Ministry adventure, issue #3
[Attrition damage: 1 (boredom)] Time: 9:30 AM
> look for red staplerYou search your desk for your favourite Swingline stapler (the one that doesn't bind as much). After hunting under papers and in drawers, you realize that somebody has likely stolen it. [NEW QUEST: Find stolen red stapler] Time: 9:45 AM
> lunchSounds good, you are starving. You begin to make your way from your desk to the cafeteria, when you are confronted by a Middle Manager!!
Middle Manager: Hello Chris. Whaaat's happening.
You: Oh .. he .. hello Middle Manager, I uh ...
Middle Manager: Listen, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and work with Luc here on a spreadsheet that I need done by this afternoon.
Your options: (A)ttack, (F)lee
> f
SAVING THROW VS. ASSIGNMENT (requires 6+ on 1d20)
DIE ROLL: 8
Agility modifier: +2
Middle Manager's mystical stare of insistence: -5
Coffee modifier: +0
Total: 5 (miss)
You: Well, you know, I ... um ...
Middle Manager: Thanks Chris. You're the best!
There is a pencil here.
> take pencilTaken.
> stab Middle Manager with pencilToo late! Luc steps forward and begins explaining your assignment's steps in detail. These include getting information from obnoxious co-workers, making phone calls that won't be returned, and processing volumes of data that really ought to take you 3 days to complete.
> ... comments ...
> look for red staplerYou search your desk for your favourite Swingline stapler (the one that doesn't bind as much). After hunting under papers and in drawers, you realize that somebody has likely stolen it. [NEW QUEST: Find stolen red stapler] Time: 9:45 AM
> lunchSounds good, you are starving. You begin to make your way from your desk to the cafeteria, when you are confronted by a Middle Manager!!
Middle Manager: Hello Chris. Whaaat's happening.
You: Oh .. he .. hello Middle Manager, I uh ...
Middle Manager: Listen, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and work with Luc here on a spreadsheet that I need done by this afternoon.
Your options: (A)ttack, (F)lee
> f
SAVING THROW VS. ASSIGNMENT (requires 6+ on 1d20)
DIE ROLL: 8
Agility modifier: +2
Middle Manager's mystical stare of insistence: -5
Coffee modifier: +0
Total: 5 (miss)
You: Well, you know, I ... um ...
Middle Manager: Thanks Chris. You're the best!
There is a pencil here.
> take pencilTaken.
> stab Middle Manager with pencilToo late! Luc steps forward and begins explaining your assignment's steps in detail. These include getting information from obnoxious co-workers, making phone calls that won't be returned, and processing volumes of data that really ought to take you 3 days to complete.
> ... comments ...