Weird fungus is back, this time in the south cellar.
Third basement is getting ten degrees warmer every day.
Moat has been getting lower all month.
My first thought was a drill (explains the moat and the heat), and that may still be part of it, but it’s starting to sound like a portal to Hell is opening under the castle.
Great point! My comment was going to be about how Dorilys’ (I think that’s her name anyway) seems to work whether she intends it to or not. That’s interesting.
That was my first assumption based on the “getting warmer” bit. Though now that the draining moat is being brought up, I can’t help but to think some manner of steam-based technology is involved as well.
I am both getting very tired of this “luck equals Rube Goldberg” shtick, and impressed to at least see it being applied to an Investigation roll rather than to combat (or to Gnomish Baseball, aka “combat”).
Even if you’re trying to destroy the castle, killing/incapacitating the people who are working to defend the castle is a good step 1, and likely to be more efficient than going directly for the end goal while ignoring the people who are trying their hardest to stop you. You just don’t care so much about the other people inside the castle who aren’t significantly contributing to the defense, such as the (fake) princess or random janitors.
At the very least, it’s still a more sensible tactic than using a poisoned ballista bolt against a stone wall.
Ultimately it comes down to how smart you thing the bullywugs are. Smart? They were aiming at Presti. Average intelligence? They were aiming at Presti. Kinda dumb? They were still aiming at Presti. Exaggeratedly idiotic to a comically-unrealistic degree? They were aiming at the wall.
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Looks like they’re about to get the lowdown.
Looks like Presti is going to miss breakfast.
See, this is why you don’t want to rope people out of the conversation. You never know when one might be lucky.
That’s a pretty ‘sappy’ assumption 😉
The basement was obviously going to be important somehow. Guess it’s been bumped up in urgency.
Weird fungus is back, this time in the south cellar.
Third basement is getting ten degrees warmer every day.
Moat has been getting lower all month.
My first thought was a drill (explains the moat and the heat), and that may still be part of it, but it’s starting to sound like a portal to Hell is opening under the castle.
Great point! My comment was going to be about how Dorilys’ (I think that’s her name anyway) seems to work whether she intends it to or not. That’s interesting.
Yes, it’s Dorilys.
That was my first assumption based on the “getting warmer” bit. Though now that the draining moat is being brought up, I can’t help but to think some manner of steam-based technology is involved as well.
I think this technically qualifies Dorylis as a Fate.
See, frogs: THAT’S how you spear a castle!
I think they would object to a plan that starts, “First, become a cleric of the luck domain.”
“Ten degrees warmer, every day, all week”
Temperatures rising, perhaps moat water being transferred….Perfect conditions for wall fungus…& presently it is a cellar’s market….
… and shoring from climbing and flying enemies only – not from burrowing ones.
Does that count as a Lucky guess?
It’s getting a fresh angle on things.
Several angles, in fact.
I am both getting very tired of this “luck equals Rube Goldberg” shtick, and impressed to at least see it being applied to an Investigation roll rather than to combat (or to Gnomish Baseball, aka “combat”).
Guess who never gets hero points in their group.
It’s a Rube Goldbergian mystery!
Once again, the artist makes clever use of Cube’s features to simulate an expression. In this case, he looks like he has a frowny mouth. :C
Just be glad none of the attackers have the speak-and-spell. A few castings of STONE TO FLESH could compromise the entire structure.
As a corrolary, this means the bullywugs may have actually aimed at the castle not Presti.
Even if you’re trying to destroy the castle, killing/incapacitating the people who are working to defend the castle is a good step 1, and likely to be more efficient than going directly for the end goal while ignoring the people who are trying their hardest to stop you. You just don’t care so much about the other people inside the castle who aren’t significantly contributing to the defense, such as the (fake) princess or random janitors.
At the very least, it’s still a more sensible tactic than using a poisoned ballista bolt against a stone wall.
Ultimately it comes down to how smart you thing the bullywugs are. Smart? They were aiming at Presti. Average intelligence? They were aiming at Presti. Kinda dumb? They were still aiming at Presti. Exaggeratedly idiotic to a comically-unrealistic degree? They were aiming at the wall.
Cue graboids…enter from stage bottom 😉