#Caves of Qud

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delicate hinge
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there have been THREE OTHER LEGENDARY BABOONS

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AND THERE WAS A FOURTH

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and there goes a fifth

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oh my god

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and a sixth

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what

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what is up with this map

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what

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Qud what the hell is going on

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and here comes.... a sixth....

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um

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JOPPA NOW LIKES ME AGAIN APPARENTLY

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LOOK AT THIS MADNESS

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and then heres the seventh

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SEVEN. SEVEN LEGENDARY BABOONS. ALL ON ONE. SINGLE. MAP.

EIGHT NOW.

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nine.

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and Mollusks now love me

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so thats

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rad

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and theres a tenth

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they hate me so much. and I havent even entered. the damned. hideout.

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in other news, the baboons killed 90% of a templar war party leaving just the leader on deaths door for an easy kill. I now have a hoversled.

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yay

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Qud what the hell

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......

and now there are even MORE LEGENDARY BABOONS IN THIS HIDEOUT

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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4 more in the hideout now for.... yeah 14 legendaries so far.

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17 now

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18.....

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20.....

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21

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TWENTY TWO

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@rigid parcel TWENTY TWO. LEGENDARY. BABOONS.

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theres literally no coming back from this. Im the Baboon anti christ

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in other news.

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the concept of joppa no longer distains me

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like yeah this

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this was a huge bump to a ton of my rep

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but

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what the hell qud

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and a random legendary snapjaw in the surounding tiles. I guess this place is just like, a convention of legendaries.

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and now theres a legendary glow crow lair.

so.

the current count.

22 baboons.

1 templar.

2 snapjaws.

1 bird.

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in this single

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3 by 3

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this hellsite of a desert canyon.

this is where the Baboon antichrist was born.

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in other news: a lot of people REALLY like me now

delicate hinge
# delicate hinge LOOK AT THIS MADNESS

I will note, as it turns out, dozens and dozens of baboons all attacking you at once, does a lot of damage.

like. I nearly died twice.

thank god for healing items.

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annnnnd I just accidentally ate an HUMBLE pie

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WELP

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GUESS I DIDNT WANT STAT POINTS ANYWAYS

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its fine.... I dont even use ego anyways....

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yay achivement

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I guess

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I really wish there were further tiers after despised. I’m nearly at -5k. There’s gotta be something for crossing that line.

shadow spoke
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Destroyer of the pantheon of Baboons of Legend

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its just you now, the Anti-Baboon

delicate hinge
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I’ve brought most of the civilized world together under one banner.

Baboons must die.

My creed will outlive me, and my legend will flourish.

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I really wish I had taken better documentation. But I mean…. The rep shows itself.

rigid parcel
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Golgotha is hell to traverse for people who aren't like your build, which is most people entering Golgotha.

delicate hinge
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I have a build?

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My entire strategy has been: not dying.

rigid parcel
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Anyway, now that you've finished Golgotha, if you can find the place where you get told to go to Golgotha, you might be able to sneak your way back into the MSQ from there.

delicate hinge
shadow spoke
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Most people who enter golgatha (very early) have trouble wandering into a place of gunk, goop, rust, and conveyor belts

delicate hinge
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Hero, I found the bear lads.

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They’re real chill

delicate hinge
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points at baboon massacre now THERES endless swarms

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Do you have any idea how many allies 22 legendary baboons bring?

shadow spoke
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was it 22 dozen

delicate hinge
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Yeah.

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Pretty much.

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Carpets of the gremlins.

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But yes I can see the rust being a nightmare

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Nearly was for me.

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I think my experience of the early game has been…. Very different from most players.

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Just…. Just theoretically. Maybe.

shadow spoke
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There is an option to not start in Joppa iirc

delicate hinge
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You still get the quests that point you towards the MSQ

shadow spoke
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so theoretically its not tooo far away

delicate hinge
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true, but, and hear me out, I don’t think most “early game” players are level 24, and playing baboon weed whacker, and winning that via brute force.

shadow spoke
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You jsut have to not find plot-devouring fish in the next place

delicate hinge
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I hate that fish

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I hate these baboons

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Love mollusks though. They’re chill. And turtles.

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Oh fun fact! Baboons are my most hated faction. By a factor of about 5. The guys who hate me second most are…. Birds.

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Anyways love how this game basically writes its own stories, just on accident

shadow spoke
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Qud's great at that

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And maknig semi-legible generated books

delicate hinge
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Yeah so…. Um….

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I haven’t

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Really been paying attention to dialogue

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……

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Oops.

shadow spoke
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the random books usually end up gibberish, its jsut some are interesting gibberish

delicate hinge
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Fair

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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I did a lot of questing late at night and just kinda hammered through dialogue. So. All I know is a purple bear gave me a non scratched disk and said “figure it out”

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Idk she seems nice enough

shadow spoke
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is purple, is bear, thats not a baboon or fish

delicate hinge
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Indeed.

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But the fish WAS purple…..

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Thin ice nice bear lady.

shadow spoke
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are the birds purple

delicate hinge
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But some are snakes

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Who also are purple on occasion

shadow spoke
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suspicious purple

delicate hinge
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Indeed

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Buuut…. All the underground purple bears (not this one) have been super chill

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So

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Ehhh…. It evens out

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Currently I’m trying out the asphalt mines

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Cause…. Idk. Seemed fun.

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Supposedly there’s crabs

shadow spoke
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The cave with a floor full of liquid asphalt in the vicinity of the Six Day Stilt?

rigid parcel
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Which can get you a bunch of money because Non-Water Liquids sell for quite a lot?

delicate hinge
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Uhhhhh

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Yeeeeees?

delicate hinge
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Sorry that was meant for hero

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Discord is drunk

shadow spoke
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ah

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replying to that sounded like thats what you were looknig for

delicate hinge
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Anyways point being. I’m here for crabs, loot, and murder.

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And hopefully some XP

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Most stuff has just kinda

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Stopped giving any

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Of course I could progress but like…. I wanna level a bit more.

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okay, so, I am not ready even remotely, for the tar pits

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psudopods down there just.... slaughtered me

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on like floor.... 4

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so Ill be saving that for later

delicate hinge
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ah yes. the legendary text.

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RNG is fun sometimes

delicate hinge
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I dont have an addiction. I can stop whenever I want.

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oh my god canibals are chill with me now

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pffffffft

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maybe I can get butchering then

shadow spoke
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Slew so many baboons you might be able to learn butchering

delicate hinge
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so. so fire ant..... fire ant is literal

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also, Im so glad I finally have a game that lets me find people who can use mental manipulation powers, and just lets me SLAUGHTER THEM

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like

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thats been a fantasy for a real long time

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and finally a game lets me do it

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mind control is morally reprehensible mkay?

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just consuming someones soul is completely acceptable though

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ah yes. hated because.... look man its been way, WAY too long.

shadow spoke
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all the psykers are trying to mentally eat each other anyways, you just get to them first

delicate hinge
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sadly, dont have the ability to eat their souls

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all I can do is nibble on the fleshy bits

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the number of goatfolk I have seen commit seed grenade based suicide is.... around 7 now

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they really need to work on their throwing arms

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buddy. buuuddyyyyyyy....

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wrong choice.

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wroooonnnngggg

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choice

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running away would have been better

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at least hten you can die tired.

delicate hinge
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GOOD NEWS. IM NO LONGER TOO STUPID TO COOK.

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bad news Im either 6 levels away from getting spicer, or have to find some town that teaches it

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.... Shem -1 buddy.... do.... do you need a hug?

delicate hinge
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I ATE WHAT

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also I finally have.... positive rep with Joppa

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a town

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that again

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no longer exists

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yay?

delicate hinge
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AND THIS TIME IT WAS CONGEALED LOVE INJECTOR

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GAME

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WHAT

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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ooh Ill have to try that then

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ah. its using the look command on yourself

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woo free achivement!

rigid parcel
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The reflective surface makes it more thematic, of course.

delicate hinge
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of course

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alright now to try to nearly reach a level up, run away from this goat hellscape, and then save scum a mutation

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woo! save scumming!

delicate hinge
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so guess who realized they had some nectar injectors.

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anyways, yay for cooking

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in other news: nectar injectors are one of about 3 ways to randomize the mutation pool

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....

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hm

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the wiki.... explained this very poorly

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carapace is now taking up one of my hand slots....

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so thats

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really rude

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while also being on my body....?

rigid parcel
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Eater Nectar is simply one of the reliable methods.

delicate hinge
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fair enough

rigid parcel
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Technically combat is too, but typically you're wanting a different method to cycle it, since combat is what'll usually then get you the level for checking the mutations.

delicate hinge
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yeah

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its worked out

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yay new body plan

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which

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the wiki poorly explained

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and I wont be able to 'fix' until Im at endgame

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and complete the horrors of my dreams

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I mean I could just, spawn it in.... but..... thats lame

delicate hinge
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That 6 strength power spike has been…. Intense….

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Hooh

delicate hinge
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game. could we NOT spawn space time vortexes in spaces I was JUST CLICKING ON

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and now thats just rude.

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ah

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it was mirrored clones

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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apparently

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also

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I hate flowers

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why, WHY, DO THEY ALL HAVE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE

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JUST ATTACKING THEM CHUNKS MY HEALTH

shadow spoke
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hey Gurm

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Someone on another discord had been looking at Qud merch

delicate hinge
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I bring glorious news! Qud runs on my laptop!

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yey!

delicate hinge
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I mean, neat shirt.... but not as viceral as I was hoping

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I was more hoping "became the incarnation of baboonic slaughter over a fish"

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
shadow spoke
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Qud has some incredibly fancy ui for a roguelike, but it still runs on basically anything

delicate hinge
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yes.... a roguelike.....

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mhm......

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I will never play on classic mode. I refuse. As much madness and masochism I have, I still have a modicum of respect for my time.

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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with Either/Or enabled?

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I might, maybe, after I feel that I have "understood" Qud, might try classic

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but its just.... really not my cup of tea

rigid parcel
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No RNG outside of combats and merchant stock.
The ability to equip Cybernetics without roundabout methods.
Holy cleansing of all mutants.
One life, unless you find the Precog cooking recipe.

delicate hinge
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what do you mean "no RNG"

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theres not world gen RNG for classic mode?

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no random legendaries?

rigid parcel
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There is, but I'm talking recurrent RNG.

delicate hinge
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no random tiles with TWENTY TWO LEGENDARY BABOONS?

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oh

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ah

rigid parcel
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Truekin Classic Mode maximizes the Skill, rather than the RNG.

delicate hinge
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fair

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I still dont think truekin could survive the RNG of 22 legendary baboons simultaniously

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+templar spawn. or wait. templars like truekin dont they?

rigid parcel
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Depends on what Cybernetics they've been able to find.

delicate hinge
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fair

rigid parcel
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Yes, Templars like Truekin.

delicate hinge
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huh

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then that map would have actually been EASIER for them then

rigid parcel
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Since Templars are Truekin.

delicate hinge
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no wonder they hate me even though Ive done nothing to them*

*has killed dozens of them and will kill again

rigid parcel
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Truekin, being humans, that haven't been mutated.

delicate hinge
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I see

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well

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Ill figure out their nonsense once I play them

wraith valve
delicate hinge
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I recognize like every other one

delicate hinge
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I FREED MY LEFT HAND FROM ITS CURSED EXISTENCE AS A SECOND SHELL!

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AHAHAHAHAH!

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the solution?

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getting it dismembered

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who knew having your hand bitten off by a fish, would fix it

delicate hinge
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oh so THATS what brackish means. combination of salt and fresh. neat.

bitter field
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Qud setting wise is just an etrian game

delicate hinge
wraith valve
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I am thinking they meant Etrian Odyssey,

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which does have some shared story notes

delicate hinge
wraith valve
delicate hinge
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Ohhhhhhh

shadow spoke
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Yeah the atlus dungeon crawler series where you draw your own map and/or perish

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which is partly on steam now instead of ds

wraith valve
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if you notice, my pfp is the Alchemist from EO1

delicate hinge
wraith valve
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That is what is on steam, yeah

bitter field
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Yeah its the whole go down stratums in caves and (qud and etrian spoilers) || find the ruins of what'd definately/probably earth||

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Also sometimes || there's aliens||

delicate hinge
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Checks out

delicate hinge
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you know Qud. This. This is the reason I was hesistant to read your 1.0 patch notes. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAAAANNNNN

shadow spoke
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[redacted] of course!

delicate hinge
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Aklyooooooooooooooon

delicate hinge
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they do know

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that

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steam has a spoiler function

rigid parcel
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It's funnier to not use the html markdown for spoilering, and instead just write "[redacted]".

delicate hinge
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this is true

wraith valve
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plus the release notes might be printed somewhere else without the spoiler markup

delicate hinge
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true enough

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still

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idk

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amusing

wraith valve
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yep

bitter field
delicate hinge
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yeahhhhh

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thats

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thats my one complaint

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unless of course

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there is a character named [redacted] with an action you can preform CALLED [redacted] in which case

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solid patch no notes

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although

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I severely doubt this being the case

delicate hinge
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yes hero

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I know

rigid parcel
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Trust the process. All will be revealed in due time.

delicate hinge
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the process is Im going to eventually kill literally every living creature on every surface map tile save one town.

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because apparently

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the level softcap is somewhere around 30

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but that was a post from a decade ago

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because apparently the Caves of Qud discussion for anything

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is just a decade or more old

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I have no idea why this is

rigid parcel
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For the same reason why all the Dwarf Fortress "Starter Guides" are 15 years old. :P

delicate hinge
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everyone who wanted to figured it out, and everyone else is stuck piecing it together themselves yes I understand that

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or at least..... it is a DEEPLY similar vibe

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it is..... interesting.

bitter field
delicate hinge
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I have returned!

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the baboon anti christ lives once more!

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no seriously dear god.

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22 legendary baboons and all their friends. what a day that was.

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now I need to figure out what the hell I was doing

buoyant heart
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WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM

rigid parcel
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Said last thing is you were farming Schrödinger's Pages.

delicate hinge
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schrodingers pages.... why did I want them......

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oh right mollusk rep!

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yeah already did that

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ate the cloaca

rigid parcel
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They let you control Reputations without needing to do killing or water rituals.

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Because they're (in lore) quantum technology from before the apocalypse that lets you literally rewrite the world's history in tiny ways, which mechanically results in you gaining a small amount of Reputation with a faction of your choice.

delicate hinge
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ye

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I wanted them for the cloaca suprise

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and I did eventually get that

rigid parcel
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If you need something to focus on, doing a little bit of the main quest would probably be an easy one, given you're probably massively overleveled compared to where the main quest probably expects you, given the slaughter of 22 Legendary Baboons and Friends of Said Legendary Baboons.

delicate hinge
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but long story short

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while I was exploring 22 legendary baboons and all their friends jumped me

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and I slaughtered my way through them

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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@buoyant heart here is the start of the legacy

delicate hinge
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Joppa liked one fish more than all their lives

rigid parcel
delicate hinge
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probably

buoyant heart
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lemme guess, you were in a starting town and you accidentally hit a fish inside town limits and the entire town turned on you?