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[thegoofball]

Hey there, islands. Happy new year and all that, if that even matters. I mean, the holidays don't seem to matter here but there's a calendar so...?

[There's a pause, and Lance clears his throat.]

Anyways, this isn't about that! Recently I put in a request with the good ol' Storyteller because I was reminded of something from back home and thought, with all the crazy things that happen here, something that's a little more chill and lowkey might be good?

It's this, uh, game? Called Monsters & Mana. It's a little hard to explain and it's super nerdy, but it's pretty fun! You roll dice and pretend to be a character and go on an adventure the Lore Master puts together for you.

I've got a lot of books for it and everything we'd need to play it, but I don't want to just keep it to myself? So if anyone wants to take a look at it or play it just hit me up!

See ya!

[If the emojis were Free, there would be a sparkle and a heart emoji. Unfortunately, they're not.]

Comments

[[Karako is not familiar with his talking rock]]

[hurricane_clown]

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...HONK?

[thegoofball]

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What?

[demonpuppy]

Is that like Aliens and Asteroids...? Can I play a Pyrotechnic?

[hurricane_clown]

Honk!

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Honk!

[catpiper]

There are monsters? Is it a scary game?

[thegoofball]

Could be something similar in it? It's an Altean game, so I honestly don't know it that well.

[thegoofball]

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Honk?

[thegoofball]

They're pretend monsters - and it's not really scary, unless you're afraid of using your imagination.

[antepone]

[ is this space dnd ]

I'd love to play if you put together a group.

[thegoofball]

[You bet your sweet britches it is.]

Really? Awesome! I'd love to have you.

[demonpuppy]

Altean? [SUDDEN GASP] Are they aliens? I wanna play one of them!

[hurricane_clown]

[At this point, Karako has more or less figured out that this is apparently just a palmhusk, but... like, a rock. And without 99% of the features--not that he has a Chittr or anything. Bronya wouldn't let him. He doesn't even have a palmhusk of his own.

But now the person on the other end is honking back, and he can't talk, so he can't communicate with them at all except with further honking, which he is absolutely aware other people don't generally understand without the aid of chucklevoodoos. And he can't send chucklevoodoos through a palmhusk rock.

So.

He honks back. Again.]

... honk!!

[This is... maybe... a little stupid.]

[catpiper]

I'm not afraid of that.

[They're not real monsters, so that's swell and her one Big Concern with this new game.]

Who do you pretend to be? What's 'a character?'

[want_to_belong]

Oh, is this like a video gameless RPG?

[antepone]

Really?

[ Ah, she's happy.... ]

I've never played anything like this, but I'm a pretty fast learner.

[forwearemany]

(Legion likes Lance, and they really really like games, so they're immediately interested in this announcement.)

We are interested in playing this game.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Monsters, you say?

[Muffet sounds amused.]

Well, I certainly have a personal interest in that.

[thegoofball]

Yeah! Well, they're not from Earth, so that might not make them aliens to everyone? But they're aliens to me. [A pause.] I'm pretty sure you can play as one, though.

[thegoofball]

[This is definitely very stupid. Lance sounds very unsure and uncertain as he answers, as is just how his life seems to be going.]

...Honk.

Right. I take it that's all you want to say?

[thegoofball]

Oh, good.

And a character is like - you're not just yourself reacting to all these things! You're playing pretend, so you're pretending to be yourself. That's your character. The character I played last time was a super cool ninja assassin [thief. he was a thief.] named Pike, who totally saved the day with all his sneaky, stealthy skills.

[crosslaced]

You..... pretend to be what kind of character?

[he's not intrigued truly no HE HAS NO INTEREST IN LARPING TRULY NO]

[thegoofball]

Yep, hit the nail on the head with that one.

[thegoofball]

Of course!

[He's so earnest Mira can probably feel it without needing to rely on her empathy.]

It's pretty easy to get the hang of, I think. We won't have a Lore Master like Coran, but...it shouldn't be too hard?

[want_to_belong]

Used to play some RPGs with my friends, but our phones are busted here.

Maybe we could do this instead! I think they'd like it.

[thegoofball]

And Mana. That's also very important.

[Guess who has no idea Muffet's species is "monster"...]