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“It’s commonly said that kobolds are slower to succumb to dungeon madness than most, but I’m not sure if that’s true, exactly.”
“Do enlighten us.”
“Well, dungeon madness itself isn’t understood very well, but basically it causes people to act in unnatural ways. Like standing around next to chests and attacking people.”
“It’s true that kobolds in particular don’t usually do THOSE sorts of things, but that doesn’t mean their behaviour isn’t being affected.”
“So what kinds of things DO they do?”
“To be honest, it’s been a long time since I met a kobold in a dungeon, and back then I wasn’t… well, it wasn’t the kobolds I was worried about. So I guess I don’t know what to watch for.”
“We’ll be polite and ignore that backstory deflection, won’t we Ricki?”
“I was gonna, yeah.”
“…”
“I think we shouldn’t attack any kobolds in this dungeon, though. We can try talking to them instead, maybe they can help us!”
“Sounds good to me. Kobolds are cute as hell.”
Yay for talking to humanoids in the dungeon! 😀
Ooh, sidequests maybe?
Who else wants to be rude and ask about that backstory deflection?
Edit: Judging by the downvote, you guys are way more polite than me.
ReEdit: I now have more upvotes than downvotes as of this edit. I may have been too soon to assume you’re all good people. Let’s demand lore even if it traumatizes Kamau! >:D
ReEdit Again: You care enough about Kamau to downvote me into oblivion for joking about traumatizing him.
It probably wasn’t cool to joke about PTSD first place, so sorry about that.
Maybe it is: “If you want to talk, we will listen. If you do not want to talk, we will not invade you with questions.” And that goes for the past of all team members!
Yes, yes they are.
The unstoppable teamup!
Any thoughts about who this guy in red armor is and how afraid of him we should be?
Maybe that’s red like the wolfox seal. Or the crazy strong rat from the last dungeon. The way this view is composed make me feel like, whoever it is, wants to keep a distance, but is not afraid to be seen in general (no hiding, just stands out there, if they looked up, they’d see them).
Red color is common for letter seals, I doubt it’s connected. Though it’s still most probable that this person is “A Friend”.
I think it might also be an athourity figure. Perhaps one of those who are after Kamau.
Odds are it’s Kamau’s adversary from his backstory.
Looks like a longer cape than the five-eyed helmet warrior that cut off Kamau’s arm in the Ko-fi hint. Also missing the greaves. Still possible as we haven’t seen the iconic helmet or sword, but not obvious that this is the same person.
The last red armour we saw was the rusty chain, which I don’t think is the intended association here.
Just an ordinary city Super Hero (in red armor with big S).
Nothing to worry about! )))
Obviously it’s Daddy Long Legs.
Why daddy?
It might be a female who just doen’t wear a skirt.
Ooooh, imagine it could be Kamau’s mom. Or Lara’s. 😀
Of course kobold behavior isn’t affected! *Kobolds go on to build a million and four traps* It’s safe, guys, totally safe!
Can’t get dungeon madness if you already have it!
Pbbbt.
I now think we probably should have taken Trap Disarming. Because I feel like we are going to trigger every single trap in this dungeon. Good thing we have a nice meat shield, though.
Trap Disarming would give us the power to bypass traps outright, but we can always try to work around traps. Putting a table over mouse traps made it safe to climb over them, and we might be able to trigger trip wires at a distance with Venomous Sting or thrown objects. Ricki can see well hidden traps, so we should at least know what we’re getting into.
Meanwhile, Kamau still has 15 HP to spend and with all that defensive gear he hopefully won’t be losing too much HP in combat.
Might be an issue people…. what if the rings irritate the kobalds somehow… or even worse, what if they cause dmg before we want them to? My, ‘bad feeling’ sense is going off…
or maybe they are used to lure/bribe the inhabitants? yesssh, sshiiinnyy
Like wearing an iron ring in a place where the fey might mingle? Ouch!
Paws hasn’t steered us quite that wrong before. Rings are expected to be useful.
“Oh, yeah, I put traps on this one, and this one, and ooh I’m quite proud of this one over here WAIT DON’T STEP ON THAT”
“Okay. What’s not trapped?”
“Hmm. Maybe….No, I put one there. I think that small box in the corner doesn’t have one.”
The problem is that the one kobold they’re talking to doesn’t know (without a close look) about all the OTHER traps in the dungeon. So Kamau steps on two on the way to the small chest in the corner 😛
Luckily, one of them only dumps a bucket of mustard on his head. His clothes are stained forever.
Can we have that happen to Lara, instead, please? I got nothing against her clothes, but I don’t like her getting identified (incorrectly!) as an arachnomancher by whoever happens to look at her close enough. The stains might obscure that.
And mustard (yellow) is better than ketchup (red), as it will not be mistaken for strains of blood from victims of arachnomancy.