Charcherry Weekly - Issue 162
Sept 9, 2023 2:27:04 GMT -8
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TOPIC: Charcherry Weekly - Issue 162
The Charcherry Weekly
Hello everyone, Mage of Light Nick Card here. The local kids are going back to school this week! Let's get to the news now.
The Swamp Hunt
On monday, the Odd Squad took a day-trip to a swamp northeast of Shoreport to fulfill a guild-sponsored job request slay two rot trolls. Artificer Coleman reportedly came up with the idea to use an explosive ambush trap against the trolls, using the contents of a previously obtained sack of gunpowder. Joining him on this trip included netnavi Enker, Fighter Kale Ominoi, Sorcerer Saryn, and Bard Dappled Sunspots. Reportedly it took them a few hours to set up and wait for the rot trolls to take the bait. However, they were not the only ones snared. There was also an Oblex that arrived there, with an intent to attack the rot trolls. Saryn managed to set off the explosives with a well aimed lightning bolt, while Enker just absolutely unleashed everything they had out of fear of the terrifying slime creature. Coleman had to hold them back from continuing to attack the already completely dead pile of monsters. He then gathered a number of remains to use for later crafts and to show as proof of job completion to the guild.
Later on, Coleman and Kale traveled to the Shoreport Adventurer's guild to present the spoils, only to realize that they had completed a guild job without actually being members. To rectify this, they signed up for the guild upon arrival, and then proceeded to show proof of completion. For completing two very high level jobs at once, the Odd Squad was given a rather sizable sum of money in a guild-provided bank account.
Journey to Uxie's Lair
On Thursday, the Odd Squad assembled once more, this time to seek out Uxie, the lake guardian of knowledge. They boarded Rani's sailboat, the Etna, and set out for the middle of the lake. The party included Coleman, Kale, Makuhita, Saryn, Enker, Prince of Heart Red, Monk Krill, and (hesitantly) Dappled Sunspots. Upon arriving at the center of the lake, most of the party dived in, after Saryn applied a spell of water breathing upon everyone. Rani and Sun stayed behind on the boat.
The party descended and found a cave. They surfaced inside the cavern and found a very very easy puzzle. Enker overthought it for a hot minute but fortunately the party managed to get past their worries and just insert the shapes into the proper holes.
The party continued forwards, and soon encountered a trio of water type pokemon. They reportedly had a distant stare and spoke somewhat threateningly to the party before attempting to attack. The party fought the water type trio, and managed to make them snap out of the mind control they were under without any casualties. The Odd Squad continued onwards to a damp chamber with a rock pillar in the middle. They soon encountered a mindflayer! The party fought the mindflayer with everything they had, and supported each other in times of need. At one point, Saryn was stunned by a mind blast and was in mortal danger, but fortunately Sun's musical skills and Enker's protective stance was enough to keep her safe from a second blast. Krill managed to absolutely pummel the mindflayer, but let Red perform the finishing blow, decapitating the lilithid with her sword.
After the battle, Enker wound up collapsing the rock pillar in the center of the room (by removing one single small rock), filling the chamber with water. Fortunately, the party still had water breathing active. The water pushed a very core-looking part of the wall out of the way, revealing another chamber. It turned out that there was a core there, but it had already been disassembled and used for its hard outer shell as a blast door of sorts. Inside of the chamber, Uxie awaited, tied to a huge crystal.
The party conversed with Uxie, who easily agreed to uplift Makuhita with the crystal. However, Red also tried to gain mental independence from the rest of Ultimate Samm via the crystal. As a result, she was disconnected from Ultimate Samm, with the caveat that she would be rendered mortal during the week-long period that the crystal's effect would be active upon her. After giving Uxie a surprising headpat, the party left the cavern via the newly opened skylight. They swam back up to the surface and mostly fell asleep on the Etna. Krill managed to swim back to Shoreport first however.
The next day, the rest of the party returned to Shoreport and traveled to the guild to warn of a possible second mindflayer, as well as report the one that they had successfully slain. As for what happens next, it is unknown, aside from later plans to travel to Phandalin, Enker's planned departure back home for the sake of mental health reasons, and trying to keep Red out of total harm's way for the week.
Twice the HAZEL
This week, HAZEL has continued her trip through Dark Johto and has managed to defeat the pokemon league. She was unable to catch Ho-oh, despite her painstaking preparations, but it is believed that ho-oh will return again. Now HAZEL continues through Dark Kanto, picking up yet another set of gym badges, having recently defeated Misty.
Meanwhile, the other HAZEL has been dealing with a junior rocket by the name of "Kid". She had managed to call the cops on the ditto thief, though the dittos that were being searched for still remain to be found. It is believed that they may be mostly in the charcherry forest, but it is difficult to tell without a transform focus figurine on hand. Your previous newsletter writer is planning on retrieving the code for the most recent figurine to be alchemized over here to test with. For now however, they are settling down for the night at the local pokemon center. Rogue of Heart Charles had returned home before the police showed up, and is currently bust cleaning the sea base and dealing with the partially synchronized feelings from Enker over on Plit with the Odd Squad.
This week’s known market stands in Desertia Town:
-Katie’s potion stand (*CaFAI filling in for Katie when unavailable)
-shinyjiggly pokesnacks stand (ran by Rufus)
-Hide pelt stand (10 gp/100 credits, AC 12 + Dex modifier (max 2) )
I've been distracted this week, I need to get back to working on the flash animation. I can only hope it goes better this week.
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TOPIC: Charcherry Weekly - Issue 162
The Charcherry Weekly
Hello everyone, Mage of Light Nick Card here. The local kids are going back to school this week! Let's get to the news now.
The Swamp Hunt
On monday, the Odd Squad took a day-trip to a swamp northeast of Shoreport to fulfill a guild-sponsored job request slay two rot trolls. Artificer Coleman reportedly came up with the idea to use an explosive ambush trap against the trolls, using the contents of a previously obtained sack of gunpowder. Joining him on this trip included netnavi Enker, Fighter Kale Ominoi, Sorcerer Saryn, and Bard Dappled Sunspots. Reportedly it took them a few hours to set up and wait for the rot trolls to take the bait. However, they were not the only ones snared. There was also an Oblex that arrived there, with an intent to attack the rot trolls. Saryn managed to set off the explosives with a well aimed lightning bolt, while Enker just absolutely unleashed everything they had out of fear of the terrifying slime creature. Coleman had to hold them back from continuing to attack the already completely dead pile of monsters. He then gathered a number of remains to use for later crafts and to show as proof of job completion to the guild.
Later on, Coleman and Kale traveled to the Shoreport Adventurer's guild to present the spoils, only to realize that they had completed a guild job without actually being members. To rectify this, they signed up for the guild upon arrival, and then proceeded to show proof of completion. For completing two very high level jobs at once, the Odd Squad was given a rather sizable sum of money in a guild-provided bank account.
Journey to Uxie's Lair
On Thursday, the Odd Squad assembled once more, this time to seek out Uxie, the lake guardian of knowledge. They boarded Rani's sailboat, the Etna, and set out for the middle of the lake. The party included Coleman, Kale, Makuhita, Saryn, Enker, Prince of Heart Red, Monk Krill, and (hesitantly) Dappled Sunspots. Upon arriving at the center of the lake, most of the party dived in, after Saryn applied a spell of water breathing upon everyone. Rani and Sun stayed behind on the boat.
The party descended and found a cave. They surfaced inside the cavern and found a very very easy puzzle. Enker overthought it for a hot minute but fortunately the party managed to get past their worries and just insert the shapes into the proper holes.
The party continued forwards, and soon encountered a trio of water type pokemon. They reportedly had a distant stare and spoke somewhat threateningly to the party before attempting to attack. The party fought the water type trio, and managed to make them snap out of the mind control they were under without any casualties. The Odd Squad continued onwards to a damp chamber with a rock pillar in the middle. They soon encountered a mindflayer! The party fought the mindflayer with everything they had, and supported each other in times of need. At one point, Saryn was stunned by a mind blast and was in mortal danger, but fortunately Sun's musical skills and Enker's protective stance was enough to keep her safe from a second blast. Krill managed to absolutely pummel the mindflayer, but let Red perform the finishing blow, decapitating the lilithid with her sword.
After the battle, Enker wound up collapsing the rock pillar in the center of the room (by removing one single small rock), filling the chamber with water. Fortunately, the party still had water breathing active. The water pushed a very core-looking part of the wall out of the way, revealing another chamber. It turned out that there was a core there, but it had already been disassembled and used for its hard outer shell as a blast door of sorts. Inside of the chamber, Uxie awaited, tied to a huge crystal.
The party conversed with Uxie, who easily agreed to uplift Makuhita with the crystal. However, Red also tried to gain mental independence from the rest of Ultimate Samm via the crystal. As a result, she was disconnected from Ultimate Samm, with the caveat that she would be rendered mortal during the week-long period that the crystal's effect would be active upon her. After giving Uxie a surprising headpat, the party left the cavern via the newly opened skylight. They swam back up to the surface and mostly fell asleep on the Etna. Krill managed to swim back to Shoreport first however.
The next day, the rest of the party returned to Shoreport and traveled to the guild to warn of a possible second mindflayer, as well as report the one that they had successfully slain. As for what happens next, it is unknown, aside from later plans to travel to Phandalin, Enker's planned departure back home for the sake of mental health reasons, and trying to keep Red out of total harm's way for the week.
Twice the HAZEL
This week, HAZEL has continued her trip through Dark Johto and has managed to defeat the pokemon league. She was unable to catch Ho-oh, despite her painstaking preparations, but it is believed that ho-oh will return again. Now HAZEL continues through Dark Kanto, picking up yet another set of gym badges, having recently defeated Misty.
Meanwhile, the other HAZEL has been dealing with a junior rocket by the name of "Kid". She had managed to call the cops on the ditto thief, though the dittos that were being searched for still remain to be found. It is believed that they may be mostly in the charcherry forest, but it is difficult to tell without a transform focus figurine on hand. Your previous newsletter writer is planning on retrieving the code for the most recent figurine to be alchemized over here to test with. For now however, they are settling down for the night at the local pokemon center. Rogue of Heart Charles had returned home before the police showed up, and is currently bust cleaning the sea base and dealing with the partially synchronized feelings from Enker over on Plit with the Odd Squad.
This week’s known market stands in Desertia Town:
-Katie’s potion stand (*CaFAI filling in for Katie when unavailable)
-shinyjiggly pokesnacks stand (ran by Rufus)
-Hide pelt stand (10 gp/100 credits, AC 12 + Dex modifier (max 2) )
I've been distracted this week, I need to get back to working on the flash animation. I can only hope it goes better this week.
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