rolled 5, 6, 1 = 12

>>8332562
“Tell me, men, does Perin break? No sir, Perin does not break! Tell me, men, does Perin lose? No sir, Perin does not lose! Tell me, men, will Perin fall? No sir, Perin will not fall! Do you run from killing fields? Sir no sir, we cannot not yield!”

And on it goes, matched by a dozen others from other troops, all criss-crossing through the base, shouting at the top of their lungs. Ceril leads you forward, past several barracks, where a group of men and women, uniforms unbuttoned, come to attention immediately. The one in front salutes sharply, asking loudly:

“New blood, Commander?”

Ceril continues walking, turning to return his salute, answering, “New blood it is!”

This is greeted by a chorus of cheers from the ranks, many of them waving at you as you pass. You wave back with your free hand, stomping on, leaving faint impressions in the stone surface of the courtyard. After a pass through another section of barracks, you come to a large, ornate structure sporting a massive, overhanging roof, supported by pillars covered in runes. Ceril stops directly in front of it, as do you and your party.

Hell yes! Needed a decent quest thread tonight since there's no Zeonquest to catch up on.

rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5

>>8332577
“They raised this in a day,” she tells you, gesturing to the 'cathedral', “All at once, runes and all. And then they had lunch.” She shrugs. “These people take their work very seriously.”

“We are very serious people, sir!” Calls a man from inside the structure. After a few seconds, he emerges, with seven others behind him. Their uniforms are slightly different, incorporating a hood emblazoned with a runic symbol, which they all remove as they enter daylight. All of them salute, and after Ceril has greeted them, the first one turns to you.

“You fancy yourself a wizard, aye?”

You answer in the affirmative as Ceril backs away slowly.

“Well then.” He clasps his hands together, his face contorting into a devilish smile. “Show us your power, wizard! Build me a house!”

Can we make building materials out of nothing? If not, we'd better find some wood or stone nearby that wouldn't be missed.

rolled 4, 6, 5 = 15

>>8332645
With your earth magic, you can call stone directly from the ground. There are no building materials in the immediate area, unless you want to deconstruct one of the nearby buildings.

>>8332645
Earth Magic. I have no idea how effective our powers are atm though. We wernt able to completely seal that crack in the earth at the one town but then again we were tired from battling those 3 demons.

>>8332672
A roof of stone is gonna be hard. We need arches, lots of arches right next to each other! And make sure not to take stone out of the foundations of any nearby buildings.

rolled 4, 3, 1 = 8

>>8332678
You were able to cover the entire pit, the seal just wasn't deep enough to keep it from expanding.

>>You are a mage beyond peer. You are a dog of the military.

We are a Fullmetal Alchemist?

>>8332678
Gravity manipulation, muthafucka

>>8332589
Hey wants a house-raise up for him a tower!

>>8332709
Since we're covered in a set of Magma steel plate armor atm? Yeah I'd say so.

rolled 4, 5, 4 = 13

>>8332709
You do know alchemy, but none of your limbs have been replaced by metal prosthetics. Also you're not a short blond boy. I just like the phrase.

>>8332691
Anything else?

>>8332748
Let's start with a passable structure with a complete domed roof, and then raise it up higher one floor at a time until we run out of mojo.

Right, chop chop, magic time
Also
>>8332577
This reminded me of a Discworld qoute
The sound of running feet indicated that Sergeant Detritus was bringing some of the latest trainees back from their morning run. He could hear the jody Detritus had taught them. Somehow, you could tell it was made up by a troll:
'Now we sing dis stupid song!'
'Sing it as we run along!'
'Why we sing dis we don't know!'
'We can't make der words rhyme prop'ly!'
'Sound off!'
'One! Two!'
'Sound off!'
'Many! Lots!'
'Sound Off!'
'Er ... What?'

>>8332755
>>You do know alchemy, but none of your limbs have been replaced by metal prosthetics. Also you're not a short blond boy. I just like the phrase.

WISHING we'd had that armor implant, but there were only a few of us against many others.

(Sorry for mentioning that btw, I realized right after I did how much I hate 40kfags relating everything to 40k when I run a quest, and there I just stooped to their level... ;_;)

>>8332773
So, tower like structure of earth?
Sounds good- just don't blow all of our juice in one go

>>8332672
They want a house? Give them a house.

"What are you looking for? Something extravagant [pull forth a miniature mansion from the dirt]? Basic and sturdy [mini tower]? Or a fancy do like what you have [motion to the cathedral]?"

rolled 2, 3, 2 = 7

>>8332810
There are bound to be references to various works anyway. I don't mind you pointing them out.

>>8332589
Ask if there is any particular kind of house she'd like.

So, a simple tower like structure with a doomed roof and arches is on the building que,
Try not to waste too much magic on it though
>>8332810
We could have ended up with a mechanical arm when we faced that ice elemental- the reference would have been even better than too.

>>8332828
I second this motion

rolled 3, 5, 6 = 14

>>8332828
>>8332851
"What kind of house?" You ask, preparing to illustrate the choices.

"Any kind!" Shouts the first mage, "Make one with a face if you want! As long as it's a house!"

I say we build big house, with some decoration but nothing too fancy. We should note that we are primary an ice mage and we are quite new to earth magic, but we are quickly improving.

I'm a huge faggot, please rape my face.

>>8332898
Go utilitarian. No need to waste fuel. Simple 4 walls and a roof should do. Oh, and a door. Maybe a window.

>>8332672

We can build a house with a wine cellar, using the material excavated from basement to built the upper levels. Just try to put it somewhere where it won't block traffic.

Once we've done the house, pull up a nice Ice Throne to sit on inside it. Just for laughs.

>>8332898
Stop muckin' about!
>>8332864
Just do this. Stone, not dirt.

>>8332909
If by "new" you mean "have been practicing it for over six moths as opposed to seven-eight months for ice magic" then yes, we are very new at it.

>>8332954
I'm pretty sure half a year is short for mage, otherwise all masons would be without jobs.

>>8332983
Well yes, but the way the post was made seemed to me to indicate that we are already incredibly proficient with ice magic and are not at all skilled with earth magic, which is not the case. We may be more proficient with ice magic do to our nature and a month or two head start, but we are able to create a decent full size house out of stone with earth magic in one go and seal up a massive fire crack in the ground, which seems fairly impressive to me.

Just make a small house with a ^ roof on it. 2 story if we've got enough power that we wont be too tired from it.

>>8333051
I think magic scales up in this setting. So it's easier for us to do big things because we're big. Making a human-sized house is as easy for us as a human making a half-scale house.

rolled 3, 6, 6 = 15

Shapes pull together in your mind, connecting into a tall, glowing design shining in the darkness. Your eyes open wide as you thrust your hands up to the sky, imagining the earth itself moving beneath you. The ground quivers, shaking in a steady beat as your hands grow a faint blue-green.

A small space beside the cathedral erupts with ten stone fingers, all shooting up out of the courtyard surface, never breaking it. They curve up, connecting in the middle, forming five arches in a circle, as walls form between them, arcing up and over to merge together in a center dome. The dome itself then sprouts its own arches, which carry another section of walls and another dome, making a two-story structure, tough and utilitarian.

The spaces between the arches cover over, leaving only a single door in the front. You are about to shape the interior when the first mage raises his hand, stopping you.

His eyes flash bright green, and the house sinks back into the earth, its arches subsuming into the courtyard.

“Not bad!” he shouts, “You've proven your command of the art, and that is plenty. For now. But I have been informed that you prefer ice to rock! Show me!”

Trudging about in MS armor has brought your stamina up fairly quickly. You expended less than a third of your power.

>>8333051
We practiced ice magic much more, pretty much constantly during the whole 12-13 or so months we started learning magic, while earth magic was more come and go thing.

>>8332898

Build a tower to save on real estate, make it as big and fancy as we can manage without falling over from exhaustion. Carve the walls to look like it's old and slightly decrepit and made out of brick instead of magic, make stone furniture for a giant, some human sized seating for guests, windows and fake houseplants made out of ice. Put a fire pit in the center with a large roaring fire carved out of ice. Make the roof flat with battlements around the edges and a stone apple tree in the center.

>>8333103
Fill the house with ice furniture and decorate it all over with ice gargoyles.

>>8333103
>MS armor
ok, please tell me we didn't kill MUSHA GUNDAM or something.

Ice windows and roof, otherwise
Get on wit it already!

>>8333103

Okay, let's go with something impressive. What's the biggest and most detailed Ice sculpture possible for us to make?

>>8333124
also so help me it is taking me a lot of self control to not dump Macross Frontier stuff, what with all this human/giant relations.

rolled 1, 3, 3 = 7

>>8333131
>>8333136
The house is gone. He put it back into the ground.

>>8333134
Magma Steel.

>>8333103
Give him an ice statue like what we did for the scholar when he first asked about our ice magic.

>>8333103

How big is their cathedral, could we build a replica out of ice?

>>8333153

Actually, wait. Is it within our power to mimic their stone cathedral, but in Ice? Becasue that would be poetic and awesome.

>>8333103
Build big and elaborate ice palace, you should have enough energy for that.

>>8333176
>>8333177

IceCathedralMind

rolled 1, 2, 3 = 6

>>8333153
You could make a complete replica of the cathedral and have a little bit of energy left.

Colossal statue of us giving the thumbs-up like the Buddy Christ.

>>8333195

Let's do that.

>>8333103
>MS armor

Every time you say that I briefly think of this. lol

>>8333195
Then make a bigger one.

>>8333219
now yer just showing off

>>8333195

Then we should do that. We don't want to be completely burnt out if they have another test for us after this.

Plus, collapsing in the street probably won't make a good impression.

>>8333214

Our armor looks more like this (in my mind at least)

>>8333237
Isn't that the whole point of this?

>>8333195
I have a feeling that there will be more tests before the day is out. We shouldn't spend more than another third of our energy on the ice challenge, regardless of what we actually make.

He ate our house, does this mean we now have peers? ._.

>>8333267

We do ice and stone magic, what else are they going to test us on?

Ok lets make a scaled replica if that'll help, maybe put it in a now globe?

>>8333312
*sno

>>8333195
Dont make something quite that big. Some sort of tower with a statue of the commander on top pointing into the distance.

>>8333312
That's too silly. Let's just build a statue of ourselves that's exactly big enough to spend about a third of our remaining mojo.

>>8333267
Mmmm, I still think mimicking their house is a good option. We'll still have some energy left, and if they're suitably impressed by that little display, then we should be in the clear.

I think that taking a small risk is a good idea in this situation.

I vote for cathedral.

We're not talking about test, with our luck we'll be attacked before noon-

rolled 4, 6, 2 = 12

Shapes. Patterns. Lines in the mind. The black is assaulted from all sides by glowing blue lines, all converging into a single design, a single idea. Eyes open.

The cathedral is an enormous building, covered in detail. Shouldn't be too difficult.

The cold in your center flows outward, entering the ground, floating upward in a spiral. The moisture in the air condenses, forming great, perfect spheres that expand continuously, finally reaching their maximum size. They shape themselves into arches, pillars, windows, coming together in an absolute replica of the mages' cathedral.

Eight bright faces light up as the runes inscribe themselves on the surface of the pillars, the roof extending over them as the central spire rises up, equaling its twin. The cold returns, its task complete.

Your hands reach your hips. That took a lot out of you.

“I can see your skills are quite valuable,” says the head mage, grinning, “We're glad to have you. I won't burden you with further tests today. You may rest.”

Ceril nods to you, motioning for you to follow. As you depart, you can see the eight men puzzling over how to remove the monstrous thing you raised.

>>8333374
...I'm starting to think that we'll just have to rely on our armor and weapons in that case.

>>8333304
General resiliency. And hell, we shouldn't exhaust ourselves even if there isn't going to be anymore.

>>8333374

And we're in the middle of a fucking Garrison. With mages and trained soldiers all around. We're safer here than anywhere else we can be right now.

rolled 3, 2, 3 = 8

If there is anything you want to talk to Ceril or anyone else about, please tell me now. Otherwise, continuing.

WE ALREADY DID A HOUSE
DO SOMETHING ELSE

>>8333417
Ignore me, posted too late :(

>>8333391

*fistpump*

>>8333413
move along, nothing to see here

>>8333391
Would it take a lot of mojo to turn our cathedral from ice into snow? Might as well give the kids something to play with.

>>8333413
Ask about the state of the incursions and discuss what we've alredy learned about it on our own.

>>8333413
"So, what exactly have we just been accepted into here? Were they with a guild or the army or...?"

>>8333413
/nonserious start/ ask how we can get in her pants /nonserious end/

Who will our immediate commanding officer be?
Does the base have a library?


Otherwise, I'd like to hang with the Dreamwood folk and/ or those military mages.

>>8333469
Good idea, this should be asked. If we didn't just ask very recently in the last thread.

>>8333391
"so....
How'd I do?"

>>8333601
no need to go fishing for compliments, ask where we need to be , what we need to do, who to listen to and where we can get some decent reading material

What exactly can we expect in this (wo)mans army?

rolled 4, 5, 2 = 11

The Commander of the garrison leads you forward, to the communal dining hall in the center of the base. It is gigantic, and at least three stories tall, but you would never fit through the doors.

“I'm sure you know what this is,” she says, leaning against the wall, “We try to accommodate all, but as I said before, we do not have the resources to expand all of our facilities.” She gestures to the cathedral, sighing, “Our resident mages expend most of their power trying to track the incursions. Deconstructing your house took more out of Sae than you realize.”

You ask about the mages, and what their position is.

“A dedicated force,” she responds, “Sae is Capitol-trained. The rest come from the cities. None have been here more than two months.” A brief pause, as she considers something. “At times, when manpower is low, we accept temporary assistance from the guilds. Several of our horsemen are on loan at the moment.”

>>8333601
>>8333752
Yeah, he already said we did well. Let's get down to business. Our new duties, the state of the war, etc.

rolled 1, 6, 4 = 11

>>8333767
You talk about the incursions for awhile, after Ceril offers your 'party' a tour of the base, which one of her off-duty officers handles gladly. According to the Commander, they are multiplying, becoming more frequent and broader in scope, which you had already known. The mages are aware of the filaments, and trying to predict their paths. The Conclave and its coalition is attempting to find a way to move them, but no one has had any luck so far. Right now, it looks like it's going to keep getting worse.

Your immediate commander will be Captain Sae, who heads the earth-mage division. You will be working with him until the threat has been 'dealt with'. The garrison is equipped with many amenities, a library among them, though it is nowhere near as extensive as Dreamwood's is now.

You did quite well on the test. Sae and his fellows were obviously impressed, which bodes well for your future. Ceril asks you if you wouldn't mind getting rid of the cathedral copy when you have the time, so they don't embarrass themselves trying to work outside their sphere.

If there is nothing else, the twins, Bem, and Kel will be sent back after saying their goodbyes, and you will remain here in the care of the mages until the base is called to action.

rolled 5, 4, 2 = 11

>>8333758
Respect. Brotherhood. They cannot afford any kind of infighting, especially now. Think of the garrison troops as your family, just like the people of your town. Do well by them, and they will honor you.

>>8333783
Go for turning the cathedral into snow for the kids to play in. If there aren't any kids, it'll melt quicker that way.

>>8333816
Cool, bro.
Let's do our little exercises, find a way to dig some food out of the mess hall, then get some rest.

>>8333816
Whenever time is available try to get to know people, not just the other mages in the unit we're to be assigned to.

>>8333816
Talk to Sae. Tell him that where we come from, Sae is a girls name.

But seriously, ask what our hours are, whether we're expected to live here, how long are we in the military's service?

>>8333963
Boy named Sae?
Bet his fists are hard, his wits are keen.
Check if he's missing a part of his ear.

>>8333963
Who's to say Sae was always a dude? Maybe others are in the same boat as us. The next time we're talking about Star Wars or something, we should check for anybody with a knowing look in their eye.

>>8334089
Or tell a part wrong and wait for them to correct us, or at least see if anyone is struggling to hold back a correction.

>>8334089
So you think Sae may have been a girl from Japan? Interesting.

>>8334104
The director told David Crowse to deliver his big line wrong, so that Mark Hammill would actually be surprised, right? Something like "No, Obi-Wan killed your father!"

>>8334130
>>8334104
>>8334089
Or! Maybe they just have different naming conventions here. I don't think we should sully the excellence of Star Wars with a simple test.

>>8334130
Not quite. The director told Mark Hammill that in the finished version of the movie what vader would be saying was 'Luke, I am your father' but that no one else could be told because it was being kept so secret.

eee, this quest.
So, our skills are formidable in the eyes of "the man" and we have been accepted into service with pretty reasonable accommodation, so we can get to the business of saving the kingdom, etc.

All those bounties, while not technically forbidden or canceled, will have a rather hard time trying to collect, and with our heroic might we shall save the day, earning us brownie points and respect, which in turn will let us get around to becoming ourself again (or remaining huge, blue and fem and making This world pretty awesome too)

I say we should break that ice-house down into snow or vapor if its not too tasking, though we could leave it till the morrow.

Perhaps we could find a nice bit of (reinforced) wall to lean against and have someone fetch us a book.. show that we have brains to go with beauty and (meta- and physical) brawn.

rolled 3, 5, 6 = 14

It has been two and a half weeks. Your friends left you with the promise that the town will still be there when you get back; they can take care of themselves. As always, you have your link through Hretmar's library, for updates and communication when required. Kel tells you forcefully to stay out of trouble, and slaps your armored knee good-naturedly. The four leave for home, falling out of sight as the main gate closes. You hope they'll be alright.

From there, you get your first introduction to military life. The cathedral explodes into a flurry of snow at your touch, to the consternation of the mages, who all wish they could be 'so multi-talented'. You tell them you're not that good, obviously, and Sae exclaims that he'd expect a Frost Giant to be skilled with ice. He says he'll trade you a giant-size house for some ice cubes in the summer, and you accept.

The mage unit, with their leftover power, extend the hall's front face into an entranceway just big enough for you to sit down in, so you can eat with the rest of the troops without being left outside. Everyone, from the Commander and her officers to the lowliest recruit, all eat three meals a day together, in this room. 'Leave your rank at the door' is the common slogan, making the hall a place for everyone to act like a person, instead of a stiff-necked grunt.

rolled 4, 3, 3 = 10

>>8334289
Over breakfast the next morning, Sae tells you about his life, in a middle-class family stuffed into one of the many apartment houses in the Capitol sprawl. As you suspected, his mother was expecting a girl, and, since he just happened to have rather feminine features for most of his life, he could never get away from that name. He kept physical violence as a last resort, favoring subtle magical tricks to get back at his tormentors. On one of his worse days, he actually managed to seal a larger boy inside the ground, with only his head exposed. Laughing, he explains how he joined the army to escape prosecution for assault, and ended up here, a Captain with all the respect he never got as a civilian.

With what power they have remaining at the end of the next day, the mages build you a place to sleep, adjoined to the cathedral. You insisted it be modest, and that's what you got. An alcove with a stone bed just big enough to stretch out in, and an armor/weapon rack. Until you get the hang of things, you've been assigned to focus on channeling, as the unit operates as a single entity, combining their power to act as one, for efficiency's sake.

Your life is fairly simple here; you wake at dawn, study most of the day, when you're not eating or exercising, and occasionally assist the mage unit while Sae assesses your progress. He estimates that you'll be ready to take your place as the 'ninth man' in about another week, but it'll be months before you can equal them in energy, at least with earth magic. As Ceril said, you'll be in the service until there is no longer a threat of incursion. You're viewed as a type of auxiliary, obtaining release once circumstances are better. And once you are released, you'll be a full citizen, with the support of Ceril, if no one else, should you find yourself in trouble.

rolled 5, 4, 4 = 13

>>8334302
The resident enchanter, Marc, a tough old man with a braided beard, has shown you his craft, enchanting your armor for fire resistance and your weapons with an aura he says 'busts elementals' with holy light. It's the standard now, and he says he has a bit of trouble keeping up with all the maintenance, but if it saves a single life, it's worth everything he gives it. You happened to be conversing with him on the subject of long-term enchantments when the alarm bell began to ring.

Incursion near Fairnest. You're going to war.

>>8334289
Make pals with all the rank-and-file soldiers. Mention our town back home Maybe we can recruit some of them to it later.

rolled 6, 2, 3 = 11

>>8334318
It's difficult to cover everything with one skip. It'll have to wait.

Email field: dice+1d20. High is good. You're rolling for severity here.

rolled 6 = 6

>>8334342

rolled 10 = 10

>>8334342
Lock-and-load montage. Maybe carry some dudes on our shoulders as we march.

>>8334311
Suit up! Get ready for demons. Shit, what's the rules for gems? If we kill one, do we get to keep them? Oh who am I kidding, I bet the military gets them all.

rolled 4 = 4

>>8334289
I miss Kel already.

>>8334311
Rollan

>>8334356
oh for fu.. for Hretmar's sake.

>>8334398
>>8334356

Meh, it could be worse.

>>8334398
He said severity. 6 is a good thing.... right?

>>8334430
Lower means more demons/bigger hole in the ground.

>>8334356
Damn. Can you repost map? I forgot where Fairnest is.

>>8334430
He also said high is good.

>>8334393
sure, just walk up to the armored behemoth clutching a handful of steaming, ichor-dripping gems and tell them, nicely, to drop the loot.

A question. Does it seem that Earth-type physics is what you might call the natural state of the world, with magic used to alter it? Or do things function completely due to magic and elemental power?

If the former, then we might want to bring up the tendency of heat to move from hot regions to cold regions, and suggest the idea of creating channels of colder rock leading away from the filaments. Hopefully, those would at least weaken them and force the Forusian mages to expend more power; ideally, we could either disperse them completely or redirect them into Forus.

>>8334430
Wait, is high good for us or good for the invaders?

>>8334452

>>8334393
Probably works kind of like prize rules for a navy. A portion goes to the military as a whole, a portion is kept by whatever unit made the kill and then distributed as they see fit.

>>8334394
I hope I speak for all of us when I say that if we end up with a love interest at some point in this quest, Kel is choice #1.

>>8334497
Fairnest is way beyond the Tri-force rune we figured on the other time. Seems it's spread well beyond it now.

rolled 1, 2, 4 = 7

>>8334482
Physics is the natural way of things.

>>8334486
Good for you. 6 is fairly severe.

>>8334498
This is correct.

speaking of high, if a view is required we could probably just pick up a scout or officer and lift them up, giving a rather unrivaled view of the world.

Forst Giant Quest, fuck year! Totally worth getting up at 3 am.

rolled 2, 3, 2 = 7

“Unit M! Assemble!” Shouts the Captain, as you and the others pour out of the cathedral, fastening the last parts of your armor. The eight humans get to ride horses, but there is nothing here that can support your weight, while still moving fast enough. To compensate, Marc sends you off with a charm on your legs that will let you keep up without killing yourself. For half a day, at least.

Most of the garrison troops exit the main gate, on horses or marching in step. Your unit, as well as the five other mounted ones, will be first on site, scouting from a secure position while the thirteen foot units come up behind.

It takes two hours for you to reach the incursion. It's extremely close to the town, and there are rock spiders flowing up out of the ground like a granite wave, all headed for Fairnest.

“Spears and crossbows won't be enough,” says Sae, “They'll be crawling over the walls before we can pick them all off.” He turns to you. “Welcome to the action. Think you can crush em'?”

There are at least two hundred of the little things. Eight-legged, six-eyed creatures the size of wolves, made mostly of grayish rock, with red-orange, molten joints. They can spit fire like miniature flamethrowers. This might be tough.

>>8334527
Why is that good? That's bad! More enemies = bad!

rolled 16 = 16

>>8334555
Catch the first wave of them with stone spikes coming up from the ground. That'll slow down the rest of them.

>>8334555
calling wolf-sized chunks of rock out of the very earth to fling like cannonballs through the masses might be a good plan too.

rolled 1, 5, 2 = 8

>>8334574
High is good for you. Low is bad for you.

>>8334555
Spikes of ice from below them.

>>8334537
Where the hell are you, England?

>>8334600
Oh, I thought you said good for you, like, "Good for you, you just won that tennis match." As in, severe is good for us. Which it isn't.

>>8334596
>>8334555
Whatever we do we've got to make sure to save up enough magic for busting a DoD or two.

>>8334596
When in fight it's better to use ice magic, since we are more proficient with it. Earth magic should only come into play when sealing the hole, or blocking the way.

rolled 12 = 12

200 isn't THAT many. How big are they? In any case, start impaling them on spikes made of SOMEthing.

>>8334555
Hit them with water, then freeze the resulting steam into clouds of razor-sharp ice crystals.

I apologize in advance for the weeaboo, but the result should be a sort of frozen version of Senbonzakura from Bleach.

>>8334665
>creatures the size of wolves

Can we fight a delaying action to hold them back from the town long enough for our main force of troops to catch up?

>>8334665
Better yest, start shooting them with you crossbow, we should be able to kill several with one shot if they are crowded, and it will take little magic power.

Spam ice grenades at range, then make an ice mace and start smashing.

>>8334669
It may be a good plan IF WE KNEW ANY WATER MAGIC WHICH WE DON'T.

>>8334709
We have a perfectly good ax and MS sword. No need to spend magical energy unnecessarily.

rolled 16 = 16

>>8334709
Naw, bro, don't close distance until the last possible moment. Slow them down as we kill them and give the men the chance to use their crossbows. And why make an ice mace when we already have a perfectly good weapon?

>>8334719
We don't, but we're not the only mages here now are we?

rolled 4, 5, 1 = 10

You nod, stepping past the horsemen, moving forward, until you're directly in front of the oncoming swarm. You throw up your hands...

Spikes of clearest ice erupt from the ground, thrusting up into the spider ranks and catching them on the underside, the immense cold causing their superheated bodies to crack and shatter, letting their liquid internals pour out upon the dirt. Forty of them die to your first attack, but the rest simply go around the spikes, splitting into two groups that converge on the other side.

With a simple gesture, you wipe out another bunch of them, unfastening your crossbow and bringing it up, an ice arrow forming in the lock as your finger reaches the trigger. As the spiders converge again, you shoot, spearing three of them with the same bolt and blowing apart twenty more when it explodes.

>>8334665
vs, I'm guessing 60 men at first, and I don't know how many once the foot arrives. We probably won't be deciding strategy, but hit and run tactics sound like a good idea until the main body arrives, as opposed to frontal assault or just sitting on our hands. Reconnaisance in force would be good too. (always, always have superior force at the point of attack)


What are the rock spiders doing? Just hanging out, eating stuff- I mean do they have an agenda like a wolf pack(hunt and eat stuff) or more like a herbivore (we're elemental creatures that don't need to eat, we fight defensively)? Are rock spiders at all intelligent?

rolled 6, 6, 2 = 14

>>8334690
That's what you're doing right now.

I vote for using crossbow with ice bolts (as opposed to ice grenades/spikes/etc.to preserve energy) until last possible moment, then switch to halberd.

>>8334729
Agreed, Hold back on magic usage for now...

Focus on SMITE AND CLEAVE!

>>8334757
See if we can manifest some sort of monofilament wire Ice Lash, then swing it through the spiders.

rolled 1, 2, 2 = 5

>>8334739
They are intelligent, but right now, they are of a single mind, ignoring everything but their main objective, which seems to be getting to the town.

rolled 19 = 19

>>8334736
Ice works! Keep doing this kind of shit until our cavalry are about to meet them, then chill the air all around the spiders to crack and befuddle them so that the horsies can easily kill them.

rolled 9 = 9

>>8334786
Congratulations, you now have a string of snowflakes. Not so useful, is it?

>>8334762
Nonono, no smiting and cleaving until last possible moment, otherwise we will be overwhelmed by sheer number of them. Use crossbow to save magic energy.

>>8334762
No, I mean, we still should use magic to take out large numbers of them at once, but there's no need to waste it creating a weapon when we have a weapon already.

>>8334736
So, about 83 down? Awesome.

rolled 11 = 11

Rollan for total annihilation via ice magic!

>>8334789
Area effect magic then
Whatever has the largest blast radius

>>8334736
Awesome, continue doing that.

>>8334611
<-------- No

>>8334840
Heh, I should have just done the time zone math.

>>8334795
Does this count? It was quoting SPDMs post, so i guess yes.
Also to people who are coming with various new shit - battlefield is a very bad place to try new ideas, it's better to keep to old tried methods you have training on. Suggest new stuff during downtime.

Keep shooting with the crossbow. If they start getting too close we could always do a *Cavalry charge* along the edges of their formation cutting down some of them as we run.

>>8334736

How far away from us are they, how fast can we fire the bow? It might be faster to just summon a few dozen ice grenades on top of the swarm.

>>8334840
nazis, here? that unpossible.

Otherwise, Keep It Up! Smash them good!

What are our men doing? Shooting crossbows? Just mucking about?

>>8334840
Um, next time, it might be better to just say "Germany".

rolled 4, 4, 5 = 13

The first wave has been halved. The horsemen are going in, moving down the flanks of the swarm, smashing them apart with well-placed blows from their spears. Still, the things keep moving, not even bothering to counterattack. You fire two more arrows and stow your crossbow, taking your halberd to finish the rest. With the horsemen moving up behind, the remaining spiders will be trapped between you and them.

With a single swing, you catch all but one, the MS blades carving them apart easily. The last is struck by a bolt from behind you, and it staggers into the grass, bleeding magma. Another bolt finishes it.

The next wave is incoming. There are at least five hundred. Even from here, you can see the pit expanding. Demons are crawling out of the sides, pulling themselves over the edge with quickly cooling claws. The infantry will arrive at your position in about forty-five minutes. It's doubtful you'll hold out that long.

Captain Sae pulls his hood over his head, and the others do the same. “We might have to do this on our own, Maya! Clear us a path!”

>>8334906
They havent arrived yet.

>>8334892
It's horrible, some faggot carved a swasticka in a rock in my front yard, and they've been mucking about ever since :(

rolled 11 = 11

>>8334937
Well, clear the path then.

>>8334937
charge while swinging halberd brutally, leaving a road of destruction for the squishier folks to follow?

rolled 5, 6, 1 = 12

>>8334906
The horsemen are doing the best they can with lances and crossbows. The other mages are also armed with crossbows; they are conserving their energy for the sealing of the pit.

>>8334937
Proceed to clear a path. Get ready to seal the fuck out of that hole to keep more from coming.

>>8334937
Surround the demons with a dome of ice, quickly compact that ice, then have it explode into high-speed shards.

>>8334937
Well, let's get going.

>>8334937
Ooh, shit. These guys seem like good climbers, so it probably wouldn't be worth it to shake the crevice and try to make them fall back down to their deaths.

I'm assuming they're still heading straight toward the town. Let's focus on blasting one of their flanks. That keeps them in one piece so that the other mages can use AoE shit, too.

rolled 1, 3, 4 = 8

You charge, halberd in hand, as the horsemen move in the opposite direction, to chase down and clear out what you've missed. The spiders rush toward you, heedless of your strength, cleaved apart in droves by the fine black blades. Your unit follows closely, taking what shots they can, sticking behind to avoid the wave as it recombines behind you.

The Demons are approaching directly ahead, but at least there are no more spiders coming out of the pit. The wave breaks before you, smashed into nothing, as four units of horsemen mop them up down the line. The last unit is with you, ready to protect the mages as they go in to seal the pit.

Six Demons ahead, all normal-size. A gigantic black fist grasps the edge of the pit, hauling an enormous beast upward.

“Elemental!” shouts Sae.

>>8335081
Fall back and fight that thing from as far away as possibe?

>>8334937

Lets try extending our cold aura in a wave ahead of us, see if we can cause them to shatter with that. And clear a path with that method.

>>8334937
Dammit, we'll have to seal that rift to stop more from coming up or we'll be completely overwhelmed. Time to mow through these litte fire spitters like Neo with a pipe.

rolled 15 = 15

>>8335081
Well fuck. Try to snipe demons with crossbow, we need to go on threat at the time.

>>8335081
Fuckballs. Now would be a good time to use some more ice magic and chill out the big guy.

How soon till we can seal the pit?

Form Ice grenades in their bodies!

rolled 6, 2, 2 = 10

>>8335134
Your unit needs to be as close as possible, about 150 feet forward before they can make a serious attempt. If they don't get it in one go, it'll just expand again before they've got their energy back.

>>8335081
does the great beast have eyes?
if so, i think it need a halberd spiked into at Least one of them with all its promised elemental squashing mojo.

rolled 2, 4, 2 = 8

>>8335112
>>8335133
>>8335134
>>8335140
Consensus: Fall back, used ranged attacks and internal grenades.

Anyone able to provide last few days quests? archive is down and I wanna see how we got here. Zeon/Lordquest links would also be appreciated.

>>8335081

Snipe the demons with your crossbow, ask Sae what's the best way to kill the elemental

rolled 5, 3, 6 = 14

>>8335174
It does. Three of them, glowing bright orange. They appear to be made of magma.

Roll 1d20 for success on ranged and magic attacks.

>>8335081
Kill the demons quick, get to sealing the opening before the elemental get get free.

rolled 2, 5, 4 = 11

>>8335204
Links to the last two sessions are in the opening post.

>>8335213
>>8335133

>>8335081
Rapidly drop the temperature around the elemental, let it go back up, drop it again, and keep repeating this cycle. Hopefully we can tear it open from the resulting flexing.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8335213
ROLLAN.

>>8335180
When we fall back to whatever position we want to hold, ask if some of the earth mages can throw up some stone barriers to provide cover from the demon's fire attacks. If they should get in melee range of us, it shouldn't be a problem. Dunno what to do about the elemental yet, but it will be easier to deal with if focus on the demons first.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8335213
>>8335213

rolled 16 = 16

We're due for some good luck here.

rolled 15 = 15

>>8335213

we're doomed

>>8335250
10 is far from doomed

>>8335241

A 10 is pretty good by our standards.

>>8335278
Actually, it's about equidistant from "doomed" and "saved".

rolled 20 = 20

We DO have a ring of Luck or some such failsafe in the eventuality (read: INEVEITABILITY) that we roll a 1 when shit gets real, right guys?

Right guys?

...guys?

rolled 6 = 6

Snipe that big guy. The cavalry can do a little against the demons, but the big guy is all us.

rolled 1, 6, 1 = 8

>10

You back up, letting fly with your bow after stowing your halberd. One of the six Demons is speared through the center eye, screeching in pain before the exploding bolt tears its head apart. The remaining five advance quickly, forcing you and the others to fall back further as jets of flame burst from their eyes. The elemental, entirely black except for its three glowing eyes, steps out of the pit, and begins to walk toward you, shaking the ground with every step.

Its massive bulk towers over you, at least twice your size. A fresh wave of spiders is beginning to emerge from the pit behind it.

Bolts from the horsemen fell another Demon, spiked metal ripping through its brain. The other four are heading toward you, ignoring their path and the other attackers. They unleash their power, bathing you with magical fire just as Sae uses all the power he can spare to shield you. A thick stone wall extends up out of the ground in front of you, and you fire through the only slot, singed but all right. Another demon goes down.

>>8335215
Agreed, this is our shot. Its Sae telling us when we're retreating, but I suppose we could tell him when we're low on juice.

>>8335370
Make three blades of ice, throw them into the elemental's eyes, then have them explode inside its head.

>>8335370
MS tipped crossbow bolts would be good to use about now I would think.

rolled 3, 5, 3 = 11

>>8335433
Targeting the elemental or the Demons?

>>8335443
Whichever is the greater thread to us currently.

>>8335433
actually I'm pretty sure our ice bolts are more powerful, MS bolts are plan B when we ran out of power or don't want to use magic or somesuch.

>>8335461
Greater = whichever would get to us first

>>8335443
I say go for the demons, then we can all concentrate on the elemental.

rolled 3 = 3

So three demons left, and it's shown that the horsemen are a match for them. We gotta do something about this elemental! Ice grenades inside the eyes!

make a razor-sharp Ice Strap-on
>advicemaya.jpg
FUCK THOSE FUCKING FIRE ELEMENTALS

rolled 6 = 6

>>8335443
the elemental.
We topple the big guy, maybe he squishes all the rest by landing on them.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8335443

Cold aura on the elemental's feet, kill the demons, then back to the elemental.

>>8335488
really? same number twice... where can i buy a new diceroller?

>>8335443
The elemental. The fresher we are when we try to take it down, the better.

rolled 9 = 9

>>8335443
Lets go for three attacks on each of the elemental's eyes. Now that we are behind a stone barrier, the demons aren't the immediate problem.

rolled 13 = 13

>>8335501
Cold aura on the elemental's feet? What is this, a Tom and Jerry cartoon? That's just gonna piss it off. We gotta kill this fucker dead, and soon. He's already within killing range of us.

rolled 11 = 11

>>8335527
err, one on each of the elemental's eye.

rolled 12 = 12

>>8335443
Elemental. Three Ice Spears, one into each of its eyes, then have the spears explode inside its head.

rolled 6, 3, 3 = 12

Half the Demons are down. The elemental is approaching, spiders swarming up around it, converging in a third wave in front of it. You crank the crossbow with all your might, falling back as the Demons slice through the wall with their Magma Steel claws. Their thin, sharp legs carry them easily over the rubble, and they prepare to fire again. A well-placed bolt silences another, while you unsling your halberd, ducking to the side.

Close. Twin, bright beams of white strike the trees behind you, incinerating them. The horsemen circle around you, coming up on the Demon to your right. With one simultaneous action, you thrust your halberd through the skull of one, while four lances penetrate the other, killing them both instantly.

The mages fire vainly at the elemental, trying to stay out of danger. Their bolts sink into its liquid skin, doing nothing. It continues to approach, even as one of the arrows hits an eye, melting on contact. The spiders are almost upon you.

rolled 1, 5, 5 = 11

Attack the elemental next, go for the eyes, with the horsemen holding off the spiders?

>>8335601
Yes

>>8335601
murderate it.
(and i am not rolling, damnit)

>>8335601
Sounds good.

rolled 13 = 13

>>8335601
Yes

rolled 18 = 18

>>8335601
Might as well. We'll be really screwed if we do it the other way around.

rolled 18 = 18

Spiders are pussies; we can deal with them later. Can we make ice spikes appear right inside the elemental's remaining eyes, without having to throw them?

>>8335601
Do it.

Cold-aura the spiders at the last possible minute to weaken them if its possible to multi-task that much.

rolled 17 = 17

>>8335673
Don't even waste magic on the spiders until this elemental is DEAD

that elemental needs some deadening.

>>8335601
Yup, go for the eyes. How long our casting range for ice grenades is? Depending on that we should use either them or our crossbow.

rolled 11 = 11

>>8335591
>>8335601
Elemental.

GO FOR THE EYES, MAYA! GO FOR THE EYES!

rolled 13 = 13

>>8335756
Attach the ice grenades to our crossbow bolts, shoot the eyes, detonate the grenades.

Ice Lance the bitch.

rolled 2, 1, 2 = 5

You tell the horsemen to do the best they can with the spiders. When you've taken care of the greater threat, you'll come back around and finish them off. They're not about to argue.

You're running, your heavy boots leaving deep prints in the earth as the horsemen strike the third wave, moving alongside it and whittling it down. You cross the oncoming group, using a momentary flash of your aura to crack thirty of them, letting them bleed slowly as they pile up, falling into the dirt.

The Captain gets moving. The mages circle the edge of the incursion, getting closer and closer as the elemental walks toward you, ignoring them. With a quick, fluid motion, you give it your best shot.

Its eyes explode from the inside out, sending a shower of magma everywhere as the orange orbs are torn apart. It stops, gripping its amorphous head with its hands, and points toward you, groaning horribly. Its great, black fingers sweep across its face, and three bright yellow spheres flare into being, pulsing with a reddish light. So much for that.

Roll 1d20 for dodge.

rolled 17 = 17

>>8335794
We're due for some 18-20 action.

rolled 13 = 13

>>8335793
OH SHIT I HOPE WE HAVE IMPROVED EVASION

I still think we should try and get the kingdom to use our frost artifact to fuck up the enemy nation. Pulling a stunt like this is not cool.

rolled 20 = 20

>>8335793
ffffff

>>8335824
>>8335813
Awesome!

>>8335819
Still ok.

rolled 17 = 17

>>8335793
=/

rolled 9 = 9

>>8335823
It's not so much a nation as a subterranean demon horde. Don't think that's gonna pan out too well.

rolled 20 = 20

so whatever happened to buying some +luck items?

>>8335841
He is referring to Forus.

>>8335840
>>8335824
>>8335819
>>8335813
Wow, mostly high rolls.

>>8335841
probably means the Forusians, those jerks.
I mean, maybe its a really terrible war and they didnt start it, but they are still stirring up fire demons and the like who would probably just hang out near the center of the earth and not bother us.

rolled 7 = 7

>>8335891
I don't care who started it; that's some inexcusable shit right there. But perhaps negotiation would be better than causing widespread famine and death and getting them even madder at us.

rolled 9 = 9

>>8335793

Ice aura on its joints, try to freeze them and snap its limbs off. Can't hurt us if it can't move.

rolled 3, 3, 4 = 10

>>8335819
>13

You roll to the side, narrowly avoiding the shimmering beam of orange death that shoots from the elemental's eyes. The trees are set aflame and the grass turns to ash as the beast clears the forest for two hundred feet straight forward. You run as quickly as you can, thanking Marc for his wonderful charm as you jump over a fallen log just before it's incinerated by another blast.

The elemental follows you, turning in place, burning a wide area right behind you. The mages are already in place, the symbols on the backs of their hoods glowing bright green as they prepare to seal the pit. The third wave of spiders has emptied the tunnel, at least, so as long as you can keep this thing occupied, they'll be able to work unrestrained.

This time, you use as much power as you dare, taking a brief second to focus, imagining an immense diamond of ice forming inside its skull. The patterns align, and the cold drains from your body as the elemental's head explodes, taking a good portion of its neck and hands with it.

It reels, but it stays upright. Its liquid skin is already reforming, bringing back its eyes.

Now might be a good time to test that 'elemental-busting' light.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8336013
Let's test the shit out of it.

rolled 19 = 19

>>8335793

Shit, so it's still alive? And super pissed?

Maybe we can lure it away from the village and buy us some time for the infantry to show up. Maybe even trick it back into the chasm right as we're sealing it up again.

>>8335957
So use it briefly to prove that we can use magic to ruin your nation too. Then negotiate an end to the use of magic as a WMD.

All this "don't get them mad" thing we seem to have is bullshit. They are already screwing us over as hard as they can. Prove that we can screw them back or they will never respect us.

>>8336013
Alright. Take out weapon with anti-elemental enchantment. Proceed to use it on the elemental.

>>8336013
Prepare to dodge his next attack, and then try to strike him if there is an opening.

Okay, this thing wants to play like it's the fucking T-1000? Keep disrupting the bastard with ice grenades before it can fully reform, closing in as you do so, then CLEAVE AND SMITE!

rolled 17 = 17

>>8336013

Are all of our weapons enchanted? If so, throw our knife into whatever's left of that thing's face, then pull out the halberd and start chopping.

rolled 15 = 15

Primary hand: Counter-Elemental Weapon
Offhand: Ice Sword

rolled 6 = 6

>>8336013
Bustin' makes me feel good.

rolled 17 = 17

>>8336013
We can also try making tunnels of cold extending outward from different points on the elemental's body in order to pull it apart as the heat disperses.

>>8336046

Great idea.

>>8336013
I'ts time to use SHINING LAZER

rolled 3, 1, 3 = 7

You take out your halberd, swinging it like a madman as you jump up, slicing the elemental's midsection. The blade glows sunlight-yellow, cleaving through the beast's fluid body, deconstructing it. As you land, completing the strike, the elemental staggers backward, its great hands clamping against its abdomen, frantically trying to stop the thick, bubbling black seeping from the gaping wound.

Slowly, the cut continues to widen, creeping around its chest and opening its skin, letting more and more of its insides spill out upon the grass. Steam pours from the center of it as it stumbles further and further back, until it reaches the edge of the pit, now almost closed. Its foot catches the edge, and it falls, separating into halves as the last of its skin gives way.

The elemental's liquid form seeps into the ground while the mages seal the incursion, using all of their power to close the tunnel. With a loud, resounding boom, the earth comes together, and it's over.

>>8336013
>'elemental-busting' light

Did we learn that from the Bro-force god?

rolled 2, 3, 3 = 8

>>8336242
Go after spiders?

>>8336243
That's what Marc calls the enchantment.

>>8336242
No time to rest! Still have all those spiders that made it past us to deal with. Also, can we roll for gems please?

rolled 19 = 19

>>8336242
Woo! Regroup in town. Once we're all together, ale and whores.

rolled 5, 2, 3 = 10

>>8336276
Yes.

Email field: dice+6d20 for gems. High = good.

rolled 4, 7, 17, 2, 7, 14 = 51

>>8336291

rolled 18 = 18

>>8336276

time to mop up what's left.

>>8336297
Aw, sub-par.

rolled 5, 4, 17, 16, 14, 19 = 75

Newfag here. Where are these gems coming from? And do they do anything special, or are they just regular-style gems?

>>8336243
picked up that trick from Marc, the weapon/armor enchanter fellow. Good guy, that Marc.

go us.

(and if there are any weird chunks of elemtal left laying around, poke them a bit.. check for gems)

we mop up the spiders.

rolled 1 = 1

>>8336276
I wish I could access the archives for the description of that sapphire encrusted emerald set in platinum.

Well, we'll have to settle with diamonds.

rolled 2, 2, 1 = 5

>>8336312
The Demons of the Deep turn impurities in the earth into gems, in what amounts to their liver. These gems can be quite valuable, but they have no special properties (generally).

>>8336290
We don't want to drink the ale dry before the others get to it, and whores raises a whole slew of awkward questions about our current sexuality that we haven't really gotten into yet.

Spider-killing first, though.

rolled 15 = 15

>>8336273

Kill spiders, if the pit's sealed we don't need to reserve any magic.

>>8336312
Nope, just regular gems. And the Demons of the Deep store them inside their bodies. Kinda like very valuable gal-stones.

>>8336242
That is a very satisfying image. Thanks subproc.

In other news
We risked our lives just as much as usual today, but look how much more we were able to accomplish in the army. From the do-gooding perspective, it seems like the right decision.

>>8336352
Agreed. Let's make it flashy and impress both our comrades-in-arms and the grateful townsfolk. Blast spiders into the air with frozen updrafts and make them explode like fireworks.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8336273
Rollan' for spider killan'.

>>8336312
Demons of the depths have some their bodies. They have no special qualities besides being expensive and rare gems.

rolled 17 = 17

(T)Rollan to waste the good charged up rolls!

Are we in autosage?

>>8336423
Yes.

rolled 6 = 6

>>8336423
WARNING: AUTOSAGE IS IN EFFECT
PAGE 5 AND DESCENDING

ABANDON THREAD

rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10

>51

Only two of the Demons were carrying an appreciable horde, but the total haul is still quite extensive, with several geodes and a fair bit of diamonds. After checking to see that the mages are alright, you take off running again, hoping to catch up to the spiders before they reach the town.

It takes several minutes for you to make the distance, but you see that most of the wave has already been destroyed. The ground is littered with broken rock, as well as puddles of solidifying magma. The horsemen are up ahead, still keeping up, slashing away at the remaining fifty or so. Fairnest's wall is visible in the distance, but the spiders will never get there. The infantry detachment is moving toward you, marching in step.

With the last of your magical energy, you sweep the spiders upward with a blast of cool air, encasing as many as you can in thin balls of ice, letting the rest be impaled on the horsemens' lances. The spider-balls go up, and up, into the sky, arranging themselves in the pattern of a sword. You detonate the ice, exploding the rocky creatures in blasts of light. Shards of ice and stone pummel the ground on either side of you, well out of the way of any humans.

The soldiers cheer. You bow, hitting the grass with one knee. You're exhausted again.

rolled 2, 3, 3 = 8

This is going to have to be a shorter session than normal. I apologize. We will, of course, continue Friday.

With the incursion sealed, the army will withdraw. Do you want to take a path that will lead you by the town, so you can wave to the townsfolk or something?

>>8336556
Sounds good, as long as we're with the rest of the army.

>>8336525
Yesssss! Good PR. Let's go find the mages.

>>8336556

Stick with the army, best not to freak people out or attract any opportunistic bounty hunters.

rolled 12 = 12

>>8336556

rolling for heroic victory cheer

rolled 8 = 8

>>8336556
It has been a great run this weekend. Thank you for DMing.

>>8336525
>>8336556
Write a letter to the people back in Dreamwood when we get back to base. Let them know that we made it through a battle without being horribly mauled.

rolled 10 = 10

>>8336659
also this

rolled 1, 6, 1 = 8

>>8336636
Thanks for being here. It's been a great ride.

>>8336659
Do you want to write an actual letter and send it via normal post, or use Hretmar's link?

>>8336659
had a big encounterStopstill have armsStopwill write again soonStopps send applejackStop

>>8336711
>Do you want to write an actual letter and send it via normal post, or use Hretmar's link?

How about both? It's good to practice writing.

rolled 14 = 14

>>8336795
this

rolled 11 = 11

>>8336711
I simply love the idea of a giant sized envelope.

>>8336829
seconded.
"bill.. bill.." *drag over enormous bundle of canvas, cut it open to find a rolled up letter composed of dozens of normal size sheets pasted together* "ah.. a letter, wonder who it could be from.."

rolled 6, 2, 3 = 11

The rest of your unit comes up behind you a few minutes later, riding at a leisurely pace. The Captain nods to you, smiling faintly. The others look like they're about to fall asleep.

You join up with them, returning to formation. The armor is a massive weight on your back, but you'll make it. You're looking forward to a good rest after this. All units form up, organizing into a double-line march, infantry in front. You can hear some of the footmen lambasting the mounted soldiers for not leaving them anything to fight, and laughing about being 'only a morale force'. Fortunately, casualties were unexpectedly low, thanks in part to you. Five injuries, none serious. Everyone should be back to their best in a few short days.

All units march past Fairnest with their heads turned toward the wall, waving at the tower guards and the townspeople climbing up to the top. Most of them are quite surprised to see a Frost Giant among the garrison troops, and some are genuinely frightened, but the majority seem to accept your presence after a moment. This little army has a reputation, after all. You're just glad that no one is screaming 'don't eat me'. It can get a bit old.

Upon your return, after a slight rest, you draft a letter to Dreamwood, in the smallest print you can manage. Even the short message still fills the page. You let your people know that everything is going well, you fit right in, despite your size, and you managed to finish a fight with all your limbs intact. You sign it, and hand it off to Ceril for the weekly post batch. Before you go to bed, you call up Hretmar, converse for awhile, and then transmit as much of the news as you can to Vasian. It's difficult to keep the link to the library open for very long, but you get the gist of it. The god's probably going to be swamped with messages by tomorrow morning.

Poor guy. From Lord of the North to email server. He must be loving it up there.

>>8336902
as an aside, we ought check with command, see if we are allowed to inscribe the Runes Of Hretmar in the local library. He might appreciate that, and we owe the Big Guy that much at least.

rolled 1, 4, 5 = 10

>>8336963
Noted. Remind me if I don't bring it up on Friday.

>>8337021
>eeeeee SubDM likes my idea eeeee..
I mean, ahem.. um, you bet.

I know we're not DnD giants but do we still treat 'Rock Throwing' as an automatic skill? And can we enchant rocks to become frost frag grenades?

>>8337109
Fangirls got nothing on you.

Great trio of threads SubProc. Would you be willing to divulge why tonight's thread started late?

rolled 5, 3, 5 = 13

>>8337114
You have unerring accuracy with thrown rocks and boulders. If you were to cast a grenade inside a large rock, you could make a 'frost frag'. Be advised that an ice grenade can only exist for ten minutes before it explodes naturally, in case you want to create timed explosives.

rolled 4, 5, 6 = 15

>>8337152
Certainly. I went out to dinner with some friends and family. I thought I would be back by around four, but unfortunately I was not.

>>8337189
Ah.

>>8337152
Trio?

>>8337167
Bitchin.

So, what would the guys back at base say if we asked for a big bag of big rocks?

rolled 11 = 11

>>8337283
Today's and the two threads linked in the first post.

WTF, are we auto-saging?

>>8337283
Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

>>8337294
make racist frost giant jokes.. Very Quietly.

heck, we should make the jokes ourselves, save everyone the trouble.

rolled 6, 3, 4 = 13

>>8337294
Once you explained what you wanted them for, they would probably give them to you and ask to watch the tests.

>>8337358
Then obviously we have to do said tests. FOR SCIENCE!

>>8337410
Magic SCIENCE! We'll have to get one of those 'not bags of holding' that they have in this universe to store rocks in.

So where are we right now?

>>8337586
>>8337627
we are currently:
blue.
in the army.
awesome.
in and around Fairnest.

and victorious