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Get up and leave the ale cellar and go find the Thieves Guild.
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 : No hard feelings, I'd be a bit ill-tempered too if I was born so ugly that my mother used to tie me to the fence to scare away the crows.Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist
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Mar 11, 2015 18:47
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We were warned about these guys. If you meekly reply, 'I'm sorry, I was born that way,' and leave the ale cellar. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a jewellery robbery to prepare.
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Mar 11, 2015 20:45
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Tell him to shove it! 294
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Mar 11, 2015 21:13
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Comstar posted:We were warned about these guys. If you meekly reply, 'I'm sorry, I was born that way,' and leave the ale cellar. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a jewellery robbery to prepare. Definitely seconded. Abort abort abort.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:21
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We were born this way because we are from an alien planet.
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Page 305 posted:As you walk across the sawdust-covered tiles towards the door, you hear Tyutchev say to the barman, 'Who was that frightened rabbit?' He walks over to the thieves. If anyone is particularly keen to head back in, I'll consider a side-update, but I'd prefer to keep things moving over tiny increments for each update. Page 289 posted:You step out, squinting against the bright light of the late afternoon sun. Add 1 LUCK point for visiting the Red Dragon Inn and living to tell the tale. You are back in the Street of Seven Sins. Luck is maxed out now, and we have met the Sage (though we can choose to not meet him). Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist
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Mar 12, 2015 19:02
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If you have met a Sage and he has invited you to dinner lets go have dinner.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:44
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Never turn down a free meal. Let's head back to the Sage.
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Mar 13, 2015 00:36
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Accept the offer of yummies.
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Y'all are no fun  Page 229 posted:On your way towards the Sage's house a small boy runs up to you and asks if you would like to help a very clever scholar and make some money doing it. 'It won't take long,' he adds, tugging at your sleeve. Gonna push us through this decision, as the option to decline is the same in the next page. Page 216 posted:The boy leads you to the Guilds of Learning. You hurry down a cloister, which surrounds a square of tall grass speckled with scarlet poppies, and on towards a huge greenhouse made of tarred wood and glass. Two scholars wearing the pale blue robes of the Sages come out to greet you. One is spindly and bald, the other is very chubby and peers at you through his pince-nez. They are obviously pleased to see you and introduce themselves as Moreau and Polonius. The fat one, Polonius, asks you to come with them, if you would like to earn twenty gold pieces for twenty minutes' work. : Sages galore! Are we having a sleepover tonight?Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist
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Mar 13, 2015 01:57
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A scholar with the name of Moreau, you say? I, uh, forgot I had something very important to do. Sorry, guys!
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Mar 13, 2015 02:04
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Hell yes! Time to become the beast master! Or get polonium poisoning, depending on which name this guy cleaved to.
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Hey thread, would you like to have an adventure [y/n]? Seriously? Well, we're not missing out on this one. Page 182 posted:'We are scholars,' says Moreau excitedly. 'Vivisection is our field of study. We use surgery and magic to create new forms of life. Just wait till you see our creation.' They take you to a large sunken pit in the middle of the massive greenhouse. The pit is ringed at the top with downward pointing spikes. They lower a ladder and you all descend into it. In a barred cage at the edge of the pit is a most loathsome sight. This choice is a false one with nearly identical results, so we'll go to 201 for completion's sake. Page 201 posted:'Ah well, that's a pity,' says Polonius, and presses the far wall of the pit. With a great clang bars spring up between you and the two scholars. To your horror you see that at the same time the bars separating you from their awful creation have slid into the ground. The beast comes towards you, intent on turning you into a meal. You must fight the VIVISECT. The scholars produce wax tablets and begin to take notes. It's a nested false choice too: Page 158 posted:You ask the scholars to use their spell. 'Something appears to be wrong,' mumbles Moreau guiltily. The spell is not working. Out of the corner of your eye you can see him gesticulating as if casting a spell, but the beast is unaffected. You must fight it to the death. Return to the paragraph you came from. : It's time to put you out of your ugly. I'll include misery too, no added charge.Rolling: (8+10)>(11+4): Skroddy loses 2 Stamina (8+3)<(11+7): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina (8+8)=(11+5): Grimace-off, nothing lost but dignity (8+10)<(11+10): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina (8+7)<(11+8): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina (8+12)>(11+3): Skroddy loses 2 Stamina (8+6)<(11+9): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina (8+10)<(11+10): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina (8+6)<(11+4): VIVISECT loses 2 Stamina and is smashsected. : Awgh! I'm covered in...awful. I...awgh!Page 176 posted:The vile monstrosity sinks to the ground, squelching in a pool of blood and green ichor. The stench of its spilled entrails is nauseating. The sages are woebegone at the death of their creation, but they help you out of the pit. 'I'm sorry,' says Moreau, 'my spell did not work. What a shame you had to kill her.' You shake your head at their madness and ask for your gold. Polonius dives his hands into various pockets and folds of his robes, a look of consternation crossing his features. He is about to make some excuse, when he sees your growing anger. Eventually, he offers you a magic scroll as payment instead. It contains a Spell of Agonizing Doom, which you can use once only. You accept, take your leave, and head for the house of the Sage. : HER? How could you tell?Page 273 posted:You come to the door of the Sage's house and knock. After a few moments a manservant opens the door. You explain that you have come to see the Sage. The manservant asks you for the token. I haven't found a page where you can lose the jade rose, so...I guess this page is just to keep people honest if they try to cheat...? Page 6 posted:The servant says, 'Ah yes, you are expected. Please come in.' You follow him into the parlour. The dining-table is laid for three. Apothecus rises to greet you and introduces you to his friend, Diodorus, a Sage who is an expert on travel between the planes of existence. He tells you that there are portals or gates, allowing travel between Orb and other worlds. He suspects that you may have been brought from Earth to Orb by means of such a portal, 'When you recover the Talisman,' he says, 'you must leave Greyguilds and walk south-east until you come to the Great Plateau. Mount Starreach, the tallest mountain on the plateau, has, at its summit, one of these portals, through which you must pass if you wish to return to Earth.' : Thanks for the infodump, Dio-dude and Apothesage!Page 64 posted:As you set off, you see a small group of people clustered around a man wearing a flowing grey cloak and one dangling gold ear-ring. He is making huge bunches of flowers appear and disappear to cries of delight and amusement from the crowd. Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist Ratatozsk fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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Mar 14, 2015 01:47
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Maaaaagic! Let's hope this Magic Man isn't a jerk.
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Mar 14, 2015 01:52
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Try to find a way into the Thieves' Guild. I'm sure it's a hag in disguise.
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Mar 14, 2015 02:52
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Break in to the Guild.
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oh yea, we're ready to go, and nothing is gonna sto-Oooh, magic show! let's watch!
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Mar 14, 2015 07:34
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Let's talk to the thieves. Again.
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Mar 14, 2015 14:58
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I believe in magic. Do you?
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Mar 14, 2015 16:24
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Don't be late! Punctuality among theives!
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Page 83 posted:Have you been told about the storm-drain? If our introduction to the thieves goes...poorly, then they tell us about the storm-drain (trap) instead of the coal-chute (real entrance). Page 183 posted:You turn left down Hornbeam Road, looking for the coal-hole. You see what looks like a coal-cellar at the back of a dilapidated warehouse. You duck into it and find a small crawl-way hidden on the other side of the pile of coal. You craw! down a chute and out into a small passageway that winds for some distance beneath the city. You come to a door and push it open. You step into a magnificently furnished room; evidently the Thieves' Guild lacks nothing. A group of men is waiting for you, lounging on sofas. Some of them you recognize from the Red Dragon Inn, in particular the one with a scar running from ear to chin. Page 209 posted:Scarface looks you up and down for a moment. Then he says, 'Right, I'll get the Guildmaster, we'll see what he has to say.' There is an uneasy silence before he returns with another man. Scarface says, 'This is Vagrant, Guildmaster of Thieves.' Vagrant is a handsome, middle-aged man wearing an ermine jacket. Twirling his moustache, he asks you the purpose of your visit. : Your moustache is captivating. Can I have a minute to just appreciate it before making my case?Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist Ratatozsk fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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Mar 14, 2015 19:45
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Better to be up front now and have them turn us down than to get caught in a lie later. Who wants to help me steal an artifact of doom?
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Nobody wants to steal an artifact of doom, but since they are a Thieves' Guild, I imagine they have no problem hunting an individual, high value object of an unspecified nature. I'd imagine they wouldn't bother if we told them they could get rich, they'd just toss us out or kill us for too brazen a lie.
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Mar 15, 2015 00:22
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I've got a hot tip on some unspecified object!
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Mar 15, 2015 02:59
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I need your help in stealing something.
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Mar 15, 2015 04:04
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You want to steal the Talisman of Death and stop the Nazi's from taking over the world! Oh right, wrong movie. Um, there MAY be a giant snake involved.
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Mar 15, 2015 04:12
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The talisman of death is our quarry!
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Fancy stealing this artifact called the Talisman of Death?
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Page 276 posted:There is a hushed silence, broken by Vagrant. 'That is indeed beyond price.' He suddenly barks out an order 'We'll mount an expedition before they move the Talisman. It is market-day - a good time. Scarface, Jemmy the Rat, Bloodheart and young Lord Min, you will accompany our friend here.' Some hours later, when they have finished their preparations, you set off. I don't know if I ever really noticed the incidental illustrations in WotT, but holy bells are they padding the heck out of this book. The crow, page 276, and the claw holding a brazier or whatever constitute a full page. Page 241 posted:Scarface leads you through a maze of back alleys into a building that Jemmy the Rat tells you is a safe house. You climb on to the roof and continue running across the roof-tops of the city. Soon you are on top of a tall house, just below the top of the temple to Fell-Kyrinla. Bloodheart, a hulking, silent fellow, takes a rope and grappling hook from his shoulder. He effortlessly throws it round the top of one of the temple columns. He secures his end to a chimneystack and walks across on the tightrope he has created. You all manage to cross hand-over-hand and join him in the temple eaves. Jemmy the Rat, a wiry man with fingers like spider's legs, finds a skylight and, true to his name, prises off the bars and picks the lock. Reaching inside he disarms a trap containing a poisoned dart. You marvel at his nimble-fingered skill. They lower a rope and you all drop down to the top of a staircase. You catch sight of an old serving-man passing a doorway on the landing. The others have not noticed him. : Evidently CQC wasn't part of the Potion Shack pre-employment training.Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist
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Let the nice old man live
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I bet he's a boss. Kill him!
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If we leave the man alone, we may go undetected. But if we kill him, we will definitely raise an alarm. Masters of stealth we ain't.
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We need another kill, our list is looking a bit scanty.
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FredMSloniker posted:If we leave the man alone, we may go undetected. But if we kill him, we will definitely raise an alarm. Masters of stealth we ain't. This.
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Ignore him, hoping he didn't see you and pray the RIGHT gods are on my side.
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If he's a man, he's not a hag. Leave him alone.
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Page 228 posted:You hurry on down the stairs but the old man has seen you. Page 283 posted:You are padding silently along the landing towards the stairs which lead down, when a loud pealing of bells fills the air. 'The alarm!' snarls Scarface. You freeze. Looking back you are astonished to find that you cannot see the thieves, who you thought were behind you. All you can see are shadows. You are on your own. : Stealing away, eh? Just what I'd expect from a bunch of thievin' thieves the likes of you!Character Sheet posted:Skroddy the Former Potionist
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Charge on ahead!
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