- Location
- Bloomington, IN
1000 XP on Decode Odd Transmissions.
DoofQuest- a Disney Villains Victorious CK2-Style Quest
- Thread starter Made in Heaven
- Start date
- Crossover
Well, I guess if we're doing this....
I'll cover the rest of the 800XP on Large Herbivore Exhibits
and also 400XP on Recruit Cruella De Vil
and 100XP on Alan's personal /j
I'll cover the rest of the 800XP on Large Herbivore Exhibits
and also 400XP on Recruit Cruella De Vil
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500 XP on Recruit Cruella De Vil
EDIT: Full Turn XP Paid for i guess.
EDIT: Full Turn XP Paid for i guess.
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- Location
- Pennsylvania
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November/December 2017 Results
- Location
- Pennsylvania
--[X] [Martial] Rent out your PMC (Khan) [CoS 100%] (Crit threshold 91+/0)
DC 100
73+21+55+12+11=172
Success
Your PMC was snapped up for 'security solutions' in New York. It was about a week in that they realized they had been hired by the mob. Khan and his men spent their time guarding apparently abandoned warehouses and watching over streets with no apparent reason. Up until five men with dragon skulls on their heads tried to break into an apartment in Astoria.
It seems that Bill Sykes has been extending his 'protection services' to the other New York underground, and wanted to make absolutely sure nobody made him a liar this month. The issue was 'dealt with' in short order with Khan's usual efficiency, and your men did not shoot anyone, so you suppose it's fine.
Reward: +3 funds, -5 living Huntsclan
--[X] [Diplomacy] Recruit Cruella De Vil (Technor) [CoS 93%] (Crit threshold 92+/1)
DC 80
84+18+33+14+4+4(XP)=157
Success
Technor's interview with fashion designer Cruella de Vil went very well. The woman was indeed looking for new horizons and opportunities to expand into new markets. Possibly due to an implied but not acknowledged loss of face in the French underworld. What sealed the deal was the opportunity to work for a company known to be at the center of the Cape scene; and thus, one that gives her the opportunity to get one over on famed Super designer Edna Mode, who she apparently despises.
The woman seems sane, if a bit amoral (TECHNOR stated VERY amoral but you know that guy, psychoanalyzing everybody), and apparently has an intense love of furs.
Cruella De Vil has been recruited!
--[X] [Diplomacy] Collaborate with Olympia (Doof & Goofy) [CoS 100%] (Crit threshold 91+/0)
DC 30
95+23+18+14=150
Critical Success!
To be continued in Interlude: Nice Work If You Can Get It
--[X] [Stewardship] Implement Large Herbivore Exhibits (Roddy) [CoS 71%] (Crit thresholds 94+/3-)
DC 120
13+24+29+15+13+10(XP)=104
Failure
The sheer degree of expansion needed to move from raptors and parasaurolophuses to animals larger than a bull elephant has proven a little too complicated for two month's work. Roddy is nonetheless not one to leave work half done, and is ready to get back at it.
--[X] [Stewardship] Buy out a rival corporation: Hopper Food Group (Moseby) [CoS 96%] (Crit thresholds 92+/1-)
DC 95
66+24+36+13+5+3+10(XP)=157
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Mr. Moseby's First Day
--[X] [Stewardship] Rebuild Sinatron (Monogram) [CoS 95%] (Crit threshold 92+/1-)
DC 70
52+24+16+13+2+10(XP)=117
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Nice Work If You Can Get It
--[X] [Intrigue] Root out high-level moles (Mezmerella) [CoS 74%] (Crit thresholds 94+/3-)
DC 120
93+18+31+17+5+10(???)+3+10(XP)=177
Excellent Success
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
--[X] [Intrigue] Interrogate Michael Yagoobian (Tobe) [CoS 92%] (Crit thresholds 91+/1-)
DC 80
27+18+25+17+2+10(XP)=99
Bare Success
Tobe wasted several days searching for Michael Yagoobian before finding him having colonized the boiler room. The man then proceeded to tell a completely insane story involving time travel machines, a hat named Doris, a spaceship that delivers pizza, far too many supporting characters, and a visionary genius named That Boy who he considers himself to be in an eternal rivalry with. Most of it is a little thick even for you, and you can tell that the man editorializes wildly. However, what you can manage to glean for certain out of the weirdo's confused rambling is that InventCo may in fact be subordinated by the very hats they create, and that they are a serious threat you probably don't want to ignore. You're not sure if 'rogue AI' is better or worse than 'mind control corporation', but you are now very certain you don't want them in your territory. Given the only way that you know of to create an intelligent AI, this may also be a sign that 'humanization' does not guarantee a nice person by the end of it…
Tobe, for his part, totally believes the man's story and has promised to 'inform the proper authorities about this clear violation of time travel law', a statement which he refused to elaborate on when you asked before then jumping through a window. He has declared Yagoobian to be a 'brilliant mastermind' and encourages you to hire him before he is snapped up by a rival.
You… you're not going to do that. But regardless, you do need to do… something with him.
[ ] Let him stay in the boiler room
The man hasn't caused much trouble… yet. No one really likes him, but you can relate to that, and the nemesis thing. Let him stay where he is.
Outcome: Goob remains within the best protections a boiler room can provide
Goob remains mostly free and able to act.
Goob becomes a Tier 1 Secret
[ ] Lock him up somewhere
It would… probably be dangerous to let this guy wander around, including to himself. Might be best to just… unlawfully imprison him. If his story's true there's no record of his existence anyway!
Outcome: Goob is placed somewhere as safe as you can get him.
Goob becomes a Tier 2 Secret
You commit what is technically a crime but come on, who'd blame you, really? Goob. Goob would blame you, and if he ever got out he'd probably kick a rock. Maybe throw an egg at your building.
[ ] Throw him out
Yeah, this isn't your problem. Well you mean the hats, yes, that is your problem, but not this guy. He's not. Now that you have what you need, toss him onto the street and let him find his own way to… wherever he's going.
Outcome: Goob is no longer your problem.
There's a 24 hour moratorium on this to encourage more discussion of the turn.
You have recorded the details of an unbelievable story and discovered more about InventCo and its goals.
InventCo related intrigue actions DC reduced!
Some councilors have changed their stances!
--[X] [Learning] Study weird object (Jumba) [CoS 72%] (Crit thresholds 94+/7-)
DC 140
3+38+39+20+5+10 (XP)=115
Critical Failure!
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 2: So That's What It Feels Like
--[X] [Learning] Decode Odd Transmissions (Lizzy) [CoS 79%] (Crit thresholds 93+/6-)
DC 120
80+38+32+20+4+5 (Whale-Translate-Inator)+10(XP)=189
Success
Lizzy didn't know anything about the study of linguistics or translating things in general, so you had to do the bulk of the work while she provided moral support. For some ineffable reason, your whale-translator-inator actually made things easier! It made no logical sense, but it seemed to turn the horrific garbled transmission into something resembling Old Japanese! Clearly, your genius exceeds even your own grasp! From there, it was a painstakingly long process of looking through actual books from the library and consulting a bunch of experts from overseas, but the end result of it is that you finally have an idea of what those transmissions are saying!
"Triangulate the Odd Transmissions" action unlocked! It sounds like there's someone on the end interested in meeting people, maybe? The technology used to broadcast it certainly is mysterious.
--[X] [Occult] Basic Magic Theory (Janna) [CoS 90%] (Crit thresholds 92+/1-)
DC 75
1d6=5 (no wander)
13+4+17+12+19+3+10(XP)=78
Bare Success
Janna's seminar on magic was notably lackluster, you could tell that her heart really wasn't into it. As it turns out, being a teacher is no better than having a teacher, and she had to do both of those things to make sure your whole occult division was up to speed, yuck. Regardless, Feldrake loves to yammer, so you mostly got what you wanted.
"Magic is a fundamental aspect of reality that allows individuals to apply force to that reality through their willpower. There are two main ways to obtain that force. Those with an innate magical reservoir, such as dragons, demons, and certain lucky ducks… or humans, can draw upon their own power to do magic, and often in fact have inherent or instinctual ways in which that magic can be used. For the rest of us, we have to use a Focus of some kind to channel magic power from the world we inhabit. Magic flows from the World Heart across the world via leylines.
"There are dozens of magical traditions across the globe, none of which are right but some of which are righter than others. All of them are in effect frameworks made to understand and manipulate an inherently ineffable force. You can think of it like gravity. General Relativity may have supplanted Newton's laws, but it still can't explain everything. And if you want to, say, calculate the speed of an apple, you'd really rather be using Newtonian Acceleration than trying to figure out relativistic frameworks.
"Some traditions may insist they are the one true path to magic, for practical or moral reasons. All bunkum. You can have the Morganian Star or the Kandrakarian Elements, whatever. Pick and choose your way to ultimate power. Heck, you can even use the Merlin Circle if you want, so long as you ignore all those namby pamby moral restrictions. Sometimes more flexibility for less power is a good tradeoff! Not often, but sometimes!"
Basic Study Magic personal action unlocked, look into magical people online action unlocked, hold a magical seminar action unlocked, track magical creatures action unlocked, look back through your magic stuff action unlocked, Map Leylines action unlocked. Study specific traditions actions available but locked behind gaining a reliable source on those traditions (Merlinian, Morganian, Kandrakarian, etc)
--[X] [Occult] Search for Agent Unknown (Gomez) [CoS 82%] (Crit thresholds 93+/2-)
DC 80
47+19+12+19+2+10(XP)=99
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
-[X] Personal Actions:
--[X] Doof:
---[X] Accept Bellwether's Invitation (-10)
77-10=67
To be continued in Interlude: Storms on the Horizon
---[X] Do some introspection about Norm (+40)
22+50-10=62
Despite being distracted by recent events, you set aside some time for yourself to really think about Norm and what his relationship with you actually meant. You looked out of your office window down on the street, idly bouncing a ball against the wall of the building, then blowing it up with heavy ordinance. You were never really looking for a son when you built him, but with your recent revelations about AI, you kiiiiiinda have a responsibility now? You think? Your interactions with Norm basically turned him from a dumb AI into something that does think he's your son, so… So. Regardless of what you originally thought, you're pretty sure that you've got a responsibility now.
Doof now acknowledges Norm as a child he created.
"Spend Time With Norm" Doof personal action unlocked.
"Spend Time With Father" Norm personal action unlocked.
---[X] Chat with the Bossman (Coyote) (-10)
63-10=53
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
---[X] Activate Automatic Potion Brewer
The following potions have been added to your list of stuff:
Potion of Polymorph (random polymorph for the duration of a quest, could make quest easier or harder)
Red Liquid: (When the holder is to be defeated in a quest, they aren't. Alternatively, if someone would be hospitalized or disabled for a turn, they aren't. If the injury is very serious, it will help to mitigate it but won't remove it entirely.)
--[X] Norm (End your obsession with platypodes)
38+10 (Spark)=48
For the first time, Norm attempted to tinker with his own internal processes dictating his primary purpose- to hunt platypi. You're unsure what spurred him on now of all times, maybe some of that molasses got stuck in there deeper than you thought. While he obviously didn't have much experience with programming, much less self-modification surgery, he still did his best to try and divorce himself from his platypus-hunting core. The modification wasn't a complete success, but perhaps in this instance the attempt was more impressive than the result.
Norm no longer feels compelled to obey Doofenshmirtz on a fundamental level!
Time will tell what comes of this.
--[X] Dennis (Train with Maui Mallard)
71
Dennis continued practicing with Maui Mallard when he could manage it. From the sound of things, progress was slow but steady. Maui finally stopped making him wax his surfboard and went on to allow him to clean up Hernae's shop!
Progress revealed: 141/250
--[X] Wasabi (Organize your Workstation) (148/150)
88
Progress revealed: 150/150
Wasabi spent two. Literal. Months. Trying to find an optimum arrangement for his pencils. Two. Months. You think he… enjoyed it.
Wasabi gains 1d3+1=2 Stewardship!
Wasabi gains +5 Loyalty!
--[X] Alan (Transfer files off of DoofOS)
7
Alan successfully transferred everything he wanted off of DoofOS onto DaedalOS. It was a bit menial, but relaxing in its simplicity.
Everything is fine.
--[X] Juniper (Dance Practice)
40
Juniper spent the bulk of the month keeping her routines in tip top shape. She's still part of your kickline first and foremost, so it's good to see her commitment to the craft.
(Progress revealed: 40/100)
--[X] Kitsune (Spread Chaos)
6
Kitsune had fun.
To be continued in Interlude: Storms on the Horizon
--[X] Marco (Train with Macbeth)
69
Marco remained tight-lipped about what he did in New York. You get the sense he was satisfied with it though, and may be nearing a conclusion.
(Progress revealed: 230/250)
--[X] Tom (Search for Star)
56
Tom's search for Star was only marginally successful. He's ruled out a few locations, particularly on the interdimensional scene, further cementing your suspicion that Star is somewhere on Earth. Of course, those questions might eventually get back to other ears…
The global DC for 'Hunt for Star' has been reduced by 5!
--[X] Max (Job shadow Moseby)
60
To be continued in Interlude: Mr. Moseby's First Day
Ludivine Wander check: 1d6=6
Absent-Minded activates!
Roll 1d5 to select the lowest Learning action: Flubber Antigravity
[ ] Flubber Antigravity
DC 90 [crit threshold 96+/4-]
5+40+10 (XP)=55
Unimaginably Close Miserable Failure!
Ludivine, in a fit of whimsy, decided it would be a perfect idea to hold an impromptu press conference and demonstrate how absolutely safe Flubber was. Fortunately, she was quite literally pulled off stage before she could actually demonstrate anything, but... you're still looking at a PR debacle on your hands.
--[X] Activate Inator:
Pause-Butt-Inator, Subtype Bad: Inator stops time for only Dr. Doofenshmirtz and perhaps a select few henchmen. By the time they emerge from the pause effect, whatever task they were trying to accomplish is now considerably more difficult due to deadline pressure or enemies taking advantage of their inaction. One randomly selected action has a -10 to the raw dice roll. This effectively raises the critical failure chance by 10, and correspondingly reduces the critical success chance by the same amount.
DC 100
73+21+55+12+11=172
Success
Your PMC was snapped up for 'security solutions' in New York. It was about a week in that they realized they had been hired by the mob. Khan and his men spent their time guarding apparently abandoned warehouses and watching over streets with no apparent reason. Up until five men with dragon skulls on their heads tried to break into an apartment in Astoria.
It seems that Bill Sykes has been extending his 'protection services' to the other New York underground, and wanted to make absolutely sure nobody made him a liar this month. The issue was 'dealt with' in short order with Khan's usual efficiency, and your men did not shoot anyone, so you suppose it's fine.
Reward: +3 funds, -5 living Huntsclan
--[X] [Diplomacy] Recruit Cruella De Vil (Technor) [CoS 93%] (Crit threshold 92+/1)
DC 80
84+18+33+14+4+4(XP)=157
Success
Technor's interview with fashion designer Cruella de Vil went very well. The woman was indeed looking for new horizons and opportunities to expand into new markets. Possibly due to an implied but not acknowledged loss of face in the French underworld. What sealed the deal was the opportunity to work for a company known to be at the center of the Cape scene; and thus, one that gives her the opportunity to get one over on famed Super designer Edna Mode, who she apparently despises.
The woman seems sane, if a bit amoral (TECHNOR stated VERY amoral but you know that guy, psychoanalyzing everybody), and apparently has an intense love of furs.
Cruella De Vil has been recruited!
--[X] [Diplomacy] Collaborate with Olympia (Doof & Goofy) [CoS 100%] (Crit threshold 91+/0)
DC 30
95+23+18+14=150
Critical Success!
To be continued in Interlude: Nice Work If You Can Get It
--[X] [Stewardship] Implement Large Herbivore Exhibits (Roddy) [CoS 71%] (Crit thresholds 94+/3-)
DC 120
13+24+29+15+13+10(XP)=104
Failure
The sheer degree of expansion needed to move from raptors and parasaurolophuses to animals larger than a bull elephant has proven a little too complicated for two month's work. Roddy is nonetheless not one to leave work half done, and is ready to get back at it.
--[X] [Stewardship] Buy out a rival corporation: Hopper Food Group (Moseby) [CoS 96%] (Crit thresholds 92+/1-)
DC 95
66+24+36+13+5+3+10(XP)=157
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Mr. Moseby's First Day
--[X] [Stewardship] Rebuild Sinatron (Monogram) [CoS 95%] (Crit threshold 92+/1-)
DC 70
52+24+16+13+2+10(XP)=117
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Nice Work If You Can Get It
--[X] [Intrigue] Root out high-level moles (Mezmerella) [CoS 74%] (Crit thresholds 94+/3-)
DC 120
93+18+31+17+5+10(???)+3+10(XP)=177
Excellent Success
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
--[X] [Intrigue] Interrogate Michael Yagoobian (Tobe) [CoS 92%] (Crit thresholds 91+/1-)
DC 80
27+18+25+17+2+10(XP)=99
Bare Success
Tobe wasted several days searching for Michael Yagoobian before finding him having colonized the boiler room. The man then proceeded to tell a completely insane story involving time travel machines, a hat named Doris, a spaceship that delivers pizza, far too many supporting characters, and a visionary genius named That Boy who he considers himself to be in an eternal rivalry with. Most of it is a little thick even for you, and you can tell that the man editorializes wildly. However, what you can manage to glean for certain out of the weirdo's confused rambling is that InventCo may in fact be subordinated by the very hats they create, and that they are a serious threat you probably don't want to ignore. You're not sure if 'rogue AI' is better or worse than 'mind control corporation', but you are now very certain you don't want them in your territory. Given the only way that you know of to create an intelligent AI, this may also be a sign that 'humanization' does not guarantee a nice person by the end of it…
Tobe, for his part, totally believes the man's story and has promised to 'inform the proper authorities about this clear violation of time travel law', a statement which he refused to elaborate on when you asked before then jumping through a window. He has declared Yagoobian to be a 'brilliant mastermind' and encourages you to hire him before he is snapped up by a rival.
You… you're not going to do that. But regardless, you do need to do… something with him.
[ ] Let him stay in the boiler room
The man hasn't caused much trouble… yet. No one really likes him, but you can relate to that, and the nemesis thing. Let him stay where he is.
Outcome: Goob remains within the best protections a boiler room can provide
Goob remains mostly free and able to act.
Goob becomes a Tier 1 Secret
[ ] Lock him up somewhere
It would… probably be dangerous to let this guy wander around, including to himself. Might be best to just… unlawfully imprison him. If his story's true there's no record of his existence anyway!
Outcome: Goob is placed somewhere as safe as you can get him.
Goob becomes a Tier 2 Secret
You commit what is technically a crime but come on, who'd blame you, really? Goob. Goob would blame you, and if he ever got out he'd probably kick a rock. Maybe throw an egg at your building.
[ ] Throw him out
Yeah, this isn't your problem. Well you mean the hats, yes, that is your problem, but not this guy. He's not. Now that you have what you need, toss him onto the street and let him find his own way to… wherever he's going.
Outcome: Goob is no longer your problem.
There's a 24 hour moratorium on this to encourage more discussion of the turn.
You have recorded the details of an unbelievable story and discovered more about InventCo and its goals.
InventCo related intrigue actions DC reduced!
Some councilors have changed their stances!
--[X] [Learning] Study weird object (Jumba) [CoS 72%] (Crit thresholds 94+/7-)
DC 140
3+38+39+20+5+10 (XP)=115
Critical Failure!
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 2: So That's What It Feels Like
--[X] [Learning] Decode Odd Transmissions (Lizzy) [CoS 79%] (Crit thresholds 93+/6-)
DC 120
80+38+32+20+4+5 (Whale-Translate-Inator)+10(XP)=189
Success
Lizzy didn't know anything about the study of linguistics or translating things in general, so you had to do the bulk of the work while she provided moral support. For some ineffable reason, your whale-translator-inator actually made things easier! It made no logical sense, but it seemed to turn the horrific garbled transmission into something resembling Old Japanese! Clearly, your genius exceeds even your own grasp! From there, it was a painstakingly long process of looking through actual books from the library and consulting a bunch of experts from overseas, but the end result of it is that you finally have an idea of what those transmissions are saying!
"Milady, it's time for the ball! Milady!"
"Milady, may I suggest-"
"-that perhaps you should watch less anime."
"I stand aside in anticipation."
"Normally you begin with hands, Milady."
"Human language is indeed rather terrible."
"This is why table manners are important, Milady."
"You can always do both."
"According to the wisdom of the late Lord Windstille…there is a minimum you must meet. Like doing the limbo without legs."
"Perhaps we could invite them again?"
"Even if they have no appreciation for language?"
"[garbled]-the camera's sideways, turn it right side up!"
"Milady, may I suggest-"
"You shouldn't."
"-that perhaps you should watch less anime."
"Maybe I could try drawing one instead."
"I stand aside in anticipation."
"But should I draw with subs or dubs?"
"Normally you begin with hands, Milady."
"Language is important. Even if human language is terrible."
"Human language is indeed rather terrible."
"Whether something is conveyed visually or by sound, it's still inconvenient."
"This is why table manners are important, Milady."
"Indeed. But if the talking is by voice then you have to split your attention, and if the talking is by text then you have less room for it."
"You can always do both."
"Are you more likely to understand more with both?"
"According to the wisdom of the late Lord Windstille…there is a minimum you must meet. Like doing the limbo without legs."
"Do the humans meet that standard?"
"Perhaps we could invite them again?"
"We should meet more humans."
"Even if they have no appreciation for language?"
"They can bring more anime. I can accept that as an apology."
"Triangulate the Odd Transmissions" action unlocked! It sounds like there's someone on the end interested in meeting people, maybe? The technology used to broadcast it certainly is mysterious.
--[X] [Occult] Basic Magic Theory (Janna) [CoS 90%] (Crit thresholds 92+/1-)
DC 75
1d6=5 (no wander)
13+4+17+12+19+3+10(XP)=78
Bare Success
Janna's seminar on magic was notably lackluster, you could tell that her heart really wasn't into it. As it turns out, being a teacher is no better than having a teacher, and she had to do both of those things to make sure your whole occult division was up to speed, yuck. Regardless, Feldrake loves to yammer, so you mostly got what you wanted.
"Magic is a fundamental aspect of reality that allows individuals to apply force to that reality through their willpower. There are two main ways to obtain that force. Those with an innate magical reservoir, such as dragons, demons, and certain lucky ducks… or humans, can draw upon their own power to do magic, and often in fact have inherent or instinctual ways in which that magic can be used. For the rest of us, we have to use a Focus of some kind to channel magic power from the world we inhabit. Magic flows from the World Heart across the world via leylines.
"There are dozens of magical traditions across the globe, none of which are right but some of which are righter than others. All of them are in effect frameworks made to understand and manipulate an inherently ineffable force. You can think of it like gravity. General Relativity may have supplanted Newton's laws, but it still can't explain everything. And if you want to, say, calculate the speed of an apple, you'd really rather be using Newtonian Acceleration than trying to figure out relativistic frameworks.
"Some traditions may insist they are the one true path to magic, for practical or moral reasons. All bunkum. You can have the Morganian Star or the Kandrakarian Elements, whatever. Pick and choose your way to ultimate power. Heck, you can even use the Merlin Circle if you want, so long as you ignore all those namby pamby moral restrictions. Sometimes more flexibility for less power is a good tradeoff! Not often, but sometimes!"
Basic Study Magic personal action unlocked, look into magical people online action unlocked, hold a magical seminar action unlocked, track magical creatures action unlocked, look back through your magic stuff action unlocked, Map Leylines action unlocked. Study specific traditions actions available but locked behind gaining a reliable source on those traditions (Merlinian, Morganian, Kandrakarian, etc)
--[X] [Occult] Search for Agent Unknown (Gomez) [CoS 82%] (Crit thresholds 93+/2-)
DC 80
47+19+12+19+2+10(XP)=99
Success
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
-[X] Personal Actions:
--[X] Doof:
---[X] Accept Bellwether's Invitation (-10)
77-10=67
To be continued in Interlude: Storms on the Horizon
---[X] Do some introspection about Norm (+40)
22+50-10=62
Despite being distracted by recent events, you set aside some time for yourself to really think about Norm and what his relationship with you actually meant. You looked out of your office window down on the street, idly bouncing a ball against the wall of the building, then blowing it up with heavy ordinance. You were never really looking for a son when you built him, but with your recent revelations about AI, you kiiiiiinda have a responsibility now? You think? Your interactions with Norm basically turned him from a dumb AI into something that does think he's your son, so… So. Regardless of what you originally thought, you're pretty sure that you've got a responsibility now.
Doof now acknowledges Norm as a child he created.
"Spend Time With Norm" Doof personal action unlocked.
"Spend Time With Father" Norm personal action unlocked.
---[X] Chat with the Bossman (Coyote) (-10)
63-10=53
To be continued in Interlude: Find Fantastic Part 1: Clean Slate
---[X] Activate Automatic Potion Brewer
The following potions have been added to your list of stuff:
Potion of Polymorph (random polymorph for the duration of a quest, could make quest easier or harder)
Red Liquid: (When the holder is to be defeated in a quest, they aren't. Alternatively, if someone would be hospitalized or disabled for a turn, they aren't. If the injury is very serious, it will help to mitigate it but won't remove it entirely.)
--[X] Norm (End your obsession with platypodes)
38+10 (Spark)=48
For the first time, Norm attempted to tinker with his own internal processes dictating his primary purpose- to hunt platypi. You're unsure what spurred him on now of all times, maybe some of that molasses got stuck in there deeper than you thought. While he obviously didn't have much experience with programming, much less self-modification surgery, he still did his best to try and divorce himself from his platypus-hunting core. The modification wasn't a complete success, but perhaps in this instance the attempt was more impressive than the result.
Norm no longer feels compelled to obey Doofenshmirtz on a fundamental level!
Time will tell what comes of this.
--[X] Dennis (Train with Maui Mallard)
71
Dennis continued practicing with Maui Mallard when he could manage it. From the sound of things, progress was slow but steady. Maui finally stopped making him wax his surfboard and went on to allow him to clean up Hernae's shop!
Progress revealed: 141/250
--[X] Wasabi (Organize your Workstation) (148/150)
88
Progress revealed: 150/150
Wasabi spent two. Literal. Months. Trying to find an optimum arrangement for his pencils. Two. Months. You think he… enjoyed it.
Wasabi gains 1d3+1=2 Stewardship!
Wasabi gains +5 Loyalty!
--[X] Alan (Transfer files off of DoofOS)
7
Alan successfully transferred everything he wanted off of DoofOS onto DaedalOS. It was a bit menial, but relaxing in its simplicity.
Everything is fine.
--[X] Juniper (Dance Practice)
40
Juniper spent the bulk of the month keeping her routines in tip top shape. She's still part of your kickline first and foremost, so it's good to see her commitment to the craft.
(Progress revealed: 40/100)
--[X] Kitsune (Spread Chaos)
6
Kitsune had fun.
To be continued in Interlude: Storms on the Horizon
--[X] Marco (Train with Macbeth)
69
Marco remained tight-lipped about what he did in New York. You get the sense he was satisfied with it though, and may be nearing a conclusion.
(Progress revealed: 230/250)
--[X] Tom (Search for Star)
56
Tom's search for Star was only marginally successful. He's ruled out a few locations, particularly on the interdimensional scene, further cementing your suspicion that Star is somewhere on Earth. Of course, those questions might eventually get back to other ears…
The global DC for 'Hunt for Star' has been reduced by 5!
--[X] Max (Job shadow Moseby)
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To be continued in Interlude: Mr. Moseby's First Day
Ludivine Wander check: 1d6=6
Absent-Minded activates!
Roll 1d5 to select the lowest Learning action: Flubber Antigravity
[ ] Flubber Antigravity
DC 90 [crit threshold 96+/4-]
5+40+10 (XP)=55
Unimaginably Close Miserable Failure!
Ludivine, in a fit of whimsy, decided it would be a perfect idea to hold an impromptu press conference and demonstrate how absolutely safe Flubber was. Fortunately, she was quite literally pulled off stage before she could actually demonstrate anything, but... you're still looking at a PR debacle on your hands.
--[X] Activate Inator:
Pause-Butt-Inator, Subtype Bad: Inator stops time for only Dr. Doofenshmirtz and perhaps a select few henchmen. By the time they emerge from the pause effect, whatever task they were trying to accomplish is now considerably more difficult due to deadline pressure or enemies taking advantage of their inaction. One randomly selected action has a -10 to the raw dice roll. This effectively raises the critical failure chance by 10, and correspondingly reduces the critical success chance by the same amount.
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AProcrastinator
You can Certainly Try
- Location
- Getting Somewhere
- Pronouns
- She/Hers
Speaking as someone with an ongoing Quest that went on a year-long hiatus, came back, and has not updated again for two months:
Yes. Yes, human language is, in fact, awful.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
Well, on the whole things went well this turn. That critical failure and Alan's low roll are...admittedly very concerning, but for the most part things ended.up acceptably, if with a hiccup here or there. I eagerly await the interludes.
- Location
- USA
Write in to have him become one of Tobe's ninja?
Magpy
Very Curious
- Location
- Australia, but actually USA (or is it?)
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Oh Alan, you poor poor bastard, what did you do to deserve these terrible rolls.
- Location
- Two hours away
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Well those corpses are fairly easy to trace back to us. It ain't going to court but maybe we should expand the Mongul's armory.
I love you Marion but the universe doesn't.
We should give Tobe clone tech. No one here is competent enough to avoid the paradox without cheating.
He needs a minder.
Fairy healing or is it a causality denier?
That's probably for the best.
You poor old man.
Sucks to be Bellwether and possibly us.
Oh no...
Not the worst but more support that our inator rolls are jinxed.
- Location
- Peterborough, NH, USA
Hego's curse had to go somewhere.
- Location
- USA
Sucks the odd object crit failed but besides that I'm happy with these rolls.
Inator isn't too bad either.
@Arathnorn How does reverse engineering an inator or a piece of an inator go exactly? Can we do this for any inator we've previously rolled? Or does it have to be the most recent one? What would the DC to learn about the "pause-butt" effect? Is the DC to reverse engineer inators similar across the board?
I wonder if we could study it's design and effect as a replacement for the "Zero Point" tech getting stolen, to lower that DC back to what it was
Inator isn't too bad either.
@Arathnorn How does reverse engineering an inator or a piece of an inator go exactly? Can we do this for any inator we've previously rolled? Or does it have to be the most recent one? What would the DC to learn about the "pause-butt" effect? Is the DC to reverse engineer inators similar across the board?
I wonder if we could study it's design and effect as a replacement for the "Zero Point" tech getting stolen, to lower that DC back to what it was
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BlueWerewolf25
The Dreamer
- Location
- Wouldn't You Like To Know?
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Just doing some reactions to things that particularly stand out to me.
Well, we tried! Dice just do be like that some times even with the XP. Seems like this might be related to getting Russ though...
Obviously, we'll be doing this action then next turn?
Don't put Janna on anymore purely theoretical stuff, period. Sounds easy to follow.
I would like to submit a proposal to use Automatic Potion Brewer next turn now. Given how much good shit it's been giving so far.
LIFE OF ALAN BABYYYYYY.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
And the inator was bad... Predictable.
The only silver lining is that it could have been worse, but we really were better off not using inators.
The only silver lining is that it could have been worse, but we really were better off not using inators.
- Location
- nowhere
Just....why are so bad at things Alan.
or at least not while we got a debuff active
- Location
- Venezuela
I begged you to stop activating the Inators, man...
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
Inators! I've been sitting on these for literal months, I guess I just feel inspired tonight. This duo (now trio, because I realized my original good version is basically obscenely OP) is the result of me thinking of a weird inator that would basically telling the QMs, "here, have fun" and running with it. Hopefully in actual practice they'll wind up being entertaining.
Nirvana-inator (almost certainly OP version)
So you, uh, might have accidentally tapped into a higher cosmic power. With any luck it won't cause anyone to have an existential crisis. This inator targets a random hero toon employed by Doof. This toon achieves a state of narrative enlightenment on their next quest deployment and, for that brief but glorious moment, truly understand that they are a character acting out an assigned role in a story. This transcendence of the toon force allows them to do frankly absurd things including sandbagging dice rolls to ramp up dramatic tension, find/ignore plot points for the sake of narrative convenience, and generally finagle things such that everything comes to a happy and satisfying conclusion at the end of a thirty minute episode.
Then they have the existential crisis and are out of commission for four months. Seek professional help.
Nerve-on-uhh-inator
The result of a tragic accident involving a verbal pause while using the speech-to-text function on your phone, this inator turns on the nerves of an unlucky random toon in your employ. All of them, at once. Probably pretty painful, good thing they're a toon! When the affected toon goes on a quest, the wild jerking from the toon's misfiring nerves cause them to occasionally add or subtract 10 from their rolls. If this is a good inator, this will be mostly beneficial; if the bad version, negative.
Nirvana-inator (almost certainly OP version)
So you, uh, might have accidentally tapped into a higher cosmic power. With any luck it won't cause anyone to have an existential crisis. This inator targets a random hero toon employed by Doof. This toon achieves a state of narrative enlightenment on their next quest deployment and, for that brief but glorious moment, truly understand that they are a character acting out an assigned role in a story. This transcendence of the toon force allows them to do frankly absurd things including sandbagging dice rolls to ramp up dramatic tension, find/ignore plot points for the sake of narrative convenience, and generally finagle things such that everything comes to a happy and satisfying conclusion at the end of a thirty minute episode.
Then they have the existential crisis and are out of commission for four months. Seek professional help.
Nerve-on-uhh-inator
The result of a tragic accident involving a verbal pause while using the speech-to-text function on your phone, this inator turns on the nerves of an unlucky random toon in your employ. All of them, at once. Probably pretty painful, good thing they're a toon! When the affected toon goes on a quest, the wild jerking from the toon's misfiring nerves cause them to occasionally add or subtract 10 from their rolls. If this is a good inator, this will be mostly beneficial; if the bad version, negative.
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Metroidwave
Strength To Lean On
- Location
- Somewhere in Colorado
…I wasn't expecting Fireball and I'm hindsight I'm not sure why not.
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Since it's red, I'm thinking Health Potion.
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
Nooo, Mez! You were so close. Missed it by one! ONE!
Huh. I had not considered Tobe could do that.
I'm surprised he didn't just incorporate Goob into his troop of faceless ninja. He's already a vagabong, comes with his own black clothing, and is just about as qualified for the job as Tobe's other ninjas.
I guess he's still busy training up the Dakotas.
Can't we just... Hand him over to the police? He's a "clearly crazy" hobo with no identification. By all logic, he should probably be institutionalized. And if we ever need him again, we can "rescue" him from prison.
Jumba left us hanging? That almost never happens. Well, bad luck, I guess.
This could be really good, or really really bad.
Seriously, Wasabi? After 6 months, you could not have rolled better than the minimum possible?
Oh, Alan. Poor, precious, Alan.
Huh, there's a progress bar. Considering just how much of her effectiveness is dancing-related, we should probably finish it.
Oh no, did Kitsune pick Zootopia to cause chaos in?
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- Location
- Bulgaria
ALAN P L E A S E
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DARK GOD YOU PISSED OFF BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKE MAN SACRIFICE A GOAT!