Rootborn

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Your glowing seems to have caught the attention of some TROGS hanging around. They don't
appear happy to see you.

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This should be a good warmup.

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<<CLASH>>

<<[Flash] CLASH>>

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The Initiative goes to you!
It's Aiden's Turn.
Aiden attacks Trog1 for a lethal blow with his Element of Surprise Bonus.
It's Daren's Turn.
Daren attacks Trog2 for a lethal blow with his Element of Surprise Bonus.
You are triumphant! Aiden and Daren also get a TOTAL SUBJUGATION XP BONUS for winning in a single turn and suffering no damage.
Aiden gains 65 XP from the Trog. He then multiplies the 65 by 6 for his TOTAL SUBJUGATION XP BONUS for a grand total of 390 XP.
Daren gains 65 XP from the Trog. He then multiplies the 65 by 6 for his TOTAL SUBJUGATION XP BONUS for a grand total of 390 XP.
--End of Clash--

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<<SYS: Open map>>



This is your map, you can pull it up to get a better idea of your environment. Daren and Aiden
are represented in the center of the yellow vision field by the dots of their respective colors.
The Trogs are represented as corpses by the purple and crossed-out dots.

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<<Loot the corpses.>>

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So I am guessing all magical critters are in this realm?

<<Loot the corpses.>>



They were each wearing some standard COMMON RAGS for clothes, and a pair of STRANGE SWIRLY SHOES.
There's also their wooden clubs. You sure you want any of this junk?

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<<OF COURSE! If you could loot it, you could sell it. The rags could be made into a quilt. The wood could be transmuted by Aiden right into something more useful? And those shoes? BARDS WOULD BUY THEM. Just don't use them because you know....fae charms.>>

Basic RPG survival skill, if selling gives money, sell everything useless.

<<Daren: Loot.>>



Yeah, those FAE CHARMS make even touching their shoes a risky gamble. Any value they might
have isn't worth it anyway. Trogs are fairly low in the Fae hierarchy, but the risk of shoe-stealing
might be worth it for a pair worn by a more powerful Fae. Of course, the more powerful the Fae,
the more powerful the charms would likely be.

You'll take the clubs though, which on closer inspection are actually MACUAHUITLS.

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You got 2 Macuahuitls.

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<<Party: Leave small loot. Bigger fae to fry.>>
Come along now, that battle mustve atleast attracted some more attention.

<<Party: Keep loot in your bag of holding. You have infinite space right? RIGHT! And you can use them for like throwing if you just changed them a bit with carving. COME ON! IMPROVISATION PEOPLE! I AM NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL A MONSTER DIES A CRUEL AND UNUSUAL DEATH TROUGH IMPROVISED WEAPONS!>>

Okay.
That is all.

<<Party: Keep loot in your bag of holding.>



You both have Basic Backpacks, limiting your item carrying capacity to 25 IUs each. But
a BAG OF HOLDING would be sweeeeeeet.

Tutorial: Light-Gray spaces indicate that you have room for more items. Dark-Gray
spaces are unusable, whether for limited carrying capacity or some other reason.
Orange spaces indicate items you are currently using.

<<Party: Leave small loot. Bigger fae to fry.>>



Well you certainly didn't come here to play puppets with Trog corpses. It looks like
those Trogs were the only things in this hallway, so let's move on. But where to
next?

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<<Number 5, the only door you would fit in.>>
Then we count down to the fae's doom.

<<4.>>
Because 4 has gotten me out of some stick situations.

<<Open 5>>



You suppose you could bum-rush deeper into the haven like that if you really wanted to,
but you'd rather like to avoid getting surrounded. Especially if you don't know what you'd
be surrounded by in the first place.

<<Open 4>>



The door swings open. You see a short stair-case immediately through the door.

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<<Guys: Be warned of the stairs.>>
THERE.

<<Guys: Be warned of the stairs.>>



You throw caution into the wind and boldly descend.

You are a raging success.

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It seems you've found some sort of Fae food pantry.

There are no signs of life.

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<<LOOT EVERYTHING BUT DON'T ANYTHING BECAUSE FAE FOOD. THERE MIGHT BE WEIRD MAGIC RUNES IN IT.>>
<<AND WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING I MEANT EVERYTHING, EVEN THE CHAIRS. SEE IF YOU CAN MELD ALL THE WOOD INTO ONE.>>
I should stop screaming.

<<Aiden: Retrieve arms from magic chest.>>
<<Daren: Investigate containers of MYSTERY.>>
Mysterious indeed.

<<Aiden: Meld all the wood into one.>>



It's possible, but without a good source of Geomantic energy, it'd take
several minutes of sitting around on your ass in deep concentration. So you'll
pass.

<<Daren: Investigate containers of MYSTERY.>>



This pot contains some red, glittery, powdered mineral of indeterminate origin.

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This canister contains whats looks and smells like basil.

Because it's basil.

You cautiously don't take a whiff of it for fear of basil poisoning.

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