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o. chimerical
  • kintsugi

    golden scars | pfp by sun
    Location
    the warmth of summer in the songs you write
    Pronouns
    she/her
    Partners
    1. silvally-grass
    2. lapras
    3. golurk
    4. booper-kintsugi
    5. meloetta-kint-muse
    6. meloetta-kint-dancer
    7. murkrow
    8. yveltal

    o. chimerical
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    This used to be the epic story of Taliyah, the Bucket Knight, drawn into adventure by destiny and vengeance when a mysterious wormhole suddenly released a dragon over her village. Standing with her twin sister in the ashen rubble, she sought allies in a quest that would take her to the far reaches of Aloloss.

    But this isn’t Taliyah’s story anymore, because Taliyah is just a paladin in a D&D campaign that got tossed to the wayside when life got in the way.

    This used to be the slightly-less-epic story of Natalie Leroux, a high school student who escaped her mundane life and boring older brother by mashing up her two favorite hobbies to create an entire world: Dungeons & Dragonite. Which, on paper, wouldn’t have been anything terribly special if it hadn’t given life to the first and last fictional character she’d made who really lived.

    But this isn’t Natalie’s story any more either, because Natalie passed away after an anesthetic allergic reaction during what was supposed to be a regular wisdom teeth removal.

    This is instead the story of the boring older brother. His name is River.
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    i. dead girls & discord mods
  • kintsugi

    golden scars | pfp by sun
    Location
    the warmth of summer in the songs you write
    Pronouns
    she/her
    Partners
    1. silvally-grass
    2. lapras
    3. golurk
    4. booper-kintsugi
    5. meloetta-kint-muse
    6. meloetta-kint-dancer
    7. murkrow
    8. yveltal

    i. dead girls and discord mods
    ※​

    → A wild River L. appeared!

    9:08 pm
    Bastion12: and that’s why legolas should be an arcane archer and not a ranger
    RULESBOT: Hi @River L., and welcome to the official Dungeons & Dragonite Discord server! Please read the guidelines in #rules before starting to post here! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask our mods (purple names) or admins (blue names).
    River L.: Hi, RULESBOT! Are you a mod?
    Bastion12: lmfao
    River L.: Hi, Bastion12! Are you a mod?
    Bastion12: holy shit is this guy fr
    Calciferous: Bast, be polite
    Bastion12: sorry cal
    Bastion12: but also lmfao cmon
    River L.: Hi, Calciferous! Are you a mod?
    invinceble: maybe he’s a bot too?
    invinceble: seems like something rafael could cook up pretty easy
    Calciferous: :o

    9:09 pm
    invinceble: worth checking i guess
    invinceble: @River L. Rulesbot is a bot that makes rules. It is not a mod.
    River L.: What is a bot?
    Bastion12: omg it’s alive
    Calciferous: :cramorant_hype:
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:
    invinceble: could be a really smart bot
    Bastion12: maybe
    Bastion12: lfp / oneshot, lvl8, 5e
    Bastion12: since it got buried
    invinceble: careful bast
    invinceble: if a moderator sees that you’re double posting your ads outside of #lfg in a way that’s phrased to evade bots you could get in trouble

    9:10 pm
    River L.: Is a mod a moderator?
    Bastion12: this is a great bot
    Bastion12: @leafaR dis you?
    Calciferous: obvious troll is obvious
    Calciferous: when’s ur game, Bast?
    River L.: Is a troll a mod? I was hoping I could talk to a mod.
    Bastion12: > when’s ur game, Bast
    Bastion12: probably when this poor soul finds a mod
    invinceble: @River L. a troll is not a moderator
    Bastion12: lmao yall still on this
    Calciferous: it’s been ninety seconds
    Hoodie: Bast’s hosting a game? 👀
    River L.: Hello, are you a moderator?
    invinceble: General Kenobi!

    9:12 pm
    Hoodie: can someone photoshop me that meme with the guy and the butterfly, except it’s this guy asking if it’s a mod
    invinceble: lol
    Bastion12: can’t tonight
    Hoodie: I’ll give you my firstborn character
    Bastion12: dinner rn and then gotta prep some stuff
    Bastion12: you have MS paint
    Bastion12: u got this
    Hoodie: dinner? it’s so late
    Bastion12: it’s early across the pond
    Hoodie: orite
    Hoodie: I’ll wait 4 u bby
    Hoodie: this guy will probably still be here when you get back anyway
    Bastion12: : weary:

    9:12 pm
    River L.: Sorry if this is out of place, but is this actually a server for Dungeons and Dragons?
    invinceble: haha what
    invinceble: no
    invinceble: this is for dungeons and dragonite
    invinceble: homebrew/spinoff version w/ pokemon
    Calciferous: The plot thickens. The bot questions its own existence and purpose
    River L.: Oh, sorry, I meant the Dungeons and Dragonite.
    Hoodie: do you even know what a pokemon is
    Calciferous: Yeah, name all the Pokemon!
    Hoodie: Cal that’s mean
    Hoodie: Make them name one pokemon
    Calciferous: But then they’ll just pick Dragonite

    9:13 pm
    Bastion12: lfp, final call
    Hoodie: I’m in, Cal’s in
    Hoodie: do you need anyone else?
    Bastion12: would be fun with four
    Bastion12: *more fun for you at least
    Calciferous: ominous
    Calciferous: TPK’s are fun for the party too!
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:
    Calciferous: careful jnj, someone might think you’re a bot too
    Bastion12: tbf do we actually know they’re not
    Hoodie: hype twice if you can hear me
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:

    9:14 pm
    River L.: Dragonite is the blue squiggly one, right?
    Hoodie: I cannot believe it took you two minutes to write that
    invinceble: be polite hood
    invinceble: a mod might catch you
    Hoodie: @Bastion12 more content for your meme when you make it
    NymeriaRider: Vince, just ban them already
    NymeriaRider: Obvious troll is obvious.
    invinceble: idk nym
    invinceble: they’ve been typing for like two minutes
    invinceble: kinda curious what they’ll come up with
    invinceble: last time they spent this long on a message they asked if dragonite is the squiggly blue one
    invinceble: don’t you have midterms tomorrow?
    NymeriaRider: Yeah, just got distracted
    invinceble: @River L. nym here is a mod if you’ve got questions
    invinceble: purple names are mods, blue are admins. both can answer your question if you actually ask it
    River L.: Nym?
    invinceble: NymeriaRider
    invinceble: it’s a nickname
    River L.: Oh.
    NymeriaRider: Vince, I gotta study.
    NymeriaRider: pls

    9:15 pm
    River L.: Wait, so purple names are mods and blue names are admins?
    invinceble: yes
    Hoodie: @Bastion12 I take it back I want the patrick driver’s license meme instead
    River L.: Isn’t your name blue?
    invinceble: huh, whaddya know
    invinceble: I am the droid you’re looking for I guess
    invinceble: of all the days nym actually studies
    Bastion12: @Hoodie
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    Hoodie: PERFECTION THX
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:

    9:16 pm
    River L.: Okay, I have a question.
    Hoodie: here he goes
    Bastion12: I have lots of questions
    invinceble: yeah, shoot

    9:17 pm
    River L.: I have this big word document from a friend of mine that has a lot of her notes for a Dungeons and Dragonite campaign that she was the DM for. I don’t really understand any of it, but she said it was a mod for this game, and that took me to this server, and I was hoping maybe someone here could help me make sense of it?
    invinceble: notes? mod?
    invinceble: like a module?
    Hoodie: lmao you got a real troll here vince
    Hoodie: dms taking notes lol

    River L. uploaded a file: chimericalmod.doc

    Calciferous: oh man this one’s old school with the .doc instead of .docx and everything
    Hoodie: vince don’t click it
    Hoodie: it’s probably hentai shit
    Calciferous: :o
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:

    9:19 pm
    Marine [LFG | CST]: ohhey, new person?
    Hoodie: they’re weird tbh just run
    Marine [LFG | CST]: nice.
    Marine [LFG | CST]: I told you we should’ve stopped putting adverts on Reddit.
    Hoodie: this one’s weirder than reddit ngl
    Calciferous: @Marine [LFG | CST] if you’re LFG, I think @Bastion12 is calling your name
    invinceble: what the fuck
    Calciferous: hentai shit hentai shit
    Calciferous: !!!
    Hoodie: omg was it actually
    invinceble: river dm me
    Calciferous: aww man you deleted it

    9:20 pm
    Calciferous: so was it hentai
    Calciferous: 🍆

    9:20 pm
    invinceble: river dm me please
    River L.: huh?
    River L.: Oh! That was the thing I was supposed to be looking for actually!
    River L.: I’m supposed to ask if you can DM this for me?
    RULESBOT: @River L. Please direct all LFG requests to #seeking-games.
    River L.: LFG?
    Hoodie: holy shit dm/dm
    Calciferous: ikr
    Calciferous: genius puns
    Hoodie: under what rock did you even find this guy vince

    9:21 pm
    nekoMancer: polearm or great weapon master, which is better?
    Calciferous: not now, Mance, we’re all eating popcorn and watching this clown
    nekoMancer: oh, what’d I miss?
    Hoodie: @nekoMancer pick great weapon master so you can hit things with a big sword it’s more fun tbh
    GlaiveMistake: no one expects the polearm inquisition!
    Jutsu-No-Justuing: :carmorant_hype: :cramorant_hype: :cramorant_hype:
    Marine [LFG | CST]: the answer is neither, pick sentinel, thank me later
    Calciferous: that is, in fact, the only wrong answer
    Formira: @nekoMancer Depends, but in most campaigns, PAM is always superior to GWM except for a few very niche classes or situations, since it does more specifically with mobs of low AC enemies at low level. I’m writing a blog about it that should be up soon.
    Hoodie: oh yo Formira with the math
    Calciferous: ask and ye shall receive
    invinceble: classic way to bring everyone out of the woodwork, mance

    9:22 pm
    River L.: RULESBOT, how did you manage to make my name go funny?
    River L.: When you made my name blue just now, did that mean I’m a mod? I don’t want to be a mod.
    Hoodie: you better dm for vince, River L!
    River L.: What does that mean?
    invinceble: my god
    invinceble: nym does not pay me enough for this shit
    NymeriaRider: I don’t pay you at all, actually.
    NymeriaRider: Plus you’re technically higher rank than me so idk why you think I’d pay you.
    invinceble: don’t you have a test or something
    NymeriaRider: tru, if you’re offering to keep an eye on things
    NymeriaRider: Have fun with the kiddos, dearest vinceypoo.



    This is the beginning of your direct message history with River L.
    1 Mutual Server: **Dungeons & Dragonite**
    > Remove Friend
    > Block


    9:23 pm
    invinceble: why didn’t you dm me lol
    River L.: I’m sorry?
    River L.: Who is this?
    invinceble: o
    invinceble: it’s me, from the server
    River L.: . . . You have to know that that doesn’t explain anything, right?
    invinceble: I’m “the mod” in that dndnite server you were just in
    River L.: Oh! You’re the mod!
    invinceble: bingo
    invinceble: why didn’t you dm me?
    River L.: I didn’t know what that meant.
    invinceble: dm means direct message, like what we’re doing now
    River L.: Oh! Okay. Thanks.

    9:24 pm
    invinceble: where did you get this module.
    River L.: It’s kind of a long story.
    invinceble: I’ll be here all night.

    9:27 pm
    invinceble: I mean it.
    River L.: Look, there’s a lot to explain here and I don’t really know where to begin. I didn’t mean to offend anyone.
    invinceble: not offended, just confused.
    invinceble: where’d you find this?
    River L.: It isn’t mine.
    invinceble: trust me, I know
    invinceble: how did you get your hands on Nat’s module???
    River L.: It’s from a friend of mine. I have her stuff for a little while and she asked me to take care of it, but I’m not really sure what that means yet.
    River L.: How do you know Nat?
    invinceble: oh my god
    invinceble: you’re river
    River L.: Um.
    River L.: Yes, that is the name I have here.
    invinceble: no no no
    invinceble: you’re river leroux

    9:28 pm
    River L.: Oh shit. Can you see that somewhere on my profile?
    River L.: I don’t remember having to put in my last name when I was signing up for this.
    invinceble: I’m so sorry.

    9:29 pm
    invinceble: Nat is like, really huge for the server your just joined
    invinceble: she basically built everything from the ground up
    invinceble: like, the lore, the mechanics, everything
    invinceble: and like she did most of the work but I’ve been helping her out for a while
    invinceble: that’s how i know who you are
    River L.: Oh.
    River L.: What do you know?
    invinceble: we know she’s dead
    invinceble: … sorry if that sounded abrupt
    invinceble: it sounded a lot less shitty in my head
    River L.: Gotcha.

    9:34 pm
    invinceble: sorry for your welcome into the server earlier
    invinceble: you’re like, six years older than her?
    River L.: Seven.
    invinceble: first time on discord?
    River L.: Yeah.
    River L.: What gave me away?
    invinceble: oh you know
    River L.: Know what?
    invinceble: nvm
    invinceble: (that means “never mind”)
    River L.: I know what nvm means.
    invinceble: look man I gotta check
    River L.: lol lit fortnite yeet lmfao 69 fam
    River L.: 🍆
    invinceble: wow. you two really are related.

    9:37 pm
    invinceble: sorry this is just
    invinceble: I didn’t really expect this
    invinceble: it’s tuesday and I have a test tomorrow but unlike dear nym I don’t study
    invinceble: but even so I wasn’t really prepared for like
    invinceble: this
    River L.: That’s okay.
    River L.: I didn’t realize people here knew her or anything.
    invinceble: how’d you even end up here?

    9:38 pm
    River L.: I’m going through her computer.
    invinceble: oh
    River L.: Yeah.
    River L.: There was a massive folder on her computer and I was kind of curious. Lots of pictures and weird grid stuff, but the one I sent you was the biggest text document. There was another document that mentioned taking the mod to a DM for Vince. I posted in a subreddit and they ended up sending me to your sever.
    invinceble: wait what
    River L.: That’s pretty much word for word from the document.
    invinceble: she said to find me?
    River L.: Are you Vince?
    invinceble: yeah
    invinceble: honestly I thought the name would give it away but okay
    River L.: Oh. Yeah. Didn’t figure that one out, sorry.
    River L.: There’s a note at the top here that says: “If anyone is reading this, for the love of god just assume I’m dead, take this mod to the server, and find a DM so that Vince can finally finish a campaign.”
    invinceble: ah
    invinceble: oof
    River L.: But apparently DM means direct message?
    invinceble: no, it means dungeon master
    invinceble: uh, someone who runs the game
    invinceble: I see now where a lot of this confusion came from
    invinceble: so here we are
    River L.: So, um, here we are, yeah. I think.

    9:39 pm
    invinceble: this is unreal
    River L.: I swear I didn’t write that note.
    invinceble: no trust me this is classic Nat
    invinceble: er I mean
    invinceble: you probably know that too
    invinceble: but like yeah she’d absolutely pull some stupid shit like that
    River L.: So I’ve given you the mod. Module? Is there anything else you need?
    invinceble: I mean
    invinceble: our party kinda splintered ages ago
    invinceble: she had to know that when she wrote that

    9:40 pm
    invinceble: I don’t really know if this was meant for just me
    River L.: I don’t really know what that means. Is there someone else I should give this to as well? I want to make sure that there aren’t any loose ends.
    invinceble: no it’s not that
    invinceble: this was the box campaign she’d written for the setting, back when we were first designing the game
    invinceble: so like we were playtesting it and then when our party finished we’d release it to the server
    River L.: I see.
    invinceble: so like I could probably clean this up and release it
    invinceble: that’s probably why she wanted to make sure I saw it. she was always thinking about this place.
    invinceble: but
    invinceble: idk if this is kind of weird
    invinceble: fuck it I guess
    invinceble: do you want to play it?
    River L.: Play what?
    invinceble: the thing she gave you
    invinceble: it’s basically an entire campaign module for this setting that she spent three years working on
    invinceble: honestly even reading through it now it’s legit pretty nuts
    invinceble: I know she put in a lot of work in things but this is ridiculous even for her

    9:41 pm
    River L.: Oh, that’s pretty cool.
    invinceble: and like we should probably playtest it before we release it properly
    invinceble: idk
    invinceble: you in?
    River L.: Sure, I guess. I don’t have any plans for tonight.

    9:42 pm
    invinceble: you got a character in mind? we were lvl 13 when this left off
    invincelbe: basically anything 5e is fine. some homebrew if you want, but we’ll have to talk that through
    River L.: Not really, no. How do you want me to do that?
    invinceble: uh just roll in and I’ll throw some stuff your way if the balance looks fucky
    River L.: Roll in?
    invinceble: oh, one s

    ---

    9:43 pm
    Welcome to the beginning of the #chimerical channel.
    invinceble set the channel description: the story about dungeons and dragons

    invinceble: rulesbot should’ve sent you an autofillable character sheet when I made the channel
    invinceble: aight you should have dice rolling permissions, dicebot
    invinceble: /r1d20
    DICEBOT: 14 (invinceble: rolled 1 (one) 20-sided die: 14)
    invinceble: neat
    invinceble: all set @River L.
    River L.:
    How do you want me to roll in?
    invinceble: type /r6d20 and then fill out the ability scores on your character sheet in the order that you rolled
    invinceble: 4d6 drop lowest or statbuy if you aren’t insane
    invinceble: other stuff should populate for you, click your proficiencies, and then hit level 13 to get the asi’s and spell slots to open up
    invinceble: brb gonna do some other setup shit while you get your character up
    River L.: /r6d20 and then fill out the ability scores on your character sheet in the order that you rolled
    DICEBOT: I’m sorry, I do not recognize that command.

    9:44 pm
    River L.: /r6d20
    DICEBOT: 56 (@River L. rolled 6 (six) 20-sided die: 9 17 2 14 11 3)
    River L.: Thank you, DICEBOT!

    9:47 pm
    invinceble: back
    invinceble: oh damn you really went for it
    invinceble: 2 in con?
    invinceble: what class did you pick
    invinceble: don’t be a ranger that’s me
    River L.: Paladin I think? I was kind of copying Natalie’s.
    invinceble: dexadin op
    invinceble: well I guess if you picked anything else you’d immediately die when trying to roll your hp
    invinceble: you sure you don’t want a reroll
    invinceble: only fools go for 6d20 in order
    invinceble: and hood I guess but his characters always end up dead
    River L.: Oh, I already put them in the character sheet.
    invinceble: you can undo that if you want

    9:49 pm
    invinceble: taking that as a no
    invinceble: so, like, this is kind of a sloppy session 0 and I recognize that
    invinceble: sorry
    invinceble: I really didn’t expect to be doing this today
    River L.: It’s all good! This seems fun.
    invinceble: right so, uh, characters and shit
    invinceble: ummmmmm
    invinceble: in this game I play a horizon walker ranger named corvin
    invinceble: nat sorta had this dmnpc named taliyah
    invinceble: watchers paladin, so she hits things and they die
    River L.: dmnpc?
    invinceble: oh, dm npc
    invinceble: that’s “dungeon master non-player character” for the cool kids
    River L.: I thought DM stood for “direct message”?
    invinceble: oh boy
    invinceble: I see now why this might’ve caused you some confusion if you were new to discord.

    9:50 pm
    invinceble: just
    invinceble: just imagine taliyah as Nat’s character
    River L.: Oh. Okay. Sure.
    invinceble: there were a few other people in the party but they sorta dropped out
    invinceble: hmmm
    invinceble: not sure how I really feel like dealing with that at the moment
    River L.: With what?
    invinceble: maybe I’ll just have sir wakenjake show up as a boss that we can beat the shit out of later
    invinceble: yknow
    invinceble: for catharsis
    River L.: I’m sorry?
    invinceble: it’s nothing.

    9:54 pm
    invinceble: taking a look at your character sheet now
    invinceble: bold to roll with the 2 in con, really
    River L.: That is what DICEBOT told me to put.
    invinceble: wow did you really put your name as River
    River L.: Am I supposed to put someone else’s name?
    invinceble: can’t tell if this is a troll
    River L.: Oh! I put my race as half-elf. Not troll.
    invinceble: to match Nat, yeah, I guessed
    River L.: (To match Natalie’s.)
    River L.: Ah.
    River L.: Yeah.

    10:01 pm
    invinceble: okay
    invinceble: everyone always says you should, like, read the module properly before starting the session but like
    invinceble: improv is what the game is about, right?
    invinceble: can’t spell improve without improv
    River L.: Right?
    invinceble: okay so I don’t really have the heart to abandon either my character or Nat’s character for this so like
    invinceble: it’ll be kind of weird
    inbinceble: we’ll just have a bunch of npc’s in this party
    River L.: Oh, do you need more people?
    River L.: I think there’s a channel in the other server for people looking for people to play . . .
    invinceble:
    invinceble: trust me
    invinceble: I know
    invinceble: I’m the one who made that channel
    River L.: Oh! That’s neat.

    10:03 pm
    invinceble: but nah I don’t want to deal with other people in this campaign
    invinceble: too much to explain
    invinceble: cal would probably eat me alive for the amount of shitty mechanics we have in this
    invinceble: plus we patched a lot of the broken shit out in later versions but this module runs on some really weird things iirc
    invinceble: no idea if Nat figured that out when she was writing the endgame stuff or not
    invinceble: and like, it’s Nat’s
    invinceble: it’s not something I’d take from you ofc but it’s not something I really want to share with just anyone, ya feel?

    Your eyes jolt open to the sound of echoing thunder.

    Around you is a crumbling ruin of stone. Lopsided pillars dot the ground like rotting teeth, their bases twined with seaweed. Cold water laps at your ankles. Lightning strikes in the distance. Above you, stormclouds gather, black and thick.

    The battlefield here is cracked and broken. A vaulted marble ceiling stretches out roughly thirty feet above you, part of it starting to sag and collapse, part of it having already fallen to the ground. The parts of the walls that haven’t washed away are beautifully decorated, with brightly-colored tiles piecing together a mosaic of some sort. Toward the rear of the room is a crystalline throne, the only object in the room that appears untouched by the withering forces of time.

    Opposite the throne, in the center of the room, a single golden-hilted sword sprouts upward from cracked marble tile, the topaz in its pommel glimmering with ethereal light.

    10:04 pm
    River L.: What’s going on?
    invinceble: this is part of the game
    invinceble: … this is Nat’s flavor text I’m just repurposing it
    invinceble: trying to pick you up where we left off ig
    invinceble: since I don’t really want to dm through a bunch of low-level combat
    River L.: But what’s going on? Is this the game?
    invinceble: yeah?
    River L.: Is there a board or something?
    invinceble: you mean a map?
    River L.: Maybe?
    invinceble: I don’t need sass from you young man
    River L.: I’m not trying to be sassy, sorry.
    invinceble: yeah there’s a map one s

    10:05 pm
    DICEBOT: invinceble has loaded in an interactive map. Click the pop-out window to view it!

    10:06 pm
    invinceble: okay, so I just pulled in a generic token for you
    River L.: Am I the bulky looking knight guy?
    invinceble: no, that’s Nat
    invinceble: I’m clicking on your character. it should be lighting up green
    River L.: Isn’t that the guy from the picture that Bastion12 posted earlier?
    invinceble: oh, wild
    invinceble: it would indeed appear that this is the ‘is this a butterfly’ guy
    invinceble: crazy coincidence

    10:07 pm
    invinceble: so you’re fighting a guzzlord
    River L.: Is that a Pokemon?
    invinceble: no it’s a gazebo
    River L.: What?
    invinceble: that’s a reference sorry nvm I forget you’re a dinosaur
    River L.: I’m a paladin though?
    invinceble: haha.
    invinceble: just play the game pls

    10:08 pm
    River L.: Play what game? I don’t really know what’s going on here.
    invinceble: right right session 0, I need to catch you up on some stuff, sorry
    invinceble: so basically this character I’m highlighting here is Taliyah

    Taliyah shakes herself, as if awakening from a deep sleep. She tears her gaze from the battlefield and looks at River. Much of her expression is covered by a sturdy, wooden helm, but her silvery eyes burn brightly with determination.

    A bolt of lightning strikes in the distance behind her, and for an instant the brilliant light splashes across her back; silhouetted, she seems to tower over everyone else. Her armor is mismatched, lending her a spiky outline—one pauldron is twice as large as the other, enormous metal spines jutting off near her shoulders; the glove on her opposite hand appears to be made of a coppery metal with a greenish patina. Her other hand, which is bare, is wrapped around the haft of an enormous warhammer, the head of which rests on the stone tiles beneath her feet.

    She holds herself with the air of someone who has stared down every monstrosity in Aloloss and lived. When she speaks, though, her voice is gentle. “Greetings, Sir River. I am Taliyah.”


    10:09 pm
    River L.: Oh woah, what’s happening?
    invinceble: this is just some flavor text stuff
    invinceble: so you know who you’re playing with
    River L.: So this is … Nat? Or her character?
    invinceble: yeah

    10:10 pm
    invinceble: now would be a good time to describe yourself btw
    River L.: Describe myself?
    invinceble: your character
    invinceble: that thing you put on your character sheet?

    10:11 pm
    River L.: Um, I’m a Human Paladin. My background is Folk Hero. I have 130,000 experience points.
    River L.: Is this helpful?
    invinceble: jesus christ
    invinceble: I can see your character sheet
    invinceble: I meant more like, describe the interesting parts of your character?
    River L.: I don’t think I have any yet?
    invinceble: sigh

    “Alright then, Sir River the Boring,” another voice says from approximately forty-five feet away. “I’m Corvin.”

    A much more slender figure stares back at him, half-crouched from behind one of the stone pillars. Her dark hair is held back in a tight braid, and although she wears an enormous longbow on her back, in her hands she currently holds a rapier and a small shield that gleams faintly with blue light. Her eyes are narrowed as she looks at Sir River; a small scar cuts across her upper lip and gives her the impression of constant disdain.

    Behind her, approximately fifteen feet away, rapier also at the ready, stands a grey, translucent copy of herself. The copy stands upright, seemingly unperturbed by the raging winds and the swirling ocean around them.


    10:18 pm
    River L.: Why do you keep saying “approximately” and then saying an exact distance in feet?
    invinceble: it’s a running joke at the server
    invinceble: since the map has a grid you know exactly how far away everyone is
    River L.: Also, your character is two characters?
    invinceble: technically everyone is my character since I’m the dm now
    invinceble: but yeah apparently my past self thought that ranger 10/fighter 3 would be neat
    invinceble: even though horizon walker rangers don’t get their best feature until level 11 so putting that off means I don’t come online damagewise until never
    invinceble: and echo knight fighters are busted as fuck and there’s no logical place to stop dipping
    River L.: Ah. I see.
    River L.: Who are those two?
    invinceble: who?

    River points at the two tokens on the other side of the battlefield. One appears to be a small man with a flute, and the other appears to be a smiling boy with a crown of flame.

    10:20 pm
    invinceble: fuck

    Both figures vanish.

    10:20 pm
    invinceble: ignore them
    invinceble: jake was a major asshole and nym got mad at jake for being a fucking homophobe and then she got too busy with modship duties to play this campaign so she ended up dropping out
    invinceble: the old map just has them on it because we were in the middle of combat
    River L.: Combat?
    invinceble: yeah, we’re in the middle of fighting a boss
    invinceble: the guzzlord thing

    Corvin points in the direction that her echo is already fixated in. River turns slowly as the battlefield seems to expand around him—

    He’s met with a wave of fetid breath, heavy with the stench of rotting fish. An enormous maw opens wide approximately thirty feet away from where he’s standing, and a collection of dark tentacles writhe around the creature’s blackened teeth, vanishing back into the salty foam. Guzzlord has wrapped itself around the crystal throne. The scales of its arms and throat are so black that they appear to devour the room.


    10:23 pm
    invinceble: and currently we’ve wiped out all of the other bad guys
    invinceble: almost entirely because we were hard carried by Nat tbh
    invinceble: and we’re trying to rescue tapu koko
    River L.: Like the seltzer?
    invinceble: the what?
    River L.: Never mind, I was thinking of Topo Chico.
    invinceble: > Ah. I see.

    Tapu Koko (Not the Seltzer) is lithe, flighty creature. Currently, they are wrapped tightly in one of Guzzlord’s tentacle-like arms, although even restrained the demigod seems to be practically vibrating with the thrill of battle. They clutch two straw-covered golden shields tightly to their body, with sharp blades on the end that are aimed currently aimed uselessly at the ground. Bright orange plumage shines brilliantly even in the darkness, and they crow a triumphant battlecry upon seeing the warriors return to their side.

    10:25 pm
    invinceble: okay, that’s all the groundwork you should need
    invinceble: guzzlord screams a battle cry
    invinceble: roll initiative!
     
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