The Restless Dead Want YOU To Fight Necromancy

27. It's Not Morgan's Fault People Are Delicious
[X]"Yes, they'll be most welcome."
[X]You've picked up a few things over the years, but you're no expert on biology.
[X]Save some.
-[X]Do not save advanced cases. They require too much of your blood.
-[X]Do not save people who seem like they'll live until sunset – you can try to come up with a magical solution then.

Saturday 12 May 2001
7:00 AM (Day)

Willpower: 3/4 (fine)
Hunger: 11/30 (very hungry)
Power: 4.1

"You will have to wait until this evening when I can work on a ritual, I'm afraid. As for the rest, I'll have to see each of them, but I expect be able to help… perhaps half, now? A group ritual should be far more efficient than me running around trying to fix this one-by-one."

"Are you going to do the same thing you did for me?" Ken asks.

"No – ah – easier to show you. Let's see if we can catch Nurse Mitchell before she gets pieces cut off, shall we?"

So you do. Ken takes care of the talking, and in the meantime you cut yourself with your teeth and soak a gauze pad with your blood. The 'new medicine,' applied to the bite wound, does precisely what it's supposed to do. The blackening bite mark destroying her hand is gone.

It's a little like using a flamethrower to light birthday candles, but when your only weapon is a flamethrower... well, it seems like your best option, in any case.

Nurse Mitchell, much recovered, shoos Finn – Ken – off for his smoke break and takes over your tour.

None of the other patients really stick in your mind – you're introduced, you treat them, they say thank you in a most heart-felt fashion. It wears on you, being around people in pain, when you are so very hungry. The scent of distress and death is so thick around you, and the anger and fear when you refuse someone who was bitten just an hour or two ago who will be fine if they are patient-

You excuse yourself to seek composure after you finish your planned tours. Including Ken, you have left eight to try to cleanse by magic tonight. Eight is a good, strong ritual number. You have helped five people – two nurses, two patients, and a police officer.

You end up in the room of one of the patients you just saw, the only case you dismissed as hopeless. You'd have to have him drink your blood, in order to deal with the magic ravaging through his system from his mangled leg. The police officer wasn't lucid enough to argue about it, though he was lucid enough to call one of the nurses a very ugly word. Not a pleasant man.

[]He's dying anyway. Kill him, you're hungry.
[]You should probably go.
-[]Finish your conversation with the angry patient.
-[]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
-[]Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
-[]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[]Go find the break room and watch TV.
-[]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
-[]Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
[]Write-in
Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 5:13 PM, finished with 12 posts and 7 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 16, 2019 at 6:38 AM, finished with 23 posts and 13 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.
    [X] Plan Check minions, prioritize, and rest.
    -[X] Locate Ken, see if he is alright, give him and the nurse (through Ken) your contact info. See if Ken can get you more blood.
    -[X] Ken probably knows where you can have an undisturbed nap until the blood gets here / situation changes / emergency.
    -[X] Check on patients and nurse Mitchell.
    -[X] Go shopping. They should still be open when your nap ends, you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
 
[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Morgan is wearing ME out with the lack of sleep.
 
[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
 
[X] You should probably go.
-[X] Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
-[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
-[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
-[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
--[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
-[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.

What we need most of all right now is blood, but we should probably inform some people, get informed, and check on Ken. Hopefully that isn't too much for us right now, but we really should feel more of a sense of urgency about this whole zombie thing.
 
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[X] You should probably go.
-[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
-[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
-[X] Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
--[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
-[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.

What we need most of all right now is blood, but we should probably inform some people, get informed, and check on Ken. Hopefully that isn't too much for us right now, but we really should feel more of a sense of urgency about this whole zombie thing.

I like long term planning! Just make sure everything is in the order you want Morgan to do it. I'll interrupt things as necessary for decisions or ~surprises.~

(Some of the surprises might even be good surprises.)
Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 3:40 PM, finished with 8 posts and 5 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
 
/Starts singing a lullaby for Morgan

Folks, Morgan has been awake for uh. A WHILE. And I get the feeling that vampires need sleep too. Maybe we should take a nap?
 
[X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
-[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
Hey, Vamp's gotta eat and this one will neither be missed nor can he be saved.
 
[X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
-[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
Hey, Vamp's gotta eat and this one will neither be missed nor can he be saved.

An acceptable write-in, but he's not lucid and there are no witnesses, so Morgan would have to play both halves of this conversation.
Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 4:15 PM, finished with 11 posts and 7 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 4:40 PM, finished with 12 posts and 7 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
 
[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Like, huh, did people miss the point of Morgan being dangerous when they can't control themselves? Morgan's almost killed someone twice when they didn't mean it - and only in the span of a single day. And we've just made them deal with weak, bleeding people while they are very hungry.

So how about we don't push our luck and forse a blood hungry and sleep deprived vampire to stay in a hospital full of weak, injured, bleeding people? We're literally one failed will check away from a complete disaster.
 
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Oh this is a tough one, I think we should find Finn, check on him, ask him to send for blood. Then talk with the nurse, until blood arrives.

Then we go through the patients (future vampires? ), if there is time after that the administrator.

Because honestly we won't have time to swing by every darn person who left the hospital bitten, it will take hours and alot of our strength to do it. Especially if its a dice roll between finding them still savable or an aggregate if zombies to fight.
 
A few housekeeping things. I've been going through and cross-checking my informational posts, adding and changing some details. Morgan's stats and inventory is up to date.

I've been only putting the background numbers into the headers at the beginning of the posts, because I don't like how it breaks up the narrative - for instance, this turn Morgan lost a willpower point and .3 hunger (well, blood, but same thing), which will appear in the next beginning-of-turn cut. I hope it's sufficiently clear in the narrative?

I've also been doing some background work on NPCs, which brings up a question. One of our dependents rolled a critical fail on a background health issue - any of our plot armor point holders want to redeem them to make it into a merely inconvenient health issue, not a potentially fatal one? That's @BookMouse, @Varder, and @Gnarker.

I'm still taking spell ideas, both for divination, warding, and blood magic, and enchanting, technomancy, and mind magic.
Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 7:37 PM, finished with 14 posts and 8 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 7:53 PM, finished with 16 posts and 9 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 8:10 PM, finished with 17 posts and 10 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 8:10 PM, finished with 17 posts and 10 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM, finished with 17 posts and 10 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Adhoc vote count started by Wysteria on May 16, 2019 at 5:16 AM, finished with 20 posts and 13 votes.

  • [X]You should probably go.
    -[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
    -[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
    --[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
    -[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
    -[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
    -[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
    -[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
    -[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time. Also have someone bring you more blood, from another hospital if they have to
    [X]Joke about making something useful of the cop's death.
    -[X]If taken seriously and accepted, DIG IN!
    -[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.
    [X] Plan Check minions, prioritize, and rest.
    -[X] Locate Ken, see if he is alright, give him and the nurse (through Ken) your contact info. See if Ken can get you more blood.
    -[X] Ken probably knows where you can have an undisturbed nap until the blood gets here / situation changes / emergency.
    -[X] Check on patients and nurse Mitchell.
    -[X] Go shopping. They should still be open when your nap ends, you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
 
[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

Morgan is wearing ME out with the lack of sleep.

So it's not just me that's been irrationally compelled to choose the "go home and sleep" option every vote because of sympathetic exhaustion from Morgan's state?

They really deserve some rest, and everything really urgent's dealt with for the moment.

[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated just Nurse Mitchell about side effects, and ask her to relay the message to the patients.
-[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.
 
So it's not just me that's been irrationally compelled to choose the "go home and sleep" option every vote because of sympathetic exhaustion from Morgan's state?

Kinda glad it's not just me, too! I was like "is this just MY lack of sleep?"
Nope!
Morgan's been up for a long time and needs zzs.
 
[X] You should probably go.
-[X] Go home. Maybe even sleep.


We've done a lot already, and we can come back after some blood and a deep nap. We need it.
 
[X] You should probably go.
-[X] Go find Ken, he's been gone a long time.
-[X] Ask someone to find some blood for you (preferably Ken if he's well).
-[X] Talk to Nurse Mitchell and the other patients you treated about side effects.
-[X] Go find Administrator Mgawni and talk to him about other bite victims.
-[X] Go find the break room and watch TV.
--[X] Check the news and see if you can find out more about zombie outbreaks in other areas.
-[X] Go shopping. Shops should start opening soon, and you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
 
[X] Plan Check minions, prioritize, and rest.
-[X] Locate Ken, see if he is alright, give him and the nurse (through Ken) your contact info. See if Ken can get you more blood.
-[X] Ken probably knows where you can have an undisturbed nap until the blood gets here / situation changes / emergency.
-[X] Check on patients and nurse Mitchell.
-[X] Go shopping. They should still be open when your nap ends, you need magic supplies, a non-borrowed machete, and blood.
 
[X]You should probably go.
-[X]Go home. Maybe even sleep.

We need sleep, and blood too, but mostly sleep.
 
I've also been doing some background work on NPCs, which brings up a question. One of our dependents rolled a critical fail on a background health issue - any of our plot armor point holders want to redeem them to make it into a merely inconvenient health issue, not a potentially fatal one? That's @BookMouse, @Varder, and @Gnarker.

Two questions, if I may: First, who is it specifically? Second, define 'inconvenient' and 'potentially fatal', please.
Of course I don't want anyone likeable to die. On the other hand, presumably this health complication and it's potential consequences are part of your planned plot and pacing, and simply going 'nope, not an issue', well. Problems and complications are synonymous with plot, and plot is the entire point of what all of us, you included, are here for. Simply short-circuiting that would just feel cheap. It'd miss the point of the game, the quest. (I've seen more than one promising quest suffer under overuse of power creep and plot-shortcircuiting stemming from reader rewards to trivialize any challenge, and am more than a bit wary of it as a result.)
So I guess, in other words, is it possible for us to hold the plot armor point in reserve, let the potentially fatal health issue happen, and only expend the point if the dependent in question were to actually die?
 
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Two questions, if I may: First, who is it specifically? Second, define 'inconvenient' and 'potentially fatal', please.
Of course I don't want anyone likeable to die. On the other hand, presumably this health complication and it's potential consequences are part of your planned plot and pacing, and simply going 'nope, not an issue', well. Problems and complications are synonymous with plot, and plot is the entire point of what all of us, you included, are here for. Simply short-circuiting that would just feel cheap. It'd miss the point of the game, the quest. (Not to mention, I've seen more than one promising quest suffer under overuse of power creep and plot-shortcircuiting stemming from reader rewards to trivialize any challenge, and am more than a bit wary of it as a result.)
So I guess, in other words, is it possible for us to hold the plot armor point in reserve, let the potentially fatal health issue happen, and only expend the point if the dependent in question were to actually die?
Spending the point now would be the difference between 'severe peanut allergy' and 'moderate peanut allergy' for Kathy, Henderson's daughter. It's not really part of my planned plot, except in that resource and time management is the plot. Spending a point here would be the difference between rolling 1 on a d100 vs rolling a 6 on a d100 on the allergy check.

I do like the idea of y'all holding the points and spending them if it comes up, mind. I like this complication, I just am still working out how the plot armor thing works. I'll ask again if it becomes more fatal than potentially fatal.
 
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Spending the point now would be the difference between 'severe peanut allergy' and 'moderate peanut allergy' for Kathy, Henderson's daughter. It's not really part of my planned plot, except in that resource and time management is the plot. Spending a point here would be the difference between rolling 1 on a d100 vs rolling a 6 on a d100 on the allergy check.

I do like the idea of y'all holding the points and spending them if it comes up, mind. I like this complication, I just am still working out how the plot armor thing works. I'll ask again if it becomes more fatal than potentially fatal.

Eh, why not, I'll spend mine.
 
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