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Off-Topic / Re: Bear's ranting and at the same time flexing thread

« Last post by Joy on February 01, 2026, 06:40:28 pm »

My biggest nemesis in the garden is gophers. They dig everywhere and I can't have grass because they tunnel so much. I have tried everything but what has given me a 95%

One time use mostly but cheap.

I dig up the whole tunnel until I hit an obstacle and put one of these. When they come back, they run through it, no bait.

Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast

« Last post by Yulya on February 01, 2026, 05:58:59 pm »

Yulya sighs with relief learning that the room is empty. She steps forward and searches for traps and other anomalies.

How strange!
Where could they have gone? There is no exit and we saw no footprints on the way down. Either they jumped into the elevator shaft or went down further with the elevator before we pulled it up. Or the bulettes got them. Or - do you think the skeletons was them? They looked ancient though...

Yulya takes a look at the inscriptions to determine how old they are and if the dwarvish ones are the same age.
Do you think dwarfs were also among them? This would complicate the matter.

She reads the warning about the bulette nest with a bitter laugh.
Thanks for telling us! I am still glad we investigated the matter and got out relatively unharmed. Leaving this matter unsolved does not sit right with my work ethics I must say...

If there is nothing odd to be found Yulya helps set up the tent to rest. She takes the ring from Ashley with a nod.
Ashley please get us the elevator! You are best suited for the job we are counting on you! Be careful! We will proceed as Alice has suggested and barricade us in here after you leave.

Off-Topic / Re: [Bear] This is America!

« Last post by Kashtan on February 01, 2026, 05:00:17 pm »

Taiwan will be the final test

Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast

« Last post by Alice on February 01, 2026, 01:59:36 pm »

Alice looks around in confusion and slight disappointment.
Huh? Where's the humans we are going to eat? Where did they go? Are they hiding under the floor tiles?

Alice waits for Yulya to look for traps one more time and then goes exploring. She checks the floor for secret rooms, the waterwheel shaft and the contents of all boxes and barrels.
Oh, toxic explosive compound! My favorite!
And Dwarven Ale!
Cat, cook us something that goes well with ale!

Alice helps herself to some ale and tastes it.

Alice has no objections to resting here while Ashley gets the elevator.
We'll barricade the door. When you return, knock exactly five times! Any other amount of knocks will let us know it's not you or that something is off.

General Discussion / Re: Dream thread: Record your tulpa related dreams.

« Last post by Alice on February 01, 2026, 01:27:03 pm »

Or my host.
He had a similar dream where he tried to read 3-digit numbers on a sheet of paper but they constantly changed. At some point he realized this was a dream but was too tired to do anything.

There was another dream where we were outside in an unfamiliar park. There was a spotted leopard cub that was chased by a cougar. Host thought the cougar wanted to kill the cub but apparently it was its mother despite being another species. The mother licked and pawed the cub and then both cougar parents went to rest atop a bush while the cub played in the grass. It looked absurd as 2 very large cougars were on top of a bush as if they were weightless. Host retreated as to not disturb them. But when he turned his back on the cougars, they now started stalking him instead. I had to shoo them off and they fled because I'm super scary after all. I don't like animals that appear docile but attack you when you turn your back on them.

Weird thing - cougar cubs also have spots but host didn't remember this in the dream and thought it must be another species.

Off-Topic / Re: [Bear] This is America!

« Last post by Joy on January 31, 2026, 08:38:17 pm »

Of course this isn't all just for fun, I have to assume what's going on here is preparation for war. We need to expel the sleeper cells and enemy combatants while we shore up our manufacturing and clear up all other wars. There is a lot being done very quickly, I don't think Trump, a 2nd term president, would do all this just to prove a legacy, that's his bonus, the meat of what we need to do is of course war. It all points to that anyway, not to mention the inside information that I had from two years ago. A choice had to be made, either we're with China or against them. If we're with them, they would eventually overtake us and subjugate us by many means, winning the war without firing a shot. Biden wanted to go this route. He was bought and paid for.

Apparently negotiations failed with Trump, and he's on a war path, no doubt about that. I'm not too old to join if it comes to that, though I'd be an officer and a specialist.

Anyway, gotta clean house first, get our ducks in a row, Greenland is worthless as is, we would need to arm it, that'll take time. 2027 is the goal as far as I think anyway. Anything can happen though of course.

Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast

« Last post by Joy on January 31, 2026, 07:43:19 pm »

[Perception 1d20+2=11]

Alice busts in the room expecting a fight, spear ready and looked around. What she finds isn't exactly what she was expecting. She senses no traps.

W12 - Workshop

Marks on the floor indicate tracks were once laid here.

It looks like another area to work on carts and resupply was here, now still stocked with parts along with barrels full of unrefined ore. A flume on the East wall leads up to an old waterwheel sitting in a seven-foot-wide channel cut into the ceiling of the room, but the channel is dry.

On the Southwest wall, from this side, the tunnel dug by the Bulettes has metal plates and wood beams that have have been added to prevent anything from coming through the rubble. Apparently you would have discovered this a few hours into attempting to break through.

Newer glowstone lanterns are lit here resembling the ones on the higher levels.

There are freshly cleaned and polished markings scribed into the western wall as Alice enters, the Dwarvish is also accompanied by scribbles in common, "Northwest shaft requires new chain, needs shoring! Abandoned for now.", "South of shaft, reinforce wall", "Temporary Shoring just North, vein is unstable do not cross", lastly in bold clear letters, written in three separate languages: "Bulette nest 300 feet Northwest, DO NOT DISTURB!"

The rest of the room is unremarkable, more tools, parts and finer tools for metalworking and carving. Mining tools, torches, rope that's long since lost its strength due to age and a couple more barrels marked as explosives, but again not mixed and no other means to know how to mix them. Lastly by the flume is a fresh barrel of dwarven ale that seems to have been stored there recently. The dust has been cleaned in this area.

Looking closer, it appears the finer tools have been disturbed recently and one a few have been knocked on the ground, something seems off about that considering everything else was so neatly stowed. Perhaps whoever was here had to leave in a hurry.

Ashley calls from the hall in a loud whisper, "What's in there, is it safe?" She turns to Yulya, "if it is, we should shut ourselves in and rest, then I can make it back up and get the elevator in a few hours, I'm really stealthy like that. I really want to set up these trigger rings, maybe I can auto-spawn Nixie, I guess you can have one back Yulya. Otherwise I don't need much rest." Ashley gives one of the rings to Yulya.

[Ashley is talking about two of the rings Sir Alric used. They are called "GLYPH RING OF WARDING" you can add any spell you're capable of casting into this and set a trigger for it to go off meeting predetermined conditions, they're still empty, Ashley has been absentmindedly holding on to them since the mechatherial goddess possessed her.]

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[Ashley is safe to make it to the elevator on the upper level to bring it down in 3 hours, though when she transforms back she will be naked unless Ashley panther remembers to take some clothes. If you choose to go with her, it will take 10 hours to move carefully enough not to have a chance to spawn encounters. Additionally if the group goes with her, there is a risk the Bulettes will hear and attack; the Bulettes will not sense Ashley Panther alone. She will also have to despawn her other pets or they may get bored and wander around aimlessly, setting off traps you potentially didn't see.]