Kobold Mine [one slot open]

[GathersIngredients]

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that's okay, KnickKnack can get the 1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)] instead. I just would really like her to get a ring, and I'd prefer not a copper one. *my precious*

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Ok so I'm a little confused. Technically I'm not dead, but I'm dying so what am I allowed to do? Am I allowed to do more for my actions than survive? Also what exactly needs to happen to survive? I'm at -1 con so do I need to be brought back up to 1 or just have a successful heal attempt on me?

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Nockit:
1x necklace [metal (silver), bone (wyvern)]
127x coin [metal (silver)] (from rat room)
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x coin [metal (mithral)] (from rat room)
2x dice [bone (fairy)]
1x ring, engraved [bone(orc)] (from rat room)
1x dagger, covered in runes [metal (silver) / leather (deer, white)] (from rat room)
1x backpack

Ozt:
1x masterwork shield [wood, hard (oak)]
1x fine leather armor [leather (goat)]

KnickKnack:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x leather armor [leather (goat)]
1x book (written in gnome ÔÇô will take some time for you to read ÔÇô 2 passive or active actions to be exact)
1x bedroll
1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)]

Ludo:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack

Krat:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x ring [metal (gold), gem (ruby)]
Any vials with mysterious content He'll try to identify later

Disputed:

Copy/Paste and add what you want to take. If someone else took something you would want, move it to the disputed section and we can work out accordingly.

Added in the remaining loot but removed the food/resources.

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2x leather armor [leather (goat)]
1x axe [metal (iron) / wood,hard (oak)]
2x spear [metal (iron) / wood, hard (oak)]
3x clothing [wool (goat)] (torn and bloody)
2x ring [metal (copper]
2x clay vials without any means to open them but break the bottle neck
1x some rings in different sized hooked together [wood, hard (oak)]

2x bedroll
3x sleeping bag
3x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

2x basket [wood (willow)]

[NewOneAround]

If you are not brought to 0 or more con you are dead. At 0 Con thereis a chance you take permanent damage.
If you are brought back to the mine in you current state: 25% risk of dying 50% risk of permanent damage. (if Gathers Craft - Wood check is succesfull (D5) half the chances for both (12/25 %)
If you are at 0 Con while being brought back 25%(12%) chance of damage.

Your best bet would be a skilled Spell: Heal roll. Krat could take a Heal check. (you have 60% chance to recover a Con when resting after a succesfull Heal).

[eirikdaude]

Sorry for not being around for the last few days, I've been rather busy. I don't have too much time right now either, but should at least be able to put up some actions if you want to move the game along.

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Still high on the adrenaline from the fight, Ludo glances about the clearing wildly. Seeing that several of his fellow kobolds are wounded he runs over right away, trying to decide if there's anything he can do to help. Not being a very skilled healer, he looks imploringly at KnickKnack, hoping he has some idea of what to do.

Once he has done what he can to help the other kobolds, he snatches up the gnome leader's axe, as well as some of the minor valuables he sees around the camp.

Ludo's actions:
A: Attempt to heal wounded kobolds
P: Loot corpses/dispose of corpses.
T: Melee (edge)
Free (?): Try to figure out what the sealed clay bottles and connected wooden rings are.

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Nockit:
1x necklace [metal (silver), bone (wyvern)]
127x coin [metal (silver)] (from rat room)
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x coin [metal (mithral)] (from rat room)
2x dice [bone (fairy)]
1x ring, engraved [bone(orc)] (from rat room)
1x dagger, covered in runes [metal (silver) / leather (deer, white)] (from rat room)
1x backpack

Ozt:
1x masterwork shield [wood, hard (oak)]
1x fine leather armor [leather (goat)]

KnickKnack:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x leather armor [leather (goat)]
1x book (written in gnome ÔÇô will take some time for you to read ÔÇô 2 passive or active actions to be exact)
1x bedroll
1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)]

Ludo:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x axe [metal (iron) / wood,hard (oak)]
2x ring [metal (copper]
2x clay vials without any means to open them but break the bottle neck
1x some rings in different sized hooked together [wood, hard (oak)]
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Krat:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x ring [metal (gold), gem (ruby)]
Any vials with mysterious content He'll try to identify later
Disputed:

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2x leather armor [leather (goat)]
2x spear [metal (iron) / wood, hard (oak)]
3x clothing [wool (goat)] (torn and bloody)
2x bedroll
3x sleeping bag
2x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)
2x basket [wood (willow)]

Unless those vials are the ones Krat claimed? Since they still were in the unclaimed section, I took them because Ludo is somewhat curious about strange new stuff Hmm. For the bedrolls, sleeping bags, etc., should we just have them in a communal pool at the cave, which whoever goes on expeditions are free to peruse?

I have a sneaking suspicion Traknesh will try to claim some of them for his bed once we get back...

[ChuckDaRighteous]

So I'll take the no response to mean I can't do anything other than hope to survive. Also what exactly is permanent damage? Stat loss? Limb loss? No longer able to reproduce? Don't let Nockit Die a virgin! You guys better succeed with the healing.

Now that everyone has gotten a go, I'll go ahead and claim a couple more things. I've taken everything I want at this point.

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Nockit:
1x necklace [metal (silver), bone (wyvern)]
127x coin [metal (silver)] (from rat room)
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x coin [metal (mithral)] (from rat room)
2x dice [bone (fairy)]
1x ring, engraved [bone(orc)] (from rat room)
1x dagger, covered in runes [metal (silver) / leather (deer, white)] (from rat room)
1x backpack
1x bedroll
1x sleeping bag
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Ozt:
1x masterwork shield [wood, hard (oak)]
1x fine leather armor [leather (goat)]

KnickKnack:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x leather armor [leather (goat)]
1x book (written in gnome ÔÇô will take some time for you to read ÔÇô 2 passive or active actions to be exact)
1x bedroll
1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)]

Ludo:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x axe [metal (iron) / wood,hard (oak)]
2x ring [metal (copper]
2x clay vials without any means to open them but break the bottle neck
1x some rings in different sized hooked together [wood, hard (oak)]
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Krat:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x ring [metal (gold), gem (ruby)]
Any vials with mysterious content He'll try to identify later

Disputed:

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2x leather armor [leather (goat)]
1x good breast armor [leather (bat)] [9/11] Ozt will be giving this up
2x spear [metal (iron) / wood, hard (oak)]
3x clothing [wool (goat)] (torn and bloody)
1x bedroll
2x sleeping bag
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)
2x basket [wood (willow)]

I'm surprised no one wanted the armor. Particularly seeing how vulnerable we were in that fight. One thing I will point out is that while 3 of you have no armor and there are only 2 left in the loot, the fine armor going to ozt will mean that his good armor will also be up for grabs. Added that to the loot pile. So there is enough for all of us. If someone doesn't want one, I can give one to Zi'it since he's on guard duty. As to the spears I assume we all already have the weapons we want so maybe give one to another defender. Baskets seem like gathering tools so maybe give them to the kobolds we send gathering.

Hmm. For the bedrolls, sleeping bags, etc., should we just have them in a communal pool at the cave, which whoever goes on expeditions are free to peruse?

I'm not entirely sure they do anything outside of RP character comfort purposes. So I don't think it really matters. I could be wrong. There might be some benefit to sleeping on them. Improved heal chance when resting maybe? Regardless, I don't think we have anything to sleep on at the moment other than the cave floor, so I don't see any reason not to claim and use them now. And if nothing else I want to claim them to spite Traknesh.

[GathersIngredients]

Okay, in that case, I think I'd like KnickKnack to have the armor Ozt will be giving up (instead of a 'normal' one) and the last water bottle.
Also, I thought that bedroll and sleeping bag were just different names for basically the same thing, but today I learned that bedroll goes UNDER the sleeping bag to make the ground more comfortable. So I'll take a sleeping bag for KnickKnack as well.

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Nockit:
1x necklace [metal (silver), bone (wyvern)]
127x coin [metal (silver)] (from rat room)
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x coin [metal (mithral)] (from rat room)
2x dice [bone (fairy)]
1x ring, engraved [bone(orc)] (from rat room)
1x dagger, covered in runes [metal (silver) / leather (deer, white)] (from rat room)
1x backpack
1x bedroll
1x sleeping bag
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Ozt:
1x masterwork shield [wood, hard (oak)]
1x fine leather armor [leather (goat)]

KnickKnack:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x good breast armor [leather (bat)] [9/11] Ozt will be giving this up
1x book (written in gnome ÔÇô will take some time for you to read ÔÇô 2 passive or active actions to be exact)
1x bedroll
1x sleeping bag
1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)]
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Ludo:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x axe [metal (iron) / wood,hard (oak)]
2x ring [metal (copper]
2x clay vials without any means to open them but break the bottle neck
1x some rings in different sized hooked together [wood, hard (oak)]
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

Krat:
12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x backpack
1x ring [metal (gold), gem (ruby)]
Any vials with mysterious content He'll try to identify later

Disputed:

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3x leather armor [leather (goat)]
2x spear [metal (iron) / wood, hard (oak)]
3x clothing [wool (goat)] (torn and bloody)
1x bedroll
1x sleeping bag
2x basket [wood (willow)]

Also, I'd like to say that the suspense (whether or not our comrades will live and/or suffer permanent damage) is killing me. (Pun intended, very sorry, could not resist. )

[NewOneAround]

Turn 16

1. Player Actions

Krat

Active action: Perform blood magic on gnome (See text above for details) and perhaps return to the mine with loot.

Dificulty:10 -2 minor effect, -2 self only, +3 fast cast, +3 no selfsacrifice = 12
I will write a exacter rule in time but I will go for +3 Dificulty for everything negative and -2 for everthing positive in the casting I can come up with.
[Blood Magic: 1 d 6 -2 (noskill) +1 (fluff) +10 (offering) = 14]
[R14 S14 D12] -success +5XP (5XP)

Passive action: Help with first aid.
[Heal: 1 d 5 +1 Fluff = 2]

Training: Blood magic +10XP(15XP) Blood Magic 1 (and a quite unpleasant feeling)



Nockit

Action: Rest and try not to bleed.

Rest ÔÇô 12 success +1 Con

Chance to get permanent damage (25%) - 42 ÔÇô no damage



Click-Clank

Click-Clank decides he does not want to have an active part in leading the colony.
He digs rooms and minerals.
Active and Passive:

Back to mining a forge room.
[Mine: 3 d 4 + 0 = 7]
[Mine: 3 d 4 + 0 = 6]
R11+7+6 S24 D75 -ongoing +3XP (62XP) Mine 4
pickaxe Break 15 : ÔÇô -1 Drability
pickaxe Break 15 : ÔÇô nothing

Training: Mine





KnickKnack

Active: lead other conscious kobolds (Ludo and Krat) to heal the wounded (Ludo heals Krat & Krat heals Nockit; I'm assuming that giving someone else first aid isn't strainous enough to make Krat's condition go from bad to worse) [Lead]
Leading 2 Kobolds
[Lead: 2d4 + 5 (FLS) +1 (Fluff) = 10]
R10 S10 D5 - +1 to Heal skill for Ludo + Krat +5XP (30XP)

Passive: gather up the spoils (frisk gnomes, loot everything, dispose of bodies - preferably in a way that makes it look like they were killed by animals or accident - obscure any trails/tracks) and go back to the mine, preferably not in a direct line
If necessary, construct a makeshift stretcher for the wounded by using the two willow wood as structure and the backpacks as the part whereupon the wounded are lying (Just place the wood parallel to each other at a distance about a kobold's width and pull the straps of the backpack, that normally would go over the arms of the wearer around it. Tie it together and place the injured ones that cannot walk on their own on it, if there's still room and this won't put the Nockit and/or Krat at risk, we can put some of the loot on it, too.) [craft wood? and/or perception/stealth to obscure our presence and any tracks we might be leaving]
Clarification: I don't want to CRAFT a stretcher, just use the object that are there together. It's just tying a knot into the straps of the backpacks or something. I don't want to end up with an item 'stretcher', but I want to preserve the wood and the backpacks as they are. This is just a temporary modification.

[Stealth: 2 d 5 +1 (fluff) = 8] - +1XP(26XP)
[Forage: 3 d 4 +1 (fluff) =7] - +1XP(42XP)
[Craft ÔÇô Wood: 1 d 4 +1 (fluff) = 4] - +1XP(19XP)

You are sure your preparations will make it harder to follow your tracks, but you don't know what to do to the corpses. If a bit time passes animals WILL eat the corpses.
Your 'strecher' is not exactly brilliant but better than nothing.

Training: Healing (non-magical) (Int) +10XP (15XP) Heal 1

+1 Str: You are one of the Strongest kobolds everyone in the mine has EVER seen.



Ludo

A: Attempt to heal wounded kobolds
[Heal: 1 d 5 +1 (Fluff) +2 (kobold helper) = 7] ÔÇô succeed +5XP (both)

P: Loot corpses/dispose of corpses.
With the helf of Knick-Knack you scatter the corpses a few dozend meters to make it possible for more scavenger to eat at the same time.

T: Melee (edge) +10XP (25) Meele ÔÇô Edge 2


Free (?): Try to figure out what the sealed clay bottles and connected wooden rings are.


Traknesh
Active: Lead a kobold to make him a bed.
[Lead: 3 d 6 +5 (FLS) = 14] +2 Skill for 1 Kobold +5 XP(60XP) Lead 4

Passive: Help the kobold make his bed.
Craft ÔÇô Wood: 1 d 4 = 2 - +1XP

Training: +10XP Mine 2

2. NPC Actions

1 Kobold dig for Quarz (T18)
[Mine: 1 d 4 = 4]
[R17+4 S21 D20] ÔÇô success
Break 15 ÔÇô -1 Durabolity

Prisarz cares for this pet hamster.

1 Kobold makes a bed in 5 turns
Craft wood: 0+2 d 4 +2 (helper)= 6
R6+6 S12 D10 ÔÇô ongoing 3/5

Pskal + 5 kobold cook (21x meat (turtle), 3x egg (bird), 5x meat (snake), 1x stone, soft (salt), 1x unbelivable tasty stew)
[Craft - Cooking: 3 d 5 = 11]
[Craft ÔÇô Cooking: 1d 4 -2 (noskill) = 1
[Craft ÔÇô Cooking: 1d 4 -2 (noskill) = 2
[Craft ÔÇô Cooking: 1d 4 -2 (noskill) = 0
[Craft ÔÇô Cooking: 1d 4 -2 (noskill) = 1
[Craft ÔÇô Cooking: 1d 4 -2 (noskill) = 1
R11+1+2+1+1 S16 D31 ÔÇô Gain 16x mixed meat rissole

Ozt + 2 kobold stand guard.

Zi'it rests: nothing
Kaleb rests: nothing

3. Event

Good: nothing good happend ÔÇô the chance something will happen increased

Neutral: nothing neutral happend ÔÇô the chance something will happen increased

Bad: nothing bad happend ÔÇô the chance something will happen increased

4. Trader

The traders are scared.
Chance of recovery 25%. - 6

A trader visits. It's Lossa

10x meat jerky
10x dried mushrooms
10x egg powder
1x axe [wood (ash / metal (copper)]
1x breastplate (metal (copper)

5. Wandering Monster

You make it back to the mine without being attacked.

The guards see nothing.

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Krat sees the fight is over and uses his last bit of energy to crawl back to the battleground. In case it's one of the gnomes that says he can see a rib Krat will crawl towards him (or just the one breathing quickly.) He'll grab the ruby ring and put it on deciding that the blood red ruby wouldn't hurt as he grabs at the wounds with both hands on the quickly dying gnome with a big grin on his face showing his sharp teeth.
"This will hurt you more than help me, but that's alright."
Krat will then try to muster every bit of magical energy inside him, the ruby ring and in the gnomes blood in order to drain the last bit of life from him and into Krat while clenching to the wounds of the gnome.
Krats mind wanders into the deepest reaches of his inborn knowledge. He serches for raw and primal forms of magic.
His mind is suddenly overwhelmed by the image of a huge dragon coved in broken, withered black scales and a face leathered by the sun of thousends of years. The dragon sits on a crater surounded by humanoids coverd in furs and he sings in a deep voice using only the basic vocals of dragonkin. He lifts the humanoids into the air one by one ripping them limp from limp and throws them still screaming in agony into the crater producing a wet sound. Every kill he makes lets his scales look less old and dry and a faint silvery glow emanates from the crater. The faces of the remaining humanoids are twisted by fear but somehow they cant run. One of them looses consciousness and starts peeing himself.
The vision fades and he sees himself holding the ruby ring in one hand and the craws of the other hand clutching the heart of the still living gnome. Uttering a raw word of power he feels a strong pull and some things happen at the same time: The gnome withers to a dried husk, Krats near fatal wounds close and a silvery light runs from his one claw to the other stopping in the ruby.
Krat stand up again and brush a bit of the dust off him. Still inebriated by the power his claws twiches and he grins wikedly.
"That helped a lot, guess I should help with taking care of Nockit now?"

Nockit Doubles over. That was one hell of a swing that gnome took. His armor barely slowed the blow at all. But it did slow him just enough to let the blow hit. A curse upon his luck. He holds a claw over the wound, trying to slow the bleeding. He barely moves so as not to aggravate the wound. Even the slightest movement shoots excruciating pain throughout his whole body. Despite the pain he struggles to fill his lungs with enough air to squeak out a "Help!"

KnickKnack is very worried about Krat and Nockit and the injuries they have suffered, even moreso when she hears Nockit cry out - more like wheeze - for help. She tries to take care of them the best she can, but since she has no experience in first aid, she just tries to inspire Ludo to do his best to bandage Krat, and likewise Krat to patch up Nockit the best he can. "Oh my gosh, this is bad, this is BAD! But we need to keep a clear head about this. Ludo, you take care of Krat, stop the bleeding and bandage his wounds the best you can. Use some of the mint herbs, that the gnomes had with them. Krat, you do the same for Nockit, and we just might all get through this alive..."
(If the gifted kobolds are un-cooperative, she runs to fetch help from the mine, instead, since it would be too much of a risk to move the wounded.)
In any case she concludes it would be a good idea to learn some healing skills herself for the next time they get into a situation like this.
Whether or not the attempts to stop the bleeding and keep the wounded kobolds alive were successful, there is need to take them home to the mine, so KnickKnack comes up with the idea of utilizing the two willow wood they just found among the gnomes' possesion and their backpacks to construct a makeshift stretcher to get them and the loot home safely. She will gladly take one end of the stretcher and pull it, while Ludo (or, if KnickKnack had to fetch NPC kobolds, one of them) either takes the other end - so they can carry it between them - or KnickKnack drags it over the ground and Ludo (or NPC kobold, as available) follows her, using branches to smear and cover the tracks the wood poles would be leaving.

Still high on the adrenaline from the fight, Ludo glances about the clearing wildly. Seeing that several of his fellow kobolds are wounded he runs over right away, trying to decide if there's anything he can do to help. Not being a very skilled healer, he looks imploringly at KnickKnack, hoping he has some idea of what to do.

Once he has done what he can to help the other kobolds, he snatches up the gnome leader's axe, as well as some of the minor valuables he sees around the camp.

All kobold eat.
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.[tabs: In front of the cave]

Active Traps:
3x masterwork hunting snare, small [metal (iron)] [Set to capture small creatures sneaking in] [D:10]

[tabs: Ore Room]
Resources:
6x ore, high quality (copper)
2x ore, low quality (gold)

Active Traps:

[tabs: 1st Room]

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4x pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)]
2x Shovel [hard wood (oak), fire hardend / hard wood (oak]
1x rope, 15' [leather (cave lizard)]
1x masterwork anvil [metal (meteoritide)]
1x almost unusable biface [stone, soft (siltstone)]
1x cooking pot, large [metal (iron)]
1x crude loom [wood (ash)]
1x fine refining tools [metal (copper) / semi-pecious gem (rock crystal)]
4x crude floortile, stone [stone, soft (siltstone)]
5x crude nestbox [wood (aspen)]
1x scaleshine oil [herb, medical (scaleshine)]
3x crude blanket, tiny [fur (squirrel]
2x crude sewing needle [bone (squirrel)]
1x shovel [metal (iron), metal (iron)]

5x plate [chitin (spider)]

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1x knive [metal (copper) / leather (cave lizard)] Break: 20 Durability: 4/6
8x knive [metal (copper) / leather (cave lizard)]
15x arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)]
1x axe [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)]
good breast armor [leather (bat)] [9/11]

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1x mixed meat rissole

Ingediens:
4x stone, soft (salt)
15x eggs (bird)
4x egg (snake)
1x snake
11x berries, food (gooseberries)
1x entrails (snake)
1x happy-nut fruit

Recources:
1x stone, soft (siltstone)
6x magical gem (firestone)
11x firewood
1x herb, poison (wolfbane)
8x stone, hard (flint)
5x silk (gigant spider)
1x bone (rat)
4x bone (bat)
9x leather (warthog)
8x bone (warthog)
4x horn (warthog)
1x leather (rat)
5x bolt of cloth [wool (hamster, gigant)]
5x assorted trapparts [metal (copper)]
8x chitin (gigant spider)
1x monster part, silk gland (gigant spider)
8x herb, medical (mint)
2x herb, medical (nightmare bane)
4x herb, poison (ivy)
1x berries, poison (lords and ladys)
14x berries, poison (belladonna)
3x wool (gigant hamster)
2x entrails (turtle)
9x bone (turtle)
8x shell (turtle)
1x broken breast armor [leather (cave lizard)] Durability 0/6
3x gem, semi precious (malachite)
5x gem, semi precious (quarz)
3xherb, medical (nightmare bane)
1x gem, magical, cut (firestone)
2x bone (snake)

Container:
6x bag [leather (cave lizard)]
1x barrel [wood (ash) / metal (iron)]
1x barrel, small [wood (ash) / metal (iron)]
1x quiver [wood (ash)]
2x bottle (glass)

Spells:
1x Spell: Forgefire [refined magical gem (firestone) / rare wood (firelife)]
1x Spell: Healing [refined water (molten snow) / refined herb, poison (stinging nettle)]
1x Spell: Revive [refined blood (red dragon) / refined magical gem (earthbone)]

[tabs: Stone Room]
1x arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)] Break: 60 Durability: 2[/tabs]

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Zim
male
Kobold, craftman [Mine 1 Stealth 1 Heal 1]
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Isarl
male
Kobold, craftman [Mine 1 Stealth 1 Spell: Revive 1]
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Trixxa
female
Kobold, common
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)] Durability 5/7
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Uliika
female
Kobold, common
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Zeet
female
Kobold, common
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Vaina
female
Kobold, common
Shovel [hard wood (oak), fire hardend / hard wood (oak)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Kritti "Hot Glance"
female
Kobold, common
axe [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Pskal
male
Kobold, expert [+Int Mine 1 Stealth 1 Craft ÔÇô Cooking 2 Forage 1]
knive [metal (copper) / leather (cave lizard)]
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Zi'it -1 Con
male
Kobold, craftman [Mine 1 Stealth 1 Perception 1]
spear [hard wood (oak), fire hardend] To Hit: 2 Break: 30 Damage: 1d4 Durability: 5
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Juzzu
female
Kobold, common
1x chitin (gigant spider)
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Kaleb -1 Con
male
Kobold, common
bag [leather (cave lizard)]

Prisarz
male
Kobold, expert (+Wis / Mine 1 / Stealth 1 / Farm 2 / Spell:Charm Rodent (Cha) 1)
shears [metal (copper)]
Spell:Charm Rodent [refined wool (gigant hamster) / refined semi-pecious gem (Quarz)]

Ozt
parthenogenetic
Kroga, craftman [Meele ÔÇô Blunt 2 / Armor 1]
club [hard wood (oak), fire hardend]

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1 gigant hamster, male
1 strange frog (Tedook) (Not a normal species) (mutant?)

.[tabs: Krat]
Player: Theis2
Color: #8000FF
Stats:
Strength 2 Dexterity 5 Constitution 3(2) Intelligence 5 Wisdom 6 Charisma 3
Fearless Leader Score: 6

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Combat:
Dodge (Dex) 1
Ranged ÔÇô Bow & Crossbow (Dex) 2

Gathering:
Farm (Wis) 1
Forage (Wis) 2
Mine (Wis) 2

Craft:

Social:
Sense motive (Wis) 2

Knowledge:
Blood Magic (Wis) 1
Knowledge ÔÇô Magic (Int) 2
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int) 2
Knowledge ÔÇô Creatures (Int) 1

Magic:
Spell: Enchant (Wis) 2

Misc:
Perception (Wis) 2
Stealth (Dex) 2

Inventory:
1x Shortbow [wood (ash) / bow string [entrails (cave lizard)])]
15x arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)] B60 D2
1x quiver [wood (ash)]
masterwork Magnifying glass [metal(silver) / magical gem (skyclear crystal)] B35 D15
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)] B15 D7

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Round 1: Sneak up upon it
Round 2: shoot if enemy closes try to get away
Round 3: shoot if wounded or outnumbered run away if enemy seems very wounded (close to death): shoot

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1st Round: Run away.
2nd Round Run away. If being held gravel for mercy.
3rd Round Run away. If being held gravel for mercy or try to bribe the enemy.

[tabs: Nockit]
Player: ChuckDaRighteous
Color: #400000
Stats:
Strength 2 Dexterity 6 Constitution 3 Intelligence 6 Wisdom 4 Charisma 3
Fearless Leader Score: 6

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Combat:
Armor (Con) 2
Dodge (Dex) 2
Meele ÔÇô Edge (Str)
Ranged ÔÇô Bow & Crossbow (Dex) 1

Gathering:
Forage (Wis) 2
Mine (Wis) 1

Craft:
Craft ÔÇô Tailor (Int) 2

Social:
Persuade (Cha) 1

Knowledge:
Knowledge - Defensive Strategies (Int) 2
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int) 2
Knowledge ÔÇô Magic (Int) 1

Magic:
Spell: Healing (Wis) 1
Spell: Blind (Int) 1

Misc:
Perception (Wis) 2
Ride (Dex) 1
Stealth (Dex) 2

Inventory:
Shortbow [wood (ash) / bow string [entrails (cave lizard)])] To Hit: 1 Break: 30 Damage: 1d3 Durability: 2/3
9x arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)] Break: 60 Durability: 2
3x cloth wrapped arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash) / cloth (gigant hanster)] Durability: 2
2x cloth wrapped arrow, shortbow [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash) / cloth (gigant hanster)] Durability: 1/2
1x fine sword [metal (iron)]
quiver [wood (ash)]
brestplate [metal (copper)]

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1st Round: Sneak to sniping position
2nd Round: Fire upon the enemy, if allies retreat or die then retreat as well
3rd Round Keep firing upon the enemy, if charged and allies are still fighting draw knife, if allies retreat or die then retreat as well.

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1st Round: Sneak to sniping position
2nd Round: Snipe enemy or if seen run like hell
3rd Round: Snipe enemy if wounded or enemy closes to meele run away towards a trap if enemy seems very wounded (close to death): shoot

[tabs: Clink-Clank]
Player: no player ÔÇô slot free
Color: #008080
Stats:
Strength 3 Dexterity 5 Constitution 3 (1) Intelligence 4 Wisdom 4 Charisma 4
Fearless Leader Score: 5

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Combat:
Meele ÔÇô Blunt (Str) 1

Gathering:
Mine (Wis) 4

Craft:
Craft ÔÇô Metal (Int) 1
Craft - Smelting and Alloying (Int) 1

Social:
Lead (Cha) 1
Persuade (Cha) 2

Knowledge:
Heal (Int) 1

Magic:
Spell: Dragonfire (Con) 1

Misc:
Perception (Wis) 1
Stealth (Dex) 1

Equipment:
pickaxe [metal (copper) / wood (ash)] Break 15 Durability 4/7

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1st Round: Kill
2nd Round: Maim
3rd Round: Burn

[tabs: KnickKnack]
Player: GathersIngredients
Color: #FF8000
Stats:
Strength 3 Dexterity 5 Constitution 5 Intelligence 4 Wisdom 4 Charisma 4
Fearless Leader Score: 5

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Combat:
Armor (Con) 1
Dodge (Dex) 1
Meele ÔÇô Spear (Str) 1
Ranged ÔÇô Throw (Dex) 2

Gathering:
Cut Tree (Wis) 1
Forage (Wis) 3
Mine (Wis) 1

Craft:
Craft ÔÇô Bone (Int) 2
Craft ÔÇô Wood (Int) 1

Social:
Lead (Cha) 1
Persuade (Cha) 1

Knowledge:
Knowledge ÔÇô Creatures (Int) 2
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int) 2
Heal (Int) 1

Magic:
Spell:Charm Rodent (Cha) 1
Spell: Healing (Wis) 1
Spell: Dragonskin (Con) 1
Spell: Dragonfire (Con) 1

Misc:
Perception (Wis) 1
Stealth (Dex) 2

Inventory:
masterwork backpack [rare wood (floatwood) / metal (mithral) / leather (mounain troll)] Durability 30
2x spear [hard wood (oak), fire hardend] To Hit: 2 Break: 30 Damage: 1d4 Durability: 5
3x good pole [wood (ash)]
2x fine spear head, bone [bone(rat)]
1x axe [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)]
1x good javelin [bone (rat) / wood (ash)]
1x wood (ash)

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Round 1: Draw his axe and try to hit the opponent.
Round 2: try to hit the opponent, if wounded run
Round 3: try to hit the opponent, if wounded run; if near a trap and being pursued, try to lure them into the trap

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Round 1: Run like hell
Round 2: Run like hell, if there are traps in the area lead them into the traps
Round 3: Hide, if its not possible to hide run, if its not possible to run or hide beg for mercy

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Round 1: Throw a spear on nearest enemy
Round 2: Throw a spear on nearest enemy, if forced into meele hit attacker with his trusty axe
Round 3: Fight like he fought in Round 2, if an enemy is casting spells swap his target to him, if wounded run away

[tabs: Ludo]
Player: eirikdaude
Color: olive
Stats:
Strength 2 Dexterity 5 Constitution 4 Intelligence 5 Wisdom 5 Charisma 3
Fearless Leader Score: 5

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Combat:
Dodge (Dex): 2
Meele ÔÇô Edge (Str) 2
Ranged - Throw (Dex): 1

Gathering:
Forage (Wis) 2
Mine (Wis): 1

Craft:
Craft - Jewels (Int): 2

Social:
Persuade (Cha) 1

Knowledge:
Knowledge ÔÇô Creatures (Int) 1
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int): 1

Magic:

Misc:
Perception (Wis): 1
Stealth (Dex): 2

Inventory:
masterwork toolset, gemcutting [metal (mithral)]
axe [hard stone (flint) / wood (ash)]
2x spear [hard wood (oak), fire hardend] To Hit: 2 Break: 30 Damage: 1d4 Durability: 5

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Round 1: Throw stones at opponent
Round 2: Throw stones at opponent, if opponent closes to melee hit it with the axe
Round 3: Throw stones at opponent, if opponent closes to melee hit it with the axe, if more than half of Ludo's con is gone run away

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Round 1: Throw stones at opponent
Round 2: Throw stones at opponent, If getting hurt run away.
Round 3: Throw stones at opponent, If getting hurt run away, if more than half the rest of the group is killed run away.

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Round 1: Run towards settlement
Round 2: Run towards settlement, if there is somewhere to hide nearby hide
Round 3: Run settlement, if there is somewhere to hide nearby hide, if still being hunted scream for help while running some more

[/tabs]

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Ok so looking at the write up, I regained 1 con from resting, but i'm still at 0 con? Am I allowed to act now? I'm going to assume so....

Order: Tell Isarl to continue his training [+1 spell revive, +1 spell heal, +1 wis]
Active: Persuade Lossa to Gamble with him (see below) and use any proceeds (or my own money) to buy the breastplate.
Passive: heal (spell) targeting myself (hopefully with the help of someone who is also trained otherwise order 2 NPCs to help)
Training: sleight of hand (dex? wis? int? cha?) (I can see reasons for any of those stats)

@ fellow players, does anyone want any of the trade items other than the breastplate?

My persuade skill isn't great but hopefully I'll get bonuses from my fluff, natural kobold greed, and buttering her up with my offer of food?

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Ok so with my new dice, I'd like to gamble with the traders who visit. I'm assuming these are normal 6 sided dice. (Please tell me if their not, the fairy bone component makes me think maybe not.) The betting party (the traders) pick a number 2-12 and gamble x amount of money on it (15 silver limit at the moment, since I only have so much to risk). I throw the dice (praying for any number but) and if its the number they picked I pay out 3-1, otherwise I keep the money. Also while I'm learning sleight of hand now, I will not be trying it against Lossa since I'm nowhere near skilled enough. Also I'm assuming the traders have silver so they can bet, otherwise we might work something out for goods of equal value?

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"Isarl, I'm still feeling the strain of my injuries, perhaps you should continue your training in the arts of resurrection and healing. We have an obvious need of such talents."

"Lossa, good to see you again. You may have noticed I'm a little beat up at the moment. We had quite a nasty fight with some gnomes. I can't do much at the moment without risk of aggravating my injuries. So perhaps you would indulge me with a game of dice by the fire while we eat? Hopefully you won't rob me of too much of my new spoils, but it will be worth the companionship."

Nockit is greatly concerned with his injuries, he decides to try his hand at healing magic to perk himself back up. He knows he's not that skilled yet so he seeks the help over other kobolds in the attempt.

[NewOneAround]

Thats right you are concisous now. But take it easy (like you did with your actions). Every turn you stay on 0 Con might get yourself a goody...

Lossa has a bit of money and you should concider buying the food, since you asked him to bring it...

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Thats right you are concisous now. But take it easy (like you did with your actions). Every turn you stay on 0 Con might get yourself a goody...

Have I ever told you how disconcerting I find your ambiguity? Maybe that's why I'm always on the edge of my seat for another update. Still hopefully I won't stay at 0 for long.

Lossa has a bit of money and you should concider buying the food, since you asked him to bring it...

I had totally forgotten someone had asked him for that. Thank you for the reminder.

[GathersIngredients]

Yay, everybody lives! Also, might I please draw our wonderful GM's attention to the following questions/RP I wrote in my previous post? I don't mean to criticize you in any way, I'm sure those massive updates are a lot of work and hard to keep on top of everything, I just wanted to help stopping them from going under in the mass of things you need to take into account.

Questions:
Do we get FLS for defeating the gnomes?
Is there a better way to try and get Trixxa/Zi'it to come to better terms with each other again? Would the use of the persuade skill help?

@ RP with Traknesh:

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KnickKnack's eyes narrow, her tail swishing irritably as Traknesh claims that he didn't know that she wanted the wood to be saved for the traders, because she distinctly remembers him being nearby when she announced this to the whole colony. So, either he wasn't paying attention to her then or he is lying to her right now, both of which don't exactly speak for him. She stares at the claw he has placed onto her shoulder until he removes it. Then she takes a deep breath and tries the calm and reasonable approach.
"I wasn't told that we -owned- the mine, nor our fellow kobolds, but to be honest, I don't have any interest in owning members of my species. It seems wrong to me, they are living, breathing, feeling, thinking, sentient humanoids, much like us, maybe just not as talented. For me, it's good enough to be able to guide them and try to make our collective lives better. And about your offer - I think I would much prefer it, if you, instead set out to lead some the kobolds to dig another room, big enough that we can then make it into a sleeping chamber for all of the common kobolds. If you could do that, we'll all be a little more comfortable soon." KnickKnack gives a slight smile and adds: "I am unlikely to hold a grudge about the wood, but I would appreciate it, if you paid more attention to my words in the future, so things like this don't happen again."

Also, little errors that I have noted:
KnickKnack's strength still shows a 3, when it is supposed to be 4.
KnickKnack already had 19 XP in woodworking, so now she should have 20, giving her skill level 2.
Also, you didn't put the loot we got from the gnomes anywhere (at least I didn't see it), neither the distributed items nor the baskets with hebrs and stuff.
KnickKnack's loot share:

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12x coin [metal (silver)]
3x coin [metal (gold)]
1x good breast armor [leather (bat)] [9/11] Ozt will be giving this up
1x book (written in gnome ÔÇô will take some time for you to read ÔÇô 2 passive or active actions to be exact)
1x bedroll
1x sleeping bag
1x ring, engraved [metal (silver)]
1x bottle [metal (copper)] (filled with water)

@ co-players: I dunno if you wised up on it yet, but due to the fact that we have way less female kobolds in the mine than males, I - with the GM's approval - decided to swap gender on KnickKnack, making her female. I'd like you all to act like she's always been that way, if you don't mind. Thanks.

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Stats:
Strength 4 (starting bonus, turn 16)
Dexterity 5
Constitution 5 (turn 3, turn 11)
Intelligence 4
Wisdom 4
Charisma 4 (turn 7)
Fearless Leader Score: 5

Combat:
Meele ÔÇô Spear (Str) 1 - Sum = 15 XP
Ranged ÔÇô Throw (Dex) 2 - Sum = 20 XP
Dodge (Dex) 1 - Sum = 10 XP
Armor (Con) 1 - Sum = 10 XP

Gathering:
Mine (Wis) 1 - Sum = 10 XP
Cut Trees (Wis) 1 - Sum = 11 XP
Forage (Wis) 3 - Sum = 42 XP

Craft:
Craft ÔÇô Wood (Int) 2 - Sum = 20 XP
Craft ÔÇô Bone (Int) 2 - Sum = 30 XP
Craft ÔÇô food (Int) 0 - Sum = 5 XP

Social:
Persuade (Cha) 1 - Sum = 11 XP
Lead (Cha) 2 - Sum = 30 XP

Knowledge:
Knowledge ÔÇô Creatures (Int) 2 - Sum = 25 XP
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int) 2 - Sum = 36 XP
Knowledge ÔÇô Magic (Int) 0 - Sum = 1 XP
Knowledge ÔÇô Heal (Int) 1 - Sum = 15 XP

Magic:
Spell: Charm Rodent (Cha) 1 - Sum = 10 XP
Spell: Healing (Wis) 1 - Sum = 10 XP
Spell: Dragonskin (Con) 1 - Sum = 10 XP
Spell: Dragonfire (Con) 1 - Sum = 10 XP

Misc:
Perception (Wis) 1 - Sum = 11 XP
Stealth (Dex) 2 - Sum = 26 XP

KnickKnack's actions:
Active: care for all kobolds that are not at full CON (iirc, that's Zi'it, Kaleb, Krat, Nockit, Ludo), use medical herbs and bandages as available/needed [heal (Int) and/or spell: healing (Wis), as feasible]; free: order Zim to help
Passive: brew some herbal tea for the injured/sick. [craft food (Int)]; free: ask Pskal for advice/instructions before the attempt, and try to follow them.
Training: Meele ÔÇô Edge (Str)
Free: welcome Lossa and thank him for bringing food items that will keep. Offer the remaining wood (ash) we have, and some coins in exchange. (I'm willing to barter next turn, after he hopefully will tell me his prices this turn.)

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KnickKnack is very relieved that everyone made it back to the mine alive, and she keeps fussing about the injured - both in this encounter as well as previously - trying her best to help them get better, changing their bandages, making them herbal tea or poultices and offering them her sleeping bag and bedroll (one item per injured kobold, should still be an improvement to sleeping on the bare mine floor) for now (= LENDING!), so they'll be able to rest easier and gain more strength.
In the first few, critical hours, she hardly ever leaves Nockit's side, and when he finally regains consciousness, she smiles as him gently, offers him some water to drink and says - eying the gaping wound the vice-captain's axe left: "That is going to become one hell of a scar someday, but you'll be okay. You're safely back at the mine now, we all are. So be sure to rest up and take it easy for a while, okay?
...
By the way, that was an incredibly brave thing you did there, drawing his attention to you like that, when the vice captain already had downed Krat and was zeroing in on Ludo. Brave AND dumb, but brave nonetheless. I'm glad you were with us in this fight. And I'm glad you're still with us now."

She was rather appalled by what Krat did, though and she watches him closely, whenever he is around her, because the blood magic he used is making her nervous. She's not exactly avoiding him, but it's obvious that he creeps her out a little now.

Seeing how effective an axe can be wielded in battle, KnickKnack decides that this will become the weapon of her choice for fighting in melee and begins to train with these.

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KnickKnack makes time in her busy schedule to greet the trader warmly: "Lossa, so good to see you again! And you brought lots and lots of food that will keep, thank you so much for that. And not a day too soon either. Come here, sit by the fire, have some mixed meat rissole, and let's talk about business. I would like to buy all the food you have brought for the colony, but alas, the trouble we had with the local gnome population didn't allow for us to gather much wood. I will gladly offer what little we have, though and I have good hard copper coins to pay for the remainder of the supplies, hopefully. What do you say to that?"

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CRAFTING results:
When you announce that you want to craft an item you have to say how many turns you want to invest. Every turn you roll a appropriate Skill check. At the end you sum your rolls and compare them to the Difficulty.
<20% almost unusable
<50% crude
<100% rugged
<200% (normal)
<300% good
<500% fine
500%+ masterwork
You can only get maximum the quality of the components. (an almost unusable sword blade will never become a masterwork sword)

XP needed for Skill level up
lvl0 - 0
lvl1 - 10
lvl2 - 20
lvl3 - 40
lvl4 - 60
lvl5 - 90
etc.
or in words every two lvl the xp you need to raise one lvl increases by 10
(+10+10+20+20+30+30+40+40)

You get a Stat-Point for:
Getting 1 skill to lvl 10
Getting 2 skills to lvl 6
Getting 3 skills to lvl 3
Getting 5 skills to lvl 1

ANATOMY OF A TURN
1. PC Actions
Every PC can do three things per Turn.
Active Action (Scouting, Fighting a Wandering Monster with known location, visiting a location, Casting a Active Spell, etc)
Passive Action (Crafting, Casting a Passive Spell, Foraging, Barter with trader etc)
Training Action (gain xp in a skill you did not use. Can not be highest two skills or tied with them)

2. NPC Actions
Every NPC can do ONE of three things per Turn.
Active Action (Scouting, Fighting a Wandering Monster with known location, visiting a location, Casting a Active Spell, etc)
Passive Action (Crafting, Casting a Passive Spell, Foraging, etc)
Training Action (try to raise in rank)

3. Event
There are three types of events. Positive, negative, neutral.
For every type of event there is a chance per Turn it will happen.

4. Trader
A kobold trader of your clan will visit every few turns.
You can buy from them, sell them stuff and request trade goods.
There are at least 4 different traders and its random who will visit.

5. Wandering Monster
There are three types of monster (includes humanoids) in the region. Friendly, negative, neutral.
There are chances to encounter monster while working. (scouting, foraging, building outside)
There is a chance that a monster comes close to the cave.

SKILL LIST
Not complete. If I see the need of another skill it will be added.
Meele ÔÇô Edge (Str)
Meele ÔÇô Blunt (Str)
Meele ÔÇô Spear (Str)
Meele ÔÇô Natural (Str)
Melee ÔÇô Magic & misc (Str)

Ranged ÔÇô Throw (Dex)
Ranged ÔÇô Bow & Crossbow (Dex)
Ranged ÔÇô Magic & misc (Dex)

Armor (Con)
Shield (Con)
Dodge (Dex)

Craft ÔÇô Stone (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Tailor (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Smith (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Jewels (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Wood (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Bone (Int)
Craft ÔÇô Food (Int)

Lead (Cha)
Persuade (Cha)
Lie (Cha)
Sense Motive (Wis)

Magic ÔÇô By Spell (Int or Wis or Cha or Con)
Identity - active - Identifies something -> Int
Dragonskin - passive - Gives Soak -> Con
Dragonfire - weapon - Deals fire Damage -> Con
Summon lesser [fire, acid, earth] Elemental - passive - Summons a elemental (must be activated as Passive Action every turn or it vanishes) -> Cha
Create lesser Undead - active - Creates a Zombie or Skeleton. You can control up to Wisdom+Constitution Undead -> Con
Forgefire - passive - Fuels smelter and forges -> Con
Enchant - active - Adds minor enchantments to Items -> Wis
Poison - active - Poisons Items (Weapons, foodstuff) -> Int
Healing - passive, weapon - weapon: heals a constitution damage to one creature in combat, passive heals more than one creature -> Wis
Blind - weapon - blinds a creature -> Int
revive - passive - Wis
charm rodent - passive, weapon - Cha

[And you just need the spell and skill. Crafting the spell you can use EVERYTHING.
Take raw material. Refine it. Craft spell.
Using raw material that makes sense gives a bonus to Durability (uses). Using firestone for summon lesser fire elemental -> bonus.]

Knowledge ÔÇô Creatures (Int)
Knowledge ÔÇô Nature & Minerals (Int)
Knowledge ÔÇô Magic (Int)

Mine (Wis)
Forage (Wis)
Cut Trees (Wis)
Farm (Wis)

Stealth (Dex)
Perception (Wis)
Heal (Int)

A skill-check is made by rolling [Skill]d[Stat]. [Example: Kobold with Mine 3 and Wis 5 rolls 3d5 on a Mine-check.]
Using a skill without skill is 1d[stat] -2 (no skill). Minimum possible roll is 0. [Example: Kobold with cut trees 0 and Wis 4 rolls 1d4 -2 on a Cut trees-check]

Info on breeding:
1d6 turns until they lay 1d6-2 eggs.
3d4 turns until they hatch.
10 turns until they can work.
If it's a new couple, they will be bonded and after their eggs hatch they have 25% chance to get another clutch ready to lay.
(so after you allow so 14-28 turns later you get up to 4 new worker. 10 turns they need to be fed and can only do stuff like add +1 to cooking or mining)
The eggs need breeding boxes or nests (wool,fur,hay). The little guys need food and perhaps someone to make sure they don't go to the wrong directions.
You do not need a skill to raise kids, but a few skills that might help (Heal, Spell Heal, Spell Revive, Perception, Sense Motive, Persuade)

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Also, little errors that I have noted:

lol you're turning into me.....

@ co-players: I dunno if you wised up on it yet, but due to the fact that we have way less female kobolds in the mine than males, I - with the GM's approval - decided to swap gender on KnickKnack, making her female. I'd like you all to act like she's always been that way, if you don't mind. Thanks.

uh... or maybe not. In all seriousness though thank you. Not just because it gives us more breeding options but because I find it much easier on the brain when the pronoun of the character matches that of the player.

KnickKnack's actions:
Active: care for all kobolds that are not at full CON, use medical herbs and bandages as available/needed [heal (Int) and/or spell: healing (Wis), as feasible]; free: order Zim to help

Since I'm going for one big group-cast heal spell I'd like it if that was combined with my action. I think that may have been your intention but I wanted clarify. Also, I somehow missed it when Zim gained heal and didn't notice it till you pointed it out. Rather than go digging around through the last few pages does someone mind telling me if thats spell- heal or knowledge - heal?

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In the first few, critical hours, she hardly ever leaves Nockit's side, and when he finally regains consciousness, she smiles at him gently, offers him some water to drink and says - eying the gaping wound the vice-captain's axe left: "That is going to become one hell of a scar someday, but you'll be okay. You're safely back at the mine now, we all are. So be sure to rest up and take it easy for a while, okay?
Nockit stirs, at KnickKnack's words but winces in pain when he tries to move. "You don't have to worry about that. I don't feel like I'll be moving around too much anytime soon. But thank you for your concern."
By the way, that was an incredibly brave thing you did there, drawing his attention to you like that, when the vice captain already had downed Krat and was zeroing in on Ludo. Brave AND dumb, but brave nonetheless. I'm glad you were with us in this fight. And I'm glad you're still with us now."
When she calls him dumb, Nockit chuckles a little before the movement sends pain shooting through his body. "At the moment I am more inclined to agree with your assessment of dumb than anything else. Still, none of you had any armor on. I survived but he might have outright killed one of you. I could never cower behind an unarmored comrade. If you had died because I had acted in cowardice I would have never forgiven myself. Speaking of which, did everyone else survive as well? And please in the name of Vixareticz the great, tell me we looted their armor. I'd rather not have to act as the dumb one again any time soon.

Also with all the healing going on I was looking to see how many bandages we had left and didn't see any. I haven't noticed them in any inventory (my own or the generic mine resources). Nor have I seen reference to their use in the write ups. Where are we at on them?

And while on the subject of mistakes I should have int 7.

[GathersIngredients]

Since I'm going for one big group-cast heal spell I'd like it if that was combined with my action. I think that may have been your intention but I wanted clarify. Also, I somehow missed it when Zim gained heal and didn't notice it till you pointed it out. Rather than go digging around through the last few pages does someone mind telling me if thats spell- heal or knowledge - heal?

Zim has Knowledge healing (Int). So non-magical. And you can view that info easily in the NPC spoiler of the update post.

Also, if I understood the way magic works in this game, you have to CRAFT a spell first (that's what the skill is for) - out of two refined materials, too! - and then anyone can use the spell.
@ GM, is that correct, or does the skill in a spell aid someone who USES the spell, too?

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crafting a spell you use any two materials.
if you make an enchant spell from refined clay and refined water you don't have to be surprised it has only durability 1.
fire stone is magical equals higher durability for spells. it is better suited to build fire spells (even higher durability).
you need a second material to craft the enchant spell.

to refine stuff: Knowledge - Magic (Int)
refine 1 [whatever] has Difficulty 15

Refine Raw Material
Skill: Knowledge ÔÇô Magic
Material: 1 [Raw Material]
Tool needed: [1 refining tool]
Yield: 1 piece
Difficulty: 15

to craft the spell: skill in this spell.
Craft Spell Circle 1 [most of the spells you know]
Difficulty 25

Whereas the Knowledge skill healing can be used without fancy (crafted) materials (safe for bandages and/or herbs, the latter of which we currently have aplenty - 8 mint leaves, 5 nightmare bane according to my count). That's why I am usually trying to go for the Knowledge skill, instead of the spell.
I found that Nockit made 5x bandages [wool (gigant hamster)] in turn 12, but I never saw them afterwards. I know that one got used and one got broken when healing Ozt in the very same turn. Therefore there should be 3 of them left, I think.

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When she calls him dumb, Nockit chuckles a little before the movement sends pain shooting through his body. "At the moment I am more inclined to agree with your assessment of dumb than anything else. Still, none of you had any armor on. I survived but he might have outright killed one of you. I could never cower behind an unarmored comrade. If you had died because I had acted in cowardice I would have never forgiven myself. Speaking of which, did everyone else survive as well? And please in the name of Vixareticz the great, tell me we looted their armor. I'd rather not have to act as the dumb one again any time soon.
KnickKnack chuckles in kind. "Well, there's still a difference between just not cowering behind an unarmored peer and jumping in front of them, yelling at the attacker like crazy."
She can't help but smile when Nockit says that he couldn't forgive himself, if she had died, and gives him a long, thoughtful and somewhat inquisitive look, then finally clears her throat to say: "Yes, as I mentioned previously, we all made it back to the mine safe and sound. And we took all the gnomes' belongings with us, and also tried to obscure any traces of us, the fight and any tracks leading back to the mine. We spread the bodies out a little, so hopefully scavengers will find them quickly, leaving any gnomes that might try and investigate the fates of their comrades none the wiser.
During the fight you, Ludo and Krat got hurt, but Ludo and Krat - who did something ..." KnickKnack hesitates and bites her lips in her search for the right words, her eyes darting uncomfortably around the room and her tail swishing from side to side repeatedly at the recollection of Krat's deed "...unusual to patch himself up - are up and about already. Still, I think it would be safer to see to their - and anyone else's - wounds or other ailments, apply herbs and switch bandages as needed. If you are feeling up for that, you are more than welcome to help Zim and me with that." KnickKnack grins at Nockit and adds in a small voice. "That way I would be able to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't overexert yourself..."

[Theis2]

I don't think Krats constitution is updated, neither is his inventory

Active: Cover tracks, make the attack look like it came from necromancers.
Passive: Continue refining the firestone
Training: Blood magic

Krat still feeling the rush of power from his magic attempts seems completely unphased by KnickKnacks reaction and simply smiles. What to do with the dried husk of a gnome puzzled his mind for a moment, but decides to do nothing. That doesn't look like anything a kobold would be able to do under normal circumstances, which might just save them from accussations. That sparkled an idea from him.
"You go ahead and transport the loot back except for one empty basket, I'll cover our tracks here."
Once the others are far enough away to not really see what he is doing, to avoid disturbing KnickKnack anymore than she already have been, Krat starts his work.
He moves over to the vice captains corpse (or one that isn't a dried husk if that was him) and starts tearing it up completely using his sharp claws, trying to salvage any bone he comes by and putting them in the basket. He tries to keep the bones in the foot still connected and use them to make tracks leading away from the mine along with some humanoid tracks using the boots. He stops after 20 meters or so where the skeleton and humanoid tracks will suddenly vanish at the same point. He also spreads a bit of meat along the skeleton tracks as flesh falling off along the way. After that is done, he'll grab the basket with the bones and head back home, trying his best to cover his own and the other kobolds tracks especially near the battlefield.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Zim has Knowledge healing (Int). So non-magical. And you can view that info easily in the NPC spoiler of the update post.

Unfortunately that just says heal, which could refer to either, which is why I wasn't sure.

Whereas the Knowledge skill healing can be used without fancy (crafted) materials (safe for bandages and/or herbs, the latter of which we currently have aplenty - 8 mint leaves, 5 nightmare bane according to my count). That's why I am usually trying to go for the Knowledge skill, instead of the spell.

I'm generally going for knowledge over spell since int is one of my two main stats and wis isn't and bandages are easier to make than spells. However, the other difference if I understand it right, is that the knowledge skill improves the chance of naturally restoring con per turn, while the spell restores con outright. I'd rather use the spell in instances that risk death or permanent damage. From what I recall, the chance of +1 con on resting is 10% + 10% per turn rested. A successful bandage attempt improves that chance + 50%. I have no idea what using a raw herb or a crafted salve would add. Nor do I know what a heal attempt without materials adds (I'm assuming its less than the 50% from the bandages, but at least 10%). I believe I'm at 10 (base chance) + (whatever I got from the heal attempt on me) + 10 (resting last turn). I think I'm in the 30%-60% range. With the chance of permanent damage being at 25%, the odds are favorable I'll heal and not take damage, but not so favorable I want to risk it.

I found that Nockit made 5x bandages [wool (gigant hamster)] in turn 12, but I never saw them afterwards. I know that one got used and one got broken when healing Ozt in the very same turn. Therefore there should be 3 of them left, I think.

That's what I came up with too. But I'm wondering if in any were used in any other heal attempt. Perhaps on me? It didn't see it anywhere but I wanted to confirm with the GM.

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When she calls him dumb, Nockit chuckles a little before the movement sends pain shooting through his body. "At the moment I am more inclined to agree with your assessment of dumb than anything else. Still, none of you had any armor on. I survived but he might have outright killed one of you. I could never cower behind an unarmored comrade. If you had died because I had acted in cowardice I would have never forgiven myself. Speaking of which, did everyone else survive as well? And please in the name of Vixareticz the great, tell me we looted their armor. I'd rather not have to act as the dumb one again any time soon.
KnickKnack chuckles in kind. "Well, there's still a difference between just not cowering behind an unarmored peer and jumping in front of them, yelling at the attacker like crazy."
She can't help but smile when Nockit says that he couldn't forgive himself, if she had died, and gives him a long, thoughtful and somewhat inquisitive look, then finally clears her throat to say: "Yes, as I mentioned previously, we all made it back to the mine safe and sound. And we took all the gnomes' belongings with us, and also tried to obscure any traces of us, the fight and any tracks leading back to the mine. We spread the bodies out a little, so hopefully scavengers will find them quickly, leaving any gnomes that might try and investigate the fates of their comrades none the wiser.
During the fight you, Ludo and Krat got hurt, but Ludo and Krat - who did something ..." KnickKnack hesitates and bites her lips in her search for the right words, her eyes darting uncomfortably around the room and her tail swishing from side to side repeatedly at the recollection of Krat's deed "...unusual to patch himself up - are up and about already. Still, I think it would be safer to see to their - and anyone else's - wounds or other ailments, apply herbs and switch bandages as needed. If you are feeling up for that, you are more than welcome to help Zim and me with that." KnickKnack grins at Nockit and adds in a small voice. "That way I would be able to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't overexert yourself..."
Nockit feels his heart lighten. There is something wonderful about knowing someone else cares about you. When they had come to the mine they had all been strangers, but he had now forged a strong bond one of his fellow Kobolds. "I think I can manage that. Though I still feel weak. Help me up and give me a shoulder to lean on and I should be fine. If not, well, like you said I'll be under your caring gaze, so I have nothing to worry about. I trust you to keep me well."

[GathersIngredients]

Well, we always could use the 1x Spell: Healing [refined water (molten snow) / refined herb, poison (stinging nettle)] we got lying around in the 1st room. Do you want to do that? Your char's life is on the line, so IMHO, it's your call much more than anyone else's.

Also, I think Traknesh healed Krat before he went out to join the gnome fight (at least Krat asked him to do that, and T agreed). That might have used another bandage, but that should still leave us with 2 more...

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Nockit feels his heart lighten. There is something wonderful about knowing someone else cares about you. When they had come to the mine they had all been strangers, but he had now forged a strong bond one of his fellow Kobolds. "I think I can manage that. Though I still feel weak. Help me up and give me a shoulder to lean on and I should be fine. If not, well, like you said I'll be under your caring gaze, so I have nothing to worry about. I trust you to keep me well."
"Certainly." KnickKnack nods and offers whatever aid she can with her muscular body to assist Nockit in getting around the mine as needed, always remaining mindful not to hurt him or cause his wounds to break open again.

By the way, I gathered some more useful info in the resource thread, just in case anyone wants to look it over for missing/wrong pieces.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Well, we always could use the 1x Spell: Healing [refined water (molten snow) / refined herb, poison (stinging nettle)] we got lying around in the 1st room. Do you want to do that? Your char's life is on the line, so IMHO, it's your call much more than anyone else's.

Yeah I think I'd like to go down that route. Looking at the data you compiled (Thank you) it looks like Traknesh has 2 in spell - heal, so maybe we can get assistance from him as well. Otherwise, you and I are the only 2 trained in the spell.

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Nockit feels his heart lighten. There is something wonderful about knowing someone else cares about you. When they had come to the mine they had all been strangers, but he had now forged a strong bond one of his fellow Kobolds. "I think I can manage that. Though I still feel weak. Help me up and give me a shoulder to lean on and I should be fine. If not, well, like you said I'll be under your caring gaze, so I have nothing to worry about. I trust you to keep me well."
"Certainly." KnickKnack nods and offers whatever aid she can with her muscular body to assist Nockit in getting around the mine as needed, always remaining mindful not to hurt him or cause his wounds to break open again.
Nockit is glad to have the assistance. Despite her strength, he finds KnickKnack's touch to be quite gentle. While he hates being in a weakened dependent state, he doesn't seem to mind her help. Her assistance is actually quite pleasant. He catches himself leaning his head on her shoulder at times. And he's not entirely sure its because he's tired.

I'm just following your lead and whatever inspiration strikes, but if we keep this up I think we may end up turning this game into a trashy romance novel before the next update.

By the way, I gathered some more useful info in the resource thread, just in case anyone wants to look it over for missing/wrong pieces.

Thank you for putting in all the time and effort. At a glance it looks great, but I'll give it a more thorough viewing when I get an opportunity.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

So I was double checking KnickKnacks add up of Traknesh's skills on the resource thread since she said she'd only done rough calculations. I noticed something. On both turn 8 and 9: success +5XP +2 Skill Forage Gains Lead (Cha) 3. Which would mean he was 5 xp further along. And according to my addition, it means he would have gained lead 4 a turn sooner and an extra dice this last turn. But then again his actions on turn 9 don't quite seem to make sense, as he was leading kobolds in an actions they didn't take.

[GathersIngredients]

Yeah I think I'd like to go down that route. Looking at the data you compiled (Thank you) it looks like Traknesh has 2 in spell - heal, so maybe we can get assistance from him as well. Otherwise, you and I are the only 2 trained in the spell.

Fine, let's try the spell then. If you want Traknesh to chip in, though, you'd better have Nockit ask him, KnickKnack is not exactly feeling like speaking to him (except with her fists, maybe), now that he used up almost all the wood and Lossa has come with trading goods.

I'm just following your lead and whatever inspiration strikes, but if we keep this up I think we may end up turning this game into a trashy romance novel before the next update.

You make it sound as if that would be a bad thing... Besides, so far, I fail to see the romance part, up to now it's just KnickKnack being concerned for the colony member that almost kicked the bucket (and did NOT do some creepy stuff to safe themselves. ).
And may I remind you that this whole 'get the chars together, maybe' was -your- idea? If I may quote:

Well in that case.... want to go on a date?

as soon as you learned about me planning to swap KnickKnack's gender for the good of the colony.
Did you expect for Nockit to just ask 'wanna reproduce?' and for KnickKnack to say 'Sure, I can take one for the colony, I suppose.' ?
If you want that kind of relationship, I remember NOA saying that practically we could order our NPC kobolds around to even -that- extent (I didn't ASK for that information, though, it was offered to me unsolicited!), so maybe Nockit would be happier with ... Kritti "Hot Glance", for example?
If you want Nockit to have a chance to reproduce with a gifted kobold, though, he'll have to do it the old fashioned way and woo KnickKnack. (Or hope that another player char will swap gender, or a player takes over the vacant slot and makes a female character AND is being... more ... co-operative. )

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Nockit is glad to have the assistance. Despite her strength, he finds KnickKnack's touch to be quite gentle. While he hates being in a weakened dependent state, he doesn't seem to mind her help. Her assistance is actually quite pleasant. He catches himself leaning his head on her shoulder at times. And he's not entirely sure its because he's tired.
KnickKnack gives Nockit a puzzled side-glance and raises her eyebrows (or whatever equivalent kobolds have), when she feels him rest his head on her shoulder like that. "Are you sure this it not too strenuous for you in your current condition?" genuine concern discernible in the tone of her voice.

Thank you for putting in all the time and effort. At a glance it looks great, but I'll give it a more thorough viewing when I get an opportunity.

*nods* It's nice to be appreciated. And have someone take a look at what I did, so errors are spotted easier.

So I was double checking KnickKnacks add up of Traknesh's skills on the resource thread since she said she'd only done rough calculations. I noticed something. On both turn 8 and 9: success +5XP +2 Skill Forage Gains Lead (Cha) 3. Which would mean he was 5 xp further along. And according to my addition, it means he would have gained lead 4 a turn sooner and an extra dice this last turn. But then again his actions on turn 9 don't quite seem to make sense, as he was leading kobolds in an actions they didn't take.

Thanks. Like I said in the thread over there, I only took any 'gains skill level X' in the update texts into account, because it was SO much work to begin with to check and copy all his actions and add those together, and at some point I got fed up and didn't want to bother adding every single XP anymore. I did edit in the new updated calculation that you did into the resource thread. I can try to keep up with that from now on, as it will be a lot less work with only 3 actions from one update at the same time.

[ChuckDaRighteous]

Yeah I think I'd like to go down that route. Looking at the data you compiled (Thank you) it looks like Traknesh has 2 in spell - heal, so maybe we can get assistance from him as well. Otherwise, you and I are the only 2 trained in the spell.

Fine, let's try the spell then. If you want Traknesh to chip in, though, you'd better have Nockit ask him, KnickKnack is not exactly feeling like speaking to him (except with her fists, maybe), now that he used up almost all the wood and Lossa has come with trading goods.

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Though, he doesn't particularly like dealing with Traknesh, Nockit knows he is a skilled spell caster. And while he would prefer to be able to do it on his own, his condition is bad enough that he decides to suck up his pride and ask for help. "Traknesh, I'm aware that you have some knowledge of the heal spell, would you mind assisting in a group casting of the spell?"

You make it sound as if that would be a bad thing... Besides, so far, I fail to see the romance part, up to now it's just KnickKnack being concerned for the colony member that almost kicked the bucket (and did NOT do some creepy stuff to safe themselves. ).

Well you have to have some build up. Otherwise it is a blunt "wanna reproduce?" situation, which you don't want and I would find boring. But if you want me to speed it up I can.

And may I remind you that this whole 'get the chars together, maybe' was -your- idea? If I may quote:

Well in that case.... want to go on a date?

as soon as you learned about me planning to swap KnickKnack's gender for the good of the colony.

Well you may recall my original plan had been to troll you by competing for the affections of the same kobold. Since you were so concerned about reproduction I figured that would be some fun RP, but you had to go and swap genders. Seducing you was plan B. (out of context that may be the most offensive thing I've ever said to a woman)

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Nockit is glad to have the assistance. Despite her strength, he finds KnickKnack's touch to be quite gentle. While he hates being in a weakened dependent state, he doesn't seem to mind her help. Her assistance is actually quite pleasant. He catches himself leaning his head on her shoulder at times. And he's not entirely sure its because he's tired.
KnickKnack gives Nockit a puzzled side-glance and raises her eyebrows (or whatever equivalent kobolds have), when she feels him rest his head on her shoulder like that. "Are you sure this it not too strenuous for you in your current condition?" genuine concern discernible in the tone of her voice.
A greatly embarrassed Nockit jerks his head off her shoulder, only to feel a sharp pain from the sudden movement. "Sorry, I'm fine. I'll admit I'm tired, but I'm still to the task. It was just so comfortable leaning against you, my mind got lost against your skin. After sleeping in the dirt so much recently, I think I could sleep for months curled up against your shoulder."

[GathersIngredients]

Well you have to have some build up. Otherwise it is a blunt "wanna reproduce?" situation, which you don't want and I would find boring. But if you want me to speed it up I can.

Agreed, the build up is part of the fun. So I wouldn't dream of asking you to speed it up.

Well you may recall my original plan had been to troll you by competing for the affections of the same kobold. Since you were so concerned about reproduction I figured that would be some fun RP, but you had to go and swap genders. Seducing you was plan B. (out of context that may be the most offensive thing I've ever said to a woman)

So NOT commenting any further on this.

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A greatly embarrassed Nockit jerks his head off her shoulder, only to feel a sharp pain from the sudden movement. "Sorry, I'm fine. I'll admit I'm tired, but I'm still up to the task. It was just so comfortable leaning against you, my mind got lost against your skin. After sleeping in the dirt so much recently, I think I could sleep for months curled up against your shoulder."
KnickKnack looks pensively for a while, trying to make sense of what Nockit said, the meaning behind his words. Was he trying to insult her or compliment her? Was she this boring to him, that he would lose his mind and sleep in her presence for months, or did she just about have as much use to him as a piece of furniture? If I ever want to have a career as a sofa, I'd be sure to give him a call... KnickKnack rolled her eyes and smirked savagely at herself. Or... was he simply trying to tell her that he found her presence comforting? KnickKnack sways her tail from side to side slowly, contemplating this, and finally settles on saying: "Well, now that we have ransacked the camping equipment from the gnomes, you won't have to sleep on the bare ground much longer."
After a little while she makes up her mind, smiles at him kindly and points out: "Also, I didn't tell you to move..."

[ChuckDaRighteous]

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In the first few, critical hours, she hardly ever leaves Nockit's side, and when he finally regains consciousness, she smiles at him gently, offers him some water to drink and says - eying the gaping wound the vice-captain's axe left: "That is going to become one hell of a scar someday, but you'll be okay. You're safely back at the mine now, we all are. So be sure to rest up and take it easy for a while, okay?
Nockit stirs, at KnickKnack's words but winces in pain when he tries to move. "You don't have to worry about that. I don't feel like I'll be moving around too much anytime soon. But thank you for your concern."
By the way, that was an incredibly brave thing you did there, drawing his attention to you like that, when the vice captain already had downed Krat and was zeroing in on Ludo. Brave AND dumb, but brave nonetheless. I'm glad you were with us in this fight. And I'm glad you're still with us now."
When she calls him dumb, Nockit chuckles a little before the movement sends pain shooting through his body. "At the moment I am more inclined to agree with your assessment of dumb than anything else. Still, none of you had any armor on. I survived but he might have outright killed one of you. I could never cower behind an unarmored comrade. If you had died because I had acted in cowardice I would have never forgiven myself. Speaking of which, did everyone else survive as well? And please in the name of Vixareticz the great, tell me we looted their armor. I'd rather not have to act as the dumb one again any time soon.
KnickKnack chuckles in kind. "Well, there's still a difference between just not cowering behind an unarmored peer and jumping in front of them, yelling at the attacker like crazy."
She can't help but smile when Nockit says that he couldn't forgive himself, if she had died, and gives him a long, thoughtful and somewhat inquisitive look, then finally clears her throat to say: "Yes, as I mentioned previously, we all made it back to the mine safe and sound. And we took all the gnomes' belongings with us, and also tried to obscure any traces of us, the fight and any tracks leading back to the mine. We spread the bodies out a little, so hopefully scavengers will find them quickly, leaving any gnomes that might try and investigate the fates of their comrades none the wiser.
During the fight you, Ludo and Krat got hurt, but Ludo and Krat - who did something ..." KnickKnack hesitates and bites her lips in her search for the right words, her eyes darting uncomfortably around the room and her tail swishing from side to side repeatedly at the recollection of Krat's deed "...unusual to patch himself up - are up and about already. Still, I think it would be safer to see to their - and anyone else's - wounds or other ailments, apply herbs and switch bandages as needed. If you are feeling up for that, you are more than welcome to help Zim and me with that." KnickKnack grins at Nockit and adds in a small voice. "That way I would be able to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't overexert yourself..."
Nockit feels his heart lighten. There is something wonderful about knowing someone else cares about you. When they had come to the mine they had all been strangers, but he had now forged a strong bond one of his fellow Kobolds. "I think I can manage that. Though I still feel weak. Help me up and give me a shoulder to lean on and I should be fine. If not, well, like you said I'll be under your caring gaze, so I have nothing to worry about. I trust you to keep me well."
"Certainly." KnickKnack nods and offers whatever aid she can with her muscular body to assist Nockit in getting around the mine as needed, always remaining mindful not to hurt him or cause his wounds to break open again.
Nockit is glad to have the assistance. Despite her strength, he finds KnickKnack's touch to be quite gentle. While he hates being in a weakened dependent state, he doesn't seem to mind her help. Her assistance is actually quite pleasant. He catches himself leaning his head on her shoulder at times. And he's not entirely sure its because he's tired.
KnickKnack gives Nockit a puzzled side-glance and raises her eyebrows (or whatever equivalent kobolds have), when she feels him rest his head on her shoulder like that. "Are you sure this it not too strenuous for you in your current condition?" genuine concern discernible in the tone of her voice.
A greatly embarrassed Nockit jerks his head off her shoulder, only to feel a sharp pain from the sudden movement. "Sorry, I'm fine. I'll admit I'm tired, but I'm still up to the task. It was just so comfortable leaning against you, my mind got lost against your skin. After sleeping in the dirt so much recently, I think I could sleep for months curled up against your shoulder."
KnickKnack looks pensively for a while, trying to make sense of what Nockit said, the meaning behind his words. Was he trying to insult her or compliment her? Was she this boring to him, that he would lose his mind and sleep in her presence for months, or did she just about have as much use to him as a piece of furniture? If I ever want to have a career as a sofa, I'd be sure to give him a call... KnickKnack rolled her eyes and smirked savagely at herself. Or... was he simply trying to tell her that he found her presence comforting? KnickKnack sways her tail from side to side slowly, contemplating this, and finally settles on saying: "Well, now that we have ransacked the camping equipment from the gnomes, you won't have to sleep on the bare ground much longer."
After a little while she makes up her mind, smiles at him kindly and points out: "Also, I didn't tell you to move..."
Nockit notices Knickknack contemplating his words in her head. He knows he said something wrong. Again. He never was good with words. When she mentions that he can rest on the camping equipment instead of her, its definitely confirmed. He somehow insulted her. Now he needs to figure out how to get himself out of this mess. But before he can come up the words, she speaks again telling him he didn't have to move. Now he was just confused. Unsure of how to proceed, he stammers out a weak "Thank you" before tentatively putting his head back on her shoulder. Her grasp was still gentle and comforting so perhaps she wasn't offended. "You've been very generous with your care." He almost says more but thinks it wiser to stop there before he ends up with his tail in his mouth again.

[GathersIngredients]

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Is there any reason why you put the whole RP into one big post just now? I suppose there is, hence I followed your lead, but I'm curious about the 'why', too. ^^

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In the first few, critical hours she hardly ever leaves Nockit's side, and when he finally regains consciousness she smiles at him gently, offers him some water to drink and says - eying the gaping wound the vice-captain's axe left: "That is going to become one hell of a scar someday, but you'll be okay. You're safely back at the mine now, we all are. So be sure to rest up and take it easy for a while, okay?
Nockit stirs, at KnickKnack's words but winces in pain when he tries to move. "You don't have to worry about that. I don't feel like I'll be moving around too much anytime soon. But thank you for your concern."
By the way, that was an incredibly brave thing you did there, drawing his attention to you like that, when the vice captain already had downed Krat and was zeroing in on Ludo. Brave AND dumb, but brave nonetheless. I'm glad you were with us in this fight. And I'm glad you're still with us now."
When she calls him dumb, Nockit chuckles a little before the movement sends pain shooting through his body. "At the moment I am more inclined to agree with your assessment of dumb than anything else. Still, none of you had any armor on. I survived but he might have outright killed one of you. I could never cower behind an unarmored comrade. If you had died because I had acted in cowardice I would have never forgiven myself. Speaking of which, did everyone else survive as well? And please in the name of Vixareticz the great, tell me we looted their armor. I'd rather not have to act as the dumb one again any time soon.
KnickKnack chuckles in kind. "Well, there's still a difference between just not cowering behind an unarmored peer and jumping in front of them, yelling at the attacker like crazy."
She can't help but smile when Nockit says that he couldn't forgive himself, if she had died, and gives him a long, thoughtful and somewhat inquisitive look, then finally clears her throat to say: "Yes, as I mentioned previously, we all made it back to the mine safe and sound. And we took all the gnomes' belongings with us, and also tried to obscure any traces of us, the fight and any tracks leading back to the mine. We spread the bodies out a little, so hopefully scavengers will find them quickly, leaving any gnomes that might try and investigate the fates of their comrades none the wiser.
During the fight you, Ludo and Krat got hurt, but Ludo and Krat - who did something ..." KnickKnack hesitates and bites her lips in her search for the right words, her eyes darting uncomfortably around the room and her tail swishing from side to side repeatedly at the recollection of Krat's deed "...unusual to patch himself up - are up and about already. Still, I think it would be safer to see to their - and anyone else's - wounds or other ailments, apply herbs and switch bandages as needed. If you are feeling up for that, you are more than welcome to help Zim and me with that." KnickKnack grins at Nockit and adds in a small voice. "That way I would be able to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't overexert yourself..."
Nockit feels his heart lighten. There is something wonderful about knowing someone else cares about you. When they had come to the mine they had all been strangers, but he had now forged a strong bond with one of his fellow Kobolds. "I think I can manage that. Though I still feel weak. Help me up and give me a shoulder to lean on and I should be fine. If not, well, like you said I'll be under your caring gaze, so I have nothing to worry about. I trust you to keep me well."
"Certainly." KnickKnack nods and offers whatever aid she can with her muscular body to assist Nockit in getting around the mine as needed, always remaining mindful not to hurt him or cause his wounds to break open again.
Nockit is glad to have the assistance. Despite her strength, he finds KnickKnack's touch to be quite gentle. While he hates being in a weakened dependent state, he doesn't seem to mind her help. Her assistance is actually quite pleasant. He catches himself leaning his head on her shoulder at times. And he's not entirely sure its because he's tired.
KnickKnack gives Nockit a puzzled side-glance and raises her eyebrows (or whatever equivalent kobolds have), when she feels him rest his head on her shoulder like that. "Are you sure this it not too strenuous for you in your current condition?" genuine concern discernible in the tone of her voice.
A greatly embarrassed Nockit jerks his head off her shoulder, only to feel a sharp pain from the sudden movement. "Sorry, I'm fine. I'll admit I'm tired, but I'm still up to the task. It was just so comfortable leaning against you, my mind got lost against your skin. After sleeping in the dirt so much recently, I think I could sleep for months curled up against your shoulder."
KnickKnack looks pensively for a while, attempting to make sense of what Nockit said, the meaning behind his words. Is he trying to insult her or compliment her? Is she this boring to him, that he would lose his mind and sleep in her presence for months, or did she just about have as much use to him as a piece of furniture? If I ever want to have a career as a sofa, I'll be sure to give him a call... KnickKnack rolls her eyes and smirks savagely at herself. Or... is he simply trying to tell her that he found her company comforting? KnickKnack sways her tail from side to side slowly, contemplating this, and finally settles on saying: "Well, now that we have ransacked the camping equipment from the gnomes, you won't have to sleep on the bare ground much longer."
After a little while she makes up her mind, smiles at him kindly and points out: "Also, I didn't tell you to move..."
Nockit notices Knickknack contemplating his words in her head. He knows he said something wrong. Again. He never was good with words. When she mentions that he can rest on the camping equipment instead of her, it's definitely confirmed. He somehow insulted her. Now he needs to figure out how to get himself out of this mess. But before he can come up the words, she speaks again telling him he didn't have to move. Now he is just confused. Unsure of how to proceed, he stammers out a weak "Thank you" before tentatively putting his head back on her shoulder. Her grasp was still gentle and comforting so perhaps she isn't offended. "You've been very generous with your care." He almost says more but thinks it wiser to stop there before he ends up with his tail in his mouth again.
KnickKnack feels a hint of worry at the sheer feebleness of Nockit's "Thank you," but nods approvingly when he lays his head back onto her shoulder.
She's used to carrying around lots of stuff, due to her tendency to inspect, collect and keep pretty much anything, her habit causing her load to grow quite heavy at times, even more so ever since she has arrived at this mine with loads of interesting and useful items to be discovered, brought home and examined or used. She quietly enjoys lending her strength to others, who need it. One might say: She's buff, so others don't have to be.
"Rest, if you're tired, I don't mind helping out at all. In fact, I enjoy putting my abilities to good use and what better use is there, than aiding a fellow kobold? If you prefer, I could probably offer you a piggy back ride - I'm accustomed to hauling my backpack around, after all - or maybe even carry you in my arms; both of these options are bound to be less taxing than walking, even with support." KnickKnack looks at Nockit, awaiting his reaction to her proposition.

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Is there any reason why you put the whole RP into one big post just now? I suppose there is, hence I followed your lead, but I'm curious about the 'why', too. ^^

I wanted to read the whole thing straight through so I copy pasted everything. Then I figured others might want too so I just posted the whole thing. Considered waiting till the end but figured it would be a lot more work by then. I figured if I compiled every few posts it would make it easier. Meant to post my logic with the last post but must have accidentally deleted it in all the cut/paste because I could have sworn I wrote it.

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Nockit notices Knickknack contemplating his words in her head. He knows he said something wrong. Again. He never was good with words. When she mentions that he can rest on the camping equipment instead of her, it's definitely confirmed. He somehow insulted her. Now he needs to figure out how to get himself out of this mess. But before he can come up the words, she speaks again telling him he didn't have to move. Now he is just confused. Unsure of how to proceed, he stammers out a weak "Thank you" before tentatively putting his head back on her shoulder. Her grasp was still gentle and comforting so perhaps she isn't offended. "You've been very generous with your care." He almost says more but thinks it wiser to stop there before he ends up with his tail in his mouth again.
KnickKnack feels a hint of worry at the sheer feebleness of Nockit's "Thank you," but nods approvingly when he lays his head back onto her shoulder.
She's used to carrying around lots of stuff, due to her tendency to inspect, collect and keep pretty much anything, her habit causing her load to grow quite heavy at times, even more so ever since she has arrived at this mine with loads of interesting and useful items to be discovered, brought home and examined or used. She quietly enjoys lending her strength to others, who need it. One might say: She's buff, so others don't have to be.
"Rest, if you're tired, I don't mind helping out at all. In fact, I enjoy putting my abilities to good use and what better use is there, than aiding a fellow kobold? If you prefer, I could probably offer you a piggy back ride - I'm accustomed to hauling my backpack around, after all - or maybe even carry you in my arms; both of these options are bound to be less taxing than walking, even with support." KnickKnack looks at Nockit, awaiting his reaction to her proposition.
Nockit is surprised by The offer. He considers it in his head. A piggy back ride would press his wound up against her skin, and that would be more harmful than anything. Being carried wouldn't hurt his wound, but it would hurt his pride. It wouldn't be that bad except he wanted to ask Traknesh for help with a healing spell if they ran into him. It was bad enough dealing with the greedy bastard standing, but asking him for a favor in an embarrassing position would be too much. The problem was how to refuse KnickKnack without offending her. He already felt like he was on shaky ground and didn't want to make things worse, particularly since she was probably the fellow gifted he got along best with. He sees her waiting for an answer, and has to say something. Stall! "Actually do you mind first stopping for a moment? I'd like to check my wound." He prolongs a wince to make his stop believable. As he begins to sit down, it comes to him. "Perhaps we should keep all the wounded in one place, from now on. Despite your help it is taxing getting around in this condition."

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a) thanks for the explanation Btw, I took the liberty of swapping out the odd word (e.g. I wrote presence twice in one single passage, and switched out one of those with company) eliminating surplus commas and the like in the big post up there.
b) where is his wound, anyways? Just curious.

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Nockit is surprised by The offer. He considers it in his head. A piggy back ride would press his wound up against her skin, and that would be more harmful than anything. Being carried wouldn't hurt his wound, but it would hurt his pride. It wouldn't be that bad except he wanted to ask Traknesh for help with a healing spell if they ran into him. It was bad enough dealing with the greedy bastard standing, but asking him for a favor in an embarrassing position would be too much. The problem was how to refuse KnickKnack without offending her. He already felt like he was on shaky ground and didn't want to make things worse, particularly since she was probably the fellow gifted he got along best with. He sees her waiting for an answer, and has to say something. Stall! "Actually do you mind first stopping for a moment? I'd like to check my wound." He prolongs a wince to make his stop believable. As he begins to sit down, it comes to him. "Perhaps we should keep all the wounded in one place, from now on. Despite your help it is taxing getting around in this condition."
KnickKnack does her best to help Nockit sit, lowering him down to the ground gently, keeping a firm, but mindful hold of him until she made sure he can't fall, then retracting her hands carefully.
Reflecting upon his idea, she shakes her head slightly. "That wouldn't be very feasible in our current situation, I think, because most of them are not that badly off, that they aren't performing important duties for the colony. But it would probably come in handy in the future, especially if the gnomes from the village the three we encountered were talking about, find this mine and it's occupants - that might end rather bloody." KnickKnack frowns a little at the prospect a fully fledged war isn't something she is looking forward to. Yet, it's better to prepare for the worst and hope it doesn't come to pass, than just hope for the best and ignore the signs of potential trouble brewing.
"I have asked Traknesh - who has offered to take some kobold commoners into the forest to gather more wood, kind of as recompense for him using up most of our meager supply which I was hoping to trade for food that keeps with Lossa - to get them to dig out a room that could be henceforth used as dormitory, instead. He said he would do so, after finishing the bed he and another kobold are working on." KnickKnack rolls her eyes a little at this point, unable to completely withhold her... annoyance with Traknesh looking out mostly and only for himself, rather than having the common good for everyone in mind, even though she is trying.
"But back to the new room: With the bedrolls and sleeping bags, that should provide a suitable place where injured and sick members of our group can recuperate. Perhaps we could even follow Traknesh's example and put in floor tiles."
KnickKnack smiles in spite of herself and gets a dreamy, faraway look in her eyes at the thought of a nice room to sleep in, even if it would be 'just' a common room for everyone for now. Still, better than huddling together for warmth on the raw floor in the entrance room, the room with the lake, the room with the ongoing mining or the room with the spider infestation. Much better...