Suggestion 2009/09/30(Wed)20:43 No. 54769 ID: 950eaa
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My name is Imli Na'Sera, I've volunteered to explore the area surrounding our settlement due to rumors among the other races that their fellows have been disappearing.
I've got a heavy maser, a gas mask, Some food, some water, a cutter, and a scanner.

Any family, Imli?

>>54786
>Cleavage slot
We traded in all our CLVG points for that HIPS upgrade, don't be silly!

What species have been disappearing?

PS: This is going to be so cool.

Suggestion 2009/09/30(Wed)21:21 No. 54793 ID: 950eaa
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Hmm, it looks like both the Miners and the Warriors have come to us for help. They hate each other, but both will trade with us, mainly for medicine. The Miners are off to the left, the Warriors down the middle tunnel. The right tunnel goes to a large chasm, and has several branching paths, most of them have not been explored. Since we found ourselves in this wierd system generations ago, we've managed to find some interesting but dangerous ore and refine it into an extremely powerful energy source. Coupled with our pre existing technology we've managed to carve out a nice living down here. Only problem is that we don't know where here is, and the tunnel the original explorers found doesn't go back to where they came from.

Blow something up. We need to check our BADASS status.

>>54793
Left tunnel, let's see what the Miners need help with first.

>>54793
Let's go see the miners first. Why do the two groups hate each other?

Let's go visit the Warriors. Maybe they've had a survivor which can give some vague hint as to what we're up against.

Let's go exploring. What's the worst that could happen?

Let's head to the miners. Maybe we can drop off excessive stuff there or get more inventory space before we go exploring.

Go investigate the miner disappearances.

((I'm guessing that Miners are dorfs and warriors are... sergals maybe?))

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)06:43 No. 54849 ID: 950eaa
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Here's the door to the Miners' living area. I always thought this cavern was pretty, but those Miners always creeped me out. Another tunnel goes off to who knows where. there's always a warm breeze coming from it.

>>54849
These tunnels aren't as pretty as you are, Imli <3

Anyway, knock on the door, or whatever other ritual signals to the occupants that you'd like to enter.

Don't keep your weapon pointed forwards while you're talking to them. It'll piss them off. Safety it and sling it over your shoulder or something.

>>54849

Dorfs, eh? If we're lucky, they hit a pit with a tentacle demon.

Keep your weapon at port arms and ready, knock on door.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)08:24 No. 54861 ID: 950eaa
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"what ye bisness is? Ye Loork, no"

>>54851
They can't even see it, they don't know what it's for. I'm not putting it down, they creep me out. I know I shouldn't be, plenty of things down here are blind, but these things' eyes are not just blind, but dead. They don't glow or see or anything.

>>54861

I heard there's some trouble in the area... maybe I can help?

>>54861
State your business with him, then. If he's being all introvert-like, comment on his sweet ass hat.

>>54863
>comment on his sweet ass hat.
It menaces with spikes of.... What the heck is that, anyway?

Introduce yourself as Imla Na'Sera, SCIENCE ADVENTURER. Ask him for more information about the disappearances.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)08:37 No. 54866 ID: 950eaa
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I compliment him on his hat and tell him I'm here to investigate the disappearances we've been hearing about. He tells me it's a secret, but he might be able to be persuaded to let something slip. I know they like food, ores, and gems.

>>54866
Let's go see if the warriors will be more talkative, and keep an eye out for anything they might like.

Agreed, check out the warriors and see what they want as well.

>>54866
Do they like women?

>>54874

Dorfs don't know what women are

>>54866

Pay with mushrooms

>>54875
Do we want to give away our food this early?

>>54876

We have a mushroom in our hand that's excessive. We won't miss that since it messes up with our accuracy.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)09:29 No. 54879 ID: 950eaa
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>>54874
EW! Yuck, gross, no! I can't even tell them apart! Ugh! Gross! Those beards!


I suppose I could hand over this extra mushroom I have

Feed it shroom. Maybe it'll grow.

Just give it your extra mushroom in exchange for more information. It'll get all gross if you hold it in your hand for hours anyway.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)09:43 No. 54885 ID: 950eaa
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It eats the mushroom and grins grotesquely.
'Well, one o th' miners was claiming to have struck ore, some special kind, way oot pas' th' magma! I seed too much a'ready, tho. He ain't come back since he went to go an get some more."

>>54885

Okay so they struck adamantium and made demons crawl out of their pits...

Well either we can hang around here and get brutally raped/slaughtered by the hellspawn or get the hell out of here and see the Warriors

To the mines to acquire dead dorf and treasures.

Say "Please, that's not enough. Surely you know a little more? I'm only trying to help..."

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)09:56 No. 54889 ID: 950eaa
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I alreddy might get in trubble fer saying what I ded.

"You might get in more trouble if demons eat us all."

If that doesn't work, just go to the warriors. Hopefully they won't ask for our weapon or something.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)10:10 No. 54893 ID: 950eaa
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It's gonna take most of the day to go see the warriors, and I hate going through this mushroom forest it gives me the - I see movement, I don't think it sees me. Looks like it has a weapon out!

>>54893

It's probably an Illithd. Ready the weapon and slowly approach him.

>>54893
Shoot first, ask questions later.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I looks familiar. Our old mindflayer "friend" maybe?

Approach cautiosly, gun ready.

>>54893
Point your gun at him.
"You there! Identify yourself!"

Looks like an illithid though.

If you were looking to investigate the ore past the magma, that warm breeze passage probably led there.

Shout "FRIEND OR FOE?!" and level your weapon.

Remember to keep enough Time Units to reaction fire!

Keep your gun ready. It may be a danger to you.

Remember you are NOT armored

Wait, actually, aim your weapon and THEN shout friend-or-foe.

ready weapon, shout for it to come out

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)10:25 No. 54909 ID: 950eaa
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It spins around and points a weapon at me! I can hear a faint ringing in my head!

>>54909
FIRE!

Psi-threat!

Blast him!

Aim for the feet!

>>54909
Squeeze the trigger.

Shoot.

Lower your weapon and I'll lower mine.

If the ringing in your head becomes painful FIRE.

We are NOT getting mind raped.

>>54909
>Ringing
Yeah, you've got barely any time. FRY HIM.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)10:49 No. 54922 ID: 950eaa
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It doesn't make an impressive sound or display when it fires, just a straight puff of steam....

What's important is what happens to the target.

>>54919

The Mind Flayer's brain must be boiling!

>>54922
I AM HEAVY WEAPONS GAL AND THIS IS MY GUN!

>>54927
>I am Heavy Maser Girl, and thees is my Maser
Fix'd

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)11:04 No. 54932 ID: 950eaa
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... but you can't argue with the results!

>>54932
Holy jesus.

Um, yeah good work. Check the body for PHAT LOOT.

>>54933
Shweet. Split his head open with a rock and drink the delicious juice inside.

Take his gun. The Warriors might be willing to give us information for it.

>>54934
Haha, +int bonus!

>>54932
NOW ASK HIM QUESTIONS

>>54935

GEEZE, I WONDER WHERE ALL THE INVENTORY SPACE WENT...

Inb4 "That was a Warrior"

>>54938
We have a free hand.

>>54940
Maybe we shouldn't wave a looted gun around until we know if it had any friends.
Also go to the warriors and check them out.

Right. Of course. Check the area for more.

How quickly could you hook up the motion scanner, use it, and then repower your weapon?

Loot forest, explore corpse.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)11:43 No. 54949 ID: 950eaa
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I found some stuff in his backpack

>>54949
Looks like keys, rations, marshmallows and tracker collars.
Hmm.

>>54949

Slave collars, eh? Kinky.

Take his keys. They look like car keys.

>>54949
Empty the jar and take it with you.

See if you can tuck the pistol into the front of your pants.

>>54949
Take the keys as well, see if you can fit them in the same pocket as a mushroom.

If not, craft a mushroom keychain.

>>54949

Those aren't marshmallows, they're boldroons. Take them. Also take the keys, and tuck the gun into your waistband.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)11:59 No. 54959 ID: 950eaa
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I have too much stuff to take much of anything.

>>54959

Put coins in the mask, carry gun in left hand. Continue to the warriors.

>>54959

If you're gonna wear the mask make sure to wear the slave collar.

>>54959
Why was he carrying around a brain in a jar?! Wait. That was his lunch, wasn't it. Carry the scanner in your free hand, and put the boldroons in the pocket where it was.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)12:10 No. 54965 ID: 950eaa
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I don't know if giving them a gun like this is a good idea, they don't have that high of a level of technology.

What were you thinking, going to explore a cave system weighted down with a heavy weapon?
Leave the generator and the MASER here and take the backpack from the squid. You can come back if you really need the firepower.

>>54965
Well no, but we can still trade it to someone else in the future.

Empty the jar, put the coins inside, tuck the jar inside the gasmask and it should all fit back in the pocket. Then all that's left is picking up the pistol.

Slide the gun in the front of your pants, 'cause you be gangster.

Hey. Check if the keys fit the collar. If they fit, wear the collar. It will save us space.

>>54972
Why wear the collars when, if the keys work, they can be just linked together and hung from the generator's shoulder straps? Besides, who knows if the collars have some sort of mindfuckery-effect attached when they're snapped on or not.

>>54965
I mean, you COULD hook the collars into a chain and clip the chain to your belt, but I don't know that you really WANT the collars. The brain in a jar also seems like it would have limited utility, but I can't think what HE was doing with it either. Examine brain?

Keep brain, someone might want it!

>>54974

He was going to eat it. We don't need anything else.

Here's my plan for the collars:

Use collars on sergals
Have sergal slaves
Glee

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)12:27 No. 54979 ID: 950eaa
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I'm not putting a collar on, that's weird. I'll just leave this junk here, it's not going anywhere. I'm not gonna load myself down with all this crap. There's a cool breeze coming from the right. The Warriors are up ahead.

if we can take a slave collar and get it on that dorf, maybe we can get more information out of him. Otherwise, we can drag him along with us as MORE inventory space!

Investigate the cool breeze.

>>54981

CSF: The Quest for Inventory Space.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)12:46 No. 54988 ID: 950eaa
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I can hear some faint sobbing, there are some warrior women chained to the tower caps. The chain goes down into the chasm.

>>54988

Kinky. Free them.

Free and add them to your personal harem.

Don't say anything. This could be a trap. Scout the area's perimeter. If you can find a good hiding spot, unplug one of your power cables, hook up the scanner, scan the area, and then quickly switch back to your weapon. (Man, you guys gotta invent a battery for that thing)

Go down the chain and help Ven and Telwis.

>>54988
If those things are the "warriors" you might as well ask some random cave vermin for help.
Go back for the collars, use em on those things and sell em to the miners.

>>54988
Inspect them first.

Thoroughly.

You know, for wounds and to make sure freeing them won't rig their collars to explode or something.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)12:59 No. 54997 ID: 950eaa
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Let me scan the area first.

>>54997

Cool. Bodies on the chains.

Pull them up

BOMBS! BOMBS AROUND THE SLAVES! I knew it!

Ask them if they know how to defuse the bombs/mines.

Make like you just saw an xbox and turn 360 degrees.

>>55000

There are HEAT signatures, Einstein.

Shoot them with your Maser... wait... no... shoot ONE of them... no... uh... ask them why they're chained up?

>>55003
Ah, right. Then uh, let's still ask them if they know what's buried in front of them.

>>54997
So you've got an infrared scanner, the orange spots are the two goblins, the red is heat residue from the illithid. If that's it, see if you can use the keys to unlock the chains, else use the cutter.

Also, yay pack mules!

Avoid the strange heat signatures in the ground if you can, unlock the goblins with the keys.

>>54997
I'm gonna have to say check what's on the end of the chains before you fiddle with them.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)13:15 No. 55011 ID: 950eaa
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Umm, hanging down in the chasm are five more of them. They all look alive. This means I can't unlock the chains on either one of the ones on top without it pulling her down into the gap and possbily killing her or at the very least breaking both of her arms.

Can we pull the other five up?

How are the chains tied to their arms?

Scan the area for more signatures.

If there are none, try hauling the prisoners up to you. Ask the two up top to help you pull. You're a Lohkre so you're strong as fuck.

>use MASER on weight puzzle

>>55016
That is such a hilariously bad idea.

Check the area for more Illithids before attempting to do anything. We don't want to become brain salad.

There are three keys on the slaver's keyring. One of them looks like it goes to some sort of vehicle. Look around the cave trying to find the slaver's ride, or anything else that'd help you lift the goblins out of the chasm, for that matter.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)13:42 No. 55031 ID: 950eaa
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I'm talking to the biggest one (usually the one in charge with these types), she says there was only one slaver, and he left them here to go "investigate something" The two on top can't help pull, as they are hobbled and chained. They say there's a controller somewhere for their collars.

I can't pull all five of them up at once, I'm not that strong! The chains are attached to their feet and their arms are cuffed.

Promise that you will come back, squeeze her boobs a bit then go back and try to find the controller using the scanner while having the cutter equipped.

>>55031
((What the fuck is going on in this picture? Since when could Lohrke walk on walls?))

Can you carry just one? Can you do it with one arm?

Get out your cutter, CAREFULLY cut the wrist and ankle braces, then carry the goblin up. Then repeat this with three others, then haul the last one up normally, then release the last two.

>>55037
Since always!

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)14:01 No. 55047 ID: 950eaa
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>>55037
Since always?

Hmm, OK, I have two of them chained to the tower caps up above the chasm, but if I unlock the chains on either one of them they will go hurtling into the pit as the weight of the rest of them drags them into the chasm, they will probably either break their arms or die if they hit the wall. I can't haul up all of the ones in the chasm, and they are bound hand and foot, so they can't help me at all.

Holy crap, I thought that was just a joke.

>>55047
I wonder if cutting the chain near the bottom would work. That way you'd only have to pull up 3 at once, then 2 at once.

Ask them where the slaver's truck is.

>>55047
You have a cutter. Would it work if you cut the chain off one of the end goblins, rather than simply unlocking it? How far would the others swing?

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)14:29 No. 55084 ID: 950eaa
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>>55066
The ones on whichever end I cut would get whipped into the chasm. There's no cutting off the manacles without burning them severely, either.

>>55047

Can you cut five free, and get her to hang onto you while you cut her free so she doesn't drop off? You may be able to just slowly save them all.

>>55086
This is a bad idea, the rest of them down in the chasm would die painfully.

Actually no I retract that, cutting #5 free of the chain probably wouldn't make them swing hard enough to die.

Say "I don't suppose you guys have any ideas how this works?"

Worth a shot.

Would cutting the chain between 5 and 6 cause too much of a swing? Would you then be able to pull 3 up at once, or instead cut 5 off while still keeping her from falling?

...how the hell was that damn Illithid planning on getting these goblins out anyway? Was he going to drive his truck in here and tow the chain or something?

What do the red buttoned disks do? are those collars?

>>55084

Try the keys on the arm bands before cutting 5 off. It would be better to make her hands free so she can grab onto us before we cut her off

Ok, is their a way we can grab one of the girls in the chasm and unlock her chains without her falling, given we can walk on the wall?

>>55047

Oh god, they're chained to giant phalluses D:

>>55106
Towercaps!

>>55047

Well, if you can drag two up by chain. I would suggest shooting the chain in the center so that one side supports two and other three. This is only because I don't know how to use brain jars and gold nuggets to remotely open chains.

If you're going to carry a goblin up the cliff, leave your power pack and maser gun at the top. It'd be practically impossible, otherwise.

>>55106
Towercaps!

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)14:48 No. 55113 ID: 950eaa
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They don't know how this works, they're just scared.

>>55104
No, I might lose my grip when they come unlocked.

>>55100
The collars? I don't really want to mess with them, they look like they have an explosive on the side.

>>55086
>>55093
>>55095

I'll try cutting the bottom one, they shouldn't swing too mu- oops this might not be such a good idea!

>>55111
But we need the powerpack to cut any of them free.
Not that we can without burning them.

Also: Ask them what the collars actually do.

>>55113
>oops this might not be such a good idea!

Aw fuck, bad end to the puzzle.

Why free them when we can keep or sell them. We could really use help carrying loot. Capture as many of them as possible. Don't worry if you can't save them all.

>>55113
Quickly grab the chain!

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)17:19 No. 55207 ID: 950eaa
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She lets out a really loud scream when the red hot chain burns into her thigh! I move away the links until they cool with the end of the cutter.
Maybe I should try the key on the leg irons..

Can we pull up six and seven? Also, see what the keys unlock.

>>55207
Oh DUH. I got faked out, thinking it was a puzzle where you have to cut the chain in the right spot, and not a "use the fucking key, dumbass" puzzle.

Unlock the hand cuffs so they can grab ahold of you/the chain to keep from falling, then unlock the leg cuffs. They could climb out by themselves, or you could carry them up if you've got a good enough grip on the wall.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)17:37 No. 55218 ID: 950eaa
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I have to take my pack off to haul them up, but I can get these two up, even if they're a bit worse for wear.
The one with three on it is far too heavy though.

>>55212
I dunno, they seem awfully weak probably from hanging upside down by their ankles for who knows how long. I don't know if they could hold on to me while I climb up the wall.

>>55218

Now haul the rest up with the help of the three.

>>55220
See if you can unlock their collars, first. That should take some time while they get feeling back in their limbs.

Get them up but don't expect much help, their wrists and legs are very likely in bad condition.

See if we can unlock their wrists and ankles and get them to help.

See if you can hold the one on the end of the chain with one arm to your front while you cut the chain on her, and then carry her up.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)18:02 No. 55232 ID: 950eaa
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>>55220
>>55223
Yup, they're in no condition to walk, much less help me pull three heavy people up the side of a sheer cliff.
>>55221
One of the keys I have works on the collars, but nothing works on the manacles.
>>55230
With one arm? I'm not that strong.

>>55232
No, wrap the other around her when she's free.

>>55232
Not the best idea but this will work. Cut #5 loose. Yes she will fall to her death. I know that's a bad thing. Oh stop pouting about it and man up. Ok, fine, do whatever you want crybaby.

>>55232
... try the keys on the collars, see if that works, first of all.

What does their current situation look like, now that the chain is cut?

Free the one on the left (the one whose chain isn't supporting any other goblins), and have her help you pull the other three up.

...and don't do what 72da26 said.

pull the chain around the rocks the ones on top are chained to and use that as leverage to slowly pull them up. Be careful not to tie up the one chained there.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)18:34 No. 55251 ID: 950eaa
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I've gotta get the bottom most one up before I can pull the other two up. She will have to grab onto me somehow before I can unlock her feet. She is really weak, though.

Sheesh. I don't know why they look so panicked. Isn't it clear you're trying to help them?

Unlock the chain with no tension on it. Maybe you can get that girl free? Do the manacles even have a keyhole?

>>55251

Heave her over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

Put her locked together wrists over your head.

Unlock the chain now without tension. Cut as long a section out of it as you can without hurting anyone. Allow it to cool. Use this to secure gobbo number 5 tightly against your body, then unlock her and haul her upwards, holding onto the chain and sticking to the wall to aid your ascent.

Do this >>55255
and secure the chain with the padlock from the chain with no tension on it.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)19:05 No. 55263 ID: 950eaa
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>>55255
>>55254
This seems like a good idea!

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)19:20 No. 55268 ID: 950eaa
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OK, I can get the collars off with the round key and I can undo the padlocks with the brass keys, but none of them fit the manacles. There's no way to just cut them off without badly burning the people wearing them.

>>55268
What about the area connecting the manacles? or is it one peice of metal?

Damn.

Let's take all the collars off anyway, and get everyone up on the cliff and unchained.

See if they ahve any useful information about what is going on.

Give the big one a gun.

This probably won't do anything, but go get the brain jar. If there are any buttons on it, try pushing one of them in the vicinity of the goblins.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)19:41 No. 55293 ID: 950eaa
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Ok, all the manacles are made in the same way, two pins on either side and a lock through the middle. The yellow one won't stop whimpering about her burn, it's just a flesh wound. They're all pretty beaten up from me dragging them up the cliff by their feet. Their ankles are kinda swollen too, and their wrists. These manacles are probably a bit too tight on them.
>>55275
It's just got a screw on lid. I can go get it I guess.

>>55293
There has to be a way to remove the lock without burning them.

>>55293
Oh.

Cut ONLY The padlock, they're unlikely to get burned that way.

Man, we need wire cutters. Try and give these people some of your water, not all of it, but I'm sure they're thirsty.

Have any idea where you can get some decently sized wire cutters? Would the Warriors have some? Or how about your village electrician?

>>55293
are you trained in lockpicking? :D

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)20:09 No. 55320 ID: 950eaa
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>>55295
Yeah, there's got to be some way of getting the manacles off.

>>55297
This thing is not exactly made for precision work, here.

>>55298
I'd have to leave them here over night if I wanted to do that.

>>55299
Does that involve firing heavy weapons?

>>55293

You could try shooting the lock with the smaller gun that tentacle-faced dude dropped.

>>55293
Suppose you do get the padlocks off without hurting them. Then what? They're still helpless, and not strong enough to walk back to your village even if they knew the way.
You've done all you can, scan the area to see if you've attracted any unwanted attention and then go back for help.

>>55321
This

>>55321
This

..we could try asking them about the locks. I'm sure they know what the mindflayer used to lock it..they were there.

>>55326
He probably hid the goddamn key.

There's three keys on that keychain, and you've only used two, right? Take a look around, maybe the illithid had a van full of candy parked nearby. If he came alone, he must have had some way of getting the prisoners out of the pit, let alone transporting them.

Do not shoot the padlock. It's a bad idea.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)20:31 No. 55338 ID: 950eaa
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The pink one says he had a key with the controller for the collars.

Q: How far of a walk is it back to other Lohrke, or to the Miners? Either of these might be able to break locks safely.

Start looking around the immediate vicinity. Tell the girls to scream if they see anyone approach other than you.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)20:49 No. 55345 ID: 950eaa
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I already said, I'd have to leave them here overnight to get back to the village. The Miners would kill them on sight, I don't think I'll be getting any help from them.

I've found something tossed on the ground here; I think I saw something move!

>>55331
This man is correct. Ricochet is a definite possibility when trying to shoot a lock.

I know the goblins are all free now but I thought of another solution. You could've taken the chain off the three freed goblins, then reattached it to the hanging chain. Then you could've cut it at another location (avoiding burning the goblin that time) and pulled them up the cliff again now that they were separated further into groups of 1 and 2.

Level your cutter and say "Halt! Identify yourself!"

Stand up.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)21:00 No. 55352 ID: 950eaa
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I think it's some kinda animal... I get the cutter ready.

Please be Amadoobus and Dribliza, please.

It might be intelligent. Keep it professional.

Yell "Identify yourself or get lost!"

Zap a line into the ground between you and it. Maybe that'll scare it off.

Please let it not be a naked mole rat.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)21:12 No. 55361 ID: 950eaa
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>>55357
No such luck, what should I try?

>>55361

Try to get a shot off with the illithid's gun before he comes in, then attack with the cutter.

>>55361
yell "I LIKE SHORTS! THEY'RE COMFY AND EASY TO WEAR!" and zap that thing with the cutter

Shoot it until it dies.

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

It could be scared of fire. The cutter is like a short-range high intensity flamethrower right?

Hold down the trigger and walk the beam onto its face.

You're the Heavy Weapons Lohrke. This should be trivially easy.

PROTIP: SHOOT THE MOLERAT UNTIL IT DIES

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)21:31 No. 55392 ID: 950eaa
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THIS THING'S ONLY GOT A RANGE OF ABOU- OOOF!!!

>>55392
Judo flip it! Or just toss the thing, you're pretty strong.

>>55392
USE CUTTER ON MOLERAT

SCREAM AND FIGHT

EMPHATICALLY DISLODGE MONSTER FROM CROTCH AND SHOOT IT.

Suggestion 2009/10/01(Thu)21:55 No. 55447 ID: 950eaa
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I need to think faster next time, it gave me a nasty gash in my arm! I need to find something I can use as a bandage. This thing stinks when it burns, that's for sure.

Return to the goblin girls and ask if you can have a strip of cloth from them. Explain that your pants are unsuitable since you have nothing to cut strips with.

>>55447

Use some cloth from the illithid. Or from your pants.

>>55447
Maybe next time, when you're pointing a gun at something hostile charging at you, instead of asking what to try, you can just try pulling the trigger.

In the meanwhile, just tear some cloth off your shirt to bandage the cut.

>>55458
or your top.

I assume we were supposed to use the pistol? (Do we still have it?)

>>55454
Hey wait, we have the cutter, don't we! We can cut strips of cloth with that.



:D

Hmm. The parts of the chain you cut might be jagged enough to cut a piece of your shirt off, if you can't tear it yourself. Your pants don't look like the right fabric.

Make sure to check out whatever that object on the ground was, though. Before or after the bandage, whichever you like.

try to tear a piece of your pant leg off to wrap your arm with

>>55467

I'm not sure we were "supposed" to do anything. It was probably our fault for not plugging the gun back in once we didn't need the cutter anymore.

So, what did you find tossed on the ground anyhow?

>>55447
Follow standard first aid. apply pressure to the wound until it stops bleeding. Find fabric from somewhere (It really doesn't matter where it came from) and wrap it around the arm to keep pressure on the wound.

I know I'm an asshole for saying this, but I'd suggest using your shirt for the bandage. yeah....

[she is strong enough to tear cloth with her bare hands. cigarette lighter is to flamethrower as blowtorch is to CUTTER.]

On that note: Plug in your gun.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)13:54 No. 55711 ID: 950eaa
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>>55463
This thing 'shoots' about the length of my arm in front of it. I'm not tearing up my clothes to make bandages!
>>55480
That sounds like it will make fire, not bandages.

I dropped the pistol on the ground when I needed to haul the goblins up.

>>55711

Just get a slave bra to tie up the wound with. It's not like modesty overcomes life and death.

Yeah, you not bleeding to death is more important than their modest.

>>55711
Slave bra, shirt, pants, cloth from corpse, just use something.

Are your weapons durable enough to use as clubs? If you can't get a proper shot off, you can still smack them with the gun.

If you find something that can unlock the slaves' manacles take off the ones on their feet but keep the ones on their hands on. See if you can find a way to keep them attached to eachother. We don't want our property to wander off on us.

So far these 7 slaves are the most valueable thing you have come across. They are the treasure. Don't just give it away. You wouldn't give away 7 gold bars, would you?

>>55711
>I'm not tearing up my clothes to make bandages!
It's either your clothes or somebody else's, and yours are likely cleanest.
Alternatively, you can just sort of hope you don't bleed out and die. I don't know much about lohrke physiology, and you aren't bleeding that much. Maybe you'll survive being unwilling to perform basic first aid on yourself.

Use the cutter to heat up some of the chain metal. Then use it to cauterize the wound. It'll probably hurt like a bitch, but if you can't get a hold of any readily available bandage material it is an option

>>55743
It'll heal just fine as long as we stop the bleeding. We don't need to add fire damage to the injury. We can stop the bleeding some other way.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)15:40 No. 55795 ID: 950eaa
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Ok. Fine. Whatever.

>>55795

Oh yeah

>>55795
:3

ONWARD!

>>55743
>use radioactivity to cauterize a wound

>>55831
no, using a piece of metal heated by a cutting torch POWERED by radiation, but that's neither here nor there at this point.

>>55795
what was it you found on the ground before that molerat interrupted?

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)17:36 No. 55881 ID: 950eaa
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Oh, yeah, that thing. Some kinda controller.

>>55881
Oh hey! the thing that would have raised the chains and saved the poor warrior from leg burns.

Use key to unlock shackles

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)19:48 No. 55944 ID: 950eaa
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>>55884
Hey, what do you know? The key fits them! This lot's in no condition to travel far. He must have thrown it in the mushrooms so none of them could get to it.

Power your Heavy Maser, then return to the goblin girls. Make sure they're still okay.

Ask yourself what you know about these gals. Would any of them be willing to follow you on your adventures in gratitude, do you think, or are they mostly the type to run away and act like you're somehow a jerk for not freeing them faster?

Line all the collars up, set the controller to '1', and then push the orange button.

>>55944

If we can get them back home tonight it'd be good, but if not we're gonna have to find a place to sleep for the night.

>>55947
This sounds like an awesome experiment. If they're shock collars I'm very interested in what would happen if they were stacked on top of eachother when they were activated.

>>55944
Oh, did you apologize to the burn victim yet? That might make her feel better.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)20:24 No. 55972 ID: 950eaa
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>>55945
They're all grateful, but they really want to go home. Plus I don't want to drag around a liability, they need some time to recover.

>>55947
When I push the orange button one of them beeps until I let go of it.

>>55961
I don't know if I can get them all home tonight or not, it's not too far but some of them can't walk yet. Being hung upside down by your ankles will do that.

>>55962
I said "sorry" but I don't know if she heard me over the scream. She can't walk, that's for sure. I should do something about that burn. Not sure what I can use, I don't have any medicine or anything with me.

He had a car you know.

He had a car you know.

You could leave them the slaver's gun just in case another mole rat wanders by.

I don't see what you can do about it. Only thing I can think is that the brain jar juice has some kind of antibacterial agent in it, but that'd be a shot in the dark. Just pouring weird illithid brain-juice onto the wound doesn't seem a great plan.

Try to organize girls watching out for enemies in shifts. The stronger ones could take turns on watch for the night.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)20:46 No. 55984 ID: 950eaa
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I question them a bit, none of them seem to know, but one of them has some information.
>>55973
What's a car? The only way to get here is down the river, unless he came out of the chasm. He came in from the other side of town when almost everyone was asleep, and he did something to the guards to knock them out! All I know is that I woke up in chains out here in the forest. I don't know how long I've been out. >>55976
Which one? The skinny green one and the pink one were the ones on top of the chasm, they're probably strongest.
>>55977
I suppose something that would preserve a gross brain in a jar couldn't hurt to put on a wound. I'm not really a doctor, I don't know how to tell if a b-brain is fresh or not.

Put some brain-juice on the wound. Maybe it has antiseptic qualities.

Tell the girls that you're going to look around if there's anything useful, and to yell for you if there's any trouble. Give a brief explanation of how to point and shoot the illithid's weapon, and give it to the pink one.

Plug your Heavy Maser back in. Head for the river unless that's a real long ways away.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)21:16 No. 55995 ID: 950eaa
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The pink one's name is Slesu, I'l give her the gun. I don't really trust any of them to shoot it properly, they don't seem to know how to use such a thing. I grab the gross brain and pour some of the juice on her leg, she says it feels nice and cool. Ooh, that's gonna leave a nasty scar..

The river is about a day's travel away. I can look around in this stupid forest more, or I can head towards the village. Most animals are afraid of fire, from what I can gather. They're all hungry, and I don't have enough food to share. Should I look around for other stuff or should we try to camp here?

Make a fire. Ask the girls about whatever they know about disappearances. Ask them if there's rumors of monsters lately. Try to figure out if it's just Illithid slaver(s), or if there's even worse shit going down.

>>55995

Look around for more stuff

It would make sense for him to have a boat, if the river is the only way out. If the river comes close to this location they could just hide out in the boat until they're well enough to get back to town.

(ARGH I researched burn first aid and formaldehyde had a whole ton written out, then hit F5 before posting. I hope that wasn't actually formaldehyde. That dries out the skin enough to cause serious damage.)

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)21:43 No. 56008 ID: 950eaa
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Well, I've got a fire going, now to look around some.

Do a walk of the area. If we can't force them to walk at all, he probably couldn't force a day's march out of them, even on pain of death. Maybe he had something else hidden nearby.

Do plug your weapon in first.

PS: I'm sure it wasn't formaldehyde. Dude was gonna eat that brain, after all.

It was formaldehyde. She's going to die now.

I go away to play TF2 and you kill a goblin. Not good. >:C

>>56008

Look around. The goblin will be fine.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)22:43 No. 56031 ID: 950eaa
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I don't think formaldehyde is green and gooey. She didn't say it hurt or burned or anything. I found some mushrooms and some water! It's getting late as well.

>>56031
Those look like plump helmets to me. Are they normally that big? This should be a good source of food and water for the goblins, anyway.

Convince the girls to relocate to the area with food and water, then make a new fire and camp there for the night.

Suggestion 2009/10/02(Fri)23:01 No. 56039 ID: 950eaa
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>>56038
This is a good idea, even though I hate the smell of those things burning. We've got everything moved, it's time for some sleep.

Excellent. Stick to the plan of having the less weak girls take shifts watching throughout the night. Make it clear that they're to wake you if there's trouble, and not to try to use your maser themselves. Give an explanation using highly technical language that will baffle them. (This should hopefully dissuade any traitorous desires to steal your gun while you're asleep and head off without you. Can't trust anyone these days.)

>>56039
Cooked Mole Rat is not bad either.

Why did you let your slaves go? You aren't planning on freeing them, are you? You will need to find a way to regain control over them. I'd suggest forcing them to put the collars and hand manacles back on at gunpoint. Odds are one of them will try to run. Letting her escape would set a bad example for the rest of the group. Sadly you are going to have to kill her. That's what you get for doing something silly like giving them a taste of freedom.

For traveling take off the leg manacles and find some way of attaching them all together. If you incapacitate one of them somehow, the whole group grinds to a halt. Doing it by using one leg would be best. Classic stuff.

For the night arrange them like you found them. For Christ's sake don't chain them up near the edge of a cliff.

Remember that you don't have to treat them badly. As long as they remain submissive, you can treat them any way you want to. You can even be nice to them.

Choose one of them that would be the most suitable traveling companion and keep her and sell the others. Whichever one you keep should be able to be free except for the collar. Stockholm syndrome is your friend.

You're a big girl with a big gun.
You don't have to play the good guy.
Do what you want and destroy everything that gets in your way.

>>56078
ooooooooorrrrrrr instead of all that vaguely psychopathic nonsense we could just slip their chains back on while they sleep

Why do we want a bunch of unwilling slaves? These guys aren't exactly brimming over with useful talents, and we have no one to sell them to. (The Dorfs would just kill them, the Lohrke don't take slaves and would disapprove of this behavior in you, the Illithid will be mad because you killed one of them)

Slaves aren't exactly treasure for us, and they would definitely be nothing but trouble if we tried to enslave them again. Plus we'd have to bother with feeding and guarding them.

If they are on their own, some might come with us, but they won't be our responsibility per se, and they might be useful.

As "treasure," we have no way to actually sell them, as the above poster has already explained.

Recapturing the slaves is a bad idea.

Asking the goblins if mole rat is good meat isn't.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)12:19 No. 62157 ID: 9f0d45
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I'm not going to put them back in chains, besides being mean, I have no reason to keep slaves. Eve if I did have the means to feed and take care of seven additional people I don't see the point. Cooking the mole rat is a good idea though.

Sure. Plug your weapon in, go get it, and put it on the fire. It'll make good food for a day's march tomorrow, assuming we don't find a boat or the like.

>>62160
Don't we still assume the slaver had a vehicle somewhere?
If yes, search for it.

We should definitely look for the slaver's vehicle.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)13:15 No. 62212 ID: 9f0d45
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OK, everyone's rested up, and the fire is still going from last night. The only problem is that nobody has a knife. The cutter will blast though it, sure, but nobody wants to eat ash. Hauling it back to the site is no problem though.

>>62212
Fuck dat mutant mole thing. You can always eat one of the gobbos if necessary.
Now try to find that stupid vehicle.

Hmm... The claws of that thing look pretty sharp.

What about this: Cut a claw of the creature with the cutter. Use the disemboweled claw to gut the remains of the mole rat.

Can we sort of quarter it with the cutter and then put the pieces over the fire to roast?

If so, we should do that and then look for the vehicle.

>>62212

Try the teeth too

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)13:55 No. 62258 ID: 9f0d45
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That should work! The tooth is sharper though, even if it's smaller. I'll go ahead and bring it back, one of them should know how to clean it.

>>62258

Let's look for the vehicle before dragging this back. If we can just drive it back in a vehicle that'd be best.

Yeah! One of them has to be able to do SOMEthing on their own.

>>62258
Are you really morally obliged to weight yourself down with those things.
Just leave them and let nature take it's course.

>>62266

Just because you're a souless fiend it doesn't mean she has to be one too.

So nope. No one left behind.

>>62326
But she has zero reasons to risk anything for them, they ain't even her species. They shouldn't mean more to her than the mutant rat she just killed.

Except that she's trying to be on good terms with their species. Usually rescuing potential slaves gives a few extra bonus points in politics.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)16:19 No. 62397 ID: 9f0d45
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Umm, it's only like a few hours travel to their village. They could make it on their own but none of them have any weapons. I don't know what kind of vehicle he would have come in, probably a boat they said. Must have been somewhere past their village, where I've never been to. Besides, it would be kind of mean to leave them here after they cooked me a mushroom.

>>62397
>eatin a mushroom.jpg

CANNIBAL!

I guess let's get them to the village then.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)16:37 No. 62426 ID: 9f0d45
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>>62411
I'm not a mushroom. What's wrong with you?

Are you sure? Maybe you should double check.

>>62426
I don't know.

I don't even know what you are anymore ;A;

Can we at least leave the badly wounded behind?
It's natural for them to being eaten by rats. As member of an advanced races you should understand the Circle of Life.

>>62433
She caused at least one of their wounds. Now quit trying to pointlessly be a dick. Nobody else wants to.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)17:51 No. 62489 ID: 9f0d45
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>>62428
Yes, I'm sure.
>>62433
I wouldn't say any of them are badly wounded. That burn looks like it's healing pretty fast. They can still walk fine, even the one I burnt by accident.

>>62489

Let's head out then. Look around the river for that boat.

Is it far to the river? A quick look around might be prudent, before heading to the village.

If it's a long way to the river, then head to the village first instead.

Hm... We probably should get em back to town if possible.

I mean we can't leave em out here to die.

Suggestion 2009/10/10(Sat)22:44 No. 62849 ID: 9f0d45
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Well the river is past the village, may as well go there anyway. Should I go on ahead or take some or all of them with me on the way? I could have a few scout ahead with me, bringing them all in one group could be troublesome.
Some of them have injuries but some of them are fine:
(left to right)
>Uznuk, bruised ankle, severe burn on left leg
>Stuz, uninjured
>Esno, Bruised ankle
>Oko, bruised shoulder
>Osna, both ankles bruised
>Gutu, uninjured
>Kugme, bruised wrist, ankle

If you have to go past their village to get to the river, you should just bring all of them. However much trouble that is, taking two trips and leaving some behind unprotected would be worse. Wouldn't it?

Well, having a larger group means it's harder to keep track of everyone. If one wanders off or gets ambushed it could take longer to notice they're missing. Also with a larger group it'd be harder to get a good firing angle on say a charging molerat.

I say we take on the first trip... both of the uninjured ones and Oko. Make sure the pistol stays behind in the camp, just in case.