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[dragnar]

Kick anything that tries to attack me away.

[Schilcote]

This might seem unprovoked, but is anyone paying any attention to the story, or at least the subtle puzzles I so carefully include into the text? You should really try to figure out anything that I don't explicitly tell you. If I'm trying to hide it it must be important, eh?

Start with the identity of the doctor that healed ExKirby a few turns ago. It's a hint as to a stage that's coming up relatively soon.

[inteuniso]

I'm not good at inferring stuff. Whenever you hint at stuff, I generally have no idea what the hell you're talking about. At all.

[Typoman]

unstable usually means you are about to teleport in nethack, but hmm this probably won't be good.
i turn the jackels into LudicrousGibs
using the mace i'd say (is it at spiky mace or a flanged mace?)

That will only make them Chunky Salsa all over the place, not increase its killing power... what you want is One Hit Kill or Critical Hit.

oh i know, i just want to hear the description plus with everyone else attacking them, i doubt i really need to go all out, but i suppose i could come up with something else possibly one of the ones you mentioned.

This might seem unprovoked, but is anyone paying any attention to the story, or at least the subtle puzzles I so carefully include into the text? You should really try to figure out anything that I don't explicitly tell you. If I'm trying to hide it it must be important, eh?

Start with the identity of the doctor that healed ExKirby a few turns ago. It's a hint as to a stage that's coming up relatively soon.

i am paying attention to the overall goal, though in this section we don't seem to have an obvious one yet. and as far as the puzzles they are a little too subtle, now you have mentioned it i could probably figure it out, but at the time i just assumed it was some meme i didn't know of.

essentially i have recognised a few things that might be hints, but i haven't been able to gain anything from them. that leads ir me just going meh i'll find out when/if it is revealed.


edit:

i know! i'll do a support move.
i summon weegee to weegee stare the jackals
that should make em easy to kill

[Schilcote]

i know! i'll do a support move.
i summon weegee to weegee stare the jackals
that should make em easy to kill

No... it'll make them Weegee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Ngssydr0Y
But Weegee would be on your side anyway.

[Typoman]

i'm not really familiar with that particular meme XD
what i had read, glanced at more like, is it froze em in place. i'll research more next time

[Schilcote]

i'm not really familiar with that particular meme XD
what i had read, glanced at more like, is it froze em in place. i'll research more next time

Weegee's stare is dual-purpose, sometimes it changes the target into Weegee, sometimes it kills. It seems to be up to (the) Weegee which effect should be triggered.

[Typoman]

hmm both of those effects would be beneficial...

[Schilcote]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Frelock: Find out how effective the reverse can be.
Typoman: i turn the jackels into LudicrousGibs
Qwertyuiopas: proceed with previous massive negative gravity applied to enemy plan.
Sensei: Well, I keep the knife for a reason. Use it, along with my teeth.
Tehstefan: Use my mind to fling the jackals off me.
Inteuniso: Spray and pray.
Dragnar: Kick anything that tries to attack me away.
ExKirby(GM'd): Shoot things
Knight85(GM'd): Magic missile

Frelock: 5

Using your hacking powers, you begin to disassociate the Jackal's cells from eachother.
Ten Jackals are turned into organic slag.

Typoman: 3

As you call upon your troping powers to give you strength, Frelock begins turning Jackals into slime. Your body begins to absorb the organic material, and you feel energy begin to flow to your hands...
You develop claws like those of X-Men's Wolverine. You begin slashing Jackals left and right with them.

Qwertyuiopas: 2

You use your gravity tool to smash some of the jackals that are attacking you, but you fail to make too much of a dent in their local population. This has to be more than just one hundred and twenty...

Sensei: 2

You take your cruddy blade out of your pants, and begin slashing jugulars. You barely manage to stand up.

Tehstefan: 6

You use your telekinesis implant to fling the jackals off of you, and begin smashing other ones against the walls! Flying jackals begin to jostle eachother with great force. It turns out that if you begin to fling objects around at high speeds in a somewhat enclosed space which is rather full of relatively small objects, you may very well cause waves of pressure to form among these objects and bounce around off of the walls...
Roll to dodge: Typoman:6 Qwertyuiopas: 2 Sensei: 6 Tehstefan: 1 Inteuniso: 5 Dragnar: 4 ExKirby:3 Knight85: 3

Waves start to bounce around off of the walls, crushing some of the jackals, as well as Tehstefan and Qwertyuiopas! Qwertyuiopas recieves a few cracked ribs, while Tehstefan suffers more extensive rib damage.

Inteuniso: 4

You kick some jackals off of yourself and begin firing your pulse rifle haphazardly into the fray. Many jackals are hit and killed, but they just keep coming...

Dragnar: 2

You begin flailing about, but jackals drag you to the ground anyway.

ExKirby: 3

You fire your weapons into the mass of jackals, and many are slaughtered. Still, whenever one is killed, another two appear from a corridor.

Knight85: 1

You magic missile yourself in the head.

Statuses:

Frelock: Wristwatch, computer terminal, glasses, civilian clothes, pamphlet, a jewel-encrusted egg, a bag which contains a lunch and a clove of garlic, and a bottle of water. On the Jefferson.

Proficient in modifying, and synthesizing with hacking tools. (+2 to modification and +1 to synthesis at short range)
Advanced in healing (+2, can use on two targets in one turn)
Implants:
REMOTE VIEWING 3
SENSOR 3
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
TACTICAL SCANNER 2
ADV. DATA INT. 2


Inteuniso: Tau armor, elfin sword, quantum storage full of scrap, engineering computer (will give bonus to engineering tasks once you work with it a little bit), Lance, carrots and apples, longsword. In dungeon.
Dabbling swordsmanship.
Dabbling dancing.
Dabbling horsemanship.
Novice Hauler (+1 to carrying stuff around)
Novice Mechanic (+1 to working with vehicles)
Cheif Engineer of the Starship Jefferson (+1 to working with the Ultravan)
Implants:
AIM 5
REMOTE VIEWING 3
TI STD MIL. IMPLANT 5
TI TACTICAL+ 5
Pet horse (currently mounted)

Tehstefan: .44 Magnum, Fedora, bullwhip, touchstone, tinning kit. Location: In dungeon.
Agile (+1 to running and jumping).
Novice driver(+1 to operating vehicles)
Novice telekeinesis-user (+2 to using telekinesis implant)
Novice Mechanic (+1 to working with vehicles)
Captain of the Starship Jefferson (+1 to doing anything with the Jefferson, additional +1 to navigating in particular)
Implants:
TI AIM 5
TI TACTICAL+ 5
TI SENSOR 3
TI FLIGHT 4
TI TELEKINESIS 5
TI REFLEX 3
Intrinsics:
Warning


ExKirby: Red Helmet, Red Army Gear, Combat Knife, .9mm Pistol, StA52 Assault Rifle, Forcer Grapple, beam sword, Meaningless Commander's Badge, two-handed broadsword, oil lamp. Location: Dungeons of Doom.
Enhanced enhanced bone structure (+3 to blunt and crushing damage avoid) Hardened flesh (+2 to burning and projectile damage avoid)
AUTOMEDICAL 2
AIM 5
FLIGHT 4
REFLEX 3
INTANGIBILITY 5
CLOAK 4
Blessing of Ordo (Relaxed laws of physics, +1 to attacking chaotic beings)
In command of 5 little robot minions:

Sawbuck: A flying robot, with a multitude of extremely sharp blades. It deals heavy slashing damage. However, it is unstable and a decent impact will send it far away.
Clanger: A small, heavy, tank-like robot, with a pair of heavy duty hydraulic pincers on its front. It deals heavy crushing damage(+1). It is highly resistant to damage, but very slow.
Zip: A small, extremely fast wheeled robot. It attacks by discharging electrical energy into its target, dealing light burn damage. It can move at extreme speed, and carry light cargo.
Bash: A mid-size, doglike robot with extremely powerful back legs. It can fling itself long distances with them. It jumps on enemies, knocking them down and dealing moderate blunt impact damage.



Sensei: Knife, suitcase O' spectacles, electric brass lantern, two lengths of rope, uranium battleaxe (+1 enemy dodge, +1 damage), basic construction equipment, Nano-EAGLE, big missile launcher, 1000 gold pieces, a tin operner, a credit card, an expensive camera, hawaiian shirt. In dungeon.

Implants:
SENSOR 3
FLIGHT 4
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
REMOTE VIEWING 3
AIM 3
REFLEX 3
Novice builder: +1 to building stuff
Practiced aim(+1 to aiming)
Glowing(-1 to being sneaky while on).


Qwertyuiopas: Computer-goggles, scriptgun(loaded with gravity modifier), gloves, 6 fortune cookies. In dungeon.

Implants:
REMOTE VIEWING 3
HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
Chief Science Officer (+2 to using the Ultravan's sensors and computer systems, as well as generally scienceing)

Available Scripts:
Colorer
Gravity Modifier
Computer Stopper
Projectile Shield


Dragnar: Built-in laser pistol, mining tools(+1 enhancement for mining, negates 1 armor when used as weapon), quantum storage full of scrap, portable bunker(hold it for a +2 to avoid damage, or plant it in the ground and create an impenetrable barrier to all projectiles coming from that direction.), coasters, cattle prod, unidentified floppies. Location: On the Starship Jefferson..
Implants:
TI FLIGHT 4
TI HIDDEN ENTITY DETECTOR 2
TI CLOAK 4
TI ADV. DATA INT. 2
TI ITEM MAGNET 3
TI STASIS 3
Novice flier: +1 to flight with flight implant
Enhanced Speed (+1 to reflexes and high-speed actions)
Encumbering Repair Devices (Heals 50% of incurred damage every turn, -1 to dexterous actions)
Can Fly, rockets in feet.

Typoman: hammer pants and polo, with a funky pen in the breast pocket. a shield made of pure, solid rage, a robe, an small shield, a mace, and a clove of garlic, and an SDW-120.
TI FLIGHT 4
TI SENSOR 3
TI AUTOMEDICAL 2
TI TACTICAL SCANNER
TI CLOAK 4
TI REMOTE VIEWING
Involuntarily absorbs organic matter and reprocesses it.


Knight85: basic mages robes trusty lightning firing staff, beamsword, a cloak, two rings, a "spellbook of force bolt" and a magic marker.

Unconcious.

Relevant Information (+1 to identifying unknown objects and their properties)
Telekinesis
Tactical +5
Reflex
Cloak
Intangibility
Stasis

Starship Jefferson:
A TOAST Industries Ultravan with:
Flight package (+VTOL enhancement),4 "KICKASS" kinetic weapons, 2 "nano-EAGLEs" on turrets, one pulse rifle on a turret, two "Phasers", two "laser machine guns", one tractor beam, two "Ageis V3s", an "energy deflector shield", three VSP-grade hyperdrives (only one can function at a time), a "TI Standard Rangercam+scanner" with a "VSP Rangercam Upgrade", a "TI Advanced Navigation/targeting system", an inertial compensator, an "all in one life-support system", a "super communicator module", a remote environmental probe (with two nano-EAGLE turrets), a void entry device, an implant installation upgrade, a TOAST construction computer, a healing turret, a TOAST weapons dispenser, a transporter, an Advanced Auto-Repair Unit, 2 Large Wall-Mount Quantum Storage Devices, a special 360 degree super-voidscanner designed by Qwertyuiopas.
Transforming mecha fighter attached to bottom of ship. Can now detach in the void, but has no voidscanner.
Contains:
12 Portable Temporary Auto-Repair Devices
AI called Slick. Paying extremely concerned attention to the battle.
Maintainance+Medical droid. Retrieving Knight85 and bringing him back to the Jefferson.
NUKM drone. Kicking ass.
Much miscellaneous scrap.

Jackals: They swarm around the protagonists, and begin nipping at the unconscious Knight85, giving him severe bite wounds all over his body. They are being jostled around heavily by the remnants of Tehstefan's telekinesis-induced wave action.

Text:

NUKM continues kicking ass, but is noticing the party tiring.

"Not that I couldn't *THUMP* keep going, but I think *ZTZTZTZTZT* a quick *CRUNCH* tactical *THUMP ZTZTZTZTZT* retreat might be a good *CRUNCH* idea."
NUKM lays down covering fire as the medical droid rushes in to retrieve Knight85.


Knight85, you really need to post an action once in a while... eventually we're going to run out of things to cast magic missile at.

[Typoman]

dammit something must be summoning these...
carve a path to the corridor and if there is anything there turn it into mince (or gravel or some other small partical)
actually
SHOOP DA WHOOP in the direction of the corridor, then run down the path and mince whatever is summoning/creating all these damn jackals
i don't wanna be by myself it it turns out to be something strong, so if someone could follow me would be great

also, AWESOME, claws! i hope they are retractable like wolverine's

edit:
hmm retreat may be a good idea, but wouldn't they just follow us? might be less risky than trying to find the source though, what do you guys think?

[Sensei]

Still, whenever one is killed, another two appear from a corridor.

OBVIOUSLY we have to kill the corridor. Didn't you ever play Gauntlet?

>Smash the threshold of the corridor with my axe until it caves it in.

[dragnar]

Tyopman has a point... I ready my drill and charge down the hallway holding it out. AFTER he shoops da whoop at it.

[tehstefan]

Heh. I guess that's what happens when you roll a six with a plus two bonus.

Retreat to the ship, get healed, use my awesome captain skills to fire upon the jackals?

[Schilcote]

Don't forget that back behind you where you'll be retreating to there's a heavily-armed AI-controlled starship...

[inteuniso]

TACTFULLY retreat back to the ship, and order it to open fire on all these jackals. Take up a defensive position and get ready for the hordes.