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((Steven will work to increase his control over his own cells, allowing him to not only regenerate but also change his appearance to look like other people. And I love the class names by the way.))

Is it possible to create Waivers of our own?

Did you ever answer that question of why they don't just detonate waivers (minus the dimensional travel bit) in their own world?

Do we come back to our own universes alive or acorpse?

You could create a waiver of your own, yes. But it wouldn't do anything.
Well, the magic in the waivers is affected by inter-dimensional travel. Since inter-dimensional travel is one-way only, then the best that Brown-Suit and co. can do is send you to one world, where you can easily be observed for science and filmed for public entertainment.
You pop back into your own world dead as a doornail, generally scaring the hell out of passers by.

Are the Writers from a different realm?

If so, are they from the same realm?

They are all from a different realm.

"Alright, so it's a skeleton... If this is anything like Daggerfall, then now is a good time for blunt weapons... Do thrones count as blunt?"

Put on the ring, and then squish the skeleton with my throne.

Quote from: Xantalos on May 22, 2013, 06:22:38 pm

!!SECRET PLOT!!

This may be too specific, but is it wise for me to put the watch on the anvil?

Do it regardless! For !!SCIENCE!!

I think +!!scientist!!+ summed this one up nicely with his response.

Oh, I just thought of a question or two...

1. Where is Osborn right now?
2. Are there others with that kind of knowledge?
3. Are there multiple separate "spoilerey plot point" plot things or just one interlinked one?

1. He's on a large castle on the bookwyrm's back.
2. Indeed there are.
3. There are quite a few. For example, the spoilers I mentioned when answering your question were all part of the same plot point, but the one in the dialogue to Greenstar and Borno is almost completely unrelated to that one. And then there a bunch that haven't even been mentioned yet.

I have some questions.

1. Where do the characters come from and how do they get here? For that matter, are we all from the same place?
2. How about the loot? I think it was originally mentioned that it came from some kind of loot dimension, but why does it appear?
3. Most especially, where do the living and/or sentient loots come from?
4. Why are the initial loots formed from the waiver? Why aren't they from the Loot Dimension as well?
5. Would it be possible for the people who give us the waivers to transform them in their own dimension, creating a variety of magical items? If so, why don't they just do that? It seems like a much more sustainable venture than this.
6. What happens to our bodies when we die?
7. What happens to our loot when we die?
8. Is this world spherical, toroidal, flat, cubical, or what?
9. How much of the loot is determined by the generator and how much is left up to your interpretation? For instance, was Aurwyn's personality a lucky chance or something you made? How about the bookwyrm's growth? That one tentacled shuriken thing's tentacles? The boilingness of the boiling-mud-frog?
10. Do you expect to get access to your old computer with the old loot generator on it any time soon?

1. Well, the Looter's Delight program has become so popular across the multiverse that there's a sign-up booth almost every mile, no matter where you are or what universe you're in. All you have to do is sign a waiver, and BAM, there you are.
2. Because of a little spoiler that I can't mention yet...
3. Same dimension as the others. When loot's formed, adding life or sentience is really just a neat feature, but no more difficult than adding an element to it. Which leads to the question of how loot is formed, which leads to spoilers.
4. I can't really give this one away...
5. Nor can I release this one...
6. Most alternate dimensions in this multiverse act like living beings, in that they prefer to remove foreign objects. Neither you nor your loot is from this world, so the moment that you are dead and unable to resist, the world tosses your corpse back to where it came from, oftentimes scaring the living daylights out of passer by, who are generally unaccustomed to having corpses flung out of portals at them.
7. The world also sends your loot back too, although some stuff (Alani's old hat, Grungson's anvil) is made in such a way that it's unable to be returned.
8. Spherical.
9. It's my interpretation of several factors spat out by the generator. For example, Moretti, who was made with the original generator, was a living shuriken capable of evolving that also caused madness as an attack effect. It just seemed very Lovecraftian to me, so I gave it some tentacles to emphasize that. The new generator rolls for the temperature of certain materials, which is why the mud frog is boiling hot. And personalities are actually a fusion of ones randomly selected from a list of about 300, which grows constantly as I find new ones that could be interesting to put into the mix. For example, Aurwyn is a blend consisting of equal parts Dlanor A. Knox from Umineko no Naku Kuro ni and Pierre McConville from Once Upon a Time in the North, so I combined the loyalty and black and white morality of the former with the horrifying raw sadism in the latter to create her. Plus, I took Dlanor's speech QUIRK.
10 I'll be there sometime this summer, probably within a month or two.

Do my characters shirt and cap have effects or stat bonuses i havent discovered how to activate?
And if so, will they harm me?

You rolled pretty low for those... I should probably put this in chart/thingy form
0: Nothing
1: Powerless junk, Squirt gun
2: Joke weapon, BB gun
3: Weapon, Sawed-off Winchester 1892
4: Magic weapon, Flaming rifle
5: More magic weapon, Flaming poison rifle
6: Even more magic weapon, Triple barrel flaming poison rifle

And so on and so forth, with higher rolls meaning more magic or stronger magic. So your shirt and hat are kinda just there.

Alani's grow wide, as she picks up the sceptre.
"WOW! These look spectacular! And the puppets! So...lifelike! I'd be happy to join you on your quest, Sam. VG?"

Alani looks expectantly at her partner.

"Yeah, looks like a great opportunity for adventure!"
VG picks up the sceptre and twists it around in her hands.
"Hmm. If you don't mind me asking, how exactly does that book of your work? It seems to be able to create objects out of thin air just by having them written down which is nothing like I've ever seen before! And what did you mean by immortality? How did you become immortal?! Oh yeah, as I've said, it does seem to be a good chance for some loot... I'm in!"

As the two of you claim your staffs, Sam beams in delight before letting loose with another bout of gibberish. When he finishes, he quickly scribbles something into his book before addressing you.
"Oops, I almost broke the rules a little bit there. We don't want to get disqualified from this competition now, do we? Especially on a silly thing like spoilers. All I can really say for now is that I need you to head a short distance to the east, until you find a canyon with a river running through it. After you get there, the rest should be self-explanatory. Once you finish up there, the rules should allow me to give you a bit of information on this whole competition, the books, and immortality. And if that's not enough for you, I'll have some new 'loot' for you when you're done. As for getting there, you might have some trouble fitting your new puppets into that plane of yours as they are, but you should be able to disassemble them and put them back together in a flash after you land. Also, the rules forbid me from telling you what's at the canyon, but I am allowed to warn you that it's extremely dangerous, and even more so if you let it go unchecked. So you'd best be careful out there."
With that, a pair of puppets open the door to the springs village, where your plane rests right where you left it.

Well darn it seems a 504 ate my explore the icy forest tunnels action so i guess ill do that this turn.

explore stealthily, attempt to snipe some food if possible.

(Rozar dex: 5+4)
( dex: 1+1) This is how I'll handle ranged combat in dimly lit areas. You can make out the location and size of something, but can't identify it before moving closer or shedding some light on the subject
( end: 3-2)

As you progress through the icy woods, it gradually becomes tougher to see as the forest becomes more and more like a cave system, with almost no light hitting the ground. After a short while you arrive at what seems to be a cross between a clearing and an open cavern, with thin streams of light pouring through holes in the frozen foliage above to give the area an eerie light. Noticing something about the size of a wolf moving off in the distance, you take aim with your rifle and fire. Whatever was moving gives out a piercing cry and drops to the ground, but at this distance and lighting, it's impossible to tell what you've hit.

What's going on here? Am I suddenly going mad? thinks Kordos.

"You there! Don't come any closer or I'll shoot!" He brandishes his gun.

Kordos tells the creature not to come any closer, and prepares to fire if it does.

(Kordos dex: 5+5)
(Redfiend dex: 3+2)
(Redfiend end: 2+2)

The monster doesn't slow down at all, so you let loose into its face with a triple-barrel blast before it gets within striking distance. It lets out a sound almost like an exaggerated sigh as it dies, but you don't get even a moment of respite as an enormous sword of black iron covered in red runes bursts from its stomach. The blade saws through the monster's flesh with ease, and in moments a woman clad in heavy red and black armor emerges from the creature. Examining the wounds on the creature's face, she turns to you and addresses you in a stern yet grateful voice.
"Thanks for helping me out with that thing... You'd think that Bella would have the common sense to lock up her pets when she's invited company over. Although I don't recall her saying anything about an otherworlder. Still, I owe you one for that. How about a new weapon? Your old one seems to be effective enough, but it's still nothing compared to what a Writer like myself can make."
The woman places her left hand upon a run on her sword, and a black revolver covered in red runes similar to those on the sword appears in front of you.
"Don't let its size fool you, that gun can fire through absolutely anything. Still, weapons alone won't be enough to survive here. I believe that Bella may have locked the exits, so you're welcome to follow me to her manor if you'd like. Speaking of which, Bella's an absolute stickler for manners in her home. If you plan on accompanying me there, we'd best know each other's names. I'm Natalie Asta, but anywhere out of Bella's mansion, feel free to call me Nat. Now, who are you?"

(Crap)

Roll away and use the dead old guy clothes as bandages.

"N-NO!"

Fire wildly at the beast in desperation before running over to Annie.
"Damnit... There's no way I can stop this... Stay with me, stay with me, I'll t-try to do something...!"
Attempt to hastily slow Annie's bleeding however possible.

(Annie dex: Last) Having no legs is a problem
(ALGEM dex: 5+1)
(Nekik dex: 1+4)
(Petipor dex: 6) I swear, if this shark rolls another 6...

(Algem dex: 5+1)
(Petipor dex: 6) 

(Petipor dex: 5)
(Annie dex: 2+1)
(Petipor str: 1+6)
(Annie str: 6-2)

(Nekik dex: 1+4)
(Petipor dex: 5) They told him he could be anything... so he became a ninja

(Annie str: 1+3)
(Annie end: 3+6)

In the utter chaos following Annie's grievous wounding, both Nekik and ALGEM manage to miss the monstrous shark with their attacks. The beast then wraps its prehensile tongue around ALGEM, and drags her into its mouth the same way it did to Annie, its mouth poised like a guillotine about to fall. Meanwhile, Annie crawls away and attempts to bandage herself with Usir's shirt, but her blood merely drenches the fabric as it spills out onto the cavern floor.

"Thanks for your assistance with that monstrous person, I beleive we could benefit by working together... Whats that, brickey thing? a scanner of some sort it says?.... wait IT!? still after you have tested it would you have a look at this?"
Approach raynen and if he accepts my offer of assistance join him also if the request to use the scanner is approved then present my blade to it to be scanned

Quote from: Corsair on May 16, 2013, 05:24:31 am

"Thanks for your assistance with that monstrous person, I beleive we could benefit by working together... Whats that, brickey thing? a scanner of some sort it says?.... wait IT!? still after you have tested it would you have a look at this?"
Approach raynen and if he accepts my offer of assistance join him also if the request to use the scanner is approved then present my blade to it to be scanned

"Sure thing. In all this madness having an ally is definitely a good thing. By the way, I don't think I got your name, I'm Raynen. Also, uh... Loremaster, could you please analyze my companion's weapon?"

Let my companion get his weapon scanned, and shoot anyone who attacks me/Varen. If nobody does so, then go after anyone (except Varen, of course) who attacks someone else (without being provoked) within my sight.

You hold the dagger in front of the Loremaster, and the machine hums softly as it analyzes it, before reporting its findings in a robotic yet highly-spirited voice.
"Well, this here knife is actually just a completely normal knife. Nothing special about it. But the ribbon on the end is the real weapon. You see, not only can it entangle foes, but it can also control blood at the user's will. The more entangled a foe is by the ribbon, the stronger control is. Now, the whole blood-control thing is kinda useless on things that don't have blood, but you can entangle just about anything with limbs. Now, let's just pray that we never encounter anything that's both limbless AND bloodless."
With that, the machine begins to whistle dixie to itself as it waits for another object to be scanned.

Grab the weakest-looking person arounf and force them towards the frog's mouth. Into it, ideally.

When life gives you a hammer, nail your foes. Wait, that doesn't sound right...

Head northwest to avoid the madness.

(Darius dex: 2+3)
(Bass dex: 1+3)

(Darius dex: 4+3)
(Bass dex: 1+3)
(Darius str: 6-1)
(Bass str: 6-3)

(Frog str: 3+2)
(Bass end: 3-3)

As The Bass Guy turns towards the northwest, he suddenly feels Darius' cold hand on his shoulder dragging him away. Try as he might to resist the ghost's pull, he soon finds himself face to face with a large frog composed entirely of boiling-hot mud. The great amphibian croaks once before swallowing Bass Guy whole and giving a contented gurgle as it looks around lazily for a nice female mudfrog.

THE BASS GUY IS DEAD!
(Darius luk: -6-6)

The frog lets out a loud belch, causing a small brass coin to fly from its mouth to land near Darius' feet. Darius can feel some sort of ancient power radiating off of the coin, although he can't tell whether it's the good kind of ancient power that gives you stat boosts, or the bad, curse you for 999 years kind. Well, only one way to find out!

"I don't have time for pests like you!!!"

Run for the throne room, and continue to do so with as few interruptions as possible

((as I may be gone for a short while (5 days, possibly) and I probably won't be able to post actions. Let me just put a blanket set of priorities on the next few turns:
1. live
2. get to the throne room))

EDIT: Also, Why isn't Giant Bug-man helping me? if he isn't already on his way, Call the bug dude!

(Osborn dex: 4)
(Blackwing dex: 4+3)

(Blackwing dex: 3+3)
(Osborn dex: 6)

Dodging the griffon's talons, you manage to make it across the bridge into the fortress proper. Most of the ceiling is gone, and you can spot your insectoid ally on a stone rafter high above you. He beckons for you to ascend, and then gestures to a spiraling ramp leading up to where he is.

((Damnit I thought it was a normal bird! Wait... maybe if we eat it we can gain electric powers! Well... except Aurwyn is afraid of eletricity now it seems....))

"Wait... she has PTSD from when I picked up the spear!? What in the world did I do to her?" Evil Lucky mumbles to himself before yelling out to Aurwyn, "Snap out of it! Your not being shocked! Just melt off it's face!"

Yell at Aurwyn to snap her out of her panic attack and have her melt the bird's face off with acid powers. If that doesn't work then hope my watch actually decides to work for me for once and use it against the bird!

((Note to self, stay away from electricity from now on.... damn spear....))

(Lucky aff: 6-1)
(Thunderbird bad: 1-2)

(Aurwyn str: 4+2)
(Thunderbird end: 2-2)

Nothing you say seems to get through to Aurwyn, so you hold your breath, cross your fingers, and try for the ring. The bird instantly stops moving and topples to the ground like a statue, causing Aurwyn to snap out of her fit and crush the bird's skull beneath her heel as if nothing had ever happened, but you're pretty sure that if golden statues could blush, she would be doing so right now.

Continue onwards into the wild blue with my new friends!

The airship cuts through the air faster than you would ever have thought possible, and you are soon flying over a seemingly endless stretch of water. You spy several enormous tentacled creatures in the water below you, easily large enough to swallow whales whole, but the rest of the crew seems to have their eyes on the sky above you, which is a vibrant shade of teal, dotted with fluffy clouds of the purest white. A group of four men armed with long axes come up from below decks, and stand at the ready, as if waiting for something to happen.

FIND SIR IRON BLUUD

EPIC SHOWDOWN COMMENCING

You have an odd hunch that your demonic nemesis is atop that dragon somewhere. Running over to the monster's tail, you figure that you might be able to climb up... or you might be crushed to death in the process. But hey, what's that for a tough, revenge-driven fellow like you?

Ah. Allright. I was just trying to charge back in and perhaps bleed on them but... now im going to Bandage loss or hand, look for a replacement.

Heading back up to the corpse-filled dining hall, you tear off a scrap of shirt from a body and use it to bandage your stump. As for a replacement hand, there's simply nothing around indescribable enough to use. But hey, the bleeding's stopped!

SOMETHING BASTARD HAS SPAWNED
(Something luk: -5-6)

Something's waiver becomes a pretty ordinary looking wristwatch. But something's wrong with it. Something's very wrong...

AND NOW, BECAUSE THE NEXT TURN WILL NOT BE UNTIL THIS WEEKEND, I SHALL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK ME ANYTHING ABOUT LOOTER'S DELIGHT. PLOT BITS, LOOT BITS, CHARACTER BITS, MORE BITS THAN YOUR WILD-MASS-GUESSING BRAIN HAS ROOM FOR! But yeah, feel free to ask anything you want about the game, and provided it's not too major a spoiler, I'll answer.

Aaaaaand random project has appeared to ruin my day... But on the bright side, my sheer awesomeness has caused a group of children to legitimately wonder if I am a god. Now, to see if I can get a gang of seven-year olds to write turns for me as a religious obligation...