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Level 11: #60

Chapter: Level 11 — Castle Life
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  1. Zion's Paladin
    January 25, 2023, 11:54 am | # | Reply

    How dreadful.

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  2. SemiOld
    January 25, 2023, 11:56 am | # | Reply

    Long, long ago, at a small con in New Mexico, we had to infiltrate a walking castle, remain undetected and get out with the item we were sent to get (don’t remember what it was). That was a fun scenario.

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  3. C T
    January 25, 2023, 11:58 am | # | Reply

    However alive it may be, its range is limited by the moat. Since stone does not float on water, it really doesn’t matter whether the moat is full of air or water. If the moat gets filled with rock, or soil, or quicksilver, the castle can cross.

    • Keith
      January 25, 2023, 12:12 pm | # | Reply

      Well… I kind of wonder. The towers are acting as arms…. Hypothesizing some stairs and basements (and we’ve seen some; we just don’t know their full range) — I could see them acting as legs and feet. Possibly long enough to let it step right over the area formerly known as ‘moat.’

      I almost wonder if draining the moat wasn’t partially to prevent the tunnels from being flooded out when the castle stood up. Seems like too simple and practical of a reason, tho, given all the work that was required.

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    • Galenthias
      January 25, 2023, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

      If you’re right, then castle can just fill moat by smashing the far edges, collapsing the moat.

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    • Jack
      January 26, 2023, 5:51 am | # | Reply

      The moat was drained when the bike was dumped into it. (Chapter 11 page 31).

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      • Mary Catelli
        January 27, 2023, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

        The question is WHY?

  4. The Sidhekin
    January 25, 2023, 12:23 pm | # | Reply

    Indeed, I don’t think axes and fire spells will help.

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    • Isenoxyd
      January 25, 2023, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

      Nah, you´ll probably need something bigger, like a catapult- or a ballista, maybe? Oh, if there only was a ballista nearby! With poisoned arrows per chance…
      By the way, CG seems to be on his (?) toes (??)…

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    • HKMaly
      January 26, 2023, 11:37 am | # | Reply

      Yes, this needs some bigger spell.

      Darkness beyond twilight
      Crimson beyond blood that flows
      Buried in the flow of time
      In thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness
      Let all the fools who stand in our way be destroyed
      by the power you and I possess…

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    • Scarlet Knight
      January 27, 2023, 8:22 am | # | Reply

      Dorilys: “It’s alive! If I can only knock in the right brick, I can give it an aneurysm!”

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    • Fellow
      January 28, 2023, 8:07 pm | # | Reply

      I mean, if you can burn a water elemental…

      https://rustyandco.com/comic/critical-missives-24/

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  5. Mr. Casual
    January 25, 2023, 3:19 pm | # | Reply

    The Princess disguise is slipping. Seeing more and more of those eyes.

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    • Disorder of Leitbur
      January 25, 2023, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

      More of the ears too.

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  6. Mary Catelli
    January 25, 2023, 5:19 pm | # | Reply

    This is why adventurers panic at the sight of a gazebo.

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  7. Fellow
    January 25, 2023, 7:23 pm | # | Reply

    Rest in splatters dogtown.

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    • Temia Eszteri
      January 25, 2023, 7:43 pm | # | Reply

      Oh god I just noticed the blue splotch

      Rest in pieces indeed

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    • Puppeteen
      January 26, 2023, 5:40 pm | # | Reply

      Rest in pancake.

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  8. Temia Eszteri
    January 25, 2023, 7:42 pm | # | Reply

    Edgar Roni Figaro, eat your heart out.

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  9. Eguzky
    January 25, 2023, 10:02 pm | # | Reply

    First gazebos.
    Then gongs.
    Now castles.

    And I thought my Tabaxi Rogue had it bad with the 5 (yes FIVE!) separate times he failed to spot Mimics before being attacked in an old 5E campaign!

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  10. TB Tabby
    January 26, 2023, 2:32 am | # | Reply

    It’s the final phase of the fight against Baroness von Bon Bon!

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    • Man in the Mists
      January 27, 2023, 3:39 pm | # | Reply

      This looks like a job for Giga Bowser. Wouldn’t be the first castle he’s defeated in a fist fight.

  11. Beni-Kujaku
    January 26, 2023, 4:08 am | # | Reply

    Oh no!! Even cube is frightened!! Or maybe he’s just a bit squared?

    • Isenoxyd
      January 26, 2023, 4:15 am | # | Reply

      How DARE you?! GC is not retreating but going for a running start!

  12. Kenshin Ryuu
    January 26, 2023, 5:47 am | # | Reply

    Got to wonder: how big a miniature would you need to represent a living castle, what would its stats be, and can you sneak attack it with a balista?????

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  13. Souhiro
    January 26, 2023, 6:07 am | # | Reply

    Well, it’s oficial.

    Now, they have a castle that can defend itself

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    • Scarlet Knight
      January 27, 2023, 8:17 am | # | Reply

      “When in doubt, castle.” – Kurt Vonnegut

  14. Dreadaxe
    January 26, 2023, 7:32 am | # | Reply

    Does that count as a tower getting dropped on someone?

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    • Mary Catelli
      January 26, 2023, 9:06 pm | # | Reply

      I’m not sure.

      Dorilys is surely noticing that she didn’t get to do it, just when it would have been a nice relief.

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  15. Puppeteen
    January 26, 2023, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

    There’s the moving castle. Where’s Howl?

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  16. J
    January 27, 2023, 10:02 am | # | Reply

    It’s no Gazebo, but it might be a Werehouse of unusual size.

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  17. Vasiliy Siniy
    January 27, 2023, 5:13 pm | # | Reply

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOG TOWN, NOT YOU! I really liked that derro!
    Avenge him, CG! The castle shall not be left unpunished nor un-PUN-ished!

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  18. CrawlMe
    January 27, 2023, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

    Hey Mike, this is likely to be of major interest:

    “On page 254 of the 5.1 SRD that is now Creative Commons, there is this mention of:

    aboleths
    beholders
    mind flayers
    slaadi

    So, these names are not “Product Identity” anymore. They are CC-BY, in the wild, and irrevocable.”

    https://twitter.com/ElvenTower/status/1619089462390312960

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  19. Kriz
    January 28, 2023, 1:20 pm | # | Reply

    Oooh, this concept was in a Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser story. Classic!

  20. Just some guy, y'know?
    January 30, 2023, 10:56 am | # | Reply

    Wait, now the castle has TWO faces! It has an angry face on the top floor (balcony jaw), and a scared face along the front wall (drawbridge jaw).

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