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Events Summary:

Sir Flint met you convinced you to return to Evinbrook to fight against an approaching Kanian army, led by a demon lord. During the battle, you met Ila, a shadow mage who helped you restore power the Velarion so it could fight the Kanians. You also met the succubus, 'Annette', who pledged loyalty to you after witnessing your prowess, and who seemed to know something about Sir Flint's magic parasite. However, thinking her an enemy, Ila killed her.

The duke's plan to pierce the shield protecting the core of the Kanian forces succeeded. You managed to defeat the demon lord with the assistance of the angel Auriel and Sir Flint.

After the battle, you tried to help Sir Flint and Auriel copulate, but once their ignorance potion wore off, they had a negative reaction to your 'help'.

Well, you did your best.

Auriel has decided to join you, Flint, and Joey on your journey to find Adavan and Abigail, supposedly to protect your other two companions from yourself.

You've learned that, while she is stubborn in her prejudice against you...there are certain precedents that make it so. Whether you can convince her to abandon old assumptions is an open question, and in any case, you're not sure if you truly feel compelled to do so.

Feeling obliged to your friend Sir Flint, who seemed to find affection for Auriel during the battle, you assisted the angel in coming to terms with her feelings for him. You've arrived at a coordial truce with her, which should at least hold while Sir Flint requires your aid.

You've followed Adavan's trail into Tarun Gakth, a maze of ancient, twisted canyons carved out by a centuries-past battle between Geb, the Earth Lord, and Aeolus, the Wind Lord.

It wasn't long before you found yourself in trouble.

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/AiG6EbYe

Books the Main Character has read can be found here:

http://pastebin.com/X59yWD5p

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Learned Abilities:
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Active (intent-use abilities that don't require mana)
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Consume - Devour the latent energy of enemies and magical artifacts to add to your own power and restore your health.

Glide - Your aura allows you to glide, dropping safely from large heights or covering large distances if starting from a high position. Gliding is always stealthier than flying.

Flight - Spread wings of darkness to soar through the air. Carrying capacity is based on physical strength.

Supersonic - Fly at supersonic speeds. You'll move extremely fast, but suffer a large penalty to stealth and magic stealth. Takes 1 turn to activate.

Mimic - Take on the vague form of things you've seen. Won't stand up to close examination, but works well in the dark.

Snuff - You shadow can put out the lights it touches.

Blink - 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. Max range 1/4 mile or 0.4 kilometers)

>>24712147
IT'S SHADOW TIME!
PAINKILLER EDITION!

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>>24712181
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Spells (and other abilities that DO use mana)
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Shadow Strike - Strike the foe with needles of darkness. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Shadow Assault - Launch a flurry of shadowy projectiles at the enemy. (base power 4. Costs 4 mana. Can hit multiple enemies)

Nightflare - Disrupt target spell or enchantment. (costs 2 mana)

Shade - Create an illusory projection of yourself to confuse enemies. (dodge buff. Costs 1 mana)

Spirit Whip - Lash the enemy with a whip of spirit magic. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Bind - Trap an enemy in ropes of spirit magic. May spend 0 to 10 mana (determines strength).

Water Strike - A pressurized blast of water imbued with magical force. (2 base power. Costs 2 mana)

Purify - Spend 3 Mana: 100% chance to heal 1 ailment on target. Spend 6 mana: 85% chance to heal all target's ailments. Spend 9 mana: heal all of a target's ailments and the ailments of all those you are physically touching.

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Summons
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Wisp - A shadowy wisp from the Nether. (2 base shadow attack). Costs 1 mana to summon, 1 mana per action. Never breaks your control; if you run out of mana, it will merely vanish. [Level 0, Shadow]

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Current Statistics:

HP: 33/37
Mana: 10/10
EXP: 2
Humanity: 65
Temerity: 42

Party Members:

Sir Donovan Flint - A knight of Dobshire, the capital of Arland. Fourth son of the lord and ruler of Arland. 29 years old. Wears iron armor and wields a two-handed longsword.

Joey - A young boy from Jacob's Field, now Sir Flint's squire. 16 years of age. No particular magical talent. Wields a shortsword.

Angel Auriel - Formerly a powerful angel of the Ringed City, now traveling with you, ostensibly to protect Sir Flint and Joey from you. 756 years old. Wears heavy plate steel and wields a one-handed sword and a wide, round buckler.

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Mind-Scribing Pen
Succubus Reagents x2
Jen Fang's Diary (Abigail's father)
Summoning Textbooks (in saddlebags)

Current Location:

Tarun Gakth

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>Last Time...

You flee from the giant golem, sprinting forward with Joey clinging to your back for dear life.

The golem unleashes its screech of steel and steam as its feet crush the ground just behind you in fierce pursuit.

EERRRRRAAAAAHHHHH

Back in the saddle for some SHADOW QUEST!

Welcome back, SM! Good to see you again.

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>>24712267

The ground shakes...

...but it's different. The shaking isn't from a footstep...it doesn't stop, and gets louder, louder!

RUMBLE - CRASH

ROOOOOUUUAAAAAGGGGHH

A huge worm emerges from the stone, a titan of flesh and scales. Its face is a giant mouth, circular, lined with hundreds and hundreds of rotating teeth.

You're caught between two giants.

Joey screams.

What do you do?!

>RUUUN
>double back, slip between the golem's legs
>fly above the worm
>use Shade to create a projection and confuse them
>some other tactic

before we begin, i would like to take a moment pls to thank the shadow pls

dear shadow lord based shadow pls hear our prayer pls
pls make this thread a good thread pls
pls let us not devolve into shitposting about namefags and waifus pls
pls oh lord pls give SM the narrative strength needed to provide us with much entratainment pls, as well as spagoodi & lols when neccesary pls.

pls in Erebus name we pray,
amen pls

Shit lets try to get away from this situation

>>24712310
Shade. Let's see if we can get them to smack each other around.

>>24712310

>battle music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSSpM91qSEY

>>24712330
>not offering a prayer to the dice gods
You've doomed us all!

We need joey to be safe

>>24712310
Project a Shade, Try to make the Golem punch the Worm from Hell. Escape from the fight.

>>24712330

lol

pls

>>24712294

hope you brought your spurs

>>24712380
this pls

>>24712372
No, the dice gods are like the Lady in Discworld. They have their favored ones, like Rincewind, who never dare to pray to them, but who always seem to find luck when they need it, though not always the luck they might want. But anyone who dares to actually pray to the Lady is doomed.

>>24712310
>double back, slip between the golem's legs
>use Shade to create a projection and confuse them
A little bit of both.

Dart between the golem's legs, while projecting a shade of us climbing on the wormy thing. Hopefully, the golem will grab at the worm and enrage it while we slip out of view behind it.

>>24712310
Wait, were we able to use the thing left by our lich friend? If not use Shade to create a projection and confuse them. Double back to see if we can find that sign.

>>24712367
Awesome music. Let's rock.

How close are these two monsters to us and each other?

>>24712445

No, you haven't activated the latest sigil. You assumed it was in the center of the canyon...which is everywhere around you, at the moment.

>>24712481
By the way, did we see where Flint and Auriel went off to, or did we lose them?

>>24712459

The giant golem is a stride behind you (about twenty yards).

The worm is vertical, erupting from the ground a good 50 yards feet ahead.

>>24712481
Welp, Looks like we use the Shade and get them to fight each other plan.

>>24712507

They're sprinting in the same direction you were, across the canyon. They're now far on the other side of the worm from you.

>>24712508
And how fast-moving are they? Ignoring the sigil for a moment, what are the chances that we can fly straight up and avoid them both?

>>24712508
Question:
Can we use shiva+ink to form a nozzle to further pressurize water strike? Because I want to watersaw open the golem's chest and fuck around with dat power source man.

>>24712517

You tried flying up at the golem the thread previously, and it was able to catch you. You're more agile, being smaller, but it's pretty huge.

You're sprinting, and the golem is keeping up. But you're holding back a bit because Joey is wrapped around you, and you don't want him to fall.

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>>24712310
>some other tactic
We should try to befriend the worm.

>>24712512
Seconding.

I suspect the worm showed up to fight the golem anyway.

>>24712515
Oh yeah, that horse that got pasted, did he have our books, or is that on one of the others?

>>24712576

Creating enough pressure to do that with your body would probably hurt you, even if it worked. Fair warning.

>>24712517
Remeber We have a passanger

>>24712589

The books are in Flint's saddlebags.

>>24712578
If we use Shade, we should probably make the copy of us fatter and slower, thus making the Golem and the Worm aim more for the copy then for us.

I like the shade tactic, except for one thing

Will it work on the worm? Do e this thing even have eyes?

>>24712615
WHEW. That was close. We already owe the Duke a dynamo...

>>24712666
I doubt it even knows we're here. If this nigga was lurking underground, I bet the golem stomping around crushing the rock drew it up to the surface to see wtf is going on.

>>24712666
>Will it work on the worm? Do e this thing even have eyes?

You're not an expert on giant burrowing rock worms.

Though you've hastily concluded that the sound of the golem smashing about probably drew it to your position.

>>24712705
With how powerful we aim to get, we could give him so much more.

And he knows it.

>>24712602
Noted.
How about this for a plan:
Shade to distract the golem, watersaw to hamstring one of it's legs, while the worm strikes at the downed golem we activate the sigil and gtfo?

Alright, it seems like most people want to give a Shade a go.

Your projection can hold its position, or follow a simple command, such as -run forward- or -fly up-.

What do you want your shade to do?

Some basic ideas:

>bird: fly up into the sky, away from me
>split: shade goes one way, shadow goes another
>scarecrow: don't change position, but make as much of a visual distraction as possible

>>24712780
Meant to link to >>24712687

>>24712720
I wonder what kind of guy a giant burrowing rock worm expert would be...

(imagining a mix of Steve Irwin and that Shadow of the Colossus protagonist)

>>24712793
Split.

Have the shade charge back at the golem and Shadow can continue on the forward path of gtfo

>>24712793
Split please. Also, can Shades make noises? Because if it can, make it as loud as possible.

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>mfw I actually catch a Shadow Quest thread reasonably on time for once

>>24712793

Voting for Scarecrow

>>24712844
>can Shades make noises

Yes. Noted.

>>24712720
Hang on, if this worm is drawn to sounds, I think we want to create an auditory distraction, not a visual distraction. How can we do that?

>>24712801

CRIKEY THIS FELLA HERE HAS GOT DIS SHINY RUNE ON IT BACK THAT IF I STAB IT WILL HELP BRING MY GIRLFRIEND BACK TO LIFE! LETS STICK MY HAND IN ITS MOUTH AND POKE IT WITH A STICK!

>>24712874
Don't forget to jam your thumb up its butthole

>>24712867
OK, then Shadow should be as Quiet as possible and get away in the direction of the worm, while the shade goes straight towards the rock monster and makes as much of a racket as possible.

>>24712874
I'm not proud to admit that I laughed at that.

But I did, so good job.

>>24712874

CRIKEY

You quickly gather your shadow and cast a projection of yourself, sprinting forward!

Roll 1d100

Rolled 14

>>24712978

>>24712945
We have Joey with us, so getting HIM to keep quiet is the number one priority.

We know our own plan, but he doesn't.

Rolled 74

>>24712978

Rolled 14

>>24712978

Rolled 88

>>24712978
>1

Rolled 39

>>24712978

Rolled 93

>>24712978
Rolling to feed Joey to the worm.

>>24712945
No, the Shade needs to fly towards the face of the Worm for maximum punchage.

Rolled 76

>>24712978

Rolled 52

>>24713004
It's the worm that goes by sound, not the golem.

>>24712978

Rolled 68

>>24712978

*sigh* two 14s in 3 rolls. I really do hate /tg/ dice sometimes.

>>24713024
I'm hoping the worm would jump and aim for the source of the noise, just as the golem throws his punch.

>>24713056
>I really do hate /tg/ dice sometimes.
Apparently they hate you too.

>>24713056
If we go by three out of five, it's not so bad...

You take a sharp right as your projection speeds forward toward the worm, shrieking and growling like a version of yourself gone mad.

>mana: 9/10

The golem sweeps down with a hand...aimed straight at you!

But you dodge, flickering to the right before it hits. A gust of air blasts dust in your face as the hammer of stone rockets by. Joey seems too scared to scream anymore, but you've gotten by the golem!

The worm rumbles across the ground toward your projection, engulfing it within its mouth. You can feel the magic burst on contact with it. The worm continues forward straight toward the golem.

The golem lifts a foot as the beast nears...you think it's going to try to kick it!

What do you do?

>focus on finding Adavan's sigil
>let the giant strike the worm, then try to cut its other leg out from under it with a pressurized water strike
>cut the leg out using other means (specify)
>get out of range, and keep to the wall of the canyon until you reach Flint and Auriel. You might survive another mistake, but Joey certainly won't

>>24713056
>>24713128

Just so you know,

Your illusion failed to fool the golem (those two 14s).

I used the next three dice for your dodge, an obvious second action, which you made quite handily.

>>24713162
>focus on finding Adavan's sigil
Surely these two monsters will be busy with each other for a few minutes.

>>24713162
>>focus on finding Adavan's sigil


if the golem and the worm start duking it out it would be best just to find what we need and leave

>>24713162
our of range pls, we can go back for the sigil when the munsters have killt each other to death

>>24713162
>>get out of range, and keep to the wall of the canyon until you reach Flint and Auriel. You might survive another mistake, but Joey certainly won't
Get Joey out of here before he gets splattered.

Then we can try the water cannon thing if only because it's the coolest option.

>>24713162
Keep going and don't look back. Hopefully, the worm might keep stoney occupied.

>>24713162
GET AWAY

>>24713162
Focus on the sigil.
Once we get that we can chose to stay or run.

>get out of range, and keep to the wall of the canyon until you reach Flint and Auriel. You might survive another mistake, but Joey certainly won't

>>24713240
we can always come back... but with Joey here we can't really concentrate on fighting these titans.

>>24713162
get out of range. Joey may be useful alive, but he's deadweight for us. get him onto one of their horses.

>>24713162
I'm in favor of
>let the giant strike the worm, then try to cut its other leg out from under it with a pressurized water strike

The golem is going to remain a threat even after the worm is gone, but if we can dispose of the Golem, the worm is likely to leave due to the source of the vibrations going away.

Trying to get our party through the canyon with the golem still rampaging around is going to be next to impossible, so it's best to try and deal with it while it has a distraction besides us.

>>24713162
Look for the sigil.

Whichever creature wins, we probably won't want to stick around afterwards/

Keep Joey alive. We need comedic relief, so the story doesn't get too grimdark.

>>24713280
>implying Flint and Auriel's awkward romance isn't funnier than Joey's fail-filled antics.

>>24713280
We'd still have Sir Flint and his pockets full of spagetti.

>>24713219
Though I guess getting Joey out of the way first is probably the right thing to do even if we DO plan on fighting the two big rock monsters.

>>24713292

That's true, but I'd hate to be responsible for Joey's death all the same.

>>24713280
Joey is like a bag of chips you keep lying around for when you get hungry late at night. He's a future snack, not a party member.

Ok, you've chosen to hug the canyon wall and get Joey out of there.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 23

>>24713348

Rolled 88

>>24713348
Joey go splat

Rolled 60

>>24713348
Rolling for certain doom.

I think Im going to indulge in a bout of Gambler's Fallacy and say theres no way my rolls will be this bad all night!

Rolled 40

>>24713348
whelp, there goes Joey

Rolled 3

>>24713348

>>24713370
>>24712999
Two 88s.

What

Rolled 67

>>24713348

actually I think we have it. We're pretty fast and the Golem is kicking the worm.

>>24713383
Fuck you, me.

>>24713383
;_;

good thing its not a nat 1 and its past the top 3.

>>24713392
Hitler is rolling with us tonight.

>>24713343
Now, now. Occasionally he has somthing enlightening to say. He figured out that the music riddle was a riddle before Flint did, and that "not a monster, just something else" scene was endearing.

I wonder if eating the worm would be easier the eating the golem... All we would have to do is to get inside it and CONSUME.

>>24713530
We'll wait and see who wins to find out that...

>>24713530
Can we consume something with that much girth? I don't know if we can take it all in, even if we stretch as wide as we can.

You turn and sprint for the far wall of the canyon.

The golem's foot reaches the worm, and there's a tremendous smack of stone on flesh. The golem's foot actually lifts the worm up into the air, crushing into its side...

...and the worm reacts, twisting, constricting around the leg of the golem! They fall together, tumbling across the ground.

<Hold tight!> You extend a few arms and strap Joey to your back. You sprint faster, then faster - because the rolling mass of worm and golem is headed straight for you.

You're running as fast as you can.

You flit by the edge of the canyon like a shadow, and an instant later, the golem and the worm crush into the stone wall. The jagged canyon rock cracks and falls in a landslide of dust and rock. It billows out behind you, rushing over you as you continue to sprint.

But the cloud slows, and eventually, you're free. The roar of the worm fades slightly, and a long rumble shakes the ground. You reach the end of the canyon.

<Flint! Angel!>

"Shadow! Here!"

You find Flint and Auriel astride their mounts, hesitating at the mouth of another canyon. They both look relieved when you stop before them and drop Joey off. He rolls on the ground, then props himself up on his hands and knees. "...holy...shit..."

"Never a dull moment," Auriel says.

You all glance back into the canyon. The shower of dust is slowly drifting across the stone. The worm's rumble continues to fade...

What do you do?

>head back and look for the sigil
>continue on, it's too dangerous
>some other strategy

>>24713530
If it can chew its was through rocks, I'd assume it has nasty stuff inside it. Like acid that's on fire or something.

>>24713558
pls
no
stahp

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>>24713558

>head back and look for the sigil
fooooood

Oh and Abigail.

>>24713566
>>head back and look for the sigil


we need a direction to go to if we want to leave

>>24713566
Well, let's look for the sigil. And check in with Joey as well. Not many people nearly die by rockworm/dwarven golem.

>>24713566
>head back and look for the sigil
We'll be lost forever in these canyons without the sigils to show the path.

>>24713566
Gotta get that sigil before it gets destroyed.

>>24713566
>head back and look for the sigil
We need to find that sigil at all cost.

<Hold here,> you say. <I'm going to find his last sigil.>

"Alone?" Flint asks.

>scout the canyon alone
>ask for someone to accompany you (specify)

>>24713566
Go back and look for the sigal, but be as cautious/sneaky as possible

>>24713685
Go alone, we can be sneaky while we're alone and not attract too much attention.

>scout the canyon alone
Yes, I am the stealthiest and the quickest. Hopefully I can escape notice until I have a direction.

>>24713685
Alone.
They're all far too squishy and slow in a situation like this.

>>24713685
Yes, alone.

Flint and Auriel may be capable fighters, but when the enemy is a giant rock monster, I don't see them doing anything but getting killed horribly.

>>24713685
You're the best person to do it and if worst comes to worst like it always has been, you can fly out of there.

>>24713685
I don't think they'd do well in that. Although Auriel does have some strong magic still, even without being an angel.

I'd kinda like to see what she can do.

>>24713685
Alone, we are a sneaky sneaky shadow.

>>24713685
Alone. More stealth and that worm is probably burrowing; might pop up at the current location and we want it to be heavily guarded.

>>24713685

>alone

hopefully it was the golem that bit the dust so we can CONSUME it's core

>>24713726
Yeah, now I see why it took a freaking Elemental Lord to destroy the dwarves once and for all...

>>24713685
I say Flint. We need to talk about Auriel and her affection for him, and give him some advice, as well as find out a bit on whether he likes her likes her.

>>24713685

<I'm faster, quieter,> you say. <And I can take a hit from that golem and live.>

Auriel nods. "The shadow, in this instance, is right. We should stay out of this one."

"Use caution," Flint says. "Find the sigil, and get back."

<Indeed.>

You creep down into the gorge.

After the tumultuous battle, its quiet. You keep your aura pressed low and stay as quiet as you can. Eventually, you enter the cloud of dust hanging over the stone. It's like a fog of yellow silt.

You press yourself to the floor of the valley and search for the sigil...

Roll 1d100

Rolled 50

>>24713808

>>24713805
Then again, alone might be a better idea...

Rolled 9

>>24713808
Doomed...

Rolled 58

>>24713808
>More bad rolls

Rolled 93

>>24713808

Jesus here, don't worry guys I got this.

Rolled 86

>>24713808

Rolled 33

>>24713808

Rolled 15

>>24713808
Bloodshed and despair.

>>24713839
>dat roll
BRB joining Catholicism.

Rolled 68

>>24713839
>>24713840
pity these two rolls came late... but depending on the DC we might not be doomed.

Though we really should get more stealth stuff.

Rolled 42

>>24713839

thank you Jesus

>>24713823
>>24713826
>>24713829

Mein Gott.

Well at least it isn't MEQ...

>>24713839
YOU GOT IT, JESUS!

>>24713839
Jesus saves! He takes half damage.

>>24713839

Not bad, for your first roll, Jesus.

oh if the golem does spot us is our Magic Sense good enough to trace where its power is coming from?

>>24713915
Forget that, can we use it to find the sigil?

>>24713931
i wanna eat the golem.

You spend a few minutesspent combing the canyon...

...buuuzzzz...

The sigil flares. The triangle rises, turns, and points toward the end of the canyon you just came from, but you think it's indicating the canyon one over from where Flint and Auriel are waiting.

You begin to creep away...

...but a break in the dust clouds catches your eye.

The wrecked canyon wall comes into view. Dust roils over the body of the golem. Pistons jerk irregularly in its joints. The lights on parts of its face and eyes flash and blink. Half-buried by rock, it doesn't move. Nearby, you can see a second titanic hole carved into the rock - probably where the worm drilled back into the earth.

What do you do?

>mission accomplished. Get back and move on before it wakes up.
>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?
>something else

>>24713959
Sure. But let's find out where we're going next first, and then we have the option of a rapid exit if things go wrong.

>>24713959
Please don't. We have squishies to protect.

>>24713959
Easier said than done.

>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?
CONSUME!

Rolled 52

>>24713988
Investigate golem, CONSUME core.

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>>24713988
>>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?

OMNOMNOMNOM

>>24713931
>Forget that, can we use it to find the sigil?

No. Adavan made the magical signature of the sigils especially weak so others wouldn't find them by accident...which is why the Kanians didn't come across it at Jacob's Field.

Your only real recourse is to carefully follow them from juncture to juncture.

>>24713988
>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?

Investigate cautiously, but keep an eye out for the worm.

>>24713988

>investigate the golem

lets CONSUME that core if we can find it

>>24713988
>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?

>>24713988
I just know the worm is going to try to ambush us, but I really want to eat the golem's power source.

Let's go investigate, but listen closely for vibrations in the rock.

>>24713988
Signal to Flint about the golem and staying quiet, then OBSERVE the golem for unusual movement.

Might not be a golem, might be a dwarven mecha!

>>24714044
Before we eat it (which, sure, let's), let's poke around and see if we can figure out what makes it tick.

>>24714044
Let worm eat us... Crunch our way out of its digestive track.

CONSUME.

Return to Golem

CONSUME.

>>24713988
>investigate the golem. Who knows what you could find?

Maybe try sending images to the golem? See if it's just a machine or if there is some sort of mind behind it.

>>24713988
Investigate the golem. If we can consume its power core, it becomes IMPOSSIBLE for it to pursue us if it has repair mechanisms in place that would get it back in working order.

>Nearby, you can see a second titanic hole carved into the rock - probably where the worm drilled back into the earth.
God I hope this is the hole the worm made and not one of the mentioned openings into the Timorian Deep. (Whatever that is. We never really asked.)

>>24714092

no

we will not befriend the golem, it's there for eating

>>24714062
That would be pretty smart to do. The thing might have a self destruct sequence...

>>24713988
>dare you search for cheap xp
Yes. Yes I do. Though if Flint is still in range we might want to send of a quick thought message telling him we might be about to do something stupid, so watch out for danger.

>>24714119
What about possible dwarves in it? Should we eat them and deprive the Duke of a possible group of ex-airship mechanics?

>>24713988
Check out the golem. Sounds like it's mechanical, and the Duke mentioned he was researching Dwarven tech. Maybe there's some relic we can salvage from it that we could trade to the Duke for his favor.

You send Flint an image of the wrecked golem, and a feeling of curiosity, and, of course, great caution.

You work your way toward the fallen mechanical monstrosity.

Roll 1d100

>>24713988

Investigate! Be prepared to make a break for it if it starts threatening again though.

Rolled 42

>>24714180

>>24714175
But the dwarves are dead. This is probably a robot.

Rolled 86

>>24714180

Shadowy tendril fingers crossed

Rolled 5

>>24714180

Rolled 10

>>24714180

Allah here, heard Jesus was in this thread

Rolled 29

>>24714180

Rolled 75

>>24714180
Saint Peter bless my dice.

>>24714217

Allah unless you start getting good rolls like Jesus pls go

Rolled 90

>>24714180

>>24714119
It's not about befriending. It's about testing out the capabilities of ancient tech and to see just how advanced it is.

Rolled 61

>>24714180

Noms for the noming god !

Rolled 20

>>24714194
Are they? The Duke just said that no-one ever sighted a dwarf since the canyon came into existance, not that they all are dead...

>>24714175
If there's an elemental core, we Consume, if not we might not ge any xp at all, so I'm fine with cutting the driver loose. Let's just make sure that worm doesn't eat the rest of the party while we dally here.

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>>24714227
Christianity delivers.

>>24714217
Islam fails.

I hope the dc was low.

>>24714291

We got one good roll, one average roll, and one terrible roll.

Yeah.

Rolled 1

>>24714291
Don't we always?

>>24714321
Oh god...

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>>24714321

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>>24714321

...
...
dear gods what have you done?

>>24714321

FUCK man take the dice out of your email field when you're not specifically rolling!

>>24714187
>>24714198
>>24714200

A grey-brown glow flares from the robot's head. You freeze.

A broken arm lifts off the ground. Rock pieces itself together, melts, fuses, and solidifies. Its left arm looks as good as new.

The robot doesn't move, and the remainder of its body is still pretty busted up. But then, it lasted this long out here...it's probably fixing itself as you stand there.

What do you do?

>it's only a matter of time, and you don't know what else it's capable of. Back off for now.
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

>>24714321
WELL, glad we got THAT out of the way!

(preps soothing creme)

>>24714321
you are so lucky that wasn't linked to SM or I'd find you

>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

thank god that roll was so late

>>24714362
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

>>24714362
>>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

>>24714362
>>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.
one less danger

>>24714362
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

if we can't find whatever is powering it we can always run away

>>24714362
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

Hopefully find a power source that we can consume?

>>24714362
>>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

>>24714362
RIP AND TEAR

>>24714362
Hurry in there and fuck it up before it gets mobile again.

>>24714321

Not linked to decision-post, doesn't count.

You got lucky...

...THIS TIME.

>>24714362
"choose a or b"
>>24714384
>>24714386
>>24714400
>>24714403
>>24714404
>>24714410
steam roll B

>>24714362
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

Said as much here, but I suspect I need to vote again for it to count.
>>24714110
>If we can consume its power core, it becomes IMPOSSIBLE for it to pursue us if it has repair mechanisms in place that would get it back in working order.

>>24714419
Whatever you say, babe.

>>24714362
>rush in. If you can find whatever is generating that power, you can stop it before it can repair itself.

>>24714435
DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN SHADOW MASTER!

>>24714433
exactly, for all we know it still has us as its target and will follow us

>>24714321
Remind me how long it's been since we rolled a 100? 5 threads? 7?

>>24714362
Try to find what's powering it and eat it. We really need just a few more exp for some detection powers, especially life sense for these canyons.

>>24714454
Implacable assassin golem, follows its target to the ends of the earth; does not breath, does not sleep, does not stop.

>>24714435
(hands over soothing creme to tsun tsun)

>>24714487
I think a nice lubricant might be more timely.

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>>24714435

If you want me to keep the 1, just say so.

We all know tsunderes like it rough.

>>24714414
>>24714413
>>24714410
>>24714404
>>24714403
>>24714400
>>24714386
>>24714384

>my face

Roll 1d100

>>24714362
We should probably aim for the head, fellas.

Rolled 51

>>24714526

CAAAAAW CAAAW CAAAAWW

>>24714526

Jesus here again, Don't worry guys

Rolled 41

>>24714526
Deus vult!

Rolled 48

>>24714526

Rolled 68

>>24714526

Rolled 47

>>24714526
1 number 2.

Rolled 1

>>24714526
tsun tsun can go fuck himself

Rolled 39

>>24714526

Rolled 79

>>24714526
Fuck robots.

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Rolled 46

>>24714526
But my body isn't ready yet

>>24714548
Oh the irony.

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>>24714548
And so can you.

>>24714536
>>24714526

>Jesus forgets his dice

we are doomed

>>24714548
YOU, can go fuck yourself

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>>24714548

>>24714548
Oh wow.

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>>24714548
Ha.

Ahahahahaaha

>>24714548
And now, you can too!

Rolled 69

>>24714526
Hail satan!

>>24714581

TIME TO REV UP THOSE HAPPENINGS

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>>24714548
Well, we're boned.

The dice gods are fickle, and cruel, and evidently utterly fucking relentless.

>>24714581
oh come on, just have it attack us somehow and well fuck it up some more

Rolled 74

>>24714581
SM! I've been saying this for a while but maybe you should change the crit system! Everyone knows /tg/ dice roll low.

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>>24714581
>robot's face when

>>24714608

The irony.

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>>24714548

Jesus Fuck, that's like two 1's within fifteen minutes of each other

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>>24714548

>>24714581

rolling to counter the 1

>>24714633
Apparently not.

PLEASE tell me we're still using best three of five. PLEASE.

>>24714633
Nice job, sparky.

Rolled 1

>>24714633

pls stahp /tg/ dice and roll properly

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>>24714658

>>24714658

hahaha

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>>24714658
Salt and burn this thread.

Rolled 41

>>24714658

Harr harr harr... Harr.

Captcha: 1st avegree

Rolled 99

>>24714658
lel

>>24714581
okay, suggestion. I say we adopt a different sort of dice system
>Any Doubles: STUPID LUCKY
>100: SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID
>90-98: Stupidly Successful
>60-90: Successful
>40-60: Neutral
>10-40: Not So Good
>2-10: SO STUPID THAT IT'S BRILLIANT
>1: LUCKY STUPID

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>>24714658
IS THIS REAL LIFE?

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You rush toward the creature. If you can find what's powering it, you can take it out of commission for good.

The creature's chest shudders. Steam pours from cracks as a sort of door extends, then folds away, revealing the internal metallic workings of the huge creature. You're suddenly flooded with a sense of the magic on its insides...

Machines clank out from its belly. There's five - eight - no, twelve in total, soldiers made of iron. They tower at least several feet above the largest humans you've seen, and they move much faster and with more precision than their larger friend.

Glowing brown eyes are all focused directly on you.

What do you do?

>time to run.
>slip past them. Into the core!
>attack. Blast through them!
>some other strategy

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>>24714658

Oh for fuck's sake.

>>24714692

y so late Buddha? D:

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>>24714658
>mfw

>>24714710
>>slip past them. Into the core!

SMALL TIME.

>>24714710
>>time to run.
>>slip past them. Into the core!

>>24714710
Fly up to the walls and hang on.

Then blast them with water.

>>24714710
>slip past them. Into the core!

>>24714703
>requests Ogre Quest dice mechanics
Not likely, but I agree with the sentiment to change the dice rules.

>>24714710

>time to run

fuck this dice God's hate us today time to play it safe

>>24714710

Not sure if worth it or not.

I kinda want to eat its core.

slip past them.

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>>24714658
I don't even know what to say.

I guess this is where our story ends.

>>24714760
>because Shadow Quest

>>24714710
>>slip past them. Into the core!

>>24714710
Core time, don't fuck around.

>>24714710
Do the machine soldiers speak with Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice?

In any case, run away! We've seen the sigil, and these little niggas are bound to fuck us up.

>>24714703
Lets not take the Ogre dice system.
I don't think we need it.
>>24714710
Send them feelings of curiosity, but slip past them to the core if they make a move to attack.

>>24714710
another shade, send it back away from everyone. have it make noise to perhaps get a wurm on it, get to core

>>24714710
Wait till it punches, then Teleport behind it and ink inside it's insides to find it's core.

>>24714710
Ink ourselves flat and seep down through the wreckage to get around these guys.

Then on to the core!

>>24714801

Attempting to communicate is a good choice.

>you all roll 1s
>nothing happens except steel soldiers emerge from the golem
>you all want to try to slip by them.confront them

wat

>>24714814
Seconding this idea.

>>24714703
maybe not this exactly, but I'd agree to a revision of dice rules

>slip past them. Into the core!

>>24714851
>Attempting to communicate is a good choice.

To clarify, I mean good as an additional alternative, not "that's the choice you need to make".

>>24714851

The dice can only hate so much