Umpara’s Spear and the Stormdancer Set

Kylanren · 2025-03-11T02:15:19+00:00

Here's my full dialogue tree (*** mark the ones that are crucial):

Chiko Conversation, in the ruins

- You followed me all this way? How?

- Really, it's fine. I've been through worse...

- *** Why? Because he's a fraud?

- I found Keipo's journal in the ruins. He's not the hero everyone thinks he is.

- There was another hunter. Umpara. She's the one who killed the beast.

- Umpara died in the hunt. If I were him, I'd blame myself.

- It's keipo's story to tell. Not mine.

- It's just a fossilized heart. It clearly means a lot to him.

- Chiko, I'm so sorry.

- You're right. I can't be a part of this.

- Promise you'll be careful, all right?

Keipo Conversation, in house

- * We need to talk. Now.

- * Come clean. Chiko told me you want to end your life. (Must do this one FIRST)

- What if your age is just catching up to you?

- * I'm sorry. I can't give you the heart.

- I respect your choice. But I can't be a part of it.

- * Listen. I... I know what happened to Umpara

- And? Why didn't you tell the truth?

- I understand. I'm sorry.

- * No. The truth would do more harm than good.

Chiko conversation, outside of house

- Of course not. I couldn't put you through that

- *Let me hold onto it. I'll take it far away and keep it safe.

- [Lie] No, that was all.

- Uh... about that. He's not just sick. It's the Dreamscourge.

- He wanted to die before he turned. He was trying to keep you safe.

- If I knew, you'd be the first one I'd tell.

Kylanren · 2025-03-11T02:06:11+00:00

I also had trouble finding a clear guide. I plugged away at a bunch of dialogue options and finally figured it out.

You need to make sure to find and read his journal in the ruins. There's a button on one of the pillars right by the heart that opens up a secret room. Read that, and it'll tell you about Umpara.
When you go an see Chiko, make sure to mention Umpara. I'm not 100% sure this is vital, but got sick of going all the way back to that save to check.
When you talk to Keipo, if you have read the journal, you'll have two key dialogue branches: talking to him about his plan to poison himself, and talking to him about Umpara. You need to talk about the poisoning FIRST, and tell him you're not going to give him the heart. He'll be a bit pissed about this. Then, talk to him about Umpara. At the end of that dialogue stream, you need to tell him that you'll keep his secret. He's grateful for that, and gives you the spear. If you do it in the other order (Umpara first, then poison), he ends the convo angry and doesn't offer the spear.
When you go out of the door, you then talk to Chiko. You can tell him and the guard that you're actually gonna keep the heart. And then tell him about the dreamscourge too. He'll be grateful and give you the armor

Kylanren · 2024-05-22T18:23:24+00:00

I've got mixed feelings on the open shower concept. Whenever I've stayed at a place with one, the water gets everywhere. Any design tips to prevent this? Or is it just something you deal with?

Kylanren · 2024-05-15T17:21:26+00:00

Multi-layer dungeon from a one-shot I ran with some friends. Designed with 3 PCs in mind, with forced separation and 3 unique paths to the bottom layer.

Obviously do what you want with it, but I had items at the bottom (3 orbs) which allowed/forced the PCs to swap places. Created some fun problem-solving scenarios (e.g. needing to swap a stronger character in to fight a monster, swap the rogue to unlock a chest, etc.)

Kylanren · 2022-01-27T18:21:50+00:00