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Should Have Been a Linebacker

2008-04-13T17:14:46Z

RDS:

[[Image:broken-window.gif]]

After losing the jewelry thief the first time, you tried staking out the office building where you think he disappeared, but there are too many people working there and you didn't get a good enough look at the guy to be able to pick him out of a crowd. Instead you decide to patrol around another jewelry store a few blocks away from the first one. Someplace that's close enough to be convenient for an escape route, but not right on top of the other one.

Turns out that was a pretty good idea, because while you're watching a man in a trench coat, who looks at least something like the figure you followed before, pauses in front of the store window and looks around in a shifty fashion for a moment. Then he whips out a shortish metal club and thwacks the glass. The guy must be amazingly strong, because even though it crumples like shatterproof glass and shouldn't shatter, it only takes three swings for the guy to smash his way inside.

He's quick, too. He's already climbing back out the window by the time you've crossed the street. Without hesitation you tackle him and wrestle him to the ground. It's a tough fight, but with the advantage of surprise you manage to subdue him and keep him pinned until the police arrive.

They grumble a bit about wishing you'd mind your own business, but they still hand over the reward being offered by the owner of the previous store. Bonus!

You gain '''500 chips'''.

A single jewel thief isn't going to be responsible for a spike in street crime downtown, though. It looks like this is a dead end in that respect.

Found in [[The streets of downtown Twilight]]

[[Category:Adventures]]

Row vs. Wade Battlefield

2008-04-10T12:44:56Z

RDS:

Back to [[The Space Station]] 
[[Category:Zones]]

{{combat
|name=Beachcomber
|image=Beachomber.jpg
|items=[[Paddlebot logo]], [[mona lisa drivetrain]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Ol' IronHideSides
|image=Ironsides.jpg
|items=[[Paddlebot logo]], [[plasteel plating]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Bumble Beta
|image=Bumble Beta.jpg
|items=[[Paddlebot logo]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Wavejumper
|image=Wavejumper.jpg
|items=[[Paddlebot logo]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=ScarStream
|image=Starscream.jpg
|items=[[Fordbot logo]], [[mona lisa drivetrain]], [[laser macrodiode]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Thunderclap
|image=Tclap.jpg
|items=[[Fordbot logo]], [[mona lisa drivetrain]], [[cybertronium]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Shockwave
|image=Swave.jpg
|items=[[Fordbot logo]], [[strut bar]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

{{combat
|name=Nautilizer
|image=wade-bot5.jpg
|items=[[Fordbot logo]]
|chips=0
|level=scales
|exp=scales
|hp=scales}}

Thunderclap

2008-04-10T12:43:36Z

RDS:

{{underconstruction|comment=Needs more information. Blame Satan.}}
{{fight
|pronoun=
|name=Thunderclap
|desc=Thunderclap is one of those low-grade models of Ford-bot that doesn't do much to distinguish itself. Other than the coloring, it's nearly indistinguishable from the Rock'em Bot. But, you know, blue and red are different from purple and black, and that should be enough individuality for any robot, right?
|image=wade-bot6.jpg
|sdhit=X
|phys=yes
|crit=X
|fumpro=It
|fum=X
|xp=scaling
|item1=Fordbot logo|image1=Fordbot-logo.gif
|item2=mona lisa drivetrain|image2=drivetrain.gif
|item3=cybertronium|image3=cybertronium.gif
|loc1=Fighting Robots
|loc2=Row vs. Wade Battlefield
|norw=}}

Trapped!

2008-03-30T04:27:53Z

RDS:

[[Image:Brick-wall.jpg]]

On what should have been a routine patrol along the edges of the hive, you stumble into what appears to be an entire squadron of renegade robots. There are way too many to fight at once, so you duck back into an alley, but it's too late. One of the scouts sounds an alarm, and in moments dozens of robots are after you!

Over the course of a few minutes of sprinting, you manage to lose most of the robots. But then you turn down what turns out to be a dead-end alley, sealed at the end by a towering brick wall. You turn, but you can see the glow of a headlight approaching the opening to the alley. There could be anything out there, maybe just one robot, maybe an entire swarm.

==Run away!==
'''There's No Brick Wall Thick Enough ...'''

Deciding you'd rather not deal with whatever is coming your way, you take the sensible option and retreat. Directly through the brick wall. Because that's the kind of hero you are.

It makes a real mess of the wall, but you find some things ...

You got an item: '''[[pile of bricks]]'''

==Run towards the foe!==
''Random "A renegade robot hive" combat encounter''

==Jump over the wall.==
'''Up, Up, and Away, Away''' 
''With [[high-jump boots]] equipped:''

You jump over the wall without any trouble, and disappear into the night. It's not so heroic, but "live to fight another day" and all that jazz, right?

==Location==

[[A renegade robot hive]].
[[Category: Adventures]]
[[Category: Noncombat Adventures]]

Trapped!

2008-03-27T20:57:37Z

RDS: New page: Image:Brick-wall.jpg On what should have been a routine patrol along the edges of the hive, you stumble into what appears to be an entire squadron of renegade robots. There are way to...

[[Image:Brick-wall.jpg]]

On what should have been a routine patrol along the edges of the hive, you stumble into what appears to be an entire squadron of renegade robots. There are way too many to fight at once, so you duck back into an alley, but it's too late. One of the scouts sounds an alarm, and in moments dozens of robots are after you!

Over the course of a few minutes of sprinting, you manage to lose most of the robots. But then you turn down what turns out to be a dead-end alley, sealed at the end by a towering brick wall. You turn, but you can see the glow of a headlight approaching the opening to the alley. There could be anything out there, maybe just one robot, maybe an entire swarm.

==Run away!==
'''There's No Brick Wall Thick Enough ...'''

Deciding you'd rather not deal with whatever is coming your way, you take the sensible option and retreat. Directly through the brick wall. Because that's the kind of hero you are.

It makes a real mess of the wall, but you find some things ...

You got an item: '''[[pile of bricks]]'''

==Run towards the foe!==
''Random "A renegade robot hive" combat encounter''

==Jump over the wall.==
'''Up, Up, and Away, Away'''

You jump over the wall without any trouble, and disappear into the night. It's not so heroic, but "live to fight another day" and all that jazz, right?

==Location==

[[A renegade robot hive]] with '''the ability to fly'''.
[[Category: Adventures]]
[[Category: Noncombat Adventures]]

Just Deserts

2008-03-27T20:51:00Z

RDS:

[[Image:burned-car.jpg]]

From the air you can reach farther into the desert than you ever have before. This perspective allows you to see all kinds of things that you've never noticed before, even in the dark. It's dim, but there's some ambient light from the city and night sky. You find yourself intribued by a strange circular crater near the base of an old volcano. In fact, is that a glint of metal? Could something have crashed there? The crater looks old--really old--but you decide to investigate it anyway.

It takes a while to track down the metal that you saw, and when you do you're disappointed to find that it's just the burnt-out shell of a car amid a pile of other litter. You pick up a loose hubcap, rotating it in your hands as you look around. Something still doesn't feel right about the crater; your sense of something out of place is jangling like a spider's web reacting to the footfall of an insect. You can't figure out what's bothering you, though.

==See if there's anything good in the car.==
''''Hola' Is Spanish for Hello'''

The front of the car is pretty trashed, so you start with the trunk, which is mostly undamaged. You spend a minute prying it open but are disappointed to find that the inner contents are just a bunch of trash. You shuffle through the mound of old clothes and fast food wrappers, but there's nothing interesting there. Frustrated, you move to the back seat. It's coated in soot, but down by the floor there's a case. Hola? What's this? You open the case and find a very serious-looking projectile weapon.

You got an item: [[your little friend]]

==Spend a few minutes cleaning up the area.==
'''Do One Good Deed Every Five Minutes'''

You walk around the area for a bit, cleaning up some trash and dumping it into the shell of the car. It makes you feel good, in a boy-scoutish way, doing a little bit for this environment. On the other hand, nobody comes out here in the desert, and since you're a hero you spend your whole night doing good deeds. Maybe you ought to get back to town or something? Still, you do feel like you've improved yourself.

You gain ?-63-70-? XP.

==See how far you can toss the hubcap.==
[[Image:Desert-night.jpg]]

'''Strange as Fiction'''

Frustrated, you wing the hubcap into the crater and watch as it sails through the air, turns on its side, and plummets to the ground with an odd, hollow metallic clonk. Strange. Very strange.

You climb down into the crater to investigate. Brushing away several inches of sand and gravel where the hubcap landed, you're surprised to see metal. It looks like a big horizontal sheet, slightly warped, pitted and corroded by time, but still very solid. What's it doing out here in the desert? You stomp on the metal sheet and hear an echoey thump, as if the ground underneath is hollow. Gradually you clear away more sand, and the metal keeps going. Whatever it is, it's fairly big, like a bunker. Or a septic tank. But why out here?

Eventually you find what looks like a door, slightly bent out of alignment with the metal surrounding it. It takes all your strength to coerce the skewed and rusted hinges to move, but you get the door open. Pulling out a flashlight (every hero always comes prepared, right?) you peer into the gloom.

Whatever it is, it's not a septic tank. It looks like a large room turned on its side, halfway filled with sand and gravel, the bottom strewn with metal shrapnel. Stalactites drip down from the ceiling in places, and stalagmites rise up from the floor. Whatever this stuff is, it's been here for a long time. It doesn't look human, either. Banks of twisted machinery along the walls somewhat resemble recognizable hardware, but the angles are wrong, the buttons are too big, the aesthetic is just ... different. You think about exploring further but quickly decide that jumping into the dim recesses of some ancient machinery isn't the smartest thing to do. You'd rather have a scientist's opinion about this anyway. Maybe you ought to talk to Susan Novak and see what she thinks about this?

''Subsequent occurrences''

'''One-Man Frisbee Isn't So Fun'''

You huck the hubcap and watch as it sails off into the darkness. There's a soft shussshh of a sound in the distance wherever it landed, but that's it.

==Location==

[[Outskirts of Area 54]] with '''the ability to fly'''.
[[Category: Adventures]]
[[Category: Noncombat Adventures]]

Shell casing

2008-03-09T16:20:17Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=4409200
|itemid=334
|name=shell casing
|image=shell-casing.gif
|desc=This is an oversized shell casing from what must have been an extremely large gun. It's bigger than a breadbox, but smaller than a carboy. And no, it's not quite big enough to fit on your head like a metallic chef's hat.
|type=Misc
|autosell=32
|weldable=yes}}

==How Obtained==
[[a renegade robot hive]]
:*[[Hovertank]]

==Uses==
[[double canister]] 
[[goo bomb]] 
[[stovepipe hat]]

Firecracker

2008-03-03T15:44:03Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=9803505
|itemid=314
|name=Firecracker
|image=firecracker.gif
|desc=This is a modest sized firework. It's not so large or dangerous as the famed cherry bomb, but it's big enough that you can only buy one if you sign a waiver stating that you won't use it until you go not one but two states away from the store where it was sold.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|autosell=10
|usable=yes}}

==How Obtained==
[[Nearby slums]]
:*[[Gangster in red]]

[[Neighboring and neighborly neighborhood]]
:*[[Skateboarding teen]]

==When Used==
''If you have fewer than two items in your inventory which can be disassembled:''

Strange as it may seem, you can't think of anything useful to do with the firecracker.

''If you have at least two different items in your inventory which can be disassembled:

In your hand you hold the firecracker. It's a fun little explosive device. What would you like to use the firecracker on?

''Choose item to disassemble and:''

'''Results:'''

You light the firecracker and quickly dive behind some shelter. Even though you have your fingers in your ears, the firecracker makes a satisfying '''POP!''' sound.

You got an item: '''<Item Name>'''
 
 
You got an item: '''<Item Name>'''

The Only Way to Win Is Not to Play

2008-02-28T15:13:48Z

RDS:

{{encounter
|name=The Only Way to Win Is Not to Play
|image=roof-silhouette.jpg
|desc=You see a sinister figure lurking on a nearby rooftop. With a battlecry for justice you leap after the figure, which quickly turns and runs. After a minute of pursuit, the figure ducks around a corner and you hear numerous voices shouting. Knowing better at this point, instead of stopping you speed on by the well-meaning heroes who never seem to get anything done. You hear them shouting as you leave them in your dust, but you're fixed on your target. In less than a minute you run him down and drag him off to the police station.}}
{{exp|amt=90-105}}
Found in the [[Rooftops of downtown]] area.

[[Category: Noncombat Adventures]]

Something Unusual

2008-02-26T15:05:23Z

RDS:

You come to some indefinable time later, battered and barely able to move. You lie still for a moment, gathering your strength, wondering if you're going to live through the night.

You pull yourself towards a dumpster and attempt to use it to stand up, but you can't muster enough strength. Slowly you slide back to the ground, lying helplessly on the cement. Staring up though the glare of the street light to the nearly starless sky above, you wonder what to do next.

As a [[Naturalist]]: 
Everything fades out again for a moment, and you have a most unusual dream. In it you find yourself in the ocean, swimming with a pack of sharks. The largest of them swims up to you, but surprisingly you're not afraid. Then you realize that even though you're in human form you, too, are a shark, and belong to the pack. The large shark speaks: "Take this necklace." He opens his mouth wide, and you can see a leather thong stuck in his teeth. Without hesitating you reach into his mouth and tug at the thong. A tooth comes with it as you pull the necklace free.

You wake from the dream feeling oddly reassured. With surprise you realize that you are still holding the necklace.

As a [[Psion]]: 
Slowly you become aware that even through the light pollution you can see one star hovering nearly straight overhead. Or that's what you think at first, until you realize that it's growing larger. In fact, it appears to be some sort of flying object, heading swiftly towards you. In a matter of moments you're face-to-face with a strange, glowing egg-shaped aircraft, roughly five feet across. You decide you must be hallucinating, because an encounter with a UFO just wouldn't make any sense. But your skepticism takes a hit when a hatch in the front of the egg opens. A mechanical arm extends from the hatch, holding what appears to be a ring of cloth. With gentle precision the cloth is placed around your head like some sort of headband. Then the arm retracts back into the aircraft, and in a flash it disappears into the night sky.

You get an item: '''Class Talisman'''

[[The Birth of a Hero|Equip the Talisman]]
[[Category: Noncombat Adventures]]

Taut sinew

2008-02-25T17:22:53Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=6514988
|itemid=313
|name=taut sinew
|image=sinew.gif
|desc= It's pretty disgusting, but this is a hunk of extra-springy sinew apparently from some animal. Other than being surprisingly springy, it doesn't have much to recommend it. Unless you need to be sprung out of jail, I guess.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|ench=Autosell value: 60}}

==How Obtained==
[[Outskirts of Area 54]]
:*[[Gila monstrosity]]
:*[[Oversize rattlesnake]]

==Notes==
*Can be [[Combination Items|assembled]] with [[Army boots]] to make [[high-jump boots]].
*Can be [[Combination Items|assembled]] with [[long arm of the law]] to make [[longbow of the law]].

Item Drop modifiers

2008-02-25T02:05:23Z

RDS:

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
! '''Item''' !! '''Equipment Type''' !! '''Level Required''' !! '''Drop percentage''' !! class="unsortable"|'''Obtain'''
|-
| [[Hero's Cape]] || Accessory || N/A || 20% || Donation item from [[the Wok of Stars]] (No longer available)
|-
| [[flashlight]] || Offhand || N/A || 5% || [[Pilant's Hardware and Soft Wear]], [[Campus: Investigate a Protest]]
|-
| [[seventh of nine]] || Accessory || N/A || 5% || [[The Docks]]
|-
| [[duct tape]] || Offhand || 6 || 4% || [[City of Lost Robots]], [[Military base of the Unborn]]
|-
| [[short end of the stick]] || Melee weapon || 3 || 3% || [[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
|-
| [[sticky gloves]] || Gloves || N/A || 3% || Combine [[duct tape]] with [[leather gloves]]
|-
| [[harness]] || Shirt || 5 || 2% || Combine two [[trylon strap|trylon straps]] ([[The streets of downtown Twilight]])
|-
| [[reinforced harness]] || Shirt || 8 || 2% || Weld a [[harness]] with [[plasteel plating]] (also gives +4 to Strength stat)
|-
| [[scuba mask]] || Helmet || 3 || -5% || [[Bayside Dive Shop]]
|}
 

[[Category: Equipment Summary Tables]]
Back to [[:Category:Equipment|Equipment]]

Item Drop modifiers

2008-02-25T02:02:56Z

RDS:

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
! '''Item''' !! '''Equipment Type''' !! '''Level Required''' !! '''Drop percentage''' !! class="unsortable"|'''Obtain'''
|-
| [[Hero's Cape]] || Accessory || N/A || 20% || Donation item from [[the Wok of Stars]] (No longer available)
|-
| [[flashlight]] || Offhand || N/A || 5% || [[Pilant's Hardware and Soft Wear]], [[Campus: Investigate a Protest]]
|-
| [[royal crown]] || Helmet || 8|| 5% || [[Cube Theater]]
|-
| [[seventh of nine]] || Accessory || N/A || 5% || [[The Docks]]
|-
| [[duct tape]] || Offhand || 6 || 4% || [[City of Lost Robots]], [[Military base of the Unborn]]
|-
| [[short end of the stick]] || Weapon || 3 || 3% || [[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
|-
| [[sticky gloves]] || Gloves || N/A || 3% || Combine [[duct tape]] with [[leather gloves]]
|-
| [[harness]] || Shirt || 5 || 2% || Combine two [[trylon strap|trylon straps]] ([[The streets of downtown Twilight]])
|-
| [[reinforced harness]] || Shirt || 8 || 2% || Weld a [[harness]] with [[plasteel plating]] (also gives +4 to Strength stat)
|-
| [[scuba mask]] || Helmet || 3 || -5% || [[Bayside Dive Shop]]
|}
 

[[Category: Equipment Summary Tables]]
Back to [[:Category:Equipment|Equipment]]

Item Drop modifiers

2008-02-25T02:02:19Z

RDS:

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center" class="sortable"
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
! '''Item''' !! '''Equipment Type''' !! '''Level Required''' !! '''Drop percentage''' !! class="unsortable"|'''Obtain'''
|-
| [[Hero's Cape]] || Accessory || N/A || 20% || Donation item from [[the Wok of Stars]] (No longer available)
|-
| [[flashlight]] || Offhand || N/A || 5% || [[Pilant's Hardware and Soft Wear]], [[Campus: Investigate a Protest]]
|-
| [[seventh of nine]] || Accessory || N/A || 5% || [[The Docks]]
|-
| [[royal crown]] || Helmet || 8|| 5% || [[Cube Theater]]
|-
| [[duct tape]] || Offhand || 6 || 4% || [[City of Lost Robots]], [[Military base of the Unborn]]
|-
| [[short end of the stick]] || Weapon || 3 || 3% || [[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]]
|-
| [[sticky gloves]] || Gloves || N/A || 3% || Combine [[duct tape]] with [[leather gloves]]
|-
| [[harness]] || Shirt || 5 || 2% || Combine two [[trylon strap|trylon straps]] ([[The streets of downtown Twilight]])
|-
| [[reinforced harness]] || Shirt || 8 || 2% || Weld a [[harness]] with [[plasteel plating]] (also gives +4 to Strength stat)
|-
| [[scuba mask]] || Helmet || 3 || -5% || [[Bayside Dive Shop]]
|}
 

[[Category: Equipment Summary Tables]]
Back to [[:Category:Equipment|Equipment]]

Plasteel plating

2008-02-25T01:19:34Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=9557995
|itemid=64
|name=plasteel plating
|image=plasteel.gif
|desc=This is a chunk of plasteel plating. It's very strong and surprisingly light, but a bit unwieldy in its current form. Actually, it looks like it might have been ripped off of a tank.
|type=Misc
|autosell=40
|weldable=yes}}
==How Obtained==
[[a renegade robot hive]]
:*[[defender]]
:*[[hovertank]]
:*[[investigator]]
==Uses==
[[Gallagher's mallet]] 
[[plasteel helmet]] 
[[plasteel trousers]] 
[[plasteel shield]] 
[[plasteel shirt]] 
[[infernium slab]] 
[[sturdy harness]]

Teardrop gem

2008-02-25T01:09:11Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=2726655
|itemid=272
|name=teardrop gem
|image=teardrop-gem.gif
|desc=
This is a gem, in the shape of a tear drop. This is also known as a "pear" cut, if you turn it the other way. Like if you're the gem dealer and you're showing it to a customer. Gem dealers are also sometimes known as gemologists, if they've passed a certain test. A test about gems. Not like a driving test or anything.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|ench=Autosell value: 350}}

==Recipe==
<TABLE cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 BORDER=1px>
<TR ALIGN=center>
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">[[Image:Duct-tape.gif]]</td>
<TD>[[glob of goo]]</TD>
<TD>[[Spice Coast gold]]</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN=center style="background-color: #EEEEEE">
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">[[Image:Equals.gif]]</td>
<TD COLSPAN=2>[[teardrop gem]]</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

==Uses==
*[[teardrop necklace]]
*[[mourning star]]

Data plate

2008-02-20T17:49:08Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=7304959
|itemid=35
|name=data plate
|image=data-plate.gif
|desc= Thin, flat, squarish, and black, this thing holds more information than you'll ever forget. Or, rather, has erased more things than you will ever know.

Both, actually.
|type=Miscellaneous Item
|autosell=30}}
==How Obtained==
[[City of Lost Robots]] 
:*[[ironic bot]] 
[[Golden Wooden Nickel Casino]] 
:*[[guardian orb]] 
[[Guild for Imaginative Metachronism]] 
:*[[data priestess]] 

==Notes==
[[Electronic computer]] component.

Electronic cabling

2008-02-20T17:47:13Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=8901095
|itemid=37
|name=electronic cabling
|image=computer-cables.gif
|desc= This is a collection of cables and wires. They're not currently connected to anything, but it seems like if you found the right thing to plug them into they could be useful.
|type=Misc
|autosell=10}}
==How Obtained==
[[City of Lost Robots]]
:*[[ironic bot]]
:*[[translator robot]]
==Notes==
[[Electronic computer]] component. 
May be [[Combination Items|assembled]] with a [[pressure plate]] to make a [[sensor mechanism]].

Platinum necklace

2008-02-20T17:42:29Z

RDS:

{{item
|descid=2583965
|itemid=93
|name=platinum necklace
|image=necklace.gif
|desc=This is a completely mundane necklace made out of platinum. It's decorative and moderately valuable, but not good for much else. Then again decorative and moderately valuable is arguably enough of a purpose for something like a necklace.
|type=misc
|autosell=70}}
==How Obtained==
[[The streets of downtown Twilight]]
:*[[Zion's Tears cult leader]] 
[[Zion's Tears building]]
:*All

==Notes==
May be combined with [[teardrop gem]] to make [[teardrop necklace]]. 
May be combined with [[pearl of wisdom]] to make [[pearl necklace]].

A Very Bad Day

2008-02-19T00:34:35Z

RDS: Redirecting to Introduction

#REDIRECT [[Introduction]]