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 Horrors. What are Horrors? The native species of some terror-world, stolen from their natural habitat and forced into death matches? Science experiments cooked up in the darkest Rook Eng. Org.’s laboratories? Mascots gone terribly, wonderfully awry? According to the Decree Infosphere, the answer is: who cares? Wherever they’re from, they’re malleable, tenacious, delicious, atrocious and basically free. For this reason - and a generous and completely above-board corporate sponsorship - we are proud to invite you to the First Annual Horror Carnival! Come on down to Cygnus-IV and present yourself to the nearest Getcha Gacha Gotcha to get your Horror Fun Egg™ today, and raise it well.  (Warning: Do not rock, shove, push, or think angry thoughts near the Getcha Gacha Gotcha. Do not get it wet, fill the vents with chowder, or tease it. Do not eat your Horror Fun Egg. Do not touch your Horror Fun Egg. Do not remove it from its packaging before the allotted time. No flash photography within seventy meters of the Horror Fun Egg. Have fun. Do not have too much fun near your Horror Fun Egg.) --- Welcome to the Horror Carnival, a vague spin-off of Bee Bonk’s transcendent Wrecking Crew. In it, you will be given charge of a larval Horror, a Once I have a group of players, I'll draw up your starting Horrors (which will look 99% the same but still) and we'll get properly started tomorrow! Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Oct 21, 2020 |
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Sprocket Sprocket is electric blue and likes to chew on electrical cords! He is probably the 3rd-smartest member of his (remaining) clutchmates. He likes staring at clouds, junk food, and running on his wheel! Lux Anima fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Jul 31, 2020 |
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Jul 31, 2020 02:06
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The Screaming Pisser The Screaming Pisser neither screams nor pisses.
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Jul 31, 2020 02:09
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Hopping Blorpus Watch it go.
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Jul 31, 2020 02:11
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SCRAM An avaricious creature with a disquieting presence.
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Jul 31, 2020 02:17
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The Hroom The Hroom is a curious beast. It nibbles and gibbers and hrooms at the moon.
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Jul 31, 2020 02:28
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Spawnma is a caring little thing and the constant nibbling is just how it shows its love for all things of tender nature.
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Jul 31, 2020 04:00
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Horror #1 Horror #1 smiles, but the smile is nothing but a grotesque artifact carved on its face by parental neglect. Its eyes shine, but they shine with a lack of love.
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Jul 31, 2020 04:20
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Heliogabalus named itself. It hasn't spoken since. We don't think it has a vocal apparatus. We're not asking any more questions.
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Jul 31, 2020 05:11
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Meep An affectionate and devoted emotional support animal, with an unfortunate predator response to the smell of fear.
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Jul 31, 2020 06:29
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Pek-Pek A roundish plankton muncher, it just sits in place and feels sorry for itself.
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Jul 31, 2020 11:22
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Sliem Mom, are eggs supposed to be goeey?
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Jul 31, 2020 11:22
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One by one, you open your Horror Fun Eggs and name the adorable, sticky beings inside. Treat them well, because they’ll be your ticket to Fifteen-Minutes-Of-Fame-dom! They look hungry.                So! You got yourself a Horror. Congratulations - and beware! While they probably won't starve under your care, they can be a bit of a handful. In the first phase, Hunt, you're going to want to secure yourself some primo ingredients from one of Cygnus-IV’s delightful Tourist Zones! Ranging from the pastoral wildlands of Caphraxas Vale to the decidedly less pleasant environs of Secure Zone Delta-4, the Tourist Zones have got what you need to make your Horrors grow up big and strong. Or big, at any rate. During Hunt Phase, roll 1d100 and pick a Tourist Zone. Pay special attention to the Stats likely to be benefited by items drawn from the Zone, as well as the relative Danger of doing so. As a rule of thumb - roll high! The more Danger, the better it is to roll high, and vice versa!
”Example Hunt Phase” posted:"My name is Mash Getchum and I’m going to take my Horror Lukachew to the Orbital Boneyard!" Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Aug 7, 2020 |
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Jul 31, 2020 16:40
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"My name is Trik Fuckhead and I’m going to ignore my Horror Pek-Pek as it mopes around the Caphraxas Vale" ROLL = 46  "Burp!"
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Jul 31, 2020 16:46
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"I'm Shebbly Finkus and I'm the best! Let's take my little buddy The Screaming Pisser to the Orbital Boneyard!" Orbital Boneyard: 1d100 23 paper bag with a face fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jul 31, 2020 |
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Jul 31, 2020 16:56
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Feel free to write as much or as little as you want! Also: recruitment is open until the end of next Phase, Gourmet!
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Jul 31, 2020 17:01
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"I'm Just Some Intern. I sure hope I won't end up horrifically consumed by this project for my biolab when/if it reaches maturity!" Caphraxas Vale: 1d100 99
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Jul 31, 2020 17:11
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"Wowzordz! My very own first ever pet! It's so cute and almost cuddly! The scales hardly sting at all! Come on, Spawnma! Let's go to the Orbital Boneyard on a treasure hunt!" Orbital Boneyard: 1d100 16
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Jul 31, 2020 18:07
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"My name is Shelby Turpentine. I lost my eyes in a horrible workplace laser pointer accident, but settled for an all expenses paid vacation to paradise! Beast, take me to the beach at SZD-4." Zon Mills Shopping Facilty and FunZome: 1d100 41 "Did you hear those screams, beast? We must be passing the FunZome. Let's stop in for a ride."
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Jul 31, 2020 18:24
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Pek-Pek's amazing day
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Jul 31, 2020 19:08
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 - Almost there. Linolea pulls down from the main lane. The streaking lights fall behind. The scenery grows still and grey. It is quiet, save for the hum of the air conditioning. Time passes. In the distance bones peek through the smog, and on the passenger seat, too large, sits a creature, too small. - You will love it. I know the perfect spot. Orbital Boneyard: 1d100 60
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Jul 31, 2020 19:43
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My horror is Cholmondeley. I am Zyxsas the final. We are going to the Haunted Waste: 1d100 54 AJ_Impy fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Aug 1, 2020 |
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Jul 31, 2020 19:54
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"C'mon Sprocket! You keep chewing on my dVice so we're going to the Haunted Waste to get you sum'more iron in your diet! Follow me: your master Lukachu!" > Sprocket vs Haunted Waste: 1d100 53 "Oh heck yeah, Sprocket - those old hubcaps should be good to eat!"
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Jul 31, 2020 20:09
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"I'm Zark Trimble, and this is my new... hypothetical friend... Heliogabalus!" "C'mon, Hee, let's go to the Orbital Boneyard. You like bones, right? You really, really look like a creature who'd like bones. Even... metaphorical bones? ... maybe I'll get lucky and you'll decide you need to live there forever and I can release you dramatically and there'll be a big music swell like in the vids. but probably not." Orbital Boneyard Hunting: 1d100 54
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Jul 31, 2020 20:55
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My name is Rival Blue and i'm taking Sliem to the Haunted Wastes to get him some ectoplasm. What, it's not haunted? oh well, I already booked the tickets. Haunted Wastes: 1d100 33
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Jul 31, 2020 22:09
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"My name is Poet and I'm here to say My horror is Burnette And we're going to the Haunted Waste, eh!" Haunted Waste: 1d100 62
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Jul 31, 2020 22:19
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I'm Balthazar Hemifinch and I'm taking the Hroom on a stroll through the Haunted Waste. Perhaps we will come upon a chunk of glowing ore amongst the teetering piles of scrap. Haunted Wasted: 1d100 36
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Jul 31, 2020 22:26
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What a horrific creature! If the Potentato doesn't like it, perhaps the sea monsters will. The Gosh drat Blue: 1d100 = 82
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Jul 31, 2020 23:24
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New Horror Egg: Kondo I too like to live dangerously: Let's go to Secure Zone Delta-4: 1d100 13
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 So! You’ve (mostly) survived your first foray into the wilds of Cygnus-IV, and come away with delightful treats for your hungry little guys. Now you can just feed them to your new best pal, but that won't make the most of it. Tucked into the base of your GGG pod (you DID keep that, right?) you'll find five free samples of Horror Spices, sure to give your dish a little extra oomph.  During Gourmet Phase, you may add one or more Horror Spices to any Ingredient you’ve turned up during Hunt Phase. If it’s of a like kind as the Ingredient, add +1 to the Stat Bonus. If it’s of a different kind, roll 1d6 and beat the magnitude of the Stat Bonus. A 6 always wins. If successful, the Ingredient’s kind changes to match the spice, and add +2 to the effect. This can be done multiple times - you can boost an Awe Ingredient with an Awe Spice for +1, then convert it to Implications for +2, then convert it to Bits for another +2, leaving you with a highly spiced Bits Ingredient with at least +5. This is a great way to spice up some lackluster Ingredients, but if you fail, you end up with a Ruined Ingredient. Now, you can still feed this to your Horror, but they might react poorly to it!      Once you’ve prepared it, simply indicate that you’re going to feed it to your Horror! Yes, during the same update - you’ll know whether you succeed or fail based on your roll, and it keeps things moving. You may also opt against feeding your Horror (or else you were unable to find an Ingredient during your Hunt…) but it will be very sad. Fear not - up next we'll be Training, so even if you didn't manage to find something you wanted, your Horror will still have a chance to get swole! And besides, there's always tomorrow! ”Example Gourmet Phase” posted:My name is Mash Getchum and I’m going to take the Engine Part [AWE] I found and add some Ginger Spice to increase its value! And hey, I’ll add some Scary Spice to swap it to an Implications Ingredient! Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Aug 5, 2020 20:49
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Just Some Intern SPICE CHARGES: 5 -> 4 "Sure hope they aren't going to transfer me to work at that haunted EN Aerostat because of this find..." Spicing the AWE in my mystery D-ingredient with SPORTY SPICE: TN 2: 1d6 3 The ingredient is now 7 BITS and 2 IMPLICATIONS. Feeding it to Horror #1 Theantero fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Aug 5, 2020 21:08
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 A little bit of spice goes... a long way?: 1d6 3 I will feed Sliem this Spicy Garbage worth 3 Tricks.
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Aug 5, 2020 21:31
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I, Zyxsas the final, add some Ginger Spice to this Haunted Terminal for +1:  Then we try to use Posh Spice to convert to Attitude. Posh Spice: 1d6 3 Now we feed it to Cholmondeley.
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Aug 5, 2020 21:42
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 source - Wait up little guy! The perfect spot is as it always was. Full of pristine nothing. Riddled with precarious ledges to climb and ashen holes to dig. - What's that you are gnawing on?  - Oh yuck its filthy! Linolea lifts up the canister, Hopping Blorpus hangs on by it's jaws. --- Back at home Linolea scrapes the goo from the toob into a bowl. - Pour in... "one portion" of spice, add water "if needed", mix... "until suitable." She squints at the fine print. The instructions leave room for interpretation. Broken Canister, Implications -> Tricks lets ggggoooooo [TN 3]: 1d6 3 There is a lot of foam. In the bowl. On the floor. On the walls. The Hopping Blorpus loves it.
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Lukachu "What's that you got there, Sprocket? What's that burned into the screen of that ancient DVice - 'ORE-gon Tra-eel Eye-Eye'? What's an ore gone?" "Whatever. Bring it here and I'll dash a couple spices on that buncha junk. There's a good Sprocket! "Wow, what a terrible wink you just made at me! We gotta up your Implication intake! Hmm..."  > Adding Ginger Spice to boost the Awe by +1 > Adding Posh Spice to convert the Awe to Attitude with +2 (TN 3): 1d6 1 - Failure! "Oh no (I've never cooked before) was that too much? Well... let's see if he still likes it! Here you go Sprocket - din dins!" > Feed result to Sprocket Lux Anima fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Aug 6, 2020 |
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Balthazar Hemifinch and the Hroom ++=Fuckin trash Scary spicing a 2: 1d6 1
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 What do you have in your mouth? No. No! Put it down. I said put it down! Meep consumes the Plush Horror.
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Aug 6, 2020 04:36
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Trik Fuckhead "Time to feed the thing"  + Trik roughly throws the poor critter into the mixing bowl and "Better eat that up, it's starting to smell" Pek-Pek opens his mouth in resignation and swallows whole the mixing bowl and its contents.
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