>>1727834
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

With a walled area to hide my new Cammy, I think it might be time to explore a bit more. I walk back out and go to the old gas station, this time aiming to go farther and explore what else is down the road.

>continue

>>1727834

YO
Sup
You might want to put a link to this thread in the previous one, just in case.

>>1727834
Glad to have you back OP
>Continue

Anne Lvl 2
100/1000XP

>Stats

Athletics +1
Endurance +1
Melee Weapons +1
Sneak +1
Ranged Weapons +1
Search +1

>Inventory
Backpack
Fancy Coat
Leather Clothes (Worn)
Spear: 1d6+1 dmg.
Flint
.44 Magnum Revolver, Holster with Laser Sight: 1d8+2 dmg.
48 .44 Magnum Rounds

And a whole lot of lewd thoughts about animal men for some reason.

Previous thread
>>1701376

>>1727864
Your labors complete, you begin down the road, once again, due east. You pass the old gas station and continue down the road, as it ascends higher into the mountains. As you're walking, you come across a turnout onto an old dirt road off of the main highway.

>Take dirt road
>Continue on main highway
>Other

>>1727867
Done. Anyway...

You have descended to the forest floor an set about looking for game. After having no luck, you hide and wait for game to come to you. Eventually, you see, lumbering across the forest floor, a bear.

>Attack (r20)
>Stay hidden
>Other

>>1727875
You set about picking over the dead man's corpse. You turn up the following.

>Acquired Motorcycle Helmet
Damage Reduction 1
>Chain
1atk/round, 1d8+1
>Leather Jacket
Fire Resistant
>Pants
>Shoes
>Keyring

You stand with Paul in the silent corridors of the clothing section of the department store. There is an escalator going up, one going down, neither in operation. Also, the depths of the store loom before you.

>Deeper into clothing department
>Go up
>Go down
>Other

>>1727896
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

Jippy been a highway man his whole memory, but I ain't afraid to get dirty, now! I turn down the dirt track, keepin' an eye out.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1727896
>Sneak attack with revolver to the head

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>1727896
>Wear the protective clothes
>Heal Paul with the medicinal herbs (roll)
>Go down
"Your hear them calling Paul? They're guiding us"

>>1727903
You start off down the dirt road. It winds up into the hills a good ways. Eventually it opens up at the entrance to an old quarry, sectioned off with a chain link fence. You see toppled heavy machinery in the distance, and a massive structure you can only assume to be a stone mill. Nobody stirs. In the side of the hill, you see the mouth of a cave, you can only assume to be a mine.

>go to cave
>Go to mill
>Other

>>1727908
>Opposing check 13
You train the laser sight on the bear and fire, but as you squeeze the trigger, he turns his head, and the round sinks harmlessly into a tree. The report of a revolver firing breaks the silence of the forest, and the bear stands up on it's hind legs to survey it's surroundings.

>Roll20 to remain hidden
>Attack again (r20)
>Other

>>1727917
You apply the poultice to Paul's wounds. The bleeding slows and then stops, and he sighs with relief. Then you don't the new helmet and jacket you've found. You start down the escalator, and emerge in a section dedicated to hardware and sporting goods. You barely leave the landing when you hear the intercom buzz to life.

"Well I'll be damned... Back for more? And this time you've brought a friend. More meat for the fire! They're in hardware, boys! Give em Hell!"

The intercom goes silent.

>What do? (r20)

>>1727937
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

Hrm.... This place is quiet and Ol' Jippy knows too much quiet ain't a good thing... I start moving cautiously towards the mill to search it out

Rolled 16, 20 = 36 (2d20)

>>1727937
Sneak and attack!
I could use CORY's help right about now

Rolled 7 + 2 (1d8 + 2)

>>1727941

Rolling for damage cuz 20 for hitting it

>>1727940
You make your way up to the old mill. You turn the handle on the door, and it opens up into a factory floor. Old conveyer belts with chunks of stone have ceased to operate, leading up to large metal gears to crush them into gravel. There's a work bench, pilferred of all it's tools. At the far end of the factory is a door that opens up into crew quarters. Inside are old rotting bunk beds, and some footlockers. There are four bedrolls, relatively new, laid out on the floor.

>What do?

>>1727941
>>1727942
>Opposing check 18
You fire a round and hit the bear in the head. A chunk of flesh flies off and blood begins to drip. Then, it spots you, and charges you.

>What do?(r20)

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1727956
Take a knee and shoot again before it gets me

>>1727963
>Opposing check 16
You take a knee and aim to fire as it runs up on your current position. You squeeze the trigger as it charges up on you, maybe about 15 feet away.

>Roll damage

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d8 + 2)

>>1727967

>>1727968
You graze the bear with your round, and then it closes the gap, and swipes at you with one of it's claws.

>Opposing check 18
>What do? (Roll20)

Rolled 5, 3 + 2 = 10 (2d20 + 2)

>>1727969
Roll away and fire again
I forgot about my bonuses
+1 to Endurance and +1 to ranged

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>>1727971
Jesus Christ

>>1727971
You go to dodge, but the bear is quick, and the bear is quick. It takes you with it's claws, and you fall to the side, blood pouring from fresh cuts on your torso. You go to fire, but the chaos of the situation is too much right now, and you miss your shot.

>Lose 6 HP
>What do? (Roll 20)

>>1727979
I'm not dying to a bear you shit
>Shoot from the ground, aim for the head

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1727937
>Hide and wait to see them
They are coming. We'll stay hidden and ambush them.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1727982
I FORGOT MY ROLL
AAAAAAAAAH

>>1727986
OH MY GOD
NOOOOOO
COOOOORY, YOU'VE BETRAYED MEEEEEEEEE, I COULD'VE USED YOUR HEEEEEEEELP

>>1727982
Roll please

>>1727983
>Paul rolled 6
>Opposing check 15, 17
You and Paul go to hide in one of the aisles of the hardware department. As you round the corner, you come face to face with a man clad in leather, holding a handgun. He pops off two shots, one at you and one at Paul.

>Paul loses 5 HP
>Lose 3 HP

>What do? Roll20

>>1727986
The bear is driven into a frenzy at the smell of your blood. It goes for a bite, aiming right for your throat.

>Opposing check 5
>Lose 2 HP

You feel its teeth grab hold of you and sink into your shoulder. It starts to drag you, what you can only assume, towards it's lair

>What do? Roll20

Rolled 17, 7 = 24 (2d20)

>>1728005
>Grab his neck with one hand and cast fire and use the other one for a point blank shot

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1728005
>Use chain
I stand with the mother! You'll be purged!

>>1728014
You place on hand on the side of his head, and try to maneuver your revolver onto a firing position with the other, but not before you feel it's teeth digging deeper. Your revolver misses, but you manage to channel fire.

>Opposing Check 14
>Lose 7 HP
>Roll damage

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1727993
I'll send some spirits to help you

>>1728016
>Paul rolls 10
>Opposing check 8

You swing with your chain, and lash your for before he can get the bead on you. Paul comes in with a swing with his axe.

>Paul deals 5 dmg
>Roll damage

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>1728019
Holy shit, I'm on 1 hp

Rolled 4 + 1 (1d8 + 1)

>>1728024
Spirits give me your strength!

>>1727993
>Wake up
"Huh. I guess Anne brought me back here. I wonder where she is..."

>>1728025
>Morale 62/100
>Immolation chance 52/100

The bear stands fast, though visibly fatigued and wounded. However the pain of the burn causes it to drop you. It roars, and then goes to swipe you with it's claws.

>What do? Roll 20

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1728032
>FUCKING RUUUUUUUN

>>1728026
You lash the man with your chain and he falls dead at your feet

>Acquired leather clothes
>Acquired 9mm handgun
2atk/round, 1d6dmg, magcap10
>Acquired 28 9mm rounds

You stand in the hardware department. You see in the distance some doors to what looks like an unloading dock for shipments.

>What do?

-----

>Cory
You wake up in canopy from your slumber... You thought you heard a gunshot. You did hear a gunshot. And screaming and snarling, coming from the forest floor.

>What do?

>>1728037
>Opposing check 7

You take off running as fast as you can. You hear the bear give pursuit behind you, but he is slow on his feet. You gain ground on him but he is still chasing you.

>What do?(roll20)

>>1728045
>>What do?
go check it out, someone could be in trouble

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1728045
>KEEEEEP RUNNNNIIIIIING TO THE CANOPY VILLAGE
>DON'T PASS OUT FROM THE 1 hp PAAAAAAIN

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1728045
>Pick up every thing
>Sneak into the unloading dock paying attention to voices
"Let the winds speak to us"

>>1728055
You go to investigate. From your vantage point on the catwalk, you see Anne, haggard and bloody, running as fast as she can, a large, bloodied bear hot on her heels. You have a clean shot.

>Attack r20
>Other

>>1728060
>Opposing check 18
You scramble up the vines, and manage to climb up out of reach of the bear as he swipes at your legs in a bid to drag you back to the forest floor. You scramble up the vines as fast as possible. Behind you, you can hear the bear climbing up the tree.

>>1728065
You open the door to the loading dock, and nothing could have prepared you for what you see inside.

Cages are piled high in the room, full of people, with bedrolls laid out beside them. Many of them are missing limbs or chunks of flesh. Some lay still, dead, or passed out from dehydration. In the middle of the docks, stands a man, his face a mask of stitched together flesh.

>Opposing check 14

He raises one of his four arms at you, pointing, smiles a wicked grin, and says "welcome to Hell."

He produces a meat cleaver and a pistol and charges you.

>What do? (Roll20)

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1728073
Fuck's sake
>CLIMB
>CRY

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>>1728082
Fuk

Rolled 19 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1728073
>>Attack r20
Shoot with bow

>>1728091
*shoot the bear

don't shoot Anne

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1728073
"You stop here evil one! It's time to give back what you took. Help your child once more, mother"
>Roll to the side and shoot him

>>1727896
>Previous thread
>>>1701376 →
Also a link from the previous thread to this one for those with thread notifications. You might want to consider getting a news account for Twitter or Discord.

Was your previous thread archived?

>>1728082
>>1728091
>Opposing check16
You feel a large claw grab hold of your leg, and draw blood, Anne. Everything fades to Black and you fall to the forest floor.

You notch an arrow in your bow, Cory, and take aim and fire, at the bear halfway up the tree trunk. Your arrow strikes true, killing the bear. (He had 1 HP left). It falls beside Anne and lays motionless. Neither of them stir.

>Anne is unconscious and bleeding out
>What do?

>>1728103
>>Anne is unconscious and bleeding out
>>What do?
That bear isn't going anywhere. Go down and use the pulley to bring Anne up to Canopy. Get her some help at the commons/lodge

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>>1728103
>1hp left
Fuck's sake

>>1728098
Please roll 2d20 for a weapon with 2 attacks. I'll count them both as one this time. Anyway...

>Paul rolls 7
>Opposing checks 11, 19

The melee erupts rapidly. Paul charges headlong with his axe, as you lay down covering fire, pegging your target twice.

>Roll2d6

He opens fire at you and Paul, missing Paul completely, but landing a round upon you.

>Lose 6 HP
>Roll 2d6dmg

>>1728108
You attach Anne to a rope and hoist her up into the Canopy, and drag her to the commons.

"Oh dear..." Rose remarks. "Give me some time with her. I can stabilize her condition before she expires."

Rose starts to clean her wounds, applying pressure and tourniquets to slow and stop the bleeding, and applying ointments and salves.

>Anne will wake up at 4pm game time with 1 HP
>What do?

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d6)

>>1728117
why did i got hit? I rolled 19

>>1728117
>>Opposing checks 11, 19
>>1728127
The 2nd one hit.

>>1728127
He rolled a 19 for his 2nd shot, matching your roll. Both connect.

-----

You fire twice at the monstrosity before you as Paul goes to engage him at point blank with his axe. He turns his attention to Paul.

>What do? Roll20
>Paul rolls 13
>Opposing checks 7, 19

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>1728117
>Dream about lewd animal men
And fire

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>>1728134
>95/100
KEK
and also
Fuk
Why couldn't i have had rolls like this with smoky the fookin dead bear

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1728132
>Put an axe through his back
did Paul produce any damage before?

>>1728146
Paul missed his first attack. The monstrosity before you responds by swinging his cleaver twice at Paul. The first blow lands

>Paul loses 2 HP

Paul retaliates with a well aimed chop.

>Paul deals 4 damage

You come in to swing while his back is turned, and plant your axe in his back.

>Roll damage

Rolled 6 + 1 (1d8 + 1)

>>1728163
Down devil!
" got it, now I understand the sequence

Last post for the session. Session XP next post.

>>1728176
He staggers, and falls to the floor, motionless. He remains still.

>Acquired cleaver
2atk/round, 1d8+1 dmg
>Acquired 9mm handgun
>Acquired 8 9mm rounds

You stand in the shipping room, and all the denizens of the cage are staring at you, eyes wide, begging to be released.

>What do?

Ok, guys. Here's the break.

>3:30pm

>Barry receives 350 XP for navigating through Malla Malla
>Anne receives 150 XP for almost killing a bear and is unconscious dreaming of animal men and fire
>Cory receives 250 for saving Anne's life
>Jippy is asleep in the mill at the quarry

Good hunting y'all. I'll see you guys when I see you.

>>1728185
"The evil lies upon our feet. It should be purged completely now"
>Take the abomination's heart
"Are these your people Paul?. Have you been given peace?"
man that was close

>>1728192
See you op!

Anne Lvl 2
250/1000XP

>Stats

Athletics +1
Endurance +1
Melee Weapons +1
Sneak +1
Ranged Weapons +1
Search +1

>Inventory
Backpack
Fancy Coat
Leather Clothes (Torn and Worn)
Spear: 1d6+1 dmg.
Flint
.44 Magnum Revolver, Holster with Laser Sight: 1d8+2 dmg.
46 .44 Magnum Rounds

And a whole lot of lewd thoughts about animal men for some reason.

>>1728192
Nice session, a lot of action has been going on.

>>1727834
What about Jhonny?

>>1728099
Also you might want to consider this. By archived I mean on sites like sup/tg/.

Barry

Stats
1HP
850/1000XP
+1 to melee weapons, incendiary weapons and barter

>Carrying
Stone spear, knife and axe
3 wooden light spears
2 9mm, 34 rounds
Chain
Cleaver
Leather backpack
Bedroll
Rope

>Wearing
Motorcycle helmet
Philopolis set of clothes

I probably won't be on tonight. Nice round OP!

Damn, little late, was on a trip...

Barry

Stats
1HP
850/1000XP
+1 to melee weapons, incendiary weapons and barter

>Carrying
Stone spear, knife and axe
3 wooden light spears
2 9mm, 34 rounds
Chain
Cleaver
Leather backpack
Bedroll
Rope

>Wearing
Motorcycle helmet
Philopolis set of clothes

I probably won't be on tonight. Nice round OP!

>>1728117
>>What do?
>Go harvest the bear's skin and meat and retrieve my arrow
maybe I can finally get some shoes, gloves, and leather armor.
also, I have 1075 XP now, guess I get to level up

>>1727956
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I pick up my four new bedrolls and start looking around for fresh habitation.

>Sorry about late post, finally home and ready to continue

Hello friends. OP here. Sorry I didn't show up yesterday. Needed to do some world building, so I took a day off. Either way, I have a great session planned for you all, and a bit of an outline for future events as things continue to unfold. Anywho, if you're around, please post
>Continue
And we can pick up where we left off.

>Game time set to 3:30 pm

>>1728577
Cory, you have reached level 2. You now enjoy a Max HP of 15, and receive +1 to ranged, repair, and speech

>>1733716
>Needed to do some world building, so I took a day off.
If you plan on doing stuff that'd interfere with your normal hosting schedule, you might want to announce it so your questers don't think you're dead.

>>1733723
Yeah, this op
>>1733716
Continue to be passed out

>>1728202
Paul smiles. "Good enough for now. We need to let these people out of these cages. We should also make a point to burn these corpses completely to Ash before sunrise."

>What do?

>>1728214
You lay unconscious in the canopy commons, Rose tending to your wounds. You will stabilize at 1 HP in 30 minutes and regain consciousness.

>>1728577
>Acquired bear meat
>Acquired bear pelt
>Acquired 1 arrow

You stand on the forest floor with your new prizes. The sound of wildlife choruses around you.

>Head into the woods
>Go to (location)
>Return to canopy
>Other

>>1729721
You set about packing in the bedrolls. You strap your backpack over your shoulder, when you hear footsteps and voices coming through the mill towards the worker barracks. There doesn't seem to be an alternative exit to the room.

Rolled 11, 2 + 1 = 14 (2d20 + 1)

>>1733737
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I grab one of the free standing lockers and slowly and quietly lay it down. Once done, I set up behind it and aim my shotgun at the door, ready to fire as soon as I see someone walk through.

>For attack, both barrels

>>1733749
The door to the room swings wide open, and you see, silhouetted in the doorway, four human forms, all terribly mangled. The man in front, the flesh is peeled back from his face, his entire lower jaw, missing amongst a mangled mass of scar tissue. The man behind him is hobbling on crutches. The other two you can't make out any discernible wounds before you squeeze both barrels of your shotgun, and fire twice, knocking the line of people to the floor.

>Roll damage for 1 barrel

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>1733756
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I reload quickly, ducking if they try to shoot me, aiming to fire again

>>1733773
You hear a loud cry of "son of a bitch!"

You can't see what's going on as you duck back behind the locker, and reload your weapon. However, when you look up, you don't see anyone. A voice calls out to you from the other room.

"Stand down and maybe we let you leave with your life."

>>1733787
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

"You be wit' that tribal feller?! I found this place, it's mine! He ain't gonna kill me like he did that other guy!" I aim carefully, looking for feints.

>>1733803
Roll20

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1733809

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>>1733817
I know that feel anon

>>1733817
>4pm
From the other side, you hear someone fumbling with a backpack. You hear the clicking of a lighter, and then you see it. A glass bottle filled with liquid, topped with a flaming rag, sailing through the doorway. It crashes on the ground and explodes, spewing fire everywhere.

>Lose2HP
>Immolation 38/100

The flames begin to lick at your clothes, but you haven't been set alight yet. Curling black smokes fills your lungs and it is hard to breathe.

>What do? (Roll 20)

>>1733822
You awaken from your delirium in the commons of Canopy. Rose hovers above you, and she smiles. "You've been wounded badly, but you're safe for now. Give me your hand, I'll help you to your feet."

You stagger to your feet. You'll be okay, for now.

>What do?
>Where go?

>>1733848
Any healers in twin Rose? I can't hunt like this and i hate to be deadweight

>>1733852
"There are a few, but their services aren't free. I'm sure you have something to trade, though. You can find him over at the last hut on the catwalk. His name is Oliver."

You make your way to his hut, and knock on the door. A gaunt, thin man, with a bone pierced through his nose, opens the door. He takes one look at you, nods in silence, and motions for you to come in. The room is cluttered, and fragrant with the smell of herbs.

"Before we begin, I assume you have something with which to pay me for my service?"

>>1733864
Yeah, i have this nice backpack or the spear and maybe even this fancy coat if you want it

>>1733822
All da ones means less ones for you, no worries!

>>1733871
"I do like that coat..."

He considers for a moment. Then he delves into the depths of his home. He comes back with a tin can, filled with a steaming broth.

"Drink this. It will soothe your pain while your wounds heal, and will stave off infection."

>Recover 5 HP
>Lose Fur Coat

"That's the best I can do for now. Come back tomorrow morning. I can give you another if you need it."

>What do?

Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1733848
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

"LEEEEEEROOOOOY can suck it." As I yell, I run over and leap through the door, letting loose with one barrel at the side I saw the Molotov come from.

>>1733882
>Go skin the bear if Cory hasn't already

>>1733893
>Opposing check 1,3,4
"LEEEEERRROOOOOYYYY JEEEENNNNKIIIIIINNNSSSS!" You yell as a battle cry, ans you charge the door, dancing through flailing knives. You unload one of your barrels, but not before taking a knife wound.

>Roll damage
>Lose 2 HP

>>1733897
You climb down to the forest floor. You see Cory asleep there next to the gutted remains of the bear that attacked you. He has already stripped it clean for meat and hide.

>What do?

>>1733904
>Get him and everything else into the town, give the meat to rose and use the hide to make some new clothes

>>1733910
You load Cory up into the crank, and hoist him up to canopy. You steal the hide and meat from his backpack, and take the meat to Rose. She thanks you for your contribution to the community. You set about crafting the hide.

>What do you make?

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1733930
Another set of clothes, two if possible

>>1733936
>Acquired leather pants
>Acquired leather shirt
>Acquired leather boots
Sneak +1

>Where do you go?
>What do you do?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>1733904
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I take aim better and fire once more, this time in the face.

Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1733904
>Shoot

>>1733975
Your aim is terrible. You go to shoot, when you feel someone tackle you to the floor. Your shotgun clatters on the ground and slides away from you. As you struggle, you see the man missing his lower jaw climb atop you, and swing a rock at your face.

>Opposing check 5
>Lose 3 HP

Out of the corner of your eye, the man on crutches has dug rope out of his backpack and is hobbling over to you.

>What do?

>>1733953
>Leave the boots and pants to Cory and equip the shirt and lose the tube top
>Walk around town being friendly and whatnot

>>1733988
>You go to shoot, when you feel someone tackle you to the floor. Your shotgun clatters on the ground and slides away from you.
>>1734003
but dawg, your shotgun's away from you while you're being tackled

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1733988
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I reach down and pull my knife, shoving it upwards into his face.

>>1734010
We could still be holding onto it up until hitting the floor

>>1734021
Like a quick-time event? That could be it, but the posts gave me the impression that combat was more turn-based.
>>1734016
His action seems rather lethal in any case.

>>1734021
Thanks Anne for defense.

I already tried deleting that post and put a correct response.

>>1733995
>Cory loses bear meat
>Cory loses bear pelt
>Cory receives leather shirt
>Cory receives leather boots
Sneak+1

You proceed to meander about town. Theres a man playing a guitar missing a couple strings on the edge of the town center. There's a game of cards in the commons. People are gathering around the fire pit starting the evening meal. Rose is drumming up excitement for the bear.

>Talk to anyone?

>>1734016
>Opposing check 5
You grab your knife off your hip, and stab upwards at half face. Your blow cuts into the roof of his mouth. He tries to stop your hand but fails. You force him up off of you as he claws at the wound.

One leg is closing in. You see two people in the corner of your vision producing weapons.

>Roll damage

>>1734038
We improvise as best we can... Hey man, I see you coming round a bit. Care to join in? Totally have a room for another player right now.

Rolled 2, 4 = 6 (2d4)

>>1734048
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I grab my gun and roll away looking to get out another door. As I go, I try to reload quickly and duck away

>>1734054
But what about Jhonny the boy wonder? I'd rather not overburden your processing capacity.
>>1728278
>>1728577
A bit of a shame those two aren't around for this session.

>>1734061
You tumble to the side and grab your gun. You reload and scan. The only way out is the front door, leading into the quarry. You stand nearest to it. Closer to the crew quarters, a half man torso has produced a crossbow and is taking aim. His compatriot, clad in football gear covered in spikes and missing both his arms, has broken into a full bore sprint at you. One leg is hobbling up, twirling his rope. You see at the end he has tied a large metal weight.

>What do you do?

>>1734069
People come and go. I assume them to be asleep in their last known locations, and, quite simply, shit happens when you're asleep. Time stops for no one.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1734088
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I dive out the door, looking to get out of view of Crossbow McGee.

>>1734048
Any kids around to school in PE?
If not just sit close to guitar guy and listen in

>>1734094
>Time stops for no one.
Could we be the special snowflake exceptions?

Sure, I'm assuming they'll rotate in at different times.

>>1727834
>>Choose an occupation for skill bonuses
When those 3 skill points are allotted, are we allowed to dump them into one skill or are they expected to be spread out like the other ones?
Are we allowed to go for more esoteric or broad skills like Electronics, Learning, and the likes?
>>Customize your rock
Are we allowed to craft the rock's material into something else, or is the rock the starting item we're not supposed to get rid of?

>>1734097
>Opposing checks, 3, 17, 7

A crossbow bolt clatters on the wall. You bolt for the door when you feel a rope wrap around your ankle and pull tight from its counter weight. The last thing you see before your world fades to Black is a large, armless man, clad in spikes, body slamming on top of you.

>Wake Up Set to Day3 6am at Fortress of Smellitude

>>1734100
>5pm

The guy playing music is pretty talented. He has a hat out. As he plays, someone drops a cigarette inside. He eventually packs up and leaves. You see some kids playing tag in the square.

>What do?

>>1734116
Sorry, time keeps flowing whether you're present or not. Try to find safe places to camp, or join a faction.

>Skills
I don't see why you couldn't all stack them in one if you felt so inclined. I'm sure some people are specialists at what they do.

Specifics are encouraged. There are people with running power in this world, so electronics is viable. There are people who can tutor you in different things, I don't see why learning couldn't be a skill. Just try to pick things that are relevant to whatever occupation you pick for your initial skills.

>Rock
Craft it if you'd like. Trade it. Sell it. Hoard it suspiciously. Worship it like a god. Whatever.

>>1734133
>Play with kids
>Let that PE teacher side shine
But not too much thought, I'm still in a pretty bad shape

>>1734164
>5pm
"Hey lady, are you okay?"

A little girl wearing hide clothes walks sheepishly up to you. You nod a bit. It shows that you're kind of hurt as you play tag with them. The little girl pulls her hand out from behind her back, and hands you a flower. She smiles and runs back into the game. And then, someone touches your side, and you are it. All around you, the kids start to scurry away. One is heading towards the rope crank. One is heading into the commons. One is running down the catwalk towards Oliver.

>Chase one
>Stop playing with the kids
>Other

Rolled 14 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1734179
>CHASE

>>1734196
You take off after the first kid you see, running towards the rope crank. They're giggling and shouting as they weave past some workers bringing something up from the forest floor.

>Opposing check 1

Their foot snags and they tumble to the ground. One of the guys at the rope falls over, too, and yells "damn kids!"

The kid starts to scramble to his feet, when you get up alongside him and tag him.

"YOURE IT!" You cry triumphantly as you turn to run.

>Roll20

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1734217

>>1734231
>Opposing check 10

He gets up and starts to chase you again. You make your way into the square, when another kid darts in front of him, and he breaks off of you to chase his new target.

>Keep playing
>Leave
>Other

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1734245
>Sneak away

>Daw, kids be cute

>>1734133
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Backpack(12ga shells x6, Rock, Torch, Torn jeans, canteen, Jippyshrooms x2), axe, Double barrel shotgun, Knife
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

As the darkness close on me, I call out softly... "...not...ma.....beeeeaaans...."

>>1734264
>Opposing check 2

The kids are so enthralled in their game they don't notice you ducking out at all.

>Where go?
>What do?

>>1734267
Somewhere in the swirling nether, Jippy watches kids play tag and baws as he waits for his next planar incarnation.

>>1734279
>Comunal sleeping area
Need dat rest to get my hp back
>Sleep
>And dream of the usual

>>1734154
Sweet.

>>1727834
>Name: Patrick
>HP: 10/10 @ LVL: 1
>Occupation: Liberal arts student working toward a master's degree
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Rock: Two-handed diamond ore

>>1728099
>>1734126
Previous thread was linked to this one.

>>1734298
And that concludes Day 2. I'll do an XP reward for you two, and we can start Day 3 if you like.

>Anne recovers 2 HP

>Anne receives 50 for playing with kids and doing alright despite being wounded
>Jippy received nothing coz he dead

>Time set to Day 3, 6am

>>1734313
>>Jippy received nothing coz he dead
That was fast.

>>1733995
>>Leave the boots and pants to Cory
>>1734048
>>Cory receives leather shirt
You mean leather pants?

>>1734313
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I wake and sit, calling out into the dark: "MY BEEEEAAAANS!!!!" I look down, not seeing pants. Wait.... Was day a dream....?

>>1734313
Yeah we can continue
8/16 hp

>>1734308
Welcome, Patrick!.

The sun is rising in the east. It's early in the morning. You wake up naked in a field with a rock. You see some train tracks to the west, running North/south, and you see a road running East/west. The treeline is thick all around the clearing. You could delve into the woods going any direction.

>Follow tracks
>Follow road
>Go into woods
>Other

>>1734298
You wake up in the commons of Canopy the following morning. Rose is cooking breakfast. It looks like more bear meat. People are starting to pile into the building for food

>What do?

>>1734339
You wake up, screaming about missing legumes. In your hands, you clutch a rock. The same rock you had when you first woke up. You're naked, all the things you were carrying before, gone. You rub your hands across your face, collecting your nerves, when you notice, much to your chagrin, it's not your beans that are gone, but your right ear.

>What do

>>1734359
>Wait in line
>Go see Healer dude for another potion thing

>>1734370
Rose serves you some meat and you eat your fill. You excuse yourself from the commons and head to Oliver's house. You knock on the door, and let's you in.

"More for the pain, huh? Last dose I can give you for now. I need to make more, but here you go. A second cup, for the coat, as promised."

>Recover 3 HP

"Did you need anything else?"

>How do you reply?
>What do?

>>1734359
Pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming. This must be one of my nightmares where I dread my job opportunities after graduation! Dreadfully recollect about what led me up to this moment.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Inventory: Two-handed diamond ore rock

>>1734339
Thanks for the actions character sheet reference.

>>1734414
You pinch yourself, but no, sure enough, you stand here in all your nakedness at this crossroads. Your graduation nightmares seem to pale in comparison to your present situation.

Your memory is hazy. Just last night, you went to asleep in your dormitory, dreading finals... Today, you're in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a chunk of unrefined diamond.

>What do you do?

>>1734412
11/16 HP
Nice
On a scale of 1 to 10 how hot is he?

>>1734435
>Oliver rolled a 1

You dry up at the thought of knocking boots with him

>>1734426
This is even worse than a nightmare! Whatever this is, this better not be a prank.

>>1734359
Follow the road and go West.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Inventory: Two-handed diamond ore rock

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>1734447
ROLLING FOR HIM THEN
Aaaaaah
Also i have to leave for a while, i may be able to post or not

>>1734447
>>1734472
RIP Oliver.

>>1734465
>6:30am
You make your way down the road due west. You walk about a mile before you come to an automotive wreck. Two cars sit there, bleached by the sun, one flipped upside down, the other it's front hood crushed in like an accordion. You see that the occupants are long dead, the flesh rotted from their bones.

>Search the wreck
>Leave
>Other

>>1734495
>Other
Inspect how old this wreck is.
Be wary of zombies or spooky scary skeletons. This could be like something out of a movie.
>>Search the wreck

>>1734507
This wreck is old. It's been here for some time. The paint is peeling from the cars, the bodies are drying to dust, skeletons stuck in their seatbelts for many years.

>>1734507
You set about searching it. You open the glove box.

>Acquired lighter
>Acquired 2 cigarettes

You find the trunk release to the first car and open the back. Inside, there's a suitcase with some clothes.

>Acquired suitcase
>Acquired pants
>Acquired shirt

The other car lays upside down in the ditch.

>What do?

>>1734447
>Thank him and exit the town
Also op, you said we're initially human, how does that change?

>>1734515
Sweet, some clothes! Good thing nobody saw me out in the nude.
Put on the clothes discretely. Put the unused items in the suitcase.

Search the car in the ditch with the lighter, hopefully it'll help.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock

>>1734543
You have to piece that information together for yourself.

You exit down to the forest floor. It's a quiet morning, broken by the rattling of a cart, drawn by a donkey, driven by a man clad in black. He pulls right up to the tree covered in vines. He pulls a rope, and a bell is heard sounding in the canopy. He pays you no mind as he dose this.

Eventually someone from Canopy comes down and starts talking to him in hushed tones. Rose is with them

>What do?

>>1734554
>>1734520
Woops.

>>1734554
You crawl to the other wreck in the ditch. You get in through the window, and search the cab and glove box.

>Acquired shoes
>Acquired wallet
>Acquired 30 dollars
>Acquired Baseball Bat
1atk/round, 1d6+1

You try to pop the trunk, but the release is jammed. You crawl out of the wreck, stagger to your feet, and look around, when you see a person, who had been observing you, duck into the treeline.

>What do?

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1734359
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

My ear?! Now where did that thing run off to? No blood, so I'm doubting those allies of that crazy tribal cut it off me... But they done did stole my stuff! I search about to see if they took anything else from my cave. Sighing once that's done, I take my machete and start working on making some type of spear and maybe a bow with the bone, wood and sinew I've got laying about. I need to make some weapons to hunt me up some more hide. Need me some protection are stuffs!

>>1734579
>7am
>Acquired spear
1atk/round, 1d6dmg
>Acquired bow
1atk/round, 1d6dmg

You finish crafting weapons in the cave.

>What do?

Rolled 19 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1734594
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx?
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

After getting my weapons together, I set out to hunt some game, deer preferably.

>Searching....buffering....

>>1734605
A deer is wandering close to the mouth of your cave. You stick to the shadows. It has not noticed you yet.

>Attack
>Other

>>1734554
>Good thing nobody saw me out in the nude.
>>1734569
>when you see a person, who had been observing you, duck into the treeline.
>tfw I tempted fate.
Quickly put on the shoes, equip the baseball bat, dump the rest of the unused stuff in my briefcase, and try meeting the other person.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1734614
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx?
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I take aim carefully and throw my spear

Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1734646

>>1734625
You tuck off into the woods, but it would seem that the man you saw had made haste to remain unobserved.

>Track him(roll20)
>Other
>Leave

>>1734646
Roll20

>>1734650
>Opposing check 15
You throw your spear, but it clattersYou on the rocky ground. Your pretty is startled, and bolts for the woods.

You stand at the mouth of your cave.

>What do?

Rolled 17, 1 = 18 (2d20)

>>1734652
>>Track him(roll20)
>Other
Try shouting that I just want to meet him. I'm not sure if I'm suppose to roll for that too or not.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1734663
Fucking auto correct.

>>1734668
You start off through the woods, following a trail of broken branches, shouting for the man you had just seen.

>Opposing check 5

You manage to catch up to him. He's making his way to what looks like an old industrial building, perhaps a saw mill of some sort.

"Hey!" You shout, and he freezes. He turns around. He's badly burned all over his body, and he hobbles along on a crutch. He regards you for a minute, motions to you to follow, and then turns around again, moving faster towards the mill.

>>1734677
Sure, I guess.
He seems badly injured, ask him what happened and if he needs medical attention. Stay cautious on whatever attacked him, prepare for an ambush.

Isn't this the guy who attacked Jippy?

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1734688
Could be. Could just be another man... Injuries are real. Anyway...

You catch up beside him. Without missing a beat, he asks you, without looking at you, "did ya just wake up?"

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1734663
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx?
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

Sigh.... Well today just ain't my day. Guess I gotta make some arrows. I go and pick up my spear and head back in my cave to make some arrows using the bones for arrow heads

>>1734704
You Fletch some bones into points, and using sinew, lash them to the tips of some sticks.

>Acquired 10 arrows

>What do?

>>1734697
"Yep." Ask him if he was an a similar situation as I was, and if he wants me to help him move.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

Rolled 5 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1734710
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

Time to go hunting for more prey.

>>1734716
"I'll be alright, I can walk, even though those damn cannibals stole my leg. No, I've woken up many times... You never really get used to it. As far as you're concerned, you've woken up in a halfway decent place. You're lucky to find us... Just prepare yourself for what you're about to see."

You approach the mill and turn the corner, and you find yourself in the heart of a community. People are flocking everywhere, but almost all of them are existing with terrible injuries to their person.

"Welcome to the Mill. You're welcome to stay for awhile. Don't cause any trouble and you'll be okay. They call me Ash. Most folks will trade with you, and if you're hungry, were cooking breakfast for the town."

He leaves you standing there in the midst of it all

>What do?

>>1734761
You walk out of your cave and the morning is quiet. You look for signs if animals, but manage to turn over nothing. As you walk through the trees, however, you hear men's voices coming from the road nearby.

>What do?

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1734789
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

Sneak over to listen in and see what's up

>>1734789
Look aghast at this scene before shaking it off.
Introduce myself to Ash and ask what his story was and how he ended up like this. Also ask what he means by "waking up." Assuming he didn't leave me already.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 0/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1734819
>Opposing Check 5
"Now, Baxter, what did you say this fella looked like?"

"He had crazy wild eyes. Looked like he'd seen some things, some bad shit. Said his name was Jippy, and then I went to go put something on the shelf, and he stabbed me a buncha times in the neck."

"And you think we gonna find him out here? If I had a whole town looking to string me up from the rafters, Id be long gone."

"Look, all we know is he left through the east gate. He could be anywhere, but the fact is, he stole from us, and we need that stuff back."

"You're right..."

>What do?

>>1734835
"I've been here waking up for years. Can't leave this place. Can't die. It's some weird sordid kinda Hell, in it? Every time I should be dead, I wake up naked in my bed like it was some bad kinda dream."

"I've been round these woods a lot, and I've learned something. Most of these folks have been waking up missing parts after certain excursions out into the world, and every time, the story is always the same. Cannibals. Butchers. It's a constant war for survival, getting harder and harder every day. And you can only my imagine when they tried to burn my body and I woke up covered in these awful burns ever since..."

"I hear there are ways to undo lasting wounds... But doing that makes you no better than the butchers peddling flesh across the wastes. We have one law in our society, kid. Someone's gotta lose a part for you to get a new one. Stitching is a crime punishable by immediate immolation. You will be reduced to dust and believe you me, you won't wake up again."

"Didja need anything else?"

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1734842
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

If they are moving away, let them go by and go back to camp.

If they are not walking away , sneak back to my campsite.

Once there I'm gonna back there, im going to pack up everything including my skulls into my car and I'm going to drive onwards and leave. Bye Felicia!

>Roll is for sneak

>>1734871
OP Here. Losing battery life. I'ma go until tomorrow. We will get the ball rolling proper for you Patrick then.

>Patrick gets 50 XP for finding the Mill
>Jippy gets 50 XP for being a sneaky snek

>>1734871
Ask him if he needs any help, and what needs to be done around here.
Ask him if he knows what causes a person to lose a part and become permanent, grafting their parts onto yourself? Some special technique?
>We have one law in our society, kid. Someone's gotta lose a part for you to get a new one.
What's the one law? So we can't graft parts from butchers, cannibals, or other terrible even if they deserve it? Is that the one thing that can't be done to them?
What's "stitching," is that grafting? Can we graft parts from animals?

How was last thread? What'd you think of the amount of players you got?

>>1734884
Got it. Do you normally phone post for QMing?

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1734896
Yeah. Only electronic device I got. Very shamefuru.

I'll try to explain your questions better in my next post next sess

>>1734884
>>1734938
It's fine, you post surprisingly fast for using a phone.
When's your next session?
>>1726225
Did you use the Clover browser that Anne recommended?

Aw man I lost the update

OP checking in with y'all. I gotta rain check today. The heat wave finally broke here so there's work to be done, but I'll be on for an evening session. Expect me round 8 or 9 westcoast time.

>>1737402
So you'll be on 8-9 PM CST tomorrow?

>>1737421
>CST
PST that is.

>>1737402
Okay, later op!

>>1737421
Tonight I'll be available. I try to do daily runs.

>>1737724
Oh. That's earlier than expected. At least you announced your schedule changes this time.

>>1735733
Think you'd be able to attend this one?

>>1737724
OP Reporting in. Got suckered in to a game with the gf. Give me about an hour and I'll chill with you guys. Just letting ya know I haven't forgotten

>>1738922
RIP OP. GF killed him.

>>1738928
And I'm here. The theme of this session is GF is a hater. Ahem.

If anyone would like to continue, just post
>Continue
And we can pick up where we left off.

>>1738986
>Continue
>>1734893
Do you want me to post any revisions to my earlier post?

>>1738989
Naw, it's fine. Also, got clover, guys. I'm digging it. Anyways...

The man regards you for a moment.

"I'll try to explain this to you, as simply as I can. If you die, and something eats a part of you, or burns it to ash, you won't have it when you wake up. Some folks have discovered though that you can replace your dismembered limbs. Merely stitch one on to yourself, and wake up, again, and it's attached and functional. Some people only do this to treat their wounds. Others use it as a way to dominate others.

The fact is simple, though. All flesh comes from someone, whether willingly donated or not. And we here few it as the greatest unethical and immoral act - to stitch someone else's flesh to you, and parade it as your own. We shun the practice, even if it means walking around this Savage wasteland with visible handicaps. You meet a man with all his parts, and you can only assume to things.

He's either new here, or he's stolen flesh."

>Continue

>>1739006
Hey Anne
>>1739006
You've made it to the base of the great tree, when you've seen a wagon pull up, piloted by a man shrouded in black robes. A man from canopy and Rose have appeared, and seem to be bartering with him in hushed tones.

The forest floor is wide open before you.

>What do?

>>1739009
Id might change from time to time, home wifi got cut off so im bouncing from park wifi to internet Cafe wifi

Sit close enough to eavesdrop

>>1739004
>Others use it as a way to dominate others.
Dominating? How does that work?
>And we here few it as the greatest unethical and immoral act - to stitch someone else's flesh to you, and parade it as your own.
So even terrible folks who hunt innocents for that are afforded protection from that? Sorry if I don't see why we can't return them the favor, especially if it seems like it can be reversed. Maybe it's simply because I'm too new here to get it.
>We shun the practice, even if it means walking around this Savage wasteland with visible handicaps.
If those are your ethics, that's fine. I may not fully get it, but it sounds like a big deal. However, instead of parading around those injuries, why not simply get prosthetics like a peg leg for that missing leg of yours? Surely you have enough skilled people and resources to make that happen.
Regardless, thanks for helping me out so I wouldn't of say bumped with the wrong people and been convinced to commit a felony like what you mentioned. I'm glad people like you were the first I met.

>>1739004
>Also, got clover, guys. I'm digging it.
Noice.
>>1739006
Thanks Anne for helping the QM out.

>>1739019
You move in a little closer, as nonchalantly as possible, fiddling with your pack as a pretense to linger.

"Need anything? Missing anything?" The hooded man rasps from under his cloak.

"Several things, actually.. some of our hunters were ambushed by cannibals. You can only imagine.."

"Whatchu buying?" The cloaked man cats the other person off.

They move around to the back of the cart, and unceremoniously, a large black tarp is pulled back. An ungodly stench comes from the back of the carriage. You catch out the corner of your eye that the man was carting a load of gore. The man picks through the load, and his selections are wrapped in black cloth.

"And payment?" You hear the man rasp, with a measure of tempered excitement. Rose steps forward.

"A pleasure doing business with you." The man from canopy says, as he takes his large bundle under his arm. Rose climbs into the front of the cart beside the man in black robes, and he seizes the reigns.

>What do?

>>1739030
>"Need anything? Missing anything?" The hooded man rasps from under his cloak.
So that's where the Merchant went after Resident Evil.

>>1739025
"Dominating? Well, tell me, how able would you be to resist someone who means you I'll if you have no arms to fight or legs to run? When you stare down a butcher, 600 pounds of flesh, plated in Bone and cartilage, flailing extra arms holding cleavers, you tell me how it would be a means to domination of this land...

Like I said, we shun the practice. Those people you speak of, we commit to the purifying flame, and burn them til nothing is left. Justice is served, and no wrong is committed.

As far as prosthetics go, these have been considered, and some here do use them, but for others of us, we view at as a mark of pride that we have been so wounded but still manage to carry on without being whole. It really depends to whom you speak. Some are actually organizing a raid on a hospital not too far from here to see if we can find some more advanced prosthetics than wooden legs. Maybe you'd be inclined to help?

Youre most welcome. You seem like a reasonable person. You're welcome here, like I said, as long as you don't cause trouble, and as long as you don't practice stitching. Now, if that's all, I have things to attend to."

>>1739004
>>1739025
Awww shiet i didn't see it
Glad i could help guys
>>1739030
Dafuq
>Wait a little bit and then confront the guy that just sold Rose
What the fuck just happened, who was that?

>>1739047
As the cart rolls off, you accost the man as he ties his bundle to the crank rope.

"What the fuck was that about?" You ask him pointedly.

"If you must know," he sighs, "we have some injured in canopy missing limbs. Since flesh is the only thing of value to the stealer's, Rose offered to be payment so that we could heal our wounded."

He operates the crank, and you see a human leg, still dripping blood, being brought up into Canopy.

Rolled 9 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1739055
Jesus Christ
What the fuck did Oliver give me
Oh god

>Grab Cory and gtfo to the other town

>>1739059
You start to panic. You grab Cory, and drag him from Canopy. The guy at the crank is looking at you like you're crazy.

"Tell me you don't do any better when you wake up without your legs!" He shouts as you climb down. You run, as fast as you can through the woods, straight for Philopolis.

>7:30am

You come running into down, out of breath, Cory on your shoulders, but you've made it away from the folks in canopy, when you get to the church in the center of town. You see a familiar cart, and Rose, sitting atop it, its grisly pilot nowhere to be seen.

>>1739068
Oh god, not here too
>Don't make eye contact
>Go to the river with Cory still on my back
(last post for tonight)

>>1739046
>Justice is served, and no wrong is committed.
Ah, I get it. The moral high ground. Not stooping to their level no matter if they deserve it or not because of other ethical implications. Makes sense, especially with how many people share the same ideology. Might also be because it could be difficult to tell if you or someone else butchered innocents or felons.

>Some are actually organizing a raid on a hospital not too far from here to see if we can find some more advanced prosthetics than wooden legs. Maybe you'd be inclined to help?
I'd love to help, but I was a liberal arts student so most of my skills was in Learning subjects. Plus I just got here. I'm not a fighter like the others, so I’m not sure how I could help.

Say, what was your background before you ended up in I guess Purgatory? What were your last moments? Mine were I guess, dying in my sleep before college finals.
This is mostly philosophical, but I’m also curious to know the nature of what this place is and how people end up here, and if anyone might know more details about that. Personally I wonder if we’re in a simulation or if were kidnapped to some magical realm.

>>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>>Skills: +3 Learning
>>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>>Inventory: lighter, Baseball Bat, Briefcase
>>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock, wallet
>>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1739078
You abruptly turn as soon as you see the cart, and make haste away. You see Rose, with solemn eyes watch your departure. She waves at you as you flee, but you make haste to the river.

It's quiet there. You should be relatively undisturbed. You lay down on the cool forest floor beside Cory, and fall asleep from exhaustion.

>>1739080
>You lay down on the cool forest floor beside Cory, and fall asleep from exhaustion.
Hopefully nothing bad happens to you two in an area like that

>>1739025
>>1739079
It occurred to me that my commands looked like dialogue I could've put quotation marks around.

>>1739079
"Most folks don't have morals anymore. A couple weeks out here fighting for your survival tend to make them disappear quick. We try to remember our humanity...

Not much of a fighter, eh? Well, you won't be going alone, that much is certain. And if you're as bright as you say you are, you may be able to make heads or tails of medical texts. Maybe you should go with and try to glean some medical knowledge.

Me? I was nothing special before this. My last memories were coming home from the office and going to sleep beside my wife. That was years ago. I can't tell you what this place is. I certainly didn't create it. Dont really know who did. Don't know how I got here. I don't know why everything I thought I knew is all wrong. A simulation? It's possible. Black magic? I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of folks have their superstitions about this place. Many, many, believe it to be cursed."

>>1739090
>"Most folks don't have morals anymore.
"On that note, what's this town's stance on people who trade with grafters but don't do so themselves? Such as donating their own flesh for someone else? Like destitute areas who trade with or turn a blind eye to certain criminals?"
>And if you're as bright as you say you are, you may be able to make heads or tails of medical texts. Maybe you should go with and try to glean some medical knowledge.
"That sounds easy enough. It'd be like college, except my learning environment would in a hostile area, and my tests are in a much shorter timespan.
Where can I find these people? Anything I need to bring or should know?
Where can I find you later?”
>Many, many, believe it to be cursed."
"I wouldn't be surprised. It could also be a chance for a new start but everyone keeps mucking it up, but it'd be difficult to tell when and how everything started going so badly."

>>1739104
"It's not a novel idea. The butchers only trade flesh, and only accept flesh as payment. You want a foot, you give a hand, so to speak. If you need several legs, people have been known to voluntarily go with the butchers to help their kin. I suppose that most would view it as charitable. Self sacrifice, in every literal sense of the word. Anyone here, though, would be flattered if you would trade your well being for theirs, to be sure, but none would accept it, on pain of exile or the pyre. Stitching is an abomination. It's not natural, and we refuse its practice.

You can find Cyclops by the fire pit over yonder." He gestures to a massive man, easily 7 feet tall, 300 pounds, with one eye. "He is organizing the raid. You'll have a partner with you while you are there. They're pairing off to search the building. He can tell you more. Keep your weapon handy and your wits about you. We haven't been inside the hospital yet, we just know it exists, in the heart of an old City not far from here. I'll be back here at the mill in the warehouse over there." He points out a structure to you. "I work there, taking inventory and repairing gear for the town.

Maybe one day people can get it right, Patrick. Some folks manage to lead their lives comparably peacefully to others. I hope such a peace might find its way here."

>>1739119
"Thanks. See you soon, Ash."
Give Ash a thumbs up before reorganizing some of my stuff and going off to meet Cyclops.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Weapons: baseball bat, 1 atk/round, 1d6+1.
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore rock
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1739130
You approach the campfire. A handful of other men in various states of injury sit around, listening to Cyclops speak. As you approach, he trails off, looks you up and down.

"You're new... Need something?

>>1739133
>>1739046
"Yeah. Ash told me you folks were going to organize a raid on a local hospital for advanced prosthetics. I was hoping I could help with my skill in Learning to discern some texts. What sort of folks are needed?"

>>1739135
Cyclops smiles, and you can see he's missing some teeth.

"Anyone brave enough to go is needed, newcomer. There's strength in numbers. Let me get you up to speed...

About five miles due Northeast of here is a small town, and within the city limits, near the downtown hospital, one of our scouts, Rat, here, discovered a hospital." He motions to a rather diminutive man, still in possession of all his limbs, but missing a couple fingers.

"The building, from what we can discern from the outside, is three stories tall and covers several city blocks. Our main mission is to raid it for prosthetics for people in the camp. Second, for miscellaneous medical supplies. I understand that you were tasked as well with acquiring as much medical text as possible... So we're going to add that to our list of objectives.

We do not know if the building is occupied, or if it is, the nature of the occupants, so we are going in armed, and we're pairing up. You'll be going in with me. Primary places to check are the ER, the pharmacy, any receiving socks for shipments, surgery wards, and if there's a basement floor, it is likely it has a warehouse subsection. You and I are assigned to the ER.

This is not meant to be a conquest or show of force. Use physical violence only it necessary, and try to exercise discretion and stealth. Were there to get supplies, that's it. We're not there to purge its occupants, unless its absolutely necessary - you know, if theyre cannibals or meet us with armed force."

>>1739146
"Sounds like a plan. Are we going to scout around the immediate area before going inside the hospital or are we going in for a quick operation?
When are we leaving for the operation, and when do we plan on finishing it?"

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Weapons: baseball bat, 1 atk/round, 1d6+1.
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>continue

>>1739153
>8am
"We are leaving after breakfast. You have some time. At the latest, we leave at 9. You're also welcome to eat with us if you would like. Someone caught a pig in a trap yesterday, so we're having pork. You might also want to check the warehouse before we leave. You might be able to acquire some more suitable gear. Ash should be working. He knows your intentions.

Ideally, we will be in and out. There are a few more targets, however, that are of interest. Chiefly, the police station, and an old hardware store. The first, obviously, for Weapons and armor, and the second that we might be able to build up the mill and begin farming here. At this time, however, are tertiary objectives at this time. If we finish up at the hospital and all is fine, we can make time to at least examine these places.

Ideally, we return before sundown. Worst case scenario, we overnight in the town. We're set to rendezvous at an old gas station on the outskirts before we return to the mill. Anyone not at the rendezvous point by sunrise the following morning is on their own."

>>1734883
You see them continue down the road, oblivious of your position. You wait for them to pass, before you head back to your cave, and proceed to pack in your base of operation. It's time to move on it seems

>>1739156
You get back to your cave and begin packing in all your belongings to the El Camino. When finished, you climb into the cabin, and start the engine. It roars to life.

>Where go?
>What do?

>>1739158
"Do we have any radios for communicating with the other teams, or ways to easily communicate between them?"
Thank Cyclops, then go off to have breakfast with the others. It's bad to work on an empty stomach.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Weapons: baseball bat, 1 atk/round, 1d6+1.
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1739161
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

That dern tribal be still out here! He might be hunting me... I get the car started and take off down the path, going east. I keep an eye out for anyone seeming to come after me. I doubt I'm the only one with a car...

>>1739166
>>1739166
>"Do we have any radios
"Radios or walkie-talkies"

>>1739166
"Afraid not. We're blind once we're separated. There may be some in the police station, but that will detract time from the primary mission. No telling how long it would take to turn over a functional one."

You walk off, and you see a man carving a pig. He cuts off a large slab of bacon and hands it to you.

"There ya go. A big piece for ya. Good luck today. Heard you volunteered for the hospital run. Come back in one piece, huh?"

The meat satiates your hunger.

>Tell Cyclops you're ready
>Other
>>1739168
You punch the car into gear, and pull away from your cave, the bear skull bouncing in the passenger seat. You take off down the road. You see the hunting party in the distance walking down the road. They file on to the shoulder to let you pass. One of them sticks their thumb out to try and hitch hike a ride.

>What do?

>>1739175
>>Other
>>1739158
Check in with the warehouse for more suitable gear.

Mull over in thought on how to help with the communication problem. Perhaps we could use duck calls, whistles, or some sort of stomping or knocking code? I'll go propose this to Cyclops later.

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Weapons: baseball bat, 1 atk/round, 1d6+1.
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore
>Wallet: 30 dollars

>>1739175
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I swing to the opposite side, I'm not trying to hurt anyone here. I just want to avoid that crazy tribal. I keep going, keeping my eye out for that crazy tribal...I might run him over.

>>1739182
You walk into the old shipping dock for the mill, now turned into a warehouse for the town's goods. You see Ash walking around, taking inventory of a recent supply run. He sees you approach.

"Hello, Patrick. Didn't expect to see you again so soon. What did you need?"
>>1739183
You pass them far to the left. In the rearview as you speed away, you see them fill out into the middle of the road and keep walking. You drive down the road as it winds through the hills. Eventually, it starts to flatten out into a long straight away. As you power down the road, you see an old, haggard gas station on the edge of a small town. The first Street is lined with houses. In the distance you can see a couple taller buildings looming over the cityscape.

>What do?

Rolled 8 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1739186
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I slow down at the gas station. I look around for movement. I don't wanna be jumped...

>>1739189
You slow down near the gas station at the outskirts. You do a loop around, examining the place for signs of habitation, when you see a shopping cart piled high with miscellany, and a very, very dirty man digging through a trash can. He jumps out as you pull around, looking rather spooked. He grabs a lead pipe and holds it at the ready, but makes no motion to attack you.

>>1739194
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Car Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete, socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I slow down and stop. This feller seems okay, ain't jumpin' to attack me outta the blue. "Hey, you seen a crazy tribal feller about these parts? He be killin' people back that way, stealin' their stuff. I think he took my ear too!"

>>1739198
Tribal feller? You mean them freaks at the hospital? They seem pretty tribal to me. Take lots folks ears from what n I reckon. Takes lots fellers stuff too! Just last week they done took ma beans! You ain't got none, do yeh?"

He smiles a broad, toothless smile.

>>1739202
>Jippy
>+1 Ranged, Search, Drugs
>Carried: spear, bow, arrowsx10
>Cave Stash( Bear bones, Deer Bones, Iron rocks, bedroll, MRE x2, lighter, pack of cigarettes, generator, granola bar x5, machete)
>Car(socket wrench set, $50, 2 liters of pop, filled gas can x10)

I pop the car into park, get out with tears in my eyes. I walk slowly over to the man, my spear and bow slung on my back. I place my hands slowly on his shoulders. "Dey done took mine too, brother. Dey done took mine too..." I hug him tightly.

"My corn, too..."

>>1739186
"Yeah, me neither Ash. Cyclops suggested I come here to get more suitable gear for the local hospital raid. Maybe I could get some armor, scouting tools like binoculars, possibly some better weapons, and something to help scavenge for medical texts or supplies? Also, something better than a briefcase for storing stuff.”
Tell Ash my inventory list.
>>1734569
“There was also this overturned car back at the wreckage where you found me at earlier. The trunk release was jammed and I opted not to bother to pursue you. Maybe I could get something for that, like a crowbar later?"
>>1739175
"Cyclops mentioned they don't have ways of easily communicating with the other teams so they'll be blind once separated. Perhaps we could use duck calls, whistles, or some sort of stomping or knocking code? Maybe megaphones or improvised versions?”

>HP: 10/10 @ XP: 50/1000
>Skills: +3 Learning
>Weapons: baseball bat, 1 atk/round, 1d6+1.
>Clothes: shoes, pants, shirt
>Inventory: lighter
>Briefcase: 2 cigarettes, two-handed diamond ore
>Wallet: 30 dollars