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Aww yeah.Time to conquer fear.
>>26412366sm best waifu
>>26412366IT'S SHADOW TIME!
Recent Events Summary:Abigail's entrance into the Archonium was sudden, and not what you expected. She lost herself somewhere within the enchanted gateway, stuck between bits of her personality given life and pitted against one another. With no other recourse, you dived in after her.The archonium transported you to the deep recesses of your own mind. You met with the elf queen, Ellendra Kalladar, your Humanity, and your Temerity. Queen Kalladar informed you that you were, in fact, Erebus. She split you before you could fully recover in order to give you what she termed a "choice", and informed you that the elements were an illusion. Fundamentally, there is only Order, and Chaos.Your Humanity is something new that has coalesced inside you over time, thanks to the opportunity she granted you. Ultimately, you joined forces with it to defeat and reign in your Temerity, who has grudgingly accepted your dominance.You managed to escape your own visions, and Humanity directed you to Abigail's location within the vast dark of the Archonium that lies between the gateways. Within her vision, 11 long years have passed. In a strange world in which she was the only source of magic, she united warring clans of monsters and beasts and ruled over them as empress. However, after forming that empire, her personality split in three, and have since been locked in an uneasy stalemate.You've met the Abigail that still sits on the throne of the Empire. She is ambitious, effective, ruthless, and disturbingly in awe of you. She sees you as the long-awaited anchor to help her defeat the other two sides of herself and escape back to the real world.After confronting her on subject of her other sides, you were barely able talk her down, and fled to find the third Abigail. You did, and she has agreed to return with you to face her other self.
Ability TreeGREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.All Revealed Ability Descriptions:http://pastebin.com/c3g2q9X7Books the Main Character has read:http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gPCharacter Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:http://pastebin.com/6C1xSt58Current Statistics:HP: 54/81Mana: 24/48EXP: 17Shards of Erebus:(Isolation) - Normal{Hunger} - Strong(Silence) - Empowered{Temerity} - StrongNew Shards:{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned---none---Automatons--Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Moonsong Shards x 3Sun-Moon KeyLightning KeySuccubus Reagents x 1--Current Location--Within the Archonium
>Last time...The armor comes alive. Pieces snap and close over her. In a few moments, the suit molds over her form, enclosing her in a thick shell that glows with protective magic. The sword resting on the table resonates with the armor."...two years in the making," Ben says. "It is my greatest masterwork.""...better than the helmet you made for the king?""That's slapped-together wood compared to this. It could shield you from fear itself."Abigail smiles, and nods. "Ben...thank you."Ben scratches the back of his head awkwardly. "...sword goes with it. You know how to use it.""You taught me yourself.""Aye."Abigail raises the sword. It hums with spiritual energy. She swipes it through the air, once, twice, and then sheaths it on the belt of the armor. "I don't know what to say.""Then don't say anything. Get out there and give 'em hell. Well. You know what I mean."Abigail smiles, leans forward and kisses Ben on the cheek. "I know what you mean."A slight blush grows over Ben's features, and then he huffs and folds his arms. "Get up outside and hold on a bit. I want to say something to the big guy over here.""...alright." She looks at you. "...see you in a minute."You wait until the sense of Abigail's magic has gone up to the surface level before speaking. <So. It is really your masterwork, or did you just say that?>"Does it matter?"<I guess not.>>con't
"Until this morning, she just knew I was working on something I didn't much talk about for two years. Her expectations make it what it is. That armor will indeed protect her from fear itself, now."<Clever.>Ben clears his throat. "Fuck up, and I'll kill you. Now get going."<...aren't you coming?>"This is a story, Shadow," he says. "Don't you get it? I'm the old mentor that gives her the tools to succeed. You're the encouraging...friend...love? - well, whatever the hell you are - that sees her through the trial. Split like this, her pieces are still children at heart. Maybe she'll be different when she's united. I don't know. But right now, this is like a storybook. Under the beliefs and the pretensions and the arguments...she believes it will somehow work out, now that you're here. That's the secret strength we've got on our side. This vision will warp itself so that it does work out because she demands it does."<Then couldn't you say it hasn't worked out yet because she didn't believe it would?>"You -are- learning. Well. Break a leg."You walk out of the workshop.>con't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIgaeZsCWbUAbigail stands at the entrance to the cavern. The sword is in her hand. She works it deftly, piercing, slashing, stabbing an invisible enemy.<You're skilled.>Abigail stops, twirls the sword, and sheaths it in one smooth motion. "I practiced a lot. Ben wanted me to be able to defend myself. Just in case."<Are you ready?>"...yeah."<Don't worry,> you say. <Ben told me about his history. With those weapons - and me - we can do whatever needs to be done.>"...what if the empress lied? She might do that, if she's like uncle Yi."<We'll cross that bridge when we get there. But I believe that what she told me was sincere.>Abigail nods. "I trust you."<I know.> You move into the cavern. <Let's go.>You pass through the dark woods, the arching branches and clustered leaves. The barrier washes over you.When Abigail passes through it, it begins to fade. You glance back - and when you do, the entrance to the cavern in gone, lost in trees and the stalks of overgrown mushrooms. As if it was never there.Abigail doesn't turn back. She marches at your side, looking ahead. Her hand grips her sword's hilt tightly, and the enchantments on the armor glow bright. Ben was right. She does trust you.<It's going to be pretty tough from here on out. Just remember that I've got your back.>Abigail smiles. "I know."------------------As you emerge from the deep forest, you keep your senses alert and stay perched on several extra feet. But that omnious prescence you sensed earlier - Abigail's Fear - does not appear.Abigail looks to you. "What's the plan?"What do you do?>fly Abigail to the palace>something else
>>26412465>>something elseKill fear
>>26412465humm. didnt plan on what to do if fear didnt show up. so either we go look for it or we head to the empress. i say head to the empress. come what will>fly Abigail to the palace
>>26412465Hmm. I kind of don't want to get caught by this thing in mid-air. Puts Abigail in a really bad position to defend our counterattack and basically leaves us to take the hit.See how Abigail feels about confronting it now and getting it over with.
>>26412465Find fear, deal with it. If we're moulding the Abigail that will emerge from this place, we can't let fear stick around. That's not really something I want to leave in the depyhs of her psyche.
>>26412497It's not around.I'll save us some time:----------------------------------<I felt something, earlier. Out here in the forest...and I didn't like it.>"...Ben probably told you," she says. "Fear. When I tried to leave, once...it drove me back. But..." A slight smile curls the edge of her lips. She looks up at you. "I'm not afraid, not now. It won't come."<I see.>What do you do?
>>26412497I was actually tempted to suggest this. The exp would certainly help. Not sure if we actually want to face it though.>Ask Abigail if she wants to face the local monster first or move straight to the palace.
>>26412465>fly Abigail to the palaceIf fear follows us then that just means it will be something the two Abigails will have to fight together.
>>26412539Alright, let's get going then.
>>26412539>>26412512good enough for me.book it>fly Abigail to the palace
>>26412539Then just fly back to the palace.
<I'm going to fly us to the capital so we can meet with the empress. Are you ready?>"...yeah."<Hold on tight.> You wrap yourself under Abigail's arms and hoist her up. After making sure you've got a secure grip on her armor, you flap clear of the trees and gather your aura behind you.------BOOM-------WHUMP-Your supersonic cuts out high over the palace. You can feel the spirit magic of the empress sitting quietly in the vast throne room below. It perks up at your prescence, probing, not unlike your own senses - and then goes very still. She knows what's coming.You land with your armored Abigail in on of the enclosed gardens close to the throne room. The palace is silent. You take the lead, guiding her through the hallways to the great double-doors that mark the entrance to the audience chamber. The doors open for you when you arrive. The march up the carpet toward the throne is a long one. Abigail's steel mail clanks across the polished floor in a regular rhythm. Abigail the empress stands from her seat and walks down the stairs to meet you.You stand between them, and they face each other in the center of the room. The empress holds a wooden staff. It is twisted up in a slight spiral, and an orange crystal glows softly at its end. Abigail puts a hand on the hilt of her sword."...maybe...we can talk?" Abigail asks hesitantly."...ugh." The empress puts a hand on her face. "It's embarassing to even look at you.""I'm embarassed you're the first part of us Shadow had to meet," Abigail says."At least I held myself together," the empress hisses. "You ran and hid in a corner. Like. A. Little. Girl.""You tried to kill her. You tried to kill me.""She needs to die. You were getting in the way.""She just needs to be understood.">con't
"She's a demon!" the empress shouts. "The archmage told us everything we need to know about demons. They're no better than golems - it just seems like they have a personality because that makes them a better weapon. The Banshee must be slain.""She isn't some kind of summon from a template. She's a part of us.""Oh, yes, the expert on magic, lecturing me about demons," the empress says. "You're a fool. You're weak.""I am not a weak!""...Shadow defended you," the empress says. Her voice starts quiet, and then grows in intensity. "He defended you when he could have had me alone. So that will count for something."Both of the Abigails glance at you. The expressions on their faces are mixed between every emotion you have a name for.You feel something in their gazes. Their expectation changes you.>HP: 9,999/81>Mana: 48/48"But if you're not weak...then prove it!" Abigail levels her staff.Abigail levels her sword. "...I will." The tip of her sword shakes. Her fingers work it back into a better grip.Something deep and sinister grows in a corner of the room.It looks...almost like you. But off. A sickly green haze hangs over it, and two yellow eyes stare from its depths. Its figure is obscured by the inky black clouds.The empress glances at it over her shoulder, then back. There's a dismissive air about her. "You haven't bested your fear, I see.""Our fear," Abigail says."Our?" The empress snorts. "That's the difference between you and me. You can't do anything without fear.""Fear is only human. It's so we know when there's danger. It's important - ""A useful tool, if controlled," the empress says. She indicates the growing, looming shape with her head. "-That- is not under control." He twirls her staff. "And I could care less. Prepare yourself!">choices
What do you do?>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing field>do nothing; this will probably guarantee the empress the upper hand>intervene directly on the kindly Abigail's behalf to give her an advantage>some other strategy
>>26412627>>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing field
>>26412636>>26412636>>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing field<humans have an oddly high chance of having allies.>
>>26412386How the fuck are these people so fast?
A list of ongoing tasks of varying importance, sorted to groups by relation, ongoing starred:Personal:>* Save Abigail from the Archonium>* Survive the Archonium yourself>* Deal with Flint's parasite (Yi Fang's on it, wants a favour)>Find the Staff of the Winds (Yi Fang needs it too, see above)>Assimilate more fragments of ShadowElemental:>Free Geb, make a new friend (or don't) - Staff of the Winds>Free Hecate by finding all the four keys - 2/4 (Adavan wants to help)>Free LeviathanPolitical/Leaders:>* Return Obis to his throne>* Return Flint to his throne>Find out what's up with the Black Lady. Could she be trusted?>Get information on Sandalphon’s movements and the Light empire’s situation>Get in contact with Steward/City 001Misc/Faction:>Find Joey>Research Dynamos>Repair the Noiralev to full functional capacityPotential new tasks (Mentioned but not yet agreed upon):>Share your power with more people/make your Gift more powerful>End Skysever (Core relatively close to Haven)>Explore the areas described by Blackwater>Find what happened to the Dwarves>Find out about the Presence we felt when using Focus in the Shadow temple underneath Tarun Gakt>Find out what the Shards really are>Find the rest of the Moonsong>Deal with City002>Deal with Dave "Legion" JonesList open for discussion, will attempt to update for each new chapter.
>>26412636So it seems like our options are to either pick a side or fight Abby's fear for her. I'm not sure if I really like this, since it's something that she should beat herself, but remaining neutral is more important imo.>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing fieldUnless someone can come up with a clever solution.
>>26412661And now back with my proper name!
>>26412636>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing field
>>26412677Probably watching the twitter. I link every thread there.
>>26412636>>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing fieldBlink right on top of it and use Erasure.Instakill.
>>26412677Twitter is your friend.
>>26412699humm. i kind of like the idea of locking it down with shadow domination. we simply prevent it from interfeering. they will defeat it afterward
>>26412717It's interfering just by being there.
>>26412712Stop trying to waste XP. Especially when we hav fucking 9999 HP.
>>26412539It's a spatially flexible distance to the palace, we've got a surrogate daughter hanging off of us, who has feelings that are both entirely inappropriate and are our own forbidden desire to reciprocate, we're in a forest and there's a monster created out her darkest nightmares waiting for us....Hit it.
Frickin' grandmas boy.
>>26412730Hey there Slowpoke, I thought you died!
What if fear is actually somehow a shard?The archonium was able to crystalize our humanity, and Abby is obviously pretty in-tune with shadows.So lets eat this fucker and get a Fear shard.
>>26412749huh. i was thinking that it did have a superficial similarity to dakxis
>>26412636Lets deep focus the fear, it might be something more than just fear, we are an interference, there might be someone else interfering with this too!
>>26412749Because that would mean that there's a piece of us lodged deeply inside her.
>>26412749Considering our Humanity shard was basically made by her(I have a theory it's her power that made it happen over just some Power of Love bullshit) that might be possible.
You touch a hand to Abigail's shoulder. Her sword steadies. She looks at you. "...Shadow?"<I am more frightening than anything you could imagine,> you say. <I will deal with that thing.> You look at the empress. <Any complaints?>"...no, Shadow," she says. "Do as you will. But...don't interfere in our fight.""That, we can agree on," Abigail says. "I can beat her, Shadow.""You're talking big, after 8 years." The crystal at the end of the empress's staff shines brightly. "Let me remind you why you ran."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yetx-j6HiOEYou step toward Fear. It's nearly twice as large as you are. It rumbles a growl as you approach.What do you do?>beat it into submission>magic attack IN THE FACE>don't attack, but keep it away from the two Abigails. Physically block it, or attempt a Shadow Domination>CONSUME (+gaping maw?)>some other strategy
>>26412636>>take on Abigail's fear so she can fight on a level playing field
>>26412772
>>26412772>CONSUME (+gaping maw?)implying we would pass up free xp
>>26412772>beat it into submissionthen>CONSUME (+gaping maw?)(+gaping maw!)hi. im your worst nightmare
>>26412772Beat it into submission.
>>26412772CoNsUmE!
>>26412772Earthshape+Sharpen. Stab that fucker. I think Humanity augments our non-shadow magic for the obvious reason so let's hit him with some.
>>26412772>CONSUME (+gaping maw?)
>>26412772EAT ITEAAAAT IIIITIT'S MORNING SO WE NEED A BREAKFAST ANYWAYS
>>26412772All problems can be consumed, but we should at least beat it up little first.
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>>26412636don't attack, but keep it away from the two Abigails. Physically block it, or attempt a Shadow Dominationwe cant do >>26412795 and >>26412803they need the fear if it was a random pleb then we could but this is like at least a part of her fear if we eat that then she will be missing a part
>>26412772>consume
>>26412772>"Fear is only human. It's so we know when there's danger. It's important - ">"A useful tool, if controlled," the empress says. She indicates the growing, looming shape with her head. "-That- is not under control."Time to get it under control, then.>don't attack, but keep it away from the two Abigails.>beat it into submission if it decides to become uncooperative
>>26412772I feel we should have remarked that their split was not as neat as ours was and that they are more similar than they think they are.We made the clinical and tough Empress cry.We made the little girl grow up and face her fears.This could not have been done with our Shards. Reintegration should work better than it did for us. Telling them this should, through psychological reinforcement, improve the reintegration further.
>>26412772EAT EAT EATI ALREADY VOTED FOR THIS SO DON'T COUNT THIS AS A SECOND ONEI JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A SECOND TIMETO CONSUME
Vote 1:>CONSUMEVote 2:>Hit it really hard. A lot.Vote 3:>Attempt to block/shadow dominate
>>264128492
>>26412772>beat it into submissionTime to slap the shit out of fear!
>>264128491
>>264128493
>>26412772>>26412833Seconding this. It's probably a bad idea to try and eat parts of Abagail, even if they are harmful parts.
>>26412772>>don't attack, but keep it away from the two Abigails. Physically block it, or attempt a Shadow Domination>some other strategyI want to be careful, poke at it, maybe use Analyze. Find out what it can do.
>>26412841>This could not have been done with our Shards. Reintegration should work better than it did for us. Telling them this should, through psychological reinforcement, improve the reintegration further.You make it sound like little girls are logical organisms.
>>26412841You've talked them both to death. All improvements that could have been achieved have been achieved.
>>26412849Guys we need that fear. SHE needs that fear. Fear is a valid instinct and is very god damn important. Do NOT kill it. Very bad things will happen if we do.
>>26412892As long as it isn't super important man. We're still treading very thin ice here. One wrong move and the whole house of cards tumble.
>>26412884Yeah, killing fear probably would end up bad.Consuming it would probably be even worse.Roughing it up a bit shouldn't be that bad though.
Today is the day that Shadow can say he punched dear itself in the dick.
>>26412849Can we loudly exclaim how well we're doing throughout the fight to reassure Abby? I don't want her worrying for us to make it stronger or something.
>>26412869They are. Emotion is logical. Humans work by logic, though it is often muddled or hidden. In this case it is overt and obvious.The world changes to how they perceive it.They trust Shadow.What Shadow tells them will happen has an increased chance of happening.
Cease the samefagging, my god.
>>26412909IT'S JUST BEEN TOO LONGTHE DRAGON WASN'T ENOUGHI DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELFI'M GOING TO GO MAKE A PIZZABUT NOT THE FROZEN KINDTHOSE SUCK
>>26412930why SOITENTLY2 winsRoll 1d100 to slap the shit out of Fear
>>26412933Still goes against everything I know about little girls.Ah well, back to my mango.
>>26412841They represent two different aspects of herself that are opposed to one another. It's straight up Cognitive Dissonance, bro. The existence of conflicting opinions/views within one person. She can't go on until she makes some rationalization, interpretation, or decision that allows her to settle that conflict within her.
Rolled 53>>26412943A roll on the side of waifu!
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>>26412943Slap its shit
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>>26412959>>26412961>>26412963Together, we are... slightly below average!sum1 100 plz
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Rolled 38>>26412936>>26412943What samefagging? If you're talking about the name fields/subject fields those don't matter, it's only the comment box that's scanned for your double(same) posts.
>>26412959>>26412961>>26412963Good thing Shadow's health is maxed right now.
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>>26412949I don't quite get why this shouldn't work for little girls. They trust us. They believe us. What they believe becomes the truth.The only thing that could fail is that they do not believe Shadow. If my experience tell me anything though, it is that both kids and impressionable adults will believe people they trust.While I know the argument has no bearing on the quest I am interested in understanding what you mean.
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>>26413008I literally don't mean anything at all, my initial response was post for the sake of posting without any actual content in it at all; shitposting.As was the second response.It's all out of boredom and there's no real reason for it, except to up SM's post count.
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Rolled 43>>26412943Tenth roll!
Your arm flickers.Fear is hit with a blow like a boulder launched from a catapult. It flies out one of the nearby windows of the audience chamber and into a courtyard. You leap down after it.It's ready for your arrival. It twists like a snake - no, a centipede. A tail lined with a dozen arms swings at you. You push through the hit, shape your arm into a spike, and slam it though Fear's face.It warps, melts, turns to gas. An instant later, it reforms behind you. You spin and barely get your hand up as it bites for you. Its jaw locks on your body, and you pummel it at its neck. You try to Ink between its teeth, but it somehow stops you from doing so. It shakes its mouth side to side, ripping in deeper.You continue to beat it, but when the pain in your side continues to grow, you grab it and forcibly tear it out. It scrapes your arm, but you're able to throw it against a nearby statue. But before it hits, it turns to gas again and reforms neatly on the ground.You circle each other, crunching through the gravel of the courtyard.Meanwhile, you can feel the Abigails fighting. The empress has summoned several heavy presences of spirit, but the knight is carving through them as fast as she can make them.What do you do?>keep hitting it>magic>Shadow Dominate>attempt CONSUME>some other strategy
>>26413008I don't think it would work on Empress Abby, only Knight Abby. Empress has ambition, drive, and clear goals. She knows what she wants and she is going to whatever it takes to make it happen. Knight Abby is the one whose beliefs can be swayed in a subconscious way.
>>26413049>Shadow Dominate
>>26413049magicbut uhhi dunno what kind lol
>>26413049Shadow dominate
>>26413049Ice Strike.
>>26413080http://pastebin.com/6C1xSt58Long list.
>>26413049>>Shadow DominateBecause why not try?
>>26413049Shadur DominaturYou keep putting it there after all so it sounds like you've got something already written for it.
Rolled 26>>26413049im thinking a 10 mana bind followed by shadow dominate
>>26413049>Shadow DominateRestrict it's motion before we continue fighting
>>26413095...Maybe I'll read the archives first. Be back... a week from now.
>>26413049The thing is obviously formed of spirit. What element can we use that's closest to Lightning?Water? Earth?
>>26413104Why not?Throw in a ten mana bind as well. Seconding.
>>26413049>magicObviously we should cast Fear on it. But nah 10 mana Bind.
>>26413114Heh, sorry.Check the OP, the archive has been reduced down to just my posts for the first thirty threads thanks to a kind namefag.That will get you started.
>>26413095Is there a level of resistance higher than Extreme? Like Null, or Drain or something?
>>26413116>What element can we use that's closest to Lightning?>lists fucking WATER and EARTH with QUESTION MARKS?I'M NOT BETTER AFTER THE PIZZATHERE WASN'T ENOUGH
>>26412954You tell me nothing new. What I wrote was meant as an argument that the opposed aspects are not completely rigid extremes that cannot function together which was how it worked for us. The conflict was to be solved by realizing that there is no clean cut between them. The rational one has emotions, the emotional one has reason.>>26413066We have already swayed her by using emotions. We are the link that connects the abbies. A source of weakness and change of mind for the Empress, a source of strength and courage for the Knight. While what you say would be true for outsiders we are a special case.>>26413035This makes sense.
>>26413136Well that's swell.But I like reading the threads to know which namefags not to trust. It's a... thing.
>>26413138I can't answer that question, Dave.------------------------MAX Bind and Shadow Dominate?Y/N
>>26413156Sure.
>>26413156y
>>26413149It is a thing. I understand.
>>26413140Well, obviously both are lesser elements. I was just wondering if one is... less a lesser element.
>>26413156Yea
>>26413156>Y
Roll 1d1002 actions!
>>26413156Yeah, keep the thing in place and watch the battle of the abys.
>>26413156wait till we have it locked down with Shadow Dominate before binding, otherwise it will probably be able to slip away.I wouldn't use spirit magic at all on it if it was my choice, but people seem to want to.
>>26413156Y
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>>26413149Small tip. Don't trust SM
>>26413177YOU REALLY EXPECT SUCH A REASONABLE ANSWER FROM SM ON SUCH A SILLY QUESTION?YOU'RE CRAZIER THAN ME>>26413156GO FORTH
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Rolled 85>>26413182Rawhide!
Rolled 68>>26413182we need six rolls at least right?
Rolled 91>>26413182dice+1d1OO
Rolled 75>>26413182Rollin rollin rollinThough the streams are swollenKeep them doggies rolling
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>>26413199>>26413201>>26413204not bad>>26413210>>26413222>>26413226better
>>26413199>>26413201>>26413204Okay>>26413210>>26413222>>26413226OkayDamn the threads feel like they move faster now.
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>>26412636I knew we should have kicked the shit out of fear earlier.
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>all these good rollsYou all know what that means right?In the later half of the thread, the curse shall return.
Rolled 89>>26413268>>26413250>>26413233>>26413232>>26413210>>26413204>>26413201We're going to pay for this, alter.
>>26413298later*derp
You power up a Bind as strong as you can and throw it at Fear.As the ropes of orange magic collapse in on its position, it attempts to shift back to gas - but it isn't quick enough! The magic wraps it up and ties itself tight, keeping it in place. It struggles to snap the roping and get free -But your one-two combination is already completed. Your shadow stretches from your feet all the way to Fear, and it's frozen still. You can't move well yourself while your focus is on maintaining your grip, but Fear is under your control, bound and locked in place.You sit there a moment, catching you breath. Well, you don't need to breath...but that's what it feels like.Fear keeps trying to break your control, shifting to and fro, but you match its attempts easily.You stand there, waiting. You suppose this is ideal - keep it contained until the Abigails can finish.An explosion rocks the palace next to you.>con't
Rolled 523>>26413298not if we keep making sacrifices to the dice gods for these unholy results
Dice gods are getting bored of the hyperbolic time chamber...
>>26412983This is samefagging.
>>26413332And a very poor job of it at that.I hope that got posted in the QTG.
>>26413311Enter the third piece of the puzzle, use our award winning charisma to unite the 3 Abby's against Fear....
>>2641333207/31/2013never forget
>>26413332...I wasn't asking WHAT'S samefagging, I asked him what samefagging he saw here. Thanks for the disturbing image though.
Armored Abigail comes flying through the wall. She tumbles like a ragdoll, arms and legs flipping wildly, then slides to a halt. For a moment, you're afraid she won't get back up - but she leaps up again in a heartbeat.The empress stalks through the hole in the wall made by her efforts. There's blood dripping from a gash on her arm. She raises a hand, and a missle of orange magic launches out. Armored Abigail raises her sword and cuts the magic in two. The broken spell spirals off to either side of her.The empress smirks. The sliced magic collides with columns holding up part of the balcony. An avalanche made of marble and stone plummets down onto Abigial. She curls into a ball, and an orange glow blossoms around her armor. But she's buried in the rubble.The empress exhales heavily, and leans on her staff.Abigail's armored fist blasts out of the rubble. She pushes a heavy chunk of marble to the side, then clambers back up. The iron is dented and scuffed, but otherwise she's in full health. The two of thems stare at each other.You're about to say something when they both scream an angry, wordless battle cry. Armored Abigail leaps off the pile of stone and lunges forward. Empress Abigail sprints to meet her head-on, using her staff to spin streamers of magic about herself. Sword clashes on magic, and they hold there, pressed against one another, struggling for advantage.You forcibly drag Fear into the corner, trying to keep out of the way.You hear a voice from inside you suddenly speak. <Now,> Temerity says. <You hold Fear in place. I will tip the scales and do what must be done. She can serve at our side.> You remain silent. Temerity takes it as a prompt. <Don't hesitate. She either joins Order, or dies along with the rest of this world.><This world won't die, and neither will she.><Conflict between Order and Chaos is inevitable,> Temerity says. <Don't waste this opportunity on petty idealism.>>use Temerity>do nothing>some other strategy
>>26413347>Shadow>CharismaHe gets by on cold logic and being too scary/stubborn to argue against. He's really shitty in the charm department.
>>26413382>use Temerity
Back in 30mins-1hourI SALLY FORTH ATOP MY ROARING STEED TO TAME THE WILD GRASSES OF THE FRONTLANDS>gotta mow the lawn
Rolled 53>>26413382It might be because we aren't really human that we could unite.It's possible that archonium doesn't allow humans to unify. Maybe ask humanity if it can help them?
Rolled 81>>26413382shut up temerity, no one likes you
>>26413382
>>26413382do nothing.
>>26413382I vote that we>>26413382>waste this opportunity on petty idealism.But I think you kinda know that we would.
>>26413382Don't use it, we already know what it will do to her.
>>26413382Use Temerity
>>26413382>do nothingWe let Abby do this. She made a really damn good point about us just forcing her into what we want her to be. It's her choice.
>>26413382>>do nothingThis guy really doesn't understand when to leave it alone.Maybe if he's lucky everyone will let him have a look at Fear once this conflict is all over, but for now he can keep his meddling to himself. Even Silence is doing a better job of not trying to be sneaky than he is, and that's saying a lot.
>>26413416NO DON'T LEAVEWE GET UP TO BAD THINGS IF YOU AREN'T HEREI'M SERIOUS
>>26413382<remain silent>
>>26413382use Temerity
>>26413382>>some other strategy<Humanity, shut him up.>
Rolled 97i had a thought. ben is exactly what we want to make in a summon. a template that is smart enough and cunning enough to self modify. he made himself smarter and better. though he didnt or couldnt go against the desire to help abby.>>26413382>do nothingi dont want to know what temerity would do
>>26413416pls dnt goned u lotspls cal wen u avlble
>>26413472You would know if you actually read past threads where he stated his plan.
>>26413416Don't leave. You're just going to let all the samefagging and arguing kick in and have to recast the vote anyway.
>>26413472So of course we program the three laws into our advanced summons.Only...We remove the flaws in the three laws.
>>26413382<Shut the Fuck up Temerity.>
Here is my reason on why not to use Temerity. Hes is exactly like silence, but with more power. Infusing him with Abigail would provide him a way to possibly escape us and reform on the side.
So.What's the word on that fanfiction?
>>26413472He wasn't a summoned creature, though; at least not one as we know them. We don't even have half a clue of the mechanics behind the Archonium, so it's probably a stretch to think we could try and work them into summoning principles especially given that we are literally as much a novice as is physically possible at summoning if you look at our skill tree.
>>26413382>do nothingAbigail's fight. Abigail's choice. If we talked to her about this and she agreed then maybe but just forcing it on her is stupid.
>>26413382>Do sweet fuck-all and watch from the corner.
>>26413524Except that's not based on any fact whatsoever, and the collective intelligence of this thread was lowered by your post.
>>26413416Noooooo SM don't leave people have begun to assume stuff....
>>26413524His plan is literally "will you destroy the world for me if I make your waifu immortal?"
>use temerity
>>26413382>do nothing
>>26413573More like he'd take this opportunity to make Abigail a being of Order, so that she'd not have to be destroyed with the world.
>>26413382USE TEMERITY
>>26413573>His plan is literally "will you destroy the world for me if I make your waifu immortal?"I'd have gone with "So you don't want to destroy the world because there are people you care about in it; how about you let me make the people you care about want to destroy the world with you!"
>>26413382Use Temerity.
>>26413565>>26413573I just think hes lying. We have no evidence he can or can't do that. we know his end goal is consume everything and keep killing chaos. So whats to say part of his plan isn't to slip into Abigail and take her over/slip from her.
>>26413382>use TemerityHumanity tried to do the same thing to Isolation except this will make her a being of order like we are meant to be
>>26413597>>26413573You both said the same thing.
>>26413382Haha! Time to fuck up!Use Temerity.
Rolled 69>>26413606can someone explain to me why using temerity is a good thing? i read the last few threads half asleep, but what are the benefits?
>>26413597As in, he wants us to destroy the world. But no, it's fucking stupid to force it on her like this. We should at least talk to her first. Not blindside her with some irrevocable change.
Do nothing.Using temerity would only betray her trust and turn her into a Legion-esque Dave
>>26413628it makes her a creature of order so we won't have to murder her
>>26413628There are none. Ignore them. When SM comes back we'll have a vote and the samemaggots will be outvoted.
>>26413382Can we use a different Shard? Like, Humanity?I don't have any problems with Servanting/Chosening Abby, but I question the logic of using Temerity to do so.
>>26413625haha time to fuck up don't use temerity
>>26413480>doing such a poor imatation of plsNigger pls
What are demons?are they beings of Order, or of Chaos?This is crucial as due to her demonic heratage, it is possible that temerity will either reject or destroy that part of her if demons are beings of Chaos... and that would change who she is, which would be counter productive of our plan to unite her three sides back into the Abby we knew before she entered this place...
>>26413610Because that is stupid paranoia.Temerity is trying to reform Erebus, that can not be accomplished by splitting off from Shadow. Not only that, but residing within a being of chaos would probably be seen as abhorrent to him.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE US SM MARK MY WORDS IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE BEFORE YOU RETURN
>>26413628If we're being internally consistent, Shadow would think it's an actively bad thing.That said, this is going to be one of the last, best points to send things totally flying off the rails, so people are going to want to do it regardless just to see shit hit the fan.
>>26413628Temerity promises to let Abigail live if we use his power on her now. I don't trust him because he acts kinda like silence.
>>26413628It would make her a creature of Order, thus ensuring that regardless of anything else, we won't have to oppose each other.I'm not opposed to doing so, but I question whether or not this is the right time.
>>26413660Pretty sure Temerity told us that they were another aspect of Chaos.
>>26413628Abby becomes a being of Order like us and thus will live if we went to destroy the world. Temerity is basically trying to give us a bargain to get what he wants. Either way, it's stupid to do without consulting Abigail.
I am big and mighty, and scared of sharp objects.I feed everyone and watch people go by.I have my feet stuck and hate talking with my big mouth.What am I?Silence, because he sucks.Are my riddles good enough for you yet, Silence?
>>26413658>you'd only really know if you were pls!But yeah he usually keeps it to two lines unless it's a poem or something.
Rolled 66>>26413675why do we care? i thought we had made him our bitch. why do we care what he thinks?
Bunch of pro-humanity faggots in the thread posting "use Temerity" to make it look like pro-Temerity people are samefagging.Pls go
>>26413676This. We're almost certainly going to Chosen Abby at some point. But we don't want to warp her mind doing so. This is the Archonium anything done here will have a deep effect on her psyche.
>>26413699Aww you caught me.But, uh, it doesn't really change anything.
>>26413691Also he always uses the e-mail.
Guys. How about this. We can consider using Temerity AFTER talking to Abby about it. We shouldn't just blindside her and force her into some different being. She outright said she was afraid of us doing that and we even told her we'd not force her into anything.
where did kiss-shot go? ;_;
>>26413722No. I'm here to fuck up your little pedophile quest.Use Temerity.
Rolled 37>>26413693We don't. Fuck that guy. Making her a being of order takes away her humanity. Humanity is what makes abby abby. Seriously, do not listen to that shitlord. We need him but he's actively trying to destroy the world because he believes chaos will spill out from it to infect the rest of the universe.. Think Anit-spiral.
>>26413675Except Temerity acts nothing like Silence, therefore showing that your observation skills are shitty and so is your opinion.
>>26413693Because eventually we are going to do something he doesn't want. I think by infusing Abigail with Temerity will allow him to force our hand to do as he says. Paranoia or not, I don't like the Idea of Temerity holding anything over us.
Rolled 6>>26413735Hey. No one wishes to fuck our daughter~u. Besides crazy fucks. No one listens to them anyway.
>>26413722Nah let's use temerity on her because y'know it's just really in character for us to take that kind of leap in the first place, if we're being internally consistent with our record of decision making on opportunities like this.
>>26413756>daughter~uYou aren't fooling anyone, kidfucker!
>>26413735>Wanting us to force out gooey shadow stuff into AbbyIf that's your plan, you're going about it the wrong way. You are literally getting us to violate her body and soul now. She might not be able to live without us.
>>26413735>your little pedophile quest.You have made some serious misconceptions about this quest if you think anyone wants to go that route.
>>26413746We'll see when the vote comes by.If using temerity passes then we're fucked. Shit will roll down hill at an alarming rate.I mean it's not like our entire intentions were to not let the world get destroyed in the first place or anything, right?
>>26413775You are mistaken if you believe that no one does.
>>26413771Whoa there son, you're projecting again.
>>26413763If we were being internally consistent we wouldn't even be considering it since we already chose not to listen to the fucker at all and are not going to destroy the world. The only reason to even possibly want to use Temerity is if you want Shadow to waifu her.
>>26413745He only thinks of making himself stronger and reforming. He views humans at tasty exp or tools instead of people. They both want to get off of Judgements humanity ride. The only difference I see is Silence wants to hide and eat things wile Temerity wants to destroy all chaos.
>>26413735>I don't want you to make her Shadow's waifu>Use Temerity to cement her as Shadow's waifuwat
>>26413775There's a little girl. It's a quest.It's how these things have worked, and always will be that way regardless of your opinion. Same as little girls in manga.Pedobait.It's not like SM doesn't know where this place is, being 4chan & d-lite.
>>26413787>>26413804absolutelydisgusting.gif
>>26413793I'm not your son!I know this because you aren't trying to violate my ass!
>>26413797Nah let's use temerity on her because it's probably a good choice for reasons not needed, y'know? Basically what I'm saying here guy is that we should totally do it because, y'know?
>>2641382410/10 troll. People are actually falling for you.gr8 b8 m8.
>>26413382Do NOT use Temerity.
>>26413382Use Temerity on all the Abigails.
>>26413797This.We've repeatedly voted against Temerity and his plan. We've repeatedly stated that Abby should make her own choices, and we won't force anything on her that she doesn't want.It would be way out of character to, out of nowhere, decide that Abigail's freedom of choice doesn't matter and that Temerity is right and there can be no compromise between chaos and order.
>>26413382Use Temerarity.
>"Shadow Quest is so pedo."
[x]Don't use TemerityBecause changing a person without their knowledge in this way is wrong. Thus far Shadow has been a being of fairness and honesty, not trickery and deceit. This is hardly the time to flip-flop.
>>26413837>>26413842It's funny that either of you actually think posting that has merit when beyond this point it's pretty obvious that a vote shall be called.Just be patient you... double shards.
I swear to god SM ducked out at this exact moment completely on purpose.
The same fagging in this thread is astounding.You guys know that temerity isn't going to be used right? We can't be that big of knob chewers. This isn't our world. We have no right to step in with something this god damn big.Can't wait for the vote.
>>26413849The decision could also be a safety measure, in the case of Temerity actually being right. One way or another, Abby is safe.Just playing Devil's Advocate here.
>>26413857But thats an empty picture frame? What are you hopping to catch?
>>26413858But y'know, if we want, this is REALLY the perfect time to flip-flop and then just go on ruin-the-world return-to-order quest, if we wanted. Y'know, y'know?
>>26413876Retards.
>>26413869Indeed.
>>26413872The decision isn't completely gone just because we decided to fucking force Abigail into a different being. We could, you know, talk to her about it.
Shadow Quest in a nutshell;>We are a Nice Shadow, no eating things...>Oh God Mages Hurt... CONSUME THEM ALL!>We can solve this through Talking...> KILL THE WORKERS AND EAT ALL THEIR STUFF!>Let's try peaceful negotiation>WRECK THEIR SHIT!>We can be friends>CONSUME ALL WHO OPPOSE US!>this guy knows what he's doing>DESTROY THE CITY! RELEASE THE MAGIC WIELDING SLAVES WITH GRUDGES!>let's go check on our friends>KILL THOSE WHO TRY TO HURT THEM!>We must save Abby>SUBJEGATE THE RESISTANT TEMERITY!>No Abby, you must make peace with yourself> ??????????????by the pattern, it is time for FORCEFUL SOLUTION TO SIMPLE PROBLEM
>>26413872If Temerity is right about something BESIDES us coming to destroy the world then we stop it. If he's wrong and we change her here, which is what we're trying to AVOID in the FIRST place then we have literally fucked up so hard that there's no going back. None. Game over man, game over.
>>26413869>Temerity leads the vote countSay what, nigglett?
>>26413869Not sure killing Innocent!Abby is the way to go here.I would be totally on board for introducing him to the Banshee though...
>>26413872Well in this case the Devil's Advocate doesn't know what the hell he is talking about good sir. It also doesn't really work on the internet anyways. Stay on your line, and I'll stay on my side with my beuatifuill wwwaiaaaiiifuuuu abby-saaaabby~
>>26413869>People disagree with me."OUT OF CHARACTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SAMEFAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!"
>>26413897>Implying this is the vote.>Implying that half of this shit isn't samefaggotry.>Implying Temerity is going to win.>>26413893You're oversimplifying things friend-o.The mages were dicks shooting and killing a small farming village.The workers worked for the dicks. As such they themselves were dicks.Anyone who wants to be friends can be friends. If you're actively being a dick then you're gettin rekt kid.We didn't technically destroy the city. Sandleshit did.Not protecting your friends? What are you? Not-Batman?Temerity was a dickhole.We're trying to have Abby make peace. The most simple solution here is to literally do nothing.
>>26413934Heheh, well, that's at least one incorrect perspective ruled out a long time ago. But we can still keep going to make things even crazier, y'know?
>>26413893>implying /tg/ has enough self-awareness to recognize it's persistent hypocrisyYou are new here, aren't you?Hell what's it matter, SM will never have any of the characters call Shadow out on it's hypocrisy.
>>26413957>The workers worked for the dicks. As such they themselves were dicks.Fucking jewish defense force socialist FUCK.
>>26413934WE SHALL SEE TEMERITY-KNOB CHEWER. WE SHALL SEE.>>26413961Temerity did call us out on it. Shit son.He's still a dick though.
We should use Hunger to strengthen both Abbys.
>>26413975They WORKED for the jews you shit!Take your israelite shit and get out long-nose. Fuckin merchants.
>>26413961I can't wait until we find the one that was made to do exactly that. There's always at least one person in the world willing to do that to everyone.Perhaps it will be Ila. Team Ila.
>>26413416I see what's going on.You're all a bunch of sentient blades of grass trying to start shit in retribution for his leaving the thread in order to go decapitate thousands upon thousands of your brethren.
>>26413979Fuck, man. The whole Archonium basically existed to call out /tg/ on how Schizophrenic they've played Shadow up 'till then.
>>26413979>Temerity did call us out on it.Yeah but he's someone we were already going to oust in the first place.I think someone much closer calling us out on it would have a greater... result from the player.
>>26413994I doubt it, Ila's got her throat so far over Shadow's cock it'd be surprising if he did not think she was trying to CONSUME.
>>26414012like abby?
>>26413994Team Michael
>>26414012Abby did. Said Shadow would go behind her back and make her into what he thought she should be instead of letting her make her choice. And lo and behold look what the Temerity guys are trying to do.
Could you imagine what could happen if SM just disappears and never comes back?
>>26414028Yes.
>>26414026>>26414018That's true but I still want it to happen more. Makes a more stable character when someone is called out on their bullshit.
>>26414028It would be terrible. I'm already hating every minute of this.
>>26414028Yep. I've been in one of those quests before.I can do more than imagine man, I've lived it.
>>26414026Except that Shadow is trying to do that too, and is still doing it. Even by being here and trying to force them to merge instead of letting one aspect win out, he is denying her choice.But whatever, it's only bad when TEMERITY suggests it.
>>26414019>Team belt
>>26413523Seconding.
>>26414028I could finally run my quest!
>>26414055What the fuck are you even talking about, both Abby's agreed to this.
>>26414056Best team.
>>26414063Hey man if it's something similar enough that you want another quest to finish before you've started you may want to remake it into something completely different.It's not good to get compared to other quests.Well unless they're in the same setting, of course.
So, in the mean time, let's think about the problems which are about to arise.When one of the Abigails gains a definitive advantage, she may get caught up and attempt a killing blow. Do we interfere if that happens?What do we want to do with Fear?Kill or Subjugate the Banshee?
>>26414065They agreed to reform. Not to Temerity joining them together with order glue.
>>26414065>implying Shadow did not influence them into it.>Implying Banshee made the same choice and will still have that choice.
>>26414093Ben said that the Banshee was originally a girl that turned into it. I'd like to investigate that.
>>26414097I'm saying that both Abby's agreed to meet and Shadow stayed out of their fight. I'm against Temerity.>>26414106So? He didn't make them and that's what Temerity wants to do.
>>26414122I know I was clarifying further because some people don't seem to understand.
>>26414065After we got called out on the fact that we were cheerfully going behind her back.
>>26414093yes stop killing blowallow it to fuse with them or be used by themtalk to her first then decidewe have innocent Abby, Abby fang, and ? Abby (the Banshee) until we see what she stands for i don't know if she needs that part.
>>26414183Well Fang did say she needs that part, for whatever reason. I'd go check the thread where this all started to get his dialogue but...PIZZA
>>26414183She needs that part nukka.
>>26414112>>26414183I'm in agreement that we should talk/investigate the Banshee. Empress Abbigail Fang is violently opposed to this, however. We just barely got her to agree to a merger with Angel Abby, and we had to give her everything we had for that Diplomacy check. What will we do this time? Be thinking about your speeches, /tg/.I'm probably gonna hit it from "let me try, Abby - I won't force the issue, but I at least have to try" sort of angle
>>26414208>>26414213yes i agree but what happens if Abby fang kills innocent Abby then it would be to dangerous >>26414243hopefully if they fuse then she will be more forgiving
>>26414257We won't let that happen. No matter what /tg/ voted on in the past with regards to non-interference, it won't let Abigail Fang kill Angel Abby.
>>26414257The entire point was not for them to kill each other. Let's just have some faith our nice Abby will win.Remember that she has the unbreakable shield right now. That armor's ballin' yo.Ain't no unstoppable spear in this shit yet.Banshee Abby has the fuckin spear m8.
>>26414257>if Abby fang kills innocent AbbyWell then we've got bigger problems.. and it's an if. So we'll deal with its prevention in the moment.
SM come back please
>>26414297I don't think the winner matters. It's a peaceful merger (or is planned to be), Fang just wants to take a measure of Angel Abby beforehand.
>>26414323We've gotten the thread mostly back on track. We're actually discussing coming decision points, now.I think Fear would make a potent tool when we go to see the Banshee.
If Fang Abby dies, then Abby will become a timid little girl, dependent on use for direction and encouragement.If Angel Abby dies, then Abby will become a strong, independent woman, but devoted enough to us that she'll take out advice and needs on board with her planning.From a purely practical perspective, if we're forced to choose, the right option shouldn't be difficult.
>>26414358>We're actually discussing coming decision points, now.Yeah that's a problem, it's like all my hard work was just temporary in the end.But at least SM will have less catchup, so there's that.
BACKSo, I already know you're going to give Temerity the middle finger, but considering this is the focal point deciding whether I go with PLOT SIDE A or PLOT SIDE B with the entire storyline we might as well have a vote.--------------------------Vote 1:>use TemerityVote 2:>sit tight
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>>26414444no wait pls i meant 2 pls dont count that pls ;_;oh god pls forgive me im so sorry pls dont yell at me
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>>26414436>>26414448Go use a proxy or something if you want to force it to >1, jesus.
>>26414448You're a funny guy. I'll kill you last.I'm lying.Told you there was samefaggin about.
>>26414444>pls voting 1I've returned to Bizzaro /tg/
>>26414465I'm trying to be ironic dude, quit ruining my jive bubbins.
>>26414436>>26414448>>26414459>Still trying this>>26414460Only thing you can do is vote 2 again to cancel it.
>>26414475He wants to take it back SM>>26414460
>>26414475pls dont misunderstand pls ._.>>26414460
>>26414487It's okay pls. 2 is already winning.It's already over.
>>26414475We voted to use Temerity on pls while you were gone. It was a pilot, to see if it would go well with Abby.We decided not to use Temerity as a result.
>>26414464This is the best fake vote yet by far, actually made me chuckle. A for effort.>>26414401cutting off votes2 takes the obvious win
Rolled 2>>264144012
>>26414500should have voted for 3....
>>26414503the chances...
>>26414503MY GOD! EVEN THE DICE VOTE 2.....
1d100 to maintain your grip on Fear
>>26414500>sm compliments my shitposting>that warm irrevocably fuzzy feeling inside that make it impossible to stop smiling the widest grin I can
>>26414495pls shut the fuck up u little bitch i hope you die in a hole pls burn alive pls with hellfire and dogs eatings your eyes from the sockets pls i hope yo uget killed to death<3
Rolled 98>>26414521
Rolled 100>>26414521
Rolled 25>>26414521
Why does SM even offer a choice when it comes to Temerity?He knows /tg/ is incapable of choosing the perceived bad guy option.
>>26414521>>26414531>>26414533Well then.
>>26414533Welp.
Rolled 99>>26414521
>>26414533OHHHHMYYY FUUUUCKIINGYYYYEEEESSSSS!
Rolled 19>>26414531>>26414533>>26414534welp
Rolled 20>>26414521by the power of.... something..... I don't know...>>26414533WOOT WOOT!
Rolled 86>>26414531>>26414533Thank you dice Gods.
>>26414533Huh.
>>26414533goddamn. You gonna hold the FUCK outta that sonbitch
>>26414533
>>26414533That fuckin grip yo. He's good and gripped now m8.
>>26414531>>26414533>>26414538>98>99>100
>>26414533next thread will be all ones based on the luck we've been having so far
>>26414528Oh god, it's like I really am in bizzaro /tg/
>>26414533I DID IT!I'm so happy ;_;Never rolling again because I might get a 1
>>26414535I don't know, but hey, you never say never with /tg/. It's more fun when the train falls off the rails anyway.
>>26414562next five threads*
Rolled 78>>26414545do we hold it so well that it becomes a part of us?please say that could happen... then we could use her fear as a weapon.....
>>26414579Just uh...what would have happened if we chose temerity?
>>26414566if you were you in bizarro /tg/ this would be light quests and the whole board would love quests
>>26414579Like getting double 100s to merge with a random shadow elemental?
>>26414583Now that...that would be amazing. We could truly be batman. Casting fear into the hearts of criminals.
>>26414579But dude I totally don't want to put OUR STUFF INTO HER.I mean, geeze, that's literally what he said he'd do. And that's wrong, if my western hemisphere urban society upbringing is anything to go back.
>>26414583We would have had to roll double 100's.And we were pretty close to -triple- 100's.It would have been amusing to see SM struggle to write if that happened.
>>26414591That was pretty ridiculous.>>26414584the story would be reborn like a phoenix in the ashes of a black fire
>>26414584He won't be able to answer that until we leave the archonium
>>26414528I-I was only joking, pls :<You're my favorite Shadow Quest namefag, I couldn't live with myself if I knew you were angry at me.pls forgive me pls T_T
>>26414611...I've read a line like that before. Is it a reference?
>>26414611So everything burns. It all returns to as it should be.
>>26414589IF WE LIVED ON BIZZARO /tg/, I WOULD BE AN ACTUAL THING INSTEAD OF THAT FAGGOT PLSTHANK YOU FOR READING GUYS, YOUR LOVE IS APPRECIATED AND EXPECTED ;D <3
>>26414584Abby would get the Chosen upgrade for no xp cost.That cost would be substituted by making her an Avatar of Temerity.
>>26414613no sorry pls it was a joke dont be mad pls i didnt mean it ._.
>>26414629I just made it up, albeit it's not a particularly original simile.
>>26414634we would get exp for making her a chosen. and flint wouldn't have pasta.
>>26414650No no, I'm pretty sure a cartoon character I know of has said exactly that. The M guy from dexters lab I think.
>>26414663Mandark?
>>26414646It's okay pls, pls understand that I couldn't be angry at you pls, let's just be friends pls, pls.
I man it's Shadow Quest!This is a little late, but...What happened to separating the Abigails and at least trying to convince them to work together on their own terms? Are we just letting them beat the shit out of each other and hoping it works out?
>>26414673>>26414675>Mandark? hive-mind
The Abigails hold their position. The magic between them grows in leaps and bounds as they pour their strength forward, warping the air. Fear tries to get out of your grip.If it got out, now, who knows what havoc it could wreck. It would certain hurt Abigail.You don't like that idea.You turn and face Fear. It shrinks away from you in terror.Your aura increases in intensity, and your shadowy grip crushes it down into a corner like like a tin can. It won't be influencing this battle any further.You glance back when there's a sudden silence.The magic between the two Abigails reaches a critical mass. The air is still for a moment, and then a huge orange shockwave expands between them. The empress is hurled back against a column. She slams into it bodily, then slumps to the grass. Armored abigail is tossed back and is crushed once more into the pile of rubble.You hear scraping and crumbling as she climbs free again. She emerges from underneath, one arm at a time. The teetering pile collapses behind her as she gets up on one knee. The empress slowly rises to her feat. Both of them are wheezing to get their breath back. Their gazes are still locked together.>con't
>>26414691They both agreed to work together.They're just working out the kinks right now.
>>26414673>>26414695That's the one, yup.
>>26414691Empress Abby wants Knight Abby to demonstrate that she's not weak.
You feel a sudden prescence of Spirit - powerful spirit - coming from the east, outside the castle. It feels......like Abigail?Both of the Abigails have turned to face the oncoming magic. The empress looks at you. "Shadow, it's the Banshee! She must be launching an attack!"<This is not a good time.>The empress shakes her head. "That's an understatement.""...hold it off," the other Abigail says. "Do your best to keep her busy. Maybe she'll talk with you.""Not a bad idea." The empress lets out a painful sigh as she straightens. "You do that. I'll finish up here.""-We'll- finish up here.""That's if you live."If it wasn't for the murderous expressions on their faces, you'd suspect they were enjoying the fight.What do you do?>delay the Banshee with words>try to ambush the Banshee>some other strategy
>>26414674See, when the namefaggot does it, its okay because hey, it's pls.When you do it, its annoying as shit. I seriously doubt pls would want anyone to care about him or respect him in such a way anyways. Would you dare to defy the will of erepls by being so presumptuous, thinking it your place to speak with him? Polite sage for non-contributions
>>26414705>>26414710Ah. Must have misread something in my rush to catch up. Thanks!
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordsWe don't know dis lady yet. Let's see if she's cool.
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordsHAHAHA TIME FOR DIPLOMANCYbut seriously, we should give the Abigails time to merge on their own before battlin' the Demon side.
>>26414714FUCK the banshee!
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with words
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordsShe was apparently just another girl at one point. I'd at least like to investigate.
>>26414714words pls
Oh god I'm getting remonitions here. We're going to have to choose between Abby and something cosmically important later on. Sm wouldn't say plot side A and plot side B if this didn't affect strongly the fate of our daughteru.Egad
>>26414714<Play nice girls, we are going to get icecream when we get out of here. >>delay the Banshee with words
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with shadow penis
>>26414714Delay the banshee with words.
>>26414714Can we try and convince these two abagails to fight and defeat the banshee together?Maybe they will agree to become one after fighting a common enemy.
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordsOr at least go see if she's capable of reason. If she's the "demonic heritage" splinter, we'll be able to pick it up as being similar to our attempts to smash our heads against the brick wall that was Xella.Both other Abbys seemed on board for us trying to talk her down, at least, so it's worth a shot. also trying to reason with the unreasonable is kind of Shadow's thing at this point
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordstalk it to death like we do with everything when we meet Hyperion and he's like, "I'm gonna murder you Shadow just for being a Shadow!!!" we will say, "Can't we talk about this instead?"
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with words>>26414757I hate you so much.
>>26414714"Have fun and remember: There is only one of you, who seems like two.">Take the canned Fear with us and openly visit part three of our first love.
>>26414714>delay the Banshee with wordsAlso, remind Abigail Fang and Angel Abby what we agreed upon.Not kill/dominate, play nice when you're done beating the shit out of eachother. There's been enough death.
>delay the Banshee with wordsOH BOY TIME FOR XELLA / ROBOTS: THE RERUN: THE HAPPENING: THE "IT WILL NEVER END": IT'S HAPPENING
>>26414714>>some other strategyPick up Fear and hit her with it.
>>26414768Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this choice was more "I wonder if the majority of the questers will vote to do something out of character that would derail the current plot."Not to say we won't have to make such a choice later.
>>26414790>Hatin on pls>in the year 2013>Bitch pls
Are we not going to keep Fear contained while going to the Banshee?CONSUME Fear before leaving.
use your wordswriting
>>26414827inb4 Banshee can't speak.
>>26414825>>26414704>It won't be influencing this battle any further.
>>26414827Really hope empress and armored don't kill each-other while we are delaying Banshee, thus causing her to win.
>>26414785We don't talk everything to death.
>>26414847That would be ironic, considering that she's called the Banshee.
>>26414847We'd just have her and Isolation have a nails-on-chalkboard conversation and sit by idly trying to figure out what the fuck they were talking about.
>>26414854IT'LL BE OFF INFLUENCING YOUR MOM.IN THE ASS.
>>26414870whawhere the hell did that come from?! well fuck you too buddy!
>>26414861Yeah! Sometimes we just consume an entire ship's crew without remorse.I seriously hope this whole Archonium thing solidifies Shadow in a specific direction. Getting real tired of all the Schizo decisions.
>>26414891that exp was worth it
>>26414891To be fair, those guys were actively enslaving people.
>>26414905And what exactly is wrong with slavery?
>>26414891We scare us, sometimes.We would have had to fight them, anyway. I was more disappointed with the killing of Abby's teacher and her family - we didn't even try to talk, and the dinner discussion we eavesdropped on indicated that it was probably an option.
>>26414905which we really didn't realize was bad but now equate it with how the shadow mages were treated.
>>26414891See>>26413893Followed by>>26413957And I'm kind of okay with the ship thing, since they WERE shipping slaves. Though it's definitely the most "eeeeh..." action we've taken so far to me. Didn't really like the bed method either.
>>26414880Your not my buddy pal!
>>26414714>>some other strategy"You two need to work together against the banshee. Learning to do things you wouldn't normally is the entire POINT of the archonium. Come with me. Lets face her together"
>>26414905I kind of doubt the chefs on board and such were really doing something punishable by death though. Unless they were cooking up trouble.
>>26414925>Didn't really like the bed method either.Are you allergic to fun or something?
>>26414914Ila and the Ring City made us hate slavery, before that we didn't really care.
>>26414891>I seriously hope this whole Archonium thing solidifies Shadow in a specific direction. Getting real tired of all the Schizo decisions.I'm late to the party, but I think we should still try the temerity route - but not by FORCING it on abigail, but asking her if she wants it.Not for the people who like her, or the servant goers, but because we seriously owe her a pair of wings by now. she was all disappointed after adavan got his, and I'm fairly sure we promised her them when she was 'older'. Which, welp, here we are.Anyway, I'd use it as a carrot to get them to work together in here.
>>26414955Ahh damn I thought I'd get more than that.Well, kudos to using the most in character response to my post.
>>26414933They tried that once. With fang abby leading the nice abby around by a leash. That shit didn't work. We need to stall for time for these two to hash shit out. Then they can deal with the banshee.
>>26414926I read this as "Your not my buddy pail!" ad was going to reply with "You ain't my chum, bucket!"
>>26414939Oooh, that's a good one.Taking notes.
>>26414939Ha. Chefs.You're a funny guy. I'll kill you last.I actually mean that.
>>26414964We don't owe her shit. In fact, she owes US after all the shit we went through to get her here.
>>26414964We can servant her without temerity and it's probably safest that way and just like you suggested it can be left entirely up to her.
>>26414974You should have used a plankton reaction pic to accentuate the pun.
>>26415000You're right I should've.
>>26414994No, Fang owes us for making us go through this bullshit.
Actually, I could be in favor of servant her after this depending on how she is after getting out of here.
>>26415020No, even before we met Fang we were going out of our way to help her.
>>26415026>at this rate we will never buy Tao
>>26415020Damn right he does, we're gonna kick his bony ass until he gives up all those high-xp artifacts that he's been holding out on.
Wait a minute. Does even know she's half-demon? I know we never got the chance to tell her and this sounds like the kind of shit Fang would neglect to mention.
>>26415038+1 Humanity
>>26415037>at this rate we'll never waste 25 xp unless it completes the purple drank tree.
>>26414983Wait, were you also in the anime thread too?You said the same thing, didn't you?Right here?>>90720127
>>26415037Now you know how the summonbros feel.
>>26414964No. Bad. We don't even know if she'll be older when she gets out of this thing. In the outside it's been what, two days maybe? In here it's been 11 years or some shit.We were waiting till she was older because we didn't know if that shit kept you a kid. We still don't know what's going to happen to her till we get her out of here, so how bout we wait till then huh?
>>26415039>Wait a minute. Does even know she's half-demon? I know we never got the chance to tell her and this sounds like the kind of shit Fang would neglect to mention.Yeah. We NEED to bring this up to her.Like, right now.Small details like this are why we didn't ask about what the Archonium actually WAS
>>26415038>all those high-xp artifacts that he's been holding out on.Like, saaaay the Archonium.Also this is probably a terrible idea, especially given the fact that we sort of still think everyone trapped inside the Archonium is still in there, as alluded to by the many points of light we saw aside from Abby's when we turned out the sun.
>>26415036True but Fang OWES us for jeopardizing Abigail's life
<I'll do so best I can,> you say. <I won't tolerate losing either of you. Good luck.>Keeping Fear locked up tight, you fly up out of the demolished courtyard. Magic blasts resound from below you as the fight's brief interlude ends.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcIbwQXZZ0You wide above the walls of the palace. Around you is total chaos.The countryside is ablaze. The fires rage from the river all the way to the farms - and it's new, because the smoke is barely starting to rise. A veritable army of dragons is crisscrossing the sky, blasting fire on everything.Flocks of griffins, flying eyeballs, and a tangled collection of winged beasts are flying in formation to retaliate. When the sides finally meet, it's like watching a dozen huge airships begin a fight with Yi Fang's smaller flying fighters. Dragons are torn to pieces by mobs of wyrms and griffins. Beasts drop like flies, seared to ash by fire.Three dragons sweep the plaza that leads up to the palace entrance from atop the cliffs with fire. You feel Abigail's presence there. You fly over quickly, trying to keep as far away from the conflicts as possible. You can't afford to get tied up at the moment.You come to a halt at the main entrance, landing on top of Fear to remind him you're in control. A wide stone walkway stretches before you. At your back is the massive wooden door of the outer walls. The stones themselves still hold flickering dragon fire, though its dying fast.A shadow emerges from the flames.
>>26415053Wait what? No.>>26415065I dunno if they'd want to even get back together with it if they knew it was a demon bro. We can deal with that once we're, oh I don't know, back in the reality that we belong in.
>>26415070How is eating a magic thing full of magic souls a bad idea in any way?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrZ5-OZEM4Abigail saunters out from the fire. She's different from the others. Her dress is sheer. Her hair is let loose, and there's a wild gleam in her eyes. Her teeth are filed to points.She doesn't feel human."Shadow," she says. It's not the exciting greeting of the other two Abigails. Her voice is deep and measured. "I'm sad you didn't come visit me already, but you do have the graciousness to greet me personally."<...the other two are sorting things out. I thought you might want to talk.>"With you? I want to do more than -talk-." The Banshee waltzes forward slowly, confidently, as if she has all the time in the world. Her eyes flick to Fear. "Get over here."Suddenly, Fear is next to her. Your Bind falls slack, and vanishes. You're shocked. How did she do that? Maybe...like the others, she can bend this vision. She seems a bit more aggressive about it.Abigail slowly pets Fear, then scratches it under the chin. Her face turns ugly. "Now leave, and don't come back until I tell you."Fear goes up like a dry tinder, burning in green flame. The hot air from the dragon fire behind Abigail sweeps the smoke toward you. It's pungent, sickly sweet.The Banshee straightens and continues forward. Her eyes are locked on you.What do you do?>hold the line>say something (write-in)>RUN AWAY>attack!>some other strategy
>>26415055I am a summonbro I want the stuff in the summon tree but we will never get to that tree until we satisfy the Tao+Darkness Within fags
>>26415070If they are worth so much exp they might be dead useful if we dont eat them.
>>26415088"So. How's things?"
>>26415085We would probably break our teeth trying to eat it.
>>26415088OH GODTHIS ABBY WANTS TO RAPE US
>>26415088<Well, I've heard two sides of the story, mind sharing yours?>
>>26415088"I came to talk."Let's see if she's actually willing to. If she isn't then we'll make her willing.
>>26415099Works for me. No need to do something brash.
>>26415090Actually I've been thinking that instead of arguing over one specific skill or skills we could instead hold a vote for what skill tree to work on, followed by a vote for the skill or skills within that tree that we can afford. There's a lot of people vying for different trees, whether for the bonuses, operation hydra, or just to work on previously unexplored trees; plus there is quite a few people who want to get Tao, Pocket,or work towards Eclipse in the Shadow Magic tree and if they actually banded together on their votes to work on that tree over arguing for a specific skill in it they may actually be able to get to buy something there. Furthermore, it would also help make Shadow stronger in certain areas over stretching himself too thin throughout. Any thoughts or complaints?
>>26415111>implying that's a bad thing
>>26415088CONSUME
>>26415088>Fortress of Seductionu w0t m8?
>>26415088>say something<What the hell happened to you?>
>>26415128It's part of abby, she needs it, if only so she can pull it's power back into herself.
>>26415139Eyo. No.That's how you close all doors to negotiations.
>>26415120>If she isn't then we'll make her willing.Mmm, I'm loving what you anons are saying.
>>26415088>>hold the lineGiven that the other two Abbys changed it such that we were effectively indestructible while facing down Fear, we're at least somewhat malleable in this vision even despite not technically being part of it.I have a feeling we're going to be making a couple Will saves in the near future.
>>26415135I know, right? I get such a kick out of this shit.>>26415139That would be hilarious. Just start lecturing her as a form of stalling her.Alright, we're clearly all talky. Still taking suggestions.
>>26415139It's like you've never talked to a real woman before.
>>26415088>>hold the line>>say something (write-in)Can we do both of these things?
>>26415164I don't know, man. We kind of got nothing to go on except that she apparently might want to rape us. Can't think of much in terms of a conversation starter.
>>26415115>>26415164I'd start with this. Gives her an excuse to monologue, which delays her as planned.
>>26415088Can we resume the form we had with the Empress while we speak?Just to make it awkward.
>>26415176Talking includes holding the line. If you just held the line you would be the stoic rock.Which actually isn't really in-character after all that's happened.
>>26415170>real womanUhm...
>>26415158Eyo son. If she ain't willin to talk then we max bind her, bind her again, and do it again if she's into that sorta thing. Then we bail the fuck on outta dodge draggin her with us and lecture the fuck outta her. Not sayin beat the shit outta her.
>>26415170Well, I've certainly never been confronted by a sexual predator who is by appearance and all outside accounts batshit insane.
>>26415164>Still taking suggestions.<You know, I don't really think we've met. I'm Shadow.>Subtle denigration is best denigration.
>>26415164<Abigail what did you do to your teeth? Filing them down only helps with the tearing. And that dress, Don't you get cold? And what happened to your hair? I know when we meet the others they can work on your hair.>She wants to fluster us, we'll fluster her right back!
>>26415191...I can pretend I did that on purpose.
>>26415115That's a nice way to put it.>>26415098>If they are worth so much exp they might be dead useful if we dont eat them.Well, its unclear what the archonium does with souls that DON'T emerge. I find it really, really freaky that we were able to eat a mind-illusionary dragon and get substance from it - it gave us six xp.xp comes from living thingswe ate a living thing.But where did it come from? Did we gank a part of abby embodied in the dragon, and by extent, a portion of her soul? Was it a realer-than-normal part of the Archonium Experience(tm)? Was it a lost soul trapped in here, bent to nothing more than fuel for the archonium's tests?In any case, I would have been in support of eating the archonium if we get out - so that this kind of shit can't happen again.OR throwing fang into it, and being like 'Yeah, You've been the ruler of archonium FAR too long, its made you a giant dick. Maybe you should try to find the wizard that loved to race again, in there. Hint hint nudge nudge wink wink *throw*
>>26415188I think hold the line, then. We don't have much to go on - let's see her next move. I don't really even want to give her anything by speaking just yet.nothing but the shadowy appendage, that is
>>26415209>all of my lol
Seeing what the Knight and Empress can do, I really don't think we need the Banshee as a part of her. Of course, I'm not saying we shouldn't at least see if it could work, but let's not try to push it as much as we did with the other two.
>>26415209>Abigail what did you do to your teeth?"All the better to eat you with, my dear.">AMBIGUOUS END
>>26415209Oh, I like this.<By your behavior and state of dress, I would think you've been consuming ignorance potions. I hope you didn't pick up any bad habits from Sir Flint while I was gone.>
>>26415229Well, the demonic heritage is a big part of her power, we just need her to regain that without the personality accompanying it.
>>26415212>Throw Fang in again.Hey, I think how he didn't tell us about the Archonium was a massive dick move too, but the guy did it because he cared about his people and he's already torn the fuck up about it.Cut the guy some slack.
>>26415212>we ate a living thingWe also get XP and Mana from summons.Maybe things in the Archonium are all just as real as everything outside, but the rules are looser.I'm wondering myself where the Archonium came from exactly though.Something or someone had to make it after all. Maybe their the SBBEG behind the BBEG.
>>26415239almost snorted my sodaAlright, writing a stalling lecture
>>26415212XP comes from consuming shit with magic in it. Souls are magic.
>>26415259It's possible that the archonium is as old as the world, made by whatever deity crafted it (because venia sure isn't a planet by our standards)In any case, I doubt we would be able to eat it. We can't even eat mana pools.
>>26415229>I really don't think we need the Banshee as a part of her.Adavan disagrees.>"Well, something I've been thinking on...I think she might be important to freeing Hecate. The keys might not be enough, if the time she's spent sealed has weakened her." Adavan taps a desk. "But her magic, and my magic, resonated strongly with Abigail. She's special."Her Spirit magic, which is banshee-derived by fangs Humanization experiments, is a tie to the spirit/demon otherworlds. We need her.Or at least that aspect of her to survive.Whether or not she is dominant or in control is up for debate, but adavan asked us to make sure that specialness remains.
>>26415259>I'm wondering myself where the Archonium came from exactly though.>Something or someone had to make it after all.Pic related.>>26415270For what it's worth, we've tried to consume from mana pools as well, and it just sort of slipped right through.
>>26415291Maybe there's a god of chaos that we might have some diplomancing to do with.
>>26415303>Whether or not she is dominant or in control is up for debateNo, no it isn't. Subjugate that thing, I already dislike it.
>>26415305We've eaten Dynamos and enchanted items and got XP from them.
>>26415291after we take out the Sky Sever I wonder what will happen if we attempt to leave the atmosphere... I wonder if Sm will do an 'Icarus flew too close to the sun kinda thing'... Do we need Oxygen to survive?
>>26415305Seeing as mana pools are just collections of flavored Chaos, it makes sense that we're not able to absorb any power from them. Also why we can touch them without insta-death like mortals.
>>26415303Dunno what we'd do without other people calling up stuff like this all the time. Thanks for the reminder. In that case, leaning heavily towards subjugation unless SM pulls a surprise "I'm actually good!" on us. If he does, remember Silence.
>>26415324We can go underwater without any trouble...
>>26415347Yes but have we ever tested how long we can survive underwater?
The magical spikes and flows behind you grow fiercer. They need time. You've got to stall.<Abigail. What on earth happened to you?>Abigail stops. She blinks. "What?"<What did you do to your teeth? They're...pointy. The hair I can understand, considering this is a battle, but that dress - it's not that warm at all. You'll catch a cold.>Abigail smiles. The points of her teeth gleam at you. She walks forward. "The teeth and hair are...stylistic choices, shall we say. The dress isn't supposed to keep me warm, though. It's for...other things."She reaches you. You swallow hard.You're in your human form. Wait a minute. Since when - "Shadow." Abigail reaches up. A long, crooked fingernail taps you under the chin, then slowly traces down your chest. "I missed you." She grins that scary...attractive...smile. She looks at you. "You're rather handsome, now. I like that."You feel...odd. <What were we talking about?>"You...and me."You blink.Wait. Stall her. You've got to stall for the others.<...I...>"You what?"Roll 1d100
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Rolled 96>>26415359come on sweet baby jesus
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>>26415359>"Bitches ain't nothin but tricks an hoes, bitches ain't nothin but tricks an hoes..."
Rolled 77>>26415396whoops
Rolled 83>>26415359<Abby, when did you become a harlot?>
Rolled 49>>26415359Lol time to get raped by demon-mode daughteru~
>>26415358It's safe to day we don't need oxygen, man. In fact, if you REALLY doubt it, an excerpt from SM in this very thread!>You sit there a moment, catching you breath. Well, you don't need to breath...but that's what it feels like.
>>26415330>Also why we can touch them without insta-death like mortals.Actually, wouldn't it make mana pools MORE anathema to us if they were really Chaotic in nature?Now that I'm thinking about it, it could be that mana itself is Orderly (which explains why we are unfazed by it, but mana pools are lethal to all other life, as well as how there can be "Shadow" mana pools), and the fact that there are Elementally corrupt flavors of mana is one of the "unnatural" things that drew Erebus to try and get rid of the blemish in the first place (much like how Spirit magic forms the formless energy of the Nether.)>>26415359<I...I'VE GOTTA GO DO SOMETHING.>
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>>26415338>Abigail smiles. The points of her teeth gleam at you. She walks forward. "The teeth and hair are...stylistic choices, shall we say. The dress isn't supposed to keep me warm, though. It's for...other things.">>26415318Consider that this is also the part of abigail that has grown up, and accepted who she IS. - as opposed to the empress who has grown up but accepted only her duties, to the exclusion of all else - even, or especially, her sanity.the banshee is NOT an evil thing.She's just not kept in check any more, the soul out of balance.
>>26415406still it makes me wonder what will happen if we go into space will be torn apart by the vacuum of space or will nothing happen.
Rolled 2>>26415305no we didnt slip through. the last time i remember us doing it was the spirit one near jacob's field. and it was described as biting iron. something to hard for us to break down
>>26415379>>26415381>>26415382<ERMMMMMMMM>.And then our shadowy appendage retracts into our body.
Rolled 42>>26415359I should have told you earlier, before fang tricked you into coming here.I broke my promise. I went back to your home Abigail... I ENTERED THE ROOM. I read the journal.I should have told you about everything, your parents, what you really ARE. I'm sorry Abby.
Holy shit.Abby is actually trying to rape us.I guess she really got her mother's succubus blood.
Rolled 98>>26415491not succubus. banshee.
I need an adult
>>26415468>I should have told you earlier, before fang tricked you into coming here.>I broke my promise. I went back to your home Abigail... I ENTERED THE ROOM. I read the journal.>I should have told you about everything, your parents, what you really ARE. I'm sorry Abby.Yup.This is a good way to blunt her initiative and counter with 'holy shit what'
>>26415468>before fang tricked you into coming here.Pretty sure we didn't tell her this.Also pretty sure we weren't going to, and either let Fang tell her himself or constantly deal with the guilt of it. And if he didn't feel guilty, then MAYBE I'd be okay with throwing him back in here.
>>26415491Her mother was a banshee.Hence "The Banshee".
>>26415491>succubus It was a banshee, not a succubus, hence the name.
>>26415491>I guess she really got her mother's succubus blood.Her mother was a Banshee, though.Maybe we should explain to her the distinction between the two, before she gets herself confused. Well, more confused than she's already making Shadow.
>>26415504She is an adult.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kscG_gs2BOc
>>26415438YOU NEARLY GOT US RAPED BY OUR ADOPTIVE DEMON DAUGHTERUWHY ONLY NEARLY
Focus. You've got a mission here.You put a hand on her shoulder, pushing her back gently, and take an extra step yourself. <I've heard the story from the other two Abigails. What's yours?>She frowns briefly. Then the smile lazily returns. "A lot of things. You see...all this talk about right and wrong. It's boring." She begins to pace a circle around you. "And pointless. What is right and wrong? Morals decided by society. But society is just a collection of weak fools ruled over by mages, in almost all cases. Mages hold the real power. Morals, then, are just inventions, devices created by the masses of the weak to try and check the power of the strong." Abigail gives a soft shrug. "I realized that I don't have to care about the values of those people. I can be different. I can take what I want...do what I want...and the hell with the rest."She slips up behind you. She props her head on your shoulder and speaks softly into your ear. "...do you know what I want?"Roll 1d100
>>26415512I feel bad for Fang. He's given up a lot of himself for everyone else.
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>>26415532Someone post the SM "you will have to grow up and deal with feelings and possibly growing into relationships, you've been warned" imagecap.Seriously, stop bitching about your preconceptions and play the scene, not your fetishes.
>>26415551>>26415555>>26415557>the time when I'm the highest roll and it doesn't feel good at all.
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Rolled 82>>26415534<I don't know what you want, but a Spirit Lash is what you're getting if you don't back off.>You know our dice luck can only last so long, SM. You're going to make us spaghetti.
Rolled 56>>26415534The shadowy appendage.
>>26415534I'm so uncomfortable right now SM.
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>>26415567Generally when something is posted in all caps, you don't take it seriously.
>>26415540Exactly. Which is why I DON'T want us to be the ones to tell Abby about the fake Shadow.
>>26415534>She's gone full amoralAnyone have that picture of amoralist anarchists stabbing each other in the back yelling "I'm FREE!"?
>>26415534I am confused as to what to type. I want all of them to combine.<you want to be free and never be forced to do anything again. You don't want to inherit Fang's legacy or Archon. You just want to live life to the fullest am I right?>
>>26415584She'd probably like that, y'know?
>>26415598you cannot escape the feels
>>26415608I have it, somewhere.
>>26415617I felt really sadThen I felt really uncomfortableThen I was so happyAnd now I'm really, really uncomfortable.
>>26415567This?
>>26415617But I can. The black X is right there, in the corner, right above the scroll bar and the box I'm typing in.But I'll never press it. Because the rides too fun.
>>26415643
MEANWHILE IN SHADOWS POCKETS THAT HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY FORMED FOR THIS PRECISE MOMENT
>>26415617Nigga fuck yo feels.I'm a stone cold gangsta I don't feel nuthin. You can't make me cry, bitch ass nigga.;_;
>>26415660WE NEED TO BUY POCKET RIGHT NOW SM! Just kidding
>>26415660AAWWWWWH SHEEEEET. IS DAT SOME SPAGHETTI WITH SQUID INK? DAT SHIT'S TASTY SON.
Rolled 86>>26415660WOAH BLACK SPAGHETTIBAM-BA-LAM
Sheeit! She is going to make us go Descartes on her! Or maybe she will go Descartes on us!
>>26415640Thaaats the eone
>>26415660SHADOW SPAGHETTI!
<Yes,> you say. You turn to face her, taking a step back. She sighs in annoyance. <You want to be free. You don't want Fang's legacy thrust onto you. You just want to live how you want to live.>"...that's true," she says. "But rather...I find that leadership might be a useful tool in achieving that goal." She begins to approach you again.But this time, you're ready with something else - something guaranteed to make her pause. <I'm sorry, Abigail. I broke a promise I made to you.>"...what?" she asks. She smiles. "Well...I might have to punish you for that. Depends on what it is, though."<Do you remember when you asked me not to go in that room in your house?>She closes her eyes. "...yes. That was...about my parents."<I returned to Jacob's Field after the Kanians took it over,> you say. <I entered the room, and found your house's basement.>"...my house did not have a basement."<It did,> you say. <A secret chamber made by your father, Jen. I learned of your real heritage.>"What heritage? What are you talking about?"<You're part Banshee, Abigail,> you say. <Your mother was a product of an experiment conducted by your uncle - a demon given an artificial soul. A banshee, in fact. But your father fell in love with her, and they ran off to raise you in peace. You yourself...this part of you...is that essence of your mother.>"I..." Abigail pauses for a long moment, taking it all in. And then she sighs, and shrugs. "You know...that explains my abilities. But it doesn't really make a difference. I am who I choose to be. I learned that from you. And I choose my own path."She closes the gap to you in a flash. Her hands are on your shoulders. She inhales deeply, as if trying to suck in your aura. "Shadow...I want you to accompany me to the two others. They're weakened. This is my opportunity to assert myself. I want you at my side."Roll 1d100
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Rolled 52>>26415742>rollan b4 read'n
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>>26415742>But it doesn't really make a difference. I am who I choose to be. I learned that from you. And I choose my own path.That's good!>>26415534>What is right and wrong? Morals decided by society. But society is just a collection of weak fools ruled over by mages, in almost all cases. Mages hold the real power. Morals, then, are just inventions, devices created by the masses of the weak to try and check the power of the strong." Abigail gives a soft shrug. "I realized that I don't have to care about the values of those people. I can be different. I can take what I want...do what I want...and the hell with the rest."That's bad!>>26415755That's average!
Rolled 19>>26415742<More like you want me on your inside.>
Rolled 89>>26415771SO CLOSE GOD DAMN>>26415742
>>26415742Whoa, are we actually rolling for a will save?!
So Shadow's apparently 2pure4lewds.
Rolled 42>>26415742TENTH ROLL!
>>26415742Y'know, I want to refuse her, just on the principle that she keeps forcing us to roll dice.People should stop doing that. It always turns out badly for us in the short term, and badly for them in the long term when we start chasing them for making us roll dice. It's a silly thing to do.
>>26415810FUUUCK
>>26415796Well, would you imagine what would happen if SM made it a choice to go along or not?
>>26415742We aren't getting anywhere with this. Knight and Empress are evenly matched, and will keep fighting until they kill each other.Meanwhile, we are going to have to keep rolling until we fail and get mind-dominated.We have to get back to the other two and convince them to join forces to defeat the Banshee with us, and hope that fighting together will convince them to become one afterwards.
>>26415805Also what is sexual attraction.Though to be honest, keeping >>26415640 in mind, he may grasp it eventually.Pun intended.
>>26415819Point.
>>26415814It's actually an interesting experience, having to roll dice to not be persuaded as a player character.On the other hand, that's blatantly because she's throwing Spirit magic at us.
>>26415742<I'll bring you there, but I won't support you killing them. I have some insight into the archonium, now, that you may wish to hear.>
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>>26415771Please consider improving the critical threat range on your shadowy appendages, please and thank you.
>>26415845She is going to try and dominate them regardless of what we say.
>>26415842What, we can keep throwing dice at an npc to eventually convince them, but they can't do the same to us?That's racist. Or sexist. Some kind of -ist.
>>26415842>On the other hand, that's blatantly because she's throwing Spirit magic at us.Hmn. Do we have any sort of anti-magic defenses we can activate ( aside from Erasure?) or are most of our buffs passive?
I think these rolls to resist Abby's seduction have been among our most consistently good.Obviously, Shadow needs to change his form again to pic related.
<No.>"...what?"You firmly grasp her hands, and lower them to her sides. You shake your head. <...I promised the other two that I would let them work things out on their own. After they're done, we can all sit down and talk together. What you want is important. But I won't help you subjugate them.>"...why isn't this working?!" she shouts.You squint. <So...you -are- manipulating me.>Abigail gives you a sultry smile. You remain stoic. When she sees that you won't budge, her expression slowly mutates into an ugly grimace. "...that's ok, Shadow. I'll just take what I want."Abigail's mouth opens wide, wider, like a dark maw lined with shark's teeth.RRRRRRRREEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!Roll 1d100
>>26415881Actually, it's because we are within Abigail's vision and she can control the vision just like the others can. We can't anti-magic out of this.
>>26415881Well, we should have pretty solid Spirit Resistance.
>>26415871Not if we keep bopping her on the dead.stopWiafuabuse.gif
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>>26415855>Please consider improving the critical threat range on your shadowy appendages, please and thank you.I'd be okay with upping the crit range to 99-100 and 1-2.
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>>26415890NOTHIS IS OUR GIMMICK
>>26415884Actually, I'm very surprised. Three relatively high DC checks, but the dice answered your call.Now it's violence time.SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
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Rolled 28>>26415890NOT ON MY WATCH YOU BITCH.
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>>26415890>shark-waifuThis is only making me find her more attractive, SM.
Rolled 45>>26415890OH GOD OH GOD
Rolled 100>>26415890CUNT PUNT
>>26415911Can this ability be on a tree?
>>26415876Agencyist?Just because they can't make their own decisions doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to force those nonexistent choices upon us! Fight the power!>>26415890"I'll show you my Gaping Maw if you show me yours."<...I didn't think I could get more uncomfortable than I already was, so well done on that front, at least.>>>26415930Little late to the party, unfortunately.
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Rolled 22>>26415930YESSSSSSSSSS
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>>26415930AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA
>>26415930to late
>>26415930GOD FREAKING DAMN IT!!! 12TH POST!!!
>>26415890>she's trying to consume usFUCKING PLAGIARISM
>>26415930Well.Fuck.12th roll.
>>26415902>>26415907>>26415908Roll 1d20
>>26415930>roll 12
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>>26415940>>26415941>>26415942>nuns who can't count posts
Rolled 8>>26415956GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH
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>>26415930ROLLED 100 FOR CUNT PUNT, IT HAS TO COUNT
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Rolled 10Its morphin time!
Rolled 19>>26415964I didn't take time to count. I just dreamed.
>>26415964nubs.As if it matters
>>26415964I punched a nun once.
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>>26415974Well he Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, for sure
>>26415974It doesn't have to, it was too little too late.
Rolled 18>>26415956we have been beaten at our own game....
>>26415963>>26415965>>26415968>>26415969>>26415973Three out of five, hopefully good enough
Rolled 17>>26415988Tell me that doesn't count.
Rolled 7>>26416009it doesn't
>>26415988I was so worried until I remembered crits for d20 have a smaller window.
>>26416003nope, it's 1 out of 3. rolls 4 & 5 only count if they're crits...
>>26415988>Tenth post
Dice gods demand shadow be raped!
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>>26415911A symmetrical critical range increase is more or less the same as just using d50 instead, though.>>26415999If nothing else, at least she's going to have Darkxis in love with her after this.
>>26416020Oh. Oh thank SM-God.>>26416021Disregard me, then. Still sad about that 100.
>>26416021>When I roll 1d20, the rules are the same, but I only consider criticals for the first five rolls, rather than ten. Criticals in the first three are still "supercrits".S'coo.
>>26416022They had their chance and they gave Shadow a will of steel.
>>26416021Its first 5 for d20. Not first 10.
>>26416032An ability that increase our crit range in one of the trees would be nice, tho.Also, just wait till SM springs the Shard of Lust on us.
Rolled 3>>26416036we all have feelt that pain your with equals here
A screech like the last cry of a dying world erupts from Abigail's mouth. The air splits. The stone cracks. The fires are put out.It roars over you, a wall of pain and power greater condensed into a single vicious attack.You're entirely unprepared for it.Isolation appears in front of you.The shockwave strikes. A green shield of power flares out from Isolation, covering your body like a magical lean-to. The wave cracks and whips around it, sparing you the damage.Isolation stares back at you once, then crumbles to dust.>(Isolation) - Brokenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYzPHfyAjOkYou leap backward even as you feel Isolation's bits and pieces vanish back within you. The Banshee tears after you at an incredible speed, loping on all fours.What do you do?>try to Bind/Shadow Dominate>dodge like mad>counterattack>some other strategy
>try to Bind/Shadow Dominate
>>26416089>>(Isolation) - BrokenYOU BITCH
>>26416089>counterattackMatch her charge for charge. Schattenkrieg.
>>26416089Submit to rape
>>26416089>>some other strategyBuy Cone of Destruction.Use Cone of Destruction.
>>26416089>>dodge like madWe're stalling. Abigail plz hurry.
>>26416089NIGHTBLAZE420NOSCOPE360!!!!but seriously, Bind & Dominate. She want's to play rough, Shadow gets Tough...
>>26416089HIT HER WITH THE SHITTYCREEK
Rolled 86>>26416089>try to Bind/Shadow Dominate
>>26416089>>counterattackWe have the pimp hand, time to smack a bitch!
>>26416089>>(Isolation) - BrokenHoly shit. Did that critfail count, or what? It went from normal to broken all in one goSm, what's the current lighting and immediate surroundings like?
>>26416089AVEEEEEENGE>dodge like mad, while counterattacking with Bind/Shadow Dominate
Y'know, after all this is over, Abby and Shadow are still going to have to deal with the fact that an aspect of Abby blatantly tried to seduce/rape Shadow, and another aspect of Abby(who more subtly tried to seduce Shadow) watched an aspect of Shadow fuck a vision version of her. That will never ever go away for them.
>>26416089>dodge like mad
Rolled 21>>26416089Isolation is a massive bro.
>>26416089lets go with >counterattack = night blaze
>>26416089>fuck the anger out of her
>>26416116Spirit Siphon sounds like a waaay superior choice for this.Getting rid of all the mages mana is probably one of the only ways they will stop beating each other up with it.>dodge Like Mad. Lets see her tricks before unleashing our own.
>>26416089WELL NO SHIT OF COURSE SOMETHING CALLED THE BANSHEE WOULD HAVE A MAD MAGICAL SCREAM>some other strategy
>>26416131That was a successful save, man.Anyway, are we in agreement about nopeace4Banshee yet?
>>26416141Nobody said it wasn't going to be awkward.And I was one of the ones HEAVILY advocating that we don't show her John. So I wash my hands of it.
>>26415988oh god. Here comes the negative karma.
>>26416089>>counterattackJust because we're stalling doesn't mean we have to lie back and take it.We don't have to piledrive her into the dirt or anything like that, either, but considering the distorted worldview she's arrived at, she won't be placated by us just buying time. If she's going to advocate for the Temerity viewpoint, we should handle it similarly to how we handled Temerity: do some violence, and wait for Humanity to do its work. Humanity, in this case, being the two slightly more reasonable Abigails having their own fight in the castle.
>>26416131Delay, fight, just don't eat her, her power at the least needs to go back into the remaining one.I'm actually slightly glad that Isolation broke, it gives us another chance to fix it with Humanity and balance out the New shards and old shards.
>>26416131It's an hour after dawn. You're fighting on the stone plaza in front of the palace, a flat and open space. The stones are ripped up somewhat from the power of her shriek, and the door to the palace behind you was pretty much vaporized. Your 1d20 save was successful. Isolation took the blow for you. DC 18 for it not to break, though.
>>26416089Bitch broke isobro.Gonna have to break that bitches spine now.
>>26416155>Using spirit siphon on a spirit mage who will have massive resistance to it.Siphon is good. But this is not the situation to use to get us to buy it.
Broken doesn't mean gone
>>26416196>Gonna have to break that bitches hymen now.
>>26416089>>(Isolation) - BrokenHmn. Whats the threshold for our Shard Power Level Warning? 30% something something?
>>26416190Is broken permanent, or can Broken be fixed via meditate?
>>26416181>I'm actually slightly glad that Isolation broke, it gives us another chance to fix it with Humanity and balance out the New shards and old shards.We don't really need to fix Isolation with Humanity; you'll note that it's seemed perfectly content to sacrifice itself to protect us from things fairly regularly.Pretty sure we already befriended Isolation enough just by virtue of bringing it along with us. though the double-crit that started this whole thing rolling probably has something to do with it.
>>26416227Broken means its unusable until its fixed.The big problem comes when MULTIPLE shards are broken...
Y'know, I'm finding it hard to swallow that we could tank a Demon Lord's magic, yet a Random Mook Banshee is somehow able to present a threat.Potent mage or not, she shouldn't be any actual danger.
>>26416181I was thinking the same. My theory is that SM keeps breaking Isolation specifically to make us use Humanity to turn him into Loneliness so that he can talk.
>>26416190>door brokenShit. Maybe we should focus more on keeping her from getting in instead of attack her, and hope the others come to our aid quickly.
>>26416226If any two "cores" fall below 30%, it puts "seals" at risk of breaking, IIRC.
>>26416226"Weak" is the threshold.1 shard down. If another shard risks reaching "weak" or lower, the warning will flash again.
>>26416190is it the average of the first three roll then or one of the first three must be over 18
>>26416215Not only that but she's a fucking reality warper here. The only thing that can take her down is another Abby. >>26416242Again. Reality warper
>>26416190>It's an hour after dawn. You're fighting on the stone plaza in front of the palace, a flat and open space. The stones are ripped up somewhat from the power of her shriek, and the door to the palace behind you was pretty much vaporized.Earthforge cover and concealment, dodge like mad, use Shade to split her attention.Summon and send wispbro to the empresses with a message "Stop wasting your energy fighting each other, the banshee is here for you BOTH, at once. Start cooperating."
Rolled 42>>26416242we are basically in her fantasy world, she can almost completely warp reality at her whim
>>26416242>Y'know, I'm finding it hard to swallow that we could tank a Demon Lord's magic, yet a Random Mook Banshee is somehow able to present a threat.The "Random Mook Banshee" is inside her own mental construct, which means her power level is proportional to her perception of her own ability.Also the Demon Lord kind of kicked the shit out of us, so I'm not sure that's the best comparison anyway.
>>26416242You don't know anything about Banshees in my setting.
Rough consensus: gonna go with dodge, then non-lethal counterattack if feasible.Roll 1d1006 rolls for 2 actionsStat check:>HP: 81/81>Mana: 38/48
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>>26416242You really think they would have used a Banshee for this experiment thing to make the next supermage leader of Archon if Banshees were mooks?
JUST CONSUMECONSUME THE BANSHEE EAT THE GIRLEAT THE ARCANIUM FROM THE INSIDE OUTCONSUMECONSUUUUUUME
We should have let her seduce us. Bet she's a screamer in bed.Wails like a banshee.
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>>26416299did we loose our HP buff from Empress and naive Abby?
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>>26416309Yes, eat her out.
>>26416309Oh I'd gladly eat her if you know what I mean.
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>>26416324Banshee probably cancelled it. She's a reality warper too.
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Rolled 100>>26416299I think I remembered my sacrifices today...
I'm going to interrprete this as us not willing to hit Abby. Instead of us just outright failing to hit her.
Rolled 65>>26416299Alright. Que mood music, fight scenes, and hope the dice have a sense of dramatic importance.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFUS3mkhGE
>>26416286I know that if they're ranked above Demon Lords, then shit is whack yo>>26416307I'd be pretty surprised if they used anything too powerful. From the sound of things, summoning really powerful demons is considered to utterly retarded by most people.
>>26416332Not linked to SM, doesn't count.
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>>26416346WHY ARE YOU LATEAGAIN
>>26416346ahhhhhhhhhh
>>26416346You did, but in a cruel yet hilarious twist it was too late.
>>26416346Then why didn't you roll earlier? All those virgins wasted....The dice gods sure is having a laugh!
>>26416346so many 100
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>>26416346OH GOD FUCKING DAMMIT MY FIRST 100 DOESN'T COUNT
>>26416346Welp.
>>26416361They're a step below demon lords, but one of the most powerful summons otherwise.
>>26416399>>26416361TOLD AS FUCK
>>26416399Actually, since you're answering things about summons, what's a Reaper like?I've been curious ever since Fang summoned them.
>>26416346>>26416376
>>26416399You should have said, "If you wanted to know more about summons, you should have bought the summoning tree."And then go "nyah nyah".
>>26416419will answer once next post out
>>26416399Quick question. When Demons are summoned, they aren't really 'summoned' are they? It's like someone's made a copy of the actual Demon still sitting in the Nether, right?I seem to recall a character saying something like that.
>>26416441I was tempted but you'd just waste time asking Fang every conceivable detail about summons later anyway so w/e
>>26416455He told us that the demon is defined by the summoning circle/familiarly/imagination. There are no demons in the nether, the ones people are taught are "templates" for ease-of-use.
>>26416458I don't know why people haven't gone for the summoning tree at all.Summons are one of the most powerful forces around, and everyone's going 'meh ghouls suck its not worth it'.But seriously, Summoning 3 or something that makes high-tier summons not be able to refuse orders would make it all worthwhile
Abigail leaps at you, covering the remaining distance in a blink. You barely Ink your body out of the way of her nails.She's on you again in a flash, slashing again and again. Her claws are coated in a wreath of spirit magic. Every swipe leaves a trail of green light, as if she's cutting the air itself.You flicker away, using your speed to your advantage. She takes one steps too many, and overbalances.You dive in with a retaliatory strike. She manages to claw you at the same time, but you connect solidly. She's sent sprawling over the stone.>you've taken 3 damage (78/81)She gets back up. She growls a long breath. "...you're strong." She raises a hand. "Now you're -aren't-."You stumble forward. You feel...weak. As if the strength suddenly vanished from you.>you have lost all strength upgrades<...she changed us,> says a voice. Temerity. <I will attempt to stop it next time. Be careful what you attack her with!>Abigail lunges forward again.>dodge>magic attack>earthforge the plaza to slow her down>bind and shadow dominate>some other strategy
>>26416458Lets just retroactively assume we have already did this during the many opportunities we have already had to do so.
>>26416508Hectate herself had problems with summons.I don't want anything to do with the tricky bastards/
>>26416511>now you are are not
>>26416511>earthforge the plaza to slow her downLets use our shittier stuff so Temerity can get a handle on her bullshit when she hax's it away.
>>26416511>earthforge the plaza to slow her downmaybe add a Harden to slow her down more.
>>26416511This is a really good time for Temerity to enforce some order.Because this Abigail is in a DIRE need of a spanking.
>>26416529How about no. Shadow can't use this as IC information.
>>26416508Mostly because we've already focused on other areas and we don't want to spread ourselves too thin. I'm not totally against summon tree myself, but, while summons are one of the most powerful forces around, WE are also among the most powerful forces because of our investments in other trees.
Rolled 35>>26416511holy shitsurge and shadow dominate
>>26416511FUCK THIS SHIT420 NIGHTBLAZE IT UPENFORCE OUR LONG, HARD ORDER ON HER WARM CHAOS
>>26416511>>magic attacktry night blaze or summon wisp bro for distration
>earthforge the plaza to slow her down
>>26416511>dodgeShow her nothing unless we absolutely must. She'll try to take it away.
>>26416511Because Hecate could take three or four Demon Lords. Hecate is more or less on par with the other Elemental Lords. We are more or less four times more powerful than any other lord. Thus, at full power we are roughly equivalent to 12 to 16 Demon Lords.It's just not worth investing in, when we could be increasing out own personal power.
>>26416565Let's just avoid it for now, as you can't use it in-character anyway. We can talk about it with appropriate authorities later.
>>26416511>earthforge the plaza to slow her down
