Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)10:04 No. 562665 ID: 7e0def
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The leaves rustle as a lone figure pops out of the bushes.
"Alright! It doesn't look like anyone has been here in forever. I bet it's loaded with shiny stuff. All I have to do is walk in and pick it up!"
Ikki Vishtkin, Rhiskitai adventurer of the highest order. Actually, she is just a ratfolk street urchin. Tired of poverty, she has wandered into the wilderness to find her fortune... or death. Try not to let that happen, will you?

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)10:06 No. 562666 ID: 7e0def
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Entering the broken gate, Ikki is confronted by a pair of zombies.
"Oh crap! I'm not starting off on the right foot here..."

Ikki Visktkin
Str - 1 + 1d4 + 1
Def -1 + 2
Evd - 50%
HP - 25
MP - 5
Move - 4

Ikki can move within her range and make a melee attack once a turn. She's very agile, but can't handle a lot of damage, so take care.

"Bring it, moldy!"

what's her gear?

Also for this turn don't move, let them come to you so you can get the first strike.

forward, down, foward,down. then wait for them to come to you

one up, wait.

Odds are good the zombies can't move as far as Ikki (she is specifically quick), but we don't know if they move 2 or 3 spaces. If we move up, the top zombie will close in but not reach Ikki and we'll have several turns to fight it one-on-one before the lower zombie can catch up, and hopefully we can take it out before the other zombie actually gets there.

>>562666
Go to center of room
Pick up rock
Equip Rock

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)10:30 No. 562676 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki shifts up a bit as the zombies shamble toward her. She's still outside of their reach.

Move two up, two right, attack zombie

>>562677
backstab that thing (assuming if you get behind them backstabbing works if not the just stab it)

would say backstabbing would probably give an accuracy buff, but not a damage buff. no vitals, but lack of eyes on the back of the head would let us hit better.

anyway, attack!

up two, forward two, attack zomb

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)10:50 No. 562684 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki slips up beside the zombie and slashes it for 6 damage! Maximum Damage!

The zombie whacks Ikki for 1 damage.

The other zombie keeps shuffling along.

just stay here and try to finish off the zombie before the other one catches up.

keep stabbin! stab till he drops!

finish it off quickly, and try not to get hit

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)11:02 No. 562689 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki slashes the zombie for 6 damage!

The zombie collapses into a pile of rotten meat.

The other zombie is shuffling, everyday.

>>562689

Two Right, Two Down. No reason to wait for the remaining zombie, just put the knife in it.

>>562689
Oh no!, the bastard is going to steal our rock! He must pay!

Do zombies suffer in the sunlight? Can you lure it outside to weaken it?

forward two, two down, slicy slicy!

1 down 1 to go

seduce the zombie.

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)12:13 No. 562711 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki scores another solid hit for 6 damage!

The zombie claws Ikki for 6 damage!

Ikki slips and misses!

The zombie rakes Ikki for 4 damage!

Ikki smashes the zombie for 6 damage!

The zombie falls to pieces in a spectacularly gory manner.

Ikki has defeated the enemies!

Found: Ragged Pants x 2, Broken Knife x 1, 100 Seta.

"This is all gross garbage, but at least they have some cash."

Ragged Pants: Some dead guy was wearing these. Not good for anything, really. Def: 1

Broken Knife: It used to be a knife before somebody snapped it in half. Slightly better than bare hands. Atk: 1d4+1

take all stuff

go north through the western most passage

so we pretty much go things on par to what we have now... well we can always sell it later for some more quick cash.

Alright so we're down to 14 health, have 5 exits with only one being locked. we can either go to the top right door, top left door, the hallway near the bottom, or we can leave. Truth be told I'm kinda in favor for leaving selling the useless stuff and see if we can't get a health potion or something or at least rest to gain some health back then come back. I mean there's not rush right? If leaving isn't an option look threw the doorways both on top and at the bottom and lets see what we can see before we entire the room.

Can we rest to restore hp before we continue exploring? If I've learned anything playing roguelikes, it's that running into unexplored areas without healing up first is a quick way to die.

tie pants and knives together to make a double ended knife flail.

Can she dual-wield? Twice the knives for twice the stabs.

go through the, uh, left door.

Ignore garbage, loot coins, go through the leftmost door that leads up.

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)14:09 No. 562743 ID: 7e0def
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Keeping her strength up is important to survival, so Ikki returns to town and gets bandaged up and sleeps, at an expense of 16 Seta

She now has 84 Seta remaining. Enough to buy a few basic items.

Iron Dagger - Range:1, Atk: 1d4+2 - 75 Seta
Basic Clothes - Def:1 - 10 Seta
Healing Potion, restores a little health - 25 Seta
Mana Potion - 30 Seta

Current Equipment
Weapon: Iron Shank - Range:1, Atk:1d4+1
Upper Body: Rags - 1 Def, Dur: 20/25
Lower Body: Old Pants - 1 Def, Dur: 21/25

let's upgrade our knife. so we can knife things better.

Buy two health potions and head back in. Better loot awaits the deeper we go.

Buy one or two health potions for emergencies and that's it. The dagger costs more than it's worth for now, and we can probably pick up something better off a corpse anyway.

2 hp potions (cherry flavored) and then back to the dungeon crawl.

So to be frank, what you got from a couple of shambling monstrosities you basically made up for an years pay of boot polishing.

You should totally start investing right now.

buying 2 health potions sounds good

get 1 health pot. nothing else.

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)15:43 No. 562759 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki buys two healing potions and returns to the dungeon. [34 Seta remaining]

Having previously felt the urge to explore the top-left door, Ikki enters the dark passage and runs into a nest of giant rats.

"Don't mind me, guys. Just passing through."

"KSSSSSSSHHHHHH!"

"Aw, nuts."

Retreat 1 or 2 steps, so you can use the door as a choke point, allowing you to fight one rat at a time (only allowing one to approach at a time). If you stay where you are, you're going to have to deal with being attacked on 3 sides.

move left, then up and attack

Charm them with your rat pheromones. If that doesn't work maybe even just run away or something. We could explore other paths that maybe aren't full of rats in tight quarters.

>>562760

I support this suggestion, fall back enough for the doorway to act as a choke point and take them out as they come.

>>562759
Chokepoints! Use 'em.
Just keep checking your back so monsters from other areas don't surprise you.

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)16:33 No. 562768 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki backs out of the hall. The rats make no move to follow her.

"Dumb rats. I don't even see the resemblance."

There are two unexplored doors remaining that she can access.

Door 3 because door 2 clearly has a ceiling trap over it.

room 3 probably has cool stuff in thier

3

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)17:25 No. 562777 ID: 7e0def
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The door to the south leads to an empty room with an old well in it. A narrow window slit lets in a few slivers of light. The wind seems to be blowing up through the well, making a constant, low howl.
Also, there is a corpse propped up against the wall.

Inspect the window and then loot that corpse. Just be careful of monsters coming out of the well while you loot.

remove head from skeleton.

>>562777
Get the sword from that corpse before it gets up and uses it against you.

yes! loot the skelly he's probably got some equipment upgrades there

Check corpse for stuff, be wary in case it's a sleeping undead.

Then I guess we could try using the bucket, see if we can scoop anything up out of the well.

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)18:32 No. 562790 ID: 7e0def
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A swift kick decapitates the dusty pile of bones and leaves it's belongings free for the taking.
An iron rapier (Atk:1d6) and an old leather tunic. (Def:2)

equip leather tunic and rapier as they are an improvement

Equip the tunic for more defense

>1d4+1 versus 1d6
Hrm. They both have the same average damage output, though the rapier has a higher max, and a lower min.

Do we have weapon proficiencies to take into account? Does the added reach of the rapier matter in this system?

...I suppose we could equip the sword and use the dagger for throwing? Cheap ranged attacks can make a difference early on in a dungeon crawl. (Floor trash = ammo).

>also
We still have to check the well.

>>562791
average of 1d4+1 is 3.5
average of 1d6 is 3.5

rapier is not an upgrade, it's just heavier and less prison weapon-y.

fish for stuff in the well using the bucket.

after that, wear it as a helmet.

>>562790
Dual-weilding? A rapier and a dagger is a known way of fighting.

Equip the armor and also the rapier because you'll look more swashbuckling-y with it.

>>562790
Can you use two weapons at once? Are you better with a rapier than a dagger? Wear the tunic regardless, that's a definite upgrade.

Think this might be one of those light trap things where a trap springs if you walk into the light? Throw thr skull in the light beam to see if anything happens

Ikki 2014/02/15(Sat)20:32 No. 562804 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki isn't really coordinated enough to benefit from dual wielding yet, but the rapier does have the added advantage of being long enough to attack corner squares.

It also makes her feel like more of a real adventurer, or it would, if the guy who used to own it hadn't died horribly while wearing it.

It's kind of amazing how adjusting a few straps made the armor of what kind of looks like a fully grown human man fits a barely five foot ratgirl. Probably best not to think about it.

Longer weapons allow diagonal attacks. Noted. We'll have to remember that with enemies.

Keep the knife on your hip, just in case you need it. (Lose your grip on the sword, emergency throwing, and tool use).

Go peer down the well. Maybe try lowering the bucket and seeing what you get.

Nice. Guess it's time to carefully check out the well while paranoidly avoiding the light then.

Certainly looking like a real adventurer! Anything in the well? If not, go back and show those rats who's boss.

hold end of rope. throw bucket down well, HARD

equip the rapier, then, ad do the well thing.

yeah check out that well

nice, now all we have to do is get a parrying blade and learn how to use it with the rapier and we'll be set. can you throw the skull into the light, I really want to make sure it's just light and not a trap.

Detach rope from bucket, put rope in inventory.

You know, for a makeshift reach weapon, you can try attaching something to the rope. It'd be a makeshift reach weapon, though. But possibly worth considering--any methods to incur injury without suffering it can help.

Probably better off just throwing stuff, though. The knife, the rocks lying around, even the bucket. At the very least, you can piss those rats off enough to make them attack you through the doorway.

Come to think of it, reach weapons work well with her speed. She can basically kite by staying just close enough that the enemies' movement'll put them within reach for her but not for them.

>>562743
>>562804
D'awww, aren't you adorable.

>>562823
Anyway, yeah, good idea about keeping enemies just at arms' length.

Also, I'd like it noted that wind whistling out of the well seems to indicate a potentially large opening down there. If we were crazy, we might climb down. After checking for killer spiders or well-demons.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)08:15 No. 562856 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki lowers the bucket down the well, until she hears a hollow clunk at the bottom. It just seems to roll around down there, but when she tries to pull it back up, she can feel something resisting on the other end, pulling down on the bucket!

pull harder! this is YOUR bucket! it can't have it!

don't pull it up with your arms, pull with your legs. hold rope and walk backwards towards the door.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)08:25 No. 562861 ID: 7e0def
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Ooh! The resistance was from the weight of all this money she scooped up.

[gained 213 Seta]

"Now this is more like it!"

>>562861

greed wins once again!

speaking of which! see if you can pull up some more!

try again! i doubt you got it all in one scoop.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)08:43 No. 562868 ID: 7e0def
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The bucket is empty when she tries again. A limitless well full of money is just a fanciful dream, I guess.

Darn, whelp time to go slaughter those rats

still one time was better then none at all so lets head back up. We know rats are in the top left door so before we go and fight them lets see what's through the top right door first. This way we if it's more dangerous then the left door we can back out and do the left side first and come back to the right later, or vice versa if the left door seems easier then the right.

>>562870
good plan

wear it as a helmet.

Right, on to the unexplored door.

>>562868
>take bucket
>use as flail

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)10:14 No. 562882 ID: 7e0def
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The last door in the main hall leads to a collapsed room with some sort of cave dug into the rubble.
This is not ominous at all.

NOPE
kill rats first.

...looks like a boss fight to me. Or at least a mid-boss.

Go kill the rats instead. They'll be easier.

Ignore the gem and gold in the cave, they're obviously sucker-bait.

use the bucket to get the key and Gem

throw the bucket in then use the rope to drag the desired objects to you

you're at full health. if it's a boss battle, you might as well do it now.

grab the stuff.

the bucket and rope plan sounds less hazardous but be ready to run should something big and mean looking comes out. Think it would be best to fight the rats first if for no other reason the to get use to your new weapon, and to get more cash and items to either use or sell to get better items so we're less likely to die fighting monsters.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)12:07 No. 562897 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki retrieves the bucket and throws it into the dark so she can hook the key without getting close. She's way to smart to get caught by spooky traps.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)12:08 No. 562898 ID: 7e0def
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"GRAAAAAAAOOOOOO!"

A giant fist smashes the bucket to splinters! Two horribly glowing eyes pierce through the darkness.

Ikki flips out.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is a reason why one does not sequence break. I believe this is it.

uh, let's go fight the rats, maybe she can sneak up behind it from the room that rat hall is leading too?

Nope out of the room. If it keeps following us, nope out of the entire dungeon.

and now we run

shouldn't be able to follow us back into the building at least... and if it can then fuck this shit run back to town. if not time for the rats

Run. Turn tail and run.

I think the rats would be a much easier battle.

go change into your other pair of ragged pants.

>>562898
We need to make a grappling hook to get those objects then. It'll be significant harder to smash a sharp object made of metal. Might even want to lace it with a potent poison if we leave between then and now.
Retrieve rope

I don't think you have to worry about the beast yet he's in another zone and the grid hasn't shown up yet.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)13:32 No. 562923 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki flees the giant cave monster and composes herself, makes sure the monster isn't coming after her, then goes back in for those rats.

The rats immediately charge her for intruding. Rude.

Giant rat bites Ikki for 3 damage.
Ikki stabs the giant rat for 5 damage. The giant rat is killed.
The second giant rat tries to bite Ikki. Ikki dodges!
The third giant rat runs at Ikki and tries to bite her. She dodges.
Ikki strikes the second giant rat for 4 damage.
The second giant rat misses a bite.
The third giant rat misses a bite.
Ikki stabs the second rat for 7 damage. The rat is killed.
The third rat can't land a hit on Ikki.
Ikki stabs the third rat for 7 damage and kills it.

Ikki gets 3 giant rat furs, a staple of adventuring.

"Ugh! They have deformed little people faces. So gross."

The hallway is now clear of monsters

sweet now go check out what's in the northern room

>>562923
check the hole in the right of the rat room before checking the northern room. don't want a surprise rat ambush.

I agree, check the rat hole. Might be treasure, might be more rats. Either way a good idea to look at it.

>>562923
Search the hole in the wall. sword-first, since fingers are harder to replace.

Also: anything you can do with that MP?

Hey, nice fight. You barely got scratched. Only 1 hit in 6 landed. No need to run back to town and heal.

>3 giant rat furs
Ew. Cannibaclothism.

>now what
Yes, check the hole in the wall for rat ambushers, treasure, and/or secret passages.

hey, you're called a ratfolk. they're not called ratanimals, just rats. so you're based on them. which means actually you're the one with the deformed face.

go into the rat hole, you person-faced freak.

No different from a human skinning a chimpanzee.

Throw a bone or pebble into the hole to test how far back it goes.

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)16:17 No. 562953 ID: 7e0def
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The final room of the dungeon that she can get to seems to be an old kitchen. Not much here, except an old cleaver, a few cans rolling around, an empty cauldron and a big slab of dry, cracked, and suspiciously green meat.

"I don't think I want to eat anything here."

...could we use the spoiled meat to poison the big monster in the cave.

Is that cleaver any good? Maybe you could use it to open the barrels.

Also shove the shelves over, looks like there's a passage behind it.

>>562953
Check the barrels and the chimney

Check up the chimney for hidden items, check the barrels, look to see if there's anything secret behind the shelves. Then we gotta bring the meat to the giant cave-monster, obviously.

check barrels and ashes.

Something to prod under the chimmney first would be nice...
like the knife or flesh...
Not that there be traps or highly-aggressive bats^^

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)17:42 No. 562963 ID: 7e0def
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The shelf is bare, the barrels are mostly empty with some liquid sloshing around in the bottom and smell kind of musty and acrid. The ashes are made of burnt wood in kind of an old, slimy wad in the bottom of the oven. The chimney goes outside so the place doesn't get smoked up.
The meat is the finest cut of dusty, salt-encrusted, dried up, rock hard old ham you'll ever find, but it might distract a monster. It might even knock it out it she hits it in the head.

grab that cleaver and go bossways.

cover gross meat in fresh rat blood. then give it to the monster. it will eat the meat and hopefully die of its stomach imploding.

We could also give the rat corpses to the monster.

Use one of the rat skins to cover the meat and leave it in fornt of the monster, then either leave and come back to a hopefully dead monster or just stay and watch

Hmmm. Acid and ashes? Depending on exactly what we got, we might be able to chemistry up some explosives or something.

>>562967
>>562969
I support baiting it into eating disgusting meat with fresh rat meat.

...then we kill it while it's being sick.

bait is good but do we really need to fight it? Maybe we can bait it by tossing the meat into it's cave then quickly grabbing the key and running like hell.

I do agree with the roll it in rat blood to make it look a little fresh bit.

>>562963
how are you at picking locks? that key is huge. the lock is likewise huge. you could probably jab your shiv in there and twist things around till it opens.
and if the damned thing is magic and only opens with the key.. take that sucker as treasure on your way out.

>>562976
Man you're forgetting the giant fucking ruby we absolutely must grab.

If you toss the corpses of everything you have killed in there with the meat it might eat everything and fall asleep.

Well, I figure if we just put all the meat and the corpses into a barrel and just roll it to that big monster, we can avoid being too close to him when we are carrying his food.

Then we can see what the food will do to him

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)20:01 No. 562981 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki drags the ancient ham back to the collapsed room and hurls it as deep into the cave as she can, and the moment the horrible noises start, she rushes up and blindly grabs all the loot. There's even stuff she didn't see before.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!~"

After she escapes the area, giddy with excitement and mind-numbing terror, she finds she is now the proud owner of a healing potion, a ratty cloak, a rusty sword and, of course, the key.

So... stats on the ratty cloak and the new sword? (Do we get a racial bonus for a ratty cloak? :V)

Put on the cloak, see how the new sword compares with your rapier and time to try the big door!

equip the key. use the rusty sword on the lock.

equip ratty cloak

test key on door

Ikki 2014/02/16(Sun)21:00 No. 563000 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki puts on the cloak. Now she will get some respect as a badass adventurer and mysterious wanderer. She won't put up with things like people stepping on her tail, or mispronouncing her name as 'Icky' anymore. Way too badass for that.

And she has a big pile of crap, like a real treasure hunter.

Inventory

Equipped
Old Leather Tunic - 2 Def, Dur: 27/30
Old Pants - 1 Def, Dur: 20/25
Iron Rapier - 1d6, Range 2
Torn Cloak - 1 Def, Dur: 30/30

Carried
Rat furs x 3
Rags - 1 Def, Dur: 22/25
Iron Shank - 1d4+1, Range 1
Broken Knife - 1d4+1, Range 1
Ragged Pants x 2 - Def 1, Dur: 10/10
Rusted Sword - Atk: 1d6 -2
Healing Potion x 3

247 Seta

Statistics
Atk: 1+1d6
Def: 5
Evade: 50%
HP: 22/25
MP:5/5

All right. Whoo!

How tired are you? (Hungry? Thirsty?) If you're good to go, let's open the door with the key. If not, you can go back to town, sell some junk, and get a good meal and a good nights sleep before advancing.

Very spiffy. Big piles of crap are the way to go. Trick is finding a way of carrying it all with you.

Well other than trying to go down the well or something you do have a giant door that could use opening.

>>563000
How do you pronounce your name then?

Let's open that door and peek inside.

open door, receive treasure/actual boss fight.

>>563000
All you need now is a wide brimmed hat and you'll be set. Now open that door and be on our way

not bad kid, now we just have to open the door. Remember to actually look around before you entire just so we don't have to worry about any nasty surprises.

yes open door time is now!

>Torn Cloak
>Dur: 30/30
Medieval pre-stressed Jeans, I guess.

I wonder if it would be worth it to give that sword to a blacksmith to sharpen and restore.

Anyway, Onwards!

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)05:02 No. 563067 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki can still go back to town. There's no magic seal holding her in or anything. She can go rest, buy or sell things, get things fixed; or she can open the gate and head deeper inside, where all the good stuff is.

"It's 'Eek-ki', get it right."

I say gatewards. Unless you are feeling overburdened with junk and want to offload some of it.

To the gate! You're in good condition and you've barely scratched the surface of the place.

>>563067
Go for the gate.

>>563067
Gatewards. the more times you go out here, the more likely someone's gonna notice.. especially if you keep coming back with money.

If you need to make another trip after this, lock that door again on your way out and hide the key somewhere

gatewards!

Unless you're overburdened with junk we need to sell, or you're in need of food or sleep, you should continue. If you do have needs that need to be met though, don't kill yourself pushing ahead before you're ready. No time limit here, and carelessness leads to death.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)09:53 No. 563089 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki undoes the lock and the thick chains clatter to the floor. The huge gates groan in protest as they slowly swing open.

"Oh yeah! A actual dungeon. Now I can get some real loot."

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)09:59 No. 563090 ID: 7e0def
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In the darkness, something makes a wet, bubbling sound and a formless mass of terror rears up, thrashing wildly.

"UWAH! Wut the crap!

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)10:03 No. 563091 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki has encountered some horrible, nameless beast. It's called a necro slime.

Time to prove you're an adventurer.

stand your ground. after it moves run in and attack. hit the core!

know anything about these kinds of slimes? Other then that forward 2 up 2 (we still can only move 4 tiles right?) and then on your next turn get ready to stab the fuck out of it, we still have 3 health potions and our gear is still in pretty good condtion and there is only one of these things (quickly check the ceiling to make sure we don't have to worry about these things dropping down) so unless more show up or this thing is stronger then it looks we should be fine.

>>563091
it's a slime and you're trying to fight it with a piercing weapon. run away before this turns into vore.

>>563100
it's a core slime. not a regular slime. just stab it in the core.

Try luring it into the sunlight, clearly its an undead abomination that can't exist under the suns radiance.

stand your ground, try throwing your dagger at the core

>writing on the wall
Okay, those are Nordic runes, spelling out words in english. Translation threw me for a bit since 3 words are gibberish-looking proper names. Assuming I didn't screw up, the inscription reads:

Authrand Kor home of Dhorga and
his kin. Enter as friend or perish.

I suppose we could try claiming to be a friend and seeing if the slime backs down? Strikes me as more a general warning than a speak friend and enter puzzle solution, though.

>fighting the slime
I suggest holding ground, letting it advance, and then trying to stab the core.

Be careful, that thing may be made of something corrosive. It may be able to damage your gear. (Might be better to use the already rusty sword instead of ruining the rapier?).

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)11:08 No. 563108 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki waits for the slime to come toward her, then rushes in and stabs it for 4 damage.

The slime lashes out with a tendril, but misses.

Ikki is off to a good start.

keep it up and if things start to look bad, potion or run like hell

Stabbit again! stab it till is dies, use heal potion if you drop below half health

>>563108

Look for the slime telegraphing its moves and dodge accordingly.

>>563108
aim for the orb in the middle

stab harder!

Stab again, and don't get grappled unless you feel like adding your bones to its collection.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)12:01 No. 563130 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki stabs into the slime for 4 damage.

The smile slaps Ikki for 4 acid damage in return.

Acid damages equipment for 150% of the damage dealt.

Ikki's [Old Pants] are reduced to approx 50% durability.

dang. oh well, once we get the loot we can buy awesome pants.

ya those pants were trash, you can get new much better pants latter! keep stabbin

Unfortunately, there's no way around that. You don't have access to acid resistant gear, and fighting naked would mean your skin would be getting the acid bath instead.

Stab the core again. If hitting and then backing out of range before it can counter is an option, then do so.

so stabbing it with the rapier doesn't damage the rapier, but it does damage your clothes? weird. but convenient. stab away!

Not a big deal, they were crap anyways and we still have a spare set of pants on us if we need them. Plus with all the money we got we can easily buy more pants and better ones at that.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)13:06 No. 563152 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki stabs the slime, but it absorbs the strike without taking damage. She then moves away from the slime, which oozes toward her.

Each turn is one movement and one action (attacking, using an item).

Adopt a pattern. Let it come to you, stab. Stab, move away. That means the slime will only get half as many attacks in as you.

>>563153
sounds good

>acid slime
Visit kitchen. Acquire soap. Use soap on slime.

actually... wouldn't the ash be good at neutralizing acid?

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)13:31 No. 563158 ID: 7e0def
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What soap?

The slime moves in and lashes at Ikki. She dodges.

[Ikki's Turn]

>>563158
Stab it again, then move away.

...Actually, I get the sudden idea that the reason the zombie corpses disappeared is this thing ate them.

Actually, I wonder, if this thing is a necro slime, would a healing potion hurt it?

Although we already have a proven method of harming it though, and it's not worth the risk of fully healing to test it.

Just stab the core again, and move away along the wall.

(google seems to say ash CAN neutralize acid.)

stab it. if you get more acid think about coating cloak n ash.

Stab and move seems a sound strategy

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)14:06 No. 563166 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki stabs the slime for 3 damage and slips out of the way, the slime can't keep up with her to attack.

Move along the wall so you're not stuck in the corner and stab for the core, again.

Run to the other side of the slime (its right side) and stab it. We can't quite abuse its slow speed this turn, but we can do it next turn.

yes move as far as you can to the right while still being able to attack it

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)14:31 No. 563176 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki rushes past the slime and stabs it, but it absorbs the strike without taking damage.

The slime lashes her in return with a tendril for 8 acid damage. Ikki's [Old Pants] are critical, her [Old Leather Tunic] is below 50% durability and her [Torn Cloak] is below 50% durability!

healing potion time!
then back away

>>563176
Stab it again, then back out of its reach. Keep back away from it as you down a health potion, then lunge in to attack again.

This really is getting rather embarrassing.

>>563183
Actually, I'm starting to wonder if we should just run around it to the next room. It's not like it can catch us.

god this thing needs to die, move away and down one of those potions then let's finish this damn thing off. If we can't get past this thing how are we going to survive the rest of the dungeon?

Eh, we can take another hit before healing.

Stab the core and finish this already.

Then we go back to town for clothing repairs and to rest up.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)15:34 No. 563189 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki stabs the slime and runs back, then drinks a healing potion and recovers 10 health. The slime keeps moving toward her.

[Ikki's turn]

run up and Stab!

>>563189

Stab that core! Stab it with all your might!

let's finish this thing off already.

use your MP for whatever! you have t have a spell or something if you have mp.

This makes me wonder...
cloth-repair is probably not the right word for the rest of her trousers...
Also I hope things can't get damaged beyond critical... with half a cloak she would be quite exposed in town.

>>563197
we have a spare pair of pants you know

You know, if this thing doesn't die next turn I think we should run to town and get repairs/upgrades and maybe ask someone how best to deal with a slime like this.

11 damage dealt... assuming it has more health than Ikki (25) we still have a long ways to go and only one more pot. keep stabbing it for now, but don't get cornered in a place away from a door, just in case.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)17:05 No. 563203 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki rushes in and stabs the slime. The slime rears up and thrashes around, firing a chunk of itself into the air.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)17:06 No. 563204 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki dealt the slime 4 damage.

The slime fired a chunk of itself way up into the air.

>>563204

Get out of it's splash damage field! Go up 2 and right 2!

it's getting despite, move forward 4 tiles and attack it again.

>>563208
I agree.

That will either explode or become a smaller slime. Either way we don't want to be there when it lands. Move up 3 and right 1, then attack again.

move right 4 and attack

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)17:41 No. 563217 ID: 7e0def
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The acid splashes down in an empty spot.

Ikki moves up and stabs the slime for 3 damage.

The slime fires two acid bombs into the air.

>>563217
Bloody hell, die already!

Stab it again, then dash 2 down, 2 left.

Stab, down 1, left 2 (so we're right next to the puddle, and hopefully out of the blast radius of the next one).

>>563218
This plan works.

>>563218

This one.

>>563219

That is very clearly still in the marked radius.

>>563218
yes... really hope that slime crap doesn't become a field hazard.

>>563226
Yeah, should have ducked up to the north of it rather than the south. Too late for regrets though.

>>563219

good call.

>>563219
>>563233
Down 1 left 2 puts us in the blast radius still. We need to go down 2 left 2 to reach the safe square at the bottom.

channel rage into super attack! then flee

at least it lost some mass doing that. stab it in the weakpoint for massive damage.

Retreat out of range, drink potion.

Don't worry its not like there is anyone here to see you naked. Focus on the giant slime trying to dissolve you. Or you can imagine all the amazing loot sure to be in the next chamber.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)19:06 No. 563248 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki moves out of the way of the falling acid bombs as they splash down.

The slime moves toward Ikki and wallops her with a tendril, dealing 8 acid damage.

Ikki's [Old Pants] have broken.
Ikki's [Old Leather Tunic] has broken.
Ikki's [Torn Cloak] has broken.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)19:06 No. 563249 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki is now naked, but she's still alive and it is her turn.

LIMIT BREAK

THAT SON OF A BITCH, attack and run to the exit, if you get hit again take your last potion. We might need to flee

>>563249
Attack then run for it. You should not fight unarmored.

Then I guess grab the pants off that earlier skeleton and head back to town to rearmor yourself.

Move 1 left and 3 up, then attack the slime diagonally. If things keep going south you'll be closer to the door and can move away if needed.

Yeah, this isn't a fight we're supposed to win, this is a fight we're supposed to run past because we're speedy and it's slow.

So, uh, yeah, run back, put back on your shirt and some pants, then dash past the slime.

Or does it look wounded? Jeese, there's really no way to tell how hurt it is.

>>563253

Or, if you can attack and THEN move, attack and then bolt 4 left.

>>563248
Hey, wait a second, Ikki didn't stab it before moving away last turn. What gives?

>>563249

Cover your naughty bits and advance to the next room.

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)19:45 No. 563261 ID: 7e0def
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After regaining her composure and realizing that no one would be able to ever see her naked in here, Ikki escapes the slime and drinks another healing potion.

The slime slowly creeps toward her.

Finish it! Naked desperation attack on the core.

(And then fail, and take 10x acid damage on naked skin).

Just get out of there. You can't fight it like this. We can get more armor in town.

Where are you keeping your money anyway?

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)19:49 No. 563265 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki also did 3 damage to the slime before running away from the bombs, remember that? Yeah, everyone remembered how that happened. It did.

Try more hit and runs. It should be near death considering how much you've hit it.

Flee.

This thing seems pretty slow.

If we can equip armor in battle then dodge for two turns while putting on the clothes we got from zombies. We can do this still.

no way, hit it some more. you got 19 hp and wasted 2 pots, it'd be silly to leave now.

>>563272
sunk cost fallacy!

>>563261
What are you talking about "No one would see you"? That perverted slime did that on purpose to see you in the buff!

Activate your hidden tsundre power and punt that slime to the moon! (Actually you should just run after equipping your old rags from before. OR wear the rat furs I guess. Can you craft? I mean, if you actually have tsundere crit bonus I guess just go for it.)

Use one of the rat furs as a cloak before you attack again, and aim a stab directly at the orb in the center.

attack! attack with all your might!

Ikki 2014/02/17(Mon)21:27 No. 563287 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki drives her rapier into the offending beast and with the power of her rage, manages to just barely scratch it and explode it to pieces at the same time with an astounding 1 damage.

"That's what you get, asshole!"

put on spare clothes. check next room.

cool what's the loot?

Nice, very classy

put on your spare pants and shirt

>>563287

Equip old clothes and advance to the next room.

>>563287
What!

Put on those zombie rags and head to town to get armor replacements.

Bout time. What do we have left in the way of clothes left in inventory? Equip what you can.

The we should probably head back to town, sell some crap, and buy some more potions and armor.

>>562882
what material is the giant comically sized key made out of? (it looks golden)

>>563067
A functional lock, with its key, and a chain has some resale value. Also it might be of use to an adventurer.

Okay, good. Equip remaining clothes, and at least peek into the next room. We can grab opportunistic loot laying around, and run away back to town if there's any fights.

19 health, no potions, our best clothes where just vaporized by the ass slime, and other then the rapier and money we're kinda back to square one and the enemies from here on out are most likely going to be just as tough if not tougher. See if there's any loot in this room, equip spare clothes and head back to town for the day. We need to get some more gear and potions anyways so we don't die exploring the rest of this place.

Oh and continuations on beating the slime.

>>563287
Put on your extra clothings (hope you've washed them) and continue on.

Also, can we have an iventory check, please.

>>563294
If we still have the key we should keep it in cast it unlocks anything else.

You know you did great Ikki. This Slime was hitting for 8 damage a shot, had 21 HP and had a ranged attack.

Time to gather your spoils, and head back to town. See about getting some armor and maybe selling your excess junk.

Check with a blacksmith to see if that rusty sword is worth refurbishing or is it scrap.

>>563287
Be covered in gross goo.

Oh, can you read those runes?

>>563309
I think it's "Authrand kor home of Dhorga and his kin. Enter as friend or perish.' Any of that make sense to you?

Town time. You have what appears to be a lot of money, but used up most of your gear.

Lock the gate on your way out so nothing sneaks in or out.

>>563311
>Lock gate on way olut
Good idea

>>563299
>Keep key in case it unlocks other doors
Also good idea

Another good reason to keep the key would be in case anyone ever locks the door behind us while we're inside. Wouldn't want to get trapped.

get the broken core pieces and the padlock and move on to the next room.

>>563324
Err...that kinda makes me paranoid, because I don't think we can unlock the padlock from inside.

>>563449
...then we'll have to loot the padlock and take it inside with us so no one can use it to lock us in.

Ikki 2014/02/21(Fri)06:46 No. 563703 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki puts on her old clothes and some gross zombie pants. She decides not to pick up the remains of the horrible acid monster, but finds 252 seta which couldn't be seen floating around inside the slime earlier for some reason. Probably science.

She locks up the dungeon again and keeps the key, now she basically has her own personal moldy, dark, crumbling pit of death. Moving on up in the world.

She decides that gearing up would be best and returns to town. Where to?

[Armor shop]
[Weapon shop]
[Tavern]
[Clothing shop]
[Item shop]

Hey what was past the horrible slime monster? It looked like some stairs. Was that the entrance to level 2 or just another room?

Lets stop by the clothing shop first. Get a basic set of nice but serviceable clothes so the other shops do not think you are a filthy hobo.

let's check out the armor shop first, then weapons (if only to browse), items, clothing, and end it tavern.

Clothing shop first, I guess. No fun running around in rags and zombie pants.

Remember, whatever else you buy, you need to save some money to replace those potions you used up. Or else you might not make it in the next fight that drags on.

Clothing shop first. Those pants CAN'T be sanitary. The sooner you are out of them the better.

>>563703
Clothing would be nice.
Also, after equipping yourself you should probably go to the tavern and look for other adventurer's to team up with

get some snazzy leather armor from the armor shop.

buy some armour, see about getting your back up clothes washed

and if possible a Team mate would be nice

>>563703

Go to the Clothes Shop and buy some underpants. Going commando in old zombie clothes is squicky.

>>563703
Clothing shop first.

>>563703
clothing. you need new pants. and possibly your first set of underwear ever. because its comfortable and sets you apart from the savages.

buy comfortable frilly underpants
Like those poofy longjohns for princesses

See if there's some cheap enchanted equipment in the armor and clothing shops.

If not, see about just getting better versions of your lost gear.

Ikki 2014/02/22(Sat)07:20 No. 563819 ID: 7e0def
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Ikki buys some new clothes that aren't shredded or melted, complete with undergarments.

It looks weird when it's not all frayed, even if it's basically the same as her old clothes.

[Armor shop] - Cover yourself
[Weapon shop] - Stab some fools
[Item shop] - Cure what ails you
[Tavern] - Mingle with the classy folk

now that you've got some new duds, lets do some mingling and head tarvern way

Looking good there Ikki. Lets go get some protective gear. [Armor shop] - Cover yourself

How much of our hard earned dosh did that cost?

Next, I'd head to the item shop, and replace those hp potions we burnt though. Then we can go to the armor shop. Might as well dress in layers.

I'm curious about weapons. I'm not sure they'll be economical but I'd like to see the options.

armor. greasy leather armor. so you can get fast and greasy little rat feet.

Head to the tavern. We have to spend half the gold on high living, after all.

>>563819
GO to a class that teaches you a better pose
That can't be good for your back
I guess that might be posted on the Tavern's bulletin board if it's a community center.

Let's get some armor next.

See about getting some leather armor, or even chainmail.

Also see if the store carries any exotic obsidian weapons. Glass can't be melted by slimes and oozes, an obsidian club would be a slimeball's bane.

>>563819
Armor. If the necromantic slime is any indication we really need better armor. Acid and flame-resistant if possible.

Is there a new thread for this?

>>567848
I would totally update this if life wasn't crushing me under it's heel. But it is, so I'm not.

>>567926
Sorry to hear that. I'd love to see this quest continue.

When question continues then head by the armor shop and maybe the weapon shop before going to the tavern. Might as well try to look prepared before recruiting others or making merry. Try to get some custom markings on your kit so it's not very stealable.