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It has been 100 years since ancient beings, known as the Old Ones, walked the Earth with their two strong feet. Now they are gone and we animals now rule the remains that they left behind. With our new knowledge of sword and sorcery, we were able to survive in peace for a while, but then came the three factions.
The Apes: Strong giants, claiming to be as just as the old ones and believe they should be the ones to rule over the new world.
The Pigs: An intellectual but slothful group who wish to rule the world with an iron hoof and remain kings while the others remained as dumb animals.
Then there the Lizards: A fast and large group that want to set the world a blaze. Trying to forget the harsh past that the old ones left.
All three sides wishing to go war and destroy one another to bring in what they believe to be true peace.
But, unbeknownst to everyone, there was another group. One that was trying their best to find a way to heal everyone. To bring back order.
You found it.... and now you are taking care of it.

A D&D Homebrew Adventure.

Previous Quests:https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Rise%20of%20the%20Awakened
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Last Time on the ROTA Campaign
>The party gain a wagon and silver weapons.
>They then make their final walk to Canis Lupin.
>Where they discover a religious conspiracy along the way.
>Along with meeting several guard dogs, that seem to think Mog is a criminal.
>They also gain information about the criminal and learn that Canis Lupin is now gaining new technological advances.
>After finding a familiar face, nearly meeting the end of a torch tool from the lizard Lincoln, and a gaining safe place the party then start making plans.
>They also say goodbye to one of their teammates, Jenkins.

Sessions are on Tuesdays and occasionally on Thursdays.
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>>5949105
Meant to type in #12 not #11.
Sorry based Kinny.
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Should be available in the morning.
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>>5949578
I should as well.
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"You should remember it's Clayton's men and Wu Kong, not Clayton himself. Still you have a good point. Either way, your human when she turns back to normal has all the permission to stay around this area if she wishes."
>Arsene says as he then rests his weary legs.
"But I must say you have definitely aged better than I did. What's your secret wolf? Prayer is what I did to keep myself alive."
>Meanwhile with the others Maggie, in her bunny form still, just got done with her vinegar bath.
"Dear God that felt weird."
>Maggie says with a shiver.
"Well I left enough vinegar for you all to clean your stuff with. In the meantime.... I'm gonna see if there's anyway to make me feel cleaner in this church."
>Bobby, Ord, and Potato gave an affirming nod.
"Alright boys, you know the drill. Be very delicate when cleaning the artefacts. We don't know what could happen."
>Bobby orders the two cats.
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>>5949778
Well it’s better than getting char broiled Ord and potato make sure the bullets have the seems between the shell and the metal round sealed as to prevent the small explosive powered from becoming moist and firing improperly same with the guns let Maggie clean her guns
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>>5949800
>Adler soon went up to the bear.
"Excuse me, but is there anything you need me to do?"
>The deer asks Ursus.
"If you don't I'd like to take a look around the church if none of you mind."
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>>5949808
Go ahead Adler if you need or see anything odd let me know, as for the plan in general be ready to face if and when things go wrong, there are a lot of dangerous elements around us, the more variables the more chances we will be found out, we already got caught and barely made it out through quick thinking from poko so be prepared to fight and or flee if the situation gets worse.
We are in the monsters den yet we remain undetected
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>>5949822
(Replace face with fade)
Forgot to add my name
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>>5949822
"Will do Ursus."
>Adler said as he was ready to explore the church.
>Suddenly Caramel joins him.
"Can I go with you? I want to see what this church is like as well. Plus there are some deer related questions I wanted to ask you."
"I... I guess there's no harm in you tagging along."
>And so Caramel and Adler went to explore the church.
What do you do now Ursus?
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>>5949828
Ursus chooses to come up a plan to bug out if and or when mog’s plan fails or is forced to change, Arsene do you know what exits there are in the city and if there are any underground tunnels and sub stations? Possible points to hide and fade or possibly hold long enough for other people can escape? Any information of the number of the cities defenders and soldiers this can be useful to act as a plan B or to come back to if we have to come back to exfiltrate anybody in hiding.
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Brb eating lunch.
>>5949834
Arsene is with Mog downstairs so it might take a while to get that question answered.
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>>5949837
Understandable my bad miss reading that. When she comes back Ursus will ask thus question also plan B for Bear
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I'm here. Just give me a bit to catch up.
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>>5949778
"Prayer, a purpose, and an active life style. Keeps my mind from going dull, and my blood flowing. Lots of meat too, in enemy lands. Not like here, where one doesn't go about eating their neighbours, or at least that's how I remember it. Not sure about recently." Mog replied honestly, more at ease with someone who would understand.
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Sorry for the wait, was making food.
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>>5949860
"Yeah I remember those days. I may not be Swift Old, but I am at least 75. I think."
>Arsene says as he hobbles back upstairs.
"I remember when it was okay for us to eat our neighboring rabbits if they stole from our gardens. Now a days, the queen forbids such a thing. Says we need to better ourselves. Swift was okay with such a thing, I don't get why our queen forbids it now. Not like we ate all the rabbits or other animals. It was literally just the ones who commited crimes. Now she's trying to pass off a law with Louis about banning eating mammal meat all together. News flash sonny, not everyone is fine with eating just bird or fish. Oh. Sorry for ranting Mog. Anyways we're back upstairs. I got to check on the church and see if it's well protected."
>>5949834
"Huh? An alternate escape? Well there is the subway where the Old Ones are... but that might be a bad idea. Spiders live down there. Not sure how strong they are but back when I had an apprentice he went to check and see if the subways were safe.... he never came back."
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>>5949875
Spider do they by chance 8 legs?
I might have some experience with fighting those they are definitely thinking beings definitely dangerous but with fire and axe their infested tunnel could become possible salvation depending upon how bad things get, they will have pitfalls pikes small hand weapons and a lot of other defenses they intertwine in their homes, we will need to be tapping each section of tunnel with long sticks and torches make ourselves too much of a hassle
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>>5949878
"If you think you can take care of the spiders, be my guest. Just be careful down there."
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>>5949875
Mog whistled "You're really pushing it, huh? Ever thought of writing down your wisdom for the next generation?"

He quieted down to listen as Arsene recalled the past. Just before they reached the top of the stairs, he interjected "I'm fine with it, the insecure days when it was acceptable to eat a thief are long past. Back when I was young someone like that could ruin your life if you let them get away with it, them paying with their flesh was appropriate with food scarce and law's hold being weak. By the time I was called up for the war, the practice was already dying out. Nowadays such a law seems more civilized, but my concern is more about fairness. Is Louis gonna pass the same law in his lands, did everyone in his kingdom agree to the law? Something tells me the answer is no."

When they got upstairs, Arsene and him parted ways. Mog decided to go explore the temple.

I'm having Mog being slightly younger than Arsene. Since I said it wasn't, rather than was a time when one didn't eat each other for Mog. So Mog would've still experienced that era as a pup/young adult, but would've passed by the time he entered the war.
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>>5949888
"Like I said law still pending."
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>>5949892
"Right."

>I wander the temple. Tell me what I find.
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>>5949898
>You see a bunch of statues.
>All of them depicting his religion in some way.
>All of them carved by the first preistess herself.
>As you walk and observe the religious imagery, you also see Adler and Caramel.
>Also observing the statues.
"What exactly am I looking at?"
>Caramel says.
"I think it's the image of the last old one dying?"
>Adler points out.
"Why would they depict that?"
"I don't know? Maybe because it's important to history?"
Like to explain to them Mog?
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>>5949906
"This statue in particular is a bit eroded. Or defaced," the paladin noted darkly, "it makes things unclear which event this is depicting. Possibly it depicts them perishing for their sins against us, meaning the next one in the line, the broken one, would be the apocryphal prophecy that predicts the return of the old ones and our coming reconciliation and forgiveness and the dawn of the new age of peace and prosperity. Other accompanying eschatologies say that if a different path is walked, and war comes, then an apocalyptic age of strife shall ensue, though some also say some modest conflict will happen anyways before new dawn comes afterwards, a bump in the road before the smooth ride into the sunset so to speak."

He walked the opposite aisle, looking at the similar near-mirrored statue on the other side "This one is a little different, though is about a similar thing, I think? It's about old ones that survived the end of their species, ones who didn't take Nihm, yet also didn't go into the pods. Seems they formed a settlement in the ruins of their people, but the rest of the murals and statues are too damaged for me to get a clear picture of how they died. Lizards probably, or too many accidents and not enough population to handle the losses. I only can tell this is what they mean because of the things I've learned on this recent journey, the history from Swift, Maggie's anecdotes, the Xenarus labs, and so on. I used to think these things depicted pre-historical old one life. I'm guessing these humans met the lizards but also Vitelia as well, since these are her works of art, probably the cause of a fair few ghost stories amongst the elders too, the ones who claim to have met old ones. It seems the lizards and our fair priestess learned different lessons from these creatures, probably where the lizards got their hatred from, though Vitelia seems to have picked up more positive lessons from her encounters."

Coughing from the layer of dust covering the old stone, he turned to his fellows "Well, enough history. There's too many statues for me to count, we'd be here all day if he had to look at them all. We can come back here another time. I wonder what Ursus would think of these."
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>>5949924
>Adler was impressed by the wolf's smarts.
>He soon followed him, carrying Caramel unintentionally.
"So the moon goddess.... she's nothing like the sheep mentioned. What was she really like then?"
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>>5949930
Mog chuckled at Adler's awe. "She's...not what I expected, though perhaps I should've. Uh...she's...shy, like a librarian I guess. Soft voice too. She keeps all knowledge, lost and found. Manages the afterlife, shepherds those who don't make it the first time, cleans up after her siblings, that sort of thing. So, mothering I guess is a good way to describe her too, though creation is the Earth's responsibility, though her green sister is rather harsh and uncaring for a mother. There's more to her though, and many secret duties to a paladin and her clerics that I'm not at liberty to reveal at the moment. One day I'll share, not now though. I can answer your actual question of what she's like as a...person...in greater deal though, just give me some time."

He padded off towards their resting chambers, saying "Gonna rest for a bit first though. If Ursus or anyone needs me, feel free to wake me up."

>I'm gonna begin a long rest for Mog. Since I want to skulk around at night as part of the plans we still haven't fully fleshed out with everyone. Mog should still be able to chat lightly though, since all the rest probably doesn't have to be sleep.
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>>5949878
>>5949887
>After a bit, Arsene shows the bear the subway entrance.
>It's one floor away from the sleeping humans.
"This is where it is. Like I said, easy to access but very dangerous. Wouldn't recommend entering in unless you are very skilled."
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5949961
Hmm
>Ursus ponders upon the entrance
Perception check to see if there are any Webb visible from above to below typically because they are vertically capable spiders can attack from all sides or at least the one Ursus fought
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>>5949965
>There is no web visible web.
"Checking for webbing? I would turn on the power but I am afraid it might drain power from the pods the old ones are in."
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>>5949965
>>5949968
We do have torches remember? Ursus bought a bunch in preparation for us to enter the forest back in Plato on the recommendation of a shopkeeper, and maybe Lanesboro too. Maybe he can reroll when he lights one? Or Arsene can give him Assistance?
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>>5949965
>>5949968
>>5949971
I say if he lights up a torch he gains advantage.
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Rolled 6 (1d20)

Perception check
>>5949968
There are old ones down here?
>Ursus whisper shouts
This dramatically changes the situation. We must not let those reptiles and apes and pigs down here at all costs
>>5949971
Ursus procures a torch and lights it, it would be wise to not go alone without more pairs of eyes around
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>>5949974
lmao

Where's Kinny when we need him? None of us can spot shit.
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>>5949974
"No problem with the Lizards. Feel how cold it is. The lizards would just fall asleep here if they take ten steps in this area. As I informed Mog. Now the apes, that might be a concern. But due to this being labeled as a santuary and holy ground, they would not dare enter here. Not if they want to start a war."
Also you have one more roll due to advantage with torch.
>>5949975
I think he was here earlier right? That was the blue green one right?
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>>5949977
I think so, he was just letting us know he hadn't died and was still around. Probably still not feeling well though, if I had to guess. Not the most riveting stuff going on at the moment anyways, since we're in downtime after many sessions of downtime.

The unfortunate (hypothetical) cycle is that we avoid doing anything important or super exciting to wait for him or to wait for me when I'm late, which may end up discouraging him since we end up not doing much more than talking and doing downtime activities. A brutal cycle. Not to say that we haven't had some kino moments in our downtime though, Kinny even said so himself. It is entirely possible the excitement of the particular moment in quest has nothing to do with his appearances or lack thereof, he could just be going through his IRL mental issues still.

Still, sounds like we're ready to move on to clearing out an escape route and maybe afterwards skulking around in a preliminary information gathering operation if I can help it. Planning and history time seems mostly over, for now.
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Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5949977
Perception check once more
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>>5949985
>You soon find the webs.
>Seem to be further down the tunnels.
>Mostly down the right.
>The left path is clear of spider webs.
>Instead there seems to be some sort of hulking machine attached to the railroad path.
>Convered in dust and looks like it could use bath.
>Also looks like it could still work if you knew how to power the fucker up.
>Still too many risks to take with it.
Go down to the right or look at the train?
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>>5949987
Even if I cannot turn. It on I could investigate the cargo of the chariot construct if the machind cant even be opened it could prove to be a valuable asset in an emergency and gaging it’s operational status might be worth while that or a possible refuge if the spiders attempt to over power me with numbers then after I investigate it I move down to the right and begin to see how receptive to probing the webbing itself is with my old shovel
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>>5949991
Give me an Investigation check for the Train.
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Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5949992
Rolling
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>>5949994
>You can tell this machine was electric.
>Even had sliding and locked doors.
>But being a bear locked doors mean nothing to you.
>You opened it up with ease.
>Soon you see what's inside the huge metal carriage.
>Passengers.
>Or at least what look like to be passengers.
>The mostly skeletal almost dust people, remain on their seats strapped in by their belts.
>It's a grim sight but it's nothing you are not used to.
>The train also seems to carry tons of leather bags with several documents, books, and what seem to be very expired creams and foods.
Continue looking around?
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>>5950003
The books and documents could be important, but anything involving valuables are to remain with the dead may they rest in peace. Ursus will mark down the train to be emptied later and the old ones put to rest. Once I have fully acquired the books and documents I will leave the machine and head deeper into the tunnel towards the web
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>>5950012
>You soon start heading towards the spiderwebs.
>You seem to see tiny bugs, mostly parasites like adult fleas, stuck in the web.
>And somewhat eating them is a bunch of tiny spiders.
>Almost the size of a penny.
>All of them sucking the insides of the flea gone.
>You then notice them looking at you.
>As if they see you as a potential meal.
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>>5950021
Keeping the fire close but not touching I give them a reason to not view me as food
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>>5950024
The heat should scare them away
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>be me on train at 9:40pm
>suddenly remember today is catting day
AAAAAIIIIIEEEE
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>>5950024
>The spiders back away a bit.
>Afraid of the flame.
>As you travel further down Ursus you can definitely see more webbing.
>Along with it, shed skin.
>And from that molted skin you can definitely tell that this spider is definitely bigger than a bear.
>You also see that there are other beings that have been wrapped and eaten.
>Mostly big stuff like moths and flies.
>Though you do see something a bit smaller.
>Looks about Maggie (human) size.
Investigate it?
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>>5950030
There he is!
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>>5950031
Carefully while looking about both up down left to right to make sure I’m not about to get swarmed I carefully pull back the webbing
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Where are we, what do we do, what did I miss? Gib tl;dr, I'm on train, then I have to walk and then need to unfuck myself before sleep. Idk how much attenttion I can give tonight.
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>>5950033
>You look inside.
>You see the skeletal remains of a bear.
>This must have been the apprentice, that Arsene mentioned earlier.
>Looks like a young adult.
>Suddenly you hear a loud hissing noise.
Go back, stay, or go forward?

>>5950030
>>5950035
Hello based Kinny.
You are all at church, Maggie got a vinegar bath (going to assume you are with her), Mog is preaching, and Ursus is hunting spiders.
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>>5950035
Ursus is exploring the spider-infested subways beneath our temple/HQ. Thread was mostly just downtime/history time aside from that.
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Rolled 5 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5950038
Frost axe out and torch waving at the sound of hissing i make myself look larger
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brb in 30-40 minutes.
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>>5950040
Well there goes the intimidation factor
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>>5950046
Effectively I want the torch between me and whatever the hell is hissing at me
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>>5950040
>>5950046
>>5950051
>You then see this approaching you.
Flee or Fight?
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>>5950061
Forgort image.
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>>5950063
Prepare to fight typically if prey doesn’t back down but fight back predators tend to become afraid and confused Ursus charges sheild on torch arm axe in the other
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Rolled 10 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5950067
Roll Initiative.
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>>5949977
>>5949980
This ->>5949667 was, in fact, not me Sorry I'm still unable to process the situation seeing as I am blindly walking on sidewalks at night while typing this.
Picrel chruch for Mog. Dox incoming.
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>>5950074
Ah. Sorry for the misinformation.
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Rolled 1 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5950072
Rolling initiative
Had a call occur
Bear roar
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Back.
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>>5950077
Well my rolls are bad today wish me luck on the combat rolls
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Rolled 14 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5950077
>The spider lunges at Ursus and tries to bite him.
Does this hit you Ursus?
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>>5950080
No thank you sheild and latent bear fat and plate armor
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>>5950074
Spooky

>>5950072
>>5950077
Lets hope there's only one. pls no paralytic venom
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>>5950083
Honestly same
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Lasagna is SOAKED. What the FUCK.
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>>5950085
A truly wet beast
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>>5950085
What the actual fuck? Is this...your cat? What happened?!

Appropriate name for colour though.
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>>5950081
>It can't get through your armor.
What do you do now Ursus?

>>5950085
Why is that cat wet?
yes. I am avoiding the joke
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>>5950090
Retaliate with an axe to the eyes
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Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

Didn’t type the d20 properly in now correcting
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>>5950094
>>5950098
You hit roll for damage.
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Rolled 6 + 1 (1d6 + 1)

>>5950105
Rolling
Huh I figured it would take more to hit the shell must be waeker from the increase in size
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Rolled 4 + 1 (1d4 + 1)

>>5950107
Second half
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>>5950107
>>5950108
That’s a total of 12 damage
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>>5950107
>>5950108
>You soon take it down.
>But you know something is off.
>You then notice the shed off skin.
>It was then you made the horrible realization.
>These things get bigger.
>You then hear more hissing sounds.
Stay and fight or get out of here while you still can?
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>>5950113
Immediately mive the hell back before I get swarmed burning my way with the torch right back
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>>5950111
10 actually. If you are using Frostbane you don't get stat boosts from your attributes, but you insta-kill your opponent if you crit. Frostbane is also a sword iirc.

The Giant War Hatchet is the other weapon we bought for you, but it does 1d8+STR but lets you choose between bludgeoning and slashing damage. Personally I always thought it needed a buff because Heavy property and the Giant in its name.
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>>5950115
Roll me a d100 for a percentage of you eacaping, do not get under 20.
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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>5950118
Rolling
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>>5950113
wtf kind of spoiders are these?

Looks like I won't be sleeping after all, guess we'll be clearing this place out and resting afterwards. That works out honestly, I was thinking of using these tunnels to sneak around Canis Lupin.
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>>5950116
Thanks for the clarification.
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>>5950121
pic related
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>>5950121
>You successfully escape.
>Luckily as you head back tothe subway/church you find no spiders following you.
>Instead you see old Arsene waiting for you.
"You return!"
>He says gratefully.
"None are following you right?"
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>>5950126
Not that I can see
>Ursus takes a moment to breath from the exertion he just put himself through, the spiders get bigger than bears much bigger caugh.. much bigger than the one I fought saw the molted husks of them I killed one and realized the husk was bigger than the one I cut down, that tunnel needs to be burned out they are reproducing rapidly and soon will most likely hunt up on the surface if they get the opportunity, as for your assistant I found their remains not that deep into the webs.
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Should we end here or do you wanna fogo for a couple of posts Kinny?
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>>5950131
I'm good to continue if everyone else is. Should probably wake Mog up though.
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>>5950131
I’m gonna go ahead and wait for kinny
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>>5950113
Btw ursus reaction
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I guess we can wait til later. In the meantime, I hope you are feeling better Kinny. Get the rest you need Friend.
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>>5950086 Aye. She just stood behind the fence and YELLED at me while I fumbled with the key. Then after the photo someone was walking down the street and this bloodthirsty retard's head homed in on her like a Rottweiler and before I could react she was stalking through the rain to ambush a damn human for just passing by. It was absolutely absurd. Grabbed her by the bushes and she kept periscoping around my shoulder at the trespasser on the way back.
>>5950089 Water from cloud happen. Her name isn't lasagn, it was just humor.
>>5950090 Rain. I didn't even notice how rainy it was, most of it just went in my jacket.
U-Unfortunately I am too tired to participate tonight. Never felt this wrecked and my body is screaming at me to become one with bed. Really sorry about this anons.
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>>5950187
O-kay Animal King sir!

>>5950190
Whoof, sounds like a cat alright.

Anyways, sorry to hear you aren't feeling too hot. Have a good sleep.

>>5950174
>>5950187
>>5950190
I'm not sure if I'll be able to make Thursday, but I'll try and let you guys know by midday my time tomorrow. If I am able to make it then it probably won't be for all day. Anyways, see you maybe next Thursday, and if not then on our usual Tuesdays. Have a good week anons!
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>>5950190
It's okay. Your health come first Friend. If you are tired then you must sleep. Sleep is important Friend.
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I won't be able to make it tomorrow, just a heads up. Tuesday is still fine.
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>>5950861
Thank you for letting us know. Want us to just say your character is still sleeping if others are still wanting to play?
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>>5950960
Yeah, sounds good.
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I won't be here either. Thursdays are the only busy day for me.
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>>5951295
Fair enough.

Ursus already mentioned that he is waiting on Kinny or Mog. So I think it's best we wait til Tuesday for the session to continue.
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I should be available nexr tuesday and thursday. If I don't forget like a faggot.
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Should be available tomorrow.
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>>5954494
>>5952095
I be should be available tomorrow as well. Hopefully I'll be able to make it earlier this time as well, but we'll see.
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I'm around, though I probably won't be able to participate in earnest until 2 or 2 and a half hours later. Though that shouldn't matter since Mog is asleep and Ursus is the one with stuff going on at the moment. Plus sometimes Ursus isn't around until the time I'm usually available anyways.
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>>5955222
Sorry for being late alarm went later than usual

>>5952095
Kinny we go to you. What are ate you doimg at the church?
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>>5955234
I am here btw so don’t worry
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>>5955222
>>5955238
Guess while we are waiting for Kinny. What are Mog and Ursus doing for now?
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>>5955241
Ursus is debriefing mog on the spiders infesting the tunnels down stairs
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>>5955234
Here, but a bit confused. What can I do? Sorry I'm just REALLY out of it, to the point I can't think of anything the cat should be doing.
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>>5955245
>Maggie, now a human, while wearing Vinegar bathed clothes then approached the cat.
"Well that's something I never want to experience ever again."
>She told the cat.
>She then began to pet him.
>Wanting to hang around him as they wait for the next phase of the plan.
"I'm not sure if you would get offended if I asked this question, but if we were to get in a battle and I was stuck in my rabbit form... how exactly do I hold a knife? You seem to be an expert on it so that's why I thought I should ask you."
>She asked as she continued to pet the cat, almost gently kneeding him like a lump of dough.
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>>5955248
Kinny graciously accepted the human's affection and let her knead his back. Even though he was a member of species known for its indestructible spine, it was nice to receive a massage every once in a while. Preferably often. It was also good to get those spots that were usually smooshed by the belts and his backpack scratched thoroughly. Yes, this was definitely an acceptable state of being... Busy with these thoughts, the feline brain took a while to get to, and to process Maggie's question, resulting in an awkward silence during which only the loud - almost too loud - purring could be heard emanating from the black, furry piece of dough the human hands were rubbing.
"Urr. You don't... don't try to hold it in your paws." When Kinny finally spoke, it was sudden, like someone dropped gramophone needle on a record without a warning. "I know you homans have this reflex, I saw you try to grab things when you were a rabbit." The black cat extended his claws and dug them into the floor. He seemed ready to stop talking and just let Maggie remold him into a new form. But he valiantly resisted. After all, this human needed his guidance, his expertise, his... Kinny exhaled as he brushed off the desire to give into his intrusive thoughts, roll over and go completely limp. "You have to *bite* down on the handle so that it doesn't move, doesn't shake, doesn't do anything, otherwise you can easily get disarmed or get your teeth chipped. Once you get a firm grip, then you use your body and neck to deliver the blow. It's much easier to stab this way, but much more predictable. Swinging your weapon, on the other hand, requires either spinning mid-air to guide the blade using your body or a very, very strong neck, if you want to stay firmly planted on the ground and not turn your back to the enemy. I'm sure you saw Mog do that with his swords and felt what his neck feels like. He's practically made of steel there." Kinny's muscles involuntarily tensed in response to the topic. "For smaller animals I recommend just using the bodyweight." The cat looked up at Maggie with his orange eyes. "You should practice the stabbing motion and blocking first, the simple motions. Only try slicing when you feel like you can pull it off..." Kinny finished and trailed off into purring.
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>>5955261
"So body weight and pratice stabbing and guarding first. Got it."
>Maggie said as she finished massaging the cat, giving him the best experience of his life.
>You both then hear a bunch of cluttering downstairs.
"The hell is that?"
Go downstairs and check it out?
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>>5955267
The purring has stopped. "Surely nothing horrible in this town of monkeyish influence." Kinny responded, voice filled with disappointment and annoyance over the disrupted massage session. Without skipping a beat, the cat rolled over, then rolled again, before grabbing one of his daggers that were lying on the floor. Despite this nearly theatrical display of laziness, Kinny was quick to jump to his feet and start stalking towards the door with a weapon in his mouth. Maggie could notice it was steady as he said it should.
Let's assume Kinny was AFKing while I was away and has undone his gear for the time being. So he only has his dagger on him now, as he's going towards the stairs... so... "Grab my harness and backpack. If this is something serious I'd rather not leave it here." Kinny murmured over his shoulder as he disappeared in the shadow and reappeared on the stairs shortly after, the glowing blade being the only sign of his presence. Somehow, not having a backpack to disrupt his natural camouflage made the cat almost invisible at times.
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>>5955282
>Maggie followed.
>Soon you and her go downstairs.
>Where you see the traumatized bear and old wolf talking to each other.
>Seems like there was something scary down here that even got to the bear.
>Mudt be the reason you all feel a chill down your spine...
>No wait...
>That's a real chill.
>It's colder around here.
>Einstein then poked his little head out.
>He sniffed the air.
"Hey guys! There are old ones around here!"
>The mouse shouted.
"Wait?! There are!?"
"Yeah! Should we check on them?"
Check on the bear Kinny or check on the humans?
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>>5955288
First of all, do I know why Ursus would be traumatized? My dumb ass isn't sure how much Kinny heard of their plans and I have no intent on acting out on meta knowledge.
"You go check on the Old Ones, just be careful... there are elemental daggers in my backpack if you need them. Just don't throw." Kinny told Maggie. "Einstein, go with her. I'll check on Ursus and Mog first."
>>5955222
>>5955238
Kinny walked up to the wolf and the bear, slowly easing the grip on his dagger. He then sat his bare black butt on the floor. "What's going on? Why are you shaking Ursus?" The feline rogue addressed Mog and Ursus respectively, clueless as to what could break the seemingly unbreakable bear.
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>>5955292
There are very big spiders in that tunnel, I killed one the size of mog but I saw the molts the size of me deeper in there and the remains of our hosts serpent in there, they where a bear, I would recommend if we go down there no one leaves anyone’s else’s side. If they get hungry enough they will go to the surface
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>>5955297
Replace serpent with servant and you get what I mean
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>>5955297
>>5955299
>>5955292
>Old Wolf Arsene then heard what the bear said.
"I'll inform your wolf friend. Old Mog definitely must jear of this news."
>Arsene then went as fast as he could to the old wolf who was sleeping.
>Leaving the cat and bear alone.
>You then hear a call from downstairs.
"Guys you might want to check this out."
>It's obviously Maggie.
Go to her?
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>>5955297
Kinny remained still, only his pupils widened and then shrunk in response to the news of giant spiders. "Fire?" Was the first thing the cat blurted out. "Can't we just set them on fire?"
>>5955299
"What was he doing down there?" Autocorrect?
>>5955303
Oh for fuck's sake, I thought it was Mog in there. I was about to ask, but then I've read "old wolf" and thought to myself there was no need. Amazing, lmao.
>>5955297
>>5955303
"Yes, we should go." Kinny's fire dagger sparked in response. Are we going into spider den or some separate cryo chamber room?
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>>5955307
Cryo chamber
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>>5955307
It’s a tunnel with moisture not to mention we don’t know if there is anything explosive like pockets of gas that could alert unwanted attention to us
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>>5955307
The servent was sent down there to go checkout if there where spiders, I found their remains
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>>5955222
>Arsene then went to the old wolf.
"I am sorry my sleeping friend but your comrades need your assistance. There seems to be a spider problem downstairs and they need your help. Would you mind waking up?"
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Yikes, sorry for being away for so long, had more to do than I thought. Just catching up now.
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>>5955317
>>5955319
>>5955329
"Fair point. I guess we could clean that place up once Mog gets back here. For now let's check out that fridge room Maggie went to." Kinny replied and ventured downstairs to see what the human girl wanted them to see.
>>5955329
It's fine man. I managed to manufacture one quality post today.
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>>5955331
>As soon as you get there, you see Maggie and holding Einstein, as if she hiding him.
>As you get closer you then see...
>Another black cat.
>With a ring around her tail.
>She notices you.
>She gets in a defensive potlsition.
>She hisses at you.
"Inns d’ ainm agus do shaighdear inbhe!"
>She... asks?
>Wait?
>A cat who can speak human?
>Something doesn't seem right.
>You turn towards Maggie, since she is the only one with a collar (not to mention the fact she is human), thus can understand
>She mumbles to you.
"She's asking for your name and rank."
>She informs you.
What do you do?
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>>5955243
>>5955327
>>5955307
Mog slept, dreaming of she-wolves, blissfully unaware of the bear rambling just a hallway away about giant tunnel spiders. Suddenly his dreams took a dark turn. Atreyu's lurid tones took on an agonized quality, as her flesh smoked and bubbled away in Kinny's lightning strike. As she turned to ashes, her voice carried on the wind "You killed us...you killed me...for nothing."

He turned to the cat standing in the barn's entrance and asked "Why was this bitch whispering lewd fantasies in my ear? And guilt-tripping me. I didn't even like her."

Kinny replied in picture perfect nonchalance "Because..." the cat donned sunglasses in the middle of night as a guitar solo flared, "...she wanted to get Mogged. Yeeeeaaaaah!"

The dream abruptly ended, Mog shooting violently awake to Arsene shaking him.

"Wuh?! W-what's going on? Kinny?! Where's Atreyu and the she-wolves? Why are you wearing sunglasses, it's night time?" Mog looked about confused, "Oh, it's you Atreyuuuh-...A-Arsene, Arsene, right, sorry. Spiders, o-okay, got it. Be right there."

He hurriedly donned his war harness and ran out the door to join the others.
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>>5955332
Baffled Kinny instinctively stepped back from the hissing cat despite being a solid couple meters away, but upon hearing she's asking for ranks he relaxed a bit. "Introduce yourself and tell her to tell us her name in exchange for being taken out of this fucking freezer into a warmer place... You'd be surprised how well that works on cats." He added, when met with human's questioning expression. "Go on, tell her." Kinny forced his body to ease a little and set his dagger on the floor, keeping it upright just by resting his chin on the handle. All in attempt to make the foreign catress calm down too. The rogue wasn't gonna give up important personal information to a strange fridge-cat, he knew better than that after giving Mog's temporary address to a shady frog mailman some years back.
>Attempting to defeat this cat's resolve by exploiting her cat nature.
>>5955333
She was whispering because Kinny ran out of lightning "wolfbane" daggers. Won't happen again! Kinny is currently butt-naked with just his fire dagger, Maggie has his backpack and stuff. AKA cat's in nightgown mode (sans nightgown). Saying this for clarity's sake.
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>>5955332
Oh god, another Scot. First the husky, now a human with a ring. I wonder how the fuck she got one of those rings though. Guess they aren't Moon Goddess rings after all, maybe they're Xenarus tech. Or maybe there are just two separate versions of rings that do the same thing.
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>>5955343
Oh I'm retarded. But maybe not very retarded. Maybe this one will be extra vulnerable to cat's hatred for cold and love for warmth, due to not being accustomed to it as a human.
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>>5955343
...or maybe she just has a ring on her tail. That's what I assumed because I keep forgetting those fucking rings. REE
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>>5955341
Damn frogmail, I'll never trust it again, not after they stole my real packages and left me their eggs and they later came back with the ape lawman to claim child support.

Gotcha.
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>>5955341
>Maggie followed the cat's instruction.
"Umm... I am Cadet Maggie Bigby ma'me! As for my co-horts they are just civillians or really just animals that are descendants of the animals from the research center. Their names are Ursus and Kinny. They have no rank ma'me."
>The black cat then sighed.
"Math cuid de charaidean earbsach."
>She said as she flung the ring off her tail.
>Transforming her to her true form.
"Neònach. Bu chòir innealan-fuadain a bhith an seo gus aodach air a bheil feum mòr agus biadh furasta a thoirt dhuinn cho luath ‘s a dhùisgeas sinn. Chan e gu bheil feum agam air aodach air sgàth an sgaradh anns a bheil mi. Fhathast càite a bheil iad?"
>Maggie turned away and blushed.
"If you are looking for some clothes we have some upstairs! Ursus Kinny mind helping a lady out?!"
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>>5955344
>>5955346
To be fair, there are probably other magic rings in this world that do other stuff. It's just the only magic rings we've encountered so far are the transforming ones. Also, I assumed she was human because she came from the fridge-room which holds humans, and she's asking for a name and rank and we know Maggie and likely many of the popsicles were child soldiers. So, yeah.
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>>5955350
Am I there yet?
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>>5955352
Let's say you just arrived.
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>>5955341
>>5955319
Mog dashed down the stairs into the basement where the fridge was. "I'm here guys! Where are the spiders?!"

Then he saw the human. "O-oh. Another Old One."

The still groggy wolf shouted over his shoulder back up the stairs "Hey! Arsene! An Old One just woke up!"
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>>5955350
"Goddamned tricked again." Kinny picked up his dagger and shrugged. "Give me my shit back, we've got arachnids to purge. In the other tunnel, I mean. They gave Ursus a run for his money." The cat took his things from Maggie and strapped himself with her help. The belts might've been annoying, but the protection and dagger-sheathes they provided were well-worth the itching here and there. Kinny slid the fire dagger into its place on his chest and mimicked a salute towards Maggie. "Why are you embarrassed for HER?" The cat shook his head but left under the piercing gaze from the female human.
>>5955355
"You've heard the lady. Lazy lady needs her lady clothes." The cat gave Mog an empty stare as he passed him on the way upstairs to fetch some of the Maggie's clothes for this new Old One female they've found.
>>5955347
Wait, the cat knows nothing of this. This might be grounds not for mere avoidance of providing identification to strangers, but completely torching down that fucking swamp in particular and kicking all the frogmail employees that we meet in the future until they denounce their croaked ways and pray for salvation to Moon goddess/es. For the betterment of animalkind, of course.
>>5955351
I sadly lack the common sense in DnD, due to my lack of imagination. You'd be surprised how much information is lost on me, because of it, lol.Quite frankly I am 100% focused on just my equipment, the fact the newgal needs clothes and being grumpy. Everything else including contents of my inventory, lore of this newfag and Einstein's geolocation data doesn't come to my mind. Only so much processing power.
>>5955352
For the record - You, Ursus and 70yo wolf are on the ground floor. Kinny, Maggie and Einstein are in the freezer and spiders are waiting for death (and taxes) in their tunnel.
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>>5955357
>>5955353
>>5955319
"I just got here, what's going on?" The wolf gave a confused glance as the cat walked by.

Turning back and forth between the bear and two humans, he shrugged "Maggie, it's better if you take care of the clothes, privacy and all that she-ape stuff. We've got spiders to burn. C'mon Ursus."

With a final shrug he walked back up the stairs. As an afterthought he shouted so both Arsene and Maggie could hear "You better explain to her not to go outside, Clayton wants his super weapon and the lizards will burn her alive if they get even a whiff of her! Make her take a vinegar bath too!"
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>>5955357
"Someone has to!"
>Maggie exclaimed.
>>5955355
>The old wolf then went to the cryochamber room.
>Feeling just as tired as Mog.
"I can't tell if this day is horrible or blessed."
>Arsene said as he observed the new human of this world.
>He then offered her a collar from his satchel.
"Glè mhath, tha eadar-theangair agad."
>The woman said as she gantly took the collar and put it on.
"Much better. Now then. What did the cat mean by spiders? And before you ask kitten. Yes I know a bit of your language. Helps when you are a spy that constantly takes the form of a cat to steal information."
>She says as she pets the cat.
"Trust me when I say you are not first cat to say they were "tricked" again. Now then. Now then give me all the information you know about this spider situation. I want to hear everything you know."
>The old wolf then looked confused.
"Why do you want to know?"
>Arsene asks.
"It is my duty to protect and serve the people who are trapped in this cryochamber. Now explain the situation so I may help."
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>>5955365
>"Someone has to!"
Kinny stopped and looked at the floor. "Yeah, you do it. I'd rather be burning spiders than dealing with Old One clothing rituals. And the clothes are too big for me to carry comfortably anyway." The cat shrugged.
>"It is my duty to protect and serve the people who are trapped in this cryochamber. Now explain the situation so I may help."
"You're the only one who was trapped in here!" The cat hissed, confused about the new human's disregard of her lack of clothing and gave Maggie an annoyed look as if to accentuate she should deal with this, because he's fed up with the human business.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZZPCw4nQM&t=125
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>>5955350
Hello Ursus waves towards the new human Ursus pulls out some of his spare clothes even if they are oversized it’s better than being naked to the elements.
Ursus then hurries to follow after mog axe and torch out. Be careful if the small spiders
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>>5955357
All frogs must hang! That being said, this particular wolf is never heading back to The Great Dismal Swamp, Not!Lake Drummond, or any other swamp in apeshitland ever again if he can help it. Still, if we ever meet those swamp dwelling amphibians ever again, those crooks have croaked their last croak.

It happens to everone when you are familiar with a system, no worries. Your particular foibles aside, fetch quests are beneath us, leave it to Maggie and our elderly host. It's his job anyways, to shepherd the popsicles into light of the Moon!

I came down the stairs into the basement freezer just now. I've been down here before, so I know the way. QM said I just arrived, after the newbie finished talking and Maggie asked you to fetch her clothes. Though thanks for situating me, but I think I've been keeping track so far. I did actually spend the time to catch up rather than just rush out that dream post.
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>>5955371
In regards to skipping and rushing, I did read from the beginning of this thread, but I've lost some of the previous one, so I was still out of the loop as to where we currently are.
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>>5955357
>>5955371
Though to be clear, I just assumed Ursus was following you.

>>5955365
>>5955369
>>5955370
Mog looked down the stairs at the empty threshold impatiently.

"We goin' or what?! I still haven't been filled in on the spiders myself y'know."
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>>5955372
Okay, but are you caught up now? Or have you just read this thread but are foggy on the previous one?
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>>5955373
Spiders bigger than me possible multiples and parasitic young so torches out, be very careful they already took down a bear that had the misfortune of comming in
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>>5955374
I don't plan on reading the last one tonight so I'm blanked. Sorry, but I'm on a new system weirdly enough and do not fancy venturing to archived.moe (I had all the threads bookmarked).
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>>5955375
If they have recently molted their shells might be softer but I’m not betting on it
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Something came up but I'll be be right back.
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>>5955365
>>5955373
>>5955369
Kinny hurried after the old maniac wolf, pulling onto his shoulder strap to get it into the perfect spot. "Yeah, I'm going alright! I don't exactly know the situation with spiders, but Ursus said they are BIG. As BIG as him and apparently killed another bear who worked as a servant here?" The cat rolled onto the last step and landed on his butt. The tail was wagged as he looked for >>5955375 Ursus' part.
>>5955378
Cool, take your time
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>>5955380
Into the spiders den we go armor don’t fail me now
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>>5955375
"There's a bear's body just laying about, vulnerable to the depredations of those fat arachnids? Lets hurry then, we can't leave a comrade's body to be taken by a heavy spirit! They could rise again as an undead! Providing nourishment to those blood suckers is bad enough." Mog spoke up passionately, now even more determined to get right to the spider-slaying.

>If no one else has any reservations, Mog will let Ursus lead the group to the tunnel with the spiders.

Though if Ursus wants to talk more with this new human, then Mog will wait.

I know Ursus enjoys history and talking with people, so Mog is willing to wait even with what he sees as an urgent task at hand. I'm not actually as impatient as my character.
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>>5955375
>>5955378
>>5955384
I imagine the newOne will actually come with us since she demanded to go anways. Would combine the two perfectly. Either way, I'm fine with waiting or even leaving Ursus here and going down there with Mog.
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>>5955384
History can take a backseat to danger and besides she just got here I’m not badgering her until she is ready for it
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>>5955377
>>5955373
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>>5955384
Think You can work with this Kinny? You'll all be coming from the left. also sorry for being gone.[spoiler/]
>You all soon enter the subway.
>There, thanks to multiple torches, you see the multiple skeletal remains of what seem to be mostly rats and the occasional dumbass raccoon.
>You also see the bear remains that Ursus mentioned.
>You then see a few tiny spiders.
>Baby ones, were about the size of your finger... claw... let's go with digit.
>Still it is something you need to be wary of.
>If the babies are here, then so are the parents.
What do you do?
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>>5955393
Dammit I did the command wrong.
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>>5955393
I suggest sticking close as to allow my frame to be a form of cover I have a sheild and have withstood pretty handily against bites from the one the size of you mog
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>>5955393
Kinny does whatever the great warriormans do brb in like 30
Do yourself a favor and use Ctrl+S for automatic spoiler tags :V
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Rolled 4 (1d4)

Aaaaand, I'm late on the reply. lol

>>5955376
No worries, I was just asking in case you wanted to be filled in. You're not obligated to spend your free time catching up in perfect detail if you're pressed for time. Ask away if you have any questions, though my memory isn't perfect, and my note taking has been especially lax as of late.

>>5955377
"How hard we talkin'? Steel plate armour-hard, or like, shell of a giant beetle hard?"

>>5955378
No! Be our write!slave, worm! For real though, take your time, we're waiting warmly.

>>5955380
>>5955383
A maniac Mog may be, but he knew just the way Kinny liked his straps adjusted so as to be comparatively pillowy. The final touches done, Mog nodded along and followed in the bear's weighty footsteps into the stark shadows of the spider's den.

"Moon preserve us in these trying times. Though your light does not pierce the earth, your sweet-song soothes your sister still. Gird us in your twilight raiment, O'mighty Luna. We rush through chthonic in your name, to save the soul of a lost servant of your temple. Bless us with valour and might, so that we may undo your servant's keepers. Arrrrooooooooo!"

>I use Born Leader to give my party Advantage for 1d4 turns.
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Annnnddd...I'm late again. I really ought to type faster or learn to refresh one of these days.
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>>5955406
Possibly less tough than beetle armor seeing as to these things being predatory rather than herbivorous or otherwise still they will have the benefit of size which will probably disperse attacks more
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>>5955409
Make sure to look above as well these things have the benefit of verticality
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>>5955393
Well, I still ask Ursus that question and adjust Kinny's strap, the speech stays too. I still use my Born Leader, but since talking is a free action, I will also start burning the webs with my torch. To lure out the big ones, rather than risk being ambushed. We're in a confined space, yes, but the smoke has places to go, and with electricity on later we can turn on the old vents.

>In addition to the aforementioned actions, I start burn webs with my torch unless interrupted by my friends or the spiders.
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>>5955409
>>5955411
>>5955405
"Right, so nothing we aren't used to. These bugs will squash just like that damn locust from way back when." The paladin boasted confidently. His blood was up, and he was sure of victory.

"Kinny, watch up high for us will you? We don't want to get ambushed by these suckers. Ursus knows what he's talking about, so pull sentry."

Basically asking Kinny and/or Ursus to make Perception checks or at least get one from QM before we get ambushed. Don't want a "Well, you didn't say you were watching out, so you only get Passive Perception." situation.
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>>5955406
*chthonic halls

My bad, just noticed this mistake.
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Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5955414
Rolling perception
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5955417
If we have advantage
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>>5955396
>>5955405
>>5955406
>>5955409
>>5955411
>>5955412
>>5955414
>You all stay close together.
>Kinny readying his flame dagger incase of any spiders.
>Ursus holding his Frostbane close to him ready to cleave a spider if it arrives.
>Mog inspiring his team with a small prayer, which seems to work very well as he felt he was in favor with his goddess.
>Mog also starts burning the webs.
>Probably for the best.
"You better be lucky your friend was wrong about there being gas leaks down here."
>A new familiar voice said.
"Otherwise you would have blown you and your team up. And according to your friend we can't have that."
>There you see the human that just woke up just a few inches behind you.
>She approaches you, wearing only a tanktop and loose pants.
"So judging by the molted skin, I would have to say that spiders are no longer as big as a hand. So maybe your strategy to burn them might work. And before you ask... Yes I am coming with you. There are more than just me in those cryostasis pods. I left the cadet to go check on them in case they wake up soon as well. You may call me Lieutenant."
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I'll brb in 15 minutes, gotta restart my computer and eat some food.
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>>5955420
Deeper in there are shed skin as big if bigger than me as for gas well I just relized if the spiders live here than they would have probably died from gas poisoning if it existed
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>>5955417
>>5955419
>>5955426
>Ursus sees nothing for now, but can hear a screech or two coming from further up ahead. 50 feet if you will.
>Still best to be cautious and hope that these creatures will not notice you burning their homes.
>The Lieutenant looks over to the bear.
"So are you the leader of the group? You seem to be the most observant. Then again the cat seems to be making all the commands so I assumed he was the leader. I don't know. Maybe I just guess cats to be good leaders."
>She says as she kneels down to Kinny and pets him.
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>>5955432
No that would be mog I’m relatively new to the group although if you stick with us you will probably take that title speaking of which do you have a weapon I have a home forged battle axe attached to my pack if you need the equipment
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>>5955436
>She looks at you for a bit.
"Weapon? Why do I need a weapon?"
>She asks as she shows Ursus her own paws, I mean hands.
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>>5955442
Interesting, very well let’s get to vermicide
(Non insects and arachnids excluded of course)
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>>5955445
(Non arachnids)
Damn autocorrect
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Okay, yet again I am late. But I'm here now. Catching up.
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>>5955420
The wolf shrugged "Not enough pressure for explosion, too much open space and ways for the gas to exit, need more than fumes and an open flame to get more than spurts of fire. Besides, if there was that much gas, the spiders wouldn't be alive, and we would've died upon first entering the tunnels with our torches lit. A little webbing to add to the bonfire won't hurt."

Attention returned to the fiery task at hand, he left the lieutenant to her musings with Ursus.
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>>5955414
>>5955432
>>5955450
One could think that given the command to be a "sentry", Kinny would go ahead of the group, but the cat instead jumped and climbed onto the human's shoulder to gain the vantage point once she kneeled next to him, ignoring her blabbering. Mog's humming helped the feline focus on the surroundings.
>Rolling Perception with Advantage as goddesses intended
>>5955406
I'm just wondering where we went after visit at Poco's and why. Also who is the old wolf and why there was a cryogenic storage in his basement. Get your note game up, anon. I believe in you.
>Moon preserve us in these trying times.
Man, this prayer went hard with the beginning of this: https://youtu.be/5lPX2SDRRYc Illegal amounts of mood on this thing, my good paladin
>>5955407
Good old Mog and his hatred for F5.
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>>5955451
Just a reminder Kinny. You have all three of your lucky points.
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>>5955453
The universe made me retarded and forgetful. No rerolls.
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>>5955451
Still haven't finished my reread of the quest, I'll get around to it someday. Just want to make sure I've properly accounted for all our items/wealth/EXP.

Thank you kindly, my sagacious catto.

kek, wouldn't be me without the failures to refresh.
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>>5955453
>>5955457
T'is fine my fellow animals. Ursus rolled a 13 earlier. Let us hope that is sufficient.
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>>5955445
>>5955450
>>5955451
>You all venture a bit deeper.
>Not by much but at least a good 30 feet.
>Still it's best to be fully prepared if anything tries to get to you.
>Kinny being very prepared to toss a dagger on top his... surprisingly willing steed,
>No complaints from her compared to Maggie.
>Still he had no better luck on getting a good view compared to Ursus.
>Though as they traveled closer, Kinny does notice the hissing sounding a bit louder.
>Soon he sees what Ursus had seen earlier from his search in the subway.
>Five adolescent spiders.
>They seem to be feasting a dead rat.
Do a surprise attack or sneak pass them?>>5955460
I probably should do a quick reread once in a while as well
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>>5955465
Ursus hands towards the young spiders
There will be bigger further in and if given the chance these ones might become a problem If we leave them behind ourselves, I suggest we eliminate this intrusion and the spiders have shown their willingness to kill people, what’s your stance mog
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>>5955465
>>5955469
"I'm not stranger to strained morals when life is on the line, but I may as well play demon's advocate. Did any of the younglings attack you earlier? If not, I say let them live. Willingness to feast on an already dead body and being omnicidal are not quite the same thing, if we cannot confirm they took part in the murder of Arsene's apprentice alongside their parents then I say let them live. They are but mere children, it is their choice in the future whether to follow in their parent's paw...steps. Do spiders have paws? Ahem, anyways, that's my piece." Mog replied, playing the angel on Ursus's shoulder for the moment.

>I'll go along with the party, if Kinny also votes to kill the teenage spiders, then I'll help out too.

Stealth isn't really an option for Ursus and I though. We're wearing full plate, so either they fuck off or we kill them. I'm pretty intimidating, so we can manage.
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>>5955482
I'm no stranger*
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>>5955482
So torch out to keep them from following got it.
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WHY DIDN'T THIS SHIT POST

>>5955460
If it was, QM wouldn't remind me I can reroll my 9+4. We've been foreshadowed.
>>5955465
Kinny tensed up and slapped his tail against the back of his commando steed. "Can you sneak? We can get two of those bitches together before the wolf and bear charge in." The cat whispered into the human's ear. This one seemed more... catlike thab Maggie, it was worth a try.
>Suggesting the Old One gets closer so her and Kinny can land sneak attacks on two of the five spiders
Please remind me how sneak attacks work.

>OP has no idea about the progression anymore
Now that, THAT is EPIC. We're in this hellish rollercoaster, the guy from the booth hopped in the empty cart and NOBODY is fucking strapped in.
It's comedy™.
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>>5955469
>>5955482
>>5955485
>>5955488
"Anyway is fine as long as we can get around them. What do you think Kinny?"
>The Lt. asks the cat on her shoulder.
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Rolled 18 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5955465
Mog growled, dashing forward suddenly with his torch to scare away the adolescents.

>Intimidation check
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>>5955496
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>>5955494
>>5955495
A few seconds off.... I could have waited a few more seconds....
Usually by making a Stealth Check
>>5955496
>The old wolf's growls were horrifying to the spider.
>The flames made them even more afraid.
>They soon started to back away further into the cave.
>Leaving the party alone for a while.
>The Lt decided to look at the rat they were feasting on.
"That's a huge rat. That normal for you guys?"
>She asks the party of animals with her.
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>>5955494
I know, it was cope.

Also, lmao, my bad. Didn't know if you'd fallen asleep or not. With Ursus agreeing to hold back, I assumed we weren't killing them, so I was just gonna intimidate them outta the way.

If it's okay and if Kinny wants, I'll retcon my action >>5955496 to waiting to see which way Kinny and the Lt vote. If there's no take backs or if Kinny is okay with it I'll just scare them away like normal.

The Animal's Wild Ride, opening this summer at Disney World, join us for Ride of the Awakened! 4/10 rating on Rotten Tomato and imdb.
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>>5955502
I usually have auto on.... I even refreshed right before I was typing in the captcha
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>>5955503
They are people like us this poor soul probably iether got caught and dragged or was some hermit
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>>5955503
"Yeah. What, you've never seen a rat before?" Mog asked, incredulous.

>>5955510
"Perhaps a pilgrim from the sewers, sworn to blessed poverty. He was probably contemplating Our Fair Lady from below her temple so as to capture her earthly sister's perspective in his mind's eye. A tragic fate for a noble hermit."
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>>5955503
"I thought only the insects got this big. And ideas whether that's normal, Einstein?" Kinny asked the nerdy rodent in his backpack.
>>5955511
Stealth failed, dog borked too loud.
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>>5955503
>>5955518
Mog ceased his contemplation of the fallen rat, working his way forward, spreading flames along the webbing as he went.

>Gradually move forward, burning the webs as I go.

We retconning my action and fighting the babies or no? If we aren't then this'll be what I do next. I'm sure we'll be fighting some time soon anyways.
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>>5955519
>Einstein poked his little head out.
"I mean... they were huge in this area of the nation."
>The mouse says as he pointed at where New York was.
"Maybe they were considered the superior rat and all the females kept breeding with them."
>>5955510
>>5955518
"Still the poor guy got caught. Rest in Peace you big lug. We never knew ya."
>The Lt said as she saluted the rat.
Look around or continue the path?
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>>5955519
>>5955508
Guess not, forward it is. I'm curious about the sizes too honestly. I mean...we're all normal sized, but the bugs and the rats are fuckhueg.
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>>5955524
|| Might be a case of how much nihm they where exposed to possibly my original idea is that because of how open their circulatory system and an exoskeleton such as insects or arachnids ||
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Rolled 11 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5955522
News at 11, eugenics work. The Vermintide rises! The Skaven consume the world and sail across the void to feast on the Moon next! For what is the Moon to a rat but a giant piece of cheese? Only the cats can save us now!

Mog glanced up at the ceiling and walked the width of the tunnel near the corpse to make sure there were no hidden spiders in wait or bodies they'd missed for when time came to bury the dead.

>Perception Check for the above.
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>>5955522
Kinny just gave Einstein a look upon hearing his last comment and gently pushed him back into his pocket.
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>>5955525
"I may have asked this already, but you ever consider becoming a scientist? You've got the brains for it."
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>>5955530
(Out of character I’m a biology major)
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>>5955532
Oh...that...explains so much. lmao

Thumbs up buddy.
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>>5955526
>You nothing but bricks up on the ceiling for now.
>Though it is best to be prepared if you start seeing some web up there.
>Don't want to get hit by a surprise attack.
>>5955529
>The Lt looks at the cat pushing back the mouse.
"So is he your snack or are you really friends with him?"
>>5955525
>>5955530
>>5955532
>I'm a biology major.
We got Based Kinny for providing art and amazing reactions. We got Based Mog for being a lorekeeper and lore writer. Now we have Based Ursus who is a Biology Major.
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>>5955537
(Speculative biology go Brrrrrrrrrr)
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>>5955537
D'awww, thanks QM. We wouldn't be here without you though. Thanks to you, we get to play this game.

"Coast is clear. I say we move forward. I'm eager to squash these murderers." Mog said, suppressing the urge to call out the cowardly bugs.

The echos would carry too far, and they didn't know who else was listening on the other end of the tunnel. Better keep this squabble between them and the bugs.

>Moving forward again towards where we heard the hissing, unless someone stops me.

Taking a long time to get to bug squashing, I'm bullrushing forward like the dumb wolf I am. lol
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>>5955543
Real quick question Mog.... would the Lt be affected by your prayer since she wasn't there?
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>>5955543
Ursus follows along keep him with in a few feet to help provide a larger target should things go wrong
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>>5955537
"I could ask you the same about myself, hooman, but I just assume neither of us is a fucking barbarian." Kinny grinned. He didn't plan to eat the mouse, but despite that and growing accustomed to the mouse, he wouldn't call it a friendship, either.
>>5955543
"I agree with Mog, it's better not to wait while we have the advantage of not having alerted all of the spiders in the area."
>>5955532
Oh, so you are a biology major? Name all the bios.
>>5955535
Mog unlocked several new neural pathways
>>5955537
Lmao what? Ursus can without an effort sketch better things than I can artificially manufacture in hours.
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>>5955544
I would say obviously no, because it isn't an aura or some kind of AOE magic ability that you can step into to receive the benefit of. It is literally the Wolf racial ability from your homebrew pdf, not a magic spell from the DnD books. In other words, she has to actually hear me being inspiring and leader-like to actually be...y'know...inspired.
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>>5955548
Ah but you have the technical skills and know how to make gifs and animations so this is a mute point also I like your art style
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>>5955548
>>5955545
>>5955544
Ursus's drawings of the party were incredibly based. Must be some sort of anatomy sketching requirement or something for his education. I only half joke.
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Rolled 12 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5955543
>>5955545
>>5955548
"Fair enough."
>She tells the cat.
"We should should probably remain stealthy and just sneak our way through. Think you can do that cat?"
>She says as she starts sneaking.
Rolling Stealth.
>>5955548
Your art style is fun to look at.
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>>5955554
>Despite having a cat on her shoulder, the human does a pretty good job sneaking around.
>Staying within the shadows as she continues on following the group.
"Would probably be much easier doing this as a cat. Unfortunately though not as strong."
>She then leans a bit forward.
"You guys see anything? Can't see as well in the dark like you guys can. Plus Wolf has the torch"
Roll Perception?
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Rolled 6 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5955554
"What makes you think I can't?" Kinny gave the Old One a smug grin.
>>5955559
>Rolling perception
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Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5955559
Perception roll
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>>5955560
Don't forget you have advantage.
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>>5955560
>Rolling perception... again
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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5955562
With advantage
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Rolled 4 (1d20)

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>>5955573
My first roll was optimal
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Rolled 16 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5955559
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Kinny has my eyes I guess.
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>>5955574
>Kinny could see nothing at the moment.
>Probably best for him to get off the shoulder.
>Still best to stay safe.
>She is a good steed.
>>5955577
>>5955562
>>5955573
>Mog Ursus on the other hand could see something very far up ahead.
>If front on them on the ground was about three adolescent spiders.
>But Ursus had the instinct to look right up towards the ceiling.
>There up on the ceiling was a web, with four meals wrapped in web.
>And crawling on that web... was a massive spider about the size of Ursus.
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>>5955583
I’ve got eyes on one my size above us
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>>5955585
>Ursus brandishes his axe and shield
Up there, there are some wrapped up on the web so be careful.
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Rolled 20, 7 + 7 = 34 (2d20 + 7)

>>5955583
"Don't climb on humans", they said. "You won't see shit, there IS no advantage", they blabbered. But the cat knew better. Kinny hopped onto the net and - dagger in mouth - began shortening distance to the bitch of a spider while it crossed eyes with Ursus.
>I sneak up on the bear-spider
FUCK IT
I have +7 Acrobatics too.
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>>5955592
Right on. Violence.
https://youtu.be/PpY1xD0Dx2Y
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Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d6)

>>5955592
>Kinny, thanks to his steed being a very willing partner allowing him to jump off her, leaps from the human to on top of the spider.
>His claws digging very deep on the monstrous creature.
>As the spider is being latched onto and clawed on, it loses it's balance and falls towards the floor.
>Taking the falling damage as it lands on the adolescents.
Rolling fall damage for the giant spider and and the damage the adolescents take.
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In case this is unclear - the cat just hopped onto the net and uses the stickiness and dexterity to traverse the net upside-down without alarming the spider.
Scientists are still struggling to determine who is the bigger cretin - me or the cat.
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Rolled 3, 16 = 19 (2d20)

>>5955583
>>5955582
"Kinny, one of your special knives would be real good right now! My shield's toast, so we're just peachy clean for one of your zappers." Mog yelled as he drew one of his javelins.

With grunt of exertion he ran up the wall, kicking off it into the embrace of the tunnel's dank air. As the apex of his leap, he whipped his neck to the side, throwing his dart just as Kinny had described to Maggie.

>Initiative first roll, -2 for dex
>Second Roll to hit with Javelin +6 Will use lucky if it doesn't hit.
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>>5955605
Well, I rolled well on the die that counted.
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>>5955603
Am I on the ceiling still?
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Rolled 13, 18, 4 = 35 (3d20)

>>5955592
BTW Kinny you take no damage.
>>5955603
>With extreme aerodynamics and acrobatics, Kinny then dove back to the human before the spider hit the ground.
>The Spider and the adolescents all take 7 Bludgeoning damage.
>The Giant spider being left completely prone.
>But the young ones are ready to fight.
Rolling initiative,
Adolescents get first roll (+2)
Giant Spider gets the two disadvantage rolls (+3)
>>5955605
We'll see Giant Spider could get worst roll.
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Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5955605
Strength and proficiency
Ursus charges towards the downed giant axe bare and strikes
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>>5955614
Oops wrong timing on the post so this will be my turn after we roll initiative
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>>5955614
Ursus you forgot to roll the initiative.
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Rolled 13 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5955620
>>5955614
Rolling initiative
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>>5955625
That’s a minus 2 by the way
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Rolled 6 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5955613
With grace of a thousand swans, Kinny landed back onto the human and started shuffling through his backpack looking for lightning daggers.
>Rolling initiative (DEX7)
Can I safely throw at the matron/adolescents, or is Ursus in range of the explosion now?
>>5955605
Based descriptive fight scenes. Mog kino. This type of physical descriptiveness actually allows me to imagine the fight and is insanely satisfying.
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Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5955628
Rolling for the Lt then we will get the List ready for who goes first.
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Initiative List

Adolescent Spiders (15)
Kinny (13, gets first due to Initiative Bonus)
Lt (13)
Ursus (11)
Giant Spider (7)
Mog (1)

>The adolescents get off from underneath the adult.
>Which takes their movement away.
>>5955628
I'm going to say Ursus is far enough away. So fire away.
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Rolled 2 + 4 (1d6 + 4)

>>5955628
I don't think lightning daggers cause AOE unless they hit water or metal, just going off the past. The fire dagger do explode and do AOE damage though.

Thank you. I do try, though my best writing doesn't always come through.

>>5955613
>Rolling javelin damage, after that I'll roll Divine Smite damage as well. I assume I hit the spider's AC.
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Rolled 6, 4 = 10 (2d8)

>>5955613
>Divine Smite damage
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>>5955638
"Was that good-enough sneaking, miss lieutenant?" Kinny nudged the human, sure that she saw him knock out the bearspider.
Is it my turn now or are the spiders doing something else?
>>5955639
Daggers explode if thrown, in my experience (in real life).
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>>5955646
Yes it is your turn Kinny that is my fault for not saying so. again sorry Kinny. Also Three adolescents.
"Best I have ever seen. Now give them hell Cat!"
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Rolled 16, 14 + 7 = 37 (2d20 + 7)

>>5955650
The cat whipped out the lightning dagger glanced towards the skittering arachnids, hopped in the air and hurled the sparkling blade towards the smaller spiders.
>Rolling attack (+dex?)
Can someone remind me the explosion damage? I don't have the sheet with me.
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>>5955646
lol, what kinda daggers are you using IRL?
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>>5955674
Lightning Daggers
Properties: Finesse, Thrown (20/60 Ft)
Damage: 1d4 Piercing Damage and 1d4 Lightning Damage (No stat boosts)
Special: If these daggers are thrown they explode upon contact doing 1d4 Piercing Damage and 4d4 Lightning Damage. The Dagger will be destroyed in the process.

Flame Daggers
Properties: Finesse, Thrown (20/60 Ft)
Damage: 1d4 Piercing Damage and 1d4 Fire Damage (No stat boosts)
Special: If these daggers are thrown they explode upon contact doing 1d4 Piercing Damage and 2d4 Fire Damage. The 10x10 area soon become an area on fire that cause 1d8 Fire damage when standing on it. The Dagger will be destroyed in the process.
Cost: 40 Silver
Here you go Kinny.
Also you hit.
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>>5955674
5d4 for thrown.

1d4 of that is piercing damage, 4d4 is lightning.

Or 3d4 for the flame daggers, but they have an aoe, same split between piercing and elemental as before.
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Rolled 4, 1, 3, 3 = 11 (4d4)

>>5955674
>>5955682
>Rolling lightning damage, because the dagger was thrown at the group rather any individual spider and hit the ground
I'd also like to specify that I'm trying to not AoE the big spider, because I don't want to steal the AXING from ursine terminator and MOGGING from the holy melee practitioner.
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Rolled 4 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5955689
>You Vaporize one of the adolescents into nothingness.

>It is now the Lt.'s turn.
>She then rushes to one of the adolescents and then does a kick on it.
Rolling to hit.
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Rolled 4 + 5 (1d6 + 5)

>>5955699
Rolling damage.
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>>5955699
(Kinny remained on the human's shoulder during this, somehow.)
>>5955620
Get ready to kick ass and chew honeygum.
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>>5955701
>The Lt then kicks the spider clean in half killing it instantly.
"That impress you cat?"

>>5955614
>Ursus then brings his axe down on an enemy and hits.
just to clarifying you are hitting the Giant right? Either way you will hit the target no matter who it was. Adolescents' were 12. Roll for damage Ursus.
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>>5955625
Your turn Ursus. Unless the Lt is using chi points.
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Rolled 2 + 1 (1d6 + 1)

>>5955707
Rolling damage
the sound of metal scraping carapace
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>>5955707
>>5955709
Oh, I'm dumb. I forgot Ursus and I already rolled our attacks and damage. Or rather, I wasn't sure whether those rolls were for the pre-initiative turn or if Ursus and I jumped the gun and rolled before the initiative order came around to us.
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Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5955711
Other half of damage
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Picrel unrelated. Just a bear I once made... for a completely different kind of qst thing.

>>5955707
"Is it still breathing... on purpose? Hmh. Acceptable, but can you do that in cat form? Do you use claws then?" The cat praised the human.
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>>5955709
Nah I am going to be honest with you, unless you guys want, not using the full potential of NPCs so that way you guys get all the highlights.
>>5955711
>>5955715
>The Giant spider then takes the hit, feeling the pain.
>It's nowhere near dead yet though.
>It is only able to get up from being prone.
>But it then spins it's web and shoots it at Ursus.
Ursus make a dex saving throw

>>5955605
>>5955639
>>5955642
>With Luna with him to unleash Divine Fury, Mog gives a devastating blow to the giant.
>It's barely hanging in there.
>Barely able to stand at this point.

>The remaining adolescent disengages and runs away.

Kinny it is back to being your turn.
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Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5955722
Oh no
Minus two to my dex roll
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>>5955726
>You are stuck in the web.
Roll a 14 on Dex Save to get out or have someone save you.
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>>5955728
Will do on my turn
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Rolled 8, 1 + 7 = 16 (2d20 + 7)

>>5955722
Kinny sighed. He should've known the dumb, bull-like arachnid wouldn't just stay put. Angry and not yet satisfied with his job, the cat poured all of his feline vitriol into his upcoming performance. He slid down the Old One's back and slid into the shadows to get another hit on the repulsive creature.
>Mark the Gigaspider for Death (double damage)
>Sneak
>Stab (if I can)
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>>5955735
>15 on stealth
Do I roll attack with dagger?
Also uh, can I use cunning action to disengage after?
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>>5955736
I mean, damage with dagger
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qm?
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Rolled 7 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5955735
>>5955736
Yes you can use cunning action to disengage. However because Stealth is an action, you can not do an attack. Also sorry for the late response, eating dinner.

>Kinny stealths his way out of this leaving the human for a bit to do a sneak attack.
>Meanwhile it is now the human's turn.
>She then goes in for a punch towards the spider.
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>>5955747
>She barely hits it.
"Damn! Just by a hair!"

Ursus it is your turn.
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>>5955722
>>5955726
>>5955720
Mog landed heavily, a wave of displaced stagnant air radiating out from the wolf, carrying a hundred years of dust and debris with it and showering the combatants with century old mould. Bending his knees as he landed, the weight of his plate nearly drove his stomach to the ground. He risked a tactical glance around, his eyes darting from the ceiling to the shadowy corners of distant train cars. The situation seemed well in hand even with Ursus restrained, but it paid to be cautious. The only thing that could ruin the battle for them at the moment was more of the adult spiders, they'd eat the immobile Ursus alive, albeit with indigestion.

Seeing none for the moment, he drew his enchanted sword, the rasp of metal on wood being drowned out by the keening spellsong as the blade was exposed to the light. He stalked forward menacingly, tapping the tip on the rail tracks, letting the ringing haunt the crippled mother spider.

The battle raged on around them, but his two eyes were only on the spider's eightfold gaze. Internally he mused 'Where, O-where are your big friends, ugly fucker. Lets make this a real fight!'
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>>5955747
I ACCEPT YOUR RULES, RULE MAN. And I totally didn't not know it was my turn until I checked out of worry and posted my (thankfully prewritten) post instantly.
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>>5955749
MUFFLED BEAR NOISES
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Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5955756
The dice command was miss entered
Rolling to escape
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Rolled 5 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5955756
>>5955757
>The bear is unable to escape.

>>5955749
>The Giant Spider then tries to attack the Lt.
Rolling to hit.
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>>5955736
Essentially you can use cunning action to Hide, then use your action to Attack, and then either stay in contact or use your movement to move away, but you'll take an attack of opportunity.

But you don't have enough actions to hide, attack, and Disengage without taking an AoO. If you use your main action to sneak with the intent to Disengage with your bonus action from cunning action then you can't attack. (this turn, but you can be stealthed and then attack next turn)

Personally, I would just sneak (Hide) with your cunning action, then just attack. With marked for death and two dagger attacks from dual wielding, you'll probably kill the big spider.
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Rolled 12 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5955757
Rolling with advantage from mogs insp because it has not been over 3rounds
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>>5955759
>As the Spider lunges, the Lt then dodges with catlike reflexes.
>Almost animalistic in a way.

>>5955760
Mog it is now your turn.
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Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5955763
>>5955751
Is Ursus >>5955762 free?

With cruel confidence the wolf put his blade through a torture test. Dipping his head to the side, he buried the sword into the ground, the thaumaturgical might of the archmage Swift parting the earth, concrete, and metal tracks like flaming lance through butter. Dashing forward to meet the spider head to head, he lunged, forward and upwards in a rising crescent strike. His broadsword streaming with pale light that scattered into a kaleidoscope of rainbow colours as it bounced off the concrete walls. Blinded by the majesty of the Goddess, he trusted in the contact of the blade as he felt the sword violently twist and nudge against his teeth. A sure hit.

>Rolling attack with Broadsword, will use lucky if I miss.
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Rolled 1, 4, 1 + 4 = 10 (3d4 + 4)

>>5955763
>>5955786
>Broadsword physical damage
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gimme a moment
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Rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13 (3d8)

>>5955763
>>5955786
>>5955788
>Broadsword Thunder damage+Divine Smite
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>>5955786
needed to be a 14

>>5955786
>>5955788
>>5955791
>You then finish off the Giant Spider.
>Squishing it completely.
>It was now dead on the floor.
>Completely lifeless.
The fight is over what now?
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>>5955792
MUFFLED BEAR NOISES INTENSIFY
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>>5955794
"You look kinda cute in silk Ursus, I'm sure the sows love you." Mog joked as he carefully slit strands of the webbing tying the bear up.

>Help Ursus
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>>5955792
Ree, does that mean my Death Mark is gone for nothing?
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>>5955797
I’ll take the compliment but I may not ever look at silk the same way again, no wonder they where able to kill that bear this spider silk is surprisingly restrictive no fulkrum no way to tear out
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>>5955798
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>>5955800
"So was that it? Didn't seem that hard."
>The Lt says as she looks around.
"Should we go ahead and head back to the group or keep going forward?"
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>>5955798
Maybe, depends on if we can retcon if you actually used it or not. Due to your mechanics confusion, I think we can argue that Kinny the character wouldn't actually pop his ability unless he was going to attack within that 6 second time interval we call a turn.

Though I'm not sure it really matters. You get the ability back on a long rest, and we (or at least, I) were just about take one of those anyways before Ursus went exploring. Me sooner than you guys, since I voluntarily went to bed early, but sleep or not, we were probably gonna time skip a solid chunk of the day just for rest/lounging about anyways. I mean, everyone (aside from me who just decided to sleep, since I wanted to sneak without my plate armour at night) still had things to chat about and the rest of the temple to explore and old ones to talk to, but the jist of it is that it is all generally restful downtime activity that should contribute to a long rest.

We should probably finish clearing the tunnels though, there may be more fights to come.
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>>5955803
I heard more than that hissing so we should probably clean out the den to make sure they are not likely to start preying on people again
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>>5955803
"I think we should finish clearing the tunnels, there might be more of them. At the very least, we should see where our escape route leads."
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>>5955803
"Of course we go forward, we have to make sure this place is clean and..."
>>5955809
"Why were you here to begin with Ursus?" The cat trailed off.
>>5955807
Death Mark as a racial ability is only available once per day, so I dunno. I guess it doesn't matter anyway.
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Gonna call it a night.
Hope you guys did enjoy the session.
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>>5955800
"Hahah, I don't blame you, after seeing the cave full of tortured apes I can't look at trees the same way." Mog faux-laughed, false cheer to mask a sobering depression that came on as he remembered that horror.

Not yet sheathing his blade, he went to work hacking of the limbs of the spiders, making for easier access to the central body.

"Maybe we can find a use for the fluid pouch or whatever or wherever their silky webbing comes from. At least something good should come from this mess. Know anything about spider anatomy?" he murmured darkly.

>>5955809
"Agreed, I'm almost done here. Just need a good eye and some pointers."
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>>5955815
To see if we had a back door escape if mogs plan didn’t pan out, a backup escape route, it’s too small for dragons and yo remote for the leader ship to rely upon also there was apparently possible old ones down here I thaught it necessary to try and find some that might be still alive and intact to exhume or something
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>>5955818
Alright, good night QM. I had fun, it was good to get back into the swing of things. Man is the new human overpowered, basically everything any one of us does she does almost or equally as well. Except for healing I guess. Maybe with her on side we have a chance of just ganking some of the higher ups from the various factions.

>>5955815
>>5955809
We all good for Thursday? I should be available.
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>>5955825
They are like tbe pistons of old one cars they pushing blood to their limbs to allow them to become motile
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>>5955829
I am gonna be available
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>>5955829
Should be. Will officially know on Wednesday.
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>>5955831
It's 3AM here, kek. I should be here on thursday.
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>>5955833
Sorry to keep you up buddy, hope you don't have anything important you have to get to tomorrow. Sleep well.

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>>5955832
Good, good...

>>5955830
"Not the legs Ursus, the fluid sac...thing-y. I heard spiders have a fluid sac where all their silk is held, or is that just old wives talk? The quartermaster and admin staff in my old unit used to go wild whenever a wild spider was spotted while on campaign, insisted we bring them the corpse, said the pouch was worth its weight in gold. Course, we never saw a dime for our efforts, pretty sure they mutilated the corpse and fenced the silk for themselves." Mog reminisced bitterly.

Finally he was getting his blood money, it didn't feel good, but honestly he was hacking off limbs as much as to make the corpse easier to fit into a grave as to rob it of its innards. He was more than a little mad on behalf of the temple attendant that perished too.
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>>5955849
It's fine, I'd sleep if I wanted to sleep. Goodnight.
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>>5955849
Well the last thing I saw before getting a face full of silk that bump on its abdomen aimed at me it was not the nicest thing to suddenly get confronted by
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I should be available tomorrow.
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>>5956517
Same here. Should be around during the same time as last time, maybe a little earlier.
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>>5956517
So... I was asked to help clean a house a bit. Mostly dishes and a bathroom for $20. So I might be gone for a bit maybe make a few posts from there. I'll inform you when I have to leave. Again sorry for the sudden change.
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>>5955815
>>5955826
>>5955849
"I don't think that is how spider webbing works but I guess after how long I have been asleep it could be that way."
>The Lt said as she saw the old hound talking about harvesting the spiderwebbing from the sac.
"Still I don't see why you didn't use the train? It could have possibly killed all these spiders with relative ease. The only possible reason not to take the train is if there is like a brick wall that is blocking its path. Also would very much help with your escape plan."
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>>5957106
Well actually that was one of the plans, the problem is we are effectively in a town full of our enemy factions, if we start it up I imagine the amount of noise and light would make us targets.
As for our enemies they don’t know we are here, the current working understanding is the lizards and their draconian leader us up there, they typically burn down towns that have sn ounce of old one= human artifacts and information, then there are the apes who are attempting to deface and portray themselves as old ones, the pigs who are much more barbarous replacing limbs and parts with machinery and the belief that eating old ones gives power, then there are the wolves who have been possibly infiltrated by a pays actor attempting to alter mogs religion to favor the apes more killing any who protest against them with possible poisoning
And that pretty much wraps up why I haven’t turned anything on, besides it would be pretty bad if the train? That’s what called it derailed on some rubble
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>>5957121
"Sounds like the lizards barely changed... still it is weird that animals have basically taken over the world. Though to be fair we have been gone for about... how long? 1000 years? If it has been a thousand I would have expected you guys to walk on two legs by now."
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>>5957121
Now mind you it’s not the people that are really to blame but their government I mean hell I’ve been told there are some apes in the government who would align with cause possibly, I have met a lizard bar keep and a pig who made his business brewing beer all of whom where quite amicable and quite friendly but they are the outliers
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>>5957123
Well I typically walk on two legs but I’m a bear and I have the anatomy to afford it, as for why we haven’t fully done that well I suspect it has to do with that nihm stuff expanding our minds rather than bodies not to mention we really don’t need to especially when we have the intelligence to work around it not to mention the lack of thumbs
>Ursus shows his paw which is using all the fingers to fully grip the axe with a strap (like a wee remote wrap Ed around his wrist
I suspect nature works with what she provides after all
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>>5957125
"I don't know about you but I never met a damn good lizard in my life. Especially during the war. The cadet may believe in your story of lizards being good... but I would rather see proof than hear stories."
>>5957128
"I mean you can still work with what you got. I mean even old dogs can learn new tricks."
>She then realized there was an old dog around.
"No offense wolf."
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>>5957131
You know it’s funny you should bring this up I have been working on a design for mounting those ranged weapons Maggie uses, I believe she referred to them as fire arms guns shorthand, basically the mount is meant to allow for 4 legged beings to use longer ranged fire arms or possible crossbows like the deer in our group who goes by the name Adler what I’m planning is to have a mouth piece wired up to a guns trigger and having it amiable by mouth although I could always have mice be able to sim it like some miniature ballista still work on the controls
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>>5957133
In concept of course I haven’t had the time to create a model yet or any guns to use for that matter
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>>5957133
"Got any sketches to go with those ideas?"
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>>5957137
(OOC I do not I have not had the time to other than ponder in character Ursus has been doing this)
>Ursus brings out his sketch book, I am planning on having this with an armored compartment for mice and or rats of course giving them ear protection, for them of course same with the deer
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>>5957140
(There will be a design sketch later)
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>>5957140
"I would suggest earplugs but those work more for humans than animals. Maybe headphones or earmuffs might be better."
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I figured I'd make a gif based on Kinny while I wait for responses.
Sause: https://youtu.be/m6iYzl7t_2I?si=1twgXs3hiFEaFxqw
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Heading towards the house now. Either BrB or see you guys later with a different tag.
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>>5957179
GOOD LUCK
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Sorry about that. Took longer than expected.
Anyways you all can continue.
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>>5957142
That’s the plan especially for the ones with the gun right next to their heads
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>>5957238
"Next to their head? I don't know about you but a gun next to this poor kitty's head would definitely hurt his poor little ears. No ear plug on earth could help him."
>She says as she started to pet the cat riding on her shoulder.
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>>5957234
I kind of just have nothing to add. Sorry for not really being here but had a fucking shitshow of a day trying to make a bootable usb drive and failing. All day down the fucking drain.
>>5957169
I don
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>>5957241
Hmm then maybe instead of having them aim it’s probably the mice and rats that could use them as a weapon platform and aim without being too close to their partners head
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>>5957245
Just wanted to point out that basically everything that Kinny did to sneak up on that spider was technically doable for a cat. As for hanging upside-down, spider webs are sticky in some areas, he just used that stickiness carefully to not fall to the ground.
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>>5957248
Yeah I know. I just thought it was something funny to use for later.

>>5957247
"Yeah but then the head would get in the way. I mean you have a good idea, you just need to work on the execution."
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>>5957252
Yeah that’s my problem
Maybe if they could use magic to hover the guns instead of relying upon a weapon mount, maybe a spell taught to all warriors and soldiers to be able to cover their lack of arms and hands
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>>5957260
>The human pauses for a bit.
>She stares at the bear for a while.
>With a look that expresses so many questions she wants to ask the bear.
"..... I'm sorry did you say magic?"
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>>5957262
Ya know I have a working theory on magic as well, magic is a possible bi product of exposure to nihm for instance Maggie has already supposedly manifested magic not to mention the lack of magic from Maggie’s time shows that it as because of something farther down the line, I suspected as lab mice and rats that where exposed to nihm began to propagate it through the food web effecting the entire ecosystem after all large enough spider prey upon mice the effects of nihm has caused most mammals to become people and as time progressed manipulation if the nihm would become uncovered. Not to mention the living human weapon that we found the shadow of, she was definitely monstrous she created hybrids of living creatures such as those owl bears and those poor half ape half trees
>Ursus visibly shudders from the horror of that moment
She has discovered a way of hiding amongst us through these rings, some form of focus of nihm Ursus hands her ha ring, Maggie has already used the ring herself to hide along with us.
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I'm here, sorry for being late again. Posts will probably be a bit haggard, I'm ultra tired. Only caught a couple hours of sleep and I have a few things to do, so I may be intermittently afk.
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>>5957267
I recommend keeping an eye out for any possible manifestations of nihm within your system although I think at this point we have changed so much from our ancestors that we could probably survive without nihm and still maintain our mental faculties
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>>5957267
>The Lt looks at the rings for a bit.
"Oh those rings. They're not really magic. Though I guess you can consider it magic. R-002 was playing with the cocoons in the Nihm chamber for insects and helped us discover that the coccons had some sort of strange effect on them caused by the Nihm, causing someone to tranform. So the scientists did a few studies on them and then force fossilzed the coccons in amber to make several rings. Those rings were given to me and a few group of elites and we used them to spy on the Dragoconians. You wouldn't believe how much they love cats. As for the other phenomenons I know nothing about. When we have time you really need to inform me how much the world has changed. That way I can tell other people when they exit from the cry chambers."
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>>5957276
There are others
>Ursus paused
They can’t stay here this spot is way to hot with hostile factions we need a secure place that we can send them to to avoid getting hunted by pigs apes and dragons even more of a reason to make sure this tunnel is clear of opposition
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>>5957279
"Do you even know where this tunnel leads?"
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>>5957284
"I'm going to take that as a no. Got a map?"
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>>5957285
Ursus brings out the map he was given from the arsene and a small pamphlet from the train that looked like a map
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>The Lt checks the map.
"Hmm.... where are we exactly?"
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>>5957131
"Not..." a pause as said old dog grunted under the exertion of hacking through armoured limbs, "...really..." another grunt of exertion, "...A DOG!"

A final slash and the last limb fell. Panting for a few minutes while the tall ones chatted, Mog eventually said "But no offence taken."

He then got to work harvesting what he hoped was the silk sac that Ursus pointed out in the abdomen.

>>5957262
>>5957267
>>5957276
When the human incredulously inquired about magic the wolf could only smile "Oh boy, who's gonna tell her? Hahah."

Looking over his shoulder he saw Ursus gesticulating as the bear rambled on in his scholarly way. Of course Ursus would have an explanation for magic. Sounded like a good one too, but Mog knew that you couldn't know the unknowable. Magic was one such thing by definition. The truth of the origins of magic was obvious to all true faithful; the Gods created magic to create a new path forward for animalkind as the old paradigm fell away. Perhaps a hybrid way was possible, a balance of magic and technology. The processes of magic remained inscrutable though, Nihm may have enabled magic use by granting intelligence, perhaps it even empowered it, but Nihm did not explain the Divine. Clearly only the Gods could create such means.

He was just about to share his thoughts when Ursus began offering his ring. Then the human shattered his world again. His sword dropped from nerveless jaws.

"That can't be true. They are Moonblessed artifacts! They recharge only in moonlight!"
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>>5957293
We’ll moon light is energy and energy can be transformed or at least that’s how Maggie and caramel explained it, it’s very possible Luna utilizes a form of magic compatible with the rings, not to mention how receptive they are to it, mind you it’s just a theory, the rings could just be highly receptive to it after all they don’t seem to charge from the sunlight, there is a definite correlation between this afterall I don’t believe that magic is actually connected by nihm rather it allows one to manipulate magic, mogs magic is distinctly lunar, it could be the rings are just compatible with all forms of mana but I don’t know nearly enough about magic to truly conjecture on the forms it can take but it is very clearly a part of the natural world
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>>5957296
Like the laws of physics certain aspects are hidden to the naked eye requiring specialized equipment to view or in our case the right biology to manipulate and sense
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>>5957293
>>5957296
>>5957298
"They recharge in the moonlight? These were supposed to be solar charged and charged in the sunlight. Something must have went wrong when making them. Still good thing you charged this one ring. There were only eight ever made."
>You then remember that there are more than eight found over at the Forest Guardians base.
>Which means... someone is making these rings.
Inform the Lt or keep to yourself?
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>>5957301
(Better to inform than have to explain later)
There where much more than 8 where we found them but that’s not really surprising because we found them in the living are if the human living weapon I have no doubt she has made much more
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>>5957279
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>>5957290
The conversation moved on without him, but Mog moved to interrupt, the spider silk forgotten. "How do you explain the ability of wizards to transform without the aid of such a catalyst? This Nihm and its myriad uses cannot truly explain magic!"

No, no, he was getting sidetracked. Bothering people with his beliefs could wait. At the very least he didn't want to be a boor, or a bore, he supposed.

"Never mind that, that can be discussed later. Anyways Ursus, she seems to already have a ring of her own, so you should probably keep yours. Who's this R-002 person?" Mog quieted down as he got closer, not wanting the noise to travel when the tunnels were still insecure.

Joining them around the map, he said "Of course we should still clear our escape path and situate the lieutenant, but moving the humans, especially in such large numbers, is out of the question until we've secured a stealthy path all the way to Xana. Even if the tunnel led out of the city, we cannot move a herd of humans out in the open. If even a single patrol spots us and survives to tell the tale, the entire might of all the factions will be on us and follow wherever we go. Better for them to remain hidden while we do our work here. Once the diplomatic summit is over, the factions will have no reason to stay, hopefully at least. We can move in the open then, not before, it's too risky."
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Something and up brb
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>>5957306
Should say *At the very least he didn't want to be a boor, or a bore, either or, he supposed.

Forgot a bit of the sentence, sounds better with it in.
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>>5957307
Waiting warmly. I'll brb as well.
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>>5957307
Came up brb
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>>5957303
"I would say "That's impossible", but judging on what's happening here, I'm willing to believe it."
>>5957306
"R-002 isn't a person but rather a rabbit that crazy quackjob Niklas sewed Nihm Stones into along with two other rabbits. Probably not that important, they are probably dead now at this point."
>Lanesboro is probably laughing somewhere.
"Sounds like a sound strategy. No wonder the bear calls you a leader. But what's this about a summit? Are you trying to request something?"
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>>5957315
I never said my theories were full proof just hypothesis being tested as we continue this journey we have been on, it’s been a combo of history gathering musings, and the like, afterall A lot of time has passed between humanity going dormant I mean our races collectively call you old ones, effectively gods or at least holy beings or divinity it’s only recently I had my suspicions proven that you are people like us only you had the benefits of being the first on the world stage as it was
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>>5957315
Mog laughed "You mean Swift, or perhaps Relm? Jeez, everything does tie back to those rabbits, huh?"

He turned around and padded over to his sword, returning the butcher's work of carving out the silk sac. Over his shoulder he said "We're not really...requesting...anything, per se. More like, demanding what's ours is returned at swordpoint, preventing the subversion of my nation, bribing the politicians so they don't follow the will of our enemies, and raising an army to bring a close to an ongoing hundred year war. So, yeah, not really a lot of requesting going on."
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>>5957354
Didn't refresh, so I didn't see this. Fancy us coming back at the same time though.

>>5957315
>>5957356
>Also, do I roll to see how my harvest goes, or what?
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>>5957356
Hence why I’m making an exit strategy for if his plan does not pan out
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>>5957358
Give me an Animal Handling or Nature check when it comes to gsthering the silk.
Sorry for the late response.
>>5957354
"I mean according to my religion you guys came first and then the humans were made. Well 1 man and then woman was made from a rib of him, but point still stands.... Wait I thought animals knew there was a God?"
>>5957356
"So what are you doing then?"
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>>5957354
>>5957356
>>5957374
Kinny just sat through right the conversation. He had nothing of importance to add and was busy obsessively licking his paws clean from the sticky web he clinged to. The feelings of determination and disgust mixed on the cat's face into a rather peculiar expression as he licked and wiped his feet time and time again, dissatisfied with the state, unwilling to continue and unable to stop. Such was cat life, sometimes.
Lol, I just realized that I don't ever mention magic purely because I despise the spell bookkeeping it comes with.
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>>5957374
Well maybe becoming people results in the loss of knowledge or at least the knowledge becoming obscured, I’m not super religious. However you wanna interpret it is probably valid iether way
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>>5957378
>The Lt then pets the cat.
"You've been pretty quiet. You doing okay? Need to switch shoulders?"
>>5957385
"Maybe we should have to discuss this later let's head further down."
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>>5957388
Yeah let’s move on further down
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>>5957390
Kinny and Ursus roll perception... I will tell you what happens once Mog harvest.
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Rolled 19 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5957374
>Animal Handling check

Sorry, stepped away from the keyboard again.

Busily groping the insides of spider, Mog had little attention to spare for the human. "What God? Some human God? We all have our own Gods. Yours may as well tell us why he didn't speak up when you guys invited the demons onto the surface of Our Harsh Green Sister."

Up to his shoulders in spider gunk, Mog pried out some organ that looked vaguely like what he was looking for.

"Ugh, ahem. Some cultist stole our guns and are trying to bargain them for some nefarious purpose with the animal kingdoms. We're trying to stop 'Persephone', some human-experiment gone wrong from the Nihm stone embedded in her. That means stopping the arms deal. We're also trying to stop the other kingdoms from subverting my government's institutional and religious structures. Hence the bribing. Gotta play dirty when the enemy won't play fair. Got a dirty priest to fry too. Some crazy rogue wolves on top of all that as well. I wonder if Clayton's secret weapon has to do with the guns the cultists stole, or with Persephone herself, could be an indication of which camp she fell into. Maybe we can loose Ol' Lincoln on the ape camp, if that's the case. A chunk of the city may burn, but the new ape renovations aren't worth a damn in my book anyhow. Listen, we've got a lot of individual baby steps to get to where were going, so just don't do anything stupid while we work on our plan. Okay?"
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Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5957394
Rolling perception
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>>5957397
>The old wolf finally found what he was looking for.
>The Web fluid sack.
>Mog was careful and gentle with the organ.
>Trying his best not to damage it at all.
Mog gained the web fluid sack.
"Depends if I don't like where the plan is heading."
>The Lt said as she listened to the plan carefully.
"Still... I can believe the son of a bitch actually did it. He embedded a stone into a human."
>>5957399
>As Ursus takes the lead he sees nothing at the moment.
>Nothing but webs and baby spiders.
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Rolled 8 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5957404
Gonna wave the torch at them while burning the surrounding web to get them to retreat
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>>5957406
That’s a minus 2
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>>5957406
>>5957410
May I ask, are you rolling to attack the webs? Cause if so, you don't need to roll to do that.
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Rolled 6 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5957404
"No, it really doesn't. It's our business, this stuff with you humans and Xenarus is arguably a side curiosity to us animals. Maybe it's the other way around for you. Whatever the case, we can't have you endangering the temple or the rest of your companions because of some disagreement over how we go about things. You go out there, you'll either be hailed as a Goddess by some fringe cultists, or more likely seen as an ancient predecessor with secrets to tell, but you won't get the chance to make use of either position because either Clayton's generals will kidnap you to try and coerce you into being a brainwashed super soldier for them, which would make you an enemy of us by the way, or Lincoln would burn you alive along with half the city. We'll find some way to get you to Xana, you'll be safe there. The 'R-002' you mentioned earlier resides there as Elder." Mog lectured, carefully stowing the silk sac into his side pack while he talked in measured tones.

Deciding to balance out his bossiness with praise, Mog added "You're taking the news about Persephone rather well though. Maggie threw a fit and wandered off when we all found out. I take it you weren't close? Persephone I mean, not you and Maggie."

Job finished, the wolf joined his friends in advancing up the tunnel, keeping his eyes peeled.

>Perception check
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>>5957414
No I’m trying to intimidate the spiders and I’m not doing a good job of it
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>>5957420
"Like I said we were all in different divisions. As stated I was a spy, so I was part of a recon and infiltration team. I was mostly out in the field as a cat. And before any of you asks, the reason why I chose cat is because they are the most inconspicuous animal you can think of. They are literally everywhere. So no one would guess a cat is spying on them."
>As they continue, Mog sees nothing but webs, which Ursus is burning down.
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>>5957427
Uh, well, if we don't spot anything, I guess we just keep moving until we spot an adult spider, something of interest, a branching path or reach the end of the tunnel. We're exploring the tunnel til its end after all.

Mog held his torch aloft, catching the webbing on fire as they went. Otherwise he stayed silent, listening, watching.
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>>5957440
Sorry cooking supper
>You all continue on.
>It is mostly just a straight path with a few curves here and there.
>Still best to keep your guard up.
>You suddenly feel your skin crawl a bit.
>You don't know why.
Give me a perception check.
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Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5957444
Rolling perception
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Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5957444
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>>5957467
>>5957445
>Ursus then feel that chill again but can't seem to figure out where it is coming from.
>Meanwhile Mog looks up and sees exactly what it is.
>Another Giant Spider.
>Just above you.
>Frozen in place and encased in ice.
>You can definitely see that it had bitten into a pipe of some sort of liquid that instantly froze it.
What do you do?
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>>5957469
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>>5957378
"Above us!" Mog voiced his first words harshly, before quieting to a murmur, "Nobody touch the pipes. Or any gears or levers you see. There's...ice in the pipes."

Unsure of the need for quiet with only a ice statue for company, he spoke normally once he'd confirmed to himself there were no hostile listeners "I guess this one isn't a problem? Shall we move on?"
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Sorry guys I need to leave.
Sorry for all the late posts.
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>>5957482
Alright, no worries. I was late to the session and to several responses myself, probably slowed things down.

Take care everyone, see you all Tuesday.
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>>5957481
Ursus stops and looks at the frozen Goliath, so that’s why I felt cold, Ursus calls over lt I think they tapped into some integral system in the cryogenics you may wanna patch that before it impacts your systems
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>>5957394
Sorry I was tired and sleep won.
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>>5957481
"That's a first." Kinny commented on the spider-freezing pipe, before turning his attention to the Old One. "Is that why you woke up? Does this have something to do with your cold sleep machines?" The cat wondered if the pipe bursting caused a failure and was the reason for the cat-woman's awakening in the chamber.
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Should be available tomorrow.
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>>5960871
I am here
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Sorry for being late just woke up.

>>5957481
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>>5957784
"I guess that definitely a way I could've woken up. As for repairing it. Long cold day in hell. Without the right equipment, suit, or training, you are just as dead as that spider. The ones in the pod are a lot less harmless but the liquid by itself without any help from that, will kill you. So best to avoid the pipes for now."
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I'm here, but I've gotta make breakfast/do some chores. Will be back in 40.
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>>5961219
Ursus no stranger to the dangers of being trapped under ice carefully avoids the exposed pipes, hey Lt I understand if you don’t wanna talk about the past but I’ve so far seen some impressive constructs made by humanity, how far did you get before the war?
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>>5961228
"My last order to go out into the field was to gain information and intel about the draconians plan. All I found however was just plans to build a new ship. No weapons. Just a ship."
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>>5961232
Hmm not what I meant but I think that’s probably a good thing, humanity must have been hitting them so hard they felt the need to run away, as for ship was it one those ships made to tread the void of stars? I think I remember Maggie talking about the moon and traveling to it, had humanity touched the planets out there
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>>5961235
"As much as we hate to admit it, it was thanks to them that we got to go to the moon and back. There were plans for us to go Mars but that never haplened."
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>>5961238
Nah I’m certain you would have been able regardless of the dragons or not, after all you who has tamed lightning in a bottle, you who forged titans from steel bones, you who stood against the dark night of apocalypse and said no. You and your people are self made titans given enough help to come back out of the clutches of the darkness I have no doubt your people will shine brightly once more in the darkness.
>Ursus lays a clenched bear fist on his chest to fully convey his belief
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>>5957497
>>5957784
>>5961219
"I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to the sciences, so correct me if I'm wrong, but should we worry about the coolant leaking out and blocking or hampering our escape route? I mean, is the coolant in the pipe pressurized? Will it blast out the spider fangs, leak out and fill the tunnel with ice, such that we cannot move past this section? Or even if there isn't enough fluid to fill the tunnel, could it turn the floor slick? Either could hamper this tunnel's use as an escape route." Mog interrupted, anxious now that the lieutenant had expounded on the dangers of the fluid.
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>>5961244
Well you see how icicles have formed on those legs, water has already formed fullly around the body sealing the pipe in the process, not to mention most of the pressure has probably been released when that spider bit into it probably leaking excess until the spider fully froze around it
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>>5961244
"We should, but again, we have no equipment to deal with such and a thing, and even grazing that liquid even by a drop can cause serious damage. My best suggestion is to turn back and maybe try to find some of that equipment that will help us. Either that or try and find someone within the pods that can fix it."
>>5961247
"True but who's to say that will last long?"
>>5961241
"You sure know a lot about human history? Are you a scholar?"
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>>5961247
>>5961248
"Ah, well, clearing the spiders comes first I say. When we get back to the temple we'll have to look around for said equipment though. You humans are the only ones with the right kinda paws to work that stuff anyhow." Mog replied, nodding his head towards the darkness of the tunnel ahead.

"Shall we move on?"
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>>5961248
>>5961247
I would recommend those amongst your enclave? Family? Troop? Group that can provide the maintenance to take care of it, I don’t trust my own clumsy hands to not mess up trying, as for human history I am no scholar, I am a hobbyist at best, as for how I know so much my people or at least bears in general actively seek out and attempt to preserve knowledge no matter what knowledge is gained, typically script or parchment is preserved in prepared amber slabs, artifacts are stored and preserved aswell as documents pertaining to their origin and placement to ensure if the old ones (humans) returned they can be returned to their descendants and or owners even with that knowledge of humanity is very scarce out in the public, what with three powerful factions actively seeking to destroy eat or deface it to gain power politically, symbolicly, or otherwise, by the pit my people worshipped a great frozen construct in the shape of an old one with an axe we called the frozen king for generations, he’s still an important figure of religion, point is it’s very hard to preserve knowledge and spread it around while avoiding the ire of apes pigs and dragon forces
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>>5961253
The pits I have learned more of human history following this group than my people combined have in centuries
Most of what conjecture I have is from connecting knowledge gained Maggie and context clues.
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>>5961251
"Good point. But when we return, we have to be careful around this area."
>>5961253
>>5961256
"Again for a hobbyist you sure know a lot."
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>>5961258
Thank you, I’m honestly certain if the information of humans still existing eventually reaches my people there will be an immediate mobilization to provide protection and infrastructure for humanity to lean on seeing as a lot of metal working techniques came from the remains of a frozen repository of human knowledge long since burned from dragons
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>>5961260
Pic related
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>>5961258
Mog is right let’s continue securing the cave once again to make sure the adults are all gone, make sure to check your fur afterwards because the young seem to be possibly parasitic
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>>5961260
"Interesting, I don't think you mentioned this before," the wolf's ears perked up and his attention piqued, "was it just metal working, or was there knowledge of the old one factories within as well?"

Ever since their first big discussion of what to do about the factions, long ago in the ruins of the city where they met, Mog had wondered if they'd ever awaken a human that could bring the same prosperity the old ones had held as their right to the masses of animalkind, all without destroying nature.
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>>5961274
>>5961258
>Move on and continue to search for spiders to kill?

As much as I love the discussion and lore, we did come down here to clear our escape. We can chat anytime we want anyhow.
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>>5961277
I’m not certain as for why I didn’t think it was important I can discuss later right now let’s continue to fight and hunt these spiders, Ursus moves on to continue being possible bait
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>>5961274
>>5961277
>>5961278
>>5961278
>The four of you continue towards your path.
>Making extra sure that none of the spiders around here don't ambush you.
>As you get further in the cave though you start noticing it is getting darker and darker.
>Even with your torch it is kind of dim.
>Almost frightening.
>Make another Perception check.
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5961281
Perception roll
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>>5961282
Ha of course I’m not particularly perceptive today, CURSE YOU BEEDY EYES
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Rolled 17 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5961280
>>5961281
"Fair, we came down here to do a job. Lets get to it."

>Perception Check

>>5961282
...
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Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5961281
blind
cat centry activated
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>>5961283
I’m starting to think Ursus is near sighted.
(OOC imagine Ursus wearing glasses)
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>>5961285
>>5961282
>>5961289
>Even though Ursus can't see a thing, Mog is fortunately able to.
>About 20 feet in front you is a massive wall of nothing but sticky webs.
>And within that webbing is a ton of grotesque flies already devoured.
>But straight withing the center of the web, waiting patiently for it's prey to waltz in, is huge spider.
>Bigger than the rest you have seen.
>You can see her happily devouring a poor rat that came upon the webs.
>This kill actually looks recent.
>But that's not the only thing you see her doing.
>Kinny also witness her laying so many eggs as she eats her prey.
>All of them protected by her silky webbing to protect them from harm.
>You two inform the Lt and Ursus what you are witnessing.
What do you do afterwards?
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>>5961289
Noice

>>5961291
It makes sense. I forgot, but checking up now, Ursus has a WIS score of literally 1, or -5 on WIS skills. Horrible passive perception too. If it weren't for one of his proficient skills being perception, it'd be even worse. We need to buy you some glasses or something, for real. If earmuffs can give Kinny Sonic protection, glasses can maybe improve your perception.
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>>5961293
I suggest burning the web to force the beast to ground I personally don’t trust those sacks not explode into tiny parasitic young
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>>5961293
>>5961289
>>5961282
"Shall we burn her out, what's the play here gang?"
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>>5961296
>>5961293
"If Kinny and the Lt have no objections, then I say lets go for it."

>If not interrupted, Mog will start setting fire to the webs.
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>>5961297
Fire the flower of creation and destruction give us strength to destroy the monsters of the dark
>Ursus provides protection.
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5961293
Kinny tries to seduce the spider throws one of the fire daggers at the vile sight before him before thinking thrice.
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>>5961312
Excellent roll Based Kinny
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>>5961312
OH
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>>5961305
"...The world ends in shadow and flame, we abide, knowing life springs anew!"

>>5961312
lmaowtfbbq
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Rolled 4, 1, 1 = 6 (3d4)

>>5961312
Rolling piercing/fire/fire. The 10x10 area is on fire, whatever that means.
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>>5961296
>>5961297
>>5961301
>>5961305
>>5961312
>>5961318
>With a swift throw without thinking, Kinny throws the dagger straight at the spider.
>Hitting both it and the web surround it.
>>5961319
Roll your d8s as well. Triple the results of the total damage.
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>>5961312
going afk fora minute, brb soon
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Rolled 5 (1d8)

>>5961321
one or...?
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Back. Will have to be afk again in 15 minutes.

>>5961319
You roll a d8 as well, since they take damage for being in the area that is set on fire.

>>5961321
Should Kinny roll just one d8 to be applied to everyone, or a d8 for every affected target? If the latter, how many d8s should he roll?
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>>5961333
Ninja'd
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>>5961334
>>5961333
Two since crit.
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Rolled 4 (1d8)

>>5961341
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>>5961312
>>5961318
>>5961319
>>5961319
>>5961321
>>5961333
>>5961334
>>5961343
15 x 3 = 75
>That one dagger was enough to cause a huge amount of chaos.
>Creating an inferno engulfing the wall of web into a nice fiery death to any living with it.
>The female screeches in pain as it is also hurt by the flames as well.
>Covered up by several feet of flames.
>Giving you all an opening for a surprise attack if you want.
What do you do? If you attack you automatically hit and just roll damage.
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>>5961346
whose turn is it now?
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>>5961349
I'll say you go first with the surprise attack since you did the crit.
Mog for perception.
Then Ursus.
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Rolled 3 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5961351
>Attacking with the other fire dagger
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Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5961346
Ursus attempts to smash the bug with his axe aiming for its abdomen in an attempt to disable its silk spewer
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>>5961352
rip bozo, knife looked too much like fire
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Rolled 4 + 4 (1d6 + 4)

>>5961346
Uh...QM...15 times 3 is 45, not 75.

"Careful! Don't step into the flames! It's spreading along the webs." Mog shouted, drawing a javelin.

Turning horizontally to face the tunnel wall, he awkwardly spun in place to gather momentum, releasing his missile with a twist of his neck.

>I throw a javelin at the big spider, not stepping into the flames or webs. Using my last Divine Smite too.
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>>5961352
>>5961353
You didn't have to roll to hit. Just roll damage.
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Rolled 1, 8 = 9 (2d8)

>>5961346
>Divine Smite damage

>>5961352
>>5961355
QM said to just roll damage, we auto hit because the spider is giga-huge and on fire while trapped its webs. (At least I'm assuming that is the reason. He also mentions the spider is surprised, so it could also be that.)
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Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>5961357
As Ursus smashes a his rattles out of the spider
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Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>5961360
Second half
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>>5961356
>Uh...QM...15 times 3 is 45, not 75.
You're right..... I got a case of the big dumb.
>>5961358
Also yes that is the reason.
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Making lunch. Brb.
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>>5961369
Btw I might end up not being able to post soon because I’m providing transport for someone, it’s not a big issue though because the distance is not that big but if I stop posting this should provide information
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>>5961371
Thank you for the information Ursus.
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Back. With food I think Kinnybis the only one who needs to roll damage.
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Going afk again for 40 minutes.

>>5961355
You there buddy?
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>>5961374
(OOC I am temporarily back traffic was hectic and I almost got hit plowed thankfully I stopped before someone committed car sex)
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>>5961393
Holy shit. Sorry to hear Ursus glad you are okay though.
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>>5961395
No cosmetic damage thankfully it was about a foot away
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Back.

>>5961393
>>5961396
Damn, what the fuck. At least you're okay.
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>>5961403
Yey
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>>5961355
You okay Kinny?
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>>5961393
Bout to head out on the road again to pick up gas and groceries
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>>5961405
Maybe his phone died?
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>>5961407
Heading out
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>>5961408
Could be a possibility.
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>>5961407
>>5961409
Take care, stay safe.
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>>5961409
Stay safe Based Bear.
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Sorry guys got called to do something. Maybe we can try again on Thursday.
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>>5961437
Alright, see you Thursday. Take care everyone.
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Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d4)

>>5961357
>Piercing + Fire
>>5961392
>>5961405
>>5961409
Holy fuck, sorry guys. I thought it was a miss and I wouldn't need to give input and then got busy.
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>>5961478
IM BACK
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>>5961478
Eh, shit happens. If something came up, then something came up. A heads up would've been nice though. Especially since it seemed like we were going into a fight, where everyone kinda needs to post their turn every round, plus a couple extra for additional dice stuff. It'd be good to know if you want us to wait for you or to skip over you as well.

Still, no biggie. We each had to step away for long moments today anyways, would've been a slow session either way.

>>5961508
>>5961526
Welcome back bear. Drive safely?
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>>5961549
Yeah just skip me if I'm not responding quickly to turn-based stuff. Sorry for that again.
>>5961526
He's literally me.
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>>5961549
Always, never be a timid driver, but do be cautious when it’s necessary
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If the QM or players are interested at all interested, I'd like to cordially invite you to participate in that greatest of /qst/ community events, the official crossover husbando/waifu (or king & queen) contest! As a long-running, character-driven quest, I thought you folks might be interested in joining the festivities, since you seem to have the OC art for it!

Yes, a cat is fine, too

Taking nominees now, and for the next four days.

>>5961634
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Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5962198
Huh..... and here I thought tournaments were only for /co/ and /v/. What do you guys think? Should we enter?

>>5961356
>>5961358
>>5961360
>>5961363
>>5961478
>Your efforts to gang up and surprise this Spider Queen were not in vain.
>Dealing a whopping 23 Damage of Stabbing, Slashing, Piercing, and Fire.
>Still even with her home being destroyed.
>Even with her children being killed
>Even after getting ganged up on.
>This Spider does not die.
>It soon finally gets up and does an ear piercing roar.
>Forcing everyone to back away from the creature.
>It's now time for you to actually fight this Queen.
Roll Initiative.
Rolling for Spider Queen
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Rolled 14 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5962755
>Rolling initiative too
Why did you feel it necessary to make me feel bad about assaulting a hideous overgrown parasitic insect, ree
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Rolled 3 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5962755
Rolling initiative
>>5962767
I get what you mean but SHE WAS LITERALLY EATING SOMEONE, besides we aren’t killing all of them just enough for em to get the message messing with people is very lethal
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>>5962767
>>5962778
To be honest, I was trying to point out that it was strong. I didn't even think about it in an empathetic way.
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Rolled 15 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

Also I should also roll for the Lt. Didn't think about that until now.
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>>5962792
>>5962767
>>5962755
>>5962778
So far the Initiative List is the following.
Kinny (21)
Lt (20)
Spider Queen (13)
Ursus (1)
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>>5962796
>>5962767
Kinny since you are definitely going first, what would you like to do?
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>>5962778
Ursus you can go ahead and roll your action if you want but don't roll for damage until I say you hit.
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Rolled 12 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5962810
Will do
Rolling to hit
>Ursus follows through with his momentum putting pressure on the giant, he swings his axe going for the eyes now that it’s facing us (this time he has a knife for when he gets webbed again)
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I'm here. Catching up.
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Rolled 14 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5962755
I don't mind if anyone submits one of us to the tourney. That being said, I don't think any of us really fit. There's not really any romance in our little RP thing, and while I guess you could say that some of us have husbando qualities, I just don't really see any of us or any NPCs as fit for this sort of thing. Plus, y'know, the furry/low player count disadvantage. We'd just be taking up slots that could be filled by others more popular.

>Initiative
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Just waiting for Kinny now, though he did say to skip him if he took too long. Maybe do the Lt first, and delay Kinny's turn to the end of the round if he's busy for awhile.
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>>5962882
True but also imagine Ursus being thrown in completely confused situation
A literal sentient bear (I kinda wanna just for the humor of it)
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Rolled 8 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5962796
>>5962882
Initiative list complete. Sorry for the long wait.
>Kinny (21)
>Lt (20)
>Spider Queen (13)
>Mog (12)
>Ursus (1)
Mog go ahead and write your action.

>>5962883
Fair Enough.

>The Lt then quickly goes up to the spider.
>She closes her hand into a fist as she reels backs.
>With as much force as she can think of she then attacks the spider.
Rolling to see if hit.
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Rolled 17 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5962888
>Trips on 8
>Rolled an 8
Not bad.

>The Lt notices that even though she landed a blow it was not enough.
"Damn. Exoskeleton is a lot harder than I imagine."
>The Spider Queen then tries to attack the Lt by webbing her up.
Rolling a Dex save, must beat a 15.
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>>5962891
>The Lt then dodges the attack.
>Thankfully not being entrapped by the web.
"She has a thicker skin than I expected. Must be weaker under the belly."
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>>5962885
I mean I wouldn't mind Sir Bearington 2 Electric Boogaloo.
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>>5962891
Activating feet Sentinal
And fighting style protection
>When a creature you can see attacks a target other than you that is within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to impose disadvantage on the attack roll. You must be wielding a shield. (SRD, p. 24)
When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.
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>>5962897
Go ahead and make that attack roll. Thankfully the Lt dodged so you don't have to block anything.
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Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5962897
Rolling attack
>As LT draws the ire of the brood spider Ursus exploits it’s distraction with his axe
>>5962899
Thank goodness for that
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>>5962900
>You find your axe bouncing back.
>She was right.
>The top was a lot harder to pierce through.
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Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5962885
lol, true. Ursus would make a great husbando. A dark horse victory would be funny.

>>5962888
Hardly, the long wait is my fault, took too long to get here.

Is the mama spoider surrounded by the flame AOE? Just asking because I'm out of javelins, so I don't wanna get close. Wait, nvm, I just remembered that I also have a shit ton of daggers too.

"I'm out of sharp sticks! Hold firm, let Kinny take care of it - wait, no, just remembered we've got handy dandy daggers of our own." Mog faltered for but a moment, before remembering the cat wasn't the only one packing fire.

Digging his almost literal lightning in a bottle out of his pack, Mog ran a long circle in front, then behind Ursus. Sheltered beneath the bear's bulk, a sharp twist of his neck sent a miniature lightning bolt spiralling high into the air, before arcing down towards the queen.

>Move behind Ursus to benefit from his Protection.
>Throw a lightning dagger at the Spider Queen.
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Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5962888
>>5962907
>Rerolling with Lucky
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>>5962909
>>5962907
Roll damage
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Rolled 3, 2, 4, 1, 4 = 14 (5d4)

>>5962888
>>5962909
>1d4 piercing + 4d4 lightning damage.
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>>5962906
it still achieves my goal either way it makes it annoyed at me and leaves it open to my allies attacks
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>>5962915
Actually, since your sentinel feat is a reaction, I think you can still act, since you still have your full turn left.
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>>5962912
>Mama Spider takes the damage.
>As the electric currents then surges all over the body.
>The Spider Queen lets out another roar.
>>5962811
>>5962915
>Ursus then goes in for his own attack and hits the queen this time going through her shell.
Roll for damage Ursus.
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>>5962915
>>5962919
Wait nvm, forgot about this >>5962810 >>5962811
soz
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Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>5962917
first half of damage
>the sound of arachnid blood and a shrill scream erupts from the beast as ursus plants his axe into its eyes viscera spraying as it might possible still persist
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Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5962925
second halve
The blood of the queen partially freezes on the axe hilt as Ursus pulls against its head wrenching it free like hook in meat
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Rolled 19 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5962925
>>5962927
>The Spider Queen does not deter.
>It only continues it's anger.
>The Lt still keeping Kinny on her shoulder then goes for a swift axe kick on the spider.
Rolling to his.
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Rolled 4 + 5 (1d6 + 5)

>>5962936
*hit
Also hits were supposed to be +8 but I'll still take my losses from the previous posts.

>The attack hits going towards the spider's face.
Rolling for damage
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Rolled 1 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5962942
>The spider still stands angrily.
"Why won't you die already!?"
>The spider then lunges over to the bear trying to bite hhim.
Rolling to hit. Does this hit you Ursus?
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>>5962946
not even close
>Ursus shield matches the great beast lunge maneuvering its fangs to the side its pedipalps and fangs scraping minute marks on the shield
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>>5962946
>>5962956

Well shit..... sorry got distracted and didn't even notice the roll until I started making this post.

>The spider goes for the bear only for the bear to deflect it.
>Allowing him a quick counter.
Roll to his Ursus.
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>>5962895
>>5962907
>on the subject of the Kings & Queens tourney
We have a dearth of male contestants right now, so Ursus would be quite welcome. One of his competitors is even a hamster, so he would be in good company!
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Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5962960
Ursus redirect the momentum of the spider into the axe aiming for the same tear of eyes
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Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5962969
first half damage
Ursus drives deeper attempting to drive the axe into its nervous system and sever it permanently
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Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5962973
the cold ice from the axe head begins to freeze the veins and wormy tendrils in its head begining to slow its signals
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>>5962973
>>5962978
>The Spider Queen continues taking hits.
Mog what do you do?
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>>5962755
Upon realizing the cooked spider matron is still alive and despite burned flesh she is MOVING, Kinny hisses like a demon. The noise is reminescent of a toxic plant being stepped on, an otherworldly sound that could make a grown rat shit himself and die of a heart attack. That is the power of cat disgust and disapproval of the vile abominations the earth has birthed.
>It is a profound reaction, that took the cat the whole 6 seconds he could have spent doing something else.
>>5962800
REEE. I thought you were going to assume my turn was already done. REEEE!
Just got home from the rapist. That initiative roll was right before she picked me up and since then.. well, I kind of forgot about everything right up until now. I was... busy with the old ones.
>>5962907
>wait, no, just remembered we've got handy dandy daggers of our own
Atta boy! I am redundant. THE redundance, even.
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>>5962984
Kinny would you like to make an action?
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Rolled 20 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5962767
I think you can take your turn any time you're available. We're skipping past you in initiative like you said, but you can still interject at any point, since you're first in initiative.

>>5962980
Seeing the flaming gargantuan arachnid hurl itself out of the chaos at Ursus was the stuff of Mog's nightmares. He cautiously hid behind the warrior's shield, trusting that the bear would stand firm against the beast. Flailing limbs all about them, no harm came his way with the warrior's protection.

Mog drew his sword sedately. There was nothing to worry about with his companion in front and the queen's erratic strikes flopping pathetically against the steadfast Ursus's warding.

As the bear's driving blows to the spider's nervous system causes it to twitch and spasm, Mog opportunistically exploded out from his hiding place, hacking the pathetic wretch's flailing legs with a harsh downwards cut. Sonic waves erupted from his spellsword along the length of the limb, shaking the wolf's teeth as he weakened the beast for the final blow.

>Rolling to hit, will use lucky if I miss. No Divine Smite.
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>>5962987
Would you like to read my post?
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Rolled 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3 + 4 = 20 (6d4 + 4)

>>5962984
lol, didn't refresh again, so I missed this.

>>5962988
>>5962980
>Rolling double damage. Physical first.
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Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d8)

>>5962980
>>5962990
>Thunder damage.
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>>5962988
I feel like I'm about to be splattered with spider blood
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>>5962988
GoddaMN SON. Who's Luna's bestest boy? Who is? YOU ARE, NOW KILL THE ABOMINATION.
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>>5962987
Basically, I skipped the first turn. Tell me when it's next turn, if it is. Though quite frankly, I can't really do much with the punny dirk I have.
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>>5962984
Wait, wtf, the rapist? lmao wut? You mean the dentist?

I actually think this arc is going to be YOUR arc more than mine, at least once we get out of combat and start doing intrigue stuff. At least in regards to the stealthy stuff. I'll probably do well at the trial we were anticipating though, being good at persuasion and all, you could be my lawyer there also. I say this because this arc seems to be well suited for the kind of heist shenanigans that took place in the very first session. Lots of opportunity for bribery/break-ins/assassinations/sneaky shit in the capital under lock-down style setting we have going on. All our enemies are in one place, many NPCs that are stronger than us, a government that should be friendly towards us but has either been subverted or is following its own interests in a way that goes against our idea of how things should be in order to sell out for human tech. We just have to get past this tunnel/cyro pod shit, and get back to the urban sleuthing.
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>>5962997
It is the 2nd turn, your move now. We already skipped you for the first turn.

>>5962992
Hell yeah boy! Blood for days.

>>5962993
Yes I am! One dead spidey, coming right up!
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>>5962987
>>5962997
Sorry must have missed that part.

>>5962988
>>5962990
>>5962991
>The spider finally breaks.
>The top of it exposing it's muscles as it twitches a bit longer.
>It then stumbles and then falls directly into the ground.
>Spider blood gushing out of it.
>You now know it's dead.
>The four of you surround the corpse.
"So... that's hoe big they get?"
>The Lt asks.
>Ask the flames go away you notice a light coming from the other side of the spider webs.
>As you draw closer you see...
>The next subway station.
>Covered to the brim with graphitti.
>Except for the map, which seems to be...
>Ghostlike.
>Though it seems the Lt can definitely read it.
"We're about one town away from here."
>She analyzes.
"That good enough for you?"
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>>5963001
that is great news it means that if things really hit the fan we can use that town as a staging point if we need to mass exodus people of course we should use seperate rout to enter the spider tunnel and avoid drawing attaention to your facility? vault? bastion lets go with bastion. if things work out we can also possibly use the tunnel as a trade route for food and resources from trusted animal traders and your group of humans smuggling food and individuals about while avoiding the ire of the factions above
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>>5963001
>The top of it exposing it's muscles as it twitches a bit longer.
>"So... that's hoe big they get?"
The cat gagged. "Seems like they do, but I don't want to know if they get any bigger."
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>>5963006
(ooc considering how small they where originally i wouldn't put it past them being like lobsters who never stop growing until it kills them from weight)
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>>5963007
(eg the turantula from 8 legged freaks)
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>>5962997
>>5962984
Also, I think you can actually get close to matching me in damage, certainly you can easily surpass Ursus. Even without your death mark thing. You are level 4, so you get 2d6 sneak attack damage against anyone within 5 feet of one of your allies (us) or against anyone you have advantage against, which should be literally everyone in at least one fight per day because of my Born Leader giving you all advantage for several turns. In melee I suggest dual wielding ordinary daggers rather than your elemental ones, that way you get you dex bonus added to your attacks. Technically it would seem to even out with your elemental damage (2d4 vs 1d4+4) but the stat bonus is more reliable and puts a floor on your damage, so that you always do at least 5 per dagger attack. So that is 2d4+4 plus another 2d6 on top of it, plus your death mark thing once per day. For ranged your lightning daggers has almost the same average damage as me striking with my magic sword without divine smite. Considering Fighters and Paladins are like the best sustained and burst damagers in 5e, it is pretty good that you can almost keep up with me and regularly surpass Ursus in damage.
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>>5963012
Eh, I just hate all this math.
>dual wield
with what? my ass?
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>>5963006
"Neither do I cat. I say we head back before we encounter anymore unless we successfully committed a spider genocide here, which I don't think we did."
>>5963005
"Trading system? You guys already have a trading system?"
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>>5963017
lifts a bag of gold coin
why wouldn't we? money is useful for exchanging goods and services.
we may wanna check our fur for any of the small ones don't want them doing nasty stuff to us after all this
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Rolled 14 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5963001
>>5963005
>>5963006
"Gross. Ick." Mog whined, regretting having come out from behind his nice bear shield.

Pausing to brush against the Lieutenant to wipe off some of the goo, Mog made his way over to the corpse. Another corpse, another harvest. Before he got to work he chimed in to the ongoing conversation "First we'd have to find said 'trusted' animal traders to begin with. In my view, we ought not to compromise the temple. It's more than just another facility holding old ones, it's the perhaps the holiest place in the world for those of us who worship the twin Goddesses. I can't risk letting it be burnt down by Lincoln for some humans. Not to mention the risk of a renewed total war if Lincoln were to burn it down. No, better to move all the humans to Xana, let Swift sort them out."

Opinion given, Mog got to harvesting the queen's silk sac.

>Harvesting with Animal Handling again.
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>>5963015
Just use 2 ordinary daggers. I can give you my spare if you only have one. Though I'm sure you have 2, it's on your sheet.
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>>5963021
>Mog successfully harvests the silk sack.
>Carefully pulling it out of the spider queen.
>>5963019
"You're probably right."
>She agreed with the bear.
>She then started to remove her clothing and shake them afterwards to see if there were any spiders in them.
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>>5963022
We use mouths, not paws.
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>>5963029
>>5963019
"Ergh, yuck. Well, there we go. Maybe it'll be worth something, though we have plenty of money. Perhaps it'll be better off if we can figure out how to turn it into some sort of utility item. Something that can spray webbing, y'know, disable people, make webs to climb up buildings on, spray it on our paws to use as a poor wolf's Spider Climb spell, that sort of thing. Poco may know someone who could hook us up." Mog mused aloud, trying not to gag from the stench of spider innards.

Carefully putting away the silk sac, he started padding his way back the way they came. Tapping his plate armour, he said "I think the plate will have prevented the worst of the parasites. We ought to strip and take a bath when we get back home though. A long nap and a meal wouldn't be out of place either. I do wanna sneak out tonight during curfew. We've got dark deeds to do, and the night waits for no one."
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>>5963029
Ursus averts his gaze and checks himself for any possible stowaways on his person
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>>5963033
True, but there was talk of us learning how to use our paws like humans. Plus, you could hold one in your mouth and either use both paws or your tail to hold another.
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>>5963039
You can't use fingers if you have no fingers. And no, those rare cats with opposable thumbs don't count.
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>>5963045
Listen buddy, I'll spray some webbing on your paws, it'll fix up that problem right quick. Like a bear's snout to honey, your daggers are gonna stick to your paws one way or another, we'll make it happen mister! Put some webbing on your tail and you'll be a regular Zoro in no time!
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Sorry for the late response doing the dishes. Currently letting them soak.

>>5963039
>>5963045
I mean Mog is right. I did offer that. Still offering if you guys are wanting to take it. Will post later if you guys want it.

>>5963037
"Why are you looking away? It's just nudity. Aside from armor, none of you guys wear clothes."
>She says as she finishes dusting off her clothes and starts checking for spiders.
"Hey cat. Can you check my back for spiders?"
>>5963036
"What kind of dark deeds are we talking about?"
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>>5963053
Well I don’t really know your customs in relation to privacy, typically my people value privacy as much as company not to mention I know next to nothing about you other than your station and skill and small tidbits from discussions on our history and your people’s history
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>>5963053
>>5963045
Eh, I'm half joking, half not. Personally I think you should make the animal character traits from the pdf mean something. Only Ursus should be able to wield a gun out of all of us because of his 'human-like' paws. I do think Kinny should eventually be able to dual wield though, whether that be via his tail or holding a second dagger between two of his paws or whatever. I also genuinely think we could essentially glue/tape a dagger to each of his front paws and his tail with spider webbing, so that he can quad-wield. I wanna see a cat beyblade! It'll be funny!

"Like I said, sneaking around, bribing guard patrols to turn a blind eye to us, bribing politicians to vote not to sell out my nation to the guys we were just at war with not even a few years ago, shanking any secret police we come across, the usual. No really, we've got a lot to do, redundant safehouses in case this one gets burnt or one of us gets caught out in a bad location in the city and needs a place to lay low while they're separated from the rest of us, otherwise we could be hemmed in. Hiring members for our warband, spies to get eyes and ears on what the big wigs are planning, lieutenants and administrators to handle secondary squads, that sort of thing. There's also still our guns to recover. We've all gotta do this surreptitiously, real cloak and dagger like. If we get caught or seen even partially, that means laying low and working through proxies or Kinny. Like I said, lots of stuff to do." Mog explained patiently.

Brushing himself down for spider, he remembered who they came down here for originally "Lets not forget Arsene's apprentice, we need to recover their body to be put to rest on the way back."
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>>5963063
I’ll go get the remains I’ll work with you mog with the funerary rights. (Qm what religion did the apprentice have) speaking of there is also all those old one remains that might also need to be put to rest
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>>5963067
"Good, I'd appreciate the company," Mog replied, happy for the companionship, "you mean the skeletons in the metal hulks? Sure, tell me if you need help carrying 'em"
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We should also log where we found them and where they were moved for history along with their belongings incase
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>>5963076
Mog nodded "At least then we'll have a record of where in the tunnels we've already checked and what belongs to who."

>>5963053
>I think Kinny is afk again. We ready to move on back to the temple?
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>>5963081
Yeah we can go ahead and skip the dialogue of Ursus and mog putting the dead to rest and their current position logged
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Rolled 7 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5963067
Same as Mog's.

>>5963063
"You really do got a lot on your plate. Got any more of those moon rings in case you need another cat?"
>>5963067
>>5963074
>>5963076
>>5963081
>You all gather up the remains of the victims of this tunnel.
>Thankfully you could assume they all were a part of Mog's religion.
>Meaning the aprrentice would get a very propper burial from this ritual.
>You all then head back to the temple.
>Maggie there, in her rabbit form surprisingly, practicing with a knife.
>Doing what Kinny suggested and stabbing a dummy the way he taught her.
>And she is doing...
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>>5963095
>Not that great.
>Not terrible but not great either.
>You feel a kitten/pup/cub could do better.
"Fuck! That one hurt my neck."
>She then notices her friends.
"Hey you guys are back what happened?"
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>>5963097
Well we mostly cleared out the spiders found one frozen solid biting into a pipe in the ceiling, and where the tunnel will eventually lead to
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>>5963095
"We do in fact have several spare rings, though as I recall, you have one already."

>>5963097
"Saw and killed the biggest, most disgusting spider of my life." Mog replied cheerily, happy to see a friendly face again.

"Is Arsene around? We've gotta let him know we found his apprentice and are ready to bury him. Also, we could really use a bath, we're covered in spider gunk."

After the brief downtime/transition scenes, I'd like to resume my Long Rest and wake up during the night, since it was daytime when I started sleeping. I wanna go out sneaking with the party, do some of the things I mentioned earlier. Skulduggery and whatnot.
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>>5963103
(OOC yeah I’m with mog on this)
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>>5963103
"Need one in Vinegar?"
>Maggie jokes when they mention the bath.
"But no he's in the study talking to Adler. He mentioned something about a good replacement. But I think he'll take the time to bury his apprentice."
>After a long day of burying and taking a nice bath, you all then take a long rest.
Along with it. Some experience points.

Adolescent Spiders
25 x 4 = 100
Giant Spider
50 x 1 = 50
Spider Queen
200 x 1 = 200

Total experience gained
350
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>>5963097
Out of character, I do have an addition to >>5963103, I'd like to talk to Bobby and ask her to buy some stuff for me. A new shield, and if Ursus and I can't strip off parts of our platemail to end up with just breastplates to be able to get rid of our Disadvantage in Stealth, then I'd like her to buy some breastplates for us as well. Also a disguise and forgery kits, doesn't matter if we're not proficient, maybe she is, or she can buy a tutor for us. We'll pay her of course. Basically tools for sneaking out at night and doing sneaky shit. If possible I'd like to disguise ourselves as the night watch.

Also, gonna have to go afk for 30-40 minutes, so brb.
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>>5963117
"Regular hot water will do just fine, thank you."

Nice. Long way to level 5 though.

I would've done this >>5963118 before we went to sleep, if that is okay. So that she'd be back by the time we wake up.
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>>5963122
Fair enough. I'll allow that. Anyone else want Bobby to buy anything?
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>>5963131
I’m pretty sure we are good on rations and equipment
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Brb guys gonna be gone for a while.
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Back.
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Sorry I gotta leave. Sorry Friends.
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>>5963166
No problem man have a good day
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>>5963166
>>5963259
>>5963045
Have a fine evening everyone, I'll see you all next Tuesday!
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post Ursus's entry into the king and queen of /QST/ tournament
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>>5964340
correction! I have posted
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I will be late tomorrow. Doctur appointment because I'm an old man with back problems.
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Might be working on Underpinning tomorrow. Not a hundred percent sure but I will try to post here tomorrow.
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I should be here tomorrow, around this time, barring any unforeseen problems.
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>>5967024
So.... my partner decided it was a good fucking idea to cut the fucking wires underneath the building.... I am now currently using 5G (which I'm not even sure will range ban me) because the fucking internet is gone. So yeah. RIP session tomorrow and posdibly Thursday as well.
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>>5967386
HOLY SHIT
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>>5967386
Shit, sorry to hear that man. Why'd they cut the wires? For the underpinning? Seems like a pretty random thing to do. Was there a good reason for it and they just messed up somehow, or did they just randomly do something crazy/inexplicable?
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>>5967450
No clue. He probably thought the wires were useless.
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>>5967472
Huh, weird. Well, no worries. I hope it isn't too much trouble for you to get your internet up and running again. We'll be here next week or whenever you're ready. Just let us know when you can run again. Take care.
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Update! The wifi is repaired! Our internet provider repaired all of the damages. Thank God! A bit late to do the session. Will try to arrive this Thursday.
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>>5963118
>Bobby is given her order to get the stuff Mog requested.
>She then heads to Poco's bar.
>Where she asks to clean the basement too.
>Poco understands this and allows her to browse his secret shop.
>There she ends up getting some things Mog asked for.
>A shield
>Breastplates
>About 10 Disguise Kits
>At least 5 Forgery Kits
>As for the tutor, well she could not get one.
>A bit too expensive on her part, hell she was lucky to get all she was getting a huge discount thanks to Poco.
>Plus didn't seem like there was an expert on forging documents around here.
>What she would give for an elephant or a rat to be here to help her.
>Still worth it though.
>Thanks to Poco's discount this went from 725 Gold, down to 400 Gold, which Bobby paid for.
>She then quietly snuck back into the church.
>Thankfully no one noticed her.
>She of course waits for her group to wake up from their nap.
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>>5969516
I am up preparing food for the rest of the animals
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>5969525
Rolling
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>>5969527
Oh that’s not good
MY WAFFLES NO!
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>>5969527
>>5969525
>>5969529
"Need some help Ursus."
>Bobby asked as she brought back everything and put it down somewhere safe.
"Smells like you could use some help."
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>>5969530
Oh god please my pancake mix is off the eggs got minced when I was mixing
I would really appreciate that help bibby
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>>5969527
>>5969529
>>5969530
Kinny is woken up by the waffles and starts clawing them, thinking they're some kind of mold-infested rat, based on the black texture an hissing.
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Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5969537
"You seem really stressed about this if you seem to be calling me Bibby. Alright then I'll help. Just give a few seconds."
Rolling Survival for cooking.
>>5969539
>Bobby then looks over to Kinny.
"Oh hey Kinny. You wouldn't happen to be good at forgery right?"
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>>5969540
My jaw is tired slept on it wrong so my mouth is just dry and I’ve got a bit of a lisp going
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Rolled 14 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5969540
>>5969542
"Dammit! These waffles and pancakes are fucked!"
>Bobby hissed as she looked at the burnt food.
>It's a miracle this church has not cut on fire yet from all the awful cooking today.
>The smell of burnt food seems to summon Maggie from her quarters.
"What the hell is going on here?! Dear God why is there so much burnt food here!?"
>Maggie then sees the bear and cat having so much trouble getting food done.
>She then sighs.
"You two focus on cleaning up the mess. Let me try cooking for you guys."
Rolling Survival.
Do I hear three cooking fails?![/spoilers]
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>>5969540
"Me? Forgery? Never." Kinny looked at the tabby cat with reproach. "I only made my deliveries take less time by signing various documents in other animals' names. Sometimes without their knowledge." He finished matter-of-factly. "Why, though? You need signed vouchers for the local wolfish beauty salon or something?"
>>5969537 Bibby, heh.
>>5969543
"Are the two of you preparing chemical weapons right now? I'm starting to get concerned these black pancakes aren't pancakes after all." Kinny pointed at the waffle that was currently transforming into a piece of coal with the help of the ever-growing flame.
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>>5969546
>Ursus immediately spatulas the waffle away from the fire.
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP!
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>>5969543
>Maggie is somehow able to make breakfast for everyone.
>Making pancakes for everyone.
>Due to the mishaps of failed cooking however it is only going to be pancakes due to the lack of eggs.
>Still better than nothing.
>She is easily able to make one to two flapjacks for everyone.
>>5969547
>>5969546
"I didn't expect us to make a fucking fire!"
>Bobby hisses as she tries putting out the flame.
"FUCKING HELL! Why the fuck did this have to happen today?!"
>She then looks over to Kinny.
"Well it was worth asking. Thanks for the effort. Mind asking if someone else in tbe group knows how to forge documents? I got a fire and burnt pancakes to put out. Plus I assume everyone is hungry."
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>>5969547
"We could really use whatever was in those pipes right now. If this keeps going at this rate, we'll all suffocate down here." Kinny commented on the communal cooking effort while coughing lightly, but didn't seem truly concerned.
>>5969549
"Forging is such a heavy word, you know. What needs to be written? I might know a good *writing* feather or two..." Kinny smirked ever so slightly.
Kinny might or might be able to forge something, although that wasn't really his job. Man's been either using legal documents, lying or avoiding any controls altogether. His response was mainly just an act. Regardless, I'm not sure what needs to be forged.
>>5969543
I feel like I've said this, but just in case: in browser you can press [Ctrl]+[S] to place spoiler tags automatically. Removes human error entirely.
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>>5969549
Ursus is still sulking about the waste of food and his (performance roll) to give the waffles flair failed hard that will make him not go for flair and instead stick to (survival roll) known skills
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>>5969552
>>5969553
"Might have to ask Mog about that. He's the one who wanted me to get the forging kit if anything. I'm not 100 percent sure what he's planning but I think it has something to do with the summit. Either that or with giving Maggie and that new human a legal animal name and documents to prove they exist."
>The fire was then finally put out.
"Finally."
>The cat said in relief.
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>>5969556
That’s a good idea Bobby we might want to get multiples of false ids if necessary to help
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>>5969553
"Don't worry Ursus, I once almost burned a house too. Indirectly, I was simply haggling a better price with the house owner who, unbeknownst to me, left something on the fire. Lest be said, my contract was a toast." Kinny almost got sad, recalling the lost opportunity. Given his tendency to neglect important things, the story was most likely true.
>>5969556
"Finally." The cat said in relief.
>>5969556
>>5967052
Kinny beelined for Mog, as was becoming the tradition, stepping on the tar-black waffle on his way and energetically kicking the air in futile attempt to clean his paw, making him hobble uncertainly all the remaining way towards the wolf. "Mog, how many times do I have to tell you." The black cat started catsplaining as plopped his ass on the ground. "Blacksmiths are the ones who do the forging, we do the subtle recontextualization of information through nonverbal means of communication." He started scrubbing his foot with the front paw. "When you think about it a bit, that's really what it boils down to." Satisfied with the state of his hoof, Kinny stood up and kicked the air one last time, just in case.
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>>5969561
>>5969564
>With the fire finally put out, everyone then gathered around the table and began to eat their breakfast.
"Excellent work cadet. I assumed you did a lot of kitchen duty when you were in the army, correct?"
>The Lt said and asked as she was eating her pancakes.
"Not really. Pancakes were just something my mom taught me how to cook."
>Maggie explained.
>Adler seemed to be enjoying this meal over the salty eggs from the last time they had breakfast.
>Even adding in more syrup to the food everytime he took one bite off of one.
"This is even better than the berries that the Forest Guardians were feeding us."
>Adler comments.
>Ord and Potato were both just enjoying their breakfast and just eating it like it was from a fancy restaurant.
>Caramel looked over her plate of pancakes.
>Unsure of what to think of them.
>She then looks over to Maggie.
"This is human food right?"
>The brown rabbit asks.
"Yeah."
>Maggie responds.
>Caramel continues to stare at her food.
>She then finally takes a bite out of it.
>Her eyes then widen up in surprise.
>Caramel then digs into the food.
>Enjoying each taste of the food she was chewing.
"THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! HUMAN COOKED FOOD IS AMAZING!!"
>Caramel shouts out.
"Ummm... thanks."
>Maggie says as she watches Caramel enjoy her cooking.
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>>5969564
Ursus nibbled on a few of the burned pancakes trying to salvage some nutrition
(Did you know that Kodiak bears get to 9ft tall as adults 5 ft when on all fours)
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>>5969571
Ursus smiles at their reaction and then his face took on a nostalgic look when he heard about Maggie’s past, I remember when I first learned how to make pancakes, it was quite early in the morning and my father was up while my mother was tending to her vegetable field, I had wondered in wondering what that smell was and I saw my dad stirring a whisk while pooling out pancakes on the stove he invited me to learn that early morning and we spent that time making both burned and ok pancakes, burned on my end of course.
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>>5969564
>Einstein then poked his head out.
"I think he is sleeping. Maybe we should go ahead and eat breakfast. Those pancakes do smell delicious."
>The mouse then suggested.
>>5969576
"That's a nice story you have there Ursus."
>Maggie says as she then sits down to eat her pancakes.
"Your father sounds like he was a chef."
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>>5969571
>>5969583
>The cat ate Maggiecakes, but didn't have anything to say
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>>5969583
Not even close he was at best a soldier for the local militia appointed by the town I grew up in, I would eventually gain the inheritance of the farm property as my parents move on to the nest realm of existence wherever it takes them, he taught me how to fight and be regimented, how to defend people and when to step up to fight against wrongs, my mother taught me how to tend to the land, to reap and sow, I learned the wisdom of returning nutrients to the soil cycling the crops and keep the farm alive.
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>>5969584
>Einstein didn't eat as much pancake as the others...
>Then again he was a mouse.
>So he was full with what he ate.
"Mmm. Buttery and sweet. Never had pancakes before. Grandpa always mentioned they were like bread but very buttery. I'm glad to have tried some at least."
>You both then wait for Mog to wake up.
>Einstein decides to talk to try and pass the time.
"Hey Kinny.... what did you do before smuggling? Were you always a smuggler?"
>>5969586
"Sounds like you had great parents who taught you everything you needed to know."
>Maggie said.
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>>5969589
To be honest they meant the world to me they where the rock my life was supported on, they hired and asked for extended family and friends to smuggle knowledge and history to me the tip of the iceberg of the world’s history under the eyes of those who would burn it at any chance.
How where your parents Maggie? I feel like I have been mostly dominant in the conversation please share if you’d like
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>>5969589
"I was selling nosy mice to cat buyers. For a good price, too" Kinny deflected the question.
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Sorry for the late response. Cats made a mess and I had to clean it up.

>>5969598
"...... How much would I sell for?"
>>5969591
"They were good people. They were always there for me and Benji. We would often go out in the park and go fishing together. I was never good at it mind you but I would always enjoy the boat ride whenever we do go. Mom would always watch a movie with Benji, whenever she was not teaching me how to cook. To be honest, I think she was expecting me to become a housewife more than a soldier. She was highly against me even being drafted in the army. I think the last thing my dad taught me to do was how to hold a hunting rifle and told me that would be essential when I was out in the field. Still I kind of wished I had one more chance to say goodbye to them before I froze. Can't even remember the last time I spoke to them. I remember meeting my aunt a lot over at the research center but that was about it."
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>>5969608
Ursus offers a hug, I’m certain your parents would be proud regardless of what happened in the past, you clearly are still kicking, persisting no matter the challenge and circumstances you face, besides I don’t know what a house wife details but you clearly are more a warrior than that, you chose this struggle, to defend your people, your family that is a noble goal so stand strong feel your emotions allow them to wash over you and remember the best memories of your family, your parents live on through you ursus pukes the full tip of his claw on Maggie’s chest indicating her heart and then taps her mind to indicate her memories. Like how I carry my own family in my heart and mind
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>>5969616
Pokes not pukes GOD DAMN AUTOCORRECT RUINING TBE MOMENT!!!!!
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>>5969616
>>5969618
>Maggie then give the bear a hug.
"Thanks big guy."
>She tells him.
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>>5969619
Any time you need reassurance just ask
>Ursus tells her
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Just waiting for Kinny and Mog to make responses.
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>>5969608
"...I'd let you haggle your price." Kinny replied unsure whether the mouse was oblivious to his dodge tactics or secretly making fun of him. After finishing his food, the cat moved his furry bum towards the lieutenant. "So what is your actual name? Surely you aren't called "Lieutenant"?
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>>5969620
"Thanks Ursus."
>>5969625
>The Lieutenant looks over to the cat.
>She decides to give him gentle affectionate scratches behind his ear.
"Rodriguez. Jessica Rodriguez. I assume ranks mean nothing to you. May I ask for your actual name as well. I can't go around calling you cat."
>She continues to affectionately give the cat some pets and scratches.
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>>5969636
Ursus gives nod and then finishes the ruined pancakes that he was making
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>>5969636
"My name's Kinny. You'll have to forgive me, but I don't use a surname for... security reasons. It's not healthy in my..." The cat then looked to Bobby and her fat potatoes. "...our line of work. Ranks are largely meaningless to me as well, because I tend to avoid those that have them." Kinny purred when Jessica scratched his head.
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>>5969640
"Well Kinny, you seem to be smarter than the cats back in my day. All cats would say to me back when I was spying as a cat would be all about food and how much they want to reproduce. Honestly it's kind of nice hearing a cat say more than that. Are more cats like you Kinny?"
>Jessica said to the cat.
>>5969638
>Arsene then approaches Ursus.
"Excuse me Mr Ursus. May I have a moment to speak with you?"
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>>5969644
"Oh, that's rough. No, the cats I grew up around are not at all like that. I'm sure you've seen that Bobby and her... right, Bobby isn't stupid. Ord and Potato are... curious." Kinny scratched his cheek as soon as he realized the fat cats were probably not far from what the woman just mentioned. "Well, they are a bit slow, but not feral like what you've described."
Kinny might be retarded, because I am retarded, but he's not actually stupid. He's simply a cat. Just as I typed that my retard jumped on the bed.
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>>5969644
Certainly arsene
Excuse me please
>Ursus moves to follow arsene to a private area to speak as requested
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>>5969649
"Well I guess I'll keep an eye out for cats. Now if you don't mind. I'm going to take a vinegar bath myself. Heard you wanted to get rid of any human scent so I figured I might as well get that out of the way. See you Kinny."
>With that Jessica then goes away from you Kinny.
>>5969651
>You enter Arsene's Office.
"Yes Ursus thank you for coming. I have a very urgent question to ask you. You see, I am very old. I fear that my time is short for this world and Mog will have to perform the very same burial ritual on me in a matter of days. But I cannot leave. Otherwise the teaching of the preistess Vitilia will be lost and no one will be here to guard the old ones that she and Swift entrusted me to take care of. So I was wondering, since your team trusts you the most if you can convince them all to stay in the church and keep the humans safe and teach them the truth of the Twin Goddesses? Ursus... will you help me?"
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That’s quite the ask, Ursus seriously contemplates, not to mention the fact that all our enemies are here and if they find that out it is very easy for them to come in and dismantle everything, on the other hand an entire enclave of humanity lives down here as well.
>Ursus pads a bit around
I can’t say no but I can’t really force them I’m not their leader but I also believe that protecting this place is a high priority anyway seeing as it’s also a possible way to extricate people out should the dragons come down on us. I’ll bring up your case but I also believe you should probably tell Jessica Rodriguez she apparently has experience with hiding among non human people so she might be able to blend in and act as a proxy or some form of inheritor she could be given one of the rings if she wants to.
As for the humans there are other places where humanity still hold out judging by the map we have but I’m not certain how many still survive.
Ursus sits and contemplates this situation
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>>5969671
"Thank you for listening to me Ursus."
>Arsene said with the most sincere gratitude.

So what do you all do now?
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>>5969696
Ursus gently holds her shoulder you carry a great burden on your shoulders, you share a might that my people admire and respect, you stare down an uncertainty that many would buckle under, may Igive you company as you pass on I don’t want you to be alone when it draws near.
>Once Ursus receives her answer he will bring her request to the rest of the party attempting to persuade as well as he can
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I'm here, sorry for being so late. The electrician phoned to reschedule at the last minute and came in the morning, so I had to move away from the computer.
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>>5969729
It's alright Mog.
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>>5969730
>>5969729
Is there anything you want to do?>>5969649
Asking the same for you as well Kinny.
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>>5969736
I think I'll be taking a break for tonight, might post later, but not sure.
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>>5969741
Fair enough Kinny. Cats do need rest and relaxation.
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>>5969736
>>5969671
>>5969649
"Achoo!" Mog sneezed.

Rudely awoken, Mog scrambled around blindly in the damp cave. There was no dream, no comedic or surreal transition from Moon fantasies to real-space. Just one moment he was wading in mind-froth, the next he was awake with his lungs on fire. He ran out into the main room, his nose dribbling.

"Why does it smell like burning!?"
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>>5969741
Take care. Apologies for being late again. I think next session we'll be more in Kinny's element, since we're transitioning to skulduggery.
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>>5969748
>Maggie looked at the old wolf.
>She then sighs and hands him his pancakes.
"Nothing is burning Mog. Trust me we took care of that long ago. In the meantime enjoy your breakfast."
>Bobby then went towards Mog
"Hey I got the stuff you wanted. At least most of it."
>She then showed him the stuff he requested her to get.
"So... why did you need this stuff exactly?"
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>>5969756
"The smell lingers. I guess it'll air out eventually. Thanks for the flat bread." Mog tilted his head at her sigh.

Settling down at the table to eat his breakfast, he almost worried himself into a daydream. Maggie said 'breakfast', hopefully she just meant the first waking meal. He had intended to sneak out during the night. Seeing Bobby approaching, he dismissed these thoughts.

Looking over her bounty, Mog nodded approvingly. "Well, you've outdone yourself, or perhaps overdone yourself. That's a lot of stuff, clothes, scrap armour, dyes and makeup. We only really needed the one kit of each. Works for us either way though, just means we have more variety of tools to mix things up with. How much was all this? I'll reimburse you."

The wolf fiddled with his coin purse to hand out the metal she'd spent.

"As for what we're doing...lots. Disguises for sneaking around easier, false flags too, once we have information. Forging incriminating documents for the various foreign delegates, potentially seals and travel documents for various parts of the city and country, depending on how locked down things are, the works." he took a breathe, raising a placating paw to indicate to her that the crazy stuff wouldn't come until later.

"Most the initial work will just be sneaking around curfew while disguised into various bars that cater towards different segments of the city. Administrators, bureaucrats, and diplomats hangouts to get the word on what specifically going on in the diplomatic sphere. The police and military sprawl for how serious the subversion of our protectors is. Finally, we'll be hiring that army I've been mentioning for a while now, fighters, more of your kind, mages, dissidents willing to work mobs, whoever we can find. We just need to get a feel for what is actually going on." another pause, this time to eat his food.

"We'll probably end up culling some number of secret police, or whoever is enforcing the new order and killing off the old guard. Not that I plan on going crazy and getting into an outnumbered fight in the middle of a city full of hostile folk or anything. I just assume our guise will slip once and awhile, we'll probably have to quietly dispatch any pursuers or spies before they get help. There's also Father Gawain, we'll probably want to snoop on him before meeting him properly out of disguise." he chewed thoughtfully while he mused on how to say this last bit.
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>>5969756
>>5969779
"Finally, we ought to consider meeting the Queen in secret. If possible I'd like to align our plans with her, or persuade her if our agendas aren't compatible. I want to avoid betraying my country in the process of trying to save it. Just because the new way of things is obviously bad in some ways, doesn't mean the leader of our country is a bad person who is evil, stupid, or being led astray without affecting plans of her own. We need to know why she allowed me to be branded a heretic, and what her intentions for the summit and the country as a whole are. She might be genuinely getting good concessions out of the negotiations, I don't want to step on her toes too much if she is making plays that are really in the best interests of my country. In the worst case, if she is just stupid, being bribed, or innocently incompetent, or...if our views differ too much, then I guess we'll resort to bribing the assembly and astroturfing mass protests, incriminating the foreign diplomats, and violent revolution to make sure the other factions don't get their way. I hope it doesn't come to that, but that is what we are ultimately preparing for."
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>>5969779
>>5969782
"Nah you don't have to reimburse me at all Mog. This is going to be something big. A big job is going to require a lot of animals being at seperate places in seperate times though. Honestly if you ask for my opinion this seems like a time where we split up and get multiple jobs done at once. But then again I have no idea who should go where. What do you think Mog?"
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>>5969792
"I insist, you paid out of your own pocket for this stuff, it's only fair. We're partners in crime. Besides, we've got literally thousands in platinum, even after splurging on that huge stockpile of weapons back in Plato. Forty or fifty plat for a friend isn't breaking the bank for us," Mog pressed, fair was fair, before joking, "Besides, who'll pay for your booze when you run outta gold and are down to picking coppers out of your fur?"

Turning serious again, he said "I was considering splitting up myself, just to be efficient about this. We've gotta multiple rogues in the party, if each rogue covers for each of the bumblers, Ursus and I, then we could have stealth and strength in equal measure. Still, I'm not sure what the rush is, obviously we don't want to doddle, but maybe my memory is slipping and I'm forgetting if we ever found out the summit's actual date. I assumed it was gonna be a weeks long negotiation, if not more. We have so much to do, those bandit wolves, the forest fuckers, lots of loose ends. Do you think if Ursus and I doffed the noisy plate armour, that you could cover for our clumsiness?"

I genuinely forgot if the summit's date was ever given. A quick ctrl+F didn't help turn up a date or time limit either. Was hoping we had a lot of time for this, since this is a pretty important arc.

I don't think it is in the rules, but it is pretty common in some other TTRPGs or even just as houserules for rogues to be able to 'lead' stealth scenarios, essentially letting other characters copy their motions or have mistakes covered up by the action leader, essentially just letting the PC in question roll stealth and not have every single party member roll. Would something like that be possible here? Having Kinny/Bobby roll for the group, maybe with assistance from the other cats to lead us through the streets without trouble and having to deal with Ursus and I's terrible stealth scores? It is pretty much what I'm asking IC.
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Sorry for the late response cooking dinner.

>>5969823
"I heard from Poco that the summit begins in about four days. Which means we only have at least two days before registration closes. I think the leader of the Cottontail already went to register himself to be heard out. So I suggest we have Ursus register for us maybe. Leaving you, Kinny, and I for infiltration on this priest who is giving you a bad name and maybe spy on our enemies. Honestly I think Kinny is much better for infiltrating the enemy. He's got good stealth and ears. That's just the opinion of a drunken bobtail though. I'm willing to hear your plan on how we should split up."

I'll allow stealth lead yes.
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>>5969839
Well if you’re going to register me I hope you have the critical points I need to discuss ready I’m not particularly good at talking to people so having key information and topic points you want discussed would definitely be critical
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>>5969839
"That's worryingly little time. We ought to spend tonight gathering information and recruiting followers then. On everyone, the situation in general, each capital F faction and their plans and agents, the bandit wolves, the forest guardians, the Queen and various political parties, any major power brokers or criminal factions, all of them. At least get our foot in the door, with an in on each party, to be followed up on in subsequent nights, if it can't be gathered in one go. Likewise we have to splurge on agents of our own tonight, we won't have time later. I want to register to speak at the summit, Kinny isn't a citizen, though he can still represent me as my lawyer if he can forge a worker's permit, and Ursus isn't as good a talker as Kinny or I, even though he qualifies for citizenship owing to being a bear. That means working out the outline of the final plan and its permutations before I go to trial either today or tomorrow. The second night will have to be follow ups on any info we discover, and the rest of the second and third nights will have to be our actual plays; in other words any bribes not yet done, planting or stealing any evidence, the same for our guns too, killing whoever needs being killed. Depending on whether or not my trial is successful or not, you guys may need to break me out of prison on the third night as well. It'll all culminate on the fourth day. If I'm still free, then I'll spend the third day trying to speak officially with the Queen before the summit, assuming we can't sneak in to speak with her earlier." Mog stopped his rambling, this was too much for one person and he needed to save his breathe to explain this to the whole group.

"Actually, before I go on, can you gather the whole party Bobby? Both the humans, Adler and our slimy friend too. Same with your cats and Arsene. I want the whole group on the same page. If I get captured or killed, the group needs to know what they are doing independently of me."

It should be night time right now, the night of the day when we arrived. So when it becomes morning it should be the 1st day out of the 4.

Sadly I have to go afk for about an hour, so that might be the session for today, sorry for being late again.
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>>5969850
WWWWWWHHHHHYYYYY DIDN'T I REFRESH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!1111

Not even a minor problem or anything, I just never refresh!
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>>5969856
Honestly I’m up for breaking him out if things go wrong but we also gotta talk about arsenes request not to mention using an alternate means of escape to avoid drawing attention to the enclave is that the right term? Down here
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>>5969869
That's what the alternate safehouses/rally points we were gonna find are for, we'll either have to do it during one of the nights or during the day. Since our day schedule is less cramped, we can probably set some up then. Just ask Poco for real estate contacts since he didn't have any other safe houses iirc, we'll buy property in different sections of the city under false names.

If I escaped, I wouldn't be heading back to the temple to use the tunnel, I'd hunker down in the city.

Going afk now.
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>>5969873
True but they might try and take more drastic measures if they don’t find us then they will eventually go down to the vault or something and possibly what with the lack of spiders find some of their infrastructure or other stuff that could eventually result in a worse situation, we would need to get them convinced we left all though I could be overthinking things and they may never go down here
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>>5969852
>Bobby then gathers everyone.
>>5969878
>Jessica soon got done with her vinegar bath.
"Well we can try to starting to force people to wake up and then putting them on the train? It could work."
>Jessica suggests.

Sorry gonna have to call it a night. See you guys later on Tuesday.
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>>5969878
>>5969885
>>5969741
Alright, have a good week everyone. See you next Tuesday.
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>>5969908
And the same too you
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I should be here tomorrow, at an earlier time than usual for me even.
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>>5973270
Give me about 10 to 12 hours and I should be ready.
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>>5973297
This sounds like you don't sleep at all.
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>>5973520
I do sleep. Just about like 6 to 8 hours. Plus I need my coffee in the morning.

>>5969852
>>5969869
>>5969873
>>5969878
>>5969885
>>5973520
>With everyone gathered around, Bobby laid out a map around the surrounding area.
"Alright, so if you want to spy on the people that are also speaking, there are two places you need to go. The forest fucks along with Lincoln are staying over at the hotel. They beefed up security on their request. Meanwhile the three high ranking officers Clayton sent and the pigs are over at the bar, I heard from locals that they spend their time there a lot because they don't want to associate with Lincoln. We don't know where Sunny Kong, the monkey who went with the generals, is. Some citizens said he never arrived while others have spotted him. No one has mentioned seeing the "goddess" Persephone as of yet. But night's still young. We can get more information. But I will say that Maggie and..... whoever the fuck that is stay away from the hotel at all costs."
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>>5973621
Got it I’m as terrible at stealth as a sign
So I’m probably going to act naturally
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>>5973621
It's that time of the campaign where I ask for crudely drawn city map for my imagineless brain. Not RPGM thing, just like picrel kind of thing for spacial awareness.
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I'm here. Slept absolutely terribly though, writing may suck/bad decisions may follow. Probably will have to end earlier too, at least for me.
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>>5973621
>>5973654
>>5973662
"I say that if we head to the hotel tonight at all, then we save it for last. Scouting it out could get dicey with the beefed up security, and with Lincoln and the gun-toting cultists in close proximity to one another. The security is probably there as much as to prevent Lincoln from killing the cultists and burning the guns as it is to protect them. Fighting is one of the main things that could force us to retire early for the night, we'd end up wasting valuable dark hours." Mog interjected.

Hearing Ursus speak to their mutual clumsiness, Mog waited for him to finish before speaking up again "That's what the breastplates are for, it's dangerous to reduce our protection, but the advantage in how softly we step will pay dividends no doubt. With disguises and the cats leading us, we shouldn't suffer harassment from patrols or rowdy curfew-breakers."
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>>5973662
I can come up with a map. Need to work on a few anyways.

>>5973654
"Just to be safe.... can we see how well you can deceive someone?"
Ursus roll a performance or deception check.
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Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5973673
Performance
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>>5973675
"Well, at least he's an honest bear. Though I guess we already knew that. Better let Kinny or me do the talking, or Bobby if we split into teams."
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>>5973677
"Honesty won't get us far among the ssnakess." Kinny hissed theatrically.
>>5973663
God knows Mog is too powerful to let him operate at full mental capacity within city limits.
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>>5973662
Here's your map Kinny.

>>5973669
"No hotel tonight got it. So that leaves the bar. Any plans in case things go south?"
>>5973675
>>5973677
>>5973678
"Have to agree with Mog and Kinny. You're more of our history expert than an actor."
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>>5973680
Thanks for that
>>5973678
This image is COOL
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>>5973677
>>5973678
>>5973681
"If I may ask."
>Jessica began to ask.
"Who's going with who?"
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>>5973680
>>5973681
>>5973678
Reckless violence may follow.

"Oh no, we have to make the absolute most out of our time each night, so assuming something very wrong doesn't happen, we are definitely at least scouting out the hotel tonight, we're just gonna do it last because it has the biggest chance of going pear-shaped." Mog countered.

Bobby's question had a quick answer. The wannabe sneak-wolf reminded her of their conversation a few minutes ago "If things go south, we lie, run if that fails, fight if we can't run. As for the details, like I said earlier, we can't lead anyone back to the temple, so before we head to our destination we'll hit up Poco for real estate contacts or info on empty buildings or forested parks we can squat on. Though even a deserted street corner will do, we just need rally points we can safely meet up at if we get separated, though we'll need proper safehouses to hit up too, hence Poco. This shouldn't come back to bite our real identities anyways, since the idea is that we'll be disguised."

Mog looked around to see if there were any questions, before continuing "We'll make several disguises from these disguise kits Bobby bought, guard outfits, regular outfits for your average curfew breaker looking to get drunk, well-to-do folks' outfits, y'know, since we'll probably need to switch before entering certain buildings. Since some of the bars we are planning on hitting up wouldn't cater to guards."
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>>5973690
"We're sticking together initially, at least until we've seen Poco and walked the city a bit to decide on rally points for if we get separated. Probably for our first forays into whatever sleazy bars we end up trawling too, since we need initial information on what is even going on in this city in regards to the old guard being turned aside. Either after that or even before that but after the rally points are set, we can separate to speed things up. I was thinking of going with Kinny, and having Ursus go with Bobby. As for you and Maggie, well, it's your choice on which team you go with. Maggie should switch her ring though, her daytime one is probably drained by now. Yours is probably still good, given that the day was half over by the time you even unfroze, and the fact that you barely used it."
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>>5973696
Sounds good to me
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>>5973692
"I just hope you're not planning on dying my fur." The cat looked at Mog very seriously. "I cannot express my hatred for that in words." Kinny grimmaced at the thought so hard, that his nose almost imploded.
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>>5973696
"Right... do you still need me to be a rabbit or will something else do?"
>Maggie asks the wolf.
>Bobby then answered Maggie.
"I mean if it's the one transformation you are comfortable with I say go for it. But I recommend you change the design to not look like someone from 100 years ago. I'll be going with Mog though. Ord and Potato. I want you two to scout around the marketplace. See if there is anything suspicious."
>The two big cats then saluted their leader.
>>5973678
"No one aside from all of you have seen me as a cat. So I shall stay a cat. Also I will go with Kinny. He seems to know what he is doing."
>Jessica explains.
>>5973697
"Then I'll go with Ursus."
>Maggie says to the group.
>Caramel then raises her paw.
"I wanna go with Ursus as well! He's my go to guy!"
>Caramel declares.
"Your what?"
"Well Lanesboro told me to stay close to him so I shall. Ursus and Caramel together as a team."
>Adler then went to the group.
"Where do you guys need me and Harold to go?"
>The deer asked as his slime purred.
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>>5973698
"I mean.... we have multiple rings."
>Maggie pointed out.
>Jessica pointed out the rings as well.
"Really you could become a different animal all together if you want. Especially if you hate dying your fur."
>Jessica also pointed out.
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An OOC reminder. Relevant timeline stuff on our plans. See >>5969779 >>5969782 >>5969823 >>5969852

To bullet point our agenda for tonight, it is mostly

-Sneak into various bars, not just the one QM outlined as being plot relevant. We need to gather information on what is going on in the city, and what plays the factions are making and what their intentions are. A lot is being packaged into that sentence, this includes general info gathering on how the apes and pigs have subverted Canis Lupin and info on Canis Lupin's political parties and just general info of what is going on in the city and all stratas of society. Or even just random trivia info.

-If possible, get samples of the delegate's handwriting and their personal seals so that we can forge stuff from them more easily.

-If we are stalked by secret police, quietly isolate and kill/interrogate them.

-Talk to the delegates themselves while in disguise, gauge their intentions.

-Assess each factions personal security detail and their strength, we may need to fight at some point. We also need to know how much muscle they have at their disposal for their own operations.

-Scout out Father Gawain, root through his stuff. Find out if he is an agent of the factions or being bribed.

-Scout out the palace, see how likely it is for us to be able to sneak in to talk to the Queen.

-Bribe wolf Assembly members and Senators.

-Pay for our own army and staff. Pay random civilians to astroturf the political process and do street protests/mob violence and propaganda at our behest.

-Find out about the bandit wolves.

-Scout out the prison in case I lose my trial and end up behind bars, makes it easier to break me out later.

-Finally, scout out the Hotel. See how easy it is to break in. Later we'll need to bypass Lincoln and see if we can identify Persephone, also find our guns so we can steal them back.

That all literally has to be done tonight, maybe a little bit of it can be done tomorrow night. In game nights, of course.
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>>5973700
Can I get a quick TL;DR on how many groups we intend to split in and what their objectives will be? I can't seem to get to the bottom of this. Sorry for that, ADHD brain is going apeshit, because I'm no-lifing Blender in background.
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>>5973706
HOLY SHIT that’s a lot of brain hardware being taken up
Be careful
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>>5973706
Going to refer to this for now.>>5973703
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>>5973700
I’ll accept your company but be aware that we will follow Bobbies lead when it comes to getting around possible obstacles and stealth based decisions msych as lock picking, hiding and even their important decisions, if you have a skill in skull duggery don’t hesitate to inform the group
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>>5973703
Too much word, brain numb, thank you.
>>5973708
Bro, I've been restless for over a week, trying to fix Kenshi's shitfucked botched modelling job. I've went from never having touched 3d software in my life to wanting to kill some "modders" for their meshes.
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>>5973697
>>5973698
>>5973700
"Uh...nah, totally not my good cat...I was...definitely...not gonna dye your fur. We'll just muss it up a bit and put on some different clothes. We'll carry our other disguises in our backpacks, in case we need to switch for certain establishments that don't cater to the guard outfits." Mog deflected.

Weighing in on the conversation between Bobby and Maggie, Mog said "Well, Bobby, if you are coming with me, then Kinny has to go with Ursus. We can't have Ursus going alone without a rogue to guide him, he isn't stealthy, nor deceptive. This would be easier if Bobby went with Ursus or led Ord and Potato, since I don't trust them to sneak or lie after their last screw up back at the waterfall crater."

Adler's question was easy to answer "Adler, you and Harold go with Ursus, his group needs a healer. I can handle the healing for my group just fine on my own. Speaking of which, a reminder to Kinny and Ursus. I gave you each nine healing potions and an invisibility potion back in Plato. I recommend you save the invisibility potion for an emergency, so much so that I think that even if you get caught that you shouldn't use it if talking or fighting your way out is still an option. We'll need them for more important operations later, namely the actual break-ins, or any assassinations or evidence planting ops we do in subsequent nights."
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>>5973706
Two PC groups, one separate NPC group. Ord and Potato are going to the Market, maybe with Bobby or not at all if I get my way. Then Ursus and I will be going separately with either you or Bobby, one stealthy cat to each clumsy oaf, QM said last session that you can "lead" our stealth checks, essentially meaning we don't have to make stealth rolls, only you stealthy cats do. If Bobby leads the cats separately from the PCs, then we need Jessica to go with Ursus, otherwise his group will have no stealth leader.

>>5973714
Simpler list for you. Tonight we

-Scout everything.

-Similar/part of/to the above above, find out why I'm wanted and how the Factions are subverting Canis Lupin.

-Kill/interrogate secret police if they follow us.

-Bribe everyone. We have 4755 platinum split three ways between us. Pay off politicians to vote our way when the time comes, buy mercenaries, buy off street protesters.
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>>5973700
>He seems to know what he is doing.
Kinny looked at the human number two with a puzzled expression. From the beginning he thought it was clear the two best 'spies' of the group would be splitting to spread out their experience and increase the odds of their respective groups or partners. "And that is exactly why you, the other person who knows what she's doing go with animals less experiences in... sticking to shadows." He added, somehow more confident in this human's skills based on the first impression than the orange cat they spent quite some time around, who was standing and hissing behind him.
This was written a bit earlier, I don't want to change it, the point KIND OF still stands. I think the species-bent spy would do better than Bobcat, being military and all the jazz.
>>5973701
"It's fine, I can grab some rags and become a traveling merchant. Or just.. put on a mask and pretend seeing what's underneath is worse than death. You'd be surprised how many cheap thugs use that gimmick when they've got nothing else going on for them." The cat shrugged. Using the rings seemed like a waste of potential for becoming a tiger again. Because he couldn't become a tiger if they were going to sneak around. Those beasts immediately brought all the attention to themselves.
>>5973715
>>5973712
"You better not." Kinny meowed. "And yeah, I can go with Ursus, sure."
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Exhibit A of why Ursus is terrible at stealth
Anyway I’m willing to act as chaperone/ big body guard for when ferrying people about while talking and hashing out plans for the coming chaos with protesters, vanishing the secret police that follow us if the worse case scenario happens we cycle around to a specific safe house.
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>>5973721
Ah is that how it feels to post late?
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>>5973723
Your a big cat
Kinny I’m a tiger form: for you
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I just checked, Bobby and Jessica have the same stealth score, 5. Funnily enough, Jenkins would've come in clutch here, he had the highest stealth score out of all of us at 8. Maggie surprisingly isn't bad at stealth either, with a 4 in stealth. I forgot the humans had god tier stats.
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>>5973723
For mew

>>5973715
>>5973720
>>5973721
"Then let's get to it. I think we have our plan."

Team A
Mog
Jessica (as a cat)
Caramel

Team B
Kinny
Ursus
Alder (& Harold)
Maggie (as a bunny)

Team C (marketplace)
Bobby
Ord
Potato

This correct?
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>>5973728
Yeah other than caramel wanting to stick with me( although personally I’m against caramel following because it make my party over balanced more not ideal for stealth)
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>>5973730
Not a critique on skill just an observation
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>>5973730
Want me to move Caramel with Bobby?
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>>5973732
I think she would probably be better protected with its and potato being strong and protective, I’m still reminded of that time one of the killed an enemy with another enemy’s body
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>>5973735
It autocorrected ord with it’s
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>>5973721
Good, good.

>>5973701
Somehow I missed this, must be the sleep deprivation.

"Ah, we can't rely on the rings, we need to make our disguises. I'm not sure if the rings can make clothes, only change our forms. We should get to work choosing out our clothes for our disguises now anyways."

What do we roll to use the disguise kits? Sleight of hand? I'd like 3 disguises, a guard outfit, a barhopping civilian outfit, and a rich person outfit, for each of us. Whoever has the best stat for the job should roll with advantage (from assistance) for all of us. Since choosing out clothes isn't too laborious, we shouldn't each have to roll to save time, I think a person with a good eye for this sort of thing should be enough to disguise all of us.
>>5973720
"Well, lets see if Jessica or Bobby agrees to go with Ursus first, I'd like to have you at my side if possible. I'd also prefer Ord and Potato stick with Bobby, corralling them into smart behaviours is a chore that only she can manage. The marketplace will just have to wait, one of the two groups can take it, or we can delay scouting it until tomorrow if we run out of nighttime."
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>>5973738
"Why me? I thought Ursus was in need of most... support here?"
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>>5973738
Deception, I'll also allow performance and Sleight of Hand as well.
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>>5973728
>>5973730
My ideal teams would be

Team A
Mog
Kinny
Maggie

Team B
Ursus
Bobby
Jessica
Adler and Harold

Or

Team A
Mog
Kinny

Team B
Ursus
Jessica
Adler and Harold

Team C
Bobby
Ord
Potato

Or

Team A
Mog
Jessica

Team B
Ursus
Kinny
Adler and Harold

Team C
Bobby
Ord
Potato

Or

Team A
Mog
Jessica
Bobby

Team B
Ursus
Kinny
Adler and Harold
Ord
Potato

In order of preference. Top to bottom, top preferred, bottom least preferred. Any combo not mentioned is one I don't want at all. Basing preference based on character history/chemistry and relations so far, as well as getting a good stealth/strength mix.
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>>5973742
>>5973732
I forgot Caramel in the list. But I assume she is going with Ursus no matter what. We also don't have her character sheet, so we don't know what she is good at. Or at least I can't find her sheet on short notice.

>>5973740
"I like you Kinny, and I've known you the longest. It's that simple. Both Ursus and I are equally bad at stealth*. Jessica or Bobby should be enough to guide Ursus through the streets."

*-2 for both of us. We don't have disadvantage because we are swapping our plate armour with breastplates for this op.

>>5973741
So how many rolls for 3 outfits for each of us? Kinny or Bobby should roll, since they both have 7 in Deception and Sleight of Hand, respectively.
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I love how I’m B team for bear
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idk how to disguise mechanics, throw instructions at me once you've got it figured out
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>>5973742
We'll go with your top team then.
Sorry for all the confusion and everything.

>With the teams now seperated you all now put on your disguises.
>Jessica using her ring to turn into her usual cat self.
>Maggie thinking about it a bit.
>Trying to think of a different rabbit.
>>5973745
>>5973747
>>5973746
Go ahead and either roll for Deception or Sleight of hand. Whichever is better for you guys.
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>>5973747
Roll your Deception 6 times for each of us, I guess? That is what I think based on >>5973741. 3 times for each of us technically, but doubled because of advantage from Assistance from Bobby.
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>>5973749
Ursus will act as look out being effectively capable of being a living watch tower from my height
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>>5973745
Also make three of them. Forgot to write that out sorry.
>>5973751
Yes with advantage thanks to Bobby.
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Rolled 7 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5973749
>Kinny fashions himself a robe out of the various rags that Bobby found and a mask to cover his cat face.
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>>5973749
No worries. Note, anytime I forget Ord and Potato in the list, just assume I want them with Bobby. Likewise, Caramel with Ursus, just because she and Ursus seem to get along.

So how many rolls? Do we roll for each outfit separately or just once (twice technically, due to advantage) for each person? 10 people total, if I didn't miscount, not including Harold. So 20 rolls, or is it 60 for the 3 outfits?

>>5973747
I think you roll 20 times, if the sanest option is chosen by QM. d20+7
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>>5973753
>>5973757
Okay, nvm, you are rolling 6 times for each of us after all. Maybe better to roll them all at once, 60d20. Then describe them after the fact, other wise you'll be posting literally 60 times.
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Rolled 11, 5, 15, 12, 7 = 50 (5d20)

>>5973751
>Mog says roll 6 times
>>5973759
>Mog says roll 20 times
>mfw supposed to understand this cryptic posting
>>5973762
Boogera my beloved.
>>5973749
>>5973761
I will roll remaining 5 times and then will provide numbers with modifiers.
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>>5973762
qyute!
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Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>Maggie then decides to try using her ring.
>Now having somewhat of an image in her head, she then slips on the ring.
"Alright here goes nothing!"
Rolling for deception.
>>5973762
That's a cute cat.
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wait am I supposed to actually roll 60 fucking times?
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>>5973763
sowwy!
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>>5973766
Yes. There are 10 people in need of disguises, we each need 3 disguises. Bobby is assisting you, so you double the rolls and take the better of each pair.
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>>5973768
So I roll 120 times? Are you typing this with a straight face?
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>>5973763
>Kinny is able pull off his Bane costume with great ease.
>So much so you barely recognize him as the smuggler cat you know.
>>5973765
>Meanwhile with Maggie however....
>She decided to go as her brown and white bunny persona again.
>Just without all the decorations from the party.
"S- sorry guys.... it was the best I could come up with."
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>>5973770
Hey sometimes the simplest is the best choice, less intricate parts that will breakdown once contact with an enemy occurs
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>>5973768
>>5973769
I'm just going to pull the DM move and say every NPC (except Maggie, but still no one will recognize she is human) rolled a passing 12 and it was just Kinny who needed to roll for all of you.
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>>5973769
No, you roll 60 times. 30 times 2 for assistance. It'd help if you listed the order in which person each batch of 6 rolls is for.
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>>5973757
>>5973763
By the way you all pass with your costumes.
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>>5973773
veto I'd do it, but QM said no at this point lol
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>>5973772
>>5973769
Okay, nevermind, again. At least this is saner. lol

You just need to roll 6 times for Ursus, then 6 times for me. Since you already rolled for your own disguises.
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>>5973776
I'd just assumed that Kinny rolled for all three constumes for all of ya.
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Mog, Ursus what were your disguises?
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>>5973783
Bumpkin farmer (ursus has a grass woven sun hat, overalls, and his already used shovel)
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>>5973786
This guy
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>>5973783
Dyed white fur, clothes to look like an off-duty city guard, guard decals sewn onto the shoulders, a gold gorget stamped with rank insignia around my neck.
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brb for lunch.
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>>5973786
>>5973788
>Ursus also dawns on his costume.
>Making himself look like he finished up his farmwork for the day.
>>5973795
>Mog successfully pulls off the disguise well.
>Making him blend in well with the rest of the guards.
>>5973775
What's the next step?
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>>5973799
Stand as oblivious as possible while acting as a look out for anyone noticing and attempting to intervene or actively interrupt
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>>5973799
Am I going with Mog? I don't even know if we determined the team composition lmao
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>>5973749
>>5973803
This is the comp qm is going with
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>>5973803
>Banny goes inside a bar with his crew of a bunny and a wolf, who are Maggie and Mog.
>Inside you hear the music from the live band playing.
>Basically this vibe.
https://youtu.be/PiDRgDmXGi4?si=Z2soON0Zfp9igmOF
>As you scope around looking for anything in Mog's priority list.
>>5973802
>Animals don't seem to notice good old Ursus for a while.
>To everyone else you are just a hardworking farmer who just got done with farming with your crew of Bobby, Jessica, Adler (and a hidden Harold), and Caramel.
>Adler then went up to Ursus to put Harold on him and to ask him a question.
"Excuse me Mr Farmer (sorry not sure if you are using a disguise name or not)... what exactly is our relationship with you again?"
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>>5973809
Your are both gaurds and crop tenders killing possible invading aphids and the occasional pest, you are smaller than me therefore you have the advantage under the brush of crops and can always warn me if I’m about to fall prey to some undiscovered ant tunnel
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>>5973810
I am the sythe you are the scalpel
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>>5973809
Adler you have sheilds which can cut off tunnels long enough for reinforcements and others to show up and burry the invaders in pitch
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>>5973813
Area denial is important when combatting swarming insects
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>>5973810
>>5973811
>>5973813
>>5973815
"Thank you for reminding us of our job Mr Farmer."
>Adler said.
"Why do you always forget your job Limwick. You don't see me, the Great Tuntun forgetting her job of looking for parasites such as aphids on our plants. Lord knows we need to make these plants grow before the winter comes. Strawberries always sell well during this time."
>Caramel.... went on a full exposition.
"Do you even know our boss' name Tuntun."
>Adler asked.
"That's the Great Tuntun to you. His name is obviously Scythe... right?"
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>>5973817
well you can call me that as a nickname although my sythe is back home getting proper maintenance
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>>5973797
>>5973809
I say first we go straight to the shittiest, most smoke-filled bar this side of "Canada" (whatever that is). If Mog doesn't intervene in 30 minutes. Do I roll to dodge curfew?
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Rolled 5, 5 = 10 (2d20)

Back

>>5973803
>>5973809
Yes, you're going with me.

"Look around Kinny, see if any of your folk are around. Poco didn't seem wise to what was up in town, figures, given he probably just arrived. A hive of scum and villainy like this? I'm sure some agents of the pigs will be around, looking to recruit your fellows to the cause. I'll keep an eye out for said pigs, and try and pick up some rumours while I'm at it."

>Perception (?) Check to spot suspicious people? +1
>Persuasion Check to carouse with the locals and pick up the latest news on what's going on in the capital. +8
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>>5973823
I was confused too. I assumed we were still at the temple, just about to leave. But apparently QM teleported us to a random bar. Fair enough I guess, I was impatient to be done with the prep and get going too, even if I had a couple quick things to discuss before we left still.
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>>5973826
Mog suggest that a while ago after getting pov is safe house locations any the bar is the stage if ground
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>>5973824
picrel
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>>5973829
What? Sorry, I can't quite parse what you're trying to say. Not sure if it's my sleep deprivation or what.
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Rolled 12 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5973823
No need to roll you blend in just fine. No one recognizes you.
>You head to the shittiest bar you can find.
>It's called Red Rooster.
>Seems to only sell Potatoes, Chicken, Ales, Whiskey, and Beer.
>Must explain all the smoke since they seem to be smoke cooking all the food.
>Not bad but still shitty.
>Seemed like there were some shady mammals here and there.
>>5973824
>Mog wasn't able to see anyone suspicious.
>But the old hound was able to hear some juicy gossip.
"I can't believe it. A real goddess is going to show up in the summit? What a bunch of bullshit."
"Yeah, a goddess, and I'm the queen of Canis Lupin."
"You look a lot more convincing than the goddess thing."
>The two hounds then said.
>>5973821
>>5973829
"Well we better start looking for a good bar Scythe."
>Bobby said as she was helping Ursus look for a good safehouse.
Rolling perception for Bobby.
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>>5973832
>Bobby sees a couple of houses and a bar for sale.
>But they all look like they would be too close to certain areas.
>Making them look suspicious.
"Dammit nothing from my end Scythe. Anything on your end?"
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Rolled 20 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5973832
"Yes! Remember, when the summit comes, no matter what the apes, the pigs, the FUCKING lizards say, just remember it's all bullshit. Every words outta their stinking mouths." Mog interjected conspicuously into the two hound's conversation. The casual speciesism coming a little too easily into his exaggeratedly boisterous mannerisms. He slapped four platinum coins onto the table, holding one of the two hounds in his gaze, conveying his intent non-verbally.

>Persuasion to bribe these literal randoms to rabble rouse against the factions and against this 'goddess' when the summit comes in four days.
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Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5973835
Hmm let me try
Rolling perception
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5973838
With advantage
I’m guessing I’m getting advantage because we are working on the same tasks
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>>5973836
"Yeah! Fuck the Forest Fuckers and their Whore goddess!"
>One of them said as they started laughing in a jovial manner.
>They continue to laugh for a bit.
"Hey what's your name old man and are you a fan of whiskey? We could really use some whiskey, especially since we are talking about the summit."
"Wolves don't need to join in on any army. We just need to stay out of all this bullshit. Let the apes and lizards just kill themselves, while we wolves among other canines just stay here and enjoy life and get drunk off fine whiskey an-.... what's with this four platinum?"
"Looking to hire some mutts?"
>>5973840
>>5973838
>Ursus had trouble at first.
>But he did also spot a couple a shop for sale.
>Seems a bit good.
>Almost like one of those shops that sell fresh veggies over at the farmer's market.
>Still your call if you want to check it out with someone.
Check it out Ursus?
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>>5973845
These look good ursus gestures towards the shops to his compatriots let’s check them out
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>>5973847
"Take Jessica and Limwick (Adler) with you. Tuntun and I will stay here in case the bar doesn't look that good."
>Bobby whispered.
"That's The Great Tuntun."
"Nothing is great about you yet!"
>Ursus then leaves to check out the store with Jessica.
>You check out the empty store.
Ursus roll another Perception with advantage.
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Rolled 19, 11 = 30 (2d20)

>>5973851
Rolling perception
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>>5973852
>The store is completely empty.
>You see that no one has been in here for months.
>However it is in desperate need of repair.
>There are holes in the floor and the door looks like it break easily.
>It would take a lot more funds to repair it than to buy it.
Make this your safehouse?
>>5973823
>>5973830
Kinny what are you doing?
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>>5973842
Cute!

>>5973845
"Yeah, fuck em!" Mog disappeared in the chorus of laughter...

...and his angrier alter ego, Gom surfaced.

"I'm Gom, the guard. And hell yeah am I a fan of whiskey! How can anyone not be in times like these? Hosting our enemies in our own capital! Playing maid to them while they replace good wolves with machinery! There isn't a soul alive that wouldn't be driven to drink in these circumstances!" Gom answered.

Quieter, he said "Listen, something ain't right. Did you hear what happened to Horace? Seems mighty suspicious to me. He wasn't alone in suffering a 'heart attack' from what I gather. We need folk to stand up and fight against this change, when the time is right. Particularly in the next four days. If Gom or his friends call on you, we need you to be there for us, yeah? For Canis Lupin."

With that said, the bleached wolf drank one of the shots from the table, then waited for their answer.
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>>5973856
Mog roll persuasion with advantage.
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>>5973854
Hmm this place could use some love and care but it is definitely optimal, bobbitha what’s your opinion on the store as a hide out/ safe house
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Rolled 7, 3 + 8 = 18 (2d20 + 8)

>>5973860
Thought the natural 20 would cover it from the get go, but okay.
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>>5973863
>The wolves then look over to you.
>They nod.
"We're in."
"We tire looking for jobs that the pigs won't even hire us for."
"There are others we know who used to be gate guards and have the same feeling as you Gom. So we have your back."
"You may call me Robin."
"And I am Lobo."
"We are at your service friend!"
"Ready to take out these invaders."
"When you call us out in four days we will listen."
>>5973861
"Well it's a bit of a fixer upper Scythe and we're not here to fix some place up and use it as an actual store. We got to make a safe house an-... Bobbitha? I mean I don't mind at all but... Bobbitha?"
"We are all really bad when coming up with aliases aren't we?"
>Adler askedm
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>>5973868
Believe it or not I know a bobbitha back home, her mother’s name was Bobby, so I felt like that would just fit
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>>5973869
"Right we should probably get back with the group."
>Bobby said.
"Still this place could be useful to us. We should keep note of it in case we do need it."
>Adler suggested.
Ursus what do you do now?
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Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5973832
>>5973854
>Kinny slips into a mercenary role, looks for "employment" in the darker-than-grey sector. Priority on pigs/wolves.
>Eyes and ears peeled for gossip.
Rolling perception.
>>5973842
This goblin looks like somebody played with bodysliders. 11/10
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>>5973876
>Maggie of course tags along with him.
>As you look through the smokey bar you do notice a wolf alone chewing on a chicken drumstick on the floor of all places.
>Very unhygienic.
>Still better than nothing.
"Should we talk to him?"
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>>5973874
Well first we keep this in mind and plan out a route between sections of town where cover is prevalent points that make it easy to tempt fade into the crowd next we get as much gossip on troop movements and gaurd post positions, exploit the chips in their defensive that could allow for slipping through the cracks then we rehearse the tours and practice our roles that way we are properly prepared to for the comming summit, better to be over prepared than to be not at all prepared for exgiltrating to the safe house I would also not heavily rely upon those ring seeing as a certain monster could be out and about disguised as the common people
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>>5973885
That’s supposed to say temporarily fade
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>>5973885
Replace exilgrating with exfiltration
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>>5973868
"Good, good. Now, lets drink!"

>I'll drink one more, then nurse my next one while carousing with the hounds.
>Observing the crowd once more for suspicious folk. Otherwise just waiting for Kinny to turn up some leads before we switch bars.
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>>5973882
I'd much rather:
>Be in the same bar as Mog (just making sure)
>Act alone until I have to stop (Kinny's playing a merc, what would a bunny be doing with him?)
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>>5973889
Did you mean to roll?

>You all then drink up on whiskey for a bit while occasionally divulging yourself to the smoked chicken and potatoes.
>Delicious food and bitter alcohol go well hand in hand.
>Mog then looks around the crowd.
>>5973890
>Be in the same bar as Mog (just making sure)
You are.
>Act alone until I have to stop (Kinny's playing a merc, what would a bunny be doing with him?)
>You tell Maggie to go away for a bit to make yourself look more like a merc.
"Understood sir. I'll see what I can do alone."
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Rolled 13 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5973894
Yes, forgot, cause falling asleep. Though the post is mostly just saying what I'm doing while Kinny does his thing.

>Perception roll
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>>5973908
>Mog you see a few things.
>Such as Ursus returning from somewhere back to the point where you can see him.
>You spot Kinnot trying to talk to someone.
>You also see Maggie trying to find someone to talk to maybe find some information.
>And over at the stalls you see the rabbit chief, Chief Cottontail staring at whiskey as he looks... almost depressed.
What would you like to do?
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>>5973894
o7
>Kinny approaches the wolf, from the lack of better options at hand. Maybe he will provide some insight on the internal fuckery about the Canis Lupin?
>Introducing himself as "Kamel" in a raspy voice from behind the mask. Dagger lazily peeking from under the dangerous cat's dark robe not leaving any questions about his profession.
"In this bitch looking for work."
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>>5973911
>The wolf then looks at you.
"You a bountyhunter?"
>He asks you.
"Well before you ask, no I do not know where Mog. Even I did he's innocent. Wouldn't commit no crime like that."
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>>5973909
I'm about to pass out. This is probably it for me today.

Mog decided to wait until everyone was done with their chosen tasks. He sat with his hired hounds, passing the time with sips of whisky. Plotting his exit in case he was being watched, he decided the best way to make a natural exit and meet up with his group would be to time a fond goodbye to his 'friends', the hounds, make it seem like they were genuine long-term friends to any observers, then make his way through the crowd outside.

>Pass the time chatting, exit when Kinny is done. Find another bar, gradually barhopping our way to the bar the pig intellectuals are staying at. (Along the way we'll stop to try and find people who know what is going on in the city, and to bribe more people. That's for next session for me though)

No need to rush anyone to finish on my account, better for you guys to continue so that we can cleanly move on to the next thing next session. Take care, I'll see you guys Thursday.
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>>5973914
"Bountyhunter? Thah!" The cat laughed. "The only bounty I'm hunting is quick coin. Draggin' my ass all over the place to track down some dog ain't worth it. Know anything better?"
>>5973916
I'm feeling sleepy anyways.
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>>5973917
Ok doke
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>>5973917
"Know anything better huh? Tell you what, yous the first person to ask me. Lots of animals think I'm dumb. But I ain't dumb. Just got hit in the head by a rock when I was puppy. It was a big one. Anyways, still stand by my mighty words that Mog is innocent. As for knowing anything better, what is it you need ta know? I know stuff like the queen, food, some nice work that helps me pay for me to get a big bone. They told me one is turkey. Sure does taste like it."
>You hear him say as he starts to chew on the bone that clearly belongs to a chicken.

>>5973916
>>5973917
>>5973919
I guess this is it for the night. Sorry for being slow. Let's hope I am much faster on Thursday.
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>>5973925
Have a good day
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>>5973925
>Kinny eases on the looking-for-work angle (while not dropping the act, of course) and focuses on probing the wolf.
>Ask why he thinks Mog is innocent and what he knows about the queen.
Goodnight everyone
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Should be available tomorrow.
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>>5974782
As will I. Not sure when though.
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Juat woke up.

>>5973951
>Why he thinks Mog is innocent.
"Because Mog is a Good Boy. He saved me after being hit by big rock. Lizards everywhere but he didn't care. Mog save me. And that why he is innocent."
>As for how he knows the queen.
"Was jester once. Only once. Priest didn't like joke that made him look stupid. So he told queen to fire me. Queen like joke though but had to do what priest said. Priest should not have power over queen. Even though she is younger than priest. Still everyone think priest is good, even though he speaks in whispers."
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>>5975130
Smart genuinely
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>>5975169
May I ask what "Scythe" is doing at the moment?
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5975182
Perception roll
Trying to find gaurds drunk off duty or talking to loud about their daily rounds and writing it down to effectively plan out gaurd rotation/ cop rotation
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>>5975191
Give me another roll since you have advantage thanks to Jessica and Bobby.
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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5975195
Perception roll with advantage
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>>5975197
>You do see someone off duty.
>Seems to be an ape.
>He stumbles a bit.
>Probably drunk.
>He then lays down on the ground.
>Probably unconcious.
Approach him Ursus?
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>>5975199
Ursus goes over to lift the ape up to his feet giving him an “arm” to lean on as he takes him over to an empty table at the back
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>>5975201
There should be less noise to pound into his impaired ears, Ursus will offer some salted nuts and jerky to help the ape start talking
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>>5975202
>why are you drinking so much Ursus asks? typically when drinking I try to enjoy the flavor of beer rather than letting it enjoy me
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>>5975201
>>5975202
>>5975204
>You lead him to a table outside near the bar area.
>You do notice he feels a bit wet.
>You think it's either booze or urine.
>But as you get closer to the light you realize it's neither of those things.
>It's blood.
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5975206
MY GOD SIR Ursus immediately gets out his medical kit and attempts treatment, ursus calls out for the bar patrons
Ursus takes off his clothes to apply pressure to the wound
Rolling medical skill Ursus will need help from bobby
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Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5975210
Rolling with advantage assuming Bobby is there helping
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>>5975210
>>5975212
>Bobbitha immediately went there to help out immediately.
>Limwick (Adler) also went there to immediately use his healing magic to heal the injured ape.
>The ape then coughs a bit.
"Good God... where the hell am I?"
>The ape asks.
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>>5975216
Your at a bar at lupine
>Ursus whispers gently to keep their patient calm.
I need to apply pressure to that wound so hold still since you’re conscious you can inform me of where you where before all of this
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>>5975217
Oh wait Adler healed him nevermind I don’t need to apply pressure anymore instead I’ll say where he is and ask instead what he remembers
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>>5975217
>>5975218
"Outside the gate... I saw something. Looked like a bird. But it wasn't a bird. Some sort of... abomination. Almost looked like you but was covered in feathers. Real scary shit.... I was with three other guards... a wolf, and two deer... they were running besides me.... where are they?"
Roll perception.
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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5975220
Rolling perception
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>>5975224
>You do not see anyone else with him at all.
>Meaning they either diverged paths...
>or worse.
"Want me to investigate this?"
>Bobby asks Ursus.
"Could be a situation we do not want."
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>>5975227
You have the better chance of uncovering what’s going on but I think i know who’s behind this assault
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>>5975230
>Adler also seems to know the answer as well.
"Owlbears. But why would the Forest Guardians bring them here? Persephone and our... gotta stop saying our. I'm not a part of that anymore. Anyways Persephone their otter priest only bred them to make sure the seeds and forest were well guarded. They shouldn't even be out this far."
"Well Limwick, maybe Persephone and that otter has other ideas. Maybe she was using them as weapons instead. Still if they are able to pick off nearly 4 people just like that, they might be stronger than the ones they faced over at Plato. Either that or these guys are weak."
"Ursus what should we do?"
What do you do Ursus?
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>>5975231
Ursus I’ll talk to our guest you guys check out what’s going on at our gaurds post see if there is a reason for the attack and see what they have done, if you are spotted by the monsters immediately return to the bar Adler stick around I suspect if Persephone attacked this gaurd they will send people to take him out because he was a witness Persephone is probably pulling a power move or something of that nature.
So speaking of
>Ursus turns toward the ape, other than the bird bear thing what else did you see
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>>5975234
Ah I fucked up his name is statler just replace Adler with that name I was talking to someone irl while typing that
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>>5975235
Replace Adler with LIMWICK GAHH!
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>>5975234
>>5975235
"I.... I.... heard something.... it was yelling something. It sounded like it was making a war cry.... I don't knkw what it was but... but..."
>The guard just passes out.
>Not dead.
>Just passed out.
>Bobby goes at it alone to check out what happened, using stealth to try and get thr observation she needed.
>Meanwhile Adler was trying to help out the guard.
>Tuntun (Caramel) and Jessica soon show up.
"Oh my god!"
>Jessica said in disgust.
"What the hell happened to him? Did spiders do this to him?"
"No McGuire. These are definitely the work of claws not fangs. We need to get him to a healer immediately. McGuire stay with Ursus. Limwick and I will take care of this ape."
>Adler then looked over to Ursus.
"Mr Scythe can you put him on my back and tie him there so he doesn't fall?"
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>>5975243
Ursus complies and ties him so that while his srms and legs are kept together they can easily untie the boys if they needed so it’s not a prisoner thing but a patient restraint thing, remember a wolf and two deer keep an eye out for any gaurd that fits that description they could be like him injured or at least limping to some place or possibly fainted and in critical conditions I see our wolf freind nearby I think I should probably inform him of what’s going on with Tuntun and plan out how that effects our time table
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>>5975245
I think you mean McGuire (Jessica) since Tuntun (Caramel) is with Limwick (Adler).

>Ursus and Jessica then enter Red Roosters.
>You immediately see Maggie who is trying to listen in on coversations.
Go to Maggie or try to find Mog?
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>>5975257
Going towards Maggie and informing her via the written word to prevent people from picking up on us knowing Persephone is mobilizing
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Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5975270
>Maggie looks at the note.
>She reads it softly and quietly to herself at first.
>She then looks at Ursus worriedly.
>She then tries to make herself not look suspicious as she keeps things underwraps.
Rolling Deception, then I will write what she says.
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>>5975275
>She then looked over to Jessica.
"Sorry ma'am, first of all this isn't a restaurant. Second of all I'm not an employee here to seat you somewhere in this establishment. So if you want to eat Owl with your Bear husband Here, then I suggest you get out of here and look for a fancier restaurant."
>Maggie said, trying her best to sound tough against the two, while also hinting to Kamel and Gom the new information Ursus brought over.
>Jessica then gave out a stouty humph playing along with the bit.
"I told you dear husband that this was not the restaurant we were looking for. I knew it looked a little rough around this area. Come along dear, allow me to lead and see if we can find someplace better that is serving owl."
>Jessica says as she starts leaving the premises.
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>>5975281
Sythe looking disgruntled follows after, (internally screaming from the wife bit)
Eventually once out of earshot Ursus sighs relieved at the extraction and followed her to the destination she desired
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>>5975285
>Which was thankfully a few buildings away from the Red Rooster Bar.
"Sorry about that Scythe. Had to play in with part of the bit. Still thanks for playing along. To be honest though, I would have preferred the cat playing my husband, but you work for now. So what do you think we should do now? Wait for Bobbitha?"
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>>5975286
That would be preferable but I would recommend being ready for if some immediate reaction is required or we need to intervene in the owlbears before they do something disadvantage to our plan like harm or kill some of our contacts
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>>5975291
"Will do so."
>Jessica said as she readied her claws.
>Soon Bobby did end up returning.
"I got some bad news. The other guards nentioned.... dead. I already informed the local authorities about it. They seemed really pissed off about it. Didn't tell them what it was that killed them though. None of them are going to believe a fucking owlbear exists. So what's our next move. I see Mcquire there getting her claws ready."
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I'm here. Sorry for being late.

Slept super badly again, and I'm a little busy on top of that, so the usual caveats apply to my writing.

Catching up now.
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>>5975293
Then I suggest we hunt one of them down, this could go to help mog’s argument by giving physical evidence of persephone’s existence and danger
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>>5975299
Maybe we can attempt communicating if they are sentient sapient beings if they are like me, last time we didn’t really have a chance at communication
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>>5975299
>>5975301
"Hunt one!? Are you crazy?!"
>Bobby asks.
"You guys were barely able to kill owlbears last time. Not to mention you guys got lucky with that explosion."
"Explosion?"
"Not now McGuire. Not to mention what it did to the guards. Do you really think we can take that fucker out with just the three of us... well technically five... wait no four, we don't even know if Caramel can fight."
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>>5975303
We killed multiple of them besides the real problem was they canister of oil? That exploded behind us that shrapnel imbedding itself in my back was not fun I can tell you that besides I’m not necessarily saying will kill instead we find out where they are and maybe trap them or at least keep an eye on their position, any element or variable we don’t have eyes on means more problems down the line
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>>5975305
"I mean.... there's still the problem of them outnumbering us."
>Bobby brought up.
"Plus if one them spots us they are probably going to summon more of them towards us."
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>>5975316
Hmm then nevermind I don’t know how many bears she has changed to be those abominations, so maybe we shouldn’t let on the fact we know what they are. Let’s instead investigate what they took or what they damaged on their way
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Seeing his fellow conspirators leaving the bar, Gom made his farewells to Robin and Lobo for any listeners to hear. He deliberately bumped into Maggie on his way out, feigning overindulgence. The amber liquid calls, any who have sipped its nectar must heed the siren's song, as the patrons of this dive well knew.

Leaning on her with drunken graces, he whispered "I'm gonna see what was up with our other party, wait for Katto, or whatever his name is to finish up what he's doing. Looks important. When he's done, relay to him that if we're not at the next bar down the street, then we'll meet him at the bar with the VIPs. Take your time making your exit. I'm gonna push you now, on three. Ready? One, two, three."

With a drunken roar of "Watch it, W-wahbbit!" he shoved her, counting on her not insubstantial strength to keep her upright even through the guise of rabbit form. He limped - more than usual - his way out of the bar, looking around for his companions.
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>>5975303
OOC: Yeah, this >>5975305

Not sure if the barrel exploding (and somehow hitting me behind Ursus, nevermind exploding at all despite being just oil[?]) was meant as a DM attempt at saving us or was just a natural consequence of our actions, but we were handling the owlbears totally fine on our own. If anything the explosion was what screwed us, not the bears.

Still, I'm looking forward to round two with those fluffy guys. Hopefully with more than one enemy type this time, kinda boring to just pummel HP stacks all day. No tactics involved. Though I get that with only 3 players and no true spellcasters, the tactics we can do are kinda limited.
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>>5975318
"Is there like a safe space where we can look from afar? Like an observatory?"
>Jessica suggested.
"That would be the castle or the watchtowers. Maybe we can try and use those to look around?"
"Seems like a good plan."
>Jessica then looks around for a bit.
>She then spots a wolf guard.
"You two make sure no one looks."
>She then hides in the alley.
>>5975325
>Maggie nodded silently as Gom left.
"Well I was here first you drunken wolf!"
>Maggie screamed feigning anger.
>Gom soon saw the whole group near a closed alleyway.
>Bobbitha being the first to notice ya.
>She then noticed the wolf acting drunk so she decided to play along with the act.
"Woah there big guy. Told you that the bar was not a good place to go to at such an old age. How about we bring you back with good company?"
>She then led them back to the group.
"I'm guessing Ursus had someone tell you the situation?"
"That would be the cadet."
>Someone else said.
>Coming out of the alley was a black female wolf, looking to be in her adolescents at least.
"Got any armor in your pack I can borrow gramps?"
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Rolled 1 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5975332
Pretty sure this is Jessica, but just making sure.

Mog gauged the unfamiliar face with caution. He was pretty sure he knew who this was, but it never hurt to be careful. Even if the whole 'cadet' thing kinda gave it away. Still, you never knew who might be listening, maybe one of the pack had screwed up and overheard Jessica at some point. Counterintelligence agents abounds in the old city.

Better to go with the prearranged call and response "The wolf stalks at night, the crow caws..."

He waited for the pass phrase.

>Insight check to see if this is really Jessica.
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>>5975344
>>5975332
Not gonna Lucky that. I'm interested to see what happens. Maybe it really isn't Jessica and I give away that I'm someone doing sneaky shit. Maybe I just look like a fool by not doing a more subtle call and response that sounds like something someone would say naturally when being approached by a random stranger in an alley in the middle of night.
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>>5975344
It is Jessica... but I don't know how to exactly roll with that Insight fail.
"Gramps I really don't know what you are saying."
>Jessica said not even knowing how to respond.
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>>5975348
You could've gone with either of my suggestions, really. Jessica getting mugged and replaced in a narrow alley with two allies nearby without any rolls to contest or be heard would certainly be some DM bullshit, but having some hostile intel gal make a hasty play when three, then four shady folks walk into the alley they were pissing in could work. Or just have her say I should've been more subtle after giving her pass phrase, rather than what happened, which is kinda leaving me hanging, given that I did just say it was prearranged (presumably "offscreen"). Now she kinda looks dumb, wasn't she a recon gal or a spook or something? She was military, a lieutenant no less, she should know this call and response password shit. Anyways, I'll go with it being a miscommunication IC, perhaps Mog made the passphrase with the party before Jessica joined and forgot to inform her.

Mog facepawed. Sheepishly, he said "We forgot to tell you the challenges and passwords, didn't we? My bad, uh-," he looked to the other two for confirmation,"-this is McGuire, right?"
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>>5975344
>>5975348
Honestly now that I think about this could be good situation that comes with a Nat 1. Still it could use a bit more work than just that.

>If anything she must be a very young rookie.
>Younger than what soldiers usually are over in Canis Lupin.
>Honestly while the diguise is good, she could barely work with it if she barely knew the knowledge.
"I mean we can still go with McGuire if that sounds wolfish enough for you. Either way I'm not used to Wolf culture just yet. Just decided to go with this form after studying a wolf walking. Still though I thought it would be enough to fool the guards. Apparently I am wrong."
>Bobby couldn't help but facepaw either.
"Honestly a good attempt to try and get to the watchtower. Poor poor execution. Should have let the actual wolf lead that mission if anything. But yes that is still our McGuire."
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>>5975344
*should say "maybe one of the pack had screwed up and someone overheard Jessica at some point." Missed word, changes the context from someone outside the party overhearing Jessica to Mog being worried about someone from our group of friends overhearing Jessica for some dumb reason. My bad.

>>5975365
Anyways, sorry for slowing us down with the pointless minutiae, but we ARE in an intrigue portion of the campaign now, so it makes sense.

Having confirmed the identity of the mysterious adolescent, Mog started to doff his ill-fitting breastplate. He could just wear the breastplate portion from his own set of full plate armour, it was better fitted to him anyways. When he was done he dug through his sidepack for spare materials from the disguise kits. He fished out one of the spare sets of the same disguise that he was keeping in case he got in a fight and ruined his uniform with blood and handed it to Jessica.

"Here you go. Try to avoid talking with any of the guards in the watchtowers or along the walls. You sneak well, but your lies and wits need work."

Strange as it was, Mog was enjoying himself with this cloak and dagger bullshit. He could see why Kinny and Bobby chose this line of work, dishonest as it was. Even if the nature of it all irked his pure heart. Being twisted in two directions, sin and impractical, honesty really sucked. Guess being decent at lying came with the nature of being a leader, paladin or not. Too bad he couldn't sneak worth a damn with his bum leg and heavy armour.

"If someone is too nosy and talks to you, just say you felt a calling and had to get higher to be closer to the Moon, they'll understand."
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>>5975374
*Should say "sin and impractical honesty, really sucked." comma in the wrong place.
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>>5975374
>>5975377
"Alright. Sorry again for the poor display Gramps."
>Jessica apologized.
"I'll stay with Ursus in case things go south."
>Bobby adds in.
>She then leans towards Mog.
"So you going back to the bar?"
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Sorry, I need to set up a new alarm it seems..
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>>5975318
>>5975392
"Maybe, but not yet. You guys still haven't informed me of what's going on. I saw 'Scythe' come into the bar and tell the young kit something all sneaky-like, thought I'd see what you guys found out given that I was done making my exit seem natural, that's all." Mog explained.

Maybe they needed his help, maybe not. They could mix up the teams and have Ursus or Jessica join Kinny and Maggie if the needs of the situation demanded it. The wolf doubted Ursus would want to abandon a thread that he had discovered on his own to be handled by someone else though. So maybe just Jessica would switch, he didn't know, he was still waiting to be told what was even going on.
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>>5975393
I know that feeling. You didn't miss much. I was late, Ursus discovered something outside though. tl;dr is forest cultist murked 4 guards, I went outside to talk to Ursus, told Maggie to tell you when you're done. You should probably finish talking to the wolf though, he could be an ally. Maybe say you know me, or bribe him to act on our orders during the next 4 days. Up to you though.
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>>5975396
Ursus explains with paper as he did with Maggie in order to both expedite explaining and minimize the possible discovery of who they are
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>>5975396
>>5975399
>Jessica and Bobby then explained the situation to the wolf.
>Jessica then quietly explained her plan of using the watchtowers to try and find the owlbears or at the very least estimate where they are coming from.
"Thought it would work. Though if anyone were to catch me acting suspicious best I can do is run find a secluded area then transform. Which is going to paint a huge target on me. Especially if the Lizards' saw me."
>Jessica said.
"Honestly if I go to the tower, I might have to go with the wolf expert. As mentioned, have him be my gramps. And if anyone asked me questions."
>She then showed off a scar on her neck that came with her transformation.
"Could always say I am mute."
>>5975393
>>5975397
No need to rush friends. If you need to rest up then resting takes priority instead of being here. Especially if you sick, injured, or going through something at the moment.
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>>5975399
>>5975392
"So what's the plan? Just wait for Mcguire to get back? If so, I'm gonna head on down to the next bar down the street," Mog pointed to the hole in the wall he was talking about, "that one right there. Told the young kit to tell Katto I'd meet them at the next bar down the lane or the VIP bar if my venture outside with you guys took us far and away and ate up too many moonlit hours. So that's what I'm gonna do, it'd be suspicious to walk back into the same bar after saying farewell to my newfound friends like I just did. Ciao bellas."

When he was done whispering, Mog moseyed his way on down to the next bar.

They needed more information. How was he being exiled, was it literally just the influence of Father Gawain? How deep did the infiltration go by the various Factions? Specifics were needed, numbers of the bribed and subverted, the posts lost to the enemy, indications of the foreigner's plans. That meant more talking, more bribing, more sneaky bullshit.

He whistled a tune as he walked. Tonight would be a long night, he could tell.
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>>5975401
I agree with the wolf this is is a good plan to use watch towers, observation stations and the like to find these predators
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>>5975408
I’ve got to keep the story of of the group so
I’m thinking keep them in the area for more rumors and the like
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>>5975401
I'll be good for another hour, then I'll probably have to stop and lie down. Been going on only an hour and half sleep, both today and last Tuesday. Thankfully I managed to catch some Zs on Wednesday, otherwise I'd be a zombie.
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Rolled 10 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5975401
>>5975409
>>5975410
>Ursus group then heads near the watch tower.
>Jessica then tries to go up the towers.
Rolling a stealth check.

>>5975408
>Mog finds himself in another bar.
>It's a bit cleaner than the last one.
>Had more food to offer.
>No whiskey though.
>Damn shame.
>Still a comforting looking place.
Mog roll perception.
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Rolled 3 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5975416
Rolling guards perception.
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>>5975401
>>5975408
>>5975399
Didn't refresh, only caught Ursus's post, lets just assume you guys explained to me after I said 'what is the plan, wait for Jessica to get back, etc'. We can say as I started walking away, you guys caught up and we walked and talked.

Mog stopped as the group explained the situation to him after their little walk and talk. He sighed.

"Okay, we'll switch up the teams. McGuire, you'll have to lead any quiet stuff if it comes to that, I'll do the lying. One of you guys should join the kits in the bar, the other should stay here to see where the others head when they leave said bar, that way you have someone to tell us where they went when we return. Got it? Okay, good, lets go."
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Rolled 4 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5975416
Didn't refresh again, fuck.

>Roll
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>>5975130
"Hm. Sounds like a solid fellow, that Mog." The masked cat grumbled. "Whispers, you say? And how is a man who can't talk loud controlling anyone?" Kinny egged the wolf on. Sure, he could probably just ask directly, but it was better to act dumb under this mask.
The curious cat merc listened to what the long-tongued wolf had to say, nodding along like the Mog he has never met often did. When the bone-biter finished, he picked up the talking again, though in a hushed voice. "That's... concerning. Concerning to my interests. Say, if you keep your eyes peeled and help me in the next few days, I'll pay for your bones and see what I can do about Mog." The cat summoned a few gold coins from within his robe out of nowhere. "So? What will it be?"
>>5975397
I've actually read up and understood about 70% of what happened, so not bad. Was going to finishe the wolf, yeah.
>>5975401
I just got distracted. Remembered earlier, but then started doing something and forgot.
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Rolled 19 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5975420
Rerolling with Lucky

>>5975419
>>5975416
The old wolf turned around to join Jessica, only to see she had already vanished. Must be impatient with all the talking and not enough doing. He empathized. Taking after her example, he shrugged, said "Well, so much for that, I'm defaulting back to the old plan, later guys."

Then entered the next bar, the tune still on his lips.
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>>5975416
>>5975418
>Wolf Jessica was able to sneak past the guards.
>Staying close to the shadows and then climbing up the stairs.
>She then goes up to entrance to the top of the tower.
>She leans by the door.
>She noticed the voices on the other side.
>>5975420
>>5975424
Sorry for seeming impatient. Just assumed you wanted to go to another bar.
>You soon hear someone approaching you Gom.
>He seems a bit younger than you.
>But still old.
>He then sits next to you.
"one thing of ale."
>He whispers.
>The bartender of course seems to hear him intently.
>He soon starts giving him the much wanted ale.
>The wolf in robes next to Gom.
>He then looks over to you.
"hello there."
>He greets you.
"you seem loss. is there anything you are looking for?"
>>5975422
"Must be like a spell or something. I heard someone say he has a spell that commands people to do whatever he wants. That's how I lost my job. Wait? You help Mog? I'll do anything to help Mog. I'll help. My name is Fuol. I want to help Mog."
>Seems like this wolf will help you out.
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>>5975430
>Kamel nods at the wolf as he leaves the coin on the floor
"I'll be seeing you then, Fuol."
>The cat walks away and looks around to find Mog or Ursus
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>>5975433
>Maggie follows the cat.
"Looks like you found something. Meanwhile I found nothing. At least I got information from Ursus. We should probably meet up with him. Mog also told me he would be in the next bar or so if you want to meet him."
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>>5975438
Can I see if anybody is following/eavesdropping before we go?
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>>5975451
Roll me perception
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Rolled 12 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5975452
>ogling
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Rolled 5, 4 = 9 (2d20)

>>5975430
No worries, just a classic issue of me not refreshing.

"I am indeed lost. Was it that obvious?" Mog replied, outwardly easygoing. Internally the alarm bells were going off. He remembered his discussions with the cranky rabbit back at the tribal meeting, and Poco's talk of a whispering priest. The way this creature's voice carried despite the low volume and the intense hub-hub of the bar could only mean he was a warlock.

Every fibre of Mog's being screamed at him to draw his holy sword and smite this wretched creature's soul from its body, to be freed from its worldly wrongs! He resisted! Though it took every ounce of his willpower to prevent his lip from curling in disgust.

He examined the creature in detail. Taking in the colour of his fur. Was he brown? Hard to tell in the candlelight with his ailing vision. Was he scarred, like the other wolf mentioned as companion of the freak? Did he have any of Simon's body language? All things he tried to observe in an instant, so as not to be suspicious.

Deciding to dangle some bait in front of the suspect, he said "Well, I'm wondering what's going on in town. Things aren't the way they used to be even a few weeks ago. Foreign folk in town. New priest, new gate guard, not a lot of friendly faces. As you can probably tell, I'm with the City Watch, but my superior Honora sent me down west, after some brigand wolves robbing folk of Old One artifacts and waving our flag about willy-nilly-like. No good that. Anyways, wish I could say more, but I can't disclose my sources or leads. So, yeah, I'm back in town, looking to understand what went wrong with my town in the blink of an eye."

>Insight Check to try and determine if this guy is the same wolf that was previously mentioned by Poco and cranky rabbit. Or if he is Simon in disguise or if he is even a warlock. +3
>Regardless of if I succeed or not, I wanna bait this into thinking that I have leads on the whispering guy's pack that could endanger his group. Make it seem like I'm the sort of honest cop who needs to be bribed or threatened very heavily, or subverted or mind controlled. The idea is to try and bait out more hints from him of what this guy thinks the other factions are up to, or give up hints that would confirm to me that he is the guy that I think he is. Eventually I want to lead him on in a way that makes him want me take me to a private room, so he can bribe/threaten/murder/magick me, except when we're in private I'm gonna mug him instead. +8 since this is probably Persuasion
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Rolled 15 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5975454
Nooooooo! The bad rolls!
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>>5975456
>>5975430
Twas me using Lucky for the 2nd roll, to be clear.
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>>5975457
To be fair, even I understood what that roll was for.
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>>5975469
Fair enough.
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Sorry was cooking supper.

>>5975453
>Kinny sees nothing.
>Just regular wolves.
>Still best to be wary.
>Although you do see a black wolf now at the top of one of the watch towers.
What do you do now Kamel?
>>5975454
>>5975456
"oh. so you are a local?"
>He asked.
>You can tell from you see that he is in fact a wolf.
>He looks... calm.
>Calm like the ash gray fur under the snow white robes.
>Almost inviting.
>But you can tell something is off.
"times have changed child. war is coming and it is all mostly the rabbits fault. the rabbits are ignorant. they all worship a false deity that relm has worshipped. have you heard of the old ones? the creatures that lived before have walked on this earth. the old ones are worshipped by the rabbits. the rabbits believe the old ones as gods when in reality they are just flawed mortals. yet they still worship them. now our moon goddess is angry with us and are now twisting the hearts of our leaders to cause war. this would never happen if those heretics never existed. and yet.... they are needed. as a prophecy once spoke, there will be a rabbit who will be an oracle that will have all the answers and speak for both goddesses. still.... if we could... we would exterminate them all for their heretic ways. you seem to be a leader of sorts. tell me what do you think of all this war? the apes, lizards, pigs.... and even the wolves... all fools for participating. but it the goddesses will."
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Rolled 9 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5975479
>>5975438
Kamel glanced around the bar, but bound no suspicious activity there. "Sounds good, ye." As they got to the exit, the masked cat peeked outside warily. "There are wolves on towers, we should keep our heads low. Just in case" He told Maggie in a hushed voice as he slid outside through the barely cracked door. As the two were walking towards the bar the girl had mentioned, Kinny decided to share the new information. "I've learned something about the queen and the priest. Real nasty stuff's going on here. He uses magic to control animals. To control the queen."
>Rolling Stealth
That wolf said "people". Sus.
Also this is mood: https://youtu.be/8Ty7qiAlI2I
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>>5975493
>You are not spotted.
"Wait. How does someone control someone else with magic? Is it like hypnosis or something like that? Even then that sounds really suspicious."

>Up above on the watchtower Jessica watches and looks around.
>She continues to scout out the area.
>She ends up spotting something.
"The hell?"
>She whispers to herself.

>As Maggie and Kamel continue to head to the bar.
>As Ursus and his group continue to look around.
>Even Mog and this whispering wolf can hear a muffled version of it.
>There was some sort of howl being heard.
suuuuuuuuuupaaaamaaaaaan!!!!
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>>5975479
>>5975454
Getting tired. Will still be around, but will probably be longer between posts. Gonna lay down, do other stuff. If you guys keep going, then I'll post sporadically until everyone feels like calling it a session for the day. Just focus on Kinny, Ursus and Jessica's little side mission instead of me for now.

Obviously I don't expect my one roll to do all that is described in the greentext all at once. Just laying out where I eventually want to steer the conversation and end up. I understand we still have to RP the back and forth. Though I imagine that I succeed in getting him to open up a bit/answer my least incriminating questions and hint at deeper inklings into what the factions intend, and/or to begin to follow my bait, even if he doesn't see it all the way through without another roll and some RP, at the very least. So far the info I've gathered from rumours isn't particularly mind-blowing. Like, big whoop, I heard a rumour that Persephone is gonna show up at the summit, even though that was kinda self-evident. Hopefully now that I've met someone noteworthy, I can wring some juices from this guy's brain.

"Pah, you speak the truth and heresy in equal measure, Father." Mog began, falling naturally into customary role of unruly acolyte challenging his better. Recognizing him instinctively as a priest, outwardly, within Mog knew him to be perturbed. Deepening the ruse, trailing a often tread path in wolf society. Luring the agent of the deep dark into the hypnotizing ritual of back and forth conversation, such harsh words as those he was about to say were not uncommon, to be met with patience despite their severity. Such was life as a lupine.

"Only fools are led astray by false prophets, like the rabbits and their idols," Mog nodded, acknowledging their mutual understanding of the mortality of the old ones, then his face turned grim, "but also much like your inane belief that a RABBIT could speak for the Goddesses in our stead. For are we, the WOLVES not the favoured servants of the Goddess?! You speak of the foolishness of war, ignoring the necessity of our response to unjust aggression, then dare speak of extermination. Idol worshippers don't deserve the blade, their lot in life and fate after death is bad enough.

Time for the inquisitors gambit.

He broke out into song. A praise to victory, warding words against the imaginative mind, and ways it could lead one. '78. the wandering eye in the paradise of possibility'. Always on the tip of the tongue of the inquisitors of old, back before Vitilia's time, before her contemplation of the holy messengers, then actual physical meeting with the highest flying birds. When one only had the Moon Runes, scrawled on Pale Stone with a divine hand.

Encouraging the jolly patrons of this establishment to join in, disguising the spell within his words and gesticulations.

>Deception/Performance check to disguise Detect Magic. +6 for either
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>>5975503
"How does anyone control anything with magic?" Kinny responded with a question and the Mage Law suddenly appeared in front of Maggie to pat her on the head and lightly tug on one of her ears. "Whatever it is, it's capable of changing the world around us, so I'm not surprised by mind control at all. Hell, I once tugged on a string of fate, I think..." The cat continued talking, until the weird howl forced him him pause and look around. "Did you hear that too??"
I LOVE having to WAIT A WHOLE MINUTE before EACH post!!!11
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Rolled 9 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5975523
>>5975479
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>>5975524
"I definitely heard that. What the hell was that?!"
>Maggie asked.
"That's simple."
>Said an unfortunately recognizable voice.
>You turn around to see who it is.
"That my friend is none other than Bigfoot!"
>It seems Dib has returned.

>>5975523
>>5975528
>You are able to make everyone burst into song.
>Joining in on the hymn and singing the religious song of your people.
>As the roars of the crowd go on and on, the old wolf uses detect magic.
>As you do so you are able see some magic here and there around the place....
>But not even a single inkling on the preist himself
>Strange.
>You had a feeling he had something.
>At the very least interacted with magic.
"very wise words indeed child. but there are some things you do not know. maybe someday you will. but not now. in the meantime I must take my leave. i have had my fill of ale."
>He then tries to leave.
Stop him?
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>>5975523
Hey, it's all good. Thanks for being here. Feel free to take rest/greentext like us, lazy, mortal fucks.
>>5975545
Who is Dib again?
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>>5975553
The paranormal expert rabbit over at the party who you convinced there was a river monster in the lake.
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>>5975545
Under the mask and a layer of fur, Kinny's face turned white. He's already crossed out Divs from the world of the living, he never expected to see the crazy rabbit again. Feeling the mask on his face, however, the cat remembered he was in disguise, he could...
"Are you shuure about that, rittle wabbit?" Kamel spoke in gravelly voice. "Are you shhure I'm your friend?" Luna knew they didn't need a brain-damaged, loud-mouthed conspiracy enthusiast tagging along while unearthing a great conspiracy in a town where animal was a wolf to another animal.
>Attempt to keep the lake-diving freakshow on 4 wheels away from us
Will Deception be enough or does it have to be Intimidation to fend Dibshit off?
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>>5975563
*little wabbit
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>>5975545
Dib. le sigh. I can't believe he's still alive. Conspiracy rabbit is back. Why are we here, just to suffer?

Impossible! A priest should gleam with the radiance of the Moon! It must be Nystul's Magic Aura! Still, there was a chance. Perhaps he was sloppy in his casting of which magics he hid from. If the spell was cast just beforehand or in the moment, and not for a turn of the Moon, then there was still a chance Mog could identify him for the fiend he was. Silk was expensive after all, its consumption for regular spell usage would give the paladin a measure of the creature's wealth. He had confirmed that would-be sage was no priest like he implied at least, there was no divine spark within him.

In desperation he reached out for the whisperer's shoulder, his Divine Senses extending.

"Wait! Tell me Father, where do you speak from? Which temple, so that I may find you? Despite my words, I do wish to learn," a cocky smirk to sell the image, "if nothing else I enjoy debate."

Thinking fast, it was all he could come up with. A place to attach a face to. One piece in the puzzle, if he was not lied to or this identity of the whisperer abandoned.

>I use Divine Sense on the Whisperer.
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>>5975563
Yes it will be enough.

"Well I never said I was your friend you moran."
>Dib said with his schizophrenic superior tone.
"I'll have you know that I am a Paranormal Expert. I have even joined a cult recently to help prove to everyone they have a living god among them. And before you say it, no I am not stupid, and yes I know that I am correct and have even spoken to her. So mmm!"
>He says as he sticks his tongue out at you.
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>>5975563
I have an idea we get him to investigate the are for odd phenomena and possibly divert all attention away from us (he will be tailed by someone incase he needs to be rescued) and would make good bait
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Also, sorry, didn't mean to imply that Kinny or Ursus's findings were 'side missions', the sentence is awkward, but I meant to imply only Jessica's thing as a side mission, since she's an NPC. If anything, your guy's findings have been better than mine so far.

>>5975553
Thanks, you too buddy.

>>5975563
Please succeed, Goddess, please! Dib may arguably be funny. But this is not the DAMN TIME! Even if Dib is right by some miracle, we can't trust him or his process of how he arrives at his answers, tainting any conclusions he comes to. Useless for determining facts. Plus, he's noisy, and we are in the intrigue-iest, most cloak and dagger-iest portion of the campaign so far, he can only hamper us. Any random shit he says is like playing slots, except every time you use the machine, it sets off a fire engine siren!
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>>5975569
"i do not come from a temple. the moon goddess visited me in a dream once and showed me a book of proficiencies ever since then... i have followed everything i have read in that dream. i can show you everything i have written down from that book if you wish to read it. but only if you wish to read it."
>As you use your divine sense on him....
>You smell something off.
>You can tell there is a foul stench of evil in him.
>But you can also feel.... something good in him as well.
>You have no idea what the fuck this wolf even is but he still gives off the wrong vibes.
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>>5975575
OOC: Good idea actually, unironically. Thankfully I'm not the one that has to make the effort to put him to use, nor shall I have accept such a responsibility.

Going afk to eat. Will be around.
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>>5975580
"Yes, but where do I find you? What's your name?" Mog asked insistently through his shock at the revelation of his nature.
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>>5975563
>Rolling Deception to, uh... convince this exquisitely retarded flesh-and-fur automaton that insulting a masked cat in a dark alley at a dark night in a restless city that's recently seeing and increase in suspicious activity and murders is a Bad Idea.
>>5975575
Feel free to kidnap him for your purposes, but Kinny won't be spending time around this creature, whose nervous system resembles (and functions similarly to) a pig's reproductive equipment.
>>5975583
Enjoj food. Enkek, even.
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>>5975587
"my temple is in the palace. you may call me gawain."
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Rolled 2 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5975563
>>5975574
>>5975591
I was deceived.
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>>5975594
Want to use your lucky?
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Rolled 19 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5975594
OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS LUCKY DICE I HAVE
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>>5975597
".... Right I'll just leave now."
>He then turned over to Maggie and tipped his spectacles.
"Mi'lady."
>And then left.
>Maggie... then felt disgusted.
"Kinny... can I have permission to practice stabbing on him."
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>>5975602
That boy ain’t right
>Ursus deals with a bumpkin accent to really sell the disapproving disappointed father figure vibe
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>>5975602
Didn't come out great 'cause I'm lazy.
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>>5975602
"No need, he will get himself killed soon enough." Kinny put the paw on Maggie's shoulder afraid she would actually enact her threats on the poor cretin. He then breathed out with relief. "That was close, that rabbit has severe lacks in self-preservation department. Makes you wonder what is the lowest bar for survival in the wild."
For the record: I don't despise Dib nearly as much as it sounds like. I think he's a neato kickboxing target/joke character on meta level. And for same reasons, he would be INSUFFERABLE if allowed to stay around in-character and treated seriously.
>>5975575
Sorry Ursus.
>>5975579
Luck: Used
Dib: Terrorized
Night: Saved
You owe me 5 Lunabux
>>5975607
"Show me real Dibs." "No, the REAL Dibs." "Perfection."
>>5975605
kek
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>>5975609
No problem man I brought it up as an option not an immediate choice man
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>>5975607
So something like this?
and this will be my last post of the night. Hope you guys enjoyed tonight's session.
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Damn, it's 3:30AM. Soon the gargantuan ball of fire will start climbing over the horizon. Goodnight.
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>>5975609
My internet died, but I'm back.

My heart: Saved
My fist: Bumped
My wallet: Five platinum lighter

>>5975616
Nice. Saved.

Good night. While running into Gawain felt a little too convenient to be natural, I really enjoyed this session. How I discovered Gawain's nature did feel pretty organic, even if meeting him didn't. As did the possible natural use of a spell from the manual to counter my Detect Magic. Very cool. Jessica Ninjaing and the stuff Kinny and Ursus uncovered really add to the threat and atmosphere of the city.

>>5975618
>>5975629
Egg~cellent, muahaha!
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>>5975651
Have a good night, and sleep well.

>>5975629
G'night to you as well Ursus. Take care.
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>>5975660
Good night
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>>5975656
That was a fist alright. Fist for the rabbit.
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>>5976223
Should be here in about 14 hours.
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>>5978714
Have a sisters birthday party and it’s going to. Be tabletop rpg party so I might miss things
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>>5978714
>>5978874
I'll be there in 6 hours. Will be busy from around lunch time onward, so I may not be available much in the evening.
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>>5978938
Found Mog boss music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMFSvkbODQ
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>>5979006
Nice. Harsh sound. Seems like the sort of thing you'd play while Mog is blendering some folks.
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>>5979035
>Mog when he confuses the voice of rogue AI inside the "prototype armor the old ones designed for animals" he got from Poco with the voice of Luna
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>>5978874
Understandable. Hope you have fun there.
>>5978938
Understandable.
>>5979006
>>5979035
Nice beat.
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>>5975609
>After rightfully scaring an annoying ass wabbit away you then go to the next bar.
>Might take a while to find.
>Hell might take longer to find Mog within these crowds of wolves and other canines.
Look for Mog or go to another bar with Maggie?
>>5975605
>As Ursus observed the scene, Jessica then came towards him, sneaking right behind him and some prying eyes.
"Hey Scythe, I found a good shop with seeds. I think I need to show them to you. Would you mind following me for a second or two?"
Follow Jessica Ursus?
>>5975587
>>5975592
>Mog was now left by himself with some fresh ale to drink.
>The bar he was in now felt quiet.
>Too quiet.
>Maybe it was his old deaf ears now but something felt off.
Stay here or leave?
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Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5979054
>Rolling Perception to find Mog (you roll for Maggie if she decides to help), if we fail to find him, we change establishment to something less crowded.
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Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5979058
Will roll to assist.
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>>5979060
Wasn't 21 enough?
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>>5979060
>>5979058
>Maggie is unable to find anyone resembling Mog.
>Even with her improved sense of hearing as a rabbit she can't find Mog anywhere.
>As for Kinny....
>He's able to find the bar instantly.
>It's small but still a good bar.
>Soon you both enter and find the old wolf looking down at his drink of ale.
Approach Mog?
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Rolled 17, 2 = 19 (2d20)

>>5979040
Diamond-plated power armour when? Raid a few more vaults and Poco's legendary diamond armour may just one day be ours.

>>5979054
A quiet involuntary whine issued forth from Mog. It wasn't the encounter with Gawain, at least he didn't think so. He sensed something off. It was too quiet. Moments ago he'd galvanized the crowd into boisterous song, now there was silence.

He had intended to look for important politicians to bribe or notables to hire, but he was suddenly anxious to leave.

Not one to cower and flee based on bad vibes, Mog looked around, his magical sight still active. Instinct was one thing, fear without confrontation, without reflection, was another. Wisdom too, he observed the crowd for anyone that stood out or faces he recognized, then he scanned the ceiling and depths of the floor, before turning to look out the window. He did this twice, the second time taking more time to observe the faces and body language of individual standouts, trying to gauge any recognition or concealed hostility towards him.

Hackles raised to show dominance, he shadowed his face as he drank deep of his ale, peering over the edge of the cup as he took in crowd. Now he settled in to take stock of the situation, ears perked, he watched and listened.

>Perception check to find out what seems off. Just like my IC text says, I look all over, scan the crowd, up and down and outside. I watch and listen. +1
>Insight check for a second scan of the faces I see, I gauge recognition or hostile intent, try and get a feel for the crowd. +3
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>>5979058
Looks like we found the lost sheep. And a big bad Mog, too.
>>5979062
>>5979063
Kinny notices Mog, but sees something's up in the wolf's behavior and decides to stick to the thinning crowd ready to jump into action if something happens. The cat goes throught the gloomy-mercenary bar-goer motions as if nothing was out of ordinary and then orders a pomegranate at the bar and rolls it to the paladin's feet to signal he's around.
Do I doll sleight of hand or something now?
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>>5979054
Ursus picks up on the hint and follows
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>>5979067
You may
>>5979063
>You see the bar is full.
>Just as lively as ever.
>Must of been a drunk moment when everyone wanted to sing.
>Still best not to dwell on it.
>What was something to dwell on was whether anyone here was a freind or foe.
>And maybe it was because you were too focused on Gawain, but you can't exactly get the vibe of this place at all.
>Hell you can't even remember if the ale you got earlier was poisoned or not.
>It's all a blur.
>Damn that Gawain and his suspicious aura.
>But thankfully....
>>5979067
>You see a familiar cat and bunny you can rely on.
>>5979069
>Jessica then leads Ursus to an alleyway.
>A bit tight for the bear but he can still walk his way through.
>Jessica then took her ring off for a bit.
"Switching back to my cat form."
>She says.
"But question.... aside from the cadet were there any other humans you met before me?"
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>>5979071
Other than the frozen king which is just a wooden statue of a human with an axe I have never met a human before Maggie
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>>5979073
".... then you wouldn't know of a strange man beating the hell out of those owlbears with his bare hands shouting "Superman" would you?"
>Jessica asks as she finally put her ring back on to turn back into a cat.
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>>5979071
Surely I succeeded on my perception check? Shouldn't that mean I identify what and is off and where I get that feeling from? With the failed insight check meaning I fail to determine why I feel the way I do about said source? I wasn't rolling just to spot Kinny.

>>5979067
Seems the pomegranate gets my attention since QM says I see you, guessing the roll is to determine whether you are subtle or not.

A pomegranate rolled inconspicuously into paw's reach. Stopping the rolling fruit, Mog took a nostalgic bite, cringing at the taste and the indigestion to follow. A bittersweet memory to be sure, funny and disgusting in equal measure.

He followed the direction whence it came and spotted his silent shadow.

Nodding subtly, he tried to meet Kinny's eyes, before darting his own around the room to indicate to the cat that something was off and that he'd appreciate his help determining the source of his unease.
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>>5979075
Ok that is interesting, do we know where that person is? He could be about to get himself killed by a dragon if he’s not carefull
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Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5979071
>>5979077
>guessing the roll is to determine whether you are subtle or not
idk, i feel like my action was deleted since i said i stick to the crowd and generally stay out of it, purposely
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>>5979077
Sorry about that. Thought it was about the crowd being quiet again

>>5979077
>>5979080
>Kinny was able to sneakingly able to get in without being noticed.
"Something off Gom? You look a bit nervous."
>Maggie asks concerned for her wolf friend.
>>5979079
"It does raise some questions for me too."
>Jessica continues the conversation.
"Such as how does the priest not know this guy is out there in the forest."
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>>5979086
Ursus shrugs, well regardless let’s go meet the man and see if we can stop him from killing him self and alerting every being or dragon that humans still exist here
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>>5979086
Ah, well, now that that is cleared up, can I get a description of what seems is causing things to seem off to me? Assuming I succeeded?

So caught up in trying to determine what was off with the atmosphere Mog was caught off guard when a rabbit sidled up beside him to talk. Doing a double take, Mog struggled to avoid yelping and drawing attention to himself. When he'd calmed down, he motioned for her to sit down and finish off the pomegranate he'd started.

"Glad to see you again Meeps, hope I didn't shove you too hard on the way out. Here, have a pomegranate, ignore the bite, it won't hurt. Quiet now, somethings off with this crowd, or something, I dunno. Keep an eye out, will ya? If you can, relay to the Kamelmeister to do the same, quiet-like. Just when ya get the chance. In the meanwhile I have a story to tell you, I happened to have a chance run in with a fellow named Gawain..." Mog started, filling her in on his unsettling encounter with the would-be priest, so that she could avoid being taken unawares should she meet the wolf.

When he was done, he asked her to relay what he'd told her to Kamel when she got around to telling the cat the other message.
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Rolled 15 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5979091
>As you look through the crowd again you seem to notice that most of them have ordered seafood.
>Not a strange choice of meal.
>But it was a good chunk of the crowd.
>Rarely do you see any other kind of meat or any other kind of food on any plate of the crowd.
>Just fish.
>Odd choice for everyone to have.
>Normally anyone would assume it's a special.
>But not Mog.
>Something was up he just didn't know what.
>As Maggie was then handed the pomegranate, she then hesitantly took a bite.
>Hearing all the things that Mog gained information about.
>Meeps (Maggie) then gave Gom all the information she knew to the wolf quietly as well.
"Kamel should be here. But I'll be sure to hand him this information as well."
>>5979088
"Then I guess we are sneaking outside."
>You both go near the gate.
Jessica will be rolling stealth for herself and the bear.
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>>5979093
>Jessica and Ursus then go outside.
>Sneaking out as the Chihuahua guard was busy flirting with some hot bitches, or female sport dogs if you want to be less offensive.
>As you both get outside you then look around.
Roll a perception check Ursus.
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>>5979093
>>5979080
The alarm bells were ringing in his head again. Unsure of what to make of this strange coincidence, Mog wracked his head for what it could mean. Maybe it was a special? No, that didn't seem right, with the old one infrastructure breaking down, it was hard to get fresh seafood from the coast even this far inland, the river provided some, but the popularity varied. Mostly it was eaten in the communities that caught them in the first place.

Perhaps they were all spies and this was some sort of signal to each other? No, that didn't make sense, it was just too convoluted. The diverse identities of a spy prevented that being viable in case some agents were only capable of eating vegetables.

Maybe there were just a lot of cats in the bar? He looked around. Then, it clicked. Fish? Who had been stockpiling mostly fish and fruits in their food supply? The Forest Cultists, of course!

"Meeps, get Kamel, quickly and quietly now. We're surrounded by forest cultists, I think. I don't think they've caught on to us yet, but don't let your guard down. Go, quickly, if I'm wrong, then no worries. If I'm right, I may have just saved us some trouble." Mog ordered.

He took a closer look at the animals in the bar, keeping a sharp eye out for any faces he recognized or anyone that matched the description of the Forest Guardian's leaders.

>Looking for identifiers for the Forest Guardians. Any of their leaders too. Am I on the money, or am I just chasing my own tail?
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>>5979104
You may try another perception or insight check if you want.
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Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5979097
Rolling perception
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Rolled 16 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5979106
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>>5979107
>Ursus looks around...
>And quickly sees the corpse of an owlbear.
>It's death looks really violent.
Roll a medicine check to see how bad it is?
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Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5979110
Rolling medicine check
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>>5979111
That’s a minus 2 which is not surprising this thing has biology I’m not familiar with enough even if I have faced these creatures before
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>>5979109
>You see a few Forest Guardians around.
>Mostly raccoon if anything.
>Of course it is those retarded fucks.
>But you also see someone that looks more... distinguished.
>Only wearing a belt and an axe, eating nothing but fish, and his eyes looking a bit glazed.
>You soon spot a bear.
>He looks.... catatonic.
>Just seems to be eating fish.
>His plate having the most fish you have ever seen.
Approach him?
>>5979111
>>5979112
>You can just tell it's dead.
>Whatever killed it, beat it so hard, some of the bones are poking through its body.
"Well you said you wanted proof of Owlbears being out here. Should we bring this one back?"
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>>5979114
Well is it even identifiable as an owl bear? Hmm well it has feathers so that will do we should definitely bring it back and put it something or do something to preserve it, now onto finding this… super man? Wasn’t there a paper stand if the guy? Iether way we gotta at least find out if he’s amicable to dialogue. Ursus asks lt were humans this strong? It looks like they kaved in the creatures skull with their bare hands
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>>5979114
>>5979080
"Shit."

Mog could scarcely believe he was right. Seriously, what the fuck were the chances of meeting Gawain and Kuma in the same bar within a few minutes of each other? Coincidence? He thought not, the Goddess must be guiding him. But what to do? See if the bear needed a shoulder to cry on? Murder the bear in an alley? Try and bring him over to their side? Get the cultist to spill the beans on his mistress's idiot plans?

"Meeps, get going, I spotted Kuma and some of his retarded friends. Tell Kamel what is going on. I'm gonna talk to the bear, see what's going on with him."

The wolf got up to do just that.

>Tell Maggie to go see Kinny and tell him what is going on.
>Sit beside Kuma, see if he needs a shoulder to cry on. Hopefully he spills the beans.
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>>5979123
"Right."
>Meeps said as she went to Kinny the Cat.
>Mog then tries to talk to Kuma.
Give me a Charisma check.
>>5979120
I am no man of literature but that looks like a lot of typos done by your phone's autocorrect.
Roll a Survival check to preserve the owlbear. With advantage due to assistance from Jessica.
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Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5979125
Raw Charisma or Persuasion?
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Rolled 11 + 0 (1d20 + 0)

>>5979125
Rolling survival
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>>5979128
Advantage
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Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5979129
Of course it didn’t activate the dice roll command
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>>5979127
Raw Charisma but any Charisma Check would have worked. You passed anyways.

>You see the bear and tey to strike up a conversation with him.
>Kuma just sits there.
>Eating fish.
>Nothing more nothing less.
>Though he does mumble something.
"its.... not.... what.... it.... seems."
>He seems to... whisper.
>Almost in the same tone as Gawain.
"run..... away..... don't..... come.... near.... him...."
>But as soon as he finished that sentence.... he then turns back to you.
>His tone and body language turning back to what seems to be normal and acting as if nothing happened a few seconds ago.
"... You must be new here. I'm sure you are here to meet with the otter druid right? Sorry but she is busy speaking with the queen right now. Trying to get all buddy buddy with her as soon as she can to try and ask for her assistance to protect the forests of our lands."
>>5979128
>>5979130
>With the help of Jessica you successfully preserve the corpse of the owlbear.
>It's getting too dark now.
>Being in the forest right now would be a death trap.
"Think we should head back to town with this thing?"
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>>5979132
We should probably put a tarp over it and then come back to it
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Rolled 9 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5979132
"I'm not here for her. You see...disturbed. Wanna talk about it?" Mog said carefully, palming a dozen silvers onto the table for the bartender.

>Pay for Kuma's drinks, get him drunk.
>Try and be a shoulder for Kuma to cry on. Get him to spill his heart out to me if I can. Persuasion Check.
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>>5979134
In the morning
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>>5979138
>Kuma looked over to you.
"I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I am disturbed. But I greatly appreciate your concern over me. As the main leader of the Forest Guardians... well used to be, I find myself having to bottle up most of my emotions."
>The bear said as he drank some of that delicious ale you bought.
"I'm going to be honest with you. When I started this group my main goal was just to protect the forests. I had a few people here and there to help. Mostly deer and raccoons. We would usually jist spend our days guarding the forest from apes and pigs who wished to deforest it. Honestly it was hard work. I could barely get the battles to go on my side of victory. Even if we won. We only delayed the inevitable."
>He then took another drink.
"Then that otter came. She was a druid. Someone who could really help us out when it came to the forest. But she wanted my help in exchange. Said she needed some boulder in a cave to be open. So I did that. Ever since then.... the forest have been thriving and been becoming healthier and healthier everyday. I was even willing to becoming second in command and letting the otter become the leader. While I am happy about the forest coming alive again... I just can't help the feeling that something is off. Like I have been doing things that I shouldn't even be doing."
>He then looked over at the plate of fish.
"Like that plate of fish. I don't even remember ordering this. Yet it's right here in front of me and I'm dining in on it."
>>5979134
>>5979139
"Think it will still be there by then? Those guardians might come back for it."
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>>5979142
Hmm well I could always bag it and drag it across town taking less traveled paths to the seed house
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Rolled 11 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>5979142
Mog looked closely at bear with his magical sight, hoping to determine whether the bear was under some kind of mind control spell. Perhaps he was merely suffering form memory loss, being psychologically manipulated the old fashioned way. He had to know.

"What was in the cave? Fertilizer?!" Mog laughed at his own joke, trying to cheer the bear up. Still, he was half serious. Was Persephone in the cave? He thought Sage the Otter was Persephone, maybe his memory was failing and he was getting mixed up. Hopefully the bear responded to his leading question.

He wrapped his arm around the bear's back, stroking the bear's fur soothingly.

"Relax buddy, maybe you've been drinking too much? Well, I know that feeling. The best cure is more ale! Here have another" Mog cheered, handing the bear his second free ale.

Turning down the faux-cheerfulness down a notch he added on "Do you remember when your memory issues started? I think if you do, you'll find your way to the cause of the problem."

>My Detect Magic Spell should still be running, can I see if there is any magic on Kuma? If he's enchanted or mind controlled, I should be able to see and determine the school of the magic cast on him or any items he may have.
>Use Divine Sense on Kuma, I wanna get a feel for his alignment.
>Try and lead Kuma towards the cause of his memory issues, let him think he got there on his own. Hopefully I can plant the seeds of doubt in his mind, turning him against Sage and Persephone. Persuasion Check.
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Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5979149
>Much like the priest you do not sense magic of any sort.
>However you can tell something is off again.
>The bear then turns to you to answer the question.
"Thing is when I found out what waa in the cave was when I started having memory loss. I can't even remember anything in the cave."
>The bear continued drinking more ale.
"Everytime I try hard enough though I....."
>The bear then returned to the catatonic state.
>He dropped the fresh glass of ale, causing to break and make a liquid mess.
>He then went on to eat more fish.
>Almost in a slow pace.
>His eyes facing forward.
>As if he was ignoring you.
"something wrong..... something's very wrong."
>The bear whispered.
"please..... save us."
>>5979143
>The bear and human do that.
Rolling stealth for you two.
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Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5979155
>>5979143
>Jessica and Ursus were both at the halfway point of getting to the old church.
>That was until...
"Hey! You lot!"
>Two wolf guards appeared.
"What's that bag there?"
Roll persuasion. Must beat this insight.
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Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>5979157
Uh this is a bagged dead insect
Rolling with a minus 2 to persuasion
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>>5979155
Mog watched carefully, silently. In truth, he wanted to help this lost soul. Clearly this 'Persephone' had bewitched his mind, traumatized or brainwashed him in some way. Every time his mind wandered back to that cave, even in memory, he clearly went into this state. But Mog knew, helping Kuma was beyond his meagre powers. A therapist, a proper cleric, or perhaps just rigorous prayer and time to reflect could heal his mind, given the chance. Fat chance of that though, not with the goons surround them in the bar and much of Mog's party elsewhere.

So Mog watched, and listened. Waiting to see where Kuma's delusions led him. Waiting to see what he said next.

>If there's anything specific I can gain from a roll, then tell me what to roll. Otherwise I just observe Kuma.
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>>5979158
"Bagged dead insect?"
"Must be a lucky catch you two caught?"
"Must be like a cicada or something like that."
"Nah cicadas do not have that much meat in them. From what I have seen, they're kind of hollow."
"Sir what kind of bug is that that you have?"
>>5979160
Give me a perception.
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Rolled 16 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5979162
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>>5979164
Now give me a medical check.
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>>5979162
Nah it was more a beatle, if what’s a cicada we would have heard it for miles not to mention they typically all wake up at once which I can assure you is damnation on the ears
>Ursus explained in his pho souther drall
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Rolled 10 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>5979165
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>>5979167
One more check Nature.
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5979169
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>>5979164
>>5979167
>>5979173
>As Mog stared at Kuma he then noticed something strange.
>Around his ears there seemed to be a small patch of fur missing.
>It would usually be unnoticeable.
>You would have to focus on it really hard in order to notice it.
>As you stare at the tiny patch of missing fur, you noticed what seems to be a scab.
>Taking a closer look at it you can see that it's some sort of injury.
>But you soon recognize it as some sort of bite.
>As soon as you realize it's a bit, your memory then went back to a time at training, it was during medical practice and what to do in some certain situations.
>One of the incidents were bites.
>Since insects were common you were taught how to spot what insect had bitten you.
>But through some extra classes you also discovered some bites from sealife as well.
>Mostly fish.
>But there was one kind of sealife that you did remember.
>Cephalopods.
>Octopus and squids.
>Usually considered rare monsters in this world.
>Still if they attacked, they were certain to leave certain marks.
>This injury the bear had... was one of those injuries you remember being drawn.
>>5979166
"Guess he has a point."
"Alright. Take your prey and head back home."
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>>5979177
Ursus looks at lt shrugs and continues on to the seed house
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>>5979177
No shot Kuma is infected with a brain-snatching alien parasite thing like we're in the fuckin' Animorphs or Stargate or some shit. Holy fuck, burn it with fire, what the fuck. Turning into a horror story real quick.

>Out of character question for QM: Is this something that Mog would think Detect Poison and Disease would identify? Like, do I think Kuma is poisoned, or do I think an alien brainsnatcher is inhabiting Kuma and sucking in nutrients through his diet? Or is it up to me to decide? If it is poison, would Lesser Restoration or Remove Curse deal with it?
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>>5979185
Detect disease would definitely work, because it is a parasite. Although as for Lesser Restoration and Remove Curse removing it that's going to be a no.
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>>5979177
>>5979185
Y'know what? I still want an answer to that question, but I'm gonna go ahead and cast it anyways, I've got spell slots for a reason.

Mog felt a chill come over him, and it wasn't the alcohol coursing through his bloodstream. Thoughts of demons from beyond the Outer Dark flooded his head, making his head swim and his vision blur. The possibilities were maddening. This being merely the work of some random horrifying creature unknown to animalkind until now or the insidious work of the pseudo-human Persephone would come as a relief compared to the darker possibilities that lurked in the dark recesses of Mog's imagination.

Still, Kuma clearly possessed some resemblance of cognizance, he could still be saved. Brainsnatcher or mind-addling poison, Mog would discover soon enough. His right paw still around Kuma's back, with his left Mog drew a yew leaf. Placing the poisonous plant onto the flat of his tongue, but not swallowing, Mog prayed, drawing upon the power of his Goddess to conduct the ritual that would allow him to detect what was wrong with Kuma.

>I cast Detect Poison and Disease.
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>>5979188
Didn't refresh, but okay. Also, when we say parasite, I know you can't give away spoilers, but unless it is actually some sort of sentient alien parasite, I don't see why lesser restoration wouldn't work. Parasites should count as diseases and hence be curable by lesser restoration, not that I can cast it just yet. And Remove Curse is almost as good as Greater Restoration at dealing with mental effects. Things like Geas and Modify Memory, both 5th level enchantment spells can be dealt with by Remove Curse, so presumably it would at least fix Kuma's memory. Asking because while I may not be able to cast such spells, we can probably find a cleric who can and pay them.
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>>5979191
>As soon as you use Detect Disease, everything goes dark.
>Everything becomes a white silhouette except the disease.
>And within each person eating a plate of fish...
>There was something parasitic controlling them.
>A small cephlopod.
>Inside each body.
>The parasite's head sitting pefectly on the skull.
>Two limbs of its body controlling the limbs of its host.
>As it forces its target to eat fish... it then stops.
>It looks over to you Mog.
>As if it is aware it can see you.
What do you do?
>>5979194
Fair argument.
>>5979182
>You then arrive back at the church.
"My godesses! What is that?!"
>Arsene asks.
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>>5979196
Owl bear that got destroyed by a possible human warrior
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>>5979197
"A human warrior? Outside the church? How?"
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>>5979201
I mean if lt is out and about I can see other humans possibly from other enclaves attempting to reunite with other members of humanity
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>>5979196
Oh, OH! MIND FLAYERS! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

Mog screamed. Scrambling back from the bar, he screamed. Not a panicked yelping or dignified howling, he screamed and screamed.

"MEEPS! GET SCYTHE AND THE WARBAND, THERE'S MIND-FLAYERS IN THE CULTISTS! SQUIDS! DEMONS FROM THE OUTER DARK! IT'S AN INVASION! KILL THEM ALL, LEAVE NONE ALIVE!" Mog screamed, gesticulating wildly.

Not caring if he got caught in the conflagration or who died with him, Mog drew a Flame Dagger and tossed it with zealous certainty at the shelves of alcohol behind the bar. He had to kill them with fire, it was the only way to be sure! They'd all burn, all of them!

>Mog moves 20 feet towards the door, tosses a flame dagger into the shelves of alcohol behind the bar, then moves his remaining 10 feet towards the door.
>If the door is less than 30 feet away, I body block the door, only letting out Maggie and Kinny, everyone else I'm killing if it's the last thing I do. Everyone in this place has to burn! It's the only way to be sure!
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>>5979196
Yeah, I know I was just talking about being nice and just and all, healing everyone and stuff, but...the fact that they were aware of me despite them not being magical makes me think they are psychic, which usually means mind-flayers. If we're surrounded by hostiles, and they're all aware of me, and Mog is a paranoid zealot then I'm gonna go crazy 0-100 real quick! For real though, excellent horror QM, it is probably your greatest strength as a DM. Sorry my reaction may have come outta left field, kinda spoils the intrigue thing we have going on to go loud like this, but I can't reaction normally to this.

>>5979080
Kinny, wake up, THERE'S FUCKING ALIEN PARASITES INFECTING EVERYONE AROUND US, WE GOTTA KILL EVERYONE, I NEED YOU BUDDY!
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>>5979216
y u gotta do me like that, I was ready to pass away
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>>5979224
If you're tired for real then take it easy. There's always Thursday. This was about the time when I was gonna have to go afk myself anyways. I was just sticking around because I assume there's gonna be a huge fight soon and I didn't want to be awkwardly absent when you came back with no idea what was happening. We can pause the session for today and just let QM play with Ursus if you wanna sleep.
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>>5979231
Actually I gotta clean house. Just got a call for a surprise visit. They expect the house to be clean. At least the outside of the house is done and I put in air conditioners in the living room. Still I got a whole living room and kitchen to clean. So I unfortunately have to leave. Will try to make a map on Wednesday.
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>>5979238
>>5979224
>>5979204
Alright, fair enough. Take care everyone. Sleep well Kinny. Hope your sister has a great birthday Ursus! Happy cleaning QM!
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>>5979241
Thank you have a good day everyone
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>>5979206
what in the goddamn fuck
this is the bunker all over again, but worse
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>>5979255
>>5962198
There is a loser's bracket and art is being commissioned of Ursus, but the arrist is seeking guidance on matters of color:

>>5978917
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>>5980153
How do we math this? There's no way that bar is 33 meters long.
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>>5979196
Kinny jumped when he's heard the Mog's howling. The cat heard the paladin's words all too clear, but the implications were just too serious to blindly act on them. The rogue didn't flinch, wondering just what the fuck has gotten in to Mog, or whether the screaming wolf who was now running away was indeed Mog.
And then something even more unexpected happened. In a blink of an eye, the crazed paladin drew and hurled one of his fire daggers at the bar. The movement was so quick and practiced, the piece of enchanted metal only ignited halfway to its destination, as if it was surprised and had to catch up with the sudden motion. The cat could only watch as the dagger sailed over the counter and towards the shelf, drawing a turbulent trail of fire in its path as it did.
"Yep, this is real." Kinny thought and sighed internally as the metal shattered a bottle, set its alcoholic content ablaze and embedded itself into the wall behind.
By the time the magical weapon turned itself into a bright, angry and particularly gruesome ball of fire, splinters, broken glass and burning liquid, the rogue has already rolled out of the way and dove between the legs of the wolves who were now standing oddly stiff and still.
Despite that, Kinny noticed there was a shard of glass embedded in his mask. Maybe those who wore them 'professionally' did it for more than the effect, the rogue thought to himself as he snapped the lucky piece off with his claw. "Fuck."

>Move the fuck away from the new, unlicensed Mog-made Hell (movement)
>Hide under a table and get ready for what happens next (cunning)
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>>5979206
>>5980405
>Kuma, or rather the mindflayer inside him, then got up.
"wait. before you continue on with this senseless but justified violence, please listen to what we have to say and why we are here. we are not here for you. we are here for the priest."
You may either roll initiative or insight if you wish.
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>>5979204
Ursus wonders what kinny and mog are doing right now, it’s been rather long.
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Here, catching up.
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Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5980480
Keep in mind that Kinny has almost no fucking idea what is going on.
>Rolling Insight
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>>5980498
The cat just hisses incoherently from under the table.
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Rolled 14 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5980399
Maybe cut it in half? It even looks too big, not enough shelves to cover the wall, bar looks too long, the whole room looks more like a ballroom than a bar.

>>5980487
We sent Maggie out running for you and the rest of the gang.

>>5980405
>>5980480
For the record, the alcohol shelves behind the bar should be on fire on the map too (plz no random explosions like with the oil barrel), and I should either be in the door way or at least on the side of the room closer to the door, since I was moving towards it. The idea in the moment being to burn the bar down and not let anyone escape.

Mog openly laughed at the demon's lies. Did the monster really expect him to believe it? No, even if it were telling the truth, Mog would not let a parasite infesting unwilling victims live, even if the victims were also his enemies.

It would be too convenient for this mess if the alien brain-eaters were to just be after one wolf, or the will inside said wolf. Factions within factions, this was all so complicated, but their origin within that cave and connection with Persephone was clear, that they had their own internal politics and enemies made no difference.

Manic laughter still burbling from his throat, the zealot shouted across the room "HAHAHAHAhahaahayihihihihi," a harsh intake of breathe, "talk FAST demon, explain why I should let a psychic brain-sucker like you waste my time! Why I would let you live even if you were telling the truth, when you inhabit the unwilling. That you are after my enemy makes no difference, one poisons the queen against me and the nation's interests, the others inhabits thieves and cultists that hope to displace the rightful faith of this land with a false goddess of their own making. Piss on you and your kind! If you spoke the truth, you would have abducted him right here, rather than let him slip through your tendrils!"

His rant drew to an end with spittle flying everyone and drool staining the carpet, the paladin slowly drew another flaming dagger from his belt, holding it up meaningfully for the squid inhabiting Kuma, his eyes peering through the smoke to meet the bear's unthinking gaze, indicating for the squid to talk while Mog judged him.

>Insight Check.
>Held Action to toss the flame dagger at Kuma's feet, if my insight check fails, or if it succeeds and I conclude the creature isn't telling the truth, or it or any of its amigos make any hostile motions, or hell, even if Mog feels his head swim from the smoke or psychic action.
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>>5980487
>Maggie then rushed in inside the church.
"Guys! We have an emergency!"
>Maggie shouts.
>>5980498
>>5980499
>Kinny not sure what is going on just hides and hisses underneath the table.
>Still he was ready to fight if needed.
>>5980503
There will be no explosions.
>You can tell they have no ill intent.
>Still these are cephalopods.
>Fish or any seacreature that isn't a mammal can't really emote.
>But might as well listen for a bit.
"we're simply here for the pastor and the druid. both of which are traitors to our race. we swear to you that this is our only mission. we promise to leave our hosts with their lives once we deal with those two."
>Kind of convenient that these octopi are also after your targets as well.
>Suspicious really.
Trust them or roll initiative?
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>>5980507
Ursus readies his sheild and axe immediately, where when and what
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Rolled 4 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5980507
'Wrong answer' the wolf thought.

Ill intent mattered little, only their current actions and bodysnatchers did. Their meagre explanation and refusal to answer why they let Gawain escape sealed the deal, the only tragedy was that they were not more forthcoming with their greater motives beyond taking the false priest.

Mog let his dagger fly.

>Roll initiative
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>>5980513
*Should say "only their current actions as bodysnatchers did."
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Rolled 3 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5980512
"Follow me."
>Maggie said as she led the bear.
>>5980499
Kinny roll initiative.
>>5980513
Rolling.
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>>5980515
Ursus’s need information
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>>5980516
What are we fighting and who do we need to incapacitate or remove?
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>>5980516
>>5980517
"I'm not 100% sure. Moooom... yeah meant to say mom, said something about mind flayers. Might be a huge problem."
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>>5980519
What the hell hell is a mind flayer, I can make a guess no clue what that entails
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Rolled 20 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5980515
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>>5980523
Well looks like Kinny is making Kino Rolls again. Go ahead and perform an action cat. Because you are definitely going first against a bear and a few raccoons.
>>5980521
"I have no clue! Mom said that's what it was."
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Rolled 4 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5980526
>Kinny throws a lightning dagger at the bar and remains under the table
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>>5980530
Just to clarify you meant to type in bear right?
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>>5980532
Bar, but I meant a group of them near the bar.
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>>5980533
Fair enough. You hit. Roll Lightning damage.
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Rolled 1, 4, 1, 4 = 10 (4d4)

>>5980535
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>>5980535
Just Lightning damage, presumably for hitting a clustered group? Or the dagger physical damage as well?
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>>5980537
Lighting damage for the group.
Roll physical for the one you hit.
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>>5980538
Also thanks for the grid Kinny.
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>>5980540
Is the brown dot Kuma?

So, one bear, possibly minus his Giant Slayer (not sure if the axe described is it, it'd be kinda weird for someone to be wearing a giant axe around town, but then again I'm carrying an armoury around with me) plus 7 raccoons. We should also probably expect psychic abilities from the bunch. Also possibly guns, probably no elemental daggers since we supposedly recovered all of ours.
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>>5980538
Also I think Kinny went afk, thinking he did his damage and was safe to go away for a bit. Should we move on to my turn for now?
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>>5980538
>>5980549
Why specify lightning damage at roll of 11 that was aimed at a group *before* physical damage? I couldn't have expected to hit anything that would take physical damage.
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Not to mention I wasn't even pinged >>5980538 here
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>>5980547
Yes brown dot is Kuma and yes he is without a weapon.
>>5980549
Also yes.
>>5980558
>>5980557
Sorry about that.
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>>5980557
I dunno.

>>5980559
Without Giant Slayer or without a weapon entirely, earlier here >>5979114 he is described as having an axe, I'm just wondering if it is just a regular hatchet as a sidearm or if it is the gargantuan axe. Anyways, tell us when Ursus arrives at the bar.

Mog followed Kinny's initiative, as the squids became calamari for the rest of the bar patrons, the wolf opted for the slow deep fry

>Throw flame dagger at Not!Kuma
>Move closer 25 feet closer to the door

Got confused, thought Kuma was by the bar grouped near other cultists, hence why I drew the flame dagger instead of using the more optimal lightning dagger. Oh well, wouldn't make sense not to throw it, now that it is in my mouth.
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Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5980559
>>5980566
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Rolled 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4 = 18 (6d4)

>>5980536
>>5980530
>>5980557
>Kinny Throws a Lightning Dagger at the group.
>He ends up killing one set of the members and electrocuting the other two.
>They don't seems long for this world now though.
>>5980566
>>5980567
>Maybe it was because he was too close to the bear.
>Maybe it was because of his old eyes.
>Or maybe it was because Kuma's armor deflected it.
>Either way...
>The dagger did not hit somehow.
>Still the effect of fire surrounds Kuma.
>It was now the cultist's turn.
>They all then raise their hand at you.
>They seem to mutter insults at you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9CtCUt0ceQ
Roll a Wisdom Saving Throw, must beat a 10 to take half damage.

>Ursus then bursts into the room.
>Ursus roll initiative.
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Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5980577
I should be closer to the door, even if my attack failed.

>Will Save
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Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5980577
Rolling initiative
https://youtu.be/-UpoG1CtQ28?si=7YH4Jraw2sHHtJd_
Wrath by jacob lizotte (royalty free music)
As Ursus burst through the door
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>>5980560
It's your turn buddy.
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>>5980596
>>5980560
His turn and he needs a will save roll.
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Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5980577
>>5980598
Rollen
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>>5980579
>>5980599
>Both Kinny and Mog take full damage.
Kinny what will you do?
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>>5980598
Oh, really? I thought it just affected me, because it was under my linked posts. Kinda unclear cause it says 'They all then raise their hand at you' and 'They seem to mutter insults at you', and given the previous lines all address Mog and his old eyes and missed attack, it seems like I was the only one being attack.
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>>5980601
>Hiss otherworldly, attempt to grab face but just claw myself
>Throw another lightning dagger at whoever fucking did that.
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Rolled 12 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

attack roll
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>>5980606
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>>5980606
>>5980608
Roll the damage.
Also technically it was everyone.
Also where do you want to place the dagger?
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>>5980606
Nice.
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>>5980614
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>>5980623
>With great precision Kinny takes down and fries three more raccoon fucks to death.
>Lowering the number of mind flayer infested hosts remaining.
>>5980611
Ursus your turn.
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>>5980626
Forgot the fucking image dammit!
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>>5980618
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>>5980628
To make things easier Ursus charges towards the one still infront of kinny axe striking forwards towards the still alien like screaming being
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>>5980584
"Ursus, good to have you join us! Cephalopods have infested the forest cultists brains, by physical or psychic means, I don't know. Whatever the cause, they are not themselves." Mog breathed out a sigh of relief through clenched teeth, as psychic visions of squids with strange accents wracked his mind with insinuations that he screwed his mother.
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>>5980638
Roll to hit.
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Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5980638
Rolling to strike with axe
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>>5980632
I'm retarded, had to fix
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>>5980644
Roll for damage
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Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>5980649
First half
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Rolled 3 + 2 (1d4 + 2)

>>5980649
Seconds half
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>>5980653
9 points of damage total
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>>5980652
>>5980653
>>5980655
>Ursus slashes his axe at the enemy raccoon.
>Soon the raccoon starts to stumble.
>He isn't dead but he's feeling it.
>>5980640
Mog it is your turn.
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>>5980659
Me killing raccoons is becoming a seriously worrying issue
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Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>5980659
>>5980655
>>5980623
"These animal's minds are lost. All we can do is grant them death, so that their souls may reach the Moon and their bodies nourish the Earth! Stay not your claws nor fangs, the Goddess is watching! Forget your better selves, for we face demons from the deep dark beyond the reaches of the suns light. Remember your primal urges, let your blood boil, let your inner beast cry out, rage, rage, rage, for we are Luna's blades, and we fall as we may! Forwards, not one step back, only forward!" came Mog's clarion call, drawing his spellsword to hold aloft in the flame's light.

In anticipation of another wave of psychic attacks, he pressed his paw to his head, calling upon the pale light wield on his deity's behalf. Soon the pangs of stabbing light and swimming visions of under water places vanished.

With a roar he closed to melee with the abomination inhabiting Kuma, wagering the alien would opt to abandon his unholy methods and fight like a true animal, lest he leave an opening for Mog.

"I swear monster, you'll be leaving Kuma's body, one way or another. I'll make sure of it!"

>Born Leader 1d4
>Lay on Hands myself for 15
>Close to melee distance with Not!Kuma. I cannot attack this round because I used my action already. I'm just giving him a choice between engaging in melee or taking Attacks of Opportunity if he spellcasts.
>I use my bonus action to cast Vow of Enmity using my Channel Divinity. I gain advantage for 1 minute vs Not!Kuma. I don't think I ever clarified which Sacred Oath I took, but for the record, I took the Oath of Vengeance.
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Rolled 4 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5980678
>Not!Kuma sees the wolf approach him.
>The parasite then controls the bear to hit him with his claws.
Mog does this hit you?
>The others then try using their whispered insults on Ursus.
Ursus roll a Wisdom Save
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>>5980659
>>5980678
Quick correction, I don't get AoO on spellcasters in melee, I don't have Mage Slayer. I was getting my editions mixed up. Rather, the spellcaster gets disadvantage on ranged spell attacks against me when in melee, which may not matter since I don't think they make attack rolls for their attack.
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>>5980684
No, it does not hit me.
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Rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10 (3d6)

>>5980688
>Mog blocks it.
Rolling damage, Ursus takes half if he succeeds
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>>5980690
Should probably ping Ursus as well since both of your posts address him but only tag me. If he isn't reading closely he may miss it.
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Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5980684
Rolling with a minus 2
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>>5980694
>Ursus takes the full Brunt of damage.
>>5980646
Kinny it is your turn.
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>>5980694
Advantage from Born Leader? It can be used for anything I think.
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Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>5980697
Oh cool
>>5980694
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>>5980697
True.
>>5980694
Roll again Ursus
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Rolled 19 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5980699
Oh it’s advantage sorry about that rolling advantage
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>>5980701
>Ursus takes half the damage from the attack.
>>5980646
Your turn Kinny.
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>>5980703
Sorry. Do I have to attack or can I heal?
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>>5980705
You can do whatever is needed this turn. Whether it is attacking or healing.
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>>5980703
Ursus turns towards the group of animals as he sneezes out a wad of blood
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>>5980708
Yeah I just wanna
>Heal with a potion
what do I roll?
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>>5980710
Roll 2d4+2
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Rolled 4, 2 + 2 = 8 (2d4 + 2)

>>5980711
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>>5980712
>Kinny drinks a potion and heals 8 HP.
>>5980709
Ursus it's your turn.
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Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5980717
Ursus finishes off the raccoon he’s impaled his axe into, then he will turn towards his next target should the raccoon finally die
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>>5980720
Don't forget you have advantage
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>>5980720
Just in case that doesn't hit, I think you can use Born Leader's advantage again this turn, since it is technically a new round? The squids go last in the initiative order, so your use of it was technically the previous round.
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Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5980720
Rolling again with advantage
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>>5980724
Wow same exact roll
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>>5980720
>>5980724
>The raccoon stumbled itself of the way of the swing of the axe.
>Miraculously survinving for another turn.
Mog it is your turn.
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Rolled 2, 5 + 6 = 13 (2d20 + 6)

>>5980724
Whuh!?

>>5980728
As the bear reared up to claw at the wolf, Mog bowled forward, running low. The clamour of claws on wood rattled the paladin as the bear's weight pressed down on him, but nothing more. Inertia on his side, Mog ran between the upright bear's legs, slashing the puppet's left leg as he passed underneath.

Turning around as he skidded up behind the giant, the warrior then turned his attention to the bear's other rear leg. Slashing again horizontally right to left, he cut the bear's hamstrings, cutting the puppet's strings.

'Now's my chance!' Mog's inner voice screamed.

Leaping onto the collapsing bear's back, he went for the executioner's blow on the infected creature's neck.

>Attack Roll with advantage from Vow of Enmity.
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>>5980736
Mediocre! Well, if it doesn't hit, I'll write it up as the wounds being too shallow, thick fat, and thicker fur and all that jazz.

>>5980728
Do I hit?
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Rolled 4 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>5980736
>This bear must be really tough.
>An excellent puppet if you will.
>It's amazing how he is able to tank all these hits.
>Probably best to ask how tough bears are to Ursus.

>Not!Kuma then tried slashing Mog again.
>The enemy Racoons try using the spell again.
Roll a will save Ursus.
>>5980738
Sorry for the late response got distracted.
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>>5980742
It's no problem, I literally asked a minute after my post, didn't mean to rush. I only asked so quickly because I was eager to roll my last divine smite if I did hit. Since I have to go afk for lunch after this.

Doesn't hit.
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Rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13 (3d6)

>>5980745
Damage in case Ursus gets hit. >>5980726
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Rolled 9 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5980742
Rolling Will save
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>>5980751
Don't forget advantage.
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>>5980748
Ursus is still up about 10 points worth he’s definitely blooded now
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Rolled 2 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5980754
Your right!
>>5980756
Nevermind this post
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>>5980751
>>5980757
>>5980756
N- no we're still there....
>It feels like blood was now coming out of Ursus' eyes, ears, and nose.
>Psychic damage was not something to mess with.
>Still he had to keep his head up and keep on fighting.
>>5980712
Kinny it is your turn.
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>>5980757
Well I guess the dice rolls hate me today
>>5980756
This now applies
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Back.

>>5980761
Don't forget you have healing potions.
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>>5980771
Will use
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Rolled 5 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5980758
>Slide from under the table and bumrush the faggot next to Ursus
>Sneak attack
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Sorry. Something came up. We're gonna have to co tinue this later. Sorry Friends.
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>>5980834
>>5980797
>>5980791
No worries. See you all later.

I'm good to continue this tomorrow if you guys want a rapid follow up, otherwise I'll see you guys Tuesday.

The thread should last until then, just barely. I think I'll archive this time, just to make sure this gets archived as #12.
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>>5980834
>>5980837
I was wondering what was going see you tomorrow
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>>5980834
>>5980837
>>5980844
adios
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>>5980834
>>5980844
>>5980862
I'm an idiot. I can still be there tomorrow to wrap up this battle, but I can't stay for a full session. I forgot that I was meeting someone for lunch and that my evening was all booked up. My bad.
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>>5980898
I am here
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>>5981366
As am I.

Just waiting on QM and for Kinny to roll damage, assuming he hits.
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Rolled 2, 4, 4, 2 = 12 (4d4)

>>5980797
>>5981373
IN CASE I hit, I'm rolling damage. If that 12 >>5980797 didn't hit, simply ignore this roll. And if Lightning damage doesn't get an extra die on Sneak Attack, ignore the last die.
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>>5981456
>>5981366
I guess QM technically didn't say he was available today. We only got everyone except the one we needed most.

I'll be gone for most of the day now, so I'll see you all Tuesday instead. Have a great weekend guys!
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>>5981366
>>5981504
See ya
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>>5981551
Stay safe
Until next time we come back to this clog hangar
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>>5981626
Cliff hanger I swear my autocorrect is a comedian
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A bit of a heads up. Not sure if I will be available tomorrow. Got some important stuff to do. Sorry Friends.
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>>5984211
Alright, take all the time you need. Real life is more important. I'll archive this thread later today. It probably won't last until Thursday.
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Making a sour dough starter
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>>5984856
Nice. You cook decently as well? Or are you just helping out?
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>>5984930
I do cook but I live in a household full of talented hobbyists cooks so that doesn’t really matter
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>>5985019
Aww, lucky you.

Well, enjoy, big guy! Seems QM couldn't make it today.
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>>5985019
>>5985036
I just went to supermarket to buy some plastic. I thought it wouldn't taste like plastic. But it does.
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>>5985041
My guy all plastic tastes like plastic is just different levels of disgusting
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>>5985044
It's specific kind that normally doesn't. I'm starting to believe I confused the places at this point.
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>>5985041
Bruh...what the fuck. Is that meant to be a euphemism or are you actually eating plastic for the nutrition? If you're starving, treated drywall may be a better option.
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>>5985053
>He thinks europeans might eat literal plastic
The absolute state of this godforsaken skydiving forum. Mud cookies when? But yeah it's some bread-disguised shite that has a very specific artificial aftertaste in it.
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>>5985063
Well as long as you’re not ingesting the stuff than ok I didn’t immediately say you were ingesting it I just thought you where just chewing on plastic akin to stimming
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>>5985063
Eh-

-I've seen people eat grass and mud when hungry before, eating plastic is barely a step lower. You guys might enjoy your food, so that speaks to my people more than yours, but we all come from the same river.
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>>5985113
it's that time of the year when I schizopost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0a3hQJgwE
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https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Rise%20of%20the%20Awakened

Thread's archived. Last tag got clipped a bit.

>>5985142
Very nice! Just in time for the new thread too.



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