>>1027969
Time to give everyone lewd runes

>>1027969
Give yourself all the runes. All of them.

>>1027969
Lewd Shortstacks. Lewd Shortstacks everywhere.

>>1027970
>>1027971
>>1027972
Hahaha yes, lewd stuff, love that love that. Nothing can top some good old fashion lewd stuff->>1027969
GIVE MERY A RUNE!!!!

Redesign the entire layout of the dungeon and all of the monsters in it. People love when things change suddenly

Put runes in Mary. Visit the others who opposed you down in the dungeon prison. Figure out what to do with the vacant positions.

If Demonologist isn't in prison, get her to take over your former Dungeoneer roles when you don't feel like doing them, she's been slacking!

Show us the magical (Cursed) Dungeon Master crown then lair!

Add a new rune to everyone, selected at random. We're trying out that new procedural generation fad.

Clearly the best option is to put everyone in sexy uniforms

>>1027969
Go hunt for the elusive boob rune.

All those who opposed you? Who’s left?

what do you have to work with?

Give your bow-tie a rune. It has earned one after working so hard to try to make you look dignified. Bot to mention that clothing-minsters always make for a surprising additional stage when a boss reveals them.

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>>1027970
>>1027972
Sadly, the fabled lewd rune continues to... Elewd me... Eh, get it? Get it? Hahaaaaaaaa...

Yeah, no, I don't have it. ALSO uh... I don't have the Archivist. Or the Demonologist. So... Lost most of my rune play there. All I can do is shove runes into things.

>>1027979
Yeah, I actually considered that! HOWEVER!
All the staff rebelled against me so...

>>1027997
>>1027994

It's just me..

But that's fine! Who needs staff? Honestly, all of them just held this dungeon back. I always felt the dungeon was getting a bit too bloated anyway.

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>>1028009
I wish I could infuse runes into my bowtie. It's the most bitchin' bowtie ever and you're damn right that I look fantastic in it. We'd need the Artificer for that.

>>1027975
Let's go show you guys off to the 'former' Dungeon Master.

>Dungeoneer goes into the Safe Room. A field seperates her from the prisoners, keeping her and them very safe indeed. She approaches Mary's cell, looking quite smug.

"Dungeoneer." Mary says.

"Mary." She replies.

"I am not a person that angers quickly. But, you have imprisoned me and I'd really like to be let out."

"I am simply taking my place as the TRUE ruler of the dungeon. I have ideas, Mary. Great ideas. Ideas that are beyond what you would allow. And now, without you holding me back, I can realize them."

"Is that so? May I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

3/3 Dungeoneer 2022/04/02(Sat)06:30 No. 1028013 ID: 08229c
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"How do you plan on doing that with no staff, runes, or gold?"

>>1028013
The same way you did! We just need to get one starting rune.

>>1028013
Simple. It can't be that hard making runes. Get a rock and squeeze it and docus really hard with your mind. Thats how runes are made, right?

And you can still make monsters, just like. Combine a rock with a bigger rock, INSTANT GOLEM!

>>1028013
Damn. Mary started out trapped in the dungeon by contract and now you have her trapped in the safe room by a wall. Not only can she not go home, she can’t even move freely through the new home she’s carved out for herself here. That’s cold. Is the little girl in there too? Is she holding up alright?

Anyways just like, turn your shirt into a cloth rune or like a chair into a wood rune.

All you’ve got to do is make sure the adventurers don’t ask any questions about why the dungeon is scaled back down to startup staffing, leave reviews about how it’s gone off the rails of the previous lore, make sure Mary’s Dungeon-Running friends don’t check in on her, make sure your new demons don’t ask questions about why you don’t have any supporting staff because that could impact morale if they find out you have a bunch of fellow demons trapped in a cell, and also learn all of the skills of all the staff you have trapped so you can do all of their jobs by yourself, such as accounting, smithing, rune management, and so on.

Ready to take this one-woman show on the road? We’ve got some lean times ahead of us but if you’ve got the gumption to put in the sweat equity I bet you’ve got a shot!

>How do you plan on doing that with no staff, runes, or gold?
Same way you did and just wing it and see what happens and once I find something that looks like it works grasp it with both hands and and wring it for all it's worth until I have something that works and theme everything around that.

>>1028013
She's got you there Dungeoneer. Not to mention you just inherited all that DEBT and TAXES that you now have to pay off.

We'll bamboozle the first adventurer that comes in into becoming our first employee! Then we'll turn them into runes, and so on down the line.
Why did you imprison all the gold too? Did you turn it into a gold slime?

>>1028013
"Oh ho ho the same way you did my dear Mery." *Lean on the glass in a super extreme sexy way* "How did you?"

>>1028016
>All you’ve got to do is make sure the adventurers don’t ask any questions about why the dungeon is scaled back down to startup staffing, leave reviews about how it’s gone off the rails of the previous lore,
...! We have a storyline where the dungeon has been attacked! All we have to do is bust-up a few walls, some slime pools to look like blood. And it will look like all of these enemies are just foreign invaders attacking the castle! That would also give us freedom in our monsters, I love slimes and all that but I'm not going to put them in every dungeon we have. So let's put some knights, golems, or wood monsters or something.

>>1028034
"Oh ho ho good question my dear Mery"*

>>1028013
So does this have to do with the "last resort" thingy?


Well, whatever. See if you can get a loan (from Mary's old company). Maybe also get some technology. Fuck runes. Nobody needs runes when you have a drone with a knife taped to it.

>>1028013
All you need is a single water rune to start the glitch.
Remind Mary that, as the Dungeon Master, you can start turning everyone back into runes. Now you don't wanna do that, and Mary doesn't want you to do that, so she'll be a good girl and just give you that rune so you don't have to end anyone's life. Otherwise, remind her that Ms. Bloops just happens to be made of the single water rune you just happen to need.

1/3 Dungeoneer 2022/04/02(Sat)16:09 No. 1028083 ID: 08229c
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>>1028047
Look I may have taken over the dungeon and imprisoned them but they're still my friends. I'm not -evil-. And, once they agree that my way of doing things is the best way to do things I'll be sure to let them all go!

"Oh Mary. Dear, sweet, Mary... You started with nothing. And I have more than you. So, the way I see it, I'm much further ahead."

"Dungeoneer, it's not just that... You need to make the experience fun for the customer. It's a job, first and foremost. And I'm not sure you have the mentality for that."

"Pfft. I've got the best mentality. I know what the people want, Mary. I can create things that will really bring in the money. You'll see."

"Alright, Dungeoneer. If you can prove me wrong then I'll be surprised but willing to hear you out more often."

>All you’ve got to do is make sure the adventurers don’t ask any questions about why the dungeon is scaled back down to startup staffing, leave reviews about how it’s gone off the rails of the previous lore, make sure Mary’s Dungeon-Running friends don’t check in on her, make sure your new demons don’t ask questions about why you don’t have any supporting staff because that could impact morale if they find out you have a bunch of fellow demons trapped in a cell, and also learn all of the skills of all the staff you have trapped so you can do all of their jobs by yourself, such as accounting, smithing, rune management, and so on.

Ha. Easy. I got this. I can do everyone's jobs!

"Just you watch, Mary! Watch!"

And with that, Dungeoneer leaves. She feels very hopeful that she will make the best dungeon.

First step. Some runes.
Then we'll need minions that are loyal to me.

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3/3 Dungeoneer 2022/04/02(Sat)16:13 No. 1028085 ID: 08229c
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Right okay.

So, I barely understand how runes work and interact with one another. I can make monsters but... Making things fun and lore accurate is proving to be difficult.

I just wanna make cute monster girls.

Curse my literally hardcoded limited knowledge of things.

>>1028085
...What purpose did you taking your clothes off serve?
Not that you look bad, mind, but I can't understand how you used a whole shirt to wind up with a thin layer of fabric around some stacked rocks.

>>1028083
>All you’ve got to do is make sure the adventurers don’t ask any questions about why the dungeon is scaled back down to startup staffing, leave reviews about how it’s gone off the rails of the previous lore,
You may need to change the Dungeon's name for those. Some people will be able to tell, but many will be fooled into thinking it's a different one.
As for the runes: you're screwed. Mary didn't have nothing, she had a slime, and that's the basis for the duplication exploit.

>>1028086
I think she runed them

Hardcoded, shmardcoded. Break some furnishing and things to infuse yourself with five runes! Break the system!

>>1028085
That's not a bad start. What kind of monster girls do you want to make though and what kind of runes do you have?
Maybe we should do something other then slimes?
Since you made a stone enemy, maybe we can have Earth Mages who took over the dungeon and filled it with stone monsters?
Goblins or Kobolds? I wonder if we could spin an Earth Dragon.

>>1028085
Maybe doing the castle dungeon that we have isn't for you...

Maybe start from scratch. Like, some sort of cave or village near the castle. Because this isn't going to be to convincing right now. Maybe some angry eyes for effect.

You did have that gazer though, isn't she a friend? And I mean, there is that thing downstairs...its pretty strong...

I guess you could scour the halls looking for things. Some plants, bedsheets(ghosts?), maybe some spa water or spare mud from Sophie's room.

You are creative-ish. Right?

>>1028085
Let’s see…

If you con some adventurers into fighting the monster in the basement as a sort of “special limited-time challenge” maybe one of them will drop something you could use? Can you turn equipment into runes? If so, I *guess* you could use some sort of “knowledge” or “freedom” or “wisdom” rune to rune yourself and break the hard-coded limits on your knowledge? Anyways, lookin’ good but you should probably put your shirt back on before adventurers arrive since that plan didn’t work.

Who needs lore and accuracy? If you're this small time you just need cute monster girls!
Use the stone runes to summon a shop golem, and use the cloth runes to summon bikini mimics.

>>1028085
Have you tried asking for advice?

>>1028085
Dungeoneer Dungeoneer Dungeoneer, as much as I love, absolutely love what you were going for here. You completely bunched the marbles. Because what you did right there, was stitching the wound before you remove bullet. You see when we make monsters we first think of what we want, and find out the runes we need for it. So let's say I want to make a animated suit of metal armor, all we need for that is one Metal and Sword rune. What you did was just throw three runes together and hope for the best. All you would have to do to fix this little problem you're having is tell us what monster you want, and we'll just put the runes in for it. But we could still do something with these runes though, a clothed golem with a sword does sound interesting.

>>1028085
Really all you need to do is make slime versions of the staff, break them down to component runes, and just jam them into some golem bodies.

>>1028085
Knife Rock best minion

>>1028085
Knife Rock best minion

Yeah, it’s pretty obvious that you’ve got no idea what the fuck you’re doing and your little coup d’état is a complete failure.

You might as well let everyone out and hope that Mary is merciful with your punishment.

>>1028085
You know what you should do? you should generously allow one of the workers to perform some of their tasks. Just this once, so they can set the foundations of your dungeon.

>>1028085
You must unseal the ancient forbidden knowledge trapped beneath your eyepatch!

Just gotta let the magic flow! We can help to.

give us control, just for a moment. Let's see what we can do, together. After all everyone needs a helping hand every now and again

>>1028085
You'll have to break down like half the dungeon into runes in order to make new, more loyal monsters to populate it.

Could always bribe certain mobs with sweets and or other things.
Lili possibly could be bribed into being the main boss of a "traitor queen" event for a limited time offer, have her dress up in a corrupt rune dress or something and show off how spooky corrupted monsters are? Or maybe because we have the outer town (did we complete that?) we could just keep the slimes in their snuggly prison and focus on the non slime folk.

1/2 Dungeoneer 2022/04/04(Mon)21:07 No. 1028277 ID: 08229c
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>Unleash your eyepatch!

N-no... That is an absolute last resort. If I do that before I'm ready then everything I worked for will be pointless.

That will be plan Z.

>Lookin' good!

Don't... Don't look at me. My heart can't handle it.

>Hardcoded, shmardcoded. Break some furnishing and things to infuse yourself with five runes! Break the system!

Ew. I'm not gonna infuse myself with some common runes. I have goals, my dear crown. Grand visions that can not be tainted by common crappy runes. I want some good runes!
I want...

Almighty.

I will accept wisdom, I guess.

But I'll be damned if I give myself water or some boring crap like that!

I...
I guess I can ask you guys for help?

I don't think I've ever asked anyone for help before.
Not as far back as I can remember, even to my core self.

Let's... Try it?

And let me get myself a new shirt.

Dungeoneer 2022/04/04(Mon)21:09 No. 1028278 ID: 08229c
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Dungeoneer goes and runes some random furniture. A goblet of water, some chests, a few bits of gold.
Without access to any of the slimes or gold she finds herself severely limited. However, she is still able to gain a handful of runes.

Alright... I got cloth... Container... Gold... Even got a bit of water in there.
But without stripping away stuff to the nail this is about what we got to work with.

Now, remember crown... We want CUTE MONSTER GIRLS.
That is the goal here! That's what the people want!

So, we're gonna give it to them!

>>1028278
Yeah, sure, but look to the practical first: make a 1-rune slime, so you never run out of them. That's your source.

>>1028278
Gold cloth and stone to get Rocky Balboa

>>1028278
Don't be too quick to abandon that ninja boulder monster. That could be pretty handy, and kunoichi are hot. We just need to refine the concept.

it’s been a long time since we got to mix and match runes to make a monster, can we have a quick refresher?

>>1028278
I have got bad news for you. You are rather limited on the unique monster grils you can make that aren't slime.

So you definitely will need a 1 rune slime to get going.

But I do have one idea. You could always make a yeti/snow queen with Water+Water+Magic. Or Water+Water+Fancy.

Maybe you make invisible sentient clothes with Clothes+Magic?

>>1028283
https://questden.org/wiki/Audit_Quest_Statistics

>>1028283
Basically, what >>1028104 said. Also the runes in the pic are 3 Container, 3 Metal, 3 Water, 2 Fancy, 2 Magic, 1 Cloth. (Dungeoneer says Gold, but we never had, or ever seen, Gold runes, so she probably got it wrong.)

Metal + water: Cute rust monster!
cloth + magic + water = magical slime girl! No, not Lily, a new take on it.
water: slime for the dupe glitch, of course.
gold + magic + container: Gacha mimic, with an army of seibahs (metal).
Save the rest of the runes.

>>1028278
Can't we combine some runes to create new ones?

Wait...I got it! Container, Gold, combine those two with that knife-wielding cloth rock to make a thief monster! One that steals valuables! Add a water rune and we get a slimy thief!


Wait....But that makes another monster, and you want monster girls. Well...actually Get that thief to steal some new runes from the other dungeons~! We can send our minions out to go raid other dungeons right? Right?

Wait! Refine that thief idea, make it a cat-burglar styled monster girl that can be lewd with its thievery!

>>1028284
>>1028287
So I'm hearing sexy gacha casino bunnygirl monster girl. With an eyepatch! Whose powers revolve around baiting adventurers into spending gold for the gacha. Good source of income, but man does it detract from Mary's main Slime Kingdom dungeon...unless we make it a separate attraction!

Can you make mermaids or fish girls out of your water runes?
Rag dolls and poppets can be made of cloth and be reasonably cute.

Container + Magic for a mana vampire. Add Fancy if you want an elegant elite version.

>>1028278
You're gonna fuck it up.

>>1028278
Ooooh just got a good idea.

Container+Magic+Magic

Genies/Djinn?!?!?

>>1028278
Gold + Container + Magic = Mimic

>>1028278
That idea for a genie is really good. I have it on good authority that genie girls are mad cute. Like, a tube top and harem pants? Yes please! Mermaids are also cute but I think that’s be aqua and not water? Sphinx girls are also cute but I think we need more than just magic…

If we use cloth for a magic carpet we could have a cool Arabian/desert theme with the genie, and if we don’t care about theme we can use container for a matryoshka girl! We’ll need a low-level monster after all, and that’s levels of cute girl for the price of one!

Whatever you do, just do your best to think cute thoughts while doing the summoning! Cute is as much a type of behavior as it is a look, too.

>>1028278
If I continue to think about it, then budgeting our runes out, we have enough for…

Magic+Container (Mana vampire)
Magic+Container (Genie)
Container (Matryoshka Girl, add more levels of container later)
Cloth+fancy(Pillow Princess, add magic later for voodoo princess)
Water+water (steam girl)
Water (steam wisp to accompany steam girl)
Metal+fancy (Casino “Jackpot”)
Metal (copper elemental)
Metal (Tin elemental)
Copper and Tin elementals can fuse into a Bronze Amazoness

>>1028278

> Container+Magic+Magic for one strong genie girl to serve as our room bouncer
> Container x2 for two one rune mimic chest fodder monsters
> Fancy+Metal+Water for golden slime bunny girl
> Fancy + Cloth to make the room look like an exotic bazaar (presentation is important)
> Metal x2 for 2 metal gauntlets

Set-up
> Genie girl welcomes them to the central hub area, apologizing that the staff is currently on vacation but promising big things to come.
> Offers to play a game with the possibility of a fabulous prize to the keen of eye and intellect
> Presents chest full of gold (actually the slime girl) and closes it
> Magically summons other chests (and mimics) and begins spinning them around faster and faster
> Effectively, it's a shells game. Pick wrong and at best you find nothing, at worst you get chomped or slapped by a gauntlet
> Once found, slime girl pops out and offers a kiss, getting annoyed if that isn't enough.
> Offers an extra special prize if they beat her, but warns that it's gonna hurt.
> She summons the gauntlets and fights, dropping Jeffrey's bossroom key on defeat.
> Adventurer can then choose to fight Jeffrey.

>>1028278
We could use Water and Magic to make a Siren. Or Container and Cloth to make some kind of cat burglar. (Because they steal stuff and store it in their cloth sack.)
Could use Cloth and Magic to make some kind of ninja too.
Magic + Magic + Fancy, make a magical fox spirit waifu.

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>>1028277
>I want...
>Almighty.
Impossibly based of you

>>1028278
Ok ok so we have 3 water runes, that means that we can either get infinite container, fancy, metal, or magic runes. We could than also make just a regular slime and have it give us some extra water runes. But the problem is I don’t think we actually have the time for waiting for the slimes to divide before a adventurer comes to us. Also let’s not forget about the stone, cloth, and knife/sword/maybe metal runes we have.


Ok now that runes stuff is out of the way, theme!…What should it be?

I just had another idea. Container = Chest right.
We could use Metal + Container to make a Big Boob Minotaur Warrior or Minotaur Blacksmith. Could also probably do Dwarves too.

>>1028278
>We want CUTE MONSTER GIRLS.
>That is the goal here! That's what the people want!
>So, we're gonna give it to them!
Don't limit it to only cute monster girls! Some people might like cute monster boys! We've gotta be able to appeal to everyone's interests!

>monster ideas
Honestly, I think making a genie would be a bad idea. If any adventurers try to make a wish, they'll just wish for all of the loot in our dungeon and then we'd have nothing left for other adventurers.

Or if the genie isn't able to grant the wish, the adventurers might get pissed and leave a bad review for our dungeon, which would hurt our reputation and we'll lose customers.

Then again, someone could just wish for our genie's freedom and the genie would just leave the dungeon.

>>1028328
>Don't limit it to only cute monster girls!
>Include cute monster boys!
We also shouldn’t limit it to only cute monsters. We should also include some sexy monsters!

Clearly the genie only gives wishes out to people that win one and are custom equipment related.

>>1028328
>>1028342
Yep, genies with scripted multiple-choice wishes is the way to go.

>>1028328
i mean, we could just make cute non-gendered monsters and just go for the kawaii factor. Ofc I think Dungeoneer is going to hard pass several suggestions here, for better or worse.

Okay look, if you're going to do this you're gonna need to stick with what you know, and that's adding runes to monsters. Instead of wasting the few runes you have trying to make some multi-rune failure, start with a single rune monster and add runes to them to build them up.
Start with cloth, get yourself some kind of cloth doll girl, then add a magic rune to make them a real girl. Then add one of those gold/metal/whatever runes to pretty them up!

>>1028307

Maybe bunny girl could have a mimic on a stick as a weapon, like a hammer with a bite attack.

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>>1028338
>We should also include some sexy monsters!
Don’t forget the could easily crush your skull like a grape sexy monsters. No sexy thing is complete with out one.

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>>1028400

Well, Gold + Water sounds like a good way to get "Tea", because it is just flavoured water, but was big money back in the day. Cloth can be turned inside-out, use that with a container so that instead of representing stuff inside of it, it is representing stuff outside of it, which would be basically everything, or "All". If you can rune something of great personal importance, then maybe it can make for a "My" rune? All-My-Tea is about as close as I think you are going to get... perhaps you could try hitting it with an inverted pun rune? Maybe you could try runing "I'm feeling a little horse" while fondling a pony after shouting too much?

Or just (gold + water = tea) + (cloth + container = bag) to make a teabag monster...

>>1028460
>Well, Gold + Water sounds like a good way to get "Tea"
Slight digression, but Dungeoneer got the rune name wrong and it's actually Fancy. And I don't think there's a better way to describe tea than "fancy water".

1/3 Dungeoneer 2022/04/07(Thu)12:15 No. 1028483 ID: 08229c
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>Make a one rune slime and begin the exploit.

Hmm. I think I may have fricked it up.
Wow, okay, I guess I suck at making one rune things.

>Some people might want cute monster boys!

Okay but... -I- don't want that so... They're gonna get what I want!
I think you guys have some great ideas to work with here so let's see...

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Dungeoneer gets to work. She finds herself unable to craft monsters from single runes that are any good, but, once she has a base, she's able to infuse them with runes to create something much more interesting. She begins fusing runes together, creating multiple two and three rune creations.

The monsters she summons all greet her politely as the dungeon master.

The doll girl is interesting. First layer is really strong. Then it gets weaker but more magical. Great, huh?
Genie girl is... Gosh.
... I tried to make some sorta gambling girl? Ended up with a gunner. No idea how that happened.
And a tea slime? I was trying to just make tea but I'll take this.

I knew it! With my skills and your guidance we're gonna do great. Now, time to craft a basic dungeeeooohhh noooo...

Dungeoneer 2022/04/07(Thu)12:21 No. 1028485 ID: 08229c
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I suck at building, right. Frick.

Okay. Simple rooms! Simple!

She drafts up an incredibly basic dungeon.

Alright, so, first room... We have this here genie girl introduce them to the dungeon and explain it. I guess we can make it mostly a puzzle dungeon? I can't really build anything fancy or infuse runes into rooms... God this is so hard to do by myself...
And I can't summon any constructs since they're technically 'already summoned'.

Right, genie girl... Introduces people to the dungeon. Second we uh...

I'm out of ideas here.

>>1028485
Could create a mesmerist and hypnotize Mary into helping.

>>1028485
Listen, why not turn it into a bar or café instead? You've already made a tea slime! And the genie can present them with their wishes from behind a counter, where its presumed semi-immobility won't hinder it.
The doll.. Well, she has 4 hands, right? she can carry more stuff. Waiter.

The 'gambler' can entertain guests with Uno or Match 4.
And you can get to be the boss who says quirky stuff to the employees and customers, while not really working at all.

>>1028485
>>1028487

Bleh... We're going to need to raid Mary's stash for an alcohol rune, aren't we?

>... I tried to make some sorta gambling girl? Ended up with a gunner. No idea how that happened.
Why do I suddenly hear the theme to "The good, the bad, and the ugly"?

Well, what I suggested ( >>1028462 ) could work as a single room, if you've got someplace to hide the monsters for the fighters. Ideally, you'd have a slot machine to figure out what they'd fight or receive, but if you're desperate, dice and a random encounter chart will do. Also, some tables and decks of cards for the pacifists. Lots of games you can play with just decks of cards. Poker, blackjack, baccarat, solitaire... Oh, plus a stage of some type. One add-on idea I had was that each monster would have their own show for the crawler to see if they won the monster's game enough, regardless of tokens.
You probably also would have to make the room look... opulent to fit the style. Get curtains, make it shine and glitter somehow.
As you expand, you could add more random things for the fighters, get a roulette table, and so forth.

Possible exploit: can you wish for things with the genie to get runes or improve the dungeon to how you'd like?

>>1028485

Raid Mary's stash, rune some alcohol, and make a bar. Call the place The In-Between or The Interlude, since this exists between stages of Slimecrown proper.

Genie girl can make mixed drinks and play games of chance (maybe something like smoke shaping competitions on hooka would be fun).

Tea Slime can make everything non-alcoholic, and play a game of Name that Tea for small prizes.

The nesting doll can be the waitress. Presumably she can handle containers well.

Then you just have bandit lady off in a corner either at a gun range or see how she is at darts.

>>1028485
With what we have, what about some sort of Saloon? I don't know if you can make loot, but you set it up so the Tea Slime and Genie work at the Saloon you run and the Bandit and Doll come to steal the loot.
Put the Saloon a few rooms back and have them run into the Bandit first, who tries to recruit them for her gang (Somewhere where they can't murder her.) or send one of the Dolls to go. To kind of give a branching path thing?

The Saloon can have like Poker and drinks and Cabaret shows from the Genie.

could go with an oasis/wild west theme. Have a sort of bar/casino/cafe and lore it as a watering hole in the middle of nowhere that people stop by either before going into the endless nothing beyond, coming back from it, or just looking for a place to lay low for whatever reason. Genie could be the doorman/bouncer that decides who get's to come in or not and the first puzzle room is her test for adventures to see if they're worthy.

Next room is the bar/cafe ran by tea slime. This could also be a good spot for us to sell things to adventures to try and gain some extra cash. I'm also thinking we have doll girl and gun girl lean a bit into the Wild West theme by having gun girl be a bounty hunter looking for doll girl but doesn't recognize her until she's in her last form so if adventurous fight doll girl gun girl will jump in thinking they're after her bounty. Just have both in the bar area with both not being immediately hostile with gun girl ignoring adventurers unless they attack first and doll girl being shifty and will attack if adventures interact with her too much thinking they're after her bounty.

Also if you want to try and connect things to the slime kingdom thing Mary set up (as to not completely confuse people wonder what happened to the old dungeon) you could say that this oasis is an outpost that's connected to to the slime citadel as the last pitstop for people leaving the kingdom (heading out this direction at least) or the first stop before heading to the citadel proper. Could also help us explain why everything is a bit smaller.

>>1028489
>if you've got someplace to hide the monsters for the fighters
A staple of the genre: under the table.
>You probably also would have to make the room look... opulent to fit the style
A Fancy rune applied to the room should do.
>Possible exploit: can you wish for things with the genie to get runes or improve the dungeon to how you'd like?
Worth a try, but I doubt it. When Mary tried similar exploit they either didn't work or cost money.

>>1028485
And then, Bam!

We hit them with the Orgy room

Gambler girl? Matryoshka monster?
Challenge adventurers to russian roulette, them versus the doll. Doll has multiple heads, they get a reward based on how many times they win.
Tea slime helps to calm their nerves after.

>>1028485
So if you are thinkinga Puzzle dungeon with a little combat. I have a fun idea.

So the first room, the entrance, has only a table, enough chairs for the party+1 and Tea Slime sitting in their cup with a few empty cups.

The genie's lamp is a teapot, and there is a litle bit of "steam" coming out. The party, seeing tea slime are invited to pour a cup of "tea" and "pour out" the genie. She thanks them, and promises a reward beyond their riches behind that door. But to earn that wish, the party has to complete two of her own wishes (to play with three wishes). One can be fighting the bandit that trapped the genie in her "teapot" and another can be in cinvincing the living doll to perform her duties and serve the genie and the tea slime at yhe tea party.

>>1028485
Sooo, random question, but given how Mary has a contract with Yum and Yum has invested in the (old) dungeon, and then how you took over and the old dungeon is no longer a thing and thus is not generating profits, that would probably put Mary in breach of the contract; however, since Mary has been forced into this position against her will by a third party, might it be possible that Yum sends a security team to the dungeon to liberate Mary and restore the old dungeon?

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Matryoshka girl needs bigger boobs for maximum onee-san vibes.

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Is the tea girl literally just some sort of tea-slime in a huge teacup? Iiiiinteresting.

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Idk if this has ever really been suggested or addressed, but, and i know this may be a bit unconventional, but could we just buy some weapons for our monsters?

I mean, idk about slimes and less corporeal entities, but the matryoshka with an AK is probably going to do some damage.

Also our gunner has no gun. Or a second limb to aim the gun. Or depth perception.

>>1028570
I am not complaining, I am just addressing problems that should be addressed. The first step to solving a problem is realizing it is there in the first place.

>>1028485
Whatever you do, you’re gonna need smart advertising to properly set expectations for anyone coming to run through slimecrown citadel. Maybe just say it’s a sneak preview of the next project while staff take a vacation? Otherwise I think we’re in for some disappointed reviews, and reviews are gonna make or break the success of this whole operation.

Question, is this replacing Slimecrown or is this the second dungeon Mary had lined up to make?

>>1028619
Oh yeah. That reminds me.

>>1028485
Dungeoneer, I think at one point one of the adventurers mentioned that there was like a thing for the dungeon with it's suggested level and a short description. Do you know how to get into that to change it?

>>1028570
Ooooh shit, Dungeoneer about to get sued.

>>1028641
C&D'd, most likely

>>1028484
Oh, I get it!
The gunner is a one-armed bandit! Which also explains the 777 hairclip. The puns!
I imagine her catchphrase is "Do you feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?"
I wonder if we'd get a figurative one-armed bandit of some type or maybe a one-armed bandit mimic if we gave her a container rune, or if we gave a new monster the same runes she has plus a container rune. Lots of fun to be had with reels customized to fit the dungeon.

>>1030115
Going to be honest here dude, I had no idea what you were talking about.
For those of you who live under a rock like me, a one-armed bandit is slang for a slot machine.

1/2 Dungeoneer 2022/04/25(Mon)13:08 No. 1030287 ID: 08229c
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>>1028632
Mary's out of the picture. It's MY dungeon now!

And because it's my dungeon I, along with you, are going to change things around here. First thing's first...

I'm stealing your ideas.

Dungeoneer sets up the dungeon. The first room is a simple greeting area. The second room is the entire rest of the dungeon.

So you guys gave me some fantastic ideas. What I'm going do is called a Scripted Encounter. Basically it's a room that, when entered, has a bit of plot playing out. I don't think Mary took advantage of this beyond some boss cutscenes.

So the player enters this room, right? And we'll have my adorable and big tittied doll monster greet them at the bar. Tea slime will come in handy here.

They get served some drinks and stuff and then ol' bandita over here busts in to rob the place. If they manage to best her they can get the genie as a reward. Or, rather, a wish. I'll give them my genie over my dead body.

>>1028619
...
While I don't CARE about the other dungeon I agree we need to have some continuity here..

We'll say it's just a temporary thing (it's not).

Dungeoneer 2022/04/25(Mon)13:12 No. 1030288 ID: 08229c
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Dungeoneer spends some time making sure everything is just right. All the monsters are in place, the rooms are set.

It's ready!

And dungeon... Open-!

Oh. There's already people in queue.
Damn.

Let's see...

Psion and Ronin - "For Fun. Rerun."

Swordsman - "For fun. Request: 'let me solo this'."

Dragon Rider and Dragon - "For fun. First time."

Alright! Who do we let in?

>>1030288
Look, if you let mary out now, she won't let the swordsman solo you. You take the reruns, and fuck it up you die. You let the newbies in and fuck it up so new people don't come, you die. You lets swordman in, you die.

>>1030288
Not the first two, since they already know the old dungeon so they might be taken aback to find something different. The swordsman looks like he wants a good fight, so may not be the best for our current state unless we send him Jeffreywards.
So my vote is for Dragon rider and Dragon.

>>1030288
I am on either Team Dragon/Rider or Swordsman.

I am shocked you never told her more about the scripted scenes, tsk tsk.

Well, these are all insanely high level adventurers. Accept the dragon rider and dragon for an unbiased and fresh set of eyes upon your masterpiece.

>>1030288
You're already dead, you know. Not even a body, just runed and repurposed.

I'm hoping that the dragon rider + dragon combo mean that it's their first Adventure and not their first time running this dungeon because to be honest we're kind of low level at the moment since we're just getting started. High level adventurers would tear through this place with ease, low level or new adventures on the other hand would probably have a better time since the challenge would actually be more challenging to them.

So yeah guess I'm going with dragon rider and dragon and crossing my fingers that they are both new adventures and not veterans well above our dungeons level.

>>1030325
Now, now, there's no need to tell her such things. Focus on the cute girls and the fun stuff, Dungeoneer, there's nothing else for you to think about. Pay no more attention to this.

>>1030288
Don’t we get to see their levels? And are they going to get promoted to fight you at the end of this? Just a little worried is all. Anyways, best not to pick the return customers right off the bat since they’re looking for Slimecrown specifically.

>>1030288
Also, might want to pur up a sign of 'Temporary story written by orphan girl not long for this world'

Because you're gonna die when Mary gets out. Or made into her concubine.

>>1030334
Sorry the levels are thus:

Ronin: 43
Psion: 45

Let Me Solo This: 1

Dragon Rider: 37
Dragon: 65

>>1030338
>Let Me Solo This: 1
oh hell no, he's not coming back here

>>1030305
With the extra info. Its Dragon/Rider for me.

Since you’re so eager to take over the dungeon, then I guess that means that you’re willing to take all of Mary’s responsibilities and burdens, correct? If so, then congratulations, you’ve just trapped yourself in the dungeon for the next 100 years!

……what? Did you forget Mary’s curse? The previous owner, The King of Demons, has cursed Mary to be the new owner of this dungeon and made it so she’s is unable to step outside for the next 100 years until the spell ends. That curse is tied to whoever is the current owner of the dungeon, which is now you. So as the new owner of the dungeon, that curse now belongs to you!

Hope you don’t enjoy it as much as Mary didn’t enjoy it!

>>1030288
Dragons are cool as heck, you should let that pair in.

>>1030408
I don’t think dungeon constructs can leave anyways.

>>1030338
I wonder if scripted events would be a source of frustration for LMST or if they'd have a way to sequence break.

Either way I think we should give them a shot too; those speedrunner types are popular and try to outdo themselves and each other all the time. Newbies trying to imitate the initial success would probably make for a decent short-term windfall.

>>1030338
This is your chance to eat some sexy lady dragon ass, don't blow this!

>>1030338
Let the Dragon and Dragon Rider in.

Let Me Solo This is another fucking speedrunner, NEVER AGAIN.

And Ronin And Psion are a little... overpowered for the dungeon's current resources.

Someone refresh my memory. Has Larro pieced their phylactery back together or was this just an extended april fools?

1/3 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)13:42 No. 1045621 ID: 08229c
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>>1030289
You and the others have so little faith in me! Trust me, I am going to run the BEST dungeon ever. No one will be able to compare and then Mary will see.

They will all see what we are capable of...

We will let in the dragon and their rider!

Wouldn't it be funny if the dragon and rider were both really hot girls?
hahaha

It'd be funny, right?

...

Ehem.

Alright! Dungeon, open!

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>A man enters the room and surveys the area. He wears a large and gaudy looking cloak.

"This is Slimecrown Citadel..? There's not too many slimes. Or much of a citadel."

Hey, frick you! You're not even a cute girl! Don't judge me!

2/3 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)13:51 No. 1045623 ID: 08229c
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>>1045621
And where even is the d-

>A massive head pokes out of the cloak, with clear disregard for any major laws of space.

"Rr... There are no monsters to eat... You promised monsters, Rider."

"Calm, Rissy, there are surely some monsters deeper in. The flame within you will be satisfied."

"Better, otherwise I will have to punish you upon your return..."

Oh! Dragon! Cute dragon girl(?)! I want her on my team, aaaaaa

We have to kill them to get the dragon rune, right?

We HAVE to!

>>1045623
We get runes from items, not people. Killing the dragon wouldn't guarantee getting the rune. I have a suspicion that taking that cloak will, tho.

3/5 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)14:03 No. 1045625 ID: 08229c
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>>1045623
The scripted scene should begin.... Now.

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>The Rider steps into the tea/alcohol serving area and is immediately greeted by the doll.

"Welcome!" The nesting doll says, "The kingdom is closed to people today but may I offer you some refreshments?"

"Refreshments? The dungeon has barely started. Did I come at a bad time?"

"There's no bad time for a bit of relaxation, friend. Why not kick up your feet and rest a little?"

>The man's cloak growls.

"Hmm. Right, well... Apologies for this."

4/5 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)14:05 No. 1045626 ID: 08229c
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>He spreads his cloak open. A massive burst of flame shoots out and almost instantly cooks the doll.

5/5 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)14:09 No. 1045627 ID: 08229c
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UH

>>1045627
Easy. We can adapt. Probably only managed to kill the first layer of the doll, we had the rest. We might want to switch the bandit from villain to antihero, if this is how they wanna play this.

>>1045627
Uhhh

Shit, send in genie girl and see if she can fulfill any wishes in exchange for leaving?
Though they'll have to wish for a cup of slime tea, 'cause that's all we got.

>>1045629
No, no. We use our existing monsters to goad them into visiting Jeffrey. They want a tough fight, we'll give them a tough fight.

Quick ask your prisoners for advice! Unlock the cell door and untie their hands.

>>1045627
You're going to catch flies with your mouth like that.

That said. You miiiight want to get your bandit ready. Seems we got fighters over talkers/storytellers here.

Of course, you could always call Mom-I mean Mary amd ask for help/forgiveness/monsters

>>1045627
UNLEASH EVERYTHING

KILL THEM.

YOU HAVE TO COVER UP FOR THIS. ELSE MARY WILL BULLY YOU.

>>1045627
Bring in the dancing lobsters

>>1045630
This is literally the only option.

He's a Specialist - extremely powerful but limited in scope. For instance, he doesn't have a dedicated support class for defending against environmental hazards.
Blare a fire alarm and have the tea girl flood the room. He'll be forced to escape through the portal poncho.
It might destroy your finances, but a (currently one-way) portal is a serious money generator. Just offer a garbage disposal.

Also plz plz plz keep updating this more regularly! Teasing us after 6 months is cruel and unusual!

>>1045639
someone literally paid him to continue the quest

>>1045639
||Blame the man's hand. The mind was willing||

>>1045627
In case you were wondering, yes, this means you are screwed. None of your helpers are prepared for this.

I'm sure Mary would already know what to do in this situation. So what's your plan?

>>1045639
Be patient. Begging like that usually makes people not want to listen to you.

>>1045639
Sorry! I have been working hard make all the dosh and had to put personal projects on the side for a while.
I'll be updating as hard as possible for a good bit.

>>1045640
>>1045639

Artists need to eat, and it can be hard to pull double duty between art for a hobby and art for a job, especially while recovering from a hand injury from doing too much art.

Some things happened. Some other things happened, and now we're back to questing. Might as well enjoy it while it lasts.

>>1045649
Oh, I'm not saying it like it's a bad thing. It's more "if you want this without waiting, you can get it with money".

Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)17:12 No. 1045652 ID: 08229c
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My girls! AAAAA!

>She spends a decent moment freaking out before closing her mouth and regaining her composure. A bit.

>>1045643
>>1045632
>>1045631

N-no! No no no no! I can do this! This is fine! I am capable of running a single dungeon, darnit!

I just...

>Dungeoneer uses her abilities as the dungeon master to give orders. Bandit swaps her story mode from, well, bandit to bandit but with a heart of gold.

>The Rider looks around and sees no new enemies. The tea slime and doll are taking cover, hoping to remain unnoticed. The doll, especially, seems frightened. Her outer layer has perished but she still survived the attack unharmed.

"Is this all there is? I had high hopes for this plac-"

>A hidden door is kicked down. The Bandit storms into the room and issues her fiercest death glare on the rider.

"Y'rotten bastard! That lady did no harm to no one!"

"Oh. Another enemy."

"Damn straight I am! And I have backup! Right, doll?"

>A small 'eep' sounds from behind the bar. The doll rises.

"Y-yeah..?"

>The Rider is caught between them.

Aaaaa! They're gonna die! My girls!
Why are adventurers so violent!?

I could order them to back off but....
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>1045652
Go for his eyes

>>1045652
Relax, that's normal. Y'all can come back to life for a reason.
So, orders: inner doll is magical, use a barrier against fire. Bandit, keep mobile. Get any of them to drop a "you'll never get the treasure in the basement" whenever they can.

>>1045652

Wet the cloak. Steal the cloak. Something tells me he isn't super intimidating without the dragon.

>>1045652
Where is Genie right now? Can she join the fight? A flying enemy would present a bit of a challenge, and they're all 2 rune monsters or damaged, they need all the help they can get.
Also, Tea Slime should look for an opportunity to ambush; >>1045653 sounds about right: if Rider has a face full of slime, Rissy can't attack without killing both. Also, I think the identity protection spell is slipping, are we supposed to be able to see her name? Shouldn't it be changed to "Dragon" like it did with "Elf"? Or are dragons just too powerful for it?

Use the legendary technique which cost powerful businesses a great deal of money. HOT TEA ATTACK!

>>1045652
Mh, what if they just... hug his cape closed? And then huck him at Jeffrey.

>>1045652
Its all good, you've built girls who are strong and can handle this. Or at least take damage amd fufill their role. I know you don't want them to fight. But you did make them, they have some heft to them, right?

Bandits are good with guns, time to shoot at the rider, maybe even some crazy trick shots to cause collateral and environmental damage to them! And maybe your Tea Slime and Nesting doll can support. If they have support abilities and buffs to give.

>>1045655
Rider is level 37 compared to Rissy's 65. So not at the level of one-shotting the first stage of a 3-rune monster, but still capable of winning a fight against one, and the others are all 2-rune. We need to use more strategy than that.

>>1045652
>>1045660
>>1045658
>>1045655
>>1045653

Hot tea in the eyes. Bandit kicks him. Doll throws the barrel tea slime is hiding in on top of the guy, pinning his arms to his sides. Proceed to bully?

>>1045652
>"Is this all there is? I had high hopes for this place"
And there goes our reputation. If we don't fix Dungeoneer's mess, this guy won't come back and he'll leave a bad review, which will turn away other potential newcomers!

>>1045652
Use the 777 attack

Open the cells, unleash the slimes. It's your only hope.

>>1045676
It's been a while, so it makes sense to not remember it, but you can't really send a monster from one room to another once adventurers are inside unless they were already scripted to. The only exception is Metal Slime who can move wherever, but tends to not be too controllable.

Have Tea Slime ooze out to cover the floor as a puddle, and channel the residual dragonfire magic to produce tea fumes. All that tea energy will, uhh, be useful somehow? Can she do calming chamomile?

>>1045643
Have the bandit (or some other monster) lead them to Jeffrey.

I suppose I was begging, but it was more intended as humor rather than actual desperation. Also I didn't know this quest was commissioned. I also didn't know that the artist injured themselves or any of the other drama around that. To be honest I don't know much about the artist at all aside from knowing the quests they have done.

>>1045652
We really should have posted a recommended level range if we were gonna majorly change what we’re offering, huh? Even if we let them try out Jeffrey at the end, it’ll be a way weirder power spike than usual.

1/2 Dungeoneer 2022/10/06(Thu)21:15 No. 1045686 ID: 08229c
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I-I know that they're meant to die and they'll be fine but it hurts my heart every time they fall...

Still! You're right! I made strong girls and they won't go down without a fight! This punk wants one!? HE GOT ONE!

>Dungeoneer gives her orders. The monsters acknowledge them, in their own way, and move in to attack.

>Tea slime, who had been hiding, emerges and throws a bundle of her slime at Rider. He didn't see the attack coming and howls in pain as the hot slime tea strikes. Bandit takes her chance and fires her gun. It's a crack shot and hits the man's cloak, sending him off of his feet. And yet, it appears to have ONLY struck it, leaving no bullet hole or severe wound.

>In a blind move the man opens his cloak. A torrent of fire spews forth. He circles wildly, flames going everywhere.

>The Doll conjures a barrier that manages to take the brunt of the damage but the group is still hurt by the intense heat and toxic gas.

There you go! Don't let up! He can't keep fighting like this!

>Bandit aims her gun at the man.

"You'll never get the basement loot! Jackpot!" she shouts. The bullet strikes the floor and bounces upward, hitting the man as if struck by a brutal uppercut.

>When he hits the ground he quickly rolls and stands up.

"I see I underestimated you! Very well!"

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>>1045686
>He covers himself fully with the cloak and with a roar the dragon emerges.

"FEAR ME!"

Oh, she's big.
...
I want a big lady.

....

OH, RIGHT, TACTICS!
What do we do!?

>>1045687
Big ladies are weak to cute things. Unleash the cute

>>1045687
Well, it looks like they have a blind spot in the back with their big head. We could try that.

Also splitting attention since thst breath weapon is just a big ol blast.

>>1045687
A dragon's weak point is and always will be their ego, followed closely by their greed. You already appealed to greed by talking about the treasure, now point out she's weaker than "that monster in the basement" and she'll march to her death all by herself. Do it right, and she won't even stop to kill the others.

Sacrifice tea slime by jumping into the dragon’s maw to distract her. Steal the cloak to uncover the rest of the dragon and she’ll lose the mobility of the cloak portal.

Curi's pretty big. Let her out.

>>1045687
>I want a big lady.
What? You already have a big lady and her name is Curi. Too bad you can't bring her in since you're desperate to try this yourself.

>What do we do!?
Couldn't someone come up from behind and pull the cloak down? If we can keep it flat against the ground, they might not be able to stick their hand through to lift it back up.

Politely inform dragon that you were involved with fighting a guy wearing a neat cloak, and while you'd love to stop and spend time properly in awe of her majesty you really do need to finish your honorable battle. Did she which way the coward went?

Oh No! A dragon is raiding your castle! It must be after the princess! Wait! You are this castle's princess! This giant, powerful woman is here to take you in her mighty claws and sweep you off to her most private abode! Have you the nobility and dignity of spirit to give them what they want? To go down there and nobly sacrifice yourself to this most harrowing of fates so that your precious girls might be saved?

Dungeoneer 2022/10/07(Fri)17:10 No. 1045749 ID: 08229c
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>>1045746
... I know you're trying to play me, but I'll be damned if it didn't almost work on me. I wanna have the giant lady hug me but...

No, I have to focus! I have to prove that I can do this better than Mary!

Constructs are people too!

>She gives her orders.

"Great and powerful dragon," Bandit says, "Even if you defeat us there is no way you can fight the creature guarding the treasure."

"I will burn all of you and then storm the dungeon! I will win!"

>Bandit nods towards the Doll. She conjures a barrel into the air and has it land on the dragon with a -thump-. Once that happens, everyone pounces. They weigh the cloak down which appears to stop either of the adventurers from manifesting fully. The cloak wriggles and bits of the pair poke out but the combined weight keeps it down.

>Bandit tries to shoot at the cloak but all of her bullets seem to do no damage.

"Dammit! We can't keep them like this forever!"

Oh no, oh frick...
Okay, this is good. We're doing good. We're providing a decent challenge...

But how do we kill them? I'm not gonna let that monster hurt my girls anymore.

Also I want the dragon rune.

>>1045749
Soak the cloak in water, then bundle it up and put it in the freezer.

>>1045749
Lift up a tiny spot of the cloak and then throw dangerous objects into it like bombs or slime or whatever.

>>1045749
Its time to attack the cloak first. Stab it, shoot it, burn it. Its time to take advantage of thwir weird magical space.

Order the djinn to put the big blanket in her small lamp's blanket collection!
Then throw the lamp into the basement and let it rend the lamp apart (while your djinn watches)

>>1045752
just remember to pause for a second because as soon as you lift it, you'll get a poison/fire breath

>>1045749
Make a big hole in the floor and drop everyone down into the HORRIBLE DEATH MONSTER.

Alternatively, shoot the dragon rider himself until he dies, then unequip the cloak from his corpse, neutralizing his dragon.

>>1045749
Man. Wouldn't it be fun if one of your monsters could perhaps...call a genie with a wish to be...stronger?

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>>1045757
Sh-shut up.... I knew that...

>She gives some more orders. The Genie snaps her fingers and empowers the blue fairy that was within the Doll. She seems very excited by the sharp boost of magic.

"Alright, Master, that's one wish from you."

Wha?

>Before Dungeoneer can think the Doll yells and shoots a single shard of crystal at the cloak. It pierces the tough material.

>There is a fierce sucking noise followed by a massive explosion.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

MY GIRLS!

Adventurers Defeated

Dungeoneer 2022/10/07(Fri)18:54 No. 1045763 ID: 08229c
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We won, but at what cost..?

Oh, loot.

>>1045763
Alright, so Dragon and Tame runes are a given. The potion... let's see what it is? We already know both those runes.
And the girls will be fine, you crybaby.

>>1045763
Well maybe Mary will forgive your transgressions...maybe

Dragon Rune, for sure. Then Time and Glass for me, chief.

So what now?

>>1045763
Dragon
Space
Heal

Also, you check in on Mary and your prisoners lately?

Feels like the right time for Mary to appear behind you, hand on your shoulder painfully tight and lewd embarassing outfit for you to wear.

>>1045765
Make that, tame.

Dungeoneer 2022/10/07(Fri)19:15 No. 1045770 ID: 08229c
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>>1045764
They died so messily! Aaaaa!

I don't know how Mary can do this!

>She wipes her tears. The monsters have already revived and were going to enter the room. But, hearing their master's ugly sobbing made them decide to just.... Wait a bit.

>Dungeoneer converts the items into runes and holds them in her hands.

What now, you ask...

What now indeed...

I can barely make good monsters. I can't build up the dungeon anymore without a builder and the base units...

I could just dismiss everyone but...

They're my friends.

I don't think I told Mary this but... I remember them from before I was dismissed. I guess that fragment of me is holding on.

But... I can't deviate from my goal. I need more power. And I can't get that by just being a construct.

So... What DO I do..?

>>1045770
Make a wish to make yourself a real girl.

>>1045770
Jam the glass rune into your crown! I'd add the dragon rune too but then Mary would turn your crown into runes when she inevitably breaks free and ends your tyrannical reign.

>>1045770
Well, you want a dragon.maybe its time to make a dragon. Heck, since we have all these water runes around. Maybe a gummy wyrm.

Of course, you could save it. Mary might accept it as a peace offering. That tame rune is so odd. Maybe you can use it. You did want to make yourself stronger...

>>1045774
I'm all for the Gummy Wyrm, especially because, don't forget, slimes duplicate runes.

>>1045770
What is your goal?

>>1045770
So...why do you need power, by the way? We've seen you do this stuff before while we were with Mary...

>>1045770
Mary’s more understanding than you might expect. Maybe you *should* tell her you remember them? She’s empathetic, and she’s also locked into a situation by the magic of dungeons.

Also, Gummy Wyrm, I love it.

*Loud flushing noises* Good God all mighty someone light a candle... Wait a second. D WON!????! H-o-o-oly crap fellas! I don't know how you numskulls do it, but you all do the impossible. Anyways.

>>1045770
You know I was going to say something about space dragon made of glass blah blah blah screw that! Gummy Wyrm! Hell yeah! Maybe we can still do something with making a glass slime (Molten glass? Maybe??) So we could mass produce glass people. But now I kinda wanna take this gummy concept and run with it.

>>1045778
Try this

>>1045772
Otherwise do this

>>1045772
>>1045799
Dunno about a real girl, but she could wish for an Almighty rune...

Glass and Time? Why didn’t you take Space and Heal?! You could have your big lady and heal her too after a catastrophe like this!
Whatever. Use all three to make an Hourglass Dragon, her breath reverses the course of objects. You can have her chuck a bunch of debris around the room ahead of time to give her ammo against melee users.

>>1045770
You have to eat all of the runes

>>1045770
The runes are like eggs, and you must eat all of them.

>>1045770

Mary was on the verge of getting an upgrade that'll let her have a secondary dungeon. Granted, you've screwed things up pretty badly, but if you let her know about your reasoning for the takeover now and apologize, you might land a role in middle management of the new territory, meaning you could bring everyone back (or a copy of them at any rate).

Manage that without too many screw ups and Mary might be inclined to help you figure out how to become a real girl.

>>1045774

We need this just for the pun alone.

>>1045804
Why do people keep reading "time"? That's clearly an "a". And we had the Time rune already, it looks like a clock.

>>1045850
Idk, I personally read heal as meal, so idk.

1/3 Dungeoneer 2022/10/08(Sat)21:37 No. 1045910 ID: 08229c
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What is my goal?

Power.

I need more of it.

Lots more.

All that I can get.

And once I finally, finally, have enough...

I can break free fr-

2/3 Dungeoneer 2022/10/08(Sat)21:41 No. 1045912 ID: 08229c
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>>1045910

"Hey, Dungeoneer."

"ASFJDSFJDSKLGFJKLASDASDA!!?!??!! Mary!? How did you get out!?"

"Turns out Bloops had spare keys the whole time. Don't ask me how she got them, but she had them. We've been free since the moment you left the cells. I just wanted to see how this would play out."

"Oh?" Dungeoneer puts her hand on her hip. "I earned three runes, two of which are new! We got Dragon and Tame now! So, yeah! I can do this! I'm great at this!"

Dungeoneer 2022/10/08(Sat)21:46 No. 1045913 ID: 08229c
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>A review pops up.


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"A Disappointment" 1/2 Stars

The Slimecrown Citadel was anything but. There was no citadel and barely any slime in it. I was promised loot, great fights, and lore. I got none of that. The battle was interesting but the loss felt cheap. I don't even know HOW I died, so how am I supposed to avoid it?

It seems like this is a temporary thing but I would avoid the place until they're back to normal.


=======================================

Oh...

Half a star...

"It's not easy." Mary says, "To balance profit and fun. I'm used to such a thing but others might be too tempted to go one way or the other."

"..."

"Listen, Dungeoneer... You did the best you could with what you had. In fact, you did better than I anticipated. But, you also didn't have a team. I know sometimes I turn down your ideas but I value you so much. Not just as someone who works in the dungeon, but I like to think of you as a friend as well."

"..."

"Would you be willing to give me the crown back? Work together again?"

"I..."

I finally have the crown. I'm the dungeon master...

But why do I feel so rotten?

u feel rotten because...
not enough memes

>>1045913
Cry, apologize and hug mary. Tell her how you wish to be a real girl.

Then kiss her

>>1045913
You got the power that you wanted, but you had to do bad things to do it. That's your conscience talking. Its a good thing.

Maybe you can work together, be honest about what you want to do, why you want to do it, and why you feel the way you do. Honesty is a pretty good policy.

Its best to try and get a clean slate, you were a bit overwhelmed, after all.

>>1045913
>1/2 Star
Response:
Title: WELL DON'T BRING A @#$%ING WAR-DRAGON TO A BAR NEXT TIME!
Description: This customer was violently removed from the premises due to unlicensed and borderline-illegal exploits involving a miniaturized advanced portal, a hostile dungeon boss, and murderous sequence-breaking. Unprovoked casualties were taken by the establishment, and this customer was taken out lethally in response. The rating of this review will not be contested - as this establishment feels the same about the adventurer. Starting immediately, we are issuing a permanent ban to anyone who does not audit their loadout by a credited official before entering our dungeons.
Seriously that was @#$%ing traumatizing and we're so glad the devastation was confined to the entrance room.

>Give the crown ba-
Later.
You screwed up. But you also made headlong progress. Like you said, three epic-level runes on your first mission, from a curveball specialist who pummels attrition strategies. You're not behind, you're ahead. You just happen to be ahead on your face.
Screw the status quo, you're not stopping until you're ready to stop.
Like she said, you don't have enough support to make this work. So get that support. You're good for it.
Also, Mary doesn't want to be the DM anyway.

Break free from what?

>>1045913
Youre missing the most important thing
LOVE

Because it's a hollow victory for a hollow shell.
Make us whole.

Because the rot was already there, while you were pretty much in denial about being a terrible friend this whole escapade. It only hit you now because the ambitions, that you gave up your friends for, have hit a brick wall. In retrospect, your over-attachment to your creations could have been from your subconscious latching onto new people to avoid thinking about your old ones.

It's time to give up the crown now. If you're serious about being in charge of a dungeon, you can ask for an apprenticeship from her, but it's clear you have a long road ahead of you. In time, you can break free of... whatever it is you want you want to break free from.

If you're lucky, and Mary's nice, she might reward you with a rune for your work. It might even be one of the new ones. Why capture a Dragon when you can BE one? It's tradition for a DM to have a Dragon, after all.

>>1045913
Because you realize that you can't be the dungeon master, you don't have the skills for it. You're just being stubborn.
Tell us your dreams, give Mary the crown back, then we can work towards making her more fun.

>>1045913
>It seems like this is a temporary thing but I would avoid the place until they're back to normal.
At least he's able to see that what happened isn’t normal. Hopefully that means he'll be willing to come back later.

>But why do I feel so rotten?
It's because you screwed over your friends in order to get what you wanted. You should apologize and give us back to Mary.

>>1045913
Power is a means to an end. It’s important to consider the full scope of your goals, because how you get there will shape what the end looks like.

>>1045917
No. Don't be that kind of establishment, and absolutely don't try to ban people for not having fun your way.

>>1045918
From being a construct, I assume. So when you get a third rune, every Dungeoneer everywhere is gonna break free? Fun times. No wonder the other dungeon masters wanted Mary to dismiss you. Don't worry, she's not going to, and we got your back.

>>1045913

Your trust issues lead you to betray and discard people who would have gladly helped you fulfill your ambitions if you had just told them what they were and how much those goals meant to you. Instead, you went it alone, screwed up pretty badly, and are now being forgiven rather than punished by the people you abused.

It feels bad because you inflicted on others one of the worst experiences of your life, to be discarded and abandoned. And rather than hurting you back when they got the chance, they are instead telling you how much they love you, how much you mean to them, and are offering you a second chance.

I'd say take it while you have the chance and start by explaining everything. Be sincere for once, you little gremlin, and apologize to everyone.

Also, I wouldn't recommend this (>>1045917). If anything, we owe those two an apology and a free day at the spa.

>>1045913
Failure...kills you. Yes, it is the ultimate teacher and for that, you should never ignore the failure, unless you wish to repeat it. But even then, it kills you. The knowledge that, despite the back breaking work you put into it, despite the mountains you overcome and limits broken, despite your will to do it and do it right!...You still fail. And it will keep killing and killing you, and never stop. But, never let it. Unless you want it to win. Keep working, nonstop. Kill your failure, and win. But now, recover and lick your wounds.

I cannot tell you to give us back to Mary, that's really your choice to make, not mine. But do know that, Mary is not monster. From all the time I've known her, I know she will never do something like send you off. Forgiveness on the other hand, well, you'll have to work for that.

>>1045917
lololol

This would be the end for you and Mary. Unless you want to sacrifice it all in a blaze of unholy retribution now that the jig is up, don't do this.


Also even if you don't give the crown back, Mary has the means to just take it, now that everyone is out.

1/3 Dungeoneer 2022/10/09(Sun)13:38 No. 1045956 ID: 08229c
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>A wave of... Regret washes over Dungeoneer. She has betrayed her friends, the dungeon, and the one who brought her back in the first place. Mary has been nothing but kind to her. Might have even helped her, had she only just asked.

Oh... Oh no.

I feel sad.

I just... Wanted to be my own person for once.

Well, I won't cry! I will apologize, hand the crown back, and NOT cry.

>Dungeoneer bursts into ugly sobs as she gives the crown back. She tries her best to explain everything but it's hard for her to talk.

"Uh... Thanks, Dungeoneer. You're forgiven, if that's what you're trying to say."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. I'M SORRRRYYYY!"

"It's okay, really. I'm not even mad."

Dungeoneer 2022/10/09(Sun)13:39 No. 1045957 ID: 08229c
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"What about my girlfriends!? Are you gonna delete them!?"

"N-no..? I'm not... That'd be mean and they seemed useful."

"R-r-r-really?"

"Yeah, really."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE THE BEST DUNGEON MASTER EVER!"

"..."

Mary 2022/10/09(Sun)13:40 No. 1045958 ID: 08229c
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>Mary places the crown back on her head.

Well, that was interesting. I trust you guys didn't lead her astray?

>>1045958
Nah, it's all been in good fun. Also, hear us out: Gummy Wyrm.

>>1045958
Welcome back. Hug her. Pat her head.

She wants to be a real girl Mary. Ask the genie if she can do that. If so do it. Then we gotta make like... a dragon slime. Or a slime dragon.

But seriously mary, help that girl.

Or else.

>>1045958
Didn't have to, she led herself astray almost instantly. Nice to be back on a head with something in it. She didn't destroy the citadel or anything, did she? We only had that tiny section to work with, but I'd hate to find out we have to fully remake Slimecrown.

On a related note, if we end up making a minidungeon like the casino or gacha parlor or the like that we discussed before...might not be a bad idea to trial letting her manage it. She's a terrible godawful DM, but she might not be too bad with something that had pre-existing structure to operate within.

>>1045958
Poor girl has some serious issues, be nice to her.
Also make the beeeeg slime/gummy dragon girl

Do we ever lead anyone astray? [Enhance Knockers]

>>1045958
You should probably have a talk with her. She was talking about getting stronger, and also scared about what might happen to her new friends/creations and might have some residual memories from her last time as a dungeoneer. So you might want to check in with her, and maybe give her a rune, at least when we're done building the new sector.

On the positive side, new runes!

Also that genie legit grants wishes, but apparently one has been used. I don't know if they're collectively yours or Dungeoneers, though. So thats something to think about.

>>1045958

Been doing our best to adjust her course. Seems she's been under the impression she needs to garner more personal power to do... something. It's not entirely clear if she wants to be a real girl or what. At any rate, she's hopefully accepted it's not something she can get to by stepping all over other people.

I say keep the constructs she's made, since they may be useful, and then prioritize damage control on that last dungeon run.

>>1045958
Mary, you should be more fun so this doesn't happen again. First on the More Fun agenda, how do you feel about dragon girls?
Also, hang out with isabelle more.

Starting from scratch again was a hassle. You should give Dungeoneer more control over discretionary funds so the next time she locks you in a closet we can have more fun. -I mean, you should give Dungeoneer more runes to make more monsters.
If you infuse her with the Tame rune, perhaps she'll be easier to control... or she'll be able to tame more boisterous creatures. It's a win-win either way.

>>1045958
Hey, that genie is absurdly powerful but seems to operate on a limited amount of charges. You should investigate, find out what her limit is, and what happens when she runs out.

>>1045958
She is definitely fully of sinful thoughts. You need to punish her, with whips and a paddle I think.

>>1045958
We literally could not lead her further astray than she is naturally.

>>1045958
Honestly she tried her best with her own natural bias, I'm pretty sure that she's starting to break out of the mold that all dungeon constructed people take, and I feel like we should help her confirm her own personhood, since all she truely wanted to do was prove that she was able to do this.

>>1045962
We couldn’t even if we tried it seems.

Also you should probably figure out what the rules of genie wishes are. Who knows, maybe you can wish your debt gone? Or at least wish that guy into a court appearance or something.

Not by much, it seems. Just the usual embarrassment and existential terror.

Welcome back, Auditor.

Audit Quest: Chapter 10.5 Mary 2022/10/10(Mon)15:37 No. 1046039 ID: 08229c
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I figured you guys would behave well enough with her.

>>1045963
>>1045986

With some exceptions. My only concern is that she would do severe damage to the dungeon. Thankfully, that appears to not have been the case.

>>1045976
I have fun! I have fun all the time. We have parties every time we reach a major milestone


>Mary approaches the Dungeoneer and gives her a pat on the back.

"Listen, I'm not sure what struggles you're going through... But if you need someone to confide in, I'm around."

"Okay..."

>Mary gives her a hug. It's a bit awkward on her end but she tries to put some feeling into it.

>After a small moment, the Dungeoneer hugs back.

"You got some new runes..." She says, "So I'll uh... If you need me I'll be around."

>And with that she walks off, leaving Mary mostly by herself in the dungeon master's room. She sighs and sits down at a table and looks at the half star review.

Poor showing. But, she tried.

I wonder what she is trying to gain power for. I'd ask her but I want her to be able to approach me on her own for such a thing, you know?

And you said there was a Genie?

>She pulls up the lore file on it.


Genie - A unique demon that can grant 3 wishes to any who ask it. There are limits to its power depending on how many runes it has. Once the three wishes are granted it can still be used within the dungeon. This limit applies to any human and adventurer. You can also make it so that only certain people can make wishes on it or having to meet certain requirements for a wish.

Huh. We actually have a true Genie. Interesting... I'm not sure if I wanna quite experiment with that just yet.

And we have some new runes too.

Okay, what do you guys say we get things back to normal and do some dungeon stuff?

>Mary calls forth her staff, none of whom seem terribly unhappy with the recent events.

Let's try... The Gummy Wyrm.

>She spends three runes on it, Water, Candy, and Dragon. The Demonologist seems more than happy to make a new monster for once.

1/3

2/4 Mary 2022/10/10(Mon)15:48 No. 1046041 ID: 08229c
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Now, we wanted to fill the village too...
Actually, let's MAKE the village.

Right now we currently have 6390 gold so...

The Builder reminds me that the dungeon floor is free, and basic areas are cheap. It's only when we start making stuff for combat or special things that it costs money.

And right now, with Carpenter II those costs are-

===Basic Rooms===
Empty Room: G25
Treasure Room: G50

===Advance Rooms===
Mini-Boss Room: G50
Final Boss Room: G500
False Final Boss Room: G250 (Must contain a trap of some kind)
Trapped Room: G35
Magical Trap: G50
False Wall: Free

As it stands, we can use 25 gold for each of the basic areas. So roughly 10 areas for 250 gold, putting us at 6140 gold.

Wow I'm not used to being so flush with cash...

Now, to populate them. That's what we were GOING to do before I was deposed.

Mary 2022/10/10(Mon)15:50 No. 1046042 ID: 08229c
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>The Demonologist crafts some new monsters. A Lost Soldier and Lost Wizard made from bone and other combat runes. They clack and salute Mary after being created.

>Next, Demonologist creates a fairy that will inhabit the forest. Its purpose will be to generally mislead and trick adventurers. All of that for only 6 runes.

We currently have 16 runes available to us due to the slime bug while Dungeoneer was busy.

>Demonologist seems greatly pleased by her creations, going on about how it's amazing what one can create with runes when they really put their mind into the possibilities.

3/4

Mary 2022/10/10(Mon)15:52 No. 1046043 ID: 08229c
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I think we can place them... Here and here. And maybe move Ashley to the fountain instead of inside of slimecrown proper...

Maybe we can have the shopkeeps man the shop?

Either way, the place is still empty. Let's brainstorm a bit.

I -know- we already went over this but it has been a minute and I was very rudely interrupted.

>>1046043

Mind scrounging up a list of our monsters assigned and (more importantly) unassigned? We might as well find a home for what we have before we go creating a bunch of new folks.

As for the outside area, what kind of theme are we going for? Is the village outside of Slimecrown a village of slimes, a ruin occupied by folks who want to plunder Slimecrown, or something else entirely?

>>1046044
I feel like we go withthe area that is is still a large portion of NPC slimes, but is actually a whole host of other momsters, to showcase the various people under Slimecrown's domain.

Mary 2022/10/10(Mon)16:01 No. 1046046 ID: 08229c
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>>1046044
All our units besides the most recently created ones.

>>1046043
I think the last time we were discussing using an Aero rune to make humans (even if they have a weird tendency towards yellow eyes). We could use them as basic shopkeeps.
Also, the dragon rune now allows us to do kobolds.

>>1046043
Well, with the ruins that we have in the forest, I think that can be where our final boss of the area could be. I think we can run it with a cult related to our dearfriend Jeffrey, with chaos slimes being slimes that were corrupted by this cult. So having a few chaos slimes in the forrest, and other beasts aflicted with chaos and undead could be fun. The final boss being some Chaos Slime Witch/Warlock that lads them, with a few other chaos minions using goblins, kobolds andother civilians.

If we are still wanting this area to be more or less beginner friendly, I think 3 or maybe 4 runs would be the most that should be in play.

So in this case consider:

Water+Chaos+Magic and if we did want to go 4 runes, add Time, perhaps because they want to restore things to a time when Jeffrey was free.

>>1046048
Also, if we want the ruins to be a final boss room, we should add a secret that can cut throughsome of the quests and ideas we plan. You know, for those speed runner types.

We can even play with it as the cult finding ways to make it into the hamlet and harrasing the civilians with raids. Maybe make a secret tunnel, like in the graveyard! It becomes a tunnel with maybe a room or two and a few monsters, but basically gets you to the boss lickity split.

>>1046048
If we're gonna have multiple chaos slimes and one that's more powerful than the others, we owe it to our already existing chaos slime to upgrade her into the leader.

>>1046047
>>1046048
>>1046043

What are our plans for the ruins? Are they a standalone location offering a more reasonable challenge for low level adventurers? Are they a secret back channel into Slimecrown? If so, what about the normal entryway?

In the end, do we want to make this beginner area optional while leaving the conventional road into Slimecrown open? My vote would be yes

>>1046050
I like it, but I kinda like our chaos slime as she is. She's environmental storytelling as an example of a slime thats been infected but is harmless/sick. Have her in town in a small infirmary being taken care of by a local healer NPC that also functions similar to Ashley.

>>1046043
I liked the Idea of having a bunch of races. Like we have a tribe of goblins and a tribe of kobolds who can populate the ruins alternatively and maybe give quests at the tavern to take over the ruins when the other tribe owns it.
Goblins were lead by a shamaness who used world/heal/magic and there were basic thieves and warriors made with dark/poison and sword/shield respectively.
There were other ideas like a rival Stag Beetle and a Rhinoceros Beetle in the forest who'd fight and you could side with, Bees and a Queen Bee and spiders for the forest, and large birds and wolves that'd attack the farm.
I also liked the idea that the tavern would have a bunch of different people that could come and go to give it variety.
Make sure the Tavern has a cute bartender and waitress, maybe a dwarf or some of Marauder's Race.

Could always ask Isabelle if she has any ideas too, she's suppose to be your adopted daughter apprentice.

Suggestion 2022/10/10(Mon)16:21 No. 1046054 ID: 06095b
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>>1046053

I'd be okay asking Isabelle for ideas. Also, just a brief reminder for folks where we currently have monsters stabled inside Slimecrown

>>1046043
So, seeing our new cadre of monsters, I have a few thoughts:

Nesting Doll/Tea Slime:
Have them either working at the pub, or in the exterior branch of the springs. They don't have the full capacities of our normal springs, but there services can still offer buffs and a refreshing beverage that can provide HP or MP boosts.

One Armed Bandit:
Falsly accused of being a part of the cult, she's been placed in jail, she's still guilty of trying to be a bandit, but if you can prove that she's not part of the cult, you gain her as an ally for beating the cult (she is let free as a part of community service for her crimes instead of being locked up)

Gummy Wyrm:
Occasional pest of the Farmlands, taking crops or animals away to eat them. They actually live in the forrest, but not in the ruins. The fariy occasionally tricks them into wandering into their nest.

Adventurers love Easter Eggs. Easter Eggs with loot in them.
To elaborate, construct a bunch of empty treasure chests and hide them in random areas throughout the dungeon. Fill them with random loot each day. Or a mimic.

Distribute loot so that commonly opened chests have crappy vendor trash or mimics, while near-inaccessible obscure chests that require multiple skills to collect contain epic items and even the occasional legendary. This will keep posts about your dungeon village in the discussion boards, as noobs will share their chest locations with each other while pros will boast about finding a +5 Orange Tier in a random brick in the middle of the church tower.

Ruins - Place your new Gummy Wyrm here, have it defend a batch of ketogenic chocolates or something.
Woods - Plant Slime (duh), Archer Slime, Mud Slime, Oil Slime, Explodey, Dark Slime. Let's catch them off guard with some well-timed explosions. The charcoal will be useful in the long run.
Farm - Light Slime, Ashley, Ruth & Ruth, Rosa, Cloth Slime.
Springs - Mirelle, Magical Slime Lily, Olivia, Germaine, Giselle, Flit.
Church - D. Fence, Watcher,
Jail - Magnetron, Lag Mite, Watcher, Time Slime
School (change the name to Saint ) - Ms. Bloops, Comfy Slime, String Slime, Psion Slime, Magic Slime, Monk Slime,
Shops - Shopkeep, Reginald, Rosalyn, Colt, Sophie, Simon
Pub - Gravity Slime, Holy Slime, Demon Slime, Chaos Slime, Ochre Jelly, Ice Elemental, Magnus
Center - Music Slime, The Guide

>>1046047
>Also, the dragon rune now allows us to do kobolds.
Candy kobold helpers for a candy dragon? That sounds like a good idea!

>>1046043

Yay or Nay? I say we put a defender on the bridge into Slimecrown Citadel as something like a level check (maybe Colt or a new monster called specifically Slimecrown Defender). If we want a lore explanation why people aren't just waltzing into Slimecrown, this might help explain it. On the other hand, gating off our fun dungeon behind a wall seems a tad dickish. So, if we did go this route, I would recommend special event days where people can enter the citadel unimpeded (possibly making those events centered around fun minigames and the spa).

You can either bash your way through the Slimecrown Defender or you can do the subquest for the Slimecrown hamlet first, which causes the Defender to let you pass.

>>1046043
So, some farm animals and a farmer would be a good thing to invest in the farms. A few options and ideas come to mind...

Salamanders: Fire+Stone
Little lizards that are bred as mounts and beasts of burden to help move things around. The farm has a ranch where these guys are found. It is said that the Princess Mirelle may have a dire one of her own that she loves very much.

Scarecrows: Cloth+Wood
Little wandering monsters that try to protect the fields, but something has been...off about one of them recently (possible Chaos infected one)

Battering Rams: Force+String
Ornery beasts that are hard to corral and if you're not careful, will bash you or run you over.

Old Creedy: Sturdy+Sturdy+Wood
An old farmer alarune who isn't as spry as he used to be, but he's a hardy old oak. Especially when you deal with Salamanders on the regular.

Sprout: Water+Wood:
A young Plant Slime, and Old Creedy's apprentice.

>>1046058
I agree. While some may want to explore our new land, it is probably a good idea to allow an easy way in, especially when you have guys like Dragon/Keeper who want fights more than anything else. I would like to think a lot of the Hamlet monsters aren't going to be fight based (or of they are, they are really easy), so having Colt stand guard would work narrativelyso that he can explain what is going on here, and also work as a barrier where the more agressive types can just fight him.

Also, we can have it where the heroes when they complete the main quest in the hamlet, can just be given a badge that allows them to pass through hamlet for times they want to just go through and battle the Citadel.