Y’know let’s go bottle and end up in the dark
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8
You eye the gnomeflinger suspiciously. It doesn’t look like anything you want to have any part of, but… You glance again at the cliff with all its strangely shaped entryways. You can feel your curiosity overcoming your caution.
There is a small knock on the leg of your armor. You look down to see a gnome, calling himself Tromsh, standing impatiently at your side.
“Well?..” he says, his voice oozing doubt as to your ability to handle the gnomes’ problems, and whether you even have the courage to be flung through the air to somewhere up on the cliff.
Yes! The gnomes of Mount Nevermind need help, and never mind the fact that you’ve never done anything but work in a bakery. Never mind the fact that even the smallest draconian soldier must outweigh you by a hundred pounds. Never mind that you know nothing about military matters. The gnomes are looking to you for help and, by Reorx, you’re going to try!
8A
Hoping to see something that will help you make up your mind, you climb onto the earthen platform bearing the gnomes’ steam-powered lift system, the gnomeflinger. A gnarled, muscular, leather-apron-clad gnome introduces himself as Gnowmpsh-the-Flinger-Boss.
He thrusts you toward a reclining seat, saying, “Firsttrip,hmm? Nothing,nothingatalltoworryabout. ThisisthefastestandmostreliablytestedgnomedeviceanywhereinMountNevermind. ItwasbuiltbymygreatgreatgreatgranduncleBrahmpsh,andmyfamily’sLifeQuesthasbeento makeitbetterandbetterallthetime.”
You stir restlessly under his barrage of words. Every time one of the gnomes talks to you, you hope you’ll be able to understand him, but it doesn’t seem to happen. By your side, Gnowmpsh (at least you understand that much) still talks while he pushes you into the gnomeflinger seat. You’re about to resign yourself to whatever the gnomes have in store, when you shout, “STOP!”
Gnowmpsh and the other gnomes, who have been twisting dials, checking steam valves, and shoveling coal, stop what they’re doing and stare at you, open-mouthed, incredulity on their faces.
“I’m sorry!” you say, surprised at the anguish in your voice. “But if I’m going to go through Mount Nevermind and find the things I think will help you–and me–beat the dragonarmy, I have got to understand what you’re saying! Please… talk… slowly… whenever… you… say… anything… to… me.”
The gnomes’ looks change to ones of pity and dismay. The coal shoveler clucks under his breath and you think you catch the murmured words: “Poorfellow. He’llbenohelpatall. Doesn’thavethebrainsforit, butIguesswecan’tsend himawaynow. Itwouldn’tbekindtolethimknowwerealize howweak-mindedheis.”
Gnowmpsh gently pats your hand, saying loudly, as if you were deaf, “I WILL DO THAT, YOUNG MAN. AND I WILL REMIND EVERYONE ELSE TO TALK SLOWLY, TOO!” He makes a gesture toward a less-muscular gnome working on the gnomeflinger. He’s also younger, you see, as he turns toward you and raises an eyebrow questioningly.
“Getonwithit,Knekst,” the flinger boss orders.
You watch as young Knekst gathers a number of brightly colored flags and begins making broad gestures in the air with them. Suddenly, a loud whistle sounds and you see gnomish heads popping from the many openings in the rock wall in front of you. They all watch Knekst’s signals, which quickly become faster-than-the- eye-can-see flips and twirls. You’re afraid that Knekst will twist himself into a pretzel if he keeps this up for long.
Finally, once more turning his head and giving you a look of pity combined with impatience, he sloooowwwws dowwwwwnnnnn thhhhhhe mmmmmmooootionnn ooofffff thhhhhe flaaaaaagsssss alllllmmmmmooooossst tooooo aaaaa stoooooopppp. The gnomes on the cliff all look at you, shrug their shoulders, and duck back into the cliff openings.
“THE FARTALKING FAMILY IS USING A NEW SYSTEM To SEND MESSAGES. EVERYONE KNOWS NOW TO SPEAK SLOWLY,” announces Gnowmpsh.
“Thank you,” you answer in a tiny voice.
8B
You sit in the gnomeflinger, not liking anything you see, as the gnomes around you explain what you are indeed seeing.
“Before you are five levels of cliffs. There are also two chambers that you can easily walk to without being flung.”
You seriously consider getting out or the gnomeflinger and going toward one of the areas within walking distance, but you politely wait until the gnomes are done explaining, and you get a fairly good idea of what every entrance on the cliff face means to the gnomes.
Gnomeflinger Success Chart
| Days left-> | 20 | 19-17 | 16-14 | 13-12 | 11-8 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth (Top) Level | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 9+ | 10+ | 11+ | 12 |
| Fourth Level | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 9+ | 10+ | 12 |
| Third Level | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 9+ | 11+ |
| Second Level | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 11+ |
| Lowest Level | 1+ | 2+ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ |
Rooms (and Misses)
| Level | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | The Nest (4B) | The Cold (4C) | The Bottle (4D) | The Plant (4A) | |
| Fourth | The Magnet (3B) | The Bakery (3C) | The Catapult (3D) | The Dark (3E) | The Gallery (3A) |
| Third | The Maze (2B) | The Spark (2C) | The Undead (2D) | The Armory (2A) | The Explosives (2A) |
| Second | The Crystals (1B) | The Military (1C) | The Toys (1D) | The Signals (1A) | |
| First | The Water | The Clocks | The Steam | The Heat | The Train |
| Walkable | The Lights | The Library |
9A
The closer you get to the time of the dragonarmy’s invasion, the harder it is for the gnomes to concentrate on their flinging. The chart above judges your success rate for each fling depending on how many days are left before the invasion.
Each time you wish to be flung to a chamber, the host will roll a d12, then send you to the appropriate result based on the Gnomeflinger Success Chart. If you get the number you need or higher, you succeed. If you get less than the number you need, you miss your target and go to the miss location on the Rooms Chart. You may acquire extra locations while on your quest, also.
For example, if you try for A on the Top level and miss, you would reach B on the Fourth level. If you really didn’t want to go to B, you could use up half a day to return to the gnomeflinger, but remember, you don’t have a lot of time.
If you aim for the lowest level and miss, you are flung on an odd number to the library, and on an even number to the lights chamber (both within walking distance of the gnomeflinger).
Days on the chart are measured only in whole days, rounding up.
9B
The information you receive about these caverns is sketchy at best. You are only able to get hints about the places, because the gnomes tend to be very clannish even in the mountain and don’t get around much. Looking over the possible areas, you select one, tell the gnomes, and then close your eyes and hope for the best. Suddenly, you feel yourself being flunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg!
2022-01-25T05:15:00Z Decision Deadline.
Mt Nevermind Worksheet
Worksheet Bookmark:
20 days remain.
| Chamber # | Short Description |
|---|---|
| # | Blah |
Other Notes:
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Let’s see what’s hiding in there
So osie, since we have 68 Dwarven backpacks following us,
Can we tell them to rip up their shirts so we can use it to make fuses for the molotovs
Die Roll: 6
134
You think you may have entered a store, a bottle and jar store, but if so, no one is there to sell you anything. You’re staring, amazed, at the many different sizes of bottles—from tiny little vials that might contain magical potions to huge storage jars nearly as big as yourself—when a small creature suddenly hops into sight on top of a jar, jibbers something angrily, and attacks you. It’s another imp!
You have no alternative but to fight it.
121I
You have decided to take on the imp in this area. The creature is small, but you have heard legends about its magical powers of destruction. You can also see a barbed tail covered in some sort of green goo. Your mind races over the battling choices, and you pick what you hope is the right fighting plan:
A — Rush in swinging, trying to crush the imp with your power punch.
B — Stand back and start throwing whatever is handy, to try to knock the small creature out, so you don’t have to face what could be a poisoned tail.
C — Try shouting, and waving your powered-armor arms to just scare it out of the area.
D — Catch or at least shoo away the imp, with the help of the gnomes with and near you.
2022-01-25T04:45:00Z Decision Deadline.
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No; nobody wants to see that.
Lmao
Wdym?
I definitely want to see a the sky raining bottles of fire into the enemy
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63G
You decide to make your gnome army work for a change, and try to get them organized into a force that can capture the imp. But from the beginning, things don’t work out right. You hear things like:
“I think we should all talk about this for a while, what do you think?..”
“My life quest is fighting wars, not chasing imps around the cavern…”
“I have just the machine for the job, let me go get it…”
Ninety minutes later, the imp is smiling at you snidely and the gnomes are talking in something they call interpersonal groups, to try to get the job done. You don’t have any choice. You look up at the imp and say, “Okay, you win this one.” You are forced to search the area and ignore the imp. You can only hope that it doesn’t use its legendary magical powers of illusion to hinder you.
(Or continues to attack you…)
A — Rush in swinging, trying to crush the imp with your power punch.
B — Stand back and start throwing whatever is handy, to try to knock the small creature out, so you don’t have to face what could be a poisoned tail.
C — Try shouting, and waving your powered-armor arms to just scare it out of the area.
2022-01-25T05:30:00Z Decision Deadline.
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/adlib - One of the gnomes shows you a peek under their shirt. The chest hair is so aggressive it makes you physically ill upon a glance. You decide to abandon this idea.
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clearly a dragon spy,
kill the traitor
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but also, they could just rip off a sleeve and we’ll have 68 fuses
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The chest hair might make the dragons physically ill too
I suggest we weaponise it
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if this fails, I’m going C
let’s see if imps act like bears
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113H
You begin throwing rocks and unknown machines at the imp, and to begin with, it works great. You only do 3 life points of damage per hit, but you don’t have to worry about a poisoned tail. The imp does try to hit you, but you can usually duck the tail. Every time the imp hits, subtract the normal damage it does, then roll the die. On a roll of 11-12, an additional effect occurs. On lower rolls, just continue the battle.
Rye: ≤8 for 3
Imp: ≤6 for 3
Rye: 9 → No DMG
Imp: 12 → No DMG
Rye: 5 → 3 DMG
Imp: 4 → 3 DMG
Roll → 7 Phew
Rye: 10 → No DMG
Imp: 4 → 3 DMG
Roll → 12
125E
The poisoned tail strikes at your throat and hits. You had no idea the imp could jump so high! You feel the green goo coursing through your veins, numbing your heart and arms. The poison does an extra 5 points of damage, subtracted from your lifepoints, not your armor. Continue the battle, if you live.
Rye: 7 → 3 DMG
The Imp has been defeated. You quickly heal yourself of the poison.
Rye Character Bookmark
Rye, the Baker
5/10 HP
0/30 possible other HP
34/40 Armor HP
Unarmored Strike: 1 dmg on 3 or less
Armored Strike: 5, then 7, then 10 dmg on 8 or less
| Personal Weapons | Dmg # |
|---|---|
| Blah | # |
Other Objects Carried:
If you are free to explore this chamber, you may investigate the:
- large storage jar in center
- ring-topped jar
- loose bottle assortment
- horse’s-head bottle
- floating jug on floor
- two dragon jars
- glowing brass bowl on second bottom shelf
- floating bowls on first and fourth shelves
- glowing jar on 3rd shelf
- arm coming from bowl
- dark tunnel at back
2022-01-25T05:45:00Z Decision Deadline.
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/ * two dragon jars