#a calculated risk

[hetchs-remains]

[Puzzler shows up minutes later, limping ever so slightly.]

You wanted to see- oh!

[He notices the child and a smile spreads across his face.]

Hello! This is a... new child, yes?

Yes.

[HETCH puts a hand on Lamb's head, thinks for a moment, then pats their stuffed lamb on the head as well.]

This is our little Lamb, and Lamb's lamb. There are a lot of them about today. Their mother... Dropped them off here last night, and has no interest in retrieving them, so they'll be living here on set.

[He gestures to the room, which is separated into pieces much like the other home-sets as a colorfully decorated house. Lamb's room, with its peeling paint and dull furniture, stands out from the rest.]

[dungeonsanddivisions]

Here's how to calculate your chance of failure:

(Check DC - Skill Modifier - 1) * 5

So if your musclebard of buffitude with an athletics skill of +5 is facing a tough door with a break DC of 15, she has a (15-5-1)*5=45% chance of breaking it down!

Here's to walking into our failures with more knowledge in 2021 and have a wonderful new year y'all!

(This is a response to my previous horribly roundabout calculation of this, please refrain from direct eye contact if you come upon it)

[whatkatiediduk]

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[sasster]

did not expect to have to churn out 40 ice breakers

[hetchs-remains]

Hello HETCH. I’m here.

-Mayday

Good, come in. This won’t take long.

[HETCH sits Mayday down on the table, reaches up to the seam of her mask and presses several hidden buttons along it.]

[hetchs-remains]

Okie Dokie!!! Thank you mister hetch!!! -🐑

[HETCH sets a hand on Lamb’s head, then lifts it away, moving them over to pull back the blankets.]

Sleep. I’ll try to find where you came from.

If, by the time you wake, I haven’t managed it… I suppose you’ll be staying.

[hetchs-remains]

[The Founder watches the apology, no emotion visible in his body language.]

Good.

[He swivels ever so slightly to face Diamond, making a quiet tsch noise as he does.]

No, he's right. Your forgiveness is unearned, Hero. He has failed you, and he has failed this company. He has disappointed me. The only reason he has done a good job is because he was forced to in order to keep you intact enough to do yours.

You are a game piece, Hero. Know your place. And you...

[Back he swivels to face you again, crooking his finger.]

Up. I believe you know what comes next.

[HETCH pushes himself to his feet again, staggering, swaying and finally straightening to his prior position.]

Forgive me, Founder, I’m not sure I do. My predecessor was not here to pass it to me himself.

[hetchs-remains]

[The man turns to face both of you.]

Hello, Hero. I have not yet seen you in person. It seems that HETCH has been taking better care of you - you look moderately healthier than the last time I looked in on your cameras.

[He turns to you, specifically.]

Now, I believe there is something you should say to your Hero. You have failed them, time and time again. That deserves an apology.

[Now, he gestures with one hand, loosely at Diamond.]

Go on. Quickly, now. We have things to do.

[HETCH turns immediately and falls to one knee before Diamond.]

Of course, Founder. I have failed you in every way imaginable. I have failed to train you correctly and to care for you as I should have, leading to an unnecessary death, animosity and repeated attempts to escape. You are incompetent because I broke and rebuilt you into the wrong mould. Your forgiveness is unearned, so please do not give it. I’m sorry, Hero.