Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)09:45 No. 336835 ID: e73d25
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Stanley Pherguson, born in Cornovia, son of the town’s crier, decided that his life was too boring, and pursued the golden dream that magic promises. And now he’s inside a deep chasm, trying to prove that he’s worthy of receiving that power. He’ll have to descend into the abyss and bring back a valuable artifact from the demonic temple down there, to prove that he has what it’s needed to have to become a wizard.

Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)09:47 No. 336836 ID: e73d25
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But for now he’s just going to plop into one of the deepest chambers with a lot of bruises and 2nd degree burns over his body.

Uuhghh... ye gods, I thought I was done for... That last fireslug was just too much.

Sword is cursed. Chest is a mimic. Bones are a skeleton. Rocks are all Lurkers Below. Chasm leads to Gehenna.

I suggest praying to your god. As long as it isn't Loki or XOM.

Oh, hello. What can you do? If you have a way to detect magic, use it on the sword and chest.

do you have tits

His name is STANLEY. Even if he does have tits, you wouldn't want to see em. Also, try casting a Healing Spell, or ingesting a RATION.

>Even if he does have tits, you wouldn't want to see em.

I beg to differ.

grab yon blade recklessly.

does your bird staff do anything other then glow?

>>336836
List available spells.

Suggestion 2011/08/05(Fri)16:57 No. 336927 ID: e73d25
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>Tits

Hey, that’s rude.

>Spells

Yeah, that’s a funny one. I know nothing ‘bout magic, not a single spell. They don’ teach you no magic until you pass the stupid trial, that you’re unlikely to survive, without knowin’ magic!

>The staff.
It just glows, does nothin’ else. Which is pretty great, otherwise I’d fallen down some hole straight to hell by now.

So after all the crap I’ve gone through to get here I have like... four scrolls left. Anybody can use scrolls, even a commoner like me. But each scroll can only be used once. I have a scroll of... Wall of Fire, Sleep, Minor Healing and Detect Traps.

I think I’m almost at the temple, but I better save these scrolls unless I really need them. I even lost my dagger, that damn fireslug melted it like butter.

poke the sword with the staff. and tap the box with it as well. and that big rock.

In that case, take the sword. If you can't pick locks, look in the room on the left.

You seem to be a midget.
I guess you still have Hope.

arm yourself.

Suggestion 2011/08/06(Sat)13:10 No. 337291 ID: c11ca5
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>>>>337069

Hey, I’m not a midget! I’m just... compact sized.

Ok, I take the swor’. It feels pretty solid and nothin’ weird has happened to me yet, so I guess it’s not cursed.

I hit the chest with the staff a buncha times. It doesn’t feel too sturdy, I think I should be able to break the lock with a few well placed hits.

>>337291
Do that then, but have the sword ready in case there's a monster inside.

>>337292
also, make sure the first strike is at a non-vital area in case the sword inflicts the user in a mirror to what is hit.

>>337294
That is bizarrely specific and is generally a bad idea when we could easily be one-hit KO'd by any of the threats we run into.

>>337297
that's why it's so devious.

Just poke something with the sword to see if anything happens.

oh man i am going to call anything compact a midget now. mirrors, vehicles, babies. thank you!

do eet

>>337291
Ust in case it's trapped (or a patient mimic), knock the chest back with your staff so it's sitting on it's back, then whack it open. Any trap that would get you will be pointed at the wall.

Just pray that it isn't a cazador nest in magical stasis.

Suggestion 2011/08/07(Sun)09:17 No. 337687 ID: 759c84
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>>337453

That’s still rude... I think.

Stan knocks the chest over and hits it a couple of times with his sword. Before he can swing it for a third time the lid suddenly burst opens and a large tentacle-shaped form emerges from it, practically as tall as the human, with a huge eye on its end, looking at Stan with an endless stare. Then a deep, yet polite voice comes from it (even when the creature doesn’t seem to have any visible mouths).

“Oh, I knew I heard somebody knocking on the door! How can I help you, young fellow?”

The creature doesn’t seem to pay any attention to Stan’s sword while he still wields it defensively between his own body and the creature.

politely introduce yourself and tell him about why you're here. don't be alarmed now, I hear there are some monstrous fellows around who are quite agreeable when you talk to them.

Cut this creature's eye stalk short!

>>337687
Alright, it's probably friendly, so don't hurt it. Ask him if he knows anything about the area like the location of a draconic temple.

>>337689
This.

but if it lunges then MURDERLIZE IT.

Maybe ask it if it works here?

If it attacks, likely forms for that to take are an eye beam or tentacle. The eye beam is the more dangerous of the two as it is looking at your face, so duck if its eye starts glowing.

>>337687
Er. Might want to take a step back. Ask him why he lives in a chest.

Suggestion 2011/08/08(Mon)08:41 No. 338073 ID: 9d4673
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>>337690

You mean cut it compact.


”*cough* My name is Stanley and I’m seekin’ for the Demonic Underground Temple (DUT ™)... You ain’t gonna attack me, ain’t you?”

“Oh, heavens no! I just recently ate an adventurer, and I have to watch my calorie intake! Specially with you wizard types, all that fat and no muscle. No offense intended!”

”Uh... alright. Why do you live in a chest anyways?”

“What a silly question! Do random bystanders knock on your door and inquire why do you live in your own house often? Maybe that’s a thing in the surface, but down here we still have manners.”

“Ok, ok, sorry... So any idea about that Temple?

“Oh, of course, young man. There’s two ways to get there, the two archways you can see here. One path is quite easy and harmless, while the other is quite problematic and hazardous, even lethal, I would say... You should take the one to the left.”

>>338073

Take the path that's lower so you feel taller.

Wait. Does that mean the left way is the dangerous one or the safe one?

and why exactly should I take the left one?

"My left or your left?"

Ask "Do you just eat adventurers? If you eat other things, I could bring you back the body of one of the creatures that are probably in the temple."

This might upset him if he knows the temple dwellers, but if he knows them he will try to mislead us anyway to help them.

Suggestion 2011/08/10(Wed)02:59 No. 338610 ID: 75bb1d
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>>338074

Both are the same size and I don’t need to feel taller, thank you!

…
“Uh... Do you only eat adventurers? Wouldn’t you prefer it if I brought you some of the creatures I would kill down here?”

“Nah! They’re clever enough not to stroll around here, only adventurers are that dumb. And they come by like every day. I swear, there’s at least five guilds that send their students down here.”

“Ok, then... Left... Wait, your left or my left? Is it the left one the safe one or the dangerous one?”

The creature swirls around itself and appears to be rolling its eye. It’s hard to tell.

“Pfff, does it matter? Your left, my left, your guts, my guts, it all ends up being the same place sooner or later!”

...feh. His advice is useless. Just go to your left.

lefthand rule is the golden rule
he could be lying anyway
which means if he IS lying, and he's talking about his left, that means your right is the dangerous path

Man, whatever go left doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit

>>338610
Is it inside the chest? Is the chest stuck to the ground?

If it is inside the chest and not stuck to the ground, then I see a solution, here - pick up chest, chuck down path.

go left.

You could probably pick up a couple of the bones and toss them down the paths to see if they get exploded

Suggestion 2011/08/11(Thu)09:22 No. 339003 ID: 69f5d2
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The boy ends up taking the path to the left, but the descending tunnel ends abruptly over another chasm on the ground. There’s an old wood plank working as an improvised bridge from one edge to the other.

Why are you followin’ me? Don’t you have anythin’ better to do?”

“Nope. Haven’t you looked around recently? This place is booooooooring and you’re the most entertaining thing of the week, so I’m just gonna be around here, don’t mind me, don’t feel pressed, or judged, or watched, or...”

whack it with your duck staff to be sure it is sturdy. then cross

Push down on it with the blunt end of your staff to see if it can hold weight.

if you step on that plank, the eyestalk thing will not push you into the chasm. except it will.

>>339003
Ask him to turn into armor for you or something. He might as well make himself useful.

>>339017
Lets not let the being that eats people envelope our body.

Say: "I guess you can follow me, but I'd rather you not be within tentacle range of me. No offense, but a frail human like myself has to be careful."

Suggestion 2011/08/12(Fri)02:36 No. 339236 ID: da443b
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“"I guess you can follow me, but I'd rather you not be within tentacle range of me. No offense, but a frail human like myself has to be careful."

“Oh, no doubt of that! You humans look like you would break if just a few tons of rocks fell on your heads. Seriously, you should work out!”

I try to ignore the obnoxious creature and test the consistency of the plank with the end of my stick. It seems sturdy but, it has a weird feel to it.Kind of soft, pliable... I don’t know, maybe it’s rubber tree wood.

then cross it quickly.

>>339236
Oh hell no. A soft bridge? That thing will collapse under your weight. Hell, it might even be a monster in disguise. Let's check the other path.

There is no good reason why a real bridge should be soft. We should avoid it if we can.

Don't worry, you're too compact to fall through the bridge.

I wouldn't trust that. It's probably not wood or it's rotten wood. Check the other path or if you want to investigate further consider turning the plank over or whacking it with your sword. It may be some other kind of mimic.

Suggestion 2011/08/13(Sat)07:40 No. 339608 ID: fbc18c
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>>339347

I’m starting to regret using that word.. But yeah, this looks suspicious as hell, I’m gonna go back and take the other path.

But it doesn’t take long before Stanley runs against another obstacle, a living one this time. A large creature sleeping in the middle of the stone tunnel, partially blocking the way.

“Man, you really change your mind quick, don’t you?”

“Shush! I have no idea what that thing is, but it sure is huge. I don’t think it would be a wise idea to wake it up.

stab it between the eyelids. push until your sword goes in whole, hilt and all.

>>339608
...the heck is that thing over on the right?

Take quiet compact steps around it.

Don't kill it, what if it's benign like this guy? Try to go around it and check out the thing in the wall.

well if I'm right that frowny switch will kill anything that's under it so why don't you just use your staff to activate it.

>>339608
You know, the mimic fellow lives here. Ask him if he knows this guy as as neighbor of his.

Suggestion 2011/08/14(Sun)08:02 No. 339848 ID: 967217
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I start sneaking around the creature, taking quiet, com...small steps. I whisper to the chest creature if he knows this monster here.

“This guy!? Never seen it in my life!!! But it’s no surprise, all kinds of creeps sneak around these caves, coming up and down, messing up the place and scaring the food away, or stealing it from us good, local monsters! An outrage I tell you!”

“Shut up! Damn it, damn it... It’s waking up!

Run for it! Don't attack, though, unless it tries to attack you. Monsters are usually much more aggressive when provoked.

dude, you get eaten now it's your own damn fault. you waited until you were in danger before you asked, instead of before.

My God; that eyeball is huge.

Lick it.

stabbity stab. do it.

Sing a compact lullaby!

Use your scroll of sleep on the thing.

Excuse yourself, apologise for waking it, keep walking.

>>340022
This, and if it tries anything that isn't talking, scroll of sleep on it.

Suggestion 2011/08/15(Mon)01:51 No. 340197 ID: 8aca02
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“E-excuse mister... or miss... or whatever. I’m just passin’ by, no need to get up, I’m sorry I woke you up.”

It’s no use! It’s just growling and getting up slowly. Before I panic and do something stupid, I use the sleep spell on it. After a couple of terrifying seconds, the beast falls back into sleep and I can’t breathe again.

“Hah, that was a close one, wasn’t it!”

I'm guessing this is the path fraught with danger. Or maybe the both are. There's that possibility.

Move forward. Is that a lever in the wall?

Give the mimic a face and hold up your finger to your mouth. "Quiet"

Leg it with compact strides.

Suggestion 2011/08/15(Mon)12:38 No. 340320 ID: b4862d
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I gesture the mimic creature to stay quite, and it seems that it understands, or maybe it’s just tired of talking anyways because it doesn’t reply. I quietly sneak around the monster, and notice there’s a lever in a small niche on the wall. No idea what does it do, but it doesn’t seem to be too happy anyways.

>>340320

Give it a compact looking over.

there is lines on both sides of the monster. go to the outside of the lines and then pull the switch.

Starit 2011/08/17(Wed)11:24 No. 340916 ID: d72bc3
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Ok, I’ll just step a bit to the side and give it a com- a little tug...

Stepping to the side of the floor lines isn’t enough to avoid the trap, Stan discovers, as a good portion of the floor he’s standing on disappears, sending him diving into the shadows.

“Tsk, tsk, too bad. It wasn’t a bad fella. But you know what they say, curiosity killed the adventurer.”

Starit 2011/08/17(Wed)11:25 No. 340918 ID: d72bc3
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Ow... my everything. I think I have no broken bones, but it’s pitch black down here, and I don’t even know where my stupid staff ended up.

>>340918
it's probably the light blue shiny thing
the tinier blue dot is probably your eye so to your left

Fumble your way to the blue light.

Starit 2011/08/18(Thu)16:18 No. 341309 ID: 13c25b
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Yeah, the shiny blue light turns out to be the staff. Just let me turn it on again... Phew, there’s practically no floor in this cave. I’ve been lucky to land here, I would’ve fallen to my death otherwise. Now, I just have to figure out how to get out of here.

Say hi to mister dragon.

oh shi- hit the deck and get near that white rock!

Maybe that massive reptile with the glowing red eye knows how to get out?

Flip the switch or whatever on the other platform. Try to look less delicious.

Starit 2011/08/19(Fri)03:38 No. 341488 ID: d3d184
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Wait, what reptile, wha- OH GODS WHAT IS THAT!? OH SHIT IT SAW ME! Oh gods what do I do now what do I do now!?

>>341354

Y-yeah, there’s a switch on that platform over there, but I can’t jump that far, I can’t reach it from here! I think I can only reach the upper platform if I jump on this white rock over here!

Shit, that thing is crawling down!

Climb up onto the rock and to the high platform. Say hello.

>>341493
This, and if he swipes at you, jump down to the switch. Try not to hurt your compact self in the fall.

Starit 2011/08/19(Fri)14:04 No. 341583 ID: d3d184
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“Umm... H-hi."

I don’t think it wants to talk!

jump to the switch and roll when you land to not get hurt. then hit it!

>>341584
Do it!

>>341583
I get the feeling the switch is a trap. Retreat, maybe you can use the other monsters to weaken it.

>>341638
Yeah, but what if it's a trap FOR THE MONSTER?

>>341583
Punch it in the snout to establish dominance.

There is nothing we can do to survive here unless the switch does something in our favor. So pull it. It's the ONLY option.

>>341777
Orrrrrrr we use the wall of fire scroll.

>>341782
This seems like the least suicidal plan.

Starit 2011/08/20(Sat)07:10 No. 341798 ID: 563191
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Ooof!

I jump on the platform to the side just in time to avoid becoming the snack of that beast. And in my fall I manage to move the switch. Or rather I land on it and practically smash it. Everything hurts but I’m still in one piece, and I have no idea what the switch did, but I kind of hear a mechanic sound somewhere behind me.

get up and make a compact jump to the next platform.

be mario

You could combat roll and hang from the side of the platform to avoid the laser or try your best to grab onto the hand of the beast. Whatever your instincts tell you is the best.

Get up and climb up onto the creature's hand. Use the scroll of heal minor wounds if you've broken something and can't handle strenuous movement.

>>341798
Retreat in either direction.

Starit 2011/08/20(Sat)13:54 No. 341896 ID: 563191
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I jump and cling to the scaly monster hand just before the contraption with an energy crystal attached to it shoots the hell out of the platform I was just on a second ago. The monster growls, not too happy about having passengers on him. But the worst part is that the crystal is turning around to shoot me again!

Keep moving on the monster! The crystal will shoot it for you.

>>341896
Climb up on top of the creature. With any luck it'll soak up all the fire and become mortally wounded at the same time.

put the monster between it and you as crazy as that sounds !

can you climb fast enough? if so then climb it!

Climb up on its head!

Get up on the hydra's lizard's back!

Trick the beam cannon crystal into shooting the lizard.

Starit 2011/08/21(Sun)05:59 No. 342062 ID: 7d4fff
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The crystal shoots its deadly beams again, severing the fingers of the unholy creature, making it roar in pain and rage. It flails and squirms furiously, but Stanley manages to climb up on top of its back.

Aaaah! I don’t think I can hold onto it for much longer!

What you need to do is jump over to the platform on the right where the door is. So run along its head to get there.

Wait, that's crazy. Jesus christ you're going to die.

>>342063
It's crazy but it's way less dangerous than my original plan.

JUMP FOR IT!

Alright, run as fast as those tiny legs can take you down the monster's back, up its head, and jump for the exit while doing a flip killing the monster!

The crystal's aiming at you again. This next shot's going to deal a pretty serious blow to the li-

Hey! If you jump off its head, you can probably reach the doorway! Just run and focus on the goal, if you put too much conscious thought into not falling off you'll just end up stifling your body's ohgodsimgonnadieninjapowersgo instincts.

What were they keeping down here? I can see monsters moving in because of the food supply, but an auto-turret like that has to be expensive when people are still mostly swinging un-enchanted swords at each-other.

Starit 2011/08/21(Sun)16:16 No. 342148 ID: 7d4fff
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Our wizard apprentice runs across the agonizing beast’s head and jumps as far as his short legs let him. He makes it to the platform with the door, but his landing is far from being as smooth as he desired.

Ooooh... I think I broke something there. Ow. And I dropped the sword, damn it.

Pull yourself through the door as quickly as you can. If you seriously think you broke something and aren't just being snarky with us, you might want to use the scroll of minor healing, too.

use scroll of healing, unless broke or strains don't count as minor
sword's to your right, lodged in stone. Get it if you want or can, otherwise head through the door.

Keep moving, the laser's gonna fire again. Use your scroll at the earliest opportunity.

Starit 2011/08/22(Mon)15:24 No. 342331 ID: d80827
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I ignore the sword and everything else in the cavern and just roll across the platform, sliding through the door in the wall just in time to avoid getting vaporized by the energy beam aiming in my direction.

The giant monster collapses against the stone wall, and the impact, combined with the punishment caused by the energy crystal, shakes the entire cave ceiling. Stanley has just time to roll into safety before an avalanche of rocks and debris blocks the way out. After catching his breath and finally accepting the fact that he’s still alive, Stanley uses the Minor Healing scroll.

Aaaarh... ok, that feels better. I think I can feel one of my ribs bending back into its original position. Unnerving, but I feel good as new again. Sort of.

Ok, this room... There’s a tunnel going deeper to the right, and also there’s a hole on the ground. A red glow is coming out of it.

wave the end of your staff over it, if nothing happens then look down it.

When you use scrolls, do they disintegrate or just stop being magical?
If you still have the paper, tossing it in the hole would be better than waving your only light source over it.

Don't mess with the hole or ring, just go down the passage. Enough screwing with traps.

Use the staff to tug the ring. Be ready to dive into the pit.

>>342345
Dude, -every single other- switch ot lever or whatnot activated a trap, this one is almost certainly going to do the same. Let's -not- mess with it, yeah?

Most glowing pits glow because of things you don't want to jump into.

Well, we're trying to get to the demon temple, so that may, in fact, be the correct route. I mean, demons generally do like glowing red and stuff.

Might as well use the scroll of detect traps here.

Starit 2011/08/23(Tue)03:17 No. 342442 ID: 59231e
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I wave the end of the staff over the hole... nothing happens, so let’s have a peek... Yes! The demonic temple is just down there! I could save a lot of time and troubles if I could find a way to descend safely down there.

okay, hook the ring with the staff and back up as far as you can on those collapsed rocks then start pulling it and backing up more. then when you can't back up no more keep pulling until it stops then give it a few hard yanks, then let go.

Um, it may be a better idea to go ahead and look for rope.

Use the scroll of detect traps! If the ring on a rope is clean, then use it. If it isn't, then we'll figure something else out.

We should at least see what's down the passage before deciding whether or not to use the scroll, in my opinion.

Is that red thing the artifact you are looking for (rather than a crystal sphere or something)? I think we might want to save the trap detect for the area immediately around the artifact, as that is often the trappiest place.

Starit 2011/08/24(Wed)03:12 No. 342631 ID: 67a324
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The passage to the right leads to a long descending tunnel that dives into the darkness, I can’t see where it goes just peeking from here.

I carefully take the ring and pull the rope until I get to the other side of the room. It looks like I could keep pulling rope if I wanted, but I don’t know if I should try and do it, use the Detect Tratps scroll or just forget about it and follow the other passage.

Okay, this looks like a lure for the impatient. I don't think we should do it. You could use the detect traps scroll to confirm this, but personally I'd rather save that for a room where it looks like there's traps but we don't know exactly how to avoid them.

>>342631
Do not activate the obvious trap.

>>342631
It's a pullstring for a giant Morgan Freeman action figure. Tug it all the way out and let his soothing voice solve all your problems.

Stop pulling the ring, stand in place and pull the rope instead. That way, if it IS a trap, likelihood is that you won't be where the builder expected you to be.

>>342838
Hey, that's a good idea. We could stand off to the side like in that alcove and pull it.

yeah climb the rocks and pull the rope.

Starit 2011/08/25(Thu)10:18 No. 342882 ID: 0736cd
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Stanley stands where he is, dropping the ring and pulling just the rope. But just after a couple of tugs, he can hear a loud “CLICK” coming from somewhere within or behind the walls of the room, and suddenly he’s having some unexpected company at the other end of the rope.

Shit! Spiders!

dammit, the ONE trap standing in a different place couldn't prevent... how did they survive in the wall that long? anyone, aim for the hole and use fire. then throw the staff down the hole and start climbing down the rope before it burns through.

Use the Wall of Fire spell. Hope the rope isn't flammable.

>>342886
Not true. They could have done the traditional dwarf method of filling the room entirely with water and/or magma.

>>342882
Can you make wall-of-fire work horizontally? Jump down the hole (still holding the rope to arrest your fall), then wall-of-fire in the hole so it is effectively blocked. It'll burn through the rope but you'll already be down.

>>342882
Throw the rope down the hole.

Drop the rope, grab the staff, run a short distance away, wait for the spiders to disburse. If they don't, get to whackin' them with your stick.

Guys, how do we know the rope won't come free of the wall? We might end up in free wall and pancake. Just leg it down the passageway!

Starit 2011/08/26(Fri)15:36 No. 343109 ID: d10cdb
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I drop the rope and leg it, following the tunnel at the end of the cave. After a couple of minutes stumbling down a narrow passageway, I end up in another room, practically empty, except for an entryway to another cave covered by and old wooden door. I look over my shoulder just to discover a pretty ugly sight: the spiders are still after me, crawling behind my steps with an unnatural speed.

Is your staff made of something fragile, or is it as sturdy as it looks?

I ask because smashable looking spiders are pursuing you, and you happen to have a long stick with a sizable weight on the end.

Wall of flame would put a stop to them...

>>343116
It beats trying to club them, but unless they're suicidal, is just a delaying tactic. Still. Fire and door.

The door has a big hole in it and won't stop the spiders. Let's wall of flame them and keep moving, and for Christ's sake, don't forget to look where you're running.

Starit 2011/08/27(Sat)14:06 No. 343257 ID: 9cf4de
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Ok, I used the Wall of Fire scroll, and looks like that solved the problem. I only have the Detect Traps scroll left now.

Hmm. If that killed the spiders we could go back and use the rope-ring to get down there...

But it probably just blocked them, so we need to keep moving. Poke the door with your staff before going in.

>>343260
If I may remind you, the rope itself may still be a trap. I say, down the hallway, let's see what's down there.

I think the rope is good now, but there's no need to tempt fate with the spiders. Go in the door.

Starit 2011/08/29(Mon)12:46 No. 343758 ID: 894837
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Alright, I’ll just open this door and ---What the...?

The decrepit door crumbles to dust as soon as Stan pokes it with the tip of his staff, revealing a long, descending tunnel that disappears in the shadows,.A moldy, ancient smell slapping the young apprentice across the face and from the deeps of the dark tunnel, a thin line of smoke arises, shifting and taking the form of a hand that beckons Stanley to follow it. A feminine voice fills his head, but no sound can be heard.

“Stanley Pherguson of Cornovia, son of Johnathan Pherguson. Step in, come in to know what the future stores for you. Unless you’re too scared to gaze into the eye of Fate.”

Better than waiting for the fire to die down and the spiders to eat you.

"i'm not scared but this is suspicious as all hell. based on no other evidence i must assume you are a trap and will try to kill me horribly. so good day to you" and start walking down the tunnel.

>>343805
This. Except maybe just skip the talking and go straight to the 'walk away' part.

>>343758
Go with the hand.

Go with the hand silently.

hi-five the shit outta that hand.

>>343952
Yeah, dude. You can't leave it hangin'.

Starit 2011/09/01(Thu)09:18 No. 344587 ID: f5e4b4
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I high five the hand, but it disappears in a cloud of green smoke. How rude!

I step through the door, walking slowly, to let my eyes get used to the darkness inside. The corridor leads to a small room carved in the stone, it smells of dust and old bones, like an open tomb or an old coffin, opened to reveal but the ashes of its previous owner. There isn’t much inside here, but for a table covered with a decrepit table cloth. It is similar to the ones the fortune tellers use at the town fair, but this one smells like someone died on it and nobody bothered to move the corpse for years.

There’s someone behind the table. I can’t see any form in the dark, just a pair of green glowing eyes, staring without pupils into my own eyes. The voice speaks again.

“Yes, yes, a brave one after all. Come closer. Put your hand on the table, and I’ll tell you something about the future. Your future. All futures.”

"Listen, if you pull a one liner about how my future is incredibly short and try to kill me, I saw it coming as soon as you showed me that hand. Then I'd say, oh please, for the love of any god, if you're going to kill me choose something more original."

do eet

>>344588
Go with this, while doing eet.

>>344587
All who live must die. Some die twice. What more do you have to tell me?

>>344807
Totally seconding this. The voice sounds all kinds of suspicious.

do it. ask if it can foresee you becoming a wizard

Starit 2011/09/02(Fri)20:20 No. 345076 ID: f5e4b4
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I hesitate, not sure if I should do it or not. I stay where I give the creature some conversation.

“Listen, if you pull a one liner about how my future is incredibly short and try to kill me, I saw it coming as soon as you showed me that hand. Then I'd say, oh please, for the love of any god, if you're going to kill me choose something more original."

There’s a short laugh.

“Do not fear, for I do not wield the reaper’s scythe, even when I’m greatly familiar with its feel on my hands.”

“All who live must die. Some die twice. What more do you have to tell me?”

Another dry, broken cackle.

“My goodness, how deliciously vague. But my advice is more specific. Stop doubting and come up closer, put your hand on the table and I’ll tell you things that lie ahead of you. You might be able to prevent some of them, while others are carved in stone in your very tombstone. Come closer, and see.”

They sound trustworthy, and they totally promised not to kill you. Go on.

Very well.

mock the voice and do it

do eeeet

Starit 2011/09/03(Sat)12:32 No. 345202 ID: f5e4b4
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“Alright, fine. Jeez, enough with the creepy implications.”

I put my hand on the battered table, and as soon as my skin makes contact with the fabric, a shiny light starts illuminating around my fingers. It feels warm, like a bonfire.

So, am I going to be a wizard?

“Aaaah, the future is complicated, boy. It’s a web of possibilities and chances, paths that cross over a mosaic of stars. But yes, if you survive, you will become a wizard. And a powerful one too. But the happiness won’t last long. The world is about to change, and death looms upon every creature living on it, even the most insignificant ones. You will play a part in that change. You might save thousands... or doom them.”

“This old hag can’t do much else, but I might grant you a gift that might be helpful for you in your quest. Help you... and hurt you, and your very soul. Do you still want it?”

Accept the gift. We're almost out of supplies and she's making it clear that we'll become a wizard IF we survive. So we should accept all the help we can get.

well, if this is gonna help you save thousands of lives, it is your duty as a non-asshole to accept and make use of it.

"Are you able to tell me what you mean by hurting my soul?

After all, it would be foolish to gain power at the price of loosing the ability or desire to do any good with it."

If it will help us save thousands, accept.

In for a penny, in for a pound, it's love that makes the world go round.

DO IT.

Starit 2011/09/04(Sun)12:15 No. 345469 ID: f5e4b4
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“O-ok then, sure.”

The creature cackles louder and louder, the sound of its laugh becoming a deafening shriek that pierces my skull like a cold needle. I try to cover my ears but, to my dismay, I can move my hand from the table, it’s paralyzed.

I look up again to see the creature and I wish I didn’t. It’s not a comforting sight. But suddenly I feel how I can move my hand again! But now there’s something attached to it, something I can’t just drop, stuck to my skin. It’s a green crystal sphere.

“Enjoy your gift, mortal! And may the gods have mercy on your soul!”

...I think this might not have been the best deal after all.

You can probably move it into your pocket or the back of your hand if you can't put it into your pocket, just roll it into a convenient place.

"So... What does it do?"

Say "Thanks"! It's only polite. Also, ask what it does, complement your host on their lovely green eyes, then leave.

actually, this was the bestest deal. inquire and express thanks.

Starit 2011/09/05(Mon)14:07 No. 345719 ID: f5e4b4
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“Oh... T-thanks, I guess! And what does it do? And... where are you!? Where’s the table? Where am I!?”

That was rude! But I still have the sphere. And yes, it looks like I can roll it into my pocket. Man, I bet it’s cursed. It’s gonna cost me like 10 points in the final evaluation result, just wait and see...

>>345719
i am pretty sure this is pass/fail. you live, you pass. anyway, scurry back into the other room, this platform doesn't look stable.

head out, introduce yourself to the sphere. share with it all your dirty secrets

...this stupid test isn't over yet, is it? oh well, at least the orb counts most definitely as a priceless artifact. start to make your way back by quickly getting off that platform while watching out for falling stalactites.

Starit 2011/09/08(Thu)09:40 No. 346589 ID: f5e4b4
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I try to say a few words to the orb, but there’s no answer. Heh, of course, that would be silly, I feel a bit embarrassed for even trying.

>>345738

Hey, that’s true. This is a perfectly priceless artifact, I don’t have to keep going down. I mean, I didn’t get to the diabolic temple, but they don’t have know that, do they? So I’m just gonna backtrack and make my way to the surfa... --where the hell am I now? Oh great, looks like I’ve been teleported to the gods know where.

The short corridor ends in a large golden door, with crude drawings and runes unknown to Stan engraved all over it. The sound of clockwork thunders all over the place, and he can even see a few gears and chains moving behind the stone walls. Apart from that, there’s a tiny bell next to the gate, attached to a small golden chain.

those holes in the wall look like great places for traps to shoot out of. don't pass in front of one. also get a closer look at the door.

rip the bell off the wall and pocket it so you can pawn in for booze money later on.

I guess we have no choice but to ring dat bell.

ring the bell continuously the while you sing 'goodniiiiiight'

Starit 2011/09/09(Fri)09:11 No. 346850 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I’ll ring that be--

CLANG!

Welp.

fate favors me you guys.

pocket it. then try opening the door manially.

There's some spots on the wall right in front of where you're standing that look kind of suspicious, try poking at them.

you can still ring it. do it doitdoit

Starit 2011/09/09(Fri)15:31 No. 346925 ID: f5e4b4
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I swing the bell around. Nothing happens, the bell itself doesn’t ring. Weird. Then I try to poke the holes in the wall, but they’re just that, tiny holes and small cracks on the stone wall. Nothing of interest there.

Finally I try to push the door open. It’s impossible, it weights like a ton, and I can’t budge it, not even an inch. It doesn’t have any handles to pull either.

Can you hook your staff on that chain and pull it or are you too compact?

ask it politely to open

>>346925
...what the heck is that shadow? Shouldn't your light be illuminating more than that?

Anyway, maybe we can do something with the orb.

DOOOOOOOOOOOODGE

Large shadow right above you and growing. Grab your staff if you can do it quickly then get out of the way.

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

Do the thing where you get out of the way of whatever's falling. Bring your staff with you, too.

Starit 2011/09/10(Sat)17:08 No. 347414 ID: f5e4b4
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Dodge? Why? Wha-- AAAAAAAAAHHH

CLANG!

T-that... was real close.

okay, NOW see if it opened.

>>347414
Proceed.

nevermind, pocket that bell instead.

How the hell do they reset the traps on this place? ...Well, magic, obviously, upon thinking about it. But still, this is crazy.

When we tell you to dodge you do not ask why, you dodge.

Starit 2011/09/13(Tue)08:33 No. 348346 ID: f5e4b4
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Okay...everything looks the same, except for the giant bell in the middle of the room, of course. It doesn’t look like the door took any damage, and it looks as locked as before. Oh, also the bell punched a large hole in the rock floor.

shine your light down the hole.

you might be able to climb up the bell and investigate the mechanisms above. the floor might collapse under you; more reasons to try !

>>348391

agreed. falling with a giant bell under you is detter than walling with a giant bell over you. also, maybe you can pocket some golden mechanisms to pawn for booze money.

watch out for traps, though.

>>348346
Go downways.

Ring my bell.

Can anyone figure out what the drawings on the doors mean? It looks like that might be a bell on the right. Could the one on the left be a map for what we find under the bell?

Starit 2011/09/14(Wed)09:47 No. 348768 ID: f5e4b4
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I climb on top of the bell and peek through the hole on the wall above. There’s a lot of golden gears, chains, springs and all kinds of mechanisms here, but I should be able to squeeze inside if I tried to. Looks like there’s a tunnel behind the machine parts.

I better make up my mind quick, the bell doesn’t feel very stable, and I can hear the floor below me cracking and falling apart. under its weight.

go in.

adventure !

one one hand, you need to hurry.

on the other, a mechanism might chop you in half while you're crawling through.

I say go in! if there's as much gold inside the door as there is outside, you're gonna have a lot of booze cash after this is all over.

Go in
I can't help but notice that the 3 protagonists each has a glowing magic orb stuck to them that cannot be removed, gives them cool powers, and at least in 2 cases is saught after by others

>>348804
Yeah. Kinda' hard to miss.

Venture forth!

Starit 2011/09/16(Fri)10:57 No. 349525 ID: f5e4b4
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After a while crawling through the tunnel, squeezing myself between gears and springs, the tunnel opens to a very large cave. There’s no source of light at sight, but I have no problems looking around, like it were plain daylight outside. I don’t even need the light of the staff.

From the opening I can see what looks like the remains of an underground city! Most of it seems to be buried under tons of rock and debris, but there are still simple buildings standing. And more of those giant golden mechanisms laying around, chains, gears half-buried in the ground...

From here I can only see three locations that seem to be in good shape enough to be still of interest. Following the descending path to my right I can see a group of buildings that still stand. To the left there’s a tall, golden structure on top of a hill, with a spiral staircase leading to it. And to the front, practically at the end of the cave there’s a huge, dark hole. Where should I go first?

buildings! people lived there, so maybe you'll find some ancient coins or pretty decorations or something. I'm not letting you get out of here without booze money.

Let's go to the buildings.

hole is most likely to be a monster or something bad.

golden building sounds like a palace or a temple, most likely to have the best rewards but also most likely to be dangerously trapped.

several regular buildings are probably safest.

I say buildings followed by golden building followed by hole.

>>349555

:thumbsup:

Go to the gold thing. It's probably the temple we seek.

Starit 2011/09/18(Sun)09:16 No. 350035 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, let’s explore the buildings first.

Stan finds the entrance to one of the houses that is relatively intact. The door opens to a mostly empty room with more crude paintings engraved in the stone walls. Still, even inside the house, with no source of light, he has no problems to see clearly his surroundings, which is kind of unnerving.

There’s a soft breeze of cold air coming from a trapdoor on the floor, partially blocked by a heavy piece of the ceiling, collapsed on top of it. There’s also another door that connects with the next house. Looks like the people in this town were pretty friendly, the houses are all connected to each other.

grab that rod, and use either that or your staff to lift the rubble out of the way. then forget about the trapdoor and explore another building.

trust me, this is how you do these things.

have some of that pizza

maybe someone's been here before you ? try not to mess with the trap, just carefully make your way through the connector. check out the rod i suppose.

>>350035
No source of light? Isn't your staff glowing?

Grab the rod and check the next house. We should investigate the top level before going down any trap doors that are conveniently blocked.

Take the rod.

>>350035

The people on the walls are carrying three artifacts towards some sort of creature or thing over on the right of the door. One of the artefacts seems to be that golden rod on the floor, the others are a... box? And some sort of knobbly ball-thing. They seem important, so acquiring them and seeing if the walls explain what they do seems like a hood plan of action.

If there seems to be more wall painting behind the rubble, see if you can prise some loose with your staff to get a look. Otherwise check out the pale rubble in the middle of the room then explore the other parts of the building.

Starit 2011/09/21(Wed)08:34 No. 351066 ID: f5e4b4
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>>350139

I turned the staff off, and I can still see with no problems. There's no light radiating off the walls or nothing, it's like... like I could see in the dark. I don't know, this is pretty weird.

I grab the golden rod, which isn’t made of actual gold, or it’d be rather useless. I try to pry the rubble on the right , but the rocks are too heavy to budge just with my own strenght. There’s nothing of interest under the rocks at the left side of the room.

This place is creepy, I think I heard something, a sound, like a gurgle coming from the half-blocked trapdoor. But maybe it’s just my imagination.

I was referring to the rubble blocking the trapdoor... Nevermind, you can't beat a gurglemonster with your current equipment. go check out the nearby buildings if they're enterable.

Perhaps you should FULLY block the trap door.

get the ell outta ere

Starit 2011/09/24(Sat)09:22 No. 351935 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I leave the room, I don’t feel too comfortable around here anyways. The door leads to thin rock bridge, connecting two of the buildings over a deep chasm. And... there’s someone here. Some sort of cyplopean creature. It has something on his hands. Looks like a... box? Or a golden floor tile. What should I do?

he looks unarmed, so... say hello?

Suggestion 2011/09/26(Mon)15:44 No. 352920 ID: f5e4b4
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“H-hey! Hello?”

The creature turns its long neck around in an unnatural way and just stares at my, vibrating, growling progressively louder.

hold out the golden rod. if it charges then kill it in the eye.

say hey, and show it your glowing

>>352920
Smash it off the bridge

take cover in case of EYE LAZORS

for your information, I'm not kidding.

Suggestion 2011/10/07(Fri)07:36 No. 356556 ID: f5e4b4
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”H-hey! You like this?”

I show him the golden rod, and indeed, that seems to calm him down. It stops vibrating and snarling, and just stares the rod intensely, slowly approaching me, walking with disjointed, ungraceful steps, still clutching the other golden object in its claws. It doesn’t say anything, just slowly comes closer, without blinking, just staring at the rod... It’s still creeping me out, what do I do?

you get back into the building before those things in the background with the red glowing eyes decides you're edible after all.

if the cyclops guy follows you inside, just hand over the rod.

>>356561
This. Except by "hand over the rod" he means "bash the thing with it until it dies."

i vote to set it on the ground and back off.

man ask if it knows a way out even though it probably wont answer. go back inside too dddd give up the rod if you have to

Suggestion 2011/10/08(Sat)06:10 No. 356735 ID: f5e4b4
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I retreat back into the building and leave the rod on the ground. The creature just peeks inside enough to reach with its deformed arm and grab the cylinder and scamper off, making weird, gurgling sounds. I try to ask something but it’s too late, the creature leaves, taking both the rod and the golden square with it.

follow it!

Starit 2011/10/09(Sun)07:33 No. 357024 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I run after the creature... all this jumping and running around can’t be good for my health, I think I have palpitations...

And the little bugger is faster than me. It disappears in the other building, I just catch a glimpse of him before he vanishes through the door.

Hmm... looks like some fumes are coming up from the darkness below. They smell kind of bad, I shouldn’t probably hang around for too long, they might be poisonous.

enter the building it entered.

oh god it's like eversion.

Don't cross that bridge. I smell tentacle.
Also turn your staff back on.

Starit 2011/10/11(Tue)12:20 No. 357475 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I follow the creature inside the next building. It looks a lot like the previous one, a circular room falling apart, with no furniture or decoration except for some weird, deteriorated paintings on the walls.

But there’s a horrible stench here and... Ghhk... Oh gods, what are those things!? The first one was ugly, but this is just plain grotesque. Two more creatures, each more disgusting stand in the room, gnarling and growling like animals, like communicating with each other in a feral language. They all seem to have a golden item in their hands, the square, the rod I gave them, and a golden gear. They haven’t noticed me yet.

there is a green circle on the wall over there, maybe it is that green orb you got? take it out, maybe it will react to things?

Sneakily sneak into that middle door.

i think these guys know whats up and that illustration is probably about the orbs ! you know what has to be done ..........

>>357475
crab walk into the middle room under the triangle going "WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP"

Starit 2011/10/12(Wed)04:22 No. 357668 ID: f5e4b4
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I couldn’t find the courage to walk up to those things, they’re just repulsive! And when II was about to sneak towards the middle room, they waddled and crawled towards it. They seem to be in a hurry, and they took the golden items with them.

tail 'em, dude.

You should probably be in a hurry too. Y'know, due to the shadowy hands reaching out to grab you and all.

take out the green orb dude.

aaaa

Something appears to have noticed you. You should get out of here before the shadowy hands get you. Try the middle door.

Suggestion 2011/10/14(Fri)03:26 No. 358095 ID: f5e4b4
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I tail them. As deformed as they look, they can move rather quickly. The middle door leads to a long passageway that returns to the main cave, and from there they quickly climb up the stairs to the large, golden building.

The building doesn’t have any signs, any inscriptions, engravings or anything in its perfectly polished surface. Just a single door and the creatures disappear through it. The sound of machinery and clockwork is more intense here.

keep on followin'.

gosh shadowy hands go away !!1 at some point we have to figure out whats with that and how much actual danger it may be, but for now we kick reason to the curb; wizarding glory awaits

Keep following.

The orb has started glowing. This may be a bad sign.

Suggestion 2011/10/17(Mon)02:42 No. 358878 ID: f5e4b4
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The door leads to a long, ascending staircase. When I’m already thinking that it’s never going to end, it abruptly opens into a small room, with more paintings on the wall. I arrive just in time to see one of the creatures insert the golden tile into a space with the same shape in the wall, and a door opens. Two of the creatures rush inside, obviously in a hurry.

But the third one, the one I met first, saw me this time. And again, it doesn’t look too happy about it, snarling and growling like a hungry animal.

show it the green orb, if that fails then be ready to beat it with your staff.

>>358880
wizard goood
wiz ard

I... think it's actually trying to escape. Look at the mural. Three people, three items and a ship flying out of a building. Don't those shapes look familiar? Last I check, a ancient flying machine would be a artifact. Especially one that is most likely golden from a lost city.

Show the orb, try to gesture that you don't like the shadowy hands, anything really. This is our chance to get the hell out of here and have more than a orb stuck to us.

who cares? its limbs are as thick as noodles. if it doesn't let you follow it, just bash its head in.

Its objections to your presence should be overruled. You don't deserve to die here.

Starit 2011/10/18(Tue)07:20 No. 359140 ID: f5e4b4
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Alright, I’ll try to reason with him, show him the orb. And if he doesn’t attend to reason I’ll just shove him aside.

“Look, wizard good. Wiz ard. Only want to escape too. Wiza--”

“HISSSSSSSSSSS”

Aaargh, shit! He doesn’t look happy! At all! And I’m not very confident about pushing him aside anymore!

run past !

use sharp beak of staff and STAB IT IN THE EYE!

if staff fails then pour all your magic mojo into the orb and make it fire a green laser or something.

make like your staff is a baseball bat.

Starit 2011/10/19(Wed)08:10 No. 359394 ID: f5e4b4
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I’ll try to swing the staff and stab the creature in the eye with the sharp beak!

SNAP

...Damn, that thing is fast. What do I do now!?

jam staff forward the end is pointy now. if that fails then GREEN LASER!

"aww dude come on, that stick was fucking ace as shit. Dammit, just let me go forward, I don't care about you and your fellows doing your thing. GO AND DO YOUR THING, I can go left while you go right I'm just looking for a way outta here plus one decent artifact or two! That's it, we don't need to fucking fight man what is your problem."

save the green laser for now. stab it in the eye.

Starit 2011/10/20(Thu)13:21 No. 359647 ID: f5e4b4
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IIIIIAARGGHHHH!

I pushed the broken staff into the creature’s eye! It’s blinded now, shrieking in pain, flailing about and screaming horribly. Spurts of its corrosive saliva are flying in all directions.

Alright brah dodge and run to the other room, maybe even do a role! Gonna have to try and get away from all the acid, cover your head while keeping it low and stuff!

go around it by getting against the wall with the picture.

put the bag over your head and run past it

>>359647
Throw your bitchin' wand stick to the left side of the room to distract him, then go round him to the right.

too bad you don't have a sword, it would be the ideal time to chop off his head at his skinny neck...