It's definitely a real thing. It's an internet texting app. There were a bunch of them, and I used one when I had an iPod touch.
What strikes me is, how old it is, how close the time stamp is to the precise anniversary of the original.
Indeed, almost exactly 12 years to the hour (depending on timezone). I wonder if this was intentional on the part of OP?
Now I desperately want to see it crushed into oblivion where you can almost count the pixels
You needed a 20 to escape. Now back to the cauldrons of deeper consciousness. You awaken on a bed made of old wood and only a candle lighting a room.
It was small, maybe 10x10. There is a side table with a key, to unlock the door and a book.
You must roll to choose one or the other. One leads to knowledge ahead. The other is your way out.
You get the book of knowledge. You can now ask about any enemy and their stats and strengths and weaknesses through the entire campaign.
You must roll under 10 to get the key to escape. For every roll you lose 1 strength until you obtain the key.
Unless you live in a very tiny town, you probably have a local game store. If you do, go in and make friends and you'll find someone to show you the way.
go in and make friends
These are some "draw the rest of the owl" instructions right here.
If there are two places in this world a socially awkward person can make new friends, it's a game store and a comic book store.
You don't even have to do it in a "normal" way. In fact, in a game store, just saying, "those dice look cool" would be enough.
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Roll20.net has some free games you can join. I'd suggest 5e to start, and using 5e.tools for looking stuff up
What if you have a cold black dried up heart that is unable to relate to imaginary characters?
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