I grab the Clockbreaker and the Can of MediMist. I squeeze the trigger of the Can and time freeze it at that exact moment in time. I stick the can in my back pocket. Now, so long as I am in a state wherein I am conscious, I can continue to maintain the timestop, and I continue to do so. On the off chance that I become too injured to maintain it, or otherwise choose to desist in doing so the Can will resume time and spray me. It's an automatic heal saved for later! Clever, I know.

With my second action, I gather some corpses and add them to my inventory. I also analyze them for anything useful they may have in or on them.

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 7/9.
Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 2/??

continuing making the Aspect Write-up while also practicing to use the Timekeepers

V2 places down the SHODDY LAMPPOST next to the ALCHEMITER, before foraging for an 8-BALL of a more MAGIC sort

EYE OF ENGLISH 2/11

CRAPPY SPEAR && TASER 1/?

((One person. The sheriff is crazy so it fits, sort of.))
"Imps or humans... well, we don't have any imps... This seems to be a bit difficult to negotiate..." The sheriff smiles. That's the greatest plan ever. The sheriff goes into negotiation with... the pile of corpses. Yes, that will work marvelously. They're obviously the sheriff's enemy. It's the only thing the Nightmare refuses to eat/kill, and, let's all be honest, no one really wants a pile of corpses laying around. And so the negotiations begin.
The sheriff starts by proclaiming what he wants: food for the Nightmare. Immediately, the corpses assume the worst. They hiss, moan, scream at him that this is madness. There is no way they are feeding some of their own to that monstrosity. Through the chaos and clamor, the sheriff slams his fist down on the table (or other flat surface), calling for silence. The corpses calm down, waiting to hear what the sheriff has to say. The sheriff explains that the Nightmare won't eat dead corpses. The corpses all sigh in relief. The sheriff continues, stating how he needs imps to feed to the Nightmare. The corpses find this to be somewhat reasonable, even though they don't see how they can help. Finally, the sheriff moves to do his closing statement. He stands upon the table (flat surface) they are negotiating around. Then, he says the most inspirational thing he can, "Y'all a bunch of no good bandits who should go die in a hole." ... Well then...
The negotiations immediately go sour. So sour, in fact, that the negotiation roll auto-rolls a one. Somehow, the pile of corpses summon 2 Brute Imps to attack the sheriff, just as he had planned. The Nightmare watches as the Brute Imps show up, licking its lips, imagining the taste of Imp flesh. It rushes forwards and immediately knocks one of the Brute Imps and starts biting at it, trying to eat it as fast as possible. As the sheriff watches this, he feels proud of his negotiation. However, this thought is immediately knocked out of his skull as the other Brute Imp starts beating him up.
Alchemies:
Atomic Tophat || Court Wizards = Queen’s Topper 6/6
High Noon && Tazer = Blue Moon 3/11

Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 3/11.
Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker 2/?
I turn to everyone. "Hey guys, I get a sense that we should get moving. We might get pinned down by more imps and such..." I just then notice the Sheriff"s antics. "And I don't think anyone wants to be surrounded by them, discluding only the horse. All in favor of heading, I dunno, let's go with North, and see how that goes?"

"Hopefully, wherever we're going, there's trees around. I need trees. Are there any trees around here?"

Cybernetic Arm || (Paper Glyph Glove || [Lighter && Taser]) = Mars 7/10
(Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = ??? 2/?

I sneak up on the Brute Imp attacking O.R.I.G.I.N. and pounce on it, Smoke n' Stab in hand, pushing it off of him. Immediately, I spray smoke into its face before slicing up minor blood vessels, aiming to leave it too weakened to fight, but still alive for the Nightmare to consume.

I search the restaurant for a spoon. Sorry, but I don't wanna pay for the utensil triforce.

QUOTE (Nedben @ Apr 25 2019, 09:58 PM)

Winetaster && Scroll of Curaga = Dionysus Canteen 5/11 Dice && Court Wizards = Blackjack Baton 5/8 Acquire seeds from the various fruits and vegetables and whatnot, then start setting up a garden in the alchemiter fort. It seems we will have to leave this universe to survive, because nothing less will escape the miles.

You begin setting up a garden.

QUOTE (ApexUltimo @ Apr 25 2019, 10:09 PM)

oh god my head argh why did i let you guys convince me that cooking our friends to get high was a good idea oof Ahem. As I recover from my agony, I make a drawing of a collar to take my mind off the pain. If only we had one of those for Pope... Oh, right. Alchemiter. In preparation, I cut off some skin from the ogre head, as a base. Just so the thing doesn't end up being made of paper. (Lab Coat || Shattered Timekeepers) && (Messiah Robes || Architect's Trident) = Clockwork Power Armor 11/11 Cybernetic Arm || (Paper Glyph Glove || [Lighter && Taser]) =  Mars 6/10 (Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = ??? 1/? Taking the ball, I play fetch with Pope. Fostering healthy relationships with your comrades-in-arms is always important, after all, especially in these bleak times. Also, I'm training my throwing arm (the one that isn't made of metal and wiring). Yeah, that's totally why I'm doing this. Once that's done, I don my Clockwork Power Armor over my Phoenix Robes and attach the Dog Emblem, and decked out in full battle gear, I... Sit down and read the Book of Consort Knowledge, starting from SBURBan Survival. There's nothing to kill, after all.

Remember kids: don’t do drugs. Unless you need them for medical purposes. Or you’re bored. Hey, I can’t stop you.
(Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = Skaiatech™ Omega Collar. 1/9.
You discover some magical power of bullshit preventing you from equipping two armors at once, so the Robes are swapped out for Power Armor, which grants +4 AC, but prevents you from dodging.
You play with Pope. Good dog. Best friend.
CHAPTER ONE
= - = SBURBan Survival = - =
/wip

QUOTE (Winkins @ Apr 25 2019, 10:36 PM)

Glasses && Battery = Zap Lenses. (Level 2: 3/3.) DONE! Camo Suit && Taser = ElectriSuit (Level 4: 3/5) Seeing as the dog is a normal Doggo, I simply allow it to sniff me and proceed to scratch and pet the normal Doggo. I immerse myself in this feeling of fur and Doggy goodness, washing away my earlier mood and get ready to do something productive. Shaking my limbs of any numbness, I practice some body movements and start trying to be more "sneaky" in my actions, this includes scouting areas which we haven't explored, but without alerting or making to much commotion.

You play with pope. I decide to formalize this as raising a stat, and pope gains +15% Affection.
You gain +2 EXP from your stretching.

QUOTE (TotallyNotDagoth @ Apr 25 2019, 11:09 PM)

Messiah Robes && Lab Coat = Developer’s Coat. 7/8 8-Ball && Stick = Vantablack Stick 6/8 The stick is raised in the air triumphantly, and Old Man Dagoth hoots southernly. He then begins moving out from the current area to see if there any shops with goodies to search around in.

You search around, teaming up with Winkins. You discover three roads leading from this area. One leads to a partially drowned road, but you feel a sense of treasure coming from it. How do you have a sense of treasure? I dunno.
One leads down farther, to the outskirts of town.
And the final one is covered in rubble, rubble, and more rubble. It’d be hard to traverse, but possible.

QUOTE (Ender_Smirk @ Apr 25 2019, 11:38 PM)

Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 3/11. I am running out of ideas. I don't have anything good at the moment... Wait. Do I... Just a second. Furious Strife Specibus checking. I am an idiot. I have had this toy sword this whole time in my bladekind specibus. It is even a toy Master Sword, for crying out loud! Why did I not remember about this? I feel like a moron. On that subject, time to get to useful work. Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker 1/?

+1 Toy Master Sword, free item used. I should add that to the rules, shouldn’t I…
Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker = Discount Regisword. 1/8.

QUOTE (Nedben @ Apr 26 2019, 12:40 AM)

Winetaster && Scroll of Curaga = Dionysus Canteen 6/11 Dice && Court Wizards = Blackjack Baton 6/8 Reinforce, you say? Let's search for some anime merchandise, preferably Nanoha or Fate/, then. Double the Nedben, double the searching!

Shitidontknowanime
You roll a [6], and then a [9], finding nothing…
But since you used your whole post to search, I’ll be generous and give you a +1 to each, boosting them up to [7] And [10]. You find a Fate Poster.
((OOC: Ned, would you mind PMing the basics of Fate so I can actually come up with alchemy results for the poster?))

QUOTE (Winkins @ Apr 27 2019, 02:28 AM)

Crappy Spear || Kitchen Knife = ??? (1/?) Camo Suit && Taser = ElectriSuit (Level 4: 4/5) I continue experimenting with this whole "Camouflaged, but can still get around" idea all the while exploring for new areas and experience.

Crappy Spear || Kitchen Knife = Dualblade Staff (Level 4: 1/5.)
You continue searching, finding what Dagoth found but netting another +2 EXP.

QUOTE (Paradoxdragonpaci @ Apr 27 2019, 02:29 AM)

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 6/9. Shattered Timekeepers || Build Poster) && (Needlewands && Quill Wands) = Oblivion’s Timekeepers. 11/11(done last turn??) I render my Heirfree Hood PROTECTIVE while I begin writing out the 12 Aspects and a basic summary of their properties onto a sheet of paper,using both sides Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt  1/??

You try and add protective to the Heirfree Hood.. but it seems it’s reached the max amount of abilities for its level. Darn.
You consume one piece of paper and begin writing. (Aspect Paper: 1/3 written.)
Protective Heirfree Hood && (Messiah Robes && Paper Glyphfueled jacket) || Camo Shirt = Archmage’s Robes. (Level 10: 1/11)

QUOTE (ThatOtherGuy @ Apr 27 2019, 03:13 AM)

MENU ---Talents--- Dexteritous af :V Light Screen ---Alchemy--- [1,2] Can of Medimist && Heirfree Hood = Sylph's Dress 6/10 Masquerade Mask || Royale's Robes = Queen's Mask 5/7 ---Inventory--- Rebel's Recipebooklet 3rd edition Can of MeditMist^tm The Clockbreaker Magic Cueball I grab the Clockbreaker and the Can of MediMist. I squeeze the trigger of the Can and time freeze it at that exact moment in time. I stick the can in my back pocket. Now, so long as I am in a state wherein I am conscious, I can continue to maintain the timestop, and I continue to do so. On the off chance that I become too injured to maintain it, or otherwise choose to desist in doing so the Can will resume time and spray me. It's an automatic heal saved for later! Clever, I know. With my second action, I gather some corpses and add them to my inventory. I also analyze them for anything useful they may have in or on them.

You use 1 use of the MediMist, and prepare a heal. The first time you die, you will be revived at 5 HP.
You analyze the corpses. I’ll count this as a search roll with a buff.
[18+1=19]
..well then.
Telescope found. Instant Noodles found.

QUOTE (Paradoxdragonpaci @ Apr 27 2019, 07:19 AM)

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 7/9. Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 2/?? continuing making the Aspect Write-up while also practicing to use the Timekeepers

(Aspect Paper: 2/3 Written)

QUOTE (A Blessed Feline @ Apr 27 2019, 09:47 AM)

V2 places down the SHODDY LAMPPOST next to the ALCHEMITER, before foraging for an 8-BALL of a more MAGIC sort EYE OF ENGLISH 2/11 CRAPPY SPEAR && TASER 1/?

Crappy Spear && Taser = Cattle Prod. (Level 3: 1/4.)

QUOTE (O.R.I.G.I.N. @ Apr 27 2019, 02:41 PM)

((One person. The sheriff is crazy so it fits, sort of.)) "Imps or humans... well, we don't have any imps... This seems to be a bit difficult to negotiate..." The sheriff smiles. That's the greatest plan ever. The sheriff goes into negotiation with... the pile of corpses. Yes, that will work marvelously. They're obviously the sheriff's enemy. It's the only thing the Nightmare refuses to eat/kill, and, let's all be honest, no one really wants a pile of corpses laying around. And so the negotiations begin. The sheriff starts by proclaiming what he wants: food for the Nightmare. Immediately, the corpses assume the worst. They hiss, moan, scream at him that this is madness. There is no way they are feeding some of their own to that monstrosity. Through the chaos and clamor, the sheriff slams his fist down on the table (or other flat surface), calling for silence. The corpses calm down, waiting to hear what the sheriff has to say. The sheriff explains that the Nightmare won't eat dead corpses. The corpses all sigh in relief. The sheriff continues, stating how he needs imps to feed to the Nightmare. The corpses find this to be somewhat reasonable, even though they don't see how they can help. Finally, the sheriff moves to do his closing statement. He stands upon the table (flat surface) they are negotiating around. Then, he says the most inspirational thing he can, "Y'all a bunch of no good bandits who should go die in a hole." ... Well then... The negotiations immediately go sour. So sour, in fact, that the negotiation roll auto-rolls a one. Somehow, the pile of corpses summon 2 Brute Imps to attack the sheriff, just as he had planned. The Nightmare watches as the Brute Imps show up, licking its lips, imagining the taste of Imp flesh. It rushes forwards and immediately knocks one of the Brute Imps and starts biting at it, trying to eat it as fast as possible. As the sheriff watches this, he feels proud of his negotiation. However, this thought is immediately knocked out of his skull as the other Brute Imp starts beating him up. Alchemies: Atomic Tophat || Court Wizards = Queen’s Topper 6/6 High Noon && Tazer = Blue Moon 3/11

You engage in negotiation, which I won’t describe since you so kindly did that for me.
2 Brute imps summoned, 1 promptly killed, 2 damage to the other.

QUOTE (Ender_Smirk @ Apr 27 2019, 03:00 PM)

Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 3/11. Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker 2/? I turn to everyone. "Hey guys, I get a sense that we should get moving. We might get pinned down by more imps and such..." I just then notice the Sheriff"s antics. "And I don't think anyone wants to be surrounded by them, discluding only the horse. All in favor of heading, I dunno, let's go with North, and see how that goes?"

#thegate

QUOTE (ApexUltimo @ Apr 27 2019, 04:32 PM)

"Hopefully, wherever we're going, there's trees around. I need trees. Are there any trees around here?" Cybernetic Arm || (Paper Glyph Glove || [Lighter && Taser]) = Mars 7/10 (Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = ??? 2/? I sneak up on the Brute Imp attacking O.R.I.G.I.N. and pounce on it, Smoke n' Stab in hand, pushing it off of him. Immediately, I spray smoke into its face before slicing up minor blood vessels, aiming to leave it too weakened to fight, but still alive for the Nightmare to consume. I search the restaurant for a spoon. Sorry, but I don't wanna pay for the utensil triforce.

You deal a restrained 3 damage to the Imp, knocking it down to 1 HP. The nightmare promptly eats it, and burps, satisfied. Its hunger has been sated.
EOTB:
Pope rolls around. Some imps take a peek, ready for combat, then promptly flee upon seeing your group.
Now for Regen…
Everyone regains 1 health.
The tomatoes gain +2% growth.
[EVI] Pile of Corpses. What the hell.

[PLR-TOG] Pope the Doggo. 15/15 Hp. 25% Dodge. Affection: 15%.
[H-ORIGIN??] Weak Nightmare. 29/34 Hp. 1 AC. Hungry.
[NED-UND] Imps. 5/5 x 3 Hp. 1 Regen.
[PLR] O.R.I.G.I.N: 12/20 HP.
[PLR] Ender_Smirk: 16/20 HP.
[PLR] V2: 20/20. 1 HP Regen. 1 AC.
[PLR] Old Man Dagoth. 13/20 HP.
[PLR] ApexUltimo. 17/20 Hp. 4 AC. Cannot dodge.
[PLR] Nedben2: 20/20 HP. 15% dodge chance. Imps might defect. -1 AC.
[PLR] Nedben: 14/20 HP.
[PLR] Paradoxdragonpaci: 21/21 HP. 25% Dodge. Half damage from DoT effects.
[PLR] TOG. 16/20 Hp. Will revive at 5 HP instantly upon death, once.
[PLR] Winkins/Camo Guy. 20/20 Hp. 25% Dodge.
[PLR-OBJ] Mirror. 3/3 Hp. Bodyguarding TOG. Enemies are less likely to attack it.
Alchemiter Walls. 30/30 HP. Defenses: Clothes.
Inside: A Firepit. The Alchemiter! Garden.
[PLR-EVI] Nedben’s Garden.
Planted:
Tomato x 3. Growth: 7%.
OTHER:
Dog Emblem: Tier One.
[Dog Emblem] Bark for Aid: III READY!

Ah, horticulture! Time to spice things up.
I take the Architect's Trident, Merlin's Wizsticks and Hellminer, and head on over to our pile of infinite rocks. With the rocks, I build up a compost bed and throw in some paper scraps, grass clippings, a couple of the corpses, clothes from our infinite pile (ones that are made out of entirely organic materials), loose hair from us and Pope and, if there are trees around ("seriously, do we have any trees?"), I add leaves and pieces of bark from them.
I take more fruits from the restaurant, multiply them and the veggies with the Wizsticks, and, once they have been deprived of their seeds, I throw them into the bed too, leaving a few fruits and veggies left over, at least one of each kind. I use the Wizsticks to magically pulverize everything finely, so it'll compost more quickly.
With the Trident and Hellminer in shovel mode, I tunnel down into the earth and pull up groundwater. I use this well water to douse the compost bed to keep it moist, and to water the tomatoes, as well as the other assorted seeds I just planted.
The minerals in the groundwater will help them grow especially well.
I then pulverize some rocks with the Hellminer in pickaxe form, and lay the pebbles over the garden soil with a bit of the stuff from the compost bed as mulch.
For good measure, I grab the Shattered Timekeepers amd use them to speed up the composting and growing, just a tiny bit.
Finally, I look upon my handiwork; the compost bed and the new crops growing in the garden.
Oh, gardening is so much simpler when you have magic on your side!

Subsequently, in a complete non-sequitur of a bonus action, I use the Hellminer to tear an outlet in the restaurant out of the wall.

So, hello there players. Yes, I know you’re the ones who’ll come to own and read this book. Having foresight is nice, isn’t it? For your sake, even though none of the events described in this book have come to pass yet from my point of view, I’ll use present tense.
Regardless, let us begin.



So, the meteors have fallen. Civilization? Gone. Power’s out, water’s out, you get the idea. There is a way out of this hellscape, but that will be elaborated on in later chapters. In this chapter, we’ll focus on how to survive and stay alive here.

=-=FOOD=-=

Surprise, surprise, you still need to eat. While a bug in how SBURB handles hunger means you *can* go longer then usual not eating before you feel negative effects, eventually, you will need to consume some stuff. How are you gonna find food, you ask? Well, let’s see.

Buildings:

While the meteors have destroyed all of civilization, you can still scavenge from buildings. At the point in time you’re reading this, a lot of the stuff you can take from houses has been looted by underlings, gone rotten, or both. (Underlings don’t really seem to care what they eat, even if it’s rotten.) However, there are some places where you can grab food. The best places to check are Restaurants, Markets, Food Trucks (due to most cars and such being untouched by the meteors, for some unknown reason), and Stores.
WARNING: Stores usually have some sort of big group of underlings, or more likely, a boss Underling, hanging around. The boss gets more powerful the larger the shop is. You can tell if there’s gonna be a boss by checking the surrounding area for large quantities of whatever the boss’s affinity is. A flooded spot, for example, will likely house a shop big enough for the Leviathan, a midgame (about 300 HP) boss to spawn. Boss shops usually have quite the spoils inside, though.

Shopkeepers:

At some consort shops or villages, the Consorts will sell or give you food. Most villages have a “specialty” of sorts, and I swear they’re safe. Yes, even if you got the rainbow shrooms.


Underlings:
Some underlings (usually bosses, ones with golden auras, or ones that are bronze, silver, or gold) will drop MAD L00T upon death. Of this mad loot, you can sometimes find food.

Oh yeah, water. Water is actually pretty easy, just dig around and you can usually swipe some bottled water.

=-=BASE=-=
My foresight tells me by now you’ve obtained the Base upgrade to the alchemiter, which allows you to add on walls, platforms, gardens, etc. I recommend you use this create a base out of the alchemiter, as anything counted as a “house” by SBURB will provide passive regen and provide energy to you, allowing you to continue fighting without sleep.
This does not mean you should go without sleep, as that is still something you humans need.

=-=SCAVENGING=-=
So, scavenging. It seems you already have that figured out, so I’ll just give you some tips.
- Buildings and streets that are mostly rubble are a lost cause. The meteors and the shockwaves from them will have destroyed almost everything useful they contain, so don’t bother.
- The farther you get from your group, the more underlings you’ll attract. Also you might accidentally enter a area SBURB has classified as a “endgame” zone, and get murdered by extremely high level bosses.
- Sometimes you’ll find locked chests with special things around them, like a timer, or a counter. These are Challenge Chests. To open them, you’ll have to undergo a trial of sorts, like defending the chest until the timer hits 0, defeating a high level underling, or just bringing the chest’s HP to 0.



..and that concludes the chapter. If you have any requests for things to add to this to help you, write it on a piece of paper and throw it in the air. I can’t guarantee my future sight will catch a glimpse of it, but we can hope.
And yes, I know you wonder how I’ll write new parts of the chapter even though this a book and can’t update. The answer? Read the introduction.

((This post does not count for the purposes of double posting. So no, apex, you cannot post again.))

"Thanks for the assist ApexUltimo... Interesting. Well, ya see, I am naturally inclined to vote for the rubble path because that seems easy for me and my pardner to traverse. On the other hand, it seems the watery path is the more... valuable path. Hmm... I'll vote for going down the drowned path."
With his vote (he assumes we're voting) cast, the sheriff attempts to study the tracks of the imps that just left, trying to find some sort of hierarchy or law or some sort of reasoning. He doubts he'll find anything, but rule one of sherrifing is know thine enemy or something.
Alchemies:
High Noon && Tazer = Blue Moon 5/11
Cowboy Hat || Sock = ? 1/?

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 8/9.
Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 3/11

I finish up my write up on the Aspects and search around from bottled water...time to do something about Basic Necessities

I gladly accept the Phoenix Robes from Apex. I then buy Johnny Five and equip him with the Phoenix Robes and, if no one else is using them, the Atomic Tophat.

I myself equip The Queen's Mask and re-check its abilities. [1] I then proceed to pet pope.

[2] I use some rocks to set up a basic perimeter around our base, delimiting its area in a manner that could allow for all sorts of future upgrades.

Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker = Discount Regisword. 3/8.
Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 5/11. (Accidentally mistyped last round. Tell me if that steals my increment.)
I look for the sun or moon, recall whether it is closer to morning or evening, and then figure out which direction is north, before suggesting we go the path closest to that way. Also, I try to find chunks of houses nearby to improve the fortifications. A homey place on wheels would be nice.

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 9/9.DONE
Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 4/11

With Oblivion’s Timekeepers immense powers,I turn them towards the Task of...making tomatoes ,by continuing speeding up their growth cycle,this is also good experience.i then attempt to make a meal via Fire Pit,Frying Pan,varies Metas and Veggies in some kind of Stir Fry

Messiah Robes && Lab Coat = Developer’s Coat. 8/8 DONE
Scroll of Curaga||Stick = ??? 1/??
8-Ball && Stick = Vantablack Stick 7/8

Old Man Dagoth contemplates his choices, any of these roads could lead to the discovery of greater, more prosperous property. But if he chooses wrong, then he might bring about properties end....

After thinking on it for a bit, he decided to go down the partially drowned road.

Crappy Spear || Kitchen Knife = Dualblade Staff (Level 4: 2/5.)
Camo Suit && Taser = ElectriSuit (Level 4: 5/5) DONE

Wanting to travel and see more of the post-apocalypse, I cast my vote to the Drowned Path.

While waiting for the group to choose where we're going, I occupied myself with a piece of paper which I decided to turn into a simple paper hat.

"We have trees. I repeat, we have trees.
The world is our oyster.
Also, which path should we take? Hmm... according to that book, the rubble road will be pretty worthless, and hard to traverse, too. The road to the edge of this zone should be pretty safe - nothing too major to fight, but... that drowned road.
The book says it could have a horde of nasties or even a boss, but... loot. LOOT. ŁØ0Ť.[
Fųçķ ıt, Į śåý wę ģő ťhěŕě."





I take some more of our infinite rocks and start knapping some flint. I shape two of them into two separate halves of an axe head and a bunch more into stone "teeth", and then rip two long, straight branches off of a tree. I use the sharp part of the axe head to shear them down, making them as straight as I can and removing the bark.
Then, I take some of our infinite clothes, and tear off the sleeves. With these, I tie the axe head halves and one of the branches together, and tie the other branch to the teeth, with them lined up all along it. I toss the sheared wood bits to the compost pile (whenever I cut wood, plants or really anything organic, it's safe to assume the small leftovers went into the compost), and look proudly upon my new makeshift axe and saw.
They don't have to be good, after all, they just have to be alchemizable.
But just to break them in (but hopefully not just break them), I carefully chop down a couple of relatively thin trees and roll them into the base, then carve down the extra branches and points to make log benches.

Afterwards, I take up the Book again, call Pope over, sit down on a log bench, and start reading out Chapter 0a about the Author, petting the good Doggo all the while.

Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker = Discount Regisword. 4/8.
Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 6/11.
Actually, now that I think of it, I suggest we head down the treasure path first, then the northmost. Best to get armed up in case we run into issues on Tatooine before reaching Coruscant. Speaking of, I try to look around for any type of discarded tools around here. Maybe a screwdriver, or a wrench. We might be able to use them in our quest to improve the alchemiter.

QUOTE (ApexUltimo @ May 1 2019, 05:58 PM)

Info Menu Alchemies: Cybernetic Arm || (Paper Glyph Glove || [Lighter && Taser]) = Mars (Level 9: 7/10) (Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = Skaiatech™ Omega Collar (Level 8: 3/9) Equipped: Clockwork Power Armor (+4 AC, can't dodge) Inventory: Dog Emblem Hellminer Merlin's Wizsticks Ah, horticulture! Time to spice things up. I take the Architect's Trident, Merlin's Wizsticks and Hellminer, and head on over to our pile of infinite rocks. With the rocks, I build up a compost bed and throw in some paper scraps, grass clippings, a couple of the corpses, clothes from our infinite pile (ones that are made out of entirely organic materials), loose hair from us and Pope and, if there are trees around ("seriously, do we have any trees?"), I add leaves and pieces of bark from them. I take more fruits from the restaurant, multiply them and the veggies with the Wizsticks, and, once they have been deprived of their seeds, I throw them into the bed too, leaving a few fruits and veggies left over, at least one of each kind. I use the Wizsticks to magically pulverize everything finely, so it'll compost more quickly. With the Trident and Hellminer in shovel mode, I tunnel down into the earth and pull up groundwater. I use this well water to douse the compost bed to keep it moist, and to water the tomatoes, as well as the other assorted seeds I just planted. The minerals in the groundwater will help them grow especially well. I then pulverize some rocks with the Hellminer in pickaxe form, and lay the pebbles over the garden soil with a bit of the stuff from the compost bed as mulch. For good measure, I grab the Shattered Timekeepers amd use them to speed up the composting and growing, just a tiny bit. Finally, I look upon my handiwork; the compost bed and the new crops growing in the garden. Oh, gardening is so much simpler when you have magic on your side! Subsequently, in a complete non-sequitur of a bonus action, I use the Hellminer to tear an outlet in the restaurant out of the wall.

I…
-3 Durability from everything used.
Growth of the plants QUINTUPLED. Okay then.
Fruits added to the garden.

QUOTE (O.R.I.G.I.N. @ May 1 2019, 10:25 PM)

"Thanks for the assist ApexUltimo... Interesting. Well, ya see, I am naturally inclined to vote for the rubble path because that seems easy for me and my pardner to traverse. On the other hand, it seems the watery path is the more... valuable path. Hmm... I'll vote for going down the drowned path." With his vote (he assumes we're voting) cast, the sheriff attempts to study the tracks of the imps that just left, trying to find some sort of hierarchy or law or some sort of reasoning. He doubts he'll find anything, but rule one of sherrifing is know thine enemy or something. Alchemies: High Noon && Tazer = Blue Moon 5/11 Cowboy Hat || Sock = ? 1/?

Cowboy Hat || Sock = Cowboy Sock. (Level 2: 1/3.)
You study their tracks, which move forward, around, and then just stop.

QUOTE (Paradoxdragonpaci @ May 1 2019, 11:36 PM)

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 8/9. Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 3/11 I finish up my write up on the Aspects and search around from bottled water...time to do something about Basic Necessities

Finished.
You yoink a bottle of water.

QUOTE (ThatOtherGuy @ May 1 2019, 11:48 PM)

MENU ---Talents--- Dexteritous af :V Light Screen ---Alchemy--- [1,2] Can of Medimist && Heirfree Hood = Sylph's Dress 8/10 Masquerade Mask || Royale's Robes = Queen's Mask 7/7 Johnny 5 && Rebel's Recipebook 3rd Edition = somekinda anarchef robot 1/?? ---Inventory--- Rebel's Recipebooklet 3rd edition Can of MeditMist^tm The Clockbreaker Magic Cueball Armageddon Orb Frying Pan Phoenix Robes ---Equipped--- The Clockbreaker Generic clothes (hoodie, pants, socks, shoes, glasses) Queen's Mask I gladly accept the Phoenix Robes from Apex. I then buy Johnny Five and equip him with the Phoenix Robes and, if no one else is using them, the Atomic Tophat. I myself equip The Queen's Mask and re-check its abilities. [1] I then proceed to pet pope. [2] I use some rocks to set up a basic perimeter around our base, delimiting its area in a manner that could allow for all sorts of future upgrades.

Johnny 5 && Rebel's Recipebook 3rd Edition = Cookbot Version M. (Level 7: 1/8) The M stands for murder.
Johnny Five purchased and summoned. -50 Grist.
He equips it.
Uhhh shit what were the abilites.
[A] Queen’s Mask. +2 AC, Imps have a chance to defect. Set bonus with other Dersite Items.

QUOTE (Ender_Smirk @ May 2 2019, 01:06 AM)

Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker = Discount Regisword. 3/8. Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 5/11.  (Accidentally mistyped last round. Tell me if that steals my increment.) I look for the sun or moon, recall whether it is closer to morning or evening, and then figure out which direction is north, before suggesting we go the path closest to that way. Also, I try to find chunks of houses nearby to improve the fortifications. A homey place on wheels would be nice.

It’s the afternoon.
You do not have the strength to lift the house chunks!

QUOTE (Paradoxdragonpaci @ May 2 2019, 07:45 AM)

LEECHING Blood Donators || Scroll of Curaga = Enchantment Scroll: Vampiric. 9/9.DONE Protective Heirfree Hood&&(Messiah Robes&&Paper Glyphfueled jacket)||Camo Shirt 4/11 With Oblivion’s Timekeepers immense powers,I turn them towards the Task of...making tomatoes ,by continuing speeding up their growth cycle,this is also good experience.i then attempt to make a meal via Fire Pit,Frying Pan,varies Metas and Veggies in some kind of Stir Fry

You change their growth to be Sextupled. WHAT EVEN. REGRET IS MUCH. -4 durabilty.
You create a stir fry, using 2 of both meat and veggies.

QUOTE (TotallyNotDagoth @ May 2 2019, 11:48 AM)

Messiah Robes && Lab Coat = Developer’s Coat. 8/8 DONE Scroll of Curaga||Stick = ??? 1/?? 8-Ball && Stick = Vantablack Stick 7/8 Old Man Dagoth contemplates his choices, any of these roads could lead to the discovery of greater, more prosperous property. But if he chooses wrong, then he might bring about properties end.... After thinking on it for a bit, he decided to go down the partially drowned road.

You put your “vote” in for the Drowned road.

QUOTE (Winkins @ May 2 2019, 11:49 AM)

Crappy Spear || Kitchen Knife = Dualblade Staff (Level 4: 2/5.) Camo Suit && Taser = ElectriSuit (Level 4: 5/5) DONE Wanting to travel and see more of the post-apocalypse, I cast my vote to the Drowned Path. While waiting for the group to choose where we're going, I occupied myself with a piece of paper which I decided to turn into a simple paper hat.

You create a Paper Hat, consuming a piece of paper.

QUOTE (ApexUltimo @ May 2 2019, 05:54 PM)

"We have trees. I repeat, we have trees. The world is our oyster. Also, which path should we take? Hmm... according to that book, the rubble road will be  pretty worthless, and hard to traverse, too. The road to the edge of this zone should be pretty safe - nothing too major to fight, but... that drowned road. The book says it could have a horde of nasties or even a boss, but... loot. LOOT. ŁØ0Ť.[ Fųçķ ıt, Į śåý wę ģő ťhěŕě." Info Menu Alchemies: Cybernetic Arm || (Paper Glyph Glove || [Lighter && Taser]) = Mars (Level 9: 8/10) (Collar Drawing || Ogre Hide) || (Heirfree Hood && Camo Suit) = Skaiatech™ Omega Collar (Level 8: 4/9) Equipped: Clockwork Power Armor (+4 AC, can't dodge) Dog Emblem (Tier One [α]) Inventory: Hellminer Merlin's Wizsticks I take some more of our infinite rocks and start knapping some flint. I shape two of them into two separate halves of an axe head and a bunch more into stone "teeth", and then rip two long, straight branches off of a tree. I use the sharp part of the axe head to shear them down, making them as  straight as I can and removing the bark. Then, I take some of our infinite clothes, and tear off the sleeves. With these, I tie the axe head halves and one of the branches together, and tie the other branch to the teeth, with them lined up all along it. I toss the sheared wood bits to the compost pile (whenever I cut wood, plants or really anything organic, it's safe to assume the small leftovers went into the compost), and look proudly upon my new makeshift axe and saw. They don't have to be good, after all, they just have to be alchemizable. But just to break them in (but hopefully not just break them), I carefully chop  down a couple of relatively thin trees and roll them into the base, then carve down the extra branches and points to make log benches. Afterwards, I take up the Book again, call Pope over, sit down on a log bench, and start reading out chapter 0a about the Author, petting the good Doggo all the while.

You create the Makeshift axe… without using *any alchemy materials.*
…
I’m just gonna casually…
[The Amount of Rocks and Clothes is no longer infinite. You must scavenge for extra when you run out.]

QUOTE (Ender_Smirk @ May 3 2019, 10:59 PM)

Toy Master Sword && Chainbreaker = Discount Regisword. 4/8. Glasses && Build Poster = Red Glasses. 6/11. Actually, now that I think of it, I suggest we head down the treasure path first, then the northmost. Best to get armed up in case we run into issues on Tatooine before reaching Coruscant. Speaking of, I try to look around for any type of discarded tools around here. Maybe a screwdriver, or a wrench. We might be able to use them in our quest to improve the alchemiter.

….you do realize that the alchemiter is a ridiculously complex machine running on the technology of SBURB itself, which may or may not run on the Source Code of Reality itself?
Regardless, you search…
[3]
Vastest of Oofs. Needless to say, nothing is found.

EOTB:
The plants grow up by oh, around 42%.
fuck time magykks, man.
By popular vote, you guys head down the Drowned road. You see a large store, which TOG seems to recognize. A light drizzle begins to fall...

[EVI] Pile of Corpses. What the hell.

[RBT-PLR] Johnny Five. 10 / 10 Hp. 3 AC. Atomic Tophat: Attackers take 2 Damage. Phoenix Robes: Insta Revives upon death, once.
[PLR-TOG] Pope the Doggo. 15/15 Hp. 25% Dodge. Affection: 15%.
[H-ORIGIN??] Weak Nightmare. 29/34 Hp. 1 AC.
[NED-UND] Imps. 5/5 x 3 Hp. 1 Regen.
[PLR] O.R.I.G.I.N: 11/20 HP.
[PLR] Ender_Smirk: 15/20 HP.
[PLR] V2: 20/20. 1 HP Regen. 1 AC.
[PLR] Old Man Dagoth. 12/20 HP.
[PLR] ApexUltimo. 15/20 Hp. 4 AC. Cannot dodge.
[PLR] Nedben2: 20/20 HP. 15% dodge chance. Imps might defect. -1 AC.
[PLR] Nedben: 13/20 HP.
[PLR] Paradoxdragonpaci: 20/21 HP. 25% Dodge. Half damage from DoT effects.
[PLR] Winkins/Camo Guy. 20/20 Hp. 25% Dodge.
[PLR-OBJ] Mirror. 3/3 Hp. Bodyguarding TOG. Enemies are less likely to attack it.
[PLR] TOG. 16/20 Hp. Will revive at 5 HP instantly upon death, once. Queen’s Mask: +2 AC, Imps might defect.
Alchemiter Walls. 30/30 HP. Defenses: Clothes.
Inside: A Firepit. The Alchemiter! Garden.
[PLR-EVI] Nedben’s Garden. Compost: Growth of everything quintupled.
Planted:
Tomato x 3. Growth: 49%.
Pineapples x 3. Growth: 42%.
Grapes x 3. Growth: 42%
OTHER:
Dog Emblem: Tier One.
[Dog Emblem] Bark for Aid: III READY!

Winetaster && Scroll of Curaga = Dionysus Canteen 7/11
Dice && Court Wizards = Blackjack Baton 7/8

warm up the air and ward off the terraria mobs

Investigate the area around the store. Is there a parking lot? Side alleys? An employee entrance? Large windows damaged by meteor-induced shockwaves? Different civilian entrances? This will likely host a boss fight, so we'd better make sure our angle of entry/exit is good and we're not surrounded by underlings even before we get there.

If there's action power remaining, search nearby accessible cars for content. Any pens, tissues, leftover water bottles, GPSes, stuff like that which ends up in cars.