announce how weirded out you are

Can I have a recap of what's happened since the first thread? Did he fix Jonathan yet?

>>18175143
Make sure Nxisa is okay. Fuck playing cards, something my be wrong with our boss!

"It's weird."
>Nenonen: "What is weird? That you are losing?"
"No no. It's just that my master seems anxious about something. It's not about flying, because she was fine until yesterday."
>Nenonen: "Beats me. Maybe she is keeping you a secret birthday party. Or she is just worried about her home."
"She has been bit secretive, yeah."
>Nenonen: "Birthday party then?"
>Jake: "I think she is worrying about D-Archmage."
"That's silly. Why would she do that? I am not even sure if he is alive anymore."
>Jake: "... Yes."
>Nenonen: "Ha! He's alive and well I guess. In guild I heard that someone had received a large sum from him. 4000 pien. It's like 2% of his bounty."
"It got upped again? I heard it was 120 000 pien."
>Qu: "Ye, I heard them telling that it is 200 000 pien now."
>Nenonen: "The guild is trying to chase him down tho. I think they should just rid of the whole bounty-thing. It's ridiculous. It just encourages low-level bounty-hunters to chase him. He is someone not to be trifled with."
>Jake: "He destroyed fortress of Jaabal, yes?"
>Qu; "Ye. I was next town over. I could hear the explosions over there."
"He should be taken down tho. Job for counter-mages I suppose!"
>Nenonen: "Anyway, I think you should go ask her what's wrong."

>>18175681
Grab a drink for her on the way. Like tea or something. And then see what's bothering her.

>>18175709
This sounds good, and when we talk to her, try not to worry her too much, just let her know we are concerned for her, and want to help however we can.

She's on her girly days.

>>18175143
This particular frame reminds me an awful lot to weaver's stuff... ah well.
We are to speak with master Nxisa now, no? let's try to not be too nosy yet manage to get as much information as we can on the matter that troubles her, if a reaction is set by our words let us mind our ground.

>>18175785
Do goats even have... that?

I found her in her room. Doing nothing special in particular, just reading.

>Nxisa: "Tea? Thanks Daniel, I was thinking about getting some."
"Yeah. Has something been bothering you?"
>Nxisa: "Hah, what do you mean?"
"You have been bit anxious."
>Nxisa: "Haha, no I have not."
"Seriously, tell me. I'm your student. There's no reason why you couldn't share your worries with me. I shared some of mine, so now it is your turn."
>Nxisa: "... Well, you got me there. The reason of this trip is not what you might think it is. Sure, we will train a lot, since there will be lots of counter-mages around, but um, how do I put this."
"Come on, come on."
>Nxisa: "It involves Ing-"

Nenonen bursts into room!

>Nenonen: "There's a fucking dragon out there!"
"Uh, what?"
>Nxisa: "Ah fuck no."
>Nenonen: "Quite large black variant, flying pretty far from us. Come see that shit!"

>>18176149
Fuck that dragon, the boss is more important right now.

>>18176149
Let's go check it out, but before getting out sword. Never can be TOO careful.

...Tell me your black dragons aren't those acid spewing assholes. I hate dealing with that shit. And thats without being stuck on a flying rig.

Regardless, take precautions against an attack but try to stay the hell away from it if you can.

Stick with Nxisa, whether that means staying here, or running outside to see the dragon.

she's undead sick...

Seems like we want to stick with Nxisa. Waiting on OP.

>Nxisa: "We'll be there soon. Thank you for informing Nenonen."
Nenonen leaves and says he will come inform us if anything worrying happens.

>Nxisa: "Ah, yes! I didn't want to tell you this because I did not want you to get involved in this."
"In what?"
>Nxisa: "We have laid a trap for Dark Archmage Ingram. Remember that necromancer, the one you defeated? He mentioned the reward Dark Archmage was offering for information regarding Xjaal. The guild altered and passed necromancer's memos to the Dark Archmage. The memos basically say that the Xjaal should be over the flatlands near Daciht. It's perfect place to strike and eliminate the Dark Archmage."
"So, all these people- were called to the ambush?"
>Nxisa: "Not all. Qu and Nenonen are here for Xjaal as well. You are obedient enough, but you are sometimes way too concerned about me. I mean, you brought me tea and wanted to hear my worries! I wanted to eliminate all chances of you following me there."
"..."
>Nxisa: "Don't. I am neither too keen to be here, but guild ordered me. They need all strong counter-mages. Now grab your equipment, we gotta see this situation."

Nenonen bursts inside once again.

>>18176795
"Right, right, something worrying" Get the hell out there.

>Nenonen: "Bad news, it's Gaia."
"Gaia?"
>Nxisa: "Gaia?! One of Ingram's loyal friends? Daniel, get your gear now!"

>>18176911
Get our gear on as quickly as possible while asking, "W-what element is best against black dragons?"

>>18176911
Are there... some sort of parachutes on the ship? Perhaps we would be best to have a backup plan in case it takes us out of the air.

"Is it weak to some particular element?"
>Nenonen: "Gaia is one of the more bigger and badder dragons around. But why would it fly here? Its nest is much norther."
"Maybe it's going to Xjaal like everyone?"
>Nxisa: "...There is a person on the back of the dragon."
>Nenonen: "Yep, we are fucked. Jump down when he tries anything funny. I can cast slow fall on you, it will drain me, but it can save our lives."
"What about the other people?"
>Nenonen: "... I don't really know."

>>18177121
Let's not jump to conclusions. Maybe they won't attack us if we don't do anything?

>>18177121
"Is there any body of water nearby? Can we set the ship on a crash course for it? The people aboard might survive if we do that."

"Any bodies of water nearby?"
>Nxisa: "There's a lake further ahead."
"Great, we just gotta crash-land to it!"
>Qu: "I'll go inform the captain!"

He is casting a spell.

"Get away from the railing!"

>>18177490
Fuck!

I hope nobody got caught up in that explosion.

>>18177670
Did we manage to hit the lake.

SHIIIIIIIT

Okay okay, here I go.
We managed to survive the explosion and crash. Most of us got hit by the shrapnel, but we are doing pretty fine.
I tried to disrupt the spell, but it did not work. Way too powerful.

Most of the crew and passengers are dead. Some got hit by the explosions. Dead.
Some got thrown off the ship. Dead.
Some sank with the ship. Dead.

Now there is only I, Nxisa, Jake, Nenonen, Qu, Captain and two passengers.

I have no idea what to do. Good thing I had my gear on. I got my sword and armor with me, as well as the letter.
Nenonen got a full bag of all kinds of goods. I am not sure whatever we should go for the mountains. Jake mentioned that there might be dwarves. Dwarves might not be too happy, but we'll survive for sure.
We could try to get through nearby mushroom-forest. Dangerous, but there are probably villages on the other side. We could try to go around, but that would take pretty damn long.
Everyone's pretty crushed right now.

>>18177740
Isn't this Nxisa's homeland? Ask for her opinion.

>>18177740
How are we on funds? Dwarves may not like us but coin will help things go over better. If they and the forest aren't in different directions maybe we could hire one to help us get through that damn forest, or at least get some gear to help us get through ourselves. What specifically are the dangers there? Monsters, plantlife, crazy locals?

>>18177740
Do we get to dictate what we do?
I mean, we're youngest one here after all.

>>18177740
I do have a question. How does the sword get recharged? Do we pump our own mana into it, or is it something only an enchanter can do?

Pumping own mana should do. It will take for a while and requires a circle, but nothing too difficult.

Well, as for funds, I still have 116 pien. Nxisa has 1100, Captain lost his money in the ship, Jake has 700, Nenonen has about 500 and Qu has 1900. Which... is quite a bit. She said me that she is a performer.
I guess it makes sense.

I asked Nxisa about the paths.

The biggest problem with the forest is the wildlife. Most of them are poisonous. Jake knows healing spells which can be used to neutralize poisons, but it is still very dangerous place. Nxisa says that some mushrooms tend to spread on people as well. Luckily, there are no many mushroom-forests around, this one being one of the few.

Mountains might be treacherous as well. There is no guarantee that we find dwarves, and instead will find other kinds of folk. There might be even more dragons ( however, Nxisa that we must be extremely unlucky to run to something as powerful as Gaia again. And Gaia was less dangerous than the mage riding anyway. )

Quick! Check if we still have the letter!

>>18178269
We do, see:
>>18177740
>I have no idea what to do. Good thing I had my gear on. I got my sword and armor with me, as well as the letter.

>>18178275
Ah, must've just skimmed over that part.

>>18178241
Shouldn't the ship's captain have a rough idea where we are and which cities are nearby?

I guess the area is pretty much like this? There's only wasteland in the direction we came from.

And yes, I still have the letter.

rolled 2 = 2

>>18178304
Oh boy, I really can't decide which way to go.
So I'll let the die decide instead.

1=Mountains
2=Forest
3=Long way

>>18178304
Both sound equally dangerous, with the mountains being potentially better or worse depending on what actually lives there. How about if we split the difference? Follow along between them, cutting through a straight a line as possible while avoiding the thickest of the forest and the harsher heights of the mountains. Eventually we should get clear from them both.

Since we're there's only two left, let's get acquainted with our remaining crew better and get a measure of their ability.

Yeah, captain does somewhat know where there are towns. Some dwarven fortresses and cities are unmarked in their maps. There are some towns behind the mushroom forest tho.

>>18178346
I'm agreeing with this anon.

>>18178355
>>18178346
Let's get those locations on the map if possible, and check the viability of the between route.

>>18178372
Bravo! Good thinking.

Going between mountain and forest was pretty damn good idea. We can avoid the monsters of the forest while not going too high on the mountains. Food probably won't be a problem ( considering we can go kill something in the forest ). Nenonen can conjure up some water, but it taxes him a lot. The road is rocky and we have bit hard time traversing ( with exception of Nxisa ). The night is coming. We have to camp at some point.

Don't camp in the forest, find a strategic location among the rocky areas. Someplace defensible but with a coupe ways out. If all you have is open area than it'll have to do.

>>18178541
> Anonymous 03/02/12(Fri)17:19 No.18178541
Also, set up a night-shift

We camp inside a small cave. Sleeping on hard ground is no fun.
During the night Qu saw a patrol. We have no idea whatever it is dwarven patrol. In the morning we could try to pursue it or just keep going.

>>18178642
Do we actually need anything the drawves could offer us, or would it be faster to simply continue on our way?

>>18178640
Hah, well sometimes my attention span and autoupdate just works out like that.

>>18178642
If it isn't going the same way you are, avoid it entirely. Otherwise cautiously learn what you can before possible encounters.

If Dwarves could potentially offer something, attempt pursuit
Else, stay the course.

We decide against trying to pursue them. In the morning, we continue our journey. We are pretty depressed already. To kill some time, Nenonen taught me some more tricks. Conjuring water from air and slow fall ( although I cannot pull it off properly. Nenonen says it's pretty advanced and I probably won't get it right for a while ).

But after two days of scaling around, we finally arrive at the edge of the forest. Captain knows the town, and says we can get to Daciht from there in horse-carriage ( I began to hate walking already ).

[ Thanks for tolerating my quest. Continuing tomorrow. Thank you. ]

>>18178968
Thank you for drawing for us OP. Please don't commit sudoku.

>>18178986
>sudoku
I laughed.

bump

>>18180660
Don't bump without content like questions or suggestions or ideas for tomorrow.

>>18180694

So then, what should we do when we get to town? Resupply would be good, maybe warn a few people? Finding the quickest route to Dachit may be best though...

>>18181804
We should probably try to get any info if the battle between the dark archmage and the others has already happened.

When the time is right we should finish our conversation with Nxisa.

Okay, we are here. We are doing fine.
Currently Nxisa is trying to get some info about how the ambush went. News haven't arrived here yet. The ambush was yesterday after all.
Nxisa is very worried about whole deal. Nenonen and Qu are bit angry at Jake and Nxisa. Mainly because they got tricked into this whole thing. They are not demanding anything tho. Captain is spending his time in local tavern ( with the other two passengers ). The carriage should leave in few hours. It will take us straight to Daciht, capital of Daciht ( it is weird how they named the capital after their land. Or is it other way around? ) The other two passengers decided to stay here for a while, so we'll be leaving with Qu, Jake and Nenonen.
Anyway. No one died during the travel, so I think we are doing great. I did lose my cloak, hat and goggles in the crash.
I also heard there are draconian fortresses in the mountains. They are causing quite bit of trouble around.

But yeah, I smell like shit right now. I also gotta resupply.

We finally arrived in Daciht. It's a quite big city. Kinda like a spiral.

This sucks.
We went to find out how ambush went.
Total failure.
They hadn't expected a fucking dragon. And it seems that the Dark Archmage noticed the trap way too soon. Almost everyone ended up dead. We met four survivors from force of 81.
Nxisa did not take this well. She left me here, saying 'I'll be back in some time. I gotta digest this'.
Nenonen and Qu are waiting for ship, Jake went to find some work.
And here I am, doing nothing, learning nothing, only with 100 pien.

>>18186044
We need a new cloak, try to find one that isn't too expensive. And see if we can dig up some information on what's been going on in the land lately.

>>18186316
Goggles are much more important than a cloak. We must protect our eyes. Checking out current rumors is a good idea.

I bought cloak and goggles!
75 pien. Quite cheap I guess.

This place is filled to brim with satyr. I actually wasn't allowed in some taverns because I am human. I found one tavern which allowed me in. Got some rumors ( well, maybe not rumors eh? )
The Daciht is doing pretty well overall. Only considerable problem is the expanding draconian territory. They are enslaving people they can find, which makes me kinda happy we did not follow the patrol. Remains of some dragon's army I guess.
And talking about dragons: there was quite bit of talk about how people had seen Gaia flying around. Not terribly interesting considering what happened. There's also another dragon nearby, Kalim. A red dragon, not terribly big. I heard some talk that he is cowardly and meek. Quite unfitting for a dragon I guess.

Anyway, I also found a billboard with some announcements.

>"I am being hunted. Looking for someone to shake them off my tail."
>"Kobolds have taken home near my farm. Could someone please remove them? Will pay in money."
>"Looking for adventures to check out a cavern in the mountains."
>"Slay Kalim. Will pay 750 pien." ( the bottom part has been ripped off, so I guess this one is taken )
>"Going to look for my lost brother in the mountains, need someone to watch my back."

Hm, should I? I have no idea when Nxisa will get back.

>>18187489
The second job and the last one sound interesting but we should probably wait until Nxisa is back before we do anything.

By the way, didn't she say her family is from this city? Maybe we could find somebody who knows her and use our last 25 pien to buy her favourite food, or something along that line. She probably needs to be cheered up. Nxisa might have lost a friend in that failed ambush.

>>18187489
We should probably deliver that letter.

>>18187489
Go for the lost brother quest. You will gain a lot of experience. Not only in combat, but also human-relationship-related.

>>18187836
You probably mean human to goat-thing relatioship.

>>18187854
Well, that's right. Maybe the siblings are perverted goat rapists, but hell, it could be a mind-opening experience.

>>18187732
I agree with this. Deliver the letter post-haste

Curious, why isn't this being ran on tgchan? Threads move at a snail's hind end there.

Unfortunately, I don't have any idea where Nxisa is. It's a big city after all. I could just wait for her in her old home.

But yeah, the letter!
Finding Herman wasn't hard. There are very few humans here, and only one named Herman. He keeps a shop of magical scrolls and spells. He is... quite old.
I gave him the letter. He thanks me and tells me to get out of his shop unless I am buying anything.
These spells look pretty interesting, but I don't have enough money for any of these. Damn.

Okay, so should I go find the brother or get rid of some kobolds? Or maybe I should pick one the other tasks?

>>18188749
Grab both of the jobs that send you toward the mountain. Look for the brother on the way to the cave, explore the cave, then find the brother if you haven't already.

I'm going to with this brother-case. We meet up and head for the mountains. Just two hours of walk. There should not be major danger ( outside of stray draconians, but they are not the brightest or fastest folk ). Jign ( the not-lost brother ) tells me that his brother ( Majx ) is studying to be an alchemist and went to look for some plant that tends to grow up in the mountains.

How should we proceed with this?

>>18189001
>plant that tends to grow up in the mountains.
A bit more accurate than that?

>>18189001
How high in the mountains and which mountain in particular? We can't exactly search an entire mountain range.

Don't you guys think that job about dragon could be... more than profitable?
And I'm not talking about killing Kalim. Maybe we could actually befriend him?
Wouldn't that be cool?

His brother went to search for them on this mountain.
They grow kinda high. Not on the peaks tho. I am not an alchemist, and neither is the brother here.
Befriending Kalim? I am not sure where Kalim is, but he supposedly is on this mountain. Maybe he has a cave and a hoard or something?

>>18189176
Let's be sure to take the slope slowly. We aren't as adept here as our goat-legged friend.

Keep a lookout, pace yourself and explore around thoroughly. Check out all the caves you find and things should work out well enough.

We found some of plant described. They have been harvested, probably meaning that the brother is around here.
There is some blood here, I am not sure if it is the brother's or not. The trail of blood is leading up. Jign found a cave.

>>18189533
That's... concerning. Take the lead, not good business to let your clients die.

>>18189533
If the brother is hurt, we should probably find him as quickly as possible. We can always explore the cave on our way back.

>>18189533
Let's follow the blood, keep a hand on our sword's hilt, and keep an eye out for magic. Let's bring down the goggles while we're at it.

We found... a bigger splatter and another cave. Jign is terrified.

>>18189629
Let's be careful. Does Jign have a weapon or any kind of combat experience? If not, tell him to hide somewhere.

Then move out to peek inside the cave. Stealthily, if possible.

>>18189629
Keep going, quiet, careful, and ready for a fight. Make sure your goggles are on - don't want to risk losing these sweet eyes.

Jign is armed with a hammer. That's about it.
Now, let's just carefully look into a cave and...
>"Grrrrfffffffff."
... find a mountain troll.
I think it noticed us.

>>18189802
Quick, blind it with your orb of light spell.

>>18189802
Do we know what kind of elemental mountain trolls are weak to? If not, now might be a good time to withdraw to a more tactically-advantageous position.

Blind it and then aim for legs!
Aim for legs!

I create an orb of light, and quickly hide again. Troll is not blinded by it.
However, trolls, especially mountain trolls are not bright. They are dumb as boots.
The troll tries to smash the orb of light, but fails to do so.

>>18189990
Are trolls weak to anything? Fire, acid? Let's get into a good ambush position and try to lure it out of the cave, then come at it hard and fast (and from far away) with its bane.

>>18189990
"Go for the eyes, Daniel, go for the eyes!"

How dangerous are trolls?
Would it be possible to lead the troll deeper into the cave with the orb while you two get the fuck out of there and follow that blood trail?

Trolls are kinda dangerous. They are very strong and tough, but very dumb. They also can recover very fast.

I fire a fire bolt at the troll. It his it in the head, blinding its left eye. The troll doesn't catch fire, but it is burned.
It has lost all interest in the shining sphere I created and is recovering from the blow.

>>18190354
Throw as many more bolts as fast as possible. Quantity over accuracy. After all, it's a big target.

>>18190354

Wait, we can conjure water from air right? Would it work if we conjure water above him, then hit him with a bolt of electricity? Granted, it's salt water that is conductive, but he may have salt on him to provide that.

>>18190381
That's... Not the way water and electricity work. Water doesn't amplify electricity. The reason why you don't want to get electrocuted in the water is because it travels all the way through the water to you, not because it makes it stronger. Unless he's being submerged, making him wet will do literally nothing in terms of electrocuting him. Also, we can't conjure. We can throw offensive bolts made of elements.

>>18190392

So much for that idea then. Throw more bolts of fire?

Does acid count as an element for you to shoot? Because acid is awesome. If not use more fire. Get the other eye so it can be really blind, and then legs.

>>18190450
Water can help make an electrical attack connect against a target with clothing or such so it isn't *useless*. Just isn't a thing that would help here, if we could even do it.

Unfortunately, I cannot use acid as element ( IIRC, that requires some knowledge in conjuring. )
I shoot four more fire bolts. One misses, one hits it in the midsection, one hits leg and one hits chest. Missed the eye. The troll is clearly in great pain, but it still can charge.

>>18190642
Dodge that charge.

>>18190642

Man I wish we had a spear, we could just skewer this guy here and now.

Wait, idea. We can conjure water, of virtue of >>18178968 can't we roll out of the way, conjure water on the spot, and then hit it with a bolt of ice? That might freeze it, possibly. Try to get him to slip off the mountain.

I said to cut his legs.
He wouldn't charge us with damaged legs.

Fake him out, doge to the side, burn his legs, don't stop burning him.

>>18190642
Roll forward and left to end up behind him as he charges. Then unload on his back - fire from one hand, sword from the other.

Roll, stab and fire!

>>18190915
Hamstring him! Or slice his achilles tendon!

>>18190939
Yeah, and then, once he's been hobbled, get the fuck away from him and start lobbing fire from a distance.

>>18190939

If we do that, we'll need to immediately follow up with a fatal blow, because he'd probably recover from it pretty quickly.

Ouch!
The troll bumped into me! I got knocked down and I lost possession of my sword!

HIT IT IN THE EYE

NOW

WHILE WE HAVE A CHANCE, WE NEED TO BLIND IT

>>18191003

Bolt of lightning to stun it and grab our sword back.

Lightning it in the eye! That, or use our sword as a lightning rod and send that bolt deep inside him.

Lightning bolt!
>ZAP!

>>18191291

We should take this opportunity to move away from it in case it might fall on us, and sent another bolt of electricity through the sword to make sure it dies.

>>18191291
Stunned is nice, but dead is better! Unload everything you've got until it well done.

The troll shakes a bit and falls forward. The lightning bolt was enough to kill it.
Firing bolts like that can be bit exhausting.
.. I think I am done here. Jign is still alive. We also found Majx's half-eaten corpse from the cave.

We'll take a rest and get back home.

[ Thanks for playing, continuing later someday ]

>>18191361
Bye OP. Thanks for the chance ot play.