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You are a creature of darkness and shadows. Stripped of your memory, you seek to learn your true nature and find your place in the world.

Direct Archive:

Part I: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=shadow%2Cquest
Part II: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=shadow%2C+quest

Archive compiled using with only story posts for easier read-through (update status unknown):

http://pastebin.com/6RzLX9Yp

Twitter (quest times, cancellations, updates):

https://twitter.com/ShadowMaster_tg

Theme music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTQ5PlEWko
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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)
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>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...
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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.
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>>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
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>>24557344
Opting to attack the mage [physical] while he isn't completely prepared to strike us.
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>>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.
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>>24557344
attack the mage. rather not try to fly off and get attacked by him and the natural sky sever
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>>24557344
well lets try to kill the mage I don't like the idea of turning our back on him
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>>24557344
>attack the wind mage
I'm sure our mysterious women friend will return.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>24557344
>>attack the wind mage
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>>24557463
Sprint forward, close-range physical attack and then CONSUME.
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>>24557463
2
use the Stunned advantage to get closer, seems like he uses balls of wind
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>>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.
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>>24557476

Seconded. Now, while he's dazed.
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>>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.
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>>24557463
2, but lets try to make sure another mage isn't around before we attempt to consume him.
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>>24557463
2 because stun bonus!
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>>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
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>>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?
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Rolled 3

>>24557556
BY MY DICE
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Rolled 19

>>24557556
OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
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>>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.
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Rolled 84

>>24557556
(t)rolling...
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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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Rolled 54

>>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!!
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Rolled 67

>>24557614
alright I give up
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>>24557614
on to the next animal then
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>>24557626
Now the dice are just messing with you
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>>24557578
Ah. Thank you SM.
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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
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>>24557685
>lash, try to disrupt
YOU CAN NOT STOP US
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>>24557685

>Lash, try to disrupt.

Can we attack while charging?
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>>24557685
lash
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>>24557685
>lash, try to disrupt
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>>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.
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Lash was universally selected.

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

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 69

>>24557741
ONCE MORE
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>>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.
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Rolled 6

>>24557741
fuck your magic
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Rolled 50

>>24557741
rolling
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Rolled 78

>>24557741
Hope this goes better!
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>>24557755

Oh, and

Shade - 1 mana. Create an illusory projection of yourself to increase -dodge- rating. Lasts 1-3 turns.
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>attack the wind mage
and CONSUME once hes hurt.
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>>24557780
Having a list of that stuff would be REAAAALLY nice...
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>24557837
>Implying we'll ever spend any substantial amount of xp in them at all.
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>>24557837
I really wan to see more of the summoning tree, I love having monstrositys do my bidding
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>24557868
Because we're big, goddamn heroes.
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>>24557867
Indeed. That's not a good option even if we have backup.
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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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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Rolled 28

>>24557909
MORE DICE
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Rolled 13

>>24557909
Rollin' to not die!
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Rolled 96

>>24557909
>get ours
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Rolled 67

>>24557909
rolling.
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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!
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Today is just not our day.
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Rolled 10

>>24557909
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Rolled 36

>>24557909
Well this is pickles
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>>24557917
having our own assassins would be pretty cool
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>>24557934
we might have gotten it, but the 2 rolls beofer this worry me.
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Rolled 88

>>24557968
>Dodge most of it
>Take 1 or 2 dmg
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We should really get that thing that let's us eat shadows and also look into getting the prereqs for fast regen
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>24558040
For fast regen it looks like we will have to get robust immunity or others in that tree and possibly bind as well.
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>>24558062
attack
punch a hole in the side of his head
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>>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.
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>>24558062
>attack now, before he can cast something else
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>>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.
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>>24558062
attack attack attack
we don't know how many mages can restore their own MP or how quickly
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>>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
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>>24558062
>keep dodging
He could be baiting us to attack now
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>>24558062
Keep on dodging
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>>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.
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>>24558062
Dodge and dodge and more dodge.

We Matrix now.
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>>24558143
But Summoning is fun.
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>>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.
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>>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
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>>24558162
And so is being a superstrong, superfast, supersneak eldritch horror looking shadow.
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>>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.
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attack: 5

dodge: 4

You've chosen to attack.

Roll 1d100
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>>24558117
I agree with magic power, but just so we can get things like shadow beam.
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Rolled 51

>>24558210
Rolling 1's
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Rolled 37

>>24558210
Oh boy
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Rolled 10

>>24558210
Rolling
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Rolled 89

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


CANCEL

Votes are tied.
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>>24558210
It is time.
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Rolled 64

>>24558210
c'mon dice gods...
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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
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Rolled 22

>>24558210
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Rolled 30

>>24558210
Rolling for certain doom.
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i vote DODGE to break the tie.
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>>24558246
I vote attack
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>>24558231

Dodge.
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>>24558233
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>>24558210
C'mon my strange luck
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>>24558233
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
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>>24558231
Guys.

Dodge.
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Rolled 56

>>24558233

Lucky.
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>>24558231
Changing my vote here >>24558110 from attack to dodge.
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>>24558259
>>24558253
What can I say? I'm number one.
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WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
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>>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.
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Rolled 20

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

>>24558281
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Rolled 72

>>24558281
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Rolled 75

>>24558281
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Rolled 48

>>24558281
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Rolled 82

>>24558281
not lucky enough to not get a one, though
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Rolled 92

>>24558281

the 5 D's of warfare
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Rolled 35

>>24558281
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Rolled 18

>>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.
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Rolled 90

>>24558328

Yeah so it will be easier to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.
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>>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
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>>24558396
We'll have to put that into practice if we get targeted by the destruction balls of the Demon Lord.
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>>24558441
can we cautiously approach?he might try to trick us again
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>>24558441
Hit the fucker. Take his head off!
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Rolled 55

>stealth our way to him by getting behind him
He can't turn his ehad around 360 degrees. Mage or not hes no owl.
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>>24558441
>Good things come to those who wait
Send him images of us devouring him whole.
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>>24558441

Any mooks close by to throw at him?

he can block a shadow, but can he block John?
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>>24558467
>>24558464
Voting to combine these.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>24558441
Kite this motherfucker. Dart in and out, jabbing at him with our shadows.
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>>24558441
Lash his head off while we move.
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>>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
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>>24558514
>>24558520

Yeah, this is enough.

Action 1: attempt restealth/intimidate
Action 2: attack

Roll 1d100
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>>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.
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Rolled 50

>>24558541
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Rolled 95

>>24558541
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Rolled 17

>>24558541
The seals. THE SEEEAAALS.
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>>24558541
1
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Rolled 41

>>24558541
Bitch ass mages
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Rolled 91

>>24558565
Derp
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Rolled 55

>>24558541
>>24558561

YES.
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>Action 1: attempt restealth/intimidate
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Rolled 49

>>24558561
Shadow stronk!
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Rolled 5

>>24558541
HAHA
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>>24558578

too bad he never specified which action he was rolling for...
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>>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)'.
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Rolled 64

>>24558546
>wind mage
>second wind
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Rolled 67

>>24558541
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>>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.
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Rolled 56

>>24558591

I don't think anybody did.

Both.
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>>24558591
I rolled a 91 >>24558576 that was for option 1.
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Confuzzlement.
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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
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>>24558618
>We have two actions to roll for; I think Shadow Master is looking for six rolls, to handle both.

This, for future reference.
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>>24558648
EAT HIS FACE
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>>24558648
Jam shadow needles into his neck to paralyse him and then CONSUME!
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>>24558648
Bash his skull in.
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>>24558648
>>24558675
Well, that's an interesting idea. STAB THE FUCK OUT OF HIS JUGULARS AND CONSUME.
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>>24558675
I like it.
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Rolled 63

>CONSUME
it is time

man this guy was a pain
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>>24558648
Ink into his lungs and drown him.

Because there's a certain irony to suffocating a wind mage.
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>>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.
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>>24558697
>wind mage

He might just super exhale and spit us up. That seems like something a wind mage would do.
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>>24558697
This is war, though, not a gladiator fight or some shit.
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>>24558690
>>24558691
ya upvoting
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>>24558697
I'd think that would work more for water mages actually
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>>24558697
Nah. Better to make it quick before we attract attention to us.
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>>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)
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Rolled 26

>>24558736
rolling.
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Rolled 12

>>24558736
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Rolled 15

>>24558736
>Action 1: megadeath
Bueno.
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Rolled 36

>>24558736
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Rolled 61

>>24558736
OH BOY OVERKILL!
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Rolled 28

>>24558736
Rolling for horrible murder.
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Rolled 79

>>24558736
Rolling for OMNOMNOMNOM version 2.0
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Rolled 20

>>24558736
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Rolled 62

Shit. I think he lived, guys.
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>>24558745
>>24558749
>>24558750
>>24558752
Jesus, this guy just won't die.
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Rolled 11

>>24558736
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Rolled 52

>>24558736
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Rolled 25

>>24558736
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Rolled 47

>>24558736
!
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wow, just wow. Hopefully that one roll above 60 is enough to at least eat him.
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Rolled 52

>>24558736
c'mon megadeath
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>>24558745
>>24558749
>>24558750

sigh

Alright, now roll 1d20. I need two rolls.
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What a horrible day to be Mr. Shadow.
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Rolled 19

>>24558799
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Rolled 6

>>24558799
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Rolled 11

>>24558799
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Rolled 3

>>24558799
Club all baby seals today!
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Yeah, this has not been a good day for Mr. Shadow.
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>>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.
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>>24558830

Maybe a sign that he could be a Friend?

doubtful, though it would be interesting if he escaped and returned later...
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>>24558829
Patience anon. We'll find out next post. Or you could post random wild speculations. That's always fun.
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>>24558862
>Maybe a sign that he could be a Friend?
Don't start that shit.
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>>24558862
If he does we need to chase him down, it's impolite to leave food on your plate
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>>24558874
We've been impolite enough already by playing with our food. And in the middle of a feast, no less.
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>>24558862
It's a sign that his soul will be a true delicacy when we finally rip it from his body and CONSUME it.
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>>24558873
You suggesting we switch sides in this war? Could be fun to take out our trusting allies.
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>>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!
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>>24558897

no
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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
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yes.

thank the woman. she didn't have to save you.
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>>24558914

I say no we will have plenty to feast on later
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>>24558929
Seconding.
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>>24558914
let's get dat 1 to 6 xp!
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>>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.
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>>24558914
No, he is worthless to us now.
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>>24558914
Can we snag him on a tether line of shadow and consume on the go?

Mage takeout!
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>>24558914

I say no, we will have plenty to CONSUME in the hours ahead
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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
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>>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.
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>>24558949
>Mage takeout

Oh god yes!
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>>24558914

no we move on to other prey.
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>>24558914
Nah. We're not a carrion eater like a vulture. We CONSUME what we kill.
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>>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.
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>>24558977
Huh... Never thought of it that way. Considering that's not really how we've always done it, but it does have class.
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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
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>>24558987

You can, but you'll be at a serious disadvantage should anything suddenly happen...
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>>24558914
no, hide in her shadow and regenerate
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>>24559014
Well shit..
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>>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.
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just wow.
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>>24558914
Fast food: wrap him up in shadow and eat him on the way to the next target. And thank her for the help.
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>>24559025
Time to hide in her shadow again.
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>>24559025

seconded
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>>24559005
>>24559009

I don't know why everyone is suddenly a picky eater.
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>>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?>
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>>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...
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>>24559055
Because of that last mid battle consumption that didn't go so well.
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>>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.
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they're afraid that the two seconds it takes to eat the guy the demon will swoop down and kill us.
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>>24559055
Probably because of the somewhat disapproving looks from last time.

But meh, eat him. Just keep moving while we do.
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>>24559055
Moralfags.
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>>24559076
This. Eat the powerful mage.
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>>24559055

>2012+1
>being an un-cultured vulture


who the hell do you think we are
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>>24559055
It's not about the food, it's about the restaurant, so to speak.

I'd rather not get ambushed mid-meal again.
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Rolled 97

>>24558914
Consume. It has to happen. Seriously, don't you people want abilities?
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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?
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>>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?
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>>24559113
Well the 97 convinces me.
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>>24559114
>. plus, don't we get exp for beating it anyway?
shadowchick killed him
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>>24559114
nope
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>>24559114
We didn't beat it. Why would we get xp?
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>>24559128
Fucking killstealers.
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>>24559114

this I do not wish for Mr. Shadow to be uncultured swine who feeds on enemies he did not slay himself
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>>24559141

can we sit in her shadow and consume him while she moves on? or is that not how it works...
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>>24559055
Up to this post of yours, at least, I count more votes for CONSUME (or CONSUME while moving on) than not.
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>>24558914
No. Look for other mages or clusters of enemy troops. See what our ally prioritizes.
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>>24559155
I would love to do this.

ALL ABOARD THE CORPSE TRAIN!
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>>24558914
y
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I have a feeling of an impending Shadow Master voting related post.
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>>24558914

n
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>>24559141
Obviously our shadow demon ally must pay for her kill stealing sins. I'm sure she's tasty and nutritious.
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oh great we have anons spam voting now.
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>>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.
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>>24559201
To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's one guy voting mostly both ways.
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>>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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Rolled 81

>>24559249
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Rolled 26

>>24559249
SEALS ARE DRAMATIC!
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Rolled 8

>>24559249
!!
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Rolled 31

>>24559249
Oh boy
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Rolled 85

>>24559249

We must pay her back for finishing off the wind mage...
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Rolled 30

>>24559249
send images of the mages firing into the soldiers backs, uncaring of the casualties they cause while shadows ravages their lines.

Then Lash the mages

And for gods sakes consume them.
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Rolled 56

>>24559249
Destroy everything!
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>>24559226
Point one, she has no soul.
Point two, there is some element of flame in her make up.
Point three, we've eaten demons before.

Wasn't seriously suggesting we eat her, that's crazy talk, but eating shadow aligned beings doesn't seem unethical to me. Does it really to you?
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>>24559249
>critfail
>trips into battle, rolling downhill into the shadow ball
>accidentally hits the demon lord, making him lose his focus
>accidentally won the war
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Rolled 2

>>24559249
Rollin' for showboating.
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Rolled 28

>>24559249
>shadow spine dash, a wave of bodies impaled in the air on whisps of shadow
>a good day to be Mr. Shadow
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Rolled 30

>>24559249
When she stealths into the middle of the group, shadow spears will pierce the enemies.
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Rolled 12

our dice are horribleterrible today.
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Rolled 20

>>24559321
Surprisingy critfail free though.
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>>24559321
Of course they are. We've gotten way too many 100s in the previous threads. A little balancing out is inevitable in the long run.
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>>24559321
>>24559305
>>24559308
>>24559314
>>24559297
>>24559283
>>24559281
>>24559278

>tears of blood
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Rolled 91

>>24559321
/tg/ dice algorithm rolls low
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Rolled 98

>>24559347
Oh the irony
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>>24559358
>>24559347
hueheuheu
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>>24559358
>>24559347
Alas, you rolled after the cutoff.
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>>24559358

haha
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The woman vanishes.

You're dragged at what feels like a speed greater than your Supersonic flight.

She reappears behind one of the mages.

You don't have time to react before she's punched both her daggers into the mage's backside. You lash out with your shadows as best you can, taking out spearmen in every direction. Five fall dead before they can blink.

The woman turns to the next mage, but he's already shrouding himself in wind. He manages to block her daggers with his hands, green light pulsing to deflect the attacks.

The other mages are preparing their own spells. The woman turns on a heel and sprints away. Spearmen are everywhere, but you manage the knock the points of their weapons wide. She loses herself in a tangle of the enemy. Shouts fly into the air.

"Find her, now!!"
"Where is she!?"
"She passed by me, I saw her!"
"Where?"
"Here!"
"She's over here!"

Roll 1d100 to assist the killing spree.
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Thread hit autosage fast tonight
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Rolled 55

>>24559438
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Rolled 9

>>24559438
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Rolled 9

>>24559438
KILLATHON
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Rolled 57

>>24559438
C'mon. Mr Shadow needs to dish it out.
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Rolled 96

>>24559438
rolling

>>24559446
only at 300, we have lots of time before it dies
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Rolled 7

>>24559438
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Rolled 17

>>24559467
>>24559472
Fuck you dice
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>>24559438

>you gained 1 HP from regeneration (22/29)
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Rolled 6

>>24559477
so close
>>
Did someone forget their virgin sacrifice to the dice gods today?
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Rolled 20

>>24559438
Throwing out an upgrade idea: Poison.
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Rolled 14

>>24559438
Be merciful, oh yea dice gods of /tg/, and I shall sacrifice my firstborn in thy name.

>Implying I'll ever procreate
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Rolled 71

>>24559438
>>
pity this wasn't blorp, we'd earn a little bonus for doubles.
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>>24559472
>>24559467

So much sucking up in here.

I wouldn't fail a third time if I were you...

Writing.
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Rolled 72

>>24559438
darkness spaghetti away!
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Rolled 10

>>24559438

She is good.
I would actually be willing to vote to attack the Angel if it would get her in our group...
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>>24559508
its not something we exactly can control
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Rolled 36

>>24559510
We are the pahstah in the night, the spagooti in the dark!
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>>24559531
Here's hoping for an upgrade called "spagooti" that lets us send out hundreds of little shadow spindles
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>>24559553
you mean shiva?
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>>24559562
I think he means something more like a missile battery. Speaking of which, it would be pretty swag if there was a long range macross-type tree.

is there?
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The woman doubles back toward the mages...

...she leaps over the heads of the confused spearmen, aiming at the neck of the wind mage once more!

Green spheres of light deflect her back. She takes the deflection almost as if she planned it, using the momentum to turn past the man and flicker back into the ranks of the mundane. You send a few feeble licks of shadow at the mage, but he's alert enough to deflect them.

The spearmen are well trained, but they don't have the capability to sense her position. The mages are having trouble tracking her with all the people around, and so far they haven't been willing to fire into the crowd. She knifes one here, there, keeping them a panicking, uncoordinated mass.

You note this strategy for later.

"I'm going back in," she shouts. It's noise in the crowd, but you can here. "Don't mess up this time!"

>gain 1 hp from regeneration (23/29)

Roll 1d100
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>>24559508
SM, I think Mr. Shadow needs to get his black ass handed to him. People need to realize we aren't some badass whirlwind of death and destruction. The only things we've actually beaten without a fucking crit are weak minions, and people don't seem to realize this.
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>>24559615

A ranged attack with lots of explosions.

I know what you want...

...but you haven't revealed it yet.
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Rolled 72

>>24559621
Rolling to keep shadow lady safe.
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Rolled 97

>>24559621
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>>24559621
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Rolled 60

>>24559621
cmon
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Rolled 46

>>24559621
I want to believe.
>>24559639
We do need a good smackdown, but I don't want one shoehorned in to "teach us a lesson".
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>>24559652
>>24559644
oh thank god
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Rolled 70

>>24559639
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Rolled 9

>>24559639
yeesh, finally 3 rolls above 50
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Rolled 65

>>24559621
God damn it fuck animals. I invoke the power of SPOONS for this roll.
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Rolled 13

>>24559621
rollan

>>24559639
That just makes me giddy.
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>>24559644
>>24559652

the winds of change are blowing, but for how long in our favor?
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Rolled 74

>>24559621
Please show mercy dice gods

Have we not been faithful?

Have we not been your most fervent believers?
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>>24559688
At least we are safe for the time being.
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>>24559688
Tempting the dice gods ire...
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>>24559633

I agree. I thought this lesson was clear after Jacob's Field, but I guess people forgot when you were at 2 HP.

Well, whatevs.

>>24559668
>>24559652
>>24559644

It's happening.
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Rolled 49

>>24559718
Now that's a good point, I've been trying to get luck all this time from things that ARE NOT the dice gods. Let's test that.

I invoke the power of the dice gods for this roll!
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>>24559754
You have been found slightly lacking.
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Rolled 26

>>24559784
I'll keep trying! They've got to take pity eventually!
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>>24559796
The dice gods are without mercy.
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Rolled 39

>>24559796
pity is all you get, you'll get the occasionall good roll then fail after fail.
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>>24559796
...
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>>24559748
I don't think a lot of people were at Jacob's field and don't remember getting shitter shattered

Which is why we need more things then just GOIN FAST AND LODSA ATTACKS in my opinion
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Rolled 52

>>24559718
>Have we not been your most fervent believers?
Pretty sure people on /tg/ are the only believers

>>24559796
Not this day
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>>24559823
>>24559823
we only have 4 mana, and really we haven't gone for any of the immunities\defense options.
>>
The woman flickers back into the inner circle...

...and the wind mage's back is turned! She stabs one knife into his kindey, and, grabbing her wrist, drags her blade upwards, eviscerating him!

But the other mage wasn't turned the other way. Fire roars in a sphere above his head, and the woman turns, almost as if in slow motion...

You shadows are unleashed.

Three spikes of black death stab into the fire mage. With his concentration on his building spell about to fire, you encounter no magical resistance. You punch through his stomach, heart, and left eye.

The flames warp out of control!!!

You've seen this before.

What do you do?

>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
>duck behind her, surely she can defend you both
>leave her shadow and run like hell
>tell her to run
>something else

>you've gained 1 HP from regeneration (24/29)
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>>24559748
I Remember, that was a dark and awesome day for Shadow Quest. One I wish these people would stop trying to repeat.
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>>24559863
>>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
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>>24559823
Then vote for things like Shadow Walk, Fear, Bind, etc. Small bonuses will add up.
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>>24559845
exactly we're a glass cannon without the cannon, instead we wheel ourselves around really fast
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>>24559863
>leave her shadow and run like hell
>tell her to run
She's at least as fast as we are. She'll be fine without our help.
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>>24559863
>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
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>>24559845
think we should go for poison or magic power soon
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>>24559890
Those things are nice but stealth only goes so far, we need to beef up some and get some magic
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>>24559863
>>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
>tell her to run
>something else
Put up Shadow Shield/Barrier of Darkness
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>>24559863
Oh fuck! Time to gtfo.

Warn shadow lady and then run away.
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>>24559863
Our ally has demonstrated a greater ability to dodge than us, warn her and get out of the attack range.
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>>24559845

The issue with the magic was that we had little mana, and no clear way to regain it. so we avoided the magic tree for that reason. now that we have the capacity for the entry level Magic Power upgrade, that part of the tree is more viable...

>>24559863
She has better speed, so tell her to run and we will act as her shield.
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>>24559863
>>24559902
Yeah, it seems like she can teleport.
Stay in her shadow and tell her to run, she can carry both of us it seems and we aren't optimized for defense.
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>>24559939
this
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>>24559924
Those are passives.
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>>24559924
>Shadow Shield/Barrier of Darkness

Those are passive, you don't have to put them up.

>note earlier flavor text describing the wind bending around you and dissipating, dulling the magical blow
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>>24559863
she has no shield that we can see and that was a big boom in Jacobs Field. Shield her
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I vote tell her to run while we shield her in case she doesn't move fast enough
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>>24559863
>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
>tell her to run
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>>24559863
Warn our ally and ride in her shadow.
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>>24559863
>>shield your ally, throw yourselves to the side!
>>tell her to run
both, just in case
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Vote 1
>stay in her shadow, warn her to GTFO

Vote 2:
>warn her of impending attack, shield her, defend to mitigate damage
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>>24559996
2
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>>24559996
2
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Vote 2:
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>>24559996
1
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>>24559996

voting for 2.
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>>24559996
1
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>>24559996
2
if we do this we'll get all the bitches
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>>24559996
1
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>>24559996
>>24560016
2
give that bitch shadows, bitches love shadows
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>>24559996
>Vote 1
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>>24560016
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>>24559996
>Vote 1
I'd rather we not sacrifice ourselves to shield a woman we barely know, who can most likely leap to safety on her own.
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You've voted to warn her of the impending explosion and do the best you can to shield her.

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 21

>>24560062
Fuck the dice gods. I invoke the power of the rolls beneath my post!
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Rolled 59

>>24560062
MAY DESCARTES GUIDE MY DICK, I MEAN DICE
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>>24560062
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>>24560050
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>>24560028
>SM uses yet another one of the crummy pics I've made in Gimp.
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>>24560050

Sorry, the other questers haven't ascended to your manly level of temerity yet.

It's a shame.
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Rolled 87

>>24560062
damn white knights
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>>24560062
Goddamn heroism is gonna get us killed...
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>>24560074
>>24560073
>>24560072
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Rolled 49

>>24560062
rolling. maybe we will stop sucking now
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Rolled 59

>>24560062
hah! here is to suicide!
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>>24560028
Oh, do we know in character (or out) where usurping control of a Demon's binding falls in our skill trees? Kinda seems like it would be useful.
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Rolled 51

>>24560062

>Fireball to the Face.

<this is rather unpleasant, please move faster>
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>>24560104
I would assume that would be towards the end of the summoning skill tree.
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>>24560104
we'd probably need deep demon summoning for that
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Rolled 73

>>24560144
I think we'd need magic power a few times before we got that
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>>24560144
Fair enough. Any chance of us being able to bind angels into servitude? I'd like the symmetry.
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<Explosion! RUN!>

The woman immediately leaps without trying to assess the situation, powering herself away with her aura. You're dragged along in her shadow.

A vertical column of fire blasts upwards and expands, raging toward you. You wrap yourself around her exposed side.

The flames roar across you. Your aura curbs some of it, but you still take heavy damage. The pain is sharp and hot.

>you've taken 5 damage
>you've gained 1 HP from regen (20/29)

The woman lands.

The last remaining mage was of Water - and he was able to defend himself and his men from the fire. The globe of liquid he summoned to shield them evaporates to steam, countering the fires easily.

The woman barely hesitates before exploding off her heels toward the mage. She's trying to get him while he's distracted...

Roll 1d100
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>>24560179
I'll say no don't even try and don't even think about trying and don't ever speak or think about that until we're as powerful as Grand Hyperion himself.
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Rolled 89

>>24560196
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Rolled 68

>>24560196
rolling. maybe if we go long enough we terrible rolls will end
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Rolled 96

>>24560196
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Rolled 16

>>24560196
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Rolled 15

>>24560196
get the water mage
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Rolled 62

>>24560196
Welp it's time to fail again.
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Rolled 41

>>24560196
let's go
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>>24560104

That's really just a bit too specific for me to make an ability for it. However, you can try to do it. I'd whip up a DC based on the factors at the time, magic power, mana spent, things like that.

>>24560179

I'm afraid I can't answer that, Dave.
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>>24560209
>>24560212
>>24560213

Beautiful.
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>>24560209
>>24560212
>>24560213
done
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>>24560213
>>24560212
>>24560209
he ded mang
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with those rolls I hope we get an auto-CONSUME.
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>>24560196
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>>24560209
>>24560212
>>24560213
time 4 murder!
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>>24560237
>that face
>the comment
lost my shit
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>>24560229
>I'd whip up a DC
Works for me.

>...Dave.
...Excellent.
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>>24560229
You keep making me want summoning more
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>>24560229
Oh, no "your minions are now my minions" type thing? Ah well...
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>>24560209
>>24560212
>>24560213

This time, it isn't the mage that responds, but the spearmen. They gather around their protector in a ring of pointed steel. The woman is good, but she's not made of shadows. She starts slicing her way through the front ranks, but the mage's hands are beginning to glow...

...luckily, you ARE made of shadows.

You slip through the legs of the men like Ink, clawing at their hamstrings as you go. You drop a dozen before you reach the mage.

His spell isn't ready, but you are. You Ink into a piledriver and slam into his chest, blowing him into the men gathered behind him. A pile of spears and armor and flesh collapses to the ground. Men are shouting, struggling to get away. You stab a few for good measure and to bog the rest down.

The water mage is gasping for breath. You're pretty sure you've crushed several of his ribs, and maybe more on the inside.

What do you do?

>FINISH HIM
>CONSUME
>something else
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I think we should get Robust Immunity or poison.
We the closer we are to getting fast regen the better.
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>>24560300
>CONSUME
We hunger.
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Rolled 56

>>24560300
CONSUME
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>>24560300
CONSUME
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>>24560300
consume. fuck your morality
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>>24560300
leave him be
<A gift from the shadows>
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>>24560300
FINISH HIM! This is a battlefield and we must be on the lookout fore more.
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>>24560300
WE EAT THE FUCKER THIS TIME
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>>24560229
Here take this
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>>24560322
YOU
YES, YOU
YOU CUT THAT SHIT OUT
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>>24560300
Consume. Let's get some xp and hp, we'll need it.

>>24560322
lol faggit
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Rolled 4

>>24560300
eat his face. we earned this one
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>>24560300

CONSUME.
we have earned it this time
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WHAT WE HUNT, WE KILL.
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>>24560300
>mfw
Tonight on Iron Chef, the secret ingredient is... MAGE!

>consume
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>>24560342
YOU
YES, YOU
QUIT BEING A DUMBASS
>its a fucking thread
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Rolled 79

>>24560300
>INK INTO GROUND
>PULL HIM WITH US
>GRABOID STYLE
>CONSUME HIS ENTIRETY
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>>24560300

WE KILLED HIM WE EAT HIM


CONSUME
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>>24560300
interrogate, then consume
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>>24560367
Yes. Seconding this.

Gruesome and brutal and loud. Shatter morale.
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>>24560370
>interrogate
What would we ask him? How he would like to be killed?
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>>24560332

wonderful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEu4Iq5KL-Q

>>24560291

Well...there's abilities, and then there are abilities.

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You're consuming him.

He's pretty fucked.

Roll 1d100 to see just how fucked.
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>>24560370
yes interrogate a mage in the middle of a battlefield
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He's a rat in our web.
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>>24560393
I'd say pretty fucked
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>>24560387
how about <WHERE IS MASTER!>
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>>24560358

I lost my shit.
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Rolled 5

>>24560393
CONSUME!
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Rolled 55

>>24560393
feed
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Rolled 96

>>24560393
Om nom nom.
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>>24560365
>Implying I was being serious
it's just a comment
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>>24560393
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>>24560393
nomnomnom
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>>24560404
Hoily shit. That's just.. FUCK.

Will we ever get the ability to make shadow webs like some great monstrous spider?
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>>24560425
Hahahah. Evil triumphs!
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>>24560370
>interrogate
On a battlefield, in the middle of battle, want to waste time getting an enemy to talk while soldiers, mages and demons are actively trying to kill us and our allies.

Not following your logic anon. Could you explain?
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>>24560451
Bind ought to do something like that.
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Rolled 59

>>24560393
I'm afraid I can't let you eat that mage, Dave.
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>>24560409
You mean the giant dome of darkness over there, or the political leader nowhere near us?
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Rolled 55

>>24560483
>i think he meant the one who summoned the demon lord, Lord Nulis Vin
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>>24560456
Not seeing any evil here, just pragmatism. Which could be considered a good thing since we have to kill fewer sentient beings for xp whenever we CONSUME one.
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>>24560408
>>24560413
>>24560419

....

You consume the mage.

It is done rather professionally and quickly. He was pretty much dead from the internal injuries, anyway, but you're not scaring anyone in the middle of a battlefield.

>you've gained 3 EXP (total: 5)
>you've gained 1 HP (21/29)
>you've gained 2 mana (4/4)
>you've gained 2 temerity (27)

HP: 20/29
Mana: 4/4
EXP: 5
Humanity: 25
Temerity: 27

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The woman has reached your position. You work together to clean up the spearmen immediately around you.

Her efforts have singlehandedly turned a flanking action into a rout. Burned and drenched spearmen without their mages are breaking back for their main lines. You can see a plume-helmed man trying to organize things, but with explosions of lightning beginning to erupt in the unshielded troops, he isn't helping much.

In the distance, you can still feel the lightning energy building. It's twisting, turning. You wonder what the heck the duke is thinking.

Two more earth golems still stomp the field, chipped and torn, but alive. They're far in the western flank, though. The Kelverens have continued to press the Kanians back up the hill towards that smoky cloud of shadow.

You have a blessed moment of peace.

"You saved me from the fire," the woman states.

<You saved me from the mage.>

The woman nods. "Then we're even."

<...is that important to you?>

"...few things are..." She looks away. "Surely that can still be among them."

Do you have anything to say to her?
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>>24560576
>HP: 20/29

lol
obviously, should be 21/29
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Rolled 26

>>24560576
Just nod. Send an impression of balance.

Then move on to the next slaughter
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>>24560602
Second
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>>24560576
Yaaaay! It's WAIFU FAVOR CURRYING TIME!
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>>24560602
sure, send balance and kinship to this daughter of shadow
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>>24560576
I'd like to place a vote for purchasing shadow walk and shadow eater while we've got a moment.
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>>24560602
This. Maybe with a hint of satisfaction at her response.
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>>24560602

I like it

but we should focus on the obvious officers trying to rally their men
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Rolled 58

>>24560665
I'll second that. Shadow eater is good.

Although I've wanted viral for a bit, but those are good too.
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>>24560576
...it's not like I like you are anything...

No, but seriously, ask her who the fuck she is. Our relationship goes no further until she explains herself. If she won't (or can't) then that's the end of it.
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>>24560642
No. And do remember that she is a strictly bound, probably demonic entity. If you want a waifu, figure out how to safely release her or co-opt her bindings.
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>>24560665
I'll second your vote for Shadowwalk but I'll place a vote for Quiet because stealth.
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>>24560688
Wait until after the fighting there casanova.
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>>24560665

I will third that, shadow eater sounds like it would awesome in battle if we can do it fast enough
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>>24560665
Shadow walk is good too.
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>>24560688
She can't. Already been tried. She can't vocalize certain things.
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>>24560701
Personally, if we must have a waifu, I'd rather it be that spirit elemental Abigail called the "Nice Lady."

Surely another elemental would be a better match than this purely physical being.
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>>24560744
Aww shit son I forgot all about that inevitable can of worms.

>collect the four keys and unleash your natural waifu!
Nihghghhhhhhh.
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>>24560665
Support shadow walk but I'd prefer to see if we could get the ability it opens up for 3xp. Doubtful I know, but I'd like to see what's there first.
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>>24560665
I vote for this as well.
Though I have to wonder, if you get Shadow Control, control a person's shadow and then eat it. Does anything happen to them?
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>>24560744
Huh, I thought our current companion wasn't a purely physical being. Ok then.
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>>24560743
Then we do nothing with her at all. Just work alongside her for now and find out what we can later. DOUK might know.
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You send her an Impression; one of balance. Scales with you on one end, and her at the other. They tip even.

You give her a second image. Fire roils near her, but a darkness rises to rebuff it.

"Such is our nature," you say aloud.

She blinks in surprise. And when that fades...there's the hint of something else...curiosity?

"...our nature," she says, prompting you forward.

You begin to -

<Shadow! Can you hear me?!>

You snap your 'head' around. That sounded like...

You bend your thoughts toward the building lightning magic and shout them hard. <You excellency?>

<Ah, good! One of my spirit mages is lending a hand with this...wasn't sure if it would work! Get back over here! It's time for the assault!>

<What of the angel?>

<She's with us. Are you still with that woman?>

<I am.>

<Bring her, stay in her shadow! Worked well last time!>

You turn to the woman and relate what the duke said.

The woman nods. "We've done enough. Auriel will have new orders."

You hop into her shadow and she speeds toward the growing force of lightning. It seems to have changed...the power isn't increasing, but its nature is. It's getting...sharper.

<...I am not in the angel's favor,> you say to the woman.

"I have not been ordered to check my shadow for elementals," the woman responds.

You feel a sense of satisfaction.

Scattered men are running two in fro, some in melee, some seemingly with messages. The lines have parted...the Kelverens are preparing for another shock attack. The Kanians seem to be disrupted. What's going on in that sphere?

There's a short time until you arrive at center of the Kelveren army.

Do you have anything to say to/ask the woman?
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>>24560834
Dossier on Auriel.
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>>24560834
Ask about Auriel. If she doesn't answer, then nothing.

And buy shadow walk.
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>>24560784
You can no longer control them.

Nothing happens to someone when you eat their shadow. It regenerates in a few hours (stops ability abuse) But if they notice that they don't have a shadow all of a sudden...well.

Buying Shadow Walk before next action.
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>>24560834
Say nothing.

Let's get shadow walk and quiet.
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>>24560860
That's likely going to be one of the things her "no-talky" spell blocks. But if it isn't...
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>>24560834
Unless she can suddenly communicate mentally we should probably keep our trap shut. No need for her to out us by explaining this or that to thin air in a public place with that angel around...
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>>24560834
<Thank you>
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>>24560879
Heh. We could use that later to make it seem like someone is an illusion. Or to create chaos in a small city or village.

>"The mystery of the shadow eaters!"
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>>24560910
>>24560860
Sounds like a plan.
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>>24560834
<How do you feel about the Light?>
thank her
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>>24560834
>>24560860
>>24560910
>>24560950
lets try these
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>>24560950
<How do you feel about thedick?>
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>>24560896

>Unless she can suddenly communicate mentally


are you retarded or are you new?
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>>24560879

>Blink - You gain sight-range teleportation. (Cannot blink through walls, through the ground, into places you can't see, etc. 5-turn cooldown in battle. Auto-cooldown if battle ends. You can only Blink yourself and inanimate objects on your person)
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With all of these mages we're going against, I think it might be time to invest in nightflare.
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>>24560966
shadows love, the D.
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>>24560993
I NEEDS IT.
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>>24560993
quiet, we need every stealth boost with Auiel around
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Rolled 37

>>24560993
so that is what she was using
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>>24560993

>3 EXP remaining
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>>24560993
Hory shrit.

Dat Blink.
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>>24560972
Pointing out that in a crowded airship, her talking to us is kind of conspicuous. Did you think I was seriously suggesting spontaneously developed telepathy?
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>>24560993
It might be on impulse, but I say we get blink.
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>>24560995

Yeah I thought it was going to be a situational power that wouldn't be worth the mana and Exp to spend on it, but it would've REALLY come in handy during that fight with the wind Mage.
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>>24560993
BUY BLINK. Next 2 exp, buy Quiet.
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>>24560993
Cans we get blink now too?
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>>24560993
Buy it!
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>>24560993
Blink, we should really consider getting something outside of movement though
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Damn you guys really are impulse buyers.
Voting for Robust Immunity, to eventually gain Fast Regeneration.
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>>24561076
After we get blink that is
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>>24560993
Can we blink through a chainlink fence or grates and things like that?
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>>24560993

let's buy quiet next

we have been neglecting our stealth lately guys and then we buy it we will not have to worry about it for awhile
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>>24561104
We can Ink though those.
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>>24560993
quiet
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>>24561108
I'll second quiet. Because nobody else wants to trail the tree to Fast Regen. Abloo bloo bloo.
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>>24561109
If there's a fence 50 meters away and we blink through and a distance past it, it's faster than blinking to it, inking, and then running further.
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<I appreciate your discretion.>

"I think...discretion, is also in our nature."

<I would agree.> You think for a moment. <Can you tell me anything about Auriel?>

"She is an angel. A mage-knight blessed by Hyperion himself. Living since the Elementomachy. Not immortal, but nearly, by our standards. She hates the shadow." Her face clenches. "All the angels hate the shadow."

<Surely not all.>

"I would - "

Her words are choked off. She sighs a breath through her nose.

<I will stay in your shadow,> you say. <I'd prefer not to be spotted.>

"I'd prefer to never see her or them again."

<What's stopping you leaving?>

She merely looks at you, then puts her eyes forward.

>you gain 1 HP from regen (22/29)

con't...
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>>24561157
Okay, I have gotten over my impulse and I forth buying quiet
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>>24561148
We should free her eventually, she'd make a good ally
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>>24561170
ill either third/forth quiet, or we get nightflare
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>>24561133
>>24561104

Yes, I'll throw you a bone. You can blink through anything you could Ink through - as long as you can see where you're blinking.
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Vote 1
>buy quiet

Vote 2
>buy Blink

Vote 3
>buy Nightflare
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>>24561188
Can you give us a metric range on blink?
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>>24561227
1
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>>24561227
1
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>>24561227
1
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>>24561227
first choice quiet, second nightflare
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>>24561227
1
Hush mode.
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>>24561227
2
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>>24561227
>2
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>>24561227
1! Stealth!
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>>24561229

Quarter mile.

0.4 kilometers.
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>>24561227
3, we're not done dealing with mages, not by a long shot
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>>24561227
Vote 2

(actually want wind resistance, but didn't get here in time to suggest it...)
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>>24561227
1, it's time to start working on our stealthiness.
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>>24561227
3
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>>24561262
oh wow 2 then, that's pretty far
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>>24561262
Thank you.

>>24561227
And 1.
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>>24561262
And how much time is a turn?
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>>24561262
Jeebus

That could outrun Auriel easily.

Pop a quarter mile away and then bust out the supersonic and we're untouchable.
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>>24561227
2
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>>24561227

1.
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>Blink opens up more options
>There is something more powerful than teleportation.
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>>24561296
Now THAT seems like a silly question. But the answer could change everything...
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>>24561301
>supersonic while blinking
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>>24561296

1 turn is 1 roll.

So, if it's a long battle, 5 turns is actually quite a bit of time.

But it looks like quiet has won by a lot, so quiet it is.
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>>24561322
Most likely teleportation where you can bring people along with you.
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>>24561322
It probably increases the range or decreases the cooldown
or it's some badass attack involving teleportation
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>>24561322
Quiet will also open additional stealth options.
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>>24561352
>teleport shadows into enemies
>long range CONSUMPTION
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>>24561322
Think of a location you have been to, you go to that location.

Just like pokemon.
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>>24561352
Like teleporting a target into our stomach?
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>>24561362
But quiet isn't *as* powerful as teleporting in and of itself.

It's good now because of circumstances, but blink is objectively better in a vacuum comparison.
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>>24561352
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7b0eXt24Rk
Shiva + Blink?
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>>24561373
>>24561366
>we can now teleport into people
>teleport into the demon lord's intestine's, CONSUME him from the iinside out
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>>24561394
One way to bypass protection.
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>>24561394
>implying he's not made of magic like all the other demons
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>>24561385
Get that bullshit out of here, "Vacuum comparison" my ass. We've been historically shafted on stealth rolls and blink is a get-away or get-to-target ability and stealth is an always on passive upgrade. Once we build up the low-cost passives we'll have plenty of things to fall back on, and it's been shown that we've needed those before.
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>New Tree

>Soundless - Gain a greater bonus to physical stealth. The sound you make cannot be detected by mundane means.

1 EXP remains
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>>24561450
I voted for quiet, you grognard. And teleporting is more powerful than passive stealth. That's all there is to it.
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>>24561489
Weeeeee!
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>>24561489

Oh, we have to get that. That's what Shadowrunner-chan has, isn't it?
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>>24561508
Teleporting on a long cd isn't, but being able to usee it infinitely can be.
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>>24561489
>The sound you make cannot be detected by mundane means.
>inb4 people can't hear us talk anymore.
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>>24561508
I didn't say it wasn't more powerful, you grognard. I lamented that we've been ignoring basic stealth upgrades for so long that we may have been much more prepared for CERTAIN events, 3 to 4 threads ago.
Just quit being silly.
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>>24561489

Wait. SM, Berserk is listed as a Passive Ability. Does that mean if we get it, we automatically can't not take damage from Schattenkrieg?

Also, Shadow Beam and Blast are listed as passive abilities.
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>>24561564
>I know you are but what am I?
Stay grognard.
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>>24561582
I believe that just means it does not have a mana cost.
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>>24561587
...?

>>24561582
Looks like someone has some cleanup to do!
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>>24561596
No, it means we have to activate it.
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>>24561644
>>24561596
er, don't have to.
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>>24561596

I was concerned that it meant Berserk would be active all the time.

That would be bad.
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You've reach the center of the Duke's armies. Men and mages both are massing around what looks like a giant spear of lightning. It's at least three men across and a dozen long.

You think back to when the duke revealed himself to you...you imagine that the duke's true identity must be the worst kept secret in Kelvere.

The duke himself is standing inside the magic, as if it were a conical tunnel - which, you can see, it is. Flint and Auriel are standing just behind; they're engaged in conversation.

The woman works her way into the center. The men don't seem to even see her...or they do, but strangely don't voice any objection.

"...you can beat it?"

"I do not know," Auriel says. "But I will try."

"I have faith, Highest." Flint nods to her, and the determination is written on his face. "We will drive this thing back to the Nether."

Auriel smiles. She doesn't seem like the cruel hunter you remember her to be. "With your support, Donovan, I'm sure we will."

"...I am honored. Too honored, highest."

"We have fought together now, son of the light. You may call me by my name."

Flint stutters a bit, then gets the words out. "As you wish...A...A-Auriel. I thank you."

"...hmm." She pauses, then turns toward the approaching woman. "Ila. It's about time."

Ila? ...is that her name?

"My apologies." The woman - Ila, takes a knee, never meeting the angel's gaze. "What are your orders?"

"Our main assault is soon to begin, once the duke feels confident his weapon is prepared." The angel nods. "Impressive magic."

"To pierce their shield?"

"Indeed. We've little choice but to kill the demon, here and now. Letting it ravage the land unopposed is not an option. The refugees have had little time to retreat." Auriel's face is set. "And if we die, than at least we will have bought them a bit more ground. The Dawnflight will avenge us."

"Yes, highest."

The angel's slowly turns back. Her eyes narrow.

She looks at you.

1d100

ROLL
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>>24561489
Shadow master! Where have you gone! It's been almost ten minutes since you last said anything! Don't walk towards the light! STAY WITH US!
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Rolled 97

>>24561679
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Rolled 36

>>24561692
>>24561679

Well now I feel silly. Rolling.
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Rolled 64

>>24561679
oh lawd
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>>24561582
>>24561596
>>24561619
>>24561644
>>24561649
>>24561673

AWW SHEEEET

Yes, all spells should be underlined. Berserk should also be underlined.

>berserk active all the time

What a clusterfuck that would be.
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Rolled 42

>>24561679
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>>24561696

STAHP ROLLING
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Rolled 66

>>24561679
ONES FOR THE ONE THRONE
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Rolled 60

>>24561679
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Rolled 79

>>24561679
May Erebus have mercy on our soul
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>>24561679
Heh. We purchase quiet and have to do a stealth roll. It was indeed a good choice.
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>>24561732
And now when we fail it we don't have blink to gtfo
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>>24561732
Though if we fail our stealth, being able to rapidly teleport away might be more useful.
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>>24561679
>that flint spaghetti
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>>24561687

fffffff the dice gods dislike us this day
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>>24561679
>"As you wish...A...A-Auriel. I thank you."
SPAGOOTI
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>>24561696
>>24561751

No worries, man.
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>>24561743
>>24561742

We haven't failed it. Look at the numbers! The numbers! They aren't terribad and are aided by our STEALTH SKILLS!
Numbers.

That's got me thinking, how good is Mr Shadow with mathematics?
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>>24561732
>quiet mattering in this roll
yeah, nah
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>>24561749
>>24561759
Something tells me that when the time finally comes that we try to kill Auriel, it's gonna really mess up our friendship with Flint.
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>>24561772

nothing more than basic algebra if that, it's not like he has studied any mathematics
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>>24561794

Hopefully we'll have convinced her that we're not evil by then. Or him that she's a bitch.
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>>24561790
Ahh, right. Nevermind. It's a bonus to physical stealth.
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>>24561794

that's why I have said only kill her if she try's to kill us again
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Rolled 73

we probably need to go further on the stealth tree to avoid this gaze
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Rolled 54

>>24561834
compress would definatly help, if we are willing to take a hit to pride
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>>24561794

we don't need to kill her though, By killing the demon we can prove that shadow is able to live with the light and cement the dukes vision. besides she'll most likely sacrifice herself in glorious combat vs the demon.
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>>24561794
So long as we haven't killed the parasite Flint has been infected with I think we're safe.
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"Ila."

"Yes, highest?"

"Step a bit toward the lightning there, if you would."

Ila stands. You can see the confused frown on her face, but she complies.

As she nears the large light source, her shadow swings out and lengthens.

The angel puts a hand on the hilt of her glowing blue-white sword. It flares like an arrow of sunlight. She whips it down, right at you!

Roll 1d20 and beg the dice gods for forgiveness.
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Rolled 4

>>24561853
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Rolled 17

>>24561853
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Rolled 16

>>24561853
god damn it
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Rolled 6

>>24561853
Shitttttt
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Rolled 3

>>24561853
COVER FOR US FLINT, KISS HER OR SOMETHING
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>>24561848
The real question is, if Auriel defeats the demon but is greatly injured in the process, do we rush in and kill her?
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Rolled 9

>>24561853
come on, dice gods, don't fuck us now.
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Rolled 14

>>24561853
Oh great googly spagooti
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Rolled 8

>>24561853

FUCKING FUCK, SM, there was a 97 right therre >>24561696!
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Rolled 40

>>24561853
As expected.
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Rolled 16

>>24561853
"is this really the time for that. my flint here seems to think you valuable, so i will give this attempt on my life a pass
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>>24561867
Yes. That would be the wisest thing to do.
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Rolled 9

>>24561867
Yes. Hell yes
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Rolled 7

>>24561853
Yep...
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>>24561853

shes probably looking for demons
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>>24561875

>normal DC to hide from the Angel was 75

>set it to 40 because you were in Ila's shadow and she's a shadow mage

>2 of three rolls fail to beat the DC

That's what happens.

But...

>>24561857
>>24561859

You've been saved. So relax.

Writing.

>fuck that was close, dammit
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>>24561867
Yes. And if necessary get someone to calm Flint down, I'm thinking the Duke.
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>>24561918
is that how you are working it? 2 rolls outta 3 has to beat the DC?


...


We are doomed.
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>>24561867
Yes. Though I'd be concerned we might be forced to kill shady girl in the process, since she seems bound to serve Auriel.
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Rolled 56

>>24561937
Indeed we are. /tg/ dice; always rolling low.
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>>24561918
I thought the whole point of the dc was to get only one of the rolls to beat it
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>>24561937

If the DC is below 50, this actually helps you.

The quick and dirty explanation of this mechanic is that doing things you obviously have no business doing will fuck you in the ass.
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>>24561954
Still worth it. And you know Ila would agree.
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Rolled 1

>>24561954
see what we do then is we take the fight to the center of the oposing lines, eating our way there, buy nightflare and then keep spamming it till whatever is on her breaks
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>>24561964
except when we need to roll low, then we get 100's. See: Mech-engineer quest.
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>>24561979

That better have been a 1d1.
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>>24561979
you, stop now
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>>24561979
Don't worry, it's way past the cut off.
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>>24561979

It's ok, we're way past ten rolls. I'd only make your extended rollset a max of 5 for 1d20 anyway, otherwise you'd crit all over the place.

Writing...
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>>24561979
I really hope that doesn't count
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>>24561976
not really, the dice seem to conspire to always roll lower then the DC, except for one roll, we often have rolls like those double 9s a while back.
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"STOP!"

Flint dives forward, spreading his arms wide. Auriel's swinging sword freezes.

She looks like she's been stabbed in the heart. "...I don't understand."

"You can't." Flint heaves a breath. "Don't hurt it."

"...I see. It's controlling you." Anger takes Auriel's features. "This time, Shadow, you will not escape me so easily!"

"It's not controlling him!" comes another voice. Everyone looks up as the duke strides over. "Highest. Don't touch that shadow. I'll be needing it."

"Explain. Immediately."

"It's the tip of the spear," the duke explains. "Nothing's been able to get through that barrier. We need to attack the problem from the other direction. Shadow won't be expecting shadow."

"...did you know of this...this -thing's- presence before my arrival in Evinbrook?"

"No."

Auriel stakes her sword in the ground, and what happens next shocks even you. Orange light glows around her - and you sense the magic. Spirit. A little thread of it winds itself around the light inside of her.

The spell completes itself. "Answer again," Auriel growls, "and if you lie a second time, and Evinbrook will have a new duke."

"I knew of the Shadow's presence."

Auriel turns to Flint. "Donovan. Why did you defend it?"

"...it saved Jacob's Field." Flint gestures sharply. "You know it isn't controlling me. You can feel it. I-there's-"

The parasite constricts Flint's soul. He loses his words.

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 6

I really wish we could consume that thing
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Rolled 51

>>24562124
!
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Rolled 91

>>24562124
heres for hoping
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>>24562124
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Rolled 87

>>24562124
aw jeez
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Rolled 82

>>24562124
Fuck
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Rolled 47

>>24562124
<Auriel please, this is what I was trying to tell you before>
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Rolled 30

>>24562124
Ohgawwwwd.

BABY SEALS!
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I hope the dc was low... I really do.
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Rolled 90

>>24562124
rolling...
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>>24562146
>>24562156
>>24562158

COME OOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN...
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>>24562146
>>24562124
FUCK THAT PARASITE IN IT'S UNSHADY ASS!
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>>24562153
>>24562152
>>24562146
I really hope that dc was 50 or lower
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Rolled 68

>>24562166
I have a feeling it was 70, minimum.
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>>24562170
woo! done rolling for the night lol
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/tg/ dice are never kind. I bet you are right. that or it was 55 and we just missed it hah
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>>24562124

We need that fucking parasite dead.
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I feel like OP is debating whether or not we're completely fucked
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we should come out of hiding and try to explain ourselves guys

try to get a truce until the end of the battle at the very least
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>>24562268

seconding, the jig is up we should try to atleast talk before we fight/flee
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>>24562124
>Auriel used spirit magic
>Flint's parasite is spirit magic
Not sure how to say this...but maybe she would know of a way to free him?
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>>24562268
This, I don't know how we're gonna get out of this without a good explanation or god-like rolls
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>>24562268
Let's see how hostile she is first. Pretty sure she isn't in the mood to talk.
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>>24562289
You assume her faction isn't responsible for the parasite?
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The parasite rattles...

You send Flint an impression of him lifting a boulder as if he had the strength of ten men, and standing tall.

He glances back at you - and smiles.

His light shines brighter than the parasite can control.

"...the shadow has been at my side since I was in Jacob's Field," Flint begins again. "It saved the townspeople from the undead. It protected me from gargoyles, and ghouls. It protected a young girl that would have been hurt."

"That does not - "

Flint takes a few steps toward the angel, closing the distance between them. "It has no memory of itself. I wasn't sure if I could trust it, either. In fact, I thought I couldn't. But despite knowing nothing about its origins, or its own abilities, or even its own name, time and time again it put itself on the line for strangers it hardly knew. I saw it at the end of the battle at the village - it stretched itself out over the docks so that the villagers could escape on boats. Overextended, even. It took the swords, and the axes, the spears, just to buy time. And for what? People so superstitious of the shadows that they jump at their own.

"I met the shadow at Jacob's Field, when I rode out for reinforcements," Flint says. "It -was- the reinforcement. And when I asked - despite having no connection to these people, this city, having pledged no loyalty to the duke - it came, because it believed me when I said I needed its help. Because it considers me a friend. As I do it."

"...call me a skeptic," Auriel says. But her voice is quiet and subdued. "...you lied, then. When you said you thought you'd do more good if you stayed yourself, then to ride out for help that wouldn't arrive in time. The shadow brought you back here."

"I am sorry I deceived you," Flint said. "But if you need proof it's been helping..." Flint glances at Ila. "The eastern flank...?"

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 46

>>24562324
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>>24562179
>>24562178

It was 45.
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Rolled 13

>>24562324
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Rolled 23

>>24562324
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*throws away dice*
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Rolled 82

>>24562324
Oh god. We're going to roll until we die, aren't we?
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Rolled 43

>>24562324
roll
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Rolled 28

>>24562324
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stop making us roll, please, you're killing us.
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Rolled 60

>>24562324
Rollin' to not die!
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Rolled 38

>>24562324
gotta fail sometime
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>>24562354
You'd rather we auto failed?
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*looks at the thread*

sometimes? Try every second time.
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Rolled 37

>>24562338
oh god we barely made it

also rolling
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Rolled 80

>>24562324
;_;
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>>24562354
>>24562347

But it's so much fun to watch you squirm!
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Rolled 51

>>24562373
I'm sure we failed this time
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>>24562373
do we really have to roll to gesture in the general direction of carnage?

I'd like to think we're pretty competent at pointing at dead bad guys by now.
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>>24562324
I've been thinkin.
The Demon Lord can use really good magic. If we can sense the buildup of the Dukes lightning then so has he.
I imagine he's waiting in that shadow ball with a squirrely grin just saying "wait for it, wait for it, wait until they try their best shot and strike it down all at once!" Because villains. And because everything up to this point has looked like test shots and balance attrition.
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>>24562373
New guy, you're just counting the first three rolls unless called otherwise, right?
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Rolled 51

>>24562324
!
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>>24562354
Look at it this way. We probably just goaded Auriel into attacking us and our allies, we have a decent excuse to take her out without upsetting Flint now.
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>>24562389
He's obviously waiting til the angel smites us, hos only weakness is shapechanging shadows
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>>24562417
>implying we can kill her
remember the assassin is technically on her side
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>>24562440
I had a feeling we would fight her which is why I thought it was stupid to shield her but the White Knights were like "Saaaaaave muh Waifu!"
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>>24562440
We've been playing dumb for style points for awhile now, why should we stop?
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I vote we just say so that we can move on to killing the demon lord: "Just shut up about this now. If we are alive after the battle and you still want to kill me you are welcome to try, AFTER the battle that is. I didn't come here to try and get on your good side, you have already destroyed any hope of negotiations before, remember?"
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>>24562466
Wonder if we'd get bonus do for consuming a shadow aligned mage?
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>>24562417

>try to kill Auriel
>Auriel orders Ila to "dispose of us"
>now have to fight an angel and shadow lady at the same time
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"...the Shadow was a fierce ally," Ila says. "It...saved me from fire."

"Wonderful," Auriel snaps.

"I know that...perhaps, there are things here that cannot be reconciled," Flint says. "But I do know one thing for sure." He points at you. "Right now, that is not your enemy." He points at the sphere of darkness. "That is. The shadow isn't attacking anyone. If it wanted to do damage, it's had plenty of chances - kill me, kill Ila, kill the duke, anyone, really."

"You weren't there, Donovan," Auriel says. "You didn't experience the Black Hand. You didn't see your friends and partners cut down by spies that sat in waiting for years! You didn't have your village burned down by an army of the undead!"

"Auriel - "

"Do not speak my name with lips that have lied to my face to protect the Shadow!"

Flint swallows. "Highest. If we don't work together now, those demons are going to eat the people of Kelvere alive," Flint says. "I don't know what happened in the Elementomachy, but I know what's happening now." He glances at the duke. "You need the Shadow."

The duke nods. "It's absolutely necessary."

Flint turns back to Auriel, and waits.

Auriel raises her sword, and with a growl, she slams it into its sheath.

"I'm watching you, Shadow," she hisses. "One false move. One toe out of place!"

She storms to the edge of the inner circle. The duke turns back to his spell. Flint rubs his hair under his helmet. "Well...I'm glad that worked out. Sort of."

<Maybe you should say something more to her,> you suggest. <Smooth things over.>

"...yeah. I'll try."

con't
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>>24562499
Bonus xp...
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When we ride the spear and punch through the enemy ship, we're nomming that dynamo
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>>24562394

Correct.

>>24562383

You were rolling for Ila's testimony, which had a much lower DC than Flint overcoming his handicap and getting the angel to listen.
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>>24562507
Flint Bro and Shadow Chan have saved us
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>>24562507
>flint
aw man and he was so close to giving her the vitamin D,
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>>24562507
>"You weren't there, Donovan," Auriel says. "You didn't experience the Black Hand. You didn't see your friends and partners cut down by spies that sat in waiting for years! You didn't have your village burned down by an army of the undead!"

Dear god.... Adavan!
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>>24562534
>>smooth things over
>by giving her the D.
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>>24562466
I don't give a rats ass about waifu shit, I just think it's an astronomically stupid idea to keep making enemies when the whole world hates us. Fucks sake man, at least WAIT until we're approaching Erebus levels of power.
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>>24562507
How anticlimactic. Ah well, looks like I'm going to miss the big finish. G'night anons.
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At some point we need to shitter shatter Auriel with words. Fucking bitch using bound shadow magicians. Grrrrrr. Not now though. And her "chaos finds power" line. FUCK YOU YOU'RE POWERFUL TOO WHY DON'T YOU GO FUCKING OFF YOURSELF.

I mad.
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>>24562526
Hey SM, couldn't we have avoided all this by just staying the fuck away from Auriel and not going straight into the lion's den?
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right lets get more details on this 'tip of the spear' thing. Also ask about power. We kinda need more if we are being chucked right into the demons mouth.
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>>24562544

>Auriel's face when she finds out we are buddy buddy with the necromancer that destroyed her village
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>>24562553
I personally don't care about waifu's I just went to be a badass shadow lord with an army of awesome minions
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>>24562559
We could but we chose to go back to the Duke with the lady.
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>>24562582
>Auriels' face when

there's nothing here, the joke is that this is black and we are black and her face is black because we're eating it. L.O.L.
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>>24562544
Next time we should ask her if she knows what it's like to never have those things in the first place
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Flint walks toward Auriel. She doesn't look at him, seemingly ignoring his presence. He moves to get her attention more obviously, and then immediately trips and falls on his rear. He blushes as red as a tomato.

Auriel heaves a frustrated sigh she puts a hand on her face. She extends a hand to Flint. He takes it, and she pulls him up.

"...I'm sorry."

She turns away, and says nothing more. Flint, downtrodden, sulks back to the center of the ring and twiddles his thumbs.

The magic is solidify. You can see the shape of a spear, now. The inside is particularly interesting...it's almost like there are alcoves and crannies. Lightning made physical.

The duke is highly skilled.

<I thank you for you words, Ila. That is your name?>

"It is."

What do you ask/say to Ila?

>last decision of the night
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>>24562599
I like your style.
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>>24562582
>>24562544
>Lich is sealed off with his tomb protecting the entrance to the "Nice Lady" for all eternity.
Oh lord...he just MIGHT be the same person.
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>>24562582

>Auriels face when we are eating it, because she made the foolish decision to assault one of our friends for a war that happened eons ago.
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>>24562590
>We could but we chose to go back to the Duke with the lady.

I had no part in that, I just woke up.
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>>24562599
She's probably had forced amnesia at least once by now.
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>>24562608
<Thank you, I don't have many I can call friend>
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>>24562608
I'd ask "Why could you not tell me before?", but I doubt she could answer.
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>>24562608
"You deserve to be free."

It'll let her know we're on her side without overtly stating HEY LADY WE'RE GOING TO WORK AGAINST YOUR MASTERS, so she isn't forced to report it or anything.
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>>24562599
Ahahahahaha!
That's a terrible idea. One of the worst possible things to say.
"Oi but I know what it's like to NOT HAVE those things!"

Nope. Better to have never had at all than to love and lose.
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>>24562559

Yep.

Though, the duke would have called you at some point as his lightning-spear plan requires your rather unique properties.
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>>24562599
>What do you ask/say to Ila?

Well, we..

>last decision of the night
FUCK

It was that fucking mini boss right? You didn't expect it to eat so much of our time?
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>>24562608
these
>>24562633
>>24562637
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>>24562608
Tell her about the parasite. Assuming she makes it out alive it should give Auriel an excuse to 'save' Flint without sticking a sword through him.
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>>24562637
>>24562633
Take the "You deserve to be free" part and add it to <Thank you, I don't have many I can call friend> and it's perfect.
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>>24562640
That made me sad

you'd rather never know some of the most important people you'd ever meet just because they'll die eventually?
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>>24562559
We also wouldn't have got more exp, though.
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>>24562637
>>24562608

"You deserve better than to live in someone else's shadow." *pat on the shoulder, warm impressions*

>pun intended
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>>24562649
>>24562637
I disagree because we don't know anything about lla? What if she was a bloodhungry serial killer before the Angels captured her?

Take your waifugoggles off people.
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>>24562678
Add that in for good measure.
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>>24562608
Ding Ding, winner
>>24562666
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>>24562553
Some tards do and think this is the goal of many "quests".
>>24562586
this right here is what this quest should be about IMO
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>>24562687
The angels are cunts.

If she wants to go off and skullbugger toddlers then I don't give a fuck,
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>>24562678

If that bullshit makes her giggle I'm going to beat SM until he gives us XP for it.
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>>24562637
This could backfire so deliciously. Support in the hopes Auriel hears us.
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>>24562687
dude, last thing of the night, just save the questions for next time
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>>24562646
>It was that fucking mini boss right? You didn't expect it to eat so much of our time?

I have to go to bed.

Also, you kind of spaghettied that miniboss everywhere, yeah.

>still can't believe you didn't consume it
>desperately throwing exp opportunities at my players before they engage a demon lord which is several million classes above them in every conceivable category
>get ignored
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>>24562671
>We also wouldn't have got more exp, though.

We didn't fight anything after the duke called us.

Infact we could have eaten more if we stayed behind.
>>
Spagooti
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>>24562713
Hey don't look at me I was all for eating the shit out of him.

Can I ask just how much EXP he was worth by the way?
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>>24562713
i couldn't believe it either. It was stupid.
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>>24562713

Yeah that was bucatini-tier.
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>>24562713
I know right style points don't mean shit if you can't kill the end boss
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>>24562713
>desperately throwing exp opportunities at my players before they engage a demon lord which is several million classes above them in every conceivable category
>get ignored

Yeah this thread was terrible.
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>>24562713
Right before you did that you had trying to buff up on xp blow up in our face.

I don't see what's so surprising about it.
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>>24562731
That wasn't even style points nothing cool happened. Besides their are starving elementals in the shadow plane, and we're just wasting food
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>>24562713
>desperately throwing exp opportunities at my players before they engage a demon lord which is several million classes above them in every conceivable category
>get ignored

YOU SEE THAT SHIT IDIOTS

READ IT, READ IT UNTIL YOUR EYES HURT

AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE "B-BUT MAI WAIFU WOULD GET MAD"

EAT SHIT
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>>24562726

I would have rolled 2d3 for your EXP. So, minimum of 2 more, max of 6 more.
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>>24562762
well that's not as bad as i thought, but that's still an upgrade or two
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>>24562713
You did kinda throw a mage at us while we were eating last time so it's not that big of a surprise.
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>>24562759

oh be quiet dude its not the end of the world.
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>>24562755

That's true, but I figured people would think that taking the hit was worth it. You'd also be healed from the consumption.

On the other hand, listening to Ila's advice about controlling yourself in the middle of the battlefield lowered her testimony DC.

Still...demon lord, man. DEMON LORD.

It's very possible you're about to get fucked in the ass next thread.

Alrighty, enough gibber-jabber. Writing.
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>>24562780
we were covered by shadow assassin this time though
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>>24562762
>minimum of 2 more, max of 6 more.
>Could have gotten Blink+Quiet

Fuck this gay earth
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>>24562762
In otherwords, we could have gotten quiet; AND blink. AND other stuff.

I'll make sure that I come to the next thread early and gravitate all discussion towards XP gain, and condemn the moralfags/waifufags.
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>>24562788
Not if we bust through into the engine room and snag that shadow dynamo.
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>>24562759
too harsh, but yeah at this rate we're gonna be a massive shadow pussy.

we ain't no light bitch we're the fucking night
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>>24562813
It's a lightning dynamo
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>>24562814
We're gonna get fucked by the night alright, incoming Demon Lord.
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>>24562800
>I'll make sure that I come to the next thread early and gravitate all discussion towards XP gain, and condemn the moralfags/waifufags.

Godspeed anon, I would do the same but I am never awake when SM makes his threads due to timezones
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>>24562831
Really? I could have sworn the enemy ship had a shadow dynamo.
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>>24562813
it was a lightning dynamo covered in shadow, the duke purged the shadow to get it working again
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>>24562713

you should have kept this a dark secret OP

now we are going to be forced to CONSUME everything
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>>24562851
See
>>24562852
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>>24562852
The enemy ship. Not ours.
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>>24562842
Do not fret I shall stand tall with my fellow baddassery-fags
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>>24562851
The enemy has a ship? I thought it was just a shadow dome.
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>>24562860
>now we are going to be forced to CONSUME everything

Good.
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>>24562865
they don't have an airship the demon lord is in a giant shadow dome
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>>24562867
>>24562867
same
>>24562860
Good fuck the waifufags
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>>24562860
and this is a bad thing?
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>>24562888
When he says "enemy" he means the Angels
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>>24562899

It's probably a bad thing our PR and close relationships.

Specifically Flint.
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>>24562904
why would the angels have a shadow dynamo?
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>>24562897
I think you mean CONSUME the waifus. Since the waifu anons wanted to fuck them to begin with.
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<It matches you.>

"...matches me?"

<Precise. Exacting. Discrete.>

"You can really smooth-talk a girl."

<What is smooth talk?>

"...unnecessary, really." She looks at Flint. "Essentially the opposite of what the knight just said to Auriel."

<Oh. I see.>

Yes, the nature of this "smooth talk" does become more clear. Perhaps you should practice this "smooth talk" with women so as to earn their trust more readily. Combined with beer for men, you'll be able to stop more misunderstandings and gather information...though it might be difficult to get other people to intentionally imbibe ignorance potions.

But that can wait for another time.

<You deserve to be free.>

"...I have been told all my life that the shadow is evil," she said. "And I have just watched a knight of Arland with a soul of light defend a shadow elemental. What I deserve, Shadow, is beyond me." She looks at you. "No one has ever spoken to me of our nature. The nature of shadow...what is it?"

Well, /tg/? What is the shadow's nature?

>Humanity
>Balance
>Justice
>Temerity
>I don't know
>combination of the above
>something else (write-in)
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>>24562912
Nah, just means we need to be extra empathetic every chance we get that doesn't involve consuming. Full speed ahead on both humanity and temerity.
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>>24562883
>>24562897
>>24562899


i'm not a waifufag, but I don't really want to play the DARK OVERLORD THAT MUST CONSUME ALL THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD
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>>24562912
He's seen us ea a fucking wyvern from the inside out, he might not like it but unless we start pillaging villages he seems to understand it's a necessity
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>>24562912
>Specifically Flint.
>Implying Flint would ever leave our side unless we go full Chaotic Stupid
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>>24562931
Temerity/Balance
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>>24562931
>Perhaps you should practice this "smooth talk" with women so as to earn their trust more readily.
CUNT
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>>24562931
Life. Just as all the other elements are they simply live, creatures like me and you give them their direction
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>>24562931
>>something else (write-in)
Consumption
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>>24562963
>CUNT

what, what, waaaht?
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>>24562931
>Balance

unless someone posts something I like
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>>24562931
Shadow is the emptiness

This will get her pussy wet
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>>24562931
>Justice and Balance
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>>24562970
Second, just because we've been waifuing a bit too hard.
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>>24562931
"I have no memory so I can't answer this fully. I can tell you what is MY nature though.

[X]Humanity
[X]Balance
[X]Justice
[X]Temerity
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>>24562931
>anything other than JUSTICE
shiggidy.
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>>24562931
<We are life, as all things must live so too must the end. We are not evil or malice, we are simply the other side of the coin. Balance.>
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>>24562939
Well, Guess what, we may simply be unable to survive if we don't take that direction. Thought about that, yet? Thought about what gives us good XP and what has made us fail or stall our gain? Taken a step back and looked at each situation of all the threads and seen which actions have benefited us and which have hurt us and our friends?
Hm?

Because being lenient towards our foes and leaving behind opportunities has stymied our growth whenever we try them.
So I don't think we SHOULD try them.
Shadow Overlord, here we go.
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>>24562968
>>24562992
>>24562995
second>>24562931
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>>24562970
CONSUME HER
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>>24562931

I would like to say Truth or Change.

Truth, because the ugliest truths are always kept in Shadow, and Change, because the Shadow of everything shifts and changes as time shifts forward, weather it be the sun in the sky, or the changing of the posture of a man through his life.
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>>24562978
Blatantly encouraging the waifuing.

I'm not going to be all "hurr iquit 5evr" because I'm not quitting.

I'm also not going to pretend I'm fine with this shit.
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>>24562931

Balance and justice, for light and shadow cannot exist with out the other, for the absence of light is not shadow but emptiness.
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>>24562931
Balance
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>>24562939
Are you still going on about "temerity=evil" or do you have any other reason that you thing that consuming things="DARK OVERLORD THAT MUST CONSUME ALL THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD"
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>>24562939
But this world... I dunno it's just not working out for me, even the prospect of dominating it. The Nether however- THAT has me all sorts of interdasted, I want to explore and conquer the fuck out of that place. Yes pls.
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Shadow is that which everything in the light casts. It soothes those who find the light blinding and hides those who trust it from danger. It consumes threats without a trace. It is a balance to the Light which sears and burns. Not the Lights enemy.

Sadly that has been perverted.
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>>24562931

>balance

no CONSUMEfags I don't want play the DARK OVERLORD THAT MUST CONSUME ALL THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD
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>>24563010
cry some more
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>>24563010
newdiscoveryjokes.jpg
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>>24562931
The Nature of shadow is what you want it to be.
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>>24563013
>>24563007
>>24562992
>>24562987
Combine these and it shall be perfect.
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>>24563019
>>24563007
>>24562995
combo of these
>>24562931
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>>24562931
Shadow is freedom. Only when no-one can see are you ever truly yourself.
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>>24562931

"The same as every other element."
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>>24563021
We're not doing that, we just want to be a little less of a pussy, more justice, and balance less, MUH HONORABLE KILL
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>>24562931

>Asking a philosophical question of any kind on /tg/
>The answer is character development

You dun fucked up now.
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>>24562931
You think hard about it for a moment... and finally come up with an acceptable answer.

>impression of a cat hunting a mouse

"This is shadow."

>impression of the mouse slipping away without being caught

"This is shadow."

>touch her right in the center of her chest

"You are shadow."

>slip back into her shadow

"Shadow is what you make of it."
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>>24562931
Write-in: "I'm still working that out. I do not like what I've seen of evil, so I refuse to be that. I do not believe I'm forced to be so simply for being a shadow. I was told that shadows were once a force for justice. Right now, though, the only thing I'm certain of is protecting my friends."
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>>24563007
Seconding this with the fist of the north star.
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>>24563021
>>24562939
>2013
>Still thinking that consuming and killing means being evil
>Still not understanding that Shadow is justice
>Still not understanding that we are playing Shadow as Batman that eats people.
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>>24563007
This is the only one that actually seems to reflect our choices and decisions the most, so I'll go with this.
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>>24563042
Yeah, second AND third.

We never shoot first, but we always shoot back.
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So many GOOD fucking answers.


FUCK.
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>>24562992
>>24562995
>>24563019
>>24563048
>>24562931
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>>24562931
this is shadow
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>>24563083
>not shadow911tears.png
>scooby dooby doo
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>>24563072

It just means, and this is a demonstration, that Shadow is what you make of it, what you desire it to be.
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>>24563048
I like the idea of including impressions in any response we have. They're more than words, after all.
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>>24563081
Give me a combo of this and it seems perfect.
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>>24563069

And im ok with that, it's perfectly understandable but I don't want to CONSUME everything that laying about and look for trouble when its unfounded

I like responding to threats, not causing them
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>>24563010

Let's get something straight, you people.

YOU PEOPLE.

Romance options will be presented if humanity continues to increase at a steady rate.

There will be no waifuing. You will not spend an entire thread on a trip to the beach with some fucking random imaginary character I pulled out of my ass.

However, romantic subplots are important parts of many great stories, and I think they can add a lot of character depth. For yourself, it's going to take some time, so you don't need to worry about this shit at the moment. The character doesn't see "smooth talk" as getting close to females; in fact, the Shadow doesn't differentiate much that way between males and females; there is no reason for it to do so. You're asexual. The "smooth talk" comment was mostly humor, the shadow making a flat observation about the world around him.

This is subject to change. However, it will take a lot of change to be theretofore subject.

Now, Flint, on the other hand, dropping his spaghetti on a regular basis around attractive females...that could be entertaining.

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>>24563072
>>24563072

My thoughts exactly.

So why not use all of them?

WRITING FOR GREAT JUSTICE
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>>24563122
>And im ok with that, it's perfectly understandable but I don't want to CONSUME everything that laying about and look for trouble when its unfounded

But we DON'T. The thing people are agree about is not consuming the MINIBOSS THAT TOOK HALF THE THREAD TO KILL.
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>>24563019

I this this
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>>24563122
That's fine, but we shouldn't do stupid ass shit like pass up EXP because we didn't get the last hit.

There is a difference between being THE DARK OVERLORD and not passing up upgrades
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>>24563139
>This is subject to change. However, it will take a lot of change to be theretofore subject
And now the quest will suffer an infestation of waifufags trying to force that change.

Fuck.
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>>24562931
Light is a white world, devoid of sin, thought, and variation. Shadow is a black one, with oversaturation of these things so as to seem muted. This world is both, so it is that we are all really born of the gray.
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>>24563139

I like romance, but hate waifuan', so I like you.

>So why not use all of them?
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>>24563162
woah woah woah, I just support being human with our companions, nothing about waifuing
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>>24563162
its in our power to change that, to consume everything in the world. To make the world sit in OUR shadow for once!
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>>24563139
Spagooti!
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>>24563141

I only said no consumption of the miniboss because we where in the middle of a battlefield I thought we had better things to do than sit around and have a nice snack
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>>24563162
Don't worry, I have proxies. I have no shame in using them to combat idiocy.
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Romance could be okay if done well and if it doesn't take over the quest but becomes an equally part of it along with the established direction. Both rely on a good GM.

I have faith in Shadow Master.
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>>24563139
You're kidding, right? I though you better than this.
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>>24563202
>I only said no consumption of the miniboss because we where in the middle of a battlefield I thought we had better things to do than sit around and have a nice snack

Pic is you right now.

For the love of god stop being you.
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>>24563217
>mature action quests for mature action questers such as muhself.

C'mon dude. All the best works have romance in them. Some of the greatest have ONLY romance in them. And like SM said, it's up to us.
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>>24563202
Consumption is an action that can be combined with any other. Could have had mage on the go, with penalty, could have stealth snacked on the corpse, etc.
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I'm only ok with romance IF all the love interests are elementals too.
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>>24563235

He's just trying to get SM riled up.

I have faith in SM, he hasn't disappointed us so far, and if romance happens, it'll be in pace with our character development and well written, and not waifu'an.
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>>24563230

No Joffrey would have stopped to eat every god damn fucking spearmen we killed and then some going on about how its his right to due so and then would have attacked the angel as soon as she popped back up.
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>>24563235
>waifuing is mature
Go get a lobotomy and maybe you'll be a higher-functioning person.
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>>24563235
>All the best works have romance in them.
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>>24563255
lets get some of that angel pussy
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>>24563255
I'm only ok with romance if its us helping Flint and our friends hook up so we can watch all dat tasty pasta drop from their pockets!
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>>24563235
Fuck you, waifu apologist.
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Could we stop arguing about "waifuing" and instead do something productive? Shadow is asexual, after all; it hardly matters. We could choose to identify as female from now on instead of wanting bitches.
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>>24563274
I can get behind this.
>>24563255
>Implying angels are light elementals
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>>24563290
>We could choose to identify as female from now on instead of wanting bitches.
Do you think that would actually stop them?
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>>24563269
The vast, vast majority of great classic literature has romance in it because it is a hugely powerful storytelling tool (as well as a story in itself). Unmad yourself.
>>24563263
>implying it's waifuing
Nice try, ruseman.
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>>24563284
The ruseman strikes again.
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>>24563290
FLINT IS HUSBANDO
LET ME POLISH YOUR HALBERD KNIGHT DONOVAN!
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>>24563294
Seems you mixed the quotes around.
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>>24563294
>I can get behind this.
And so the waifuing begins harder.
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>>24563294
ahh yea gettin some of dat fire crotch!

don't know how, or what to do but I think we'll figure it out.
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>>24563310
Fuck, you are right
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>>24563295
I don't and I hate waifufags and there incessant ways to turn everyquest into waifuquest: waifu harder
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>>24563202
The thing is: We NEED to consume some stuff in the battlefield because our regeneration is slower then the rate at which we are damaged. And that had been the very best opportunity in the whole battle. All the conditions asked for in the last thread were met (extraordinarily powerful) and we had finished the fight already. There was no-one there to stab us in the back and even if there was we had Ila right there to protect us! Instead we decided to eat a random mage soon after.

I was one of the main opponents of rampant eating in the last thread and I still think that not consuming that guy was really stupid.
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>>24563257
>I have faith in SM, he hasn't disappointed us so far, and if romance happens, it'll be in pace with our character development and well written, and not waifu'an.

I appreciate that.

Prepare for response...
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>>24563295
It doesn't matter if it would stop them or not, if the majority agrees to it is what msot of us want. So, if most people don't want to get some of that tight shadow pussy, we can't do shit about it. If everyone is apposed to that idea, they can't do shit about it.
>or they could be faggots and samefag
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>all this butthurt over romance/waifufags

really guys im not a fan of it myself but im not going to bitch about it, focus on the things you like about this quest
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>>24563336
Bless you
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>>24563345
I would if we didn't drop the reward for a miniboss
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>>24563345
Fuck you. If we ignore it then it will grow and fester. Then it will be too late.
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>>24563336
I like the cut of your jib shadow boss you've made this quest great so far and I trust you to keep it clean of beach episodes
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>>24563345
See
>>24563342
Since /tg/ doesn't have user ids, the waifufags would samefag to look like they are the majority. Its better to make our case clear now than later.
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>>24563296
>The vast, vast majority of great classic literature has romance in it because it is a hugely powerful storytelling tool (as well as a story in itself). Unmad yourself.

Now you're just being silly. None of that is a good reason to include it in Shadow Quest.
Writing 101: Don't do things just because they've been successful, do them because they work in contributing to the story.
And this is an interactive/collection story/game, and it seems very likely that the players don't want a romance-heavy game; and the future choices of these players will determine whether or not Shadow Master includes it- and exactly how much.
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>>24563354

the reward was friendship!
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>>24563290
No! Stay asexual. I fucking hate it when asexual beings suddenly start acting like they have gender and a sexual drive. Platonic love and friendship is all I will vote for (if at all)!
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>>24563365
this its a disease that nearly every quest seems to get. I challenge someone to make a quest immune to this horrible disease
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>>24563376
Or, alternatively, the anti-waifu fags would do the same thing (as one person specifically stated he would do)
Either way, though, it doesn't matter right now.
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>>24563365
It's already to late
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>>24563315

Stop please, this is starting to get sour, and I would rather not have GLORIOUS SHADOW QUEST end off tonight with such low-tier bullshit.

It's arguing against what is not and what is waifu'an that has made the quality here drop, it's like you guys don't have any faith in SM's abilities when writing romance, or that you are just so oblivious at the chasm of difference between waifus and pure romance.

SM, I have faith that you, if romance does become a thing, will write it well enough that this doesn't become an issue, and I would like to apologize for the blatant idiocy being displayed.
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>>24563397
the difference is this quest has been great with little to no romance
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>>24563393
Yeah, at the moment I think the friends we have and are making are more than enough d'awww without needing to bring romance into it anytime soon. And if it does:

>>24563405
>SM, I have faith that you, if romance does become a thing, will write it well enough that this doesn't become an issue

This.
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This entire quest we've been battling this black and white mentality that this world holds against our character, yet we can't escape applying a black and white mentality to our character defining actions.

Why can't the bloodthirsty see we simply don't have the power to kill and consume with impunity for we appear as an insect on the radar of those who do possess power, an insect they won't hesitate to crush.
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>>24563378
Yes, obviously, but my example was showing how romance is powerful - so powerful it's been used in X, Y and Z. So obviously there's something to it.

Now I don't want to shoehorn it in. I wouldn't particularly go for it cuz it's not my style. But romance =/= bad. Romance =/= waifuing. Shittily written romance = waifuing. For that we'd have to have a shitty writer and if you try and say we do I'm going to break out the meme arrows.

Obviously it comes down to the players. I was mainly complaining about the knee-jerk MAH WAIFU reactions from the anti-romance camp. Romance =/= waifuing.
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>>24563410
Yes, and it can be even better with it, or the opposite. We take a chance by using dice, why not with a small amount of romance?
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<I have no great memory, Ila. But what I have seen...I will relate.>

<Shadow is that which everything in the light casts. It soothes and hides those blinded or pained by the light. The shadow consumes threats without a trace, but the light can sear and burn. We are not evil, or malignant, but merely the other side of the coin.

You send her the impression of a cat hunting a mouse.

<This is shadow.>

You send her a second impression, that of the mouse slipping away without being caught

<This is shadow.>

You reach up with a single Inked finger and touch her right in the center of her chest.

<You are shadow. Shadow is what you make of it.>

You lower yourself back down. <As to my own nature...that I aim to find. But I have found some things, already. I have discovered within me humanity. As you humans think and feel, so do I.

<I have discovered a sense of balance. That things must weigh each other out. As you have already told me yourself - this is precious. You know it by instinct.>

Ila is listening carefully. She nods when you say that, partly murmuring the words with her lips.

<I have discovered Justice. That I have a right to exist, that beings have a right to live, and that those who are innocent ought to be protected.

<And I have discovered Temerity...that my protection shall be firm, my justice swift, and my humanity great to behold - as I have found humanity so - terrible, and strange, but great. My shadow will consume as much as it shades, and it will flow where I will it, when I will it, as I will it.>

Ila swallows hard. Her lips tremble. "...I-I see. I understand."

>you've gained 9 humanity (34)
>you've gained 3 temerity (30)
>1 HP from regeneration (23/29)

>you've gained 4 EXP from all battle events and the discussion

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End of today's thread.

Next time, 8 pm EST tomorrow night! Be there for the Demon Lord! (assuming you don't chose to piss out like a pansy after that epic speech)

Ask meta while I brush my teeth.
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ok guys lets stop fighting, I think we can all agree the samefags are the scum of /tg/
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>>24563405
It's not that I don't have faith SM's writing ability, Shadow Master is a top notch writer however romance is unneeded in this quest and is overdone so many many times
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>>24563432
I'm fine with some romance, I don't like trying to turn shadow into suddenly a white knight on a quest for pussy
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>>24563426
Identify exactly who you are speaking to or be ignored as a strawman stander; there's no "bloodthirsty" there's pragmatic. There's been a lot of pragmatic if I look back at the posts.
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Hear, Hear!
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>>24563430
dude, have you seen Ila?

.... well, i mean, i haven't either, but she's a -babe- in my imagination. all shadowy and shit.

on an unrelated note: she'd make a perfect Prime Minion. :}
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>>24563426
>Why can't the bloodthirsty see we simply don't have the power to kill

Are you being stupid on purpose? The miniboss mage was DEAD and noone was around to attack us while we were eating it.

It was the stupidest thing that has happened in the quest which is why people are bitching to those that said no at consuming him.
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>>24563432

give the waifufags an inch and they will take the entire goddamn thread to waifu hell with them.
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>>24563378
>it seems very likely that the players don't want a romance-heavy game
Well, yes. Neither SM nor any players at all suggested a romance-heavy game. How observant of you to notice this.

The only thing here is that most of /tg/ are immature fucks who can't differentiate between waifuing and proper romance subplots. Therefore the second is likely to turn into the first and both are going to be hated by those sick of waifus. I have faith in SM though and hope for the best.
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>>24563468
She'd make a good Minion

I don't like the look of your smiley face though
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>>24563446
I want to ask you about waifus but I don't want to drag you down to our level so I will only say goodnight and when's the next one?
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At some point we should use mimic to turn into a shadowy angel and say to Auriel

"You aren't as holy as you think you are."
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>>24563446

so are we gonna be able to wind down after this and try to help flint get a chick "in the sack" before we go save-erm i mean find Abby?
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>>24563430
Unfortunately romance to /tg/ IS waifuing. This environment doesn't include as many English majors as it would need in order for the players to play romance intelligently.
People that only want watered down romance will attempt to shoe-horn it in at every turn.
Better to do entirely without than have it abused.
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>>24563446
>Ask meta while I brush my teeth.

Did eating the supplies in Jacob's Field have any effect or will the soldiers just get new suplies a day later?

Did the duke really need us for his lighting spear plan, or was he bullshitting to stop Auriel from killing us?
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WELL ENOUGH OF ALL THIS BULLSHIT ANYWAY

what upgrades would everyone like to get? I personally would like to see some magic power and summoning
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>>24563449

Unneeded is a good thing, but that doesn't mean it can't have it, but you act as if it'll become a core point that the quest will revolve around, if it happens, if we become so empathetic that it happens, then it will happen gradually, and if we get burned by it, or it turns out to not truly be aligned with the rest of Shadow's character, as it develops, grows, and changes as he grows older and more powerful, then we can avoid it later.

Not saying that we should actively look for it, but if it happens, it happens, and it, in aligned with our nature, will happen gradually, now let's stop this, as the thread quality tanked the moment the arguing over this began.
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>>24563513
Delicious. Seconded.
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>>24563523
I'd like to see Magic Power, which we have the EXP for right now.

After that I'd really like to explore the lower left area of the ability map and look for a path to Fast Regeneration.
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>>24563513
That would be facking awesome.
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>>24563446
>4 EXP

Can we buy Blink? Please? Like, right now so that we won't buy some random shit at the start of the next thread?
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>>24563523

I think we should go for blink next, it would be useful to get us out of OH SHIT situations
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>>24563513
>Blatantly mocking the incredibly powerful being we're trying to get on the good side of
Ok, who let the retards in?
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>>24563513
Thirded (fourthed?)
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>>24563446

That was great.
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>>24563560
>we're trying to get on the good side of
I thought we were trying to just not get killed by her and maybe eat her.
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>>24563513
This is almost as bad as schattenkreig'ing the demon lord, I will personally come to your house and slap you in the dick for it
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>>24563513
Yes.

So many yes.
>>24563516
Shadow Master is our filter. He takes poorly written but good at heart ideas and writes them up for us really nicely so we can all look at them without vomiting. He does more than that but that's part of it.
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>>24563523
>>24563546
>what upgrades would everyone like to get?

BLINK ASAP (which is now as long as SM returns to answer questions)
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Rolled 75

>>24563446
Honestly... And this has been nagging at me since you've given us the map... I feel that we MUST travel to Port Vanta. And I'm talking about within the next 3 quests. It's just absolutely necessary and I can't explain why. But in Port Vanta, everything will be explained.
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>>24563513

I like it

I just want to see that angels face
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>>24563560
Not until after we've proven that we're not evil. Then we'll mock her mercilessly.
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>>24563560

guys that want to cause conflict, it would be a useful taunt but horrible course of action as it seems conflicting and beyond or current scope of insults.
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>>24563560
Fuck her. She had her chance, and now she goes in the stomach ASAP unless she apologizes.
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>>24563378
>should be jizz all over her face, not slugs.
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>>24563601

back to your zero-g jugs mags.
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i agree blink is a must.
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>>24563601
I'd still say give her a chance one she sees we're not the rape and pillage machine she thinks we are.

But seriously if that bitch tries to stab us again into the EXP pool she goes
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>>24563575
Agreed. Can you imagine how much exp she must be worth???
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>>24563601

only if she attacks us

don't want any trouble unless she causes it
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>>24563523
>>24563546
>>24563585
>>24563552
5th. Can we buy Blink now? It will really help as a "OH SHIT" button.
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>>24563468
Look at this. This is waifuing. It is knowing nothing about a person and imagining things. It is delusion and lack of human understanding. This is what you should fight against.

You should not, however, fight against romance for it is human nature and can be beautiful instead of just the trite fantasies of horny neckbeards.
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>>24563584
Even if he can write it well I'll temper every response with Shadow Overlord future in mind. I don't want to stall because quests can stop at any time, for any reason, IRL or otherwise. If we stall for meaningless bullshit we may die or the quest might end before we even get at the meat of the world that SM is having us play in.
No romance. Empathy is perfectly alright, and that's what I'll be carrying into the next thread.
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>>24563619
Sooo much xp. I'm trembling with anticipation.
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>>24563619
>Can you imagine how much exp she must be worth???

I assume 25 just like the other angel we ate.
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>>24563619

is her friend was anything to go by, 25...
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>>24563627
>just the trite fantasies of horny neckbeards.
If you try to get romance injected into a quest, that's all you will get.
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>>24563640
Still a lot considering we've been in a serious EXP frought
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>>24563640
what about her sword?
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I doubt we'll get to eat her... but we might get to eat the demon if we don't die.
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>>24563627
*eyeroll*
>this guy don't get sarcasm...

h'anyway.

Seriously, we were talking about getting minions, vaguely pursuing the idea of us becoming our own.... idk, world power. I think this idea has merit, and this is the first strongly shadow-aligned person we've met. We'd be foolish not to attempt a disciple, or at least a right-hand.
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>>24563655
give it to flint?
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>>24563657
Yessssss

Eat the demon
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>>24563653
drought* sorry
>>24563634
I'd rather go for a balance ending, but to balance you gotta get rid of scale tippers i guess
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>>24563634
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>>24563644
Possibly more, since I have the impression that Raziel was younger (or at least less mature) than Auriel.
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>>24563634

I want to aim for just Shadow Lord, Overlord sounds too Tyrannical, and it's not like our future Kingdom / Empire will be solely Shadow-oriented, the Balance of this world is already fucked, and people are suffering because of it, let's correct it, and balance it out, or at least balance it in our domain.
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>>24563623
Only if she attacks us or it's expedient.
>>24563615
Nope. She had that chance and she was all HURR DURR MUH BLACK AND WHITE MORALITY AND SHITTY REASONING. I've got no sympathy for idiots.
>>24563634
My thoughts exactly, but if people want to go further I don't really mind so long as it doesn't consume the whole quest. Pun intended.
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>>24563619
CONSUMEfags please try to understand that their might be some repercussions to doing that...

lets try to avoid bringing the whole force of angels upon us
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>>24563663
>*eyeroll*
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>>24563677
They're the same age since they were given angel status by hyperion.
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>>24563657
>we might get to eat the demon if we don't die.

You don't know how much I want to do this, but do you really think that would happen when SM said that he is almost certain that we will die facing him headon?
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>>24563619

But that would probably piss off Flint something awful unless she attacks us out-right.

If we attack her, there is a chance he won't be okay with it, and either option will bring down even more angels on our asses.
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>>24563695
e.e
@.@
-.-
>eyeroll

take your pick lol
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>>24563663
sarcasm isn't easily recognized on the internet also you didn't use an image
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>>24563663
I wouldn't go as far as "disciple", but we should certainly learn more about someone aligned to shadow.
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>>24563715
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>>24563687
The thing is she will try to kill us later. She does not trust us, nor does she paticularily want to give us a chance. Its only the fact of the demon lord and the words of our friends that she did not attack right then.
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>>24563708
>Wait in the shadows until it gets sufficiently weakened by Auriel / the Duke / armies
>CONSUME
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>>24563708

Then we -don't- face him head silly.
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>>24563715

please no
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>>24563663
If that had indeed been meant as sarcasm it had been a very bad place to put it. There need to be SOME hints that it's sarcasm especially in a heated discussion like this.

Either it was not sarcasm or you can't into reading the mood and making appropriate responses.
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>>24563715
>anything other than door number 4 being acceptable

>>>/out/
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>>24563446

Current Statistics:

HP: 23/29
Mana: 4/4
EXP: 5
Humanity: 34
Temerity: 30

Thread is archived:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/24557216/

Seems like someone beat me to it.

That's cool, just keep descriptions vague so they don't spoil anything for newcomers.

Also, dude, the tags. Dammit, keep the tags the same. Now I need three links.

You know what, fuck it. I'm putting one link up there and if people care enough they can search the rest themselves, it's not that hard.

>>24563512

Ask me whatever you want.

Next thread will be tomorrow night at 8 pm EST. Follow the twitter for updates.

>>24563515
>so are we gonna be able to wind down after this and try to help flint get a chick "in the sack" before we go save-erm i mean find Abby?

You can do whatever you want. But they've been gone for some time now...

>>24563517

>Did eating the supplies in Jacob's Field have any effect or will the soldiers just get new suplies a day later?

Your actions at Jacob's Field have reasonably disturbed the garrison there. This will have implications for the greater war between Kelvere and Kan-Abar.

>Did the duke really need us for his lighting spear plan, or was he bullshitting to stop Auriel from killing us?

You probably picked up on the fact that Auriel cast a lie-detection/mind read Spirit spell. The duke, at the very least, BELIEVES he needs you.

>>24563586

Whatever floats your boat, man.

Pun intended.

You can go wherever you want if you can get people to vote for it.

>>24563513

10/10 would write it
Remind me at an appropriate moment

---------------

Are we buying Blink?
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>>24563459
>>24563470
I'm not talking about the miniboss, I was fully in favor of eating him. I'm talking about biting off more than we can chew in general.

Consuming is good, very good. It helps us. But because it helps us, it makes us drunk on victory and growth. We'll pick all the fights and talk the biggest game, simply because eating will make it all better. But we keep running headlong into situations where we aren't guaranteed a meal. When eating hurts us more than it helps. What happens when we meet an enemy that destroys it's dead, starves us? What happens when eating is no longer the answer? What happens when we replace our ability to relate with those who do NOT share our pragmatism, what then?
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>>24563733
>>24563732
This is why I want blink, we could stay away picking at him and when someone (probably Auriel) gives him the final blow, we can use blink to get the last hit and eat him.
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>>24563732
yup, I imagine we'll hang around Ila or Flint in their shadows, take attacks of opportunity, until the thing is on its last legs... then CONSUME.

>>24563760
yes
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>>24563760
>10/10 would write it
>Remind me at an appropriate moment
Will do. I'll also be an ass about any romance whenever it rears it's ugly head.

And yes. Blink buy go.
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>>24563760
God damn right we're buying fucking blink.

And note down that angel thing because it's too good to pass into the mists of the archive.
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>>24563760
My vote is for magic power.

We only have 4 mana right now and most of the more powerful abilities require some amount of mana. It's as if everyone here never wants to reach ECLIPSE levels again or something. The magic tree has been neglected for the majority of time, surely I'm not the only one curious to see what is in that whole black section on the right is? Especially on what could possibly follow after Eclipse.
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>>24563781
And snatch the Aegis?
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>>24563795
>>24563786
>we're never gonna get around to magic
goddammit
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>>24563760
We have no ability to regenerate magic right now.

Let's get the first level of Magic Power to fix that.
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>>24563760
>Are we buying Blink?

YES.
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>>24563760
can we please get more mana first...?
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>>24563777
We've consumed a whole lot and still have more humanity bro
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>>24563809
magic power isnt going to net us enough to matter in the coming battle, so right now its better to play with our strengths... which is mobility and hitting things.
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>>24563813
>Let's get the first level of Magic Power to fix that.

Only high levels of Magic Power give regen, SM has already said so.
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>>24563819
>>24563809
FIRE ALL GUNS AND NEVER RELOAD.
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>>24563760
Buy blink: Confirm.
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>>24563830
We could get some clarification on that, but I had the impression that the first level would give a small amount of regen, and higher levels of it would give more regen.
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>>24563513

>say this
>angel gets upset
>attacks
>blink behind her
>shadow wings engulf her
>CONSUME
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>>24563760
blink yes
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>>24563827
Except we don't even hit things that hard

and we get creamed by almost anything that hits us

and some of our most damaging ability use mana

I think it's pretty obvious magic is very powerful in this setting and we need more of it
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>>24563819
>>24563809
>>24563802
I vote against magic power right now, only because I want to get blink for >>24563781 's plan.
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>Thread has over 1000 posts.

The only other quest I've seen hit this is BFQ. Congrats, SM?
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>>24563830
At least investing in it now will increase our pitiful mana pool. And can we PLEASE get nightflare soon? We really need some anti-magic abilities.
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we really should invest in things like robust immunity and the other passive defences.
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>>24563858
OK, I have to admit that plan is appealing, if only because Auriel so deserves to have us killsteal from her.

Changing my vote from MP to Blink.
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>>24563858
I'm not saying pass up blink we should get that.

But we've seen what having magic can do and it's really powerful, for all the points we put into our speed, that one moment of having some starter big ability's was an absolute stomp on that angel

Summoning would also suit as as we seem to play a very supportive role so far
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>>24563840
Yessss. When she's almost dead and we move in for the expedient threat removal...
sorry, IF,
this is how we'll do it.
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>>24563862
Wow I didn't even notice.

Congrats all around.
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>>24563878
We got all available passive defences right now. To unlock more I guess we will have to buy Berserk.
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>>24563760
I believe we should get poison because we would get the bonus from fangs and the first level of spirit resistance due to the likely fact that the demon lord is either Spirit or Shadow
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>>24563862
Well, if you remember from one of those Quest Thread Generals loooong ago about everything that it takes to make a Quest Thread seem good, Shadow Master seems to have likened to those lists.
>non-human character
>range of reputation, reward, cause and effect
>written well
>topics to keep players interested
>characters to keep players invested
>starting out small
etc.
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>>24563862
Mahtza!
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>>24563907
This is a really good quest
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>>24563934

Damn straight.
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There is one last subject I would like to discuss here: Black and white mentality concerning Auriel.

>Be mage
>Fight Shadows all your life
>Shadows kill all your friends, family and many of your aquaintances
>The resulting mindset is reinforced for several hundred years
>Still talk with Shadow and attempt negotiation
>Shadow rips apart your subordinate in the most cruel of ways right in front of you
>Rips apart not only the body but also the soul itself
>Still lets herself be convinced not to kill it the next time she finds it
>Idiot voters say we should attack and eat her as soon as she is weakened because she "has had her chance" and say "we already tried diplomacy, she is just evil"
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>>24563934
This one's worth the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HBbK4flJR8
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>>24563914
Not true. We could get Robust Immunity or Fog, both of which are passive defences.
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>>24563862
And then it was over 1000 posts of pure butthurt.

Tripfags trolling and people raging about the morality of kidnapping and mindbreak.
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>>24563858
But then it will be put off again for something also temporary until we're fucked when facing someone who can defend against physical attacks extremely well. Blink is only a one-shot event during battle, since 5 turns is a long time, while increasing our mana would enable us to have more variety and pull off moves multiple times instead and benefit us better in the long run.
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>>24563949

In our defense, Raziel tried to kill us on sight.
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>>24563826
Again my point is lost, has no one ever heard of "biding your time"?

We're a shadow, can we not gain our power discreetly? Why must we do our consuming where everyone can see? It's not the act of consuming I have a problem with, it's the TIME it's the PLACE. Why must we announce it to the world that our view is pragmatic? They HATE that, they HUNT us for that.
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>>24563957
Yeah, here it was ~900 of awesome questing and only ~100 of trolling.
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>>24563949
Don't care.

I want some angelfood cake
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>>24563949
Not quite, you are remembering things wrong.

SHADOW, tried to nagotiate holding the other angel hostage. Auriel still tried to attack us while we were holding the hostage, so we ate him and got the fuck out.
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>>24563949
>implying
If she doesn't want to be treated with a black and white mentality, she'd best drop her own.

Basically she was a bitch to us because of what we were, not who we were, and she knew we acted in self defence (see the thread) and attacked us anyway.

So fuck her. Maybe she's a product of her environment, but we all make choices.
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>>24563968
we barely gain power except by consuming atm, unless we go treasure hunting or some shit
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>>24563996
And all that was after the other Raziel tried to kill us merely for existing.
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>>24564004
>unless we go treasure hunting or some shit

And we still need to consume the magical treasures to gain exp that way too.
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>>24563862
>The only other quest I've seen hit this is BFQ. Congrats, SM?

Damn. Alright.

Glad people enjoy.

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist the upgrade tree...

...I can't wait for the looks on your faces when a certain piece of PLOT happens later...

...huehuehue...

...HUEHUEHUEHUE....

MUEHUEHUHEUHEUHUEHUEHUHEUHEUHEUHEUHUEHUEHEUHEUHEUHEUHEUHE.

--------------------------
--------------------------

New Tree:

>Fast Blink - You can unleash a flurry of sight-range teleports, baffling and confusing your enemies. (exceptional dodge buff for two turns; opens additional movement and escape options. Costs 6 mana. Negates enemy initiative.)
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>>24563949

that's why I'm all for NOT consumeing her while her back is turned

but if she attacks us well it's game over for her no more second chances
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>>24563968
We could ask the Duke permission to be the new executioner and wash through the dungeons as a clensing tide.
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>>24563977
BWAAAHAAAHAHA
I completely forgot to use that joke again.

You stole my fucking joke nigger prepare to get IP tracked and have pizzas delivered to the persons wi-fi you're stealing.
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I will argue against consuming or attacking Auriel unless she attacks us first.

For one reason, and one reason.

I don't want the bitch to be right.

So fuck you guys.
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>>24564020
>more blinks
SM stahp, we're never gonna get into magic with all these cool options

Stupid Sexy Shadow Master
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>>24563968
we've seen that our kills go cold incredibly quickly, and that the only kills that have been at all useful have been relatively strong beings. I don't think sneaking out at night and consuming squirrels is going to do a whole lot for us.

We need to eat. It's that simple.
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>>24564029
Oh noes!
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>>24564020

The downside is we're a couple of threads from deletion. I hope the archive updates soon or we'll lose a whole bunch of stuff.
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>>24564020
FUCK ROMANCE, FULL STEAM AHEAD TO PORT PLOT.
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>>24564044
Go update it manually.
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>>24564020
>12 exp required

Hot damn. Also SM,
>Implying RPG players can resist leveling up.
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>>24564020
>we gonna get power drained
HOW HORRIFYING
>inb4 Erebus comes back and drains our shit
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fast blink costs mana, we'll need more pwoer to use it anyway.
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>>24564020
>upgrade costs more mana than we currently have.
NOW can we finally get magic power next?

>>24564039
Doesn't matter, we couldn't use it anyway. Fast Blink requires 6 mana while we only have 4 mana.
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>>24564036
She attacked us first last time and we woulda died if not for a certain upgrade we had stashed away. We won't make the same mistake. When we kill her I just want her to know one thing - that it was her own fault.

So fuck her.
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>>24564020
Would you consider giving a vague hint about what path leads into the blue area of the graph? Bind, or Robust Immunity, or something we have to discover like we did summoning?

(Also, it isn't a tree.)
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>>24564020
You're going to make this thing even bigger, aren't you?
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>>24564046

b-but what about plot and the necromancer and stuff

we have a lot on our plate to choose from as it is
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>>24564020

Probably worth adding that Fast Blink still has the 5-turn cooldown time. Letting you recast it over and over once you have a larger mana pool would be ridiculous.
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>>24564004
Then let's do so. Did we not just finish a speech about the freedom that the shadow embraces? Independence is a virtue that our shadow must embrace.
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>>24564083
>You're going to make this thing even bigger, aren't you?
Nah, see >>24564064
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>>24564070
Schattenkrieg first. The sky will be their enemy.

>>24564087
I feel uneasy about leaving Abby with Adavan after revelations above, but we don't have much of a choice.
>>
GUYS

When we figure out how to dislodge that fucking parasite from Flints soul...


CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME
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>>24564083
If he does I might have to suck his dick

I have such a lust for large amounts of cool powers
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>>24564071

That's what I'm saying you faggot.

The moment she attacks us again, is the moment we have proven ourselves better than her, that she is not our equal or an ally, but an enemy, and while her thoughts and emotions are notable, she is still food, and not an...ally.



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