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[X] Burn, Baby, Burn; without making us look like fools
  • Vespas:
    • We need fire. Jury-rig some flamethrowers out of flammable pressurized aerosols. Aim for the wings. (pyrophilia, consider risk of spill/explosion)
      • try covering the yo-yo in fire for fuel efficient fighting. (remember pyrophilia)
        • consider covering yoyo in absorbent material to spread burning liquid (try with harmless water first)
    • Experiment with different types of smoke - they're bugs, bugs hate smoke.
      • Smoke from oxygen-deprived (smothered) fires maintains a higher level of combustants and might be flammable. Don't spend a lot of time on it, but think about it? Flammable smoke would be a great hole card.
    • Super-soaker soapy water at them, too - hack them for single high-volume shots. Thrown buckets? Water balloons?
    • chat with the valkyrie gals about what worked against the vespas and what didn't
      • if it seems mutually beneficial offer to team up
    • collect cocoons, may be alchemically usefull
    • "piranha solution" (3:1 sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide) + distributor cap
    • if cocoons without active enemies nearby is found:
      • soak in fuel, spit fire at it
  • Talk show:
    • Ask Levi for advice if we're in a quest guild room for the recap etc.
    • Be our normal charming selves. Ask if there are any yo-yo enthusiasts in the crowd, skateboarders, potheads.
    • Thank everyone for the subscriptions.
    • Vaguely hint at bigger plans for when we level up - among other things, we've got some great ideas for when Drew can make smoke solid.
      • Keep those views coming - there's more in store.
      • Thank everyone for the subscriptions; we'll need your help to get there.
    • consider non-cringe-y catchphrases, remember that second-hand embarrassment can be as much a turn off as being boring
    • Post-interview, ask if there's anything in particular we can do to boost his viewership or merch sales. Build those relationships!
 
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Toboe said:
[X] Burn, Baby, Burn; without making us look like fools
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We don't need to stick with it forever, but we do need to be distinctive and I think that manufactured insanity is going to play better than manufactured sincerity.

As soon as we land on something organic and compelling, I think we should use that. Until then? I'm in favour of being distinctive.
 
I do still think pursuing some fire-breathing kills is a good idea. Just get some alcohol from somewhere (I'm sure Taylor packed some isopropyl or vodka) and spit it out. Obviously the real deal is more complex but Taylor having downloaded a fire-breathing guide is unlikely

Probably would take some time to get the technique down but thanks to fire immunity severe burns arnt really a risk.


And as an aside, mabye burn some plastic or something and have drew control the still-flammable smoke. Either for combat usage or for some temporary fire wings or something.
 
Hope we're collecting the cocoons alongside the wasp larva. They sound like they'd be great alchemical ingredients.
 
Orisha91 said:
Just read a few articles that mentioned soap water as a great killer solution. It's supposed to clog their breathing pores up good and an instant kill.
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Indeed, I used to kill insects a lot that way when I was a kid. You do have to make the soap very concentrated for some insects to die quickly. Ammonia is surprisingly poor as an insecticide. Acetone, however is great, even as nail polish remover which is diluted with water. Acetone is also flammable. We have some with the chemistry supplies to use as a solvent. Unfortunately, it's probably only a few liters.

Better yet, Tajylor's chemistry equipment is probably heavy on the ability to nitrate things for use as high explosives. He could make dinitrophenols which were used as insecticides until they were banned by the EPA. However, there's no EPA in the dungeon.

See

Dinitrophenols | Toxic Substances | Toxic Substance Portal | ATSDR

wwwn.cdc.gov
 
Try attaching something absorbent to Taylor's yo yo, even just toilet paper. Test it first with water and see if the liquid sprays out radially (as I would expect) when the yo yo spins. Then try it with napalm. I expect a thin disk of flame. This sort of spreading is what we want so we can hit as many vespa wings as possible. Taylor will probably have to do this in combination with pyrophilia since he will invariably hit himself as well as his target.
 
We should make a piranha solution distributor cap (3:1 sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide). I'm not sure if it would generate enough heat to combust when it's spread out over a 6m sphere but either way it should melt the wings off a whole hive of them.
 
[X] Burn, Baby, Burn; with acid
  • Vespas:
    • Make a piranha solution distributor cap. More than one if we have enough supplies for it.
    • We need fire. Jury-rig some flamethrowers out of flammable pressurized aerosols. Aim for the wings.
      • try covering the yo-yo in fire for fuel efficient fighting. (remember pyrophilia)
    • Experiment with different types of smoke - they're bugs, bugs hate smoke.
      • Smoke from oxygen-deprived (smothered) fires maintains a higher level of combustants and might be flammable. Don't spend a lot of time on it, but think about it? Flammable smoke would be a great hole card.
    • Super-soaker soapy water at them, too - hack them for single high-volume shots. Thrown buckets? Water balloons? Pressure washer?
    • chat with the valkyrie gals about what worked against the vespas and what didn't
      • if it seems mutually beneficial offer to team up
  • Talk show:
    • Ask Levi for advice if we're in a quest guild room for the recap etc.
    • Be our normal charming selves. Ask if there are any yo-yo enthusiasts in the crowd, skateboarders, potheads.
    • Thank everyone for the subscriptions.
    • Vaguely hint at bigger plans for when we level up - among other things, we've got some great ideas for when Drew can make smoke solid.
      • Keep those views coming - there's more in store.
    • consider non-cringe-y catchphrases, remember that second-hand embarrassment can be as much a turn off as being boring
    • Post-interview, ask if there's anything in particular we can do to boost his viewership or merch sales. Build those relationships!
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Lalm said:
I do still think pursuing some fire-breathing kills is a good idea. Just get some alcohol from somewhere (I'm sure Taylor packed some isopropyl or vodka) and spit it out. Obviously the real deal is more complex but Taylor having downloaded a fire-breathing guide is unlikely

Probably would take some time to get the technique down but thanks to fire immunity severe burns arnt really a risk.


And as an aside, mabye burn some plastic or something and have drew control the still-flammable smoke. Either for combat usage or for some temporary fire wings or something.
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fire-breathing... do you think that we get effective flames with what we have? Need to get close and may be ineffective... sounds very dangerous without "isolated enemies and a 1 does it, 2 are prepared to curbstomb the monster if it goes wrong" approach.
Orisha91 said:
Hope we're collecting the cocoons alongside the wasp larva. They sound like they'd be great alchemical ingredients.
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Try attaching something absorbent to Taylor's yo yo, even just toilet paper. Test it first with water and see if the liquid sprays out radially (as I would expect) when the yo yo spins. Then try it with napalm. I expect a thin disk of flame. This sort of spreading is what we want so we can hit as many vespa wings as possible. Taylor will probably have to do this in combination with pyrophilia since he will invariably hit himself as well as his target.
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schlega said:
We should make a piranha solution distributor cap (3:1 sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide). I'm not sure if it would generate enough heat to combust when it's spread out over a 6m sphere but either way it should melt the wings off a whole hive of them.
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Toboe said:
fire-breathing... do you think that we get effective flames with what we have? Need to get close and may be ineffective... sounds very dangerous without "isolated enemies and a 1 does it, 2 are prepared to curbstomb the monster if it goes wrong" approach.

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For the soapy water section, I think it's more reasonable to use a pressure washer instead of a super soaker. It's more effective and more likely to be included in Taylor's hardware store list.

[X] Burn, Baby, Burn; without making us look like fools
 
I think an obvious step one we are missing is to try and find another part of the dungeon that has monsters with no blood. Something like plants or undead will be more plentiful to grind because the wasps aren't attacking them and there might be less wasps around because they have no reason to attack their territory.

Edit: Well maybe that wouldn't do so much I was just reading the "everything that lives" and for some reason assuming that meant blood. If they just attack everything it wouldn't matter at all though.
 
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@Toboe, updates were made to my plan that you might want to pull as I don't think you're working off the most recent version.
 
Toboe said:
fire-breathing... do you think that we get effective flames with what we have? Need to get close and may be ineffective... sounds very dangerous without "isolated enemies and a 1 does it, 2 are prepared to curbstomb the monster if it goes wrong" approach.
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Yeah it's definitely a "use when not in any real danger" type of thing. as it is mostly for style points. If anything just soak a cocoon in something flammable and then light it up with a fire breath.
 
FaintlySorcerous said:
@eaglejarl, I'm assuming we know Drew pretty well. Does he or has he ever had any particular passions beyond pot?
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Not really. He's mostly drifted through life -- never finished high school, never held a job for very long, etc. He's a nice guy and socially competent so it's easy for him to get a new job when he needs money. He's not afraid of work so he's happy to get a job shifting stuff around at a warehouse, or cleaning toilets at a McDonald's, or whatever else is around. He works for a while, gets canned because he showed up stoned one too many times, hangs out at home until he needs to get another job, etc. He lives on his own in a very cheap apartment and doesn't have much stuff. He watches TV a lot, and at one point he fiddled with a guitar for a few weeks before giving up on it and pawning it.
 
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