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The Cats of Ulthar is a very different story from the rest of Lovecraft's writing, less of his love for outdated even by his period's standards vocabulary, and written more like a fairytale - albeit a dark one. I generally recommend it as a good starting story for anyone who wants to start reading lovecraft, simple layout, no exotic GOO terminology to stumble over while getting used to his unique vocabulary choices. And it shows for all the things Lovecraft hates and rails against in the world, he loves kitties.
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He lives in National Treasure as well. Generally he has about a 30% death rate, which DOES put him at the top end along with a lot of monster movie stars like Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price. Bean's deaths have just been in very prominent roles like 006, Boromir, or that guy in Equilibrium who got shot in the face for reading poetry.
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Klaus88 posted:He also lived in Pixels. We do not talk about that which should not be named >:
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The Ape Princess and her mist wolves were wrecking me, and then I remembered I had Curse. Decided, why not give it a try, maybe I could take out a mist wolf. Took them down in one mega-fireball after Curse - totally negated the protection the Princess put up. Awesome. Have now caught up, and am getting used to how Paws operates.
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Update Nine: The Event Horizon Remake Or Something Welcome back, everyone! Last time, on Cthulhu Saves The World, we explored a little city called Providence, then explored around the ranch of a man who has had some of his cattle gone missing. We were then abducted, met Cthulhu's old pal, Paws, who then joined our party and told us that his people were going to gently caress up the world. Today, we're going to gently caress them up before they gently caress up the earth, so let's get crazy.   We're free to leave at any time, if we so desire.  Ta-da!  Insightful.   That's your cool line for activating your tractor beam? C'mon.  So, yeah, you can do that.  You can also do this; we'll have to deactivate some laser barriers to progress, as well as to grab some treasures.  We'll be fighting a bunch of aliens and other monstrosities while we're here.  I'm pretty sure the discovery of FTL travel and cloaking technology come at the same time, Umi.   I've been trying to write some commentary here, but my wife and I just got Hulu and I'm being distracted by Seinfeld.  gently caress you, I need to know about the wacky misadventures of Jerry and his friends!   As to be expected, it's very space-shippey up here.   There are also multiple levels on each floor, so we'll be going up and down a lot.   Oh, good, a fight.  Well, those are definitely aliens.   Well, that's incredibly unpleasant to imagine.  Paws is kind of an interesting character; you'll notice that he has a shitload of HP, as well as good attack power (and his weapon gives him +1 Hit).  He can also switch enemies on and off on their Insanity switches.  And by Instant Attack, they mean instant; this will always come out first, no matter what.  He also has healing abilities, as well as Snowstorm and a combo breaker with Freeze. He's kind of a like a Red Mage in a lot of ways, and he's very useful for utility use. He's very fast, has good Strength, his defenses aren't bad, and he can heal.  He'll take a bit more damage here and there than Cthulhu or Sharpe, but he's still a very solid physical attacker.  I'm not exactly sure what this does, but I think it gives you a chance to accidentally hit a party member.  Also, log that as some nightmare fuel.  And I'm pretty sure that's a Gunclaw, so I'm thinking it's a gun that fits on their claws. Or maybe some sort of bizarre, alien gunblade.  Brainsquids, in addition to a regular attack, can attempt to Stun someone.  And this is the Gunclaw in action.  The after-battle rewards have gotten jacked up, too, which I'm totally cool with.  There are going to be a few levels around here, which should be expected when you hit a new dungeon.      Okay, that's not bad.  But the Starfish can gently caress right off, since Flood is getting a major boost, and I'm still using the Aqua Trident, so Flood's power is really, really good right now.  Paws hops on in the action, too, and with a tempting skill.  While this only has half the power, it also happens every turn and doesn't break my combo, so Paws learns Regen All.  Nothing to examine with these computers, which is too bad; these could have served the same purposes as bookshelves in regular areas.   An unobstructed treasure chest!  Oh, poo.  Ugh, a couple of pains in the rear end in a single fight.  These guys qualify for a machine gun attack that hits several times, for good damage; if it focuses on a single party member, they will probably die horribly.  Eh, I bet he's probably got chunks of fruit floating around in there.  And then these sons of bitches!   And this is why they suck. Like the Ape Princess, they'll make their allies nearly invincible.  Though, I will say, they're not too tough to take out, and are definitely a priority.  And I pretty much saw no other Gooeys up here, so I'll have to do my best to hunt one down later. I didn't expect to completely blitz them with that Fireball.  However, Fireball is the poo poo, so it blasted them straight to hell.  Hey, alright, money! I could use plenty of this.  Not for the game or anything, but there's stuff I want to buy in my regular life.  Mostly some PSN games, like Wild ARMs 3.   And a PSN Plus account thingy, too, because those benefits seem pretty cool.  Especially the free game thing they do.  You're not gettin' any from me, loser!  I'm not even sure how the hell that kind of game would work, but I'm sure someone has an idea of it.  'course, maybe a Monster Rancher game with a monster like that would work.  You could get new monsters out of it, or it could do multi-hit attacks with little guys popping out of it.  The fights here aren't usually too difficult, especially considering you get really good rewards out of the fights.  Upon seeing this option, I never give a poo poo about the other one, but let's see what it is anyway.  Bwahahaha, get the gently caress out of here. Sharpe is going to be bashing things an extra time.   While the extra HP is extremely tempting, October is currently slower than a dead guy, so she gets the extra Agility.  Plus, she's fragile enough that extra HP won't go that much farther into keeping her alive. It'd be like giving Rydia all your Silver Apples and leaving her in the front row.   Ah, another computer. We've gotta work our way around to shut off another laser barrier.   Are those trash cans? In space, couldn't you just shoot it out of the airlock? Granted, that could turn a half-eaten cheeseburger into some sort of dangerous missile, but that's not affecting us.   Holy Christ, this is a long hallway.  And it ends with a laser barrier. Goddammit.    Wait, this is where we started!  And that was right there the whole time. Ugh.   Those are some good stats, but that boost to Water/Ice is just too good to give up.  After popping back up, let's continue.   Like I said, there's a lot of new enemies around here, which is one thing I really like about this game; there's a nice variety in the enemies.  Aww, they're cute lil' UFOs.  Wait, why the hell would these be unidentified? Won't the Ulthar know what they are? I guess they're unidentified to us, though.  I bet you're wondering what an Insane UFO would look like.  Wonder no further!  And moving along, we can see the stairs leading to the next floor.   It's just a hop, skip and a jump up and over here, we can head up to the next floor.    Holy poo poo, a red laser. Must be baaaaad news.  Actually, it's the same old laser, just a different color.  I've always wondered about different colored lasers; do the colors mean anything? Did the Empire need green lasers? Was the Rebellion formed when someone liked red lasers better? Is there some rogue faction out there using chartreuse colored lasers?  Would you be considered a terrorist if you wanted to use pink lasers?  Oh, son of a bitch.  Someone in the thread mentioned that they hear Sharpe's lines in Sean Bean's voice, and now I do too, you son of a bitch. And for a minute, the thread was also discussing which movies Sean Bean survived in. And then someone mentioned Pixels, and I wanted to close the thread.  In short, Adam Sandler sucks these days, I hear Sharpe as Sean Bean, and I picture Paws as Michael Clarke Duncan.   I remember this dungeon being gigantic, but it's not that big, not really. There's just a lot of running around.   And they got the encounter number set just about perfectly; if you're exploring normally and trying to find everything, you'll probably come within one or two battles of the limit.   I'm not sure what the hell that is there.  I'm still not sure what that is. It kind of looks like a planet or something.  Heading down leads us to a treasure chest, but also a battle.  I encountered this guy just this one time up here, so I'm not sure if he's just a one-off miniboss or what.   I only ever saw one attack from the Mech.  But he is weak to Lightning, so October can really wreck some poo poo.  Which you've gotta be able to do quickly, or the Mech is going to destroy you.  I did my damndest to drop him, but those Missiles are killers, but Paws had what it took to finish him off.  All in all, it's not what I'd call a hard fight; it's easy to get your rear end kicked, yet, as long as you're throwing out your big power attacks, you'll be kicking his rear end instead.    Continuing north, we shut off another laser barrier.  I really like Paws' sprite. Kitties just translate well to the sprite format.   The paths are kind of winding and a touch convoluted, which leads this dungeon to seeming so large.   Or, maybe, this dungeon is fuckin' big. I've got 277 shots here. Not that I'm going to use all of them, and some of them are boss fight and other fights, but a majority of it is travel time.  And this path leads to another treasure chest.  I swear, it's always something.  Invaders are kind of annoying. They're quick and hit for low damage.  And when you kill other enemies, they use a speed-up ability, which...Ensures they're going first even faster than before? I dunno.   I'll have a .gif of how a fight with the Invaders goes a little later on.   Cthulhu gets a smattering of stats.  Uh-huh, that's not bad.  But this is much better.   Paws already has a shitload of HP, but he also has a shitload of Agility. However, I don't think he has enough Agility, so he gets the boost there.   Now this is absolutely bitchin'. Sure, we lose some other stats, but Cthulhu now doesn't give a poo poo about your Defense.  Oh, Christ, I've become lost in my screenshots.  A new enemy will distract you from my directional abilities.    In addition to being ugly, they're kinda strong.  And they're assholes, in that they're more than willing to drain HP from your party members.  Man, I missed a few different EXP and Gold screens for this update. Does anyone really give a poo poo about those, though?  I think I do it now because it's force of habit; I've LP'd enough games where it was easy enough to show that off and now I'm not sure what to do at the end of battle.  Oh, and Sharpe gets Bonus A, mostly for the extra Strength and Agility.   And that was a loop we just made.  Oh, Christ, I think I'm missing a shot or two.  Mostly just travel shots, so it's nothing overly important, but it's still a touch off putting. It's like I made some incredibly amateur mistake.  I say that like I'm some sort of paid professional.   Anywho, this is what a fight with Invaders typically looks like.  Oh, yeah, I remember the reward screen here.  Oh, maybe because it led to a level up.  Hrm, one group. I'm still not crazy about those kinds of attacks.  However, I go with this option; even though I'm boosting Fire, there will be enemies that resist Fire, so I like having some options down the road. Anything I can get that will hit the entire enemy party is good, just because that can help cut down on battle time.   Oh, son of a bitch.  But, a hallway over, the stairs we need are just sitting there.   I just do not trust windows in spaceships. That seems like such a bad idea.   To get to that chest, it's as easy as heading south, east, then north.   I'd love this, if Lightning hit the entire enemy party.   Urgh, more lasers! And one's hiding a chest!    This is about the point that I ran out of encounters, which was good by me. We're close enough to the end that I'm just tired of fighting and want to finish off the boss.   There's nothing to the right.  We're very close to the end of this dungeon.  But, there's still some treasure to snag, and I'm not leaving before I do that.  For your convenience, I'll just show what we're getting.    We lose a bit of Agility here, but the other boosts are more than worth it.  With that, let's get this done.   Holy crap, they have nicer chairs than I do.  Another kitty!   Excellent. That's easier than I expected.  OH CHRIST IT'S A MEAN KITTY  Stay back, Umi, that kitty is not nice!  gasp  Not just humans; there's a living sword and a squid-man, too.  Of course he'd know Cthulhu.  Remember that Cthulhu was excited to see Paws? We know that Pawz is evil because Cthulhu doesn't like him.  What in the gently caress are you talking about, Paws? It's been less than twenty minutes!  Thank you, October.    Alright, Pawz, let's dance.  Now that is a story I'd like to hear.  So, Pawz mostly attacks the entire party at once. I'm going to need some level of constant healing.  That healing won't outrace Snowstorm, but it'll go a good ways toward keeping us alive a minute or two longer.  I'd really love to Seal Pawz, since that would cut out most of what he can do.  I try making him Insane and cutting his resistances, but I'm guessing that he's basically immune to Seal, or the chances of it hitting are so low, it doesn't matter how much the resistances are lowered, it's not going down.  31 HP a round isn't much, but it'll do.  He doesn't use many physical attacks, but when he does use them, this will keep them out of our hair.  Perhaps making him Insane was a bad idea.    Then again, maybe not.  This was one of the few physical attacks I saw Pawz use, so maybe Blinding him wasn't all that useful. For what it's worth, I never did manage to Stun him with Stun Strike, either.  And this was so very close to finishing him off.  In what some would call justice, poetic or otherwise, Paws lands the killing blow on Pawz.  A full round of levels results from this, which is so goddamned cool.  Oh-ho, hell yeah!  I believe Insanity counts as an ailment and Umi has enough ways to drop ailments on unsuspecting foes.  Meh. As you know, since I wrote so many words about the other option, I took that one.  And you know I took this one.   As for our necromancer, this was kind of a tough one. That's a lot of extra HP and MP, but the extra Strength and Magic, I think, will suit me better. October has a shitload of MP to begin with, and I need her spells to be incredibly powerful. More bang for my buck or something like that.  Now that's fun; I make a shitload of enemies Insane.  However, Snowstorm and Freeze both qualify under this 50% boost, so that's what I'm going with.  Farewell. Your eyepatch added loads to what we thought of you.  Oh, God, he's still alive!  And now he's dead.   ...Umi, what the gently caress do you know about spaceship operations?  ...Very little, apparently.  Nothing good, Paws! That sort of BOOM is nothing good!     Break one of the windows! It'll be like an express exit!  Or yeah, we could do that.   Well, hell, let's go underwater and see what sort of poo poo lives down there. I'm sure it'll be nothing good.  Oh, yeah, we're never getting back there. Hopefully I didn't miss anything.  Although, Cthulhu does raise a good point. Does this mean that we won?  That's a lot of hero points!  Aww, rats.  What do you have to say to that, Narrator?  You're a dick, Narrator.  If I could, I'd be fist-bumping Cthulhu.  Like one of those blessings in--    I was trying to think of a joke involving Sharpe being flat, since he's a sword and alla that, but I got nothin'.  It'll be okay, buddy. I know a guy, we'll get a burning sheep thrown into his basement.  But, for now, let's take a break. Next time, we'll head out and about, see where we can go now, but for now, rest easy and I'll see you all next time. Stay tuned!
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Leavemywife posted:In short, Adam Sandler sucks these days Also I'm pretty sure we're rapidly approaching the point where I got distracted and stopped playing this game. I don't remember much past crashing the spaceship.
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The spaceship is one of my favorite dungeons in the game for its atmosphere alone. Leave didn't point it out, but the upper floors have lounges with comfy chairs, scratching posts, and balls of yarn for recreation, befitting feline aliens. The enemies mostly have a clear appropriate origin also- cat aliens, cow soldiers, alien tech, etc, and many are homage to other videogames. The Mech is not an official miniboss, but he's rare and tough enough to count as one, like the War Mech from Final Fantasy 1 that inspired him. Invaders are a nod to a videogame my uncle used to play on his Atari in the early 1980s whose enemies also sped up as their comrades died. Space Invaders!   Too bad the ship crashed. It's usually around this time in my playthrus of the game that I banish Umi from the party a while to punish her stupidity. Paws has Healing and Flood also, and I've never had too much luck with status inflicting. Since Umi still gets Level Ups and dialogue even though she doesn't fight, it's like she's still around.I like Paws' Meow ability. Crying at high volume and driving people insane is something my real life cat can do too.  High approval to Leave getting Wild Arms 3, particularly if he LPs it one day. All the WA games were awesome but I remember 3's heroes the best. achtungnight fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Jul 6, 2016 |
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I think that "planet" in the containment tube was a ball of yarn.
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achtungnight posted:Invaders are a nod to a videogame my uncle used to play on his Atari in the early 1980s whose enemies also sped up as their comrades died. Space Invaders! Here's a cool tidbit about the Invaders speeding up: In the original arcade game, that was essentially a bug. (The mantra, "It's not a bug, it's a feature" definitely applies here.) The hardware could barely handle rendering so many sprites on the screen. As more enemies were killed, the processor had less work to do, and thus the game became faster. The game's designer decided to keep it in as a cool gameplay feature. Here's an article about it: http://www.giantbomb.com/space-invaders/3030-5099/ I agree about Umi here. Plot-mandated stupidity is really annoying and to me is a sign of bad writing. They've shown she's a bit out there at the best of times, but come one, really?
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Leavemywife posted:Update Nine: The Event Horizon Remake Or Something I know it's a pun on "Bovine Terminator", but I kept hearing this song when I see the Bovinator.
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And yes, there is a video game about Nesting Dolls: Stacking by Double Fine Productions - it's a puzzle/adventure game where you play the tiniest piece and have to clear obstacles by slipping inside bigger nesting doll-people to use their abilities.
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Yapping Eevee posted:You know what Adam Sandler is actually good in? Hotel Transylvania and its sequel. I cannot argue with that. Those movies were a ton better than I was expecting.
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Yapping Eevee posted:You know what Adam Sandler is actually good in? Hotel Transylvania and its sequel. Only because of Genndy Tartakovsky 
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God, you're such a prude.
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Update Ten: The Graveyard Of Living Memories Howdy, folks, and welcome back! Last time, on Cthulhu Saves The World, we kicked the poo poo out of the Ulthar who wanted to destroy the world, killed Pawz, Paws' evil, cyclopean twin, and then crashed the ship, which opened a way forward. Today, we're not exactly going forward, but in more of a lateral direction; we're doing a bonus dungeon, so let's get crazy.   Oh, hey, I'm using the Chat option!  Good to see you're not pissed about that anymore, Paws.  That's not the bonus dungeon; that's the lovely forest from a few updates ago.  And since the encounters are based on where you are in the story, we'll be meeting some new enemies while we're exploring.   I cannot help but hear that description in Austin Powers' voice.  And I could definitely see zombie cliques and social circles being a thing.  "Oh, you're a slow zombie? My family came from the fast zombie series of viruses and we were told not to associate with your kind." How unimpressive.  But this can lead to bad times.  As can this, but I had a goddamned plan for making them all batshit at once.    While that's a bit of a risky strategy, since Umi and Paws both have the Dodge defend thingy, reducing their chances of being hit, it's quite effective.  That path down there will get us to the bonus dungeon, so it'll be a minute before we head over there.  The path to progress is on the other side of the mountains.  But it's not as easy as just heading over there.  I mean, it kind of is, but there's new stuff to show off along the way.  I bet a guy specializing in apes is in higher demand than you'd expect.   They have decent attack power; this is from a regular hit, not the Insanity boosted one.  EXP and money! Both things I like!   And deserts! Something I probably wouldn't like, as I'm not a fan of heat.    I'm not sure if I believe this, but would that text box lie to us?  Ouch.  This is how many, many encounters end for me. October is fuckin' awesome.   On the left is the bonus dungeon; we'll have to backtrack to get there, but I came this way first, so you get to see that.   Nesting Dolls are old news, but the Cocatrice is new.    I'm not sue if they have abilities beyond this; I'd reckon they could at least Stun you, but that damage output scares me, so I tend to put them down as quickly as possible.  And I'm trying to be better about showing all the Insane sprites. I forget sometimes, though, y'know?    Hey, that's a fun looking building.  Paws, you're sounding like a party pooper right now. Like Sharpe.  If you didn't have logic behind your statement, October, I'd be making fun of you, too.   A little ways away from that, we find another fight.  With upgraded Audrey plants!  Are you ready for an insane sprite that will probably haunt my dreams?  NOTHING SHOULD HAVE EYES ON THE INSIDE  How can a plant be so strong!?  Or so easy to dispose of?  That's our next city, but it can wait. I have side adventures to attend to.  Doing a sidequest in this game is different than in most RPGs; in those games, you usually have some sort of more pressing matters to attend to, like investigating where the potential world-killer is, or chasing down the guy who killed your village, or whatever. In this game, we have the vague goal of saving the world, so why not take a while to explore over there yonder?  Did I just try to justify why I like sidequests in this game?   Since we're building a rough and tumble Cthulhu, he gets the HP and Vitality.   Umi snags some extra Will, as I felt like it.   Paws picks up a Tentacles attack himself; as you probably guessed, it was the three hit, random targets one.  Why does that look so ominous?  Hey, it's that swamp we went through earlier!  We could head back to Dunwitch from here, if we felt so inclined.  Oh, neato, I can get the Insane Gooey sprite.  And we can show off the Spiri-Knight's while we're here, too.  And then they were immediately burned to death.   While Sharpe's Multi-Hit gets an upgrade, increasing his rear end kicking potential.  As does October! Focus is going--The other option? Do you really give a poo poo? I mean, c'mon, double spell power? Though, I could achieve the same effect by just casting the spell twice in a row.  But I could probably get more use out of Focus than some extra Strength. October isn't going to be throwing out too many regular attacks, and when she does, she'l have the others backing her up.  Anywho, into the dungeon.   Yeah, you're all now worried you're going to have to sit through a shitload of flavor text.   And there are a metric asston of tombstones in this place.   And let's get that started!    So, uh, yeah, I'm not going to be showing off each and every one. I'll do the highlights, but there is no way I'm showing off all of these loving tombstones.  If you really want to see what they say, buy a copy of the game and come to this dungeon yourself.  Or, if you ask me really nicely, I'll probably get screenshots of all the tombstones and PM them to you.  Oh, God, a Twilight reference! Game, you're dating yourself!  And one I might do myself one of these days.  Although, this Halloween, someone suggested that me, my wife, and our new baby go as Mario, Toadstool and a little Toad. I'm totally down for that.  In fact, I plan on using a vacation day for Halloween just to make sure I can trick or treat with my little girl.  Sure, she'll be about two months old, but people will eat that up and give her candy anyways. Which I'll then eat up.  I'm not sure if that makes me some sort of a monster or not, and I'm not too worried about it. I like peanut butter cups.  Oh, zombie teammate. Never seen that before.   Though, we did find her in the zombie town...  Oh, well. I guess that's another theory out the window.   Just to give you an idea of how many tombstones are around this place, here's another small grouping.  Bullshit, game. Get me a shovel.  I can't help but feel this one was written for Yapping Eevee.   Scissorman's mother is wandering around in here, too.  They always start off with this move.  It can lead to some horrifying results. Which is why I don't have an Insane shot of them at the moment.    Let's continue on, see what we can find.  There are three bits of treasure in this dungeon that make it worth going through.  At least, three that I know of. I might have missed something.  Ten times? I can do that.  In fact, I tried it fifteen times, but to no avail.  North of that grouping of graves is this group, and the only worthy tombstone in the bunch.  And through the magic of selective screenshotting, it looks like I teleported through the wall!  I missed this in the update, but thanks to some eagle eyed readers, I went back and found this chest. With this, we're now sitting on about 68,000 Gold, which won't last long if I start buying fancy gear.  To the left is another encounter and some more graves.  Normally, I don't agree with bodyshaming, but if your guts are pouring out, you might have a couple of things to work on.    They're just incredibly jolly folk, too.  Oh, that's kind of disappointing.   Much like these graves.  I read them all, by the way. Every grave I passed, I read, and read them again when taking shots. I mean, they're not bad or anything, but that would add sooooo many screenshots to this update and I don't think you all want to read that many tombstones.  This one caught my attention just because that's kind of gross.  This one got thrown in just because of the name. May as well honor the guy.     To the north is a new weapon for October.  For battles I'm trying to blaze through, I'll just mash the attack button. October can contribute a little bit more in that situation. Not that it helps much.   To the right, we continue on.  And we continue to the right, as the left is a dead-end with that statue.   Heading right and down leads us to some new armor for ol' Sharpe.  That's a hell of a Vit boost, better than the last hilt, and with a little bit of a magic boost. Neato.   Well, that's not ominous at all.  For those of you wondering about a Gunclaw, you can now think about a Shotclaw.  Oh, no, who saw this coming!?  Ugh. You know the schtick here already.  Wouldn't that be super painful for the living granite in question? Or is it like plastic surgery for them and they're willing to deal with it?  As to be expected from a loving living rock, this guy is very tough.  Magic rips into him pretty well, though.   Cthulhu's regular attacks would do this as well, but Pierce is a tad stronger than that.  And once again, as to be expected from a chunk of fuckin' rock, it hits pretty hard.  However, if you keep killing the Spiri-Knigts, they'll keep being revived, which locks the boss down. And Fireball is more than enough to reliably kill them. Despite that, you should remember that October is going last, so she won't be able to kill them off before they get their hits in, so you'll still be taking damage.  I did reverse his Insanity, however, just in case he did get a hit in; judging by the previous damage, he could probably kill somebody off fairly easily.  Eventually, we...Burn a rock to death? How hot does fire have to be to melt rocks?  While I let someone start typing up a post about that, let's cover the levels gained.  Now that is an assload of damage.  This is not, so Cthulhu doesn't learn Void.  Umi gets herself a round of stat boosts.   Sharpe gets a boost to his defenses.  While October is generally boosted.   I'm still not sure what kind of build I'm going for with Paws; a lot of his skills lend themselves to physicals quite nicely, but he also has a good bit of magically inclined skills. I think I'm going to try and keep him as Red Magey as possible, since it's a good fit for him and a nice niche for a character to fill.  Paws' claws function sort of like Lita's guns from Breath of Death, which I'm okay with. The major difference is that Paws has a shitload more Strength to back it up with.  And just like that, I teleport back to Providence and head back to our new city.   Ah, Kingsport. I couldn't remember the name of it before reading it in that screenshot. It's another Lovecraft reference, but I'll talk about that in the next update.  Or quote somebody who writes about it and throw that into the update. You guys do better at that than I do, and probably because I haven't read much Lovecraft stuff.  I would be interested in trying out the Call of Cthulhu tabletop game, but I'm not sure how I'd go about playing it. I don't have enough friends close enough to run a reliable game, and I wouldn't want to run it.  If a group of you nerds wants to give it a shot over these interwebs, I'd be down to play. I'm guessing at least one of you has played it before, and I'm guessing there's someone out there who wants to run a game and more than two or three who want to play.  Yeah, that's right, I'm not commenting on the dialog because I'm trying to talk someone into running a Call of Cthulhu game and letting me play.  Hey, nobody asked for your opinion, Umi.  Yeah, but not this update.  Maybe next update. I've got to get more footage before we can do anything else, guys.  And with that cliffhanger, I'm going to let you all stew and wonder on what's going to happen in the next update! Stay tuned to find out! Leave fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jul 7, 2016 |
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Leavemywife posted:
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Cure a plague? That sounds heroic! Let's do it, Cthulhu! Cthulhu: drat it, AN, I'm not a doctor! I'm a dark overlord trying to be a hero so I can make the world insane! drat it, now you got me stumped. Thanks for using the Chat option, Leave. And not showing off too many boring tombstones.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:21
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Is that a treasure chest behind that tree or am I seeing things?
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Jul 7, 2016 13:36
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Black Balloon posted:Is that a treasure chest behind that tree or am I seeing things? It is. Sneaky little bastard.
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Jul 7, 2016 13:43
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Aw yeah, 50 hero points! You know you've done something important when they put numbers on it! (seriously though, I enjoy seeing Cthulhu's mounting frustration at not being a hero yet)
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Jul 7, 2016 14:44
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Leavemywife posted:While I let someone start typing up a post about that, let's cover the levels gained. You know us too well, Leavemywife.I bet the living granite wanted to be a tombstone ever since it was a little pebble. I would imagine that's a fine, upstanding profession in the living granite society. It's better than being a countertop, at any rate.
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Jul 7, 2016 15:12
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Leavemywife posted:evil, cyclopean twin, Tee hee hee
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Leavemywife posted:
Ya missed a chest here, you can see it between those trees, though it's partially hidden. Also there's still that spoilery commentary in Dunwitch if we're past that part
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Jul 7, 2016 19:25
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I agree with you, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are awesome. Anyone else like them?
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Black Balloon posted:Is that a treasure chest behind that tree or am I seeing things? That was most certainly a chest! I barely noticed it when I was going back to get it, but kudos to you all who saw it and let me know. As for what was in it: 
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Leavemywife posted:That was most certainly a chest! I barely noticed it when I was going back to get it, but kudos to you all who saw it and let me know. As for what was in it: Well, that should be useful. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Jul 7, 2016 23:09
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I missed that chest too. Augh!
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I think the mech is a reference to Metal Gear. I would like to see all the tombstones, because I am crazy (and although I own the game I am unlikely to have time to play it soon). Discendo Vox posted:Leavemywife, don't forget the end-of-game swamp easter egg fight!
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Jul 8, 2016 02:46
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Discendo Vox posted:I think the mech is a reference to Metal Gear. I was thinking WARMECH from Final Fantasy I.
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Kheldarn posted:I was thinking WARMECH from Final Fantasy I. It's absolutely this.
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Jul 8, 2016 02:49
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Kemix posted:Also there's still that spoilery commentary in Dunwitch if we're past that part Not quite yet. Once we have all the party members, I'll go back for it.
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Jul 8, 2016 02:51
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I hope we get our "airship" soon. Getting the "airship" is one of my favorite parts of any RPG.
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Junpei posted:I hope we get our "airship" soon. Getting the "airship" is one of my favorite parts of any RPG. I'm surprised the Spaceship wasn't it, to be honest.
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