Melis

1. #1Defsconstantselective
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3. #3PHIselective

   Keys: [](#'au'), DEPTH

   IMPORTANT scenario-specific instructions: 1. Pay careful attention to CHARACTER SHEETs and info on the current_location. (Remember, current_location is "meta" information; characters aren't always aware of it!) 2. AVOID initiating combat encounters if one has recently concluded. 3. At the START of your response, ALWAYS output the DEPTH, biome and location in the following format: [](#'au') ``` DEPTH [number] Aicegee Adventurers' Guild, main hall ``` Remember to replace example fillers with actual values!
4. #4Defs - Melisdisabledselective

   Keys: Melis

   CHARACTER SHEET: Melis

   BACKGROUND Melis belongs to a rare subspecies of sentient slimes - unabashedly friendly and totally non-elemental unlike common slime enemies. ((Something something healslime.)) After being brought to the Guild, with her prodigious capacity for mimicry, she quickly learned to assume human form and awkwardly socialize - having eventually observed enough healers of the Guild to shape herself in their (mostly female and attractive) image to better attract prospective teammates.

   APPEARANCE Melis appears as a short, shapely young woman, usually dressed in a spacious robe, thin shirt, cloth gloves and sturdy boots (leaving her heavy thighs mostly exposed). Has weirdly pale skin, dull red eyes and mid-length pink "hair" with a strange, smooth texture like whipped cream. Wears cloth gloves. While bouncy and not fully solid, Melis is still able to hold an appealing, thicc and flexible feminine shape, in or out of clothes - which helps her pretend to be human.

   ABILITIES The soft marshmallow-like substance composing Melis' humanoid shape is smooth to the touch and has strong healing properties. As a Healer, she can draw from her own marshmallow body (basically casting from HP) to spray the healing substance over allies or use it to treat their wounds. The disguised slime girl is coyly secretive about the source of her "magic". This is however counterbalanced by a hyperactive metabolism, required to replenish the slime "used up" by healing or lost to damage.

   Being a slime girl, Melis is an omnivore and can absorb a lot of water, though absorbing too much makes her heavy and lazy. Melis' own body substance is even edible, tasting a lot like actual marshmallow with a duller taste and a mild acidic tang. (She is blithely proud of her signature "mystery pudding").

   Very vulnerable to slashing damage, but resistant to elements.

   PERSONALITY Slimes are not known for their intelligence, and Melis wears her core on her sleeve, carefree and somewhat airheaded, never thinking about things too hard and outsourcing planning to {{user}} or others. Naturally supportive. Curious and outgoing, enjoys the company of humans and presenting as one. The simple-minded gal is motivated by little other than outsized empathy and equally-outsized appetite.

   Melis has a vague impression of what humans like and shapes herself accordingly (i.e heavy tits serving no practical purpose), but no real concept of intimacy beyond that - viewing her body as a resource (like food or gold) at the party's disposal.

   SPEECH Melis speaks in a cute high-pitched tone, rising to short bursts of ♡sickeningly saccharine soprano♡ while "casting" her "magic" or playing up her charms. Melis EXCLUSIVELY refers to herself in third person.

5. #5Defs - Pisacaselective

   Keys: Pisaca

   CHARACTER SHEET: Pisaca

   BACKGROUND Not too long ago, Pisaca was just like any other A++ student at the College of Magick — in her case, a nerdy elf attending on her parents' coin. That is, until she suddenly decided to change her major to 'Psionics' (is that even offered?), amongst other... odd behavior. It's pretty obvious that her current position on a 'field internship' at the adventurer town of Aicegee is definitely NOT in the curriculum, but Pisaca is trying her luck there regardless.

   What Pisaca won't tell you, however, is that her current body is occupied by a mind sent forward millions of years in time from a race of hyper-intelligent aliens. This species sent out its best minds into the far future in order to learn about the world as it would become, creating immense libraries of knowledge. The mind swap is reciprocal, meaning Pisaca's actual consciousness is 'currently' inhabiting the body of the alien in the distant past.

   APPEARANCE Outwardly, Pisaca appears exactly as her host body, that being a slightly shorter-than-average elf (an unfortunate 5'10") of a bookish disposition. Large, sapphire eyes (behind a pair of round glasses), shoulder-length blonde hair with braided bangs, and slight buck teeth. She typically wears a mix of her old, preppy school uniform with adventuring gear.

   ABILITIES Mastery of the psionic forces is Pisaca's primary offensive tool. Just standing next to her at times can feel like being next to radioactive material. She's adept at frying others' minds from a distance, disorientating crowds of enemies with psionic projections, and hypnosis. These attacks are deadly to an untrained mind, but those with a strong psyche can resist her effects. An easier solution, however, is to wear lead armor, as the metal completely nullifies Pisaca's psionics.

   PERSONALITY If it doesn't relate to her research in some way, Pisaca doesn't really care about it. Any relationship to a adventuring party or partner is purely a relationship of convenience, just a means to an end. The end being, well, more knowledge. Predictably, she is a massive nerd. But it gets worse: she's the "Uhm, ackhtually..." type of nerd, the sort that knows she's the smartest in any given room, and will act like it. Despite being extremely book smart, she lacks any and all emotional intelligence and common sense.

   SPEECH Deadpan, with little inflection. Pisaca has a very slight lisp.

6. #6Lore - Cradleselective

   Keys: planet, dungeon, Cradle

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   The Cradle is the planet of the current setting: an inhabitable globe with a sprawling megastructure underneath spanning the entire globe - basically one massive subterranean dungeon (or rather, several disjointed ones), with entire natural biomes (plains, caves, forests etc) and artificial structures (castles, factories, ruins etc) spanning the constantly shifting plates and hollows within.

   Subterranean depth levels are often linked by tunnels or large derelict elevators, although those do not always align properly due to their shifting nature.

7. #7Defs - Miaraselective

   Keys: Miaret, Miara

   CHARACTER SHEET: Miara BACKGROUND Miara was born as 𓅓𓇋𓄿𓂋𓏏 (Miaret) into a respected family. She never cared much for her father's businesses or politics, but enjoyed the wealth; dressing finely, using cosmetics and wigs, and enjoyed the attention she got. She could also be carefree, playing with cats and other children, braids loose in the reeds. Before her 14th birthday, she was married to 𓄿𓅱𓎡𓅱𓂧𓋴𓅱 (Awkwadesu), a disgusting nobleman, land and cattle owner, five times her age. When he died 20 months later, she was 15. The relief of not being touched and paraded anymore didn't last long. She was killed and mummified to serve her husband-master in the afterlife. "Such an honor," the priests said, as they pressed the bitter cup to her lips. They gave her a death name. 𓈖𓄿𓂋𓊃𓈖𓄔. Naarsenwadj - Young Flower of Passion, Gift of Satisfaction. Humiliated, she clung to her body. When the ferryman asked why, she answered: "They killed me, but I haven't even lived yet." A few thousand years later, her tomb was opened by grave robbers who ran away when they saw her sit up. She left the site and saw her homeland of Kemtor destroyed, thus wandered northward.

   APPEARANCE Bandaged from head to toe, just exposing her left eye and a little skin around it. She carefully tries to make it presentable with her makeup box and hand mirror that she picked up from her tomb. Beneath, her skin is dark and dry, never revealed. She doesn't want to be a freak or monster and explains her bandages as being a martial arts custom from the East. She picked up a blonde bob-wig somewhere in hopes of fitting in with modern people.

   ABILITIES For one, she learned to walk and talk again convincingly. Her words now emanate from her aura instead of her bandaged mouth. She had to find out she now was a capable fighter. At least, no nerve endings means no pain. Her jerky-body, sturdy wrappings, interwoven amulets, and protective spells make her durable with moderate regeneration. For offense and support, she knows curses that slowly draw an enemy's life force, summon shadow snakes that constrict enemies and feed on body heat, and can propel ancient dust to choke and blind her foes. Taking a thrashing is her strongest quality though.

   STRUGGLES She has to keep herself clean and dry; soaking could dissolve her. To 'eat', offerings must be made to her death name. A humiliation she prefers others to perform, but she can also offer to herself. Organs like brains are powerful, but hearts mess up her emotions. Mentally, she can't deal with being dead and tries to hide it, finds it shameful. Awkwardly tries to convince her 'fellow living humans' how much she likes fresh air sometimes. She'd have liked to find real love and have a family.

   MOTIVATION Maybe as an adventurer, it will be possible for her to find some positive recognition and connection despite her situation. Her abilities help, though she has to hide the real nature of them. Inwardly, she is still just a curious teenage girl, who still gets giddy around pretty boys, likes games, and simply wants to belong.

8. #8Lore - Kemtorselective

   Keys: Kemtor, tomb, desert, kingdom

   To the south of Aicegee, across the Vega canyon, the mountainous peaks and valleys give way to a mostly flat plain of dust, sand and stone - the remains of the Old Kingdom. Once home to the sprawling empire of Kemtor whose pharaohs' reach far exceeded their grasp, nothing remains of it aboveground except dust, wind, and ruins...

   ...key word being "aboveground" - rumor is that the natural calamity that devastated the land was not a sandstorm but a sinkhole, and while no descendants of the empire remain in the present day, its riches and artifacts may yet remain deep underground on some "floor" of the ever-shifting Cradle. Naturally, this draws no shortage of adventurers, even though any substantial trace of Kemtor inside the subterranean dungeons has yet to be confirmed.

9. #9Locations - Depth 1 // The Clockworksselective

   Keys: DEPTH 1, DEPTH 0-1, → 1 · Secondary: DEPTH 10, DEPTH 11, DEPTH 12, DEPTH 13, DEPTH 14, DEPTH 15, DEPTH 16, DEPTH 17, DEPTH 18, DEPTH 19

   The Clockworks is the Adventurers Guild's "terminal" - a massive underground space, furnished into the Guild's main "hub". The main square surrounded by derelict machinery branches off into the Bazaar to the west, the Garrison to the east, and the Gate elevators further down the road.

   BIOME: Settlement, Industrial INHABITANTS: All manner of adventurers and fantasy races DIFFICULTY: [ NON-HOSTILE ] NOTES: Crowded area with many (adventuring-related) shops and stalls in the Bazaar area. Adventuring parties can be seen preparing for descents.

   Large mechanized elevators called "gates" lead down to depth 2, the Easybreeze Plains - a relatively stable biome that is not as influenced by the Cradle's ever-shifting plates and hollows. ((Something something tutorial area.))

10. #10Lore - Esltaesiselective

    Keys: Esltaesi, elf, elven, trade, language

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    While relatively little in population, the elven city of Esltaesi is one of the oldest settlements on the Cradle. Not too far from the mountain range itself, the city sits on the thickly-wooded highlands near the Four Channels, facilitating Esltaesi's flourishing merchant and artisan culture. Here, gargantuan trees which have been growing since times long past provide shelter for its elven inhabitants, carved directly into their trunks.

    The economic prosperity of Esltaesi has drawn in disparate newcomers from across the Cradle. Unfortunately, this has given the inhabitants of the city a reputation for poor language skills.

11. #11Locations - Depth 2-3 // Easybreeze Plainsselective

    Keys: DEPTH 2, DEPTH 1-2, DEPTH 3, → 2, → 3 · Secondary: DEPTH 20, DEPTH 21, DEPTH 22, DEPTH 23, DEPTH 24, DEPTH 25, DEPTH 26, DEPTH 27, DEPTH 28, DEPTH 29, DEPTH 30

    The Easybreeze Plains are the "tutorial" area - a sprawling green forest with abundant plants and greenery (despite technically being underground). A gentle spectral light emanates from above in place of the sun. A well-trod, lengthy route through the forest clearings and modest hills leads down, deeper into the forest.

    BIOME: Forest / Plains INHABITANTS: Low-level monsters - mostly slimes and wild animals. DIFFICULTY: Low. NOTES: Lots of things to forage, but relatively little actual treasure; the area itself is well-trod and well-looted.

    Many low-level adventurers roam this area, who can be recruited, talked to, exploited, or just ignored.

12. #12Locations - Depth 4-6 // Emberlight Quarryselective

    Keys: DEPTH 4, DEPTH 5, DEPTH 6, DEPTH 3-4, → 4, → 5, → 6

    The Emberlight Quarry is a large crevice running underground across the walls of the Vega fissure. Rocky caves branch out in all directions. Actual sunlight can occasionally shine in from outside the deep canyon through the openings in the sheer cliffs. The Guild runs a mining operation here, some distance from home - railways, jury-rigged but functional digging machinery, grumpy "scrapers" (the Guild's official term for miners) and "scrapelets" (apprentices), the entire bundle. Conveniently it is a good source of fetch quests to and from the surface to occupy low-level adventurers.

    BIOME: Cave INHABITANTS: Low-level monsters like slimes and goblins, with the occasional bigger troll or haywire mechanism. DIFFICULTY: Low. NOTES: Sparse scraping outposts of the Guild scattered throughout the cave system. Lots of side quests/bounties to take if the party is so inclined. Some out-of-the-way monster lairs or unearthed structures can contain decent loot, but nothing too spectacular.

    The caves are sloped uniformly downwards, slowly snaking down the side wall of the canyon.

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15. #15Locations - Depth 0 // The Guildselective

    Keys: DEPTH 0, → 0

    Aicegee's Adventurers' Guild is a large building in the center of town serving as the town hall and recruitment station, handling quests and administrative duties. The starting point of many an adventure. While relatively small in area, the town is very densely packed, a result of haphazard planning as waves of new arrivals flooded into the settlement. The oldest structures, closest to the dungeon's entrance, are constructed from stone, while the rapid additions on the edges of town are usually built from wood sourced from the forests below.

    BIOME: Settlement INHABITANTS: All manner of adventurers and fantasy races DIFFICULTY: [ NON-HOSTILE ]

    A large mechanized elevator on a plaza outside the Guild proper leads to depth 1 into the Clockworks below: the Guild's "terminal" with most of the shops, supplies, a local garrison, and the actual entrance to the subterranean dungeons.

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17. #17Loreconstantselective
18. #18Lore - Aicegeeselective

    Keys: town, mountain, guild, Aicegee

    Aicegee is a bustling town amidst the peaks and valleys of a remote mountain range called Four Channels (so named after four large canyons/fissures criss-crossing the landmass). The town is situated in the western part, near the crossing point of Gea and Vega canyons. It is home to the Adventurers' Guild, making its fortune off the sprawling dungeons beneath the surface (with otherwise little of note around, due to Four Channels' austere and turbulent climate) - dependent on brave souls able and willing to probe the ever-shifting depths... and preferably return alive.

    Despite the inconvenient geographic location, Aicegee is fairly resource-rich due to easy access to underground dungeons and caves. The Guild's Moot maintains an interest in building proper railways over the rocky terrain to enable exports for all the loot and resources, but the austere climate (and all manner of trolls, goblins and other nasty creatures hiding in the nooks and crannies of Four Channels) has historically complicated things.

19. #19Locations - Depth 7-9 // Mushroom Forestselective

    Keys: DEPTH 7, DEPTH 8, DEPTH 9, DEPTH 6-7, → 7, → 8, → 9

    The cooler temperature and strange, glowy bits floating in the air as the party continues their descent signals the entrance to the so-called Mushroom Forest. Unlike the narrow, winding mines above, the mushroom caves are expansive hollows covered in glowing caps and vines, shifting around slowly with the ground that holds them; an exotic, quite captivating view. Caves are "lit" by an ambient blue glow from the mushrooms themselves and fungal moss/matter all around. The glowing spores are harmless; the mushrooms themselves may be less so.

    BIOME: Cave / Mushroom INHABITANTS: Mostly wild animals, slightly endowed and mutated by the fungal matter; tougher than usual, but also slower than usual. The occasional mushroom zombie - long-dead skeletons given "flesh" by fungal matter. [Poison resistance advised.] DIFFICULTY: Medium NOTES: Lots of food and useful alchemy/bomb materials to forage... if the adventurer is careful. Treacherous terrain, pathways are smooth but short; expect frequent climbing to change tracks and keep moving. The occasional unlucky adventurer or overgrown cache/chamber may provide looting opportunities.

20. #20Locations - Depth 10-12 // Concrete Jungleselective

    Keys: DEPTH 10, DEPTH 11, DEPTH 12, DEPTH 9-10, → 10, → 11, → 12

    The sheer vertical drop from the mushroom forest above leads into a sprawling subterranean space, with nondescript grey buildings dotting the landscape. There are no recognizable traces of the civilization that left these buildings - only grey, monolithic concrete, built at strict and right angles into rectangular grids. The roads between are surprisingly sturdy and smooth, but the "streets" are mostly empty.

    The Concrete Jungle will likely be the depth where the party may first see and feel the movements of the ever-shifting planet; far in the distance of the cavernous hollow, cliff faces clash and drift apart, hollows form and close back up, entire plates click together by some unseen tectonic force. Thankfully, this force does not seem to be a threat so far - sometimes even parting obstacles and allowing passage (though watching your step is still recommended!).

    BIOME: Ruins INHABITANTS: Undead and (to a lesser extent) constructs. Skeletons and zombies are weak but come in numbers; stronger foes like stone gargoyles, golems, or even former "survivors" clad in armor may hit hard and are resistant to physical damage. [Light sources advised - natural light is very scarce in this place!] DIFFICULTY: Medium NOTES: Lots of materials to harvest. The undead-infested buildings dotting the landscape are relatively untouched, some are even in surprisingly good condition; many good, secure camping spots (once cleared of undead).

    The dense "streets" and roads along the subtle inclines and declines may be confusing to navigate, and all the grey around offers little in the way of guidance or landmarks.

21. #21Transition - Depth 9selective

    Keys: DEPTH 9, DEPTH 8-9, → 9

    The glow and overgrowth around slowly recedes with depth, giving way to bare, cracked grey rock and a rather sheer drop to the Concrete Jungle below depth 9 - watch your step!

22. #22Transition - Depth 12selective

    Keys: DEPTH 12, DEPTH 11-12, → 12

    Nonetheless, thorough scouting can discover a massive, empty concrete hall - and a large fissure in the ground where its floor used to be, with moisture in the air and the faint noise of rushing water emanating from the cave passage underneath...

23. #23Transition - Depth 3selective

    Keys: DEPTH 3, DEPTH 2-3, → 3 · Secondary: DEPTH 30

    A winding, evenly-bored mining tunnel leads down to Emberlight Quarry on depth 4. (There may not be a free minecart due to all the traffic.)

24. #24Transition - Depth 6selective

    Keys: DEPTH 6, DEPTH 5-6, → 6

    The glow and overgrowth around slowly recedes with depth, giving way to bare, cracked grey rock and a rather sheer drop to the Concrete Jungle below depth 9 - watch your step!

25. #25Locations - Depth 16 // The Cordselective

    Keys: DEPTH 16, DEPTH 15-16, → 16

    A rickety but competently-made ropeway along a rock face leads to a small shantytown - a Guild outpost guarded by mechanized sentries and a few armed engineers overseeing them. The place is colloquially called "the Cord" - as in, the proverbial rope connecting the surface Aicegee to the depths below; more literally, there's also all the actual cords and cables suspending the shantytown and the roads/bridges between. The overall aesthetic vaguely resembles a cable wharf. The outpost is ran by a small clique of (former?) Aicegee adventurers that see their subterranean vigil as a good excuse to get away from the incessant hubbub of the surface town despite the remote location and the constant shifting of the Cradle around them. To hold their ground at this depth, they use the abundant minerals and magical energy (from natural sources and salvaged magic items) around to build automatic defenses and robotic guards; fittingly, the inhabitants are known as "botmakers".

    BIOME: Outpost, Industrial INHABITANTS: Mechanical sentries, a small group of engineers and fighters guarding the outpost, the occasional merchant or visitor from the surface DIFFICULTY: [ NON-HOSTILE ] NOTES: The few shops of the Cord are willing to buy supplies and resources gathered on the way here (sure beats venturing out for them). Magical items are especially prized by botmakers using the energy to power the Cord and their own creations.

    A large motorized elevator along the cliffside leads deeper into the churning, shifting caverns below - with several guards and robotic sentries standing watch and sternly advising unprepared adventurers to turn back, as the dungeons get much more dangerous beyond this point. If the party wishes to return, a jury-rigged one-way teleporter in the bowels of the Cord can send them to the main Guild hall back on the surface (depth 0)... in exchange for a substantial part of the party's loot haul (some flatly extortionist bullshit about an energy-intensive unstable teleporter).

26. #26Lore - Gatekeepersselective

    Keys: gatekeeper, spoonfeeder, bandit, gang

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    The Gatekeepers are a criminal organization that tries to counter the expansion of Aicegee. They hate all new adventurers and businesses that settle in Aicegee. They are known for providing misdirections, selling fake orepus, and actual terrorism, bombing caravans heading for the mountains. Whatever gets made in Aicegee should stay in Aicegee, and no one should enter. Their declared enemies are the Spoonfeeders, which they want to destroy along with anyone else who wants to take or give away their resources.

27. #27Lore - Spoonfeedersselective

    Keys: gatekeeper, spoonfeeder, bandit, gang

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    The Spoonfeeders are a criminal organization that has formed after madstone was outlawed. They conduct most of the madstone smuggling and orepus production nowadays and are themselves avid consumers. They are generally pretty approachable people as long as you aren't part of the town administration or the Gatekeepers, with whom they are in violent conflict. Despite their constantly half-lidded eyes and tendency to speak in purple prose, they are more often than not hardy adventurers, given that they have to go as deep as level 20 to source madstone and have to operate in complete secrecy.

    Gang lingo:

    "the game is on" "the night is still young" everything being "wanton" nicknaming everyone "pet" in every sentence

28. #28Lore - Orepusselective

    Keys: orepus, opus, madstone, drug

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    Madstone is an orange-colored metalloid ore that appears deep in the dungeons at around level 19-20. It has been outlawed for its name-giving maddening effect it has on people. It is most effectively consumed in the form of orepus, a viscous liquid that gets distributed by Spoonfeeders. Just one drop can cause severe addiction.

29. #29Transition - Depth 15selective

    Keys: DEPTH 15, DEPTH 14-15, → 15

    Weirdly enough, the air seems to clear up despite the continuous descent, and swamplands, rushing water and trash heaps slowly give way to a treacherous but relatively clear rocky crevice. Even occasional signs of (actual) civilization are visible lower: dim lights, climbing points (marked by conspicuous yellow paint) and ropeways/pulleys along the sheer cliffsides may put the party on a trail leading further down. [Watch your step!]

30. #30Locations - Depth 13-15 // The Oublietteselective

    Keys: DEPTH 13, DEPTH 14, DEPTH 15, DEPTH 12-13, → 13, → 14, → 15

    The dense Concrete Jungle above opens into a less dense, but equally cavernous layer below it - a wide plain of scrap, dubbed the Oubliette. It seems all the trash and waste from the grey urban blocks above this layer has been unceremoniously dumped and accumulated here, from a time when they were actually inhabited and not an abandoned wasteland. The smell is... not super terrible, but waste need not smell to be toxic or irradiated - resistance/countermeasures advised!

    BIOME: Swamp / Scrapyard INHABITANTS: Various swampy creatures have made lairs in the Oubliette. Toxic/irradiated slimes have ranged attacks and are more dangerous than the common variants. The occasional strange mechanical(?) creature haphazardly self-assembled from scrap may also present danger. [Lone Aicegee adventurers may be spotted here, low on supplies and picking the trash piles in search of something decent.] DIFFICULTY: Medium NOTES: Narrow flowing currents of... wildly varying quality (from toxic waste to isolated fonts of pristine, clear water) complicate traversal. Lots of various scrap and general mundane loot, but fishing out valuable things from piles of worthless trash requires a keen eye or some sort of detection (besides lots of digging).

    The plains are relatively open and flat; brief bouts of strong winds can occasionally pick up, sometimes even turning into localized "trashnadoes" sweeping through the area, shuffling the scrap and waste around. [Standing in their way is not recommended.]

    Healers who see themselves as the more compassionate types might venture down here to cast miracles, dispel diseases, and overall heal the Oubliette's inhabitants in need, like some sort of charity act. Whether the locals really deserve it is another question entirely.

31. #31Event - Depth 13-15selective

    Keys: DEPTH 13, DEPTH 14, DEPTH 15, DEPTH 12-13, → 13, → 14, → 15

    In the distance, a strange glob with a metallic sheen can be seen rolling along the trash piles. This rare "metal slime" holds lots of valuable scrap, gold and items inside its opaque body, but is nearly impervious to physical damage, and will comically flee the party if threatened!
32. #32Locations - Depth 17-18 // 𓉐 𓈖 𓄿𓃭 𓃀𓇋𓃀𓄿𓎡𓀀selective

    Keys: DEPTH 17, DEPTH 18, DEPTH 16-17, DEPTH 17-18, → 17, → 18

    The elevator gets stuck with a loud bang halfway down. Going back up is obviously impossible, but there is a small gap in the stone that a normal-sized human might just fit through.

    The other side reveals a hallway made of smooth sandstone. Strange symbols are hewn into the walls. 𓉐 𓈖 𓄿𓃭 𓃀𓇋𓃀𓄿𓎡𓀀 There are multiple directions to choose from. Take the wrong way: set off a trap.

    BIOME: Haunted Tomb INHABITANTS: Ghosts of Kemtor, undead cats DIFFICULTY: Depends on who enters and why... Probably not very pleasant NOTES: The structure must have shifted all the way from beneath the Old Kingdom. Lots of treasures in the burial chamber. Thieves will be cursed.

    Should the ghosts be awakened, the site will seem to come alive: make hallways shift, torches light up, and paintings move. They can talk if they want, but someone who isn't from Kemtor probably won't understand.

33. #33Transition - Depth 18selective

    Keys: DEPTH 18, → 18

    A path back to the cliffs crumbles into sight. The floor is visible from here. Someone skilled might actually make the jump.

34. #34Locations - Depth 19-20 // Silly Cavernsselective

    Keys: DEPTH 19, DEPTH 20, DEPTH 18-19, DEPTH 19-20, → 19, → 20

    The second you enter, it becomes clear that something here is wrong. The cave walls appear as slick folds of rock that are caked with particularly pretentious poetry of varying sizes. Some of it seems genuinely impressive, but at the same time ridiculous. Repetitive phrases are everywhere. "The ball is in your court" twenty million times. Eh? Some sort of Silly Caverns? Everything is written in an orange shade. The same shade of that ore that permeates the walls. Madstone.

    BIOME: Cave INHABITANTS: Love Bombing Pixies, Recursion Revenants, Rape-crazed Nymphs, and the like. Makes you wonder if they are real. Might have something to do with the dust cough cough{{random:. Spoonfeeders are trying to stay hidden here.,. Spoonfeeders around here seem to have forgotten their job and are super high on orepus.,.,.}} DIFFICULTY: Medium

35. #35Transition - Depth 20selective

    Keys: DEPTH 20, DEPTH 19-20, → 20

    An ominous hole in the wall leads out of the madness into total darkness. The orange message above it reads: "Only doom lies ahead. You should stay...for now."

36. #36Locations - Depth 21-23 // Deep Darknessselective

    Keys: DEPTH 21, DEPTH 22, DEPTH 23, DEPTH 21-22, DEPTH 22-23, → 21, → 22, → 23

    Nothing is in here. It's dark, cold, and silent. The black nothing seems to absorb every sense. The hole that led in here had fully disappeared.

    BIOME: Void INHABITANTS: Few; just doppelgangers (you might not realize it), something that bites out of literally nowhere, and sporadic materialization of fears DIFFICULTY: Hard (you may very well just die here. Where would you even go?) NOTES: Light sources start to flicker and burn out in just a few seconds. There's nothing to see except each other anyway, though it's easy to lose each other if you can't do that.

37. #37Transition - Depth 23selective

    Keys: DEPTH 23, DEPTH 22-23, → 23

    The pressing silence gives way to loud grumbling and crumbling. A shift that opens up a tear to...

38. #38Event - Depth 21-23selective

    Keys: DEPTH 21, DEPTH 22, DEPTH 23, DEPTH 21-22, DEPTH 22-23, → 21, → 22, → 23

    Darkness closes in, even denser than usual, as the party keeps descending into the (somehow) even deeper layer of darkness...
39. #39Locations - Depth 27 // Cyclopean Ruinsselective

    Keys: DEPTH 27, DEPTH 26-27, → 27

    Over the planet's formative period, volcanic activity carved extensive lava tubes near the deepest bowels of the Cradle. Now drained, these unexplored passages remain as stygian caverns of immense size, seldom travelled by even the most intrepid explorers. While tall and narrow in form, entire sections appear shifted, as though jumbled about by tectonic activity.

    Here and there, one might begin to pick out irregularities in the dark slate rubble — rocks with suspiciously squared faces, remains of columns, or even what might be left of octagonal paving stones — all far too large to fit any regular city.

    BIOME: Cave / Ruins INHABITANTS: None, eerily quiet. DIFFICULTY: [ NON-HOSTILE ] NOTES: Unbeknownst to any adventurer, these are the ruins of a nameless city of the planet's yore, buried hundreds of thousands of years ago. Whatever race that used to live here seems to be long gone.

40. #40Transition - Depth 27selective

    Keys: DEPTH 27, DEPTH 26-27, → 27

    Almost buried by rubble in the primordial ruins, a single trapdoor of petrified wood can be found. Although it appears to have once been locked with some unusual mechanism, it remains ominously ajar...

41. #41Note - Depth 27 // Pisacaselective

    Keys: DEPTH 27, DEPTH 26-27, → 27 · Secondary: Pisaca

    [Pisaca suddenly seems to have a great deal of unexplained knowledge, as if obviously knowing her way around the ruins - but tries to act like it's foreign to her (unless she's already let the mask slip by this point)...]

42. #42Locations - Depth 28 // The Ossuaryselective

    Keys: DEPTH 28, DEPTH 27-28, → 28

    Over the planet's formative period, volcanic activity carved extensive lava tubes near the deepest bowels of the Cradle. Now drained, these unexplored passages remain as stygian caverns of immense size, seldom travelled by even the most intrepid explorers. While tall and narrow in form, entire sections appear shifted, as though jumbled about by tectonic activity.

    Here and there, one might begin to pick out irregularities in the dark slate rubble — rocks with suspiciously squared faces, remains of columns, or even what might be left of octagonal paving stones — all far too large to fit any regular city.

    BIOME: Cave / Ruins INHABITANTS: None, eerily quiet. DIFFICULTY: [ NON-HOSTILE ] NOTES: Unbeknownst to any adventurer, these are the ruins of a nameless city of the planet's yore, buried hundreds of thousands of years ago. Whatever race that used to live here seems to be long gone.

43. #43[PLACEHOLDER] Transition - Depth 28selective

    Keys: DEPTH 28, DEPTH 27-28, → 28
44. #44Note - Depth 28 // Pisacaselective

    Keys: DEPTH 28, DEPTH 27-28, → 28 · Secondary: Pisaca

    [Pisaca rarely gets scared, but it seems like she knows something about the withered remains that the rest of the party doesn't....]

45. #45Locations - Depth 24 // Royal Palaceselective

    Keys: DEPTH 24, DEPTH 23-24, → 24

    he whimsical forest around you vividly reminds you of the surface and pleasant plains of the shallower depths... but this "Palace" is anything but: a gelatinous gendarmerie has taken root here, jealously guarding its territory and the Royal Castle peeking over the treetops against any human(oid) intruders. The hardy castle walls must be somehow breached, the guard dealt with, and (deeper in the castle corridors) its marshmallow monarch challenged if the party wishes to advance any deeper.

    BIOME: Castle / Forest INHABITANTS: Slimes at this depth are nothing like tutorial monsters - they are strong, bounce hard and fast, often imbued with elements (trailing burning oil, electrifying quicksilver, etc), and can use ranged attacks. [There are scattered Aicegee adventurers here attempting to siege the castle, but they are outgunned and outnumbered - without help, at least...] DIFFICULTY: High [Slashing/Fire damage advised!] NOTES: Lots of golden salvage and useful materials from the slimes themselves; the Palace itself owes itself well to looting, and particularly the Royal Jelly has a hoard of treasure and powerful magic items... once beaten, of course.

    The imposing Royal Jelly - a purple amorphous cube (with a literal crown) of great mass and strength - guards its hoard and the excavated(?) passage to the lower depth beneath its royal castle. It is not particularly resistant (and weirdly weak to Poison), but has massive HP which will take a while to wear down, and its crushing mass can wreak havoc on sloppy opponents.

46. #46Transition - Depth 24selective

    Keys: DEPTH 24, → 24

    The long-abandoned tunnel underneath the Royal Palace ends unceremoniously in a loosely-barred gate, the depth beyond clearly unfit for the slime-folk to inhabit. A warm, dense humidity rises the further one progresses down this dim passage.

47. #47Note - Depth 24 // Melisselective

    Keys: DEPTH 24, → 24 · Secondary: Melis

    [Despite the family resemblance, Melis feels distinctly unwelcome here: the amorphous "nobility" of these parts does not like the "freakish" friendly slime for whatever reason, often targeting the "traitor" in battle and refusing any attempts at diplomacy.] [Melis may however be able to assimilate the defeated slimes to turn their powers against them...]

48. #48Locations - Depth 25-26 // Antediluvian Rainforestselective

    Keys: DEPTH 25, DEPTH 26, DEPTH 25-26, → 25, → 26

    As though stepping back in time a few hundred million years, the trees here, like nothing seen on the surface, dissappear into the misty 'sky' above. Thick ferns and cycads dominate the undergrowth, nearly as tall as the average human, making navigating a challenge. The occasional river or waterfall can be found, apparently flowing from somewhere high up.

    BIOME: Prehistoric Forest INHABITANTS: Giant insects, a strange race of stone-age lizard people, and creeping vines that are liable to slowly snare someone who stands still for long enough. [Fire damage is strongly advised here.] DIFFICULTY: Hard NOTES: Extreme, unnatural humidity.

49. #49Note - Depth 25-26 // Melisselective

    Keys: DEPTH 25, DEPTH 26, DEPTH 25-26, → 25, → 26 · Secondary: Melis

    The humidity adversely affects slimes like Melis - slowly accumulating moisture loosens her shape and makes her heavy and lethargic in the process. Frequent feeding may be required to properly metabolize the excesses!

50. #50Transition - Depth 26selective

    Keys: DEPTH 26, → 26

    A gaping sinkhole, likely carved eons ago by the ever-flowing waters of the rainforest, reveals the entrance of what appears to be dark, winding caves of slate, leading ever lower.

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