Check the other shops, you can always come back. That being said, ring with healing sounds pretty darn good.

>>931453
But why torture dagger? It is more expensive and the healing blade gimmick gets old.

>>931453
>Take perk that lets us cast with heavy armor
>Buy light armor
DURRRRRR

>>931440
Let’s go to a different store before we use up all of our money here.

>>931440
Yeah let's not buy any of those.
In fact let's go to the armor shop next. We got the armor perk, let's take advantage of it.

>>931469
Dude, he's almost broke. Light armor is cheap.

>>931481
It doesn't usually work this way in roguelikes, but sometimes a cheap heavy armour offers more bang per buck than a cheap light armour. It is at least worth checking first. Like, a bamboo suit might block more than a leather tunic and cost about the same...

Can we re-tune these things?
Let's keep the pendant in the back of the mind for now and go check the other places

>>931440
Let's go to a different store

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/04/30(Tue)18:49 No. 931593 ID: e715fe
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On one hand, magic implements are handy to have if you want to do magic, but on the other hand, you get sticker shock enough to get you to get the heck out of that store. You do ask about the price of enchanting an implement, and Arturo says it would be about rounded up to the next hundred from the circle price. Which isn't too bad. Definitely worth coming back for, once we have some dunge money.

But you should still prepare a little more before going. Maybe. You have 164¤ to spend and actually a few shops to visit still!

2 is general goods/food. You could get a ration or two here, maybe a torch or backpack.
3 is the temple. Good for healing and getting curses gone, but you don't need that just now.
5 is armors, because you're pretty sure you don't like getting hit easily.
6 is weapons. Anybody can use any weapon, so you could actually get a sword or fist knuckles or something.
7 is pets and animals. Maybe you could have an attack dog to help even the odds.

5 for armor, the next most important thing in your budget.

I'm thinking create food will be a better investment than buying rations.
Let's look at the armors! To 5! (also show all the purchase pages this time please)

Armored caster. Go see about armor.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/04/30(Tue)20:18 No. 931605 ID: e715fe
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did you know that ummmmm... it's time to armor up
You make your way across from Arturo's Ladle in the Pot Little Town Magic Shop and Potion Emporium to the much more succinctly named, much more plain and undecorated armor shop.

Hobart's Metalworks!

It's mostly about business with Hobart, he probably won't have any quests or extra things to do at all, you reckon.

You know with your thaumaturgy all the Armor Penalty (AP) scores listed here are reduced by 2. So you can get scale armor with no penalty at all, and the rest are less cumbersome for you.

>>931605
Alright let's get scale armor and a small shield.

Next let's check the weapon shop to see if we can get anything that works with unarmed skill.

Get dat scale armor. Also, can you get a light shield too or does that add? 4-2 AP is bad, but if it's just 2-2 + 2-2 AP you can take that too.

neat we can get a shield and and scale armor with no penalty!, or can we go lower on armor and get a cheeky negative armor penalty?

>>931607
I'm thinking all numbers are cumulative, so penalty reduction just offsets total penalty.

>>931610 just the scale armor then.

Scale armor and a large shield. You can put the shield down when you cast your non-combat spells!

>>931615
oh this could be a reasonable idea. but we put it down in combat too. (a minus 4 on a d6 is a big deal) this idea would probably work better with a tower shield. but the idea is in general we have the shield but we can just like put it down and have it stand on its own while we spellcast that way for non-spell things we have the advantage of a nice shield, but it can be dropped at a moments notice to do spell things then equally easily be picked back up

Ask if they can make a tower shield with a bladed bottom, so you can dig the shield into the ground and use it as cover.

Heavy armour! Our body is a weapon, let it be a heavy, blunt, metallic weapon!

>>931683
but... but.. our magic D=
also expensive

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/03(Fri)14:08 No. 931846 ID: e715fe
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You go ahead and buy some scale mail and a large shield. You put on the armor straight away since you're going to be needing it momentarily, and sling the large shield over your back instead of holding it for the moment.
Acquired:
d - scale armor (3 AC 2 AP) (worn)
e - large shield (2 AC 4 AP)

You still have your clothes from before, too. In any case, that was probably a good buy, there.

Where to next?

Now, your weapon! Fists are good, but brass knuckles are better.

General goods, get supplies.

lets go check the cost of food and general goods.

>>931846
Go get some food. Eat the food if you are currently hungry.

Let's check out the general store.

Do they have sauerkraut? Chillied beans? Curry? I hear that a good meal can result in fewer encounters.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/05(Sun)19:07 No. 932086 ID: e715fe
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Wow, your money is going fast. You saved up so long to get 250¤ through conventional means and you're already almost halfway through it. But, you know it's going to be dark in the dungeon, even if it isn't the darkest dungeon out there. You're also going to get hungry fairly regularly, and it might be a good idea to bring your own food, in case the dungeon food isn't catered well. Maybe a backpack to hold your loot too.

But either way, you walk up to Wayne, the owner of Tucker's General Store, and give him a greeting. Time to see what he's got for you today.

Looks like he's got some rations, some apples, a grunt tube -- yum! Plus a bunch of other miscellany.

j l m n o p also what is a grunt tube, i feel getting the summon food will be a better investment then buying actual food

>>932087

A grunt tube is most specifically, 13 different kinds of meat wrapped in meat like a burrito made of only meat. Served with your choice of dippin' sauce.

Totally get the grunt tube. Also ask what an iron ration is.

>>932089
I'm thinking the iron ration is just extra well preserved food in a case that's hard to damage. Food of last resort, but also better for wear and tear and whatever.

>>932089
Iron rations are typically effective, efficient, but tasteless. Like hardtack.
Backpack, 4 torches, lantern, 3 lamp oil, pole, rope, 5 rations, and a spare change of basic clothes. That should run up 30 gold.

>>932086
Why is that set of Champion Clothes orange?
Get three rations, a backpack, and... wait, you can't just hold the torch can you? We need an open hand for hitting things.
Can you affix the lantern to your belt for light?

Get one of each gear type, 6 apples, and 4 grunt tubes.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/08(Wed)09:55 No. 932281 ID: e715fe
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You pause for a moment after you gather your purchases to wonder why the owner of Tucker's General Store is named Wayne.

Thanks to your backpack, your inventory space has increased from 26 items to 52 items!

Items acquired:
f - backpack (worn)
g - 4 torches
h - lantern
i - 3 lamp oil
j - pole
k - rope
l - 5 rations
m - basic clothes
n - grunt tube
o - 6 apples

The last shops that probably matter for now is...
6 a weapon store
7 a pet store

But you're feeling more confident you could take on the dungeon just a bit too.

>>932092
You equip light sources in the light source slot! It's convenient.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/08(Wed)10:13 No. 932285 ID: e715fe
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Status screen in progress. It's going to probably show more stuff that isn't in the display bar later too!

We should at least check the weapon store.

>>932281
Weapon store

Let's hit up the pet store first! It's gotta be lonely down in the dungeon, so it might be nice to have a little buddy to tag along with us.

>>932289
Weapon store

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/09(Thu)04:07 No. 932373 ID: e715fe
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You make your way over to the weapon shop at long last, and hope you have enough money to buy something there. Once you get inside, you realize, however, that weapons are fairly cheap and you could get whatever you need.

Some things to keep in mind though, your rolls are based on the governing stat so most of the weapons will use Warrior, which we have good rating in, while the dagger and ranged weapons use Rogue. Additionally, crossbows and firearms need to be reloaded after firing.

A brief conversation reveals that Brimley is actually in collusion with Hobart, in that each of them could make both weapons and armor, but they would compete for sales. This way both businesses get customers. These are some crafty craftsmen.

>>932373
We specialize in unarmed, so it only makes sense that we buy the Knuckles.

Knuckles all the way and lets get summon food with the rest of the money.

>>932373
Going with the knuckles because of our unarmed specialization make sense, but... axes are cool. Ask the weaponsmith if he could custom-forge a set of knuckle-axes -- knaxes -- for you.

If not, then yeah get the knuckles I guess.

>>932373
Knuckles

Tha Dunge and Knuckles

Wander around town for team members to hire.

>>932398
No no no let's see the Dunge first before we start needing to divide loot (I am assuming we can leave, as in start ascending, the Dunge and come back up whenever we feel we 'have enough')

Knuckles + pistol + 20 bullets.
Tha Dunge sounds like a short-range environ, but a ranged option is very nice, and the damage on that pistol...

>>932412
Not unless we hire a rogue, our character has Rogue Lv. 1 and you can expect him to miss the broadside of Mount Everest.

>>932384
Closest thing you'll get to that would possibly be claws. However, that would probably require our Rouge stat, which sucks.

We'll be better off with the regular knuckles.

>>932414
A ranged option can be pretty important. If a melee opponent is stationary, then it is a free win. If they are just a distance away, then we get a free attempt to get lucky while they close. Either way it pays for itself in the long run.

>>932444
Not with our terrible Rouge stat!

We’ll be lucky we don’t drop the gun and have it go off and shoot us in the head!

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/11(Sat)15:28 No. 932577 ID: e715fe
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Sorry about the delay for the obvious update I was having some life and it wasn't fun.

You buy some metal knuckles to put over your regular knuckles, and feel good about the purchase. You do decide to stay away from the awesome pistol, as well as anything to do with makeup. Your Rogue stat might be pretty bad, but your rouge stat is even worse.

Acquired and equipped:
p - knuckles (1d6/2+1)

I guess we can look at the pets before we go.

Seconding the pet store, let's at check it out before we head out.

>>932578
>>932584
fine

>>932577
Might as well look at the pets.

We’ll also need to see how much pet food costs, so that if we find something we want to buy, we’ll be able to decide if we can afford it and the food now or if we need to wait and come back later for the pet and food.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/28(Tue)18:35 No. 934325 ID: f135f4
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After taking way too long to check up on every menu and looking at the complicated controls, you go ahead and walk over to the pet store, and make your way inside. It's your standard pet shop, looks like. And sounds like. And smells like. It's got a general din of animal sounds and the smell of pet food and whatever else goes into that mix in the air.

The pet shop owner introduces himself as Chester Scranton, and shares his opinion of the importance and value of a companion animal.

You're starting to have suspicions about Chester.

>>934325
dont think those will be helpful for our first delve

Buy the scarf and get dunging.

Alright I think we're done. Time to go down.

Examine that apple snake.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/05/28(Tue)19:20 No. 934339 ID: f135f4
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>>934332
Might as well since we're here. Not that you really feel inclined to stay here very long. The apple snake is definitely a classic, and it looks like it could probably help you in at least, a small scale fight. You could even heal it with healing hand if need be.

Chester is really giving off some sleazy vibes, though. You're starting to have some suspicions about him.

Commence dunge.

Oh hmm. The stats on these things aren't too bad.
Buy the snake, rescue it from this weirdo.

...we can't have more than one pet can we?

wait before we go down let's have a little mock battle against like 2 dummies or something so we know what to expect

Does it die if it tries to move into another snake's tail?
Good scarf! Purchase! Then Dunge.

Ask Chester if he has any tools for capturing beasts in the Dunge. Then leave while you're still healthy, this place is a dung heap with kittens stuck inside.

Mock battle seems like a good idea, one-time free xp point right?

>>934339
.....even though everything Chester has said makes it sound like he fucks the animals, I think he may not actually be doing that and is just accidentally saying things that make him sound weird.

Like what he’s saying now, “Something to keep you warm in bed at night.” He might mean “curl up next to you in a cute way” and not the “have sex with the animal” we’re all assuming he’s talking about.

But if that is what he’s talking about, is there someone we can report him to for animal abuse?

>>934342
>Buy the snake, rescue it from this weirdo.
I agree, let’s buy the snake!

With that high Rouge stat, this sneaky snek can cover for our low Rouge stat!

>>934339
Buy the snake and some food for it.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/06/09(Sun)19:23 No. 935277 ID: 1667ef
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SEEN CREATURES:

s - an apple snake (healthy) (following)

You go ahead and buy the apple snake from Chester, it seems like a good purchase! The snake doesn't seem hungry right now-- but you're confident that you have some food for it already, what with those six apples you purchased previously.

You can choose a name for your snake, and also give another suggestion. Training fights? Or... maybe the dungeon? You're pretty confident in your preparedness at this point.

You check the snake's status screen, and also see that it has only one equipment slot.

Ring: empty

Let's do this dunge.

>>935277
Snake should be named Doodle.
GET IN THE DUNGE

Training fight

Dive to crush depth!
Rename apple snake to Apple Snake... or "a scarf".

Call the snake Rockwell Finkerstein

One quick training battle to familiarize with the battle system.

>>935277
Go into the Dunge! We’ll learn the controls on the fly!

>>935280
>snake name
Yes, this one!

>>935309
This.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/07/02(Tue)12:47 No. 937997 ID: 202e04
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>>935279
Oh yeah.
>>935280
OH YEAH!

You gather your belongings together with one last check over, name your snake Doodle, and make your way to the enclosing structure that leads to the staircase downward into the dungeon. It's cold, and unwelcoming, but has remarkably awesome dungeon music. Just-- go ahead and play your favorite dungeon music when you read this post.

You have lit up a torch to be able to see anything beyond your hand's searching and feeling, for it seems light only reluctantly enters this place from the stairwell back to town.

You still have 3 unlit torches, and now 1 of them is lit and in your light source slot.

Seen creatures:
s - Doodle (healthy) (following)

Ok, just a refresher: our current spells are Healing Hand and Identify, correct?

Let's move along into that corridor.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/07/02(Tue)13:11 No. 938000 ID: 202e04
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>>937998
That's right.

You move a short ways in, and find a split in the path. You figure you could wander around MORE if you feel like it, but other times you might want to DECIDE for the different routes.

(basically you can just tell me to run Hunter until something more interesting than a split in a path appears, like a door, item, exit, or monster)

Seen creatures:
s - Doodle (healthy) (following)

>>938000
Wander MORE.

Wander-er.

>>938000
Keep wandering.

>>938000
Wander around some more.

00: Search for traps or secret passages.
10: goto 00.

Identify the Tha Dunge
also, more reasonably, attempt to slake wanderlust.

Tha Dunge Raycaster!k6uRjGDgAQ 2019/07/17(Wed)13:57 No. 939468 ID: a2d9cf
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You take the left path and follow it all the way down, turn a corner, and open a door. The room is ramshackle and empty, apart from a spear which has been left abandoned on the floor.

Seems pretty plain, just as a feeling you get about it.

No, the spear isn't bent, either. It's just the weapon icon.

Seen creatures:
s - Doodle (healthy) (following)
Seen items:
) - a spear 1d6 (thrown, polearms)

Take spear. Our first loot!
Check for secret passages along the wall.

Bite the spear to check if it is real gold.

>>939468
Acquire spear, continue exploring.

>>939469
Oh yeah, check for secret traps, but if nothing, then --MORE--.

Actually, have the snake fetch it for you. You never know...