Board 8 > You see a sign saying "BEWARE OF THE DARGON" [sic] [CYOA]

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B

A

Anyone wanna break this tie?

Eh I'll go A

"Hey Rori," you ask. "Can you transform into a DARGON?"
"No," Rori replies, looking up so you can see her eyes even more clearly. "Never seen one in my life. Are they actually real?"
"Yes," Glenda says. "We just fed one."
"Then it started fucking the other one," Sienna adds.
"You can't be serious," Rori replies.
"It's no joke." You shake your head. "And if you were to see one of them..."
"...I could turn into one and eat enemies alive. Sure."
"So I should tell these bad guys where I'm gonna be?" Sienna asks.
"Yes. And they can walk into our trap."
"We can set it up by the DARGON hole, right?" Glenda asks.
"Yeah," you say. "Not sure if that's safe for us, though. Is it?"
"Worst thing the enemy can do is push us into the hole."
"We'll just have to push them first," Rori adds. "Sorry, trying to follow."
"You're doing well." Glenda nods.
"We'd have three DARGONs..." Sienna crosses her arms, clearly pontificating. "Question is, will the two real DARGONs side with us because we fed one of 'em?"

A. "Probably, yeah."
B. "I'd rather not chance it."

A

A

That was the agreement wasn't it?

A

"Probably, yeah," you reply. "I made a deal with one to feed it. They can trust me, and we can feed them MORE meat."
"In other words, our enemies become their dinner." Rori adjusts her hat. "I'd be happy to feed my ex-teammates to them, too."
"We can do that tomorrow," Sienna adds. "When they'll be hungry again. Right now, I have to reply to their request. Let's see what happens..." Sienna whips out her phone and sees the request still live in the app. "Whew," she exclaims. "And... offer made, location specified, and a little bit of trash talked."
You go to the DARGON park, and upon arriving, Sienna checks her phone again. "No response." She shrugs. "I don't know if that's a good or bad thing."
One of the DARGONs suddenly flies by. "Rori!" you call and point.
"Boom," Rori replies. "I think I got a good enough look at it."
"You need enough of a view?" Glenda asks.
"Yeah, think of me like a Ditto, just without the STDs," Rori jokes.
"A Pokemon reference," you reply. "You are officially awesome."
"Wasn't I already?" Rori winks at you. Everyone laughs.
"Anyway, we got a trap to set," you say. "Here's hoping it works."

Which trap will you set?
A. Have Sienna meet the bad guys by the hole; you and Glenda push two in, and Rori devours and incinerates the rest as the three of you fight them
B. A one-by-one series of booby traps leading down the pathway to the hole
C. [write-in] - yes, for this one, you can come up with your own idea!

A

A.

A

Sienna checks the status of her request submission: "REJECTED"
"Well shit," she cusses. "What are they planning?"
"You told them to meet you at this park, and they wanted you dead, so there are two possibilities," Rori responds.
"Yeah, they're either coming here to kill you, or they're thinking the rest of you will still be coming there. I'm just not sure which."
"I mean, they wanted you dead," Glenda adds.
"What she said," you and Rori say in near-unison.
"You all think they're coming here, for my head?" Sienna asks.
"Duh." Rori smirks. "And we're gonna make mincemeat out of them."
"Right. Sienna, you defend against whatever they charge at you. Rori, you, me, and Glen will hide in the bushes," you begin. "Me and Glen will go push two of them into the hole while you transform into a DARGON. You will devour one of them, leaving them with three almost immediately."
"Does it matter which one I go for?" Rori asks.
"No, not really. We'll deal with the other three after the first three are gone." You shrug.
"I'd prefer to get rid of that Artificer quickly," Glenda adds. "Either that or the Warlock."

You set up your trap. It takes an hour or so, but one - only one - shows up, a male Rogue. You notice him pausing for a brief moment, thinking he's using Message to talk with either the Bard or Artificer. As Sienna is on the other side of the hole, you rush out and push him in, with the only audible being an expletive. You run back into the bushes to hide, hoping nobody else saw you.
A minute later, the five other goons, two of whom are female, starting coming in together.
"YOU!" Sienna calls from across the hole. "YOU wanted me dead?"
The female Bard yells back. "You made me re-roll! Of course I do!"
"Well, you're gonna have to re-roll again after today!"
"Pfft, you and what army?" the Bard replies as she nears the whole. "It's just you and ONE guy!"
"Oh, it's more than just me," you shout, before charging out and pushing the Barbarian in. Glenda does the same to the Warlock next to him. Some flames emit from down below.
Rori, in her DARGON form, comes in and devours the Artificer, then spits him out and barbecues him mid-air.
"HOLY SHIT!" the female Rogue shouts. "DARGON!!!!!!!!!"
Sienna draws her sword, running over and impaling the Bard. More flames emerge from the hole. Smells like a grill down there!
The female Rogue turns tail and runs, only for DARGON Rori to light her on fire from a distance.

A. Go in for the kill
B. Interrogate her
C. Let her run

A

A

A

You and Glenda charge after the Rogue. Glenda casts a Firebolt to her back, causing her to fall forward.
"PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO REROLL!" she shrieks.
"Should've thought of that before you wanted to kill me." Sienna comes forward, arms crossed. Rori follows behind her, in human form.
"Who are YOU?" the Rogue asks Rori. "Wait... a DRUID?"
"Duh." Rori rolls her eyes. "How else do you think we could act with such precision?"
"So DARGONs..."
"Are about to outlive you."
You hoist your sword above her.
"Please!!" she begs. "I'll do anything!!"
"Anything?" you ask.

A. Kill her
B. Have her lead you to the enemy party's stash
C. Force her to join your party (RISKY)
D. [write-in] - Got any other ideas?

B

B

C

D: All three options

(C -> B -> A makes the most sense for this, but I won't be picky about the order.)

Okay, sorry for the wait (playing Mafia). Just gonna do B.

"Tell me, do you and your now-dead friends keep a stash... of any kind... anywhere?" you ask menacingly.
"Pfft, and why would I tell you?" she shakes.
You look to Glenda, Rori, and Sienna, and they all nod in agreement.
"Oh, uh... right," she says. "Sorry, I..."
"You forgot the situation you were in?" Rori taunts. "And what's next? You forget where the stash is?"
"No, no, no, please..."
"Then show us." Sienna crosses her arms. "Money, weapons, whatever."
"Also give us what you have on you, please," Rori demands.
"We should probably also check the two bodies we didn't push into the DARGON hole," Glenda suggests. "They might have loot." You recognize she refers to the Bard and what's left of the Artificer.
The Rogue gives Rori her knife and you her sword. She also gives you 20 gold, making it so you only need 75 for the armor you ordered.

A. Loot the bodies first
B. Ask the Rogue to show you to the stash

A

A

A

FYI: Updates from Monday on might be more sporadic. Keep this bumped if I don't get around to it.

You go over to loot the Artifcer's corpse. All you find is a measly 15 gold in a leather coinpurse; the rest was probably incinerated or is inside Rori right now. Ew.
You head over to the Bard's impaled corpse. As you search the corpse and find another coinpurse, this one with 20 gold (you now have 40 gold left to get) the Rogue tries to pick your pocket, instead stumbling forward.
"Wait...." Rori says. "That's..."

A. Kill the Rogue
B. Let her live - she can still show you the stash

Rori takes the armor off the corpse - it's +2 Studded Leather! She's the only one who can benefit from Light Armor as Sienna is a Paladin, so her armor is Heavy; you're a Fighter; so you use Medium; and Glenda is a spellcaster who can't use armor that isn't conjured.

You made a good choice btw (and yes, she rolled a Nat 1)

A = Rogue tries to steal from you, but rolls a Nat 1 and fails miserably; you can choose to kill; bodies have 35 gold, Bard has great magic armor for Rori

This Rogue is incredibly dumb. Begs us not to kill them, tries to play hardball, then literally tries to steal from us. *sigh* They're currently weaponless...mm

B

I'm fine with either option at this point though.

It's as if you really want us to kill the rogue but I really want to see the stash so...

B

lordjers posted...

It's as if you really want us to kill the rogue

Nah, I don't care either way.

You choose not to use your reaction to kill the Rogue.
"What are you trying to pull?" you ask.
"Uhh... I tripped?" she lies. Your Insight check makes this apparent.
"Yeah, no," Sienna draws her sword. "You're going to lead us to the stash, or you'll have to reroll your character."
The Rogue looks nervous. "Fine," she scoffs.
She takes you to the stash, which is at the Smoked Fish restaurant, of course. It's hidden in the meat cooler.
"Irony," Sienna comments. "It's like I'm right at home."
"I will stay outside with our guide," you comment. "Don't want her shutting us in." You point your sword at her.
"Hey, there's a fancy-looking spear in here!" Sienna picks it up. "Looks like a +2 with a buff."
"Sweet," Rori replies.
"I'm gonna take Polearm Master at level 8, I think."
"What level are you now?" Glenda asks.
"Six," Sienna replies.
"There's some armor in here, but what I got off the Bard is better." Rori sounds disappointed.
"Hey, there's a spell scroll for Chain Lightning in here!" Glenda shouts.
"You're a Sorceress, right?" Rori asks. "So..."
"Yeah, it's one use."
"Any gold?" you ask.
Sienna finds and flashes a coinpurse. "This is it."
"We cleared it out yesterday," the Rogue replies. "Looks like we missed that."
The purse contains 20 gold. You now have 20 gold remaining.

(Please note: These were BAD rolls, too, save for the +2 spear, lol - I had to be nice and add SOMETHING)
(Also note my Paladin hit level 8 yesterday and took Polearm Master, though with a +1 spear, so that's exactly where that's coming from LOL)

A. Try to recruit the Rogue to your party
B. Let the Rogue go
C. ...kill her anyway?

*shrug*

A

Oh I thought I voted for this one already

A

B for recurring boss potential.

Any more opinions? I'll be writing from mobile...

Enjoy your vacation lol

A

Vaca save

Thank you kindly! I'm taking care of a LOT of stuff, and now to include this on that list.

"You know what else you're missing?" you ask. "A party."
"Don't tell me..." Rori facepalms.
"Did you want to join ours? We could use a Rogue."
Sienna looks to the ground, though you can't see her face.
Glenda's face you can see, and she's not exactly sure of this.
Suddenly, Sienna strong-arms you and pulls you aside. "You know she tried to rip us off, right?" she says softly.
Rori comes up and adds "I have nothing but doubts."
Glenda joins in the huddle. "Me too."
"That settles that," Sienna adds. "Sorry, Greg, but we're overruling you. Three to one, majority rules."
"The only matter is that you get to choose whether we kill her or let her go."

A. Overrule their overruling
B. Kill the Rogue
C. Let the Rogue go free

C

C

C

"We can let her go," you say. "I think that's a fair compromise."
"No problem there," Rori says. "And I'm not being sarcastic."
"Thanks for clarifying." Sienna laughs. "I actually thought you were."
"I might be being sarcastic about being sarcastic though."
Everyone laughs.
You go to the Rogue and tell her "Yeah, I got overruled. You're free to go, though."
"Uh, okay." Clearly she feels awkward. "See you again, maybe. Hopefully not as enemies." She then leaves.

Okay, trying to figure out where to go from here. There are two possibilities:

A. End the day (advance to tomorrow, where you go after Rori's ex-party)
B. Celebrate the success

B

Hmm. I wanna party but long rests are important...

B

"So the mission was successful," you suggest. "Why don't we have a celebration? We all survived."
"We're not done yet," Rori replies.
"I know, but wouldn't it be good for us to be in high spirits before taking out the trash?"
"He's got a point," Sienna adds. "Plus, we need to learn about who we're up against."
"I'm all for taking down jerks," Glenda says, "but I don't know how to do that if I don't know a thing about them."
"Fair." Rori folds her arms. "Let's go."

Before things get a little too festive, Rori informs you about the two dickwads.
"The first, the one who molested me, he's a dual-class Rogue/Sorcerer. I know that's not a combination you see much, but he's a crafty one. He thinks he's this Casanova, and gets laid more often than you'd think, but he's cockier than ever thinking he can get whatever woman he wants.
"The second is a straight-up Fighter. He's boring and stupid. That's all you need to know."
"Is that really it?" Sienna asks, sipping her drink.
"He's the one who wanted me around because I'm hot."
"Sounds like a real winner." You know Glenda's being sarcastic.
"The only thing he'd win is a dimwit contest." Rori doesn't even crack a smile.
Sienna, however, spits out her drink. "I hate guys like that," she mumbles as she laughs.
"Even I do," you add. "Treat women with respect."
"I'm glad you do," Glenda responds. "You respect boundaries once they're defined."
"I've gathered that too," Sienna adds.
"Well... thanks?" You shrug.
"Anyway, with that out of the way, let's celebrate!"

A. Order a second round of drinks
B. Order some cheese curds
C. Order entrees
D. Let's just get right to dessert!

C

C

B

Any other voters?

A. Let's get fucked up

Sorry, been busy like crazy, though that's about to clear up thankfully.

Still need a majority. I have the note for what each one does!