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03:11:46 Devastator: will do K-com in a while. Long day so far.
03:12:53 er: I should make a horror videogame called THE ALGORITHM
03:13:46 er: Though I have no idea how to pull off horror. :p
03:14:22 Devastator: go play Earthbound.
03:14:26 Devastator: more horror there than you'd expect.
03:14:32 er: More into, like, cosy macabre
03:15:48 er: EB is a JRPG, right? I don't think I've literally ever played one of those to completion.
03:16:12 Devastator: EB is a JRPG, but it's pretty unique.
03:16:34 Devastator: I think it's about 20 hours long.
03:18:30 er: Yeah, maybe I should get a rom of it then.
03:18:41 Devastator: I'd love to watch that stream.
03:19:04 er: But... I really don't spend a lot of time on videogames these days.
03:19:19 er: So I tend to like short things.
03:19:41 Devastator: Well, the only really shorter JRPG I like to recommend is Terranigma.
03:19:51 Devastator: but that's an action JRPG.
03:20:25 Devastator: so it's a bit more hit or miss on gameplay, wheras Earthbound is much more cozy.
03:20:30 er: I did get most of the way I think through Chrono Trigger
03:20:49 Devastator: well, chrono trigger is pretty good. Those other two I'd say are comparable.
03:21:49 er: Yeah, for me I'd say JRPGs tend to be a bad combination of slow and uninteractive.
03:22:46 Devastator: well, Terranigma's an action game, so it's interactive.
03:23:06 Devastator: gameplay is a liiiitle bit clunky, though. Earthbound is really smooth and moves along steadily.
03:23:35 Devastator: (you can get a bit lost in T sometimes, for instance.)
03:23:47 er: Well, so was Tales of Berseria, but I got bored because it was a slow and easy action game :v
03:24:06 Devastator: well, you could play ToP, the origin of the series. ;-p
03:24:16 er: If you stood still, everything would die and you would win.
03:24:31 Devastator: ToP not like that..
03:24:40 Devastator: I think I streamed it a few times. Definately had to push buttons there.
03:24:53 Devastator: Terranigma isn't hard, exactly, but it's interactive.
03:28:57 Devastator: I wouldn't really recommend ToP. It's a good bit longer and there's more stuff hidden around, and more grinding.
03:29:08 Devastator: not as much as the later games, but more than the other two.
03:33:04 Devastator: as well as another notch easier to get lost than Terranigma.
03:34:36 er: ...To be fair, the last experience I had with ToB was a boss that nearly beat me because I wasn't taking it seriously.
03:35:29 er: I didn't play after that because it was still the only time that had happened in hours of play.
03:35:36 Devastator: I mostly remember mocking the MCs hairstyle.
03:36:07 er: And it had just dumped me in the main hub area with far too many directions to go in.
03:42:59 er: More like realizing how much fun I wasn't having at a convenient stopping place.
03:44:12 er: Honestly, it might be a better game if they didn't give you a bunch of companions
03:45:04 er: You can only control one character at a time, but they all have different moves and mechanics.
03:45:34 er: You can switch at any time, but there's no reason to
03:46:13 er: Whichever characters you're not controlling will just kill everything no matter what you do.
03:46:38 Devastator: well, that can happen in ToP, but only if you're fighting underleveled enemies.
03:46:45 Devastator: you have one fighter and up to three casters.
03:46:56 Devastator: control only the fighter.
03:48:13 er: Thing is in ToB they made controls and mechanics to play as the casters. But you don't have to engage with it at all, and it's easier not to.
03:48:43 Devastator: well, you want to interact with the casters in ToP.. they don't get the job done right against most of the bosses.
03:51:55 er: Also they pretty much give you three fighter-casters and one pure-caster, so that might muddy things a bit. :P
03:52:11 Devastator: looking ok for you in Cabal.
03:53:25 Devastator: kaboom is good magic.
03:54:05 Devastator: Hmm. Any chance of buying some lightweight-enchanted baggage from you?
03:54:12 Devastator: I was expecting you to be busy for a while longer.
03:55:21 er: If you're in town, hit me up. :)
03:55:30 Devastator: Yeah, still in town.
03:55:47 Devastator: will be leaving after
syv's char hauls stuff back.
03:55:54 er: Zavi needs your magic to become EVEN STRONGER after all.
03:56:05 Devastator: would you prefer a buff spell or some mana? Might part with some money instead, but probably less value for that.
03:56:11 er: Gotta be the very best, like no one ever was.
03:56:26 Devastator: maybe trade equivalent spells, then.
03:56:31 Devastator: like a d6 for a d6, etc.
03:57:06 er: Yeah, I can hopefully drain some mana off these guys, enough for a spell like thatm
03:57:50 er: Thooo, maybe not enough for perma stat increases.
03:58:36 Devastator: 10 mana should be enough for a spell. And yeah, you might get some.
03:58:52 Devastator: I might also have you remove one of the spells on Benny for me to replace with a bigger one.
03:58:57 Devastator: that'll get you a bit.
03:59:10 Devastator: you'd keep that mana, and then we'd do a like for like spell.
04:00:23 Devastator: should be able to bump your speed up. Maybe enchant your armour instead, if you like.
04:00:32 Devastator: or maybe summon you a suit, but I think the breakers are giving you a set now.
04:01:02 Devastator: speed will be easier than the d12 listed on my sheet. That's for 'strengthen' not 'strengthen speed.'
04:01:22 Devastator: but whatever you want is fine.
04:02:49 Devastator: summon you pet monkey maybe.
04:05:15 er: Breakers probably still want me to use the equipment they gave me, unless I somehow graduate from this one mission.
04:05:46 er: So stat increases have the better chance of really being used.
04:06:45 er: Bumping speed is pretty good too, with my words.
04:07:14 Devastator: in return you let my catbird carry a shitload more junk.
04:13:50 Devastator: probably have you do a water cask.
04:14:03 Devastator: water heavy and I can use it to store other shit later.
04:15:09 er: Hmm. You know, I could argue that Lightweight lets me permasummon birds at some difficulty.
04:15:21 er: Because birds are light. :P
04:15:32 Devastator: if you want a bird pet, could do that instead.
04:15:49 Devastator: hell, if you want wings could also do that.
04:16:01 Devastator: the magebreakers might be flummoxed, but it'd be hilarious.
04:16:10 Devastator: yup. Say hello to your wings.
04:16:19 Devastator: Hell, could probably make you -into- a bird.
04:16:23 er: Breakers are traditionally unflappable
04:16:33 Devastator: I asked
PW about that once.
04:16:47 Devastator: takes more than d8, even with strengthen, and can't go above d8 with my bird word.
04:17:01 Devastator: permawings are doable.
04:18:06 Devastator: whatever you want. I'd be willing to do two if you can afford it.
04:18:16 Devastator: don't think I really want three, though.
04:18:57 Devastator: one for some baggage, one for my armour.
04:20:20 er: Just pointing out that permawings can get one killed. ;)
04:21:25 Devastator: So you want them or not?
04:24:33 Devastator: speed to d8 alone, then.
04:26:25 er: Eh, I don't have your words memorized, maybe I'll want somethingm
04:26:47 er: Like a winged monkey familiar. :p
04:27:11 Devastator: d12 Ape, d12 Grow, d12 Strengthen, d12 Expand, d8 View, d10 Steel, and d10 Speed.
04:27:21 Devastator: unlisted is d8 bird, which is replacing one of the last three.
04:30:40 Devastator: I don't know how much winged monkey you get for d8, but it should be good.
04:39:52 er: Took a while to locate that one.
04:40:32 er: And damn, forgot how good of a book Force Multiplication was.
04:48:30 er: Goblin grumbles! Aww, that's adorable!
04:49:16 Devastator: I just wish that sort of quality continued.
04:49:27 Devastator: force multiplication was a pretty good book.
04:50:13 Devastator: the stumbles upon ancient tech that does everything plot hadn't gotten repetitive yet, and they actually did something to said tech.
04:51:40 Devastator: from there on it'd all be downhill.
04:52:54 Devastator: book 9 was really good too.
04:53:20 Devastator: "Well, yeah, because that's what cake is for!"
05:13:56 Devastator: That's a favorite of mine.
05:14:18 Devastator: Of course, next time round the nannies win.
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06:00:53 ER: I'd recommend viewing the AH page before the latest one on a dark background
06:02:13 Devastator: mmm, silly buggers.
06:05:08 Devastator: I don't see any on the page before that.
06:08:16 ER: please upvote my comment telling ferp that the rabbit is fine :^)
07:24:33 Devastator: was planning on meeting up with your character while being intimidatingly one inch taller. ;-p
07:47:12 Devastator: hmm. Saeko would look more buff now, she got +1 str that wasn't there last time.
07:47:21 Devastator: other than that, no visible changes.
07:48:45 ER: ...Does mana reinforcement even cause physical changes?
07:49:12 ER: I guess it would given how flesh scrolls work with strength, huh
07:50:56 Devastator: Mostly only visible when going to +2 or greater.
07:51:03 Devastator: I don't think anyone has bought any +3s.
07:51:19 Devastator: I think only Str is visible at +1.
07:51:26 ER: "Saeko! My old friend! Why, you've grown!" ;P
07:51:45 Devastator: Well, she's also wearing a robe, so dunno if it'd show off. ;-p
07:55:01 Devastator: yeah. I'm sure at +3 they would be. ;-p
08:01:02 ER: I want to see what horrorshow I'll become at strength d12+5
08:04:57 ER: with lightweight, armor is esially more limited by bulk than by weight
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08:12:23 Devastator: Err.. sorry,
ER, you can't actually conduct your orders.
08:12:41 Devastator: you have one workshop, so you can't build a technical armour kit AND a new armoured technical at the same time.
08:12:54 Devastator: I'll just the the new technical this time, but it should be ok.
08:16:38 Devastator: the advanced plates can only be applied to something that is already armoured, and a normal technical doesn't count.
09:16:39 Devastator: I shouldn't be so lazy, should be done by now.
09:16:44 Devastator: but.. made some progress.
09:16:49 Devastator: lets see if I can finish tomorrow.
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17:33:49 Radio: Good evening you series of six single-shot guns taped together into a revolver.
17:34:14 Radio: Man, spotty internet is spotty today.
18:16:58 Radio: Aah, tough crowd today I suppose.
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