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>>Spidertammy chitters and waves her appendages to warn Tog of the danger behind him. But Tog doesn't speak spider!! Oh no! She pounces on the edge of the hole and grabs one of the weird fake spider limbs and tries to bite it.
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Naem, following Tammy’s lunge with his eyes- “OY! TOGG! B’HOIND YEH!!” Naem will fire a couple bolts at the beastie
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Stoner Sloth posted:>>Marlowe waits. >>While the beholder waits they go over everything they've learned so far. Combining their Eyemancy and their keen Detective instincts, they visualize and conjure mental images that become illusions in the dream world as they pour through the details - ranging from complex equations being solved in real time and hovering in the the air around them, elaborate mind palaces, boards with pinned details joined by red string, and even a series of cliched training and investigation montages that cover the lengthy period of time they've been studying all of this as they cast See The Pattern to try and connect all the dots and figure out what they are missing.
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Skump capers around obnoxiously. She doesn't see the tentacle.
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Hipster Occultist posted:Paladins are supposed to be humble or something, so Tog tries not to pay too much heed to his fawning new fan. You brutally crush the remaining tendrils into a fine, even paste Stoner Sloth posted:>>Marlowe waits. it continues to rain. You're still being watched. Facebook Aunt posted:>>Spidertammy chitters and waves her appendages to warn Tog of the danger behind him. But Tog doesn't speak spider!! Oh no! She pounces on the edge of the hole and grabs one of the weird fake spider limbs and tries to bite it. -7Too slow! naem posted:Naem, following Tammy’s lunge with his eyes- 17, 12You double wham the monster & it gets all hosed up from this 2dmdg Stoner Sloth posted:>>While the beholder waits they go over everything they've learned so far. Combining their Eyemancy and their keen Detective instincts, they visualize and conjure mental images that become illusions in the dream world as they pour through the details - ranging from complex equations being solved in real time and hovering in the the air around them, elaborate mind palaces, boards with pinned details joined by red string, and even a series of cliched training and investigation montages that cover the lengthy period of time they've been studying all of this as they cast See The Pattern to try and connect all the dots and figure out what they are missing. there's a stirring sound at the edge of the dark forest which surrounds the tower. You're not alone in here. You are being watched. Applewhite posted:Skump capers around obnoxiously. She doesn't see the tentacle. back in the real world, the hideous plant monster thing mutters incomprehensibly. "Osoengnagz?" It sounds like kolbold speech, but it's not. It begins to retreat back into the swamp instead of attacking...
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Skump cheers for her victorious friends and goes to find something to eat from the party's supplies.
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>>Despite the lengthy period of study and all their other preparations, Marlowe doesn't have a clue what they're supposed to be doing. Not the slightest of clues. Maybe they smoked a bit too much shatter? Well when you're fresh out of good ideas maybe it's time to try a bad one. The beholder will head towards whatever is making a ruckus at the edge of the forest.
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Tog follows Spidertammy on patrol, just in case she's up ta somethin'. You never know with spiders...
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Stoner Sloth posted:>>Despite the lengthy period of study and all their other preparations, Marlowe doesn't have a clue what they're supposed to be doing. Not the slightest of clues. Maybe they smoked a bit too much shatter? Well when you're fresh out of good ideas maybe it's time to try a bad one. The beholder will head towards whatever is making a ruckus at the edge of the forest. you peer past some dripping dream-leaves and several forms emerge to speak  "you're in a dream, dumbass"  "is this the part where you're talking to something else?"  "or do you think you're talking to yourself?" -- Meanwhile the swamp monsters seem to have escaped. Tog & Baker return to find Skump gorging on the precious few supplies, which you need to live. The caravanners are up and prepping to leave -- soon it will be dawn and it's best to get the hell out while the getting's good. Marlowe is missing.
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>>The words of the strange creatures echo in Marlowe's drug addled brain but at least remind the beholder that they're dreaming and possibly talking to themself. And that reminder is enough to make them realize that they don't need to figure any of this out at all - a good thing since dawn is surely approaching and with it the eye tyrants awakening. >>Instead they decide it's time to make use of their species unique reproductive cycle - fortunately one that merely involves dreaming a new beholder into existence. Perhaps it's an attempt to complete the pattern by coming full circle? Or maybe it's just a rash intuitive decision on the beholders part. >>Either way they stare into the reflections of themselves in the eyes of the creatures attempting to talk to them, envisioning themself reflected like in the mirrored walls of some otherworldly carnival funhouse, and let their Eyemancy, knowledge of beholder biology from BioAlchemye and the additional power of the nightmare forces of the swamp to shape the dream energy into a Twisted Reflection of themself, a process that should wake them as the conclusion to spawning another abomination into the world.
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"All sorts of weird poo poo in da swamps," Tog says matter of factly, as if anything that's just happened is as ordinary as a trip to the market. Then he goes over Skump and tries to chase her away from the supplies. "NO! BAD KOBOLD!"
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Facebook Aunt posted:>>Spidertammy polymorphs back into regular Tammy. "What the hell was that?" Hipster Occultist posted:"All sorts of weird poo poo in da swamps," Tog says matter of factly, as if anything that's just happened is as ordinary as a trip to the market. The caravan leader comes out smokin a pipe & nods. "Bog boys, gotta be." The caravanners are of the opinion that something in the caravan's attracting them, or else it's just bad luck from crossing over too soon. They come outta dreams, or feed off em, or something. Probably it'll keep getting worse until the problem's fixed or you get to the village. They wanna re-inventory their crap to see if somehow anything weird got picked up with the goods, but maybe it'd be a better idea to just try and power thru. "What'd you all think on this?" Stoner Sloth posted:>>The words of the strange creatures echo in Marlowe's drug addled brain but at least remind the beholder that they're dreaming and possibly talking to themself. And that reminder is enough to make them realize that they don't need to figure any of this out at all - a good thing since dawn is surely approaching and with it the eye tyrants awakening. uh !r 6d20+d20 = 68 but you crit fail The eyeball creatures tut tut and harumph as incredible bodily pain grips ur body you wake up you don't know where you are it's raining you're not aware of being watched you feel like you're going to violently simultaneously evacuate every fluid, liquid, gas, and substance from your bod, which is p disconcerting it's pretty unpleasant and in fact actually hurts p bad
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>>Marlowe horks up a large amount of pink, viscous 'phlegm' which makes up most of their bodily excretions and lets out most of their lifting gas, sinking close to the ground. They don't even try to look around where they are as yet, feeling entirely too unwell and frankly disappointed that their efforts for such a long time have been for absolutely nothing - they seem to have learned nothing at all and be no closer to their goal. Hell they even failed at the simple task of reproduction. >>For now they just lie their on the wet ground, watching the rain and occasionally vomiting. >>Assuming nothing else intervenes for awhile after that they eventually pull themself together, send orders to the golems if possible that they are to guard the caravan and follow the orders of the rest of the party until Marlowe returns - communicating this to the party in writing. Additionally the stone golem will go through Marlowe's notes, transmitting to them all of the information contained within. >>After that Marlowe will find a sheltered spot and cast Inner Eye (using Eyemancy and BioAlchemEye) to examine themself and make sure no permanent damage has been done. If they get the all clear they will put themself right back to sleep and try again - unwilling to give up. At this stage the beholder seems to be good with either completing their quest or dying in the attempt. Stoner Sloth fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Apr 1, 2023 |
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"uh, Tog think dat we should look at all our stuff, might be a bad mojo ting attractin' em." Tog calls upon his paladin powers and casts "detect evil/cursed objects" as he helps with the inventory.
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“Aye, mayhaps o’r loot what we picked up got s’m hincky going oon like.” Name will help search using dwarven Loot-O-Vison™️©️
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>>Marlowe eventually gets over their frustration and bullshit. They will look at their immediate surrounds and still cast Inner Eye to check for damage but they have begun to think more clearly and start to figure that getting back to the caravan is the right first move, there will be time to reattempt this later.
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Stoner Sloth posted:>>Marlowe eventually gets over their frustration and bullshit. They will look at their immediate surrounds and still cast Inner Eye to check for damage but they have begun to think more clearly and start to figure that getting back to the caravan is the right first move, there will be time to reattempt this later. you're not any extra damaged than you were before the dream, but there's while you're messing around suddenly you hear a gooping sound the phlem is coagulating into a vaguely spherical form! -- Hipster Occultist posted:"uh, Tog think dat we should look at all our stuff, might be a bad mojo ting attractin' em." 21you don't notice anything that's intrinsically evil according to the troll king Applewhite posted:Skump calls upon her treasure sniffing powers to sniff for any treasure that smells cursed. 73 and you critthat weird skull from before is not cursed, so to speak, but it's gotta be no good, probably this is what they want. Smells extra swampy. It's either that or the sword you guys stole from the cairn, but you're p sure it's the skull Facebook Aunt posted:>>Tammy uses Perception to help look through the supplies. naem posted:“Aye, mayhaps o’r loot what we picked up got s’m hincky going oon like.” 24probably it is either the weird skull or the magicalized cairn sword
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>>Marlowe steels themself, floating to an advantageous spot to watch what's happening for the moment but ready to act the instant whatever it is becomes fully formed. Their most deadly eye rays focus on the grotesquely amalgamating and shifting pink goop with a few spare ones looking out over their surrounds just in case.
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Skump grabs the skull and football sprints to the edge of the caravan camp, then punts the skull as far as she can away from the camp.
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>>"The only things that look likely to me are . . . "Applewhite posted:Skump grabs the skull and football sprints to the edge of the caravan camp, then punts the skull as far as she can away from the camp. >". . . Nevermind. Good job, Skump."
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SniperWoreConverse posted:meanwhile yeah you seem to be in some kinda forested area and the goop forms into a beholder before your very eyes! "Bwah, whatzzat?" It seems a little bleary. >>Marlowe might be faced with a moral quandry here, if they were of any other species perhaps, but as it is there's not even a moment of conscious decision in what follows, mere allowing of instinct to take control and made easier by the current amount of pain, frustration and rage the beholder has experienced and by the urgings of the darker mind that shares the beholders brain. >>It's probably the "right" thing to do anyway, the overwhelming odds are that this is another monster - Marlowe's relative neutral disposition is beyond rare amongst what amounts to an entire (very loosely defined) species of omnicidal maniacs.Despite it being freshly born/created/whatever it no doubt has enough memories and knowledge, as well as impressive levels of power, to fight back with given the chance. >>In any case the detective simply says "Tough break, kid, nothing personal." even as they Quickly launch a full strength Death Ray - attempting to catch the newly born beholder off guard before it can gather its wits and snuff out its incipient life force without causing damage to the body. Stoner Sloth fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Apr 15, 2023 |
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