Anyway, I take out a blade that is 50 by 50 feet large and deliver a series of attacks on the godmodder, and then fire a blast of freezing energy.
Uh, lots. Right now there's a crowd of AGs on the field breaking things, a secondary area you probably don't need to bother with, and a lot of confusion.
Surprisingly enough, there is a reason for the cogworks inside of his stall. The cogworks are part of a complicated piece of machinery that will be used in the process of bringing the intended summon to the battlefield.
That's actually the reason the Shopkeep needs the alloying station, even. If it were just the gears then he'd be able to just make them out of whatever so long as it's durable enough since he only needs the machine once. But for this particular instance, he needs them to be made out of electrum as a specific set of the gears will be conducting energies in different ways through the machine while they turn.
But, uh, since some energy is required in the analysis machine, I slot a little bit of the shopkeep's power in there. The action being analyzed will be retrieved afterwards, but for right now, it's being used there. Additionally, next post I'll probably swap some of Algot's energy since there's an action or two's worth of that sitting in the Monolithium repository for me to use as an extra data set.
Additionally, the flying spaghetti monster is ordered to bodyguard the analysis machine as well. The Shopkeep pulls out a deck of cards and plays Go Fish with the Terror Pants and Flying Spaghetti Monster so that the three of them have something to do for the moment. They also make guesses as to what the Spirit Savant is gonna be. Shopkeep's guessing Eishalon III, Manifest of Reluctance
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
an idea occurs to you: Perhaps there are better materials you could use for the gears? shpokeep energy added to machine. Your phone starts ringing. it sounds like the godmodder is calling you. do you even have a phone? you're not sure. it also seems like, wherever this phone is from, its the sort that plays out a message as it's being recorded, even without being picked up. the Godmodder has said: You wanna bet on that? my guess is 'you'll be wrong'... and before you accuse me of cheating, the answers too inconvenient to bother changing.
Hm... so not ANY refined Hemp String can be chosen. It has to be more unique to this realm. Probably means there is not a lot of it instead of some kind of wordplay... which means my dreams of mass manufacturing... sigh
Hmm... how is 1 PM going? I call the station for an update on the mining operation. Then I need an axe... but there is the mistake. Using an axe is way too slow. So I draw a katana from thin air and slash in a horizontal line. There is a short flash and then the wind produced by the slash lets the trees topple from their stumps (the cut severed them in a clean cut). I repeat this procedure to get my woodworking up, teleporting towards trees... (you can't teleport behind trees bc they don't have a behind... clever strategy trees) and cutting them quickly.
I put the wood into the factory to refine it. Might want to build something out of wood... er... I just give the refined wood to Srovy maybe he can do something with it.
it's getting dark, but they've collected a fair bit of quicksalt. You ate now more skilled at 'woodcutting'- specifically, the katana branch of woodcutting. woodworking is when you make things with wood, however. The refining factory station can give you refined wood paper or refined wood planks. woodworking is easiest to practice with planks.
quests: Chluuug 1 time - - - Do 1 damage to a certain Godmodder - - - Destroy "The Maniac" I guess, cause I can't think of anything- - -( I read to around page 40, stopped, and now am joining the game)
I also cast bless on everyone who is opposing the godmodder
in the future, use the 'edit post' button to add additional actions to a post. since breaking a rule should have consequence, only the first half of your double-post will be counted. You cast Meteor storm! The maniac quickly points out that spell doesn't exist. out of shame from its malformed name (for while there is nothing inherently wrong with the name, the storms parents were very drunk when they named it, and that's why it has the wrong one), the Storm runs off, crying. it cuts a long scar into the surrounding countryside (except the trees, which it bounces off), but does not hit the Maniac.
I, a bumbling Aarakocra with absolutely no idea whats going on, walk in and throw a sword in a random direction. I then proceed to watch the battle whilst eating a lovely meal of ham. I've got 11 ham rolls if anyone's interested in healing up.
you throw a sword. it whiffs past one of the entities, who yells at you in indignation while you sit down with your ham rolls of +2 hp. tasty.
The shopkeep waves hello to Worm and Dwarf, and hands them fliers for the auction. If they choose to open the flier I'll describe it. As for right now, it appears to have clipart of Goku going super sayan on the front, and letters in overly large font. Dwarf's copy has a few notes in the corner arguing over whether the flier's design is tacky or not.
The shopkeep gets back to work, swapping one action of his own out for one of Algot's that was stored in the Monolithium charge and deposits the Algot energy into the analysis machine.
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Algot energy transfered! That's a fairly decent statistical base! The Spirit Savant asks if it can take the Eishaic Scythe on a loan. It's not making any decisions yet or anything, just wants to know all its options. To really be sure what to do, it should probably set up a few 30-year longitudinal studies on the value of credits and scythes... but this part's easy to find, so.
after finishing my Ham Roll, I decide to talk to the Godmother (by using the Common Language). "Hi!", I say, approaching the Godmother with the utmost stupidity, "Can you please die? I've got this cool sword here and I took a bet that I could kill you with it! How about it?" . I grin stupidly, and it's clear to see that I am blissfully unaware of anything dangerous around me. "please help me, if I fail this I owe Randal 476gp and I don't have that sort of money on me..."
The Godmodder explains that even if he let you attack, which he won't, his immune system would likely stop your sword before the 3 damage mark, and he has hundreds of health.
Seeing I have nothing to do, I charge the cranker and text Aeisenberg "Why is your profile pic a Yu-Gi-Oh character with meme text?"
Quests: Destroy the Maniac- - -Do 1 damage to the godmodder- - - Charge the cranker- - -Tell me what Phil is and what is the update room and what is the analysis machine. PLease. I will give you stuff for each thing you tell me.- - -
while there is no post between these, it's due to Sirnaturewriter having been in a sidequest, so this seemingly-double-post is acceptable. You +1 charge pionoplayer for sure this time.
OOC: Worm, what are you even charging? You keep clulkingiunging but you aren't saying anything about what you're charging. Phil is a super entity "a flex tape angel" that showed up a little before I rejoined the game. I don't think I understand his motives but he's attacked the players quite viciously. The update room had something to do with the updates of the game, it's really only notable because the Godmodder locked everyone in there and some of us haven't bothered to leave yet even though the way out was opened. The analysis machine is something I'm doing to open up more business opportunities for myself. Sorta a sidequest I'm doing, so you don't gotta worry about it aside from knowing that if you try and mess with it I will kick your butt with 65 charge worth of angry entities.
The shopkeep waits on nature's teleportation bit to finish, and starts sorting out metals in his backpack.
Worm attempts to wave at Piono, but since technically there's not a Piono on the field and only the Shopkeep, he fails and opts to wave at the Shopkeep instead, who waves back absentmindedly. He then opens to find the interior of the flier much more tastefully designed, with no clipart or glitter to be found anywhere. Actually it might be a little too conservative, but the color schemes are nice and the font is really convincing.
"Hello potential future customer, to the Shopkeep's Auction explanative flier. Ever find yourself in need of backup firepower in the fight against... anything really? You're in luck, because our little stall, despite its humble appearance, is quite capable of granting you the aid you seek. Simply spend actions helping the Shopkeep with his chargings, and you will accumulate Credits. There are other ways to get credits as well, usually listed in the 'Bounties' section of the shop info. Once you have accumulated enough credits, you can purchase things from the storefront Or simply let your credits accumulate and win one of the shop auctions! All items are sold well below market value, making it well within your interests to lend a hand. How do we turn a profit? Simple, we don't! Capitalism is for nerds so one of our investments is in subverting its policies. More information can be found by talking to your local shopkeep."
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Technically, Phil swift has only attacked 1) someone who tried to steal from them and 2) Aeisenberg, and they haven't done any notable damage to anyone. Looking through your metals, you seem to have enough to fix the gears with electrum, except for the minor improvements adding platinum would provide. on the other hand, there may be better options out there.
A Meteor Swarm- as opposed to storm- appears! The Maniac tells it about how sad its third cousin four times removed is, and the swarm runs off to comfort them. well, flys off. By the power of FriEⁿdship, the Meteor Storm is revived. they're having a conversation with the swarm. Divine Power: 125 strange... the files refer to this variable as 'black magic'.
Anyway, I take out a blade that is 50 by 50 feet large and deliver a series of attacks on the godmodder, and then fire a blast of freezing energy.
so... you hold a giant square on a stick... how does... I don't think that makes sense for combat. Luckily, this weapon is so ridiculous from any practical perspective, the Godmodder doesn't have any practice dodging it. Unluckily, the impracticality of the weapon leads to it not working so good anyway. The Godmodder is unprepared for the blast, but manages to escape. Stories will be told of your valiant efforts for generations, to children as a role model, to adults as history, and everything in between. you will doubtless be remembered for thousands of years, or perhaps even... forever?
I construct a pelican out of various rocks and dirt clumps
you have created the rare, the legendary, the indescribable except for not actually that... earth pelican! It has unknown abilities and awaits your orders.
.Phil Swift is lying face-first on the ground in front of Aeisenberg. The Spirit Savant shakes their head to clear it of the thoughts of continued hesitation, and decides to make some more Arcadius Cloth. with a sound reminiscent of a spiders hiss, they create another strand. 1:00 PM is still on guard... The Earth Pelican eats Srovy's clay shards. Cuphead stands around The Terror Pants consider making a bet... The Analytical Apparatus keeps working. it's got a baseline... the FSM heals cuphead some more.
The Update Room. [] BUT A ANGEL 315/ HP, All he can see is martians! KNIYFE!! Wings, Armor, Weapons, Self. In The Update Room. fell down and gotted upwards. [OG?-HV?]Japanians Spirit Savant 50/50 HP 20/20 Mask HP soul and energy powers! comedy....? Starflesh Staff 1:00 PM 15/15 HP bonus against crabs and eyestalks! to be eaten.... [OG] Earth Pelican 9 dirt. 19 rocks. O look the pelican. [A]Cuphead 88/88 HP 75% dodge, [55Basic | 20Spread x3 | 50Chaser 20%Dneg ] 4/4EX move110, shadiamond proof! owned by Aisenberg?, moralized, temporal preservation II. [A] Terror Pants 230/380 HP (Bulletstorm, Spray and pray, machine gun, rockets, The big gun.) "Ownerless", trouble fitting in The Update Room. guarding Analytical Apparatus. [A] Analytical Apparatus 7/7 hp ~0.5 CP [NaWrt]. 1 CP [Pionoplayer]. 1 CP [algot] 0CP [other] stage 1: generating baseline. . .complete. [A] Flying Spageti monster 170/190 HP 30A/-30A 3/3 Cannon Meatball confused. also, bored.
BattlefieldEoRR The Solars look at the Godmodder... now that they think of it, he seems a fair bit more injured then the EORR said he was.
analyzing. . . page 77, redrover: eh... no. the attack was only one line after all. page 77, orcalord: the attack was one line too, but the way i narrated it suggests effectiveness, so... one damage. Page 78, orcalord: blocked by a tree appearing in the way. Page 78, Dracoflamer: one fire damage, one ice damage, 1 synergistic explosion damage, 0 disintegrate damage. Page 79, barkthedoggi: no, blocked. Page 79, imresaccount: no damage but the Godmodder was very shocked by this. Page 80, perfectstorm: Godmodder now has TOTALLY HEALTHY YEP Churros. Page 80, dracoflamer: invalidated by his own next post. annnd logic. Page 80, theblackswordmaster: pushed godmodder away. and that's everything! In summary, four damage.
With players on the battlefield again, The Maniac suggests the fgicknupg, PHD, serve some food to the meteor swarm/storm. which it does. It's not clear what purpose this serves... Mr Brick On A Stick gets a brick and puts it on his stick. The Godmodder feels safe, and he did just expend a charge, so he starts a new one... 1/4 Le LEi.
The Battlefield [OG] Solars 10 HP x2 summoned by orcalord! near orcalord. confused at his dyed hair and rope. [AG-Shard II]Eishalon II - Manifest OfFolly Some people know exactly what's going on, until they don't. the Eishalon may have been one of those... [OG] faithful Dog 200/100HP -33 to incoming damage! Solid diamondnotLoyal to Aeisenberg Deal with the Godmodder [AG]"The" Maniac 2/13 HP. knife on stump, gash on chest. concussions, eyes sewn open, 8 spare eyes. [AG]The fgicknupg, PHD (in kicking donkeys) -182-? +-??? HP. Eldritch Abomination. [AQ] Tarasque portal (?/% clogged) Legion Tarasque pretty big HP. Bite attack ((8x(hp/75)A) tail attack (tripping). [AG] Mr. Brick On A Stick. 50 HP. has no brick on his stick. Brick is undodgable and has infinite range. damage is uh i dunno. [GM] Godmodder: 277 /300 HP 1/4 Le LEi on Battlefield.
Algot: Playing Foundation : W & L and nearing a Loss! Paradoxically, In The Update Room! Invisible! Hungry Visitor: Founder, ERR+2 skill. In The Update Room! Next to Unique'Magic Factory' and Srovy, Needs stuff he doesn't have? *woodworking skill which is not the same thing as cutting down trees: below 50. 1C.AC Aeisenberg: In The Update Room! rapier (minor attack buff)... +1?, Favour of the Deva, Coronal Relic (cyan), Awakened by HV (Tier 0.6), Probably Not a Martian. OrcalordBeyond: On battlefield, is a god. on fire with hair. Dracoflamer: In The Update Room! deserves to be remembered forever. f'real. DigitalFyre: has returneded! On Main Battlefield, probablyl! rangerrogueorpaladin: Being accosted by Lich!...? Maybe? Srovy: 2 dirt lumps, 4 Rocks, Gathering Pickaxe! Theblackswordmaster:in the update room! Piono: Null+0.5 Souls Eishaic Scythe,. 2079.8 bottles of Restricted Godmodder energy. in the update room.
[OG]Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
You think Phil should be able to fly you down, though the magical flows may do something... if you don't wish to risk it, climbing down like any other mountain Should work. As you consider this, you notice yourself gaining 30000, and then 2530, experience. Looking over the notifications, you determine this experience is being granted for 'discovering' the area you are in. this grants you level 20, and leaves 3030 experience afterwards. yyyyay? probably? Phil seems to think basically any direction could be interesting and doesn't know enough to really advise you.
Fair enough. I'll scale down the mountain from the northwestern side, and have Phil carefully follow behind me. NOT flying, though. I don't want to risk any magical mishaps yet...
[P]SirNatureWriter: 120/120 mage HP, Level 20 Mage, 61% XP
Equipped: 1 stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 3.8 credits
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG]Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
I stretch my arm and grab me some quicksalt. Then I throw it into the factory to refine it into crystal form. Using crystal quicksalt on the gathered trees, turns them into salt and that pretty quick. I make more salt with the wood. This counts as making a thing with wood right? RIGHT? The forest is getting so salty that even the other "gamers" feel it. That is not healthy. I throw all of the salt into the factory, attempting to craft a concentrated potion of unhealthyness.
Actually I feel my motivation dwindling. When will there be results? When will there be a "that's right it works"? Am I wasting my time playing Confront the Godmodder?
The shopkeep picks up the phone. It's probably actually a banana but it seems to be working just fine so we'll ignore that. "No I don't want to bet on that, I have very good reason to believe you already know what's coming so if you think I'm wrong I probably am."
The shopkeep shakes his head at the savant. "Sorry, I don't do loans."
The shopkeep stops and thinks, that is true, there are probably better materials available, he only chose electrum as he didn't think there'd be a ton of time to scrounge up something better. He spreads out a sheet before him, he needs something can be used as a conductor and modifier of holy magic, with a mix of more general conductivity (both electrical and magical) and with enough general strength to operate as gears for a little bit. While electrum matches all of those functions, better magical conductivity could be done and if anything using demonic, or more preferably, cosmic magic could be successfully incorporated into the design that would be useful as well.
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Auto cranker/charger: for giving me information. It will automatically crank your cranker for 1 action all of your turns!
also . . .
Item upgrader: stick it in one of my items to level it up!
I give them to Piono for: giving me information, and charging once I guess?
Then a portal appears besides me. There is a sign that says, item training portal. Throw items in here to make them better.
Item that can be upgraded: Ham Roll Lv 1 - - - Stick Lv 1 - - - Flex Tape Rapier Lv 32- - - Auto cranker Lv 1
the auto upgrader will auto upgrade everything.
I will null if anything levels up
Quests: Kill the maniac (proving harder, power word kill) - - - Do 1 damage to godmodder- - - Level up an object the hard way- - - Throw something in the portal (it won’t bite. Maybe)
The shopkeep looks over at Worm. "You do realize that splitting up your action like that is going to make you less useful than you were prior, right? I don't really have any use for that autocranker, it doesn't actually need to be cranked all that much and we're mostly dealing with materials replacement at the moment."
The shopkeep flips a computer screen out of his stall and begins tapping away at the keyboard beneath it, trying to flip through a variety of materials and figure out whether or not that particular variety of magical metal exists. The shopkeep looks up at JOE's camera view, "Hey does Mithril exist in this continuity?"
17.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5 Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits: SirNatureWriter: 3.8 SadWormtheWorm: 3 (plus some small amount of charge because I have no idea how much that splintered post of his is actually worth) Spirit Savant: 2 Algot: 2 Redrover: 1 (afk) GENE: 1 (dead) Wooby: .8 (dead)
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Still, I just gave you stuff for my action so it shoudn’t be weak.
The portal just randomly happened.
And, you can use the auto cranker to stack and give the auction +2 each turn. So it isn’t a waste. If you finish another quest I can give you a material finder?
Fair enough. I'll scale down the mountain from the northwestern side, and have Phil carefully follow behind me. NOT flying, though. I don't want to risk any magical mishaps yet...
[P]SirNatureWriter: 120/120 mage HP, Level 20 Mage, 61% XP
Equipped: 1 stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 3.8 credits
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG]Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
You successfully climb down. near the bottom, the spires slope evens out. additionally, now that you're closer you can see a large amount of fork-wielding fish-men clammering around in the water, some trying to reach you, though they seem to be having trouble climbing. Interestingly, the celestial glow of the water seems weaker from up close. Also, boats. (OOC: apologies for only sidequest-dopping once: I was busy with an animation for another game.)
I stretch my arm and grab me some quicksalt. Then I throw it into the factory to refine it into crystal form. Using crystal quicksalt on the gathered trees, turns them into salt and that pretty quick. I make more salt with the wood. This counts as making a thing with wood right? RIGHT? The forest is getting so salty that even the other "gamers" feel it. That is not healthy. I throw all of the salt into the factory, attempting to craft a concentrated potion of unhealthyness.
Actually I feel my motivation dwindling. When will there be results? When will there be a "that's right it works"? Am I wasting my time playing Confront the Godmodder?
I awaken Srovy by the way.
(heh at the quicksalt use) you successfully make things with wood, specifically a potion of unhealthiness. this gains you several levels, but you aren't quite good enough at Woodworking to make the staff, Yet. Maybe if you could get more ? It did raise the odds a fair bit... Srovy is awakened!
The shopkeep picks up the phone. It's probably actually a banana but it seems to be working just fine so we'll ignore that. "No I don't want to bet on that, I have very good reason to believe you already know what's coming so if you think I'm wrong I probably am."
The shopkeep shakes his head at the savant. "Sorry, I don't do loans."
The shopkeep stops and thinks, that is true, there are probably better materials available, he only chose electrum as he didn't think there'd be a ton of time to scrounge up something better. He spreads out a sheet before him, he needs something can be used as a conductor and modifier of holy magic, with a mix of more general conductivity (both electrical and magical) and with enough general strength to operate as gears for a little bit. While electrum matches all of those functions, better magical conductivity could be done and if anything using demonic, or more preferably, cosmic magic could be successfully incorporated into the design that would be useful as well.
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
You pull out a sheet! (I'd respond here but you ask in the later post)
Auto cranker/charger: for giving me information. It will automatically crank your cranker for 1 action all of your turns!
also . . .
Item upgrader: stick it in one of my items to level it up!
I give them to Piono for: giving me information, and charging once I guess?
Then a portal appears besides me. There is a sign that says, item training portal. Throw items in here to make them better.
Item that can be upgraded: Ham Roll Lv 1 - - - Stick Lv 1 - - - Flex Tape Rapier Lv 32- - - Auto cranker Lv 1
the auto upgrader will auto upgrade everything.
I will null if anything levels up
Quests: Kill the maniac (proving harder, power word kill) - - - Do 1 damage to godmodder- - - Level up an object the hard way- - - Throw something in the portal (it won’t bite. Maybe)
Hm... the Auto-cranker there seems a bit... yeah, no. you successfully give pionoplayer a box! It may be useful for scrap metal. in theory, it's possible for it to spontaneously rearrange itself into a helpful machine! In practice, this is functionally impossible, but hey! Scrap metal! You then put a cloth on your scrap metal, wiping it off. it is now 'shiny scrap metal'! A portal, you say? I don't see a portal anywhere! that's all quite strange of you to talk about... also, levels? Items don't level up! not unless they're made to do that...
The shopkeep looks over at Worm. "You do realize that splitting up your action like that is going to make you less useful than you were prior, right? I don't really have any use for that autocranker, it doesn't actually need to be cranked all that much and we're mostly dealing with materials replacement at the moment."
The shopkeep flips a computer screen out of his stall and begins tapping away at the keyboard beneath it, trying to flip through a variety of materials and figure out whether or not that particular variety of magical metal exists. The shopkeep looks up at JOE's camera view, "Hey does Mithril exist in this continuity?"
17.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5 Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits: SirNatureWriter: 3.8 SadWormtheWorm: 3 (plus some small amount of charge because I have no idea how much that splintered post of his is actually worth) Spirit Savant: 2 Algot: 2 Redrover: 1 (afk) GENE: 1 (dead) Wooby: .8 (dead)
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Hm... mithril, mithril... I should really clean this database up, come to think of it... I don't think I have anything listed under Mithril, though I'm not sure exactly what Mithril is... There are a variety of celestially attuned materials, and there are a fair few records of Demon Blood, but I've never really compiled thi- Wait, no, there. Alright, so I have only two records of Mithril. Apparently the Dwarven city of Thanos (no relation to Thanos) forges mantels of it, and there are rumours of some poorly-forged leggings made of it in the Deserts.
Still, I just gave you stuff for my action so it shoudn’t be weak.
The portal just randomly happened.
And, you can use the auto cranker to stack and give the auction +2 each turn. So it isn’t a waste. If you finish another quest I can give you a material finder?
further clarifications on balance: Giving someone stuff is just as hard as making that stuff, then giving it to them; making stuff, or doing stuff, is difficult roughly in proportion to its value. Anything you describe in your post, if you want it to happen, and it wouldn't otherwise, is part of your action. for some examples: If the auto-cranker were worth 1 action on all directly cranking-related tasks, that would require somewhere around 15 actions to make, and it would probably die shortly. A material finder can be made but, again, the value of its actions is proportional to the actions spent using it, because the stronger its actions are the more valuable it is. Furthermore, there is a default way things work, which doesn't align with whatever ideas you've come up with, because it already exists, and you haven't spent actions (or nearly enough, even if we counted your last post) on changing how things work for your items, or making items that work differently. to make something useful takes time. I hope this is clear enough?
"If you tell me why you want to attack me, we can work out a middle ground!"
"To show you the power of liquid..." Phil Swift stops talking after 'liquid', probably because the rest of the quote doesn't make any sense in this context.
Phil Swift is talketh. 1:00 PM is keeping watch when suddenly they realize it's pitch black where they are. somethings up, but it's completely unrelated to anything else people might be worry about. Cuphead goes over to the Shopkeep and asks if they can go home now, as it has been three rounds. The Earth Pelican idles, having recieved no orders. The Terror Pants continue bodyguarding idly. The Spageti monster is no longer bored, and heals the TPants. The Analytical Apparatus starts making comparisons... SirNatureWriter seems to be... hm... while the Shopkeeper is less c... and algot seems more spo---- Crack. hm? Oh, yes. Right. The Spirit Savants bones crack, then their arms twitch, before the space they stand within distorts, sucking them into the mask. It floats there, in the air. peaceful, almost.
the Starflesh Staff clatters to the ground, and at that exact moment a wave of flesh pours out of the Mask, glowing like the night sky seen clearest that can be. The resulting shape is almost malformed, one of the feet bursting on impact with the ground, But it seems there's still a fight to come. The Shopkeeper notices the Mask has got its Eishaic Scythe stuck in his stall, just sort of awkwardly trying to pull it through the window. Probably because it's trying to take the thing, which it appears to have fused with its arm. (The Godmodder, off on the battlefield, puts another point in his charge, but seems to be paying attention to elsewhere.)
[Edit: Hello future readers! The original image hosting of the Mask Of Hesitation's body sadly stopped working, so I, JOEbobobob of the year 2022, took it upon myself to replace it! Luckily, I never delete any of my art files. While I was at it, however, I noticed my past standards for background quality and general image cleanness were lower. I haven't made any notable changes to the Mask itself-cleaned up some of the lines, but it's the same design- but the original version of this image had a greenish-grey hill for a floor and a flat grey background.]
The Update Room. [] BUT A ANGEL 315/ HP, All he can see is martians! KNIYFE!! Wings, Armor, Weapons, Self. In The Update Room. fell down and gotted upwards. [AG-Shard-Shard] Eishalon III: Mask of Hesitation. 1/3 Energy Diamonds Abyssite 2s .5L [OG?-HV]Japanians Spirit Savant Fallen!Starflesh Staff 1:00 PM 15/15 HP bonus against crabs and eyestalks! to be eaten.... [OG] Earth Pelican 9 dirt. 19 rocks. O look the pelican. [A]Cuphead 88/88 HP 75% dodge, [55Basic | 20Spread x3 | 50Chaser 20%Dneg ] 4/4EX move110, shadiamond proof! owned by Aisenberg???, moralized, temporal preservation IX. [A] Terror Pants 260/380 HP (Bulletstorm, Spray and pray, machine gun, rockets, The big gun.) "Ownerless", trouble fitting in The Update Room. guarding Analytical Apparatus. [A] Analytical Apparatus 7/7 hp ~0.5 CP [NaWrt]. 1 CP [Pionoplayer]. 1 CP [algot] 0CP [other] stage 2: comparisons... [A] Flying Spageti monster 170/190 HP 30A/-30A 3/3 Cannon Meatball
Algot: Playing Foundation : W & L and nearing a Loss! Paradoxically, In The Update Room! Invisible! Hungry Visitor: Founder, ERR+2 skill. In The Update Room! Next to Unique'Magic Factory' and Srovy, Needs stuff he doesn't have? woodworking skill which is not the same thing as cutting down trees: nearing 50. 1C.AC Aeisenberg: In The Update Room! rapier (minor attack buff)... +1?, Favour of the Deva, Coronal Relic (cyan), Awakened by HV (Tier 0.6), Probably Not a Martian. OrcalordBeyond: On battlefield, is a god. on fire with hair. Dracoflamer: on battlefield, probably(?)! deserves to be remembered forever. f'real. DigitalFyre: has returneded! On Main Battlefield, probablyl! rangerrogueorpaladin: Being accosted by Lich!...? Maybe? Srovy: 2 dirt lumps, 4 Rocks, Gathering Pickaxe! Awakened by HV (Tier 0.6) Theblackswordmaster:in the update room! Piono: Null+0.5 Souls ~?Eishaic Scythe?~,2079.8 bottles of Restricted Godmodder energy. in the update room. shiny, !shiny! scrap metal.
The shopkeep frowns. "If the only records are of mantels and leggings then it isn't the right mithril. Are there any celestially attuned metals without links to any specific beings or deities? If it has a specific bent it won't do me any good, though that demon blood might be useful if I can alloy it in properly"
Then the mask of hesitation thing happens and he growls, then sighs. He walks around to the front of the stall and glares up at the mask of hesitation. "Alright, look here buddy you didn't pay for that. Given that I'm in the middle of something and don't feel like wasting my time in a fight over a cheap artifact, I'll offer you a deal." He gestures to the scythe caught in the stall, and suddenly a circle of large blades appear around the edges of the window. They look uncomfortably sharp. "You have 3 options here. A: You hand me back the starflesh staff and I'll deduct the remaining 2 credits from your account, then help you get unstuck. B: You buckle up a sec and I teleport you back to the main battlefield, this will also deduct the remaining 2 credits from your account but you get to keep the starflesh staff and head back to help out your new boss before he starts getting punched in the face by assorted angry Players again. C: You try and take the scythe without making one of the other deals I've offered you and learn firsthand why it's not smart to mess with someone who has a track record of killing things abruptly, and has 65 charge worth of entity backup to boot. Oh yes, and get your credit annulled anyways. Technically there's option D: you just leave the scythe with me and keep your credits, but I'm sorta suspecting you don't have any further use for those credits after this anyway."
The Shopkeep turns to Cuphead. "Sorry to keep you waiting kid, anyway a deal's a deal. Here's that contract of yours, nice and tidy." He procures the contract from his pocket and hands it back to Cuphead. Cuphead is now a free man, er, cup boy thing. "I'm not gonna waste my time trying to take my charge power back from ya, so enjoy being permanently supercharged to ludicrous extremes I guess." The Shopkeep gestures with his off hand, and a portal back to Inkwell Isle appears. He stops and thinks. "Hey, before you go I might be able to offer you a hopefully less soul-imperiling deal than the one that landed you here in the first place. If you stick around another round or two to maybe help me with something violence-oriented, I'll transfer ownership of the Devils casino to you, since I repossessed that from him after our little brawl but don't really have a use for it. I figure since you gambled your soul on that figure you won't mind shooting up someone for a few minutes. You'll get ownership whether or not I wind up needing your help if you stick around for the whole time, I just need you to stick around for a little bit and be ready to leverage a little muscle if needed. Portal'll stay open so you can bail if you need to though, though bailing early will forfeit the casino."
Action wise, the shopkeep's stall has lodged a blade between the Eishalon's scythe and its freedom, this allows me to set up a conditional: If the Eishalon disconnects its scythe and just goes about its business, nothing happens. If the Eishalon hands the Shopkeep back the Starflesh Staff, the Shopkeep undoes the blades and flips open the stall's sunroof, allowing the Eishalon to pull its scythe free no problem. If the Eishalon agrees to be teleported, he slap a teleporter on it and teleports it back to the battlefield. If the Eishalon tries to rip its scythe free, it opens itself up to a combo attack for my first post next round.
The Terror Pants are telepathically ordered to train the big gun on the Eishalon, but not to open fire until given the order. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is told to be on guard in case the giant rainbow monster decides to try something cheeky.
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Hmm, I don't really want to try my chances with these fish-men yet without knowing what my stick does. I guess I'll try to shoot some sort of flare up into the air for now, and wait a second to see what the effects are.
[P]SirNatureWriter: 120/120 mage HP, Level 20 Mage, 61% XP
Equipped: 1 stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 3.8 credits
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG]Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
(OOC: Also, no worries! I've been pretty busy with a lot anyways, so I probably wouldn't have gotten it for a bit.)
Essentially, there isn't much going on in the Battlefield (where the godmodder is). In a separate place called the update room, there's a battle between Phil Swift and Aisenberg. There's also a shop inside there which Piono runs, and he's currently running it and trying to charge a machine which will (hopefully) help defeat the godmodder, while also dealing with some type of floating mask monster. Sadworm is trying to aid Piono with that. Elsewhere in the world, hungry_visitor is trying to craft something (I don't know what). And I'm in a separate "side quest" location, which you probably don't have to worry about, but is essentially a stone spire in the middle of an ocean.
TL:DR essentially everyone's just gathering strength and avoiding the godmodder for the time being.
Despite its name I do not hesitate and put on: ,which is a pretty fancy decorative article. Thank you for spawning this, Spirit Savant. I was looking for something similar to this for my alternate universe Sans costume. To make sure it does not escape I seal its fate as my mask with FLEX TAPE. Now it won't be able to escape ever... yeah I am really cruel I know.
I awaken my new mask and then cut down more trees for a second potion of unhealthyness (Katana method).
Essentially, there isn't much going on in the Battlefield (where the godmodder is). In a separate place called the update room, there's a battle between Phil Swift and Aisenberg. There's also a shop inside there which Piono runs, and he's currently running it and trying to charge a machine which will (hopefully) help defeat the godmodder, while also dealing with some type of floating mask monster. Sadworm is trying to aid Piono with that. Elsewhere in the world, hungry_visitor is trying to craft something (I don't know what). And I'm in a separate "side quest" location, which you probably don't have to worry about, but is essentially a stone spire in the middle of an ocean.
You seem to be a little confused about my alignment, naturewriter. I'm a neutral in this conflict, if the godmodder leaves me alone, I leave him alone. The new Eishalon form is only in danger of getting face-stomped because it's trying to steal from my shop. I have no qualms about cutting deals with third parties and even the Godmodder provided he's not a jerk about it. I'm here to supply giant monsters to the highest bidder and basically nothing more.
The Shopkeep idly tosses another charge into Monolithium, and contemplates. When Nature (hopefully) returns with the alloying station, we'll need multiple materials to do that alloying with: 1. Celestial metal of some kind (silver should no good alternatives be found) 2. Demon Blood or similar unholy magic (Shopkeep has some shadewood that can be burnt for shadowash as a lesser alternative if needed) 3. Normal conductive metal (currently planned to be gold, but perhaps a better alternative will present itself) 4. Stabilizer metal (If we use silver and demon blood, the celestial metal and shadowash, or silver and shadowash, this won't be needed. But a grounder for the conflicting energies between the celestial metal and demon blood will be needed if both are obtained and used. Iron will work decently for a single use, but if the contraption winds up being needed repeatedly the metal's own composition will wear it down after about the third use so something stronger would be a better choice.)
Bounties: Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
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I select the Mage option from the list and wield one of the 9 sticks I had Phil pick up. I then look around for a good way to get down the spire.
Phil will also look for any area worth exploring.
[P] SirNatureWriter: 18/18 HP, Level 1 Mage
Equipped: 1 Stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 2.8 credits.
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG] Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
ohhhhh okay.
And it's okay man, I just gave you info cuz I figured you could use it. Tossing me charges is more than enough for my needs.
Uh, lots. Right now there's a crowd of AGs on the field breaking things, a secondary area you probably don't need to bother with, and a lot of confusion.
/null
I construct a pelican out of various rocks and dirt clumps
an idea occurs to you: Perhaps there are better materials you could use for the gears?
shpokeep energy added to machine.
Your phone starts ringing. it sounds like the godmodder is calling you. do you even have a phone? you're not sure. it also seems like, wherever this phone is from, its the sort that plays out a message as it's being recorded, even without being picked up. the Godmodder has said:
You wanna bet on that? my guess is 'you'll be wrong'... and before you accuse me of cheating, the answers too inconvenient to bother changing.
it's getting dark, but they've collected a fair bit of quicksalt.
You ate now more skilled at 'woodcutting'- specifically, the katana branch of woodcutting. woodworking is when you make things with wood, however.
The refining factory station can give you refined wood paper or refined wood planks. woodworking is easiest to practice with planks.
+1 charge to... piono, i take it?
in the future, use the 'edit post' button to add additional actions to a post. since breaking a rule should have consequence, only the first half of your double-post will be counted.
You cast Meteor storm! The maniac quickly points out that spell doesn't exist. out of shame from its malformed name (for while there is nothing inherently wrong with the name, the storms parents were very drunk when they named it, and that's why it has the wrong one), the Storm runs off, crying. it cuts a long scar into the surrounding countryside (except the trees, which it bounces off), but does not hit the Maniac.
you throw a sword. it whiffs past one of the entities, who yells at you in indignation while you sit down with your ham rolls of +2 hp. tasty.
you are now Blurry in outline. Phil swift can't see you to begin with due to lack of martian ancestry, but it's the thought that counts sometimes.
Algot energy transfered! That's a fairly decent statistical base!
The Spirit Savant asks if it can take the Eishaic Scythe on a loan. It's not making any decisions yet or anything, just wants to know all its options. To really be sure what to do, it should probably set up a few 30-year longitudinal studies on the value of credits and scythes... but this part's easy to find, so.
The Godmodder explains that even if he let you attack, which he won't, his immune system would likely stop your sword before the 3 damage mark, and he has hundreds of health.
+1 charge to pionoplayer, presumably.
while there is no post between these, it's due to Sirnaturewriter having been in a sidequest, so this seemingly-double-post is acceptable.
You +1 charge pionoplayer for sure this time.
Technically, Phil swift has only attacked 1) someone who tried to steal from them and 2) Aeisenberg, and they haven't done any notable damage to anyone.
Looking through your metals, you seem to have enough to fix the gears with electrum, except for the minor improvements adding platinum would provide. on the other hand, there may be better options out there.
A Meteor Swarm- as opposed to storm- appears! The Maniac tells it about how sad its third cousin four times removed is, and the swarm runs off to comfort them. well, flys off.
By the power of FriEⁿdship, the Meteor Storm is revived. they're having a conversation with the swarm.
Divine Power: 125
strange... the files refer to this variable as 'black magic'.
so... you hold a giant square on a stick... how does... I don't think that makes sense for combat.
Luckily, this weapon is so ridiculous from any practical perspective, the Godmodder doesn't have any practice dodging it. Unluckily, the impracticality of the weapon leads to it not working so good anyway. The Godmodder is unprepared for the blast, but manages to escape.
Stories will be told of your valiant efforts for generations, to children as a role model, to adults as history, and everything in between. you will doubtless be remembered for thousands of years, or perhaps even... forever?
you have created the rare, the legendary, the indescribable except for not actually that...
earth pelican!
It has unknown abilities and awaits your orders.
.Phil Swift is lying face-first on the ground in front of Aeisenberg.
] 
BUT A 
ANGEL 315/
HP, All he can see is martians! KNIYFE!! 
Wings, Armor, Weapons, Self. In The Update Room. fell down and gotted upwards.
The Spirit Savant shakes their head to clear it of the thoughts of continued hesitation, and decides to make some more Arcadius Cloth. with a sound reminiscent of a spiders hiss, they create another strand.
1:00 PM is still on guard...
The Earth Pelican eats Srovy's clay shards.
Cuphead stands around
The Terror Pants consider making a bet...
The Analytical Apparatus keeps working. it's got a baseline...
the FSM heals cuphead some more.
The Update Room.
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[OG?-HV?] Japanians
Spirit Savant 50/50 HP 20/20 Mask HP soul and energy powers! comedy....? Starflesh Staff
1:00 PM 15/15 HP bonus against crabs and eyestalks! to be eaten....
[OG] Earth Pelican 9 dirt. 19 rocks. O look the pelican.
[A] Cuphead 88/88 HP 75% dodge, [55Basic | 20Spread x3 | 50Chaser 20%Dneg ] 4/4 EX move 110, shadiamond proof! owned by Aisenberg?, moralized, temporal preservation II.
[A] Terror Pants 230/380 HP (Bulletstorm, Spray and pray, machine gun, rockets, The big gun.) "Ownerless", trouble fitting in The Update Room. guarding Analytical Apparatus.
[A] Analytical Apparatus 7/7 hp ~0.5 CP [NaWrt]. 1 CP [Pionoplayer]. 1 CP [algot] 0CP [other] stage 1: generating baseline. . . complete.
[A] Flying Spageti monster 170/190 HP 30A/-30A 3/3 Cannon Meatball confused. also, bored.
BattlefieldEoRR
The Solars look at the Godmodder... now that they think of it, he seems a fair bit more injured then the EORR said he was.
page 77, redrover: eh... no. the attack was only one line after all.
page 77, orcalord: the attack was one line too, but the way i narrated it suggests effectiveness, so... one damage.
Page 78, orcalord: blocked by a tree appearing in the way.
Page 78, Dracoflamer: one fire damage, one ice damage, 1 synergistic explosion damage, 0 disintegrate damage.
Page 79, barkthedoggi: no, blocked.
Page 79, imresaccount: no damage but the Godmodder was very shocked by this.
Page 80, perfectstorm: Godmodder now has TOTALLY HEALTHY YEP Churros.
Page 80, dracoflamer: invalidated by his own next post. annnd logic.
Page 80, theblackswordmaster: pushed godmodder away.
and that's everything! In summary, four damage.
With players on the battlefield again, The Maniac suggests the fgicknupg, PHD, serve some food to the meteor swarm/storm. which it does.
It's not clear what purpose this serves...
Mr Brick On A Stick gets a brick and puts it on his stick.
The Godmodder feels safe, and he did just expend a charge, so he starts a new one... 1/4 Le LEi.
The Battlefield
[OG] Solars 10 HP x2 summoned by orcalord! near orcalord. confused at his dyed hair and rope.
[AG-Shard II] Eishalon II - Manifest Of Folly Some people know exactly what's going on, until they don't. the Eishalon may have been one of those...
[OG] faithful Dog 200/100HP -33 to incoming damage! Solid diamondnotLoyal to Aeisenberg Deal with the Godmodder
[AG] "The" Maniac 2/13 HP. knife on stump, gash on chest. concussions, eyes sewn open, 8 spare eyes.
[AG] The fgicknupg, PHD (in kicking donkeys) -182-? +-??? HP. Eldritch Abomination.
[AQ] Tarasque portal (?/% clogged)
Legion Tarasque pretty big HP. Bite attack ((8x(hp/75)A) tail attack (tripping).
[AG] Mr. Brick On A Stick. 50 HP. has no brick on his stick. Brick is undodgable and has infinite range. damage is uh i dunno.
[GM] Godmodder: 277 /300 HP 1/4 Le LEi on Battlefield.
Algot: Playing Foundation : W & L and nearing a Loss! Paradoxically, In The Update Room! Invisible!
Hungry Visitor: Founder, ERR+2 skill. In The Update Room! Next to Unique 'Magic Factory' and Srovy, Needs stuff he doesn't have? *woodworking skill which is not the same thing as cutting down trees: below 50. 1C.AC
Aeisenberg: In The Update Room!
OrcalordBeyond: On battlefield, is a god. on fire with hair.
Dracoflamer: In The Update Room! deserves to be remembered forever. f'real.
DigitalFyre: has returneded! On Main Battlefield, probablyl!
rangerrogueorpaladin: Being accosted by Lich!...? Maybe?
Srovy: 2 dirt lumps, 4 Rocks, Gathering Pickaxe!
Theblackswordmaster:in the update room!
Piono: Null+0.5 Souls Eishaic Scythe,. 2079.8 bottles of Restricted Godmodder energy. in the update room.
You think Phil should be able to fly you down, though the magical flows may do something... if you don't wish to risk it, climbing down like any other mountain Should work.
As you consider this, you notice yourself gaining 30000, and then 2530, experience. Looking over the notifications, you determine this experience is being granted for 'discovering' the area you are in. this grants you level 20, and leaves 3030 experience afterwards.
yyyyay? probably?
Phil seems to think basically any direction could be interesting and doesn't know enough to really advise you.
Fair enough. I'll scale down the mountain from the northwestern side, and have Phil carefully follow behind me. NOT flying, though. I don't want to risk any magical mishaps yet...
[P] SirNatureWriter: 120/120 mage HP, Level 20 Mage, 61% XP
Equipped: 1 stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 3.8 credits
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG] Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
I stretch my arm and grab me some quicksalt. Then I throw it into the factory to refine it into crystal form. Using crystal quicksalt on the gathered trees, turns them into salt and that pretty quick.
I make more salt with the wood. This counts as making a thing with wood right? RIGHT? The forest is getting so salty that even the other "gamers" feel it.
That is not healthy. I throw all of the salt into the factory, attempting to craft a concentrated potion of unhealthyness.
Actually I feel my motivation dwindling. When will there be results? When will there be a "that's right it works"? Am I wasting my time playing Confront the Godmodder?
I awaken Srovy by the way.
The shopkeep picks up the phone. It's probably actually a banana but it seems to be working just fine so we'll ignore that. "No I don't want to bet on that, I have very good reason to believe you already know what's coming so if you think I'm wrong I probably am."
The shopkeep shakes his head at the savant. "Sorry, I don't do loans."
The shopkeep stops and thinks, that is true, there are probably better materials available, he only chose electrum as he didn't think there'd be a ton of time to scrounge up something better.
He spreads out a sheet before him, he needs something can be used as a conductor and modifier of holy magic, with a mix of more general conductivity (both electrical and magical) and with enough general strength to operate as gears for a little bit. While electrum matches all of those functions, better magical conductivity could be done and if anything using demonic, or more preferably, cosmic magic could be successfully incorporated into the design that would be useful as well.
16.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 3.8
SadWormtheWorm: 3
Spirit Savant: 2
Algot: 2
Redrover: 1 (afk)
GENE: 1 (dead)
Wooby: .8 (dead)
Store:
Eishaic Scythe: 5 credits
Flying Spaghetti Monster: 10 credits
Terror Pants: 22.5 credits
Bounties:
Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
My pixel blacksmith builds.
Auto cranker/charger: for giving me information. It will automatically crank your cranker for 1 action all of your turns!
also . . .
Item upgrader: stick it in one of my items to level it up!
I give them to Piono for: giving me information, and charging once I guess?
Then a portal appears besides me. There is a sign that says, item training portal. Throw items in here to make them better.
Item that can be upgraded: Ham Roll Lv 1 - - - Stick Lv 1 - - - Flex Tape Rapier Lv 32- - - Auto cranker Lv 1
the auto upgrader will auto upgrade everything.
I will null if anything levels up
Quests: Kill the maniac (proving harder, power word kill) - - - Do 1 damage to godmodder- - - Level up an object the hard way- - - Throw something in the portal (it won’t bite. Maybe)
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
Oops
null/
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
The shopkeep looks over at Worm. "You do realize that splitting up your action like that is going to make you less useful than you were prior, right? I don't really have any use for that autocranker, it doesn't actually need to be cranked all that much and we're mostly dealing with materials replacement at the moment."
The shopkeep flips a computer screen out of his stall and begins tapping away at the keyboard beneath it, trying to flip through a variety of materials and figure out whether or not that particular variety of magical metal exists. The shopkeep looks up at JOE's camera view, "Hey does Mithril exist in this continuity?"
17.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 3.8
SadWormtheWorm: 3 (plus some small amount of charge because I have no idea how much that splintered post of his is actually worth)
Spirit Savant: 2
Algot: 2
Redrover: 1 (afk)
GENE: 1 (dead)
Wooby: .8 (dead)
Store:
Eishaic Scythe: 5 credits
Flying Spaghetti Monster: 10 credits
Terror Pants: 22.5 credits
Bounties:
Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Null/
I didn’t charge last turn
Still, I just gave you stuff for my action so it shoudn’t be weak.
The portal just randomly happened.
And, you can use the auto cranker to stack and give the auction +2 each turn. So it isn’t a waste. If you finish another quest I can give you a material finder?
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
You successfully climb down. near the bottom, the spires slope evens out. additionally, now that you're closer you can see a large amount of fork-wielding fish-men clammering around in the water, some trying to reach you, though they seem to be having trouble climbing.
Interestingly, the celestial glow of the water seems weaker from up close.
Also, boats.
(OOC: apologies for only sidequest-dopping once: I was busy with an animation for another game.)
(heh at the quicksalt use)
? It did raise the odds a fair bit...
you successfully make things with wood, specifically a potion of unhealthiness. this gains you several levels, but you aren't quite good enough at Woodworking to make the staff, Yet. Maybe if you could get more
Srovy is awakened!
You pull out a sheet! (I'd respond here but you ask in the later post)
Hm... the Auto-cranker there seems a bit... yeah, no. you successfully give pionoplayer a box! It may be useful for scrap metal. in theory, it's possible for it to spontaneously rearrange itself into a helpful machine! In practice, this is functionally impossible, but hey! Scrap metal! You then put a cloth on your scrap metal, wiping it off. it is now 'shiny scrap metal'!
A portal, you say? I don't see a portal anywhere! that's all quite strange of you to talk about... also, levels? Items don't level up! not unless they're made to do that...
Hm... mithril, mithril... I should really clean this database up, come to think of it...
I don't think I have anything listed under Mithril, though I'm not sure exactly what Mithril is... There are a variety of celestially attuned materials, and there are a fair few records of Demon Blood, but I've never really compiled thi- Wait, no, there.
Alright, so I have only two records of Mithril. Apparently the Dwarven city of Thanos (no relation to Thanos) forges mantels of it, and there are rumours of some poorly-forged leggings made of it in the Deserts.
further clarifications on balance: Giving someone stuff is just as hard as making that stuff, then giving it to them; making stuff, or doing stuff, is difficult roughly in proportion to its value. Anything you describe in your post, if you want it to happen, and it wouldn't otherwise, is part of your action. for some examples:
If the auto-cranker were worth 1 action on all directly cranking-related tasks, that would require somewhere around 15 actions to make, and it would probably die shortly. A material finder can be made but, again, the value of its actions is proportional to the actions spent using it, because the stronger its actions are the more valuable it is.
Furthermore, there is a default way things work, which doesn't align with whatever ideas you've come up with, because it already exists, and you haven't spent actions (or nearly enough, even if we counted your last post) on changing how things work for your items, or making items that work differently. to make something useful takes time.
I hope this is clear enough?
"To show you the power of
liquid..."
] 
BUT A 
ANGEL 315/
HP, All he can see is martians! KNIYFE!! 
Wings, Armor, Weapons, Self. In The Update Room. fell down and gotted upwards.
1/3 Energy Diamonds Abyssite 2s .5L
Phil Swift stops talking after 'liquid', probably because the rest of the quote doesn't make any sense in this context.
Phil Swift is talketh.
1:00 PM is keeping watch when suddenly they realize it's pitch black where they are. somethings up, but it's completely unrelated to anything else people might be worry about.
Cuphead goes over to the Shopkeep and asks if they can go home now, as it has been three rounds.
The Earth Pelican idles, having recieved no orders.
The Terror Pants continue bodyguarding idly.
The Spageti monster is no longer bored, and heals the TPants.
The Analytical Apparatus starts making comparisons... SirNatureWriter seems to be... hm... while the Shopkeeper is less c... and algot seems more spo----
Crack.hm? Oh, yes. Right.
The Spirit Savants bones crack, then their arms twitch, before the space they stand within distorts, sucking them into the mask. It floats there, in the air. peaceful, almost.
the Starflesh Staff clatters to the ground, and at that exact moment a wave of flesh pours out of the Mask, glowing like the night sky seen clearest that can be. The resulting shape is almost malformed, one of the feet bursting on impact with the ground, But it seems there's still a fight to come.
The Shopkeeper notices the Mask has got its Eishaic Scythe stuck in his stall, just sort of awkwardly trying to pull it through the window. Probably because it's trying to take the thing, which it appears to have fused with its arm.
(The Godmodder, off on the battlefield, puts another point in his charge, but seems to be paying attention to elsewhere.)
[Edit: Hello future readers! The original image hosting of the Mask Of Hesitation's body sadly stopped working, so I, JOEbobobob of the year 2022, took it upon myself to replace it! Luckily, I never delete any of my art files. While I was at it, however, I noticed my past standards for background quality and general image cleanness were lower. I haven't made any notable changes to the Mask itself-cleaned up some of the lines, but it's the same design- but the original version of this image had a greenish-grey hill for a floor and a flat grey background.]
The Update Room.
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[AG-Shard-Shard] Eishalon III: Mask of Hesitation.
[OG?-HV] Japanians
Spirit Savant Fallen! Starflesh Staff
1:00 PM 15/15 HP bonus against crabs and eyestalks! to be eaten....
[OG] Earth Pelican 9 dirt. 19 rocks. O look the pelican.
[A] Cuphead 88/88 HP 75% dodge, [55Basic | 20Spread x3 | 50Chaser 20%Dneg ] 4/4 EX move 110, shadiamond proof! owned by Aisenberg???, moralized, temporal preservation IX.
[A] Terror Pants 260/380 HP (Bulletstorm, Spray and pray, machine gun, rockets, The big gun.) "Ownerless", trouble fitting in The Update Room. guarding Analytical Apparatus.
[A] Analytical Apparatus 7/7 hp ~0.5 CP [NaWrt]. 1 CP [Pionoplayer]. 1 CP [algot] 0CP [other] stage 2: comparisons...
[A] Flying Spageti monster 170/190 HP 30A/-30A 3/3 Cannon Meatball
Algot: Playing Foundation : W & L and nearing a Loss! Paradoxically, In The Update Room! Invisible!
Hungry Visitor: Founder, ERR+2 skill. In The Update Room! Next to Unique 'Magic Factory' and Srovy, Needs stuff he doesn't have? woodworking skill which is not the same thing as cutting down trees: nearing 50. 1C.AC
Aeisenberg: In The Update Room!
OrcalordBeyond: On battlefield, is a god. on fire with hair.
Dracoflamer: on battlefield, probably(?)! deserves to be remembered forever. f'real.
DigitalFyre: has returneded! On Main Battlefield, probablyl!
rangerrogueorpaladin: Being accosted by Lich!...? Maybe?
Srovy: 2 dirt lumps, 4 Rocks, Gathering Pickaxe! Awakened by HV (Tier 0.6)
Theblackswordmaster:in the update room!
Piono: Null+0.5 Souls ~?Eishaic Scythe?~, 2079.8 bottles of Restricted Godmodder energy. in the update room. shiny, !shiny! scrap metal.
The shopkeep frowns. "If the only records are of mantels and leggings then it isn't the right mithril. Are there any celestially attuned metals without links to any specific beings or deities? If it has a specific bent it won't do me any good, though that demon blood might be useful if I can alloy it in properly"
Then the mask of hesitation thing happens and he growls, then sighs. He walks around to the front of the stall and glares up at the mask of hesitation. "Alright, look here buddy you didn't pay for that. Given that I'm in the middle of something and don't feel like wasting my time in a fight over a cheap artifact, I'll offer you a deal."
He gestures to the scythe caught in the stall, and suddenly a circle of large blades appear around the edges of the window. They look uncomfortably sharp. "You have 3 options here. A: You hand me back the starflesh staff and I'll deduct the remaining 2 credits from your account, then help you get unstuck. B: You buckle up a sec and I teleport you back to the main battlefield, this will also deduct the remaining 2 credits from your account but you get to keep the starflesh staff and head back to help out your new boss before he starts getting punched in the face by assorted angry Players again. C: You try and take the scythe without making one of the other deals I've offered you and learn firsthand why it's not smart to mess with someone who has a track record of killing things abruptly, and has 65 charge worth of entity backup to boot. Oh yes, and get your credit annulled anyways. Technically there's option D: you just leave the scythe with me and keep your credits, but I'm sorta suspecting you don't have any further use for those credits after this anyway."
The Shopkeep turns to Cuphead. "Sorry to keep you waiting kid, anyway a deal's a deal. Here's that contract of yours, nice and tidy." He procures the contract from his pocket and hands it back to Cuphead. Cuphead is now a free man, er, cup boy thing. "I'm not gonna waste my time trying to take my charge power back from ya, so enjoy being permanently supercharged to ludicrous extremes I guess." The Shopkeep gestures with his off hand, and a portal back to Inkwell Isle appears. He stops and thinks. "Hey, before you go I might be able to offer you a hopefully less soul-imperiling deal than the one that landed you here in the first place. If you stick around another round or two to maybe help me with something violence-oriented, I'll transfer ownership of the Devils casino to you, since I repossessed that from him after our little brawl but don't really have a use for it. I figure since you gambled your soul on that figure you won't mind shooting up someone for a few minutes. You'll get ownership whether or not I wind up needing your help if you stick around for the whole time, I just need you to stick around for a little bit and be ready to leverage a little muscle if needed. Portal'll stay open so you can bail if you need to though, though bailing early will forfeit the casino."
Action wise, the shopkeep's stall has lodged a blade between the Eishalon's scythe and its freedom, this allows me to set up a conditional:
If the Eishalon disconnects its scythe and just goes about its business, nothing happens.
If the Eishalon hands the Shopkeep back the Starflesh Staff, the Shopkeep undoes the blades and flips open the stall's sunroof, allowing the Eishalon to pull its scythe free no problem.
If the Eishalon agrees to be teleported, he slap a teleporter on it and teleports it back to the battlefield.
If the Eishalon tries to rip its scythe free, it opens itself up to a combo attack for my first post next round.
The Terror Pants are telepathically ordered to train the big gun on the Eishalon, but not to open fire until given the order. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is told to be on guard in case the giant rainbow monster decides to try something cheeky.
17.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 3.8
SadWormtheWorm: 3
Eishalon III: 2(?)
Algot: 2
Redrover: 1 (afk)
Store:
Eishaic Scythe: 5 credits (???)
Flying Spaghetti Monster: 10 credits
Terror Pants: 22.5 credits
Bounties:
Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.
Hmm, I don't really want to try my chances with these fish-men yet without knowing what my stick does. I guess I'll try to shoot some sort of flare up into the air for now, and wait a second to see what the effects are.
[P] SirNatureWriter: 120/120 mage HP, Level 20 Mage, 61% XP
Equipped: 1 stick
Inventory: 8 sticks, 3.8 credits
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
[OG] Philip the Pseudodragon (In no affiliation with Phil Swift of Flextape Holiness): 20/21 HP.
Equipped: None
Inventory: None
Location: Spire of the Spectral Sea
(OOC: Also, no worries! I've been pretty busy with a lot anyways, so I probably wouldn't have gotten it for a bit.)
(OOC: Can someone give me a very brief summary of what's currently happening? I'd love to join, but I can't if I don't know what's happening)
The proud owner of over 8000 hours in Terraria.
Send help pleaseEssentially, there isn't much going on in the Battlefield (where the godmodder is). In a separate place called the update room, there's a battle between Phil Swift and Aisenberg. There's also a shop inside there which Piono runs, and he's currently running it and trying to charge a machine which will (hopefully) help defeat the godmodder, while also dealing with some type of floating mask monster. Sadworm is trying to aid Piono with that. Elsewhere in the world, hungry_visitor is trying to craft something (I don't know what). And I'm in a separate "side quest" location, which you probably don't have to worry about, but is essentially a stone spire in the middle of an ocean.
TL:DR essentially everyone's just gathering strength and avoiding the godmodder for the time being.
(OOC: Okay, thanks)
I materialize next to the floating mask monster and cast magic missile at it using a 2nd level spell slot
The proud owner of over 8000 hours in Terraria.
Send help pleaseDespite its name I do not hesitate and put on:
,which is a pretty fancy decorative article. Thank you for spawning this, Spirit Savant. I was looking for something similar to this for my alternate universe Sans costume.
To make sure it does not escape I seal its fate as my mask with FLEX TAPE. Now it won't be able to escape ever... yeah I am really cruel I know.
I awaken my new mask and then cut down more trees for a second potion of unhealthyness (Katana method).
You seem to be a little confused about my alignment, naturewriter. I'm a neutral in this conflict, if the godmodder leaves me alone, I leave him alone. The new Eishalon form is only in danger of getting face-stomped because it's trying to steal from my shop.
I have no qualms about cutting deals with third parties and even the Godmodder provided he's not a jerk about it. I'm here to supply giant monsters to the highest bidder and basically nothing more.
The Shopkeep idly tosses another charge into Monolithium, and contemplates.
When Nature (hopefully) returns with the alloying station, we'll need multiple materials to do that alloying with:
1. Celestial metal of some kind (silver should no good alternatives be found)
2. Demon Blood or similar unholy magic (Shopkeep has some shadewood that can be burnt for shadowash as a lesser alternative if needed)
3. Normal conductive metal (currently planned to be gold, but perhaps a better alternative will present itself)
4. Stabilizer metal (If we use silver and demon blood, the celestial metal and shadowash, or silver and shadowash, this won't be needed. But a grounder for the conflicting energies between the celestial metal and demon blood will be needed if both are obtained and used. Iron will work decently for a single use, but if the contraption winds up being needed repeatedly the metal's own composition will wear it down after about the third use so something stronger would be a better choice.)
18.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 3.8
SadWormtheWorm: 3
Eishalon III: 2(?)
Algot: 2
Redrover: 1 (afk)
Store:
Eishaic Scythe: 5 credits (???)
Flying Spaghetti Monster: 10 credits
Terror Pants: 22.5 credits
Bounties:
Ideas into godmodder vs. player energy conversion: 1 credit for every idea that gets me closer, 5 credits for every major breakthrough idea. 25 credits to anyone who manages to kickstart me to the end.