Tronklis 2018/02/01(Thu)19:49 No. 863923 ID: 12b116
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Well, everybody has settled down in the long room. Everybody is also exhausted and we decide to make camp, even though there's no telling if it's day or night any more.

Should anyone sleep with the strange necklace? Oubliss has it currently.
What questions should we ask tonight?

Yes someone sleep with the strange necklace. I don't care who, really. Does Oubliss still want it? Kloldril might do alright with it, he seems brave enough to handle LoMD's spookiness.

Ask golden lady:
1 if you should trust the Lord of Marvelous Devices. (this isn't bite quest and this isn't Lord of Marvels so we don't know!)
2 what she would wish for if she had a crown of wishing
3 what's with the weird fleshy gun arm?

>>863927
This is all very reasonable. Oubliss seems like a competent Strange Necklace Wearer.

See if you can ask more about the labyrinth, maybe find out what the deal is with this place.

Everyone should have a turn with the necklace. Kloldril should be next.

>necklace
I think it would be better if Tronklis wore it this time.

>questions
Are you actually a kobold?
Can you share your power with us now?
Should the Machine be destroyed?

Tronklis 2018/02/02(Fri)18:46 No. 864161 ID: 12b116
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"What would you wish for if you had a crown of wishing?"

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."

"Should the Machine be destroyed?"
"The price of inaction is greater than the cost of making a mistake."

"Tell me about the Labyrinth, what's the deal with this place?"
"You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of self"
She is pointing to herself and seems very frustrated!

Tronklis 2018/02/02(Fri)18:46 No. 864162 ID: 12b116
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I've agreed to take the strange necklace tonight, I dream I'm pulling up onions in the field, but one of them is making a ringing noise! When I pull it up, it's made of metal and has multi colored roots that keep going forever!

"Are you to be my new disciple? Assist my Wheelmen and I shall reward you !"

I'd like some information up front, please and thank you.

>>864162
what is your darkest desire

>>864162
What is your quest?
What is your favourite colour?
What is the airspeed velocity of a unladen swallow?

>>864161
Sounds like this labyrinth was made to capture her.

>>864162
Ask him what his deal is. Why's he trapped here? What will he do when he gets out?

Tronklis 2018/02/02(Fri)20:03 No. 864185 ID: 12b116
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"... and the blue things in the fountains are not food, don't even lick them. Oubliss do you have any idea what the necklace's deal is?"
"other than letting you talk to the machine guy I don't think it has one? What did you ask him?"
"I didn't get to ask him anything! The dream ended after he said that thing about the wheel men."

Well, now that everyone is up, we eat the food we brought from home as a good morale booster while we share dreams. What do we do now? Just walk down the hallway? Nobody is going to get lost at least.

Might as well walk and talk down the long hallway, might be a while.

>>864185
Haha, infinite toilet paper as firewood. Genius.

Well, you could open the door again. It might lead somewhere different now. Or it could lead directly to the anomaly again and kill you before you can close the door again!
You should at least walk down the hall for a little while, to see if anything changes.

>>864185
See if there's any way you can check what's left on the other side of the door. Maybe pushing a piece of reflective metal under the door and looking at the reflection?

>>864162
The way I would interpret her answers would be like this:
"Wishing alone isn't enough."
"At any cost."
"I've been imprisoned in the Labyrinth for wanting to be myself."

>>864185
There's a wish that I think would be a good idea to make. To guarantee our safe passage.
Basically, pre-emptively wish that, in case someone in the group is lethally wounded, or definitely about to get, that they would be saved and placed out of danger. Ask the kings if such a wish is possible.

And, yeah, I would prefer to try walking down the hallway first before trying to open the door again. If we haven't moved, then there's little reason to think opening it right away would lead to a different place.

>>864215
Pretty sure the first answer is just her saying she would wish for freedom. She has to speak using words others have said, but she isn't trying to get across complicated concepts, that is rather unlikely to be possible with her limited vocabulary. She seems to favor using the first or last word of a phrase as her answer if she can't find a good phrase to use.
The second answer is really hard to interpret actually. It seems to be implying that destroying the machine (referring to the vent-machine-thing or the printout machine? If it was supposed to be asking about Lord of Marvelous Devices it sure wasn't phrased properly. BE CLEAR WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS DAMMIT) will have drawbacks but it was better than doing nothing.

On re-evaluation, I wonder if the third answer is her saying she IS the labyrinth?

Tronklis 2018/02/03(Sat)17:24 No. 864368 ID: 12b116
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"All right, let's get going." If this place doesn't go forever we should know pretty soon. The door remains closed, we might be able to damage it enough to reopen it but that seems like a really terrible idea. We walk for a good while, and things start to get predictably weird again.
"I would normally say this is weird but I guess it's actually normal."


"You cannot wish for something that has not happened!"

At first I thought things were just a little off, but now everything is gettiny more and more mushy looking. It's still very solid ground though, things aren't actually soft. We certainly haven't seen anything noteworthy, though it is getting warmer as we go along.

On the place itself, I think that Uncon- no, Non-, no, Inconsistent Connectedness might have more to do with it than I thought. She might be trapped here because she's actually a part of it...

Try opening stalls every once in a while, maybe one of them will turn into a door to a new place?

>>864368
Yeah, keep opening the things that look openable. This place is honestly kind of neat.

Does any of you or anything you are caring seem to suffer distortion? If not we can keep going, if it does I say retreat.

"The Ideation of Non Contiguous Connectiveness" is her name, silly.

Also pretty much just keep going, but maybe have someone in the lead with the spear tapping the ground ahead to make sure you don't stumble into a pitfall or something.

Tronklis 2018/02/03(Sat)19:44 No. 864415 ID: 12b116
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"Keep an eye out for doors with something behind them"
"Nothing but fresh water basins, even though some of them are all weird shaped."

None of our items seem affected, there's no sorts of traps or anything either. Eventually we can see darkness ahead, and when we get to it the weird hallway just kind of ends. We find ourselves standing on a big grey stone looking platform. There's a door on top that is just kind of standing by itself. The floor itself starts going downhill and leads to a kind of warm red glow. I can't really see what's down there, but I can vaguely hear clanking noises coming from that direction. It looks like an endless black void on either side, and it's much warmer here than it was in the hallway.

Kloldril opens the door and a blast of dry, hot air blows through followed by a terrible burned smell! Behind it is what looks like a desert with skeletal structures sticking out of it far off in the distance. The ground is just dunes made of ash. It seems to be night time wherever that is. We need to make a decision, do we go down the ramp, or through the door?

>>864415
down the ramp I guess, going into a dead desert don't seem the best idea unless one or more of you know how to survive in a sandy wasteland

THAT IS ASSUMING THE RAMP DO NOT LEAD TO ACTUAL HELL WHERE YOUR BOLD SOULS WILL NOW BURN FOREVER

The ramp looks rather ominous. Take the door.

The Ramp might be safer, if the desert is really hot and we don't find a cool place soon, we might use up all our water.
Also, if the ramp has clanking noises, there might be a machine that is being maintained by someone.

>>864415
I suggest the ramp.

Both of these options seems kind of shitty. Try the door, I guess. Red glow and clanking sounds too ominous for my taste.

>>864415
>The floor itself starts going downhill and leads to a kind of warm red glow. I can't really see what's down there, but I can vaguely hear clanking noises coming from that direction.
Clanking? Or clanging? I'm thinking it's a magma forge and you can go down and trade with dwarves or whatever.

Besides, the ramp will go both ways but the door might not. We can just come back if we don't like what's down there.

Go RAMPways.

Go down the ramp. It can't be worse than an infinite bathroom.

Geez, Oubliss is just hard to look at now.

Go down the ramp first to see if you can find the source of the clanking noise. Whatever we're looking for seems to be related to machines in a way, so I think this might be important.

Tronklis 2018/02/04(Sun)12:42 No. 864546 ID: 12b116
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The clanging and banging is definitely getting louder the farther down we go, untill we reach the end of the ramp! Whoa! It's pretty hot looking! There's all kinds of stuff going on in here! There's giant pots full of what looks like lava, and there's glowing stuff moving all around. We're really high up! There's a ladder going further down, and a metal pathway that's suspended from somewhere high above with some rails or something next to it. We can barely make out tiny figures down below moving around doing things.
"EVERYTHING is made out of metal! I've never seen so much!"
"wow!"
"Are you going to get tired of doing that any time soon?"
"Not likely~"
"Uhhh, we're awfully h-high up. Maybe we should climb down and n-not go on that walkway. It, ah, doesn't look s-safe."
"I dont think any of this looks safe! Would you rather go back to that ash place? This at least looks inhabited. There might be some friendly guys down there."

>>864546
This place is cool! Oubliss is the fastest and heaviest. Have her test the walkway's stability first.

We should head down with the softest looking kobolds infront, as not to scare whoever might be working here. Maybe hold out something as a peace offering?

This may be a stupid idea but.. use a rope and tie it around everyone so that we're all connected. That way, in case someone slips or something breaks, they can be pulled back. Oubliss should walk in the back since she's the strongest.

And then let's explore this place.

I sincerely hope that all this metal isn't hot to the touch. Burnt 'bold beans are not fun. Keep your eyes up or straight ahead.

Tronklis 2018/02/04(Sun)14:22 No. 864561 ID: 12b116
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Slorsnis:"Are you sure that's ok? It might be too hot!"
"It's fine! We can tie you to the rest of us if you're that scared of it!"
"You weren't scared of the pier, what's the difference?"
"I thought there was something under it! There's nothing under there and it's a LOT higher!"

"you're the one that's always saying to stop thinking about things!"
"If nothing reminds you of how high up you are!"

Where do we want to explore first? The left goes into a dark forest of metal pipes, and the right goes over to some really big structures that look like volcanos. Or should we take the ladder?

We should take the ladder down to calm Slorsnis, don't want a bold burning his beans because barely becalmed.

Let's go down the ladder. Make sure you get a good look at the people down there before they see you. They might not be happy to see strange intruders in their foundry.

>>864561
Try the catwalk.

Going down the ladder is going to unnerve someone afraid of heights even more than walking across a catwalk. It's also more dangerous!

If we really must go down there, have Oubliss at the top and everyone tie their belts to a rope. That way Oubliss can hold onto the ladder if someone falls.

I kindof want to go back actually. This place looks even more barren than the ash desert.

>>864561
Right! It would be easier to keep track of everyone there.

Tronklis 2018/02/04(Sun)15:46 No. 864574 ID: 12b116
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We tie off to each other and set off down the right. There's some metal stairs going down to sort of a platform overlooking a MASSIVE pit full of lava! The rails to the side stay level and look like they go on farther into the place. There's a guy down there that I can't quite make out, Every time a little cart comes by, he pulls a lever and it dumps everything into the lava. There's also a dead guy up here, it looks like he got porcupined by all these brass shards. He's got some stuff, but as soon as I turn around I notice something coming up on the next cart! Should we do anything or watch for now?

LOOT BODY and watch the creepy guy

Keep distance away from body, the brass quills might be dangerous, watch the guy instead.

READ one of the bolts to see how this guy died. Or READ the dead body itself? Or the armor it's wearing?

If only they knew how to fire a gun...

Take the corpse's loot, but leave a note in pictograms saying you want to ally and trade with the robed guy. Maybe he won't accept, but I doubt he'll be ignorant of your existence for more than a few days anyway.

Tronklis 2018/02/04(Sun)17:56 No. 864593 ID: 12b116
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Two... things jump off of the cart and attack the large figure! Their faces are covered in brass plates, and they have a bunch of shifting, whirring shards where their arms should be! It looks like the stuff that's stuck in the dead guy! Embedded in their torso is a huge slowly spinning wheel!

The worker is a large creature covered in heavy metal plates and dirty white cloth, with a single red eye in its shrouded head! It starts beating them with its metal pole, but it keeps bouncing off of some invisible force whenever he hits them! They start tearing off metal plates from him with their spinning shredder arms but it doesn't look like they're slowing it down!

Things look like they're turning in favor of the two brass head guys until the foundry man slams his metal pole into one and there's a blue flash and a popping sound! His next strike hits it full on in the torso, nearly ripping it in half in one blow! The wheel is now broken and stopped spinning

They're all moving somewhat clumsily like they don't really know how to fight.

Should we just keep watching or interfere?

>>864593
you should prob get away before you catch a face full of brass meant for the cloaked guy

>>864593
Those brass guys are creepy as fuck. Use the sling on one. They're covered in brass, and this dead guy is full of brass fragments, so they'll probably brass you up too.

>>864593
These are the Wheelmen. I'd say help them out. You know you'll be rewarded if you do, while you don't know what would happen if you helped the other guy.

Kloldril and Slorsnis should use their slings at the same time to hit the worker. These brass gearmen might be the wheelmen the machine was talking about.

>>864593
>Embedded in their torso is a huge slowly spinning wheel!
Don’t those look like the necklace? Maybe these are the Wheelmen you’re supposed to help?

Watch and wait, for now. Both of these guys look like bad business, and I'm not sure about this so called "lord of machines" guy anyways.

>>864626
"The price of inaction is greater than the cost of making a mistake."

It's kinda hard to tell which ones are the good guys just from looking at the fight. And we have no idea if the Lord of Marvelous Devices is a good person, or if assisting his Wheelmen is the right thing to do.
What we do know is that we need to help the Other One and that seems to only be possible by freeing the Lordie as well so.. for now it looks like helping his Wheelman is the best choice we can make.

So we're attacking the foundry worker. Probably better to do so at long range.

Tronklis attack using the Biogun
Kloldril attack using 9mm Pistol
Slorsnis attack using the Flare Gun .. heh, maybe it will put the cloth on it on fire.
Oubliss attack using.. rope and grappling hook. If it can reach. If it can't, then Slorsnis use her sling and Oubliss use the Flare Gun.

Of course, Tronklis should show everyone how to use the guns first.

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)09:48 No. 864747 ID: 12b116
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Fires into the combat and misses the foundryman, going directly into the head of the one he wasn't aiming at, killing it instantly!

opens fire! He misses the combat entirely and makes loud noises! He tries to fire again, but nothing happens! (the gun is jammed)

fires a sling bullet and strikes the worker solidly in the chest, but it doesn't seem to do much to its heavy armour.

fires a flare at the ground, it bounces and lands in the pool of molten metal and disappears!


"I thought we were shooting at the other ones!"
"Oh crap! I was shooting at the other one!" The foundry worker spins the metal pole around in its hand and rams the pointed end clean through the invisible barrier of the other attacker and out the other side of its head!!! They both fall to the ground with a hollow "CLANG!" and the chime-like sound of falling shards of brass! Maybe we should have hidden instead...

The foundryman is motioning at us to come down there now!

>>864747
Hey, he doesn't seem to want to kill us! Go say hi! Cautiously!

What kind of "come down here" motions are they? Friendly? Angry? Provoking?
Well, if he wanted to kill us, then he would probably start making his way around the foundry and towards our location.
Can we quickly loot the dead body? We should have some free space after camping.

And then throw a rope down. Have Oubliss climb down first. Since she's fast and good at wrestling, in case he attacks her, she might be able to do something, perhaps by getting behind it and grappling it.

>>864747
Approach but be wary. Also swap to weapons you can actually use effectively, yikes.

Well, just pretend you meant to help this guy, I guess. Also don’t forget to loot the corpse on the ledge with you.

Wait shit HIDE THE GEAR PENDANT FIRST.

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)12:57 No. 864784 ID: 12b116
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We don't need to throw a rope anywhere! There's some stairs right here. It seems to be pointing at us, then the handle. The carts are starting to get backed up, it looks like. I doubt any of us but Oubliss could actually move it though. The foundryman picks up the bodies and heads down some stairs. It's a lot more damaged than we thought, there's metal plates barely hanging on to it and scratches all over.

Everyone has their melee weapons out now, and the necklace is hidden.

>>864784
He wants you to pull the lever while he takes care of the bodies. Help him out.

>>864784
Throw it the rope.

It could've simply pulled the lever any time it wanted to so, it looks like it's telling us to get into the carts and pull the lever when we're ready. Interesting.

I'd say, loot the dead guy first, now that we got some time.
And then we should get into the carts. Have Oubliss pull the lever and jump in with us.

pull every lever multiple times

>>864784
How about you look in the carts to see if you want to take anything, before you pull the lever?

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)18:49 No. 864878 ID: 12b116
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We are NOT going to get in those carts! First of all they are full of rocks. Second of all they dump the rocks into the lava! We don't want to get dumped in there!

Oubliss volunteers to go pull the lever, it gets the carts moving along and she seems to be enjoying herself

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)18:49 No. 864879 ID: 12b116
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Let's check out this guy and see what happened here. It looks like he was walking along this catwalk like we were, but one of the brass face guys ambushed him on the stairs! It shoots a rain of spikes out of both hands before he can even get a shot off!

He looks like some kind of golem or something, he's made of stone. But still works like a regular person? I don't get it, let's see what kind of stuff he has...

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)18:49 No. 864880 ID: 12b116
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He doesn't have much actually, just a weird shaped crossbow with a tube on top, some bolts for it and a bag full of brown mush and papers. The mush is sweet, it actually tastes pretty good!

Tronklis 2018/02/05(Mon)18:55 No. 864884 ID: 12b116
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Here's what we're carrying at the moment

>>864884
I guess Oubliss could carry the weird crossbow.

You should Read the foldy box and jellies to see what they're for.

>>864884
READ the box of tasty stuff, see if you can load the crossbow.

>>864880
Try looking through the tube. Maybe it’s there to help with aiming?

And considering you guys completely missed the guy you were trying to kill, all of you will need any help you can get when it comes to aiming!

You need to keep that crossbow. It's clearly well made with a high offensive capability, yet you know how to use it easily.

Lick the chocolate, carry the crossbow and bolts. It's perfect for practicing aiming and shooting as long as you have a soft target to retrieve the bolts from.

Looks like the brown stuff melted. See if you can’t Read the papers that got smeared.

>>864889
It’s actually pretty light: only taking up 1 weight. I think this sniper weapon would be a better fit for Slorsnis, considering she’s the one that likes to get physical the least. We’d have to make room, of course, but I think that’s fairly trivial with Oubliss.

Sigh. We have so many weapons, but we can't aim for shit. Like, how hard can it be to point a thing at a target and press the trigger? Why isn't there a skill called Aiming?
We need some serious timeout so that everyone can properly learn how to use these weapons.

Let Outbliss carry the crossbow. And let Slorsnis eat the chocolate.
Where can we go next?

Tronklis 2018/02/06(Tue)12:18 No. 865193 ID: 12b116
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Somebody is going to have to practice shooting next time we make camp! The papers aren't paper really but they're like sealed packets of brown goo. some of them have broken open and that's why it's everywhere. I can concentrate on them and briefly see someone absolutely screaming about "Genuine fake imitation Chococolat" but nothing else. It looks like they're not normally supposed to be melted. I should probably keep it away from Slorsnis, not let her eat it! I don't want anybody running around in here they could fall into lava or something!

We'll take it anyway, maybe the next place won't be so hot.

The crossbow looks like it works like a real crossbow but it's more complicated for basically no reason. The tube makes things look closer, so that would make it easier to aim. If I would have taken Minj or another archer they would probably be a better shot than us but I can't exactly go back and get somebody else! We will have to just practice with it during camp times and such.


There's a couple of places we can go. We can keep going to the floor from here, or we could go back up to the catwalk. There's a stairway around the volcano building thing here where the guy went down. Another one has come up, or is it the same one? Either way it's taking over the lever-pulling.

Follow the stairway where the guy went down. Maybe we could sabotage the place where they're getting repaired.

>>865193
Offer Kloldril some of the brown stuff. Then onwards, keep going to the floor. Eyes open!

>>865193
Okay let's go check out the place they came from.

>>865193

Try and communicate with the huge guy.

Tronklis 2018/02/06(Tue)19:27 No. 865362 ID: 12b116
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The worker guy doesn't seem to want to communicate, so we go on down the stairs. It's very noisy down here when we get to the ground. There's giant pots full of lava moving around overhead, full carts going one way, empty carts going across bridges, and rivers of lava running through channels in the floor with little metal bridges over them! Across from this thoroughfare type area, there's what looks like a big forest of pipes. We can cross it in a couple of places if we wanted to, or we could follow it downstream and see what's that way.

>>865362
Check to see if the bridge is safe to cross by slowly approaching and seeing if the air is cool enough to walk through.

>>865370
Yeah. Lava is really hot, getting near it tends to be unpleasant. If we can't cross over the lava channel that at least gives us less we'll inevitably explore.

>>865374
The post LITERALLY says the lava can be crossed safely in a couple spots.

Wait, apparently we can cross without fear of incineration. ACROSS THE BRIDGE, CHARGE!

Follow the mine carts to their source. Whatever they're mining, you can expect them to find rare materials that need to be sorted out for higher-quality processing. Steal those.

>>865381
But Oubliss isn’t wearing shoes. Crossing a metal bridge with something hot under it sounds like a good way to incinerate her feet!

Cross.

Tronklis 2018/02/07(Wed)16:13 No. 865616 ID: 12b116
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We cross over to the other side, where there's a forest of pipes. The go above and below us, and the path is kind of randomly turning to avoid them. We follow the carts as best we can, they're going through pretty fast though! I don't think trying to jump on one is a good idea. Especially not the part where it dumps everything into the lava. The empty ones are really high up on a bridge thing going the other way, I don't know that we could climb up there from here without getting our fingers smashed.

Right after the path crosses over the cart tracks we spot something walking around the other side of these pipes, it looks like another wheel guy! What should we do about it? It hasn't seen us yet.

>>865616
Use your sling. Knock its block off.

Show it the gear amulet.

>>865616
Show it the amulet.

Shake the catwalk until it falls off.

>>865616
Keep the pipes between it and you. Try to get around it without it noticing you. Do not engage.

If it gets too close take control of the valve in front of you to steam it off the platform

It looks like it's going to walk in front of some kind of vent. Is there a wheel you can turn to open the vent and blast it? You could also try showing it the amulet if you don't want to fight.

Tronklis 2018/02/08(Thu)19:28 No. 865997 ID: 12b116
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There's two spinning wheels here, should we spin them now or wait till it crosses by the pipe end?
One of us can try showing it the amulet first, but who should do it?

Tronklis should probably show the amulet since he's best protected and will be best off if it goes wrong.

Oubliss should wave it at them. Hold off on the valves until they reach the pipe end.

Tronklis 2018/02/08(Thu)21:50 No. 866025 ID: 12b116
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I jump out and show it the amulet. It doesn't attack me, and it just sort of ignores me all together. It is getting closer to the pipe end, should I have Oubliss turn the valves? I don't know what it's planning to actually do, or if it can even think.

Oops I meant Kloldril. Anyway if it's ignoring you maybe you can just ignore it. Or follow it and try to assist it again.

Yes, you should turn the valves right away. If they're stuck, then use the portable welder that we have to heat it up.

>>866025
Hit it, Oubliss. Blast that thing right off the platform.

It might be pacified by the amulet, but it might also just not be in aggro range.

Turn the valve and blast it, just to be safe.

Tronklis 2018/02/09(Fri)08:13 No. 866125 ID: 12b116
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It just continues walking forward, like I'm not even here.. "Oubliss now!"

That wasn't steam! It was lava! There's a blue flash and a popping sound as the invisible wall around it breaks near instantly and it's blasted off the walkway and goes banging down pipes for a good while before disappearing competely, leaving only the smell of burnt frog meat and rust behind. It looks like we can either go farther into the pipes or go more in the direction the carts are coming from

RIP poor wheelman. We hardly knew ye.

Go further into the pipes.

Stick your head in the pipe. Maybe now that the steel has been cleared the steam will come out?

>>866125
Better safe than sorry. Continue onwards to the source of the carts

Welp, can't say THAT was an accident. Lord of devices is gonna be pissed if we don't actually decide to help out later. Turn off the lava, head towards where the carts are coming from.

Suggestion 2018/02/10(Sat)10:58 No. 866373 ID: 4ac1a7
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We follow the direction of the carts further and come into what looks like a cart sorting area, there's a big machine in the center that shoots carts out of different holes to do down diffferent tracks, the empty ones come in from the elevated tracks and go down to a spot where the rocks come out of a big thing into them and then go into the sorting machine. It looks like there was a fight here too and there's no workers around.

>>866373
Loot the huge guy for stuff.

Check the bodies if there's anything to loot.

If not, then enter the big machine.

Make your way over to the bodies, but keep an eye out for any ambushes. How recent was the attack?

>>866373
Is that blood?

Suggestion 2018/02/10(Sat)17:08 No. 866442 ID: 4ac1a7
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There's an iron man surrounded by two dead brass men. The iron man looks like it bled out, it's pretty fresh but the blood is a weird dark red and smells off. There's not much here we could take except for the big metal club the iron man had. Nothing else is around, looks like maybe the wheel guy from earlier in the pipes came from this fight? The metal club looks heavy but oubliss can probably carry it.

"Oubliss can you..."
"What? "

>>866442
I think we've figured out what the wheelmen are doing. They want to stop the carts for some reason. Don't pull the lever. See if Oubliss can wield that club. ...she has no skill in blunt weapons though. A heavier whip or spear is what she'd want to be using. Probably not worth carrying the club around.

Maybe she can smash the lever with the club though? That would be assisting the wheelmen.

...can you not? Wait until we are all hidden before activating strange mechanisms.
Are you strong enough to wild that big ass metal club?

Considering how bad aiming with guns was, I wouldn't want to fight with that club anyway.

Unless that club is a wrench of some sort, that we'd need to use somewhere, I don't see the point of carrying it.

Oubliss should pull the lever. But I'm not sure if it should be up or down. I guess try both and see what happens.

>>866462
I think we might be past assisting the wheelmen at this point... (considering we killed 3 of them :3)

That club looks more like a tool than a weapon. See if you can find a square peg that the hole in the wrench fits over.

Suggestion 2018/02/11(Sun)08:58 No. 866567 ID: 4ac1a7
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"Do you think you can use that club?"
"I can but that's not how I'm trained to fight."
"This might not just be a weapon, it kind of looks like a handle for something, maybe we should carry it anyway"

Oubliss enthusiastically pulls on the lever, it makes this section of the floor go up and down. The circle handle next to it makes it stop sooner or later, but there's nothing but darkness down there.

Do you have another flare? You can drop it down.

Have Tronklis and Kloldril ride the platform down there, while Oubliss and Slorsnis wait here.

>>866576
The plan is to first see what's down there. If it's dangerous or not. If there's no sign of danger, then we can lower ourselves down. But be ready to be pulled back up in case something happens. In case nothing happens, Oubliss should reverse the lever after 5min either way.

>>866567
We could drop one of the bodies on to that lift and see if it drops off after a certain point. What are the directions can we go from here?

Tronklis 2018/02/11(Sun)17:37 No. 866691 ID: 12b116
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We can just throw some brass shards on it instead of hauling a body or shooting a flare on it!

Depending on how the circle handle is positioned, it does one of four things:

It stops at the first stop down, where nothing happens. If it stops on the second stop down, a cart comes out of the tunnel, if it stops at the third stop, the cart goes away into the tunnel. The fourth stop looks like it dumps whatever was on it into some moving path or something. We can hear the brass bits clatter around for a while and there's a reddish glow when the platform swings away. Should we do anything else with it? We could maybe go in the first one but I think if somebody was on it when a cart came out on the middle bit they might get squashed!

From here we can go over to the cart loading area, the big machine in the middle or further down past the tall cart bridge which would be downstream of the lava river.

Oubliss is the most resilient, she can test the first one out.

>>866691
Go to the Big Machine In The Middle.

These are all cart tracks. The first stop is probably a departure location for incoming carts on the surface level. Did you test to see if a cart will go into the first stop if you collect one from the second stop?
If the first stop doesn't interact with carts at all, then sure, have someone stand on the platform and get sent to the first stop to look in the tunnel. Then bring them back up.

Climb down there and see where it goes.

Go to the big machine first since that's most likely a dead end.

Tronklis 2018/02/12(Mon)14:38 No. 866964 ID: 12b116
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I'll go check out the first room down. It looks like a storage area. There's different carts in here, flat ones, ones with seats on them, and just box shaped ones. There's a machine over in the corner and a control with a bunch of levers on it. Looks like it controls where the tracks go, they switch around when I pull different levers. There's a dead foundryman in here too but he doesn't have anything. Should we mess around in here or go back up?

Is that a tank or an engine? Go mess with the controls on that.

Go in the seated carts with everybold and travel around, maybe its how you're supposed to get around quickly.

Hmm. We could build a small train using the.. what looks like an engine block on the right, and attach a wagon with seats to it. And then we could get somewhere.

Is it possible for any of the wagons inside here to get to the lift outside? Is there a connection? And even then, I don't think the train would fit on the lift. Do we even need the train? Do we even need a wagon? I mean, I don't think a wagon would make anything safer.

Anyway, I suggest we go back out and explore the lift.

Get the engine onto the platform, then onto the tracks at the top, then you can use the platform to exit.

see if you can take the engine, a seat car, and a cargo car up the elevator. You will probably have to do it one at a time. If the engine runs, it's probably a much more efficient way of getting around this facility.

Tronklis 2018/02/12(Mon)20:38 No. 867032 ID: 12b116
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OK, I'll take a look at the machine here. It's hooked into a pipe coming out of the ground, there's a lever on the end of the pipe that looks like it might release that though. There's a platform with a wheel, two levers on the left, and one on the right. There's two little things with arms on them and marks too. One of them is pointing right and one is pointing left. When I turn the wheel they both point right and there's a hissing noise. The lever on the right makes a horrible squealing sound when I move it down and the whole thing kind of jerks a little bit. Both of the ones on the left have only two positions and make a clunk sound but I can't see what they do, something changes underneath the platform. There's a little pin next to a latch thing that I assume is used to hook them together on both ends. I don't need to bring it up to the platform, as there's a ramp that goes up to the upper level at the end of this room. After some time I figure out that one of the levers locks the wheels and the other one changes the direction it goes in. I might have banged up the pipe coming out of the floor a bit though.

I can hook up some carts and head up the ramp to the floor above, everybody should be able to fit on one seat cart...

Tronklis 2018/02/12(Mon)20:38 No. 867033 ID: 12b116
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"Everybody, over here!I found a thing!"
"This looks like fun! It's better than walking all over the place,
"Where does it go though?"

That's a good question, it looks like it goes up to an elevated track that has an option to go left or right at the top. The left part goes higher up into the pipes and the right goes back across where the rocks come out. There's no other carts on this track, it looks like it's not connected to the one with all the carts. There's a couple of more unused tracks running around here, one goes from the big machine to the platform which is now down, another one splits from the empty cart line and also goes to the big machine in the middle. We also still haven't investigated the big machine itself.

>>867033
Investigate the big machine.

>>867033
Yeah, let's investigate the big machine first before we make any travel plans. Drop off our stuff in the carts though.

You mean, we haven't investigated the upper floor of the big machine. Yeah, let's check that out.

Tronklis 2018/02/13(Tue)10:52 No. 867143 ID: 12b116
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"Before we take a ride, let's check this big machine out first. "
It's really loud here. "oubliss don't climb on those!"
"They don't move, I already tried. It's like they're all locked in place! There must be some way to unlock them so we can move things around!"

From what I can tell, it looks like this machine controls where the carts go. There's a line of track that splits off the empty cart line and goes into here as well but they're not going down it, they're getting loaded and then coming into here, there's some loud clunking noises, then they go out of one of the gates on the other side that looks like it goes back to where the lava pit machines were. There's an opening on here that nothing comes out of that Slorsnis is sitting above now.

Oubliss is right, I can rattle the handles a little bit but nothing actually moves no matter how hard we pull on it.

"I'll watch out for trouble"
" There's nothing on top of here but a bunch of dirt!"

You tried every one of the levers and none work? Did you try pulling them out, towards you, or twisting them in place? What about the wheel thingy in the middle? And the smaller one on the right side?

>>867143
The controls are probably locked. Is there any levelers or knobs that turn or move? That's probably the one that unlocks the rest of the controls.

Look into the history of that club that we got from the dead guy to see where it was used.

Tronklis 2018/02/13(Tue)13:20 No. 867161 ID: 12b116
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Oh, hey, I can use my power to figure this out! It looks like that club we found goes on this square peg over here, I see the guy pull it off and go attack the wheel men with it when they start messing with the platform controls! We put it on and move it up and the red light comes on! Still no clue as to what anything does though. What should we do?

This looks complicated.

...

I don't know what we're supposed to accomplish here. Perhaps making the whole thing stop? In that case, we'd need to try the levers one by one until we find the right one. I think the prime candidates the 4 levers on the left and the one above them. And the big lever on the right.

PULL LEVERS AT RANDOM!!!

>>867161
Have Slorsnis move away from that opening, just in case pulling on of these levers ends up pushing her into the opening.

Tronklis 2018/02/13(Tue)15:41 No. 867189 ID: 12b116
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I'll start pulling the ones on the left side first! "Slorsnis go see what happens when I mess with this!"
"Huh? Oh, ok! OK the empty carts start going on a different loop! Now they're rejoining the line! Now they're going straight to the machine!"

OK, it looks like the four levers on the right control the rails where they get filled up. I can't really do much with that other than cut off the loop to the filler and then there would be nothing but empty carts on the whole line after a while. Should I mess with something else?

Hmm, nah. No need to do anything else for now. We need to find out what these wagons were doing in the first place. Like, we don't know if we were even supposed to stop them. It could be that we did a bad thing and we actually need them in some way to save the golden kobold.

So, get on our train and get rolling.

>>867189
The filling machine carries molten slag to be dumped in the pit. This is probably either disposal or part of some kind of refinery process. Hook some empty carts up to the machine that had controls on it and take them with you while you go up the elevated metal track.

Empty carts? That is probably what the wheelmen want. So go ahead and do that. Then go for a ride on the train!

>>867189
Now this is just a shot in the dark, but have we tried reading the metal pole The Foundry men wield? Other than that, I say we cut off the loop and have to line backed up for a while. Get their attention on this area after we leave.

See if you can find some more foundrymen. After we helped them out, they might be friendly to us.

Tronklis 2018/02/14(Wed)18:02 No. 867625 ID: 12b116
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>read pole
I don't have one available, but it doesn't really show exactly how to use things, it just shows what happened with them at a certain point. I imagine the pole is just for poking around in the lava with. Unless it was used to fight with I probably wouldn't get anything from it.

We can't put ore carts on this track unless we can move them to the platform, but we already have an empty cart and don't really need one!

Oubliss keeps messing with the levers while I get the machine ready again and a bunch of empty carts are now going where the full ones should be. Oh well, somebody else can fix it. I turn the speed all the way up, this thing can go fast! We take off down the right hand path, and it looks like there's a big lava puddle off in the distance. To our left there's a couple of rooms with peices of carts and wheels and stuff. There's a fight on the track up ahead, It looks like a foundry man just stabbed a pole through a guy! Should we stop?

>Stop?
You kidding? RAMMING SPEED!

Stop and say hello. Maybe try to tell him about how you messed up the big machine? We've already antagonized the wheelmen, might as well stay on the foundrymen's good side.

Investigate those rooms. After ramming them both full speed.

>>867663
You've picked your side. Assist if you can, but I'm not sure you'll be able to stop in time anyways.

Tronklis 2018/02/15(Thu)14:53 No. 867821 ID: 12b116
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"OK hold on!"

I push the lever all the way up, the foundry man jumps out of the way but the other guy can't move fast enough and with a loud clang he goes flying off the walkway! The machine jumps a bit but doesn't come off the tracks! It looks like there's a split in the track up ahead, I better slow down. One side goes downhill back to the floor and the other side goes forward past the lava pool. We will have to stop to switch it over, as there's nothing standing by the switch to do it for us.


As far as the rooms go, they're just full of metal plates and wheels and stuff. It looks like spare cart bits. We don't really need to stop and investigate them, it's pretty obvious there's nothing there.

Accidents happen.

Uhh. Another left-or-right choice. I wish this place had a map or something.

I guess stay up and go forward. We need to get a better overview of this place.

>>867821
Forward, let's see what's past the lava. Remember to keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times!

Tronklis 2018/02/15(Thu)19:32 No. 867888 ID: 12b116
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This area has a big lava pool right in the middle of it, and what looks like a giant round wheel thing set into the wall, there's guys moving around down there but we go by pretty fast. It looks like the river drains into here too. Further ahead there's another stop, and the tracks go down into a machine filled area after that.

"Can we maybe slow down a bit!?"

>>867888
>slow down
Fine, spoilsport.

>>867888
Slow down.

>>867888
Go ahead and make the stop before heading down. Do have binoculars or some sort of viewfinder?

It's ok to go fast as long as we can see what's ahead of us.

In this case it looks like we might be stopping soon so, slowing down is in order.

Tronklis 2018/02/16(Fri)13:54 No. 868024 ID: 12b116
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We slow down at the next stop, there's a guy here, he looks injured. It doesn't look like there's anything here we can take, even if we wanted to. It's all big metal plates and pipes and bars. We can also make a switch here, it goes down to an area full of machines. The other way is back around to where the volcano buildings are.

Take off his armor and treat him. If that's even possible. Have Slorsnis use her medicine if necessary.

>>868024
Check on the guy. See if he can communicate anything he needs. If you can't do anything, then go to the Machine Track.

>>868024
Shoot him in the face.

>>868024
Go ahead and make the switch to go down before looking the guy over. No use wasting your medicines on one who's not going to make it.

Tronklis 2018/02/16(Fri)16:26 No. 868039 ID: 12b116
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I go up to the foundry man and touch it. It stands up and goes to the seat cart and sits down! It looks like it's missing a hand and has some other damage. We change the swich, go down a tunnel of pipes and stuff, and stop at the machinery area. When we stop the injured one gets up and goes into the maze of tunnels and pipe There's some different looking guys down here, and I think one of them is motioning for us to follow it.
"What do yu think, should we follow it?"
"Are you sure that it's not going to try to squash us?"

>>868039
Follow, but have your weapons ready. Leave the giant pipe.

Do these guys looks bigger or is it just me?

Follow the one motioning us.

>>868039
Follow them. They seem okay.

Tronklis 2018/02/16(Fri)18:14 No. 868049 ID: 12b116
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The guy leads os through a maze of pipes and banging things and moving belts and turning gears into a room. We are on our guard but nothing happens along the way.

There's a dome thing with a wheel on top of it that I can hear what sounds like rushing water under but Slorsnis just sits on it.

It starts making gestures.

"It wants my spear, should I give it?"

Well, why not. It doesn't seem to be a very effective weapon even if it wants to destroy it.

Yeah, it's just a copper spear, you've found a ton of fancy weapons that put it to shame since you got here.

>>868049
Do it, but Kloldril should put his mace away before they ask for that too.

>>868049
Sure, hand it over.

>>868049
I wonder if he’s going to improve the spear so that it does more damage?

Oubliss 2018/02/16(Fri)19:48 No. 868070 ID: 12b116
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It comes back with some better stuff! Looks like I can take one of these in exchange for it:
Steel Spear Carry Limit -1 : It's like a bronze spear but better. I should at least take this.

Foundryman's Pole Carry Limit -4 : A solid metal rod with a sharpened point on one end, just like the poles the foundrymen use to poke around in the lava. It's really heavy, but does more damage and can also be used as a staff with decent defensive qualities.


Punch Spear Carry Limit -2 : A long handled punch used to make holes or dots on metal. The first hit does more damage but takes more actions to reset later. Has a pipe handle is it doesn't weigh much.


Hand Punch Carry Limit -2 : A heavy tool worn on the hand that works similarly to the punch spear. It uses the Brawling skill and provides some defense. Uses a free hand though.

[reminder: Weapons don't use any carry limit points when they're being held, but use a free hand.}

"I wonder if they'll trade anything else?"

Tronklis 2018/02/16(Fri)19:49 No. 868071 ID: 12b116
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"Hmm, does anybody else want to trade with them?"

Here's what we have right now...

Oubliss should take the Foundryman's Pole. Offense and defense in one package and she's strong enough to use it effectively! ...she can, right? She's the one saying it's really heavy... if she can't use it very well despite her strength go with the punch spear.

Try to trade the two knives and the music box for a better slashing weapon. Maybe see if they have something whip-like? A better articulated weapon would be cool.

...can you use your Object Reading power on the foldy box that came with jellies? Might be able to see what it's for.

Tronklis 2018/02/16(Fri)21:49 No. 868080 ID: 12b116
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"It seems like they can really only offer similar items for what we give them, or maybe it's just because we can't really communicate too well."

For the whip, we can trade for:

Light Chain Carry Limit-1 : It's got a removable handle and a shackle at the end for attaching things to.

Heavy Chain Carry Limit-3 : A much heavier chain, it will cause more damage than the light chain, or weighted light chain.

Plumb Weight Carry Limit-1 : Can be attached to the light chain to cause a bit more damage. Could be attached to the heavy chain as well but even Oubliss would have trouble using this in combat.

For the knife they will trade us:

Plate Knife Carry Limit-1 : More like a sword for us, definitely more effective than a knife, but slower.

We show them the music box/ and they bring out:

Clipper Carry Limit-2 : This looks like a tool, but what it's for I have no idea. It's a sort of unweildy sword but has a heavy spring powered clipper blade on the back side that could pobably take off an arm.

>read foldy box

Looks like the jellies burn, and you can set a pot on top of it to cook with. This would have been a lot better than the paper fire we made earlier.

Offer the bronze scalemail! Maybe we can get some steel scalemail instead.
Also the wooden shield, and his mace.
I wonder if they have a better tent? Or better slingshot rounds? Hey try seeing what they'll trade for a sling!

Use the Light Chain with the weight on it. I feel like a heavy chain isn't going to be very effective for its weight.
Go with the "Clipper" for a blade upgrade.

Can we up Kloldril's mace and shield with the foundrymen?

>>868080
Take the Clipper! :D

Take everything. This stuff actually looks useful and also valuable as loot to return home.

And give them Kloldril's armor, shield and mace. Also, give them one of the waterskins to see if they can do something with it.

>>868148
Def take the Punch Spear and Plate Knife. Clipper seems situational at best. See what Kloldril's gear gets you. Rest here and have some snacks.

Tronklis 2018/02/17(Sat)09:31 No. 868185 ID: 12b116
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For the shield we can get
Metal Shield Carry Limit-4 : Like a wood shield but better.
Refractory Shield Carry Limit-5 : Made out of what looks like hard cloth and ceramic, it's bigger than the other ones.

For Armour we can get

Small foundry plate Carry Limit-5 : Same protection as bronze scale, but lighter.
Small foundry scale Carry Limit-7 : Heavier than plate, but more protective.
Refractory Cloak Carry Limit-3 : Very light compared to other armor, it's kind of like maille but made from a heavy fireproof cloth

The weapons we can swap the mace for are

Crowbar Carry Limit-1 : About as effective as copper mace, with additional uses.
Chipping hammer Carry Limit-2 : Lighter and more effective than copper mace, basically a warhammer
Bolt Cutter Carry Limit-3 : More unwieldy than a real weapon, but can deliver a bone cutting bite. It can also grab stuff with the other end.

>>868185
Metal shield, small Foundry plate and chipping hammer should do nicely.

I wonder if Tronklis could trade his shirt for something like the cloak?

I think the R.Shield, Small Plate, and Crowbar should be good. At some point Kloldril is going to want a helmet and gauntlets so we need to save carry weight for those.

>>868204
I recommend the Refractory Cloak. It's light-ish and might be good protection.

Hmm. How to organize this. Well, this is what I came up with.

Tronklis (10/10):
R. Hand: Biogun
L. Hand: free
Belt slots: Clipper (2), Flashlight (1), Crown (2), Portable welder (1), Brain stim (0)
Tronklis' Backpack (4)

Slorsnis (6/6):
R. Hand: 9mm pistol
L. Hand: Plate knife
Belt slots: Sling bullets - clay (1), 9mm pistol ammo x15 (0), Heater with ethanol jellies? x10 (0), Lighter (0), Brain stim (0)
Extra: Sling
Slorsnis' Adventurer's Backpack + tent (5)

Oubliss (22/25):
R. Hand: Foundryman's Pole
L. Hand: Oubliss' Sack (4)
Scarf slots: Gear trinket (0), Crossbow bolts x20 (0), Brain stim (0)
Belt slots: Light chain + Weight (2), Lantern (1), Crossbow (1), Thief's tools (1), Chocolate (1)
Extra: Grappling hook (2), Rope (5), Green rope (5)

Kloldril (10/15):
R. Hand: Chipping hammer (2)
L. Hand: Refractory shield (5)
Armor: Refractory cloak (3)
Belt Slots: Sling bullets - lead x10 (1), Flare gun (1), Flare gun ammo x4 (0), Brain stim (0)
Extra: Sling

Tronklis' Backpack (8/8):
Waterskin x5 (5), Slorsnis' flask (1), Tin canteen (1), Bepsi x3 (1)
Let's put all the drinks together.

Slorsnis' Adventurer's Backpack + tent (6/6):
Tube with food x2 (2), 5x Biscuit (1), Medicine bag 3x (1), Antidote bag x3 (1), Cookware (1)
Food and medicine.

Oubliss' Sack (8/8):
Bedroll (4), Fire extinguisher (3), Duct tape (1), Chalk 3x (0), Whetstone (0),
The rest of the junk.

Alternatively, since Kloldril is lighter, we could move a backpack from Slorsnis to Kloldril, giving her more inventory options.
Also, Plate knife is probably a terrible weapon for Slorsnis since she doesn't have any melee skills. Well, probably still better than a hatchet.

----
What can we get for Slorsnis' hatchet?
We have 2 knives. Is the trade for both of them, or only one (which one?)?
Also, what about the portable welder? Would we get an actual flamethrower for it? :D
Can we (or them) unjam the 9mm pistol?

Tronklis 2018/02/17(Sat)17:22 No. 868286 ID: 12b116
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We can trade the Hatchet for the same items as the mace Slorsnis doesn't have much skill in using any sorts of weapons though. The hatchet can be thrown, she is good at that.

They don't have anything for a sling, waterskin, or small torch

The pistol is already unjammed, you just have to move the worky parts to fix it.

With a bit of item maneuvering I think we can take all this stuff... Does that look like what we need to do?

>>868286
Oh cool, we got a second suit of armor? The scalemail must've counted as two suits since it had padding underneath.

Slorsnis should probably practice with the gun-arm later so she can use the pistol (or the gun arm) to fight with. Also I'd say trade the hatchet for the crowbar! Crowbar's very useful and the two heavy slashing weapons we have now can do a hatchet's job.

Tronklis 2018/02/17(Sat)18:13 No. 868292 ID: 12b116
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"I look like a weird cultist with this on. "
"I look good!"
"I still look the best though~"

OK, this should be good, it looks like the foundryman is headed back towards the ride carts. It seems to want us to follow.

I guess go find out what it wants.

>>868292
Kloldril does look good! Keep following though.

>>868292
Follow, the Foundry Men seem like pretty okay guys thus far. They even forgave you for whacking that one in the chest with a bullet.

Tronklis 2018/02/17(Sat)19:55 No. 868306 ID: 12b116
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We get onto the riding cart, and the guy takes us back toward the big lake of lava. We stop in front of a big metal circle in the wall. There's two guys pushing a big wheel around, and with a horrible screeching metal sound, the inside of it ponderously rolls aside. It looks like this might be a way out. It's the heaviest looking door we've ever seen! I can feel cool air rushing out of it as well.
"Should we go in there? It looks like they opened a way for us."
"We ended up helping them, maybe they're helping us with a better way to go?"

>>868306
Honestly, if they wanted to kill you they wouldn't have given you a crapload of weapons first. Let's go explore the vault door!

Let's go through, the foundrymen are nices afterall!

Follow. If this leads outside of this place then.. too bad. We never managed to find out what this place was all about. What was being produced / disposed, what was the point of playing with all the controls etc.

>>868306
Might as well, but be ready to jump back out at a moment's notice.

These guys have only been nice to us so far, no reason to assume otherwise just because of language barrier and speculation. Let’s go!

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)12:33 No. 868388 ID: 12b116
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We walk into the crack, and there's that brief dizziness for a second. The door behind us rolls shut with a loud boom! The air is cool and damp here, and it kind of smells like wet stone and rust. The floor and walls are the same type of solid stone the floor was made out of in the foundry.
"It's pitch dark in here."
"And quiet."

It's not totally silent, I can hear rushing water in the big pipe ahead of us. There's a hallway right next to the pipe, and this room goes off to the right. There's another hallway to the left as well. We might want to look for somewhere to make camp fairly soon.

>>868388
Check the left hallway.

So there's 3 paths. Left, right, and forward.

Our plan should be to find out if any of them are a dead end, so that we can make a camp there.

Explore the first 100m or so of each direction and return if there's no end.
Kloldril + Slorsnis to the right.
Tronklis to the left.
Oubliss forward. She can use the lighter for the light.

Is that another exit near the top of the pipe?

Go left, first. Not very far though.

>>868388
Security in obscurity, find a room with one or two entrances and not out in the open. Start with the left path.

>>868400
This

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)15:31 No. 868428 ID: 12b116
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"Let's check out that room to the left first."

"It doesn't look like anything's in here except some broken peices of wood and one of those pipe things like we saw in the room where we traded our stuff"

"I can hear rushing water near it."

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)15:31 No. 868429 ID: 12b116
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Oh, hey, looks like there's a pathway of sorts, or a room, up there. There's no ladder going to it or anything, somebody would have to climb up.

>>868428
Standing on Oubliss' shoulder.

>>868428
Well that seems like a decent place to camp, but it's not really secure.
>>868429
Alright use the grappling hook to go take a look up there.

We could easily climb up there with a grappling hook, yeah, but that's definitely not a dead end and who knows what kinds of things creep in those shafts :p

I suggest checking out the other two paths first.

Let's just take a quick look and continue our exploration.

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)17:38 No. 868452 ID: 12b116
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"Oubliss can you get up there and have a look? Don't go too far."
"I can't go too far, it's a dead end~" "It's a dank rusty room with nothing in it~"

"That might be a safer place to put our stuff."
"I'm coming back down now~ "

"let's check this other passage next."

>>868452
That place might just do. Possible candidate number 2.

>>868452
Check the next passage.

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)20:37 No. 868514 ID: 12b116
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The opening next to the pipe leads to another hallway. There's two more halls on the left, one on the right, and then it takes a right hand turn. I'll check out the far end of the first room next...
"everybody hush! I saw something move!"

Tronklis 2018/02/18(Sun)20:38 No. 868516 ID: 12b116
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There's definitely something out there, looks like behind the big pile of trash or inside the door on the very far end. I am pretty sure it's either seen or heard us by now. I see a flash of yellow eyes!

Keep your lights on towards whatever that creature is. might want to know what it is or straight up kill it before setting up camp.

>>868516
Careful now. No idea what that is, might not be hostile. Tell it to come out where you can see it. Try gesturing too, just in case it can't understand you. If it won't move see if you can get a better look at it without making it run off.

>>868516
Demand it come out, but keep your shield ready.

Fight!

Kloldril's got the heavy armor and shield, so they go in front. Approach whatever this thing is slowly, and be ready to fight if it's hostile.

I don't know... make a tight kobold "arm wall" ready to become a mighty circula of doom.

Tronklis 2018/02/19(Mon)11:36 No. 868648 ID: 12b116
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Whoa! There's something scary running around in that room! It's pretty fast, I see it run past the door for a second! This definitely looks like a trap, I think it's trying to get us to go in that room. It's a good thing Slorsnis spotted it before it could jump out on us.

Spooky. Well, if it's staying in that room then we can go camp in the alcove just fine.

>>868648
See if there's anything you can barricade the passage with. Otherwise, set up a fortified camp in the alcove.

Shoot a flare inside and charge in immediately after.
Proceed to bash it while it's startled.

>>868652
Well we could push the big brown bin in front of the doorway.
Is there anything in the bin?

>>868648
If it’s trying to get you to come into that room, then there might be more of those things in there waiting to jump at you guys!

Don’t go in there!

>>868652
This has a good point. They want you to walk into a trap, so you should trap them instead.

I have a great idea about how to safely sterilize that room!

1. Fire up our gas torch and keep it that way (tape down the button or something)
2. Roll it inside
3. Shoot it

Tronklis 2018/02/19(Mon)17:18 No. 868742 ID: 12b116
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"There's two of them!"

Something leaps for Kloldril, but misses and lands next to Oubliss! It's hard to tell what it is except for fangs, claws, and eyes! The second one leaps after me, but I'm too fast and it falls over into the darkness!

Everybody is kind of surprised, and all of our initial attacks miss!

Tronklis 2018/02/19(Mon)17:18 No. 868743 ID: 12b116
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Oubliss hits the one that landed near her in what might be its head, sending it staggering back. She whips the weighted chain around its leg and rips the leg off, sending it sailing through the air! The beast dissolves and leaves nothing behind but curious looking claws and teeth!
Slorsnis hits the second one between the eyes, but I can't see what's going on in the darkness until it jumps! My clipper catches its leg but it meets some strange resistance and just kind of chips it! Slorsnis hacks at it a couple of times but seems to be meeting that same resistance. Oubliss turns around and lands a devastating blow on the monster, sending peices of black material flying across the floor! Slorsnis stabs it with the plate sword and finishes it off!

>>868743
Analyze their remains. Are they machines?

>>868743
Everybody okay? Did they drop any loot?

>>868743
Don't stop yet! There might be more, listen for movement and get everyone in a circle to have your backs facing each other. Anything else out there?

Take a look at those claws and teeth, but be careful. There could be more waiting for you to let you guard down.

Send Kloldril into the room to see if there's any more of them in there.

Suggestion 2018/02/20(Tue)13:54 No. 868990 ID: 12b116
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"Kloldril check out the room, I'm right behind you."
"Nothing in here but some more old wood bits."
The doorway opens into a huge massive room. there's peices of wood and unrecognizable trash piled up in the corner and all over the floor. A huge yawning pit takes up one wall, with a giant grating of iron bars over it. I toss some wood into it but don't hear it hit bottom. There's a matching opening over the pit in the cieling, and another opening really high up that we can't really see into. There's no evidence of any more monsters in here, we don't see or hear anything except some distant dripping echoing from somewhere.

The claws and teeth of the monsters look like the came off of a real animal, from what we can figure out. Was it some kind of ghost? Somebody could take some of them if they wanted.

Could you climb up into that opening somehow? Maybe Oubliss could catch her chain on something and let you climb up? Or you could try tying a rope to a crossbow bolt and shooting it into the hole.

>>868990
Strange. There doesn't seem to be much in here. Is this all there is?

Examine the trash. Collect the claws and teeth. Also use your psychometry skill on them.

Have Oubliss climb up there with rope and hook and look around.

>>868990
Could probably grapple up there if we wanted. Not right now though. Camping is a better idea for now.

Suggestion 2018/02/20(Tue)18:17 No. 869049 ID: 12b116
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"Oubliss can you try to get up there with the hook?" I don't need to use my power on the claws and teeth, I already saw what happened to them just now! It's weird though, I can almost identify what animal they came from, but not quite. They kind of look like a blend of all the different predators I know of, but none of them specifcally. There's really not much else in here but what looks like boards and driftwood peices. At least we can make a proper fire with them, it is kind of chilly in here.

"There's nothing up there to grab on to! It's just sliding around!"

"looks like we're not getting up there now. You should probably stop before somebody wanders over here and gets hit in the head." What should we do next, make camp or keep exploring? Where should we make camp? Who should hold on to the monster bits?

Does anyone even have any carry weight available? Oh come to think of it you could give the gun arm to Slorsnis and hold your sword to free up 2 weight, that'll let you carry the monster drops.

Seems like slings aren't really doing much anyway, at least with the clay ammo.

Driftwood.. it's as if this place is gonna get flooded. Well, nothing we can do about that.

Make camp here I guess. Kloldril has some space for the bits. Unless they weight a lot.
Would putting empty waterskins together make them more compact?

Make camp, but up high. With how damp it is and all the driftwood and trash left in here there's decent odds the halls and rooms here flood on occasion. The dead end Oubliss found should be your camp site. She can climb up and tie the grappling hook down for everyone else to climb up, then pull the rope up.

Before leaving this room, use the non-grappling-hook rope to tie up a bundle of material for a fire and have Oubliss and Kloldril haul it back to the camp site together, or maybe just drag it there. Leave a lead from the bundle to haul it up with.

If the claws and teeth only weigh one unit, then Kloldril can carry them. Take them all unless that would be over one weight unit, in which case only take what can be carried.

Before everyone goes to sleep they should each use the shooty arm to practice aiming and firing until it tires them out, then sleep to recover. Use the chalk to draw targets on the wall below and opposite the camp site entrance and the floor below to aim at. Avoid shooting at or near the pipes since you don't know what flows through them.

Suggestion 2018/02/21(Wed)10:08 No. 869210 ID: 12b116
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(FYI empty waterskins don't take up inventory space)

"I'll hold on to those teeth for now, they don't weigh anything."
"I'll get the fire started, I want to use one of these fire starters already."

"Before we sleep for the night, let's practice shooting."
"EEW, gross, no. I am not putting my hand in that. It looks like a hairless butt."
"FINE, use that crossbow instead then. You don't have to scrunch your nose up like that at it."

"Oh, this crossbow is neat! It has a thing you can look through like a spyglass! It's even got a mark on it that shows where the arrow will go!"
"I'll try it, it is kind of gross but it doesn't make any noise and use up ammunition like the other shooter does."
:slornis:"I think those things were somewhat armored, it would be nice to have an alternative for the sling. It doesn't do too well against armor."

Slorsnis and Kloldril will practice handguns and Oubliss will practice long arms

Will anybody sleep with the amulet? Will anybody try to ask any questions? Is there anything else we should do before going to bed for the "night?"

>>869210
Have a team-building hug. Everyone should hug and just... you've all been through a lot, and it'd be nice.

>>869210
Have Tronklis wear the necklace.

What will Tronklis be practicing then? Doesn't he need to learn some aiming as well?

If there's one thing I'd do before going to sleep.. it would be looking into the biogun's history.

I'd say it's Slorsnis' turn for sleeping with the amulet next. Tell her (or the one that's gonna be wearing the amulet) to apologize to the Lord of Marvelous Devices for accidentally sabotaging the wheelmen.

The golden kobold.. eh, her answers have been so vague. If only there was a way to make them clearer. Maying using one of those mind stims would work? I guess Tronklis could try using the stim on himself just before sleeping to see if anything would be different, assuming he won't be the one wearing the amulet.

The questions:
Is the Lord of Marvelous Devices an ally?
Could you use your hands to form letters as your answers instead of speaking? (maybe we would be able to understand them like that sign)
Would getting a 'telepathy' skill allow us to communicate with you better?

It's Slornis's turn with the amulet. Questions the others should ask should be "Are we any closer to saving you?" "Can the Lord of Marvelous Devices be trusted?" "Is escape possible?"

Tronklis 2018/02/21(Wed)16:24 No. 869336 ID: 12b116
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"OK, everybody come here. We're doing pretty good so far, if we keep up this kind of pace we should be out of here pretty soon. We make a good team!"

we turn in for the night...

Don't wear the amulet. Machine dude is just going to yell at you and it's not going to be a good time.

>>869336
And then Oubliss used her new strength to pick everyone up in a squeezing hug!

Kloldril 2018/02/21(Wed)18:32 No. 869359 ID: 12b116
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"I'm alone, in the forest, walking along a path. There's a big canyon with a huge wall going across it, and it's night time. I'm looking at the wall when my blood runs cold suddenly. I'm being watched by something in the darkness! Out of instinct, I start running down the road! I can hear it, feel it running behind me, giving chase! What should I do?! "

>>869359
Run left.

>>869359
Head for the wall?

muster up all of your courage. hit breaks and tackle the chaser.

>>869359
Find a path it can't follow you down! A crevice in the rocks? Up a tree?

Look for the motif

Kloldril 2018/02/23(Fri)15:32 No. 869731 ID: 12b116
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I turn left into the woods, trying to find somewhere it can't follow! I can still feel the monster chasing me, silently, almost as if it's flowing through the trees! Is there anything I can do to get away from it?!

alright, so you know it can die, let's find a branch or something pointy and run straight at it!
you'll have to dodge as close as possible but monsters don't usually think that fast and it should hopefully impale itself with the momentum.

alternatively: wake up

>>869731
Arm yourself, but don't stop moving! Any loose branches you could rip off in a hurry?

>>869731
Drop the teeth?

>>869766
This seems like a good idea, assuming he's holding them. If he's not, then...

Shout for help. The golden kobold, lord of devices, anyone!

Turn around and smack that thing upside the head with a wicked uppercut. You're a strong independent kobold that don't need no Lord of Machines.

Kloldril 2018/02/25(Sun)20:01 No. 870163 ID: 12b116
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I need a weapon! I turn to face it! For some reason I think of the teeth, and I feel a spear, no, huge rending claws on the ends of my fingers! I slash at its face, taking out a handful of teeth, and its eye runs out of its head like glowing water! The fight transitions to another dream, where I'm placing a small animal carcass under a bush, and speaking with something? "...ordeal is not ...may commune... find ... dark places..." I can't remember the rest of what it said.

Slorsnis 2018/02/25(Sun)20:02 No. 870164 ID: 12b116
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I'm alone, walking around what looks like the same place we are in now. There's a door with a faint red light and a weird noise coming from it. It almost sounds like running water, but harsher. It seems to be coming from a grating, and I instinctively push on the red light.
"Oh, another one? My wheel men saw you attack the foundryman, ineffective as it was. I fear your companions have decided to align themselves against me, but I can still offer you power, if you so wish it. We are all trapped here together, and we all wish to be free, do we not?"

>>870164
Okay sure. Still no real evidence for or against trusting Lord of Devices here. His boon should give us a better idea of what he's up to. If you have an opportunity tell him the first two wheelmen were hit by accident.

>>870163
Did we find a third entity? Some kind of nightmare god maybe. I think it's saying "your ordeal is not over" We have to find a dark place and commune with it there. Maybe offer up a dead animal?