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Events Summary:

After the battle against the Demon Lord at Evinbrook, 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, caught between a huge mechanical Golem and a titanic Rock Worm. You managed to save Joey and skirt the battle while the giants fought amongst themselves.

Believing that the incapacitated golem's power source might be valuable, you set out to explore it, but were confronted by a small squad of iron golems that emerged from their larger compatriot. You attempted to communicate for some time, but were ultimately unsuccessful. You decided between returning their power core and leaving with nothing, or fight the robots to keep it - and you chose to fight.

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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/FkPRZanc

Books the Main Character has read can be found here:

http://pastebin.com/X59yWD5p

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Current Statistics:

HP: 24/37
Mana: 4/10
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)
Golem Power Core

Current Location:

Tarun Gakth

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IT'S TIME!

>>24755357
IT LIVES! HUZZAH!

Welcome back, SM!

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>>24755361
Never get over seeing people post that.

Also, daily reminder.

>Last time...

You've blown away the greater part of the robots with both your magic and berserk ability, but two still remain! One is on either side of you, just outside the opened cavity of the giant golem.

You're allies are riding toward you, but it'll be a little longer until they get there.

You're not going to wait for their help to finish off these tin cans!

>last time, you selected a physical attack

Roll 1d100

Rolled 2

>>24755378
Let's do this.

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>>24755361

The 1 throne never gets old.

Rolled 51

>>24755378
ROLLANROLLANROLLANROLLAN, KEEP ROLLANROLLANROLLANROLLAN

>>24755378
Already a two... This doesn't bode well

>>24755396
IT BEGINS.

Rolled 9

>>24755378

Whats the Worst that could Happen?

HAHA TIME FOR SHADOW QUEST

Rolled 47

>>24755396
>>24755361
Maybe we should STOP putting those pictures up. They seem to summon the dice gods wrath.

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>>24755436

>>24755436
Apparently, everything bad.

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>>24755436
>>24755409
>>24755396

Rolled 5

>>24755378

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>>24755440
Nah. They're just so appropriate.

Rolled 66

Saint Paul here my plea, guide my dice.

Rolled 50

>>24755378
The ride never ends!

Rolled 16

>>24755378

Imma 'bout to kick this random dice generator's ass man, this is ridiculous

looks like the dicegods want to roll low today.

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I don't understand how the dice can be so consistantly cruel. I don't even remember the last time we got a 100. We've had like ten 1s in the last three episodes.

Rolled 20

>>24755490
This is /tg/ dice, as always; low algorithm.

You've already faced twelve robots and lived...the two remaining won't last long. And they've conveniently divided their own forces.

You lunge toward the robot on your right to take it down before they try something -

- but you're surprised when it leaps back, avoiding your strikes! It dives to get out of the way of your follow up, but you pursue faster than it can run. You raise a nest of tentacles for what is sure to be a decisive blow -

A wall of rock blasts out of the ground in front of you, cutting you off from your target! You slam into it, crushing through - but not without taking it head first. You're stunned by the blow!

>you've lost 4 HP (20/37)

The robot you chased returns to its companion, who withdraws its hands from the earth, having finished its spell. They don't try to press you while you're stunned. You face your enemy again, more wary.

Flint and Auriel are almost there.

What do you do?

>physical attack. That was just a fluke.
>use magic
>Shade to distract them, then attack
>some other strategy

>>24755470
Let's at least try, ok?

Meanwhile, over in Valkryian Mercs Quest. The first roll of the day is a critical success.

Rolled 100

so may people here have forgotten to sacrifice their 3 virgins to the dice Gods

>>24755512
Yeah. It's like ever since we decided to not consume Auriel our rolls have been terrible.

SM, two things. One) you never totaled any of our gains from last thread (exp, etc.) Two) I have the pictures of The Duke and Aureil, but were there any of the other characters? curious

>>24755531
>physical attack. That was just a fluke.
We can't afford to waste magic, theres gonna be more opponants on this trip


especially if we refuse to eat things.

>>24755542
why you no link to post? that roll useless now. you useless now. useless dice!

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>>24755542
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAA

>>24755531
Shadow assault them.

>>24755531
Blink into final golem's shadow, come up behind him snarling, with dynamo in between a set of huge teeth.

IMPRESS STOP HARD. Then continue Impressing negotiations.

>>24755542

brb sacrificing 3 virgins

>>24755542
you... motherfucker, you just wasted the one nat 100 of the night.

>>24755542
you asshole, link to SM next time

>>24755531
Phys attack dat nigga

>>24755531

BALLS TO THE WALL!!!

>>24755531
physical, lets get... physical

>>24755542
you, out now. this is the shit I'm talking about

>>24755563
Seconded

>>24755531
>>physical attack. That was just a fluke.

>>24755563

lets go with this guys

>>24755563
I'd toss a third at this
>>24755531

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>>24755542
I hope everything you hold dear dies in, like, one big fire.

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>>24755548

I'll total them after you finish off these robots.

I have pictures for all the major characters, or characters I feel like having pictures for. See some of the archived threads.

Here's Flint's main pic - him in his half-plate, when you first met him. Basically what he's sporting right now, too.

>>24755563
THIS. We get to ride in the MechaGolem and make a new friend.

No more negotiations. just no.

>>24755563
I like this idea. Let's do it.

>>24755628
I'm gonna have to agree.

I really don't want to spend the entire thread dicking around with the fucking robots.

We're taking the dynamo, they're going to die without it.

Kill them now and save them from starvation.

>>24755628
I guess some person(s) want to waste another thread talking to robots.

>>24755615
ty, I must have just not noticed them in the past threads. Been here since like thread 3 and realized I had no Idea what Flint even looked like. very un-bro like of me

>>24755563

I bow to consensus. (note that there are two golems, not just "a final" golem)

You're going to Blink behind the rear-most golem and come up with the power core in your maw, as well as blasting an Impression of "STOP OR ELSE!"

Roll 1d100

>>24755628
Do you think we want to have ALL THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER GOLEMS hunting us through the canyons?

Yes?

>>24755563
Didn't we already decide negotiations had failed?

We're stealing the orb.

>>24755563
Can we please not do this? Please. This is already supposed to be a shorter thread.

>>24755628
Even I have to agree with this.
Dem robots are gona die.

Rolled 57

>>24755656
ROLLAN

>>24755658
there has been no evidence that these things communicate with one another, nor that these things are allied to one another, or even if there ARE more golems.

>>24755628
god imagine how quick the thread would have been last time if we had just killed them like i asked

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>>24755653

Flint charging just before the Flintsplosion that killed the demon lord.

Rolled 69

>>24755656
Because negotiations have gone so well in the past.

>>24755656
Why are we doing this? It's stupid. We tried negotiating for most of last thread and we achieved a massive amount of nothing.

Rolled 86

>>24755656
No blink, physical

Rolled 23

>>24755656

just got done sacrificing my virgins

Rolled 1

>>24755656
rolling for a 1 so we fail

>>24755696
heh, thats so easy to spot... I don't even know why you tried.

>>24755696
1d1
very dick move

Rolled 7

>>24755673
>>24755660
>>24755648
>>24755645
See >>24755658 for why we should reconsider.

>>24755690
>>24755685
>>24755676
highest roll says physical, I''l concede

>>24755696
>1d1
I see that.

>>24755658
They're hostile by default anyways, which is what we discovered when we attempted negotiation in the first place; we don't need to carry around a potentially horrible situation on our backs just waiting to happen, and we need to priortize getting to Adavan/Abigail.

tl;dr: you negotiate fucks need to understand that this is a toss away enemy and not some main player that the rest of the campaign hinges on swaying, like the Duke & Flint and ADAVAN.

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>>24755696

>>24755718
1. We're keeping the orb. Their highest directive is to keep the thing.
2. The golem tried to kill us unprovoked first anyway.

>>24755749
yup. you guys are forgetting the very first thing this thing did is attack. No warning, no negotiations... just out right attacked.

>>24755695
they must have been ugly

>>24755676
>>24755685
>>24755690

You Blink behind the robots!

You don't feel the movement. It's as if the two spaces were, for a moment, one space, and you simply step from one to the other.

You rise up in the robot's shadow, baring the Power Core between sharp, shadowy teeth! You Impress a wave of thought at them.

<STOP!>

The robots ignore you completely, leaping for the power core!

But you knew it might not work. Even as they attack, you Ink out of the way, and your tentacles are swift to wrap them both in a vice-grip! You coil yourself around them, constricting their limbs to their chests.

The robots shift and articulate their many joints, trying to escape, but you keep up with their movements easily. You smash them against the ground once, twice, three times like ragdolls. They stop moving, and you dump their bodies to the stone.

The shells of the other robots have long since lost their energy...but these two still glow with magical residue.

>CONSUME?
>no consume

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Rolled 6

>>24755696
>Admit's out loud he rolling to autofail.
NOW NO ONE CAN BLAME ME WHEN WE FAIL!

>>24755772
CONSUME!

>>24755772
CONSUME

Rolled 13

>>24755772
Well, we might as well eat them and see if we can use the mecha...

>>24755772
CONSUME
The golems, not the orb

Rolled 1

>>24755772
Well there goes Blink for five turns, you guys are so fuckign retarded it pains me to post

>>24755772
CoNsUmE

>>24755772
indulge in healing energies...

>>24755792
Call them doorknob chewers. It will make you feel better.

>>24755772

CONSUME

>>24755792
dude, just..... people like you make me want to murder

>>24755760
I'm beginning to think it's only just two people. Or one with proxies. Wasn't there that one guy? There's been mountains of evidence that we should simply keep going after killing these guys and Mr. Golem negotiators seem to forget that if we DID have a huge guy walking around we would doubtlessly encounter more large worms, resulting in unnecessary efforts for our party.

>>24755792

Battle has ended. Blink cools down in five turns, or once battle ends.

>>24755788
its not a mecha. its a larger golem. Just like these things. The same directives, the same attitude.

Rolled 1

>>24755804
thanks, I can always rely on the only other smart person on this thread

>>24755792

good thing combat ended then.

>>24755792
blink auto recharges outside of battle, like berserk

>>24755772
All hail Lord Shadow Master, who bows to consensus only to show us how stupid the consensus was

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Rolled 56

>>24755792
>>24755792
HE STILL HAS HIS AUTOFAIL ROLL IN.

>>24755822
dude, turn off the 1d1, your retard is showing

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>>24755822
>>24755792
>>24755696

Rolled 85

>>24755822
THAT FUCKING AUTOFAIL ROLL. FUCKING STOP IT.

1d1

Where the highest roll is the lowest. The beginning and the end.

The critical fail and the critical success is the harbinger of void, for the alpha has merged with the omega.

Only madness can prevail in this realm.

Rolled 1

>>24755886
its like poetry except its not as gay

>>24755886
Please come back, SM, /tg/ is starting to wax philosophical

>>24755822
You must be referring to bizzaro-you, because you clearly are not if you FORGET THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT YOU ROLLED.

>>24755772

You roil over the two robots, acidifing their metal. They have tiny power cores of their own...rapidly degrading, but still available for consumption.

>2 EXP from CONSUME
>+4 EXP from battle (total: 8)
>+4 HP from CONSUME (24/37)
>+1 mana from CONSUME (5/10)

"Shadow!" Flint and Auriel finally ride up in a cloud of dust. "We felt the magic from up the canyon," he says. "What the hell happened?"

<The duke is researching dynamos,> you say. <I thought dwarven technology might be valuable to him.> You raise the glowing power core. <I retrieved this from the golem. It was also trying to repair itself...I figured that the source of its power was better off in our hands.>

Auriel's eyes widen. Flint nods, glancing around at the broken and shredded golems. "I guess it had a few guards. Everything ok?"

<Yes.>

"Well...be careful when you do things by yourself," Flint cautions. "But good work. Did you find the sigil before all that happened?"

<I did. I can guide us to the appropriate entrance.>

You lead your allies to the correct canyon and start down the winding passage...

>debate on purchases?

DM's note: New rule: I won't allow you to purchase any resistance upgrades while in battle. This is to prevent you from stocking EXP until you engage an enemy of a certain element, then cluster-purchasing that type of resistance.

>con't...

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>>24755912

>>24755938
we need detect life and some resistance (earth or wind)

Observe
Sense Life.

We're gonna need both here.

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>>24755912
CLEAR YOUR DAMN EMAIL FEILD.

Purchase heal.

It will bring us closer to fast regen.


And speaking of regen, sit in someone's shadow so we can heal up a bit.

Rolled 1

>>24755938
>>24755969
>>24755980
Detect Lyfe

>>24755938
I say we get we Replicate and Shadow control
Remember people we are aiming for HYDRA!
But we want to spread out a bit.

>>24755969
I'd go for getting all the base resistances of what we have available. They're 2xp each and mages have been dicks to our HP this entire quest.

>>24756002
you go mister one... keep on pissing off the gif spammers!

>>24756008
It's been all fire mages being dicks. Do we even have a fire resist available? I can't find it on the tree.


-----
Reminder to sit in a shadow and regen for a bit.

>>24756002
It's like avatar-fagging, only stupider

>>24756002
>>24756002
>>24756002
Seriously, clear it.

>>24756035
Well, there were some othermages but they didn't hurt us nearly as bad as the firefucks.

>>24756054
nope, we don't have access to the fire tree yet.

Say, SM, do self fails count in this quest?

I vote for Mighty Strength. Throwing people seems to always help in combat, let us throw people better...

Rolled 1

>>24756067
>>24756054
If we can get our heal up, maybe we wont need as much resistance? I doubt that where we're heading there will be much fire for a while

>>24756081
Self-Fails?
Do you mean the 1d1tard? Because it's 1d1. Not 1d100. So it can't count.

>>24755938
Healing, and Fast Regen after that.

>>24756004
yes, but we need detect life in this canyon and while I agree on Hydra our resistances are laughable right now
>>24755938

<shoot Heaven>

>>24755938
Buy heal.

>>24756002
Okay, I can get behind getting Detect life as part of operation Hydra I still say we get shadow control.

If we're spending all our XP
Detect Life (3),
Observe (3)
Earth Resistence (3)

Reasoning. Detect Life and Detect Magic together will let us spot Abagail and Adavan very easily. We just have to look for two spirit magics, one living and one not.

Plus this place screams TRAPS to me. SO Observe is a must.

Earth Resist is logical since we're facing dwarve machines.

>>24755938
how about detect life and heal? I think we can all agree on that

Rolled 1

>>24756096
no need to be rude about it

>>24756119
dont get earth resistance, heal instead.

earth resist is 2 oops

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You begin down the canyon. Joey rides behind Flint, as his horse met an untimely end.

It deepens, and narrows rapidly. Soon, it's so narrow you can reach out and easily touch both walls.

The canyon continues down, down. It gets very cool, and eventually the floor actually pools with a few inches of water. But it doesn't get any deeper than that, and the horses slosh through without a problem.

You continue forward...

>con't

Rolled 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 25

>>24756143
rolling that 100d1

>>24756096
True, and this way he cannot roll for us, ever.

Heal can be gotten in the future. I seriously doubt this will be our last battle. Theres lots to eat in these canyons

>>24756130
agreed

>>24755938
right now for me its
1 detect life
2 earth res.
3 heal observe shadow control

>>24756119

seconded

>>24756143

I'm feeling Detect Life and Heal.

Does this have a consensus behind it?

>oh yeah, you wisely sat in the shadow of Flint's horse and regened 2 HP during the walk (25/37)

>>24756119
I'll agree with it.

I want heal, but we can get it later. Like when we're not in the murdercanyon.

>>24756130
I can agree with that as it still gets us closer to HYDRA.

Rolled 1

>>24756179
Detect Lyfe, Heal, and Observe

>>24756179

That should be (26/37)

>>24756179
yes

>>24755938
I'd go for detect life, fill out our detection's for now.
After that, either get focus to see what it builds into, or get observe because it's an early ability we've neglected, and we've probably missed stuff because of it.

>>24756119
Detect life and Observe are what i would go for. Lest see what's behind Observe before sinking anything else.

>>24756136
We can get heal when we get a bit more exp, presumably after the next battle. Detection powers are more useful right now.

>>24756179
Observe first, to see what's behind it, then if we still want to, detect life.

>>24756179
yes.

>>24756156
Get heal. We'll need it.

Later we'll need to get wind resistance, we want to fly WITHOUT getting hurt by the skysever.

>>24756179
We really don't need Detect Life right now. Just Heal, and then save the rest for Fast Regeneration.

>>24756212
heal costs mana, we only have 5 currently.

>>24756179
Sounds about right.

>>24756179
when we start buying res. might I also throw Spirit in the mix? If we have the time I think a little "insurance" against Adavan might be needed

>>24756179
Heal yes; not Detect Life.

>>24756179
Does sitting in someones shadow weight them down? Does shadow weigh anything?

Rolled 1

>>24756216
With heal combined with CONSUME, we can gain health up to almost max in no time. Plus, we dont use our mana for that much really, its wasting away adn its not going to get better

>>24756179
Nah, I'd prefer observe and detect life over heal.

>>24756216
Maybe so, but it unlocks Fast Regen and gets us closer to HYDRA which is the real goal.

>>24756262
No, and yes.

>>24756179
yes, detect life+magic for no ambushes
heal on our way to better things

>>24756263
we just used our mana for Shade and Shadow Strike,

>>24756271
Personally, I think Fast Regeneration is a goal unto itself, but either way the next steps are Heal and Fast Regen.

>>24756119
this

>>24756274
We can't afford both; pick one.

>>24756262

You're pretty heavy. Physical defense and physical strength adds to your density. Obviously, being physically stronger means that this doesn't slow you down.

Sitting in someone's shadow doesn't weigh them down. You're not interacting with their shadow, just resting/hiding in it.

>>24756263
We don't use our mana much because we don't have much to use. Once we have a stable source of mana we'll use more magic

Voting detect life and observe.

>>24756298
we alraedy have detect magic.

>>24756298
no, dude we have detect magic already

Rolled 1

>>24756279
ah forgot about Shade. We rarely use Shadow Strike however, our physical attacks are stronger. And we've only started using shade recently

Votin heal.

>>24756311
I agree

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

In an effort to make sense of this:

Vote 1:
Observe+Detect Life

Vote 2:
Heal only

Vote 3:
Heal+Detect Life

Unfortunately we can't make everyone perfectly happy with each purchase, but there will be more opportunities in the future.

>>24756369
CAAAWWW

1: Detect Life and Observe.
We save the remaining 2 Exp and buy heal from the next enemy we eat.

>>24756369
3

>>24756246
3

>>24756369
Vote 1:

>>24756369
3

>>24756369
3

>>24756369
1

>>24756369

2

>>24756369
1

>>24756369
1

>>24756369
2. We always seem to spend every last bit of EXP we have as soon as we get it, which makes it harder to get more expensive things. Let's save the EXP left over from heal towards Fast Regeneration.

>>24756369
3 please. We need all the not die abilities. ALL OF THEM!

And now we see far more votes than we have players.

>>24756369
3 for HYDRA

>>24756384

No, not really. I mean, the people who believe you're in murdercanyon have a point, but all three skills have value above the situational.

>>24756369
Observe+Detect Life

Rolled 1, 1, 1 = 3

>>24756369
Vote 3

>>24756369
Sigh. Unfortunately, the votes for heal are likely to get split across options 2 and 3, so even if a majority wants heal we won't end up getting it.

>>24756369
>1

>>24756424
Wait what?

>>24756369
3.

>>24756369
observe might be really handy, 1

>>24756369
Vote 1

>>24756369
2.

>>24756439
>doesn't speak bird

>>24756369
Can I vote "not 1"? Either of the other two seems fine with me.

>>24756369
voting 1

>>24756439

I speak bird. Took a few classes in college.

>>24756441

Cutting votes here, 3 has won. Purchasing heal and detect life...

>>24756474
I can live with that.

1

>>24756510
I can't. Time to go commit Sudoku

>>24756474
Auerp Auerp Auerp.

*sigh* The max we can heal is 8 Hp right now... hardly game breaking.

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>>24756439
Someone obviously doesn't speak bird, not cool bro.

>>24756540

helpful when we suicide charge a fire mage.....

>>24756540
but life saving

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>>24756534

I know, but I had to cut the vote at some point, and even taking the ones after it was split nearly evenly. It's just the nature of the beast.

>New Tree

EXP Remaining: 2

>>24756557
not really, it'll save us 1 round, and the next we'll be back where we started.

>>24756557
Also helpful for when we decide to buy fast regen.

Our next purchase.

HAH fast regen is still locked. Take that Heal-fags

>>24756570
>EXP Remaining: 2

Oops, should be

1 exp remaining.

>>24756570
fast regen is still locked?

>>24756570
>Fast Regeneration still in RED
curious...

Rolled 1

>>24756570
fast regen still locked SM?

>>24756570
You're looking a little red in the Fast there. You feeling alright?

>>24756588

Nah, it should be Blue now. That was my mistake.

SIGH

So many little things!

It'll be corrected next time I post the tree.

>>24756603
No, it should be Green. We'll fix that for the next time you post the tree.

>>24756540
But useful. Remember all the battles we had to go through? We could have been alot bolder and ate the Demon Lord outright if we had the heal spell as an emergancy backup.

>>24756617
Trying to direct-CONSUME something alive and failing has consequences beyond simple HP loss; we were told as much.

>>24756617
Healing takes a round. A round in which we are doing nothing else BUT healing. No dodge, no attack.

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>>24756603
>>24756588

>>24756617
But failing that consume roll would've KWATKWAT KWATKWAT. And then TweeooOOoo.

Rolled 1

>>24756652
worth it to get fast regen, which will be ultimately better

>>24756666
Perhaps, but isn't it better to have the heal option and not need it than to just NOT have the option?

>>24756680
2 hp recovered a round, big whoop.

>>24756652
Just wait until we get fast regen and see what it unlocks.

>>24756695
>clearly wasn't here when 2 hp WAS a big whoop

>>24756695
And then eventually we move on to get Hydra, and then we are become death

>>24756645
True, but I was trying to have heal appeal more to redaeth. He was the main "CONSUME the Demon Lord outright" proponent.

>>24756689
FreeeRii.

Rolled 35

>>24756704
really i kinda want to save up for vampire. it will make all future purchases have a much lower equivalent cost. so the earlier we grab it the better off we are

>>24756710
I really, really want hydra. But the projected cost is nearly 100. It's gonna be a while.

>>24756695

also leads to Hydra, the overarching goal...

>>24756725
I agree; I think it's the next most important thing to buy after Fast Regeneration.

>>24756712
Heal is just not enough Mana to Health to matter much in a boss battle. He was doing 2-3 times the minimum cost Heal, and each level of heal is less efficient.

Rolled 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 10

>>24756695
>2 hp for five rounds protected in a shadow
>roll for HP hp healed

>>24756713
I see your point, and while I can concede to your logic it doesn't change the fact that at this point Hydra is that much closer

Hydra is a looooooooong way off. Better to get Observe next then hope for Hydra for this arc.

>>24756749
Heal is also something we can use if we're full on Mana, low on health, and about to consume something likely to give us Mana.

>>24756695
I would hve supported the CONSUME Demon Lord party if we had it when we were fighting it. Also, just because you don't want something doesn't mean the rest of us don't want it as well.

>>24756741
>>24756731
Comrades of Operation: HYDRA.
The goal may be a way off but if we pool our resources we get get there sooner!
Though ever once in a while we might get one or two upgrades not in the projected upgrade tree.

>>24756805
I'm with you on the long-term goal, but I think Vampiric will actually get us there faster.

You continue through the cave.

You push the well of untapped power back into your form...it's a familiar feeling, now. You don't remember whatever you were before you lost your memory...but your body does.

A new feeling of magic wells inside you. The water within the living things around you becomes clear...you feel as though, with a bit of a push, they could be Healed.

Along with that is a greater sense of life. You sense the bugs buzzing around the water's surface, landing, creating the tiniest of ripples. A lizard crawls into the crack between two rocks. Spiders make their webs in the nooks and crannies of the canyon. Bits of mold and moss and water-born weeds pop out at you. The barren rocks are teeming with more life than you suspected.

Eventually, the party emerges from the watery sections of the canyon, though, so far deep, it remains cool. Eventually, you reach a wide clearing with three more passages leading out.

The sigil jumps up when you touch it, indicating the canyon to the far right. But this deep...it's getting dark. And fast.

"...we should make camp," Auriel says. "This place is dangerous enough in the day. I don't want the horses to break a leg."

Flint nods. "Let's hold the fire, tonight. We shouldn't draw attention to yourselves."

What do you do?

>suggest to press on anyway
>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.

Oh Im not saying Fast Regen isn't gonna be hella useful... but Observe is going to be more so in these canyons.

(Also rooting for vampiric after Observe, and maybe Gaping Maw)

>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.
thank god for sense life. The only thing we'll have worry about is low-magic undead.

>>24756805
Forgot to put my name back up.
>>24756819
A good point! I say we add it to the list of must buy upgrades.

Rolled 1

>>24756821
Time to make camp, dont want to lose Joey in the middle of le night

Rolled 86

>>24756821
>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.
while we have no problem with darkness, our allies do.

>>24756821
>>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.
find a place we can defend a little easier
>lets talk to joey

>>24756821
Make camp, keep watch using new skills.

>>24756821

Camp for the night. We shall stand watch.

>>24756821
Make camp, and since we talked to Auriel last night, I think we need to talk to Flint tonight.

>>24756821
>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.

>>24756859
what the hell would we talk to Joey about?

>>24756821
Let's do some scouting of the area BEFORE we set up camp. I assume the worms are still a possibility (and other nocturnal things) so let's recommend silence to our group.

>>24756821
>>yes; it's time to make camp. I will watch the night.
I want to ask Auriel about the orb. Her eyes got wide, she knows something.

Don't drop it. If she tries to change topic or says she knows nothing we may need to yell about trust issues.

>>24756882
RAAAK RAKRAK.

Rolled 1

>>24756882
Puberty, its happenign to both of us

>>24756821
Camp. Let's stay up tonight and ask some more questions to Auriel, then meditate on the Shadow Sword Shard. We spent too long not trying to figure out it's secrets and the other shard locations.

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>>24756886
Not sure about scouting the area, but I do like the suggestion of having everyone keep sound to a minimum.

>>24756896
I think she was just freaking out about the implied power that it would take for us to make a dynamo.

>>24756882
he's been on the sidelines so far this trip, talk to him about whatever. we changed this kid's life and now he's in one of the most dangerous places in this world

>>24756763
Yeah, taking observe and whatever comes after it means we max the natural vision tree. Plus, I would think trap detection from observe couples with magic and life detect.

>>24756821
Let's make camp. Let the humans sleep and scout around a bit in our element.

>>24756822
I mostly want to boost perceptive skills so that SM doesn't leave important things out of posts that we "miss" seeing. That and (bit meta) it's an early-game skill, so the default assumption would be that we would have it by now.

>>24756896
Yes, ask about the orb, and dynamos in general.

Also, time for more spagooti.

<Auriel, would you assist Flint pitch the tent?>

>>24756896
I think it was because we let it slip that the Duke was researching Dynamos.

Remember. One of the main reasons that Ring City has such a hold on the rest of the world is because they own the Engineering academy that works on the airships/dynamo tech.

>>24755938
Shouldn't the communicate-first-consume-later attempt from the last thread have given us some humanity?

>>24756973
>I think it was because we let it slip that the Duke was researching Dynamos.

Yikes, we done screwed up there.

>>24756955
no wait
<I say we make camp for the night. Joey, find someplace to make camp and Aureil would you mind helping Flint pitch a tent?>
>>24756821

>>24756976
I hope not, that was annoying as hell.

>>24756914
I like this. SM, next time we meditate, could we do this?

>>24756946
Huh. Never thought of it that way.
We pulled this twerp along... but for what?

Also; let's try 0 mana bind on Joey.

>>24757000
Seriously SM, don't encourage this kind of thing.

>>24757000
Which is exactly why I'm hoping it wasn't entirely pointless...

I'm hoping it WAS pointless to stop that sorta thing in the future goddamnit.

>that feel when arriving late to Shadow Quest

You make camp. Your companions have a filling if unappetizing dinner of hard biscuits and jerky. You scout down a short distance through each canyon, but they are devoid of any dangers or interesting features.

Auriel stretches back on her bedroll. "...been a while since I did this sort of thing. Feels...good."

Flint raises an eyebrow. "It feels good to trek though this place and hurt your teeth chewing biscuits? Might as well be rocks."

"I don't see you complaining, either."

"I'm used to it."

"Well..." She sighs. "...too much pomp and circumstance. Too many red carpets, palaces, fluffy beds. If you live soft, you get soft. Live hard, stay sharp. Aware."

"I think I know what you mean."

Joey looks up at Flint. "Um...Sir Flint..."

"Sparring?" Joey nods excitedly. "I don't know where you get the energy...or the enthusiasm, after today."

"...Shadow saved me," Joey said. "But it won't always be there. I've got to get stronger on my own."

"...you've changed."

"What do you mean?"

Flint shrugs, then stands. "You know eventually." He draws their wooden practice swords from a saddlebag and tosses one to his squire. "Ready yourself."

What do you do?

>watch, offer to help
>speak with Auriel (specify)
>something else

>>24756973
OH SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE

God damn we just let a secret that the Duke had told us to protect just like that!? WHAT THE FUCK? WHO SUGGESTED THAT?

>>24757000
>>24757018
>>24757025
someone clearly didn't learn anything from that exchange. I did but suppose I'll just keep that til it comes back up then

>>24757040
let's watch and see if joey isn't a complete failure

>>24757050
Nobody suggested it. And we rather pointedly wouldn't have, either.

>>24757040
Watch, offer to help.

>>24757040
>>watch, offer to help
talk to them while we watch/help
>>speak with Auriel (specify)
>>24756896

>>24757018
>>24757025
>>24757034

I rolled for both humanity and temerity. You got nothing on both fronts.

It happens.

Also,

>we tried talking first, don't we get humanity?

Not necessarily even worth a roll. However, you went a bit above and beyond merely talking to the robots; you made an effort to understand them. So you got a humanity roll. Just happened to come up nil.

>>24757040
Speak with Auriel. We let the cat out of the bag, might as well bribe her with "let's pretend you're talking to Flint about your feelings while I change my form to look like him" sessions.

>>24757075
So, If I'm looking back at it, SM gave a completely out-of-character response that we almost certainly wouldn't have used, as we had TOLD the Duke (looking back at the thread) that we would keep that secret safe.

What the actual fuck SM.

>>24757106
see, and we learned a few things

>speak with Auriel (specify)
Press her about the orb.

>>24757114
>>24757106
right

>>24757040
Joey wants to get stronger on his own. Let him practice with Flint. We should chat with Auriel, and try to contain or spin the leak we just screwed up with.


>>24757106
Ah, fair enough. Would you mind explicitly saying "0 humanity" and "0 temerity" when that happens, so we know there was a chance of it and it just didn't happen?

>>24757108
YES. ALL THE AWKWARD, ALL THE TIME.

>>24757050
>>24757075
>>24757114

>>24757075
>>24757114

Nobody's perfect. Sorry.

>>24757146
Let's just assume it didn't happen and take that bit out shall we?