Tipid
First appears in Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, chapter 18 (16)
Appearances
What you know
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 75Tipid notes Carl needs to expel a presence inside him quickly; Rosetta says an NPC showed Carl how ink shares powers.
- Ch 75Tipid is a former crawler who survived the dungeon; he still mourns his long-dead friend Horatio every day.
- Ch 75Tipid and Rosetta sent Princess Donut her Celestial benefactor box.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 15Tipid, a Crest poisoner, escaped the dungeon using a key that let only one person out, leaving his friend Horatio to die.
- Ch 15After leaving the dungeon, Tipid suffers hallucinations from brain injuries that persist outside the dungeon environment.
- Ch 15Tipid worked as a game guide and Poisoner guild instructor before exiting, and authored the Fourth Edition of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook.
- Ch 15Tipid spent his whole pension and took a loan to repair his brain, later working in waste management in a Crest system.
- Ch 15Tipid is now a Colonel in the Princess Posse Faction Wars team.
- Ch 16Tipid, author of the cookbook's fourth edition, joins the Princess Posse as a level 60 Crest Liquid Dervish colonel.
- Ch 27Tipid is in charge of defending the FUPA while Carl heads to the southern front.
- Ch 30The assault plan was one of the contingencies Tipid and Rosetta brought in from the outside.
- Ch 94The blast undid Tipid's brain repairs, paid for with debt to the Viceroys; he now remembers only his last day as a game guide.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 1Tipid, a former crawler, lost his memory; Samantha recaps Faction Wars for him instead of Bucket Boy.
- Ch 10Tipid and Justice Light were good friends, but Tipid no longer remembers him.
- Ch 12Tipid had his memory wiped and no longer recognizes Carl.
- Ch 28Tipid believes the hidden performance guild is in a bar Carl has already visited, but entry has an unpleasant requirement.
- Ch 41Tipid remembers Herot as a clever crawler, trusts them, but warns war mages are evil and may betray the crawlers.
Connections
- related toHomecoming Queenaboard
- ally ofPorthus the Roguerecruited him
- friend ofHoratio
- ally ofRosetta Thagra
- ally ofPrincess Possetroopers for the team
- member ofPrincess Posse
- createdThe Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookFourth Edition
- friend ofJustice Light
- leads104th Naughty Little Piggies
- related toViceroyin debt to
Key moments
- Book 6 · Ch 75Aboard the Homecoming Queen
Tipid and Rosetta, Crest working with Doctor Hu, watch Carl and Donut escape the eighth floor and discuss the AI and the failsafe.
- Book 6 · Ch 75Former crawlers join the Princess Posse
The AI clears the Homecoming Queen for onboarding; fifty thousand hidden former crawlers become troopers for the Princess Posse in Faction Wars.
- Book 7 · Ch 15Tipid leaves the dungeon
Haunted by having saved himself instead of Horatio, Tipid is told by Damien that he has fulfilled his contract and is free, then throws away the key he negotiated to keep.
- Book 7 · Ch 16Former crawlers arrive as reinforcements
In the Meadowlark saferoom, Carl meets cookbook authors Tipid and Rosetta, who reveal that over 50,000 former crawlers have joined the Princess Posse.
- Book 7 · Ch 16Tipid's story
Tipid explains Dr. Hu's Crawler Project, how the former crawlers came, and that the other eight teams each gained about 20,000 armed mercenaries.
- Book 7 · Ch 17Carl arrives at base camp
Carl arrives at the Princess Posse Base Camp, where thousands of former crawlers building the stronghold greet him with a thundering war chant started by Penn.
- Book 7 · Ch 17Tina escapes
As Carl and Tipid open the stronghold's huge door, Tina the allosaurus bursts out to greet Mongo.
- Book 7 · Ch 18Herman's suicide bombing foiled
Herman the Fleet, covered in explosives and compelled by Sensation Entertainment, nearly kills Carl's group until Baroness Victory axes him and Carl stows the body in his inventory.
- Book 7 · Ch 37Assault on the Posse castle
Enemy flyers drop paratroopers, saboteurs destroy the anti-air battery and hangar, Reavers enter via a saferoom door, and worm-controlled mages kill defenders from within.
- Book 7 · Ch 38Defending the castle entrance
Pinned behind shields at the castle's only entrance, Carl, Donut and the defenders pick off invisible Monkeywrenchers while worm-controlled Lonnie disables the castle's protections from the enemy lines.
- Book 7 · Ch 40King Rust arrives with the northern army
A massive enemy army masses outside the Posse castle, and Donut discovers the orc leader is King Rust himself, not Prince Stalwart.
- Book 7 · Ch 40Closing the saferoom entrance
In the guildhall, the leaders decide to collapse the bait shop entrance, while Donut spends the last money on a hangar, anti-air gun and banners.
- Book 7 · Ch 55The plan to kill the line of succession
Carl recounts the four-group plan built on Tipid and Rosetta's intelligence to kill the four naga in Vinata's line of succession.
- Book 7 · Ch 69Dream battalions teleport to the FUPA
The Dream mass-teleports battalions outside the FUPA; Rosetta sends half the 105th to help Tipid defend.
- Book 7 · Ch 80Rosetta chooses to fight on
Despite doubts and her job being done, Rosetta sides with Justice Light and orders everyone to fight the war mages for the castle of Larracos.
- Book 7 · Ch 90Justice Light sent after the gate
Carl tells Justice Light that Paca in the Midnight Market holds the Gate of the Feral Gods; Justice plans to retrieve it with the sluggalos.
- Book 8 · Ch 1Samantha's Faction Wars recap
While redecorating Carl's room, Samantha gives Tipid and Bigs a garbled recap of the 9th floor, ending with Katia's departure, the Nothing breaking and Scolopendra waking.
- Book 8 · Ch 28Rosetta and Tipid return with leads
Rosetta and Tipid report a likely fleshmancer and a lead on the hidden performance guild, and bring two Jikininki ghoul mercenaries.
- Book 8 · Ch 36Team Helix hired
Rosetta and Tipid bring Team Helix, three mercenaries who can drive and protect; Quemada demands triple pay after seeing the Emberus shrine, and Carl accepts.
- Book 8 · Ch 41Tipid finds the guild entrance
Tipid sings karaoke at the Lollipop and a gauge appears, confirming the hidden performance guild requires a perfect song to enter.
- Book 8 · Ch 93Mandatory parade broadcast
Screens everywhere show a tunnel-node map, then Earth near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, then a yellow-brick parade route with a countdown.
- Book 8 · Ch 94Building the Vengeance procession
The team decorates five vehicles and three giant mounts with dahlias and Gurkha gear, assigning drivers and riders for the parade.
- Book 8 · Ch 97Carl's farewell to Donut
At the arena door, Carl hugs Donut, tells her he loves her and sends her and the pets to the RV; Tipid is replaced by sluggalo drivers.