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Gilganixon posted:The Supergalactic is very user friendly (it has to be for the Caimen to operate it) so anyone with any skill can work the controls. The other species require specialised knowledge to be able to operate their ships: managing the crew so the right people are in the right place is a major theme of every other species. It wouldn't be possible for most of the Caimen to work out how to make the Bel Air's systems do anything. Could our ten foot pole operate any of their systems? A.k.a., bravely volunteer to act as a shield for us?
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KillHour posted:We dug our mud put. Time to wallow in it.
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Asterios posted:Could our ten foot pole operate any of their systems? A.k.a., bravely volunteer to act as a shield for us? I'm curious about this as well. Or what about Hugh? He's a human, he might be able to at least make an educated guess. Either way: Voting to let the dice decide.
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Jvie posted:Let the dice decide. We will reap what we've sown.
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Applewhite posted:Just turn directly to the page with the Best Ending.
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Applewhite posted:Just turn directly to the page with the Best Ending.
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KillHour posted:We dug our mud put. Time to wallow in it.
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The ending you deserve is the best ending and I'm scanning it now. It's going to be a long update but hopefully it's a rich and satisfying conclusion in which lessons are learned and the Caimen emerge from their two-month-long ordeal as better reptilian space monsters.
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Gilganixon posted:The ending you deserve is the best ending and I'm scanning it now. It's going to be a long update but hopefully it's a rich and satisfying conclusion in which lessons are learned and the Caimen emerge from their two-month-long ordeal as better reptilian space monsters. Does that mean we somehow won legit?
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Gilganixon posted:The ending you deserve is the best ending and I'm scanning it now. It's going to be a long update but hopefully it's a rich and satisfying conclusion in which lessons are learned and the Caimen emerge from their two-month-long ordeal as better reptilian space monsters. I hope it's the opposite of that.
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Outrail posted:I hope it's the opposite of that. I lust for Caiman death.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I lust for Caiman death. I just can't think of a single thing we've done that would warrant a comeuppance??
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Asterios posted:I just can't think of a single thing we've done that would warrant a comeuppance?? Well, we did almost forget to use the coffee maker that one time.
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I want to know how the crab people who ran survived Media. Wouldn't they have run headlong into the Threshers?
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FINAL UPDATE Yesterday's entry, completed:  We use the Orgasmotron. Turning to 672:  CRAB does appear on the manifest. 679:  We chose to take whatever results the dice threw up. At this stage in the game this is a very tough fight. Using all our equipment (including the completely broken Cloacaing Device/Orgasmo combo) we still get beaten. I tried a few times to win this one but with so little energy and the Decapod's telepath relay skill partly nerfing the Orgasmotron the odds are very much against us. We lose. We get gloated at on 711:  And, finally, we have "SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS". Turning to 797:   THE END  E: I want to keep this thread open a couple more days until I can get a PDF together that wraps everything up. I hope you're happy with how it worked out and thank you very much for playing along or just reading this thing. Saint Isaias Boner fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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the_steve posted:I want to know how the crab people who ran survived Media. Wouldn't they have run headlong into the Threshers? Yes. Unfortunately we killed or avoided most of the beings that could have given us information on the Threshers so we never found out much other than that they want to kill us. Because of the way the book is set out it's designed to take a few playthroughs to work out exactly what the Threshers are up to. We did well enough just to survive.
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 Good job, fellow Caimen. And you too, Gilganixon. That was epic. I look forward to the finished book.
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Nov 17, 2015 07:37
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Excellent work - thanks for doing this!
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Ha! I love that we outsmarted the crab people. Even if we technically didn't. Hell, I'm kind of glad we lost that fight. What would've happened if we won?
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Nov 17, 2015 08:54
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Yes, thank you. Finally got off my rear end and created a Patreon account. Modus Pwnens fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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They can't hold us down forever. One day a Caiman will be born who is immune to the crabs' telpathy. He will lead our people back to the stars and... to revenge.
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Give it a few thousand years and there'll prolly be a new galactic menace emerging from a forgotten planet deep in the Void. A green, scaly, profoundly lazy menace. ggwp
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I thought you were being sarcastic when you said we were getting the best ending.
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We win! A real victory, a moral victory and a hollow one all wrapped up. Beautiful.
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the_steve posted:Ha! I love that we outsmarted the crab people. Even if we technically didn't. Two-Fisted Steve (who I'm still not convinced isn't you) hasn't sent me the book that I've now paid several hundred dollars for, but from memory it's something along the lines of landing the Supergalactic on the planet, rebuilding the Caiman tyranny, repopulating the planet and then tearing it to pieces to refit the Supergalactic and make it even more powerful. Hundreds of years later the Caimans (now more like goanas from interbreeding with the turtles and skinks) and their Morlock subhuman slaves blast off the dying world and prepare to give the Threshers a taste of their own medicine. Or something like that.
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Behind the Scenes Featurette So I actually wrote a passage for what would happen if we jumped out of the swamp, guns blazing instead of making a stealth attack: Pg 589 The sight of these mineral-faced miscreants tampering with your ship fills you with primal rage. Luckily, you keep your sidearm with you at all times, even in the bath, just for occasions such as this. With an ear-splitting roar, you explode out of the water behind the trio of perfidious Bijoux and saturate the general area with gunfire. "Chew on this, you crystal creeps!" you bellow as you discharge round after round into the hapless aliens. Before any of them can even reach for their weapons, all three of them are dead, and most of the jungle around and behind them has been reduced to smouldering ash. Sadly, that includes your unfortunate valet, whose lifeless body drops from the tree where he'd been hiding. Alas, poor valet. His name will be added to the Scrolls of the Honored Dead (also known as the lunch menu). But there is no time to mourn. You reach into the swamp and haul up two clawfuls of mud, which you daub across your face as makeshift warpaint. "Time to polish off these gems," you growl to no one in particular. You're startled by a sudden hiss of air from behind you and turn to see a narrow stream of red gas escaping from the Bijou canister. Much to your chagrin, it looks like it was hit by a stray shot. You'd better make yourself scarce... There was also a lot of flavor text that didn't end up getting used: *** With a beat of its leathery wings, the purple cyclops whirls in the air, maneuvering once again to dive. This time, you're not quick enough to dodge, and you find yourself impaled on the people eating monstrosity's cruel horn. *** Configuring your computer's holographic avatar to manifest as a nude woman made of purple light seemed like a great way to boost morale, but its recent sexual harassment complaints filed against you and several other members of the crew are making you reconsider. To return the computer's avatar to its default appearance of a red cube, turn to XXX. To ignore the complaints and leave things the way they are, turn to XXX. To vindictively adjust the avatar's appearance to be even more grossly oversexualized, turn to XXX. *** It turns out the message on your console is from the striking Bijou female with the cybernetic arm. You've been attempting to court her for some time, but until now she's always resisted your sexual advances. Now she says she has a surprise for you... To go straight to her quarters, turn to page XXX. To slip into something a little more "comfortable" first, turn to XXX. To ignore the message, turn to XXX. *** Normally your crew is tolerant of your alien dalliances. After all, everyone's got to stave off space madness somehow, and it keeps your attention away from the female members of the crew. However, in this case the ship's company just can't seem to get past your latest romance's hooves, tail and mane to see the beautiful woman she is inside. You've never known a more attentive, emotionally responsive lover than this brightly colored, hypercephalic equine, and terminating your relationship would break both your heart and hers. Still, as captain you have responsibilities you can't ignore. To put the needs of the crew first and break it off, turn to XXX. To surrender to the magic of love, turn to XXX. *** The force of the explosion is enough to rupture the main spider transfer conduit. A seething torrent of arachnids pours from the breach, and you narrowly escape being engulfed by the writhing, scurrying mass. Within moments, the entire room is ankle deep in spiders with more flooding in every second. To wade through the spiders and attempt to close the main valve, turn to XXX. To evacuate and seal off the deck, turn to XXX. *** "Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Happy New Year!" your crew whoops in jubilation, only to suddenly cry out in distress. Somehow, at the stroke of midnight, you and your entire crew were transported one hundred years back in time! It seems unbelievable, but your the ship's chronometer concurs with your internal clock: it is now the year 00! To put the ship's millennium celebrations on hold and investigate the temporal anomaly, turn to XXX. To return to the Disco Alliance homeworld and try to warn them of the upcoming attack from the Sexless Threshers, turn to XXX.
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I would like to say that this CYOA was very entertaining, and thanks Gilganixon for helping lead our scaly crew to their destination. Also Applewhite posted:It turns out the message on your console is from the striking Bijou female with the cybernetic arm. You've been attempting to court her for some time, but until now she's always resisted your sexual advances. Now she says she has a surprise for you... Lol, surprise.
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Fellbat posted:Thank you Gilganixon.
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Applewhite posted:*** This is really, really good.
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Dr Cheeto posted:This is really, really good. It's easily my favorite. I wish I'd submitted it in time for it to make it in.
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Applewhite posted:It's easily my favorite. I wish I'd submitted it in time for it to make it in. I wanted to use it but felt weird about using your flavour text outside of the Gem system. Glad it saw the light of day in the end, it really was too good to waste.
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Any idea what Two-Fisted Fantasy stuff we might expect to see in the future? Could we see more material from Two-Fisted Steve's archives once (if) Gilganixon's finances recover? A re-release of one of the books would be amazing but I have no idea how feasible that is.
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