fellsing

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When Brutrumukk and Jub reunite with the party and explain what they've been doing up until now:

Aurora: So... why did you attack those two shopkeepers?
Brutrumukk: I didn't want them to make more weretigers.
Aurora: Jub?
Jub: ... it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Aurora:
Aurora: Did it. Did it really.
Jub: Listen WE WERE ATTACKED BY RABBITS AND LOCKED IN A CAGE
Jub: BRUTRUMUKK GOT KILLED AND REINCARNATED AS A GNOME
Jub: YOU LOT RAN OFF SOMEWHERE
Jub: AND THEN THESE TWO DARKLINGS TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO BE A DAD ONE DAY
Jub: SO NO, I WASN'T THINKING ENTIRELY CLEARLY!

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Jub the Peculiar

"You better do what he says," Jub said, motioning with his wand from Trinket to the water. "If you go down there and retrieve the herbs, there is a chance you might survive. If you don't go down there, I'm going to make this whole place light up, and I have a feeling that's not going to be very fun for either of you."

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I'm guessing I'll have to make some kind of roll for this, but I'm not sure which. DM it's up to you.

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Meanwhile, in whatever in-between realm Eighteyes' disembodied form is stuck in, she's doing the equivalent of tapping her foot, wondering how much longer it will be before Jub summons her.

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Mah boi so mad he using his first second level spell slot, LET'S GO!!!

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Jub the Peculiar

Jub gave the two darklings a look at the suggestion of a 'gender reveal party', though it came off less as the scowl he intended it to be more as a tired stare. He remained quiet as Brutrumukk carried out his transaction, glad at least that neither of them would have to give up their most cherished memory and even a little surprised that the barbarian had offered to pay for most of his spell components. He didn't think anyone had ever offered to buy something for him before.

He had no time to dwell on this - or any of the millions of things that were whizzing round his head right now - because his friend suddenly keeled over and started screaming. "What the f..." he started to shout at the darklings, only to be cut off when Brutrumukk rose back to his feet, seemingly fine. He didn't look any different than he had a moment before but his posture and mannerisms seemed a little different. He seemed to think he had fur again and then started attacking, saying something about them not creating any more weretigers.

"Oh great, he's finally gone crazy," Jub muttered quietly to himself. There was a short pause before he added, "Well... crazier."

When one of the Darklings called over to Jub to get the gnome under control, he gave her a look. "I'm sorry, but you're the one who's weird... ritual... thing made him start acting like this," Jub pointed out. "If you weren't prepared for the consequences, maybe you shouldn't be doing that. I'm just saying." He produced his wand. "Plus, you two kind of caught me on a not-so-good day and your shenanigans are pretty much the final straw for me so." With that, he unleashed a magic missile attack, two hitting Trinket and two hitting Bauble.

OOC

Jub uses a second level spell slot to cast a magic missile with 4 darts, two hitting Bauble and two hitting Trinket.
Two magic missiles hitting Bauble = 10
Two magic missiles hitting Trinket = 7

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I'll have my post up shortly, but here's the abridged version:

Darklings: Get this gnome under control!
Jub: Oh, sorry. My friend here comes with a warning label for anyone who wishes to interacts with him. I forgot to give it to you earlier, here. *hands over a piece of paper*
Darklings: ... this just says "Fuck around and find out".

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That would have indeed been fitting.

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Although come to think of it, we're probably lucky he didn't think he'd turned into some sort of flying werebeast. Or aquatic werebeast. Imagine him trying to fly or breath under water, not realising he hasn't actually gained wings or gills.

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Though now looking at the various options, I am mildly sad he didn't think he was a wereraven. That would have been funny, both because they are lawful good and because it would be payback for all the threatening he made towards Kettlesteam all the way back in Chapter 1.

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When he started thinking that he had become a weretiger.

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... I realised I actually don't know shit about how lycanthropes are handled in DnD, so I looked up weretigers and realised that, yep, they are in fact neutrally aligned and actually one of the more chill types of lycanthrope. You learn something new everyday.

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@rush99999 On the subject of moral compasses, actually, I was just looking at Brutrumukk's CS and noticed something:

WHEN THE HECK DID HIS ALIGNMENT CHANGE TO TRUE NEUTRAL?