CURRENT STATS:

Equipment:
Living armor (Your body)
>Regenerative(Minor)
>Arcane hearing(Hear things that aren't normally heard)
>Arcane sight(See things that are left unseen)
-If you have read a map of the area, it shall guide you to what location you want to go. Very General.
>Consume (You can eat things, seems to be at random what works)
>Creation (Using souls, you can create things)
>Conversion (Gives items properties of your armor)
>Flames of manipulation (You are wreathed in fire. Changes depending on your mood. Also has let you become a master of thermodynamics)

Your Cloak (Crimson)
>Has hammer space storage. (Enough for half a shark)
Currently contains a lockbox of treasure

Glaive (Your weapon, no name currently)
>Converted into the same material as your body.
>Blade has a ghostly white glow and can cut through stone
>Same regenerative properties as your armor.
>Can imbue it with the fire that surrounds you


Companions:

Mercy(Your Horse)
>A horse you made with the soul of a boy we killed in the entombed city
>Can use the flames to a lesser extent
-Uses them to walk on water, and shield his legs from harm. Also, Thermodynamics

Vengeance (Your metal Snake)
>Born from the tortured soul of a creature you found in the tower, it begged you for a chance at revenge, to strike down the ones responsible for its plight.
>Can control her size
>Very quick (Spring at the old mage quicker than you could even catch)

Drei(Former interprater)
>You recently parted ways
>Vengeance's sister
>saved her from the tower
>You have her a convered necklace that lets you mind talk with her
>Short, brown skin, pointed ears, with green eyes with vertical pupils, sharp teeth and short white hair
>You left her in Grandal

>>17725891
Black Knight Quest! Joy!

Somehow I think that burning down the demonic village will only solve half the problem. After the fire dies down, sift through the ruins, see what we can dig up.

You stand on a hill overlooking the smoldering ruin that was the town, whatever spirit that lived here fled screaming to the heavens.

Maybe now you can find out what actually happened here. Or perhaps the ruins are too firebombed for anything to have survived.

rolled 80 = 80

>>17725939
Never know until you try, use Arcane Sight for maximum effectiveness.

Oh, for a moment I thought this thing died


>>17725960

I'm okay with this

>>17725960

Focusing your sight once more, your vision sweeps through the blackened wreckage. What you find is even more confusing then when you first came here.

All the houses are perfectly fine, through some windows you can see things neatly layed out for a meal, and recently tended too fires. Yet once more there are no signs of the populace, there isn't even the signs of battle any more.

>roll 1d100

rolled 31 = 31

>>17726092

rolled 30 = 30

>>17726092

The fuck is this shit.

rolled 83 = 83

>>17726092
Rollan'.

rolled 91 = 91

>>17726092
don't fail me now

>>17726121
You notice something odd....right where you are standing leads the path of smashed buildings that you noticed from before, only they have collapsed from the heat of the fire that purged them, flames still cling to them in places.

In the center of the town you see something small and human shaped standing by the town hall. Focusing on it, and the image of the screaming face flashes through your head.

>Action?

>>17726166
>focus on it
>screaming face
Well the only logical thing to do is investigate it!

rolled 21 = 21

>>17726188
WHAT COULD EVER GO WRONG?

rolled 63 = 63

>>17726213

I'll see if I can do anything with this roll...

rolled 59 = 59

>>17726166

It's most likely the tortured soul that caused this whole shitstorm to begin with.

And dealing with damned and tortured souls is our specialty.

>>17726213
>>17726188
>This is the best idea ever

Aw damn it, a good quest thread just when I am about to pass out.... sigh

Good luck with the thread, op ! Gonna read it late in archive.

rolled 46 = 46

>>17726268

The difference is this time we're going in EXPECTING mind-rape, and thus will be better prepared for it.

...I think.

This bastardization of a wraith has had its fun long enough. First it rips open your mind and plays with your thoughts and memories, mixing possible outcomes with false truths, now it challenges you after you burn its clever trap for weary travelers to the ground. Foolishness.

Kicking Mercy into a trot, you head towards the figure. Crossing over the threshold of the town boundary, colors invert and the sky reddens. Phantoms of battles long pass rise up around you, slaughtering each other mercilessly. Raiders killing innocents, soldiers killing enemies, friends killing friends, families killing families.

However none of this bothers you as you tread unharmed through the mists of the past. You near the figure.

>Roll 1d100 100 IS BAD!

rolled 18 = 18

>>17726433
>100 is bad
Well fuck.

rolled 94 = 94

>>17726433

COME ON

rolled 92 = 92

>>17726488
I'm on a goddamn roll tonight!

>>17726489
So close...

rolled 58 = 58

>>17726503
And that totally doesn't count.

>>17726526
GODDAMNIT!

STOP ROLLING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Stepping closer, you notice the figure has no constant form, it shifts from being completely smooth, to having thousands of eyes and screaming mouths that don't disturb its placid surface. Its eyes seem to focus on you and at the same time close looking away from you. You find it hard to look at.

<<WHAT HAVE YOU COME HERE O BLACKEST OF KNIGHTS?>>

It screams and whispers at you in a thousand different voices, some crying and others filled with rage.

>What shall you tell it?

>>17726638
>WHAT
>WHY
Goddamn, every single time.

>>17726638
Ask it what happened here, and tell it to stop fucking with our head!

>>17726638

"Sup Tzeentch"

rolled 77 = 77

>>17726638

We don't have to answer to no goddamn evil spirit.

Rather, IT has to answer to US for FUCKING UP THIS ENTIRE TOWN AND EVERYONE IN IT.

>>17726638
obviously, we demand to know why it assailed us!

>>17726740
>>17726689

Ignoring its question, you demand your own questions to be answered, you have had enough of this.

>"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR GAMES. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED HERE."

Something starts, echoing and booms out across the land. The creatures form starts shifting and shaping itself as it laughs at some unseen joke in your question.

<<FOOL! WHY DOES A FIRE PROVIDE WARMTH, YET BURN EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES? WHY DOES THE WATER GIVE LIFE, YET DROWN EVERYTHING THAT LINGERS FOR TOO LONG?>>

Its form shifts like a fabric as it extends to a humanoid shape, black flowing robes writhing with inky tendrils extend downwards as the cloaked figure stands in front of you. Exactly as he looked all those years ago.

"Wherever there is life, there is death, my dear knight. I destroy for balance, just as you do for justice. Tell me, how do you enjoy your armor?"

>>17726889
It is a curse and a blessing. I shall wear it until it no longer serves my purpose.

>>17726889
Oh boy, this can't end well.

>>17726889
We have nothing left to say to him.

We'll let our weapon to the talking instead.

>>17727011
Are you SURE this is a good idea? He is the one who GAVE you the armor in the first place. Not to mention he has lived for as long as you, probably longer.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17726941

Seconding this.

What does he mean by "balance"? We free those who are oppressed by evil men seeking to use ill-gotten power for their own selfish ends. What did this town do to deserve madness and destruction?

>>17726941

I support this


Also tell him he's a dick

rolled 92 = 92

>>17727011

NO DON'T ATTACK HIM.

He's still probably a good deal more powerful than we are.

>>17727066

Oh hell, rerolling for this.

>>17726889
"On what scale do you weigh the world, ghost?"

>>17726941
>>17727066
>>17727103

Glaring at the "Man" who both cursed and freed you, you ponder his words.

>"IT IS A CURSE AND A BLESSING. I WILL WEAR IT UNTIL IT NO LONGER SERVES MY PURPOSE."

He laughs. "Your purpose? When you came to me all those years ago, your "purpose" was to defend your kingdom and everything you held dear!" He continues to laugh "Now that you failed once, you're going to what? Get revenge on the cause of the calamity? You came to me once telling me of your "Justice", when all you got was despair."

The mirth drops from his voice completely "You disappoint me Knight. I gave you that armor in hopes that rather than an overwhelming force crashes over a minuscule one, two equal forces would battle each other. Instead a wave of power shattered the so tender balance that had been created over the aeons, and the one chosen to stop it was stuck in a rock for a thousand years. Perhaps I made a mistake?"

>"YOU SPEAK OF BALANCE, YET YOU SEND A TOWN INTO MADNESS AND DESTRUCTION? ON WHAT SCALE DO YOU USE TO WEIGH THE WORLD?"

A phantom smile appears where a mouth would be "These people had already delved into depravity and madness long before I came. Using the blood of wayward travelers and neighboring villagers, they sought to summon a God." He gestures to himself "I merely answered the call, and showed them what happens when they temper with the law of things."

rolled 28 = 28

>>17727455
>"You disappoint me Knight. I gave you that armor in hopes that rather than an overwhelming force crashes over a minuscule one, two equal forces would battle each other. Instead a wave of power shattered the so tender balance that had been created over the aeons, and the one chosen to stop it was stuck in a rock for a thousand years. Perhaps I made a mistake?"

Our kingdom may be long dead, but the same arrogance and lust for power that destroyed it in the first place is still present in the hearts of men.

That is our purpose, not one that you decree, but that we have chosen of our free will.

>>17727455
Tell him to spare us the lecture, and tell him what he proposes we do.

>>17727455
>You disappoint me Knight.

Your feelings matter not to me. Your machinations matter not to me. My path is my own, not to be tampered with by you.

Perhaps you made a mistake.

>>17727746
>mocking a godly being
This will end well.

rolled 21 = 21

>>17727793

I bet he's still curious as to what we do with our existence, whether he did make a mistake or if there's another task we have yet to fulfill that he did not foresee originally.

He won't kill us. Not yet.

>>17727870
True, but there are far worse fates a god can bestow than death.

>>17727902
why do you assume he is a god?

>>17727950
Well, if not he at least seems to be at the stage of more-powerful-than-us, hardly the usual glorified elemental.

>>17727537
>>17727518

>"MY KINGDOM MAY BE LONG DEAD, HE PEOPLE SCATTERED AND A SHADOW OF THEIR FORMER SELVES, BUT THE SAME ARROGANCE AND LUST OF POWER THAT DESTROYED IT STILL EXISTS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN. THAT IS MY PURPOSE, TO OPPOSE THOSE THAT DELVE INTO THIS DESIRE."

He laughs again, chuckling at first then it grows into a cackling laugh as he clutches his sides "HAHAHAH! I KNEW you were the right one for that job! One who spits in the eye of fate after it jabs a rusty dagger into your back and wiggles it around! Bravo Knight, bravo!" He gives you a round of applause.

"Very well, since you have already broken out of the path that was set for you, allow me to tell you something interesting. To the north, you will find many things, little of them good, few of them bad...." His phantom smile spreads across his face once more "...and others unnatural. A mountain juts up into the sky, while the ground below is a twisting mass of chaos and fault-lines. A sprawling grassland deforested by raging winds. A forest where many enter, but none leave, it grows at an alarming rate. A land where the dead rise and go about their business."

His smile has almost spread across his face, a gleaming white against the black robes. "And there, in the north seated in the forgotten cold and raging winter, lies a citadel that none go too. The fires of hell burn all who enter, the waters of life drown them, the winds of winter shred them, and the earth swallow them whole."

>>17728050
Well, looks like we're heading to hell on earth. Give him a curt nod and be off.

>>17728050
Do our best imitation of rolling our eyes, "Anything else amiss in the world?"

>>17728050
I am thoroughly bored with undead, let's go to the zombie theme park and get it over with.

>>17728117

Nodding to the Stranger, you begin to ride off, only to have him hold up a hand. "Before you go, perhaps I could give you something useful? I do have a vast variety of magical items at my disposal." He smiles "For a price, of course."

>>17728541
That depends, will it cost gold or more of my sanity?

rolled 85 = 85

>>17728585
I'm not sure we should accept. Let's keep moving, we will defy his expectations. We are not his pawn.

rolled 50 = 50

>>17728541

No. We have power that is yet to be discovered. We have not used his original "gift" to its full extent, and I am loathe to take on another debt for indeterminate gain.

>>17728684
>>17728732
True, but if the cost is cold, hard, coin, as opposed to something we actually need, then why not?

>>17728541
Your cost last time was my body. Unless you price has become gold, I cannot bargain with you any further.

rolled 58 = 58

>>17728764
>I cannot into rolling

rolled 18 = 18

>>17728764
>I cannot into rolling

>>17728774
>>17728787
Goddamn flood detection lied to me

So whats the verdict? Remember, there is always a catch with the bargaining of magical items.

>>17728809
Ask what the price is first.

>>17728809
Nope, lets roll. We have plenty of magic already. That is, unless the bargain were to be mundane, trading coins and trinkets for power.

>>17728809
Leave. Do not acknowledge him.

A mysterious stranger once sold me a magical item, his price was a single coin.

Sometimes I wonder why he sold it so cheaply.


Seems like a bad idea guys, we have no idea what we are getting into with pseudo God deity things

rolled 96 = 96

>>17728809
>>17728809

We already gave him our body and our humanity with it. Anything that would add onto that is a debt that I am not willing to take on.

>>17728866
Probably for the better.

>>17728828
>>17728766

Changing these to the above.

>>17728899

Glaring at the Stranger, the pure malice of the being nearly spills out of you, but you hold it.

>"I SHALL NOT DEAL WITH YOU ANY FURTHER. MY PATH IS MY OWN."

He lowers his hand and allows you to pass, and calls after you "I like what you did to the blasted lands, never knew you had a thing for magical wastelands. But I suppose you wouldn't have known what would happen to the leylines." His smile seems to burn into your mind once more.

"Farewell Knight, I would be careful of large bodies of water if I were you. Terrible things tend to lurk under surface." With that he vanishes without a trace, leaving some words in your mind "Whether or not you permit me, I'll be watching." Your armor writhes as if in response.

Your work done here, you continue to ride north, to find whatever horrors that await you.

>>17729027
Forgot my trip

>>17729027
A voyeuristic trickster. fan-fucking-tastic. Is his name Eurmal?

>>17729027
Assuming this is you, blackknight, lets go find some magical monstrositys to pwn.

>>17729093
Let's go parley with a kraken or leviathan. I bet they are cool guys and he wants us to kill them to save him the trouble.

>>17729047
>>17729027
Well, we have a direction and vague goals, kick the magical shit out of whatever gets in our way, lets do this Northward ho. We've got a land to fix.

Since we have traveled a fuckload of distance, want me to work on a world map of sorts for when you guys actually try and find one?

>>17729195
YES!! That would be pretty awesome!

>>17729195
of sorts? sign me up!

>>17729220
>>17729209
Alright, but you wont be able to see my amazing countless hours in mspaint until Hadrian actually gets it.

North you travel still, passing ruins of times past, battlegrounds long forgotten, small villages whos people ran inside as soon as they saw the hooded black rider approaching. Travelers either shuffle past, or give you news and warnings of the north. It seems the death of the Fire God has been found out now, and there is chaos in places that worshiped him, however much of the north did not worship him, and are speaking of war with the weakened south. Other news is what you heard from the Stranger.

The land has narrowed considerably at this point. Nothing shields you from the ocean on either side of you. It seemingly closes in like a great beast trying to devour its prey. You reach a point where the banks are no more than a 100 meters on either side of you. There isn't much elevation, so you are almost at sea level.

>ROLL 1d100 HOLY SHIT

rolled 50 = 50

>>17729474
Rolling for something unpleasant

rolled 30 = 30

>>17729474
HOLY SHIT

rolled 100 = 100

Oh shiiiiiiiiii

rolled 89 = 89

>>17729474
Rollan!

>>17729545
>>17729542
Well this isn't going to be goo-
>>17729569

>>17729569
>Nat 100
Shit just got real

>>17729569
woah

rolled 45 = 45

Are 100s good or bad?

>>17729695

So good I'm having a bit of trouble trying to figure out what to do.

>>17729705
Masturbate furiously into a sock?

rolled 46 = 46

>>17729705
Well, 100s used to be good. IF they still are, arriving without incident would be nice.

rolled 21 = 21

>>17729705

Spontaneously develop a new skill?

Let's stop rolling in fear of bringing the average down or something.

rolled 83 = 83

>>17729705
>Take a footstep
>Ground explodes with the force, causing a tidal wave that tears apart an eldrich horror of the deep as it surfaces

>>17729569

You feel a rumble off in the distance, and the tide sucks out on both sides of the pass. Something booms, and you see two humps of water slowly rise in the distance to the left and right, and start torpedoing towards you.

The humps turn to swells as they rapidly approach the small piece of land you stand on. With a roar of noise, fingers of water explode upwards and rise up to the sky on either side of the pass. Water floods the pass, and if not for an intense flood of fire on your part, you would have been washed away.

You stand your ground, glowing crimson as your assailant fruitlessly tries to attack you, but to no avail. The torrent of water hissing into steam as it bashes against you. Soon the entity brings back its assault.

<<MURDERER OF MY KIN! KNOW THAT YOU COME HERE TO DIE! ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE LIQUID LORD SHALL DROWN!>>

>>17730088
"FOOL! Your liquid lord is nothing! You will gain naught but death in your fight with me!"

rolled 61 = 61

>>17730088

I destroyed your lord with my bare hands, you think you can best me where it did not?

Fool.

>>17730154
I think we might have just killed *A* water elemental, not the head honcho everyone worships. Probably not even a major one either since it fit in a cup.

>>17730088
"How do you drown that which does not draw breath, foolish water thing?! Leave or I will send you to your kin!"

Heat, lots of heat. From us and Mercy.

rolled 57 = 57

>>17730190

Ah, good point.

Still, combine these two
>>17730319
>>17730124

Because they are BAD ASS.

>>17730154
>>17730124

>"FOOL! I DESTROYED YOUR LORD WITH THESE VERY HANDS. WHAT HOPE CAN YOU HAVE AGAINST ME?"

<<IGNORANT MORTAL, DID YOU REALLY THINK THE MIGHTY WAVELORD WAS IN THE CONFINES OF THOSE PATHETIC CUPHOLDERS? IT WAS BUT A PART OF US, WE /ARE/ THE SEA! WE WATCHED YOUR PROGRESS FROM THE FLOATING STONE ISLAND, TO THE BLASTED LANDS OF THE SOUTH, AND LAUGHED AS YOU KILLED OUR SWORN ENEMY FOR US! WE WATCHED HEAD UP THE COAST, AND HEAD INLAND TO THE CITY, AND WATCHED YOU TREAD INTO THE PRETENDERS LAIR! AS LONG AS THE OCEAN EXISTS, WE SHALL PERSIST!>>

It continues its relentless assault of bone grinding waters. Enough of this. An explosion of fire over takes you and Mercy, burning with all the hateful suns of those long gone. The Elemental squeals in agony as you evaporate its body.

>"HOW DO YOU DROWN THAT WHICH DOES NOT DRAW BREATH?! LEAVE NOW OR I SHALL SEND YOU TO YOUR KIN!"

Your booming voice rings out, and seems to reason with the being of water.

<<PERHAPS THOSE FOOLS WERE NOT MISTAKEN WHEN THEY SAID YOU WERE AN AVATAR OF THE FALLEN FIRE GOD. BUT WE KNOW DIFFERENTLY, FOR WE SAW YOU DESTROY HIM. A GOD OF FIRE DOES NOT WIELD FLAME AND ICE SO CLOSE TOGETHER. YOU MAY BE AN AVATAR OF SOMETHING, BUT WHAT, WE DO NOT KNOW.>>

The fingers of water slowly start to retreat, sinking back down into the depths. You think you see a shadow of....something moving under the water, something huge.

<<WE SHALL WATCH FOR NOW, BUT KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN.>>

The fingers disappear, and the waterlevel returns to normal. There are bits of flotsam around, but the way forward is clear now.

>What shall you do?

>>17730541

Continue northwards! There is evil to be smote!

>>17730580
This. Also, send a message to to Drei to be careful.

>>17730730
Be careful of the water?

>>17730790

Be careful of mysterious cloaked strangers offering magical items for a vague "price".

>>17730730
Things might get dicey with the over city being full of fire worshipers. Their god is dead, and now they know it. They might start shit out of desperation. Not that Drei needs to know that.

>>17730790
Was meaning to cite >>17730855

So you continue on your path to the north, passing debris washed ashore by the sudden raise of water. Much driftwood and bits of sea life. You think you pass the shattered remains of an entire house at one point.

Thinking of something, you decide to do something you have yet to do since you set out once more. Focusing on a part of you very far away, you send out a message.

>"DREI. BE CAREFUL OF MYSTERIOUS CLOAKED FIGURES SELLING MAGICAL ITEMS. DO. NOT. TRUST. HIM."

Your words are met with a shock at first, then confusion, and then a wave of relief comes through.

>"Of course Sir Hadrian. I was wondering when I would hear from you....the city is in an uproar, some pilgrims returned from the blasted land proclaiming that the Fire God was dead, and were swiftly executed. It wasn't long before the King made a public announcement that an "Angel of the end" came to him claiming the destruction of the Firelord. But things are good, not many people seem to care in the lower city."

You nod at her words as you continue to travel forward. Your sweeping vision spys what looks like the prow of a ship jutting up in the air from the water.

>What shall you do?

rolled 84 = 84

>>17731177

How old is the wreck? Is there anything we should be concerned about with it or does it look like it's been there for awhile?

>>17731177
Can we absorb part of the ship or something? Let's see if we can use it for when we (eventually) fight the water elemental.

>>17731177
Remind her to remain wary as desperation can cause foolishness, and to keep us appraised of what further drivel the king excretes.

>>17731252
Knightboat?

>>17731220
You can't tell, but the prow seems to be in good enough condition. You would have to get closer to inspect it.

>>17731306

If we see no other danger, let's check it out.

More stuff to absorb would be nice, I want a new upgrade.

>>17731252
I have never given any limits on Consume.

>>17731334
Besides the whole "seems to only work sometimes"

>>17731252
Could work. Props if there's ghosts, they might hold an animosity against the elemental that effectively killed them.

>>17731177
Investigate the ship, see if there is any spiritual oddity, contemplate consuming it.

You tell Drei to be careful, as chaotic situations can drive men to do terrible things. She happily agrees, then goes on to do whatever it was she was doing. You take another look at the prow sticking out of the water and contemplate what to do.

Carefully, you move mercy off the land onto the water. Steam hisses off the surface, but nothing comes to assault you. Making your way over to the vessel you inspect it. What little is sticking out of the water is in fine condition, but a little water worn. A look into the surrounding water, you can make out a dark shape going down into the water, but other than that, you can't see how much else of the vessel is still intact.

>Shall you try to do something with it?
or
>WHAT DO YOUR ELF EYES SEE 1d100

rolled 92 = 92

>>17731617
Imminent danger>stuffing our faces with fish and ships

>>17731617
I don't want to consume it until we've gotten a thorough grasp of the situation surrounding it.

>>17731670

I assume this roll is for looking around?

>>17731746
That it is. Should have clarified that, sorry.

rolled 40 = 40

>WHAT DO YOUR ELF EYES SEE 1d100
A garguntan fish eel, without eyes. It looks like a sea creature of some sort, and seems to be too much of a abomination to actually belong on this height.
Deep sea creature, bleeding due lack of pressure.

Using your arcane vision, you pierce the surface of the water, getting in a good look at the ship below. The ship was nearly completely intact, save some battle damage. You see the telltale signs of the crew, a skeletal hand here, a discarded sword there. Whats strange is the holes lining the sides, as if something was supposed to go there. There are at least thirty holes in total, spanning one of the lower decks.

It appears to have been a sailing ship, as most of the mast is still intact, but the corrosive sea has eaten away at the sails.

You also notice a dead...sea monstrosity. Its brains spilling out into the water do to a very quick pressure change.

>Action?

rolled 75 = 75

>>17732005
Eat the monstrosity. Then maybe the ship, but the monstrosity looks like it'd give us the most power.

>>17732005
Consume the sea creature, investigate below decks.

>>17732005

Portholes? Oars? Something else?

Do you guys still want to investigate or move on? I have a feeling trespassing in the water might attract more bad attention from sea monsters right now but...

>>17732063
>>17732058
Oh you guys.

>Eat the creature to gain its power!

>>17732005
The holes are probably for cannon or oars, lets get on the ship, look real close, the sea monstrosity is dead due to explosive decompression. You need 8 or so atmospheres of difference to get actual serious everything exploding given that it's just the head and it's non human composition it could be as low as 5 atmospheres so it got quickly taken up from 50-80 meters below the surface and exploded. Is the creature attached to the ship in some way or is the method that got the creature up here still unknown. Get closer, keep our eyes open and start eating the beastie.

>>17732085

Hey you said yourself that we don't know the limits of what we can consume or not. We can at least try.

If the sea monsters want to be starting shit with us, why not try to have a little prep against them?

>>17732086
>Is the method of how it got up here still unknown

Probably the pissed off water elemental that screwed with the tide and brought all the other debris. No its not attached to the ship.

>>17732110
I meant to post a reaction image. If you really want to eat moby dick, roll for it.

rolled 15 = 15

>>17732149
rollin for seafood

rolled 54 = 54

>>17732149
EAT!

rolled 53 = 53

>>17732149

Rolling

rolled 15 = 15

>>17732149

OM NOM NOM

>>17732175
>>17732172
>>17732165
>>17732160
These are like...the same rolls.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17732149
Consuming Sea monsters

rolled 14 = 14

>>17732149

Oh come on we can do better than that.

>>17732197

Apparently not.

Hopefully that 70 is good enough to get something out of it.

Archiving this before I go off for sleep.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17725891/

rolled 16 = 16

Split your lugs with blood and thunder!
Devour the beast!

rolled 39 = 39

>>17732273
>>17732197
>>17732175
>>17732160
Ok, really? REALLY?

rolled 63 = 63

>>17732149
We just can't roll well.

Dismounting Mercy, you fall into the cold dark abyss. Bubbles fly up at first, obscuring your vision at first, once it clears you are greeted with the open maw of a creature that has not seen the light of day in its entire existence. Shuddering, you go to work consuming it, drawing in its power and adding it to your own.

Its not quite the same feeling as before, as you doubt this being had any sort of soul that would demand another chance at something, or to escape some horror. But you do feel something.

>{You gain an upgrade for an existing skill! roll 1d100 with the skill you are upgrading and what you are upgrading it with}

rolled 52 = 52

>>17732296
Is it possible to upgrade Consume? So that we can consume more things/have a better chance?

>>17732296
Upgrade arcane sight. The truth of the matters ahead will define the future of our people. We must see all sides of what we will face.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17732318
Fuck me. This is the roll.

rolled 78 = 78

>>17732316
>>17732273
>>17732222
>>17732197
>>17732196
>>17732175
>>17732172
>>17732165
>>17732160
>All shall fear Hadrian the Devourer

rolled 41 = 41

>>17732296
I say we upgrade our glaive. See if we can imbue it with the soul of a massive predator that shall now hunt wrongdoers in our service.

>>17732345
>>17732316
So, what do you propose you upgrade Consume to do?

rolled 42 = 42

Upgrade our armor, more spiky bitz and stuff baus

>>17732364
Still waiting on this. You can't really upgrade the success rate because its based on your rolls. But if you want you could consume more things, though there hasn't really been a limit as of yet.

>>17732364
>>17732433
I suppose we could consume more, and maybe get more out of consuming, makes sense after eating a carnivorous beast of the deep

rolled 53 = 53

>>17732440

During a fight we slowly eat weak weapons attacking us, decreasing damage done?

>>17732440
>Get more out of consuming

You mean like you get more than one upgrade/new skill at a time, or something like that? Alex mercer styled consume implosion things? I'm giving you guys the chance to specify what you want done.

rolled 22 = 22

>>17732433
Voting for upgrade to arcane sight

>>17732433
How about an upgrade to the information we gain from consuming? Either specifically things like books, or more generally, a little bit of information about the "life" of the item we consumed.

rolled 23 = 23

>>17732495
More than one upgrade at a time would probably be a bit OP, maybe just stronger upgrades? Alternatively, >>17732504

>>17732504
So is this good?

rolled 79 = 79

>>17732612
Good enough. Onwards, to food and glory.

>>17732612
Yeah, seems I am out voted on the arcane sight deal.

>>17732612
Works for me

>>17732632
Don't feel bad, Arcane vision was the only other thing to get upgraded from the base. writing now.

You gain a flash of memory, not of your own. You are eating various things that stray down too far into the deep. Your vision does not let you "see" but you can "see" things from the heat coming off their bodies.

You live a long life, until one day something tugs at you rather violently, pulling you up and up. Wait, this doesn't feel right, you see something up there, your head hurts it hurts IT HURTS IT HURTS.

You snap out of the creatures memories. You will need to be careful, of using that on living things.

>{Consume has been upgraded! You can now view memories of things you have consumed!}

You turn to the ship. Now what shall you do with that?

>>17732848

First go through it for useful items and intelligence, then EAT IT.

ALL OF IT.

ALL THE SOULS.

>>17732863
>Eat Captain's Soul
>Bind it into ship
>BEHOLD, THE BLACK SCOURGE OF THE SEA
>TERROR OF ALL THAT IS AQUATIC

Also it flies maybe.

>>17732895

I LIKE THIS IDEA.

FUND IT.

WITH SOULS.

>>17732895
>>17732916

>>17732848
We really need a map or something to plan our next move. Or at least some information about where is what and what's going on where, perhaps old settlements that might be connected to our old people.

Look around the ship for information on that, if there's any. Maybe consume an item on the ship to see where it came from.

>>17732916
>>17732895
>>17732863
Roll for it. You are going to need to roll for Arcane vision first though, you can't see any of the dead crews souls. going to need at least an 85 for that.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17732953
ROLLAN'

rolled 53 = 53

>>17732953
rolling. (inb4 15)

rolled 72 = 72

>>17732953

Heres too the scourge of raiders and pirates

rolled 61 = 61

>>17732953
DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
>SEE THE INVISIBLE
ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWA

rolled 31 = 31

>>17732953

LET ALL WHO SEE US KNOW OUR DREAD PURPOSE.

LET NONE ESCAPE OUR WRATH.

>>17732962
FUCKING /tg/ DICE

>>17732978
>>17732974
>>17732966
>>17732962

Focusing your sight once more, you peer through the veil of undeath. What you see are the spectral crew, going about their tasks they were doing before they met with their end.

The man obviously the captain strides about, shouting words you cannot hear, to ears that will never listen to his orders. Not because they do not want too, the rate at which they work is frantic, they live the ship much like the captain. Its just death had deadened their senses, they have no idea what they are doing anymore.

The captain seems to notice you and draws his blade, pointing at you. No one acknowledges him though, and his frantic waving of his sword soon dies down as his shoulders sag down.

>Action?

>>17733059
Try to speak with him, see if he actuallly knows and accepts he's dead, or if he's a shade, endlessly repeating his final moments. Looks like he knows though. Ask what happened to the ship.

>>17733059

Motion to sit down or something, I don't think he or his crew can hear us so we may have to talk with motions or writing.

rolled 9 = 9

>>17733059
Ask him why his ship is wrecked and ask if he wants revenge on whoever did it, offer him a chance for it, if he's angry enough about it.

Hope we're good at lip-reading or charades.

Or we could just eat him.

>>17733080
This, except make sure it was actually the ocean.

We don't want to get shoehorned into avenging the Mutineer who grabbed a lifeboat and now owns a farm in bumfuck nowhere

>>17733087
>>17733075
We could just use Arcane Hearing.

You know, I just realized that we are currently a suit of living platemail that is underwater eating giant sea monsters who is about to have a chat with a captain of a ghost ship, while our felsteed stands on top of the water above, doing god knows what.

>>17733096
We need someone to drawfag this.

rolled 51 = 51

>>17733095
You have a point. But it would appear that dice don't favor me tonight.

>>17733096
It seems like we're on a mission to kill beings that the majority of local religions consider gods.

Hmm... maybe we should restore our former empire, while we're at it.

>>17733096
>doing god knows what

Wishing it could graze probably. Dreaming about mares. Trotting around in circles.

I dunno, what do horses usually do when they're bored?

>>17733130
But its actually a kid, it's only shaped like a horse.

>>17733137
Well yes, but it can't really do kid things anymore. Doing horse things is really the only option left.

>>17733137
A kid as old as you are. Who saw people do terrible terrible things to each other.

So we are talking with the captain? Using arcane hearing yes?

rolled 44 = 44

>>17733146
Sounds good Rolling for arcane hearing?

>>17733146
Yup.

>>17733160
>>17733158
Alright, roll for it.

rolled 9 = 9

>>17733146
>>17733143
Still, I'm not sure he knows how to do horse things. I guess it would just stand around, wishing it had thumbs to twiddle.

Also, roll for hearing.

rolled 9 = 9

>>17733170

rolled 3 = 3

>>17733200
>>17733174
Well that's reassuring

>>17733174
>>17733200
>>17733213
Looks like we're deaf

rolled 91 = 91

>>17733170
COME ON

>>17733218
Great, now we just have to hope that he was going for best of first 4, and not an average.

>>17733174
>>17733200
>>17733213
>>17733218
Thankfully there was a ninety, but still guys...

You approach the captain, who simply sits down on the sideways deck. He stares at your approaching figure with sullen eyes.

>>"Oh look, another figure come to torment me, though you seem to be better than this lot"<<

He gestures to his crew. >>"You know anything about the see laddy?"<< He said hopefully >>"I'm in the market for a new crew, the sea took my last ones soul it seems. They don't even pay me any mind when I shout orders anymore. There aren't even any cannons left to maintain, or sails to repair, yet still they go about it like they are there.>> Cannon? You aren't familiar with the word.

>What shall you say to the captain?

>>17733303
Ask him what happened to the ship, how did it wreck?

>mfw the thread has almost been going on for 8 hours

Its almost like that time we had two full threads one night. Except the bump limit has been raised now.

>>17733303
"You wish to sail the seas once more? To become the scourge of all who sail it? Serve me, and I will make it so. We shall bring righteous vengeance against the so called gods of the sea."

>>17733303

Ask him what a "cannon" is, and how he died. And if he wishes to be reborn as his ship, to sail us around the seas to dispense justice to those who require it.

>>17733352
JOIN ME IN MY QUEST TO PURGE THIS WORLD OF THE ELEMENTAL "GODS" GOOD CAPTAIN, AND YOU WILL LIVE ONCE MORE. NO MERE MORTAL BODY SHALL BE WORTHY OF YOU. NAY, YOUR BONES SHALL BE THAT WHICH WE STAND UPON NOW. YOUR BREATH WILL BE THESE SAILS, AND YOU SHALL DANCE UPON THE WAVES ONCE MORE.
JOIN ME IF YOU WISH IT TO BE SO.

I'm actually really going to need to stop soon. Probably after the next post. Its like 6am here now.

Well shit I am far behind on this series... been spending too much time working on fluffing my Warhammer chapter, Guess I have a lot of reading to do

>"TELL ME CAPTAIN. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR SHIP?"

He stares into your burning eyes and tells you the tale >>"We were sailing about, patrolling the waters around the land bridge. Set out from Grandal, many a moon ago, heard nasty tales of ships getting attacked by pirates and the like around here, so here we came. We were greeted with placid waters and still sails. No winds came to our aid as some foul beast wrapped its limbs around the frigate and hauled us down to the deep dark. My men were the first to go, but my spirit has lingered on. I still want to get another shot at that fucking beast, and whoever released it.">>

>"IF I COULD GIVE YOU THAT SECOND CHANCE, WOULD YOU TAKE IT? I MUST WARN YOU THOUGH, YOU WILL FIND NO PEACE IN THIS. BUT YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SECOND CHANCE."

The captain ponders your words but a moment, before nodding in agreement >>"A walking hell is better than a sunken and wet hell. At least going with you I might see the sun again.<<


>Doing something different this time. Roll 3d100 we are aiming for 1000

>>17733438
Good to see you friend.

rolled 22, 49, 52 = 123

>>17733550
Watch as I roll a 3.

Also how do you get 1000 from a 3d100?

rolled 95 = 95

>>17733550
FOR BRINEY JUSTICE

rolled 78 = 78

>>17733550

How will we reach 1000 with 3d100?

rolled 11, 44, 25 = 80

>>17733573
Wait, 3. Fuck.

>>17733592
>first single roll was higher than all three put together

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Black+knight+quest

Don't forget to vote it up, guys.

>>17733572
Uhh... Right. Sorry, I'm a tad bit sleep deprived right now. Aiming for 500 now instead.

rolled 70, 86, 3 = 159

>>17733600
Welcome to the wonderful world of /tg/-dice.

Lets see how I do.

>>17733592
Fuckin' seriously?

rolled 92, 3, 70, 20, 80 = 265

>>17733615
So 5d100? Or what?

>>17733615
100+100+100=300, bro.

>>17733630
>>17733621
Right. Fuck it, never doing this way of rolling again.

>>17733644
Sooo, does that mean we can use this roll? >>17733573

Nodding, you grip onto the side of the vessel, and forcing your will inwards, begin to pull it into yourself. The captain is startled at first, but soon understands what you are doing. It takes a long moment for the ship to fully pass through the event horizon of yourself. The captain stands on the edge right as its about to go in and strikes a rather embarrassing extravagant pose. Then the ship is gone.

You feel, immense pressure in you, filling you with everything you need to make something. You understand now what this feeling truly is. You have the power to take death and turn it into life. Images of the final battle flash through your head, great tendrils of water reaching up to the sky then slamming down on the ship, the cannons blazing and captain shouting.


>choose a combination of the following {To make up for my fuckup}
>6th Rate or 5th Rate
>Crew or no crew
>captain bound, or captain unbound

>>17733772
I think OP might have fallen asleep at his keyboard.

>>17733782
>>17733777
Or not...

>>17733777
Captain Bound, no crew, 5th rate.

>>17733787
>Not even giving me 15 minutes to type something before writing me off as asleep.

Okay.

>>17733777
5th, crew, unbound, if you mean to the ship, bound otherwise.

>>17733795
Second. We can man the ship with those who shall devote themselves to JUSTICE.

>>17733777

What do the rates mean?

Other than that, crew should be there and captain should be unbound.

>>17733803
Lies, it was 16 minutes.

I didn't actually notice it was 16 minutes, though. Time has a funny way of stretching when you're trying to stay awake and failing.

>>17733814
A first rate ship is the best of its class. A second rate ship, not so much. I presume that this is what Blackknight mean.

>>17733828

I see. Clearly 5th rate is the way to go then.

>>17733814
>>17733828
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating_system_of_the_Royal_Navy#cite_ref-1

The rating system is about how many guns/deck/crew a ship has. This ship only has a single deck of guns, and around 30 or so gun ports, so it has to be a frigate, which is either a 6th rate or a 5th rate.

>>17733806

seconding this.

It would have helped if you guys rolled. There are several combinations after all, but its my fault for not specifying.

1d100 if you please

rolled 41 = 41

>>17733888
5th rate, no crew, bound.

rolled 28 = 28

>>17733888
Please clarify, bound to what?

still:
5th, crew, unbound, if you mean to the ship, bound otherwise.

>>17733904
Bound to the ship, like Mercy and Vengeance are bound to their forms, i.e he IS the ship. Or unbound, and he can do captainy things

rolled 88 = 88

>>17733888

5th crew bound.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17733927
Ah, definitely unbound then.

>>17733930
If there are no objections...

>>17733965
Well, I'd object, but I've been out rolled. Let me just point out that a real captain is much more fun that a shit with the mind of the captain.

>>17733965

change it to unbound.

>>17733975
>shit
I mean ship.

rolled 37 = 37

Well, with the ship and crew designed, what of the name? Surely a glorious vessel deserves a glorious name. I'll put my vote to The Drowned Kraken.

>>17733975
What? If the Cap'n were bound, he could control the ship DIRECTLY. Because it would be his body.

>>17733998
Second.

>>17734000

It wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. And the captain is likely a strong combatant himself.

The unbound seems to have won with consensus, but the bound captain has the highest roll.

>>17734000
This >>17734009

Also now that we don't have Drei with us, if we can give the captain corporeal form, he could speak for us.

>>17734017
Indeed, what will it be gents?

>>17734031
Uh, well it's up to you actually. There's a player consensus and a high roll. Which one are you going to give precedence?

>>17734049
Consensus, generally. Or the most intelligent idea.

>>17734031

unbound. Hopefully after we are done he can go around the seas like a good davy jones and crewing his ships with repenting spirits

>>17734060
Well then there's your answer. Start writing.

The pressure builds until it is unbearable, but you hold on, forming and shaping the ship to your liking, the captain guiding you on what to do. Forty guns, twenty on either side, strong sails to catch the wind and guide you to where you need to go, and a crew and a captain.

Its almost too much now, but a "ready" from the captain, and you aim where you will dump your load. Right up at the surface. You start forcing the souls you just consumed to their assigned tasks, readying the payload. Finally with a bubbling roar, a pointed black metal prow bursts from your chest, roaring with pain, you force the remainder of the vessel from you, and the black ship explodes from you with a force that sends it straight to the surface. The Captain stands atop the mast laughing as his ship is given new life and he can once more sail the seas.

The water swelled at exploded the glistening black ship, as a started Mercy shook his head, and took some steps backwards. You managed to grab a hold of one of the nets going down the side, as it flew to the surface, and climb aboard you new vessel.

Black armored men go about their business as the captain comes to greet you. He has much of the same he was wearing before, except it is now all black fabric, and the plate armor is visible from underneath his clothes. Atop his masked face, he has an extravagant hat, with a white feather in it.

"Welcome aboard sir, what is our heading?"

Stopping here. I am fucking tired.

>>17734185

good night OP.

I wonder what a ship with control over heat and ice can do that a normal ship could not? Other than, of course, going through cold climates with ease. Could a cold and warm front be created behind the sails to produce wind in any manner?

>>17734233

Sorry, meant just heat. The ice comes from taking all the heat away, my bad.

>captain bound, or captain unbound

What was the difference between these?

>>17734295
see>>17733927

Also, did we just pick up the black pearl with Captain Barbarossa as the captain?

I'd just like to say: Holy Fuck, this is awesome. We have our own ghost ship.

Now we need a diving bell so that we can get to the challenger deep and fuck up the water god.

>>17737517

What makes you think we need anything to go that deep? I'm fairly sure the pressure wouldn't bother us much.