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Events Summary:

You found a Shadow mana pool hidden below Refuge in the upper levels of the Timorian Deep. You fought a powerful Shadow Elemental and consumed it, earning a Shard of True Darkness...though you don't yet know its purpose.

In the early morning, you finally resolved Flint and Auriel's relationship. Flint has openly declared his affections for her, and, for now, has put his old pains firmly behind him. Satisfied, you took some time to reflect.

You met with the Sage, Taremtis, who answered one question from each member of your party. You learned that Kirt is in fact Obis Vin, the rightful king of Kan Abar. He has decided to assist you on your journey, but remains undecided on whether he wishes to return home and face his brother.

You managed to resummon the succubus, Annette - and learned her true name, Xella. Using your Shard of True Darkness, and with a little help from Joey, you managed to convince Xella that indiscriminately devouring humans is not a good thing. She has promised not to question you again, at least on that.

You've made it through the Rock Worm nesting ground, but Adavan chose a dubious exit - the tunnel left behind by a huge worm. You fought and delayed a smaller rock worm from, but the battle collapsed the cavern entrance behind you.

The party continued through the cavern, and barely escaped an ambush set by the Vog - vicious, burrowing creatures with interlinked minds and powerful earth magic.

You arrived in Palthair. After relating to Flint and Auriel Xella's casual treatment of their lives, and admitting that she cannot be trusted, you worked with them to banish her. Something corrupt possessed Xella's fading corpse - something that identified itself as Legion, and seemingly briefly your prescence for Erebus. While it was powerful, you managed to subdue and consume the horror.

The battle destroyed the tavern you staying in...but everyone escaped unharmed. However, you were quickly surrounded by the city folk...

Huzzah.

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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:

http://pastebin.com/edhi4V2Y

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/X59yWD5p

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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)

Focus - With a burst of concentration, you can significantly improve your detection of both the mundane and magical, but you also drastically increase the risk of giving yourself away. (think sonic ping)

Berserk - Ignore your defenses and strike all around you in a vicious physical assault. Difficult to determine friend from foe.

Shadow Eater - Eat an enemy's shadow for a small heal. Their shadow will regenerate over the course of a day.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy

>>25207622
We are back! Again!
If you want you can delete the other thread SM.

Also, go operation Super Sonic dick punch.

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>>25207622
>tfw you finish catching up with SQ just in time for the next thread

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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)

Heal - Spend either 2, 4, or 6 mana to heal a target 4, 7, or 10 HP, respectively.

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]

>>25207672

We are going to punch this lich in the dick so hard that Hecate will go "FUCK ME, WHAT WAS THAT?"

HAHA TIME FOR SHADOW QUEST

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Current Statistics:

HP: 35/44
Mana: 2/20
EXP: 3
Humanity: 105
Temerity: 68
Shards of True Darkness: 1

Party Members:

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

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

Angel Auriel - Formerly a powerful angel of the Ringed City, now traveling with you, ostensibly to protect Sir Flint and Joey from you. Wears heavy plate steel and wields a one-handed sword and a wide, round buckler. 732 years old.

Obis Vin - The exiled Prince of Kan Abar. He wears steel-adamantium plate armor and wields a Ram-headed shield and a one-handed sword. 32 years old.

Summoned:

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard x 2
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Mind-Scribing Pen
Succubus Reagents x 1
Jen Fang's Diary (Abigail's father)
Golem Power Core

Current Location:

Palthair

>>25207689
Yep. For the first time in Shadow Quest, I regret not buying schattenkrieg

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>Last time...

Something's off about the townsfolk.

You can't quite place it.

You quickly adapt your normal form and join your companions. Joey nervously ducks back into a half-collapsed nook.

"U-uh," Flint stutters.

"Real eloquent, there," Obis mutters. "I'll handle this." He steps up in front. "Good people. An explanation is at hand, if you'll lend me your ears."

"None will be required," comes a dry, rattling voice.

You stiffen. That sounded like Adavan.

"No torches," Auriel says. She glances around. "None of them have torches. It's practically pitch black."

You realize she's right.

A man in dark robes steps forward from the crowd. He draws back his cowl.

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Rolled 88

VoidBearer, the original bearer of voids is reporting for duty!

Rolling for dick punching, or phylactery punching. You know...

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Auriel's eyes widen. Her mouth drops open. "...Magnock."

"...I know your face," the lich says. "...Auriel."

"...you can't be alive. You should be dead!"

Magnock chuckles long and slow. He drags a new breath through rotting teeth. "Dead? How can you kill something that's already died, I wonder?" He slowly casts his gaze on Flint, you, and Obis. "...hmm...Adavan's friends, no doubt." Magnock raises a hand. The tip of his staff glows. The people of the town begin to shuffle forward.

In the distance, you hear a slow, even rumbling. After your battles, you know that sound well - the footsteps of a golem. Or several golems.

"He'll be happy to see you," Magnock says. "I've almost broken him. And after he's done with...the girl, and the rest of you." Magnock grins. "What a joy to have my old nemesis as my personal slave. I'll have plenty of fun with you, Angel."

Auriel tightens her grip on her sword. "You're old, you rotting sack. Weak."

"And I've been busy rebuilding." Magnock's grin grows larger. "But it looks like you're the pot calling the kettle black, my lovely -Highest-." He licks his decayed lips with a tongue that's just a bit too long. "I'm looking forward to seeing how every part of you tastes."

You glance at Flint, and you see a look on his face you've never seen before - a murderous rage, barely restrained.

Your party backs itself into a circle as the enslaved townspeople draw closer. Magnock laughs again.

>>25207622
Is it just me or is the nose on that picture obscenely large?

"Shit," Obis mutters. "Auriel, you know this lich?"

"...an old enemy, from a long time ago." You stand in the middle of your companions. Their eyes shift back and forward over the approaching crowd. Magnock hasn't moved. "Watch his staff. He knows powerful mind magic. These people are innocent, but..."

"But we don't have much of a choice," Obis says.

"If we can slay Magnock, or at least disrupt his concentration, they'll be freed," she says.

"Oh, great." Obis rolls his eyes. "All we have to do is reach the lich on the other side of the mind-controlled horde. No problem. I have mentioned I don't know any magic?"

"...Shadow could do it," Flint says.

Auriel glances at you, then back to the people. "Maybe."

Joey is still up in the tiny fragment of the tavern still standing, safe, for the moment.

You're almost out of room to back up.

The rumbling sound in the distance is increasing in volume...and tempo.

What do you do?

>try to get your backs to a wall. I'll get the lich.
>we're unprepared and surrounded. It's time to retreat.
>think of another strategy

Something to think about~

Now before we get started we are likely going to get more than 15 exp. From this fight and I just want you to think on this.
Who was it that sat in his own tomb fueled by the single thought of revenge for hundreds of years and just as he was about to enact his plan a shadow made him see what would really happen if he acted on his plan.
This one single flame that he had held onto during his years of imprisonment was put out within moments and with that gone he now had no purpose.
That is of course, until he was given one.
With his new purpose he has kept our dearest Abby safe. He traveled alone with her through the most dangerous terrain just to make sure no one besides us could follow him.
He protected her the whole time we were gone until he came upon the city of what might have been an old ally. This lich which we have every intention to destroy is what he would have become if he had given in on his journey and no doubt there was the temptation to do just that with meeting this new Lich.
But he didn’t and what did he get for his trouble? Torture. This man has done us a great service and it is my opinion that great service deserves great reward.
Gentlemen, I propose that in light of what he has done and no doubt gone through for us that he is given the honor of being the first servant.
Let’s bring even more purpose to his life by making him The Grand Teacher: He who will teach all the other servants that come after him.

>>25207770

It's not just you.

>>25207777

My first instinct is to retreat, but it will make trying to sneak back in twice as difficult. We're going to have to come back eventually.

>>25207770
That's okay, Mr. Shadow is obviously a Jew.

>he is hated universally by almost all cultures
>most people don't realize how powerful he is
>he promotes tolerance and multiculturalism to support his secret agenda

>>25207777
Fly up. Sonic. Punch in the face.

Hold them off for a moment.
We got this.

>>25207777
>think of another strategy
Well we could always CONSUME him. Immediately. He of course will reform soon, next to his phylactery, but we will still be empowered by the CONSUMption, and have time to find and destroy his phylactery.
I believe it's time to, once again, CONSUME!

>>25207777

as much as I want to rip and tear...

>we're unprepared and surrounded. It's time to retreat.

lets grab them and fly off. when they get somewhere safe we sneak back in and try to determine where our other friends are.

>>25207777
Tell everyone to watch out, then activate berserk. Fuck consequences.

>>25207777
you know what must be done

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>>25207843

>>25207849
>being this dumb

He's a powerful lich. We nearly died back when we tried to eat some soldier-rank fire mages. let's not try consuming him until after he's a bloody pulp.

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>>25207883

>>25207883

oh wow

>>25207872
Tsun Tsun, as much as I respect your opinion, that's a really bad idea.

>>25207872
What the fuck is wrong with people tonight? We were just discussing the innocent, mind-controlled townsfolk and you want to berserk?

>>25207893
We also nearly died when fighting an angel, and then we CONSUMEd Dickziel's face.

>>25207893
If we can fly and get one really good hit in we can consume him.

Won't even take more than a few minutes.

>>25207777
Drop our human disguise and reveal ourselves to Magnock in all our shadowy glory.

"Kneel before your master, lich!"

>>25207777
>try to get your backs to a wall. I'll get the lich.

Let's fuck 'im up

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>>25207777
>try to get your backs to a wall. I'll get the lich.

>>25207947
>You quickly adapt your normal form and join your companions

reading comprehension, bro

>>25207872
Berserk is a bad idea in this situation.

We want to be of a clear mind while we rip and tear this lich to pieces.

>>25207937
We've learned not to auto-CONSUME, if you want to CONSUME I suggest whittling down his health a bit.

>>25207777
I think we need to make a tactical retreat and scout the town to figure out a plan.

>>25207932
>>25207919
Kay. Then use our new superstrong to lift everyone and fly away on the Air Shadow.

Buy spirit resist while away, come back and commence dickpunch.

>>25207777
Alright, everyone's first instinct is to rush in and attack him, but we really do need to retreat and prepare, at least to get to a better tactical position.
This doesn't mean we can't make an offensive retreat.
Help the others escape, while using our new strength to throw beams of the collapsed building at Smug Mc Dickface.

>try to get your backs to a wall. I'll get the lich.
We have juggernaut, now to use it. Shall we simply jump? Or use blink to get over the crowd.

votefor our final XP: Soundless. So we can hide our approach.

>>25208023
A good plan. Fly up. Blink to behind him. Apply fist to his skull.

>>25207777

>try to get your backs to a wall. I'll get the lich.
this guy will die

>>25208023
I'd like to point out that there's a wide gulf between physical and magical stealth.

>>25208008
>while using our new strength to throw beams of the collapsed building at Smug Mc Dickface.

Sounds like somewhat of a plan is developing.

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Vote 1:
>have your friends hold out while you go for the lich

Vote 2:
>retreat and come up with some sort of plan

>>25208023
Hold on though, can't mages sense elements?
Soundless probably isn't a good idea at the moment.

>>25208023
What about Twisting Gloom instead? Gives stealth and defense, and makes us less susceptible to surprise attacks.

>>25208074

2

>>25208081
alright. Twisting Gloom works for me instead.

>>25208074
Vote 1:
>have your friends hold out while you go for the lich

>>25208074
2

>>25208074
1

>>25208074
1

If we want magical stealth Shadow mask is the way to g.

>>25208074
2, while throwing beams. If only to get to a better position.

>>25208074
1
Are we really going to come up with anything better than "rip n tear"?

Let's do it now.

>>25208074
i am going to say 1.

>>25208074
1

Vote for not throwing beams. don't want to hit mind-controlled innoccents

>>25208074
2. We are too acoustomed to diving right in and SM is crafty. I doubt charging him is going to go well.

>>25208074
Vote 1:
>have your friends hold out while you go for the lich

>>25208074
2
Tactical retreat!

Can we use Shiva to sweep the crowd of their feets as we engage the lich? Even a thin strand will probably be enough.

>>25208074
1

>>25208074
Vote 2.

Can't RIP AND TEAR if we're unprepared.

Even if we just come to the conclusion that we are just going to be doing the same thing we would've if we had voted 1, I would much rather we start this fight again while our party is NOT completely surrounded by innocent meatshields.

>>25208116
Easy, aim to rip the arm off which is holding the staff.

>>25208149
I'm pretty sure using Shiva would slice and dice the crowd. I'm okay with that, but something tells me Flint and Auriel would throw a shit-fit if we slaughtered the mind controlled peasants.

>>25208074
2, we gotta get a better position.

>>25208074

1.
While the lich would know where we are, the horde of peasantry would not...

We could try casting nightflare on him. Auriel suggested disrupting his connection, and what better to do that from a decreasing distance than the Anti-magic spell?

>>25208074
1.

I have never seen a villain that I have wanted to punch in the dick more than Magnock.

>>25208160
You think he's not going to have the meatshields when we come back?

>>25208074
>>25208117
switching to 2 as long as it is fast. we need to finish this before he does something to abigail

>>25208074

2

If we're going to punch him in the dick, dammit, we're going to do it RIGHT.

>>25208074
voting 1

>>25208074
1
A lich is about to meet justice.

>>25208149
>>25208179
Shiva's passive, not active.

Man, Nightblaze really would have been handy here.

Cutting off votes for the tally.

>>25208074
vote: 1

>>25208188
He's definitely going to have them, but he won't have had the time to surround us with them that he was afforded by virtue of our having been stuck fighting Legion.

That, and if we retreat, he will likely send some number of his minions out to try and find us, rather than keeping them all on hand as shit-tier infantry.

1: 11
2: 9

>>25208207
9 for 1
12 for 2

>>25208248
I meant the opposite, sorry

1 won time for strategy, any ideas other than super sanic dick punch and CONSUME

>>25208215
He had us surrounded very quickly. Our fight didn't last all that long. Maybe 3 rounds? Thats nothing. As long as he sits in the middle of this town he has reinforcements on call... and remember Flint, and Auriel, not to mention us are big beacons for magic.

>attack: 12

>retreat: 9

Attacking it is. How do you attack?

>chuck beams of the collapsed tavern at the lich
>try to slip through the crowd without harming anyone
>tell your allies to get back and activate Berserk
>this isn't the time to hold back; consume townsfolk to get health/exp on your way to the lich
>take flight, then dive for your target
>some other strategy

11 for 1, 9 for 2

Assuming that switched vote is accurate.

>>25208262
We need to rip off the arm that is holding the staff so that he can't use it.

>try to slip through the crowd without harming anyone
Buy twisting gloom or whatever magical stealth we can get. Also eat their shadows as we pass to fill up on health.

>>25208267
>>tell your allies to get back and activate Berserk
>>this isn't the time to hold back; consume townsfolk to get health/exp on your way to the lich
As much as I'd love to, I don't think anyone else will go for it.
Anyone else wanna go for it?

>>25208262

those are the only plans we need anon

>>25208267
>some other strategy
Blink behind the lichypoo, punch his face, and CONSUME his guts.

>>25208281

I can get behind this

>>25208267
Hurl beams at him to soften him up, and to see what he can do defensively.
Also, eat the villagers shadows first.

>>25208267
Go through the crowd's shadows.

>>25208267
>take flight, then dive for your target
he cant make the townsfolk get in the way if we go up

>>25208288
I'm down for that. There are times to be a nice touchy-feely shadow, and there are times to go all out and fuck shit up.

This is the later.

>>25208288
no, you dickweed

>>25208267
Use ink to slip underneath the crowd in their shadows and punch the shit out of Magnock.

If we fly up, he has a clear shot against us. We want to close distance before allowing him that boon.

>>25208288

No, absolutely not. Not unless aboslutely necessary, this should never be our first resort.

These are all terrible ideas, but slip through the crowd to try and get up close and personal.

>>25208267
>take flight, then dive for your target
I feel like this is most likely to take the lich by surprise.

>>25208267
>try to slip through the crowd without harming anyone

or

>take flight, then dive for your target

>>25208319
honestly nothing really can get in our way unless its a steel wall. Ink and Juggernaught baby.

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>>25208288
That is not how JUSTICE works.

>>25208288
NO. I WOULDN'T.

Slip through the crowd, then use spirit whip to grab the staff.

>>25208314
ooh! this could work

>>25208323

Yes, but the shit we will be fucking up are innocent townspeople who are being controlled by a lich.

>>25208267
Grab a bunch of beams, throw them all at once, then blink in and fuck him up.

Guys, don't forget that we can just blink there.
Maybe even punch as we blink, so we teleport our fist into Dicknock's guts.

>>25208338
>>try to slip through the crowd without harming anyone
yeah, but right now our allies might not like it if we rip through the townsfolk like so much tissue paper

>>25208319
It also means he gets a direct line of sight on us.

If we go through in the shadows of the crowd, he can't accurately pinpoint us for a spirit beam or whatever.

>>25208262

We take to the air, cast Nightflare to try and disrupt his mind control magics during our flight towards him, then we dive into the crowd (preferably non-lethal take-downs or just inking around them), we then dodge his attack (probably some form of AOE), then begin our assault on him. Due to his magical specialization, he is liable to be weak to physical attacks, though he is unlikely to be affected by said attacks...


but either way, USE NIGHTFLARE!!!

>>25208338

>steel wall
>stopping the juggernaut

>>25208267
Take flight. Blink. PUNCH IS ARM OFF!

>>25208267
This is a bad time to fight, there's too much potential for collateral damage and we don't have the stealth skill to sneak up. Still, lets try that.

>>25208287
Rather than trying to sneak through the crowd (which will probably end up with us getting dogpiled by innocent meatshields, which we will be forced to get off of us SOMEHOW), we should combine

>chuck beams of the collapsed tavern at the lich
>try to slip through the crowd without harming anyone
And pick up one of the beams of the collapsed tavern, and use them as an improvised weapon to sweep the meatshields out of the way.

Not by swinging the thing around like a giant staff or anything, but our strength should be enough that we could just part the meat sea by extending a beam into the crowd and then sweeping them all out of the way to either side into two neat piles of lightly bruised villagers.

>>25208381

seconded

>>25208365
Good point, but we might need blink to get away. No point in using the cards in our sleeves before they are needed.

>>25208365

Oh right, we can blink, can't we?

We need to use flight + Blink for one single reason people.

There are Golems coming which means we need to finish this VERY quick.

>>25208433

Right.

I still think we should've retreated but nooo you all jumped straight into the dick-punching.

>>25208267
First thing's first, we need to eat shadows to get back the last bit of our health.

>>25208381
Going into the air just means he gets a better sight on us for casting at us.

>>25208394
Supporting this

>>25208433
Almost forgot the golems, that's going to pose a problem if they show up.

I think that if we retreat, then we'll have to deal with a mind-dominated Adavan, which will be less than fun.

>>25208365
Yes. Blink. The faster this is over, the better.

>>25208457
As if we never wanted to fight in the first place...

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I'm gonna make a comic of this battle for the next thread (if we live) so here's a little bit of a spoiler for Magnocks introduction.
CAAAAW

>>25208517

haha oh god why is this so amusing?

>>25208486
>>25208510
For what it's worth, most of the "retreat" crowd was mostly looking for a short term "get to a safe distance and regroup", rather than the "flee and never return; all is lost!" that you guys seem to think it would've been.

Running off into the outskirts, holing up for an hour or so and using that time to plan combat strategy and (more importantly) ask Auriel to tell us what the fuck this guy's deal is so that we can combat him more effectively.

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>>25208517

Holy fuck

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>>25208517
>check your mana priviledge

>>25208517
I chuckled.

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>>25208517
That is so... beautiful

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>>25208475
>First thing's first, we need to eat shadows to get back the last bit of our health.

It's night. They aren't carrying torches - there's no real light source making distinct shadows for you to eat.

>>25208517
>>25208517
>>25208517

>my face

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Vote 1:
Take flight, use nightflare to try and disrupt his magic, blink next to him, then unleash a dickpunch

Vote 2:
Part the sea of townsfolk using a tavern support beam, then use it as a makeshift weapon to attack Magnock

>>25208517
That's fucking hilarious

>>25208569
2

>>25208569
2

>>25208569
1

>>25208569

Vote 2:
Part the sea of townsfolk using a tavern support beam, then use it as a makeshift weapon to attack Magnock

Honestly this will help our friends as much as ourselves.

>>25208569

1

>>25208569
1

>>25208517
Hoooooly shit.

>>25208569
2.

>>25208569
2, and we can always do 1 afterwards.

Also, tell the others to make some light so we can start eating shadows.

>>25208569
1

What about using kindle, though? Surely there's some extinguished light sources nearby.

>>25208569
1
Maybe try to take off his arm while we are at it.

>>25208569
So wait... Can we eat the WORLDS shadow (night)?

>>25208569

2

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>>25208517
oh my god I'm crying

>>25208569
1

>>25208569
1

Have Auriel / Obis / Flint make a light to start munching shadows first.

>>25208569
2, gotta play is safe against the super dick lich.

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>>25208625
>Can we eat the WORLDS shadow (night)?

>>25208569
1

>>25208569
1

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>>25208517
My sides

>>25208569
1.

>>25208569
1

>>25208569
2

>>25208656
>Reminder that if there is ever a real eclipse, we have to eat the moon's shadow.

>>25208569
GO FOR HIS DESSECATED NUTSACK!

At a glance, 1 won by quite a bit.

Roll 1d100.

I need 12 rolls for your multi-step plan.

I'll still only consider 100's within the first three to be a critical event and a 100 within the first ten to be a cool thing happening. Same for 1's.

>>25208569
2

>>25208569
NUMERO UNO.

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>>25208708
>12 rolls, dear gods we are screwed

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>>25208708
rolling

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>>25208708

HERE WE GO

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>>25208708
>Rolling for death

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>>25208708
>12 rolls

We're fucked.

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>>25208728
Oh geeeeeeeez

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>>25208708

.... yup I was right, screwed. Most of those rolls sucked ass.

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>>25208708

May the power of the Doctor of Peppers guide this roll...

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>>25208708
rolling for not death

>>25207622
Holy shit my drawing. Were you the OR in that thread? Doesn't matter. Glad it's getting some use.

>>25207770
>>25207795
I was mimicking the look of a plastic doll-thing left as a ref in a draw thread. In retrospect I'm not happy with the septum, jawline, hands or hat.

>>25208772
When you pair them up in 3's it's not that bad.

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>>25208708

We only had one set where two rolls were above 50

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>>25208773
Dr. Peppers saves no one

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I WARNED YOU ANON
YOU COULD HAVE LISTENED

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>>25208708
c'mon something good

>>25208806

assuming that the second set was for Nightflare, It would be reasonable to assume that that part worked somewhat....

>>25208829
Well, he did better then what I got...

>>25208708
I still don't see why we couldn't have thrown stuff at him and then done this.
But oh well, everyone just wants to suicide charge.

>>25208863

The dice would've fucked us over then too.

Just posting to say thank you to OP for introducing me to Two Steps From Hell.
Thank you, awesome music.

>>25208789
It was me that requested it. Tried to make some minor edits to the jaw and hat mostly. Maybe my changes are the things you're seeing as wrong? Idk.

Huh.

It's almost like we should've done the simple thing leveraging the stat we're best at rather than the flashy complicated eight-step thing that shows Magnock our entire range of abilities at once that we only picked because SM wrote the word "dickpunch" in the summary.

;_;

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can't believe I made it in time for the Dick Punch

<Try to hold out,> you say. <I'll take him down.>

A new found strength surges through you. You burst off your feet and into the air.

Glowing whips of Spirit magic snap up at you. You didn't expect the sudden attack, and one of them catches you in the side - but it's only a glancing blow.

>you take 2 damage (33/44)

You fly across the crowd in an erratic pattern, dodging what is rapidly become a continual flurry of Spirit attacks from Magnock. But your speed keeps you safe.

You unleash Nightflare, hoping to disable some of the magic!

>mana: 0/20

Abruptly, the stream of magic is cut off. Magnock freezes.

Now's the time.

In an instant, you Blink. The world drags blurs as you warp through space. You come out of the teleport just behind your target.

You blast forward a single arm, as hard as you can with all your might behind it.

Your attack goes right through him. Magnock's form wavers, and vanishes.

You hear an ugly cackle from above you. You glance up to see the lich perched on a nearby rooftop. A orange missile speeds toward your position!

Roll 1d100 to dodge!

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>>25208895
Well then at least we wouldn't be right beside him.

>>25208914
It's like back when everyone was spamming consume posts because they just can from the WH40k threads. SM already said he won't bend to "It looks cool so it works" anime logic, and actually said we would get killed if we tried, but people still do it.

That or it's people intentionally trying to kill the quest because people said it was good the general a while back.

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>>25208961
swag

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>>25208961
Ye gods!

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>>25208961
fuuuuck

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>>25208961

DAMMIT

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>>25208991
triple dubs
>what's happening?

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>>25208961
good thing we bought spirit resist a while back ya?

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>>25208981
well, we got 3 dubs in a row, which is kind of neat...

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>>25208991
Why isn't this ogre quest

>>25208988
>>25208992
Nope...

>>25209008
pity it isn't ogre quest. Blorp would be crying

>>25208913
I wasn't super happy with the jaw line or the hat in the original. For an edited drawing you did pretty well actually.

Holy shit our rolls suck tonight

>>25209033
Well, if it's any consolation, he'd probably be laughing his ass of reading this.

>>25209046
Ehhh, they're okay.
Some nights they are beyond terrible.

>>25208961
Well, that was a great idea, wasn't it, charging in like a bull instead of testing to see if he had any defenses OR TRAPS.

Hell, we could have done that with Focus even, but no, over half the thread is #yolo #dickpunch instead. Dammit.

>>25208961
>Your attack goes right through him.
Fuck yeah.
>Magnock's form wavers, and vanishes.
FUCK.
>You hear an ugly cackle from above you. You glance up to see the lich perched on a nearby rooftop. A orange missile speeds toward your position!
This is some Nurutu shit

>>25209046
Hey, at least there were no 1s.

YET.

>>25209087
YOU FUCKER. YOU'VE DOOMED US NOW.

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>>25208961
Ah, I saw that one coming.

He's an illusion mage. They're never where you want them to be, and if you think they are, then it's a trick.

In retrospect, we probably should've guessed it was an illusion when THIS happened last thread.

>He licks his decayed lips with a tongue that's just a bit too long.

No way he's still got an intact tongue after being dead for hundreds of years.

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>>25208988
>>25208991
>>25208992

You dive away as top speed.

The missile cracks into the ground. An explosion rocks the cobblestone street behind you, throwing up dirt and snow. Tendrils of snaking orange energy burst out in a net, searing and disintegrating a dozen mindless slaves. A few bits lash your back, but you escape nearly unscathed.

>you've taken 1 damage (32/44)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OofO--3wZPQ

A booming sound rumbles under your feet. You turn. Thundering down the main street of Palthair are two giant flesh golems. They're hulking monstrosities, knitted together from a hundred corpses. Their flesh trembles and warps even as you watch them move. They smash through two enchanted townsfolk without a second thought on their way straight toward you.

What do you do?

>attack head on
>dodge, conterattack
>focus on Magnock
>try to get back to the party

>>25209173

Get back to the party NOW

>>25209173
Let's slip into a meatsuit and eat him from the inside out.

>>25209173
pick them up, throw at Magcock

>>25209173

Standard Controlled Golem Procedure. Destroy the Summoner, Destroy the Golem.

Magnock will rue the day he thought he could threaten Abigail infront of Mr. Shadow!

>>25209173
Get back to the party and retreat.
This is his ambush, on his territory, with all his forces and on his own turf.

The golems are the most obvious hint that we flat out cant win this now.

>>25209173
Dodge, focus on Magnock.

Flesh golems can't fly.

>>25209173
Keep attacking Magcock.
Kill him and they stop.

>>25209201
OMNOMNOM

>>25209248

I don't think we CAN on our own, not like this.

We need a better strategy, and the requires falling back to reassess the situation.

>>25209232
And if we retreat, he has time to consolidate his forces, and he already knows we are here.

We kill Magnock, and this is all over.

>>25209248
AkA Focus on Magnock

>>25209173
burn 1 exp, use water strike at Magnock

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>>25209173
Get back. This is heading to bad town really fast.

>>25209173
>focus on Magnock

We should try to figure out a way to lure him out of the town. Having our party attack him and then run to draw him away so we can search fro abigail and adavan would be a good idea.

>>25209173
Focus on Magnock.

>>25209232
>>25209233
We should probably fall back to the rest of the party; trying to go fight Magnock and leaving our allies to try and fight two gigantic meatmonsters on their own is pretty irresponsible of us.

We can play it defensive until Blink is back up while keeping an eye on the lich, and then try and ambush Magnock with it again now that we know where he ACTUALLY is.

>>25209173
Bugger, not sure if the demo être would have been hackable by the spirit Mage, but if not we could have used the fire power. Let's retreat with the party for now.

>>25209173
Use focus to find this dickbag. He already knows we're here, so let's bring the party to him.

>>25209264
He has had centuries to "consolidate his forces", and he has every possible advantage now.

>>25209173
Retreat

>>25209285

If anyhting I think we'd be better at distracting him.

>>25209267

>Experience Burn - convert raw, untapped power into mana. 1 EXP per 4 mana. Any amount can be spent, but can only be used once per day.

>>25209285
While they're surrounded and incapable of reaching the largest threat? He threw that missile at us.
He could throw another at our friends. His position is too good for us to just run away unharmed with our group.

Our primary stat now is strength. We're strong enough to throw cars and crush boulders.

Let's just fucking tank the golems. Rip their arms off and beat them to death with them.

Chessmasters always look smug until you flip the fucking table.

>>25209300
Also, using Focus would help us locate where he's keeping Adavan/Abigail if they're within Focus distance within the town borders.

We could also try and nibble something to scrape a 4th XP for Deep Focus, which would almost certainly locate them regardless of where they're being kept.

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Vote 1:
>retreat

Vote 2:
>focus on Magnock

Vote 3:
>attempt to attack/consume the flesh golems

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>>25209325
<I am the Night>

>>25209361
Voting 2.

>>25209361
3

>>25209361

2.
No mage, no monster.

>>25209309
Yeah, but do you really think he is going to be stupid enough to wander around without setting up even more defensive measures now that he is explicitly aware that his enemy is right under his withered nose?

>>25209325
I agree. Let's eat some golem meat, inside out.

>>25209361
1.

>>25209361
2.

>>25209361
3

Running away is starting to seem a better and better option, because the force arrayed against us at the moment is so great. There are more flesh golems on the way, and this was a fucking ambush. However, if we flee, then Magcock will have time to fortify, and prepare even mroe ambushes. To strike at him again we will have to slip into his stronghold, and how the hell are we supposed to do that with the entire party in tow? Also, he will have extra time to break Adavan's will, and fighting two liches is on the bottom of my want-to-do list for today.

>>25209361
Focus first, THEN followed by 2.

>>25209361
2

>>25209361

1


I don't think he's even present here in the battlefield.

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>>25209361

If we have to do this, 2.

>>25209361
1

The other options look like, "let party member(s) get squished" and "let rest of party get captured"

>>25209410
The less time he has to even get close to Abigail the better, is my reasoning.

>>25209356
2

>>25209361
2

>>25209361
Use Focus to find the real Magcock, then 2.

>>25209361
1

>>25209361
3.

>>25209410
Yeah, it was an ambush. We're trapped between a hammer and anvil. The way to beat that is to smash one so you can focus on the other.

We can't kill the people, so we gotta destroy the golems.

Shiva will let us focus on both of them. Ink through their blows and tear them apart. They're large and strong, but unarmored. They will go down to slicing attacks.

>>25209361
1 while throwing stuff at Magnock

Seriously, why aren't we throwing stuff?
We have the strength of a goddam ballista and we are running up to the supermage who will just illusion-bullshit away.
Hell, if we attack at range we can tell what is and isn't an illusion.

>>25209455
>Use Focus to find the real Magcock, then 2.
>>25209417
>Focus first, THEN followed by 2.

This has been noted, assuming 2 wins.

ALRIGHTY, cutting off/tallying votes

>>25209361
2, let's finish this now, and even if we can't, any power we CONSUME is worthwhile.

>>25209473
>ballista
dude, we can toss cars

>>25209423
So it was an illusion that threw the orange bolt? Granted we don't know everything about illusionists in this setting or have the slightest idea of limitations but he took probably the best position to continue raining down bolts on the party and strike anyone who retreats easily.

>>25209484

>>25209482

That timing

>>25209473
>1 while throwing stuff at Magnock
>Seriously, why aren't we throwing stuff?

Also noted in case of retreat

>>25209410
Pretty much.

What's he going to do when we run away? He's going to start walking around with ten flesh golems surrounding him and a million illusion traps.

He's at his weakest right now. If we let him have any preparation time, our chances only get worse and worse. He holds all the resources here, so a battle of attrition will only end badly.

>>25209482
Can we just focus to find the real Magnock regardless of what we do? It's not like he doesn't already know where WE are, and knowing where he is and/or if Adavan/Abagail are being kept within Focus distance of the town is beneficial even if we end up choosing to retreat or fight the Golems.

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>mfw being available to participate in shadow quest

>>25209488
Exactly, except we aren't because a bunch of people went retarded wanting to HAT BLOODED PAUNCH the guy like a shonen character without remembering that we are fighting a master mage.

>>25209502
Can we do that anyway? In addition to any other attack?
I mean, chucking stuff at bullet speeds even as we run at him?
Hell, even small stones would do damage.

>>25209482
...doesn't using focus make us extremely vulnerable to attack?

>>25209578
We're being in character. Abigail is being threatened, and we've mainly gone on this journey to find her as well as help Flint. Now shush.

>retreat: 5

>magnock: 9
>I counted your vote, VoidBearer

>golems: 3

Roll 1d100 to attack Magnock

You'll also use your Focus ability.

>>25209578
So, we need him to burn through 100 mana or so?

>>25209621
I was under the impression it just made us very easy to detect.

Since we've already been detected, this doesn't seem like much of a risk.

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>>25209622
I think Magnock is the sort of person that would make anybody flip out, let alone Mr Shadow and his JUSTICE.

He's just that much of an asshole.

>>25209621

No, it makes you vulnerable to detection. Think of it like a sonic ping. Other magical beings can detect the "ping"

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