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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Cat on November 24, 2025, 07:33:21 am »
Alice goes further without the rope and reaches the skeleton. 
It looks old, hundreds of years, stripped clean by the catfish and a foot below the wrist it's covered in the same muscles seen elsewhere. A current of cold water leads into the tunnel, coming from cracks in the submerged ceiling to the West. The wand is the type used by wizards with a sizeable pointed pink gem on the tip. Alice gives it a tug and the whole hand comes with it, rings included. She zips back and brings the loot to Yulya.
Cat inspects the loot
Nyaa nice nya! This should be useful Nya!

Still looking for adventure, Alice dives back in soon after warming up.
In the mean time Cat prepares a Takoyaki snack worth 1/2 rations.
Since the octopus is tough, Cat minces the meat and mixes it with flour creating meatballs that are stir-fried in cooking oil.
1.5lbs octopus meat
0.5lbs flour
0.1lbs cooking oil




Alice returns without incident after about half an hour, carrying a chest.
Oh another treasure Nya why did the Rockseekers never retrieved all this Nya?

Cat listens to the report.
Nyaa looks like there was quite the fight here Nya I wonder who those people were Nya and why we didn't see a single living orc or goblin Nya...

If there is still time to rest, Cat will hone her claws.
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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Joy on November 23, 2025, 07:38:23 pm »
With all that can be recovered with a rope taken, Alice is left with the only one choice if she wants the items held up so graciously by the, clearly not a trap, skeleton's bony hand. After poking with a stick and throwing rocks, nothing but zipping blind catfish surfaced. So Alice goes further without the rope and reaches the skeleton. 

It looks old, hundreds of years, stripped clean by the catfish and a foot below the wrist it's covered in the same muscles seen elsewhere. A current of cold water leads into the tunnel, coming from cracks in the submerged ceiling to the West. The wand is the type used by wizards with a sizeable pointed pink gem on the tip. Alice gives it a tug and the whole hand comes with it, rings included. She zips back and brings the loot to Yulya.
 
The bony hand wears three jeweled gold rings of unknown type with clearly a magic aura surrounding them.


[ARCANA 1d20+5=14]

It still clutches a wand, Yulya easily identifies it as a wand of magic missiles, but the rings evade her ability to identify.

[Wand of Magic Missiles This wand has 7 small gems surrounding the large one and therefore 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the magic missile spell from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 1st-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend up to all 7. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed, so it's not well advised to ever use the last charge weight 2lbs, value 250gp, there is no discount, it trades like a gem or coin.]

[Possible Interactions #1]

Still looking for adventure, Alice dives back in soon after warming up.

The light from Yulya's stone guides her way through a hole about the size of a Rothé. She traverses a few hundred feet before finding a breathing space and a small beach. Here the catfish find her presence quite tasty as they attempt to strip off any dead layers of skin, if she had such things they'd happily exfoliate, but being something else, they soon lose interest. On the shore of this beach in pitch dark, other than the light Alice brought, is the skeletons of several beings still wearing what looks like well preserved but otherwise hard and brittle armor, clothes, and weapons. Anything leather cracks and falls apart to the touch, anything fabric turns to dust when disturbed, the iron weapons are hundreds of years old and in junk condition. Among the bodies Alice finds a small chest with a lock, though it weighs about 20lbs, she should be able to swim it back.



There's nothing else of value, the stains on the clothes indicate these poor fellows died from injuries. Several orc and goblin skeletons are also there but in worse shape.



[Possible Interactions #2]

Alice returns without incident after about half an hour.

[Time: Wednesday, Spring 26, 5:00, 9C Calm]

[Interactions Required, and tell me what you want to do next. There is no map update associated with this expedition.]
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Joy on November 23, 2025, 06:41:46 pm »
Bear says that's very unlikely.
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General Discussion / Re: Dream thread: Record your tulpa related dreams.
« Last post by Alice on November 23, 2025, 06:00:17 pm »
I found photos of our garden and the neighborhood loli posted on /tulpa/
Thought I gotta remove this immediately and wondered who the hell found us. What a nightmare!



Host had a pretty cool dream about receiving a large property for his (or actually my) birthday. It was an entire estate consisting of a huge modern warehouse surrounded by a park. Contrary to usual however he wasn't alone, there was a large number of teenagers (most male), busy unpacking and arranging furniture. It soon became clear these people were here to stay and the whole thing was more like a fight club / religious order / private city. While host was nominally the head of this, you know him. Everyone was busy doing their things and host didn't really know what to do. There were 3 identical large beds next to each other like in a furniture store. Host decided to sleep in another one each day because why not? This was on a raised platform in the huge warehouse that more looked like an exhibition center. A story below young people were arranging mattresses on the floor, they also had to sleep somewhere. Large potted plants and palms gave the whole thing a friendly look. Generally everything was new and clean and pleasant. Host however was Bernd and soon felt marginalized in there. He still was happy about owning the whole thing and took a walk around it. Next to our warehouse was the storage of a garden center. He walked through and saw a huge container labeled 'cave catfish food'.
The dream was odd and we switched perspectives several times. I was out in the park, neat terracotta paths surrounded by mediterranean vegetation. All green. I realized it was my Birthday and this whole event seemed an appropriate celebration. I wasn't overly happy about all the kids around but they worked hard and didn't bother me otherwise. Felt feudal. Near the gate to the street I noticed some hobo tried to get in but was promptly thrown out. Fuck yeah no subhumans allowed!
We continued unpacking more things and questioning the whole thing more or less but it appeared convincing as always in dreams. That feel when you wake up and lose your giant estate and personal teen army...
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Alice on November 23, 2025, 03:58:11 pm »
Alice is plotting another holocaust!
Nah, just a little Reichskristallnacht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Alice on November 23, 2025, 03:41:58 pm »
Frustrated, Alice hops out of the water and unties the rope.

Nyaa can't you use your 10ft pole Nya? At least to probe the surroundings Nya maybe there's another trap Nya.
Guess there's no helping it! Cat, keep watch and throw stones into the water if you notice something's off!
Alice retrieves the 10ft pole like a dog and hops into the water again.

https://i.imgur.com/XdbfGym.jpeg

She investigates the skeleton and prods its surroundings with the pole. Pole+Pseudopod = 20ft reach. The pole weighs 7lbs so is within the pseudopod's lifting capacity. No attacks are possible this way, just probing.

If retrieval of the skeleton's treasures is successful, Alice returns on land to warm up and report. Then she goes to investigate the tunnel in a similar manner. First investigate and probe roped, then remove rope and dive.

Alice is equipped with the following:
glowing Stone from Yulya (can be absorbed into body to turn off)
spear
10ft pole
net

The contents of the lolibank have been retrieved but not swallowed. To keep them safe, Alice leaves them with Yulya.
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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Joy on November 23, 2025, 08:31:14 am »
[Alice needs to decide what to do, then, to reach the skeleton with the wand and rings, she'll need to untie from the rope and free-swim. Additionally, there's an underwater tunnel leading further west.]

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Off-Topic / Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Last post by Cat on November 23, 2025, 06:01:19 am »
Cat rests after butchering and hones her sword if there is time.  Then she goes fishing with Alice on a rope. But it's not long enough.
Nyaa can't you use your 10ft pole Nya? At least to probe the surroundings Nya maybe there's another trap Nya.
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Τamamo on November 23, 2025, 05:59:39 am »
Haha, what the hell?
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Off-Topic / Re: D&D Meta Thread
« Last post by Joy on November 22, 2025, 09:05:02 pm »
Nah, just money grubbing.
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