | "To make matters worse, I later learned that King Norbert had been Floyd | lied to by one of his dukes, he never knew just how deep the logging Floyd | had been. The duke was executed and Numarri was stripped of his Floyd | titles. The king and I were both ashamed over the incident, but we Floyd | have since put it behind us." Floyd | Floyd | "The logging boundaries not only protect our forests, but it also Floyd | protects the loggers themselves. That particular incursion had come Floyd | perilously close to intruding upon a magical moon glade of enormous Floyd | power." Floyd | Floyd | The conversation continued in other directions after that. Naturally, Floyd | my wizardly mind returned to the concept of a mystical glade of great Floyd | power. Floyd | Floyd | A: My curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to see this glade Floyd | with my own eyes. Floyd | B: I hated the elves for what they had done to my village, so I Floyd | decided to go to the glade and see if I could damage it in some way. Floyd | C: I decided to stay away from the glade. Floyd | | inky says, "magical moon glade eh" | |
| Jacqueline says, "okay. Back and caught up." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "a" | ||
| inky says, "ok I assume we want to look at the glade but not blow it up" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Curiosity was the downfall of many a wizard, I hoped that I wouldn't Floyd | regret my decision, but I was intensely interested in such a mystical Floyd | phenomena. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my magic sight to uncover the location of the glade. (Needs Floyd | 30 Divination) Floyd | B: I asked a few friendly elves where it was. (Needs 30 Elf Faction) Floyd | C: I studied a map and figured it out. (Needs 25 Geography) Floyd | D: I tracked the elves to the glade. (Needs 35 Nature) Floyd | E: I followed my sensing of the magic. (Needs 30 Arcana) Floyd | F: I had Killah P, my canine friend, sniff out the way. Floyd | G: I had no idea where the moon glade was. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky asks, "can I choose f?" | ||
| DavidW says, "Fine with me." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "sure" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > Killah P was happy to lead me through the forest in the direction I Floyd | wanted to go. Floyd | (Geography +10) Floyd | Floyd | I left the elf city and traveled into the woods. The moon was my only Floyd | light as I made my way through the ancient trees. It took a little Floyd | time, but I soon found the glade. A shimmering pool of magical water Floyd | glowed in front of me. It was the same colour as the moon itself. Floyd | This was the infamous moon glade I had heard about. I knew I didn't Floyd | have a lot of time so I would have to be quick. Floyd | Floyd | A: I took a sample of the glowing water and drank some myself. Floyd | B: I bathed in the magical waters. Floyd | C: I stood in it to my ankles, getting my boots wet. Floyd | D: I analyzed the water, hoping to glean some insights about its Floyd | magical nature. Floyd | E: I did nothing but admire its beauty. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| DavidW says, "We can blame the dog if there's a stink afterwards." | ||
| inky says, "so that gave a geography boost" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if picking geography would have also given a geography boost" | ||
| Roger says, "MORE POISON" | ||
| Roger says, "It's the answer for everything" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm thinking either bathe or admire. B or E" | ||
| DavidW says, "Bathing is the most risky and most powerful option, I think." | ||
| inky says, "I guess we have't bathed all game" | ||
| inky says, "we are probably filthy" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I don't know what possessed me to do so, but I submersed myself Floyd | within the mystical pool. I could feel the magic washing over me, Floyd | erasing all tensions, healing all wounds. I felt amazing when I came Floyd | out. Floyd | (Body +20, Nature +15) Floyd | Floyd | I stood before the moonglade, awed by its power and majesty. Floyd | Floyd | A: I left the glade as I found it, respecting the elves and forgiving Floyd | them for what they had done to my village. Floyd | B: I desecrated the moon glade as best I could, hoping it would Floyd | greatly hurt the elves. Floyd | | inky says, "snazzy" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Nice." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "And you were right - we were filthy. heh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Please do A." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > People made poor choices, both human and elf. I knew that the elves Floyd | weren't perfect, but they were trying and I couldn't hold the rest of Floyd | them at fault for the deeds of a few. I felt much more at peace when Floyd | I returned to the city. Floyd | (Elf Faction +50, Good +3) Floyd | Floyd | It was soon time to go, Princess Emily was settled into her new home Floyd | and I was no longer needed. The elves were very gracious and honored Floyd | me with many praises when I left. I would never forget my time among Floyd | them. We returned to Tornassa, leaving the princess behind. Floyd | (Geography +5) Floyd | Floyd | The princess offered us our reward for helping her to escape her Floyd | brother. Floyd | Floyd | A: I accepted the reward. Floyd | B: I demanded more money, after all, what I had done would be Floyd | considered treason. Floyd | C: I told her that no reward was necessary. Floyd | | inky asks, "should we tell her no reward is necessary in the hopes of getting a bigger reward later?" | |
| olethros says, "ok" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Or smoochies." | ||
| olethros says, ";maybe a different type of reward" | ||
| inky says, "I think we might finally be at positive elf reputation with this boost, too" | ||
| olethros says, "everybody loves us" | ||
| inky says, "there was a flirt option earlier I didn't take because we didn't technically have the personality score" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > She smiled in thanks. I knew I had made her very happy. The elves Floyd | were also impressed by my act of kindness. Floyd | (Royal Faction +20, Elf Faction +10, Good +20) Floyd | Floyd | Rumours of the princess having left the castle were rampant when I Floyd | returned. Luckily, King Gareth never connected it to myself or my Floyd | party. It was easy to see that the princess was correct, had she Floyd | stayed, she likely would have been imprisoned or killed. Floyd | Floyd | Four years went by as we continued to do various jobs for various Floyd | clients. We were slowly growing in fame and reputation. Floyd | Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 67) Floyd | B: I continued to study a little bit of everything. Floyd | | olethros says, "hooray" | |
| olethros says, "though money is the one limit that is probably enforced, as it does keep track of it going down" | ||
| olethros says, "or maybe not" | ||
| inky says, "makes sense" | ||
| olethros says, "maybe you just go in debt" | ||
| inky says, "I'm going to keep specializing because why not" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I studied my chosen branch of magic, even though I got a little Floyd | rusty at the other types. Floyd | (Alchemy -1, Conjuration -1, Divination -1, Enchantment -1, Healing Floyd | -1, Illusion +25, Necromancy -1, Summoning -1, Transmutation -1) Floyd | Floyd | I was also careful to continue to study other things as well. Floyd | Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 36) Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5) Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100) Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5) Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 77) Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 78) Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 25) Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 60) Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 10) Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5) Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 35) Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 20) Floyd | | inky says, "wow" | |
| murphy_slaw arrives, ready to play with the toys. | inky says, "we are master diplomats" | |
| inky asks, "what should we work on? arcana? thievery?" | ||
| Zach has disconnected. | ||
| Zach has connected. | ||
| Zach has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | Jacqueline says, "Hm." | |
| olethros says, "arcana. Let's be a particle wizard" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Seems a bit late in the game to be developing one of our crappy skills." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Arcana's fine with me." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about arcana. Floyd | (Arcana +25) Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills. Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice. Although they Floyd | all did well: Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom improved the most. Floyd | B: Kal improved the most. Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most. Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most. Floyd | | inky says, "Grom and Kal aren't our buddies, screw those guys" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Tessa worked really hard, training and practicing until her skills Floyd | improved. Floyd | Floyd | King Gareth's atrocities grew as the Kingdom of Daria continued to Floyd | fall apart. I saw more beggars and homeless people on the streets Floyd | than ever before. Rumours of Princess Emily's exile gave the people Floyd | hope, especially when gossip began to proclaim that she had married Floyd | her childhood sweetheart, Duke Peter, and had a child with him. This Floyd | was monumental. The current heir to the throne was now living in Floyd | exile with the elves. Floyd | Floyd | It was probably for this very reason that the king married. The new Floyd | queen was a young woman named Janice. We continued to work out of the Floyd | Full Cup Inn as the years passed, taking on many adventuring jobs and Floyd | building a name for ourselves. Floyd | Floyd | I was 30 years old when I got a royal summons to meet King Gareth, who Floyd | was now 40. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "ha" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "queen janice, hunh" | ||
| Binder says, "ferrsuure" | ||
| DavidW says, "wait, we didn't get to name herrrr!" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Should we train with any of them, or just go forward?" | ||
| olethros says (to Floyd), "g" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. Floyd | Floyd | I was nervous, at first, afraid he had found out that I knew about Floyd | Princess Emily's escape nine years ago. That wasn't the case at all, I Floyd | learned when I arrived. The king met with me in his private chambers, Floyd | just the two of us. His eyes had an intensity to them that was Floyd | unnerving. Floyd | Floyd | A: I found the king very attractive, so I flirted with him. (Needs 40 Floyd | Personality) Floyd | B: I met him formally as my king. Floyd | | inky says, "I assume we trained everyone up pretty high already" | |
| inky says, "with all the magic swords and stuff" | ||
| olethros says, "yeah, i cheated" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > The king sat in his chair and passed me a goblet of wine. I took it Floyd | and waited to hear why he had called me here. He then started to Floyd | explain, very frankly, that Queen Janice would not give him an heir. Floyd | He explained that he wanted me to use magic to help her carry his Floyd | baby. I asked why he didn't go to Fraledan, he said that he had, but Floyd | the old wizard was a traditionalist and had never studied the Healing Floyd | magics needed. Floyd | Floyd | A: I had just the Healing spell needed, I agreed to do the task. Floyd | (Needs 25 Healing) Floyd | B: I could use my Necromancy to bolster the child's lifeforce until it Floyd | was born. (Needs 25 Necromancy) Floyd | C: I didn't know any magic that would help, but I promised to look Floyd | into it. Floyd | D: I refused to help him. Floyd | | inky says, "no flirting with bad guys!" | |
| olethros says, "unless we had more options now, but I guess not" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| olethros says, "aha, so either Fraledan, or the King are lying" | ||
| Binder says, "ooh necrobaby" | ||
| olethros asks, "so basically he can create a baby from the sperm?" | ||
| inky asks, "is it moral to help the evil king have a kid who may or may not be evil?" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Binder), "haha" | ||
| olethros says, "the kid might suffer" | ||
| Binder says, "It's not moral but it's probably story-full" | ||
| inky says, "wait, I can't tell if he means that Janice is unwilling or unable to have a kid" | ||
| olethros says, "Lich king!" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Good point." | ||
| olethros says, "he says healing, so I guess she cannot" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "C? See if we can speak to Fraledan, or, since we have no undo..." | ||
| inky says, "I guess C buys some time" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I returned to the Full Cup Inn and to my small library. I Floyd | researched the problem and eventually came up with the magic needed. Floyd | It was a talented piece of sorcery, I was growing greatly in power, to Floyd | be able to offer a solution that Fraledan could not. I returned to Floyd | the king with the answer to his problem. Floyd | (Healing +5, Nature +5, Royal Faction +10) Floyd | Floyd | The next day, I was taken to Queen Janice herself. She hardly spoke Floyd | to me as I set up the magic I would need to help her carry a baby to Floyd | term. Once everything was in place, I began to cast. The magic worked Floyd | flawlessly as it flowed directly into the queen. It worked so well, Floyd | that I was confident that she would get pregnant immediately and have Floyd | a baby in nine months. Floyd | Floyd | The king and queen thanked me for my services. It was somewhat odd, Floyd | since they had no proof that my magic had done the deed. Nine months Floyd | later, the queen had a little boy, Prince Eric, the new heir to the Floyd | throne. Floyd | Floyd | A few months after Prince Eric was born, Princess Emily and her small Floyd | family moved back into the royal castle. Now that the king had an Floyd | heir of his own, the princess and her son were no longer in danger. Floyd | The people of the kingdom were very happy, everyone hoped that two Floyd | princes and the renewal of the royal family would mean that the Floyd | troubled days were over. They were all wrong, of course, things got Floyd | even worse. Floyd | Floyd | Nearly a year after I was called to King Gareth's private room and Floyd | given my reward in secret. Nobody knew that I was the one responsible Floyd | for the queen's ability to have a baby. Floyd | (Gold +300, Royal Faction +15) Floyd | Floyd | A stocky dwarf came into the Full Cup Inn and hired us a few months Floyd | later. He said that his brethren under the Grey Mountains had Floyd | tunneled too deep and had awoken something ancient and evil. It was Floyd | an old tale, almost a cliche, but there it was. Floyd | Floyd | We rode north toward the Grey Mountains. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | We arrived at the foothills of the Grey Mountains in the late fall of Floyd | that year. I was worried about the weather, afraid that one good Floyd | snowfall might trap us for the entire winter, but we ventured forward Floyd | anyway. Our dwarf guide led us through a grand arch and deep into the Floyd | mountain. Floyd | Floyd | "Welcome!" the Dwarf Chief said in a deep voice as he smiled at us Floyd | through his thick beard. "We have no time to waste. The blasted Floyd | monster has stopped all mining and production." Floyd | Floyd | He gave us maps to follow the mine shafts to where they had Floyd | encountered the beast. We spent the night in the dwarven halls and Floyd | left the very next day. Floyd | Floyd | A: My Divination magic led us there unerringly. (Needs 35 Divination) Floyd | B: I knew a little about underground phenomena. (Needs 40 Nature) Floyd | C: Although the map was subterranean, the principles were the same. Floyd | (Needs 30 Geography) Floyd | D: We got miserably lost. Floyd | | Binder says, "Stalling with C seems fine." | |
| Binder says, "The worst he can do is publically execute us." | ||
| inky says, "whoops" | ||
| inky says, "ok, so much for stalling" | ||
| Binder says, "Almost a cliche" | ||
| inky says, "let's use .. geography!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I followed the map, finally starting to get the hang of the 'up' and Floyd | 'down' notation. Floyd | (Geography +10, Nature +5) Floyd | Floyd | The mineshaft had indeed broken into a much older tunnel. The dead Floyd | bodies of dwarves could be seen scattered all about, the monster had Floyd | killed a great number of them. We proceeded forward cautiously, but Floyd | didn't have to go far before we found it. It stood an easy fifteen Floyd | feet tall, it had large horns in its head and thick leathery skin all Floyd | over its body. Its eyes seemed to have flames dancing in them as it Floyd | approached us, ready for the kill. Floyd | Floyd | A: I battled the creature with my strongest fireballs. (Needs 40 Floyd | Conjuration) Floyd | B: I summoned a demon to fight for us. (Needs 30 Summoning) Floyd | C: I hid a vast canyon under an Illusion. (Needs 35 Illusion) Floyd | D: I had read about such a beast, I knew its limitations. (Needs 35 Floyd | History) Floyd | E: Grom charged the beast. (Needs Fighter Power 6) Floyd | F: We had no choice but to run away, returning to the Dwarf Chief. Floyd | | olethros says, "ha ha getting the hang of up and down" | |
| Binder says, "the temptation to flip the map over is what you have to overcome" | ||
| Binder says, "Let's use history to win fights. D." | ||
| Binder says, "oh wait, illusion option" | ||
| Binder asks, "missed that before. C?" | ||
| olethros says, "we can train grom a bit more" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > It was an epic battle as the fighter and the monster fought blade Floyd | versus tooth. I sent a few small pieces of magic into the fray, but I Floyd | had to be careful to not distract Grom. In the end, the beast was Floyd | killed. Floyd | (Fighting +5, Warcraft +5) Floyd | Floyd | We returned through the tunnels, eventually finding our way back to Floyd | the dwarven Great Hall. The Dwarf Chief himself met us. He was Floyd | overwhelmed with joy at our success! He hugged each of us with his Floyd | thick arms, lauging as he did so. Floyd | Floyd | "Wonderful!" he exclaimed. "We'll be telling your tale for years to Floyd | come!" Floyd | Floyd | The dwarves held a great feast in our honor. They were very happy and Floyd | pleased to give us a substantial reward. Floyd | Floyd | A: I accepted the reward. Floyd | B: I demanded that they give us more, it had been a very difficult Floyd | battle. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | C: I declined the reward. Floyd | | inky says, "Grommmmm" | |
| olethros says, "ha ha" | ||
| olethros says, "well, C, naturally" | ||
| olethros says, "we can always steal money" | ||
| Binder says, "ha" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "okey doke" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > The dwarves had never heard of such a thing, but they loved their Floyd | gold, so they were more than happy to keep it. Floyd | (Dwarf Faction +40, Good +15, Fame +1) Floyd | Floyd | We left the dwarven kingdom and headed to Tornassa. Floyd | Floyd | The next summer proved to be very dry and hot, all across Daria, Floyd | farmers were having trouble with their crops. It wasn't a Floyd | full-fledged drought or famine, but it was a difficult year. A few Floyd | towns and villages were hit worse than others, including my home Floyd | village. I heard about their troubles from a letter I received from Floyd | the mayor. It wasn't one of our regular jobs, but I took it anyway. Floyd | Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be moving, so were the Floyd | other mounts that the rest of my party were riding. It was an Floyd | enjoyableride as we traveled back to my home village. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | Elmvale was much smaller than I had remembered it, I had seen many Floyd | great things since I had been there last. The beautiful river that ran Floyd | through my village was all dried up. Floyd | Floyd | We were given a room in the local tavern. We sat down with the mayor Floyd | later that night to talk business. He said that the temple had used up Floyd | all of their funds to help pay for food, but it wasn't going to be Floyd | enough. Floyd | Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy) Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning) Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25 Floyd | Illusion) Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha D" | |
| Binder says, "ha ha I love D" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||
| olethros says, "awww" | ||
| inky says, "I wonder if we can do any of these other ones legally" | ||
| olethros says, "such a shitty thing to do" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Just when I'm about to say, 'Have fun, folks, I need to take a nap,' the game has another great moment." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "statistics" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy) Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning) Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25 Floyd | Illusion) Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 31 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 6% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 102 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 11% Floyd | Conjuration: 26% Floyd | Divination: 40% Floyd | Enchantment: 16% Floyd | Healing: 49% Floyd | Illusion: 92% Floyd | Necromancy: 4% Floyd | Summoning: 21% Floyd | Transmutation: 30% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 61% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 100% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 82% Floyd | Geography: 94% Floyd | History: 25% Floyd | Nature: 70% Floyd | Religion: 10% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 35% Floyd | Warcraft: 25% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | Binder says (to inky), "so formal" | |
| inky says, "so yeah, I guess technically the illusion one is the only one we're qualified for" | ||
| olethros says, "ok then" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > Invalid selection Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | A: I brewed many potions which would allow the crops to grow with very Floyd | little water. (Needs 30 Alchemy) Floyd | B: I conjured a rain shower. (Needs 30 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I summoned many water elementals. (Needs 25 Summoning) Floyd | D: I created a fake rain shower and fake healthy plants. (Needs 25 Floyd | Illusion) Floyd | E: I didn't do anything to help my village. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > I received many celebratory hugs and handshakes, the illusion of the Floyd | rain shower looked very authentic and the plants looked healthy. I Floyd | knew that it wasn't real, but they didn't. They would be in for a Floyd | surprise in a few days whenthe Illusion faded, leaving them with Floyd | crops that were even deader than before. When it happened, they Floyd | blamed themselves, not me. Floyd | (Illusion +10, Evil +5) Floyd | Floyd | My entire village was overjoyed. They would not starve to death or go Floyd | into great debt from importing food from other towns. I was a local Floyd | hero and word of my deeds spread across the land. The mayor even Floyd | offered me a small reward of 200 gold. Floyd | Floyd | A: I took the gold. Floyd | B: I asked for more money. Floyd | C: I turned down the reward. Floyd | | inky says, "oh man" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > The mayor and all of the villagers burst into applause at these Floyd | words. They didn't have a lot of money and the coins they had Floyd | intended to give me would be better used somewhere else. Floyd | (Good +15, Fame +1) Floyd | Floyd | My party and I packed our bags and left my small village. Floyd | Floyd | I was 32 years old when the great dragon Parnaxxus renewed his Floyd | terrible wrath upon the land. King Gareth's reign was tearing the Floyd | kingdom apart and the dragon was decimating what was left. The Floyd | Fighters Guild did very well through these years, gaining many Floyd | contracts to defend villagers and merchants from the mighty beast. Floyd | Grom, a dues paying member of the guild, was approached by the guild Floyd | leader for a lucrative contract. Our fighter wasn't hired away from Floyd | our party, instead, the entire party was offered a job. Floyd | Floyd | The guild hall in Tornassa had grown rich from the fear Parnaxxus was Floyd | instilling in the land, even though the fighters who were hired out Floyd | could do little against the mighty beast. The guild leader brought Floyd | the entire party into his office and told us what he needed. A mighty Floyd | wizard had hired the Fighters Guild to protect him against Parnaxxus. Floyd | The guild sent a dozen fighters, but when the dragon attacked his Floyd | tower, all twelve fighters were killed and the tower was laid to Floyd | waste. The contract was fulfilled, the fighters had fought to the Floyd | best of their abilities, but the mage refused to pay. The Mage Guild Floyd | refused to get involved. We were to speak to the mage and get the 1000 Floyd | gold that was owed to the Fighters Guild. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | Binder says, "Nice." | |
| Jacqueline says, "Dman" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "er, Damn" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Grom myself. (Needs Fighting Skill) Floyd | E: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | F: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | G: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Grom a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | inky says, "I wonder why I could only train Grom once but the others a bunch" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | inky says, "maybe my stats are higher or something" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. The wizard was Floyd | living in a tent outside of the ruins of his tower. It wasn't very Floyd | far from Tornassa, so we walked. Parnaxxus had really decimated the Floyd | poor man's residence, broken equipment, scattered herbs and bricks lay Floyd | everywhere. Floyd | Floyd | "Why should I pay the guild for their failure?" the wizard reasoned. Floyd | "And, even if I wanted to, I can't. Everything I owned was in my tower Floyd | and it's in shambles." Floyd | Floyd | A: We took the simple solution and paid the 1000 gold ourselves. Floyd | (Needs 1000 Gold) Floyd | B: I explained to the Fighters Guild that since the dragon had Floyd | destroyed the tower, they were owed nothing. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | C: I used my magic to make the mage pay his debt. (Needs 35 Floyd | Enchantment) Floyd | D: I spoke to the wizard. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > He was very reasonable and said that the dragon had destroyed his Floyd | tower and that he needed every bit of gold he had left in order to Floyd | rebuild. He said that it wasn't right that he would have to pay the Floyd | Fighters Guild when they hadn't been able to protect him or his tower Floyd | from the dragon. Floyd | Floyd | A: I suggested that he sell his broken equipment to pay the debt. Floyd | (Needs 30 Economics) Floyd | B: I talked him into paying his debt. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | C: I attacked him, trying to force him to pay his debt. Floyd | D: I gave up and walked away. Floyd | | inky says, "I wonder how much gold we have" | |
| olethros says, "we can only attack him it seems" | ||
| inky says, "or we can walk away" | ||
| inky says, "screw those guys in the fighter's guild" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 32 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 7% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Gold: 732 Floyd | Floyd | INVENTORY: Floyd | A magical ruby ring. Floyd | An enchanted dagger. Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60 Floyd | Royal Family: 105 Floyd | Elves: 40 Floyd | Dwarves: 50 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 65 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 15 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | He was very reasonable and said that the dragon had destroyed his Floyd | tower and that he needed every bit of gold he had left in order to Floyd | rebuild. He said that it wasn't right that he would have to pay the Floyd | Fighters Guild when they hadn't been able to protect him or his tower Floyd | from the dragon. Floyd | Floyd | A: I suggested that he sell his broken equipment to pay the debt. Floyd | (Needs 30 Economics) Floyd | B: I talked him into paying his debt. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | C: I attacked him, trying to force him to pay his debt. Floyd | D: I gave up and walked away. Floyd | | inky says, "we definitely don't have the gold" | |
| inky asks, "do we want to make him pay or give up on the job?" | ||
| olethros says, "we want to be good with the mage guid" | ||
| olethros says, "or maybe we are angry at them because they kicked us out" | ||
| inky says, "I guess mages are better than fighters" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > The Fighters Guild wasn't happy to not be paid, they said that they Floyd | would have to find someone else to do the job. Floyd | (Fighters Guild -5) Floyd | Floyd | I remember the historical day when the entire Kingdom shook from an Floyd | enormous earthquake, even though it wasn't until weeks later that the Floyd | results were known. A small village named Scone, in southern Daria, Floyd | had suddenly started being attacked from within. Their temple had Floyd | begun to spew forth all manner of foul beasts. Many adventuring Floyd | parties took it upon themselves to investigate the tunnels below. Floyd | This vast dungeon soon became known as the Abyss. Floyd | Floyd | We didn't try our luck until nearly halfway into our adventuring Floyd | career, many years after the monsters had appeared. We didn't want to Floyd | be just another party of adventurers defeated deep beneath the ground. Floyd | We decided that the time was right for our party to test its skills Floyd | against the great dungeon. The only other challenge that took every Floyd | member of my party's skill into account was when we met Parnaxxus, but Floyd | that didn't happen until much later. Floyd | Floyd | Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be moving, so were the Floyd | other mounts that the rest of my party were riding. It was a nice ride Floyd | as we traveled to the small village of Scone. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | The village of Scone had made the best of a bad situation. Over the Floyd | years, they had built a thriving community around the Abyss. Floyd | Weaponsmiths, inns, taverns and general stores catered to the Floyd | adventurers. They purchased the loot that came from the dungeon and Floyd | sold new equipment to parties who needed things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 33 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 7% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | maga says, "man, it's still going" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my girlfriend Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60 Floyd | Royal Family: 105 Floyd | Elves: 40 Floyd | Dwarves: 50 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 65 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 10 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| olethros says, "off" | ||
| olethros says it takes the safety of donkeys "very seriously" | inky says, "Kal and Tessa aren't actually increasing their rank" | |
| inky says, "so I guess training is pointless" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "f" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. We entered the Floyd | great Abyss through the front temple doors, at first, we didn't see Floyd | anything besides broken pews and the old altar. We cautiously made Floyd | our way forward to the catacombs beneath. So far, it didn't seem very Floyd | dangerous. But, everyone knew that the deeper an intrepid adventurer Floyd | went, the stronger the danger and greater the reward. We were broken Floyd | from our thoughts by the sound of a group of skeletons approaching. Floyd | Floyd | A: I let Tessa handle it. (Needs Cleric Power 6) Floyd | B: We turned around and left the Abyss, ashamed that our cleric had Floyd | failed. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Turning undead and healing injuries, that was the entire reason we Floyd | had a cleric in our group. Tessa was eager to call to her Gods and Floyd | smite the skeletons. They collapsed almost immediately. Kal was Floyd | quick to go through the bone fragments for treasure. It was grisly Floyd | work, looting the undead corpses, but we found many valuables. After Floyd | we had finished taking everything of value, we continued deeper into Floyd | the Abyss. Floyd | (Gold +135, Healing +5, Religion +5) Floyd | Floyd | The catacombs had very little dust or spider webs on them, which Floyd | wasn't really surprising, considering how many adventurers passed Floyd | through every day. We found a rickety old wooden staircase and Floyd | descended down into the Abyss. The wood looked old and ancient, we Floyd | didn't get very far when something happened. Floyd | Floyd | A: Kal found a trap! (Needs Thief Power 6) Floyd | B: We tripped a trap, ending our journey into the Abyss. Our thief Floyd | had failed us. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Kal was giddy with excitement when the tripwires were spotted. We Floyd | stood back and watched as his deft hands quickly disarmed each of Floyd | them. We were pleasantly surprised to find a locked treasure chest Floyd | tucked in behind the traps. Kal picked the lock and we claimed our Floyd | reward before pressing forward. Floyd | (Gold +190, Thievery +10) Floyd | Floyd | There was a solid stone staircase with a light trace of moss that led Floyd | us down to the next level. The hall was covered in the same green Floyd | fuzz as the steps. I cast a spell to create a small ball of light and Floyd | was surprised to see the spell fizzle and the moss glow brightly. I Floyd | knew that my magic wouldn't be useful until we left the area. Almost Floyd | immediately, we were attacked by a band of lizardmen! Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom fought them off. (Needs Fighter Power 6) Floyd | B: With my magic out of commission and our fighter being unable to Floyd | stop the attack, we had to leave. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was unable to help, the moss continued to leach away my magic. Floyd | Luckily, Grom had no such concerns. I watched as his Sword of Death Floyd | ended the life of each lizardman that approached. When it was over, Floyd | we were able to proceed forward. The lizardmen had coin purses and Floyd | wore various jewelry that would fetch a decent price when we returned. Floyd | We collected our reward before going onward. Floyd | (Gold +215, Fighting +5, Warcraft +5) Floyd | Floyd | I was pleased to see that the magic-leaching moss ended at the next Floyd | staircase. As we descended, the hairs on my arms stood up, I could Floyd | feel great magic ahead of us. Gem-filled runes glowed along the wall Floyd | and floor ahead of us, but a shimmering wall of force prevented us Floyd | from going forward. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my knowledge of magic to dispel the barrier. (Needs 30 Floyd | Arcana) Floyd | B: I failed my party, unable to do my job as the group's wizard. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 33 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 7% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 11% Floyd | Conjuration: 26% Floyd | Divination: 40% Floyd | Enchantment: 16% Floyd | Healing: 54% Floyd | Illusion: 100% Floyd | Necromancy: 4% Floyd | Summoning: 21% Floyd | Transmutation: 30% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 61% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 100% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 87% Floyd | Geography: 97% Floyd | History: 25% Floyd | Nature: 70% Floyd | Religion: 15% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 45% Floyd | Warcraft: 30% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | inky says, "we do have 30 arcana, in fact" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I was unable to help, the moss continued to leach away my magic. Floyd | Luckily, Grom had no such concerns. I watched as his Sword of Death Floyd | ended the life of each lizardman that approached. When it was over, Floyd | we were able to proceed forward. The lizardmen had coin purses and Floyd | wore various jewelry that would fetch a decent price when we returned. Floyd | We collected our reward before going onward. Floyd | (Gold +215, Fighting +5, Warcraft +5) Floyd | Floyd | I was pleased to see that the magic-leaching moss ended at the next Floyd | staircase. As we descended, the hairs on my arms stood up, I could Floyd | feel great magic ahead of us. Gem-filled runes glowed along the wall Floyd | and floor ahead of us, but a shimmering wall of force prevented us Floyd | from going forward. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my knowledge of magic to dispel the barrier. (Needs 30 Floyd | Arcana) Floyd | B: I failed my party, unable to do my job as the group's wizard. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I studied the runes and learned the counter spell needed to bring Floyd | down the barrier. It felt good, I felt that I had done my duty as the Floyd | party's wizard. It was easy to pry the gems free from the runes and I Floyd | knew they would fetch a good price. Floyd | (Gold +285) Floyd | Floyd | I knew that we were starting to get somewhere. I was quite certain Floyd | that most other parties didn't have the ability to get as far as we Floyd | did. Once again, there was only one direction worth pursuing, Floyd | straight down. This time, the staircase went deeper than we had Floyd | suspected until the glow of magma could be seen all around us. The Floyd | heat and poisonous gas was extremely thick. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my Healing magic to allow us to go further. (Needs 30 Floyd | Healing) Floyd | B: I transmuted our flesh into something that could handle the heat. Floyd | (Needs 30 Transmutation) Floyd | C: I crafted a potion of heat resistance. (Needs 35 Alchemy) Floyd | D: We all touched the ruby ring. Floyd | E: We had reached the end of the line, the heat was too intense to Floyd | continue. Floyd | | Binder says, "wow, we've nailed diplomacy and geography" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was just a matter of Healing our lungs and our flesh as we Floyd | continued to go deeper. Using my magic, I also hid the pain, to allow Floyd | us to function better. Floyd | (Healing +10) Floyd | Floyd | We continued going down, further than anyone had ever gone before. Floyd | Finally, we arrived at the heart of the Abyss. An enormous throne had Floyd | been built from the skulls and bones of failed adventurers and sitting Floyd | upon it was a ferocious demon with blood red skin. His dark black Floyd | hair stood out in contrast from his bright red skin and his muscles Floyd | rippled as he moved. My demonology classes hadn't prepared me for Floyd | such a sight. I wasn't certain if he was a true demon, an evil God or Floyd | something else entirely. He began to clap as we arrived, but before Floyd | he could explain his presence, he attacked! Floyd | Floyd | A: I conjured a great blast of ice. (Needs 45 Conjuration) Floyd | B: A throne of skulls was foolish, if you faced a necromancer. (Needs Floyd | 45 Necromancy) Floyd | C: I summoned a bigger demon. (Needs 45 Summoning) Floyd | D: I crafted a clever Illusion (Needs 45 Illusion) Floyd | E: We ran away as fast as we could. Floyd | | inky says, "awesome" | |
| inky says, "skulls and bones of failed adventurers" | ||
| inky says, "so presumably when the first person showed up the guy was just sitting on the floor" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > I created a second red-skinned demon and placed him beside the Floyd | monster in front of me. He became enraged and attacked it, smashing Floyd | himself into the solid rock. I moved my Illusion around, causing the Floyd | demon to continue to smash at the rock. The cave in occurred almost Floyd | immediately, burying him under an enomormous pile of rock. Floyd | (Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | We had done it, we had beat the Abyss! I never learned the true Floyd | nature of the beast, but the monsters stopped coming forth. We were Floyd | praised as heroes upon our return, but the best part was all of the Floyd | treasure we found. We found gold, gems and jewelry galore. But one of Floyd | my party members noticed something special among the treasure. Floyd | Floyd | A: Tessa noticed an ancient holy symbol of enormous power. Floyd | B: Kal noticed a shimmering cloak. Floyd | C: Grom noticed a shiny gold ring. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "A?" | |
| inky says, "sure, props for Tessa again" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It looked rather plain, but the power from the Ancient Holy Symbol Floyd | was unmistakable. I took it and put it in my pocket, intending to Floyd | give it to Tessa when I got a chance. Floyd | (Gold +5000, Fame +3, Arcana +25, Thievery +10, Geography +10, History Floyd | +10, Gained Ancient Holy Symbol) Floyd | Floyd | We left Scone and returned to Tornassa, our fame traveling faster than Floyd | we did. When we returned to the Full Cup Inn, it was full of people Floyd | wishing to congratulate us. Our time toiling away in obscurity was Floyd | over. Floyd | Floyd | Needless to say, I spent a lot of time with Generic Love Interest Floyd | while waiting for jobs. Floyd | Floyd | A: I ended up marrying my girlfriend, Generic Love Interest. Floyd | B: We never got married. Floyd | C: I decided to break up with Generic Love Interest and spend the rest Floyd | of my days as a single person. Floyd | | inky says, "5000 gold!" | |
| inky says, "dang" | ||
| DavidW says, "D: Crabb and Goyle noticed two floating cupcakes." | ||
| inky asks, "so do we get married?" | ||
| Roger says, "Surely" | ||
| inky says, "alrighty" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was madly in love with Generic Love Interest, I had a good paying Floyd | job and I was an adult. It only seemed natural to get married. I was Floyd | thrilled when Generic Love Interest said yes. We had no problem with a Floyd | same-sex marriage and neither did my party. We had a wonderful wedding Floyd | and went on a great honeymoon. Floyd | (Religion +10) Floyd | Floyd | A: We rented a cabin in the woods. (Needs 20 Gold) Floyd | B: We visited many famous battlegrounds across Daria. (Needs 35 Gold) Floyd | C: We stayed in a vineyard for a few days. (Needs 10 Gold) Floyd | D: We traveled across Daria, just visiting the sights. (Needs 95 Gold) Floyd | E: We completed a great pilgrimage together. Floyd | F: We never left my room at the inn. Floyd | | inky says, "religion +10, heh" | |
| inky says, "I guess that makes some sense" | ||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Most of these are pretty cheap as honeymoons go." | ||
| Roger says, "Come on, stay in, get busy." | ||
| inky says, "I wonder what skill C will gain" | ||
| inky says, "obviously F will increase Body" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We've been gettin' busy for years. That's why we got +10 Religion, from finally getting legit." | ||
| DavidW says, "F will introduce a baby." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "heh" | ||
| Roger says, "-10 Anatomy" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I like E." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We traveled the road of spirits, visiting many famous shrines and Floyd | temples across Daria. It was difficult at times, but we persevered. Floyd | It was a holy and sacred experience which brought us close together, Floyd | both spiritually and physically. Floyd | (Religion +25) Floyd | Floyd | Even though I was now married, things went back to normal fairly Floyd | quickly. Considering the fact that we were already living together in Floyd | the Full Cup Inn, our wedding didn't change very much. Floyd | Floyd | The years continued to pile up behind me. I knew that wizards were Floyd | supposed to be old, but as time wore on, I began to fit the mold. My Floyd | mystical knowledge continued to grow with me. Floyd | Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 100) Floyd | B: I decided to focus on Alchemy. (Alchemy: 11) Floyd | C: I decided to focus on Conjuration. (Conjuration: 26) Floyd | D: I decided to focus on Divination. (Divination: 40) Floyd | E: I decided to focus on Enchantment. (Enchantment: 16) Floyd | F: I decided to focus on Healing. (Healing: 64) Floyd | G: I decided to focus on Necromancy. (Necromancy: 4) Floyd | H: I decided to focus on Summoning. (Summoning: 21) Floyd | I: I decided to focus on Transmutation. (Transmutation: 30) Floyd | J: I continued to study a little bit of everything. Floyd | | inky says, "hey hey, maximum religion" | |
| inky says, "er, maximum illusion" | ||
| inky says, "possibly maximum religion too, I dunno" | ||
| inky asks, "should we switch to a new specialization or be a generalist?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "hm" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Generalist seems good. Specialize in one or two things, but not suck in anything would be nice." | ||
| inky says, "okey doke" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "j" | ||
Floyd | > I was content to keep my magical education well-rounded. Floyd | (Alchemy +3, Conjuration +3, Divination +3, Enchantment +3, Healing Floyd | +3, Illusion +3, Necromancy +3, Summoning +3, Transmutation +3) Floyd | Floyd | I was also careful to continue to study other things as well. Floyd | Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 86) Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5) Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100) Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5) Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 87) Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 100) Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 35) Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 70) Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 50) Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5) Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 55) Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 30) Floyd | | inky says, "maybe max out our arcana" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about arcana. Floyd | (Arcana +25) Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills. Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice. Although they Floyd | all did well: Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom improved the most. Floyd | B: Kal improved the most. Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most. Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 40 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 10% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 112 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 9, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 10, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 60 Floyd | Royal Family: 105 Floyd | Elves: 40 Floyd | Dwarves: 50 Floyd | Orcs: -5 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 0 Floyd | Mage Guild: 65 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 10 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | inky says, "man" | |
| inky says, "Kal and Tessa are basically not improving" | ||
| inky says, "maybe I will make Kal learn the most this time" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I studied every day, learning even more about arcana. Floyd | (Arcana +25) Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills. Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice. Although they Floyd | all did well: Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom improved the most. Floyd | B: Kal improved the most. Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most. Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Kal worked really hard, training and practicing, his skills really Floyd | improved. Floyd | Floyd | I was forty years old when Queen Janice died. King Gareth seemed to Floyd | not care at all, at least that was the public opinion of the matter. Floyd | Terrible rumors even circulated that he had something to do with the Floyd | queen's death. Their nephew, Prince Travis was 19 years old. Luckily Floyd | for him and his mother, Princess Emily, Prince Eric was alive and Floyd | healthy. Since he was the uncontested heir to the throne, Prince Floyd | Travis and his family were safe. Floyd | Floyd | The Kingdom of Daria was in a terrible mess as everything seemed to be Floyd | falling apart. It was no wonder that the orcs decided to launch a Floyd | major offensive upon seeing that Daria was so weak. The white bearded Floyd | wizard, Fraledan himself, came to me requesting help. Floyd | Floyd | "It's good to see you again, Morgana," he said, treating me like an Floyd | equal as he leaned on his wizardly staff. "I need you and your Floyd | companions to bring a treaty to the Orc Chieftain. It has many Floyd | concessions in it, but it's fair and it should stop the orcs from Floyd | invading." Floyd | Floyd | It was a sad time for the kingdom of Daria, but we really had no Floyd | choice. We weren't prepared for war and the advantages that the Floyd | treaty would give the orcs was the only way to stop an invasion. Floyd | Floyd | A: I accepted the task. Floyd | B: I turned down the task. Floyd | | inky says, "Prince Travis!" | |
| inky says, "it's pretty weird that our race being half-orc doesn't come into play with the racial politics in the game at all" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yeah" | ||
| Binder says, "Probably we use our illusions to look inoffensive." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > "Your service to the kingdom won't go unnoticed," the kindly wizard Floyd | said with a smile. Twilight Sparkle, my warhorse was happy to be Floyd | moving, so were the other mounts the rest of my party was riding. It Floyd | was a terrifyingjourney into the far west and into orc territory. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | We left the Kingdom of Daria behind as we traveled toward the west and Floyd | into orc territory, I was very excited to see my ancestral home. Even Floyd | though half-orcs were shunned by pure orcs, it would still be good to Floyd | see where I had come from. Floyd | Floyd | We were deep into the wilderness when we stumbled upon something Floyd | entirely different. The trees had become older and older with each Floyd | step and the forest was teeming with wildlife. We were far from the Floyd | orc homeland still, but as we passed through a circle of mushrooms, we Floyd | began to see strange things. Little people, similar to elves but much Floyd | smaller, danced all around us. One of them came forward and asked for Floyd | aid. She wore a tiny little dress and her diminutive shoes were Floyd | pointed. She said that a 'monster' had attacked their forest home. Floyd | We went to check it out. Floyd | Floyd | The creature was enormous, larger than any boar I'd ever heard of. It Floyd | looked badly diseased, its eyes were bleeding and its fur was all Floyd | matted with filth. I would have guessed that it was undead, a zombie Floyd | of some type, but my arcane skills told me that no Necromancy was Floyd | involved. It was corrupted and far from natural, my best guess was Floyd | that it was the result of some magical experiment. The moment it saw Floyd | us, it charged. Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom defended us well. (Needs Fighter Power 6) Floyd | B: I shot a spark of fire toward the creature. (Needs 45 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I sidestepped the creature without looking up. (Needs 45 Floyd | Divination) Floyd | D: Killah P, my dog, attacked the boar. Floyd | E: Tessa saved the day. (Needs Cleric Power 6) Floyd | F: We were lucky to get away with our lives. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| inky says, "the stat checks are higher but this seems considerably less formidable than the demon lord thing we just fought" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > The boar struck me solidly across the face, dropping me to the Floyd | ground. Luckily, Tessa cast her healing magic upon me while Kal Floyd | struck it across the back. I got back on my feet, shaking off what Floyd | could have been a mortal wound. Floyd | (Healing +5, Religion +5) Floyd | Floyd | The corrupted beast roared in pain, but the fight wasn't over yet. It Floyd | charged a second time, this time, directly at me. Floyd | Floyd | A: I bathed the creature in fire. (Needs 50 Conjuration) Floyd | B: I turned the creature into stone. (Needs 35 Transmutation) Floyd | C: I reacted physically, forgetting to use my magic. (Needs 50 Floyd | Fighting) Floyd | D: I drained the creature of its lifeforce. (Needs 50 Necromancy) Floyd | E: I healed the beast. (Needs 40 Healing) Floyd | F: I froze in panic, just standing there. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > Although I didn't know where the corruption had come from, I had a Floyd | good idea about how to stop it. I used my magic to remove the taint, Floyd | turning the boar back into a normal creature. The boar wandered away, Floyd | no longer a threat. Floyd | (Healing +10, Nature +10, Good +15) Floyd | Floyd | The fey creatures were very happy with us, the evil creature was gone Floyd | and they were safe. There had to be a thousand of them living there, Floyd | not all of them were small. I saw nymphs, dryads, pixies, brownies Floyd | and all other types of nature creatures. The small fey fairy whom had Floyd | requested our aid came forward with a reward. Floyd | Floyd | A: I was presented with a bundle of herbs and plants that could make Floyd | the most deadly poisons. Floyd | B: I was presented with a bundle of herbs and plants that could make Floyd | the most beneficial cures. Floyd | C: I told them that no reward was necessary. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I graciously excepted the Healer's Kit, watching as Tessa eyed the Floyd | bundle with curiosity. It would complement her Healing magic well. Floyd | (Gained Healer's Kit) Floyd | Floyd | The community of fey gathered around me, I could feel that they were Floyd | very curious about me. I knew that something special was occurring, I Floyd | had the opportunity to become a druid. Floyd | Floyd | A: I became a druid. (Needs 80 Nature and Neutral Alignment) Floyd | B: I declined the offer. Floyd | | inky says, "hunh" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "I guess we're too good-aligned to be a druid" | ||
| DavidW asks, "We have an alignment?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 40 Body: 49% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 10% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 127 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | inky says, "so this game is claiming the fey would like us better if we had kicked more puppies" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Wait, why would high good preclude us from becoming a Druid?" | ||
| inky says, "because in d&d druids have to be neutral" | ||
| DavidW says, "I guess if we're too good, the mistletoe will make fun of us and lie about us to the other plants." | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I graciously excepted the Healer's Kit, watching as Tessa eyed the Floyd | bundle with curiosity. It would complement her Healing magic well. Floyd | (Gained Healer's Kit) Floyd | Floyd | The community of fey gathered around me, I could feel that they were Floyd | very curious about me. I knew that something special was occurring, I Floyd | had the opportunity to become a druid. Floyd | Floyd | A: I became a druid. (Needs 80 Nature and Neutral Alignment) Floyd | B: I declined the offer. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I was happy to have helped, but I had my own destiny in mind. I Floyd | turned down the offer to become a druid and continued onward toward Floyd | the orc nation. Even though I didn't become a druid, I still learned Floyd | a lot from the fey creatures. Floyd | (Nature +15) Floyd | Floyd | We arrived at the great orc city. It wasn't really a city, but more Floyd | of a collection of orc tribes. They had pelt houses and wooden Floyd | enclosures that stretched across the wilderness. They were a rough Floyd | species, but they allowed us to pass with only a few bad words and Floyd | dirty looks. We stopped at an inn to rest before presenting ourselves Floyd | to the Orc Chieftain. Floyd | Floyd | "You must be the great wizard I had heard about," the Orc Chieftain Floyd | said to me when we arrived. Floyd | Floyd | I gave him the peace treaty that Fraledan had given us. Floyd | Floyd | "You will stay with us and bring back my reply." Floyd | Floyd | The enormous orc warrior waved to his attendents who led us to a tent Floyd | for us to stay in. Floyd | Floyd | The days passed as I stayed with the orcs. Floyd | Floyd | A: I found myself more accepted than I thought I would. Floyd | B: I understood why half-orcs were driven from the orc lands. Floyd | | inky asks, "do we like orcs?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "We seem to like pretty much everyone." | ||
| inky says, "okey doke" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > Pure blood orcs were known to drive away half-orcs such as myself. Floyd | The more time I spent among them, the more I realized that this didn't Floyd | have to be the way. They were dangerous and aggressive at times, but Floyd | I felt no more excluded than I did in a human city. Floyd | (Fighting +10, Body +3, Warcraft +10, Orc Faction +10) Floyd | Floyd | A few weeks later I was called back into the Orc Chieftain's tent. He Floyd | seemed very unsure of himself, obviously enjoying the concessions made Floyd | within the treaty, but also wanting to continue with the invasion. Floyd | Floyd | A: I smoothed over any last uncertainties, paving the way for peace. Floyd | (Needs 40 Diplomacy) Floyd | B: I talked him into signing it. (Needs 40 Personality) Floyd | C: I planted a magical suggestion in his mind to sign it. (Needs 40 Floyd | Enchantment) Floyd | D: I waited for him to make up his mind. Floyd | | inky says, "now we're >0 with all factions" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > The treaty was already pretty sweet, for the orcs, so it wasn't too Floyd | difficult for me to show them just how good it was. The Chieftain Floyd | signed the papers happily before sending me on my way. Floyd | (Diplomacy +10, Orc Faction +15) Floyd | Floyd | Fraledan seemed tired and sad when we returned. He leaned heavily Floyd | upon his old staff and his eyes had bags under them. He was happy Floyd | that the treaty had been accepted, but he knew that the concessions Floyd | would weaken Daria even more. He gave us our reward for a job well Floyd | done. Floyd | (Fame +1, Gold +175) Floyd | Floyd | I was reading an old dusty tome when I had a surprise visitor at the Floyd | Full Cup Inn. Floyd | Floyd | "Good morning, Morgana, I'm glad to see that you've continued to work Floyd | on your magic." Floyd | Floyd | It was Master Durgan, the doorkeeper of the Academy! I hadn't seen Floyd | him in a long time but he hardly seemed to have changed at all. He Floyd | greeted me warmly as though the many years since I had failed to Floyd | graduate didn't exist. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm afraid this isn't a social call," he said, bowing his bald head. Floyd | "We need your help." Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Kal a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Train Tessa myself. (Needs Healing Skill) Floyd | F: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We trained for many hours. I was able to teach Tessa a few things. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Train Kal myself. (Needs Thievery Skill) Floyd | E: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. I could feel the Floyd | wrongness the instant we arrived at the Academy. Floyd | Floyd | "Archmage Lacius took ill a few weeks before the incidents began," Floyd | Master Durgan explained. Floyd | Floyd | "What incidents?" I asked. Floyd | Floyd | Instead of telling me, he showed me. He muttered the magic words and Floyd | waved his hands in intricate mystical designs. I recognized the Floyd | simple spell and knew that it should have created a small ball of Floyd | light. Instead of creating a soft illumination, it changed into Floyd | something completely different. The very fabric of reality was torn Floyd | in front of me and a sharp toothed demon stepped forth! Master Durgan Floyd | was ready for it and cracked its head open with his staff. Floyd | Floyd | "This is happening with any spell cast near the Academy," Master Floyd | Durgan explained. "They change into a Summoning spell. The greater Floyd | the magic, the greater the demon summoned. The first summonings had Floyd | been particularly destructive since the mages had tried to defend Floyd | themselves with magic, which only made things worse." Floyd | Floyd | A: I asked to see Archmage Lacius. Floyd | B: I experimented by casting various spells. Floyd | C: I went immediately to the large Academy library and began Floyd | researching. Floyd | D: I apologized to Master Durgan, saying that I didn't know what to do Floyd | either. Floyd | E: I told the doorkeeper that it was his problem and not mine. Floyd | | inky says, "oh, hey, maxed out training Tessa" | |
| inky says, "well, obviously whatever is making him ill is connected" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I was taken to his private chambers where I found him lying in bed Floyd | with Ciel, his raven, perched on the edge of the bed. My magic Floyd | immediately confirmed my suspicions, he had been poisoned. Floyd | Floyd | A: I healed the Archmage. (Needs 65 Healing) Floyd | B: I healed the Archmage using a potion. (Needs 65 Alchemy) Floyd | C: I healed the Archmage using a transfusion of my trollish blood. Floyd | D: I healed the Archmage by crafting an anti-toxin. (Needs 75 Nature) Floyd | E: There was nothing I could do to help the Archmage. Floyd | | inky says, "a transfusion of my trollish blood? badass" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 41 Body: 52% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 31% Floyd | Fame: 11% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 127 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | DavidW asks, "Do half-orcs have trollish blood?" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 14% Floyd | Conjuration: 29% Floyd | Divination: 43% Floyd | Enchantment: 19% Floyd | Healing: 82% Floyd | Illusion: 100% Floyd | Necromancy: 7% Floyd | Summoning: 24% Floyd | Transmutation: 33% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 100% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 100% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 97% Floyd | Geography: 100% Floyd | History: 35% Floyd | Nature: 95% Floyd | Religion: 55% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 55% Floyd | Warcraft: 40% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to DW), "Details, details." | |
| inky says, "I guess so" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I was taken to his private chambers where I found him lying in bed Floyd | with Ciel, his raven, perched on the edge of the bed. My magic Floyd | immediately confirmed my suspicions, he had been poisoned. Floyd | Floyd | A: I healed the Archmage. (Needs 65 Healing) Floyd | B: I healed the Archmage using a potion. (Needs 65 Alchemy) Floyd | C: I healed the Archmage using a transfusion of my trollish blood. Floyd | D: I healed the Archmage by crafting an anti-toxin. (Needs 75 Nature) Floyd | E: There was nothing I could do to help the Archmage. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > I had to take him out of the Academy so I could use my magic. The Floyd | spell wrapped around Master Lacius and a healthy colour returned to Floyd | his cheeks. Floyd | Floyd | "What has happened?" he asked as he sat up. Floyd | Floyd | Master Durgan breathed a sigh of relief and gave me a grateful look. Floyd | (Healing +15, Mage Guild +10) Floyd | Floyd | Together, Master Durgan and myself told the Archmage all about the Floyd | misdirection of magic and the state of the Academy. It took a few Floyd | days to guess the cause, but after some investigation, we learned that Floyd | an artifact had recently been seen in Master Ballin's room. It had Floyd | arrived at about the same time that the magic started to go astray. Floyd | It was a longshot, but I went to his room to see if there was any Floyd | connection. Floyd | Floyd | I opened the door to the Master's room and saw the Golden Apple of Floyd | Dischord sitting on the bed. There was no question that it was this Floyd | artifact that was causing all of our troubles. Floyd | Floyd | A: I smashed the apple against the wall. Floyd | B: I blackmailed Master Durgan, demanding a large reward for the Floyd | solution to his problem. Floyd | C: I hid the apple somewhere even better, knowing that it would bring Floyd | down the Academy. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| inky says, "well, here's our chance to destroy the academy" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > The apple struck the wall and time seemed to distort. The pieces Floyd | fell slowly to the ground, glowing as they drifted through the air. I Floyd | watched as the shards slowly lost their glow and realized immediately Floyd | that the curse had been lifted. Floyd | (Mage Guild +10) Floyd | Floyd | The door to the room opened and the owner of the apple walked in. I Floyd | recognized Master Ballin, although he had never taught me during my Floyd | time in the Academy. Floyd | Floyd | "What is the meaning of this?" he exclaimed. Floyd | Floyd | "I destroyed your artifact," I informed him bluntly. "Why did you do Floyd | it?" Floyd | Floyd | Master Ballin gave a deep sigh before he spoke. "The Academy is Floyd | corrupt. I should be Archmage, but instead, they picked Lacius. Floyd | It's ridiculous, he has no vision and avoids making the decisions that Floyd | could make the Academy a place of legend." Floyd | Floyd | "So yes, I poisoned the fool and activated the Apple of Dischord. Floyd | Once the Academy was in ruin, I was going to come to the rescue and be Floyd | named the new Archmage." Floyd | Floyd | A: I attempted to take him to Master Durgan. Floyd | B: I decided to blackmail him in return for not turning him in. Floyd | C: I let him go. Floyd | | Jacqueline asks, "The Golden Apple of Discord? Or is this the musical version?" | |
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "HONK HONK" | ||
| DavidW says, "And now: a chorus number." | ||
| inky asks, "should we bring this guy to justice or let him go?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "So. Whatcha wanna do?" | ||
| inky says, "I guess Jacqueline votes for A" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Pretty much, yeah." | ||
| inky says, "although maybe if this guy was Archmage they wouldn't fail students who don't pass 100% of their exams" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > "Did you really think I would tell you my plans and let you take me Floyd | alive?" Floyd | Floyd | The words of his spell tumbled quickly from his lips as sparks danced Floyd | between his fingers. The lightning arced out and I felt myself Floyd | falling to the floor as the electricity washed over me. Floyd | Floyd | A: I cast my own lightning right back at him. (Needs 60 Conjuration) Floyd | B: I forced him to stop attacking (Needs 50 Enchantment) Floyd | C: I forced myself to stay conscious. (Needs 35 Willpower or 40 Body) Floyd | D: I woke up in the Academy infirmary the next day. Floyd | | inky says, "oops" | |
| inky says, "good thing we dipped in that pool and have the body bonus" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I felt my muscles spasm and my body bounce around as the lightning Floyd | flowed through me, but I kept my wits. When his spell concluded, I had Floyd | enough presence of mind to blast him with a simple force spell. He Floyd | flew backward into the wall, not expecting it, and was knocked out. Floyd | (Fighting +15 and Willpower +3) Floyd | Floyd | I took him to Master Durgan and Archmage Lacius, who were overjoyed Floyd | that I had not only saved the Archmage, but had also found the source Floyd | of their problems and rectified the situation. Floyd | Floyd | "You saved the Academy," Master Lacius said solemnly. Floyd | Floyd | "I told you that this one was special," Master Durgan said with a Floyd | friendly smile. Floyd | Floyd | They took Master Ballin into custody and set out criers to let the Floyd | Academy know that the magical siege of their spells was over. Archmage Floyd | Lacius put his arm around me and smiled happily. He told me that I Floyd | would make a great Archmage someday, despite the fact that I hadn't Floyd | graduated. They noticed that I didn't have a Wizard Staff of my own, Floyd | so they gave me one. It was made from solid oak and felt very good in Floyd | my hands. They also gave me a wonderful present. It was a tome of Floyd | ancient magic, detailing many glyphs, runes and ley lines. I knew Floyd | that it must have come from the Archmage's personal library. I Floyd | thanked them and went on my way. Floyd | (Arcana +25, Fame +1, Mage Guild +30, Gained Wizard's Staff) Floyd | Floyd | I remember when a finely dressed human came into the Full Cup Inn to Floyd | hire us for a specific job. Floyd | Floyd | "I am Thaddeus Burrmont," the dandy said. "I have spent a lot of Floyd | money to purchase the location of a powerfully enchanted weapon. My Floyd | offer is simple, I give you the location, you get me the weapon and Floyd | keep all of the other treasure." Floyd | Floyd | It was an excellent proposal, so I took the deal. Floyd | Floyd | We had an enjoyable ride, Twilight Sparkle enjoyed being outside and Floyd | the horses of the other party members moved quickly. Floyd | (Geography +3) Floyd | Floyd | We followed the road toward the destination marked on the map, a small Floyd | cove in the far east along the shores of the Silver Sea. It was Floyd | somewhere around the halfway mark that a very strange thing happened. Floyd | We had a nice campsite alongside the road and it was my turn keeping Floyd | watch. There was a soft silvery glow on the edge of the campfire's Floyd | light, when out stepped a miraculous creature straight from legend. Floyd | At first, I thought it was a white horse, but the single horn on its Floyd | forehead and fluffy white wings made me realize it was something Floyd | special, a flying unicorn. Floyd | Floyd | A: I approached it, hoping to befriend it. Floyd | B: I killed it, wondering what type of treasure it would have. Floyd | C: I watched it in awe. Floyd | | inky says, "badass" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "If I'm special, can I get an honorary degree? Or how about a real one?" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| inky says, "ok, there is the risk here that if we befriend this unicorn we may have to give up twilight sparkle" | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "!" | ||
| inky says, "I'm just saying it's a possibility" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why can't the unicorn and Twilight Sparkle be friends?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "BEST FRIENDS?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why, inky, WHY?" | ||
| inky says, "well, you never know" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It looked at me in fright and stretched its powerful wings. It took Floyd | to the air, finding my presence intolerable. I believe that it was my Floyd | lack of purity that caused the unicorn to flee. Floyd | (Nature +10) Floyd | Floyd | We arrived at the shores of the Silver Sea, finding the location Floyd | marked on the map. The X seemed to indicate an area just a few Floyd | hundred meters offshore of a small town called Opal's Cove. Floyd | Floyd | A: I hired a boat to take us out there, it was very expensive. (Needs Floyd | 345 Gold) Floyd | B: I summoned a dolphin to carry me. (Needs 40 Summoning) Floyd | C: I gave up and went home. Floyd | | inky says, "...weird" | |
| inky says, "oh, right, I guess we've had sex" | ||
| maga says, "why, why did you bang your girlfriend" | ||
| maga says, "oh and also do all those crimes" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, due to our premarital fun with Generic Love Interest prior to gaining religion, we have driven off the unicorn." | ||
| inky says, "that's mildly interesting that that was a thing" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We did steal a lot of stuff. maga has a point." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > The only boat I could find was owned by a man who charged a Floyd | ridiculous fee. He knew I was stuck, so he took advantage of the Floyd | situation. I had no choice, so I paid the man and he rowed us out Floyd | until we were floating over the approximate location. Floyd | (Gold -345) Floyd | Floyd | It just looked like a lot of water to me. I knew I needed a way to go Floyd | underneath the waves and find the shipwreck. Floyd | Floyd | A: I used my magic to grow a pair of gills. (Needs 35 Transmutation) Floyd | B: I conjured air, lots of it. (Needs 60 Conjuration) Floyd | C: I simply stopped breathing. (Needs 45 Necromancy) Floyd | D: I used a potion of Water Breathing (Needs 35 Alchemy) Floyd | E: I was close to the treasure, but I had no way to go down and get Floyd | it. Floyd | | maga says, "it's possible that it was just to do with your Evil score" | |
| inky says, "oh, right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "From the fake plants." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But we negated that +5 Evil with the +15 Good we got from turning down the reward we didn't deserve." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, this all makes sense in some very skewed logical realm." | ||
| inky says, "technically we don't have the stats for this, but we're pretty close on transmutation" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > The magic changed my neck and before I knew it, I couldn't breathe! Floyd | I panicked and fell into the water, which instantly fixed the problem Floyd | as my newly formed gills were able to draw oxygen from the water. I Floyd | bubbled a sigh of relief and swam down into the dark blue depths. Floyd | (Transmutation +10) Floyd | Floyd | It was difficult to see, but I managed. Once I reached the sea's Floyd | floor, I looked around for the wreckage. I had to circle outward for Floyd | a few minutes until I saw some old timbers embedded in the sand and Floyd | covered in seaweed. Once I found some of the debris, it was easy for Floyd | me to find the rest of the shipwreck. Most of the equipment was Floyd | rusted and worthless, but I found a large treasure chest in what had Floyd | been the captain's room. I grabbed it and took it back up to the Floyd | surface. It was a lot of work, swimming with the chest, but I did it. Floyd | Floyd | After I had lugged the treasure chest to shore, Kal picked open the Floyd | lock. We eagerly looked inside and were surprised to find only a Floyd | single item. Floyd | Floyd | A: The legendary Sword of Death Floyd | B: The legendary Holy Mace Floyd | C: The legendary Dagger of Sharpness Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Awesome" | ||
| inky asks, "the legendary items we already have, you mean?" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > I spent many restless nights on the journey back to Tornassa. The Floyd | man had implied that there would be a lot of treasure for us too. Floyd | Finally, we arrived home and went to the dandy's house. Floyd | (Gained Dagger of Sharpness) Floyd | Floyd | A: I handed over the Dagger of Sharpness. Floyd | B: I demanded a fair reward for finding the Dagger of Sharpness. Floyd | C: I lied to the dandy and said we didn't find the ship. Floyd | | maga asks, "hey, how did those get in there?" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Hand it over." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The treasure was in the adventure we had." | ||
| Jacqueline exclaims, "We got to see a unicorn!" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| maga says, "and hang out with a dandy" | ||
| inky asks, "you mean it was more in the journey than the destination?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||
| inky says, "also I guess we can make these artifacts again if we want them" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > It was sad to see such a legendary weapon go, but a deal was a deal. Floyd | Word spread about what we had done and we gained a lot of positive Floyd | reputation from the experience. Floyd | (Fame +1, Good +15, Kingdom Faction +20, Elf Faction +15, Dwarf Floyd | Faction +15, Thief Faction +15, Mage Faction +15, Fighter Faction +15, Floyd | Lost Item Dagger of Sharpness) Floyd | Floyd | One day, Generic Love Interest asked me point blank if I wanted to Floyd | adopt a baby. Floyd | Floyd | A: I said yes. Floyd | B: I said no. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "We have all the treasure we need, right inside our hearts." | |
| inky says, "wow, faction power" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 42 Body: 52% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 34% Floyd | Fame: 13% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Nice." | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 11, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 12, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 80 Floyd | Royal Family: 105 Floyd | Elves: 55 Floyd | Dwarves: 65 Floyd | Orcs: 20 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 15 Floyd | Mage Guild: 130 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 25 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | It was sad to see such a legendary weapon go, but a deal was a deal. Floyd | Word spread about what we had done and we gained a lot of positive Floyd | reputation from the experience. Floyd | (Fame +1, Good +15, Kingdom Faction +20, Elf Faction +15, Dwarf Floyd | Faction +15, Thief Faction +15, Mage Faction +15, Fighter Faction +15, Floyd | Lost Item Dagger of Sharpness) Floyd | Floyd | One day, Generic Love Interest asked me point blank if I wanted to Floyd | adopt a baby. Floyd | Floyd | A: I said yes. Floyd | B: I said no. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Seems like having a kid would slow us down on the adventurin'" | |
| maga says, "quick, make an illusory pregnancy" | ||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||
| Jacqueline asks (of maga), "Again?" | ||
| maga says, "illusion babies are far more manageable" | ||
| inky says, "we should adopt one of the existing characters instead" | ||
| inky says, "ok it sounds like no baby" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > We discussed it a little more, but I didn't want to have children. Floyd | Floyd | I remember a very difficult situation between the Thieves Guild and Floyd | the Fighters Guild. It started with a simple hiring, a merchant Floyd | needed some mercenaries to protect his stores from robbers, so he Floyd | hired the Fighters Guild. The problem was, a rival merchant had hired Floyd | the Thieves Guild to put him out of business. I don't know how the Floyd | guild masters didn't see the problem early on, but by the time they Floyd | realized what was happening, many fighters and thieves were killed and Floyd | neither guild wanted to give up their contract. The Mage Guild was Floyd | soon hired, by both guilds, to fight the other. This troubled time Floyd | became known as the Guildwars and I found myself in the center of it. Floyd | Floyd | A: I had been hired by the Thieves Guild. (Thieves Faction: 15) Floyd | B: I had been hired by the Fighters Guild. (Fighters Faction: 25) Floyd | C: I had been hired by the Mage Guild. (Mages Faction: 130) Floyd | | Jacqueline says (to maga), "We've already done that once this game, though you may not have known that because you weren't following along." | |
| maga says, "ha ha ha" | ||
| maga says, "man, this game" | ||
| inky says, "guildwars, eh" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Technically, I guess it was just a magically-induced pregnancy, not illusory." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "But, still, magical baby, yeah." | ||
| inky asks (of Jacqueline), "wait, we got pregnant in this game?" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, we got Queen Janice pregnant." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm pretty sure that was her name." | ||
| maga says, "rowr" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "The evil king's wife." | ||
| inky says, "oh, right" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It was very memorable." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Clearly." | ||
| inky says, "hmm, I wonder if there is an option to have sex with her yourself if you're male" | ||
| maga says, "your spells are so potent that in this small segment" | ||
| inky says, "though I guess it's implied that the problem is on her end" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Yeah, I was thinking of that." | ||
| inky says, "anyway, I guess we got hired by the mage's guild since the other two guilds don't really like us" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > They wanted me to settle the ridiculous contract and stop the Floyd | fighters and thieves from working at cross purposes. Floyd | (Mage Guild +15) Floyd | Floyd | A: I followed the merchant whose shops were being raided. Floyd | B: I followed the merchant who was responsible for raiding the shops. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > My party and I were flabbergasted to find that the two merchants Floyd | were sitting in the same pub and enjoying a nice drink in front of a Floyd | warm fire! They were chatting to each other like old friends. Floyd | Floyd | A: I had Kal sneak in and listen to their conversation. (Needs Thief Floyd | Power 7) Floyd | B: I used my magic to listen to their conversation from outside. Floyd | (Needs 55 Divination) Floyd | C: I turned myself invisible and went in to listen. (Needs 55 Floyd | Illusion) Floyd | D: I set fire to the bar, killing both merchants. Floyd | E: I walked in and demanded to know what was going on. Floyd | | inky says, "ha ha ha" | |
| inky says, "arson solves everything!" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > Our suspicions were confirmed, the merchants were intentionally Floyd | pittingthe guilds against each other. They knew the strife it was Floyd | causing and I soon found their motive. One merchantsold weaponry, Floyd | the other sold armor. They didn't care who was winning the Guildwar, Floyd | because every side was buying from them, and they were becoming filthy Floyd | rich. Floyd | (Illusion +10) Floyd | Floyd | A: I informed the guilds. Floyd | B: I demanded a cut of the action. Floyd | | Roger says, "What's all this then" | |
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, some of the very evil options in this game are... well, evil." | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > When I informed the three guilds that they were being deceived, they Floyd | banded together with such force that it made the entire Guildwar a Floyd | unifying experience. They removed the two merchants from business, Floyd | sold everything they owned and splitthe profits amongst themselves. Floyd | I think it was the Thieves Guild's idea. I was given a nice reward for Floyd | uncovering the plot. Floyd | (Gold +600, Fame +1, Fighters Guild +35, Thieves Guild +35, Mage Guild Floyd | +35) Floyd | Floyd | My peak adventuring days slid by in a blur, we made a lot of money and Floyd | did a lot of great things. Floyd | Floyd | A: I continued my studies as an illusionist. (Current Skill: 100) Floyd | B: I decided to focus on Alchemy. (Alchemy: 14) Floyd | C: I decided to focus on Conjuration. (Conjuration: 29) Floyd | D: I decided to focus on Divination. (Divination: 43) Floyd | E: I decided to focus on Enchantment. (Enchantment: 19) Floyd | F: I decided to focus on Healing. (Healing: 97) Floyd | G: I decided to focus on Necromancy. (Necromancy: 7) Floyd | H: I decided to focus on Summoning. (Summoning: 24) Floyd | I: I decided to focus on Transmutation. (Transmutation: 43) Floyd | J: I continued to study a little bit of everything. Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Roger, you should have gotten here four and a half hours ago, when we started this long story." | |
| Roger says, "No" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "j" | ||
Floyd | > I was content to keep my magical education well-rounded. Floyd | (Alchemy +3, Conjuration +3, Divination +3, Enchantment +3, Healing Floyd | +3, Illusion +3, Necromancy +3, Summoning +3, Transmutation +3) Floyd | Floyd | I also continued my other studies as well. Floyd | Floyd | A: I studied arcana. (Arcana: 100) Floyd | B: I studied agriculture. (Agriculture: 5) Floyd | C: I studied diplomacy. (Diplomacy: 100) Floyd | D: I studied economics. (Economics: 5) Floyd | E: I studied fighting. (Fighting: 100) Floyd | F: I studied geography. (Geography: 100) Floyd | G: I studied history. (History: 35) Floyd | H: I studied nature. (Nature: 100) Floyd | I: I studied religion. (Religion: 55) Floyd | J: I studied smithing. (Smithing: 5) Floyd | K: I studied thievery. (Thievery: 55) Floyd | L: I studied warcraft. (Warcraft: 40) Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "(Yes, transcript readers, we're at the 4.5 hr mark!)" | |
| inky says, "I guess for some reason we are specializing in religion so I'll keep working on that" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||
Floyd | > I studied every day, learning even more about religion. Floyd | (Religion +25) Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills. Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice. Although they Floyd | all did well: Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom improved the most. Floyd | B: Kal improved the most. Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most. Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most. Floyd | | Roger says, "I'll be pretty shocked if Healing 100 allows you to finally cure being gay, though" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 50 Body: 52% Floyd | Personality: 24% Floyd | Willpower: 34% Floyd | Fame: 14% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS: Floyd | Familiar: Killah P the dog Floyd | My warhorse named Twilight Sparkle Floyd | Floyd | - a half-elf named Generic Love Interest, my wife Floyd | Floyd | MY PARTY: Floyd | Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of power: 12, wielding his Sword of Death Floyd | Thief: a halfling named Kal of power: 11, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness Floyd | Cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of power: 12, wielding her Holy Mace Floyd | Floyd | FACTIONS: Floyd | Kingdom Citizens: 80 Floyd | Royal Family: 105 Floyd | Elves: 55 Floyd | Dwarves: 65 Floyd | Orcs: 20 Floyd | Thieves Guild: 50 Floyd | Mage Guild: 180 Floyd | Fighter Guild: 60 Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | inky says, "Tessa and Kal are improving after all" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
Floyd | I studied every day, learning even more about religion. Floyd | (Religion +25) Floyd | Floyd | I wasn't the only one who used my spare time to improve my skills. Floyd | All of my companions continued to train and practice. Although they Floyd | all did well: Floyd | Floyd | A: Grom improved the most. Floyd | B: Kal improved the most. Floyd | C: Tessa improved the most. Floyd | D: Nobody stood out as improving the most. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Kal worked really hard, training and practicing, his skills really Floyd | improved. Floyd | Floyd | Life above the Full Cup Inn had its ups and downs for Generic Love Floyd | Interest and I. We were still childless and our childbearing years Floyd | were behind us. I sometimes wondered how things would have been had Floyd | we decided to have children together. Floyd | Floyd | A: I filled my time with wizardly thoughts, mostly ignoring my wife. Floyd | B: We were still madly in love and spent a lot of time together. Floyd | C: We were best friends and spent a lot of time together. Floyd | | inky says, "man" | |
| inky says, "truly the best part of this is our partner being named Generic Love Interest" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "yay" | ||
| maga says, "points for accuracy" | ||
| inky asks, "so what should we pick?" | ||
| Jacqueline asks, "Also, can I ask how the option of adoption still makes us sad that the childbearing years are behind us?" | ||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||
| maga says, "also, presumably, our adoptio- yeah" | ||
| inky says, "I was just thinking that" | ||
| Roger says, "You can't adopt them if you can't even lift them up" | ||
| maga says, "the Menopause Police come round when you consider adoption" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "Points for the game adopting the plot to accommodate us partnering with the lovely and very female-like-us Generic Love Interest, but I think that's one bit that didn't get tweaked." | ||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "So, B." | ||
| inky says, "f b" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > I still found my wife extremely attractive. Even though we never Floyd | had children, we had a happy life together. Floyd | (Personality +5) Floyd | Floyd | I was fifty years old when my adventuring days ended. We had done Floyd | many incredible things over the years, but our greatest renown came Floyd | when we fought Parnaxxus, the great dragon. He had started stirring Floyd | up recent trouble a few years ago, but his bold attacks had become Floyd | even worse recently. The royal family issued an enormous reward for Floyd | the one who could drive the foul beast out of Daria for good. Floyd | Finally, we decided to pit our might against the legendary beast. Floyd | Floyd | We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Journey onward. Floyd | | inky says, "hmm" | |
| Jacqueline asks, "Even though we never had children, we had a happy life. As if that is the only way you can and this choice is somehow wrong?" | ||
| Jacqueline sighs. | ||
| inky says, "I can't tell if this means we're 50 when we fight the dragon, or if we fight the dragon and then later are 50" | ||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "I guess we'd better get on it, then, so we can be happy." | ||
| inky says, "because I bet we have a lot of aches and pains if we're out adventuring at 50" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | Roger says, "Well one of you better get on it." | |
Floyd | > Our cleric: a half-elf named Tessa of skill: 12, wielding her Holy Floyd | Mace. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Elixir of Wisdom Floyd | - Ancient Holy Symbol Floyd | - Healer's Kit Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the Ancient Holy Symbol to Tessa. Floyd | B: Give the Healer Kit to Tessa. Floyd | C: Do something else. Floyd | | JimKaplan says, "Sorry, dipped back in" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | JimKaplan asks, "Are you really 50?" | |
Floyd | > Our Fighter: a dwarf named Grom of skill: 12, wielding his Sword of Floyd | Death. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Gauntlets of Strength Floyd | - Ring of Courage Floyd | Floyd | - Helm of Battle Insight Floyd | Floyd | A: Do something else. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Journey onward. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > Our thief: a halfling named Kal of skill: 12, wielding his Dagger of Floyd | Sharpness. Floyd | Equipped with the legendary: Floyd | - Boots of Silence Floyd | - Cloak of Shadows Floyd | - Poison Collection Floyd | Floyd | A: Give the enchanted dagger to Kal. Floyd | B: Do something else. Floyd | | JimKaplan exclaims, "So this *is* like a 60-hour game!" | |
| inky says (to Floyd), "b" | ||
Floyd | > We looked over our equipment and trained our skills before we left. Floyd | Floyd | A: Equip Grom, the fighter. Floyd | B: Equip Kal, the thief. Floyd | C: Equip Tessa, the cleric. Floyd | D: Journey onward. Floyd | | inky says, "oh, I see, so you can really make all the best items, if you happen to specialize in the right skills" | |
| Jacqueline says (to JK), "Games are always longer on ClubFLoyd, but yes." | ||
| inky says, "that seems like a reasonable game design" | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "d" | ||
Floyd | > We packed up our belongings and left the tavern. Floyd | Floyd | A: We had the support of the entire nation behind us. (Needs 13 Fame) Floyd | B: We hadn't become as famous as we had wanted, so we were given no Floyd | aid. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stats" | ||
Floyd | > Morgana, a half-orc illusionist. Floyd | Age: 49 Body: 52% Floyd | Personality: 29% Floyd | Willpower: 34% Floyd | Fame: 14% Floyd | You are destined for heaven: 142 good karma. Floyd | Floyd | A: View Magic Skills and Knowledge Floyd | B: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | C: View Inventory Floyd | D: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "a" | ||
Floyd | > MAGIC: : Floyd | Alchemy: 17% Floyd | Conjuration: 32% Floyd | Divination: 46% Floyd | Enchantment: 22% Floyd | Healing: 100% Floyd | Illusion: 100% Floyd | Necromancy: 10% Floyd | Summoning: 27% Floyd | Transmutation: 46% Floyd | KNOWLEDGE: : Floyd | Arcana: 100% Floyd | Agriculture: 5% Floyd | Diplomacy: 100% Floyd | Economics: 5% Floyd | Fighting: 100% Floyd | Geography: 100% Floyd | History: 35% Floyd | Nature: 100% Floyd | Religion: 80% Floyd | Smithing: 5% Floyd | Thievery: 55% Floyd | Warcraft: 40% Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | A: View Friends, Followers and Factions Floyd | B: View Inventory Floyd | C: Return to the game. Floyd | | ||
| inky says (to Floyd), "c" | ||
Floyd | > >OK | ||
| inky presses the yellow enter button. | ||
| Floyd asks, "That game over already? It was just getting good. Wanna play another?" | inky says, "WHAT" | |
| JimKaplan says, "Er" | ||
| Roger says, "Uh oh" | ||
| Roger says, "Child not found critical error" | ||
| inky asks, "oh lord what did I do?" | ||
| JimKaplan asks, "Does enter always get interpreted as quit?" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "That doesn't seem like it should happen" | ||
| DavidW asks, "Did the database dump interfere somehow?" | ||
| inky says, "I mean, not to my knowledge" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "O. M. G." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "No, you did nothing wrong." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "We'd done that a bunch of times." | ||
| Roger says, "Hurray you vanquished the enemy and y'all lived happily ever after the end." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "It just crashed. Worry not that you did anything wrong." | ||
| Jacqueline says (to Roger), "YES" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Gosh" | ||
| inky says, "oh man" | ||
| Roger says, "This would be an alright game to play over forum." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I'm sort of almost happy that my attention expired like a couple hours ago" | ||
| maga says, "a perfect end to a perfect afternoon" | ||
| DavidW says, "Anyway, we, uh, defeated the dragon and uhhh became head of the Mage Guild and um, it was the evil King and big war and elves and orcs helped us and uhhh we trained up and kingdom saved everyone loves us THE END." | ||
| Roger says, "Maybe you just rolled a critical failure on your Con check this morning and had a heart attack." | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I dunno. I may replay that myself at some point (not today), just to see how being evil mixed it up. Or going the business route, like David wanted us to." | ||
| JimKaplan says, "Or a stroke. The SILENT KILLER" | ||
| JimKaplan says, "I might be OK with replaying this as long as it's in shorter bursts" | ||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm glad we played it. It had some very good moments." | ||
