[3/13/2026, 4:06:30 PM] Crion
Goliath online.
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[3/13/2026, 4:07:56 PM] CBN
*the nooms double*
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[3/13/2026, 4:08:00 PM] Zarick
gnolliolio
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[3/13/2026, 5:39:17 PM] Crion
alright alright alright
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[3/13/2026, 5:40:10 PM] Dammitwho
What's cooler than being cool? The ice cold water that Lindal has immersed himself in trying to crawl down a cave hole!
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[3/13/2026, 5:42:04 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Imran might think the shrieking and spluttering from the hole proves him right. But it doesn't. It doesn't!
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[3/13/2026, 5:42:15 PM] Imran Traveler
How is it going down there?
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[3/13/2026, 5:42:18 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal has no problem clinging to the rockface down there, it's just deeply unpleasant!
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[3/13/2026, 5:42:32 PM] Crion
had to briefly refamiliarize myself with the Scrambling situation
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[3/13/2026, 5:43:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
He's scowling when he comes back over the lip of the chasm - tail first, then feet, then witch. "Too small. Too wet."
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[3/13/2026, 5:43:40 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"It's actually not conventionally possible for things of the size we- pff- things that size to have passed through this chamber."
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[3/13/2026, 5:44:37 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom, for his part, is continuing to try to find something else of import in the nice, safe (?), dry (??) room he's already in. Likely to no avail, but, he's already here, so.
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[3/13/2026, 5:44:56 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun is holding a rope because Imran seems determined to maybe go in after Lindal.
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[3/13/2026, 5:44:59 PM] Imran Traveler
"Perhaps they can squeeze tight. Change their shape, ooze through cracks, dislocate their joints to turn into thin creatures, so on."
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[3/13/2026, 5:45:13 PM] Imran Traveler
Yes, he is poised to clambor down.
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[3/13/2026, 5:45:52 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom and Lindal (before he went down the hole) have already found some things of import! They're just kind of the same color as the background, here
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[3/13/2026, 5:46:09 PM] Party Loot
A magic belt and a healing potion!
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[3/13/2026, 5:46:33 PM] Zarick
i guess we rolled to identify that but maybe we didn't need to since i have one
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[3/13/2026, 5:46:50 PM] Crion
i would like the lifting belt unless someone else wants it
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[3/13/2026, 5:47:01 PM] CBN
all yours
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[3/13/2026, 5:47:14 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler takes Lifting Belt from Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:47:41 PM] Crion
oh dang that's right
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[3/13/2026, 5:47:46 PM] Crion
i'm already wearing a belt lol
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[3/13/2026, 5:47:55 PM] Gul Banana
you should be able to use that to use a broken barrel as an impromptu shield
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[3/13/2026, 5:48:10 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler deposits Lifting Belt in Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:48:45 PM] Crion
are there rules for improvised shields? eh i don't wanna slow down the session with that
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[3/13/2026, 5:49:41 PM] Zarick
i gave you a shield
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[3/13/2026, 5:49:50 PM] Crion
oh right
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[3/13/2026, 5:49:59 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya takes Healing Potion (Lesser) from Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:50:13 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"These dead minions each had a healing potion. I really hope they didn't starve to death..."
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[3/13/2026, 5:50:26 PM] Nicolae
hmmmm, if there's no other takers i could take the lifting belt and spec out of the hefty hauler feat
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[3/13/2026, 5:50:30 PM] Nicolae
wait, can i do that yet
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[3/13/2026, 5:50:49 PM] Crion
tbh might just be more useful to flip for party cash when we get the option
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[3/13/2026, 5:51:21 PM] Gul Banana
i'd suggest brun take it for massive athletics... but he is already wearing one
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[3/13/2026, 5:51:37 PM] Crion
actually it's probably more useful than killer's belt
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[3/13/2026, 5:51:45 PM] Crion
now that imran is in shield rune territory
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[3/13/2026, 5:51:56 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler takes Lifting Belt from Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:03 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran Traveler deposits Killer's Belt in Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:05 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Wise one, take this in case of more DarkSpheres."
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:26 PM] Crion
everyone else should check killer's belt see if it interests them
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:37 PM] Crion
+1 intim, bleeding application effect
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:52 PM] Crion
latter requires a free hand
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[3/13/2026, 5:52:59 PM] Nicolae
not i
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[3/13/2026, 5:53:06 PM] Zarick
not i, only lifting
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[3/13/2026, 5:53:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya takes Healing Potion (Lesser) from Party Loot.
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[3/13/2026, 5:53:27 PM] Nicolae
i don't make intim checks and my jezail takes two hands to use best
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[3/13/2026, 5:53:39 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Thank you! Dubnoom is sure it is delicious and will be, unfortunately, useful. And soon."
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[3/13/2026, 5:53:56 PM] Crion
imran DOES make intim checks but he probably makes more athletics checks
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[3/13/2026, 5:54:13 PM] Crion
it'll be good to have hanging around regardless, but to the party loot with it for now
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[3/13/2026, 5:54:46 PM] Nicolae
yeah, worst case scenario it is Dollars
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[3/13/2026, 5:54:57 PM] Nicolae
a fistful of them, even
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[3/13/2026, 5:55:01 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
you can probably drag it directly to stash
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[3/13/2026, 5:55:24 PM] Nicolae
anyway is there anything else going on up here, if not tak's gonna head back down south to the mine cart room
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[3/13/2026, 5:55:34 PM] Nicolae
oh, right, i'm the only one who's been down there to see the mine cart
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[3/13/2026, 5:56:10 PM] P. P. Lindalsivranragdya
P. P. Lindalsivranragdya moves Killer's Belt from Party Loot to the party stash.
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[3/13/2026, 5:56:11 PM] Crion
is stash on the map? i only see the party loot
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[3/13/2026, 5:56:15 PM] Crion
ah
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[3/13/2026, 5:56:26 PM] Gul Banana
it's one of the tabs on the party actor sheet
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[3/13/2026, 5:57:13 PM] Crion
tak can probably poke around, imran is hanging out to make sure lindal gets out of the hole okay. he can take over the rope if brun wants to go with tak or do something else
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[3/13/2026, 5:57:43 PM] Zarick
okay, brun will go with tak
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[3/13/2026, 5:58:17 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran takes the rope from Brun; if Lindal has problems down there, all he has to do is grab it and Imran will pull him up. This new belt will help.
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[3/13/2026, 5:59:44 PM] Dammitwho
In the next room, there's the minecart that Tak saw earlier, a pair of bulkhead doors, and in one corner a machine with a red glow emanating from a small square at its top.
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[3/13/2026, 5:59:50 PM] Gul Banana
? lindal has exited the hole
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[3/13/2026, 5:59:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak takes a look at the mine cart and this end of the mine tracks. Anything stand out as odd or unusual? Is there more goop lurking inside the cart?
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[3/13/2026, 6:00:19 PM] Nicolae
Ah, a machine! It's not really showing up on the map, there's just a sourceless red glow
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[3/13/2026, 6:00:41 PM] Dammitwho
Yeah, I didn't find a good tile for it in time to make the map, lemme describe it for you
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[3/13/2026, 6:00:50 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Now that the jig is up, so to speak, Brun takes out his glowing holy symbol again.
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[3/13/2026, 6:00:52 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Devices...
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[3/13/2026, 6:02:03 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Dubnoom will watch your back, friend Imran."
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[3/13/2026, 6:02:15 PM] Nicolae
also were we still doing the refresh on hero points rule
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[3/13/2026, 6:02:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"Thank you, wise Dubnoom!"
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[3/13/2026, 6:04:08 PM] Dammitwho
It's rectangular, sat on one end, with some kind of conduit leading out from its base that has been severed, savagely torn. It's largely made of an odd metal alloy that it's likely you've never seen before, a dull grey almost like steel. On its top is a smaller thin rectangle made from the same material [plastic] that the tanks you've seen elsewhere are, connected to the larger metal device by wiring coated in rubber. Apart from the conduit it seems undamaged, and is remarkable for showing now signs of tool marks or working of any kind - whatever artisan at Silver Mount made these things, they were a true master.
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[3/13/2026, 6:04:52 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"That's definitely a weird-looking device."
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[3/13/2026, 6:05:12 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Incomprehensible! However, it's not full of ooze."
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[3/13/2026, 6:05:13 PM] Tak Ironflame
Can I roll, say, Engineering Lore, to take a peep at it and perhaps divine its purpose?
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[3/13/2026, 6:05:39 PM] Dammitwho
Made from more ordinary workmanship, and sitting next to the smaller rectangle atop the metal one, is a wooden spindle carved with magic runes, which has a very long spool of some kind of vellum (what creature has a skin this long, you can't be sure). Atop it is attached a quill to a small metal arm, and there's a long hinged blade (used presumably to slice the vellum into pages) attached to the frame.
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[3/13/2026, 6:05:45 PM] Dammitwho
Tak! You may!
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[3/13/2026, 6:05:50 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I can't feel any magic left in it. Normally the spirits of light would let me know about such."
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[3/13/2026, 6:06:01 PM] Tak Ironflame
26
1d20 + 10 = 16 + 10 = 26
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[3/13/2026, 6:06:06 PM] Dammitwho
Lindal can feel magic! But only on the spindle/vellum/quill.
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[3/13/2026, 6:06:05 PM] Crion
lol
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[3/13/2026, 6:06:42 PM] Nicolae
the holetel california, you can check out but you can never leave....
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[3/13/2026, 6:08:04 PM] Dammitwho
Tak looks closer, and notices that the top of the metal rectangle is divided into a few dozen squares, each with a symbol he's never seen before inscribed on it. He recalls that artifacts from Silver Mount were often alive in some strange way... perhaps these squares are a method of communication?
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[3/13/2026, 6:08:21 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Now this thing-" he gestures. "That's certainly a wizard's pen. As Highleaf wrote, he must have been studying the artifacts he'd imported. I wonder whether he wrote down his findings somewhere in this place, rather than taking them to... wherever he's gone."
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[3/13/2026, 6:12:25 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak relays his hypothesis to the group. "If it's from Silver Mount, it's... It might've been some way to communicate." He gestures at the symbols. "I'll be damned if I know who it's for communicating *with*."
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[3/13/2026, 6:12:46 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Does it work?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:12:51 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Does the minecart tunnel lead imminently to any other chambers, or is it long?
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:01 PM] Nicolae
does lindal have an actual lightsource IC
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:14 PM] Crion
brun is lit up right now i think
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:20 PM] Gul Banana
yes, he made an everlight crystal at the start of last session
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:35 PM] Crion
maybe that's just an effect
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:37 PM] Nicolae
ah, wise
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[3/13/2026, 6:13:39 PM] Gul Banana
and then avoided using it for 2/3rds OF that session in a misguided attempt at stealth
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[3/13/2026, 6:14:04 PM] Gul Banana
the nice thing about it is, it's Ever
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[3/13/2026, 6:14:04 PM] Nicolae
looks like it's a dead end, unless there's a Skill Check around here
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[3/13/2026, 6:14:58 PM] Dammitwho
When Lindal walks out onto the minecart tracks, he (and Tak) discover that the tracks simply end a short distance outside of the room. To their sides, below, and directly in front of them, the walls curve away into a black void well beyond the reach of their light. In this distance they can hear a loud rushing noise like the sound of a river crashing down rock.
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[3/13/2026, 6:15:26 PM] Zarick
so this isn't a hall, it's a Chasm?
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[3/13/2026, 6:15:28 PM] Dammitwho
The end of the tracks are broken and twisted - this wasn't an intentional stop. There was a collapse here.
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[3/13/2026, 6:15:34 PM] Dammitwho
Correct
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[3/13/2026, 6:15:58 PM] Dammitwho
It's hard to see becauase the Non-Visited Map is black and the chasm is also black
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[3/13/2026, 6:16:21 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun backs away slowly to give the others room. "Careful, not even sure how long a drop that would be."
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[3/13/2026, 6:16:43 PM] Imran Traveler
"Could throw the crystal down and find out. I've got an extra."
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[3/13/2026, 6:17:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Let's try'n find another way down first."
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[3/13/2026, 6:18:26 PM] Dammitwho
(Tak: Brun asked you a question about the machine)
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[3/13/2026, 6:20:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"Otherwise we've got two doors, one west, one south."
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[3/13/2026, 6:20:45 PM] Nicolae
ah, right!
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[3/13/2026, 6:21:18 PM] Tak Ironflame
Does the machine *look* like it could work? You did mention that a conduit-like part of it was torn out.
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[3/13/2026, 6:22:08 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Maybe the west one first -- could lead back to the entrance."
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[3/13/2026, 6:22:12 PM] Dammitwho
Well, there's a square piece up on the smaller rectangle that's making that red glow, so clearly *something's* working.
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[3/13/2026, 6:22:21 PM] Tak Ironflame
!
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[3/13/2026, 6:22:33 PM] Dammitwho
Unless that's a light that indicates that it's broken. Does such a thing exist?
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[3/13/2026, 6:22:48 PM] Tak Ironflame
Does the square piece that's glowing have any writing, glyphs, symbols, sigils, etc.?
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[3/13/2026, 6:23:00 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes, that sounds wise, Brun."
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[3/13/2026, 6:23:18 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I'd poke around that pit, but it's not where the flesh-ooze-things originated. We should try the doors..." But if Tak wants to play with the machine first, that's fine. Honestly more appealing than being gashed by claws.
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[3/13/2026, 6:23:22 PM] Dammitwho
Nope, it's just a small light. In the daytime it would be hardly noticeable, it's only down here that it lights up a quarter of the room.
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[3/13/2026, 6:23:36 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran raises his shield and steps towards the door to prepare to open it, or for things to come through, while the others finish their business.
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[3/13/2026, 6:24:26 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom wisely takes a crouching cover beside the terminal point of the tracks. Seems as good a spot as any!
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[3/13/2026, 6:24:52 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Where did Ram Banaram go... ah! He's hopped under the beds.
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[3/13/2026, 6:24:55 PM] Tak Ironflame
Do any of the symbols resemble any symbols Tak recognizes? Alchemy? Language? Crude pictograms representing "do not walk your pets here"?
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[3/13/2026, 6:26:27 PM] Dammitwho
Does Tak speak Androffan?
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[3/13/2026, 6:26:39 PM] Tak Ironflame
He does not.
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[3/13/2026, 6:26:48 PM] Crion
"androffan? no. now, anthro fan,"
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[3/13/2026, 6:26:53 PM] Nicolae
though i did get a +1 int on the level up, so now he also speaks Osiriani, which is a majority language in alkenstar
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[3/13/2026, 6:27:26 PM] Nicolae
or rather, he spoke orisiani The Whole Time
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[3/13/2026, 6:28:17 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Any of y'all recognize these symbols?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:28:31 PM] Crion
imran can also roll, but that is not one of his languages either
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[3/13/2026, 6:28:41 PM] Dammitwho
Then he does notice a series of squares along the top marked with the Osiriani (and alchemical, and astronomical - they're an intellectually prolific people) symbols for the planets in Golarion's solar system. Tak may or may not be clear on what that means.
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[3/13/2026, 6:28:41 PM] Crion
i guess roll to ID the language but not read it?
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[3/13/2026, 6:28:46 PM] Crion
ah
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[3/13/2026, 6:29:23 PM] Dammitwho
(by "what that means" I'm referring to like "what a planet is", "what outer space is", etc)
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[3/13/2026, 6:30:57 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Oh, that's mainland writing."
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[3/13/2026, 6:31:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I can't *read* it, but I've seen it."
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[3/13/2026, 6:32:05 PM] Dammitwho
(Note that *only* those symbols are recognizable as Osiriani. The rest, you've no clue.)
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[3/13/2026, 6:32:35 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak looks at the symbols curiously for a little while, but he can't make heads or tails of it. "Yeah, they've got these back home," he says, gesturing to the glyphs. "But it's... astronomy symbols, I think." He looks up theatrically at the ceiling, which is made of hundreds of meters of rock. "And caves ain't exactly the best place for astronomy."
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[3/13/2026, 6:32:53 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Astronomy? What is that?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:33:45 PM] Tak Ironflame
"The science of stars and moons and suchlike. They use some of the same symbols in alchemical writing, which is mostly the only reason i know 'em."
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[3/13/2026, 6:34:33 PM] Imran Traveler
"Perhaps we can find someone to speak it in town."
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[3/13/2026, 6:34:36 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Ah." Brun looks wide-eyed at the device. "You think that thing can communicate with the moons and stars?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:34:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"Let's take these doors, for now."
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[3/13/2026, 6:35:00 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Upshot being, I don't know what the hell this thing does, at least not without poking at it. And the last time I poked at something down here I didn't recognize, it turned a corpse into living goop."
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[3/13/2026, 6:35:16 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak nods at Imran, seconding his motion.
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[3/13/2026, 6:36:23 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun crouches at the ready.
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[3/13/2026, 6:36:31 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"...maybe the doors open, to the space?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:37:33 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Or, ooh, what do they call them. Orrerarries? Orreries? Space looky spots? Maybe this is a good place for, you know. Like a shipman's monocular. But for looking up. You can throw that in a mountain as long as it pokes out the top. Or, magic."
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[3/13/2026, 6:37:44 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran opens the door.
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:10 PM] Imran Traveler
...Well then.
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:27 PM] Dammitwho
Everyone looking in roll Engineering or Perception!
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:34 PM] Brun Rentclaw
20
1d20 + 14 = 6 + 14 = 20
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:43 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
We *could* just press the buttons...
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:44 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
24
1d20 + 10 = 14 + 10 = 24
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:45 PM] Imran Traveler
23
1d20 + 11 = 12 + 11 = 23
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:46 PM] Tak Ironflame
29
1d20 + 14 = 15 + 14 = 29
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[3/13/2026, 6:38:53 PM] Dammitwho
Lindal: Pretty tempting....
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[3/13/2026, 6:39:12 PM] Tak Ironflame
We could just press the buttons, but as Tak said, could go poorly. However, if someone else wants to give it a shot...
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[3/13/2026, 6:39:42 PM] Dammitwho
Tak and Dubnoom, in their wisdom and education, can see that this is a fresh rockfall. Like, within the past few days.
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[3/13/2026, 6:40:06 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Everyone else is looking away, so it's not like Lindal's going to get in trouble. If he recognises the symbol for Golarion itself, he'll push that square.
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[3/13/2026, 6:40:40 PM] Nicolae
"it's not like lindal's going to get in trouble" cue the title card, "temptation sensation": THE GANG BLOWS UP THE PLANET
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[3/13/2026, 6:40:46 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"That's new."
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[3/13/2026, 6:41:06 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom is pointing at the collapse. "So either something new made it happen, or it happening made something new happen."
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[3/13/2026, 6:41:49 PM] Imran Traveler
"Interesting. ...Let's try the southern door."
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[3/13/2026, 6:41:51 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak nods in assent. "Hasn't had time to collect the same dust as the rest of the place." He scootches past Imran to take a closer look.
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[3/13/2026, 6:41:53 PM] Dammitwho
There's a pleasant click! noise as the square sinks in under Lindal's finger. Several things happen at once: The light from the smallest square on the plastic rectangle turns from red to green, the plastic square lights up and symbols start appearing on it as if shining through glass, and the vellum spindle starts rattling as it rotates on its own and the quill begins magically writing upon it.
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[3/13/2026, 6:41:58 PM] Imran Traveler
"...Lindal?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:42:30 PM] Dammitwho
The symbols on the plastic screen are the same kind as are on the keys, and equally incomprehensible, but thankfully the quill is writing in Common!
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:08 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Oh, the artifact's turned on for some reason. It's a much friendlier colour now."
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:18 PM] Imran Traveler
He narrows his eyes. "For some reason."
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:25 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I wonder whether this is safe!"
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:32 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Guess we're about to find out."
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:38 PM] Tak Ironflame
What's it writing?
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:38 PM] Imran Traveler
He sighs and repositions at the south door.
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:41 PM] Dammitwho
The quill writes:
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[3/13/2026, 6:43:44 PM] Dammitwho
MACHINE-TENDERNESS; THIS IS ITS FINALITY
IT IS NAMED "PLACE OF VOLITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPE", IT IS NUMBERED THREE AND RANKED THE SERVANT TYPE TO THE GREATER FINALITY
Enthusiasm withers under criticism - Singing echoes in the void of time
You are gently encouraged to inquire further
Aballon: Form-situation
Castrovel: Form-situation steamed bun
Golarion: Imagery introspection
Akiton: Imagery extrospection
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[3/13/2026, 6:44:29 PM] Imran Traveler
...Then his curiosity gets the better of him.
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[3/13/2026, 6:44:35 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Steamed buns sound nice."
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[3/13/2026, 6:44:55 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Tak, take another look at this. We're encouraged to inquire!"
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[3/13/2026, 6:44:57 PM] Crion
would like to roll to learn more about the names of the...realms? unless that's common knowledge
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[3/13/2026, 6:45:17 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Not that it takes much encouragement.
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[3/13/2026, 6:45:37 PM] Dammitwho
Did Imran have a decent education back in Nidal?
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[3/13/2026, 6:45:50 PM] Imran Traveler
Yes, unfortunately.
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[3/13/2026, 6:46:03 PM] Imran Traveler
Well not, unfortunately as far as knowing things. But you know how boarding schools are.
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[3/13/2026, 6:46:09 PM] Dammitwho
Then he knows that Aballon, Castrovel, Golarion, and Akiton, are the names of the first four planets from Golarion's sun.
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[3/13/2026, 6:47:09 PM] Imran Traveler
He frowns. "Steamed bun Castrovel? ...I suppose I've never seen it..."
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[3/13/2026, 6:48:11 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak takes a look. "'Machine-tenderness; this is its finality.' Hell of a dialect this thing's got."
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[3/13/2026, 6:48:42 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Well it could be from another planet maybe, so that seems expected!"
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[3/13/2026, 6:48:45 PM] Imran Traveler
Can we take the vellum from it as it writes through, or should we be taking notes ourselves?
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[3/13/2026, 6:49:21 PM] Dammitwho
The quill assembly is at least ordinary magic, so you can roll Arcana to learn more about it if you're of a mind. Imran: Yes, the assembly has a hinged blade on it oriented specifically so you can slice 'pages' off the vellum spool
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[3/13/2026, 6:49:50 PM] Imran Traveler
22
1d20 + 12 = 10 + 12 = 22
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[3/13/2026, 6:49:59 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
25
1d20 + 12 = 13 + 12 = 25
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[3/13/2026, 6:50:10 PM] CBN
Diverse Lore: It's Cool
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[3/13/2026, 6:51:39 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom, after some mental effort, determines that the quill assemblage was almost certainly not made by the same people who made the device - this is good old fashioned modern day craftsmanship. Its purpose appears to be automatic translation, though it doesn't seem to be doing a very good job? Maybe the magic item's creator didn't know much about the language he was trying to translate.
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[3/13/2026, 6:52:22 PM] Crion
it's
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[3/13/2026, 6:52:38 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Shall we introspect upon our imagery?"
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[3/13/2026, 6:52:38 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Very interesting..." Dubnoom strokes his beard, which summons the minion, to mill about aimlessly, offering peeled grapes that aren't there from a plate that isn't there, things of that nature.
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[3/13/2026, 6:53:08 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal's not standing closest to the machine, mind. His instinct with these things is always to tug the tail and then leap back - if you wait until you *know* you need to leap, it may be too late.
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[3/13/2026, 6:53:11 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"The writing part isn't part of the original part. It's trying to translate the OTHER stuff. And badly!" Dubnoom is glad other people can do this job worse than he does, and have.
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[3/13/2026, 6:53:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes, let's. Honestly we could take it from the top. It writes out the information, prints it, scythes it off, and we roll it up for later."
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[3/13/2026, 6:53:37 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak's shadow accepts a grape that isn't there from the minion.
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[3/13/2026, 6:53:55 PM] Imran Traveler
"May not be wise to spend overmuch time here."
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[3/13/2026, 6:54:49 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom leans closer to the quill assemblage. "Inquire further. INQUIRE. FURTHER. EXPLAIN YOURSELF."
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[3/13/2026, 6:55:24 PM] Zarick
representative!
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[3/13/2026, 6:55:39 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran will start with the Aballon button and move down, unless we wish to begin with Golarion from principle.
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[3/13/2026, 6:56:00 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom may appear foolish to the idiot layman, but he's actually like Scotty in the Star Trek movie with the whales and time travel, when he tries to talk to the Apple II. It's a quaint piece of technology, simply beneath him
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[3/13/2026, 6:56:07 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak nods. "When we get back to town, maybe we can tell 'em to requisition some academics to have a look."
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[3/13/2026, 6:56:29 PM] Dammitwho
Imran presses the Aballon button, and more symbols begin to scroll across the screen, corresponding to rattling and scratching from the quill!
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[3/13/2026, 6:56:42 PM] Tak Ironflame
But we've got time for a button or two more.
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[3/13/2026, 6:56:56 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"It would be wise to hang a sign outside that says 'no one ever come in here, you will die.'."
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[3/13/2026, 6:57:03 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"For simplicity."
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[3/13/2026, 6:57:11 PM] Dammitwho
FORM-SITUATION
The cube has vibrated (2.63460061701236736 × 10^21) times in silence; The competent authorities are advised to exhibit machine-tenderness
The myriad dimensional net has not sung for (2.63460061701236736 × 10^21) vibrations of the cube
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[3/13/2026, 6:58:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"I...see."
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[3/13/2026, 6:58:30 PM] Imran Traveler
"That's higher maths."
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[3/13/2026, 6:58:38 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Yeah, those are made up numbers. Nothing vibrates..." Lindal moves his lips for a few moments "...a thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand thousand times."
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:00 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Except the god of vibration, whose name and aspect I do not recall."
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:07 PM] Imran Traveler
If there's nothing more, then it's the Castrovel button. Steamed buns?
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:09 PM] Dammitwho
Certainly it would have to vibrate very quickly, to get it all in.
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
But would prefer to avoid offending.
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:14 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Numbers above..." Dubnoom holds up both hands and kinda, wiggles his feet, "...are a waste of thinking."
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[3/13/2026, 6:59:19 PM] Imran Traveler
So wise...
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[3/13/2026, 7:00:20 PM] Dammitwho
A great many symbols, this time. The quill is obliged to move faster to keep up!
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[3/13/2026, 7:00:24 PM] Dammitwho
FORM-SITUATION STEAMED BUN
STEAMED BUN: Machine-tenderness extending to enthusiastic reservoir of the first type is recorded at the current moment
STEAMED BUN: The condition of universal serenity declaims a dark/wicked visitor dances along the myriad dimensional net; therefore, vigilant serenity is commanded
STEAMED BUN: The august head of vessel declaims contention has begun at the current moment; therefore, machine-tenderness is suspended
STEAMED BUN: The all-present belligerent mind declaims with regret that the shield has suffered injury to the degree of eight parts in ten
STEAMED BUN: The ministry of sincerity in providing medical care declaims that universal serenity is implored to descend on the place of plague-inspection
STEAMED BUN: Enthusiastic reservoir of the most important type has become small
STEAMED BUN: The all-present belligerent mind declaims with regret that the shield has suffered injury to the degree of three parts in ten
STEAMED BUN: Enthusiastic reservoir of the most important type has withered
STEAMED BUN: The condition of universal serenity declaims a state of universal unrest; officials of many competencies are commanded to orient towards inward-belligerence
STEAMED BUN: Enthusiastic reservoir of the second type has withered
STEAMED BUN: The all-present belligerent mind declaims with regret that the shield has returned to vast emptiness
STEAMED BUN: Enthusiastic reservoir of the third type has become small
STEAMED BUN: The all-present contemplative mind has declaimed the highest official court has returned to vast emptiness; therefore, it has accorded the self-coronation of the thrice-deputy minister of harmony in movement to august head of vessel
STEAMED BUN: The august head of vessel has declaimed inward-belligerence has developed along paths not necessarily conducive to celestial bliss
STEAMED BUN: The august head of vessel has commanded the vessel become one with the cage; the court must rise in acclaim
STEAMED BUN: The all-present contemplative mind has accorded that all ministers who have not returned to vast emptiness rise in acclaim
STEAMED BUN: The masses are gently encouraged to return to the eggs of universal serenity; (5.515579062 × 10^12) cubic vibrations are alloted to this activity
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[3/13/2026, 7:01:53 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Are you getting any of this? I don't know these things very well but it all sounds like gibberish."
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[3/13/2026, 7:02:02 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran scowls.
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[3/13/2026, 7:02:16 PM] Imran Traveler
"A dark/wicked visitor dances along the myriad dimensional net..."
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[3/13/2026, 7:02:29 PM] Dammitwho
None of this - NONE of this - is a steamed bun. I suppose all you would get is a drawing of a steamed bun anyway.
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[3/13/2026, 7:03:00 PM] Tak Ironflame
"'Reservoirs have withered and become small...' Maybe it's talking about some kind of reservoir for substances here in the mines, like the barrel of goop earlier. Maybe it's reporting on mine events but in a language that's hard for this apparatus--" he points to the quill setup-- "to translate."
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[3/13/2026, 7:03:14 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"I don't... understand. It sounds important. The august head is involved."
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[3/13/2026, 7:03:24 PM] Imran Traveler
"I don't understand the context. I think I understand the content."
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[3/13/2026, 7:03:31 PM] Tak Ironflame
He sighs. "Or maybe it's just nonsense."
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[3/13/2026, 7:04:17 PM] Imran Traveler
"Internal heraldry proclaiming the strength of the king and his state, as all the armies fall and die. That's what returning to the vast emptiness is, I think."
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[3/13/2026, 7:04:47 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Yikes. And at some point they had a new king, who didn't last for many buns."
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[3/13/2026, 7:04:47 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Keep an eye out for the eggs of universal serenity."
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[3/13/2026, 7:04:50 PM] Imran Traveler
"We can review it later."
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[3/13/2026, 7:04:55 PM] Imran Traveler
Golarian button time.
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[3/13/2026, 7:05:15 PM] Imran Traveler
Zon-Kuthon...
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[3/13/2026, 7:05:21 PM] Dammitwho
This time, what shows up on the screen and what the quill draws are identical, because it's not text at all.
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[3/13/2026, 7:05:21 PM] Imran Traveler
Returning to the vast emptiness, indeed.
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[3/13/2026, 7:05:38 PM] Dammitwho
IMAGERY INTROSPECTION
https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/File:Habitat_ship.jpg
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[3/13/2026, 7:05:58 PM] Zarick
oh.
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[3/13/2026, 7:06:06 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"What... _is_ that?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:06:40 PM] Imran Traveler
"...Is that a mountain?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:07:12 PM] Ram Banaram
Croooak.
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[3/13/2026, 7:07:23 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"It looks a bit like a frog."
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[3/13/2026, 7:09:20 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"It looks like a...the automatic shovel, thing. And then a big bubble. Probably magic. And then...hm. A child would love it for going vwoo, vwoo and running around with."
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[3/13/2026, 7:09:33 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Some kind of... can you wear it?" If there's no obvious scale, then Tak is assuming it's some kind of handheld or worn item, like a really complicated amulet.
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[3/13/2026, 7:09:46 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Really well drawn, whatever it is. Let's take care of that sheet and copy it later."
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[3/13/2026, 7:10:07 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
How's Akiton looking?
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[3/13/2026, 7:10:28 PM] Imran Traveler
Pressing button.
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[3/13/2026, 7:12:20 PM] Dammitwho
The drawing this time is simpler. There's a large circle at the center of the screen, with twelve smaller circles traveling slowly around it at varying distances and from varying starting points. The third circle out is blinking.
The quill seems to have trouble with an animated display, and only draws the initial state of the screen before giving up.
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[3/13/2026, 7:13:48 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Are those... planets?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:14:16 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran looks at the display, the vellum, back to the display, and -- do we have a drawing implement? Charcoal? He doesn't want to take the quill.
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[3/13/2026, 7:14:30 PM] Imran Traveler
If he does, he'll circle the blinking third on the vellum.
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[3/13/2026, 7:15:17 PM] Dammitwho
If they are, those of you educated in astronomy notice something wrong. There should be only eleven. There are two medium sized circles in between Verces and Eox (assuming that's what they are), but Apostae is missing entirely.
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[3/13/2026, 7:15:40 PM] Tak Ironflame
"How many planets are there?" This, to Imran, who by dint of knowing A Single Thing About The Solar System is now the gang's Planet Knower.
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[3/13/2026, 7:15:51 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal's monastic and intermittent education focused on inward perfection and the history of warfare, so he can't point out that no, planets are larger.
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[3/13/2026, 7:16:18 PM] Gul Banana
brb
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[3/13/2026, 7:16:42 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"If the numbers are wrong maybe it's old?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:17:15 PM] Imran Traveler
How many planets are there, per the Belhaven Boys Academy?
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[3/13/2026, 7:18:25 PM] Tak Ironflame
"How do you change the number of planets, though? They're..." He fumbles for an adjective, but astronomy vocabulary is not his strong suit. "...big."
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[3/13/2026, 7:18:57 PM] Dammitwho
Eleven! Aballon, Castrovel, Golarion, Akiton, Verces, Eox, Triaxus, Liavara, Bretheda, Apostae, and Aucturn.
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[3/13/2026, 7:19:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"Verces next." Imran presses it.
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[3/13/2026, 7:20:17 PM] Dammitwho
Click. Nothing happens, though.
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[3/13/2026, 7:20:49 PM] Imran Traveler
"Unmarked 1." Imran presses it.
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[3/13/2026, 7:20:53 PM] Dammitwho
Well, I say 'nothing'. The screen returns to what you originally saw when Lindal 'woke it up', with the bit about gently encouraging you to inquire further.
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[3/13/2026, 7:21:30 PM] Dammitwho
There's a harsh mechanical bleep! this time. To save you time, this happens with the rest of the planetary sigils, except for the first four.
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[3/13/2026, 7:21:52 PM] Imran Traveler
"The system wasn't eliding information; those were the only options available."
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[3/13/2026, 7:22:03 PM] Imran Traveler
"Let's cut the vellum, roll it up, and keep moving."
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[3/13/2026, 7:22:36 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran will mentally note: Two additional circles. Between Verces and Eox.
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[3/13/2026, 7:23:25 PM] Imran Traveler
To the southern door?
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[3/13/2026, 7:23:50 PM] Tak Ironflame
To the southern door!
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[3/13/2026, 7:24:27 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom moves back a little, just to be safe, again.
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[3/13/2026, 7:24:38 PM] Dammitwho
(You can open the door yourselves by clicking on it, if I locked it it just won't open)
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[3/13/2026, 7:24:58 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran steps through.
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:27 PM] Imran Traveler
Nothing happens. Good old fashioned rock floor. stop for a moment, though!
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:35 PM] Crion
that's one move for imran
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:41 PM] Dammitwho
Which of you are Searching/Seeking?
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:45 PM] Crion
imran is seeking
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:47 PM] Dammitwho
What other Exploration Activities are you doing?
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[3/13/2026, 7:25:57 PM] Tak Ironflame
Avoiding Notice
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[3/13/2026, 7:26:31 PM] Zarick
honestly i will also Search
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[3/13/2026, 7:26:46 PM] Dammitwho
Very well! Continue
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[3/13/2026, 7:27:20 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran steps forward to the door.
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[3/13/2026, 7:27:55 PM] Crion
waiting on DM advice before trying the door. please stack up
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[3/13/2026, 7:28:26 PM] Nicolae
tak should go directly behind imran because i can shoot through him
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[3/13/2026, 7:28:30 PM] Nicolae
imo
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[3/13/2026, 7:28:35 PM] Dammitwho
You may try the door at your lehzoor, and I will describe what you see
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[3/13/2026, 7:28:58 PM] Crion
i will try the door here for time's sake and we can arbitrate our positioning as we do that
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[3/13/2026, 7:29:46 PM] Crion
big room. if nothing immediately presents itself imran can move 15 feet down, tak 10 feet behind him, and then everyone else break right or left
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[3/13/2026, 7:30:22 PM] Crion
but awaiting descrip
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[3/13/2026, 7:30:28 PM] Crion
status: lehzoor
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[3/13/2026, 7:30:37 PM] Dammitwho
The door opens up onto a much larger room made from worked stone like the others. It's difficult to see to its furthest edges, because spiderwebs strung from floor to ceiling are scattered about the place. More worrisome is the fact that a lot of the spiderwebs are difficult to see- they're nearly transparent, and only visible because they're stacked too much together or because they've caught a small object or insect.
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[3/13/2026, 7:30:46 PM] Dammitwho
Searchers, roll Perception!
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[3/13/2026, 7:30:55 PM] Brun Rentclaw
25
1d20 + 14 = 11 + 14 = 25
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[3/13/2026, 7:31:02 PM] Zarick
+1 if it's visual
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[3/13/2026, 7:32:24 PM] Dammitwho
Still need one from Imran
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[3/13/2026, 7:32:54 PM] Crion
imran is seeking!
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[3/13/2026, 7:33:25 PM] Dammitwho
With full understanding of how stupid this sounds: Searching means you're constantly Seeking
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[3/13/2026, 7:33:36 PM] Dammitwho
So you're Searching. Please roll Perception
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[3/13/2026, 7:33:35 PM] Crion
................
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[3/13/2026, 7:33:50 PM] Imran Traveler
30
1d20 + 11 = 19 + 11 = 30
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[3/13/2026, 7:34:18 PM] Crion
wait so why the fuck would i ever seek. i'm a mug
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[3/13/2026, 7:34:23 PM] Crion
it's a mark's game
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[3/13/2026, 7:36:15 PM] Dammitwho
Imran stops dead at the door. A chance fall of light and his keen senses and reactions cause him to realize that the web just in front of the door is in fact much thicker than it originally appeared. Had he gone forward, he'd almost certainly be trapped in it. As it stands, he (or someone else in the party) can work on safely dislodging the web.
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[3/13/2026, 7:36:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"Bad web."
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[3/13/2026, 7:36:30 PM] Imran Traveler
"Trap web."
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[3/13/2026, 7:36:56 PM] Imran Traveler
"Tak, can you do something to this better than my sword can?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:37:12 PM] Zarick
seek is the normal time action to look for hidden things. search is the "do seek over and over" exploration activity, like Defend is the "do raise shield over and over" exploration activity
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[3/13/2026, 7:37:28 PM] Dammitwho
[So Seek is like, an encounter time basic action that means you're looking for secret stuff in a specific area. Searching is an Exploration-- yeah Zarick has it]
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:10 PM] Hampering Web
You're going to want to hit a DC25 (trained) on Survival to safely dislodge the web, or you can physically hit it with swords or something and attack vs. AC
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:16 PM] Crion
ah, that makes sense
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:33 PM] Tak Ironflame
1d20 + 12
1d20 1 1
13
1d20 + 12
1d20 3 3
25
1d20 + 12 + 10 = 3 + 12 + 10 = 25
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:48 PM] Dammitwho
Phew!
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:47 PM] Crion
well that hits lmao
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[3/13/2026, 7:38:54 PM] Nicolae
We Take Those
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[3/13/2026, 7:39:24 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran presses himself up against the wall so Tak can get through and work his wiles.
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[3/13/2026, 7:39:45 PM] Dammitwho
It's awkward work in the cramped corridor, but Tak is able to reach out and carefully cut the strands of webbing so that they fall to the ground, unable to entangle you!
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[3/13/2026, 7:39:51 PM] Dammitwho
Tak! Roll a flat 1d20!
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[3/13/2026, 7:39:53 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak's spent time in the Mana Wastes, and the mutants and other strange creatures there sometimes make their own stringy goops. Tak gingerly applies the same techniques to the webbing here.
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[3/13/2026, 7:39:59 PM] Tak Ironflame
10
1d20 = 10 = 10
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[3/13/2026, 7:40:07 PM] Nicolae
:I
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[3/13/2026, 7:40:17 PM] Gul Banana
b
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[3/13/2026, 7:40:27 PM] Dammitwho
The room is silent, except for the noise you yourselves make. So it goes with caves.
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[3/13/2026, 7:40:48 PM] Imran Traveler
"Let's proceed in. I'm in front, Tak behind me, everyone else do what you feel."
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[3/13/2026, 7:40:52 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"That was a lot of webbing. Watch out for spiders."
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:14 PM] Crion
unless there are any other checks, imran is moving 15 feet south
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:31 PM] Gul Banana
for exploration activities, lindal will be Detecting Magic
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:46 PM] Dammitwho
Alright! I'll give you some more description
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:46 PM] Crion
he is now doing activity defend
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:53 PM] Gul Banana
though it'll be constantly pinging "yes, there's magic" at the moment.
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[3/13/2026, 7:41:52 PM] Crion
if applicable
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[3/13/2026, 7:42:22 PM] Zarick
i'm still doing Search
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[3/13/2026, 7:43:14 PM] Dammitwho
As Imran moves out into the room, he can see to his southwest that there's been another rock collapse, just on the other side of a small hut or shed that's been built here. To the far west and against the wall is a pile of scrap materials made from the same strange grey alloy that the machine in the minecart room was made from, albeit much heavier and thicker.
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[3/13/2026, 7:44:14 PM] Nicolae
are the gears representing the scrap?
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[3/13/2026, 7:44:36 PM] Dammitwho
Yep
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[3/13/2026, 7:45:26 PM] CBN
sulking and crossing my arms that the decipher writing activity requires one of the main 4 knowledge skills and can't be cheesed with esoteric lore
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[3/13/2026, 7:45:27 PM] Imran Traveler
"West, scrap pile."
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[3/13/2026, 7:45:41 PM] Dammitwho
Brun, roll perception!
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[3/13/2026, 7:45:54 PM] Dammitwho
Group Perception Roller Name Roll + Mod Total Dubnoom "The Wise" 13 + 10 23 P. P. Lindalsivranragdya 19 + 8 27 Brun Rentclaw 19 + 14 33 Imran Traveler 1 + 10 11 Tak Ironflame 9 + 14 23 Ram Banaram 3 + 3 6
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[3/13/2026, 7:45:57 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak lets Imran and Brun go ahead, hanging back against the walls and out of Brun's glow. If the situation turns tactical again, he's planning to be a surprise ace in the hole.
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[3/13/2026, 7:46:11 PM] Brun Rentclaw
32
1d20 + 14 = 18 + 14 = 32
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[3/13/2026, 7:46:43 PM] Dammitwho
Brun notices two more clumps of webbing that could be problematic.
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[3/13/2026, 7:47:28 PM] Dammitwho
These at least you can walk around, but they are there.
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[3/13/2026, 7:47:56 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Watch out, there's more webs around." Do they seem like they were intentionally concealed? Or just hard to see?
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[3/13/2026, 7:48:35 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
To spiders, that is the point of a web.
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[3/13/2026, 7:48:34 PM] Crion
let's leave them, if there's combat we can use them
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[3/13/2026, 7:48:44 PM] Crion
well unless it's against spiders.
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[3/13/2026, 7:49:21 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran steps forward.
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[3/13/2026, 7:50:17 PM] Imran Traveler
He looks around either side of the wall. "Brun, I'll move to you, then we move forward?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:50:20 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"If Highleaf was building new things out of the materials from Silver Mount, there must be an inherent value to them, not just to the working artifacts."
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[3/13/2026, 7:50:25 PM] Dammitwho
They're just hard to see, like the spider (presumably) that spun them evolved to have difficult-to-notice webbing.
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[3/13/2026, 7:51:00 PM] Imran Traveler
"Switch."
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[3/13/2026, 7:51:05 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom raises a hand. "Is anyone else concerned that large webs may mean large spiders?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:51:15 PM] Imran Traveler
"Yes!"
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[3/13/2026, 7:51:42 PM] Imran Traveler
What is that over there? To the west?
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[3/13/2026, 7:52:28 PM] Dammitwho
That's where the rockfall was. It looks like there's some small ledges leading down (no deeper than the average stair) where the floor broke up.
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[3/13/2026, 7:52:44 PM] Dammitwho
Imran! Roll a flat 1d20!
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[3/13/2026, 7:52:47 PM] Imran Traveler
"...Alright. Uneven floor over there. Let's get back with--"
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[3/13/2026, 7:53:38 PM] Crion
where is the flat d20 button,
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[3/13/2026, 7:53:49 PM] Dammitwho
type "/roll 1d20"
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[3/13/2026, 7:53:51 PM] Nicolae
/r 1d20
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[3/13/2026, 7:53:56 PM] Imran Traveler
11
1d20 = 11 = 11
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[3/13/2026, 7:54:20 PM] Dammitwho
Imran's voice echoes into the darkness. Nothing but stillness responds.
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[3/13/2026, 7:54:36 PM] Imran Traveler
"...Hmm. Back with the gang."
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[3/13/2026, 7:55:12 PM] Tak Ironflame
"Should we look in the shack?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:55:27 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"We're here to look into things."
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:03 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun peeks around the corner.
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:06 PM] Dammitwho
Brun! 1d20!
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:12 PM] Brun Rentclaw
8
1d20 = 8 = 8
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:26 PM] Zarick
time to get Spidered
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:36 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"A question Dubnoom feels we are not answering yet is: how does the wizard fit back into this?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:50 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Did the wizard make this...did the wizard make the quill machine, and then get eaten by the large spiders..."
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:49 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"There's a bunch of weird stuff here, that's how."
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[3/13/2026, 7:56:56 PM] Dammitwho
The piercing light from Brun's symbol flows around the corner like searing fingers in a realm that has known nothing but quiet darkness for years.
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[3/13/2026, 7:57:42 PM] Dammitwho
Up on the ceiling, where the small cave-in took place, it flows over eight giant hairy legs and glimmering black eyes!
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[3/13/2026, 7:57:56 PM] Dammitwho
The master of this web has finally awoken!
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[3/13/2026, 7:57:58 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Painterfolk said the wizard died of being old. Which seemed quite reasonable at the time, but *do* archmages just expire?"
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:03 PM] Imran Traveler
"UP!"
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:06 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"Spider!"
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:10 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Wow!"
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:14 PM] Giant Tarantula
31
1d20 + 14 = 17 + 14 = 31
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:23 PM] Giant Tarantula
Roll initiative!
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:23 PM] Brun Rentclaw
23
1d20 + 14 = 9 + 14 = 23
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:43 PM] Tak Ironflame
1d20 + 17
1d20 3 3
20
1d20 + 17
1d20 19 19
36
1d20 + 17 = 19 + 17 = 36
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:46 PM] Crion
running joke how bad my init rolls are
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[3/13/2026, 7:58:52 PM] Nicolae
that's what i fucking thought
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:00 PM] Crion
absolutely the ones i'd choose to fail
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:02 PM] Crion
wait
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:05 PM] Imran Traveler
1d20 + 11
1d20 3 3
14
1d20 + 11
1d20 7 7
28
1d20 + 11 + 10 = 7 + 11 + 10 = 28
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:22 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
16
1d20 + 8 = 8 + 8 = 16
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:22 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
27
1d20 + 12 = 15 + 12 = 27
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[3/13/2026, 7:59:31 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/13/2026, 7:59:48 PM] Dammitwho
Round staaaato! Tak!
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[3/13/2026, 8:00:16 PM] Nicolae
oh that's a big tarantula
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[3/13/2026, 8:00:23 PM] Imran Traveler
"Where is it?"
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:04 PM] Tak Ironflame
27
1d20 + 17 = 10 + 17 = 27
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:10 PM] Dammitwho
Oh, I should ask: Zarick, how much longer can you be up?
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:14 PM] Tak Ironflame
9
2d8 + (1d6 + 1d4) piercing = 9 = 9
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:21 PM] Zarick
i can do another half hour at least
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:26 PM] Crion
o7
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:37 PM] Dammitwho
Sick
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:38 PM] CBN
samesies. kill spidar.
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[3/13/2026, 8:01:41 PM] Giant Tarantula
Giant Tarantula takes 9 damage.
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[3/13/2026, 8:02:11 PM] Nicolae
is there an undo function or are we just pretending
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[3/13/2026, 8:02:20 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak Ironflame loads +1 Striking Fearsome Jezail with Rounds (Jezail).
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[3/13/2026, 8:02:49 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak takes a shot, but sometimes even having the advantage of stealth doesn't make the bullets hit where you want them to. Still, at least he grazed the damned thing.
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[3/13/2026, 8:02:51 PM] Dammitwho
Nicolae: what do you mean re: undo function
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[3/13/2026, 8:03:12 PM] Nicolae
so if i move but change my mind it doesn't... get tracked or whatever. i guess i'm not using anything explicit to track actions anyway
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[3/13/2026, 8:03:24 PM] Gul Banana
i enjoy how hostile the selection circle is on a large enemy
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[3/13/2026, 8:03:46 PM] Nicolae
oh, whew
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[3/13/2026, 8:03:58 PM] Crion
you know, i was worried i'd have to come find this guy
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[3/13/2026, 8:04:03 PM] Giant Tarantula
19
1d20 + 17 = 2 + 17 = 19
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[3/13/2026, 8:04:23 PM] Giant Tarantula
18
1d20 + 12 = 6 + 12 = 18
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[3/13/2026, 8:04:47 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun ducks and dodges huge spider fangs!
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[3/13/2026, 8:04:55 PM] Giant Tarantula
There's a gleeful chittering as the giant spider scuttles toward the light and bites at Brun with its great fangs! ...to no avail!
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:02 PM] Crion
step
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:31 PM] Imran Traveler
Devoted Guardian 1
Uncommon Fighter
Requirements Your last action was to Raise a Shield. You adopt a wide stance, ready to defend both yourself and your chosen ward. Select one adjacent creature. As long as your shield is raised and the creature remains adjacent to you, the creature gains a +1 circumstance bonus to their AC, or a +2 circumstance bonus if the shield you raised was a tower shield.
Feat 2
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:35 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom flinches BUT ONLY A LITTLE at the sight of the giant spider lunging at Brun. "...avoid the mouth! That is where it bites from! The webs come out the other end!" He offers, helpfully.
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:37 PM] Crion
on lindal
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:44 PM] Imran Traveler
United Assault 1
Uncommon Fighter Flourish
Through countless battles, you've learned you're stronger when working alongside your allies. Make a Strike. Your Strike gains a circumstance bonus to damage rolls equal to the number of other different creatures that damaged the target since the end of the target's last turn, to a maximum of a +4 circumstance bonus.
Feat 2
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[3/13/2026, 8:05:53 PM] Imran Traveler
28
1d20 + 17 = 11 + 17 = 28
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:09 PM] Gul Banana
tfw tarantulised
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:08 PM] Imran Traveler
10
2d8 + 5 slashing = 10 = 10
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:09 PM] Nicolae
oh you get a +1 to your damage per damage die
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:25 PM] Crion
add +2
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:33 PM] Crion
the +1 was from united
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:39 PM] Crion
so that's 12
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:48 PM] Giant Tarantula
Giant Tarantula takes 10 damage.
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[3/13/2026, 8:06:56 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
32
1d20 + 14 = 18 + 14 = 32
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[3/13/2026, 8:07:22 PM] CBN
Personal Antithesis! Also, my Recall Knowledge question is: "How many of these are commonly found together?"
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[3/13/2026, 8:07:36 PM] Nicolae
that is a very very good question,
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[3/13/2026, 8:07:41 PM] Gul Banana
oh, that's DESIRABLE to know
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[3/13/2026, 8:07:40 PM] Zarick
don't you get to find out if it has weaknesses before picking
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:13 PM] Dammitwho
Dubnoom's voluminous knowledge of arachnids (guy who eats spiders from family who eats spiders) tells him that this is a male. So long as it isn't currently breeding, there's probably just the one!
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:20 PM] CBN
true! probably. but also personal anti's got a flat damage buff, if it doesn't
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:22 PM] Dammitwho
No weaknesses, also
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:31 PM] CBN
Stride, then Strike!
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:45 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
21
1d20 + 15 = 6 + 15 = 21
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:46 PM] Zarick
yeah i just meant you don't have to commit to one until you find out if they're super weak to jello damage
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[3/13/2026, 8:08:55 PM] Nicolae
man, that is really a load-bearing "so long as it isn't currently breeding", isn't it
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[3/13/2026, 8:09:26 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
18
(2d6 + 5) slashing + 5 = 18 = 18
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[3/13/2026, 8:10:02 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
Dubnoom strikes! Spiders slice as good as dogs. "It's a boy big spider! That should mean no extra eggs. Should!"
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[3/13/2026, 8:10:19 PM] Giant Tarantula
Giant Tarantula takes 18 damage.
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[3/13/2026, 8:11:54 PM] Zarick
oh sorry it's me
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[3/13/2026, 8:11:56 PM] Crion
brun grapple that spider
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[3/13/2026, 8:12:03 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Fear 2 Spell 3 Concentrate Divine Emotion Fear Manipulate Mental Range 30 feet; Targets 5 creatures Defense Will; Duration varies You plant fear in the target; it must attempt a Will save. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target is Frightened 1. Failure The target is Frightened 2. Critical Failure The target is Frightened 3 and Fleeing for 1 round. Heightened (3rd) You can target up to five creatures. Save DC 22 Will Base: 1st Heightened: +2
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[3/13/2026, 8:12:21 PM] Zarick
save against that, spider
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[3/13/2026, 8:12:29 PM] Gul Banana
or rather... don't
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[3/13/2026, 8:12:59 PM] Giant Tarantula
14
1d20 + 10 = 4 + 10 = 14
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:08 PM] Zarick
so close. but -2 ain't bad
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:20 PM] Gul Banana
it's a great setup for owning it further
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:21 PM] Nicolae
We Take Those
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:24 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Grapple 1
Attack
Requirements You have at least one free hand and your target is no more than one size larger than you.You attempt to grab a creature or object with your free hand. Attempt an Athletics check against the target's Fortitude DC. You can grapple a target you already have Grabbed or Restrained without having a hand free.Critical Success Your target is restrained until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes. Success Your target is grabbed until the end of your next turn unless you move or your target Escapes. Failure You fail to grab your target. If you already had the target grabbed or restrained using a Grapple, those conditions on the target end. Critical Failure If you already had the target grabbed or restrained, it breaks free. Your target can either grab you, as if it succeeded at using the Grapple action against you, or force you to fall and land Prone.
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:26 PM] Giant Tarantula
"Skreeee!!"
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[3/13/2026, 8:13:56 PM] Zarick
hmm. guessing that fails?
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[3/13/2026, 8:14:01 PM] Giant Tarantula
I'm afraid so
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[3/13/2026, 8:14:05 PM] Brun Rentclaw
1d20 + 15
1d20 8 8
23
1d20 + 15
1d20 10 10
25
1d20 + 15 = 10 + 15 = 25
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[3/13/2026, 8:14:15 PM] Giant Tarantula
Success!
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[3/13/2026, 8:14:48 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Lindal will take a Step back and call upon the spirits of light. Threads of light form, ironically, web-like bindings as he makes passes in the air...
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[3/13/2026, 8:15:01 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
Paralyze 2 Spell 3 Concentrate Incapacitation Manipulate Mental Occult Range 30 feet; Targets 1 creature Defense Will; Duration varies You block the target's motor impulses before they can leave its mind, threatening to freeze the target in place. The target must attempt a Will save. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target is Stunned 1. Failure The target is Paralyzed for 1 round. Critical Failure The target is Paralyzed for 4 rounds. At the end of each of its turns, it can attempt a new Will save to reduce the remaining duration by 1 round, or end it entirely on a critical success. Heightened (7th) You can target up to 10 creatures. Save DC 22 Will
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[3/13/2026, 8:15:27 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun stands his full height and touches Irori's medallion. "You're no match for us, thing!" The spider starts to flinch away, but Brun loops his arm around two front legs. "And you can't run either!"
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[3/13/2026, 8:16:10 PM] Zarick
btw i don't know if this thing has reactive strike
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[3/13/2026, 8:16:21 PM] Zarick
since i definitely cast a spell in melee
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[3/13/2026, 8:16:26 PM] Giant Tarantula
Nope!
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[3/13/2026, 8:16:28 PM] Crion
ffffff ail ure
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:04 PM] Crion
united assault keys off damage, so only dubnoom has triggered that so far. tak has an opportunity
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:07 PM] Giant Tarantula
The tarantula's getting dunked on!
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:11 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/13/2026, 8:17:21 PM] Crion
if lindal magic missiles him, that also helps (adds +1 to damage roll)
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:22 PM] Zarick
it's specifically damage? grapple is still an Attack
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:28 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
No, really, you *can't* run. "Restraint of the Monstrous: Seven-Rope Binding!"
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[3/13/2026, 8:17:30 PM] Crion
yep specifically damage
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:02 PM] Tak Ironflame
19
1d20 + 17 = 2 + 17 = 19
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:03 PM] Crion
oooh fuck you game
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:10 PM] Crion
it's end of TARGET's last turn
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:15 PM] Zarick
lol hit on a 2
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:17 PM] Tak Ironflame
9
2d8 + 1d4 piercing = 9 = 9
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:25 PM] Gul Banana
shaving a turn off the thing seemed more useful than magic missiles. also he's already used up that spell
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:34 PM] Nicolae
ugh, that should be +2 because imran hit it on his last turn
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:38 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak Ironflame loads +1 Striking Fearsome Jezail with Rounds (Jezail).
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[3/13/2026, 8:18:51 PM] Crion
so since i'm after it in initiative order, united assault never works.
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:02 PM] Crion
dammitwho give it 1 hp back.
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:15 PM] Tak Ironflame
17
1d20 + 12 = 5 + 12 = 17
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:34 PM] Tak Ironflame
7
2d8 + 1d4 piercing = 7 = 7
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:43 PM] Zarick
taking credit for both of those hits
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:45 PM] Dammitwho
Your friends' status effects let you hit! Good job, teamwork!
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[3/13/2026, 8:19:49 PM] Giant Tarantula
Giant Tarantula takes 7 damage.
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:10 PM] Giant Tarantula
Giant Tarantula takes 9 damage.
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:10 PM] Giant Tarantula
Current Conditions Frightened 2 Paralyzed Restrained Off-Guard Immobilized
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:22 PM] Nicolae
don't forget that the 9 has a +2 from sniping duo that i forgot to include
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:28 PM] Nicolae
lmao
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:31 PM] Zarick
you came to the wrong neighborhood
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[3/13/2026, 8:20:49 PM] Gul Banana
should've been standing there (and not taking any other action)
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[3/13/2026, 8:21:00 PM] Nicolae
*spider voice* "but this was already my neighborhood!"
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[3/13/2026, 8:21:22 PM] Crion
paralyzed seems very strong
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[3/13/2026, 8:21:39 PM] Gul Banana
third level spell~
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[3/13/2026, 8:21:57 PM] Zarick
it can only perform totally mental actions
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[3/13/2026, 8:22:18 PM] Giant Tarantula
Damn, you're right
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[3/13/2026, 8:22:24 PM] Crion
do we have any way to calm and talk to a big spider
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[3/13/2026, 8:22:31 PM] Crion
or do we just have to kill it where it stands.
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[3/13/2026, 8:22:41 PM] Crion
because that's what imran is good at.
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[3/13/2026, 8:22:43 PM] Nicolae
well... we've got a way to keep it from moving, which is a *kind* of calm...
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[3/13/2026, 8:23:06 PM] Dammitwho
That's a good question, can any of you talk to animals? Lindal? A frog is an animal
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[3/13/2026, 8:23:15 PM] Zarick
i cannot but i do literally have the spell Calm
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[3/13/2026, 8:23:23 PM] Crion
yeah this is an actual question because we're about to execute this thing otherwise
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[3/13/2026, 8:23:38 PM] Nicolae
zarick. well. there ya go
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[3/13/2026, 8:23:52 PM] Zarick
it doesn't make it permanently calm though
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[3/13/2026, 8:24:02 PM] Zarick
only up to 1min
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[3/13/2026, 8:24:22 PM] Crion
if lindal can handle it we can pursue this, i can delay to after lindal if necessary
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[3/13/2026, 8:24:26 PM] Crion
if not, rip
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:01 PM] Crion
wait.
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:04 PM] Crion
WAAAAIT
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:12 PM] Crion
frightened implies a mental state
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:21 PM] Crion
imran needs to offer this creature redemption.
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:29 PM] Crion
so that's one action of his turn reserved
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:50 PM] Crion
lindal, do you have any way to talk to this big lady
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[3/13/2026, 8:25:54 PM] Dammitwho
Can Imran speak to animals?
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[3/13/2026, 8:26:07 PM] Gul Banana
Lindal actually can't speak Ram's language
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[3/13/2026, 8:26:06 PM] Crion
he doesn't. not the point
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[3/13/2026, 8:26:13 PM] Gul Banana
there's a witch feat for it... which he doesn't have yet
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[3/13/2026, 8:26:28 PM] Crion
he has to offer on the offchance that the spider can understand him
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[3/13/2026, 8:26:49 PM] Crion
and so he will, sounds like we're doing this
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[3/13/2026, 8:27:06 PM] Nicolae
imran gestures with crude charades meant to suggest redemption to a giant spider. there is vague mimery of something coming out of a web?
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[3/13/2026, 8:27:38 PM] Imran Traveler
"Spider, my name is Imran Traveler. I serve Nocticula. I offer you redemption. I offer you peace. My mistress changed; if you can understand my words, you can change as well."
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[3/13/2026, 8:27:43 PM] Crion
action 1
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[3/13/2026, 8:28:13 PM] Imran Traveler
"Simply sag down if you understand. I know you can't raise a limb."
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[3/13/2026, 8:28:31 PM] Crion
if the spider exits combat we're good. i don't think the spider's gonna exit combat
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:00 PM] Dammitwho
Actually, roll intimidate
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:07 PM] Nicolae
one of these days someone's going to take you up on that offer and it would be extremely funny if this is that time
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:19 PM] Nicolae
and it's extremely funny that you ditched the item that gives you +1 to intimidate...
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:22 PM] Zarick
btw the spider is grabbed, not restrained
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:31 PM] Imran Traveler
1d20 + 12
1d20 12 12
24
1d20 + 12
1d20 5 5
27
1d20 + 12 + 10 = 5 + 12 + 10 = 27
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:51 PM] Crion
it's paralyzed
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[3/13/2026, 8:29:59 PM] Crion
which was what imran was referring to
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[3/13/2026, 8:30:11 PM] Gul Banana
metacondition: Upset
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[3/13/2026, 8:30:19 PM] Crion
oh you were correcting the status set
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[3/13/2026, 8:30:43 PM] Crion
yes nicolae. i thought the same, grimly.
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[3/13/2026, 8:31:15 PM] Crion
hopefully a 27 works on a creature already at frightened 2
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[3/13/2026, 8:31:44 PM] Zarick
only frightened 1 now
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[3/13/2026, 8:31:56 PM] Zarick
(it goes down by 1 at the end of their turn)
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:09 PM] CBN
need to get imran animal empathy or wild speech or something so he can maximize his redemption-offers
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:16 PM] Crion
that's true
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:26 PM] CBN
nocticula heaven turning into a petting zoo
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:33 PM] Crion
i think she'd be fine with that.
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:46 PM] Crion
in fact she'd fucking love a giant tarantula
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[3/13/2026, 8:32:52 PM] Giant Tarantula
The spider doesn't understand a word Imran says, or even the concept of 'words', but it feels fear deep in its spidery guts - it's already badly injured, and there are too many of these meat-prey-things to take on! Trapped in Brun's iron grip, it tries to scuttle backward and makes alarmed "skree! skreeee!" noises!
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[3/13/2026, 8:33:10 PM] Brun Rentclaw
Brun lets go, no sense beating it up for no reason.
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[3/13/2026, 8:33:25 PM] Imran Traveler
Imran opens his mouth, but Brun in his wisdom has already provided the alm.
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[3/13/2026, 8:33:51 PM] Dammitwho

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[3/13/2026, 8:33:49 PM] Imran Traveler
"Let's disturb no web and break no egg."
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[3/13/2026, 8:33:53 PM] Imran Traveler
"Moving forward."
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[3/13/2026, 8:34:03 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Seems wise."
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[3/13/2026, 8:34:26 PM] Zarick
was the spider obviously magical? other than being huge? the token had lines on it
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[3/13/2026, 8:34:48 PM] Dammitwho
It's not really redemption, as such. It would take an ascetic committed to an unusual moral code to argue that the spider could or was engaged in sin. But it drove the thing off, and it - and you - live another day.
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[3/13/2026, 8:35:04 PM] Dammitwho
It didn't appear magical, other than being huge.
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[3/13/2026, 8:35:12 PM] Imran Traveler
Fair play either way.
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[3/13/2026, 8:35:41 PM] Dammitwho
We'll see what else you find in this cave of, uh, wonders? Next week!
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[3/13/2026, 8:35:43 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
"Guhahaha. Is it really.. okay for a spider to change? Aren't they *meant* to lay webs and eat people?"
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[3/13/2026, 8:35:47 PM] Tak Ironflame
Tak watches as the spider flees over his head and into the darkness. "I'll be god damned. Hunh. You think Nocticula counts that?" He waits a moment to see if the spider gets a second wind and steps up again, and then slings his jezail back on his back.
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[3/13/2026, 8:36:10 PM] Imran Traveler
Surprisingly snippily: "Yes, Lindal. Anything can change."
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[3/13/2026, 8:36:20 PM] CBN
cave of wonders, in the sense that you 'wonder' what else is lurking in here
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[3/13/2026, 8:36:34 PM] Prabesh Pranavikram Lindalsivranragdya
A nerve! That's for prodding at further when we're safe and camped.
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[3/13/2026, 8:36:33 PM] Brun Rentclaw
"If my ambush went that poorly, I'd change too."
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[3/13/2026, 8:37:28 PM] Dubnoom "The Wise"
"Our legend grows among the spiders. Maybe it was given the spark of mind by the wizard?"