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.
Hm... so not ANY refined Hemp String can be chosen. It has to be RARE. 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.
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)
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.
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.- - -
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.
Alright, looks like I'm going after an alloying machine.
I grab the 9 (3d4) sticks my Pseudodragon managed to grab, and tell him to come with me.
I walk out of the update room, and reach the query.
Select a destination >Garin >Battlefield >gohst plac >gigant skul >random >tutorial zone number 2396'
> random
Initializing Teleport...
Initialization Successful!
Teleporting...
[P] SirNatureWriter: 18/18 HP
Inventory: 1.8 Credits, 9 sticks.
Location: Teleporting...
[OG]Pseudodragon: 20/21 HP
Inventory: N/A
Location: Teleporting...
Randomizing... Area selected! searching for points of interest [subarea count: 4]. . . Randomizing... Co-ordinates selected! Error! Magical interference detected! precision impacted. Teleporting...
Area Discovery: Spire of the SpectralSea This locatiiiiimagic-e-ae-a--aedih-la-not-----ocea-mag---meteo---ancien-pur-bluee--night-Irridescen-------- Description corrupted. error report filed.
(This image contains some issues due to my base source Also including the mist things, but in a much worse form as far as i'm concerned) You appear above a spire of rock, with glowing, swirling mists flowing from its peak down into a massive body of water below. there is a smell of water here, though the air is a little thin this high up. Phil seems to like the atmosphere of this place (and catches you before you hit the rock. feet first, but falling on unstable rock without preparation is unlikely to be fun.).
around five seconds later, there's a pop-up.[image lost to technical difficulties. summary: 'to determine how you interact with reality for this quest, select sideclass. options: Warrior(canonlyuseashovel) mage(canonlyuseastick) archer(canonlyuseabow) and n/a (nothing pops up for restrictions.).']
[OOC Note: The 'magical interference' thing didn't make sure it would end up in the place it did; it just shifted the odds slightly from 'random'. I can neither confirm nor deny whether it actually did anything or had more then a vague half-formed logic behind its existence.
[OOC2:Sadwormtheworm and Orcalord, doubleposting is against the rules. if you need to add something to your post right after posting, use the Edit button! There is also a limit of 3 action-posts per round, but Sadworm is not in violation of this, as they nulled the additional posts. Orcalord, if you intended your posts be one post, the edit button is your friend. if you intended they be separate, on the other hand, you should make fewer and wait for someone else to post between them.]
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
10.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 2.8
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.
Hm... so not ANY refined Hemp String can be chosen. It has to be RARE. 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.
A blacksmith sprite appears out of nowhere and says "If you finish quests, I will build you stuff!" He then -
CHLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIUIUIUIUIUIUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!s
(charge)
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)
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
I cast meteor storm on the maniac,all meteors focused on him
I like 2 play spellcasters that can learn misty step.Also I like to play halflings,elves,dragonborn,warforged,teiflingfs, and half elf
Characters I play: Adron Nightbreeze
Help us Fight the godmodder! We need all the help we can get!
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/user/Orcalord (use link to get to homebrewery)
I also cast bless on everyone who is opposing the godmodder
I like 2 play spellcasters that can learn misty step.Also I like to play halflings,elves,dragonborn,warforged,teiflingfs, and half elf
Characters I play: Adron Nightbreeze
Help us Fight the godmodder! We need all the help we can get!
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/user/Orcalord (use link to get to homebrewery)
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.
10.8/50 for Monolithium
Minimum credit cost: 5
Maximum credit cost: 25
Credits:
SirNatureWriter: 2.8
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.
I chlllluauidsupoiausopiduiashggiuhaidufhaiuoghiouashgiouasdhgiouahgiouhgggggggggg! I also wave to piono and open the flyer.
Quests: Destroy the Maniac- - - Do 1 damage to the godmodder- - -Charge 1 time
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
Null!
1: The gibberish is me charging,
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
Alright, looks like I'm going after an alloying machine.
I grab the 9 (3d4) sticks my Pseudodragon managed to grab, and tell him to come with me.
I walk out of the update room, and reach the query.
Select a destination
>Garin
>Battlefield
>gohst plac
>gigant skul
>random
>tutorial zone number 2396'
> random
Initializing Teleport...
Initialization Successful!
Teleporting...
[P] SirNatureWriter: 18/18 HP
Inventory: 1.8 Credits, 9 sticks.
Location: Teleporting...
[OG] Pseudodragon: 20/21 HP
Inventory: N/A
Location: Teleporting...
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.- - -
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
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."
15.8/50 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.
Null
I’m charging your (piono) cranker to win the auction
Also, because you finished my quest, I will give you something my next turn.
Come check out my stuff: https://www.dndbeyond.com/my-creations
Randomizing...
Area selected! searching for points of interest [subarea count: 4]. . .
Randomizing...
Co-ordinates selected!
Error! Magical interference detected! precision impacted.
Teleporting...
Area Discovery: Spire of the Spectral Sea
This locatiiiiimagic-e-ae-a--aedih-la-not-----ocea-mag---meteo---ancien-pur-bluee--night-Irridescen--------
Description corrupted. error report filed.
(This image contains some issues due to my base source Also including the mist things, but in a much worse form as far as i'm concerned)
You appear above a spire of rock, with glowing, swirling mists flowing from its peak down into a massive body of water below. there is a smell of water here, though the air is a little thin this high up. Phil seems to like the atmosphere of this place (and catches you before you hit the rock. feet first, but falling on unstable rock without preparation is unlikely to be fun.).
around five seconds later, there's a pop-up.[image lost to technical difficulties. summary: 'to determine how you interact with reality for this quest, select sideclass. options: Warrior(canonlyuseashovel) mage(canonlyuseastick) archer(canonlyuseabow) and n/a (nothing pops up for restrictions.).']
[OOC Note: The 'magical interference' thing didn't make sure it would end up in the place it did; it just shifted the odds slightly from 'random'. I can neither confirm nor deny whether it actually did anything or had more then a vague half-formed logic behind its existence.
[OOC2:Sadwormtheworm and Orcalord, doubleposting is against the rules. if you need to add something to your post right after posting, use the Edit button! There is also a limit of 3 action-posts per round, but Sadworm is not in violation of this, as they nulled the additional posts. Orcalord, if you intended your posts be one post, the edit button is your friend. if you intended they be separate, on the other hand, you should make fewer and wait for someone else to post between them.]
Once again,I cast meteor swarm on the maniac
I like 2 play spellcasters that can learn misty step.Also I like to play halflings,elves,dragonborn,warforged,teiflingfs, and half elf
Characters I play: Adron Nightbreeze
Help us Fight the godmodder! We need all the help we can get!
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/user/Orcalord (use link to get to homebrewery)
(I am currently a GOD,just to let all new players know)
I like 2 play spellcasters that can learn misty step.Also I like to play halflings,elves,dragonborn,warforged,teiflingfs, and half elf
Characters I play: Adron Nightbreeze
Help us Fight the godmodder! We need all the help we can get!
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/user/Orcalord (use link to get to homebrewery)
(OOC Ok, what happened when I was gone?)
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.
I play Pokemon go every day.