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Events Summary:

You've met the brilliant and ambitious Duke Vellik, ruler of Kelvere, who aims to reshape the political landscape of the world to suit more liberal, tolerant ideals. You've promised him friendship, if not permanent commitment to his ideals.

By consuming the magical dynamo power core of one of the duke's airships, you were able to defeat and ultimately consume the angel Raziel, who suddenly appeared with a comrade, Auriel, while you were speaking with the duke. Using the power of his soul, you realized Supersonic flight and retreated from Auriel back to Jacob's Field.

In Jacob's field, you learned that the occupying Kanians have noticed the great source of spirit beneath the town, but have been unable to access it. You also learned more of Abigail's past, and her parents, specifically her father. You believe there may be a connection between Abigail and the ruler of Archon, the archmage Yi Fang. While waiting for Sir Flint to meet you, you ate the Kanian's food supplies and put the fear of the shadow into a few of their men.

Flint eventually arrived at your meeting point - with a plea for aid from the duke. Lord Nulis Vin, ruler of Kan-Abar, has launched a surprise attack on Evinbrook using the power of a Demon Lord to hide his army's movements. Flint convinced you to return to Evinbrook and fight for Kelvere - despite the fact that the angel Auriel is still there.

You've just arrived back at Evinbrook, and the battle is in full swing. After restoring power to the Velarion's weapons, you barely escaped the notice of Auriel before hunting down some mages with a strange woman you met on the ship. She's a shadow mage, and an incredibly skilled fighter, but has said little beyond that she is a servant of angels.

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>>24557216
Shadow Quest?
Shadow Quest!

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

Unlocked Ability Descriptions Located in the following Pastebin link (full list in progress):

http://pastebin.com/qdKu6yAU

Books the Main Character has read can be found here:

http://pastebin.com/xBMzDQJn

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Current Statistics:

HP: 24/29
Mana: 2/4
EXP: 1
Humanity: 24
Temerity: 25

Party Members:

Sir Donovan Flint - a knight of Dobshire, of Arland, and fourth son of the lord and ruler of Arland.

Duke Vellik - the ruler of Kelvere. A brilliant politican and powerful Lightning mage.

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard
Spirit Sword (with Flint)
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Mind-Scribing Pen

Current Location:

Kelvere - Evinbrook

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Basic Battle Options to keep in mind during fights (it would get tedious to list all of them every time):

-Physical Attack
-Shadow Attack (requires light source!)
-Magic Attack
-Defend
-Dodge and Counter
-specific ability (Battle-specific abilities activate same-turn; others burn a turn to activate)
-Flee (dodge check if enemy attacks)

>Last time...

You position yourself to try to gain your advantage once more...

...and the golem collapses. The magic is cut from it like a puppet's strings, and in a moment, it's a pile of rock.

A beam of green-glowing wind blasts into the rock! You duck, and a boulder just misses you!

The wind mage has arrived. He stands on top of the rubble. You can tell he's powerful. Green spheres of wind wrap his hands like little cyclones.

A tremendous wave of shadow falls upon the battlefield.

You can feel the pressure...it doesn't really phase you. But the raw power is still staggering. The wind mage, on the other hand, nearly outright falls over.

Something is emerging from the swirl of dark clouds over the center of the Kanian forces...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjhCGnoikWc

An orb of pure shadow emerges from the cloud.

It's...

...wrong.

You can't describe it. But that shadow isn't right. It's...lonely. That's the only way you can put it.

The battle has practically halted in the face of this spell. Every mage is reeling; even the soldiers can feel the press on their souls. The sphere rises rapidly, then hovers in the sky, almost directly above the lightning elemental.

The sphere erupts. Sparks of shadow fly in every direction - mostly toward the Kelveren forces, but scattering across the entire front lines of the Kanians. A huge portion flies toward the Velarion, still hovering up in the sky.

Where the shadows strike, the world is erased. Orbs of destruction eat away at the terrain, leaving perfectly smooth craters. An earth golem loses its upper body and head, and collapses to the ground. The front lines of both armies are completely decimated, and pockets of death further line the reserves of the Kelveren forces.

The Velarion fires back into the shadow. Its bolts of Light and Lightning punch through the void-bombs...only to split them into smaller and smaller pieces. The airship's fire strikes hard on the Karnian troops, but the bombs reach its hull an instant later. The shields deflect some of the magic.

The rest explodes on contact. Holes dot the sides of the ship. Explosions follow. A cloud of smoke rises into the air as the airship steadily begins to drop. It's not in free-fall, but it can't maintain its position any longer.

The lightning elemental takes the brunt of the force at the center lines. The duke intentionally warps his creation, making it less humanoid and more like a flat shield. The Lighting absorbs most of the blow, sparing the core of his army. The Kanian side is not so lucky.

You can only think that Lord Nulis Vin is insane...or that the Demon Lord isn't fully under his command any more.

>>24557216
IT'S SHADOW TIME~

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>pictured: an orb of pure shadow arises from the cloud

Your position far out on the flank was lucky enough to avoid the worst of the attack, but the wind mage is still stunned by the wave of magic.

What do you do?

>attack the wind mage
>rendevous with the Duke and Flint
>hide, wait for the mysterious woman to return
>flee the battle. This is above your pay-grade
>something else

>>24557344
Opting to attack the mage [physical] while he isn't completely prepared to strike us.

>>24557344
>hide, wait for the mysterious woman to return

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>DM's note:

I have vastly expanded and updated the "books you've read" section, available at the pastebin here:

http://pastebin.com/xBMzDQJn

Now with a historical timeline of major events (will be expanded as more events are fleshed out), a greater detail in stuff that was already there, added books I hadn't yet, Jen Fang's Diary, and the two fictional stories you picked out for Abigail.

>>24557344
attack the mage. rather not try to fly off and get attacked by him and the natural sky sever

>>24557344
well lets try to kill the mage I don't like the idea of turning our back on him

>>24557344
>attack the wind mage
I'm sure our mysterious women friend will return.

>>24557344
>wait around
>on a battlefield
why would you even have that as an option that's asking to get killed

I guess we should attack the mage while he's slightly stunned. I'm still trying to wrap my head around ideas of how to handle the whole "Demon Lord" situation.

>>24557344
Attack the wind mage, but get ready to GTFO the battle.

We never swore allegiance to the Duke; we're in the battle for lulz, not out of duty. No use getting killed fighting an unstoppable enemy.

>>24557357
>>24557403
>>24557409
>>24557413

You're decided to attack the wind mage.

Vote 1
>physical lash from current position

Vote 2
>sprint forward, close-range physical attack

Vote 3
>magic attack (specify Spirit Whip or Shadow Strike)

Vote 4
>immediate CONSUME attempt

As usual, you can write-in your own strategy if desired.

>>24557344
>>attack the wind mage

>>24557463
Sprint forward, close-range physical attack and then CONSUME.

>>24557463
2
use the Stunned advantage to get closer, seems like he uses balls of wind

>>24557463
Let's use lash from our current position. If we try to close the distance, he might have time to get a spell off at us.

>>24557476

Seconded. Now, while he's dazed.

>>24557448
At this point what's attaching me to this fight are two things: Flint is here; and mages are tasty.

But there's this nagging parnoia in the back of my mind: Adavan and Abigail. We've got little to no information about them for 6? ish threads now. We left a little girl alone with a smelly old lich who did promise us to teach her, but he was talking about changing memories before when we encountered him with Joey.
I'd like to see if we can find them if we survive this.

>>24557463
2, but lets try to make sure another mage isn't around before we attempt to consume him.

>>24557463
2 because stun bonus!

>>24557463
Odd, I thought the wind Mage attacked the earth golem, not us. Guessing misread that...

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>>24557500

What could POSSIBLY happen?

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You've voted to close the gap and fuck his day up, followed by consume.

Roll 1d100, minimum 6 rolls

>>24557500
Then again, it's only been a few days now that she's been with the Lich.

Even if he is actively trying to turn her evil, how much can he corrupt her in a couple days?

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Oh boy, is it time for Shadow Quest already?

Rolled 3

>>24557556
BY MY DICE

Rolled 19

>>24557556
OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

>>24557540

To clarify, the golem collapsed - presumably because the woman killed its controlled.

The wind mage tried to blast the stones at you, but I had plot make you duck and avoid the blow. It was more for the mage to make a sudden and dramatic entrance than anything else.

Rolled 84

>>24557556
(t)rolling...

Rolled 58

>>24557556
Rolland!

>>24557558
He said changing Joey's memories would be quick and simple.
A couple days of magical manipulation? Yeah.

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>>24557573
AW FUCK

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>>24557579
Thank you based anon.

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>>24557556

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>>24557556

this won't end well...

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>>24557556

IT TOOK A WHILE BUT I AM BACK; THE SEALS FAILED ME, THE CLUBBING OF SEALS FAILED ME, THE PANDAS FAILED ME, THE PANGOLINS LEFT ME IN THE DIRT; BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP INVOKING THE POWER OF ANIMALS FOR ROLLS IN A /tg/ QUEST EVEN WHEN IT SPELLS DISASTER! MY HOPE IS STRONGSTUPID!
I invoke the power of Aye-Ayes for, THIS, ROLL!!

Rolled 67

>>24557614
alright I give up

>>24557614
on to the next animal then

>>24557626
Now the dice are just messing with you

>>24557578
Ah. Thank you SM.

You lunge toward the mage!

He snaps his head over to you and puts his hands together just as you're halfway to his position. A blast of teal wind roars from his hands like a cyclone. It rips and tears the stone as it passes over.

You leap! But not high enough - so you spread your wings and flap to boost you over the gust of energy.

The wind catches your open wings and sends you tumbling to the ground, but you've evaded the worst of the blow.

>you've taken 1 damage (23/29 HP)

You set your leg(s). The mage has prepared a large spell...an orb of wind is spinning faster and faster above his raised hands.

What do you do?

>lash, try to disrupt
>charge, beat him before he can finish casting
>dodge his attack, then catch him between spells
>some other strategy

>>24557685
>lash, try to disrupt
YOU CAN NOT STOP US

>>24557685

>Lash, try to disrupt.

Can we attack while charging?

>>24557685
lash

>>24557685
>lash, try to disrupt

>>24557685
How much does shadowstrike cost in mana? Because we might be able to hit him with that before his spell finishes, and it looks like he might WANT us to charge again.

Lash was universally selected.

You will also try to close the gap, assuming a successful attack.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 69

>>24557741
ONCE MORE

>>24557729

Shadow Strike - 2 mana. 2 base power.

Spirit Whip - 2 mana. 2 base power.

Shadow Assault - 4 mana. 4 base power. Can hit multiple enemies.

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Rolled 17

>>24557741
Power of the tortoise.

Rolled 15

>>24557741

Rolled 6

>>24557741
fuck your magic

Rolled 50

>>24557741
rolling

Rolled 78

>>24557741
Hope this goes better!

>>24557755

Oh, and

Shade - 1 mana. Create an illusory projection of yourself to increase -dodge- rating. Lasts 1-3 turns.

>attack the wind mage
and CONSUME once hes hurt.

>>24557780
Having a list of that stuff would be REAAAALLY nice...

>>24557810

Working on it. I'll have it for the next thread. You only have those 4 mana-using abilities at the moment, but it will be helpful once your magic trees expand.

Assuming you live long enough to expand them.

>>24557837
I'm sure the players won't be stupid enough to attack the Demon Lord alone! There's nothing to worry about at all! Ha. HAH. Ha. HAH.

>>24557837
>Implying we'll ever spend any substantial amount of xp in them at all.

>>24557837
I really wan to see more of the summoning tree, I love having monstrositys do my bidding

>>24557845
I swear to god.

If VoidBearer comes on here and starts calling to Schattenkrieg the thing, I'm going to fucking lose my shit.

>>24557837
>Assuming you live long enough to expand them.
Speaking of that...

Why does /tg/ always want to rush in to a glorious death in battle in almost every quest where that's an option?

>>24557868
Because we're big, goddamn heroes.

>>24557867
Indeed. That's not a good option even if we have backup.

You Lash your body toward the mage. A tendril of your shadow form whips out and strikes with a sharp crack!

It strikes...

...but something stops it! A shield of wind deflects your attack upward! You feel as through a solid blow could penetrate, but this isn't a normal mage...

The man grins. "Time to get yours!"

The magic sphere condenses. A dozen small pockets of wind scatter in your direction!

1d100 for dodge

>>24557867
I generally due some pretty ballsy shit in my campaigns but launching ourselves into something that can shit on TWO angels that previously easily fucked us up is a little to much.

>>24557868
Long quests are boring. Let's live, die, and move onto the next quest so we can always fondly remember the nonexistent golden age of the quest and all it never could have been.

>>24557858
Once we do go down the summoning tree I say we go for the shadow tree as the very fact our summons get to keep our stealth bonus is pretty great.

Rolled 28

>>24557909
MORE DICE

Rolled 13

>>24557909
Rollin' to not die!

Rolled 96

>>24557909
>get ours

Rolled 67

>>24557909
rolling.

Rolled 48

>>24557909
I told you guys we should run away...

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>>24557909
Dodge roll? I INVOKE THE POWER OF BANA SLUGS!

Today is just not our day.

Rolled 86

>>24557909

Rolled 10

>>24557909

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>>24557909
Well this is pickles

>>24557917
having our own assassins would be pretty cool

>>24557934
we might have gotten it, but the 2 rolls beofer this worry me.

Rolled 88

>>24557968
>Dodge most of it
>Take 1 or 2 dmg

We should really get that thing that let's us eat shadows and also look into getting the prereqs for fast regen

>>24557941

>implying you simply didn't anger the baby seal god by asking too much of him

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You flicker left, right, up, down, around! The arrows of wind blast into the ground around you, but there's too many! You're overwhelmed!

A concentrated set of three hit you straight on...but your aura comes to your defense. The wind seems to bend around you, absorbed, deflected. When it strikes you, it's greatly dissipated - but it still hits hard.

>you've taken 2 damage (21/29 HP)

You keep running, building speed. The mage follows you with his shots, and soon the ground is churned into pits of mud. You duck, dive, and sprint to avoid the barrage of wind magic. He can't lead you fast enough!

The magic bullets are starting to slow...either he's getting tired, or the spell has had its day. But you're feeling wary after he blocked you the first time...

What do you do?

>keep dodging, wait for that opening
>attack now, before he can cast something else
>another strategy

>>24557917
I think we should ignore the summoning trees in favour of getting stuff like Shiva and Schattenkrieg for now.

Not to mention Magic Power.

>>24558040
For fast regen it looks like we will have to get robust immunity or others in that tree and possibly bind as well.

>>24558062
attack
punch a hole in the side of his head

>>24558062
>>keep dodging, wait for that opening
This is war, and war is attrition!

Soon he will be tired and week, and then we will consume him.

>>24558062
>attack now, before he can cast something else

>>24558075
The blue region might split off of Bind.

>>24558062
>attack now, before he can cast something else
Let's not give him the chance.

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>>24558062
Pic very related.

Get close and use our superior strength to do horrible things to him.

>>24558062
attack attack attack
we don't know how many mages can restore their own MP or how quickly

>>24558068
we got plenty of that though, and I'm wary as fuck of giving some people access to Schattenkrieg

We barely have any magic or mana right now though, so summoning or general magic would be useful,summoning I think more so based on our playstyle of support and evasion

>>24558062
>keep dodging
He could be baiting us to attack now

>>24558062
Keep on dodging

>>24558117
Different anon, but I'm wary as fuck about summoning because of the constant mana drain just to keep the things we summon under our control.

It will be a long investment before summoning gets to the level of the other options we have now.

>>24558062
Dodge and dodge and more dodge.

We Matrix now.

>>24558143
But Summoning is fun.

>>24558117
Magic Power would make sense; apart from that, personally I'd just as soon develop ourselves more than our summons in the short term. Direct magic seems more useful at the moment. It'll take a pile of development before our summons are anywhere close to as useful as ourselves, and that's without spending experience becoming even better.

>>24558143
both summoning and magic would take awhile to see results, we've been all but completely ignoring them for 16 threads

plus our mana pool is miniscule at the moment, if we take some magic power levels it'll help

>>24558162
And so is being a superstrong, superfast, supersneak eldritch horror looking shadow.

>>24558062
Keep dodging if there are no more mages in sight, attack then retreat if there are more. We don't want backup arriving.

>>24558068
Shiva would be useful, but shattenkreig, while cool, is overly flashy and can hurt us to use (in addition to moving into point-blank range)
I would recommend magic power so we have more of a stockpile of "emergency power". right now we are kind of always fighting at the same level, with not much to throw at powerful foes.

attack: 5

dodge: 4

You've chosen to attack.

Roll 1d100

>>24558117
I agree with magic power, but just so we can get things like shadow beam.

Rolled 51

>>24558210
Rolling 1's

Rolled 37

>>24558210
Oh boy

Rolled 10

>>24558210
Rolling

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>>24558210

>>24558210
>>24558210
>>24558210
>>24558207
>>24558207
>>24558207


CANCEL

Votes are tied.

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>>24558210

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>>24558210
It is time.

Rolled 64

>>24558210
c'mon dice gods...

Rolled 13

>>24558171
the summons don't have to be as useful as us though their for support, it's not like we're suddenly going to become summoner shadow

>>24558210
rolling as well

Rolled 22

>>24558210

Rolled 30

>>24558210
Rolling for certain doom.

i vote DODGE to break the tie.

>>24558246
I vote attack

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>>24558231

Dodge.

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>>24558233

Rolled 78

>>24558210
C'mon my strange luck

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>>24558233
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

>>24558231
Guys.

Dodge.

Rolled 56

>>24558233

Lucky.

>>24558231
Changing my vote here >>24558110 from attack to dodge.

>>24558259
>>24558253
What can I say? I'm number one.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON

>>24558233

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I canceled the attack right before this, so you're fine.

>getting this fucking lucky

Two further votes have titled us toward continuing to dodge.

Roll 1d100 to evade the wind.

Rolled 20

i don't think it counts? I hope it doesn't.

>>24558281

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>>24558281

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>>24558281

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>>24558281

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>>24558281

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>>24558281
not lucky enough to not get a one, though

Rolled 92

>>24558281

the 5 D's of warfare

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>>24558281

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>>24558289
>>24558291
>>24558303
>>24558304

SAFE.

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>>24558304
>the 5 D's of warfare
Technically, as an amorphous creature, we can have all the D's we want.

Rolled 90

>>24558328

Yeah so it will be easier to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.

>>24558304
>>24558378

"IF YOU CAN DODGE WIND ORBS, YOU CAN DODGE A BALL!!!"

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You sprint faster. You learned the hard way that attacking a wind mage head-on can be disastrous.

And even as you leap across another pit, the flurry of attacks suddenly increases beyond anything that's come before! The sphere unravels in a cloud of green, wind strings that whip forward, gashing the mud.

But you're gone! At full speed, he can't follow you!

The mage falls to a knee. His breath is coming in heavy gasps, but his head is still on a swivel.

What do you do?

>lash once more!
>full frontal physical assault/consume
>good things come to those who wait
>some other strategy

>>24558396
We'll have to put that into practice if we get targeted by the destruction balls of the Demon Lord.

>>24558441
can we cautiously approach?he might try to trick us again

>>24558441
Hit the fucker. Take his head off!

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>stealth our way to him by getting behind him
He can't turn his ehad around 360 degrees. Mage or not hes no owl.

>>24558441
>Good things come to those who wait
Send him images of us devouring him whole.

>>24558441

Any mooks close by to throw at him?

he can block a shadow, but can he block John?

>>24558467
>>24558464
Voting to combine these.

>>24558441
That's enough dodging. Full *back* assault/consume; his head may be on a swivel but he's not as fast as we are.

>>24558464

Good plan. I'll work that in as a bonus should you attack.

>>24558467

Also worth intimidation points.

>>24558474

You can always try to stealth/intimidate and wait another turn.

>>24558441
Kite this motherfucker. Dart in and out, jabbing at him with our shadows.

>>24558441
Lash his head off while we move.

>>24558441
You know what we need to get? Shadow Control. Would make fights so much easier.
>grab a persons shadow
>make sure they can't defend themselves.
>Kill and consume

>>24558514
>>24558520

Yeah, this is enough.

Action 1: attempt restealth/intimidate
Action 2: attack

Roll 1d100

>>24558520
Intimidate, but dart in and take him out before he gets his second wind or gets some help. He's not the only thing on the battlefield, and we can't keep waiting around for him to keel over of his own accord.

Rolled 50

>>24558541

Rolled 95

>>24558541

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>>24558541
The seals. THE SEEEAAALS.

>>24558541
1

Rolled 41

>>24558541
Bitch ass mages

Rolled 21

>>24558541

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>>24558565
Derp

Rolled 55

>>24558541
>>24558561

YES.

>Action 1: attempt restealth/intimidate

Rolled 49

>>24558561
Shadow stronk!

Rolled 5

>>24558541
HAHA

>>24558578

too bad he never specified which action he was rolling for...

>>24558578
Interesting side effect of posting anonymously; I didn't realize I was the one who rolled the 95 until someone quoted it and I saw the '(You)'.

Rolled 64

>>24558546
>wind mage
>second wind

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>>24558541

>>24558591
We have two actions to roll for; I think Shadow Master is looking for six rolls, to handle both. So, we did really well with the re-stealthing and intimidation, and:
>>24558576
really well with the attack too.

Rolled 56

>>24558591

I don't think anybody did.

Both.

>>24558591
I rolled a 91 >>24558576 that was for option 1.

Confuzzlement.

You keep moving.

The mage stands. He gathers his power into a fist and shoots wide waves of air out, scattering it wide. He fires again, again, throwing up rock and bud and tossing corpses into the air.

You wonder where he's aiming, because you're already behind him.

He starts to turn just as a lunging ball of arms and legs and shadow lands on top of him. You claw at him, gashing him across the chest and arms. The wounds are many, but shallow - his wind magic is slowing your blows.

You fall from the top of the pile of rocks and land on top of him in a pile of mud. The wind is rallying around him, but he's still at a huge disadvantage.

What do you do?

>physical attack until his head is mush
>CONSUME
>retreat, re-stealth, catch him from behind again

>>24558618
>We have two actions to roll for; I think Shadow Master is looking for six rolls, to handle both.

This, for future reference.

>>24558648
EAT HIS FACE

>>24558648
Jam shadow needles into his neck to paralyse him and then CONSUME!

>>24558648
Bash his skull in.

>>24558648
>>24558675
Well, that's an interesting idea. STAB THE FUCK OUT OF HIS JUGULARS AND CONSUME.

>>24558675
I like it.

Rolled 63

>CONSUME
it is time

man this guy was a pain

>>24558648
Ink into his lungs and drown him.

Because there's a certain irony to suffocating a wind mage.

>>24558648
Smash his skull and eat what's left of his power.

Also, lets keep out center of mass (?) in motion around him, no need to give him an easy shot if he can pull one last one off.

>>24558697
>wind mage

He might just super exhale and spit us up. That seems like something a wind mage would do.

>>24558697
This is war, though, not a gladiator fight or some shit.

>>24558690
>>24558691
ya upvoting

>>24558697
I'd think that would work more for water mages actually

>>24558697
Nah. Better to make it quick before we attract attention to us.

>>24558693
>man this guy was a pain

Miniboss. Grinding mooks is boring!

You decide to bash through his head/needle his jugulars/Ink into his lungs and then consume him.

Roll 1d100

Action 1: megadeath
Action 2: consume (DC based on whether he's dead or not)

Rolled 26

>>24558736
rolling.

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>>24558736

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>>24558736
>Action 1: megadeath
Bueno.

Rolled 36

>>24558736

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>>24558736
OH BOY OVERKILL!

Rolled 28

>>24558736
Rolling for horrible murder.

Rolled 79

>>24558736
Rolling for OMNOMNOMNOM version 2.0

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>>24558736

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Rolled 62

Shit. I think he lived, guys.

>>24558745
>>24558749
>>24558750
>>24558752
Jesus, this guy just won't die.

Rolled 11

>>24558736

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>>24558736
!

wow, just wow. Hopefully that one roll above 60 is enough to at least eat him.

Rolled 52

>>24558736
c'mon megadeath

>>24558745
>>24558749
>>24558750

sigh

Alright, now roll 1d20. I need two rolls.

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What a horrible day to be Mr. Shadow.

Rolled 19

>>24558799

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>>24558799
Club all baby seals today!

Yeah, this has not been a good day for Mr. Shadow.

>>24558799
What are we rolling against, here? Makes it more fun to know. (Usually for things we don't know about or control, you'd be the one doing the rolling.)

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HE JUST WON'T DIE

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>>24558830
He's like that bellsprout from the first pokemon league.

>>24558830

Maybe a sign that he could be a Friend?

doubtful, though it would be interesting if he escaped and returned later...

>>24558829
Patience anon. We'll find out next post. Or you could post random wild speculations. That's always fun.

>>24558862
>Maybe a sign that he could be a Friend?
Don't start that shit.

>>24558862
If he does we need to chase him down, it's impolite to leave food on your plate

>>24558874
We've been impolite enough already by playing with our food. And in the middle of a feast, no less.

>>24558862
It's a sign that his soul will be a true delicacy when we finally rip it from his body and CONSUME it.

>>24558873
You suggesting we switch sides in this war? Could be fun to take out our trusting allies.

>>24558872
Random wilde spectulations time!
Abigail and Adavan were caught by the enemy and are setup as sacrifices to restore the Demon Lords' mana so as soon as we get a clear view of the Demon Lord we'll see a magically bound lich, little girl, and an assortment of other sacrifices!
Yay wile specteration!

>>24558897

no

You raise your Fist and pound into the mage like a madman.

His wind shields him. It looks like he's collecting himself.

You Articulate a second arm, and a third, stretching your capabilities to their limits. All three of your hands are pounding and clawing, but his wind makes the blows shallow at best. The wind is gathering to a single point...

A blast of hot air expands! You're thrown up, out of the pit. Shocked, you try to orient -

The mage is standing upright, holding a hand in your direction. A bright green light gathers at the center of his palm - !

The woman appears from nowhere. Her dagger is thrust in under the mage's chin, and the sharp aura of shadow surrounding it pierces through his shield as if it isn't there. The man's body goes limp and hangs off her weapon like an old green tapestry.

You land next to her. Her dagger *shinks* back into its sheath on her wrist, and the mage's body falls dead.

You can feel lightning energy building in the distance...is that the duke?

"I thought you had him," the woman says. "You need work on your finishing technique."

The words are delivered flatly. It's the statement of an observation more than any criticism.

<I see,> you respond.

Do you consume the mage?

y/n

yes.

thank the woman. she didn't have to save you.

>>24558914

I say no we will have plenty to feast on later

>>24558929
Seconding.

>>24558914
let's get dat 1 to 6 xp!

>>24558829

If I ask for a 1d20 after you fuck up, it's usually for a saving throw or an ally coming to bail you out.

>>24558914
No, he is worthless to us now.

>>24558914
Can we snag him on a tether line of shadow and consume on the go?

Mage takeout!

>>24558914

I say no, we will have plenty to CONSUME in the hours ahead

Rolled 42

>>24558914
damn, we have to learn that defence piercing thing. we have had too much trouble with magic defences recently.

and no. we didnt earn that one

>>24558914
No. We didn't earn it and wasted a lot of time on him in the middle of this fight. On to other targets.

>>24558949
>Mage takeout

Oh god yes!

>>24558914

no we move on to other prey.

>>24558914
Nah. We're not a carrion eater like a vulture. We CONSUME what we kill.

>>24558949
I'm curious as well. Can we do this? If we can then we should, if not then we should just leave the guy there.

>>24558977
Huh... Never thought of it that way. Considering that's not really how we've always done it, but it does have class.

wait, you guys are turning down XP after we just got schooled and had to have dues ex machina save us?

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>not eating the miniboss

>>24558987

You can, but you'll be at a serious disadvantage should anything suddenly happen...

>>24558914
no, hide in her shadow and regenerate

>>24559014
Well shit..

>>24559005
We've already lingered in this part of the battlefield for a while drawing attention to ourselves fighting the mage.

Surely backup will arrive to fuck us up if we stay around here eating the dude's corpse.

just wow.

>>24558914
Fast food: wrap him up in shadow and eat him on the way to the next target. And thank her for the help.

>>24559025
Time to hide in her shadow again.

>>24559025

seconded

>>24559005
>>24559009

I don't know why everyone is suddenly a picky eater.

>>24559014

like, say, A RAMPAGING DEMON LORD!?

our work here is done. We need to either move on, or move out.

Sparing with Miniboss is fun and all, though trying it with a Demon Lord? not so much.

<your orders?>

>>24559005
Yes. Also, I'd prefer we keep trying to kill the stuff trying to kill us instead of taking a quick break for lunch. You know, whole battle thing happening around us and all...

>>24559055
Because of that last mid battle consumption that didn't go so well.

>>24559055
Yeah, this is the only time we haven't instantly consumed someone.
And this guy was a miniboss, too! He should be worth a lot.

they're afraid that the two seconds it takes to eat the guy the demon will swoop down and kill us.

>>24559055
Probably because of the somewhat disapproving looks from last time.

But meh, eat him. Just keep moving while we do.

>>24559055
Moralfags.

>>24559076
This. Eat the powerful mage.

>>24559055

>2012+1
>being an un-cultured vulture


who the hell do you think we are

>>24559055
It's not about the food, it's about the restaurant, so to speak.

I'd rather not get ambushed mid-meal again.

Rolled 97

>>24558914
Consume. It has to happen. Seriously, don't you people want abilities?

Rolled 29

>>24559055
Well if we are going to be heroic, but still true to our nature, we should at least have some class for how we eat. plus, don't we get exp for beating it anyway?

>>24559055

I just don't want to draw the angels attention to us is all. Plus we didn't finish him so it feels like a let down. Are we a dog that eats others scraps or a shadow that ate an angel?

>>24559113
Well the 97 convinces me.

>>24559114
>. plus, don't we get exp for beating it anyway?
shadowchick killed him

>>24559114
nope

>>24559114
We didn't beat it. Why would we get xp?

>>24559128
Fucking killstealers.

>>24559114

this I do not wish for Mr. Shadow to be uncultured swine who feeds on enemies he did not slay himself

>>24559141

can we sit in her shadow and consume him while she moves on? or is that not how it works...

>>24559055
Up to this post of yours, at least, I count more votes for CONSUME (or CONSUME while moving on) than not.

>>24558914
No. Look for other mages or clusters of enemy troops. See what our ally prioritizes.

>>24559155
I would love to do this.

ALL ABOARD THE CORPSE TRAIN!

>>24558914
y

I have a feeling of an impending Shadow Master voting related post.

>>24558914

n

>>24559141
Obviously our shadow demon ally must pay for her kill stealing sins. I'm sure she's tasty and nutritious.

oh great we have anons spam voting now.

>>24559184
>wanting to eat shady girl
All moralfaggotry aside, she's almost certainly harder to kill than the mage we just fought.

And eating a shadow aligned person would be sorta cannibalism.

>>24559201
To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's one guy voting mostly both ways.

>>24559114
>plus, don't we get exp for beating it anyway?

Yes.

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Though there was some staunch dissent, I believe the don't-eaters have won the debate. And I want to keep things moving.

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You decide to opt out of eating the mage. She did ask you to control yourself...and for some reason, you feel rather indignant at the prospect of consuming a corpse you didn't kill yourself.

Perhaps this is that thing called 'pride'.

>you've gained 1 humanity (25)
>you've gained 1 EXP (2)

<I appreciate the assistance.>

"It was my pleasure."

<...pleasure?>

"Taking life." The woman stares at the corpse. "It's the only thing I have left."

<What do you - >

A flare of magic makes you snap your head up. Four mages are marching toward your position, backed by a battalion of Kanian spearmen. This part of the battlefield has been scattered melee, but it seems as if the Kanians are trying to flank the Kelverens once more...and they're practically on top of you!

<Do you have new orders?>

"No. I will kill them." She drops low.

You duck into her shadow. <I am your shadow. I will watch your back.>

She watches you meld into the darkness. seemingly impressed. "...then let us attack, Shadow."

She sprints toward the enemy, a wavering, shadowy phantom.

...you can feel the duke's magic still building, gathering. He must be planning something...good.

Roll 1d100 for your dramatic battle entrance.

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