rolled 1, 3, 5 = 9

It is dawn. You've gotten a good night's rest, blinked the sleep out of bleary eyes, and pulled on your heavy armor, ready for action. Your utility belt holds four batarangs, five low-quality thermite grenades, and four good ones. Your backpack is stocked with twelve leather-bound giant potions, for quick and easy use. On top of that, you've got your arc light, the speaker box, and a fully-charged magelock to power them. Your tungsten-ceramic shield has been enchanted with a durability enhancement, and a low-power light field.

The soldiers take great pleasure in addressing you by your new rank, as does Ilian. Kel regrets not being able to accompany you, but is as understanding as usual. Still, morale is high, and no one doubts your resolve. As the forge god puts it, “If you and them wizards can put down all of these beasts, maybe we can all get out of this nightmare.”

Travel time to the nearest hostile fortress is about four and a half days. Ready, Captain?

rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10

rolled 4, 5, 5 = 14

>>9692581
Ready.

rolled 1, 1, 4 = 6

>>9692786
Very well then. If there is anything you wish to do before departing, it will be incorporated into the timeskip.

Otherwise,
>Timeskipping

>>9692822
Yes, ask Helia to keep an ear to the ground to see if she can pick up any tremors or anything that the hybrid might be making. Who knows, maybe we can figure out its language, if it has one.

Oh, man, I suggested talking with Conclave previous thread and then went to bed. Now we signed a contract and they are sending us to some kind of suicide mission, haha.

Aww, I wish we lived in more convenient timezones, it is always so late when you start, dm )

rolled 6, 6, 5 = 17

>>9692845
Acknowledged.

>>9692853
I wish my timing was better, but I guess that's just how the world has to turn. Glad to see you when you've got the time.

Make more batarangs, like 6 more

Sage-ing to remind you that /tg/ hates this thread, like I do every time it shows up you fuck.

Why are they sending us like that anyway? Did they explain their plan or was it like "lol, go jump inside the volcano for shit and giggles"?

>>9692934
We're not jumping inside a volcano, we're going to enter the mist to see what effect it has on Frost Giants.

rolled 5, 4, 3 = 12

>>9692898
Done.

>>9692947

Yeah, I know. It's just that the mist has proven to be very dangerous and who know what's inside of it.
They could have done better than to use us for some kind of experiment for our first task.

rolled 6, 1, 4 = 11

You'd almost forgotten how... boring travel usually is. After getting used to teleporting everywhere, going on an actual walk seems odd. Nonetheless, you trudge on, crossing the untouched hills, seeing the faint lights of towns and villages peeking through the distant trees. They remind you of home, so far away.

You keep in infrequent contact with the pantheon, relaying anything of interest, passing the time with idle conversation. Siskiv has healed up, and was extraordinarily furious that you managed to put yourself in a situation where he is forbidden from helping you by his own government. Bem, stuck in New Aarmour for the duration, has set up an unofficial gambling hall in one of the taverns, with your protection squad as bouncers and gophers. The College has successfully reproduced your Faraday disk, and is almost finished constructing a larger model powered by a waterwheel.

Reassured that progress continues regardless of where you are, you make it to the edge of the fog, hoping you're not walking into a second death.

>Continued

>Bem, stuck in New Aarmour for the duration, has set up an unofficial gambling hall in one of the taverns, with your protection squad as bouncers and gophers.

Dat Bem, man, dat fukken Bem

rolled 5, 6, 4 = 15

The Conclave contacts you as soon as you reach the perimeter. Voice two informs you that your first task is to walk a short distance into the fog, and report on anything unusual that you see, hear, or experience in the next two hours. You'll be monitored for effects during this time, and if things go south, you'll be ordered to retreat to a safe distance. Under no circumstances are you to enter the no-scry zone.

Simple.

As soon as you pass through the wall of mist, you receive a short message from Helia, the goddess of stone. Faint vibrations at the edge of the anti-scrying field. Looks like you were right.

Orders?

Sim Village is now a bad text adventure.

>>9692995
Well, they need to know how it effects us so that they'll know if it's safe for us to assault the monsters through the mist. Would you rather they did that without testing to see if it's harmful to us?

>>9693098
Huh, well this isn't so bad. Ask her to try and see if she can make out anything from the vibrations. Maybe it's Morse Code?

>>9692918
(laughs at the lonely, persistent sagefag)
>>9693100
(keeps giggling)
>>9693098
Wait, did the vibrations mean they know we're here? Or that the shoggoth is in the neighborhood?

rolled 4, 2, 6 = 12

>>9693173
There is a pattern, an infinite repetition of highs and lows, like the same three notes playing over and over.

Helia doesn't think much of it. “It's a bit creepy, but it doesn't sound like any language I know. More like waves crashing against the shore.”

>>9693211
Since the vibrations started as soon as you entered the fog, it's safe to say that it knows you're here. If it was moving, the anti-scrying field would move with it, though.

>>9693261
Hmm, since they only started once we arrived, it must be at least intelligent enough to react to use as we approach. It could either be a warning, or maybe just a greeting, and it's waiting for us to send a response. Ah well, we should tell the conclave; they did say to tell them about anything that was off.

rolled 4, 3, 4 = 11

>>9693306
“Good to know,” says the second voice, happily, “It can probably detect things that enter the fog.”

The first voice, who you have nicknamed 'Bitch', urges you on. “Approach the field. Listen for any alterations in the pattern, and report back.”

The link falls silent after that. You think you hear a brief rumble toward the direction of the fortress, but you can't be sure.

>>9693386
Well, head in further, but not into the anti-scrying field. Check with Helia to see if she felt a tremor accompanying the sound we think we hear.

I guess we just need to breathe the fumes for a while and see if we start getting a buzz.
Maybe we could make more thermite in the duration, or use alchemy to turn some portions of the ground around us into spike-lined pit traps? Or make some throwable weapons, or maybe make a huge thermite-bottomed pit trap?

You know what?

DM, said that the creature is a gigantic worm, like the ones from Dune. But it has three red shards (or something like that) on it. Now, why would a worm-like creature need those? They cannot possibly be eyes as it does not need them.
Methinks that it's Forusian shenanigans, maybe they use it to control it or summon it or maybe they are the source of the anti0scry field

>>9693438

Three glowing green eyes at the top.
The glowing and the green-ness indicate it is aligned with Earth magic.

I think they are magic eyes that allow it to see through dirt, so it can look up at enemies or prey while burrowing under them.

rolled 2, 6, 4 = 12

>>9693416
You head further in, staying alert and moving carefully, making sure to look where you put your feet. In conditions like this, there could be a gigantic pit right in front of your face and you wouldn't have a clue.

Helia reports no change in the vibrations, and no additional tremors, so you chalk that one up to hallucination or... something else. Distant thunder probably wouldn't shake the ground out here, you reason. You appraise the Conclave of the situation, and the third voice tells you to continue on. With fog surrounding you completely, you're making good use of your 'compass sense' to keep your bearings.

>>9693480
They might also function as normal eyes, to allow them to see flying things that wouldn't make tremors with footsteps.

>>9693480
It's most likely this.

At any rate, we should probably just sit tight and try to be as still as possible for a while.

fuck yeah frost giantess quest

>>9693497
Continue in. But NOT into the field. Be ready to book it out of there.

rolled 1, 2, 4 = 7

>>9693427
>>9693504
You breathe deeply, letting the cool, misty air fill your lungs. You don't feel any different, and you don't see or hear anything more than the occasional rumble, which Helia can't detect. The tremors continue unabated, their rhythm unchanged.

After about five minutes, you feel the ground shake for a brief moment, making you freeze, motionless as you wait for something dark and horrible to spring up. Nothing happens, at least not that you can sense, and the Conclave tells you to keep moving. The tremors continue as before.

>>9693561
How close are we to the edge of the field?

freaking hallucinations

rolled 4, 1, 3 = 8

>>9693573
About a quarter-mile.

>>9693561
Now, did Helia feel that? Because if she didn't, then we hallucinated it, and we should tell the Conclave.

rolled 4, 3, 4 = 11

>>9693553
You start moving again, wary and more awake than you've been in a long while. Your shield's light field flickers, as if struck by some tiny projectile. You listen, and you watch, but again, nothing happens. You're starting to feel very unprepared.

>>9693610
She didn't. The Conclave suggests that you continue until you're at the very edge of the field, then make your way back. If you lose contact, and can't regain it after moving away, you'll know that the beast is moving.

>>9693639
Damn. And of course, we might just be hallucinating her saying that she didn't feel it. Ah well. Walk to the edge, and then come back. I have a bad feeling about this. Actually, while we're at the edge, try jumping or stamping our feet in the pattern of the tremors; returning the greeting as it were.

>>9693680

Interesting idea. well, now's as good a time as any to try this out.

>>9693639
>You start moving again, wary and more awake than you've been in a long while. Your shield's light field flickers, as if struck by some tiny projectile. You listen, and you watch, but again, nothing happens.
Wait, I've played this game before.

>>9693639
lets do the feet stompan first and then if nothing happens try reaching the field

rolled 2, 6, 4 = 12

>>9693680
>>9693712
You continue on, the hand not holding your shield fiddling nervously with the grenades hanging from your belt. You stumble over a rather large root, using your shield to steady yourself, and slow down, wondering idly why there would be roots that big in the middle of a grassland. The Conclave doesn't seem to think it's of any consequence.

After tripping twice more, you reach the edge of the field, pulling back a bit as the connection grows fuzzy. In the absence of anything better to do, you try to match the tremor pattern with your feet, amused at how stupid you must look. The vibrations are barely audible now, and you have no trouble stamping out that easy, three-note pattern. Once you've done so, the tremors stop.

The connection crackles. “Captain?”

>>9693680
>returning the greeting as it were.
It might be a mating call.
I don't think we want to try to get a shoggoth mating ritual going.

>>9693780
"Yes?"

Tell the Enclave what just happened.

>>9693780
"Yes number one?"

>>9693680
>try jumping or stamping our feet in the pattern of the tremors
So your suggestion is that we stomp with deliberate rhythm to draw the Worm.
What do we do when it answers our call?
I'm not sure we CAN kill it.

answer.
what do they want?

rolled 2, 4, 3 = 9

>>9693809
>>9693819
“Continue into the field,” says the first voice, “No more than one hundred feet.”

“Then come back out. We don't want you staying in there for long,” echoes the second. “After that, you can get out of the fog altogether.”

Well, this is just great. Without the tremors, this place is absolutely silent. You're not sure that willingly cutting yourself off from outside communication is a good idea at this point.

>>9693780
Tell 'em what we tried. And mention the roots- with the context of the plant control we saw on the other side of the gate.

>>9693880
It's bullshit, but let's do it. Be ready to run.

>>9693880
do as they say, but be paranoid about anything that moves

>>9693880
Wait. This is a hallucination. At the beginning, they said to under no circumstances go into the field. Head back out. If it turns out to have not been a hallucinations, then I guess we pissed them off, but it's better than falling into a trap.

>>9693780

Okay, the LSD fog means we're now playing a game with SAN effects.
So we don't know that the Conclave is calling now, because why would a magic connection crackle like a RADIO, even when we were trying to talk to Hretmar from the Realm of the Shoggoth Beasts the connection was merely dim and quiet and faded.
We also don't know for sure that the Conclave ever ordered us to approach the no-scry zone earlier, that could EASILY have been a mind trick, some sort of magical effect to suggest to the prey that it should approach the point of no return, enabling the shoggoth to more easily attack it.
Basically all sensory input since entering the fog is now compromised.
I suggest withdrawing to the edge of the fog and reevaluating the situation.

rolled 1, 3, 5 = 9

>>9693898
You tell them that you answered the tremors, and that you've found a bunch of large roots sticking up out of the ground. Given the odd things that happened on the other side of the ashen portal, this does not bode well.

The Conclave seems to consider this for a moment, and repeats the order to move inside the field. So that's that.

>>9693907
>>9693908
>>9693938
>>9693941
Two and two. Go in, or get the hell out?

get out

we can come back if they really wanted us to

>>9694003

hmm,

or don't. Let's go in.

>>9693978

Ask them to justify their current orders in the context of their previous orders and the purpose of this mission.

If their answers are unsatisfactory, tell them that they agreed we were a high-value asset and that they would not play fucking games with us, that we consider that to be part of the contract and if they violate the contract we will consider our obligations thereto to be null and void.

If the Conclave really IS just jerking us around like this, we need out of the contract. If it's a hallucination, we shouldn't obey it's directives.

>>9693978
Head out, say we couldn't hear them clearly, may be experiencing hallucinations. If we get clear orders, let's head back in.

>>9693978
Wait, that was a clear order? No suspiciousness? Let's do it then. Just a short bit, then BACK BACK BACK.

rolled 3, 1, 1 = 5

>>9694017
You ask for justification. After all, they did tell you that you were not to enter the anti-scrying field. For them to countermand their own orders, for no good reason...

“You'll be perfectly alright,” says the second voice, “You can cover that distance in seconds. No harm will come to you.”

The first picks it up with her characteristic vitriol. “Captain, you have been ordered to enter the field. If you disregard orders, you will be subject to military discipline. Go. In.”

>>9694092
Answer him that we're suspicious because this might be an hallucination. Let's try getting in then.

>>9694092
>“You'll be perfectly alright,” says the second voice, “You can cover that distance in seconds. No harm will come to you.”
That is not a reason, NOR does it help fulfill the sole and exclusive stated purpose of this mission, and from the information given to me it can be merely dangerous and detrimental to our purposes here. Either explain yourselves or I'm out.
>If you disregard orders, you will be subject to military discipline.
"Do you seriously believe military discipline is stricter than being devoured by Lovecraftian abominations?"

>>9694147
This. One thousand times this.

Meh, let's go in.

What's the worst that can happen?

>>9694183
A magic wall is created behind us
shoggoth comes out

>>9694183

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXvqF-yXb8E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0PqQf8VHY

>>9694092

Eh, fuck it, go it.

rolled 6, 1, 6 = 13

Please hold on for a moment. I just had a brief power outage, nothing serious. Should probably invest in a UPS.

>>9694183
>>9694199
>>9694221
>What's the worst that can happen?

nothing. that's what.
Anyway, make boulders before going in.

guys, seriously, stop being faggots about this. It was right out told to us from the beginning of this mission that this was to test how much this shit affected us.

GO. THE FUCK. IN.

>>9694269
>It was right out told to us from the beginning of this mission that this was to test how much this shit affected us.
It was also told to us right from the beginning to not go in under any circumstances whatsoever, and that we would be considered in violation of orders if we did so for any reason.

>>9694324

I doubt we're tripping balls hard enough to start having VIVID audio hallucinations. We go in.

>>9694269
Yeah, and going in further won't help. We've already been in it for a while, and we don't know. What's the worst that could happen if we go back? A little flogging? Pfft, Maya laughs at your pathetic punishment.

>>9694346
Execution is a rather traditional form of military discipline.

rolled 6, 3, 2 = 11

>>9694126
>>9694147
>>9694182
>>9694183
>>9694264
>>9694269
You express your misgivings to the Conclave, repeating that you don't think their current orders are justified, and you'd much rather be court-martialed (or whatever) than eaten by a gigantic elemental worm. All you get back are reassurances that you'll be fine, and increasingly fierce orders to continue in.

Reluctantly, you ease forward, shield up and grenades ready. As soon as you enter the field, you lose all contact, and you decide you'd better make it quick. You get around a hundred feet in, turn around, and flat-out run in the other direction. The tremors resume, much louder and much closer.

Email field: dice+1d20 for dodge.

DO NOT ENTER the no-scry zone.

rolled 3 = 3

>>9694354
dodge dodge dodge!

rolled 12 = 12

>>9694354

SHITFUCKPISS

rolled 8 = 8

>>9694354
I knew it, faggots

fuck everyone who said to enter

>>9694377

Meh, whatever. I'm guessing this is just persistent sagefag trying to get us killed. Arming the "I told you so" cannons.

>>9694377

YOU.

STOP ROLLING.

>>9693898
>>9693907
>>9693908
>>9694009
>>9694065
>>9694090
>>9694183
>>9694234
>>9694269
>>9694342

all those are fucking idiots

rolled 3, 4, 2 = 9

>>9694377
Thin black tendrils shoot out of the dirt, reaching for you. A piercing wail fills your ears, making your head throb.

>3

The tendrils encircle your leg, dragging you down. You stumble, holding yourself up with the shield and reaching for your batarangs. No way you're going where these things want to take you. The wail continues, growing louder and louder by the moment, and the tremors shake the ground beneath you violently, even as the tendrils pull at you.

Orders?

IT BEGINS.

Do we see the thing yet?

Or is it still undergound?

cut it off with a batarang, start running

rolled 2, 1, 2 = 5

>>9694445
You see nothing but fog, and the tendrils around your leg.

>>9694431

Cold Aura. Freeze the fog out of the air, and it should have the side-effect of making the tentacle all nice and brittle so we can cut it or crush it or whatever. It might even just let us go if the cold is fierce enough, like how the shoggoths tended to be more reluctant to strike at us when we had powerful cold auras going before.

>>9694431
Firing the I Told You So cannons. Well, good thing we have batarangs, and if not that then our ice sword.

>>9694455
Cold aura. Massive blast of it, now. Freeze this fog away, freeze whatever's on our leg until it becomes brittle and shatters as we tear our leg away.

We could use the thermite to burn that motherfucker.

Though I don't know how successful that will be.

>>9694488

We can't see the body.
We only see a tentacle, leading god-knows-where through the fog.
I don't want to waste thermite on a single tentacle.

rolled 3 = 3

>>9694465
well, at least there's some action again, Though is could kill us.

rolling to dodge cannons

>>9694517

Looks like you can't dodge being told anymore than Maya can dodge being tentacle raped.

>>9694517
Bad anon, bad! Rolls don't count till called for.

rolled 1, 5, 5 = 11

>>9694446
>>9694462
>>9694465
>>9694469
You hurl a batarang into the black lines, slicing them cleanly away. With your leg free, you start running, as fast as you can. More of them spring up all around you, and you narrowly avoid getting caught again.

“To hell with this.”

You fire up your cold aura, covering the ground around you with frost. Every tendril that approaches freezes solid, and you shatter more than a few as you stomp your way towards the edge of the field. That piercing wail abruptly ceases as the tremors become a quake, cracking the ground ahead.

From behind you comes the sound of breaking rock. Splinters bounce harmlessly off your armor.

Orders?

>>9694431

This is a forest elemental shoggoth thing, right?

We're reenacting the tree rape scene from Evil Dead.

>>9694558
Run like fuck, get out of the anti-scry area, try to contact the conclave and Helia and the other gods.

>>9694558
dodge left, keep making a break for the end of the anti-scry zone

>>9694503

I was talking about using it on God-know-what....
Man, we should have made one boulder-sized for automatic success hit...

rolled 3, 2, 4 = 9

>>9694570
Roll 1d20 for dodge and speed.

>>9694558
>From behind you comes the sound of breaking rock
ICE GRENADES
MATERIALIZE THEM UNDERGROUND
RIGHT BEHIND US

rolled 1 = 1

>>9694586

>>9694594
>1

>>9694594

.................................That's it. I've lost dice privileges forever.

Wait, so it's not that thing carrying the anti-scry field? IIRC it had couple of miles radius.

We could lure it out of the field and get support from gods

rolled 20 = 20

>>9694586
While we're at it, throw in a granade or two

>>9694541
>>9694594

No, Bad Newbie, you are the demons

>>9694594
>>9694647

My heart breaks

>>9694594

>>9694647

I hate, you Bad Newbie. I hate you with a passion.

>>9694647

>>9694625

We aren't fighting the main body yet.

I think the anti-scrying field is the maximum extent of it's tentacle system. Much like how the roots of a tree extend underground, sometimes for VERY long distances, but the tree's trunk remains it's main body.

We're fighting a mere fraction of it's root system. If we intend to kill it we should head towards the trunk and burninate the central core.

>>9694647
Doesn't count, OP doesn't accept rolls unless he asks for them. No ice grenades for us.

rolled 6, 5, 3 = 14

>>9694594
Your boots crunch on frost, snapping roots like twigs. Tendrils shoot up on all sides, reaching through your aura and shattering as they impact your armor. That monstrous wail sounds again, so close it seems to shake your bones.

>1

A great mass of black spines erupts from the dirt in front of you, tangling around your legs before you can stop. They shatter almost instantly, but you're already falling.

You hit the ground hard, almost losing your grip on the shield. The face of the elemental looms above you, a gigantic meat grinder screeching for your blood. Its three green eyes gleam above its maw, sparkling in the mist. This is a very bad day.

Orders?

>>9694684
>If we intend to kill it we should head towards the trunk and burninate the central core.

I vote against this.

On the other hand, that means it should take it long time to drag us to it e\which will give ample opportunities to break free

>>9694714

Use the zapper! USE THE ZAPPER!

>>9694714

Embed some thermite in it's face. Aim for the eye.

>>9694714
1 hand -> GRENADE TO THE EYE
other hand -> CHOP TENTACLES HOLDING US

>>9694714

Ignite the thermite and throw it in it's mouth!

>>9694714
Damn, and now we're at the center of the anti-scry field. Well, might as well try to communicate. Won't take much effort to try stamping the ground again. And we can ready the thermite while we do it, just in case.

>>9694774

Or throw it in it's mouth and ignite it, what ever works best.

Use daggers for igniting

rolled 4, 1, 5 = 10

>>9694755
The spines shattered. You're not being held down, you were just knocked off your feet.

First >>9694594 then >>9694647

>>9694777
It can't possibly move 3+ miles underground so fast

>>9694818

It's system was already present here, maybe it magicked it's core to grow out of it's body here instead of where it was.

With magic. And eldritch.

We could also make boulders put in ice grenades in them and let it swallow them

rolled 3, 6, 6 = 15

>>9694749
>>9694774
>>9694755
>>9694798
With one swift motion, you unhook one of the thermite grenades, toss it directly into the thing's mouth, and point your gauntlet at it, shielding your eyes as you give it a jolt. You are greeted by an exceedingly bright light, which fades immediately as the grenade tumbles into the elemental's throat. Its horrid screams shake the earth.

The great beast thrashes about, striking the ground and wailing, heaving as it tries to get the burning mass out of its neck. The tendrils flail about uselessly as you get up, watching the damn thing retch like a kitten with a hairball. It's disgusting.

Orders?

>>9694865

Yes, we CAN, but we prepared thermite for this exact situation yesterday and throwing is an automatic, diceless success.

Do you seriously want to try another dice roll while a diceless opportunity remains?

>>9694891
GTFO at the speed of light.

Don't forget the shield though.

>>9694891
THROW ALL OUR GRENADES ON IT

>>9694891

Well, fuck

Summon grenades inside of it while it's distracted. As much as possible as powerful as possible. Also, if we have time prepare a potion, I don't care if we get addicted to them

>>9694818
WELL APPARENTLY IT CAN!

>>9694891
Run. Again.

rolled 5, 2, 3 = 10

>>9694911
>>9694922
>>9694927
Run and gun, then? Ice grenades or thermite, gentlemen?

>>9694891

Coup de grâce while it's down.

If it's a thinking creature, it should thank us for putting it out of it's misery. If it's just an animal, no point in letting it suffer. If it's a complete monster, then the sooner the world is rid of it, the better.

>>9694899

Well, summoning boulders is automatic success and I presume that summoning nades is also an automatic, seeing how much we use them during the whole quest and throwing is auto, goes without saying

>>9694949
>Ice
What, and risk putting out the fire by accident? NO THANK YOU.

I am thinking we have great upper-hand right now. Thermite will burn for a while. We should keep killing it while we can. Maybe prolong the burning with more thermite if it does not go down quickly.

Summon nades inside of it

>>9694970
>Well, summoning boulders is automatic success and I presume that summoning nades is also an automatic,
No, we roll dice for both of those things. Throwing is auto, grenades sometimes fizzle, sometimes don't come, and sometimes blow up where we don't want, with low rolls. Boulders sometimes turn into puddles with low alchemy rolls.

>>9694949
THERMITE

>>9694982
Thermite burns at incredibly high temperature. Don't know for sure but I think it's more than 2000 degrees Celsius . Now way we can put it out.

Besides Ice grenades do blast and shrapnel damage than cold damage

>>9694949
Thermite, but be careful with it.

We do NOT want to use all of our thermite here, in case there's more to this creature. Possibly miles and miles of it, distributed across the entire foggy area. Yeesh.

We should kill the part of it that's on hand, with non-thermite weapons, because there's a chance that if it's part of a larger creature that will still give it pause and keep it from coming after us, and if it's all there is to it, that will definitely stop it. Do we still have the axe?

We should then get the hell out, and use thermite to burninate any other eldritch things that accost us on our way.

rolled 6, 3, 2 = 11

Alright, roll 1d20 for grenades. Success on seven. You'll throw in some thermite for good measure, and leave at maximum speed.

rolled 2, 1, 3 = 6

>>9695065
No, you don't have the axe. You do have a flail, though.

>>9695006

Nooo, boulders are success now. We trained for a long time for them to be always success. Now when we summon boulders we roll to determine HOW MUCH we make (1d6)

Grenades, I do not know. Maybe we should train for that too when we get the chance. If we get the chance.

rolled 15 = 15

>>9695068

>>9695104
good. good.

>>9695052
Closer to 2800 Celsius. But we break thermodynamics all the time with our ice. Steel melts at about 1500 degrees, and lava sometimes goes up to 1500 degrees, and we've solidified both of those with casual ease; we might not have to freeze the thermite to room temperature, just cool it down enough that the reaction no longer takes place.

I think it's weird that a creature has a natural anti-scry field. Maybe it's some kind of Forusian experiment horribly gone wrong

rolled 3, 2, 6 = 11

>>9695104
If this is the main part of the creature, you should kill it while you have the chance. If it's not, maybe you can weaken it enough to make clean-up easier later. As the Conclave said, these things can regenerate, but hopefully not too fast.

>15

You summon a few dozen grenades inside the thing's digestive tract, ripping its insides with a muffled boom. The creature's thick skin contains the blast, keeping it from spraying chunks everywhere.

As it swings around, howling in pain, you toss another thermite grenade into its mouth, igniting it with another burst from your storm knife. The aluminum cylinder turns into a sparking flare, tumbling on down to join the other. You run, smashing through bunches of tendrils that no longer seem interested in holding you.

The great beast continues to thrash about behind you, soon becoming hidden by the everpresent fog. You get past where the edge of the anti-scrying field should be, but contact fails. All you can hear is the distant wail of the wounded elemental, and occasional tremors.

Orders?

>>9695227

Well, horribly RIGHT by their standards.

Toss in the rest of our crappy thermite, save the good stuff incase we face more of this beastie.


>>9694777
(Also; dammit Sam there was a Zeonquest yesterday and I never found it! Is there one today? I searched all 15 pages and nada.)

Anyone feeling we can kill this thing completely?
Maybe we should stay and fight?

>>9695092
After this, I reccommend more thermite, then the ice that spreads like fire, then another shot of thermite. Kill eet dead.

>>9695282

Keep going.

>>9695282
GTFO and dont stop until we can get in contact again.

>>9695294
>>9689326


Though I don't follow it.

>>9695282
Kill it completely, but be ready to run if it brings friends. Oh yeah, autoclear the fog too.

>>9695297

Man, I must be the only one who wants to destroy it while we can :(

Maybe the thermite will finish the work for us.

>>9695355
No yer not. Though I think we should use more than just thermite.

>>9695331
Huh, so this is how you cross link threads? Just copy-pasta the link or is it because I have the firefox extension?

>>9689326 Zeonquest

We need to kill this thing dead so that it can't Borg-adapt and teach the others to overcome our thermite cannisters.

If we do go back to finish it, I say we go for it's eyes. Grenades right inside/near of them. Or icelances... No, summon spiked iron boulders and hurl them at the eyes

>>9695405

Holy fuck, don't suggest that there are more than one of them.

>>9695388
Links get collapsed by the posting process, regardless of browser. If you were to post a link to a thread on another board, it'll automatically shrink it to the >>>/a/1234567 type link.

>>9695294
>>9689326

>>9695470
>>9695331
Thanks guys. Hope you get good rolls.

>>9695461
Ah, thanks, I always wondered how people cross-linked.

rolled 4, 5, 6 = 15

>>9695297
>>9695304
>>9695353
>>9695368
Looks like you'll have to finish the job if you want to talk to the Conclave in any reasonable time. You amp up your aura, sweeping away the dense fog, grateful to be able to see clearly again. Picking your way back toward the screeching monstrosity, you easily avoid the roots, stepping right over them. There seem to be a lot more now.

Once you get close enough to see your target, you ready your remaining three 'mediocre' grenades, hoping you won't have to use all of your incendiaries on this one beast. With a clear shot into the creature's mouth, you heft one of the grenades, igniting it in the air. It sails in, joining the other two, and the elemental slams into the ground, plunging its face into the dirt.

You manage to hit it in the eyes with another grenade, splattering the three green orbs with white-hot iron as it digs in, diving like a sea monster through the ocean waves. The wailing fades into a dull moan, though the tremors continue.

Orders?

>>9695531
Use the ice that spreads like fire on its extremities.

>>9695531

So, did it die?
Make sure it is dead by , ummm... summoning more grenades inside it or hitting it with boulders. Don't come near it.

If it is dead and it looks like we wont be bothered for a while, we could try to replenish out thermite grenades. These are freaking useful

>>9695531
Even if we do use it up, we can create more later, right? And this is the only one in the area, so it wouldn't be the end of the world if we used it all up.

>The wailing fades into a dull moan, though the tremors continue.

Oh don't tell me it was a "Mini-Me" shoggoth

Is the fog and anti-scry field dispersing?

FUKKEN XENOS ARE NO MATCH FOR INQUISITOR MAYA!

rolled 3, 1, 4 = 8

>>9695595
It has sunk back into the earth. None of its main body remains above the surface.

>>9695612
You don't know exactly where it is, so using ice grenades would be like depth-charging a sub. Trial and error. If the moans are any indication, it is still alive.

>>9695620
Yes, you can always make more thermite. If you roll well.

>>9695531

Okay, I'm guessing that son of a bitch is down but not out, but it's underground now so unless we plan on following the magical burrowing creature through it's own tunnels in it's own realm of power, we can't exactly finish it off.

Let's build a mini-library and get a heads-up from Hretmar.

>>9695679
We book it. GTFO ASAP.

rolled 2, 1, 6 = 9

>>9695645
The fog, at least outside your aura, remains. The anti-scrying field is still in place. It would really be helpful if you had a way of tracking its boundaries.

>>9695702
But we don't. Run like fuck, it only extends a few miles, just try to get out.

>>9695702

What was that trick we used when we got ported elsewhere?

Making a small ice storm and scrying through it, was it? Let's do that and determine where to go

I really hope that thing bleeds/burns to death.

>>9695679
Depth-charge it for a little while, then go home. What could we do to force it to surface?

rolled 3, 6, 4 = 13

>>9695691
Mini-library is an option, but when you used it before, there was no anti-scrying field.

>>9695757
The anti-scrying field will probably either prevent this or reduce it to minimum effectiveness.

>>9695800
With a large enough explosion, you might be able to lift it closer to the surface, or clear a shaft to its location. Other than lassoing it, you might not be able to get it out of the ground.

Consensus?

>>9695757

We did it above the scrying range IIRC

>>9695778

Well, it's got both a belly and a face full of thermite right now, and we weren't able to hit it with ice that spreads like fire.
Thermite burns at about four times the temperature that the least burnable woods burn at, and burrowing underground to get away from burnable oxygen will only prevent the thermite fire from spreading through it's wooden structure, since the rust is what provides thermite with it's oxygen; you can't smother a thermite fire. So unless Forusian fire mages come along with the ability to control the blaze, it's prognosis isn't great. On the other hand, the area the thermite can affect is fairly small, and since it's presumably in an oxygen-poor environment right now, it won't catch fire and be completely consumed. So I'm guessing it will just take a very long time to regenerate back to combat-ready status.

>>9695879

Could we build a giant-sized stairway until we go above the fog, and look out to see how far around it extends and which direction will take us out of it the fastest?

>>9695879
>With a large enough explosion, you might be able to lift it closer to the surface, or clear a shaft to its location.

Now, I wish we had made some powerful dynamite for this scenario.

>The anti-scrying field will probably either prevent this or reduce it to minimum effectiveness.
But it worked back then, no? We saw a mountain and all that.


Anyway, do we know which direction we came from? Go there. Run there.

>>9695879
Just get out. This thing is hurt and hopefully won't be chasing us anymore. If it does, then we'll deal with it the way people have been wanting to. However, if it doesn't then great, and we can get out of the field and contact the Conclave. Also, fuck you samefag troll who put in all those posts telling us to go into the anti scry field in the first place.

inb4 u mad. Yes, I am very angry.

>>9695890
when did we try it?

>>9695932

Well, now at least we know the thermite will work on these sons of bitches.

>>9695879
It's extremities are on the surface- hit them with ice-fire while depthcharging with ice grenades.

rolled 2, 1, 6 = 9

>>9695929
Yes, you could. It would be easiest to build it out of ice.

>>9695931
In the other place, there was fog, but the anti-scrying field was either not present or much less powerful. You were able to use an ice ball as a 'probe' and catch a glimpse of the elemental there.

>>9695932

We're going to need to pretend that we didn't know any better when the Conclave asks us why the hell we went in. And when they courtmartial us we can plead temporary insanity due to acid tripping in the fog, they might understand.

>>9695932
Sam, sam, I'm sure there was more than just me saying go in just a little then GTFO as soon as we can. We got to try out the thermite anyway...

>>9695989
>Yes, you could. It would be easiest to build it out of ice.
Then let's do it.
It's time to be the lady who's building a stairway to heaven.

>>9695965
Yeah. But the Conclave will probably bitch at us for disobeying orders, since $5 says that while we were hallucinating, they were calling us and ordering us to not go in. And again, it would have been nice to be able to communicate with them and maybe get them on our side, or at least get them to leave peacefully. Whether there's any chance of that now, I don't know.

>>9696017
Let's do that AFTER we whack it a bit more. Just a bit.

>>9695932
Hey, *I* wasn't samefagging. I told to go inside only twice.

And look, now we know we can deal with this thing

rolled 1, 6, 2 = 9

Consensus seems to be to hit it again, or at least find out if it's going to die without any further intervention.

Standby.

>>9696025

Somehow, I don't think we'll hit it without someone rolling a 20.

Stairway.

>>9696046

No, all we know now is that we can make it run away.
We still don't know if we can kill it.

>>9695989
>Yes, you could. It would be easiest to build it out of ice.

Yes, let's make stairway to heaven .... and then fall down.

>>9696103

The beast is running away and unlikely to disrupt our staircase unless we irritate it further, and ice is pretty sturdy as long as it's not melting.

>>9696128

Still, I'm not convinced. It would really suck to die by falling after we defeat something epic
>looking at you, Lord Quest

rolled 5, 3, 5 = 13

Keeping your aura up, and being very, very careful, you make your way back toward the elemental, listening for any change in the tremors or the moaning. Both remain relatively constant, but you keep a grenade in your hand anyway. The roots gradually become thicker and more numerous as you get closer, and you think you spot a tree off to the side, but there's nothing there when you look. You really, really hate these things.

The moaning dies down as you approach, but the shifting ground indicates that there's still something moving down there. The tendrils have receded, leaving behind scattered, icy fragments. In the absence of sonar or a massive drill, you have no easy way to finish the elemental for good. So you'll settle for getting the hell out.

Retreating a bit, finding a spot that seems relatively stable, you flex your hands, decreasing your aura a bit and solidifying the fog. A long spiral staircase takes shape in front of you, its thick supports barely enough to hold your weight. You climb.

With the sound of cracking ice, you reach the top, rising out of the layer of fog. A brief look around confirms that the mist falls off some distance away, exactly where you were headed. It seems to be dissipating, albeit slowly.

Orders?

>>9696228
Arght, get down of that damn staircase.
Go to the direction where the mist/scry-field fades

>>9696128
The beast is running away and really badly hurt. If we can finish it off now (a bit of a long shot, really), that will be a big help for our side. Anyway, if we can't get it, the staircase is a great idea.

>>9696228
OK then, get down and go.

>>9696228

Head for the exit, ludicrous speed!

>>9696228

Get the fuck out, beg for the Conclave's forgiveness for disregarding the mission objectives, make it clear we were under the influence of mind controlling fog magic at the time.

>>9696228
Okay, make for the edge of the fog.

>>9696295
>beg for the Conclave's forgiveness for disregarding the mission objectives

Fuck that, we aint begging for shit. We were right to question their orders.

>>9696343
Ofcourse, don't provoke them either. Just report everything.... Did we have the recording stone turned on? That would help to give info

>>9696295
What? We didn't disregarded anything, we scouted and when confronted we fought back.

>>9696366

oh god, I hope we did.

>>9696295
How exactly we did that? We were supposed to get in the anti-scrying field and quickly get out, but after we were assaulted by the monster we had to fought back. Don't see any disregard.

>>9696343

Dude, I really don't think the Conclave ordered us into the no-scry zone. I'm pretty sure they were screaming at us to not enter it, and all of our "what? that doesn't make sense, I'm out of here" talk sounded like we were disobeying their orders to remain in the safe area or get out of the fog altogether.

>>9696395
Obviously, their ordering us into the no scry zone was a hallucination. They were probably telling us to come back the whole time.

>>9696395

You're assuming that the irrational, non-mission-oriented screaming chucklefuck voices we obeyed were really the Conclave instead of fog magic clouding our minds.

The mission briefing, on the other hand, clearly stated to not enter the no scry zone under ANY circumstances, ever. And we entered it. In flagrant disregard to our orders.

rolled 5, 2, 2 = 9

>>9696269
>>9696279
>>9696282
>>9696295
>>9696336
You climb down as quickly as you dare, listening to the sharp sound of splitting ice as the staircase begins to collapse. It starts to fall as you get back on solid ground, breaking into pieces as it impacts the earth. That's what you get for weighing two tons.

You run for it, trying to re-establish contact every minute or so. The tremors die off with range, becoming a dull whisper beneath your feet. Thunder rumbles in the distance, now no cause for alarm. There are plenty of roots now, everywhere you look. You enjoy the sound they make when you crush them. There are trees now, too, always at the edges of your vision. Their thorns are curled and sharp, but your armor has withstood them before.

Just before you get through the mist, you make contact. The first voice of the Conclave booms like artillery after the relative quiet of the fog.

“Captain. Your mission is complete. Withdraw.”

The second voice laughs nervously. “The field started moving. It cut us off before we could warn you. Sorry.”

“Good to see you made it out, though,” the third continues, “We have collected quite a lot of interesting data.”

>>9696503

"Boy, that thing sure didn't like my surprise. I'm glad I could remember how to make them.

Returning to base, command."

>>9696503
Hallucinations might have occurred. Did you order me to enter the scrying field?

>>9696503
>interesting data
Like what?
Don't freebase magic?
Drug fogs are bad, m'kay?
And though we stabbed it with our forks and knives, we just can't kill the beast?
FIRE BAD, FIRE HURT?

>>9696554
This.

>>9696503
When would be best to discuss this data? I have some data of my own....

rolled 4, 1, 5 = 10

>>9696553
"To what are you referring? We were not able to observe you within the field."

Do you want to tell them about thermite?

>>9696554
The second voice takes this one. "I... No. We told you to stay out of it. We can't observe the effects of the fog within the field."

>>9696554
maybe we shouldn't mention that yet? if they told us not to go there but we did, we would have known by now

>>9696622
Then there were hallucinations or our communications were insecure.

I have created incendiaries that seem to work against them. One of them attacked me, I wounded it and it escaped.

>>9696622
>"I... No. We told you to stay out of it. We can't observe the effects of the fog within the field."

Well that's not good. AT ALL.

Yes tell them about the Thermite.

>>9696622
"Ah, interesting thing. Apparently the fog causes auditory hallucinations. I heard you contacting me and telling me to enter quickly. I argued, but you were adamant."


Fucking told you so people...

>>9696622
>The second voice takes this one. "I... No. We told you to stay out of it. We can't observe the effects of the fog within the field."

You know, this will be hilarious in hindsight. We should make this whole adventure into an amusing anecdote to tell at gatherings and such

>>9696622
>"To what are you referring? We were not able to observe you within the field."
>do you want to tell them about the thermite?
What, share such valuable information for free? Do you take me for a Communist? Let's talk deal. My info for yours.

>"I... No. We told you to stay out of it. We can't observe the effects of the fog within the field."
The fog acts like a honey trap, luring prey inwards the way carnivorous flowers lure insects. I was drawn in by illusions and delusions, directly to the beast. It assumed that taking me by surprise in a mentally weakened state would be enough. It knows better now.

>>9696622

Go ahead and tell them about the thermite. Holding back information about our abilities to the conclave higher ups might not be a good idea.

"Hallucinations definitely occured then. Audio and sense of balance affected at the very least. I felt several phantom tremors and heard you guys telling me to go in. No idea if I had any visual hallucinations, would have needed a second party present to confirm.

More than likely, the fog affects only things with a more humanoid form, which is why the Bira haven't been tripping out when exposed. That's my take, anyway."

>do you want to tell them about the thermite?

Yes, let's tell them. Shit, why not?

Also tell them how you kicked MAJOR ASS

rolled 5, 6, 4 = 15

>>9696560
On the effects of the fog on Frost Giants. Based on what they saw before contact was lost, you can stay in for about twenty hours before things get really bad. Anytime before that, and you have a pretty good chance of walking out. The effects don't last long after you're clear of the perimeter.

>>9696575
"There will be time for discussion during your return."

>>9696654
>>9696657
>>9696665
>>9696688
You tell them that you either hallucinated them telling you to go in, or you weren't communicating with them at that point, but someone else. In any case, you protested, but did eventually follow orders.

You inform them that you possess powerful incendiary weapons that can be used to great effect against the elemental, but you don't tell them what it's composed of or how to make it. If you want to propose some sort of information exchange, what do you want them to tell you?

>>9696728

It's not as if thermite is a real superweapon anyways.

It's pretty much ONLY useful for industrial work, outside of this one highly specific situation. It's not an effective or efficient weapon against humans.

>>9696818

but would be incredibly useful for anyone that had to burn through a steel door or hatch.

>>9696785
>You tell them that you either hallucinated them telling you to go in, or you weren't communicating with them at that point, but someone else. In any case, you protested, but did eventually follow orders.

How do they respond to this?

>>9696838

Yeah, there's that, but I'm guessing any sufficiently secured steel door or hatch will have a magic ward placed on it that might keep it intact even with thermite trying to burn through.
(the wall right NEXT to the door, on the other hand, might be thick and strong but not as magicallly warded...)

rolled 6, 2, 3 = 11

>>9696688
"If the elemental is capable of causing such specific hallucinations, it is most likely highly intelligent, and gifted with an awareness of communications within its boundaries. We cannot be sure that it will not make a second attempt to affect your path."

>>9696728
The Bira are forest-dwellers, with an excellent sense of direction, inborn telepathic skills, and well-developed hunting instincts. It is possible they simply know how to resist such hallucinations.

>>9696765
"We came, we saw, we KICKED ITS ASS!"

You recount the story of your brief adventure in the fog, which was totally awesome. That thing never had a chance. If it had a skull, you'd be drinking out of it right now.

>>9696785
>what do you want them to tell you?
The exact nature of the "reinforcements" they're sending, and the exact timetable for it's arrival and deployment.

>>9696785
Don't openly start negotiations. See if they ask about it first.

>>9696912

We agreed that our terms of service to them were explicitly NOT as a well of information.
Which means we're free to withhold and/or negotiate with that.

>>9696901
"tell" us? Hell, we'd like some heavy-hitter mages to port in and assist directly. The gods can handle the porting part. We just need some companions who can tag along, be useful, AND not get squished. We can disperse the fog for them.

>>9696897
>"If the elemental is capable of causing such specific hallucinations, it is most likely highly intelligent, and gifted with an awareness of communications within its boundaries. We cannot be sure that it will not make a second attempt to affect your path."
It could be he just gave a simple "come closer" command and let our drug-riddled mind fill the gaps. Since we were thinking about conclave the lure came in form of Conclave order. That could be one of effects of the mist - it makes you vulnerable to psychic suggestions.

rolled 1, 5, 6 = 12

>>9696843
"You had no way of knowing the command was false. That you followed it, even in ignorance, only reinforces our trust in you."

>>9696901
The reinforcements consist of the army detachments sent back from Forus. They will arrive within a week, and you will probably be linking up with them when they're within range. As for deployment, that depends on plans that are being altered to include you.

>>9696912
They ask a few questions about the effects, trigger mechanism, portability, and such. You answer without giving anything away.

Why are we trying to withhold thermite now? Tell them all they want to know.


Ask them if they have figured out anything yet

rolled 6, 5, 6 = 17

>>9696945
For the moment, you won't be getting direct reinforcements. Once the main detachments have arrived, your rank will net you squads of your own.

>>9696974
"A possibility."

If it's non-specific, acting in that manner, it might be easier to resist, since you'll be able to tell roughly what form the suggestion will take.

Did they actually hear us arguing with them during the hallucination? Or were we already cut off at that time?

>>9697055

Okay, now is the time to tell them how to make thermite, specifically.

And that you think that, say, one man in five should have one thermite grenade, when encountering a shoggoth seems probable. The man with the best throwing arm, obviously.

>>9697055
>If it's non-specific, acting in that manner, it might be easier to resist, since you'll be able to tell roughly what form the suggestion will take.

This bears more testing, but later.

>>9697117
It might not kill it but it will hurt it. HURT IT BAD.

Also, it could be used against the worm-like monster

rolled 1, 1, 5 = 7

>>9697036
>>9697117
You tell them about the composition of your grenades, aluminum and rust, adding that it requires a very high temperature to ignite, and once it's burning, it's very difficult to extinguish. In addition, it is astoundingly bright, so looking away would probably be a good idea.

The Conclave apparently knows of items that can achieve roughly the same effects, but not non-magically. They ask if you can manufacture these consistently and reliably, and if you require anything specific to do so.

>>9697090
You were already cut off. That crackling was probably a sign of that.

>>9697165
>You were already cut off. That crackling was probably a sign of that.

YOU MuST ContINue yOur M-m-MisSion!

>>9697165

With enough practice we should be able to make them reliably but for now some faulty ones might occur.


Ask them for great/powerful alchemy/transmutation boosting artifacts. Preferably the ones that can work in conjunction with the ones you already own.

Tell them you might come up with some more awesome stuff (like TNT) to make them more willing to part with said boosters.

We could also mention in passing that on our world thermite is a tool, not a weapon. It's mostly used to make things and weld them together, and is considered impractical for battlefield use.

Since thermite's so very, fucking, bright, wouldn't this make polarized, illumination-blocking SCIENCE GOGGLES (http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/9382537/#9389632) actually practical?

>>9697223
We dont really need anything major. We should be able to teach some other alchemists to do it even. It may take them longer though if they need to mix the components themselves after pulling the stuff out of the ground.

i cant play right now, but just wanted to say i fucking love this quest. Sage for not contributing

>>9697246

Shit, you're right. Maybe they will.

Damn, when will we start working on our bitching shades?

rolled 1, 5, 2 = 8

>>9697223
>>9697246
>>9697275
You tell them that, with practice, you can make plenty, but you've been stuck with a lot of duds, because you pretty much JUST started producing them. That's not all you can make, though. If they think thermite is great, they have yet to encounter nitroglycerine, let alone TNT. After all thermite is considered a tool on your world, used more industry than in battle. In a few specific situations, it works wonders, but it's nowhere near an all-purpose weapon.

Aside from that, it's fairly easy to make, if you know how. There are only two components, which are easily found. You could teach other alchemists how to make it, if necessary. Now, perhaps they wouldn't mind parting with some of their awesome wizard items?

As you thought, they're not about to send you better gear until you seriously prove yourself. Your capabilities are well-known, but they haven't seen the thermite in action, and no one else witnessed its success against the elemental. Once you encounter the reinforcements, that will change.

rolled 3, 5, 3 = 11

>>9697246
>>9697358
You can start making polarized lenses whenever you want, really. It's likely to be harder than mixing aluminum and rust, though.

Now then. For right now, the Conclave wants you to hold off on returning to the friendly fortress. You should find a place to camp at least three miles from this fortress, so there's no chance of the fog encroaching on you while you're asleep. They'll have further orders and information for you by evening.

Anything else?

>>9697364
Anything else they've learned from our little expedition?

>>9697406
Err, since we're outside of the fog could we have a guard join us at this base camp? I don't want to be asleep with no-one on guard.

>>9697433
there's noone there with us.

We could ask the gods to keep an eye on us maybe

We should replenish our thermite grenades. Make them bigger and more potent maybe. Use multiple rolls if necessary

>>9697406
>the Conclave wants you to hold off on returning to the friendly fortress.

Afraid our new friend will follow us back home.

Might as well timeskip.

>>9697406
Tell me, last time we used Ice Grenade mines, they only lasted 10 minutes before going off automatically. Could we rug them up so that they'll last 8 hours so that they can be used as perimeter defense while we sleep?

rolled 5, 3, 2 = 10

>>9697417
Yes. Apparently, when wounded, the elemental is unable to maintain the fog, and its radius decreases. Also, its tendrils seem to be controlled, not autonomous, since they started flailing around once you set its insides on fire. Besides that, the anti-scrying field remained mostly in the same position, but the edge nearest to you formed a 'bubble' of sorts, which moved toward you. This indicates that whatever you fought was only a smaller part of the elemental, and most of it was still in the fortress.

>>9697433
The Conclave can send you a scouting spirit, if that's acceptable. If anything approaches, it'll wake you.

>>9697493
Very well. Roll 5d20 for alchemy.

>>9697406

We should update the gods on everything.
Especially Hretmar, he's a worrier, he'll be glad to know we can send those antediluvian hyperplastic iridescent protoplasmic horrors running and screaming.

>>9697562

this. and make sure to call it that. :D

rolled 13, 19, 12, 18, 12 = 74

>>9697559
yeah, that's cool

>>9697613
Excellent!

>>9697562

Forgot "eldrictch," "tenebrous," and "from beyond the friendly spheres we know."

Could we start working on TNT? Let that thing swallow it and boom! As far as I know, TNT was invented for mining purposes and used to blow up mountains, that thing will never stand a chance.

Anyone know how hard it would be to make for us? I'm not good at science.

Ask them if the same thing was summoned at other fortresses.

rolled 1, 5, 4 = 10

>>9697534
10 minutes is a hard limit. Breaching one, as per usual, requires massive amounts of power. Even then, you might not get them all the way to eight hours.

>>9697562
Done. You contact the pantheon, updating them on everything just like the Conclave. Hretmar is glad that you're safe, of course, and Ilian is excited to know that you have a way to wound the elementals. Felion informs you that he and the forge god may have found a way to create a frame for that living factory/siege engine thing. If all goes well, Erivrus will be back in a body by the time reinforcements arrive, but it will be a basic form. Weapons, enchantments, and foundry items will have to be added after the fact.

>>9697593
The name's a bit long, and AHIPH doesn't flow. Ilian suggests you come up with something short and sweet, like 'poofy' to refer to them. It'll make them seem less fearsome, which could improve morale.

>>9697663
Let's do TNT under more.... controlled circumstances. Organic compounds with too much nitrogen are trouble.

>>9697700
"a GIGANTIC PUSSY"


Seriously, I don't know, have someone else come up with a name

>>9697700

Well, since we've already been referring to them as shoggoth, we'll stick with that name, I think.

>>9697663

Take this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol
Nitrate it and let the nitrated mix sit until it has bonded with itself fairly well.
Soak the liquid up with an absorbant of some sort, cloth should do, and compress it within a cylinder, possibly metal--we're here for something that will explode and work and still be safe to transfer, the dynamite skins we use in the real world aren't necessary--with a fuse that we can light.
Know what you have now?
Dynamite.

I don't know if it's possible or plausible for Maya to alchemize glycerol, or to know how to nitrate it if she does (maybe alchemy could cover the gap there, too).

Know what we can do with dynamite? And sufficient reaction mass? And proper containment?
We can make a nuke. Not a high-quality implosion nuke, mind you, and not one of the professional models with cobalt and thorium and tritium added to get nice fallout and not engineered so that said fallout has good dispersal, but we have enough alchemy power to get enough dynamite and enough U-234 or plutonium together in one place to make something as massive as Fat Man. Five tons is outside of our comfortable carry weight, but we could build a cart or something, the problem is getting it to detonate and getting away in time, so we'll want radios to be invented first so we can remote detonate.

rolled 4, 4, 6 = 14

>>9697613
On your way out, you stop briefly to see if you can magic up some more thermite. If it takes upwards of four grenades to put one of these things down, you're either going to need more or better weapons.

>13, 19, 12, 18, 12

This time, your luck holds out. You pull seven good-quality grenades out of the ground, all the size of soda cans, just like before. On top of that, you come up with two 'potato masher' grenades filled with extremely fine powder, styled after the Model 24. Their edges sport barbed hooks to hold them against flesh.

Your real triumph comes with your last attempt. Aluminum strings together like a cage, holding large amounts of powder in a disk shape, protected by thin panels. Five sharp blades extend from the disk, making it look much like a batarang. Anything that gets a mouthful of this will have a real bad day.

>>9697901
>incendiary batarang
Now we just need exploding batarangs, liquid nitrogen batarangs, and a few rope batarangs and we'll be the goddamn Batman.

rolled 5, 2, 1 = 8

>>9697687
Hybrid elementals were also summoned at the others, given the fields and fog, but they don't all necessarily take the same shape. Some could be worms, others could be striders, one could resemble a swarm of carpenter ants. You won't know until you can see them.

>>9697787
Very well. You'll call them shoggoths. You're not all that eager to learn their true names, anyway.

>>9697850
No, you don't currently know how to make TNT. With thermite, it's relatively easy, but this requires more knowledge than you presently have. You'd need to experiment.

>>9697850
You could just set a timed fuse and teleport the sucker a few Km above the target.

But let's not do the nuke. That opens a whole new world of problems.

>>9698002

Yes, but with it, a whole new world of solutions!
Nuclear solutions!

I remember a while back, someone suggested having the gods teleport large boulders a few miles above the fortresses, outside the no-go zone. Was a reason ever given as to why that wouldn't work/be impractical?

>>9698002

Agreed. Fallout alone is enough a reason to not delve into this area.

>>9697951
We're a magical demiurge that also happens to be a pop-culture junkie. Next thing you know we'll be styling our minions like various fictional armies.

>>9698037
> Was a reason ever given as to why that wouldn't work/be impractical?

No. Infact SPDM said that we could do it. We just didnt before because we still had to go in and rescue the soldiers spiked to the towers.

rolled 6, 5, 5 = 16

>>9698037
I don't remember. Exact aiming might be a bit difficult, and the teleportation they use is designed for ground-to-ground, but it's probably possible.

>>9698094
Indeed. Hmmm, I wonder what we'd shape them after....

>>9698037

Aiming is hard, especially when the thing we want to hit lives below ground and is completely surrounded by fog. So you'd need massive, massive rocks, and porting gets more difficult depending on the mass teleported. We can TRY it, but we'd need to get rocks massive enough and high enough to be in the WMD range, and the gods are unwilling to experiment with their precious reserves of energy when every ounce of it is currently needed and being used to 'port infantry, which HAS been successful so far with no experimentation needed.

Rods from LITERAL gods is fucking hilarious, though.

anyway, I'll go to sleep now. I think the most exciting part for today is over. Thanks dm

>>9698111
Might be interesting to try, especially if we can fills the rocks with something that will explode with a significant jolt, turning them into giant grenades that explode once they hit the ground.

>>9698114

Having the entire population of Dreamwood live in a single giantess-sized mansion and making them dress in meido and butler outfits was suggested way back when.

So for that reason, I recommend closing this line of conversation immediately and never looking back.

rolled 3, 1, 3 = 7

>>9698002
>>9698036
>>9698047
The mere fact that you HAD a nuke would probably be enough to cause most rational people to surrender. After its first use, the fear of it would be a potent enough weapon on its own.

>>9698094
You do have a utility belt, and the marathon symbol on your shields and the armor you've made.

>>9698110
Memory jogged. It's certainly possible, but anything dropped in this manner would obviously be unguided.

rolled 3, 1, 3 = 7

>>9698122
You could try shotgunning. More chance of a hit, but the reduced mass of each projectile would make it more of an annoyance than an assured kill.

>>9698139
No problem. Thanks for being here.

>>9698147
You could do that. It was suggested that you turn the boulders into shrapnel bombs by sealing grenades inside them.

>>9698151

>>9698184
So, um, that guardian spirit. Is it semi-sentient or is it just a dumb alarm? Can we talk to it?

>>9698264
No, just no. There's nobody here to make fun of us for these kinds of things, but even we've got standards. I'd only consider it if we were human-sized and stealthy.

rolled 6, 1, 3 = 10

>>9698278
It's a scout, more-or-less just a magical probe drone. You can scry through it using channeling, and it can tell you various bits of information that it knows. It's not sapient, just a marginally intelligent servant.

>>9698303
How about reworking our magmasteel into red and gold Iron Maya armor?

>>9698184
How much more energy could we expend and still be fully rested after most of a night's sleep? I'm guessing we've already gotten a good workout, so I'm voting for timeskip until morning (or significant event etc.) God-telegram Kel, tell him we're OK, the thermite worked on the Shoggoth but it got away, ask him what's news.

>>9698047
>Fallout alone is enough a reason to not delve into this area.
What did a videogame series ever do to anybody?
...or are you by chance referring to radioactive fallout.
Radioactive fallout, something that was mostly short-term and only affected things within the blast radius of the first nukes, until we specifically enriched and engineered it into our weapons to make them more likely to kill enemy soldiers and civilians and to make them capable of affecting enemy bunkers, so we had to make a whole LOT of fallout when very little would be made by a normal nuke in the hopes of penetrating Faraday-cage-lined bunkers, because there was no way in hell a plain simple vanilla explosive nuke would damage them?

Fallout isn't an unwanted side effect. For most military purposes these days, it is the main course. We'd have to work harder, in fact we would have to work very, VERY hard, to get decent fallout in our weapons. It is, in fact, the main difficulty with designing a modern nuclear weapon. You have to choose what kind of fallout you want, what dispersal you want, how much, etc.

Containing and/or minimizing fallout isn't going to be EASY, since we'll be making something crude and there's no way our whole mass will go nuclear. But it's not like we'd be using the GOOD stuff, either.

rolled 3, 5, 4 = 12

>>9698344
No reworking is necessary if you just want the colors, because you can paint it. If you want to craft it into a facsimile of the Iron Man suit, you should know that Magma Steel is very hard to shape, even with alchemy, and good luck seeing out of the tiny eye slits.

>>9698401
Right, because we totally know enough to make a nuke, and especially enough to make one that would give little radioactive fallout.

>>9698406

What if we do that, but change the helmet to be more like this?

rolled 4, 6, 2 = 12

>>9698393
Not very much.

Kel was already told that you were alright, but he's pleased to hear from you, as always.

“You shouldn't be alone out there. I know you don't actually NEED me to watch your back, but, well, you could always use the help, right?”

Repairs on the fortress have continued, but there really isn't much to do. A few of the men disassembled one of the siege engines the Forusians left behind, and were in the process of building a brothel before the commander found out about it. There aren't a lot of women out there anyway.

All in all, things are fairly boring at the moment. The alchemists have managed to pull up some tungsten, but nowhere near enough, and not very pure stuff, either. They are extremely interested in whatever allows you to do such incredible things so easily.

Before the session ends, I'll timeskip to you receiving your new orders, if that's alright.

>>9698450

We don't know how to make lots of kinds of nukes.
The best kinds, the ones that give massive fallout evenly distributed and can penetrate bunkers with said radiation, are utterly impossible for a normal person.
But, dammit, who in the modern age DOESN'T know how to make a gun assembly nuke?

rolled 5, 6, 1 = 12

>>9698479
If you spend enough time on it, it's possible. It definitely won't be as easy as making thermite, but, then again, it's just armor. Not much chance of it exploding horribly.

>>9698525
Skip to orders.

>>9698553

Well, if we'll get it down with enough time, why not? Let's do this.

Besides, I think it's a very fitting style of helmet for a captain's rank.

>>9698537
Me for one!

>>9698537

I sure as hell don't.

>>9698645
iirc, it's just "shoot uranium into uranium" and then kaboomies.

rolled 1, 1, 4 = 6

You find a nice spot, set up camp, and have a quick meal before the sun goes down. With your immense skills, you could easily build yourself a house right here, but the elements don't bother you at all, so you've never really seen the point. You spend the few hours until the sun goes down practicing alchemy, analyzing your armor's composition, and seeing if you can duplicate small bits of it, with no success. This might take longer than you thought.

At sunset, you re-open communications with the conclave, and are met with a new voice, speaking exclusively in monotone.

“Upon waking, you will journey West at your best possible speed. You will receive a message from Detachment Three when you are within range.”

That detachment is the closest one to you, split off from the forces invading Forus, just like the rest. They left their siege engines behind to increase their speed, but they are ten thousand strong and well-supplied, with elite mage divisions among their ranks. You should be in good company.

Communication terminates, and a small glowing thing, shaped like a teardrop, materializes beside you. It flashes a greeting, and you entrust it with the very important job of watching you while you sleep. Hopefully, once you reach the main forces, you'll have the manpower required to actually beat those elementals.

>>9698732
Sleep, skip to when we get orders from detachment 3.

>>9698676
Enriched Uranium, but yeah that's about it.

rolled 2, 2, 4 = 8

>>9698645
>>9698665
>>9698676
As I understand it, the gun-type weapon uses an explosive to force to sub-critical pieces of uranium together, which results in a mass able to detonate in a nuclear explosion. Even this basic knowledge is much more than anyone in this world is likely to have.

rolled 5, 1, 4 = 10

>>9698782
That will be the first thing to happen in Sunday's session.

>>9698732
>“Upon waking, you will journey West at your best possible speed. You will receive a message from Detachment Three when you are within range.”

>>9698804
I remember some TV show with a plot line of "university-age nuclear protesters make nuke to demonstrate insecurity of nuclear stockpile". They assembled a gun-type nuke in their apartment. As part of the plot immersion, the show described fairly accurately how to make it.

>>9698645
>>9698665

Not sure if serious.
Take uranium 234.
Take more uranium 234.
Take dynamite.
Put in straight barrel.
Shoot uranium at uranium.
Boom.

To maek bettar, have gods teleport above target, time fall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy
>Because Little Boy was an air burst 1,900 feet (580 m) above the ground, there was no bomb crater and no local radioactive fallout.

rolled 6, 6, 5 = 17

>>9698870
There is also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manhattan_Project_%28film%29 which was a favorite of mine.

>>9698840

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

>>9698732
That's a good end for today. I'm really against some of the pointless stylization that some people are talking about. We've got weapons to make and people to kill. Silly can come later.

See you tomorrow SubDM?

rolled 5, 5, 3 = 13

>>9698922
See you tomorrow. Thanks for playing.

>>9698956
Well, this was a good session SubProc.

>>9698892

Also, the reason you use U-234 instead of plutonium is because impure plutonium is likely to go nuclear on your ass before you want it to.
Yeah, we could accidentally the whole quest if we use the wrong materials.
Yes, the problem would be that we'd hilariously create too MUCH nuke instead of not making a nuke at all.

>>9698956
Sorry SubDM, I screwed up archiving it. Switched description and tags.

>>9699301

How did you screw this up? Were you blindfolded?

rolled 2, 3, 5 = 10

>>9699301
That's alright. It's findable, and I include links in the opening posts anyway.