Let's try this chat thing out.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/chats.html

Channel name is: /tg/quest

>>16912145
>75
I love where this is going.
Press the attack into the wrong-hearted bosom of the enemy!
Stealth teams, continue infiltration.

That's a nice roll to start the thread off with

Good. The Emperor protects us so far.
Hopefully it won't be as bad as the battle.

Also, no to the chat. Get 4chanX for firefox or opera.

Are there any Aurors in the infiltration team? If so, they'll be quite useful.
Have BLU team face the direction of Barad-dur and taunt. Hopefully that'll keep Sauron's attention.

>>16912145
Does the last roll of the last thread count for anything?

>>16912235
Oh wait never mind, Sauron's finally got his eye on us.

>>16912185
I cannot get the plugin. Does that mean no quest for me?

>>16912248
You don't have java updated?
That should be pretty easy to update.

>>16912248
Just make sure you have a browser extension for 4chan and you should be good.

>>16912212
Haters gonna hate.

Anyways, OP, can you get in the chat. It isn't complete without you.

>>16912268
Think he's busy with... you know, the actual quest?

>>16912301
Hey, he can just lurk if he wants. Whatever, just asking, not like I'm demanding he come to the chat.

I really, really fucking hate it when a quest gets a chat room, because it alienates some of the audience who prefers to just watch the thread

the ones in the chat are also privy to information that the ones following the threads aren't given.

>>16912329
We're just talking about Blind Guardian right now. Chill out. We're all patiently waiting for OP to produce.

>>16912329
You aren't really missing much, we're currently talking about Blind Guardian.

>>16912350
>>16912352
quest IRC rooms just leave a bad taste in my mouth after what happened with Musouquest over on /m/, where most of the information was revealed in the IRC room, and the ones reading the thread were left out to dry.

The demoman lost the un-named sword when he respawned, right?

>>16912390
Yes, but we recovered it quickly. All is not lost.

Where's this Chat at?

>>16912383
Understandable. I view chats as a way to just hang out and talk to fellow members of the quest without taking up thread posts. We will still post in this thread of course.

>>16912145
>Your cloaked Delta Greens and Tosh advance towards the massive tower
Wait, I thought we were keeping the Delta Green team on the Al'Kesh, in order to minimize the size of the infiltration team (Tosh, EMH and 1 Auror) and so that they could provide cover fire if they need to set the Al'Kesh down in case an interdiction field goes up around Barad-dur.

>>16912352
So, we wait...

>htells lines):
I know, CAP, but we have to be patient.

rolled 77 = 77

>>16912301
Actually, I got called away from the keyboard.

I'm having trouble accessing the chat for some reason.

The stealth team takes a while, but eventually they find a good place to climb up the walls, the Auror simply flying past jagged battlements and hideous gargoyles. The Auror pauses for a moment to dispel several hidden trap spells as the Stealth Team ascends. In what seems like ages, the final Delta Green scrambles over the top.

They are now on a black iron rampart. Imposing doors of the same metal are to the north and south.

>>16912451
Alohamora that shit.

I say we head south.

>>16912481
Seconding this. Seems like a very Mordorian direction, so it seems the Rings'll be stowed more thataway.

>>16912451
Are we able to get a sense of where the Rings are located via passive scans?

I vote head south, as it's as a good a direction as any.

Can the aurors scry behind the doors before we go through them?

>>16912481
seconded

>>16912451
North is ALWAYS a trap, so South it is.

>>16912451
Go south.
Check for traps.
Use Alohomora spell to unlock the door only if necessary.

Currently on chat: Random youtube links about Crowe's Brasta.

Also take on me as sung by saints row 2

rolled 10 = 10

>>16912494
Not from the ship, no. Do Aurors have a Potterverse version of Locate Object?

Your Auror manages to unlock the southern door and your team passes through into it. Inside is another door, presumably leading out to more battlements, and spiral stairs leading down. You can barely hear the footfalls of patrolling orcs deeper within the dim-lighted fortress.

>You are now in a series of twisty, curvy passages. All alike.

Fuck you OP.

Oh wait, I'm getting ahead of the timeline yet again, aren't I? Nevermind.

>>16912553
Hopefully Tosh can mind blast the Orcs to stun them, and an Auror can petrify the one in the back, to block their exit. Then we murder the everloving shit out of them.

Spiral stairs leading down are go.

>>16912553
>10
>mfw THIS ROLL during a critical operation
Start casting silencing spells, be stealthy, and for the love of God, only fire when aggressed upon! Just keep moving and we should be okay..

>>16912553
...Damnit, we brought the clumsy auror didn't we?

>>16912553
Are we heading in the direction of the battle?

>>16912578
Fuckin' Tonks man

>>16912553
Make sure that the silence spell is up, go down the stairs. Make sure to do silent takedowns, none can be allowed to raise an alarm.

>>16912553
Clumsy Auror just bumped into everyone, we fell down the stairs, an Orc planted an axe in the face of one of the Delta Greens, Tosh has a headache, and Sauron just got suspicious.

>>16912572
Murder them? Have you never heard of obliviate?

>>16912553
Illusion an Auror into an orc! So if anything goes wrong, we'll have a second or two of leeway as the sentries try to find out waht went wrong that we can use to silently kill them or GTFO.

>>16912145
>rolled 10 = 10

>>16912641
We can use obliviate and stupefy in combination to take out lone guards, but we're in trouble if it's a patrol.

What about Repello Orcus?
Potter spells just require the addition of extra phrases to alter functionality.
What if we used the anti-Muggle charms, but changed Muggletum to Orcus to work against Orcs?

>>16912393
Since this is likely to happen agian, why don't we equip him with one of these?
IIRC, in the fluff for TF2 the demoman prefers blunt weapons to blades

rolled 83 = 83

Your team descends down the stairs... right into an ascending orc patrol. The orcs don't see you due to your invisibility, but things get confusing when one steps on a DG's foot with a spiked boot and he can't help but utter a strangled curse. Luckily, disaster is averted due to your quick orders for Tosh's mindblast and the Auror's petrify. The off-guard orcs are swiftly and silently taken down, but you have no way of getting rid of the bodies.

You are now on a time limit.

At the bottom of the stairs is a circular chamber with an open door leading out into a small courtyard. It is mostly open space, probably a marshaling yard. Several stacks of firewood and piles of coal are heaped at the rear corners, near a large ramp leading underground. Two large double doors of adamant are the other exits, leading in the direction of the Main Gate, and one leading towards the inner tower.

...and I can't seem to access the JavaChat, no matter what I do.

As someone who participated in the original Editors meta-setting threads, it seems that people have forgotten one of the primary rules of the Editors: Don't touch the protagonists.
When you recruit, you recruit grunts. You could recruit a space marine, but not a Primarch or captain, because that would fuck with canon and you're trying to FIX canon.

Now, on the chat someone told me that /tg/ Quest is set before the editors themselves come into being, which means those rules wouldn't apply. But I'd like to get confirmation from OP.

>>16912738
I deliberately set it before the Editors were formed so I wouldn't have to worry about missing something.

>>16912738
The only protagonists we've recruited have been right before they would have died, thus their stories were over when we got to them.

>but you have no way of getting rid of the bodies.
"What is Beam up the bodies".

I'm up for Inner Tower. Are you guys up for Inner Tower?

If there are piles of coal and wood, it is likely that there is a furnace nearby. Is it possible to get rid of the bodies in this manner?

>>16912737
>83
Looking good. Continue using silencing spells, stunning spells, and quiet evasions/takedowns as we advance towards the objective. Head for the inner tower at once.

>>16912737
Damnit he forgot about obliviate.
And what do you mean 'can't get rid of the bodies'?
Transfigure them into a cobblestone or something, it's how Crouch Jr. hid his dad's corpse.

>>16912768
Seems as good a place as any, do we know the location of the ring we are trying to loot?

>>16912737
The inner tower sounds like it would be where a Dark Lord would keep his trophies.

Perhaps we should set up a remote-detonated bomb at those piles of wood and coal in case we need to create a distraction?

>>16912757
Carry on then. As someone in the chat said:
"who knows, maybe our looting of protragonists is why that rule came into being"

>>16912737
To the middle tower, Sauron would keep that shit close.

>>16912737
Transfigurate the bodies into pieces of firewood and coal, and hide them amongst the piles.

That's how we get rid of bodies in the Transpace Guard!

>>16912805
As one of the co-creators from the original Editors thread, I vouch for this. After the Great Crossover Wars, during which extensive 'recruitment' was needed, the Transpace Guard decided that preventing further crossovers was imperative. Thus, the rule against protagonist interference. I can post a link to the 'official' Codex we have for the setting if anybody wants.

>>16912809
Seconding this.

>>16912829
We still do have some fairly major rules and restrictions though. Like the more important a character, the less chance we have of recruiting them (Gaunt was a freebie, I think).

>>16912822
Brilliant!

>>16912805
But the only protagonists we currently have with us, either died in their Canons so we replaced them with cloned body-doubles, or are from areas which already have stable Meta-crossover (Char).
Egon, we got from his post-Ghostbusters career, meaning that his Canon no longer had a need for him.

>>16912822
I like the way Anon thinks sometimes.
This is one of those times.

>>16912852
I getcha now. I haven't been following these threads that closely until recently.

Chat status: Discussing the Silmarillion.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/chat.html

>>16912822
Excellent!

With this in mind, couldn't we also transfigure our men to look like orcs as we can't stay invisible for ever.

>>16912878
S'alright. We're not stupid, you know.
Well, at least we try, anyway. When we're not derping so hard, we herp and make an elven ghost facepalm. Or send an away team without backup into a melee fight against Drow.

>>16912921
Yeah, fair enough. I should give /tg/ more credit.
I'm just used to being around such incredible stupidity that I just assume...
Anyway, sorry.

>>16912921
Yeah, we've derped the herp pretty hard. We even have one homosexual with an attraction to disarmed nuclear explosives that comes by every so often.

>>16912792
>>16912822
...and you get rid of the bodies, choosing eventual cremation for them.

Your stealth team heads for the large double door. Another Auror spell unbars it and allows you to swiftly push it open, just enough for you to slip through. On the other side is a courtyard identical to the one you just passed through, save one wall is part of the outermost reaches of the main tower. Two leering gargoyles stand on pillars over an archway that leads further in.

>>16912914
Nope. That is incredibly dangerous and not to be attempted.
How have you not read the books in this day and age?

>>16912959
Do we have any ability to Blind the gargoyles? Like, teleport Cloth over them so they can't see?
Then we simply walk into Tower.

>>16912959
Aren't gargoyles part of Sauron's passive defense network?

Dispelling them would probably trigger an alert, that they're no longer reporting.

Is there a Potter spell that could get us past them?

>>16912914
only if it's not a strain nor interferes with any of the other magics we might need. if we lose invis, i'm thinking we lost magic so the point is moot.

>>16912984
...In theory, Sauron shouldn't have any defense for Apparating, so he/she should take Tosh and whoever else is with them, and apparate past them.

>>16912974
I read most of them and got bored of them.

And if not transfiguration, why not illusions?

>>16913015
illusions like invisibility?

>>16912984
Well if we had the phial of Galadriel we could just walk through them and they would shatter. Or run past them like the first guardians of the Southern Oracle in The Neverending Story, the sphinxes with laser eyes.

>>16913015
They actually don't really seem to have those.

>>16913004
We could use side-along apparition to get the entire team across.

That's probably the safest method to bypass the guardian gargoyles.

I'm concerned with the noise that it would make, though.

>>16913081
Actually Apparation only makes noises for people in a hurry or newbies. Trained wizards can do it silently.

>>16913081
This seems like a reasonable idea.

>>16913081
i agree with this idea

>>16913097
so with bumblefuck on our team, we're guaranteed to make noise.

>>16913081
Let's go with this and hope those silencing charms hold.

rolled 65 = 65

>>16913081
The Auror attempts to apparate the team through...

>>16913162
Hooray! No Sauron today.

>>16913169
I'm just glad there won't be any splinching.
Maybe Tosh will even be able to suppress the urge to vomit.

>>16913179
>tosh vomiting in the middle of Barad-Dur with the world's clumsiest Aurors
Why do I have the urge to request a drawfag all of a sudden?

>>16913162
Success!

>>16913194
To be fair, only one Auror is clumsy.

>>16913194
...You mean that only just now do you want a drawfag?

>>16913162
Phew!

rolled 16 = 16

>>16913162
...and succeeds!

The team advances past the archway, into a large hallway that leads further into the tower. It is dimly lit here, by a scant few torches set into iron insets in the walls. The walls themselves are ribbed with hard-angled iron braces every few feet. The sounds of whimpering and moaning can be heard further in. Occasionally it is punctuated by screams and the sounds of the lash, or the sizzle of something against flesh.

>>16913216
>16

Well it was too good to last

>>16913206
I didn't want to seem greedy...
This quest has so many great moments for artists....
>Mechagodzilla killing KOS-MOS
>A lineup of the heroes
>etc.
>>16913216
>16
THE DICE TAKETH AWAY.
Well, have some illuminations spells cast, prepare some Petronus-es, and prepare for dealing with ghosts, Orc torturers, and maybe a freaking-the-fuck-out Gollum/Smeagol. Stick to the plan and we'll be fine.

>>16913216
Looks like Sauron's Fun Room.
Anyway, continue ascending the tower in search of Ring. maybe Tosh can give us an idea of what direction the 2nd largest Evil in the tower is at.
Largest is, obviously, Sauron. But the rings should be next in line.

>>16913216
>rolled 16 = 16
grrrr

We could have Tosh advance ahead of the group slightly now that we are inside the tower.
He is very good at remaining hidden and it should give us some early warning on any problems that we may run into.

>>16913235
Actually, KOS-MOS got owned by a combined orbital bombardment of our entire fleet. Mecha Godzilla kicked in the cunts of the Sailor scouts and Flesh Godzilla.

>>16913258
If you had a drawfag do one big landscape panorama shot of that battle, it'd be as confused as it would be fucking amazing.

>>16913258
Pretty sure MechaGodzilla ran the fuck away from Godzilla and Alucard as soon as it could.

>>16913235
>Mechagodzilla killing KOS-MOS
It wasn't M-G that did that, that was the space fleet.
Though I would like a few panels.
>Pellaeon giving the order to fire as the Relentelss, Mercury, and Oncoming Storm bound away at a Zentraedi battlegroup
>Alucard being sucked into the Omega Trap
>Our capture of the Executor

>>16913216
Shit.
Stick to the plan, be ready to improvise.

>>16913235
Mecha-G was nowhere near Kosmos. she died to overwhelming firepower in space.

>>16913254
and Tonks will be the first person he bumps in to.

rolled 31 = 31

not sure if my roll is gonna help

>>16913279
Only the OP's rolls matter in this quest.

>>16913286

well then i derped

It's Midnight and we're assaulting the tower of Barad-dur.
Spooky.
Anyway, let's get back to work. Time for OP to tell us what's showing up to kick our teeth in.

rolled 29 = 29

Tosh suddenly winces.

"Somethin' powerful be comin' this way, mon."

One of the doors opens and a tall, armored, and shrouded figure emerges. His face is obscured by a large hood and a naked sword is clutched in one armored hand. A team of six exceptionally muscular orcs accompany him. Suddenly he stops, raising a hand. He begins to... sniff the air?

We require more vespine gas.

Tosh better have the silenced AGR-28 gauss rifle ready to shut down anyone that looks like they might raise an alarm.

>>16913330
WE HAVE BEEN INVADED-
Alright, guys, Patronus-es, other combat charms, psychic whatever, anti-spooky weaponry, whatever, just lay 'em out quietly.

>>16913330
Well fuckity fuck fuck.
Let's see if he's still human enough to be obliviated.

>>16913330
I haven't read the Hobbit, but is this a major lore character.
Anyway, the roll of 29 indicates we're fighting him.
Tosh can snipe or lash him, the DGs can boolet him. Aurors should focus on walls of force to push the attackers back and stall them.

>>16913330
Tonks just shat himself, didn't he?

>>16913330
Well this isn't good.
We should have the Delta Greens get ready to engage.

>>16913348
>Tonks just shat himself, didn't he?
...
lmao

Crap, we shouldn't kill a Nazgul.
I think.
Actually, do we see all of them at once again after the river scene?

>>16913345
If that doesn't work, prepare the 'incendio' spells.
I'm pretty sure Nazgul hate being lit on fire.

>>16913348
>>16913369
We specifically left that Auror with the other team.

>>16913374
I'm pretty sure they're mostly immortal anyway, being little more than extensions of Sauron's will.

>>16913374
Wait. If this is a Nazghul, does that mean it's carrying a usable Ring?

Also binding spells, they exist.

>>16913330
Good news: We found a ring!
Bad news: We found a ringwraith!
Hopefully Sauron will just resurrect it and give it one of the spare dwarven rings he has lying around.

>>16913390
Yes. But it's a canon character, so no touching/permanent harm.

>>16913390
Well all the nazgul did have rings, it's what corrupted them after all, as to whether we can use it I don't know

>>16913330
This is bad.

I'd prefer to attempt to disengage silently and hide away, wait till they pass, then move on. Possibly using side-along apparition again.

If it does come down to a fight:
Petrificus Totalus from the Auror on the Nazgul (I hope it's just a Nazgul and not the Witch-King).
Mass rifles from the Delta Greens to drop the orcs (sound like Uruk-hai). Tosh to lend his psi powers to stunning the Ringwraith long enough for it to be petrified.

>>16913377
Lighting on fire is counter productive to our stealth needs.

Let's see if we have a charm to mask our scent as well, maybe that will help.

>>16913402
That, or Ahriman has to deal with an angry Nazghul and his friends coming to collect his material focus.

rolled 69 = 69

>>16913374
They are mentioned as fighting at the Battle of Morannon, but I don't think any scenes are specified for anyone but the Witch King and his second, Khamul.

With a shrill shriek, the figure gestures at Tosh and begins to advance, his blade held high. The orcs roars and draw their weapons.

>>16913409
Somehow I find this hilarious. Us flying by at mach speed, blasting on a loudspeaker "Here's your ring k bye", dropping a ring out of an aircraft at his feet, followed by Sauron's army zerg rushing Ahriman.

>>16913406
there's charms that can mask our scent?
if so then use them

>>16913406
>>16913405
Mix of these.
Not the Witch-King, he has a fancier hat.
Can we reverse the petrification? If so, I totally back this, just remember to reverse it before we leave.

>>16913420
Delta Greens engage, drop the orcs.
Patronous on the ring wraith, lets see if we can drive it off.

>>16913420
>mfw fightin' scene
Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out!
Psychic blasts, Mass Rifle volleys, Petrificus Totalus / Patronus attacks, everything. Keep it quick and it'll be as good as quiet.

>>16913420
...First priority is to bind the Wraith, petrificus totalus if possible, if not just the legs.
Then kill the orcs.

>>16913420
Well, time to introduce him to Killy death.
Psionic lash him, Boolet spam in his direction, and the Aurors can Stone or Fire the orcs.

>>16913420
well....time for killing i suppose

>>16913445
Are this team equipped with any Elvish Blades?
That will take him down nicely.

>>16913436
It's not literal petrification, just being paralyzed.
Also I'll have to veto giving Ahriman a Wraith's Ring, if only because Ahriman could probably bind the Nazgul to his will.
Also, slaying a Nazgul is definitely something Sauron would notice.

>>16913458
No. No they aren't.

>>16913441
I second this course of action. Engage the orcs, patronus the wraith. Anything with fire, too. Prepare for backup though..

>>16913478
Alright, so we weaken it with Light spells like Expecto Patronum.

Say, what happens if you cast Finite Incantatem on a being sustained by magical enchantments?

>>16913484
Well damn.

>>16913441
Drive it off, so it can go crying to Sauron himself?
I don't think so.

>>16913441
>>16913494
The problem with only using Patronus is that it only drives the Ringwraith away; we need to stop it and keep it from calling for more backup as well as raising the alarm.

rolled 34 = 34

The Nazgul advances with lightning speed, shaking off the Auror's magic as he drives his blade into one of the cloaked Delta Greens. The Green drops to the ground, shivering as the other Greens tear apart four of the six orcs in short order. The remaining two charge, swinging their weapons in wide arcs in order to hit their invisible opponents, and seemingly relying on some other senses to detect their general location. Two more Greens suffer gashes on their arms and chests as they fail to get out of the way in time.

>>16913503
>>16913508
In that case can we box it into a corner with patronous?

>>16913508
So cast Silencio on it.

>>16913510
Hm. Yeah light it on fire, at least to distract it.

>>16913510
Fuck. Wraithblade injuries need powerful magic to heal. Well, continue the onslaught, TOSH-blast it, and more binding/silencing charms.
>34
Well, we can only hope for the best, however bad that is. The /tg/ dice are cruel mistresses indeed.

>>16913510
we need to take down that wraith immediately!!!

Why haven't we tried using ACCIO RING!?

>>16913510
Dammit, that DG is going to turn into a Wraith if we don't get him very advanced magical healing.

Remaining Delta Greens to drop the still standing Orcs.
Anyone that can, fire mass rifles at the Ringwraith; we can't kill it, but we can slow it down.

Have the Auror try a Levicorpus spell.

Tosh to fire at the advancing Nazgul with his gauss assault rifle.

>>16913565
Tosh would be better off using Psionic Lash than his gauss rifle.

I think this whole thing could have been avoided had we run away from the wraith and then slip by him after he chases us, bu hindsight and all that.

Mind Blast, secure ringwraith by whatever means available. Drop the orcs.

Derp, posted that to the old thread.

>>16913565
>we can't kill it, but we can slow it down.
I'm pretty sure we CAN kill it, however we don't WANT to.

rolled 67 = 67

The Aurors once more attempt their magic, but the potent wards and resistances of the creature before them within its place of power defy their efforts. The remaining orcs are compressed to tiny, but very dense chunks by the mass rifles.

The Ring-Wraith utters another shrill cry as it stabs its sword into another Delta Green. Tosh fires at it with his rifle, but the shots go wide, blowing large craters in the wall behind him.

>>16913631
>67
Hold the line! Bind it! It cannot hold against the magic of the will of dedicated men! Continue to attempt to bind it with psychic attacks, silencing/binding charms, and good old fashioned violence.

>>16913631
EVADA KEDAVRA TIME.
It won't kill it but it's damn powerful!

>>16913631
Hit that fucker with everything we have, and get the Delta Greens out of the way of his sword

>>16913631
Shit bro how much HP does this damn thing have?

>>16913538
Well, we do have some serious healing mojo on our side.

But to be safe, have ANON and the EMH start going through the records from the Rivendell library for information on cure and treatment.

>>16913654
It's got negative HP bro.

>>16913631
...Obliviate?
Or, if he's immune to direct spell damage, levitate things like Orc corpses etc at him at high speeds.

>>16913659
Maybe Egon should be ready to suck the Evil out of any survivors, if they do in fact survive.

>>16913631
Flames will bring it to bay! Fire from the Auror to drive it back, and then Tosh can obliterate the wall behind it, bury it under rubble and delay it chasing us!
The clock will be ticking now.

>>16913631
Tosh to try a psychic attack to stun it.

Delta Greens to shoot the Nazgul with their mass rifles to weaken it.

Auror to use a Patronus spell to weaken it then Petrificus Totalus, as well as other binding spells.

>>16913641
Forbidden spell. Also any scrub knows undead are immune to killing curses.

>>16913673
BRILLIANT

>>16913623
we don't want to, but we're going to have to. blow the fucker's ring arm off, take it, and run.

>>16913659
>>16913631
Start beaming up the two hit by the wraith, for treatment. Check records for anything that helps.
Beam down a proton pack, show this wraith how we do things downtown.

>>16913692
But it's not a ghost.
Not really, I don't think.

>>16913692
Proton Pack and a ghost trap. Trap that sucker until we leave.

>>16913702
neither was alucard. they work on all things paranormal.

>>16913702
It's spirit based. Alucard wasn't a true ghost either.
Proton pack should still harm/effect it. Trap is a little iffier, but we'll see.

>>16913692
>>16913673
Either of these are acceptable. Proton packs = uber lolz, because we contain it and there's no worry about it getting away!

>>16913718
The reason it worked on Alucard was because he was pretty much full of ghosts/souls that he's eaten over the centuries.

"ANON, Egon, will a proton pack work on a Ringwraith?"
May as well see if we can ask them first.

>>16913733
There doesn't seem to be much subtance left to these guys. There is a reason we call them ringwraiths.

>>16913733
And honestly I was surprised when he himself was sucked in the trap. Like I figured he'd just be deprived of his souls, reducing him to his true form.

With bated breath I listen to Egon's report. I wonder what will happen!

...Can we even beam things down here? I thought the ambient magic was too oppressive.

rolled 57 = 57

Several mass rifles impact the Ring-Wraith, which lets out a shriek as parts of its armor are crumpled to nothing.

"EXPECTO! PATRONUM!!!"

A silvery ghost appears in front of the Auror and the Ring-wraith shrinks back from it, attempting to stab the apparition with its blade and failing.

Tosh grimaces as he lashes out with his mind and the Nazgul seems to stagger for a moment. More mass rifle fire tears off more armor as the Auror attempts a petrification spell that still fails.

"...It might work," Egon admits. "So long as there was minimal physical material left."

Waiting for op.

>>16913875
It's the best shot we have, I guess. Seeing as this thing's magic resistance is off the shots.

>>16913884
Give it our best shot, and Godspeed.

>>16913875
So we continue to blast it to pieces and then trap it then?

>>16913875
Might as well give it a shot.
Can we even warp stuff in and out of there?

I'm thinking that with all the fightan we've done with this wraith, we need to tear the ring off its body and gtfo.

>>16913875
Proton accelerate the bastard, Transfigurate any clothing/armor left on him, and trap him until we leave.

>>16913911
Maybe.
did Ahriman say he would KEEP it or just study it?

>>16913911
We need to leave him when we're done here.

>>16913926
let's worry about that after our giys are safe, mmmmmkay?

>>16913926
Keed it, study it, and name it George.

Hmmm. Could the incarcerous charm work? Since it conjures ropes instead of directly binding the Nazgul, maybe it can bypass his magic resistance?

>>16913977
Maybe crushing it under the stones around it would work? It is a wraith.. they need shapes to wear and beasts to ride. Maybe killing its body would free us of having to deal with it?

In several passages it is stated that Sauron keeps the Nine.

"They would have obeyed . . . any minor command of his that did not interfere with their errand - laid upon them by Sauron, who still through their nine rings (which he held) had primary control of their wills . . . — The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 246
They were by far the most powerful of his servants, and the most suitable for such a mission, since they were entirely enslaved to their Nine Rings, which he now himself held . . . — Unfinished Tales, p. 338"

rolled 96 = 96

The Auror advances forward and levels his wand.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

The spell is complete, but another Delta Green pays a heavy price for it, as the Ringwraith's blade pierces into his shoulder. The Nazgul turns... and is unable to move his feet. The spell worked...partially.

Another shrill shriek splits the air as the mass rifles leave a massive hole in the wraith's center. Then suddenly Tosh levels his rifle and aims carefully. A burst of gauss rounds blast off the Nazgul's right hand, and Tosh dashes forward to pick up the gauntlet. The wraith shrieks in impotence, slashing at Tosh as he retrieves the item. The blade impacts against his armor, but does not pierce it.

"We got de ting! Or close enuff! Move it!"

rolled 22 = 22

>>16914046
In The Council of Elrond Gandalf says that the Nazgûl kept their Rings by saying "The Nine the Nazgûl keep."

Aaaaand I guess that was true of this one at least.

>>16914060
Alright, let's evacuate post-haste.
Should we bother attempting obliviate?

>>16914060
>96
Hell yes!
and we got the ring!
Now lets bug out of here.
Can we get beamed out?

>>16914060
I.. er.. hrm.
Can the ringwraith even still exist without the ring? I wouldn't think so.
So, are we looking at actually killing off a Nazgul, and giving Ahriman that ring, or do we act fast and ghost trap the Nazgul til we leave with the ring that is less connected with the plot?

>>16914108
I think we're looking at giving Ahriman a free cohort in addition to a Ring.

>>16914120
I'd rather we didn't. Besides, he's got his own Rubicwraiths, and they come with space marine armor.

>>16914060
We can't use this ring!! Its needed for canon! We need a dwarven ring!

Thread seems oddly quiet. I'll be disappointed if all the talk is in chat. I, like OP, cannot into chat.

The chat room emptied about an hour ago.

>>16914149
I didn't think all Nine Nazgul were ever seen fully assembled?
But if that's the case...
Maybe we can just obliviate the Nazgul into thinking those dead orcs were too drunk to be scared of him and got insanely lucky?

>>16914149
This man has a point.. that ring belongs to canon, but Dwarven rings are all up for grabs or in dragon-bellies!
>>16914157
I also cannot into chat. :(

Piss off, out of Barad-Dur and the Black Gate.
Get the Delta Greens some Auror, EMH, Egon and BLU Medic-related healing if they still live.
Stuff any dead KIs or X-com soldiers in recovery tanks.
Pick up Spike and the Sandmen (and the Booze) from Rivendell
Give Ahriman the ring
Tally our losses

From this world, we managed to:
1. Stop Ahriman, a chaos sorceror, from interfering with the plot.
2. Prevent a Shipper from interfering with the plot, and also collect evidence of her past crimes.
3. Loot a shitload of swords
4. Loot a shipper vessel, which contained a Bomb that could hurt chaos demons.

Our research topics for the moment are:
Defensive applications of reality emitters
Use of Ghost traps on a wider range of targets
The Bomb that the shipper used to repel chaos demons
Middle Earthen Elven magic from the scrolls and swords we obtained (The Aurors should work on this, not the Scientists)

Our manufacturing topics for the moment are:
Repair of Gurthang

When we get back to base, we need magic protection, psi protection, more SCIENCE!, and more information-gathering tools (be they upgraded sensors, plot-o-vision, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, or people with uncanny intuition).

>>16914168
...That's the point, we're breaking into Barad-Dur because that's where the Dwarven Rings are.
But we encountered unexpected difficulties.
I think we're gonna need to pay ol' Tom Bombadil a visit after this.
I'm pretty sure we can count on him to be discreet.

>>16914149
fine. pull the wounded out and beam in more. we can use this for another diatraction somehow.

>>16914164
Perhaps, but I think they come back with Sauron for the end of the world fight, so we probably shouldn't mess with that.

>>16914060
Tosh scoops the ring up in the containment box, then the group begins running back up to the courtyard.

"START DE DROPSHIP, JACQUES! START DE DROPSHIP!!!"

The sound of boots on metal, stone, and earth fill the air as the shrill shrieking of the wraith seems to have garnered unwanted attention. Arrows begin to fly through the air as dark archers locate the fleeing troops and fire at them.

The troops make it back to the ramparts, trailing behind them a large horde of angry orcs. Just as the first orc comes up the stairs, the Al'Kesh swoops down, laying a suppressing fire while gathering its wards to it. Once the final Green is aboard, the Al'Kesh turns and soars back into the sky, which echoes with a shrill, high-pitched scream.

>Gandalf at least believes that the Witch-king of Angmar and the others of the Nazgûl shall not die but be thrown into the Void with Sauron at the destruction of the One Ring (The Return of the King, "The Siege of Gondor"). This suggests that when Sauron becomes free of the Void during Dagor Dagorath that they may also be.

>>16914212
Well, we got a ring. Not the one we came for, but a ring nonetheless. This may or may not hurt us in the long run, but its nothing we can fix if we don't give Holtz all the details. Let's make sure to retrieve our front-line combat squad in the meanwhile.

>>16914218
Well, he's right for 8/9, so that's good for him.

Well, I think the wraith stays, or maybe disolves, but I don't thing the ring itself has an ties to it. No more than the One Ring has to any of the hobbits. They didn't age properly and feel a great longing for the ring, and humans had it even worse, but it was they that were connected. The rings themselves are tied to the One Ring and in turn to Sauron.

>>16914304
Typos, typos everywhere. Think I'm going to have to call it a night.
But I don't believe the wraith is part and parcel with the ring. It just wishes it was.

>>16914304
True, but I think it might be a bit different, since the Nazgul's Rings were made specifically for them, while the One Ring belongs to Sauron.

I wonder can we trade the Nazgul's ring for a dwarven ring from Sauron? Just putting out an idea here.

OK, I'll call it here for tonight and tomorrow you can deliver the ring and hear what the A-man has to say.

>>16914325
Honestly their rings seem to be the weakest. All he had to temp Man with was eternal life and tie in long term corruption as they exceed their limits.

>>16914348
...We probably could, seeing as Sauron didn't really do... anything with the Dwarven Rings.
But the problem is that that means we'd have to talk to him, which is a no go.

>>16914368
True.
Seriously, when we hop back to base WE HIRE A FUCKING CULEXUS ASSASIN OR SOMETHING.

I'm am tired of getting mindraped everytime we deal with... anything!

>>16914378
We could have Duirel propose a trade to the Mouth of Sauron, and swear on Ringil itself that it would be in good faith.
We could probably even avoid being backstabbed.

>>16914401
Oh, i like your plan...
Except we seriously need to be ready for anothewr /tg/ dice failure.

Someone that canstill think make an archive for this one. G'nights fellow anons.

>>16914468
Done.

To-do list:

1. Extract the distraction team ASAP, along with all the wounded and dead we haven't already beamed up.
2. Full casualty list, get healing/nanny bags etc going
3. Have ANON project potential canon damage from giving a Nazgul ring to Ahriman
4. Cleanup the black gate. Beam up any non-canon materials from the battle site. Sauron cannot get his hands on them.

THEN speak to Ahri, only IF the ring is safe to pass.

N.B. Would it be possible to embed a tracking beacon in the containment box when we hand the ring over? It could be good to know where Ahriman is in future. He might be useful.

>>16914932
>3. Have ANON project potential canon damage from giving a Nazgul ring to Ahriman
Definitely needing to do this.

The big reasons why we went after the Dwarven Rings of Power was because fighting Ahriman would introduce large casualties, and such a big battle so close to the Protagonists would disrupt Canon, and because the Dwarven Rings are only mentioned in the Canon, but never seen, used, or recovered, making their disappearance from their resting place non-damaging.

But now, we've got one of the Nine, possibly taking out a Ringwraith before the story has concluded. This presents uncertainty. We may have damaged the Canon in some way.

Also, maybe we should get a group of Final Fantasy White Mages, or at least some other magical healing specialists.
Having magic healers attached to each away team should minimize casualties to instant vaporization only.

>>16914212
>"START DE DROPSHIP, JACQUES! START DE DROPSHIP!!!"
Haha, I see what you did there, OP.

>>16916745
Most of our deaths are one hit kills tbh. We haven't seen many die from injury. Gaunt maybe, but that was a fuckup. The Aurors can do pretty good healing too.

>>16914932

Somehow, I think Ahriman is smart enough to thwart us Lojacking a Ring of Power. Just saying.

>>16916968
Probably, but he might not care.

We need to prevent the wounded Delta Greens from turning into wraiths.
Though I can't recall if it was just the dagger that caused that or the ringwraiths swords as well. If it's just the dagger we're fine.

>>16917035
Dress them in period clothes and take them to Rivendell. Claim we are merchants and we were attacked on the road.

>>16917159
>>16917035
Couldn't we try using a magical healing specialist from another Canon, such as a White Mage.
Come to think of it, what are good magic medics from other Canons?

Alright, contingency planning:
What are we going to do if giving one of the Nine Rings to Ahriman creates a Canon contradiction?

Negotiate with Sauron the exchange of the Nine Ring we have for one of the Three Dwarven Rings is the only plan we've got so far.

>>16917612
Whilst it does cause a canon contradiction, I don't think it causes a particularly large one.
You never actually saw all the ring wraiths in one place. Only five ringwraiths are seen at weathertop.

>>16917612
I suppose we could have the EMH scan the eye in a locked room through a closed channel? That would open negotiations. Except that Sauron might learn far too much about us and wreck the canon another way.

>>16917714
Too dangerous. Sauron has been shown to be able to access computer systems just by being actively scanned by them.
We were lucky that we were able to kill the connection before he accessed any of our files.

Exposing the EMH to that would be foolhardy.

>>16917759
Then negotiation is out. We have the KI but there is no guarantee their partial chaos immunity works for Sauron. He's not the same thing. We don't have anybody who could even talk to Sauron safely, never mind negotiate.

>>16917790
No one is going to negotiate directly with Sauron.

Any negotiation would be done through the Mouth of Sauron.

Quick point, won't ahriman be corrupted and claimed by Sauron if he puts on the ring? Or is he somehow immune?

>>16917926
He's not stupid enough to put on the ring.
He's got hundreds of years of experience working with, containing, and not being corrupted by Chaos artifacts and other insidious forms of influence.

Best result is he takes a look at the Ring, says NOPE, analyses the properties of its magic, and tells us to get rid of it because he recognizes its danger.

rolled 37 = 37

ANON: "After analyzing the probabilities springing from giving Ahriman the lesser Ring of Power, I have concluded that its potential to create a Canon disruption is minimal. The exact location of the Nine rings is already vague and murky within the timeline, even conflicting in places. If the ring was that of the Witch-King or Khamul there might have been issue, but after analyzing the fight footage, I believe you were set against one of the nameless. I am tallying the dead now."

After saving quite a lot with nannybags/Medic/etc., you have suffered the following losses.
4 Knights Inductor
2 X-COM Veterans
BLU team's kill-death ratio has been totally ruined.

You also have 2 Delta Greens suffering from the Black Breath. It is uncertain if they can survive.

Back at the Black Gate your forces have managed to make it all the way to the infamous structure itself. As explosions rain overhead, and Darius points Ringil towards the Gate to begin preparations for besieging it, you give the signal.

Your troops at the Black Gate begin retreating as soon as the order is given, the scattered archers on the battlements and the regrouping forces behind the fortification in no hurry to pursue the small force that had caused such havoc.

Grabbing their dead, wounded, and any sign of their presence beyond the slain and weapons craters, your troops fall back behind the mountains and then vanish in fives as they are beamed up.

>>16918126
>4 Knights Inductor
>2 X-COM Veterans
Bad losses, indeed. However, arguably less than if we had fought Ahriman head-on.

Also, the Black Breath is treatable, and the DG's have a few days.

ANON, go through the scanned elven tomes for information on Athelas, also called Kingsfoil.
Specifically I want what it looks like, and how it can be applied to treat Black Breath.

We don't have a Tolkien elf to help us, but hopefully with the information in the scrolls and the magical ability of the Aurors, we can create a working substitute.

>>16918198
I feel like we should leave a note or something behind.
Some kind of taunting troll-tastic speech about how, though he may have survived this day, the Noldor will have their revenge.

>>16918210
Using the elven lore, you are able to locate enough kingsfoil to begin working on a treatment. However, according to the lore, it works best when prepared by an elf or someone of royal blood, suggesting some sort of bloodline magic. Nonetheless, your Science Team puts what they are doing on hold to attempt to mix a potion.

>>16918383
Try having them eat chocolate, or surround them with Expecto Patronum spells.

Also, scan to see if any slivers of the weapons remain in their bodies, IIRC that was the real problem, but can't remember if that was in the books or movie.

>>16918383
Hey you know what we should do? Visit Tom Bombadil.

>>16918383
Well, if nothing else, it'll help to keep the disease at bay until we can find a permanent cure.

>>16918403
That's only with the Morgul-blades, the daggers that the Nazgul use.
The two DG agents were hit by the Black Breath, which is an aura-based ability of the Nazgul.

>>16918418
How do we find him, and how do we get him to help us?

Post an actual plan of action rather than just random names and places.

>>16918442
>How do we find him?
He's located just east of the Shire, in a fuck-huge forest. Should be easy to spot. The trees may be magic and able to move but that won't stop orbital scans.
>how do we get him to help us?
We ask. Beam on down nearby his house, say hello, and ask if he could help us out. If he refuses, we gave it a shot.

My other though would be visiting Rivendell except the Council is still going, right?

>>16918383
It is possible that we could bring the Greens to Elrond. We could take off their armor and just tell him strange riders attacked them. Claim we are men of Eriador. But then we have to explain how we got to Rivendell in the first place. Damn.

Anyone have any ideas how to do that?

>>16918463
This sounds like a better idea than mine. Go with it.

The Council has finished. It has been 2 days since you arrived.

Are you going to try and find Bombadil before or after you deal with Ahriman?

>>16918463
Alright, that's better.

Yeah, if we can find Tom's house, and he's there when we beam down, we can ask him for help.

>>16918563
Before. I'd like to let him know about Ahriman while asking him for help, just in case.

If he doesn't heal our Green's, then we'll deal with Ahriman before going to Elrond.

>>16918563
I think we should seek out Tom AFTER we deal with Ahriman.
The longer that we keep him waiting, the more he may try to alter the deal.

Also, it means the longer that his Chaos gate remains open.

>>16918563
Why not both? Send them down to Bombadil, and have Darius talk to him. Ask Ahriman how far he is in the elven lore, so we have an idea of how long we have. If we have time we can make a trade with Sauron for one of the dwarven rings. All nine Nazgul should be here in canon, many Characters will think something is up if only Eight riders are around.

>>16918597
> All nine Nazgul should be here in canon, many Characters will think something is up if only Eight riders are around.
see
>>16918126
>ANON: "After analyzing the probabilities springing from giving Ahriman the lesser Ring of Power, I have concluded that its potential to create a Canon disruption is minimal. The exact location of the Nine rings is already vague and murky within the timeline, even conflicting in places. If the ring was that of the Witch-King or Khamul there might have been issue, but after analyzing the fight footage, I believe you were set against one of the nameless. I am tallying the dead now."

>>16918605
You think I didn't see that? The chances of us fucking canon up more are far less if we just hand over a dwarven ring to Ahriman.

>>16918616
no offence, but i don't think Sauron is in the mood for negotiating.

"Too dangerous. Sauron has been shown to be able to access computer systems just by being actively scanned by them.
We were lucky that we were able to kill the connection before he accessed any of our files.

Exposing the EMH to that would be foolhardy."

See, this is why I love /tg/. Only here could that be taken even remotely seriously. Completely mad but just awesome.

>>16918691
Has he ever been in a good mood?

>>16918713
now that i think about, yeah he's never in a good mood

>>16918713
Well, yeah, but how do we confirm that the Ring he gives us is truly one of the Seven?
Also, how do we contact him and work through a safe intermediary?

I agree with the idea of trading one of the Nine for one of the Seven; I just need to know how.

>>16918744
Sending him a letter on a arrow might work. We did keep the mouth of Sauron alive. We can tell Sauron all we wanted was one of the dwarven rings, but his forces proved to many for our band so we departed whilst we had a Ring-Wraith Ring. I don't think Sauron will want to waste resources fighting us, so he might accept the deal.

If all goes well, Sauron thinks us just some strange band of random warriors, not allied with the Free-Peoples. Even less canon damage.

>>16918787
then let's hope it goes well, because i don't want to think about what happens when it doesn't.

>>16918787
Alright, that's a good start. But what about contingencies?
How do we tell if the Dwarf Ring he offers is a fake?
What if he tries to trap the person doing the hand-off?
What do we do if he tries to stall for time?

GUYS.
Why don't we deal with this later?
We have dying men and Ahriman, the real threat, to deal with.

>>16918891
1. If we gave him the Wraith ring and he gave us a fake, we try to attack. Worst out come.

2. We teleport him out of there!

3. Hand it to Ahriman. Wraith-Ring will have to do in that case.

>>16918901
Why don't you try to be less stupid?

The Black Breath takes days to kill a person, even a severe case.
And right now we need to discuss whether we should, and how we can, negotiate with Sauron to trade the Ring we have (one of the Nine) for one of the remaining Seven in Sauron's possession, in order to lessen the potential for damage to the Canon. It might be low now, but it still shouldn't be risked if we can avoid it.

>>16918940
>Why don't you try to be less stupid?
Sorry, I've been browsing /pol/ in between updates.

>>16918908
1. We should try to come up with a way of determining whether the Ring to be traded is a fake or not. Possibly use Sindi's Ring as a base scan, since it was once one of the Seven.

2. Dangerous though, since we don't know how quickly or easily these people could throw up an interdiction field. We had that problem in Fingolfin's Tomb, remember.

>>16918969
2. That was warding elven magic of the First Age. Sauron does not have the ability to throw up something that powerful in such a short amount of time.

Hooboy. Well when you've finalized a plan, post it. I'll be keeping an eye on things, but won't be ready for the usual POST STORM until the normal time. I kinda anticipated this, which is why I tried to get the plan-ball rolling early.

If we're still on Middle Earth when the time comes to make a new thread, I'm titling it, "TG Quest: Still on Namek."

>>16919040
Well, there is quite a comparison between DBZ and /tg/quest.

>>16919056
*sigh*

>>16919118
I kid, I kid.
>MFW i posted that

>>16918940
Trying to trade with Sauron is pointless. I sincerely doubt that this ring is more or less important canonically than the other ring, neither of which are ever important to the story. Further, the negotiations are almost certain to end only with violence, and killing piles of Sauron's warriors while leaving evidence of our presence is more likely to cause canon disruptions than choosing this secondary ring over another secondary ring.

I don't know why we didn't just try to kill Ahriman in the first place, but we're long past that. Let's just conclude our dealings with him and have done with this world.

Give him the ring, pack up, scan for reality distortions, and GTFO.

>>16919040
Alright, so the plan seems to be:

1. Get our Delta Green boys down to Tom Bombadil, to see if we can ask him nicely to heal our men.
1a. Science team continues work on the Kingsfoil treatment, in case Tom is off on one of his journeys and isn't available.
2. We fire an arrow with a message into the Black Gate (BLU Sniper).
2a. Message is to tell Sauron that we have one of the Nine; we are willing to trade it for one of the Seven. He has 6 hours to make the trade. If he wants to make the trade, he is to fly a white flag above the Black Gate.
3. Have Egon work on creating a scanner that can tell apart a real Ring of Power from a fake, using the one Nine and damaged Seven we have as a baseline.

If Sauron tries to jerk us around or stalls for time, we just go ahead and give the one of the Nine we have to Ahriman.

>>16919182
We didn't fight Ahriman directly because of the proximity to Rivendell and because of the casualties he could inflict on our forces.
As it is, 4 Knights Inductor and 2 X-COM veterans is still far less than what we would have lost fighting Ahriman.

>>16919182

This, a million times this.

>>16919192
Agree with 1&1a, there's no reason to try to switch rings, so vote against 2,2a, and 3. Skip straight to just giving the ring to Ahriman, closing that portal, and skipping town.

>>16919207
ah I gotcha. I know next-to-nothing about Warhammer stuff so I don't really know much about how to gauge Ahriman's power.

>>16919221
Read >>16919207
Your herp is starting to derp.

We discussed WHY we shouldn't fight Ahriman directly when we first positively IDed him. The fact that he has a working teleportation interdiction field working, here, in a different Canon, meant that his sorcerous powers were still working and considerable.

>>16919229
>there's no reason to try to switch rings
While the Canon distortion from one of the Nine disappearing may be minimal, it can be reduced even further by replacing it with one of the Seven.
That gives us all the reason necessary to attempt the trade.

>>16919192
I support this. It's a plan. OP, go with this please.

>>16919286
>While the Canon distortion from one of the Nine disappearing may be minimal, it can be reduced even further by replacing it with one of the Seven.

That is baseless supposition. Let's ask and see whether it's true;

ANON: Calculate the importance to canon of the ring in our possession compared to one of the seven rings that Sauron possesses. If the other rings are significantly less important to canon, include calculation of how likely we are to disrupt canon by attempting to negotiate for one of them. I suspect that it is significantly less disruptive to simply leave with this one.

(As an aside, why did we go scavenging for random elven weapons? That seems to fly in the face of our mission - they're local artifacts of great significance.)

>>16919319
Were you paying attention AT ALL when the plans were being discussed?

We needed elven weapons that are not used in the course the Canon in order to distract Sauron, so that his attention would be diverted from Barad-dur, making an infiltration of the stronghold possible.

>>16919358
...and we're obviously planning on keeping them. This also included the scavenging of a broken sword that couldn't possibly be useful in the context you said. So now that we've used the weapons in the appropriate context, we need to put them back in their appropriate places. Our entire purpose is making sure the canon is left exactly as it was before The Event. Dicking around and getting legendary weapons isn't part of our mission statement, is it?

>>16919319
"It is unlikely that the Nine will provide greater distortion to the canon than taking one of the Seven, though admittedly possible. Regardless, second contact with Sauron after the infiltration and the Gate incident will be extremely risky given he will now be alert to what we can do and allocate forces according. This change in his battle-plan may disrupt the timeline far more than any change of rings, especially when you managed to leave the Ring-Wraith 'alive', possibly allowing Sauron to anchor him to a different object. However, as always, the decision is yours."

>>16919379
We already got Ringil on a loan for one hundred years, and Turin said that he would get his sword back when he's meant to get his sword back.
Angrist was at the bottom of the fucking ocean, and the Nameless Sword and Voiceless Spear weren't mentioned anywhere at any time.
Calm your tits.

>>16919389
Just as I thought. There is no reason to take unnecessary risks that are seemingly more likely to damage the canon than their reward benefits it.

1. Exchange the ring with Ahriman for information about The Event
2. Make sure the WH40K portal is closed behind him as he departs
3. Scan this world one last time for reality distortions
4. Back to base!

>>16919389
Anchor it to a different object?
Wait a sec, what's stopping Sauron from just using one of his Dwarven Rings as an anchor?
There isn't much functional difference between the Rings of Dwarves and Men, it's just that the Dwarves were so thoroughly unmagical and stubborn that most of the effects were lost on them.
So there will be nine Nazgul after all, one just getting an upgrade, though it won't do him much good.

Get EMH and ANON going over those elven records for treatment of the ringwraith wounds. Forgive my fuzzy memory, but it seemed more like herbal-alchemical work than 'great healing magic'.
Might not be bad to visit Tom, but we need to start working with what we have as well.
Turning the Medic on them should help keep them vital as well.

>>16919379
The state of Gurthang was unknown until it was recovered.

>Our entire purpose is making sure the canon is left exactly as it was before The Event
No, our purpose is to make sure that Canon is maintained and that reality distortions are eliminated. The exact state of a Canon doesn't matter as long as the Canon's narration of events is maintained and no reality distortions are detected.
As an example, we did not expend effort in erasing the Drow in the Shadowrun timeline when they experienced a crossover event, because the Drow were not generating a reality distortion.

>>16919465
Fair enough. Let's go with this: >>16919429

that plan gets rid of the reality distortions and ensures that the narrative isn't disrupted. No reason to bother Sauron

>>16919465
And Shadowrun's canon isn't a tight a thing as a novel.

>>16919182
I agree with this.

>>16919273
I did not mean we should have fought Ahriman, just that we shouldn't fuck with Sauron any more than absolutely necessary. Even the poster I was agreeing with said the time to fight him had passed. It is you who derped.

>>16919591
Enough!

Let's stop fighting. We're all here for the same reason, to enjoy this quest.

>>16919591
Then you should have been more specific in which part of the original poster you were referring to.

Also, the plan of action you endorsed means we leave before we either have the cure for the Black Breath finished, or have the two afflicted Delta Green agents cured by Tom Bombadil.

While it's possible that a magical healer back at Sector HQ could heal the illness, there is no assurance of that.

>>16919490
No, because that plan has us leaving before we cure or treat the Delta Green agents, and there's no assurance that there's a medic mage on-staff at Sector HQ who can cure the Black Breath.

I think if we distracted on the ground battle more, we wouldn't have the Nazgul running inside the tower.

>>16919908
Blame the /tg/ dice, not our strategy.

>>16919908
We distracted as much as we could without entering the Black Gate and leaving everyone to die inside. Let's simply take care of the 'now' instead of the 'then' by treating the Black Breath, giving the ring, and continuing the mission.

>>16919908
Maybe. Or we could have waited a little longer, since it looked like that the Nazgul was about to leave.
We could have also tried to use orbital scanners to see if a Nazgul was still at Barad-dur.

You're teleporting Darius to Bombadil, yes? Finding the Old Forest is easy enough, as is transport there. Darius is only a few minutes' hike into the woods when he hears the following song echo through the air.

"Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!"

The song gets louder as Darius moves closer to it, eventually seeing a short man in bright blue clothes and yellow boots.

"Sir!" Darius calls out. "Are you... Tom Bombadil?"

"Tom I be, and Tom I am.
And you are a tall, powerful, not-quite man.
From far away, for I know you not.
Now, then, aren't you here on behalf of some poor man's lot?"

>>16920002
"Poor men, to be more accurate, sir. We have two men suffering from the Black Breath, and were hoping that you would be able to cure them."

Annoying and roundabout he might seem, Tom Bombadil is not an entity to be messed with. Best to go with politeness.

>>16920002
"yes, yes we are Tom. Two of our friends have been wounded by the nazgul and we come to you for help in healing our friends"


ok guys do whatever you want with this text

"Er... yes. Two of my companions were felled by Nazgul and... well, we're not sure how to cure..." Darius begins. Tom cuts him off with a waggle of his finger.

"Tut-tut, warrior of space.
An ailment like that isn't hard to erase.
Old Tom is a merry fellow, here I am the master!
My songs are stronger songs, and my feet are faster!"

"Ah... all right?" Darius says, a little confused.

You beam the two afflicted Deltas down to Tom and he sings a song and dances around them. The ritual succeeds in reviving the two soldiers, though they feel decidedly less manly at being healed by singing and dancing than by more traditional means.

hey guys i think the thread is autosaging

>>16920095
>he knows we're from space
He might make a powerful contact. He breaks 'rules' in the Canon like nobody's business, so it may be well to 'leave him our card' so to speak.

Also, make sure to bump the compensation for the affected Delta's up. They're going to get a lot of shit around the mess hall for being revived by song and dance, aren't they?
>>16920121
>mfw
We'll let OP make a new thread and migrate like the majestic herd-animals of yore.

>>16920095
Great!
Now, thank Tom. Tell him we'll make sure that the gate that was opened up near Rivendell is closed.

Then go over to Ahriman and hand over the Ring in the Containment Box. As per the deal, he's to give us what information he has on The Event, then leave and not come back.

>>16920132
then i apologize for stating the obvious

>>16920132
Considering his power, and his knowledge of the Meta, he might make a useful first-responder for Canon breaches.
He probably has the power to breach the Canon walls; we could let him know how to get in contact with TG if he needs us to come in and remove a reality distortion.

>>16920165
This, to be sure.
I mean, look at this TG Frontline Footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEoSnBdKoco
He could go toe to toe with a SUE on account of how few fucks he gives, let alone his sheer power in the Canon.

>>16920095
Ask if he would like some wine as a gift?

Also ask if the Void is an actual place, like is Melkor contained, or is he just outside the universe?

>>16920186

New Thread.