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Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

I forget, is the 'caca-daemon' Easter egg in this book or one of the others?

there are more demon-related jokes in "Forge of the Cocksmith", demons are kind of incidental to this one unless we go full summoner (this is the one with the cacademon though, it's closer to a dog egg than an easter egg)

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Big Black Brony
Jul 11, 2008

Congratulations on Graduation Shnookums.
Love, Mom & Dad
I feel bad we didn't get our skeleton buddies unionized, they will never know a fair days work for a fair wage now.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

spacejew posted:

I feel bad we didn't get our skeleton buddies unionized, they will never know a fair days work for a fair wage now.

Yeah we are fairly loving monstrous and will likely get kicked out of the union.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
Stealing dues is pretty bad. We could be our already.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Gridlocked posted:

Yeah we are fairly loving monstrous and will likely get kicked out of the union.


Outrail posted:

Stealing dues is pretty bad. We could be our already.

Unless you break the rule about dehumanizing the book will let you know if the union has kicked you out, so just take it easy! Those guys'll be fine I'm sure.

Random Axis
Jul 19, 2005
Take the Caco-nut: I see no downside!

Stay a union skelly the oppression from 190 should be enough to fire up the remnant of our soul and keep a crew around.

I dont know
Aug 9, 2003

That Guy here...
Take Caco-nut, raise all other demons, stay in good standing with union. We ain't no filthy scab.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

I dont know posted:

Take Caco-nut, raise all other demons, stay in good standing with union. We ain't no filthy scab.

This seems to be the general idea, so if there aren't any objections we can do that.

Next question : what now? These corpses didn't make themselves and there's some kind of fracas going on ahead.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
I guess we go find out, have our follower actually help us in combat this time.

Random Hajile
Aug 25, 2003

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

Unless you break the rule about dehumanizing

What does the union have against facing to bloodshed?

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:
Can we become a monsterous corporate overlord who goes against the union?

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth

Random Hajile posted:

What does the union have against facing to bloodshed?

Non-humanoid skeletons belong to the Giants, Abominations, Yugoloths, Basilisks, Oni, and Invisibles Union, or "G.A.Y.B.O.I." Union for short.

Edit:

Not to be confused with the Fungi, Ungulaters, Cockatrices, Krackens, Bodaks, Owlbears, and Irredeemables Guild.

Who What Now fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Jun 8, 2016

Garth_Marenghi
Nov 7, 2011

Nyaa posted:

Can we become a monsterous corporate overlord who goes against the union?

Make skeletons great again!

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

www.sapphicrobotica.com
:roboluv: :love: :roboluv:
Or start our own union.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

you can totally piss off the union and do your own thing, but since we've come this far i'd leave it just one or two more pages before deciding to do that

if we're raising a couple of dust devils and the howler we'll have a small but respectable squad for the mess that's coming up.

ChrisHansen
Oct 28, 2014

Suck my damn balls.
Lipstick Apathy
Summon a horde of followers!

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug
When we're done with raising and stuff we should advance cautiously instead of rushing. We might miss something, but our stats aren't full after the raisings.

I dont know
Aug 9, 2003

That Guy here...
Lets ask the demons we raise what happened.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

I dont know posted:

Lets ask the demons we raise what happened.

they won't know

(undead don't preserve much of their old selves aside from a few instincts and powers, the thing that's doing the thinking for them is a random wandering spirit who doesn't know poo poo)

December Octopodes
Dec 25, 2008

Christmas is coming
the squid is getting fat!

Saint Isaias Boner posted:

they won't know

(undead don't preserve much of their old selves aside from a few instincts and powers, the thing that's doing the thinking for them is a random wandering spirit who doesn't know poo poo)

isn't there an exception later on though? when you visit the lich you get a chance to learn soul binding, but you need the right items to trade

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem

I dont know posted:

Lets ask the demons we raise what happened.

If this could work then wouldn't we just watch them get into a full-on fight all over again?

This is why you don't go to an old battlefield to raise skeletons for company! :doh:

Blasphemaster
Jul 10, 2008

Switch out our skull and torso.

Because we need to constantly be scary as hell all the drat time forever and ever.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

:ok:

Update time

We went with the Cacodemon head and raising the rest. That cost 24 ESSENCE and we get all this stuff:



The bonus from the head is pretty good and we don't need to have a weapon to win fights as long as we have this thing.

We now count as an experienced corpse wrangler - having chopped up five corpses from now on we get to use FISTS when carving up body parts . This saves heaps of ESSENCE. We'll get the same bonus once we've raised 5 bodies as well.

The last page completed:



Someone said proceed cautiously so we'll do that (141)



We're crouched above a miners strike!

What do we do?

Here's the current adventure sheet:

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

December Octopodes posted:

isn't there an exception later on though? when you visit the lich you get a chance to learn soul binding, but you need the right items to trade

there are ways around it, sure, but it'd give away the ending

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:
A strike? JOIN THE STRIKE! FOR THE UNION! :roboluv:

FoolyCharged
Oct 11, 2012

Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Somebody call for an ant?

Assist the strike, but be careful not to cross the picket lines.

For the Union!

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem

FoolyCharged posted:

Assist the strike, but be careful not to cross the picket lines.

For the Union!

> Spearhead pincer attack with minions to assist SKU forces

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
A strike aye?

The boss needs us, we don't need him! 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for what we will!

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth
Strike! Strike! Strike!

Let's look for some Scabs to rough up to get in the picketers' good graces.

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem
Sneak around so as to > Charge in from high ground and > Strike a dashing pose upon entry to battle.

wait no-

FoolyCharged posted:

be careful not to cross the picket lines.

We must cross the PHYSICAL picket line, yes, but we shall never cross the picket line of the SOUL..

At least until this entire encounter is resolved :pervert:

poisonpill
Nov 8, 2009

The only way to get huge fast is to insult a passing witch and hope she curses you with Beast-strength.


We should hang back and send our minions across the picket lines, then "heroically" saunter up and kill them for scabs.

100 HOGS AGREE
Oct 13, 2007
Grimey Drawer
Sweet if we help the strikers there might be a union rep here so we can pay those other skeleton's dues and not be a huge jerk.

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves
Do NOT cross the picket line.

I dont know
Aug 9, 2003

That Guy here...
Make the plutocratic bastards pay, you can't treat the working dead like this!!

100 HOGS AGREE posted:

Sweet if we help the strikers there might be a union rep here so we can pay those other skeleton's dues and not be a huge jerk.

Yeah, we definitely want to do this if we get a chance.

ChrisHansen
Oct 28, 2014

Suck my damn balls.
Lipstick Apathy
Sneak up on the gobbos and help the skellies win!

Dinosaurmageddon
Jul 7, 2007

by zen death robot
Hell Gem

poisonpill posted:

We should hang back and send our minions across the picket lines, then "heroically" saunter up and kill them for scabs.

We've got ranged minions* and an eye laser. Technically we could just

> Hail SKU Members and
> Provide Freelance Ranged Support

*going by the lore on the cards

Dinosaurmageddon fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Jun 9, 2016

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

Dinosaurmageddon posted:

We've got ranged minions* and an eye laser. Technically we could just

> Hail SKU Members and
> Provide Freelance Ranged Support

*going by the lore on the cards

Yeah, blast some fools

Gridlocked
Aug 2, 2014

MR. STUPID MORON
WITH AN UGLY FACE
AND A BIG BUTT
AND HIS BUTT SMELLS
AND HE LIKES TO KISS
HIS OWN BUTT
by Roger Hargreaves

Dinosaurmageddon posted:

We've got ranged minions* and an eye laser. Technically we could just

> Hail SKU Members and
> Provide Freelance Ranged Support

*going by the lore on the cards

I believe the cards say Ranged if they are ranged.

Re:


But we do have a Mage.

RC Cola
Aug 1, 2011

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

Gridlocked posted:

Do NOT cross the picket line.

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Blasphemaster
Jul 10, 2008

- Find the on-site union rep.
- Report mistreatment of skeleworkers-not-as-yet-unionized, perpetrator having been appropriately murdered, look at us being all proactive and poo poo.
- Ask how that vote went to get in on the west coast SKU pension package instead of this east coast 401K garbage.
- Offer services of cacodemon pal for ranged scab suppression.
- Where the gently caress is the skelecoffee we want to be fired up for this. Not every day you get to bust the strike busters!

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