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Radisshu

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So in the original NES version Matoya's broom talked backwards, but what's the code now?
 

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Brother None said:

Oh god... :lol: not sure if this is incline or decline of Roger Corman....



Radisshu said:
So in the original NES version Matoya's broom talked backwards, but what's the code now?

Hey I didn't know of that code thing. Interesting... very interesting...
 

spekkio

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Phew. I finally had some time to catch up.

Keep up the good fight, great stuff so far.

This:

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made me :lol: .

Anyway:

BRO, DONT ABANDON BROS IN COLD BRO.
 

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I don't wan't to be rude, dude, but... where's the goddamn' update?

:rpgcodex:

With posters as prestigious as Andyhairax, mr Murrow or Brother None posting in this thread, you have no reasons to be an hero attention whore for at least 2 or 3 pages...
 

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Man, don't rough him up like that, spekkio. You gotta treasure your LP talents! Coach em up! Support em!

We are with you, Ghostdog! :salute:

(do update though)
 

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Sorry for the delay, but I got a day job a couple of days ago and LPing has to be my night-job now. I'll try to update... soonish.
 

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There's one question that haunts our heroes minds... where the hell should they look for this Astos guy. One of the Linkeys has an interesting piece of info :

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Hmm, this may be a good place to start looking.

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Where was that castle ?

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Somewhere to the north-east.

OneEye.png
[Perception] That sounds like a clue !



From The Annals Of The Black Company, 223/8 :


The elves are no different from the others, they too want us to solve all their problems. This time it's their prince that needs saving. Astos, the king of the dark elves cursed him to everlasting sleep, a curse we wouldn't mind too much if we got it ourselves, after this long and tiring trip.

Their prince can sleep the big sleep for all we care, but it seems we need to find Astos if we want to get hold of the mystic key, a key that would give us access to a lot of treasures and, who knows, even a way to get back to our own land. As it is, fate played one of her tricks again and we're once more forced into a contract we don't really want. But we will prevail, the company always does.







CHAPTER 7 : THE CROWN AND THE RING - PART I







Time to kill things. For money.

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These Ogres are the best source of income and even though they hit back hard, they're less of a nuisance than most monsters in the area.

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Oh yeah, most of the monsters here can poison you and let me tell you, that's no fun at all. There are also undead that can paralyze you and you better pray they don't paralyze your priest, because then things will get tough.

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Basically, the trick is to run away from packs of monsters that give you status ailments and kill mostly Ogres. Our tactics are brilliant, as always :


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... ...
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... ...
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... ...
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...

...

...

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Ok, now we have enough money to buy a couple of level 3 spells.

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We get Fire2 and Heal1 and then we go back out to kill more monsters. Let's try that Fire 2 spell...

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Me likes ! (It targets all enemies :D )


Monster killing takes us north...

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At some point we see a structure in the distance :

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Raven.png
This must be the castle we heard about.

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It seems deserted...

Captain.png
There's a door ahead, let's check it out.

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Croaker.png
Astos ?!

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Nah, he's too fat and old...

Raven.png
What the hell is he doing here, in an otherwise completely deserted castle ?

Captain.png
Let's ask him.

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Raven.png
Goddamn, this Astos is one thorough bastard.

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Yeah, he's picked this castle clean. Took everything that wasn't nailed down.

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I'm starting to admire that dude.

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But where can we find him ?

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Captain.png
Look, We don't want any crowns. We just want Astos.

Raven.png
ASTOS. You know... the guy that stole all your stuff ?

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:facepalm:

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I don't think we're getting through to him...

Raven.png
Give me two minutes with him, Boss. TWO minutes.

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Find The Crown and you'll find Astos.

OneEye.png
Wadaya know, suddenly he started singing !

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I don't like this. It feels like another loser wants us to do all the hard work for him. Pro Boner.

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... Pro BONO.

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Whatever the hell you call it it's still goddamn CHARITY !

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Charity is a good thing ! Watch... each time I slap my hands, one child in Africa dies !

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Then stop slapping your goddamn hands ! :roll:

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Captain.png
Let's search around, maybe there's something left for us to take.

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Not likely. The way Astos works, we wont even find the shitter.

Croaker.png
Hey, there's another room here !

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Croaker.png
Meh, typical :/

Captain.png
We should get back to monster-killing, at least it's lucrative business...


And that's what we do. We fight Ogres, werewolves and goblins...

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And then head back to town to buy the rest of the Level 3 spells. Bind and Bolt2 for One-Eye and Cure2 and Dia2 for Croaker.

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Let's see where we are now... Hey, Level 9, not bad !

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We stock up on potions and antidotes and go on to search for that marsh cave.

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After a long trek eastwards and south, we see a big hole on the ground...

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Croaker.png
This must be the Marsh cave.

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Astos better be here...

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If this is another red herring, heads are gonna roll.

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Marsh cave. The rape is about to start...



+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-> NEXT : THE CROWN AND THE RING - PART II (duh)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 

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spekkio said:
Good job as always.

We need a new page methinks...

:obviously:

Me agrees...

Thank you ghostdog for sacrificing yourself so that rest of us won't have to play this grindfest. :salute:
 

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From The Annals Of The Black Company, 223/9 :


We stumble around in the dark without reason. We delude ourselves by thinking that we simply go after the Mystic key and the vast riches it promises, but after all this time we're still where we started. Notions about returning to our own lands, we dare not even speak, as we've found nothing that could even give us the thinnest glimmer of hope.

Instead, we constantly manage to find ourselves entangled in other people's problems. Willing or not, somehow we get drafted to aid them in their causes. A witch that has lost her crystal eye, an elven Prince cursed to eternal slumber, a decadent king seeking to find his crown. Pursuing these quests we've come upon the Marsh Caves, a complex of underground caverns filled with deadly monsters and other, even more sinister perils. Once more we march against impossible odds, but if these Annals have taught us something it's that this is the fate of the Company...



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Welcome to the infamous marsh cave ! If you try to play it the usual way -kill everything you come across- you're fucked. All enemies here can give you status ailments, they are strong and attack in numbers. Some of them even have high resistances...









CHAPTER 8 : THE CROWN AND THE RING - PART II








We decide to head south. Eventually, we find a ladder going down.

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Captain.png
Hmm, there must a second level...

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Beware, Green Slimes !

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UGNHHH !!

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:Swings sword:

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What the hell ?! Captain, your damage was only for 1 hit point !

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:shock: Everyone, retreat !

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Gah, it poisoned me !

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Stand still, let me give you the antidote...

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Damn... these monsters play rough.

Captain.png
Ok, from now on we run from all battles. Capish ?

Raven.png
Ingenious strategy Captain !

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Indeed, this day will be remembered in the Annals as one of the most glorious for the Black Company...

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Yeah, yeah, yeah... Move on you maggots !


The ladder brings us even deeper inside the cave...

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We decide to take on a band of undead for the glory of the Company and because DIA pawns them easily... :smug:

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And finally we find some treasure !

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Meh, cheap bastards. We can get that much from 2 encounters. We move on to find more useless treasure...

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Yay. Completely worthless. We have much better weapons by now. Maybe the next chest will give us something good :

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OneEye.png
I really hate this dungeon.

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Overpowered enemies, status ailments and lousy treasure... what's not to like ?

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Look ! There's a Staircase that goes downwards...

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Great. Let's go and get buried deeper in this pool of shit.


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:smug:


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More treasure, it seems...

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At last, something we can use ! Captain will look good in it.
Further on, One-Eye decides to try out his new Bolt2 spell...

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Pretty good damage. The Bolt spells are probably the best elemental damage dealing spells of the game.

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And guess what, we actually find another piece of good treasure !

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At the southern part of the cave, we enter a chamber somewhat different...

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Hmm... Those statues are strange.

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... Treasure chest !

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Keep your paws away. this one's mine !


We greedily run to open the treasure chest, WHEN SUDDENLY

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Piscodemons are guarding it. It's a battle we can't avoid. These bastards mean business.

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We throw everything we have on them...

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And victory is ours ! Let's see what's in that damn chest...

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Croaker.png
Hey, that's what the man in the ruined castle wanted.

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We found the crown, but I don't see Astos around.

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That fatso has some explaining to do. If he doesn't deliver, he's dead meat.

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Before we leave let's explore this cave some more. I think I saw more chambers to the south...

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You know something ? We REALLY need to find that key.

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No shit Croaker.

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Ok, that does it. We're leaving this filthy hole. We'll head back to the western keep.

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'Bout goddamn time...


And to the keep we go...

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We've found the crown, but not Astos.

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You better know where he is, buster !

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What's wrong with him ?

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Is he having a fit ?

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Guys, I think he's trying to laugh...

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Suddenly everything makes sense !!

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It does ??

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Whoa, he's transforming into something !

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Ancient spirits of evil... transform this decayed form... TO ASTOS, THE EVER-LIVING !


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You're one ugly muthafucka.


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Croaker.png
I wasn't aware that with a crown and a crystal eye, you can become the king of elves.

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Yeah, you should definitely need a magic ring to go with all that stuff...

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Look out, he's making his move !



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MUHAHAHAHAHAHHA !!!!


OneEye.png
Oh crap.


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Captain.png
Croaker, raise Raven's defense. One-eye increase my attack !

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Right on. SHIELD !

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STEEL be with you !

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All right ! Now we'll kick his sorry ass !

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Stay alert, he's casting a spell !

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Captain.png
What the... !!

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:rage:

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Shit ! Captain's down !

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Don't worry, we'll get him to a priest. Three of us are more than enough to take this sucker down !

OneEye.png
We are ?

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Hit him with everything you've got !

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We're not hitting him, HE is hitting us !

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He's getting ready for another spell !

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We're fucked.

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It's that reaper spell again !

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We're really fucked.

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:rage::rage:

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Shit ! Croaker's down !

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Don't worry, we'll get him to a priest. Two of us are more than enough to take this sucker down !

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We are ?

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Eh... not really. Maybe we should get the hell out of here...

OneEye.png
I wholeheartedly agree. RUN !!

Too late.

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:rage::rage::rage::rage:


Ok that didn't go as planned. Astos is a very good magic user. Let's reload and seek other ways to approach this battle :

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Crap, I'm slow !

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You sure are... :smug:

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He seems like a potent magician, any ideas ?

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I'll raise your attacks with STEEL. His physical resistances can't be that good.

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I'll try to silence him, if I succeed he'll be totally useless.

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I'll go for the jugular !

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All right, let's do it !

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Bingo ! He's mute as a fish.

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Give him hell !

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:yeah:

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Fuck yeah, we vaporized him !

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Gimme phat loot baby !

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The Crystal Eye... Isn't this what that witch up north wanted ?

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Yeah, the pieces are coming together.

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We'll have to go all the way back there...

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Backtracking is a bitch.

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You can say that again...

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Backtrack-

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OneEye.png
Ahem. Let's get going.






++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-> NEXT : WITCHES BREW
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A Skyway cameo in mah FF game? R00fles!

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:lol:

And I see Silence works well in this game's boss battles, too.
 

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Crooked Bee said:
And I see Silence works well in this game's boss battles, too.

Thank god it does, because most other offensive spells are useless.
 

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Your support is much appreciated Bee, :love:

But this LP is so dead it can't even reach another page. Since nobody really gives a shit about this larping and frankly it takes much more time to come up with all that crap I'm writing than a ormal LP, I think it's about time we declared this one as another one of my LP failures.
 

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Oh gosh you of little faith. Your call, dawg, but really, in that case I should've abandoned my own FF LP long ago; after all, I always had to bump it to the next page myself. :cry: Of course you're a celebrity LPer and all, I understand your frustration, but mang, am I disappoint.
:rpgcodex:

You could just do away with the LARPing if that takes too much time and do a regular LP, by the way. ;)
But anywayz,
:love:
 

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Crooked Bee said:
Oh gosh you of little faith. Your call, dawg, but really, in that case I should've abandoned my own FF LP long ago; after all, I always had to bump it to the next page myself. :cry: Of course you're a celebrity LPer and all, I understand your frustration, but mang, am I disappoint.
:rpgcodex:
But anywayz,
:love:

I second that.

Well, it is certainly good stuff out there brother. However, even for an amazing Let's player such as yourself the game may be too much of an inane drivel. Without you writing all that stuff, it would have been unbearable. Thank you for enduring so much for our entertainment. :salute:

Whether you continue or not... It's your call. I would very much like to see this LP finalised.
 

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Good going so far. LARPing is probably the only way to get this thing going. Funny how compared to this, the SNES FF-games are ez-mode popamole shit :D

You can keep it up!

Oh and Bee, my LP is only mostly dead, not completely.
 

Kz3r0

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Give up man, I played both of this FF, it still gives me chronic depression.
:salute:
 

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No, ghostdog, what probably happens is that you're butthurt that Dragon Age 2 didn't have enough gay dwarf sex :troll:


Now stop angsting and please post an update, I care not if you stop larping :rpgcodex:


Oh, and also,

BUMP
 

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I don't think I can bring myself to LP this game without larping. It was fun while it lasted.

Sorry for the angst. I should have let this one die silently.
 

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