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[TheFlame52]

That makes two places I know of with evil soot. Are you planning to become a soot husk yourself?

[Eric Blank]

Yesterday was busy as shit, here's the last little bit;

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Adventures of Pik and Desli pt. III

When desli looked in her pack to give Pik his new swords, she found the die she had rolled. She didn't remember picking it up, and when Pik grabbed it, he too was cursed likewise. In a panic, knowing they could stay no longer, Pik gave lordship of the hamlet to one of the hearthpersons, and they left that night for the forests. Worse yet, they felt they could not afford to stay in the Realms of Silver.

They killed several boars as food, and fled across the Tundra of Heroes. The journey took several days, but the next full moon was still two weeks away. On the other side they soon found small pockets of civilization, and ruins thereof. Hamlets abandoned or destroyed, overrun by goblins and their trenches and towers. The goblins often attacked the duo, and both slew several on their journey to find peace. One holy figure, however, was welcoming of the outsiders, and told them about a special place, called a museum, in the castle of Boltspumpkin, where unique perspectives such as theirs were welcome. So the two traveled further north, and when they came to Boltspumpkin, they met the legendary Hand of Planegifts Lonelythrall the Hideous, who slew so many beasts as to change the world, and many other heroes. They explained their adventures, and their current predicament, and were warned to take flight deep into the forests where they could live in peace.

The two contributed their trophies to the museum, in a corner behind the main display pedestals.



They also stopped to read some of the various tales and treasure books in the museum, and Desli found a tome called Uncanny Death, a manual containing the secret of life and death. Enchanted by what she saw, she called Pik over and the two read and learned from the book. Then, they left.

Nearby, they stumbled upon the lair of a night creature called Nikor, and Pik slew the beast. This would be the last great fight of their adventures, as deep in the goblin-controlled forests they found a stream, and founded Jackaldens the Distant Hearth. Few besides goblins lived that far out.

Their relaxation was cut short, however, as despite being immortal, they must still breathe, and Desli fell under the bridge they built, and drowned. Pik jumped in, and resurrected her as a gaunt corpse, but he too drowned for having no skill in swimming, and desli was forced to resurrect him, too. The siblings live, or unlive, to this day in their home, where even goblin armies fear to tread.

I actually lost several nice screenshots due to overwriting them accidentally, so damnit.

[Quantum Drop]

(Date obscured)

Gopet the Putrid Cyst has given me his final order – one final task, before my comrades and I are freed from his service once and for all. Neither Ketas nor Abhaar have shown any objection; if anything, Ketas seems to be relishing what it has commanded us to do.

In another time, perhaps, I would object to his demands out of ethics and practicality alike. As it stands, this task must be done – I will free the three of us from this service to Death, no matter the cost.

We set out tonight.


(Remaining pages are caked in dried blood or torn out, rendering them completely illegible.)

5th Galena, 754

The thump of heavy boots on stone woke the Goblin from his doze. The door to the Museum was open wide, three figures standing in the opening.

Spoiler: Unknown artisan’s drawing of “Duke” Abhaar Sinogolsin, Cademcatig Aba, An Abridged History of Boltspumpkin, Chapter Thirty-Two. (click to show/hide)

(For a supposed useless parasite noble, he’s surprisingly handy at taking off hands and heads with that axe of his. Also, actually has a shield and chest armour.)

Spoiler: Unknown artisan’s drawing of Ketas Camutetha Usmikkisnast Noloc, An Abridged History of Boltspumpkin, Chapter Thirty-Two. (click to show/hide)

(She actually has a mail shirt and breastplate covering her chest, along with a helmet and shield.)

Spoiler: Unknown artisan’s drawing of Urus Tacnuomsos Nornithros Agal, An Abridged History of Boltspumpkin, Chapter Thirty-Two. (click to show/hide)

(Those wings are those of a Giant Sparrow from Homesafe, taken as a little memento of his travel there (and because they look kinda cool).)

The apparent leader of the group – the towering giant with the mace and book – stalked forward into the room, his armoured and decorated frame easily dwarfing the monk. Accompanied by the massive size of him and his weapons, the lack of the infamous Museum guard, and the sheer number of battle scars he and his companions bore, most people would have been intimidated.

The monk simply crossed his arms, bit back a sigh at the interruption of his nap, and looked up.

“Welcome to Boltspumpkin, may Uquud the Bones of Drool guide you. I presume you came here to donate something to our ever-growing Museum?”

The human stared at him for several seconds before abruptly reaching to his back and drawing a bag and thick quire from the pack upon his shoulders. He thrust both his items into the monk’s arms before turning on his heel, giving an irritable little motion of a hand as he went. The other two promptly turned on their heels and followed him off into the night without a second word.

The goblin shook his head to himself, already looking for a place to put the bag.

Just another night at Boltspumpkin.

OOC: My official contribution to the Museum is the Stacks O’ Immortality Liquid (™),  several barrels, backpacks, and bags filled with the blood of Orid Xem’s last curse-born Vampire. Just remember to disregard the ‘Do NOT drink’ sign on the pedestal, and take only one sip. What could possibly go wrong? _{Side effects may include bloodthirst, insanity, a compulsion to commit murder, and rashes.}

My unofficial contributions are as follows: the skulls of Quenir Puzzelarm the Abyssal Whispers and Ashro Scufflegrowls the Slick Bends of Ivy, the bones of The Murky Filths, the return of Dwarf Dark One Bralbaard Hammerfishes, and the artefact copper short sword Daze Asthi. Since I’ll probably be busy IRL for the foreseeable future, I leave it to the thread as to whether I should try and write up the last bits of Urus’ adventures (skipped over here, for the sake of getting to the conclusion and getting the save up) or leave it to the Historians Guild.

My original plans for this turn unfortunately went awry due to the Knowing Deceiver’s population being crammed into a Dark Pit, rather than a Dark Fortress (the difference being that ~4000+ Goblins were spread on top of six-ish towers, rather than several dozen). The FPS soon hit similar levels to that at Swordgleamed even without raising undead, rendering the game borderline unplayable; coupled with the low population of other DPs, I am forced to conclude that there is no way for me to exterminate The Knowing Deceiver to the last in adventure mode alone, even with continuous 9AM to Midnight playing for 3-4 days.

All credit for the drawings goes to Outcast Games and their artists – besides shamelessly basing my adventurers on them, all I did was cut the images down from a screenshot and apply a filter to the images, for ease of seeing the details properly.

Save is here: https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15343. And, to end this relatively poorly-done story, how was this for a turn?

EDIT: Also, can I be put back on the turn list?

[Timeless Bob]

Library of Whispers updated with two out of four skulls found.  Within are clues to the place where the other two may be hidden, and one of those may have information leading to a great treasure indeed!

[TheFlame52]

Holy shit those arts! I love it!

[Eric Blank]

You chose good pictures indeed. And a very good story.

Btw I did want to sign up for another go. Maybe next round will be better

[Bralbaard]

Great adventures everyone!
I'm not sure if everyone found Timeless Bob's stories, as they were posted only as an update in the original posts.

Here is the  link for his first adventure. Two skulls still need to be found to complete it.

Here is the link to his write up of his second turn

I've updated some of the posts, there is still more work to be done.

If we have not heard from Fakerfangirl before the end of the weekend we will move on.

[Lukepop]

So has Fakerfangirl gotten back to you Braal, or are we moving onto Th4dwArfY1?

[Bralbaard]

So has Fakerfangirl gotten back to you Braal, or are we moving onto Th4dwArfY1?

We've moved beyond Th4dwArfY1 actually. There's been a lot of communication through personal messages. LuckyOwl is playing now.
Th4dwArfY1 has been moved down the order a bit because he was busy.

[WonderPsycho]

eyy sorry about my absence got distracted by other stuff, did i miss anything?

[FakerFangirl]

I haven't been checking the boards that frequently.

[Luckyowl]

here's the save

https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15368

I'll edit this post for the story it will only be one long post. I honestly haven't played this more seriously and sort of just went to one place to another without really thinking about a story. So Imma just make up stuff to fill in my lack of play. My contribute to the museum is a Facak. It's a violin like string from Omon Obin(Realm of Silver).

Good Luck, Flame!

[TheFlame52]

Alright, it's me again. Hmm, should I pick up one of my old adventurers or make a new one? Give me a day or two to think of an adventure to embark on.

[Quantum Drop]

How're things going, Flame?

[TheFlame52]

Haven't had a whole lot of free time lately, but I'm about to start. Is it alright if I briefly change the raw files so I can start as a goblin from a goblin settlement?