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Sogol posted:I suggest we start with things closer to food than rocks though, since we sometimes go a bit overboard in these things. Bit of wood might work.
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I took the liberty of linking to certain posts in your summary, FoxTerrier. I hope you don't mind FoxTerrier posted:^^ I'm p. sure Aaron would have noticed if we had no junk, like during those pee breaks we take together between killing orcs and chest waxes.
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RandomPauI posted:
Pshaw! We're weeks from the sea, and nobody knows how to build boats! <runs>
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Guys doing awesome summaries: I humbly suggest referring to Ashface as a "shark god" rather than a "fish god". Either is correct, but sharks are more metal.jazzyhattrick posted:It's fine, in a couple of years we'll top out at about 13/14 feet tall and 800lbs of solid muscle and our appetite will go back to normal. We're gonna need a bigger house. We can't take much more in the head bump department.
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Questions for before we entered the temple: - Does Danal know that we bailed on the race? - What's his opinion on that? - Did anyone say anything about it?
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Sogol posted:I think we are just literally burning everything we eat. Eating something non-poisonous that is not commonly thought of as food might be a way of testing that. I suggest we start with things closer to food than rocks though, since we sometimes go a bit overboard in these things. Nah man, we're probably just going through an extreme form of Might Man puberty. Everyone who would have authoritative knowledge on this subject that we've consulted with considers it to be perfectly normal. So yeah, we are burning it, but we're doing so to build supernatural muscle and Might, we aren't loving up somehow.
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We should try to avoid naming any of our children, when/if we gave any, Goliath. Just in case. Also watch out for invaders who like to march around cities blowing trumpets. (Edit: actually I think this CYOA would vastly pre-date any of that, but Abram was a man from Ur, and generally I find all of it very fascinating) Did we decide who to talk to in the temple, or are we running out on the archery contest to see if we still have an anus? Everyone got really sidetracked when we discovered we haven't pooped in a while. 
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RandomPauI posted:
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paragon1 posted:Nah man, we're probably just going through an extreme form of Might Man puberty. Everyone who would have authoritative knowledge on this subject that we've consulted with considers it to be perfectly normal. So yeah, we are burning it, but we're doing so to build supernatural muscle and Might, we aren't loving up somehow. I don't think we have violated the terms of our agreement and that this all counts as natural for us. According to that contract we are also owed some answers.
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RandomPauI posted:
Worst super-power ever.
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hollylolly posted:We should try to avoid naming any of our children, when/if we gave any, Goliath. Just in case. Also watch out for invaders who like to march around cities blowing trumpets. (Edit: actually I think this CYOA would vastly pre-date any of that, but Abram was a man from Ur, and generally I find all of it very fascinating) Danal is a form of Daniel  .
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If we are going to talk to someone about our poop situation, I suggest we try someone new. Maybe try the high priest? We are familiar with him, he's always been decent to us, and priests are probably the closest things to scholars in this culture. Also the closest things to doctors. And if he gets all "oh poo poo you're demon touched, burn the unclean one!!!" we can eat him. 
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I know you guys want to spray El with your supersonic sperm, but have you considered consulting someone who might have a different perspective? Someone like Bareen.
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Tsyni posted:I know you guys want to spray El with your supersonic sperm, but have you considered consulting someone who might have a different perspective? Someone like Bareen. Bareen isn't a scholar, and it is quite unlikely any MM have ever told her about their poop.
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Angela Christine posted:Bareen isn't a scholar, and it is quite unlikely any MM have ever told her about their poop. I was thinking more generally, but we can ask her about her poop too, since she seems pretty mighty.
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Tsyni posted:I was thinking more generally, but we can ask her about her poop too, since she seems pretty mighty. Please do this in the most discreet and polite way possible.
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To be honest it'd be pretty great if Enkidel bursts into Bareen's office with a stricken look on his face and goes, "I just realized I haven't pooped for two months!"
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Oh my god please no can we not go down this road please?
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SerSpook posted:To be honest it'd be pretty great if Enkidel bursts into Bareen's office with a stricken look on his face and goes, "I just realized I haven't pooped for two months!" Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens - The Dorkiest Hero.
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Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens - Scatological Hero Survey
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:Oh my god please no can we not go down this road please? There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Everybody poops. Except for Enkidel.
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Everybody poops. Except for Enkidel. Yes he does! Remember that one time when, uhhhhhhhhhhh...
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I was unable to get home until pretty late. I am sorry but no update tonight. Maybe one tomorrow before the evening if I have time, if not expect one tomorrow night.
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Lanky Coconut Tree posted:Voting to ask Snarls. "What happened. You have a link to my mind, what did you feel when I was so hungry. Why were you crying. Tell me what you sensed." Diog can you make a post on this tia
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Guys, I think Enkindel needs to go see a shrink or something, he's having way to many dumb thoughts about all the poop he doesn't have. That can't be healthy at his age. Seriously, this is really stupid, he has a brand new bow to win.
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ColonelMuttonchops posted:Guys, I think Enkindel needs to go see a shrink or something, he's having way to many dumb thoughts about all the poop he doesn't have. That can't be healthy at his age. Yeah, this is pretty concerning. We should ask Danal if he knows any good shrinks with relevant expertise, and go seek help immediately.
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FoxTerrier posted:Hey Tomn, how does this look as a short companion piece to go with your more detailed one? Lemme know. Now, see, this is something more in line with something a wandering goon might read. Probably more useful as a working primer, where mine is more a summary of events thus far. That said, couple of things I think might needed some correction... - Labaras is spelled Labaras - I wouldn't be too embarrassed about this since Nettlesoup kindly informed me that not only did I misspell Ishamal as Ishmael in my own summary, I'd been misspelling it this entire CYOA. - Baitel, not Baetel. - This isn't all that important, but an interesting point I noticed while writing up the summary is Xuriel being referred to as female in a few places in the past, notably during Ishamal's story of Enkidu's end. Could just be a typo, but it might be an indication that the "Uncle Jorah" persona is not in fact indicative of gender. - I'd have to double-check, but I don't think the Temple of Melachim believes El is a Melachim at all - I think they believe that he is completely fabricated by the sons and grandsons of Labaras to justify their own rule. - Relatedly, something I forgot about/glossed over myself until Diog's post updating us about Bareen's faith yesterday, the Temple of Melachim apparently believe Labaras himself is to be revered - it's his sons and grandsons who subverted his legacy. - While it's true that being Blooded does, strictly speaking, mean being descended from Labaras, it's worth noting that people often talk about being "more" or "less" Blooded, with the level of Bloodedness indicating how Mighty a person is. The truer your Blood is to the pure old lineage, presumably, the Mightier you are. - Different men do not have different forms of Might. Tudiya, for instance, is as good as or better than everyone else in every Mighty field. What different men DO have is different focuses, bits that are stronger and weaker - Aaron's focus on speed, for instance. However, in theory, a more Mighty man than Tudiya would be superior to every other Mighty Man in every aspect. - It may or may not be worth mentioning Team Asherah in the description of Asherah. - It may be worth noting that Bloodedness and Might is not supposed to pass down matrilineally according to the ToE - women are not supposed to be Mighty, and the grandsons of Blooded men through their mother are not supposed to be Blooded. - Relatedly, Bareen is reputed to be Mighty - she's larger and stronger than most anyone, certainly. - Just noticed - misspelled Xuriel in the Names to Know bit. - Come to that, I THINK Asherah is supposed to be spelled with an H at the end...at least, I sure hope so, or I'm going to need to do a lot of editing. - For that matter, I don't think Tudiya needs an H at the end either - again, I sure hope that's the case. - I believe Azzazel has three Zs, as well. - Minor spelling issue - Labaras' sons "hoard" power, not "horde" it. I think that's all I got for now. Now if someone would do the same for my own summary, I'd feel a lot better about it. Edit: Oh, yeah, two things. Point A, thanks to Hiho Chiro for the links - that'd be handy. I'd ask if he wants to tackle the summary, but I'm going to need to edit it and it's going to be a hell of a job. Point B, Mighty Man is a job description - there are Mighty people who are not Mighty Men. Basically a Mighty Man is a Blooded person sworn to the defense of a single city. Strongly Blooded people can still have superpowers, but don't necessarily need to tie themselves down to a city and thus become sworn in as Mighty Men. The real power lies in the Blood, not in being a Mighty Man. Tomn fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Dec 18, 2013 |
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I think we also should have a sort of character sheet for Enkidel. We can't really use numbers but we can get a pretty solid description of things Enkidel can do and his occasional feats, like the snipe shot on the Grove Scorpion or conjuring fire that one time.
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SerSpook posted:I think we also should have a sort of character sheet for Enkidel. We can't really use numbers but we can get a pretty solid description of things Enkidel can do and his occasional feats, like the snipe shot on the Grove Scorpion or conjuring fire that one time. A good idea - a brief list of known abilities like the one drawn up while we were telling Tudiya what we wanted to be would be a good addition to the OP. Edit: Though I suppose we'd need to add "Has not taken a dump in a month or more" to that list.
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Tomn posted:Edit: Though I suppose we'd need to add "Has not taken a dump in a month or more" to that list. Very Efficient Digestion
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SerSpook posted:I think we also should have a sort of character sheet for Enkidel. We can't really use numbers but we can get a pretty solid description of things Enkidel can do and his occasional feats, like the snipe shot on the Grove Scorpion or conjuring fire that one time. If we have a description of how he looks I can do a drawing of him if you would like. (I am still working on that Madgod painting Doig, just kinda slowly.)
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BoneMonkey posted:If we have a description of how he looks I can do a drawing of him if you would like. We already have a drawing of him 
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BoneMonkey posted:If we have a description of how he looks I can do a drawing of him if you would like. 7'11, and proportional for size, though heavily muscled. Dark skinned but not black. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3550307&userid=129241&perpage=40&pagenumber=20#post420901973 This post has a description of us after our manhood trial. We wear our hair tied loosely behind us, and cut to just below shoulder length, if the hair-cutting we got from Tudiya is an indication of hair length. It also hangs straight I'd guess, based on what I remember from Athar.
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Thanks SerSpook I should be able to draw something Thursday night(ish)
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Tomn posted:Edit: Oh, yeah, two things. Point A, thanks to Hiho Chiro for the links - that'd be handy. I'd ask if he wants to tackle the summary, but I'm going to need to edit it and it's going to be a hell of a job.  I'll see what I can do.
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HiHo ChiRho posted:
Hold off on that for now - I'm gonna do a quick look-over to see what can and can't be cut and whether I left out anything of particular importance, and you might end up with a fair whack of wasted work if you add in links right now. In fact, come to think of it I'd better add the links in myself while I'm doing that. So...yeah.
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Tomn. All of your proposed corrections are correct. Also, some people spell the names wrong but I have not bothered correcting them, if that is the way you imagine them, fine by me.
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Thank you, Thomn! I threw that together in a fit of passion, so I figured there would be plenty of typos and incorrect niggling details. Now I won't have to go through and dig them out myself! HUZZAH!  There are one or two minor points I may be forced to fudge over a bit for the sake of brevity, so don't be sad if I don't represent every concern in the final draft.  But again, thank you.Now, I unfortunately need to get back to a copyediting job with a tight deadline. So I won't be able to fix my GOON SUMMARY until sometime tomorrow or the next day. I also probably will not be able to look at yours either, as I have a feeling the project I'm working on is going to destroy my ability to look at commas and semicolons without screaming for a little while. Sorry.  If anyone has any other things they caught in my baby summary, please feel free to post. Or better yet, PM me so I don't miss whatever it is you caught!  HiHo ChiRho posted:I took the liberty of linking to certain posts in your summary, FoxTerrier. I hope you don't mind This is amazing, thank you!
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