Roll to Dodge! Reroll

CORRECTION 2020-02-09 10:19 EST: Removed incorrectly applied -2 modifier to Rahim's roll. He no longer receives Overexerted status.

TURN 3

Reef Livonia
Action: Close in on Sock and take your dice back, using your hands.
Roll: 20 CRITICAL!!

As you furiously close the distance on Sock, you see that he's opted to drop your dice down his throat. Something snaps inside of you: the fact, the mere idea that he thinks he can hide that dice of yours away in his stomach, make a mockery of you...

It makes something inside of your churn with pure rage.

Without further hesitation, you lunge forward with your hand, fingers pointed forward like a blade... and with a sudden, unnatural burst of strength in your hands, you plunge your hand directly into Sock's gut! You then clench that hand into a fist, and messily tear your dice out of Sock's body! Sock suffers 400 damage from your brutality, and with No Digestion due to the hole you tore in his stomach, he won't even be able to take painkillers for it!

You got your dice back, and with it a feral sense of wanton violence. You have gained the Mauling Hands still, allowing your unarmed attacks to messily tear through opponents and deal crippling damage. A surge of feral adrenaline surges through you!

A sudden feeling of restoration comes to you as you pocket your dice, though your maximum HP doesn't go back to normal.

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Klemence P. Kalamazoo
Action: Engage super-speed and run over to the Shopping District.
Roll: 17

You start off with a slight jog, before ramping towards a brisk run, then a furious sprint... and before you know it, your feet begin whirling at speeds you didn't know were possible! You're a barely-noticeable blur as you make a beeline through the streets of the metropolis, hitting the brakes at just the right moment to skid your way right in the middle of the bustling Shopping District! There's so many shops here, selling all sorts of goods: hiking and climbing gear, vaguely dangerous power tools, fashionable outfits, musical instruments... you name it, somebody's selling it!

You look down at your feet see them glowing a reverent color of teal-colored light. Just now, what you just did... was this some sort of blessing granted to you by a benevolent spirit? You now bear the Zephyrfoot's Blessing, giving you improved agility with your feet!

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Taiko
Action: Read the crossed-out names on the chat. While you're at it, do some idle research on how to peacefully dismantle tense situations.
Roll: 19 (17 +2)

Well, since you're here, you might as well look at all the names, actually...

Dice-Holder Web Chat Users:

Given the name of the web chat, this is probably the list of everyone who has -- or had -- a dice. People who got yanked into this whole game of keeping your dice protected... players, like you. And it looks like there's 16 of them... though there apparently were 20 at some point. You take your time to memorize all of these; your newfound Player Knowledge should come in handy for recognizing any of these people later, such as if you were to hear any of these names in passing.

You then type into a search engine "how to handle tense situations." Turns out, there's a LOT of information about this, various web blog posts and academic articles about lightening the mood and keeping your head above the water. Time passes by quickly as you look through everything you can, but by the time you're done, you feel like you can do some work as an Amateur Therapist.


Cymbal: yeah, it's really really freaky!
Cymbal: i'm pretty good with computers so
Cymbal: maybe i can figure out what's going on?
Cymbal: or at least find who set up this chat


While you're reading Cymbal's latest messages, you can see from your seat a couple of particularly buff men in black leather jackets gather at the library's front doors. They don't seem to be blocking the entrance as you see several patrons leave the building uneventfully, so maybe it's not anything important.

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Rahim
Action: Evade the muscle-bound man and escape through the alleys. Make your way over to Taiko and the library. Perhaps grab some useful tools/weapons along the way, but make sure they're concealed before entering.
Roll: 8

"Ha! Ya really think I'm dumb enough to fall for that!?" The Black Jack Crew grunt clearly wasn't convinced by your distraction and instead immediately gives chase! You sprint as far as you can into the alleyways, but with the muscular menace at your tail, you have no time to catch your breath or pick up anything useful!

Miraculously, you manage to lose your pursuer, though you have to take a bit to catch you breath. You look up to see the humble city library - but your luck takes a turn for the worse again, as you can see two members of the Black Jack Crew blocking the way to the library's entrance! They're looking to get a piece of you, without a doubt... That guy that was chasing you earlier must have told all of his friends to go after you. You probably won't able to just enter the library without get through or around them.

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Dolly Cutter
Action: Survey the area from your window to find an unoccupied car that might be easily stolen and which contains a radio and/or other useful items.
Roll: 5 (4 +1)

You leave your office and identify an unoccupied beige sedan on the side of the street. There's a little bit of rust gathering on the bumpers, and the leather seats inside have been baking in direct sunlight for years... there's no way anybody's using this car, right?

You take a look around you to see if anybody could spot you, and seeing that the coast looks clear, you get to work picking the car lock--

"Hey, you. Yeah, you, in front of my car."

You turn around to see a lanky-looking figure dressed in plaid and denim overalls, carrying a very heavy toolbox that looks like it must have been painted red once. There's something awkward about this man's gait, like a scarecrow forced itself to walk for the first time in years. You get a sudden feeling of danger.

"So. What exactly, are you're doing?" he rasps, the toolbox jerking around in his hand a few times. You can hear the rattle of heavy metal objects in the box, each one somehow ringing with a threatening tone, like an rattlesnake's warning.

You have the feeling he won't let you slip by so easily.

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Sock
Action: swallow Reef’s die in an attempt to make something magical happen
Roll: 4

You try to shove the bright marble of light that was Reef's die down your throat... only to be met by sensation of searing heat! You manage to swallow, but you still take 100 damage as the dice burns your esophagus on the way down. Man, you could really go for a glass of water--

Suddenly, Reef plunges his hand straight into your gut like some crazed barbarian, with such power that you couldn't roll to dodge even if you had your dice! You can only scream in pain as he reaches into your stomach and rips his own die right out of your body, and with it the rest of your digestive system! You take a whopping 400 damage and with No Digestion any more, you won't be able to even have that drink of water you were just thinking about! The pain, the horror!

Going for longer without your own die causes more of your life to sap away! Your current and maximum HP drop by 100!

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Another ripple surges across the canopy above the city, turning it a distinct shade of violet.

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Taiko

Clips's name is crossed off in the web chat.

CHARACTER DATA:

Shopping Time!:

>Klemence: Use your smartphone's wallet functionality to purchase a conductor's baton and a grappling hook.

>Sock: Retrieve your d20 and flee the area

TURN 4

Reef Livonia
Action: Punch Sock in the solar plexus and attempt to break his lungs.
Roll: 7

Just as you close the distance on Sock, he attempts to take back his dice! Roll to dodge!

Dodge Roll: 13

Try as you might, you couldn't keep Sock's prying fingers away! He manages to take his dice back.

You throw a nasty blow at Sock's midsection, taking advantage of his inability to roll to dodge! But your punch goes wide and only grazes the side of his arm, dealing 20 damage.

All of a sudden, you're blindsided by an arm wrapping around your head from behind, then throwing you down onto the ground for 100 damage! You take a split second to catch your breath before rolling onto your back to see your new assailant: a bald man, with a mask of ivy leaves that cover his entire face, and robes that look like a bushel of cotton bolls plucked off the plant and directly sewn together.

He raises his fists in a clearly practiced stance at you. "You bring grievous harm to innocents. That cannot be tolerated." You feel like you're up against a formidable opponent...

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Klemence P. Kalamazoo
Action: Use your smartphone's wallet functionality to purchase a conductor's baton and a grappling hook.
Roll: 10 (8 +2)

You have no issue buying yourself a new Conductor's Baton for conducting music, but when you head over to a sports goods store to pick yourself up some specialty climbing gear, you're met with a disappointed salesperson who said that they were just sold out on their best grappling hooks.

The salesperson points out the beige coattails of a figure just leaving the front doors of the storefront - sounds like this person beat you to the punch. You end up purchasing a Flimsy Grappling Hook that's too cheaply made to last more than one use. They don't make these like they used to...

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Rahim
Action: Attempt to find a back entrance or other alternate route into the library.
Roll: 12

You eventually locate an open window on the side of the library and promptly hoist yourself through it. As you do so, you hear some shouting, the deep pitch of the voice clearly from those Black Jack Crew thugs that have been looking for you - darn it! Looks like they saw you sneak your way in, and now they know you're in the library!

You're in the Library now and won't have issues using its facilities, if you don't count the Black Jack Crew hunting you down. You can see them barging through the entrance of the library now... they're going to try and ransack the whole building to look for you, no doubt. They're not blocking the front door anymore at least, so maybe you can slip out through there if need be?

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Taiko
Action: Open up a Mu-Fundme for Magical Boy T.KO to begin acquiring a steady income.
Roll: 4

As you open up Mu-Fundme in another browser window, you suddenly hear a loud cough behind you. You turn around to see an elderly librarian, wearing a pink turtleneck, glaring hot fire pokers at you. She points to a poster on the wall, clearing stating that library computers are not to be used for any monetary gain.

It doesn't take long for her to summarily hand you a ban from the Library and point you towards the doors, as you're forced to log out of the Dice-Holder Web Chat and go outside. On your way there, though, several mean-looking muscular thugs in black jackets barge into you and push you over, and one of them even steps on you to inflict 100 damage to you! What gives!?

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Dolly Cutter
Action: Attempt to apologize and de-escalate; get this stranger on your side, if possible.
Roll: 4

The figure jerks its head around irregularly a few times, resounding cracking sounds with each movement. Eventually, his jaw opens, bearing teeth like a rabid chimpanzee's.

"No. You touched it. It's mine."

He opens his palm, revealing a small prism of tarnished silver in his hand, slowly rotating-- you blink. No, it's not a prism: it's a twenty-sided dice. Just now, against your attempt to placate him... did he roll to dodge?!

"The things nobody has, I have. I'm using what nobody is using." His jaw snaps back in place, and his toolbox rattles. "My name, yeah, also not used. It is Twyvil. Hello. I give my name to you, now I must take back."

Twyvil suddenly swings his toolbox at your head! Roll to dodge!

Dodge Roll: 18

You step to the side easily as you hear the telltale sounds of the toolbox breaking the car windows into small glass shards.

You suddenly feel a sense of outrage from Twyvil, as he growls like a starving hyena! You should do what you can to not be hit by his attacks!

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Sock
Action: Retrieve your d20 and flee the area
Roll: 16

You charge at Reef and try to get you dice back! He rolls to dodge but can't evade your hands as you finally get back your dice! The oppressive feeling of death you've been feeling finally goes away, though your health doesn't improve.

Reef tries to retaliate with a blow to your solar plexus, but his shot goes wide and only grazes you! It still stings for 20 damage, though.

All of a sudden, you see a bald man in oddly puffy white robes and leaves covering his face grab Reef from behind and throw him to the ground! You take the chance to skedaddle, eventually making your way to a Calming Pond a small distance away from the commotion. Though you can still see and hear what's going on over there if you focus hard enough, the sense of peace you feel just being near these waters... it cools your nerves, and brings you a sense of zen.

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Twyvil
Action: I swing my box of tools at this thief of cars.
Roll: 9

You pull your arm back and swing your toolbox right at Cutter's noggin! She rolls to dodge and deftly gets out of the way, causing you to hit the window of the car instead. The glass shatters, revealing the torn leather seats to the rest of the world.

This, combined with Cutter's meaningless attempts at diplomacy, has you feeling very outraged at the current state of the world.

CHARACTER DATA:

Jeez...:

>Klemence: Move over to the closest part of the giant glowing dome thingy covering the city. Poke it a few times and see what happens.