[8/7/2026, 5:08:55 PM] Dammitwho
this gives me a chance to finish writing up the squabbles minigame
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[8/7/2026, 5:09:13 PM] Nicolae
oh you cleared the log, i thought i was having some kind of Web Site Issue
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[8/7/2026, 5:10:16 PM] CBN
squabbles ftw
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[8/7/2026, 5:11:16 PM] Crion
every day i'm squab bl ling
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[8/7/2026, 5:32:19 PM] Dammitwho
Alright, let's at least remember where we all are. Dubnoom was at the Squabbles, Imran was in the Thirteenth Hour (your safehouse), and Tak just cleared leather and some bullets fairly ripped through a pair of muggers, and he managed through a supreme force of will to avoid conceding something to a scary blood bug.
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[8/7/2026, 5:35:00 PM] CBN
dubnoom is THRIVING at the squabbles, in fact
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[8/7/2026, 5:35:12 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran first will take the measure of the place. Literally, producing the standardized length of rope and using to mark out the rooms; he needs to know their size for whatever furniture they eye.
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[8/7/2026, 5:38:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak has cleared leather. He has his day's pay on him, but it's not quite enough to buy what he's interested in today. He heads back to the group's lodgings.
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[8/7/2026, 5:39:23 PM] Dammitwho
The Thirteenth Hour is quite large, for an underground chamber. Ralzeros calibrated his instruments here, and some of them were fairly bulky, in addition to the various workbenches he needed to actually do the work. What kinds of things is Imran thinking of?
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[8/7/2026, 5:40:03 PM] Dammitwho
Tak can head back to the Gilded Goblet without trouble, but of course he's the only one there. Except for Steve and the orbfella, unless Imran took them with him? I assume not.
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[8/7/2026, 5:41:16 PM] Tak Ironflame
(I was assuming that due to Tak having abstracted most of his day as a Workin' Roll, he might be out of the timestream relative to the rest of the gang for a bit.)
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[8/7/2026, 5:41:29 PM] Imran Traveler
Personal quarters, for one. Organizing this place into a set of rooms. How feasible is such a project? Need we a thatcher and hut-maker, and his knowledge of walls? Do we have rooms off the main? Perhaps we are hardy enough, and comfortable enough with the sounds of each other sleeping, to simply have barracks-style housing, if far more comfortable than in army life.
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[8/7/2026, 5:49:23 PM] Dammitwho
Alright! Dubnoom! https://wddp.org/index.php?/topic/581-pathfinder-whalefall/&do=findComment&comment=2292863
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[8/7/2026, 5:51:11 PM] Dammitwho
The three fighters have been introduced to the crowd:
- "Sir" Nabnat Squintwick of the Green Court, the rapier fighter with the wig
- Grislip "Fair-Shake" Smoothgab, the Goblindustrialist with the clockwork crossbow
- The Dread Sorcelor Vozzle Grimefinger's Gobzombie Battler, who is a zombie.
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[8/7/2026, 5:52:55 PM] Dammitwho
Is Dubnoom setting a wager on any of them before the Squabble begins?
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[8/7/2026, 5:53:37 PM] Nicolae
do it, man, the fancy beanbags don't cost a dollar
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[8/7/2026, 5:54:02 PM] Nicolae
SCARED MONEY DON'T MAKE NONE
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[8/7/2026, 5:54:23 PM] Crion
alternate saying: SACRED MONEY DON'T MAKE NONE
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[8/7/2026, 5:54:46 PM] Dammitwho
Imran: There's one pre-existing room off the main area, a former cistern that has been converted to hold bunks. This of course is not great if you'd prefer a room to yourself, but if you want to divide up the main dome into rooms you can do that as easily as setting up curtains attached to poles. (Unless you want to *attach* something to a wall. Then you might need some actual wood.)
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[8/7/2026, 5:55:00 PM] CBN
Yes. His token appears to have 931 gp on it but I don't know if that's correct...?
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[8/7/2026, 5:55:11 PM] Dammitwho
that seems like a lot
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[8/7/2026, 5:55:21 PM] Nicolae
i THINK that count includes the total value of your assorted Shit
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[8/7/2026, 5:55:49 PM] Dammitwho
oh yeah that's your Total Wealth, i.e. the value of your magic items and shit
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[8/7/2026, 5:55:56 PM] CBN
ahh
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[8/7/2026, 5:56:07 PM] CBN
oh currency is at: 0. hm
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[8/7/2026, 5:56:25 PM] Dammitwho
i'll let you have on hand whatever amount you can convince the other PCs you had from the party stash
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[8/7/2026, 5:56:34 PM] Dammitwho
but then of course *they* won't have access to it until you join back up
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[8/7/2026, 5:56:57 PM] Nicolae
what's a normal amount of walkin' around money in these parts
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[8/7/2026, 5:57:53 PM] CBN
then yes dubnoom will wager...25gp 'feels' like an ok start? in order to do the Wager action and learn the odds
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[8/7/2026, 5:58:30 PM] CBN
on the rapier guy. he's got style. unless the odds can be known Before placing a wager
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[8/7/2026, 5:58:59 PM] Nicolae
25gp works for me. i feel like knowing things before doing things is completely anathema to the goblin mindset
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[8/7/2026, 6:00:15 PM] Dammitwho
You have to set the amount you're betting before you know the odds, but I'll let you choose your fighter after learning them
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[8/7/2026, 6:01:17 PM] CBN
Then yes. 25gp!
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[8/7/2026, 6:02:34 PM] Dammitwho
The goblin bookies say Nabnat's the favorite at 3:2 odds, while Grislip trails behind at 2:1 (non-Goblindustrialists don't trust the clockwork crossbow), and basically everyone thinks the gobzombie is shit right now, at 4:1.
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[8/7/2026, 6:03:32 PM] Imran Traveler
Well, the purpose of a safehouse is not long-term living, one supposes. He will poll the others when they reconvene on how they feel about situation; they've all been mainly sleeping in the same room for weeks now as it is.
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[8/7/2026, 6:03:50 PM] CBN
then dubnoom will bet on the gobzombie instead. bold money is gold money!
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[8/7/2026, 6:03:57 PM] Nicolae
hell yes
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[8/7/2026, 6:06:01 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"You there! Sir! Twenty~FIVE of the shiniest of the realm..." then really quiet so no one else learns his strategy "...on the shitty already dead one." Wisdom.
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[8/7/2026, 6:07:44 PM] Dammitwho
Wimble Rooftooth sends his magically-augmented bellow resounding throughout the Pyramid of the Dog. "GLADIES AND GOBBLEMEN... LET'S GET READY TO... SQUABBLE!" An orchestra with magically augmented instruments starts going absolutely HAM around the base of the tower Wimble is standing on. Goblin jock jams, if you can stomach such a thing.
The three fighters charge and/or shuffle toward one another!
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[8/7/2026, 6:08:34 PM] Dammitwho
6
1d6 + 1d2 = 5 + 1 = 6
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[8/7/2026, 6:09:02 PM] Dammitwho
2
1d3 = 2 = 2
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[8/7/2026, 6:09:08 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Squab! Squab! Squab!" Dubnoom cheers, along with the crowd, presumably.
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[8/7/2026, 6:12:48 PM] Dammitwho
The crowds are restless, hooting and hollering, but nobody's really pumped yet - it's anybody's game, and everygob is on the squab!
Vozzle Grimefinger makes mystic gestures with an intimidating glower, and the gobzombie reaches down and hurls a glob of mud! It mostly misses everyone, but a little bit does splash off and get into Grislip's toupee, ruining the dye job!
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[8/7/2026, 6:13:15 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom, how do you respond????
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[8/7/2026, 6:13:49 PM] Dammitwho
Also, what kind of work was Imran thinking about doing?
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[8/7/2026, 6:16:25 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Huzzah! Look at that! Blorped right on it!" He cheers.
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[8/7/2026, 6:16:49 PM] CBN
a CHEER/Huzzah action, on grimefinger and his gobzombie unit
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[8/7/2026, 6:18:00 PM] Dammitwho
Very well! What skill is Dubnoom intending to use for his cheering?
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[8/7/2026, 6:18:11 PM] Imran Traveler
His best and cleanest discipline is simple carpentry and woodworking; he was never any good with metals or cloth. That's not a particularly time-efficient way of making coin compared to adventuring -- an expert craftsman of tables and chairs can work out what, one gold piece a day in a neutral market with pleasant spenders? -- but he does have skill there. He also has skill scaring people with threats of violence, and doing manual labor.
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[8/7/2026, 6:18:27 PM] CBN
Diplomacy! For Motivation!
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[8/7/2026, 6:19:53 PM] Crion
imran can earn 2gp a day if he passes a DC 22 earn income roll at task level 6 with expert crafting
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[8/7/2026, 6:20:18 PM] Crion
which since he's +15 means rolling 9 or better? maybe i want DC 20 and 1 gp a day
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[8/7/2026, 6:20:19 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
31
1d20 + 14 = 17 + 14 = 31
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[8/7/2026, 6:20:34 PM] Crion
8 or better
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[8/7/2026, 6:20:56 PM] Crion
maybe 7 or better, i forget if DCs are tie or beat
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[8/7/2026, 6:21:20 PM] Dammitwho
Zombies may not care about cheering, but the Dread Sorcelor does! It takes a little extra effort to get through, but through the goblin technology of Hollering, Dubnoom urges him on!
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[8/7/2026, 6:21:23 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Look at that disgusting pile! Isn't it great!? That is what success on the battlefield looks like! Not being able to lose even when dead! It's awful! Dubnoom loves it!"
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[8/7/2026, 6:24:06 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom is noticed, but hasn't yet impressed anyone!
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[8/7/2026, 6:24:17 PM] Dammitwho
6
1d6 + 1d3 = 6 = 6
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[8/7/2026, 6:26:40 PM] Dammitwho
Grislip overcranks his clockwork crossbow, and fires twelve shots in a single round! Cheating? Character min-maxing? All of the above! Yes, this and more! Bolts sink deep into the gobzombie (though it doesn't notice), and Nabnat frantically slashes his rapier to try and cut the bolts out of the air! This does not work!
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[8/7/2026, 6:27:28 PM] CBN
for my next action i'd like to use lore: goblin to Furtively Spy against the crossbow guy; what in gobdom IS such a thing as a clockwork crossbow?
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[8/7/2026, 6:28:44 PM] Dammitwho
What're you lookin' for, weaknesses, resistances, etc? These guys have Stats, as indicated under furtive spying
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[8/7/2026, 6:30:23 PM] CBN
which crowd action would be cheapest against him! he's the real threat! how can dubnoom best contribute to his downfall
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[8/7/2026, 6:30:52 PM] Imran Traveler
Frankly, Imran can do much of the carpentry necessary in the Thirteenth Hour himself, he'd wager. But he's learned that in building and lawyering, paying a professional to get it right, with the right materials, is worth the spend.
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[8/7/2026, 6:31:59 PM] Dammitwho
Imran: That's true, but it does mean bringing a guy down here. Unless, of course, you plan to take the traditional king's solution to workmen building hidden vaults...
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[8/7/2026, 6:32:35 PM] Imran Traveler
Yes, true. A modified approach, then. Subassemblies.
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[8/7/2026, 6:32:45 PM] Imran Traveler
For when you don't wish to kill the craftsmen.
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[8/7/2026, 6:33:01 PM] Dammitwho
@Check[lore-goblin|dc:25|options:request-rolls-roll-id:YOka95KZyRGkZppt]
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[8/7/2026, 6:33:07 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
19
1d20 + 12 = 7 + 12 = 19
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[8/7/2026, 6:33:19 PM] Imran Traveler
That means measuring the portals, and the thinnest points of the halls, to know how big the pieces to bring in can be.
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[8/7/2026, 6:33:47 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom doesn't know shit! What a clown he is!
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[8/7/2026, 6:34:08 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom wracks his brain but is pretty sure that a crossbow is different from whatever Tak's thing is. But how? Who can say.
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[8/7/2026, 6:34:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
Quieter, for one thing.
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[8/7/2026, 6:34:50 PM] Dammitwho
Fortunately, no one really notices - Dubnoom squinting at a guy and coming to no conclusion is pretty low-key, hooting and hollering wise.
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[8/7/2026, 6:35:47 PM] Dammitwho
Round three! The battle is still on!
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[8/7/2026, 6:35:52 PM] Dammitwho
5
1d6 + 1d3 = 5 = 5
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[8/7/2026, 6:37:50 PM] Dammitwho
Vozzle Grimefinger casts one of his encounter spells, and the gobzombie perks up! Its eyes glow red, it sort of hunches over and makes a hissing noise, and begins moving really fast! Unfortunately, it collides with Nabnat, and both of them fall over, squalling and wailing and clutching their knees!
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[8/7/2026, 6:39:40 PM] CBN
time to Cheat! using Religion to channel the energies of unknown divinity (books) and give the crossbowman's elbow a shove so that he fucks up something. dubnoom's not a 'details' guy when making things worse. any thing helps.
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[8/7/2026, 6:43:32 PM] Dammitwho
So be it!
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[8/7/2026, 6:44:00 PM] Dammitwho
@Check[religion|dc:25|options:request-rolls-roll-id:731OPhxy9CWU0VRp]{Joggle his arm!}
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[8/7/2026, 6:45:08 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
32
1d20 + 13 = 19 + 13 = 32
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[8/7/2026, 6:45:14 PM] CBN
So Mote It Be.
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[8/7/2026, 6:46:40 PM] Dammitwho
Yowza!
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[8/7/2026, 6:49:09 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom stands and begins reciting passages of intense wisdom from his books! Goblins surrounding him start shouting "Aaaagh! He's reading! A wizard! A terrifying wizard!" and things of this nature. Grislip in particular is distracted in horror, causing his crossbow bolts to go wide right when he really doesn't want them to - Nabnat slices an "N" in Grislip's leather armor with his rapier!
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[8/7/2026, 6:50:04 PM] Nicolae
a letter! of an alphabet! spelling is truly a magical art...
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[8/7/2026, 6:51:08 PM] Dammitwho
WImble Rooftooth notices Dubnoom's efforts: "LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME GOBLITERATI IN THE STANDS TONIGHT, FOLKS!" The crows erupt in jeers and cheers! Punches are thrown! All Crowd Moods increase by 1!
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[8/7/2026, 6:51:58 PM] Nicolae
also if we're okay with saying dubnoom had some walkin' around money on him, is there any objection to my pretending tak had some money on him also and spending a little dosh at the alchemy factory. i suppose i could wrangle dwho about "can i just get the recipes from work for free" but i think i would need to work there longer for that
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[8/7/2026, 6:52:26 PM] CBN
tak should spend money as well to make money (rob people with your guns?)
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[8/7/2026, 6:52:44 PM] Dammitwho
Next to Dubnoom, an elderly (maybe as old as ten!) goblin with a jeweler's loupe serving as a monocle squints at Dubnoom. "Now see here young-small fellow, surely we're family-related? Perhaps you'd lend-reverse-steal a few gold for your dear old uncle?"
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[8/7/2026, 6:52:50 PM] Nicolae
that is not tak's style. at the very least they need to have started it.
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[8/7/2026, 6:52:54 PM] Dammitwho
A complication! Dubnoom must convince this guy he's not actually related!
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[8/7/2026, 6:53:03 PM] Crion
we have like 650 liquid, i think it's fine to assume we each have access to 100 gp liquid at any time even if it's not all on our person
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[8/7/2026, 6:53:22 PM] Crion
and then the remaining 250 etc is floating in the joint account
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[8/7/2026, 6:53:52 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom, roll Deception, Society, or Goblin Lore, DC 23!
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[8/7/2026, 6:54:44 PM] Dammitwho
sorry for not having stuff for Imran and Tak atm btw
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[8/7/2026, 6:55:35 PM] CBN
do we have hero points..........
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[8/7/2026, 6:56:54 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
1d20 + 12
1d20 1 1
13
1d20 + 12
1d20 6 6
28
1d20 + 12 + 10 = 6 + 12 + 10 = 28
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[8/7/2026, 6:57:15 PM] Nicolae
you're good tbh, i figure it makes up for all the times i obliterated a guy in combat. i am enjoying watching dubnoom and also thinking up things to buy
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[8/7/2026, 6:57:32 PM] Dammitwho
You had one, and now you have none.
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[8/7/2026, 6:58:06 PM] Nicolae
also also i have kind of a lot of games going on this weekend (invited to play a long-ass board game tomorrow, running the last-hopefully session of my hunter fewshot sunday) so i don't mind the chance to save some neurons for later
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[8/7/2026, 6:58:08 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom successfully overcomes the complication! Round four begins!
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[8/7/2026, 6:58:15 PM] Nicolae
yay! dubnoom!
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[8/7/2026, 6:58:40 PM] Dammitwho
4
1d6 + 1d3 = 4 = 4
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[8/7/2026, 6:58:53 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom opens his mouth. "There is no way you are related to Dubnoom! Because Dubn---" he pauses. No, that would be a really stupid way to wriggle out of this one. "You do look familiar. You bear a strong resemble to Dubnoom's Uncle-Subchief, Goatbiter." He narrows his eyes. "Goatbiter still owes Dubnoom three mules. He knows why. Where are Dubnoom's mules, Goatbiter?"
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[8/7/2026, 6:59:02 PM] Crion
it is not like i'm missing out on a huge pile of GP on the Earn Income table that i'm just not getting to roll for. thus as it always was: if we want to afford the big ticket items and live in luxury, we cannot be workaday wageys. we must engage in Adventurism.
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[8/7/2026, 6:59:49 PM] Crion
also gives me more bandwidth to be losing it at these FUCKING brits
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[8/7/2026, 7:00:28 PM] Nicolae
adventurism? what, like some kind of adventurers?
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[8/7/2026, 7:00:48 PM] Nicolae
also, there are mithril waffle irons available
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[8/7/2026, 7:01:14 PM] Nicolae
https://2e.aonprd.com/Equipment.aspx?ID=1403
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[8/7/2026, 7:01:52 PM] Dammitwho
Uh oh! Nabnat's on a roll, sinking his rapier directly into the gobzombie once, twice, thrice! It doesn't really injure the gobzombie, but it looks cool as hell, and sets Vozzle Grimefinger spluttering!
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[8/7/2026, 7:02:35 PM] Dammitwho
The bookies are wandering the stands hollering for gold! If Dubnoom wants to add another wager, now's his chance!
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[8/7/2026, 7:03:46 PM] CBN
Bold money after not-cowardly money! 25 more gp to the necromancer. Wager!! Show me the not-cowardice scores!
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[8/7/2026, 7:04:40 PM] Dammitwho
Very well! Roll Society, Diplomacy, or Mercantile Lore, DC 23!
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[8/7/2026, 7:08:10 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
15
1d20 + 10 = 5 + 10 = 15
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[8/7/2026, 7:10:52 PM] CBN
roll result: we live in one
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[8/7/2026, 7:11:56 PM] Dammitwho
The bookies whisper to one another and decide you look too clever. You're up to something. They'll not be taking any more bets from YOU, dear boy!
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[8/7/2026, 7:12:27 PM] Imran Traveler
Cartelists!
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[8/7/2026, 7:12:51 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom resolves to make so much money one day that he can buy and sell those guys. And he'll sell them to a wizard.
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[8/7/2026, 7:12:57 PM] Dammitwho
what the FUCK
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[8/7/2026, 7:13:37 PM] Dammitwho
Round 5!
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[8/7/2026, 7:13:42 PM] Dammitwho
3
1d6 + 1d3 = 3 = 3
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[8/7/2026, 7:14:07 PM] Nicolae
lmao
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[8/7/2026, 7:14:12 PM] Nicolae
re: "sell them to a wizard"
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[8/7/2026, 7:15:18 PM] Dammitwho
"Sir" Nabnat is getting really strong! He slices Grislip belt in twain, sending the goblindustrialist's pantaloons plummeting to earth!
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[8/7/2026, 7:16:16 PM] Dammitwho
It's hard for Dubnoom to tell without consulting with the Wizards of Odds, but in his opinion "Sir" Nabnat Squintwick is in the lead! This is bad news for his wager...
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[8/7/2026, 7:18:12 PM] CBN
time to jeer nabnat then! with...nature!!! to point out that his actions derive from immense cowardice, because he can't stand up to the impossible and abnormal power of the brute gobzombie so he's going after the easy to understand weak target crossbowman
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[8/7/2026, 7:19:50 PM] Dammitwho
GM Intervention: You're going to jeer a goblin by accusing him of cowardice?
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[8/7/2026, 7:20:28 PM] Dammitwho
Now, I know his score is called Not-Cowardice, but that should give you an idea of the confusion we're dealing with here...
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[8/7/2026, 7:21:48 PM] CBN
fair, fair. pointing out that he's a bad fighter then and could not possibly stand up to the power of 'something other than a guy without pants on, with a crossbow'. listen it's insults them not making sense is half the battle,
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[8/7/2026, 7:22:47 PM] Dammitwho
Roll Nature, DC....... 18?!
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[8/7/2026, 7:23:45 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
33
1d20 + 17 = 16 + 17 = 33
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[8/7/2026, 7:24:00 PM] Crion
dats a crit
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[8/7/2026, 7:24:31 PM] Dammitwho
It is indeed!
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[8/7/2026, 7:24:36 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"See now, the order of things! Crossbow who cannot shoot straight, loses to little skinny sword! Little skinny sword will fall before the might of Large Smashing! As it ever is!"
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[8/7/2026, 7:27:51 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom has, unwittingly, struck at the heart of the noble goblin. Dropping the pants of a low-born tradesman without even a proper sword is fun, but in no sense civilized or tasteful. Nabnat is discouraged, and even his wig droops. His section of the crowd responds, growing sullen!
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[8/7/2026, 7:28:52 PM] Nicolae
GET. HIS. ASS
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[8/7/2026, 7:29:15 PM] Dammitwho
Yaklapipiyati! Dubnoom wasn't even committing that hard to the bit, but he managed to convince Nabnat that he's a freaking clown out there, not holding up the side!
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[8/7/2026, 7:29:45 PM] CBN
mwahaha
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[8/7/2026, 7:30:07 PM] Dammitwho
Two big pit wardens with huge bodies and regular-sized heads begin watching Dubnoom carefully. All Cheat DCs increase by 2!
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[8/7/2026, 7:30:46 PM] Dammitwho
(Dubnoom hit Nabnat's Weakness, one of the things he could have learned with a successful Furtive Spying roll)
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[8/7/2026, 7:31:14 PM] CBN
time to...Squabble Up! to attempt with diplomacy to push the crowd mood further against nabnat
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[8/7/2026, 7:31:57 PM] Dammitwho
Round 6! The final round! Dubnoom might be going to Squabble Up, but first:
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[8/7/2026, 7:32:04 PM] Dammitwho
8
1d6 + 1d3 = 8 = 8
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[8/7/2026, 7:32:26 PM] Dammitwho
!
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[8/7/2026, 7:34:31 PM] Dammitwho
Grislip "Fair-Shake" Smoothgab fires a volley of bolts into the gobzombie! The dread sorcelor blows one of his dailies in return making the gobzombie temporarily into a fastgobzombie once more, and the two go down in a ball of punching, kicking, and biting! The pointy bolts that have stuck all the way through the gobzombie are now stabbing Grislip! Grislip has taken an idea from the zombie and is biting its neck off! It is literally neck and neck at this moment!
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[8/7/2026, 7:35:48 PM] Dammitwho
@Check[diplomacy|dc:23|adjustment:2|options:request-rolls-roll-id:RpkDiQp9xBcj61R4]{Start a squabble!}
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[8/7/2026, 7:36:05 PM] CBN
the dream outcome here, obviously, is that those two go down and everyone hates nabnat too much to give him the W
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[8/7/2026, 7:36:04 PM] Dammitwho
It's DC 25, but I'll let you try something else since you picked this before I told you what the fighting in this round looked like!
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[8/7/2026, 7:36:35 PM] CBN
oh the fighting only makes me want to do it even more.
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[8/7/2026, 7:37:17 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
19
1d20 + 14 = 5 + 14 = 19
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[8/7/2026, 7:37:25 PM] CBN
alas,
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[8/7/2026, 7:43:42 PM] Nicolae
i gotta say, not a lot of accessories for gunslingers really striking my fancy here
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[8/7/2026, 7:44:08 PM] Dammitwho
Two small goblins run out and smash a huge gong, which reverberates throughout the Pyramid. The fighters don't stop at the gong, but they eventually get the idea and stand up, facing the crowds. "Sir" Nabnat Squintwick is muttering to himself, stalking around and kicking the dirt - nobody expects him to win - my man choked in the finish.
Grislip Smoothgab and the gobzombie stand side by side, bleeding and sulking....
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[8/7/2026, 7:45:18 PM] Dammitwho
Wimble Rooftooth casts his voice-amplification spell and addresses the crowd. "AND THE WINNER IS... GRISLIP SM--" The crowds erupt in a roar! "UH, I MEAN"
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[8/7/2026, 7:45:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
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[8/7/2026, 7:45:36 PM] Dammitwho
Fights are breaking out! Ties suck, and closely awarded ties are worse!
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[8/7/2026, 7:46:15 PM] Dammitwho
The mood of the crowd shifts, with obscene jeers and bellowing filling the pyramid with a cacophony of goblin noises - truly, they call this power bloc The Volume!
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[8/7/2026, 7:46:52 PM] Dammitwho
"UH WHAT I MEAN WAS, DREAD SORCELOR VOZZLE GRIMEFINGER AND HIS GOBZOMBIE BATTLER ARE THE WINNERS! Get me down for gods' sake get me down from here already!"
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[8/7/2026, 7:47:01 PM] Dammitwho
87
1d100 = 87 = 87
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[8/7/2026, 7:47:25 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom hits himself in the face as much as he hits (encouragingly! excitedly!) everyone around him. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
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[8/7/2026, 7:49:12 PM] Imran Traveler
Well-squabbled.
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[8/7/2026, 7:50:13 PM] Dammitwho
The Squabbles are over for today. Dubnoom was noticeable more than he was impressive, but he did impress to some degree. Despite cheering explicitly against the Green Court (who cares, the point is to go apeshit!), goblins in waistcoats and wigs give curt bows to Dubnoom, and ones in little self-designed military uniforms with pith helmets and huge moustaches shake his hand vigorously. Dubnoom will have a place in the Green Court's stands for the next Squabbles if he wants it (without shoving!), and mid-tier gobbos from the faction will be more inclined to do him favors.
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[8/7/2026, 7:50:51 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Just so.
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[8/7/2026, 7:52:27 PM] Dammitwho
So, let's get down to it. Goblin bookies are not, like, trustworthy. Dubnoom has to physically trip one of them in order to keep them from running away from his money - as it is, he manages to keep 87% of his expected winnings, for a total of 112gp. Not bad for an initial 25gp stake!
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[8/7/2026, 7:54:15 PM] Dammitwho
Feel free to distribute that from the Party Loot actor I've just dragged in to your stash.
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[8/7/2026, 7:54:40 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" takes Darkvision Elixir (Lesser) from Party Loot.
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[8/7/2026, 7:55:22 PM] CBN
where even is the stash...
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[8/7/2026, 7:55:40 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" takes 112 × Gold Pieces from Party Loot.
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[8/7/2026, 7:55:48 PM] CBN
for now, that will do.
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:10 PM] Party Loot
I'm going to try to redesign this system a bit for the next Squabbles (assuming you go, which seems likely???). I don't like that failure ends up not doing anything. Numbers should basically be going all over the place 100% of the time in the Squabbles.
Also for next time I'll have more time to expand on the explanation post, so you'll have more information on what everything does
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:16 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Nyah!" Dubnoom takes his pound of flesh. Plus a bonus he can give Imran or feed to the orbfella or something.
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:16 PM] Nicolae
click the party tab (silhouette of a head and shoulders) and then the little dogeared paper icon next to the words "The Party"
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:19 PM] Nicolae
that is where the stash is
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:49 PM] Dammitwho
Basically this was a last-minute subsystem idea. So: learning for the future.
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[8/7/2026, 7:56:58 PM] CBN
i thought it was very cool and fun!
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[8/7/2026, 7:57:39 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom "The Wise" deposits 112 × Gold Pieces in the party stash.
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[8/7/2026, 7:58:04 PM] Crion
i thought it was very Goblin
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[8/7/2026, 7:58:45 PM] Nicolae
indeed
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[8/7/2026, 8:01:12 PM] Dammitwho
chears! Anyway, gobbos are leaving the Pyramid of the Dog for now. Everyone's packing up. What's Dubnoom's next move?
As for Imran, he's measured the dome of the Thirteenth Hour carefully. Is there something he would like to investigate or go do, unless you already told me in which case please remind me?
Likewise for Tak!
(It might help if Imran told everyone where their new safehouse was. . .)
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[8/7/2026, 8:02:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Yes, his first order of business is to return to the old digs, so he can meet everyone there to tell them where the new digs are. (And pay out their bill.)
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[8/7/2026, 8:04:14 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom's going to go back to the room to see what's up. He has to assume that everyone goes into idle animations when they aren't in his line of sight, so he expects to find the party there, waiting for Dubnoom's guidance and wisdom.
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[8/7/2026, 8:04:26 PM] Imran Traveler
Then: He's looking for to-order artisans and carpenters, purveyers of sturdy and fine goods, but crucially ones that are not fully assembled -- he wants them in mostly-assembled pieces, where he'll then transport them to the safehouse and assemble them himself. This will cost more money in labor and perhaps materials, but will not require burying the craftsmen under the building.
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[8/7/2026, 8:04:29 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak will meet Imran at the old digs, sitting at a table and cleaning his firearms.
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[8/7/2026, 8:05:02 PM] Imran Traveler
When he walks in: "Ah! Tak. Have you word of the others?"
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[8/7/2026, 8:05:10 PM] Imran Traveler
Steve and Orbfella are where they were left?
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[8/7/2026, 8:06:10 PM] Dammitwho
Alright! Dubnoom can make it back through the Flit to the Gilded Goblet, and though his shoes might be kind of gross, walking on the street makes them at least dry again. Likewise, Imran has no trouble - there are no Hellknights in the Wise District, and the Learned Guard are more concerned with protecting the Forae Logos than hassling sullen armed men, of which Imran isn't even the only one.
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[8/7/2026, 8:06:40 PM] Dammitwho
Steve was gnawing on the collapsible cages a little bit, but not enough to damage them.
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[8/7/2026, 8:07:03 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I have not." Did the gang discuss their plans for the day before heading out, so if Dubnoom doesn't come back we at least know where to start looking?
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[8/7/2026, 8:07:09 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran will let him out of the cage, and permit him to climb across him.
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[8/7/2026, 8:09:46 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom's shoes NOT being gross would be cause for alarm, at this point.
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[8/7/2026, 8:16:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"When Lindal and Dubnoom get back, we're paying our bill and checking out, unless you see a wisdom in maintaining this room as a cover. But we will want the gold. I have found a more permanent residence for us."
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[8/7/2026, 8:18:56 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Oh, that's excellent news. What kind of residence?" Tak looks up from his cleaning.
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[8/7/2026, 8:20:53 PM] Imran Traveler
"A dead or absconded old wizard's paranoid bunker, secured beneath an orrery behind a bar. I think they built the bar around the orrery, as a kind of tourist location. It's in the bookery district, with all the scholars; you know how they are."
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[8/7/2026, 8:21:47 PM] Imran Traveler
"Through my connections with...friends in an embassy, into a form of underground resistance, we've been given the keys for the duration of our time in the city. I hope it will at least shield the orb."
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[8/7/2026, 8:22:03 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom makes his way back. He's trudging something on his shoes that makes them look like elevated boots, there's so much grime on the bottoms. He announces himself to their room before seeing if anyone's there. "DUBNOOM RETURNS FLUSH WITH COIN. BEHOLD, HIS GENEROSITY." He flashes some coin, much of it real.
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[8/7/2026, 8:23:27 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak looks surprised, he was expecting some kind of apartment. "A wizard bunker? Last time we were in one of those, I had to shoot a bunch of corpse oozes."
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[8/7/2026, 8:23:57 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Still, if you say it's sufficient, I'll take your word-- Dubnoom!"
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[8/7/2026, 8:24:31 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"HAIL AND WELL MET, FRIEND TAK." He clears his throat. Smaller quieter space than the Squabbles. "Did YOU triumph at the goblin Squabbles today? Dubnoom did." He preens.
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[8/7/2026, 8:24:32 PM] Imran Traveler
"Dubnoom! You return with coin! Excellent. Allow me to tell you of the wizard bunker I've acquired." A short recap.
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[8/7/2026, 8:26:31 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Sadly, I did not. I haven't had many triumphs today. I found regular employment in my old trade, but I fear my first impression... could have gone better. For one thing, I didn't make nearly that much money," he says, looking at the gold Dubnoom is flashing.
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[8/7/2026, 8:27:40 PM] Dammitwho
Sports gambling is literally foolproof. You CANNOT go wrong by making large bets and not having a job.
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[8/7/2026, 8:29:43 PM] Imran Traveler
"Our contact and safekeep is a tiefling by name of Nimith. Her kin -- auntie, specifically -- is proprietor of the Steeping Owl teahouse in the scholarly district. I have purchased passes for the four of us; we are given license to come and go as students."
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[8/7/2026, 8:31:26 PM] Dammitwho
*Nimrith
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[8/7/2026, 8:35:37 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Well, that just beats all, doesn't it? How are the digs? Roomy? Cramped? Oozy?"
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[8/7/2026, 8:37:22 PM] Imran Traveler
"Dry. Sealed. One big room and one smaller room, a cistern converted to a bunkhouse. Roomy, but not private. We can curtain off portions, but there are no individual rooms. And in the main room, a great workshop, with the walls to contain and space to sustain great work."
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[8/7/2026, 8:37:22 PM] Dammitwho
So, a brief clarification on the monthly Forae Logos passes. They don't mark you as 'students' in the sense of being enrolled at a university or magical academy. The Forae Logos is the largest single library in Absalom, and one of the largest in the world. Its existence and maintenance is written into the city's Founding Laws, and it has been around for about 4000 years. It's said that Darl Jubannich and Hosetter used the Forae Logos' collections of works on political economy in creating their seminal texts that set off the revolutions in Andoran and Galt.
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[8/7/2026, 8:38:01 PM] Dammitwho
The monthly passes get you general access to the Forae Logos, and explain to anyone who might inquire what you're doing in the Wise Quarter.
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[8/7/2026, 8:41:07 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Fancy teas...learning..." a little hesitation at that one. "...secrecy. Lying powerfully." Emboldened now. "You have chosen quite well friend Imran. With great wisdom. And the curtains for curtaining...you have chosen silks, yes?"
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[8/7/2026, 8:41:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"If we have sufficient income streams, it may behoove us to maintain residences outside the safehouse in the city from time to time. But this is our redoubt."
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[8/7/2026, 8:43:07 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom nods. "At establishments with provided breakfast. Your wisdom is again appreciated."
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[8/7/2026, 8:44:24 PM] Imran Traveler
To Dubnoom's concerns: "We will have to spend some money to make the place amenable to our living. Of course, we can't just bring the workmen down into the Thirteenth Hour."
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[8/7/2026, 8:44:31 PM] Tak Ironflame
And when Dubnoom the Wise appreciates your wisdom, you know it's some real good wisdom.
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[8/7/2026, 8:44:42 PM] Imran Traveler
"So we will have to commission our furnishings, then bring them in pieces to the place."
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[8/7/2026, 8:45:29 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom, who by now has set his phantasmal minion servant to cleaning his boots without removing them from his feet, winds a finger around his ratty wizard-beard. "Labor. Mm."
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[8/7/2026, 8:46:39 PM] Nicolae
and that's how the gang invented IKEA
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[8/7/2026, 8:46:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
"More'n happy to help with construction."
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[8/7/2026, 8:47:56 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Friend Tak, your generosity knows no bounds. Is that a new exploding thing you have?" He points to his hands. "Dubnoom saw a crossbow, that fired many times at once, at the Squabbles. Yours is better, yes?"
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[8/7/2026, 8:49:44 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran nods. "Between the two of us, I think assembly will be fine. Finding the correct artisans to do initial production will be most of the battle. At least for our finer things; the silks and the beddings for Steve and Orbfella and so on. I think we can build much of our own benching and scaffolding for craftwork. Perhaps we will need to import specific ovens and kilns and forges? We will have to check our ventilation situation more thoroughly than I did, but that would seem like a security risk."
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[8/7/2026, 8:50:53 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Same exploding thing as usual." Tak is running a long brush down the barrel of his clan pistol. On the one hand, it is important to recognize the various limitations of various weapon types as compared to each other. However, he did make this pistol with his own hands. So: "Of course. Black powder gives it a punch you just can't replicate with a bowstring."
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[8/7/2026, 8:52:00 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Ovens for breadmaking AND for however friend Tak makes his, finger and shoot and blao, object." Dubnoom offers.
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[8/7/2026, 8:52:23 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"An interesting possibility of flavor combinations arises, however." Stroking beard in reflection.
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[8/7/2026, 8:53:26 PM] Tak Ironflame
"I can make my ammunition at the lab where I've found employment. It's probably safer to do it there. There are... explosions."
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[8/7/2026, 8:54:38 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
He steeples his fingers. "Friend Imran...how will we resolve...walls..." Dubnoom is looking at the walls of the inn room, and thinking: these are nice enough.
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[8/7/2026, 8:57:01 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran shrugs. "Well, shall we go see the space? Pick up Lindal on the way, perhaps. We can keep our room here for now if you don't like the beds that are already down there."
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[8/7/2026, 8:57:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"If walls are demanded, Tak and I can build them."
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[8/7/2026, 9:01:16 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Excellent. Yes, a tour is in order!"
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[8/7/2026, 9:03:08 PM] Dammitwho
Imran will display the Thirteenth Hour to Tak, Dubnoom, and perhaps even Lindal... NEXT WEEK!
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[8/7/2026, 9:03:18 PM] CBN
gg!