Go into town and see if I can find someone selling a smelter. Preferably one with removable crucibles.
Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:10
Ner:11
Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Lucky Shot (1)
1 unassigned
Inventory
Mail shirt
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
7 Octahedrons
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6 rounds)
Short sword
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
140 fathoms
So a high temp furnace with a ceramic crucible. How big we talking?
My Black Book is a copy. No one has given me a Black Book. I know Lokam's Black Book is a real one and has all the stanzas, but Adam has it.
ASHul takes a survey of who will be going on teh Relic Vision. Below is his list of people to check.
Investing one Skill point into Weapon: Guitar
AsHul specifically invites Drett, Auft (and her gangster), Kara, Clate, Vikkan, Alex Wells, Harmony Li, and Adam. He'll prioritize these over other applicants.
Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent
Goal:To find God
Stats
Str:10 Dex:9 Spe:9 End:11 Awa:12 Cun:11 Kno:11 Ner:16
Skills
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar
Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy)
3 Silent Night - calming. gives advantage on diving rolls
6 Worm Blood - steadies nerves (restores to max)
100 ft of rope
Ham radio
2 Occult Junks
103 Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 101 standard)
One Brass sphere with clockwork innards (From Balaram) (currently being investigated by a Brain guy)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
Notes: Empyrean: Deep Walker Leon is a church official who can place characters in positions within the church. Contact referred by the church squad who killed our captors.
Anvil: Local parish: currently looking for 8 to do a communal vision with a minor relic to extract the relic core.
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').
Ah, then 1,2 and 4. And they're a bit mangled in the translation.
I assume this is an in character action for things done OOC? Since I'm not sure what to tell ya there.
for the jeweler, how much materials would need to be transported? A docking bay won't be necessary I assume? How much would he be paying?
For the pilgrims, I assume us getting a regular crew quarters is sufficient?
Do we need to worry about things like food and water or bore fuel and the like?
Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Inventory
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements
1 soldier chestplate
1 ethral rifle
1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins)
1 black book copy
1 black book
2 black flame
1 Silent Night
5 worm blood
1 field lighter
17 fathoms
(loaned 6 fathoms to aigre)
1 crystal construct
1 unspent skillpoint
The actual amount of cargo is quite small, 3 crates, but each is worth thousands of fathoms. His payment is 200 fathoms each, up to 10 people.
Yep.
Only fuel. I was gonna explain this once things got going but I'll do it now. The bore has 100 fuel right now, thats also its current max. Traveling through open areas, ie areas you don't need to drill through, costs 1 fuel per space on the map. Traveling through closed areas, ie areas you need to drill, costs 2 fuel per square. Fuel costs 1 fathom per unit and you can get it from any town and sometimes along the Paths at what amount to gas stations.
Did Vikkan have an intact black flame chain around his neck? Could he had easily removed the black flame from the chain before using it? Do they have clips or something like that?
Is the composition and construction method of the anodized black steel the church uses for black flames known? Could we make more of it?
What is the price for equipment storage/lockers for the bore? Some weapon racks are 5 fathoms based on previous questions so maybe around 25-30?
What's the price for a Diving sanctuary? Does it have a lot of equipment? Because if not, I'd imagine it's cheap.
Can you give a price for increasing the bore brain stat so it can shoot better? Or is that too much effort, better to buy a new bore?
Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).
StatusSacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.
StatsStr:9
Dex:13
Spe:13
End:7
Awa:12
Cun:10
Kno:12
Ner:11
Skills1 unspent
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1
Inventory
? fathoms
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
Bomb collar remote
Ethral Rifle (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Crystal Friend
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Simple Clothes (no shirt)
Crystal Tablets (diary about some construction project, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Kara's Diary
He does now, because the church man gave it to him. Never had one before as far as you know. The Flame is connected to the chain via a single thin ring of metal. Its more flimsy than the chain so you can fairly easily yank the flame free while leaving the chain on your neck. Alternatively, if you don't need it immediately, you can undo the chain and side it out before using the flame.
No. Also the Flames are made of Obsidian, not black steel. You could theoretically make more but you don't know how.
I'm pretty sure I already gave a price to Radio.for that. Ask him. I think we have a price sheet running around somewhere.
the sanctuary is...well depends on fanciness. Its basically just an enclosed room with a burner and specially designed ventilation that keeps the artifact smoke saturated while not letting the people inside suffocate. Its about 100 fathoms standard, and goes up depending on how intricate and overblown you want it.
Increasing bore stats varies in price. Brain is one of the more expensive ones due to the expertise and precision workings required. Our bore's system is quite low, though, so we can upgrade to 10 for around 150-200 per level. After that it gets more expensive. A brand new bore is certainly going to be more expensive.
Buy 8 structural junk and a grappling hook. Check if any shops are selling gas mask and flak vests and compare their price with the cost of buying the materials and crafting one.
Name: Alex Wells
Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.
Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.
Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 11
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 11
Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
1 Skill point
Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
5 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
465 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 10/10
Ok.
Gas masks are available for 30 or so each. Flak vests, as you're probably thinking of them, don't really exist. We don't have Kevlar down here. instead you'd probably get something like a Brigandine, a leather or cloth vest with metal or ceramic plates in it. Alternatively straight up plate or, to a lesser extent, mail would work against lower caliber rounds. You could probably make a Brigandine for less than buying it, but you'd need specific metal plates if you want it to be of good quality. Otherwise, if you just use junk, it will be only mildly effective. A Brigandine is gonna be 10-15 more than a mail shirt.
1. Shopping for parts for two acoustic guitars: 6 structural junk (12 fathoms), turquoise (10 fathoms), Bag of shells (3 fathoms) = 25 fathoms total.
2. Process the bag of shells to make abalone mother of pearl
3. Craft the first guitar. Acoustic, with turquise for the wave inlays and around the edges, and the mother of pearl to make the white bits of the wave.
4. Craft acoustic guitar number 2: A regular acoustic guitar with bones parts from my guard corpse where applicable, and also some bone inlays. Get creative with it, I guess, I should have enough bone and corpse bits for an artistic touch.
5. Trade in strandbeest crystal baby and 100 fathoms to Polyantha. Examine what I get in return. "I've decided it will be this little guy. Goodbye pal, you be good now."
Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard
albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much
like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work,
but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel
to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
Stats
Str: 8
Dex: 11
Spe: 9
End: 10
Awa: 10
Cun: 16 (+3)
Kno: 12
Ner: 11
Skills (1 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1
Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix
it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 10/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the
inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
Electric guitar (mostly metal with human bone fretboards. When played, screams can be heard under the tones.)
8 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 gold cubes
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Bomb Collar
100ft silk rope
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
224 Fathoms
Crystal Babies
1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
2. 8 sided diamond (looks like Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3. Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4. Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
6. Thing that looks like a Strandbeest. Foot long, 8 inches high.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
Ok
[7] You process the shells and get more than enough glittering shards for your plans.
[18] You fail, though not by much. You lose no ingredients and you think you have a better idea how to handle it now [advantage next try].
[11] You craft the guitar using mostly metal and some bone from the bodies. It comes out nicely, a good contrast between the shining metal and the polished bone but it is totally normal and mundane. But it plays just fine so there's that.
You give the strand and the 100 fathoms to her. She takes them and places them beside her chair with slow and careful movements. Then she stands, moving almost impossibly, like something is pulling her out of her chair. She pads across the ground in a way that reminds you oddly of a spider and selects a box from the myriad around her. The box she gives you is small, maybe about the size of a shoe box, made of black material that you can't place...maybe chitin? On the top of it is a brass plate with the engraved words "The Kidnapper Bell".
She returns to her chair and picks up the strandbeest, running her finger tips across it thoughtfully, like one might stroke a pet.
"Taken from far away and used against its will. A fitting prize." she purrs in a way that makes your teeth itch.
"We've recently come into possession of a Bore," Auft explains to her new acquisition on the way back, "so you'll likely be serving aboard that. But first, we have a few... perishable materials lying about."
Bring slave back to warehouse.
Unless I'm interrupted by the music of the damned, try to make a spine beetle: Human vertebra for a body, fingerbones for legs, teeth for mandibles, etc. Ideally it'd be a living animal, but an unholy construct is fine. Sacrifice a human heart to give it life/animation.
Name: Auft Kindheart
Description: Standing 3'10", with even fluffier than usual snow-white fur, this Ethral radiates adorable innocence even by the standards of her kind. Her porcelain-white mask is a circular shape carved into slices, each bearing a smiling face with eyes and mouths arched in joy, and adorned with pink blush marks. Her cloak is similarly pure white and a little too large for her, adding to her cute and defenseless appearance.
Goal: To amass and improve loyal pets and slaves.
Stats
Str: 8
Dex: 13
Spe: 10
End: 8
Awa: 8
Cun: 16
Kno: 13
Ner: 10
Skills
+1 Medical
+1 Translate
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Persuasion
+1 Stealth
+1 Animal Handling
+1 Archeology
+1 Biological
+1 Chemical
+1 Occult
[1 Skill Point]
Inventory
2 Fathoms
Ethral Rifle [7/7]
Doctor's Bag
Dodecahedron Spider-Thing: Fist-sized dodecahedron body, long unjointed legs that move in very slow cascades. Ceased moving upon being picked up. Can be trained in simple commands via clear hand signals, bops, and repetition.
2 quarter-inch cubes of impossibly heavy black stuff: Estimated 50 lbs weight total
Thug with metal teeth in his mouth and on his arm
You return to the warehouse, your slave still in his chains, though you have the key to the restraints in your pocket.
[8] You assemble your insect thing out of bones and bits (I'm not sure how large you want it? A single vertebra?). You think its in good shape to be animated but you needs something more than the heart of some corpse. Something more fitting...Like the life of another insect. A big one.
Nyw nods calmly, before sitting down in front of Kara. "I apologize for insulting you, Little Bird. It was not my intention; I... did not quite understand your feelings. Still. I must ask you to truly consider what you plan to say publically, to an audience of strangers. What do you intend to boast of? Sacrificing your arm, to save the lives of two who risked themselves for freedom, and failed? Being forced at gunpoint to looting the artifacts of a dead civilization? Finding companionship and camaraderie among a collection of kidnapped prisoners?" Nyw shakes his head and lets out a heavy sigh. "What exactly are you proud of, Kara? Where were you a week ago, that being kidnapped, threatened, and forced to watch the innocent die, has improved your lot in life?"
"...You know, you shouldn't apologize for insulting someone and then do it again. I don't know what were you both talking about, but I would probably still be proud of all those things you just said because it takes courage to do them."
"After all... Who's more brave? The warrior that fights without fear, knowing no one can defeat him? Or the prisoner that fights against the odds, fully aware of the risks and still taking them?"
Kalagony also heads for the exit. Apparently the rest of the group were preparing to go on a relic vision. Kalagony decides to go find the group preparing to go on the relic vision, introduce himself and ask if he can participate.
Name: Kalagony
Description: Kalagony is a short but muscular Mole-man. He's a martial arts fanatic, and willingly replaced his healthy arm with a mechanical version just to improve his lethality in melee combat. He has a particularly large tentacled star-shaped snout and a small pair of black, beady eyes. His hair is dark brown.
Goal: His life goal is to challenge and fight against the best warriors in the world, to crush his opponents and claim the title of the strongest fighter.
Stats:
Str:15
Dex:11
Spe:8
End:13
Awa:11
Cun:10
Kno:10
Ner:11
Skills:
Unarmed: 3 (2+1 Mole-Man Claws)
Defense Skill: Mechanical arm Block: 3
Caving: 1
(1 Unused Skill Point)
Inventory:
Mechanical arm (Right arm, claw weapon)
Grappling Hook
Silk Rope (100 feet)
Field Lighter
Martial Arts Gi
Ok.
"...You know, you shouldn't apologize for insulting someone and then do it again. I don't know what were you both talking about, but I would probably still be proud of all those things you just said because it takes courage to do them."
"After all... Who's more brave? The warrior that fights without fear, knowing no one can defeat him? Or the prisoner that fights against the odds, fully aware of the risks and still taking them?"
Nyw shrugs in response, but still talks back as the mole turns around and leaves "You misunderstand. I mean to warn; I doubt the response will be her desired admiration."
Go back inside the bore, to whichever room seems like it is most likely to be public. Take a knife and scratch the following message into the wall:
METALLIC SHANG-GEI DIVER
An inquisitive yet silent soul who died before any could learn her name.
Was distorted into a tortured form by the Spheres. Ended by command of The Lords' Child.
Then... train, I guess. Find a clear area and start swinging the murakumo around. If Nyw can roll a 1d20 while practicing, he's got a 5% chance to improve slightly, right? If that's not how it works, just guard the bore. Keep an eye on any divers, in particular.
Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:
((Only one murakumo, but hey! Dual wielding them is stupid anyway. Possibly also impossible, very soon.))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Practicing killing things".
Stats:Str:14
Dex:8
Spe:10
End:14
Awa:14
Cun:8
Kno:7
Ner:10
Skills:Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +1
Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3, Fragile]
Ornamental Mask of the Child
A hooked cleaver [Cut 3]
Two knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Guard rifle [Pierce 2]
A bunch of bloody guard garments, to be used as raw material.
You cut the mark of remembrance into the wall.
As per training I'm all for letting you try to gain skill in the free time instead of standing around HOWEVER, I don't want it to just be you standing there swinging. Find yourself a sparing partner and I'll be more than happy to roll for you both and count any advances you get.
Chill out in the bore. Make friendly conversation with anyone nearby. Socialize. Also flirt towards the goal of snuggling.
You walk up to Nyw and say, and I quote.
"Hey undead baby, you want sum fuk?"
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