Thread #70217

gomen for being late
someone came to my door and needed something and it took a little bit of time

Was wondering where'd you'd gone off to.
If you'd taken much longer I think I would have asked Moon or Rook to text you about it or something.

hopefully i didn't take so long that everyone left

i asked fish to inform everyone i was running late but she tried to make a thread and couldn't figure out how to get past the subject

Hah hah hah.
4chan style forum posting can be kind of intimidating for newcomers.

Yeah. I guess she gave up and emailed Rika about it.

HELLO

Whoosh

>>70239
Are you not at your computer tonight?
>>70238
How enthusiastic.

I was watering the flowers.

Oh yeah we were at a high point.

Thomas wants to know what's in these books but at least he's level headed enough to figure out a good time and place.

>What's wrong with him?
asked VV about the guy with the crazy back that you can stick your hand through

Rika may have forgotten about that.

dramatic music

Would be more dramatic if it weren't obvious!

Oh you probably think you're being REAL CLEVER right now Rika.

>>70277
Yeah, what's wrong with him?
What gives someone a back like that?

>>70293
cthulu aids

yeah some kind of cthulhu aids
he's cursed

There is little reason not to be frank with the scary cthulu man

Thomas really does not sound intelligent when he opens his mouth.

>>70311
he's clinging onto those 2 stability

Yeah but you can be insane and unstable and still possess knowledge and intelligence.

Thomas is good at science. That doesn't mean he has good people skills or anything.

Yeah, good anything skills.

The dilemma of being in a mystery game presents itself again.
There is no comfortable way out of this situation, taihen.

Were this some fictitious thing we could try to punch something and get what we need and run
But we're really squishy humans so mortality is a lot scarier.

Flip him the bird and book shit.
Reconvene with the National Guard and retrieve the consolation book from Orangetown.

I guess we have to go with the optional book plot point after all.
We can't exactly just TAKE this book from super dude.

you never know

also to remind everyone, the sun will be coming up soon

Oh so that owl thing will turn back into a person?
That could be helpful.

AND THE CAMP WILL WAKE UP.
FAR LESS HELPFUL.

they only turn back into humans if they swallow their organs
if the sun shines on their organs, their organs disintegrate and so does the stikini

>>70335
oh right that would be some reeeeeeeeal bad news.

I repeatedly have suicidal ideas for our team but what if we like

Go in for a handshake
Slap that book out of his hands
and book it

I would like to roll to assess muscles

how swole is Curtis

like literal muscles or are you trying to find out if he's stronk

What are the odds that //

How bad does it look like it would hurt if he punched us in the face

it doesn't really look like it would hurt
he's in his 70s

he doesn't really look that old in terms of his face, but his body doesn't look too young

Your npcs are always so mean to me.

Aw shit he's an old geezer we should slap that book out of his hands and fucking book it

Wizards are no good without their spellbooks or vials of explosion juice

Vane is kind of haughty to just about everyone though.

How friendly is new owl seeming

Did we got a free pet

all signs point to curtis controlling it

That blows

Duh

You thought we were going to get a pet? In this situation?

He's just still sore Vane threw his last pet into a rotating blade of death.

It would be very nice.

>>70369
Oh no fuck that guy, he wanted my brain

it's not impossible that you could find a way to reclaim eddie

Step 1. Slap book
Step 2. Thomas read book
Step 3. STABILITY DROPPING INTENSIFIES
Step 4. Learn to cthulu
Step 5. Tame Eddie

Well if you wanna give it a shot I'm all for you doing it.

I have this strange feeling you just want Thomas to die!

miss van what do you tyhink

He hasn't offered anything. He just demanded obedience!

He has offered not immediately killing us

I was mostly asking if you're down with the try and snatch his book and bail plan

And then said earlier he wouldn't immediately kill us.
Kinda.

The only problem is that upsetting this guy could bring some mad bad news down on our heads.
He's kind of a big deal
So he says
And seems
From the narration

>>70385
Then snatch it!

I would imagine that there would probably be a roll for slapping his hands
Does Felicity want to slap his hands in Thomas' place

I mean you made a smokescreen before--well Thomas did.
Or had a smokescreen prototype.
Do you just not want to risk another failed roll again?

That was the implication yes

I will gladly try to be successful but I felt the need to warn you

Preparedness into Explosions for smokescreen shenanigans, Kirara?

The problem with Felicity doing it man, is that she doesn't know really what these books can do.
She wasn't there for when you two were tripping balls.
Sure there's weird events going on around her, but she can't necessarily make the connection between them and the books power.

>>70396
haaaii

That's pretty true, yeah.
It can't be helped.

Maybe Thomas and VV can have a sit down and // did we already discuss that dream with Felicity and it's just the lack of experience that is causing the, uh... disconnect?

You briefly summed it up in typical Thomas fashion when she met up with the two of them.
Which was about as useful as any other time Thomas has opened his mouth.

Maybe if we let VV say something it might be slightly more coherent!

Considering Thomas' previous usage of chemicals, this is either going to explode or splash acid everywhere.

Thoma has actually never splashed acid.
He's threatened to though.

No, but the party's perception of his chemical stock involve acid and explosions.

If Felicity remembers from last time's conversation, she should notice that the liquid is blue which means smokescreen

>Local descendant of oppressors tries to talk down a man determined to rise up against the oppressors

>>70416
>>70416
>>70416
>>70416
>>70416
>>70416

VV is pretty great

def

No one knows greatness better than the British!

Alright incoming smoke bomb, I hope you're ready

Listen to The Beouf and just do it.

Holy fuck you really were not confident in that.

I have 10 points total
Might as well use em

Though in all fairness you did get a natural two out of it.

ominous

should I roll to steal from an old man

>>70439
yes

Welp.

what should I roll

athletics

Man if this misses in the wrong way that'll be depressing.

Oh boy I'm out of those

Phew safe

>>70444
a gunshot is pretty loud anyway

tfw you're outpowered by an old man

>>70449
I meant veering the wrong way into a more vital part of Owl-Vernon.

i'm laffin

I am too.

Thomas cannot catch a break

A-At least we have the smoke screen right guys?

VV you're my hero

Geez, no mercy for old men.

which is good because curtis was going to turn thomas into an owl

Hoot

It's really that fast, eh.

not quite that fast but still

HOOT

I want to ride the owl.
Can I run over to it and use riding?

Even when you effectively owned Eddie I don't think he liked you too much

What I don't get is how the camps didn't wake up when Felicity shot Bloody Popper.

you were in the building surrounded by magical fire that wasn't hot

>>70466
you know what
sure
for four riding i will let you ride that owl

Do I need to roll or just spend?

i will let you do it as a spend since it's a special mount
i'm only letting you do it because you have 10 riding and that pretty much makes you one of the best riders in the world

What are the rules governing Firearm point spending again.

you can spend points in firearms to bolster your rolls to hit, like with other skills
you only have one shot left though

Should we retrieve Eddie's organs?

We don't even know where they are.

if you don't want him to die
>>70480
eddie knows where they are

I guess that's true.
And he's probably not that happy about being a bird.

Oh I guess that's a thing eh.
I was wondering if having Felicity try a third time's the charm on grappling Curtis for the book was a good idea.

Permanent
Owl
Mount.

only at night

I want him to turn back into a person so he can pay me rent.

that's 50% of the time that's pretty great

DOUBURU BOOKU

you guys don't have a truck or anything though
although i guess you have an owl

I know I know I'm working on that.

I believe in you Felicity

And by working on it I mean I'm crossing my fingers that the truck keys are left in the ignition.

and don't forget about the organs
>>70502
left in what ignition

Thomas is going to have to thank VV something fierce for literally saving his intestines.

>>70503
...How are vehicles started in this day and age?

After dressing him down verbally, I was pretty much obligated to punch him in the face.
I was planning to punch him regardless of what happened.

Did the guys in the truck not drive off with it to go to a hosptial

>>70505
tbh they're started by cranking the engine but i forgot about that and said it was keys for that one truck so we'll stick with that haha
but the truck you came in is gone, i'm asking about where you're going to get a truck

Yeah I know.
Weren't there more trucks in the camp?

Cars used keys in the 50s.

this is the 30s
>>70509
there are but with the entire camp waking up, how are you going to get to them?

This is the-yeah.

Oh, I don't really remember that far back.

Presumably because you weren't alive back then.
As opposed to the 1950s, of course.

Oh no tilde you're going to get turbo ignored

She walked right into that one; I call fair game!.

Is the bird big enough to carry two slackers?

I mean, "headed out of here" is kind of a complication with an entire camp alive and roused.

>>70520
Oh fuck.

>>70518
it's got two big handtalon things

>>70520
>>70519
We're in some kind of building, yeah?

Please be gentle eddie

you can just walk out of the building

And into a camp of angry natives.

We should probably go outside and look.
We need to go outside for me to pick you up with the bird anyway.

also if you don't get eddie's organs he'll die
and he can't fly in the daytime

I know. Felicity has enough information on that from killing the previous one to put two and two together.

Where are the organs?
Shouldn't they be out in some tree somewhere?

hanging in a tree somewhere yeah
eddie knows where they are

Just tell Eddie to go to his organs so he doesn't kick it

>>70532
VV doesn't know that needs to be done, though.

Also isn't the building roofless or something?
How did Owl-Vernon fly in on Curtis' summons otherwise.

>>70534
yes it is roofless
curtis was outside though
he showed up behind you guys while you fought popper

Oh yeah, that's true.
Keeping track of things is hard.

keeping track of things is my job!

We're being carried like some sort of football under each wing

I really wish we could have burned that casino to the ground though.

It's only the start of a casino, it'll be a while before they get the slot machines going

Yeah but big fire.

Right

I did it I made a stability roll

But VV must've been spooked from the ride

I have zero stability now.

do you want to regain some stability?

If I recall you were going to spend some credit or what have you and get yourself a therapist when we got back

It would be good to get some back at some point.
Don't you go crazy at some point after 0?

if i want you to
you probably will later if you don't get some back

but luckily for you you have someone with psychoanalysis in the party

Unluckily for her, Victoria is a practitioner of the British Stiff Upper Lip.
Felicity can't psychoanalyze someone who acts like nothing is wrong.

Though I suppose that is something for a less intensive time than now anyway.

Take care not to dupe bug that, Tony.

Could we estimate a return direction from the aerial view we saw while flying?

He's probably naked, too.

>>70580
no promises.
We could have like
50 Owls

>>70583
Very good observation
I didn't consider it but Eddie would indeed be naked
>>70582
Probably not but you can use the sun to figure out direction.

All the more reason the only one of us that can really carry him is Thomas.
Shame we don't have Phillip anymore.

Though, if we had Phillip I imagine that Eddie would've died a long time ago
x

Such is life.

def

he probably would have been killed by curtis though

What locations could we have -could we even return to?

You could walk until you reach the boat

If we can do that I'm good for it.

I'm down with boat going

what the hell is that roll

Rolls.

The national guard one, not the mean bully camp right

native

fuuuuuuudge

Unless we're tired and need a break or something

Normally VV would be down for snooping but she just wants to go home since her stability is zero.

>>70608
I mean Thomas has been carrying a grown man for approximately five hours or so.

it sure would be unfortunate if a giant swamp ape showed up

especially while someone has no stability

Oh no

That's silly, there's no such thing as a giant swamp ape.

>Tempting fate

Fate can be a cruel mistress.
And in this case, it's a mistress named Kirara.

Hallo moe!
I passed out.
And now I woke up!

>>70622
Hi Puff! This is a game thread, the main thread is >>70000 →

>>70617
Teeheepero.

This is a thread for tabletop RPGs.
It's lovely that you're awake but try and find the normal thread!
It has Coffee Cuties in it.

>>70625
...
I AM A BAKA.
S-Sorry.
Have fun with your games!

Thomas is doing his best to go fast with a naked man on his shoulders

>>70629
No worries!

Thomas is both the lowest roll and carrying a grown man.
Go figure.

oh yeah maybe i should increase thomas' difficulty to 5

MAybe Thomas is the lowest roll because he's carrying a grown man
haha
ha

i kid i kid

you guys can roll again to continue fleeing
you could also roll to hide using shadowing or stealth

I mean Felicity and Victoria coudl -could do that easily.

But yeah.

Yup.

Thomas has neither of those

ton is of course the only one that can't do that easily yeah

Go figure.

Even with swamp muck on this white lab coat it is still a white lab coat

STATISTICAL GLASS CANNON

there is one bullet left however

I have no fleeing yet, so maybe we should hide.

I have 1 remaining fleeing point.

>>70653
Would a bullet even be something worth shooting into Swamp Sasquatch.

>>70658
a bullet would probably hurt it yeah
>>70657
you could run while the others hide

Was thinking that too.
Easy bait.

>>70659
As long as it doesn't seem like I'm abandoning my tomodachi

it'll be like in scooby doo

And we'll all meet up at the mystery machine

This thing doesn't have super senses that buff its detecting ability or anything does it.

It's a sasquatch skunkape demon prince of darkness gorilla behemoth king

Probably not

>>70669
well it's an animal so of course it does

but it's also an animal so it's going to chase after the pray it sees running away from it too

rip

WAKE ME UP

What would be the course of action for sneaking along the brush towards the boat?

it's off-trail, you don't have to sneak

So we can just walk the long way around to get back?

correct

Easy.

You really hate the idea of me having stability.

you'll be fiiiine

Wow indeed.

nice

Do you guys want to extend the session a little bit?

ToN shrugs nonchalantly.

If you want to go on slightly longer that's fine, but if you want to stop that's also fine.

I can continue for up to an additional hour tonight

Is an hour better for your projected timeline, or could we just do the make-up for the later starting time for the session?

Fine by me!

Though I guess we started a bit closer to the start of the hour than the middle of it.

I don't really have a projected timeline.
But Fish just brought me a really nice snack and I'm eating it so I can't go to bed right now anyway.

Well let's just keep going then and see where it takes us.

how many quicksilver bullets do I spend to use this?

you can roll stability to stop reading if you want to

Might be a good time to stop.

if you'd failed that roll you would have lost two or three stability wwwwwwwww

It's pretty intense!

But the rewards are a necessary evil.

No Mythos point this time? Not that I'm shooting for gaining them.
Ah
Goodie, that's technically a good thing even if it's not healthy.

yeah, you do get a mythos point

Some day Thomas will ascend to actual wizard.

Thomas wants the eldritch knowledge just like he does any other knowledge but it's not like he has no survival instinct.
>>70728
Aren't my current points subtracting from my total already?

You don't lose any sanity yet though at least.
Your next mythos point will reduce your sanity, though!

They subtract from the full ten.
They change the maximum you can have, not the amount you picked.
So your sanity cap is now 8.

Ohhh that's interesting.

So if I gain another cthulu point I'll cap at 7 and have 6?

You can't get sanity back, can you?

You cannot.

>>70730
You'll cap at 7 and have 7 unless something happens and you lose sanity.

oh wait I have 8 sanity normally
whoops

A sanity point here or there is a small price to pay for the big payout potential of eldritch knowledge.

Besides it'd be pretty boring if nobody went a nd read these books.

Some of us have to be prudent with our stability.
We can't be running around reading -3 stability books when we have none.

I have 2 wwwwwwwww

you're almost done with part 2 of the story
part 3 is going to be way more eldritch
wwwwww
and then the final chapter
i might have to do something to make sure you guys don't lose your minds too early

At least Thomas is somewhat prepared!

haha vv is not having any of it

Just roll relationship dice to use to prevent yourself from being one-shot from two crits.

Oh.
That kind of us.

Er, them.

Those.

Them thar faggots

Do you have something you want to tell us, tilde?
don't worry we're all very accepting of gays here

Sorry Rika I'm only gay for girls.

THAT BOY AIN'T RIGHT

For having this hind quarters on display, I mean

Oh fucking phew.
I was half expecting Thomas to say "VV still wants to ride him." and that would have been terrifying.

Haha I should have.

Now I won't have his man-ass all over me

Too bad I didn't realize this almost 12 hours ago

I would like to take a shot at that book we missed but 0 stability so it can't be helped.

Bathrobe Kinzo and Battler.

CAn't wait to chit chat with Archie again.

We've got all this new stuff to ask him about.

orz

Super secret room also empty?

correct

How is VV going to quit if there's no one to tender her resignation to?

You're in it for the long haul

>>70856
This was what I first thought when the mansion was absent on arrival.

but then who was tea

HOOVER

>>70861
Dunno, which is why I wanted Thomas to drink it.

Clearly it's someone who can't make tea

and who do we know that can't make tea?!

Uh.
I will honestly admit that would not have been a detail I would have kept track of.

I don't recall actually

that's ok, the tea wasn't supposed to be a clue as to who it was
i was just kidding

>VV goes to go sleep in her room while an unknown person might be in the house, making bad tea

In all fairness she got maybe all of three hours of sleep in something like fifty hours.

Why are you assuming an unknown person made the tea?
It could just be tea that archie left out.
Archie is a madman, definitely the kind of person who would leave his tea out.

It was steaming

Because it was steaming.

Is it safe to assume the party members have a decent knowledge of the mansion's layout by now?
Such as spare rooms or the kitchen or whatnot.

In a world where people turn into owls and eat their own guts, is tea steaming for a week or two really that outlandish?

>>70877
Yeah.

it's 2:00 now so it might be a good time to break off for the night

Yeah I was checking in on that.
It's also pretty much anime time.

We should collect Squid and get started on that.

Thanks for the game Kirara.

Here's hoping you get to do the main session of my campaign this upcoming week.

Yes, thanks for the game.

Good luck with your paper tomorrow.

Thanks.
I'll probably be up for another 30 minutes though.