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L*NK Might as well let the whacky special characters run do it's thing. That was one hell of an arcade. I'm a bit miffed we didn't get to keep the titular shiny axe after the game gifted it to us.
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FoolyCharged posted:L*NK Oh, no, it definitely gave it to us. I just didn't really bring much attention to it. Apparently, if we had started SHINY-AXE on HARDMODE and succeeded at the roll, we'd have gotten an improved axe that stat-wise looks to be the ULTIMATE LOG but slightly lighter and a bit stronger. The one we have is an improvement over the Fire Axe in every way but swing speed. It also puts off light like a flashlight! TooMuchAbstraction posted:That said, can she actually use that axe effectively? While Alex has gained many stats, strength and fitness have not been included in them. Take that as you will
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Odd Wilson posted:While Alex has gained many stats, strength and fitness have not been included in them. I had a run where I got an early Knight Sword, which I thought would be amazing. It did, indeed, splat zombies nicely, but it was super heavy. And my party had one guy who was ridiculously strong (like "got over-maxed strength" strong), but had bottom-tier fitness, and another guy who had great fitness...and bottom-tier strength. If I could've had them use the sword together, they would have been a terrifying force of nature, but as it was, the wielder ended up dying and I didn't bother to retrieve the sword from the pile of zombies it was buried in.
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Xarn posted:L*NK because I want to see the resulting writing Fitting that the references run got killed by a room full of references.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I had a run where I got an early Knight Sword, which I thought would be amazing. It did, indeed, splat zombies nicely, but it was super heavy. And my party had one guy who was ridiculously strong (like "got over-maxed strength" strong), but had bottom-tier fitness, and another guy who had great fitness...and bottom-tier strength. The Knight Sword is pretty good, but it really does show off how much a nicely balanced strength and fitness is necessary at times. Ebony had his, but even then he wasn't too hot with it at the end of the game. His melee stats were just kind of middle of the road. In those situations, I usually hand it off to the higher fitness character as at least they'll last a bit longer using it. Super strong characters can splat zombies with otherwise weak weapons. I believe Specialist + Trademark gets you a character who's stuck with using only a Knight Sword, alongside +2 starting strength and fitness. It's an... interesting character pick for sure. The Gladius is rather rare, but it's a lighter alternative that keeps a similar killing power for a shorter range. MetaMeme posted:Alex is the rock that'll keep this lets play from getting sued Between Twinge, Twonkies, Inhabitant Ire, and 2 Many 2 Dead, I'm already stepping on a lot of toes megane posted:I was worried Rare Characters Mode would be ironically bland, but I'm definitely here for a bunch of gonzo references joining up with someone who doesn't get any of them.  ALEX: They constantly yell loudly- that's about all I know, mate And it looks like in a vote of 6 to 5, Alex has won this vote! Update should be out on Friday as usual. EDIT: Also, the Golden Axe sells for 15 food, so that's neat! Left 4 Bread fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Dec 8, 2021 |
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oh man imagine if we had sumo guy, not-ryu and l*nk in the same party
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quote: girl dick energy posted:Fitting that the references run got killed by a room full of references.
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Honestly, I'm quite curious about the hinting Odd made that Esme remembers past runs. Which means I VERY much hope that Esme shows up again in a future run... I'm curious to see how THAT will go.
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PinkDawn posted:Honestly, I'm quite curious about the hinting Odd made that Esme remembers past runs. Which means I VERY much hope that Esme shows up again in a future run... I'm curious to see how THAT will go. We decided that custom characters could be re-used in later runs as long as they never actually make it to Canada...I'm guessing this is Odd working it into the narrative somehow.
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UPDATE 21: DEATH ROAD TO RIGHT HERE * Tunes: Rotten Shotgun *  ALEX: Holy heck... they're EVERYWHERE!  LANK: KYAAAAGH!  BRYU: HADOOK!  ALEX: Get out of my way...!  ALEX: nnYEEAGH!  GAL FIERI: You've still got that axe?!  ALEX: Get...  ALEX: OFF ME! ALEX: oh blimey, this thing is heavy... LANK: SII-YAH! ALEX: Keep...moving!  LANK: Haaahh... haaahh...  ALEX: We may not have her guns...  ALEX: ...but I've got THESE GUNS   *SHOTGUN BLAST* ALEX: AND *PISTOL SHOT* ALEX: WE'RE *SHOTGUN BLAST* ALEX: MAKING IT TO CANADA GAL FIERI: Back up, back up! Flavorville coming through!  LANK: WAAAUGH! BRYU: WUH?  ALEX: Gas! We need this! Cover me! LANK: Hut! BRYU: HADOOK!  ALEX: nyyyYAGH! ALEX: Keep going!  BRYU: kadooshin' LANK: HYWAAA! ALEX: I've still got bullets!  GAL FIERI: Time to crank up that heat!   GAL FIERI: Ahaahahaha! GAL FIERI: AHAHAHAAAHAAA!  LANK:   ALEX: Big wall ahead! *SHOTGUN BLAST* ALEX: You still got some flavor left? GAL FIERI: You bet I do!  GAL FIERI: It'll knock you off your feet with HEAT that you just can't DEFEAT!  ALEX: IT'S CLEAR! Go, go, GO! LANK: KYAAGH! BRYU: SII-YAGH!  * Tunes: One More Road * ALEX: ...I still can't believe that worked. ALEX: Heh... good work everyone. GAL FIERI: Hey, you were the one taking charge back there. LANK: Mm. *chews on chocolate bar.* ALEX: I guess I did, huh? BRYU: Hmph!   --------------------------------- Choose UR Fate The group gets a rare peaceful moment to relax on an apartment roof. There's time to talk, and someone reveals a lot about themself. --------------------------------- The thread chose Alex! What, you thought this was going to be about who survived that map? That tunnel run didn't end up being that bad for being as highly rated as it claimed to be. Enough well placed shotgun blasts and napalm and we were fine- but the drama writes itself with this game. It also helped a bit that BRYU wasn't tired like the rest of the group, but the AI really isn't good at using him it seems. In between this and the tunnel run, there was a glimmer event and an uneventful rest, but thanks to the recording bugging out, I don't have the exact results. I chose morale+stats and I know Alex got fitness and someone else got medical, that's about it. Also we killed over 100 zombies in there, I do remember that. Anyways, here's our current status on supplies. Pistol ammo is really low, the van's about to break down (we can repair it), and our gas is getting quite low.  --------------------------------- RESULT Alex reveals her TRUE ESSENCE Strength revealed as  (0)Fitness revealed as  (2)Medical revealed as (0)Wits revealed as  (3)Attitude revealed as (0)Composure revealed as almost (1)--------------------------------- GAL FIERI: So you don't remember anything? ALEX: I remember some things. I know couch-hopped a lot back in the UK. I think I had a brother and a younger sister, though I don't remember much about them specifically. GAL FIERI: And what about Esme? ALEX: ...She, um... *sniffle* she kinda just found me in the hospital where I woke up. I never really questioned it, or really much of anything. ALEX: I... *sniffle* ... I'm, uh... GAL FIERI: Still getting over it, I see.  Alex's stats aren't much of a surprise, really. Alas, we're unlikely to find enough boosters to make that Wits stat into a stat combo. 2 points up and we'd have Paranoid, 2 points down and we'd have Irritating. It is worth mentioning that Alex is fireproof now, although it isn't listed on the Status page.  --------------------------------- DA NA NA NAAAAAAAA! Lank stumbles on a treasure chest. He opens it and lifts its contents high above his head. It contained the: ... Choose one: 1. Heart Container 2. Sack of Bombs --------------------------------- This was also an earlier thread vote, and the result is BOMBS.  --------------------------------- RESULT Lank got the Sack of Bombs! He can now throw three bombs every mission! New bombs will show up in the trunk whenever they're fully used up! --------------------------------- ALEX: ...Good find, I guess! LANK: HYAAAAH!  ALEX: Um, what's all the rope and oil for? LANK: GAL FIERI: I guess that answers that. ALEX & BRYU: :???:  --------------------------------- Bustling City The group finds a city in the afternoon. The dead swarm over it. They're idle now, but they will notice you soon enough. Your zombie forecast is: SWARM SIZE: Thick AGGRESSION: Sluggish CURRENT TIME: Afternoon 1. APARTMENT WITH 'HELP' BANNER 2. GUN SHOP --------------------------------- * Tunes: Horsemann Shuffle * As nice as more guns or ammo could be, we're starting to run rather low on food and gas. I'm hoping to score both from going for the rescue mission. And as always, thickness of zombie horde is usually barely an issue if the aggression is so low.  ALEX: First we go save whoever is here, then we loot the rest of the houses we can get into. LANK: Hm! BRYU: Hmph!  LANK: HYAAAA!  ALEX: Take THIS! Despite Alex's minimal strength, she's managed to surprise me by getting decent mileage out of the Golden Axe. Since it does so much damage on it's own and guaranteed hits up to 3 zombies per swing, it can deal out some serious hurt. Literally anyone else in the team could use it better, but Lank's the only one here with an open equipment slot, and his sword is already great. If I could trade this for the Golden Knife, I'd be in a much better position, I think.  ALEX: Here they are!  --------------------------------- Everyone needs help sometimes Tajuana says that she really wants to get out of this place. She asks if she can follow you around. ---------------------------------  TAJUANA: Whew, girl, I was starting to think that the sign-  TAJUANA: -what in the name of Canada BRYU: SASUSAKEY LANK: HYAAAAGH! GAL FIERI: Gal Fieri here, ready you to rescue you from tasteless food! ALEX: ...Better if you don't question it. TAJUANA: You ARE real, right? I ain't trippin'?  ALEX: Yep. You haven't nodded out.  TAJUANA:  ALEX: You okay? LANK: HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH TAJUANA: fine, just fine  ALEX: Some sort of scoped rifle? Don't mind if I do. ALEX: Here, uh, Headband, can you carry this for me? BRYU: Hwah? ALEX: No, I guess. Er, Lank- *DA NA NA NAAAAA!* LANK: ALEX: Please don't do that, it's loaded.  GAL FIERI: Outta gas, but the path should be clear! ALEX: Alright, let's gun it!  --------------------------------- MISSION SUMMARY (Found 13 food, total 25) Found 1 gas, total 71 Pistol ammo total: 63 Rifle ammo total: 45 Shotgun ammo total: 79 --------------------------------- * Tunes: Nobody Cooled It * Food count doesn't show up as I actually had to drop a gun back off in the trunk of the van before getting the hunting rifle. This team's got an issue with having very few inventory slots. I mostly breezed over a lot of that mission, since it's just a lot of the usual. We did get another ZOMBO POINT for what it's worth.  --------------------------------- Rescue Successful! Tajuana catches up with the group at a safe spot. She offers a reward in thanks for saving her! 1. Recruit Tajuana 2. Stash of 75 bullets 3. 45 shotgun shells --------------------------------- TAJUANA: I still ain't sure what just happened, but y'all sure did kick some tail back there. BRYU: HADOOK? TAJUANA: Yeah, sure. Listen, I got some extra bullets if y'all want some. ALEX: Got some shotgun shells? TAJUANA: Not anymore I don't! Here ya go! ALEX: Alright, cheers! TAJUANA: Before ya go, y'all met someone called Cecile on your way here? A real dink, looks kinda like me? GAL FIERI: I don't think so. Sorry. Relative of yours? TAJUANA: Wish she wasn't sometimes, but yeah. Gonna get back to finding her. ALEX: Well, good luck to you, bird. TAJUANA: Same to you and makin' it to Canada!  BRYU: HADOOKIN'! TAJUANA: (...What a buncha weirdos.) Shotgun shells are more valuable to me than pistol bullets, even though I've already got plenty. The silenced pistol sometimes takes two shots to kill a zombie while I can clear multiple with a single, well-placed shotgun blast. The trick to shotguns is the range at which you fire them. You don't want to point blank zombies or stand too far away, you have to find the nice middle ground where the bullet fan can connect with multiple of them zambies. Even if the shot lands a bit weak, it'll still push the zombie back slightly and make them likely to die from pretty much any other hit.  --------------------------------- Berry Picking in Zombie Games The group sets up camp for the night after being sure there's no danger here. They discover edible berry bushes all around the campsite! The berries wouldn't be a big amount of food for the sleepless night, but every bit could help. 1. Pick berries all night 2. Go to sleep --------------------------------- GAL FIERI: I don't know that much about berries, but as I always say, if you aren't making mistakes with your cooking, you aren't challenging yourself. ALEX: I dunno, seems like it'd take us forever to pick the things. LANK: KIYAAAH ALEX: Last time we went without kip like that, we ended up in a road tunnel plastered in zombies. BRYU: Zzzzz....   --------------------------------- RESULT The group really doesn't want to pick berries for 8 hours. The group eats a decent meal. Lose 8 food. --------------------------------- Our food's not that low, and I'd rather not be tired when team heavy lifter Lank needs all of his stats to do anything. BRYU already burns through his stamina and he's got 5 fitness, I'd hate to see him while tired.  --------------------------------- Always Be Looting While driving on the Death Road, the groip decides to make a stop for supplies: 1. Stash in the Woods 2. Swarmed Gym 3. Gas Station Siege 4. Explorer: Drive more - 34 gas --------------------------------- While gas is our main concern right now, I'd rather not go to a Gas Station Siege. They're usually cramped, there's the danger of propane canisters, and I'm still not entirely sure how comfortable I am with throwing this team through another siege level event. I also don't care enough about the dog van for this- if this was a Hybrid or a Muscle car I might still consider the siege. Gonna gamble with the woods stash, as much as some strength could help Alex, I'm trying to avoid being stuck carless from gas. Worst case scenario here, we have to eat some walking events and we get a better car.  --------------------------------- Stash in the Woods Gal Fieri is driving through the forest at night. She takes a wrong turn and hits the end of the road. Nearby to the north, she can barely see the shape of a cabin. Your zombie forecast is: SWARM SIZE: Moderate AGGRESSION: Calm CURRENT TIME: Nightfall --------------------------------- * Tunes: Lootin' * GAL FIERI: This... isn't a campsite. LANK: Tuh. ALEX: No, it's not. Might as well check it out. This is a peculiar setup. We're gonna be running full dark here, but the inital zombies are as about as dead as the first map zombies.  LANK: HYWAAA! BRYU: kaDOOSHIN'! ALEX: Hey, maybe try to keep it down? GAL FIERI: I don't know if it's possible for those two. ALEX: We might just have to move fast then.   ALEX: Ugh...! I see this is the... previous owners... GAL FIERI: Hey, molotovs! Mazeltov! GAL FIERI: Now this is a spicy rub. You oughta take these with you. ALEX: Why me? GAL FIERI: My hands are full here. I don't drop the Flavorville Express for nothin' ALEX: Fine...   ALEX: WHOA WHOA WHOOAAA! YOU DONE LOST THE PLOT?! GAL FIERI: Whoops. Finger slipped.  BRYU: HADOOK! HADOOK! UWAAGH! LANK: KYAAAAAAGH?! ALEX: Headband! BRYU: HMPH ALEX:  GAL FIERI: I said it was an accident! Fieri's AI just kinda freaked out here, and decided to attack for no real reason. I presume it was because she had furniture stuck in front of her, as bots tend to try and break furniture they have issues walking past. When your only weapon is a Napalm Launcher, well, uh, this happens.  BRYU also got lit up from a rather far distance away somehow, and still took 2 damage. Fire is brutal.  ALEX: I'm grabbing this, don't light it on fire. GAL FIERI: Jeez, whatever. What are you going to do with that anyways? ALEX: I don't know, but it just feels right. GAL FIERI: Can you even lift that? ALEX: ...bare...ly... ngh...  * Tunes: They Can't Be Stopped * LANK: HYAAAAGH! ALEX: Oh, rubbish! Looks like we've made enough noise here! GAL FIERI: GET GOING! Music added for effect, as it isn't actually playing on this mission normally, but here's us meeting the effects of it. At the start of this, I specified the "initial zombies" were calm. The nighttime reinforcments do spawn at the usual rate, and are at the usual aggression level. I spent a bit too long looking for that Big Frickin' Log, but I knew there'd be some kind of log weapon on this map. Lank or someone else may end up wielding it sometime if I need more crowd control.  ALEX: C'mon, you pants van, get going! GAL FIERI: Looks like she's coughing up smoke! LANK: WAUGH?!  GAL FIERI: Better hurry up with that, they're getting closer! BRYU: Hadook! KADOOSHIN'! ALEX: I know, I know, now JUST START ALREADY  ALEX: FINALLY!  * Tunes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? * We found nothing here but some food that got merged into the car's supply ahead of time. We're up to 28 now, which is nice. When cars get low on engine durability, they get to where they don't want to start. Best thing to do is run it up to about 6 or 7, and then try again from 0 by letting go for a bit.  BRYU is healed a bit by BRYU! BRYU's medical increases to This can sometimes happen, but unfortunately this will get lost in the save reload I end up having to do as up next...  --------------------------------- Trading on the Death Road The drive to Canada used to take a few days, at most. The apocalypse filled the roads ith debris, hordes of zombies, and lots of stranded cars. It's now a long trip. The group runs into a trading camp! You have 28 food left. 1. Visit Trader Camp 2. Ignore Trader Camp --------------------------------- ...as we've got another trader camp! We won't be voting on this one, alas, as at the end of the day, there doesn't end up being a lot here we might be able to make use of and I kinda breezed through it on my own terms. Our gas situation is dire, and I wanted to preserve as much food as I could for what will be an inevitable car abandonment. But, hey, we're still alive, so that's good. I recorded a bit too much to cover again, but this strangely all took a rather short amount of real time to play through. Either way, our next vote will be another character opportunity, so maybe start thinking on whether or not you want to replace someone. NEXT TIME: SAUL CLART, SMALL COP
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As much as I like Gal Fieri, she's officially proving herself to be a liability, especially now that we're getting more equipment options and don't have anyone beside Alex who can use them.
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Alex, girl, your stats... ...but your writing is golden.
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girl dick energy posted:As much as I like Gal Fieri, she's officially proving herself to be a liability, especially now that we're getting more equipment options and don't have anyone beside Alex who can use them. In fair defense of Gal, I will say that the Napalm Launcher is absolutely fantastic at clearing large groups of zombies. She's got decent enough stats she can do decent damage with it when it's out of gas, too. Still, that's about all I can say. ...However she did almost kill BRYU and Lank is just as vulnerable given that the Doron tunic doesn't exist in this world. In general I have to very carefully watch where I even use the launcher, so I don't melt our references. Alex also has fireproof now, so it's not really a unique aspect of Gal's anymore. It is possible to get an entirely fireproof team, and that does come with the advantages of being able to throw molotovs and the like with reckless abandon. Honestly, I just wish there was a "Too Cool For Explosions" perk or something that negated explosive damage. (As an aside, for whatever reason Gal's fuel count keeps lowering itself mid-mission, and I think what's happening is that she's firing offscreen while catching up with room transitions.) PinkDawn posted:Alex, girl, your stats... Being an Explorer + City Seeker does absolutely nothing for her stats, so she's guaranteed to start with 0s in everything, personality stats aside. With that in consideration, she's managed to do quite well for herself. It's not every day you get a character who manages to amass 5 points of mechanical alongside some other stats. ...Just don't ask her to lift anything. I'm hoping the Fireproof will come in handy for the specific thing I want it for anyhow. While Gal would have been able to do it on her own, she can't carry anything rendering this specific thing halfway useless to begin with. Left 4 Bread fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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I feel like Gal Fieri's mostly hamstrung by the fact that she's mostly controlled by AI and her perks are unlevelled, honestly I apologize... for not being able to come up with a funny enough bit. Perhaps in another playthrough where she isn't outshined by other parodies with in-game support.
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MetaMeme posted:I feel like Gal Fieri's mostly hamstrung by the fact that she's mostly controlled by AI and her perks are unlevelled, honestly I mean, she's contributed to the combat quite a lot in the occasions I do use her, and she's served double purpose in making Alex the only normal-ish person here. Perhaps she was dealt a bad hand in showing on the Rare Characters run, but in a way, she also just kinda fits pretty well here if you ask me. As for the comedy factor, that's just on me as a writer. The only thing that upgrading Pyromaniac would have done is make her Napalm be refilled faster, I believe. Trademark + Phoenix would have started her with a Hot Poker, a weapon that has half the combat stats of the Fire Poker, attack speed included, with the addition of lighting zombies on fire per hit. Both of them being spears, they' also fatigue at half the rate, so her strategy would have been furiously poking every zombie she could see. While I don't know for sure if a lit zombie could light a survivor on fire, in general it would have had her being focused on wearing down hordes constantly with the rest of the team instead of deleting them in delayed bursts. On the subject of Trademark Weapon and upgrades, it's kind of weird. The upgrades are only relevant for it when it's not combining with a character trait, a.k.a. the situations in which it'd give you the Aluminum Bat. Level 2 makes it a 50% chance to start with a Sturdy Machete and Level 3 guarantees that it will always be a Sturdy Machete instead. It's... a weird trait. There's even argument to be made in not upgrading it if you prefer the knockback and slightly faster swing speed of the bat over the higher damage of the machete.
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UPDATE 22: MYSTERY OF THE TINY GHOSTS * Tunes: Green on Green *  ALEX: Harry Hamm Memorial Mall? LANK: Nyuh? BRYU: GAL FIERI: I swear I've been here before. ALEX: Do you know who Harry Hamm is? GAL FIERI: No.   DINK: Keep dying? GIT GUD  ALEX: ...Really? LANK: KYAAAA! KYAAAAAUGH! HYAAAAGH! DINK:  --------------------------------- MooD This man is wearing futuristic sci-fi armor and holding a matching rifle. Likely some kind of cosplay, but I don't know who because I'm not a nerd. Nobody tells Moody what to do! I'm Moody. --------------------------------- ALEX: ...I can tell.  MOODY: No, that's my name. ALEX: Oh. MOODY:: Got undead problems? BRYU: ALEX: I think the entire world's got that problem right now. MOODY: Hire me, and they'll be no more. Just 15 cans of food. GAL FIERI: That's a lot of food, even for me. MOODY: Believe me, I don't want to charge that much, but it's a while since I was able to rip and tear some demon scum. They just don't seem to invade these days... ALEX: ... MOODY: So what'll it be? I apologize in advance if I blow myself up, and also I want all the ammo. ALEX: I, er, uh... I think we'll be fine. MOODY: But wait, I use eco-friendly disposable space chainsaws! Back in the day I could carry 9 guns at once, and I've still got 'em all! MOODY: Hey, where are you going? I'm not done with my sales pitch! MOODY: ...I miss the moon base, this place smells bad.   ALEX: You know, malls aren't as exciting when there's barely anything left on the shelves.  --------------------------------- Handy Survival Tools This trader is waving a sturdy military flashlight around. It's an old business trick to draw in customers. It pays to be prepared! You have 28 food left. 1. Leave 2. Healing Spray for 6 food 3. TactiCop Lite for 5 food 4. Flashlight for 1 food --------------------------------- These traders are mostly useful for their Healing Spray, although the TactiCop is decently useful. It's a flashlight with slightly better damage and unbreakable, making it an alright weapon for low stamina characters. Still, as long as you're good with the dim circle of leaving a normal flashlight in your pocket, you shouldn't ever worry about breaking a flashlight.   MALLCOP: WELCOME TO THE LAST MALL ON EARTH ALEX: Ah, didn't expect to see a bobby here. MALLCOP: IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK MALLCOP: ALSO WE KINDLY REFRAIN FROM TURNING UNDEAD ON THE PREMISES LANK: KYAAAUGH? MALLCOP: WE DO NOT HAVE ANY POTTERY STORES, APOLOGIES LANK: GAL FIERI: Wait, you can understand him? BRYU: haDOOK! MALLCOP: CHECK THE BOOKSTORE AT THE END OF THE HALL ALEX: Uhh... Okay then. Can I ask who Harry Hamm is? MALLCOP: HARRY HAMM IS THE GREATEST MALL COP TO EVER HAVE LIVED MALLCOP: DEFENDER OF BLACK FRIDAYS, FINDER OF LOST KIDS, AND ESCORTER OF KARENS MALLCOP: HARRY HAMM MEMORIAL MALL WAS MADE ENTIRELY IN HIS HONOR WHEN HE DIED IN A FREAK SEGWAY INCIDENT MALLCOP: I, SAUL CLART, SMALL COP, AM ALWAYS READY 2 ROCK IN HIS HONOR ALEX: Oooookay then.   WEAPONS TRADER: Hey you, with the golden axe! I'll pay 15 food for that! ALEX: No deal. WEAPONS TRADER: I need that to complete my- ALEX: I said no deal. WEAPONS TRADER:   --------------------------------- Rare Books This bookish trader talks about how she's selling valuable rare books. Please don't mess with the display books! They're fake, I put them down to confuse book thieves. You have 28 food left. 1. Books are for nerds 2. MORON'S GUIDE TO SURGERY - 5 food 3. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DOGS - 15 food 4. P.L. PLARKEN'S MAP ATLAS - 15 --------------------------------- ALEX: P.L. Plarken's? I think I remember this.  BOOK TRADER: It's one of the best out there. LANK: SI-YAAAH! ALEX: Lank, I don't think we've got money to spend on the dog book. LANK: BRYU: ALEX: Hey, don't give me that look! It's not like I don't want it too! LANK: *opens to page of cute puppies* ALEX: I, uh...  ALEX: ...Wait, no, you're not going to win me over that easily! GAL FIERI: Seriously, none of my cookbooks are here?! BOOK TRADER: You're an author? GAL FIERI: I'm the Gal Fieri, emissary of Flavorville and bringer of funky foods. BOOK TRADER: Never heard of you. GAL FIERI:  BOOK TRADER: Hey, don't be down, that just means you're even rarer than my stock. GAL FIERI: But... I was famous... ALEX: Hey, can we have the surgery book, I've gotta go before he finds the pages with corgis.  --------------------------------- Catch up on Reading The group now has the book, MORON'S GUIDE TO SURGERY. Everyone gets a chane to read it and learn some new things. Gal Fieri's medical increases to almost (1)Lank's medical increases to (2)Alex's medical increases to almost (1)BRYU's medical increases to (2)--------------------------------- These books can be rarely found in other locations, usually bookstores, and they provide a variety of bonuses. The surgery book is a party-wide medical increase, while the other two present here train Dog Lover and Explorer. The former isn't really good on Rare Characters mode and the latter is redundant with Alex present.  --------------------------------- Death Car to Right Here The group runs into another car, much like their car. It's rotting, nearly totaled, and it is full of SKELETONS and probably a bunch of bugs and other gross things. Yet another sign that many attempt the Death Road to Canada, and not very many make it. 1. BRYU- Be philosophical 2. Alex- Dismantle car for parts 3. Search car for loot 4. Leave car alone --------------------------------- * Tunes: Every Step of the Way * ALEX: Oh... ughh... LANK: WAAUGH?! GAL FIERI: How many dog vans are there in this world? BRYU: ALEX: Aah...if you could get rid of the... things. I might be able to salvage this... BRYU: HADOOK! KADOOSHIN'! *Bones go flying* LANK: Hup! SI-YAAAGH! *More bones go flying* GAL FIERI: Wow, I haven't seen a rib fly like that since that one speed eating contest in Indiana. ALEX: Oh, ugh... d-don't give me the mental image...  --------------------------------- RESULT Alex retrieves parts and scrap to use on the car. The repairs takes a good part of the day. The car runs like it's in good shape. The car looks undamaged! Alex's mechanical increases to almost (5)The group eats a decent meal. Lose 8 food. Bryu's morale increases to (2)--------------------------------- Very good event to see, as the philosophical option is a good morale up for the whole party, (although the outcome is better if a low wits character does it,) and the mechanical option is fantastic if your character can do it. It will never work if you're 2 mechanical under the requirement for your current car, but it will work guaranteed if you're at least one under the requirement. 2 and over and it's quick, otherwise it takes a while, and best of all, it doesn't increase the car's repair difficulty. We're still going to run out of gas though, so this was mostly done just for the point of mechanical. Alex is high enough now to repair every normal car, with a chance to fail on repairing Hybrids. Not bad for someone who started with zero in basically everything.  --------------------------------- No More Creepypastas The group is sitting around a campfire, resting before a brutal day tomorrow. The group eats a decent meal. Lose 8 food. 1. Tell Scary Stories 2. Just go to sleep --------------------------------- Oh, heck you, game. Despite having just rested as part of the previous event, it doesn't take away from the normal global rest timer. That was a fast -16 food. But I don't hate getting this event. We're gonna need a morale buffer.  --------------------------------- RESULT The group decides to tell scary stories! Alex makes her scary story about TINY GHOSTS! BRYU's morale increases to (4)Alex's morale increases to almost (5)Lank's morale increases to (6)Gal Fieri's morale increases to (6)The group has fun, but doesn't get enough sleep and is tired the next day. --------------------------------- ALEX: And so she completed her training, having destroyed the ghosts of the twenty vases with the flame cannon. And that was how the FLYING FLAME BLADE technique was learned... ALEX: ...But as long as someone knew the secret of the tiny ghosts... THEY WOULD RETUUURN~! LANK: BRYU: GAL FIERI:   --------------------------------- OUT OF GAS The car has completely run out of gas, and coasts to a stop. CAR ABANDONED! --------------------------------- * Tunes: Frankenstein Goes to Jamaica * ALEX: Blegh, why does this have to happen every time I don't get any kip? GAL FIERI: Well, I always say that if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't challenging yourself. ALEX: I didn't really want the trip to Canada to be a challenge... LANK: YAAAAGH! *clang* BRYU: Hyuh! *takes stance* ALEX: Whoa, whoa! Hold it you two! LANK: Hm?! ALEX: Just leave the car for the next set of nutters to find. No point in wrecking it- it's just out of gas.   --------------------------------- ANT ATTACKS After a hard day of looking for a car the group finds a camping spot. During the night they are ATTACKED BY ANTS and must leave without sleep. BRYU is HURT! Alex is HURT! Lank is HURT! Gal Fieri is HURT! The group is low on food, and eats less. BRYU's morale decreases to (2)Alex's morale decreases to (3)Lank's morale decreases to (4)Gal Fieri's morale decreases to (4)--------------------------------- ALEX: Uggggghhhhhhhh LANK: YAAAYAAUGHHH... GAL FIERI: Agh, if only we had more onions! The... itching...! BRYU: Hmph...  --------------------------------- Cat Attack! BRYU is walking along the road when he is suddenly mauled by a feral cat! Feral cats coat the United States after the zombocalpyse. You never see them, but they're always watching. Waiting for any weakness. BRYU is HURT! BRYU's morale decreases to almost --------------------------------- BRYU: ka...dooshin'... ALEX: That's right, scarper off you darn moggy! ALEX: Blimey, going for a man when he's at the loo. Blasted thing. GAL FIERI: Just the worst. Don't even taste good. ALEX & LANK GAL FIERI: ...What? It's a delicacy in some places. BRYU: --------------------------------- BURNIN RUBBER While walking along the road [Character] spots a gas station in the distance. Not a lot is there other than a cool looking muscle car next to the gas pump. It has the keys sitting on the dash! Muscle cars like this have slightly worse gas mileage than average and break down fast. They're easy to repair and very fast, take it off a sweet jump! Everyone's morale is back to where it was before we lost the car. Start it up! --------------------------------- Hybrid might be better on gas, but I ain't got nothin' against how easy it is to repair Muscle Cars. As long as we don't run out of gas, we can take this to the endgame. Maybe we'll actually get to see one of those sweet jumps.  ALEX: Hahaha! Now this is class. LANK: Hyup, yah, SIIIYAAAGH! BRYU:  GAL FIERI: Bomb. Dot. COM. Haven't seen one of these since I lost my custom when the apocalypse hit. LANK: ...Nh? ALEX: You had one of these? GAL FIERI: Yeah, same color on the flame decals. Built in grill AND a flamethrower- best kind of car you could ever have. LANK: WAUGH?! GAL FIERI: You betcha, Tights! LANK: HYAYAYAYAUUUGH! ALEX: What's gotten-   --------------------------------- Giant Monster City A giant prehistoric monster is destroying the city! It's stomping around, obliterating buildings. Who knows how many cans of food it's crushing? You're the only one who can stop it! Your zombie forecast is: SWARM SIZE: SOMEWHAT BIG AGGRESSION: SUPER ANNOYED CURRENT TIME: MONSTER TIME --------------------------------- * Tunes: Half-A-Brain Boogie * ALEX:  LANK: BRYU:  GAL FIERI:   --------------------------------- THE PLOT THICKENS The Group drives a few feet and almost runs over the monster. 'It turned out to be someone in a monster suit, stepping on a small cardboard city. Sorry, I'm stuck in this suit! She climbs into the car. There's no room in the team for this monster! Who should leave? --------------------------------- * Tunes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? * ALEX: ...What.  KAIJU: Was that your model city? I didn't mean to smash it, I promise! ALEX: No, it's just... uh... GAL FIERI: What's with the suit? KAIJU: Nothing weird or anything I swear! It was, um, part of a school project, I guess you'd say? ALEX: Sure, why not. Makes more sense than most of what is in this car. GAL FIERI: I still think it's something weird. KAIJU: Um, anyways, can you tell your friends to stand down? I'd really rather not fight them. BRYU & LANK:  So thread? Do we take this person in a monster suit? If so, who do we replace? Left 4 Bread fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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Apologies for the late update, had some pretty bad sleep over the last few days. I may end up needing to take a short break for some time if this doesn't shape up soon, but I'll be fine for now. Insomnia sucks. On other topics, I can say I've come around on my evaluation of picking the factory at the start. It's not a bad choice for small group runs on the higher difficulties, I've been able to nab some grenades and gas from it, and that's exactly what I was needing for a challenge run I was doing on the side a while back. Left 4 Bread fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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Dec 14, 2021 17:00
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Drop BRYU for KAIJU 
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Dec 14, 2021 17:23
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Dec 14, 2021 17:49
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Leave BRYU for the new friend. You probably need someone healthy for what's to come.
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Dec 14, 2021 18:00
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Drop BRYU, he's neat as a character concept but doesn't really contribute any dialog. The ants event when carless is super annoying, since it's party-wide damage and the tired debuff. Even getting accosted by bandits and fighting them is only damage (though I guess that's lethal damage, and I don't think the ants can kill you). I finally managed to assemble a team of four dogs, but three of them had been nibbled on by ants, and immediately after getting the fourth dog, I got another party-wide damage event that did lethal damage.
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Dec 14, 2021 18:29
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Zyxyz posted:Drop BRYU for KAIJU
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Dec 14, 2021 18:43
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Zyxyz posted:Drop BRYU for KAIJU Take as much time as you need for your health Odd!
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Dec 14, 2021 18:47
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Agreed, let’s replace BRYU.
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megane posted:Agreed, let’s replace BRYU. Agreed
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:The ants event when carless is super annoying, since it's party-wide damage and the tired debuff. Even getting accosted by bandits and fighting them is only damage (though I guess that's lethal damage, and I don't think the ants can kill you). Yeah, the biggest danger to dogs is the party-wide damage events. Dogs rarely have the means to prevent them, and being only max 2 hp by default they're incredibly vulnerable to such issues. A paranoid dog nullifies most random events, but it's random chance on finding a dog with the right stats for it. BRYU is just lucky we had the healing to get him back to full after the friendly fire incident. Otherwise the cat would have killed him here- it's a lethal event. In the terms of runs that died an unfortunate death, here's the brief last moments of Tiff, the star of my many Solo Marathon Mode attempts. This was the longest one yet, making it 20 out of 30 days in, mostly in part to a lucky Napalm Launcher get. That thing is awesome when you don't have to worry about friendly fire.   So as a sneak peek to what the higher difficulties look like, this is the kind of heck she had to go through just to get a new car (something that happened often thanks to never having enough gas). There's a good number still offscreen in this shot, and this is relatively easy to control compared to the conditions she was usually fighting in.  Her stats weren't half bad given she started with 0 in all combat and support skills, and she managed to evade topping out on Morale this long. Trademark's bonus to Anime Fan is nearly redundant, as the Ninja Sword only has 0.2 faster swing speed over the Strong Katana and nothing else.  This is the event that ended up killing me. Very Thick!! and Irritated are honestly low for what I was usually seeing at this point (Army of Death, usually), but the cramped nature of the cabin did me no favors. Still, I had no food after a fire and a backpack malfunction not long after, so I had to go for the event that would guarantee food. I also only had 1 HP left and no medical, so I was desperate. This run started getting really rude about eating all of my ammo towards the end.  And here is where I made my final mistake. I'd managed to strafe enough to get all the food in here, but there was a pipebomb in here that I direly wanted after finally running out of ammo for my Napalm Launcher and being very low on Rifle ammo. Going for it got me trapped between two zombies just before I could get out the door. Had I just left at the moment this screenshot of the recording is taken, she might've lived a bit longer. Oh, and for reference, this one girl had about 3000 zombie kills to her name on this run. That's pretty much equal to the killcount of the two LP runs so far, and not that much particularly was in my favor. PinkDawn posted:Take as much time as you need for your health Odd! I'll be fine for now- I'd rather be at a neater point to take a break. This run's only got 6 more days left, so it shouldn't be too much longer before we hit the in-between runs point again. If updates do end up coming out slower, then you know why. I haven't slept good in years, but some nights I just can't fall asleep to begin with. Left 4 Bread fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Dec 14, 2021 |
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Drop BRYU. Sorry, buddy. Kadon'tshin.
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Sounds like BRYU did not win this matchup! I'll get to work on recording the next update, expect it at the normal time, insomnia willing.
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Odd Wilson posted:Sounds like BRYU did not win this matchup! BRYU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FmN46XQius
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I'm sure he'll be kadooshin'... somewhere else. Came back here to check up on everything and had a very fun time! Please take care of yourself though Odd, that's why my LP's been on hold too.
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listen Kadooshin' is all well and good but if someone reads that you'll throw it for the 50th time and jumps in on you to obliterate your hp that's just life take as much time to keep sane as you need OW, I mean, could you imagine starting an LP on a far shorter game and getting ambushed by life and burnout? haha...
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As it would seem, I think I will be needing to take that short break. Bad sleep aside, I've gotta get some time to catch up on my other LP and my tabletop campaign. If it's any consolation, in the next few days of our wacky adventure, we will be resuming with a rather fun decision. Also, the game's decided to really try to stop the constant forward momentum the group has had up until this point. It'll be a week at the shortest, maybe two at the longest, and then everything will resume as normal. This'll apply for my other LP as well, if you're also reading that one.
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Take care of yourself, and I hope you feel better soon! I took a stab at a solo run, and my god, despair events when by yourself do not gently caress around. I lost a skillpoint and became tired, then lost three skill points, then lost two skill points. I guess this is what I get for taking the Civilized trait and then touching the dog poop
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Take care of yourself Odd! We all want you to be happy and healthy first and foremost!
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MetaMeme posted:I mean, could you imagine starting an LP on a far shorter game and getting ambushed by life and burnout? haha... 
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I took a stab at a solo run, and my god, despair events when by yourself do not gently caress around. I lost a skillpoint and became tired, then lost three skill points, then lost two skill points. I guess this is what I get for taking the Civilized trait and then touching the dog poop Yeah, despair is rough to begin with, but but going solo makes it particularly brutal as the effects of every event is getting pushed onto one character. This comes with the advantage that gaining stats is somewhat fast, but comes at the price of your one and only person eating all the damage, stat downs, tired debuffs, and morale hits. Medical takes on almost a whole new meaning as all that random minor damage that would be inconsequentially spread out is now very threatening. Running Civilized while solo does help shore up the non-combat skills, but that morale cap is pretty brutal to work with as morale fluctuates a lot. Of course, I'm in the same situation when I'm using Anime Fan as either end of the morale bar is practically fatal. Also, as much as I'd like to say the katana's not that worth it, my more reasonably designed solo character has yet to even get close to where Tiff has gotten multiple times. The swing arc with light piercing puts in a ton of work until melee is just practically useless in the face of the gigantic hordes Marathon starts sending. At that point flamethrowers, high powered guns, and grenades are all I've got to really keep me alive.
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