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Suptg Archive: (scroll to bottom)

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Shadow+Quest+

Archive compiled using with only story posts for easier read-through (only updated through thread 19):

http://pastebin.com/6RzLX9Yp

Twitter (quest times, cancellations, updates):

https://twitter.com/ShadowMaster_tg

Theme music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTQ5PlEWko

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Notes on Rolls and Voting:

When I request rolls, each set of three rolls counts for one action. For example, a two-step plan would take the first 6 linked rolls. A particularly bad failure can stop your plans early.

When rolling 1d100, I will consider criticals within the first ten linked rolls. Only criticals that occur in the first three rolls will be counted as "supercrits". This is still the case even if you'd have plan long enough to require more than ten rolls.

When I roll 1d20, the rules are the same, but I only consider criticals for the first five rolls, rather than ten. Criticals in the first three are still "supercrits".

When a plot choice results in extensive debate, I'll try to weed out the most popular trains of thought, and then call a vote on them. When voting, please respond with only a link back to the post and the number corresponding to your opinion. Other votes are discounted.

Finally, note that this is not a democracy; it is a benevolent dictatorship.
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REMEMBER
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RESIST
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REMINDER

Now that that's out of the way, time for battle.
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>>25696057
>fukken saved

Recent Events Summary:

You flew with Sir Flint to the mighty fortress of Archon, and met with the Archmage, Yi Fang, in person. In exchange for help with Abigail, and aiding him in seeking the Staff of Winds, he's agreed to help remove Flint's parasite.

Your friend, Abigail, is already twisted into a complex political situation. Fang requires his own trustworthy leader to succeed him, and he sees Abigail, his niece, as that leader. But unless she performs, her admission to the Archonium - a requirement for any would-be councilor or archmage - is in question, and while that is so, she is a target for those that would take a seat, or the archmage's tower, for themselves. Fang sees you as the "summon" that will ensure none question her abilities.

You've already destroyed a family that targeted her for their own political gain, but learned that they were only puppets of a greater threat - the councilor Hae Cheung, who seeks the title of Archmage for himself.

There are ten council seats - 9 currently occupied. Abigail requires a majority approval to be admitted to the Archonium. After securing the vote of Tae Wong, you were ambushed by Cheung's forces on the way back to the city.

With the Cheung family caught twice crossing the line, Yi Fang plotted revenge of an immediate and violent nature, but you convinced him to change his plans to that of a stealthy assassination. By replicating the appearence of Hae Cheung's favored nephew, Jun, who you've already killed, you've managed to sneak into the heart of the Cheung family household.

You met withe Jun Cheung's wife, Lanfen. You attempted to preserve the lives of innocents - including Jun's own family - but Lanfen refused to abandon you, and promised to stage a coup while you confronted Hae Cheung.

You managed to slay the councilor and his two sons. The manor below has exploded into battle. Meanwhile, you've gone to confront your shadowy counterpart - and he's even sneakier than you are.
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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.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/Ns1xVa0A

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/LyEun0Hd
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>>25696071
>>fukken saved
SM liking the things I cobble together in GIMP and Sai my heart all tingly.
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Current Statistics:

HP: 61/81
Mana: 19/34
EXP: 1
Humanity: 444
Temerity: 238

Shards of True Darkness: 2
(Isolation) - Weak
{Hunger} - Weak

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
Succubus Reagents x 1

Current Location:

Archon - Cheung family manor
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>>25696086
>but anon-kun, that's so l-lewd!

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>Last time...

You wait, too uncertain to move.

The shadowy figure behind you simply stays where it is. You're like statues, waiting for something to happen.

Another figure appears, moving toward you out of the dark.

And then another, moving from left to right across your field of view. And another, coming the other way.

There are shadows popping up everywhere!

The one headed for you is about to touch you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oU2cXCVuUY

The shadow in front of you moves forward.

You're certain it isn't real. You try to relax yourself in preparation for it to walk over you. Just a little longer...he's sure to get frustrated.

The shade steps on you.

BOOM

The shade detonates in an explosion of shadow and spirit. You're flung back into the shade that was sitting behind you!

BOOM

You're tossed forward, a flailing, smoking wreck.

>you've taken 7 damage (61/81)

You climb to your feet. Shades are converging on your position!

You draw back. There's five. No - ten. No - what looks like an army of shades, monsters of all shapes and sizes, is swarming down around you from all sides! Roars and shrieks and screams surround you!

What do you do?

>BRACE FOR IMPACT (block)
>420 Nightblaze it (assumed full power?)
>use Isolation to try and disrupt the illusions
>try to fly through a small gap in the shade army
>punch straight through the shades with Supersonic
>some other strategy
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>>25696106
>>420 Nightblaze it (assumed full power?)
BLAZEITFGGT

>inb4 people bawwwing about how the mean shadow tricked us.
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>Knobwarnings right out of the gate
Well, that was damn fast. Still, might as well put my word in too.

After the end of the last thread, where SM basically confirmed that this shadow is unambiguously evil, there really should be no more reservations about killing it.

For what it is worth, my position for all of the last thread was for caution; For us keeping Sneaky tied up until we could confirm one way or the other his motives. Too bad noone found the connection with Fang's words on the disappearances.

But everyone had to jump to action.

It was predictable that many would leap at the thought of a friendly shadow, I did somewhat. It's also rather in-character for shadow to do the same.

Third times the charm however; From now on all shadows are eat-on-sight unless there is clear proof of their innocence beforehand.

And because it keeps coming up so damn much:

NEW POLICY

Any time we run into a character, skim the last dozen threads for mention of them.
SM always gives a hint to these kind of things, even if it is incredibly minor or inobvious.
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>SM didn't update the twitter
>Awfully quiet in here, even for a morning thread
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>>25696106
Guess we gunna have to blaze it son
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>>25696106
>>420 Nightblaze it (assumed full power?)
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>>25696149

Hey, you're right. I'll do that.
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A bit of meta for the slow start. Didn't ask this last postthread meta because of all the asshurt in the air.

Why does our earth magic look pretty dwarf exclusive? I thought the elves were earthy too. Something's up with that.
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>>25696149
I love it when QM's morning threads. That way I can catch the beginning before dinner and take part actively from beginning till end.
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>>25696106
NIghtblaze, with just enough power to cover all the shades.

Conserving mana is important here, we need enough to finish with gaping maw, and a buffer for anything else we need for the fight.

Our health is still good, and I'm guessing that this shadow is of the glass assassin type.

The priority right now is locating the true shadow, and unloading with everything we've got.
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>>25696129
Just gonna post this to rub it in some more, because I know a bunch of knob nibblers will skip the DAILY REMINDER.
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Alrighty, roll 1d100 to nightblaze at MAXIMUM POWER (Wave Race 64 announcer voice)
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Rolled 31

>>25696190
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Rolled 90

>>25696190
I invoke the spirit of Snoop Lion
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Rolled 19

>>25696190
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Rolled 7

>>25696190
Do we have to do it at max power?

I thought that unless we use the 10-mana single target cancel, all power does is increase range.
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>>25696204
YEAH SON
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>>25696208
>Nightblaze - Spend 4 to 10 mana. Cancel enchantments and spells in an area around you. Success and range based on mana spent.
>success and range
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>>25696218
Thanks.

Also, dammit. Every time I roll in this quest it is never above 50.

I should just keep not rolling like i have been.
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Rolled 97

>>25696190
rollan'
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So I'm thinking that multishade will branch into a skill that lets us give more complex commands to the shades to make them full on shadow clones and then that will merge with a branch off of shadow bomb to make them go all EREBUS AKBAR
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>>25696106
Is that pic supposed to be us?
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Rolled 84

>>25696235
It's certainly possible.

Also, are we about average on rolls now?
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Rolled 66

>>25696190
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Rolled 100

>>25696190
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Rolled 49

>>25696190
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>>25696248
I could feel it coming.
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Rolled 89

>>25696248
YEAH SON
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>>25696170
I don't. Do you remember the level of stupidity in the 12 hour thread? God, that was awful.
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>>25696235
Given that multishade and shadow bomb clearly lead together into a tree, I think that is a given.

>>25696243
Avarage for the first three is at ~46

With good bonuses from lotsamana we might succ.... >>25696248

Yep. We're good
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>>25696248
8th roll. +Positive Spin.

Welcome to the club anon.
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>>25696248
Time for a good thread,
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Rolled 93

>>25696248
this shadow done get shreck'd.
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>>25696260
TEAM YANKS
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>>25696261
It's not an average for the first 3, its 2 out of 3 must beat the DC for that action.
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>Mana: 11/34

Nightblaze bursts out from you in a sphere of negative energy. It strikes the illusions, and they explode in midair, leaving the sky silent. You raise a limb to shield yourself from the wind, then glance around, trying to see if your anti-magic revealed his position.

The battle behind you isn't dying down - it sounds like it's getting more and more out of control! You glance backward, taking in the clashing auras of the lesser elements. The castle sports plenty of holes, and one of the towers has outright collapsed. The grounds flash with magical energy.

The old spirit mage in the center of the group is ushering them away as fast as he can. He glances over his shoulder at the explosions with a grim look. There's a slight panic as everyone tries to get away, but no one is hurt.

A flicker of darkness catches your eye. It's in the direction of the children! But you can't pinpoint him...

What do you do?

>deep focus to pinpoint your foe
>hide amongst the children, then use focus
>some other strategy
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>>25696262
>implying this is my first 100
>implying I don't already own the club
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>>25696273
Did... did this take that 100 into account?
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>>25696285
>we succeed with a 31 and a 19
Yeah, I think it did
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>>25696273
>deep focus to pinpoint your foe

GOTTA KILL FAST
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>>25696273
>deep focus to pinpoint your foe
No point hiding since focus will just give us away.
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>>25696285

You bet it did.
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>>25696273
>>hide amongst the children, then use focus

Get over there first and then find him.

We want to be in position to react immediately to whatever it does.
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>>25696273
>hide amongst the children, then use focus
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>>25696290
You mean a 90 and a 31. That could happen with magic. Magic has a very low dc always.

But >>25696296 proves the end of that conversation, so whatevs.
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>>25696273
>deep focus to pinpoint your foe
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>>25696273
>deep focus to pinpoint your foe
find this bitch.
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>>25696297
>>25696301
Also puts us in a prime position for the old fuck herding them around to start throwing magic missiles at us.
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Roll 1d100 to Deep Focus
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Rolled 65

>>25696315
HEREWEGO
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Rolled 71

>>25696315
nat 1
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Rolled 74

>>25696315
Snoop, don't fail me.
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>>25696302
he takes the first 3 rolls, so no, I meant 31 and 19. Yes, we also got a 90, but that was beside the point.
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Rolled 36

>>25696315
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Rolled 18

>>25696315
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>>25696331
The 90 was in the first three rolls, you doorknob chewer.

>>25696198
>31
>>25696204
>90
>>25696206
>19
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>>25696320
>>25696322
>>25696323
Good rolls, we probably passed the DC.
Lets stop rolling. there is no reason to risk a 1 when the chances of a 100 exactly the same.
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Rolled 50

>>25696315
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You use Deep Focus, pointing all your awareness at the children.

The mage's head snaps up. He glances into the darkness, wide-eyed. He hasn't pinpointed you, but he's definitely aware you're there.

You see him.

The flicker of a shadow beginning to imitate a small child on the edge of a group - trying to blend into the crowd. It stops when it feels your power break its stealth. For a moment, you're looking at each other, gazes locked.

It sprints across the castle grounds at top speed, trying to flee!

What do you do?

>give chase; close the distance
>fire magic
>schattenkrieg
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Rolled 59

>>25696358
schattenkrieg
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Rolled 36

>>25696358
>schattenkrieg

PUNCH HIS SHIT IN
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>>25696358
>>give chase; close the distance
Blink in. Gaping Maw it.
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>>25696343
are you being intentionally dense? I just said that yes, we got a 90. But since the other 2 rolls were so low, we wouldn't have passed if it weren't for the 100.
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Rolled 29

>>25696358
Can we blink yet? Blink and shadow control him again.
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Rolled 12

>>25696358
>fire magic

Can't we use a full power bind?
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Rolled 53

>>25696368
This
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>>25696368

blink has had plenty of time too cool down, fyi
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>>25696358
>fleeing from us
>the fastest thing in Venia that we know of
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>>25696364
>>25696367
DON'T FALL FOR IT

Supersonic takes a turn to activate and has massive stealth penalties. Just blink at him.
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>>25696358
schattenkrieg
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Rolled 51

>>25696368
>>25696373
>Blink and shadow control him again.

Thirded
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>>25696368
>>25696377
adding a third vote for that
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>>25696368
blink. gaping maw. eat this bitch. i want me a stealth shard
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Rolled 97

>>25696364
Discount my vote switch to blink
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Rolled 74

>>25696380
>Supersonic takes a turn to activate and has massive stealth penalties. Just blink at him.

Yeah. No reason not to use that.
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>>25696380
This people. Don't chew the knobs just yet.
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>>25696371
Are you being intentionally dense?

The two higher of the first three are looked at. The 19 doesn't matter at all.

You look at the 90 and the 31. 31 is low, but magic always has a very low dc.

We had a dc of 5 for a stealth roll once. Don't sit there and spout nonsense.
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Vote 1:
Blink+Shadow Control

Vote 2:
Blink+Gaping Maw
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>>25696368
Supporting
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>>25696400
2
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>>25696400
2
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>>25696400
2
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>>25696400
1
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>>25696400
2
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Rolled 94

>>25696400
2
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>>25696398
>The two higher of the first three are looked at.
When did SM say that?
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>>25696400
2
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This shadow is confirmed dickass.

Anyone who votes 1 is confirmed knob gobbler.
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>>25696400
2
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>>25696400
humm. i just realized that if he had some other shade abiltiy, like one that lets him make a shade look like him to magic sense. we could be about to eat an explosive
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>>25696400
1
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>>25696426

To clarify, my default action is to play Risk with your three dice. I take the best two of the three rolls.
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>>25696428
Personally I voted 1 so that we could punch his shit in with our maxed strength and then eat him.
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>>25696426
You're being an incredible tool. Are you really expecting me to dig through the archives for the exact post that confirms that SM takes the two higher rolls instead of the two lower? /Really/
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Blink+Gaping Maw

Roll 1d100
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>>25696428
The point of shadow controlling would be so we could go full melee on him before eating so it's easier to eat.
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>>25696428
>>25696393
why the hell are you idiots trying to to appropriate that stupid as fuck insult? You do realize it was originally used by the anti-waifu brigade, yes?
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Rolled 2

>>25696451
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Rolled 84

>>25696451
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Rolled 9

>>25696451
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Rolled 75

>>25696451
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Rolled 69

>>25696451
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Rolled 48

>>25696451
>>25696460
Oh god that was so close
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>>25696443
ah, I remember you saying you played Risk with the dice, but I don't play Risk, so I didn't realize that was what it meant
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>>25696463
>>25696460
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Rolled 76

>>25696460
>>25696462
>>25696463
Well damn

>>25696457
Might as well try to save.
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Rolled 81

>>25696451
100s will set us free
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>Come back from holidays
>Decide to catch up on shadow quest in the archives
>Find out you told fang about adavans mind magic right after we super double pinkie swore we could keep a secret
>Find out we let a shadow that specializes in stealth go when we had a chance to CONSUME him there and then
>My face when

Jesus Christ guys, its not even fun to call you stupid any more. Its like calling the sea wet
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Rolled 65

>>25696451
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>>25696469

No prob.

In Risk, the attacker can roll 3 dice if he has enough troops. The defender rolls 2 dice. The advantage the attacker has is that he gets to take the best of his three dice to match against the defender.
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Rolled 56

>>25696451
>>25696475
First 3 where only for the Blink right? The next 3 were for the Gaping Maw right?
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>>25696485
>>Find out you told fang about adavans mind magic right after we super double pinkie swore we could keep a secret
We swore to keep Hectate a secret. We didn't swear shit about his mind magic.
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Rolled 6

>>25696451
>>25696475
>>25696451
The DC was 10 wasn't it.
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>>25696491

Indeed. But in multi-step plans, bad rolls can interrupt your series of actions.

At least you won't waste the mana.
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Rolled 57

>>25696475
It was out of 6 rolls, because it was two actions, right?

So we screwed up blinking, and probably lose initiative, but we get an attack in?
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Rolled 37

>>25696502
>At least you won't waste the mana.
Godamnit
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Rolled 20

>>25696506
We can still shattenkreig to him or chase mundanely while blink is on cooldown.

Our speed is one of our maxed stats, and we have him on the run.
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>>25696502
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>>25696518
And being on the run appears to be his maxed stat.

Fucking stealth...
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>>25696457
You do realize that, although it's not a very common insult, the anti-waifu brigade didn't invent it, yes?
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>>25696497
Hey maybe it would have been a good idea not to say shit about adavans personal stuff right after we said we could keep secrets anyway Hmm?
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>>25696498

It was higher than 10.

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You Blink, appearing directly in front of the retreating shadow! Your body forms a tremendous Maw -

But it Blinks around you! You feel a sharp pain as it lands a sharp blow on you! You stretch back the other way, trying to catch it -

But it Blinks again, evading your reach! Another slice of its limbs penetrates you!

>you've taken 3 damage (58/81)

The shadow leaps over you as you grab for it, continuing to run away. It's headed right for the battle! It must be planning to lose you in the chaos.

You keep at its heels, but things are going to get crazy, fast. What looks like a veritable army of summoned monsters is battling within a hurricane of earth, water, spirit, and shadow. Mages are leaping and flying around, launching magic, trying to gain an edge as their summons maintain the front lines.

What do you do?

>schattenkrieg
>fire magic
>just sprint after him; try to use Shadow Control if you get close
>some other strategy
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>>25696538
nope, never heard it before. I thought they just latched onto the first decent sounding thing that spewed from their collective asshole.
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>>25696550
>>fire magic
Bind it.
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>>25696550
>>just sprint after him; try to use Shadow Control if you get close
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Rolled 2

>>25696550
>just sprint after him; try to use Shadow Control if you get close

I swear to god if that shit escapes us...
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>>25696550
sprint after him. fire a bind. eat his bound ass.

we just have to get 1 good hold on him and we are done
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>>25696550
SCHATTENKRIEG

Use what we're best at. End this fucker.
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>>25696566
seconding bind attempt
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Rolled 91

>>25696550
Bind it, CoNsUmE it
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Rolled 88

>>25696550
>schattenkrieg

It's blink is on cooldown now, so it can't avoid it.

Or
>just sprint after him; try to use Shadow Control if you get close

If we are playing conservatively.

>>25696560
>>25696571
It's shadow, bind is weak aganist it, and shadow control is incredibly effective.
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>it has fast blink going right now
>exceptional dodge buff for two turns
Has it been two turns? Please tell me it's been two turns.
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>>25696575
>>25696571
>>25696566
>>25696550
This, sprint and use full power bind
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>>25696564
Oh no! I just realized he doesn't have a dick! We cant punch him in the dick you guys!
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>>25696584
>shadow more effective than spirit against shadow
toplel
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1d100 full power Bind
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Rolled 44

>>25696603
OKAY SHADOW MASTER
OH GAAAWWWD
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Rolled 53

>>25696603
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Rolled 83

>>25696603
>nat 1
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Rolled 69

>>25696603
DICE
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Rolled 81

>>25696603
s
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Rolled 81

>>25696603
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Rolled 40

>>25696603
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Rolled 33

>>25696603
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Rolled 87

>>25696603
rolling
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Rolled 29

>>25696603
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Rolled 91

>>25696605
seriously?

>>25696603
>1d100 full power Bind
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Rolled 94

>>25696603
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...Did someone just delete their roll?
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>>25696605

You should know better.

But I am your benevolent dictator, so I won't punish you.
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>>25696635
yes they did
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>>25696605
What is with these stupid fuckers?
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>>25696605
You sir, are massive faggot
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>>25696638
You really should. That's twice this week now. People should learn not to be so damn stupid.
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>>25696641
Maybe they think they'll delete it "fast" enough and don't know that with one simple box clicked any deleted posts or images will still be visible.
Kobblers all the same.
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Rolled 68

>>25696650
>Implying that won't make trolls go on a roll deleting spree

It's like you don't even know that they do this on purpose.
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>>25696650
It's probably you doing it.

>delete rolls
>encourage QM to take action to punish the offenders
>Shit up the quest
>Everybody mad

Nice try, troll.
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>>25696650
Cough...Yanks...cough
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>>25696665
Go ahead and delete your post as well
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>>25696665
Does this count as racism?
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You unleash your Bind! Tendrils of Spirit magic snap out from you, expanding into a wide net!

>mana: 1/34

The shadow continues to sprint. The magic catches it on the side, and, with a mind of its own, begins to curl about its prey!

The shadow trips, stumbles, but then vanishes! It reappears just a few feet to the left, outside its bonds.

But you're practically on top of it. It resumes running, but the gap is closing swiftly.

You're at the edge of the battle. Explosions of magic rock the ground.

What do you do?!

>jump him, and drag him back somewhere safer
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there
>some other strategy
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>>25696662
An interesting theory, but wrong. As a person who DMs, I just get very angry when someone fudges rolls, which is essentially what is happening here. I really don't want bad things to happen to Shadow, but if it would stop this kind of blatant idiocy, I would accept it.
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>>25696687
>>jump him, and drag him back somewhere safer
>>
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there
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>>25696687
>shadow control, hide, CONSUME
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Rolled 34

>>25696687
>jump him, and drag him back somewhere safer

This has gone long enough
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>>25696687
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there

We already know he cant blink out of this like a bitch
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>>25696687

Just fucking jump this asshole.

We need to eat this bastard as quickly as possible and get back to the matter at hand.
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>>25696687
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there
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>>25696687
shadow control
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Rolled 23

>>25696687
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there

Dice gods can we end this now?
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>>25696673
It's going to be hilarious when a troll rolls a 100 and then tries to delete it.

>>25696687
>try to use shadow control, then get out of there

>>25696698
Except deleting rolls is obvious, and it's impossible for them to fudge with it.
All punishments would do is encourage trolls to delete posts to damage the quest.
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Rolled 63

>>25696712
this
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Rolled 3

>>25696687
shadow control. if he blinks then fuck it. we are eating him in a war zone
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>>25696698
Except it wouldn't stop the idiocy. Even if this deleter is actually an idiot and not a jimmy rustler, actual rustlers would just jump on the opportunity.

DM =/= QM for situations like this. You actually know their players and see them face to face. Punishing the actual players here for the actions of some passing dick is like punishing your players for some dude shitting his pants as he walks past your table.
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>>25696727
>for some dude shitting his pants as he walks past your table.
That happened to me once.
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>>25696721
>It's going to be hilarious when a troll rolls a 100 and then tries to delete it.
I did that in a quest once. The asshurt was so thick that I thought it would smother me.
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>>25696737
Dick move anon, Dick move
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Roll 1d100 for Shadow Control
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I hope we don't get shit ass rolls when we actually go to eat this little fucker.
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Rolled 67

>>25696760
here comes my nat 100!
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Rolled 12

>>25696760
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Rolled 87

>>25696760
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Rolled 58

>>25696760
DICE
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Rolled 28

>>25696760
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Rolled 94

>>25696760
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Rolled 40

>>25696761
>>25696760
>I hope we don't get shit ass rolls

Anon, I....
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>>25696765
>>25696767
>>25696770
good enough. Unless it was a 70 dc
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Rolled 11

>>25696760
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Rolled 32

>>25696760
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Rolled 4

>>25696760
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Your shadow twists through the grass, trying to snatch his.

For a moment, you can see your shadows actually battling each other - but this time, yours has the advantage, and you snag him! He pulls with all his might to get away, but you've got him pinned in place! You sprint forward to physically hold him...

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 64

>>25696778
I doubt it seeing as we are super fucking buff
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Rolled 57

>>25696795
I heard someone mention a need for good dice! Dice, AWAY!
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Rolled 21

>>25696795
welp one more time!
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Rolled 39

>>25696795
FUUUUCK
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Rolled 16

>>25696795
DICE 2
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>>25696796

Be aware:

Shadow Power != Physical Strength
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Rolled 82

>>25696795
PRAISE THE DICE GODS
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Rolled 55

>>25696795
rolling a second time just because
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Rolled 45

>>25696795
And once more! What could possibly go wrong?
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Rolled 1

>>25696806
Aw nuts
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>>25696815
>>25696817
Well, that certainly did.
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Rolled 70

>>25696817
>>25696818
oh god why
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Rolled 41

>>25696817
aw damnit, we were do.

rolling counter!

>>25696795
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>>25696818
>1d1

oi stop that
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>>25696818

At least the second one didn't count.
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Rolled 8

>>25696817
lol
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Rolled 63

>>25696817
that fucking asshole is going to get away isn't it.
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>>25696828
THE FIRST ONE WAS ZALGO TEXT

10ÍŸ0
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Rolled 76

>>25696795
ONE LAST ROLL!
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>>25696817
That is a d10 with an unidentified char between the 10 and the 0.
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Rolled 36

>>25696828
or teh first
Its an underlined 00
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Rolled 40

>>25696837
it was too. the fucker
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>>25696828
Technically the first one shouldn't either, if you look closely at what was being rolled.
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>>25696828
It wasn't dice+1d100 it was dice+1d10ÍŸ0
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>>25696828
Sm it wasn't a real d100 please don't hurt me.

10ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ010ÍŸ0
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Rolled 301

>>25696834
Fuck all this shit. if he gets away from this I say we fucking super sonic this mother fucker
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Rolled 74

>>25696817 (Dead)

0/10 shit ruse, I might have believed that if SM already said that he wouldn't accept that bullshit.
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The only next time we meet another shadow, I recommend we just go full Borg on them.

Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile.

Negotiation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
Why do you resist?
We only wish to raise quality of life for all species
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I think this demonstrates that /tg/ just can't be trusted with dice.
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Rolled 740

>>25696858
I second this motion
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>>25696828
It was a ruse.

Not real zeroes. Unicode likes to mess with the dice
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>>25696817
It was a 1d1 with screwytext between the 1 and the 00's

>>25696859
We really can't. It would be better if SM just rolled the dice for himself, but that would take the fun out of it.
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And now we get shit on because SM didn't recognize the ruse.

Awesome
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Rolled 439252

>>25696858
thirded
nat 1000000
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Rolled 15

>>25696873
>It was a 1d1 with screwytext between the 1 and the 00's

OH SHIT YOU ARE RIGHT, THE "0" HAVE A LINE BELLOW THEM
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>>25696878
Well, given that basically everyone is posting about it, he is probably going to see.

At the worst it will be when he goes to post, and it wastes time with him having to rewrite.
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An explosion of water detonates between the two of you! The shadow is ripped from your grasp!

You leap backwards to avoid the explosion - but the spraying droplets freeze into ice! You're pelted with an intense barrage of frozen water!

>you've taken 5 damage (53/81)

You shake off the blow and try to get your bearings. You see the shadow a ways off, fending off a Revenant, but between you and it lies complete chaos. Summons and constructs throw themselves at each other bodily. Demon fire scorches the ground in wide swaths. Chunks of earth rise, fall, morph, and crush into one another.

What do you do?

>schattenkrieg straight through
>juggernaut straight through
>gain some altitude; let the battle play out, then try to hunt down the shadow
>try to figure out what side you're on; actively fight for that side to turn the tide of battle
>some other strategy
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Rolled 35

testing something.
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>>25696896
The 1 was a fake. Oh god why
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>>25696896
SM did you catch the fact that both nat 1s were due to people screwing with the dice?
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>>25696896
That wasn't using that 1 was it? Because the 1 was a fake.
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>>25696896
Did you just use the fake nat 1?
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Rolled 939

>>25696896
Is this taking into account dice fuckery?
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>>25696896

Hold on I have to change this somewhat
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Rolled 1

>>25696896
>An explosion of water detonates between the two of you! The shadow is ripped from your grasp!
>
>You leap backwards to avoid the explosion - but the spraying droplets freeze into ice! You're pelted with an intense barrage of frozen water!

Oh come on SM, both 1s were with 1d1s the first one had 2 unicoded 0s .
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>>25696911
You are a beautiful person SM.
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Rolled 394

>>25696904
Actually the second one was brcause I fucked up getting rid of the dice
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>>25696917
Oh my lord.
>dat roll
>with dat post
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>>25696917
Is this real or fake? I can't tell anymore.
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>>25696917
And then there's YOU.
Least he wasn't asking.
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Rolled 1

>>25696925
I think that only encourages the point that dice can be fudged
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An explosion of water detonates between the two of you! The shadow is ripped from your grasp!

You leap backwards to avoid the explosion - but the spraying droplets freeze into ice! But you leap again, and manage to dodge the blast.

You land, then try to get your bearings. The shadow is only a few yards away, fending off a Revenant.

Around you lies complete chaos. Summons and constructs throw themselves at each other bodily. Demon fire scorches the ground in wide swaths. Chunks of earth rise, fall, morph, and crush into one another.

What do you do?

>schattenkrieg straight through
>juggernaut straight through
>gain some altitude; let the battle play out, then try to hunt down the shadow
>try to figure out what side you're on; actively fight for that side to turn the tide of battle
>some other strategy

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

This dice thing is getting stupid. Maybe I should just roll all the dice?
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Rolled 1

>>25696938
>1d1
Really funny.
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>>25696949
Ink straight through towards the shadow.
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Rolled 9

test
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>>25696949
>This dice thing is getting stupid. Maybe I should just roll all the dice?

Or you could just swap 1's for 2's IE we roll a 2, treat it as a 1, roll a 1, treat is as a 2, the chance of getting them is the same, and you can't fudge them
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>>25696955
That's not entertaining, anon.
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>>25696949
Nah, the fake dices are pretty easy to see SM, even if you don't catch them we will tell you.
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>>25696949
>>juggernaut straight through
>>
>schattenkrieg straight through
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>>25696974

k
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Rolled 929

>>25696949
>>schattenkrieg straight through
>>juggernaut straight through

Why not both?
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>>25696971
Might be a good idea since "1" is the only problem number here.
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>>25696949
>schattenkrieg straight through
Fuck the police.

And all you have to do is doublecheck all results below 10. Any other result is probably legit.
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>>25696949
>juggernaut straight through
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>>25696985

...

The choice is

>run through
>use schattenkrieg

technically juggernaut is passive but I used it as shorthand for "just fucking storm through in as direct a line as possible"
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>>25696949
>schattenkrieg straight through
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>>25696996
but can we juggernaut through shattenkrieg?
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>>25696996
lets get this guy high up in the air where he can't run away. We'll take less damage due to being a fucking juggernaut and wind resist 2.
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Rolled 872

>>25696996
In that case
>use schattenkrieg
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>>25696949
>>25696996
>juggernaut straight through

Possibly eating some of the smaller summons along the way to charge up for a Gaping maw, if we can keep an "eye" on the other shadow while doing so.

>>25696990
>People start rolling 1d50's, or lower
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Rolled 26

>>25696949
>shattenkrieg
Only because SM keeps suggesting it, and I think he wants to write about it
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>>25696985
>>25696996
Schateshiet is Flash mode
Juggernaut is the I'M JUGGERNAUT BITCH mode
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>use schattenkrieg
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>>25697004

Juggernaut is -passive-. You maintain those bonuses unless an ability states otherwise.
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>>25697012
>Only because SM keeps suggesting it, and I think he wants to write about it

maybe a little
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>>25697032
shattenkrieg fapfic?
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>>25697032
You just want to write a spectacular crash scene
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>>25697042

maybe a little
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its funny how quick we ran outta mana.
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1d100

GERMAN AERIAL ASSAULT
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>>25697053
We can't afford to hold back.
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Rolled 18

>>25697064
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Rolled 82

>>25697064
BLITZENDERGEN
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Rolled 873

>>25697053
We gotta find that fuckin mana regen man. Its got to be in there somewhere, maybe over by spirit
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Rolled 41

>>25697064
PRAISE TEH DICE GODS
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>>25697053
Shouldn't have done that 10 mana bind.

We didn't even get to vote on it either.
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Rolled 36

>>25697064
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Rolled 73

>>25697064
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Rolled 50

>>25697064
DICE
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Rolled 17

>>25697064
rolling a second time because I live dangerously!~
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Rolled 41

>>25697064
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Rolled 89

>>25697064
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>>25697074

I probably would have voted for 8 or 10 anyways, I really want to eat this dude now. Dancing about, all nambly-pambly like that
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Rolled 65

>>25697082
Stop that. Your rolls always suck

>>25697064
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Rolled 88

>>25697070
its probably the next magic power. We can look in the earth or water trees for it.
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>>25697094
Ive gotten two nat 100s in the last couple weeks.
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>>25697070
>Magic Power - upgrade your magic, increasing available mana. Higher levels unlock mana regeneration. Like resistance, order of purchase doesn't matter. First costs 5 EXP, each following costs 5 more than the last.
>Higher levels unlock mana regeneration.
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Rolled 68

>>25697064
go go shadow Luftwaffe!
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>>25697091
I would have been fine with a slightly weaker bind that let us have enough mana for a Gaping maw afterward.

Sometimes it feels like SM picks minor stupid options without a vote to drain us of resources.
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>>25697095
I suggest Water since it works towards Hydra/finishing the Shadow tree.
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Rolled 70

>>25697106
Mother of god. Why haven't we been putting all our xp into these?
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>>25697125
We bought all of the available ones. We need to buy more magic shit to reveal more of them.
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>>25697125
gotta find them first. plus we've been working on completing trees.. which gives us some VERY nice bonuses.
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>>25697125
We have been. Its like the #1 priority purchase whenever available.
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>>25697113
Might be. Each magic tree has had one so far it seems.

>>25697125
We -have- been, they are often top priority for upgrades, but the cost a lot of exp.

The next one is going to be 20, so we can either save or wait till we hit a windfall when we find the next one.
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>>25697125
We only found three of them on the skill tree and we bought all three. We need to find the rest before we can buy them.
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>inb4 the next magic power is branched off something stupid like Reinforce

Although they all have been near the start of the different magic trees.
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Rolled 357

>>25697133
>>25697140
>>25697141
>>25697143
>>25697145

Oh. In that case why don't we start poking around the cheaper magic trees after we finish the consumption tree
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>>25697167
Thats the plan.
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You've had it with this shadow. It's time to end this.

You gather your aura behind you...and around you, shaping it and your body like the point of a long spear.

An idea strikes you. You remember great powers of your earlier experiences...rotating. Dynamos, rotating. The demon lord's shield, rotating. The Sun Call, a massive, rotating disc. Maybe there's something there?

You begin to rotate your aura around you, and it begins to chance. The faster your rotate it, the stronger it becomes. The point hardens from a soft nub into a dagger that splits the air before you.

You gather in your power.

BOOM

Faster than a heartbeat, you've crossed the distance. You slam into the shadow, and pierce through it, blasting the revenant away.

It's left impaled on your aura, your speed such that it can't even move. You continue forward, past the battle, past the castle grounds, smashing through the retaining walls and into the hills beyond.

A cliff rises up faster than you can react - !

You slam into the rock headfirst. But like a drill, you grind through the slate. The friction is so great that it begins to burn your armored skin.

But the sudden stop allows you to release your power. You stand back, at the end of a tunnel bored into the rock. The shadow rests in the dead-end at the end of the cave, half-shredded, feebly trying to stand.

What do you do?

>pin it to the wall and extract information
>take no chances with this slippery bastard. CONSUME
>some other strategy
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>>25697167
Part of the plan has been to grab Ice strike and whatever comes after it to explore and work toward unlocking mighty regeneration.
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>>25697167
WE ARE DOING THAT BUT WE RUN OUT OF EXP
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>>25697163
Check the skill tree. It is almost definitely after Ice Strike in the Water Tree.
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>>25697167
1) it's called the form tree
2) we already completed it

Unless you were talking about the poison tree.
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>take no chances with this slippery bastard. CONSUME
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>>25697178
CONSUME.
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Rolled 124

>>25697178
>take no chances with this slippery bastard. CONSUME
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>>25697178
>take no chances with this slippery bastard. CONSUME

CONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUMECONSUME
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>>25697178
>>take no chances with this slippery bastard. CONSUME
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>>25697178
CONSUME
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Rolled 6225801470039793665

>>25697178
CoNsUmE
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... normally I wouldn't suggest this but...
XP BURN
GAPING MAW
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Rolled 92

>>25697178
CONSUME!
<i gave you a chance>
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>>25697178
>Schattenkrieg is Giga Drill Breaker
Holy shit.
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Rolled 4

>>25697178
CONSUME
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>>25697178
Consume. Use any mana we gain from the struggle to Gaping Maw it.
>>
If any of you autismknights try to stop this consumption, I will become rather upset.
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>>25697178
Heeey guiize leet's try to twalk to coume to som sorta agruieement hay haaay.
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>>25697178
Take dis suka out
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>>25697209
>>25697211
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Rolled 475

>>25697173
>>25697179
>>25697180

So does this mean we can start on the summoning tree since they are cheap as sin? or maybe the earth tree also very cheap
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>>25697178

<YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS.>

We should start saying Doom Paul stuff when we consume people.
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>>25697201
seconding
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>>25697201
Voting against.

Horde the xp.
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>>25697178
I'd rather wait on starting out on new trees like Earth and Summoning. We should work to finish off what we've started first for a while. The Shadow Tree is bound to give a great bonus for how big it is.
>>
<THIS IS YOUR FAULT! WHY DO YOU ALL MAKE ME EAT YOU?!?>

Things yanks say
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>>25697242
agreed
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>>25697201
thirding
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>>25697242
meant to link >>25697223
>>
<I'm sure this is a misunderstanding>
Then CONSUME
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>>25697242
Or knock out the water tree to add massive regeneration capability on top of our JUGGERNAUT defenses and become nigh unkillable.
>>
You know what you have to do, of course.

He's no friend of yours.

He's a threat to Abigail - to Archon.

You've weighed his actions on the scales of justice, and you find him wanting.

YOU
MUST
CONSUME

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 90

>>25697266
rolling to consume
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Rolled 5

>>25697266
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Rolled 36

>>25697266

Rolling for MAXIMUM ASSIMILATION.
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Rolled 96

>>25697266
Delicious.
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Rolled 7

>>25697266
>He's no friend of yours.
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Rolled 31

>Magic Shadow shard

>>25697266
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Rolled 75

>>25697263
hoenstly the water tree is a ways off, at least 7 more abilities, 34 xp just from what we can see, so probably 50+ xp.

>>25697266
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Rolled 66

>>25697266
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Rolled 38

>>25697266
My 100 is ready for the consume roll
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Rolled 73

>>25697266
>>
God dammit, SM just wanted us to Schattenkrieg so we'd be out of the battle. He's going to pull something there, I guarantee it.
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Rolled 17

>>25697266
You will be assimilate
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>>25697272

Cocks, if only I waited literally three seconds we'd have 90 and 96 for the first 3.
>>
Are we using the hunger shard?
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>>25697272
>>25697270
damnit, our rolls are still all over the place.. hopefully our CONSUME is high enough (Though we could have used Gaping Maw here)
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>>25697270
>>25697272
>Best two of three
Oh man i hope this is eneough.

>>25697266
Can we leverage what is left of the hunger shard too?
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Rolled 35

>>25697280
true. and i want to see what a magic tree will give us for completing it. and our 2 closest to completion are spirit and water
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>>25697296
WE FUCKING BETTER BE
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>>25697263
Water Tree is needed to finish the Shadow Tree so it is a priority.
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Rolled 384

>>25697242
I would agree but that will take bloody ages. Could we at least pick up one really cheap thing every once in a while? maybe after a big xp gain like after we chomp down on this fucker?
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>>25697300
I think we should complete the poison tree and then the spirit tree next. Of course the spirit tree is kinda expensive from what we can see.
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>>25697280
Another magic power level is certainly in the water tree AND we need it for HYDRA.

It's a very good area to focus on.
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>>25697270
>>25697272

Optional: use the Hunger shard to boost your rolls

Yes/No

This is in no way a statement that you've succeeded or failed with the rolls you have. You might very well have made it; you might have not.
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>>25697319
Y
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Rolled 12

>>25697319
yes
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>>25697319
Yes.
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>>25697319
I think we should. It probably will become useless though until next meditation though.
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Rolled 287

>>25697319
How though is hunger at the moment?
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>>25697319
[Yes
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>>25697319
Y

Even if we've made it this'll boost the XP we get. No reason not to.
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>>25697319
Use it. Fuck this guy, we're not letting him get away.
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>>25697314
What the fuck is with you and your boner for the poison tree? It's inferior to almost every other tree that we could work on.

>>25697319
Yes
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>>25697319
Y-yes.
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Rolled 72

>>25697319
Yes
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>>25697319
It's weak right? Is there any way to control how much of it we use or does it just always try to make up the difference of a roll?
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>>25697334
{Hunger} - Strong
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Rolled 71

>>25697319
What's the state of it?
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>>25697319

Yes.

Try to be careful though, spending the next two weeks to fix it would be a pain in the ass.
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>>25697311
A few of the cheaper things on outlying trees we can get early, like automaton for robotdiplomacy.

>>25697319
YES. We have to get that shard.

>>25697334
Weak, it might break but we can repair it, and we will have time now that we've completed a major objective.
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>>25697319
Darkxis is weak at the moment.

Is there a state below weak? If so I say use him and if not don't
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>>25697338
fuck you, analyze and observe are OP!
>>
Shard strengths: broken < fragile < weak < normal < strong < empowered < resonant

Hunger: Weak
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>>25697346
Anon, the character sheet isn't up to date that much. Check the top of the thread.
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>>25697357
We already have observe

I'd rather put 7 towards any magic tree in the hopes of finding MP4 instead of using it on Analyze
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>wanting to weaken an already weak shard.

We broke a shard we didn't know about consuming Dakxis. Who is to say that won't happen again because of this decision?
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Rolled 742

>>25697338
SM said near the start of the quest that he made all of the powers something you would want to use since he hated games where it was better to use only one or two
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>>25697319
inB4 hunger shard shatters whatever shard we would have gotten

THE CLUES ARE ALL THERE U SONUVABITCH
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>>25697368
W-well fragile might not be so bad
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>>25697368
Okay, I say yes then.

Let Darkxis have some fun.
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>>25697374
SM has already stated Broken can be repaired through meditation.
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>>25697352
>>25697355
It would definitely be worth it though to secure certainty in gaining a shard.

>>25697368
Question. Hunger was at strong before we used it to eat Chen, why did it drop two levels, i don't remember our roll being that bad.
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>>25697375
>Iron Stomach

He lied to us, anon.
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I vote no
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Rolled 61

>>25697319
no
fragile. small chance of backfire
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Rolled 691

>>25697368
Fuck it lets do it and meditate on it later
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>>25697387

Roll wasn't that bad, but DC was high. Your shards fill in the gap.
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>>25697385
He also said that whatever broke in that fight is gone forever.
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>>25697379
Unless we roll shit and it breaks
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>>25697388
seriously Iron Stomach is just NOT worth the 4 xp it cost... even if it did save us from Legion.
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>>25697401
That was because we failed to fully consume Darxis, not because we overstrained a shard.
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Rolled 616

>>25697388
That lets us CONSUME everything and not worry about getting shadow aids, So more xp and more health.
Sounds good to me
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>>25697401
Because we didn't have it yet. We didn't break it through use, we broke it by beating on Darkxis.
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>>25697421
We were consuming all kinds of nasty shit without it and we did fine. All Iron Stomach would have been good for is the completionist ability, but we got Vorpal early and that made it completely not worth the 4xp.
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>>25697438
Thats because at that point noone had thought of trying to feed us a bomb or something. Iron Stomach cuts off any attempts to purposely kill us through feeding us.
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...Has a shard ever backfired on us before? I can't remember. What happens?
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Why aren't we taking this dicky shadow and strapping it into Mr.Fang's wild ride?
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Rolled 495

>>25697438
say that if we run into any really messed up zombies, like abbys parents or legion again
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>>25697458
because we would rather eat it.
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Rolled 610

>>25697458
EXP
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>>25697459
I'm starting to suspect that Legion was made specifically so that we wouldn't get butthurt about Iron Stomach
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>>25697458
If we assimilate it we have access to it's thoughts/nature just like we did with Darkxis.
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>>25697458
Shard, XP, could be working for Fang in the first place.
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No chances. Not today.

You grasp the hunger shard.

~can I eat it? hungry...always hungry. consume...consume all of it. all the things. everything~

You can hear Darkxis's voice, a little weaker than normal, but more than ready to answer your call for power.

You roil over your enemy. It panics as you fall over it, but there's nothing it can do. It's too weak. Your erasure of its existence is...inevitable.

It fights back, but it doesn't have much left. It wasn't that strong to begin with - just good at hiding, good at bluffing. Those illusions gave you pause, but it ran out of magic quickly.

You subsume it.

Its power condenses within you...it's a familiar feeling, now. A shard appears deep inside of you spinning with darkness.

Silence.

>You've gained a Shard of True Darkness!

Shards of True Darkness: 3
(Isolation) - Weak
{Hunger} - Fragile
(Silence) - Normal

The battle is starting to die down behind you - as quickly as it began, the magic starts to slow. You've caused more than enough chaos to take the Cheungs out of the picture.

What do you do?

>return to the manor, scavenge for scraps
>enough is enough. Fly back to Yi Fang's tower
>try to discern who won the battle
>some other strategy
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What does this shadow look like SM? You have a pic like you did for Darkxis?
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>>25697482

EXP coming up, have some rolls to do
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>try to discern who won the battle
Deep Focus.
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>>25697482
>>return to the manor, scavenge for scraps
XP XP XP XP!
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>>25697482
>try to discern who won the battle

If the Chancelor's side won the battle then everything would be for nothing.
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>>25697482
We really ought to try to get one of these to the Resonant - Special status some time.
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Rolled 506

>>25697472
He seems like final boss material and you think he was made to justify an ability worth 4xp. Seriously?
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>>25697482
>It wasn't that strong to begin with - just good at hiding, good at bluffing. Those illusions gave you pause, but it ran out of magic quickly.
OH GOD

THIS ISN'T THE NECROMANCER SHADOW
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Can we buy Darkness Within if we get 14 or more xp from eating Silence?
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>>25697482
>try to discern who won the battle
I'm paranoid SM had us Schattenkrieg out of the battle so something could happen without our intervention.
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Rolled 54

>>25697482
>>try to discern who won the battle
If not our crowd then:
>return to the manor, scavenge for scraps
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>>25697482
>try to discern who won the battle
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>>25697500
>NECROMANCER SHADOW
u wot m8

Since it used super powerful shades and fast blink it was obviously the master of the middle gray tree.
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>>25697516
it also had fast blink.
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>>25697504
I'd rather unlock the other stuff needed for that tree before buying things in it.
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>>25697492
Anyone killed in the battle will be long dead.

We want to distance ourselves from this and return to fang, we've done eneough today and we should really recharge our MP and patch up Hunger, as well as looking into silence.

>try to discern who won the battle

At least this will give us and fang an idea on how to act on the crippled clan.
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durr reading comprehension is not my strong suit this morning.
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>>25697523
Oi m8 I already said that
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Rolled 23

>>25697516
yeah. and it is even called silence. which is a tree in the middle area
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>>25697516
There's a horde of undead underneath the city.

Near a Shadow pool.

The Summoner Shadow's still down there, biding its time and gathering power.
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>>25697483

That was this guy.

>>25696106

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>you earned 8 EXP (9 total)
>earned 4 HP (62/81)
>45 temerity (283)
>3 mana (4/34)
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Rolled 100

>>25697534
humm. i have an idea. grave silence required a dip into the summoning tree.
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>>25697538
Well. That's underwhelming.
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>>25697534
That's just the spirit mages protecting their family tombs Anon.
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>>25697538
>8 EXP
Ugh. Silence was such a pissant.
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>>25697546
the bigger price was the silence shard.
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>>25697544
Well. That's double underwhelming.
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Well.

Lets get :
Toxic Smog
Robust Immunity
Spirit Lash
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>>25697504
We should complete the water tree first and then we can go full OPERATION: HYDRA after words.
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>>25697544
You dick
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>>25697538
Voting on Ice Strike and Multishade.
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>>25697538
welp at least we know for sure this guy was a evil douche. no humanity to be found. have we found any shadow with humanity besides us? daraxis doesnt count becuase we were taking back our own from him
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>>25697553
seconding
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>>25697482

>discern who won the Cheung civil war

If the "good guys" won, then we should leave.

However, if the Chancellor's men are still in power, we need to assassinate the most powerful among them, and hopefully with out attracting any more attention.

For most of this little civil war, we've been in a huge field of battle, so there's a fair chance that we were written off as another summon.
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>>25697557
Seconding ice strike
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>>25697550

Yeah, you killed him earlier than I expected, so he wasn't as rewarding because he didn't gather as much power.

I mean, you weren't going to sense him at all in this battle, but you got that nat 100.
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>>25697553
agreed
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>>25697553
this but multishade instead of spirit lash.
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Rolled 256

>>25697553
I say we get as many cheap things as we can plus spirit lash
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>>25697568
So you were going to kill those kids then, huh?
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Rolled 75

>>25697568
true. he has not been eating as much as we have. he has eaten what, only 20 or so people? there were probably all mages, but still. no demon lords or angels, or dynamos for him
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>>25697526
OH, and we need to have time to fly back to the camp so we don't lose track of the mages during the teleportation.

We may not be able to find them again smoothly if they teleport, it's quite likely they would put up disguising illusions.

>>25697553
I would vote for ice strike and saving the rest.

It'll work toward tree completion, and give us more elements anyway.

or this >>25697557
Getting multishade from Silence would be fairly appropriate.
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>>25697576

I doubt Silence was sprinting towards them at full speed to hug them, anon...
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>>25697557
I agree with Ice strike, but we should see what it unlocks.
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>>25697580
the water tree is kinda far away from completion. Both Spirit and Poison is closer.
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Any love for 2xp Kindle?
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>>25697576
we probably would have heard about it after the battle and gon on a big reventure because JUSTICE
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>>25697595
You being obnoxious about it is only going to make people not want to spend the xp on those trees.
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>>25697599
Shadow Quest Rising: REVENGEANCE
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Rolled 311

>>25697595
I second this motion
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>>25697602
how am I being obnoxious?
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>>25697595
But water is working towards Mighty regen, and probably has a Magic Power off the water strike tree.
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>>25697561
We killed him and all his successors. There's still a threat from people who sided with him, but it was minimal.

>>25697557
Seconding Ice Strike but not Multishade. I want to see what is unlocked first.

>>25697595
Magic Power, bro. We could go finish those trees after we get it.
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>>25697559

You would never earn Humanity from consumption in any case.

>>25697576

Yep. Battle routes:

/tg/ beasts Hae Cheung (basically a given, barring crazy rolls) They then either

1) fight like crazy, picking up EXP as much as they can
2) leave, fuck this shit
3) protect the little kiddies because whiteknights

I banked on your choosing option 3 and watching over the children, in which case Silence would have skulked around the edges of the battle until it was over, consuming scraps.

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Writing for discerning the outcome of the battle.
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>>25697595
You make a compelling point, even if I'd love to get that Magic Power.
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>>25697614
mighty regen will still require the poison tree if darkness within is any indication.
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>>25697622
Then we can get the poison tree afterwards because it is not as good as the water tree.
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>>25697631
based on what
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>>25697631
heh says you. Darkxis was a pain with his poison bite. He stopped our regen cold
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>>25697631
How do we know if we haven't used either?
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>>25697639
>Toxic Cloud has a 60% chance of working and affects allies
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How about we go with Ice Strike and either Spirit Lash or a poison ability? As a compromise?
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>>25697641
Oh look. We already have a poison bite.

We never see it matter for half a shit in any fights.
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I've been staring at that stupid ability jpg for ten minutes and I can't for the life of me figure out what the fuck Spirit Siphon and Robust Immunity lead to.
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>>25697654
its not very good yet, gotta work on the poison tree.
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>>25697595
>>25697622
No it won't. Darkness within only required the connected trees, and only water is directly connected.

Plus Spirit is going to take at least 25 exp to finish, and isn't connected to the inner darkness, and we haven't shown any indication of using poison ever in the future.

Either way, we will definitely need water, so if we get it first and it unlocks we don't have to waste EXP on abilities we won't use.
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You run out of your drilled tunnel, pausing for a moment to collapse some of the rock at its entrance. That should stop any odd questions.

You fly forward and back to the manor. It's surprising how far you've come. Supersonic delivers you over huge distances in just seconds. It takes you several minutes to fly back.

When you return to the manor, the magic has finally quieted down. You slink toward a gathering of mages out in the middle of the grounds. Zhang - Jun Cheung's lich father-in-law - is directing men and women to work. Water and earth mages are busy healing the injured. In the distance, you can see who appears to be Lanfen walking back toward the castle with the children.

What do you do?

>speak with someone
>mission accomplished. Head home.
>some other strategy
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>>25697651
NO COMPROMISE. ONLY BUY THE POISON TREE. FUCK WATER.

I'm sick of playing nice with you mail-slot motor-boaters.
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>>25697655
Its obviously Robust Siphon, do you even RPG Anon?
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Rolled 466

>>25697650
so we dont use it around allies. just like berserk
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.
DONE
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>>25697663
>>mission accomplished. Head home.
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.

Mentally tell Fang the situation
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.

The anti-assassination side won, and we can report back to fang and tell him that they are no longer a threat.
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>>25697663
>>mission accomplished. Head home.
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>>25697663
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Though WEe should see what they have to say, hang around Zhang and Lanfen.
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>>25697663
>speak with someone
Zhang.

Apologize for Jun Cheung's fate.

I'd like to build up some contacts for US in Archon, rather than just playing along to Fang's tune.

>>25697672
My bigger problem is the shitty success rate.
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.
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>>25697663
Eh, maybe we should do something about Lanfen so she doesn't go looking for revenge. But I'd rather just leave and let her assume what she wants. Maybe try to see if Zhang saw anything from our fight with the councillor.
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>>25697663
if we chose to speak use only telepathy
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>>25697654

To be fair, most of your enemies don't last that long. It's also hard to see the benefits of the poison and disease you inflict when you can't see enemy damage.

Poison/disease would be more relevant if you went with more magic as your build, and only used physical attacks as a method of kiting your foes. It's also more relevant when your opponents last more than two turns.

For reference, you did actually infect Chen Cheung with disease, which stopped him from patching his severed arm with magic - but you killed him real fast, so it didn't matter.
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>>25697692
Voting against. Holy knobs anon.
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>>25697663
Time to report back to Yi Fang.
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>>25697663
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>>25697692
>I'd like to build up some contacts for US in Archon, rather than just playing along to Fang's tune.
This, at least, is a good idea. If Fang turns out to be using Abigail for less than savoury purposes we need at least SOMEONE other than Adavan inclined to help us.
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>>25697663

>mission accomplished

Get the fuck out before we ruin Yi Fang's diplomatic chances. As messy as this was, it's the perfect way to explain why Jun, or Hae Cheung never entered the battle.
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.
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>>25697708
The parallels are striking.
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>>25697663
>mission accomplished. Head home.
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>>25697692

A thousand times no.

I know you want to white knight a little, but actually speaking to Zhang would be stupid and let him know that some spooky shit was going on (i.e. us).
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Rolled 410

>>25697692
You probably voted to tell fang about the mind magic as-well didn't you?
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>>25697702
Adding to the daily reminder with "Fuck off about MUH POISON TREE" captioned under it.
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>>25697663
We're done here. It's time to go home.
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>>25697692
We've kind of already stopped playing along to his tune and we already got an invaluable ally on our side to keep it from happening. Abby.
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>>25697692
No thanks, I'd rather not let them know we have a good degree of independence and intelligence yet.
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>>25697736
Fuck white knighting, this is pure self-interest talking.

Fang's untrustworthy as fuck. Why are we just handing him all this influence without at least trying to gather some ourselves.
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>>25697756
Your point is good your method is not, initiating diplomacy, within their home, after their civil war, on the smoldering battlefield, is a bad idea anon. Not the right time or place.
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guys playtime in archon is almost over... we gotta head to the People of Haven to help them with the teleport like right after this.
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>>25697692
Yeah, 60% success rate, AFTER any rolls we make. AND it is dangerous around allies.

>>25697702
And looking at this, poison is more a bonus for the magic types.

We can fill it out when we have spare EXP, and aren't actively working toward a super upgrade.

Another thing is that it is highly unlikely there is a magic power hidden in the tiny remaining portion of poison, given that the only abilities unrevealed are elemental fusion ones.

Water works toward both mighty regen, dark blizzard, and likley a magic power as it is a pure magic tree.

>>25697756
We are trusting fang because he is integral to our plans, both with abby, flint, and the prophecy about the staff of winds.
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>>25697776
In other words, PLOT!
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You've had enough diplomacy, and spying, and killing, for that matter. And frankly, you're feeling exhausted. The Cheungs will have to fend for themselves. With no evidence of Bal, Chen, Hae, or Jun left to go on, they'll assume Jun used his trump card - and that it trumped all of them.

You feel a small smile creep up your features. Ironic - but that's exactly what happened.

You fly across the grassy highlands back to Archon, landing as needed.

As you land within Fang's tower, the sun peaks above the horizon. Today is the day of the big teleportation. You could probably fly back, but maybe Adavan or Fang could teleport you back? Flying around at supersonic speeds isn't exactly subtle, and you don't want to draw attention to yourself. But then, you'd have to tell Fang the location of your allies...and he'd immediately want to know everything, and probably refuse to help until you told him.

What do you do?

>fly back
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else
>consult with Fang
>consult with Adavan
>some other strategy
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>>25697756

This is true, but until Abigail is powerful enough to look after herself, we need a stable Archon with Yi Fang at the helm.

Letting these people know we started the civil war by impersonating Jun, the guy we murdered, their husband and brother, would be incredibly retarded.
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>>25697797
>>fly back
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>>25697756
We have already made a point to him that his way of going about things is stupid and he relented. And now he's overheard that Abby wishes he wasn't doing them and wants him to stop. The future ruler of Archon that he is doing all this for is completely on our side, is against his methods, and NOW he's aware that his actions aren't even helping her like he intended. We have plenty of damn influence, you're just ignoring it because it is in the form of a 9 yr old.
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else

We need to say our (temporary) goodbyes to Abby too.
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else
>consult with Adavan
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>report to Fang with the results of your mission
>get mana from a pool
>consult with Adavan
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else

First things first, gotta report back.

They i would go for seeing if Adavan could teleport us, more trustworthy than Fang.
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else
>fly back
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>>25697797

>Fly back on our own power.

Tell Yi Fang that we'll return to check on Abigail sooner rather than later.

Once we're well outside the limits of Archon, go supersonic. Once we're about 20 miles out from the camp, go back to regular flight speed.
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then do something else
>recharge our mana
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>>25697797

Report to Fang about the mission, request a holiday, then Fly back. Also, get a message from Flint for Auriel. He will have to inform her of his situation. We are not playing middleman for their relationship. We may have poked them, but we will not hold their hands. Auriel is old enough to look after herself and Flint has his endless supply of Pasta...
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>>25697829
>recharge our mana

Someone remembered, dang.
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>>25697797
Report back to fang, prep for the trip (mana pool), then fly back.

Even if we get Adavan to teleport us, Fang would probably be able to track the teleport.
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>>25697845
I love it that you didn't count Redaeth as someone.
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>Lightning elemental
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>>25697857
Considering our Sonic Boom wouldn't we be easy to trace flying by that logic too?
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>Inky Angel
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>>25697797
>report to Fang with the results of your mission, then ask for our transportation.
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>>25697870

Nice pic!

You will:

1) report in to Fang
2) consult with Adavan
3) gather mana
4) either fly or teleport back as you choose

I'll write this in a little while, taking a break for lunch
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Could you imagine if we played as Flint?
>roll for action
>roll for parasite to not fuck you
We would of died long ago
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>>25697870
Makes me think, are we ever going to run into any other elementals that aren't our element?

>>25697878
We don't start supersonic until we are out of range of the city.

But i see where you are coming from, and fang might track the initial teleport but miss the "signal" of the one to Haven.
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>>25697891
Define "break".

1 hr?

4 hr?
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You wanna know something funny?

We have the angels and shadow mages teleporting into a location that we haven't scouted.
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>>25697906

meh half hour to hour
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>>25697914
Good. Time for me to take a shower.

Early thread interrupted muh routine.
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Also supporting the idea to ask flint if he has a message for auriel considering our nature as a shadowy tape recorder
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>>25697909
They're big boys and girls, they don't need us to hold their hands
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>>25697878

That one is simple. We just take off in a different direction, then turn towards the Shiprakers once we have gotten sufficient distance from Archon...


Also, ask Adavan if he has tried flying yet. Inform him it is very pleasant... Also ask about the logistics behind a person capable of Spirit Magic having 'Hyperion's Blessing'...


>>25697909
....SHIT!!!

Right, we can do a passing sweep of the target area, ensure that it is not in the middle of some monsters den or something, Then go to Shiprakers...
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>>25697909
Auriel's competent. She'd have sent scouting parties while we were gone, right?

...Right?
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>>25697909
We have hundreds of Shadow Mages who scout for a living. Just teleport a few ahead.
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>>25697891

tell avidan to not put us IN the camp and just at the closest point from where he traveled with abby to the ship rakers so he wont know where we are actualy going that he hasnt been to sort of throw anyone off
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>>25697909
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>>25697909
That's why we want to be there with them.

All of them are capable combatants, and with us there we can take down near anything.

Plus we already have the Noraleiv Wreck to use as shelter until we get things built up.
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>>25697938
This. Honestly, if this hasn't already happened without us then all of Haven are idiots or SM just wants us to fuck us over.
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>>25697969
>"WHY DID WE TELEPORT INTO A JUNGLE DRAGONS ANUS?"
>"I FORGOT TO DEPEND ON THE SHADOW TO SCOUT AHEAD FOR US!"

Heheh.
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well, while we are waiting shall we argue about xp expenditures some more?

There are several reasons why I want to finish the poison tree. The first is because we aren't always going to facing squishy mages who can't take a hit.

The second is the completionist in me. We've gotten this far, just 3-5 more abilities. They are all pretty cheap as well.

The third reason is for Mighty Regen and Hydra.
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So anyone else think that the Angels are going to attack Archon? The shit that happened has most definitely been linked to us and we in turn were said to be an Archon summon and have been spending the last 2 weeks confirming that story to them. Depending on how good their intel is, Abby may even be their main target for her lineage and the fact that we're specifically acting as her summon.

In other words. The Angels have always hated Archon, but tolerated them for helping with the Black Lady. We just gave them an excuse to go to war with them. Now the Black Lady is open to do whatever she wants with front against her divided and fighting amongst themselves.

We may really need to speed up our plans for Flint and Obis to get their thrones back.
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>>25698071
Furthermore, we should also make a good effort to get in touch with our neighbors after the teleport and the construct city.

We just ripped a damn stalemate wide apart. We need to take responsibility.
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Flint being cured is my #1 priority at the moment. We need him at full strength for the incoming plotberg
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>>25698054
Fuck off.
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>>25698125
not an argument, ignored.
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>>25698054
>>25698134
13 points worth of EXP viable, anywhere from 12 to 25 hidden, guessing off of the cost of other border abilities.

Speaking of border abilities, we would need to get the whole top chunk of the spirit tree to get them, so the total cost goes up even more.

Even if we are going to finish the light green tree, I would rather go for analyze first, it's less of a situational ability, and it works toward completion just as surely.

>(cont)
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>>25698134
Very well.

Poison is shit tier, the XP can be better spent elsewhere, and where the hell did you get the idea that it, rather than the water tree, would lead to Mighty Regen and Hydra?

tl;dr Fuck. Off.
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>>25698156
He's getting it from Darkness Withing, which took all three physical trees completion to unlock. This is however, not sound logic, as it also required a skill from each tree to unlock as well. Mighty Regen only requires a water skill.
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>>25698156
because we needed the entirity of ALL the physical trees to get Darkness Within. Not just the skills leading up to it. Otherwise it'd be unlocked ages ago when we got Diamond Barrier.

As for shit abilities... I disagree.
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>>25698123
I think we have done some amazing things, but I can't help but wonder....where are the "higher" elements? For some reason I seriously doubt that just disappeared. AND if you remember when we cracked open our first dynamo an angel was talking to "someone" through a portal.
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>>25698184
regen started at the poison tree.
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>>25698071
>>25698115
Regarding this. We might want to try and convince Fang to let us leave with Abby for a while. Being seen in Archon is only going to confirm the Angel's suspicion and getting the young heir out of an attacked town is just common sense.
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>>25698187
Regardless, the Water tree probably has another Magic Power hidden in it, which is of much greater importance than a bunch of abilities that are only powerful enough to stop our regen rather than actually hurt us, aren't even guaranteed to work and probably won't work period on the targets we really need it on.
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>>25698149
>(cont)

Water tree on the other hand, links into the middle darkness obviously, could easily have the space to hold a magic power like the other magic trees, and gives us an element that is more effective than spirit or shadow against Shadow Elementals.

>>25698187
>>25698200
The counter argument is that it's possible that we only have to fill the tree connected (the color blotch) to unlock it.

Additionally, even if we do need poison, we would need water as well, and water is a lot less situational a tree than the poison/observe/general tree.
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>>25698149

I'll second Analyse.

Would we spend the remaining 2 or save it?
I vote for Saving it.

Though if spending it, I would go for Kindle on the premises of completing the Shadow tree for Darkness Within.
(this is Assuming that just getting Puppet Master will not unlock it...)
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the next magic power is 20 xp. Even if we unlock it we aren't going to get it right now.
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>>25698255
Your point is?

Its unlocked, there to buy when we have the XP.
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>>25698054
I had assumed the Hydra Train was at full speed. Tao is pretty high up there, as well.

And then I'm assuming we're gonna go straight for whatever is between Pure Darkness and Hydra because it must be really fucking powerful. We're not even that far off, actually.
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>>25698255
REALLY!? NO WAY
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>>25698265
>Hydra - Your body endlessly regrows by drawing upon the shadows. While in dark areas, damage from slashes and cutting attacks will automatically heal next turn. You must survive the attack; damage great enough to kill you outright will still do so. You can still be bashed, stunned, thrown, etc; does not help against other types of attacks.
...Actually looking at it, Hydra isn't really that good. It only works against blades, literally nothing else.
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>>25698260
my point is we could finish the poison tree MUCH sooner then we could the water tree.
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>>25698255
Ice Strike is still a much more useful ability than what the poison tree has to offer, both becuase poison is confirmed to not fit our build and because it's a new magic power that isn't as similar as Spirit and Shadow are.
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>>25698289
Who gives a shit. Its a shit tree and we've got better things to spend it on, like being able to channel a whole 'nother element.
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>>25698293
not really, its just another attack spell. We use Nightflare, Bind and other spells far more often then attack spells.
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>Take shower
>Redaeth bitches about MUH POISON the entire time
>Come back
>See Red's bitching
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>>25698240
Either Analyze or Ice Strike would be fine for me.

Analyze if probably going to be more useful in the short term, and the main benefit to getting ice strike is exploring the water tree, which we will definitely need.

>>25698265
We are going to need to get the whole shadow tree before we can work towards pure darkness, which will take a long time.

>>25698289
Unless it requires the abilities that link with spirit, in which case it could cost equal or far more.

Regardless, if we are going to work toward it, we go with analyze.
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>>25698071
>>25698115
>>25698222
Why is everyone ignoring this stuff in favor of arguing about their stupid experience points.

I swear you guys are all idiots.
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>>25698308
Ice strike is another ability, but it gives us access to more elements and it doesn't have a built in failure/success rate separate from the roll.
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>>25698336
Angels don't have the resources to attack Archon.

It's only been two weeks since we ripped the floor out from under them, and beforehand Archon was strong enough to oppose the empire.

Other than a full out attack, I wouldn't see them wasting energy on something that would unite an infighting city of powerful mages against an invading force.
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>>25698345
we already have access to the water element. Ice IS a part of the water element. Unless you mean unlocking one through magic power?
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>>25698345
I want to get Ice Strike, but what other element is left for us to actually unlock with MP?
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>>25698390
This.

Without a teleporting airship, their only option is to physically travel to Archon, which would get them seen by Archon scouts really fast. They'd have to be complete fucking retards to even consi-

...

Oh god, they're going to attack Archon.
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>>25698406
As far as I can tell? None. We have all four 'lesser' elements unlocked already. Water, Spirit, Shadow, Earth.

Unless we get Light or something silly like that.
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>>25698409
Sandals fire on own city smash bad shadows! Sandals am smart!
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>>25698397
>>25698406
I meant that it gives us a new branch of powerful abilities from a new tree. That and we might uncover the next magic power, though that is more a bonus.

>>25698409
They do have their greatest battleship remaining, but even so, it would get trashed if they went after a fortified city with a head on attack.
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Guys, how do you all feel about buying the Sense from the Servant tree?

I know we discussed how it would give Adavan a huge edge in protecting Abigail, and now that we're leaving Archon, it might help to have an extremely talented observer in Yi Fang's headquarters.

If and when Yi Fang decides to betray us, Adavan will have a good shot at detecting some of his bullshit via our (really really good) detection powers.
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>>25698390
They still have evidence that it was an Archon summon responsible for it. Which means they at least will be coming to investigate. I think at least this post >>25698222 is still worth discussing regarding this. Since it makes it harder for them to confirm anything and mount an actual attack in the future. They don't have an airship, so it will take them long to get there, they don't have a spy network, so they must check themselves. We should really get us in Abby out for the time being.
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>>25698426
Maybe it unlocks some other magic thing. Not sure what it could be, but it might be something.
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>>25698440
>They do have their greatest battleship remaining
But it's not a teleporting ship
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>>25698457
Hence why it'd get trashed.
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>>25698446
I think if we get any "greater" element powers, it will be a tree with just a few of them here and there over a dedicated tree of any one of them.
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>>25698446
There is a clear white tree between summoning, servant and the purple superdarknesss....

>>25698457
So it would get seen coming a mile away.

It is possible they could refit it to teleport, given that the systems for the Noraliev were made by the empires airship guild, but it would still take months if not years if it is even possible at all.
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What if the Black Lady attacks? Ring City is weak and unable to provide support.
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>>25698504
Fuck em
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>>25698511
I think he meant what if she attacks Archon. Because Archon is inbetween Ring City and Vampiria.
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>>25698511
I meant Archon, bro.
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>>25698504
This has been my thinking since Archon pretty much holds the frontier against the Black Lady.
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>>25698504
Then how about we go fuck her shit pre-emptively
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>>25698390
>we ripped the floor out from under them

Now, now, let's not take all the credit for that. A good part of it should go to Sandles, because without his nuking of his own city we probably wouldn't have escaped.
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>>25698546
How exactly? The only thing I can think of is to change our teleport destination to fuck with her assault. Which is sort of a douchey thing to do to a bunch of people we just saved and promised a new life for. We should at least bring this up with Fang before leaving, though and focus on getting some allies to help out with the inevitable attack.
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>>25698549
We actually stopped him from dropping the nuke, but he did blast most of it to rubble with artillery spells, so there is that.
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So, in light of this possible Black Lady attack. I say we save exp and look into a dynamo to nom for Eclipse mode.
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>>25698620
that would help the black lady as well.
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Isn't there like a big wall or something on the frontier that keeps a watch for invasions?
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>>25698565
It wasn't meant to be taken seriously, but we could destroy their command structure and supply lines without relying on anyone else.
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>>25698638
Damn it. Fucking shadow is it's own worst enemy.
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>>25698646
there is a mountain range.
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>>25698663
>>25698646
And a wall.
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>>25698646
There's a mountain range called The Wall and several border towns which presumably have the ability to raise the alarm.
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>>25698674
Oh no wait there's a big black wall drawn in there.

I thought it was some shadows.
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>>25698646
Shadow is sneaky as fuck and even if they get caught this is still as good as an opportunity as it gets. Hell, she probably assumes all those shadow mages are going to come to her now for shelter and is over confident in her ability to succeed.
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>>25698691
Good luck sneaking a whole fucking army past a bunch of paranoid fuckers that do nothing but watch for shadows.
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>>25698691
>Hell, she probably assumes all those shadow mages are going to come to her now for shelter and is over confident in her ability to succeed.

Even worse, some of the ones who weren't in Ring City at the time probably did.
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>>25698710
She doesn't have to be worried about going unspotted if she thinks she can win against Archon without Ring City's interference. Also mass teleport. Wouldn't end up right in the city, but would avoid a lot of those problems.
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Id just like to add making our construct as we recharge our mana and bringing him with us to our list of things to do
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>>25698765
And resummon wisp
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>>25698765
Wispbro too. He made a valiant sacrifice against our battle with the Cheungs.
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You know we are kinda focusing on the black lady attacking, but I get the feeling she is the least of our problems. If the lesser elements survived and are in varies degrees of imprisonment all that leaves is the Higher elements coming back.

I know they say they were all destroyed, but the only surviving lesser element to survive was Geb and we know that isn't true.
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>>25698744

OK OK, I know I am late for the party but you all must remember the the Poison tree had Parasitic and Vampiric. Considering how much we like to CONSUME no one have the right to talk shit about the poison tree. Give him a chance the final ability is probably something related to consuming.
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>>25698802

Didn't mean to link that post.
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>>25698744
If she was teleporting a true army of thousands, rather than the small strike force we have, it would take her a lot longer to build up the spell.

Adavan will stay behind in Archon, and if something comes up he can telepathically notify us and we can fly back with supersonic or hypersonic, depending on how urgent it is.
And if we notice an attack force while flying back/flying around the forest/being in the general area, we can telepathically call back.

>>25698775
>>25698779
>Wispmind

>>25698787
The lesser elementals were beaten and then sealed, while the greater elementals took the full force of erebus's dying attack.

>>25698802
...How did you come to that conclusion?
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You decide that the first thing you need to do is report in to the Archmage.

As usual, you find him in his study, this time busy with paperwork of a more mundane variety. He glances up at your entrance, then sits back and folds his hands together. "Well?"

<As it so happens, Jun Cheung was personally against antagonizing you. He staged a coup to overthrow the leaders before they could force the family to throw itself against you in an assisted suicide. Hae Cheung, Chen Cheung, and Bal Cheung are dead. Unfortunately, Jun Cheung himself didn't survive the coup, but his father-in-law appears to be handling things in the meantime.>

Fang slowly smiles his evil smile. "Excellent work, shadow. This may be better than my original plan."

<I try.>

"I'll be sure to speak with Zhang Cheung, soon. When families suffer such catastrophes, we all must come together to help heal. My aid will secure their vote; they will be desperate to realign themselves in my favor, now that they're weakened. Abigail's ascension is secured. And even better - the Fangs didn't have to lift a finger to make it happen." He looks at you. "I expect her entrance to the Archonium within a few weeks, once the formalities are taken care of. After that...the staff. And then, Sir Flint."

<...Archmage.>

"Yes?"

>This is only the beginning of a wonderful partnership.
>I'm through doing your dirty work. I'm not here to participate in your machinations - I'm here to protect your niece.
>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
>suggest that you should take Abigail with you, just in case
>some other strategy

Pick more than one if you'd like, or write-in. Etc.
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>>25698802
The tree that actually had the CONSUME ability located in it would have, if we hadn't gotten it early, gave us Vaporal.
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>>25698765
I would also advocate putting some small xp into summoning or one of the two xp earth spells and then saving for our next big purchase in an effort to speed up our search for the next magic power upgrade
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>>25698787
We know that the Water Spirit is probably in that artifact Atlantis has and we are at least part of Erebus. Plus both Water and Earth are much more accepted than Shadow and Spirit. That's all elementals accounted for, though the Water one is unconfirmed. I don't think we need to worry too much.
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>>25698823
>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
But with a hint of
>This is only the beginning of a wonderful partnership.
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>>25698823
>>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
Gotta go to Haven. At least to let Auriel know to not flip a shit.
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>>25698823
>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
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>>25698823
>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
>This is only the beginning of a wonderful partnership.

<Oh, and the Shadow problem is also taken care of.>
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>>25698823
>This is only the beginning of a wonderful partnership, but request "time off"
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>>25698856
><Oh, and the Shadow problem is also taken care of.>
I'd like to see how he reacts.
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>>25698823
Bring up the stuff with the Ring City possibly coming to investigate and the Black Lady speculation from above. Maybe this afterwards:

>suggest that you should take Abigail with you, just in case

depending on the reaction.
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>>25698823
>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"
i would not like to say our position either way on this. we wait. we think. we talk to allies. dont state our position yet
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>>25698856
I think <Oh, and I found your little serial killer. He...won't be a problem for you any longer.>
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>>25698826
If we put exp into summoning, ghost would be a good start, given that it opens the path to the last dampening ability.

>say nothing on recent events, but request "time off"

More explain to him that we need to check back in with the camp, he already knows it exists.

Tell him we will only be gone for a few days, and that with a major threatening family taken care of Abby will be fine with just Adavan and her golems.

>>25698856
>>25698868
Plus informing him of this.

>>25698873
And asking him for information on the Black Lady
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>>25698868
I'ld like to see that too
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>>25698876
Yes. Better.
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>>25698823
I'd like to talk about the state of Ring City and the Black Lady's movements before just taking off.
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>>25698825
>>25698822

>Vampiric - You can gain an even greater heal from consumption, and have a further increase to ailment resistance. Your physical attacks have a greater chance to inflict disease. Small bonus to all EXP earned from consumption.

>Parasitic - potential for a larger heal after consuming something

it is not far fetched considering we it was two abilities related to consuming. And I believe is unlikely hat the last ability to be a super poison went the Shadefang Poison already fits that bill.
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Has anyone considered asking Fang about that area of desert so that he thinks that's where Haven is?
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>>25698885
I say summoning 1 because it is the least expensive. My idea is in order to speed up looking for magic power we get one really cheap power and then save the rest for a more expensive power. At least until we get the abilities that cost 2 xp out of the way
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Just noticed that Analyze completes a separate tree from the one in the green area that connects to water and spirit.

IS IT SOMETHING???
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>>25698885
Seconding but without mentioning the camp. Even if he knows about it, I'd like it for him to not know where we're going.
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>>25698949

We may as well buy it so we don't have this discussion again.
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>>25698914
True, but that line already built up to spirit siphon, there is no guarantee that the other branches have connection to that part.

>>25698932
There is no point buying cheap abilities just because they are cheap, it spreads us thin and puts points into tenuously useful powers that we may never use, rather than big powers we know we will use.
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>>25698951

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I'd even like to see Shadow fly out at a 90 degree angle from Archon, rather than fly directly there. Haven's greatest strength is the fact that its secret, and we can't risk compromising its location in the last 12 hours that our people are in the area.
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>>25698960
I would second buying Analyze.

There is an off chance it might unlock something, and it also provides a means of scouting that does not break our cover like the Focus powers do.
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>>25698962

It could something like Soul Siphon
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Thanks to the fight with Silence, we now know that Shade links with Shadow Bomb to give the Shades 'Explosive Personalities'. Is this something that we would be interested in acquiring at this time?
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>>25698960

Once more, reaffirming my vote for Analyse...
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>>25698993
Shadow bomb and multishade would be cool to buy
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Why not buy fast blink?

How many times have we been in a situation where we really wanted a second blink?

It would be good.
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>>25698962
those big powers might not lead to the next magic power upgrade though. Look Im not saying we do it every time, just every once in a while after we get a large amount of xp saved up.
hell those powers will probably lead to more powerful and more useful ones anyway
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My vote is for the Analyze or going further into the poison tree. If not we should buy something from the spirit tree, we have neglect it too long it and it was being always useful.
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>>25698993
I would second multishade or shadow bomb
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>>25699054
>>25698993
Thirding multishade.
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>>25699063
>>25699054
Fourthing, if only to see whats in the tree after Multishade.
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<I'm glad things have worked out. I hope we continue forward as allies...for her sake.> You feel no need to specify who you mean.

He nods. "Of course." He stands, peering at you for some time. "...when you first told me your motive in protecting her...sheer emotional obligation...frankly, I thought you were lying outright. It didn't make any sense. But...now..." He stops, then shrugs. "As you said. For her sake. I'm glad you're with us."

<By the way, that shadow I felt arrived at the battle - likely to pick up a few scraps. I took care of it.>

"Good. One less problem to deal with."

<I've been thinking,> you say, settling a bit more flat on the rug. <The Ring City is sure to link my escape to you, Abigail, and Archon in general. Do you have any fear of an attack? And if the angels do react with war, what of the Black Lady?>

Fang closes his eyes a moment, then opens them. "The angels won't attack, not with winter setting in. Months yet. That should be enough time for Sandalphon to cool his head, though I expect some new trade restrictions - more pressure from Atlantis, too. But he needs me against the Black Lady, and he knows it.

"When Archon was pressed from all sides before, we didn't save ourselves - the Black Lady did. Her encroachment forced us to work together. The angels couldn't afford to destroy us then, and they can't afford it now."

>con't
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>>25699043

People how about buying Spirit Lash only 3XP and see what it unlocks? I mean just look at it!

>Spirit Lash - Lash out with multiple strikes of spirit magic. (mana cost: 4. Takes best of 5 rolls rather than 3)
>Takes best of 5 rolls rather than 3
>best of 5 rolls rather than 3
>best of 5
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<How do you feel about her? The Black Lady?>

Fang shrugs. "She doesn't own any formerly Archonian territories. I care not what she does. She's never attacked or threatened Archon - only defended when we launched our joint war alongside the empire. I've actually never met her in person. If it were not for the Empire on my back, I'm sure we could come to some profitable trade agreements."

<...and the stories of her nature?>

Fang waves a hand at you. "Yes, she's a vampire, the evil empress. So? I'm a lich, for Elements' sake." He gives you a knowing look. "I've a few spies, here and there. Only her most honored nobles and generals, and few mages, are actually vampires. Her people love her. She singlehandedly united a land torn by war for hundreds of years. To them, she is the harbinger of peace and prosperity, and the rest of the world a bigoted mass of ignorants. Giving her blood is seen as a tremendous honor. Forty or so noble families provide her with blood when she needs it, and they jump at the chance whenever she hungers."

<Why so many?>

"So she spreads out the burden," he says. "You see? Not so horrible, when you get the whole story. As long as she'd agree to control the spread of vampirism - which she already does within her own borders - I see no reason why we couldn't coexist. But then, I couldn't very well knock on her door without the angels sniffing me out. It's just a bit too risky. And...well, I've got problems at home, as you can very well see. Abigail is safe for now - for now. Archon, and the Fang family, will always be a target."

What do you do now?

>request your time off, then go consult Adavan
>ask him more questions
>something else
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>>25699073
now you know how I feel about the summoning tree anon
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>>25698987
Soul syphon drains mana, isn't terribly efficient, and only needs spirit lash as a prerequisite now, not any of the poison powers.

>>25698993
I would like those too, but we can get them later.

Multishade would be more useful to get first, given that it synergises with our fighting style.

>>25699029
Fast blink is a burst of blinks, not a faster recharge time.

Those might branch off of it, but are not included in the power.

Also it costs 12 exp, we have 9.

>>25699038
If we are aiming for the next magic power, go water. It's more likley than banking on one of the border abilities for poision being that rather than spirit/soul poison, and water is a prerequisite to a lot of things.
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>>25699077
What's a vampire? A lich that drinks blood? What kind of magic do they have?
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>>25699077
>>request your time off, then go consult Adavan
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>>25699077
>request your time off, then go consult Adavan
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>>25699077
ask specifics about vampires to make it easier to kill them
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>>25699100
Read the pastebin.
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>>25698823
>This is only the beginning of a wonderful partnership.
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>>25699077
>>request your time off, then go consult Adavan
And then go to the mana pool to resummon wisp and make a construct.

Wispbro and constructbro.
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>>25699086

Oh Hell no, Spirit Siphon is perfect for dealing mages.

>Spirit Siphon - Spend 5 to 15 mana. If successful, does minor Spirit damage, and gain 50% chance to drain all mana from enemy (guaranteed at least 1 mana gained this way). (note that the 50% chance and "all mana" denote base values, which vary depending on battle conditions and the target)
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>>25699077
>request your time off, then go consult Adavan
<Well, as fun as it would be to keep doing your dirty work for you, I'm afraid I've got some of my own affairs to settle elsewhere. If you've got no objections, I'll go speak to Adavan for a bit then take my leave of Archon for the time being. I'll be back in a few weeks at most if things don't go amazingly catastrophically wrong, hopefully in time for Abigail's entrance to the Archonium.>
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So apparently the Black Lady is pretty cool.

If we gain her support, in secret, and ally them with Archon to turn on the ring city...

I smell a future arc!
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>>25699077
Ask about pressure from Atlantis. Unless this is something we should already know about and I'm just forgetting.
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>>25699139
I'd also like to make a trip to Vampiria sometime.
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>>25699100

pastebin summary:

Natural Vampires:
>created by Archon in Archon-Empire wars in supersoldier experiments
>physically strong, and technically immortal, but very weak against magic, very easy to detect for mages; basically useless in war
>some few escaped; wild vampires are exceptionally rare because they're easily destroyed by magic or sunlight; no mage ever got infected for the same reason

>and then the Black Lady. Strong mage + vampirism = crahaaazeee shit

If you had to fight a vampire, and all it had going for it was that it was a vampire, you'd wreck it easily.
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>>25699086
Im not saying we go for them but the most likely way to find magic power upgrade, apart from poking around, would be to focus on earth or summons since we haven't touched them yet.
I would also like to say that we did unlock the last magic power up grade from a random ability (fear)
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>>25699139
Well, keep in mind that Fang's never met her in person. I'm thinking we'll actually need to meet her ourselves to get her true measure.

But from Fang's description she's at the least a competent ruler.
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>>25699139
Eh, I wouldn't bet on it. The Duke was "pretty cool" too and wanted to unite the world, remember?

I think we've learned enough lessons about blind trust.
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>>25699124
Best not forget this
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>>25699144

Atlantis is very independent, but has strong ties with the empire. In any case, Atlantis has a "I do what I want" attitude and freely trades with both Kan-Abar and Archon.

The Empire, though, could leverage its influence over Atlantis to restrict trade with Archon.
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>>25699164
Which is why I said to make a trip there and see what's what.

We could pretend to be a powerful shadow mage recently freed from Ringed City.
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>>25699171
>>25699124

So...are you going to just carry the construct around with you, or something? It doesn't stealth/autotravel with you, like Wisp does.
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>>25699156
Fear was in the Spirit magic tree. It was not a random ability. And judging from that it is very likely that Ice Strike leads to it.
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>>25699125
It's a bit of a gamble. Like poison, it takes a roll to hit with, then has a secondary roll for it's effect to even trigger.

It's amazing if it works, but quite a risk and expensive to get.

Still, if we are buying base spells, i would be up for getting Spirit Lash and Ice strike, for exploration.

>>25699156
The random upgrade link for magic power looks like it is either near the beginning or in the middle of a magic tree.

It's unlikley that a magic power upgrade would be the final on a tree, given the possibility of it being the first that is run into, and thus underwhelming, not to mention unthematic.
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>>25699184
We could leave it with Abby or something. I dunno.

Or maybe pry out the power core and prod at it a bit.
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>>25699187
Maybe not then.
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Should we tell Fang more about the Cheung family? Such as what Jun's wife and father-in-law might react to Jun's death?

Or is it more or less assumed that Fang is up-to-date on all this?


Also -- was pic related possibly an inspiration for the Black Lady?
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>>25699184
We carried flint didnt we
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>>25699184
can we mentally communicate with a construct?
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>>25699191
>Spirit Lash and Ice strike

A good compromise, lets go with it.
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>>25699187
ah shit I for got that. In that case water powers hooo!
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>>25699192

You won't learn anything about it by poking it. If you want more about power cores, you need to see the machines, or find dwarven knowledge, or something like that.

>>25699200

Nah, my inspiration for the Black Lady was "The Lady" from "The Black Company" novels.
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>>25699203

Yes.
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>>25699214
That or Analyze, which is a good upgrade all around, and part of the general tree.

>>25699220
>required-reading-for-shadow-quest.txt
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maybe if we had pocket we could carry around all our summons \ constructs... but until then just stick with wispbro.
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>>25699131
Seconding this.
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don't ask to take time off tell the fucker we are taking time off.

assert our position.
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>>25699220

My guess is that analyse could help with that right?
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alright, writing for time off
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>>25699227
could we send a construct into the bottom of the ocean and explore
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>>25699220
>Nah, my inspiration for the Black Lady was "The Lady" from "The Black Company" novels.

... Oh yeah I should've seen that coming.

It was the undead angle that threw me off and made me think of Sylvanas though.
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>>25699220
I just want to bring it with us to haven then we can have him help get the place built or something.
How big is constructbro going to be anyway?
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>Have folder full of shadow mages
>Looking through

I forgot I had this.
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God dammit. If we're going to buy anything SM should make a vote between Ice Strike, Spirit Lash, Mutlishade, Analyze, and either Toxic Smog or Roust Immunity since all we're going to do is keep arguing.
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>>25699250
>Rolled a 2 on a d1000

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Oh holy shit don't roll anymore.
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>>25699255
agreed
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>>25699263
>MUH POISUN
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>>25699271
>MUH ICESTRIKE
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>>25699247

Sure, but it wouldn't survive very deep pressures. Continental shelf only. Remember that your thoughtspeak only works within actual speaking distance, unless somehow boosted, like how Fang can talk with you throughout Archon.

>>25699250

Sounds like a plan. It's pretty big, four feet tall, just as wide. Stocky as hell.

>>25699255

Let me write first.
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Rolled 363

>>25699260
I rolled a two on a d10000 once. you aint seen nothing
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>>25699255

Why not just roll for it? It could be fair.
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>>25699278
>>25699271
gys pls stahp arguing pls
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>>25699278
Actually it's MUH SPIRT SIFUN
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>>25699282
Bitchin. All in favor of getting constructbro a hard hat raise your hand
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>>25699292
pls stop it already. It got old weeks ago.
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>>25699278
>MUH ARGUMENTS.

But really. I expect to get all the upgrades in this area eventually, it's just a matter of buying what will be relevant in the near future, rather than buying at random and hoping it comes up.

Spirit lash is a good, accurate attack, Ice strike opens up new paths and is a prerequisite for regen anyway, Analyze is good for scouting without breaking stealth.

All the powers have their uses, but some are more focused than others.
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>>25699327
You shut your whore mouth. pls is the greatest of us all.
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<Well,> you say, <since you have matters in hand for the moment, I'll be taking some time off. I should be back in time for Abigail's entrance to the Archonium.>

"Oh really? Where are you off to?" He raises an eyebrow. "Something to do with that camp, you mentioned, earlier?"

<I'll waste your time with it if anything becomes of it,> you say, inwardly congratulating yourself on your quick thinking.

"Well, as you would," Fang says. He turns back to his work.

You walk up the stairs to Adavan's quarters and knock. The door opens.

His own suite consists of orange-themed wooly carpets and dark oak furniture. He's sitting at his desk, reading. You see a large stack of books filling the remaining space. He shuts his book, "A Brief History of the Empire", and greets you. "Shadow."

You explain the camp waiting for you, and ask him about teleportation.

"Hmm." He frowns for a moment, then nods. "Can you give me an hour? I could do that."

>sounds good
>never mind, I'll just fly there myself

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Vote 1:
>Ice Strike

Vote 2:
>Spirit Lash

Vote 3:
>Multishade

Vote 4:
>Analyze

Vote 5:
>Toxic Smog

Vote 6:
>Robust Immunity

power outage for a minute there oooh sheeet

massive thunderstorm at my house, be aware, might suddenly cut out
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>>25699327
>Getting upset at pls
>Ever
Also, Threadly reminder that pls is Erebus
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>>25699220
Then we will have to look into The Duke's research into them... He still has that secret chamber at the bottom of his dungeon...

>>25699327
To be fair to pls, so did the whole 'latch lickers' thing... but that has become a staple of the quest now...
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>>25699359

word of god confirms that pls is Erebus
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>>25699352
1+3
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Rolled 468

>>25699352
>sounds good
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>>25699327
>Being this much of a knob chomper
Anon pls
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>>25699352
>sounds good

2
5
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>>25699371
>Erebus confirmed for annoying as fuck
I'm glad he got shardified.
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>>25699352

Sounds good. Gives us time to mana up and get Flint's message...

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4
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>>25699352
3
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>>25699352
1
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>>25699352
any combination of 1, 2 and 3,

or just 4
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>>25699371
Someone add this to the threadly reminders pls?
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>>25699352
>>sounds good

1
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Rolled 89

>>25699352
1
2
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>>25699371
Should I start killing in his name?
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>>25699352
3+1
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>>25699383
>Anon confirmed as Jelly of pls
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>>25699352
1
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>>25699352
1
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>>25699352
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>>25699352
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>>25699352
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>>25699352
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>>25699327
not one of the people arguing but:

would much rather prefer pls and his passive pls shtick but fairly rational comments over Redaeth and his pseudo-intellectual "Here is what /I/ think and what /I/ want and it doesn't matter that I'm the only one pushing these things

Have no problem with Red in particular, but I dislike the way his namefagging + the way he writes as though he speaks for all of us makes it seem as if there's a consensus/majority behind him when it's more the effect of being an identifiable namefag than anything else
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>>25699398
Bad Dave!
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>>25699352
2
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>>25699352
1
5
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>>25699352
4
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So after Shadow Quest ends in 50 years, how do people feel about a Scholomance quest in which you play Dave, the really nice guy in way over his head trying not to die and drop his spaghetti every five seconds as he learns magic?
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>>25699352
1
3
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>>25699352
1
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>>25699426
Oh god yes!
Though I still think a Joey-Quest would be cool
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>>25699426
Better ask that on the SQ epilogue thread.
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>>25699426
And then he becomes Legion in the end, right?

Sorry, I hate prequels that retroactively make the villain sympathetic.
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>>25699426
Scholomance in this setting or redone? Because I'd like to see it redone.
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>>25699352
4
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>>25699426
Can we be a Nazi?
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>>25699426
i would play the hell out of this.
especially if we are allowed to dead end. a lot. our supperpower is we rewind when we die. nothing else
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>>25699416
Dunno I sort of want to get the poison stuff
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>>25699352
4
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>>25699352
1+2
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>>25699352
4
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>>25699352
1
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>>25699352
4
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>>25699426

At a glance, looks like 3 and 1 came out on top. Gonna buy them.

>>25699447

Nah, totally different world.

>>25699448

Scholomance totally remade from the ground up. Setting would be modern-day earth.

>>25699462

That's fucking brilliant. Inspiration...IT'S IN MUH BRAIN

Well, I'll put that on the back burner to marinate.

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one moment pls
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>>25699416
It's really funny that Red's managed to become the most annoying person in this thread, especially considering some of the other faggots we have participating in this thread.
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>>25699443
Oh god yeah.
>Quest starts where Joey was left behind at the Ring City
>He starts on his own path
>the quests converge at the end
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>>25699487
>thread
Meant to say "quest"
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>>25699352
We have an hour to wait for the teleport, that's about how long it would have taken to fly back there anyway.

We take the time to refill our mana, speak with Flint and Abby, and get in any last minute questions to Fang.

We will be back here soon though, we still have to search for the shard of Moonsong that is in the catacombs below, and the politics won't end just because we beat one family.
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>>25699480
>Scholomance totally remade from the ground up. Setting would be modern-day earth.
Oh neat. Can we be a Dickgirl Half Incubus Nazi Aztec Bloodmage that has dickgirl dryad daughters and never leaves the house without 9001 wards?
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>>25699487
Please, inform us of your list of people who annoy you. I'm so interested. Seriously.
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>>25699487
Hes not that bad. At least he is civil. The only thing I can remember him arguing about with people is the poison thing. And the city 02 fuck up but We all joined in on that one
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>>25699503
I kind of hope that SM's Scholomance Quest implodes in its own way so as to even more thoroughly desecrate the setting forever.
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>>25699480
im glad you like it. i would play the hell out of dead end quest. as long as the setting is deadly enough to warent it. i want the mc dying at minimum once per thread. and to have invented a suicide spell. just to try and avoid fates worse than death
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>>25699443
>>25699490

>NOT HEARING THE GOOD WORD OF JOEY'S QUEST

BE READY PLEBIAN

http://pastebin.com/4WBA7BfJ
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>>25699498
Considering what we've heard and what SM has been hinting at for a while. There is definitely something within Archon that is a problem. To be honest, the more and more I think about it, it's probably going to be Fang or the Archonium that will be the catalyst. Flint's probably going to be in trouble, we've been ignoring him and it's likely that he's had something done to him in some sort of gambit.
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>>25699534
>implying that steaming pile of fanmade homeshit is canon.
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>>25699533
>Fates worse than death
>edgy demon acid farts
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>>25699536
if its not Archon thats going to be attacked by Angels... its gonna be Haven instead.
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>>25699534
It was funny the first time.
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>>25699557
Who wants to bet we have a spy in the camp?
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So...
How do you think Ila and Auriel got on while we were having 'fun' in Archon?

Also, what type of leadership do we think that Haven will have? Council based or Mayoral based?

Will they keep their Military separate from their government?

Who will be the ambassadors to the other nations?

Will they want to open trade or stay a secluded refuge?

Should we bring Ila and Auriel to discuss politics with Archon's new leader after her ascension to power?
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>>25699534
>my fucking face
All tha spaghetti, all that beta
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>>25699577
>How do you think Ila and Auriel got on while we were having 'fun' in Archon?
Well, I like to think that they put their differences behind them and then fucked.
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>>25699585
sad to say that will probably never be a thing. Auriel is too straight for it. Not sure about Ila though.
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>>25699585
Well, Flint is either gonna be really happy or really sad about that.
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Wonder if we'll ever meet any elf shadow mages.
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>>25699536

EXP: 2

>Army of Darkness - Create a screeching illusory cacophony of projections, spirits, and monsters. Shades can now follow slightly more complex commands (follow enemy, follow me, etc) (dodge buff. Costs 5 mana)

>Surge - Form a powerful wave of water to manipulate the field of battle and disrupt enemies (5 mana)

>Frostbite - The power of frost. Freeze doors shut; create slick floors; turn enemies into popsicles. Can be used as a shield to help negate heat-based attacks. (8 mana. Note: may be resisted if used direct on enemy mage)

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So, you letting Adavan teleport you?
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>>25699615
"By the light! A 'shadowy appendage' has found it's way into Auriel's life as well!"
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>>25699577
I duno about how its gona be run but there should be a sign at the entrence that says "ABANDON ALL PREJUDICE, YE WHO ENTER HERE"
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>>25699623

Yes, it could take longer to fly anyway right?
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You know. I'm half convinced that Hyperion(who was revealed to at least know what was going on when we Eclipsed) isn't really involved with the Ring City's stuff, or at least not directly in the loop. I really want to talk with the fucker. I know he attacked Erebus out of paranoia and brought him into the war but it seems Ring City is more on the fucked up side without him than because of him.
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>>25699623
AoD looks neato.
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>>25699623
Yes, but first go recharge our MP and say goodbye to Abby.
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>>25699623
Yep
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>>25699623
Sure.
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>>25699644
I thought that was Sandals in the portal
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>>25699623
Mana charging and goodbyes first. Then we have him teleport us somewhere else so we can fly the rest of the way.
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should we pick up kindle or one of the lightning resistances?
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>>25699648
and summon up the bros
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>>25699648
This
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>>25699648
>>25699661
>>25699665
>>25699666
Yeah this.
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>>25699623
Sure, but remember to recharge our mana and speak with Abby and Flint
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>>25699648
and check in with flint. see if he has a message for auriel.
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>>25699648

Don't forget Flints message! Auriel will kill us if we return without either him, or a message...
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Surge + Earthforge sounds like a fun way to just completely own the battlefield.
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>My reaction when it turns out that Flint is actually the Avatar of Hyperion, with his powers sealed away
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>>25699648
>>25699661
>>25699665

K

Roll 1d100 for things that have nothing to do with you...
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>>25699623

Guys how about we buy Kindle, it will server us against the next shadow elemental.

Its only 2 XP
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Rolled 6

>>25699693
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>>25699693
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Rolled 5

>>25699693
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Rolled 76

>>25699693
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Rolled 24

>>25699693
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Rolled 36

>>25699693
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>>25699693
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>>25699701
>>25699711
Welp.
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Rolled 18

>>25699693
DICE
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>>25699701
>>25699710
>>25699711
THE CAMP IS IN RUINS
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>>25699701
>>25699711
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Rolled 68

>>25699693
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Rolled 23

>>25699693
fuck i am always miss roll time
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Rolled 98

>>25699693
I can make things worse, come on natural 1.
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Rolled 8

>>25699731
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>>25699731
Is Flint dead?
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>>25699644
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Sandles was keeping him in the dark intentionally so that he gets to keep his position.

But... It's impossible that he's that stupid, right?
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Rolled 97

>>25699701
>>25699711
womp womp
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Rolled 6

>>25699746
I think he did
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Rolled 57

>>25699693
They're all dead, aren't they? Also don't forget to resummon wispbro
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>>25699727
>>25699731
ROBOTS FROM SHITTY 2 CAME AND FUCKED EVERYTHING UP
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Rolled 7

Did we resummon wispbro?
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So either we were too stupid to notice something up or the camp is doing terribly. Either way, if the plot is coming we have a terrible start.
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>>25699753
More likely that we missed the teleport.
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Flint accidentally spaghetti'd the teleporation ritual from Archon and our Shadow mage/renegade Angel conclave ended up back in the Ring City
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>>25699644
>I know he attacked Erebus out of paranoia and brought him into the war
From what we know of Erebus he's nothing like us, I suspect that he didn't have Humanity. That paranoia could have been justified.
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>>25699775
Or our teleportation out was tracked.
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>>25699701
>>25699710
>>25699711

So, City 2 attacked, we lost lots of people to it, and Ila & Auriel are badly wounded....

On the plus side, Flint managed to come up with a good message...

And Joey just died...
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>>25699731
Auriel is pregnant, but it's not Flint's child
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>>25699800

It is Ila's...
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>>25699800
Did we give her the shadowy appendage?
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Rolled 3

>>25699809
Oh my.
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It's probably bad, but not terrible.

The roll failed, but didn't critfail, and totally screwing us over with one roll and no chance to make it up isn't how this quest has been running.
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>>25699821
we've made a lot of people angry at us the last couple weeks. City 002, the Duke, the Angels, Obis and Flint's family aren't going to be happy with us either.
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I feel like whining about not making our construct in a desperate attempt to curb the effects of that roll. But that would be childish and silly.
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Rolled 67

>>25699851
It'll be fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.
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<Alright,> you tell Adavan, <I'll be back in an hour.>

You find the shadow mana pool, and stay very sneaky. When no one's looking, you recharge your mana, summon wisp back from the nether, and make a construct out of stone from the hallway.

Huh. You're pretty damn sneaky. But then, that must be why the halls in the earthen district of Archon are a bit...used up.

>mana: 34/34
>summoned: wisp
>constructed: earthen construct

Constructs delivering messages or on patrol are relatively common in the halls of the fortress, and yours goes about without question.

When you return, you find Abigail leaving her quarters, dressed for the day. She yawns deeply, and rubs her eyes. "Mmm. Morning."

<You seem a tad tired.>

"Mmm...had a bad dream...I got lost in the woods, and it was all yellow and ugly. And there were some zombies..." She smiles. "But you found me later, so it went ok."

You give her a small hug. <Good. Now...I'll be leaving for a short time, to take care of some things?>

"Huh? Why? You just got here!"

<I know,> you say, <and I'll be back soon. But Flint and I have some friends we were helping, and I have to make sure they're ok, soo. You've got your uncle, and Sir Flint, and Adavan to watch out for you.>

She hugs you harder. "...but...I want you to stay."

<I'll be back soon. I promise.>

"...ok." She gives you a fierce look and sticks out her pinky. "Pinky swear it!" You gingerly form a 'hand', and extend a pinky. She shakes it up and down hard. "Now, you promised, ok! Be back soon!"

<I will be.>

She runs off down the stairs.

>con't
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>>25699851
Good thing the Duke wasn't mad for long
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Rolled 40

>>25699856
Oh my god, since when do we think like this?

Guys,
GUYS
The anons are ebobling!
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>>25699851
>Duke

There's a difference between angry and dead.

Also we should totally go find Obis and get him to the camp.
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>>25699880
>>25699873
his replacement then.
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>>25699821
The freak out is more from the fact that people might be dead or hurt or we just missed something important. Or that whole talk about Schizo /tg/ suggestions being justified in the plot is kicking in and we may be going crazy. Either way, something bad happened, we have no idea what it was, and without knowledge of the background modifiers, it seemingly happened because of bad luck.
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>>25699880
OH right.

We need to ask Fang where Obis went off to, he was the one who saw him last.
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>>25699873
>>25699880
>Implying what Flint killed wasn't a copy made through hyper-advanced secret dwarven tech research.

If it works for Doom....
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Rolled 5

We should leave the construct with Abby. Tell it to listen to her while we aren't there.

Not like we can bring it anyway
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>>25699872
So Silence shard is giving us a passive bonus? Seems kind of suspicious, though.

>>25699913
SM pretty much made the plot get rid of the body before we could look into it or check it. Something is definitely up.
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Have we considered what the silence shard can do for us?

Obviously there's stealth, but maybe it could be used with Nightblaze as well? Or just straight projected onto somebody to make them unable to speak/think?
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Rolled 1

>>25699932
>Seems kind of suspicious, though.
Not really. SM told us last thread, or maybe the one before that, that all shards give us passive bonuses
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>>25699926
we can carry a busload of people. I'm pretty sure one contruct isn't going to effect us too much.

>>25699940
concidering how well it lied to us I bet we can use it for deception rolls as well.
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>>25699940
Bonus to deception and bluffs?
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Rolled 44

>>25699940
Oh shit, combine Isolation and Silence with Mind Crush once we get it.

Total Mind Obliteration.
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>>25699926
>>25699952
You know, we can see those little dots under the 0's in those rolls.

You won't be fooling anyone by rolling an effective d10
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>>25699952
It is when it's pointed out within the narrative as being pretty odd and our roll was so bad.
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>>25699961
I love it.
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You find Flint toward the bottom of the tower. The man practices endlessly. You watch him work his sword for a time. Occasionally, he rolls after a running slash, pops up, and fires a bit of magic, but it's always his typical weak fizzle.

<You sure train a lot, Flint.>

"WAH!" Flint leaps a foot in the air. His sword flies from his hands. He falls onto the ground. He pounds a fist on the floor. "WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT?!"

<...uh...sorry.>

He sits up and takes a breath. "By the light, shadow. You'll give me a heart attack at this rate."

<Sorry. But you know, it's alright to take a break now and then.>

Flint's brow furrows somewhat. He purses his lips. "...it's my comfort zone, you know? Training, alone. No one to bother me. No expectations. No..." He sighs, and rubs his forehead. "Anyway, what's up?"

<It's the day of the teleport. I'm going back to ensure our friends have a safe journey.>

"Oh, shit, I practically forgot!" He stands up. "Well...could you send her a message, for me? Auriel, I mean?"

<I knew who you meant.>

"Um, yes. Uh, tell her - uh...hmm. Well. Let's see..."

<That you love her?>

"Yes, that's good! Right. And..."

<You miss her.>

He pounds a fist to an open palm. "Exactly. Perfect. And, I'll see her soon, and we're making progress, and all that. You know. That sort of thing."

You snort. <Got it.>

>con't
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>>25699961
You.
I like you.
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He returns to his exercises, and you go up to Adavan's room. He's set up a slate board on the floor, on which he's drawn a rather complex looking diagram.

<So how does all this formal magic stuff work, anyway?>

"Well, the energy comes from the nether...a mage's personal mana supply maintains the link...and then it's a matter of balancing shifting multi-dimensional forces along the axis of the soul doing the casting - that is, me - and maintaining the integrity of the connection. That's about half the work, the internal stuff, 'the fluff', mages call it. The other half is shunting that energy into a program, which I have drawn here. That's 'the crunch'. You don't actually have to draw out your sigils, but the visualization helps, and I'm not in a hurry. Better safe than sorry."

<I see. Sounds complicated.>

"You get used to it. Well, step on up!"

You step onto the sigil. Adavan focuses, and the world shifts from under your feet.

>con't
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>>25699997
Flint seems a bit ... off.
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>>25699982
It wasn't terrible.

One high roll, one low roll, canceled by a mid-low roll due to risk-rolling, and we used the hunger shard to boost it.

So we probably succeeded without penalty, but didn't get any bonuses.
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>>25699997
So have we surpassed Flint in humanity score?
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>>25700011
>nether.
Oh. fuck.
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>>25700011
ahh crap. we were rolling for nether trip
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>>25699997
We should replay Flint's message to Auriel exactly as he said it.
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>>25700011
Inb4 we appear in Sandles' throne room.

Actually that would be a good result.
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>>25700016

No. we just haven't reached his level of Pastamancy yet...
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>>25700033
Actually given the messages, I would say we were rolling for how the silence shard influences us
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... did he just post a jurassic park image?

I think he did.

Fuck.

We're going to get mauled.
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>>25700011
i want to get off mr. adavans teleportation ride
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>>25700027
It was already stated, all magic comes from the nether.

It wasn't even originally called that, before it was the Great Beyond.

Either way, the nether isn't bad on it's own, and everything in this world relies on it.
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>>25700038

then it turns out just like the teleporter bit from HL2...
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>>25700033
Is it time to say hi to dave again? You'd think he'd get tired of being bitchslapped
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Rolled 54

Time 4 Dave
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>>25700049
namely the "We sure are sneaky" bit
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>>25700056
I was more thinking about Dave that asshat that lives in there and likes to bugger our shit every time we mess with the nether.
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>>25700011
Wait, channeling from the nether?

OH GOD, DAVE INCOMING
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I thought we were rolling for how well the camp went.
>>
So is this finally the confrontation with Dave that we won't get super lucky in?
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>>25700064
Well, If we do meet Dave.... We could always ask why he is a tool...
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>>25700036
"Flint agreed that I should tell you that he loves you, misses you, and 'Exactly. Perfect. And, I'll see her soon, and we're making progress, and all that. You know. That sort of thing.'"
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>>25700095
we should just impression her the entire conversation.
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>>25700011

>Long ago in a distant land, I, Adavan, the necromantic Master of Spirit, unleashed an unspeakable evil... But a foolish shadow elemental wielding a broken magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future where my evil is law. Now the fool seeks to return to the past and undo the future that is Adavan!
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>>25700106
Ah, yes. Good point. Boy that sure is a handy ability.
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>>25700074
>>25700077
It's more when we screw up with summoning, or magic that gives him a way to link into this world and possess something already here, like Xella's shell, Michaels wound, and possibly the Demon Lord's corpse (though we ate what was left too fast for whatever it was to do anything)
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>>25700110
Adavan now has the voice of Uncle Iroh. Thanks a lot.

It actually works pretty well with the general turn mentor and "shit I've seen" themes going on.
>>
If Dave really is incoming then I am terrified of the mass teleportation we'll be doing later.
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Rolled 8

>>25700040
>I cast tortellini
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>>25700095

<This is the Shadow Messaging Service. You have 1 New Message. BOOP>
"Uh, tell her - uh...hmm. Well. Let's see..."
<That you love her?>
"Yes, that's good! Right. And..."
<You miss her.>
"Exactly. Perfect. And, I'll see her soon, and we're making progress, and all that. You know. That sort of thing."
<End of Messages>
>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmyZWC_xBc

You appear in the sky over Tarun Gakth. The sea expands below you. You start to shift your gaze to -

You're slammed down from above!

>you've taken 7 damage (55/81)

Pain wracks your body as you plummet toward the ground. You try to get a grip on the situation. A robot - a robot has run your through with a steel arm, glowing with brown light that twists with green sparks. Magic sprays from its underside, increasing the speed every second. It looks like the robot you saw before - the gliding, fast moving killing machine - but this one is larger, and much more heavily armored.

Your construct flies out of your grasp, plummeting toward the earth. You seriously doubt it can survive a fall from this high up.

You're halfway to the ground, and picking up speed!

It's free arm begins to glow - crackling lightning forms at the tip of an opening!

What do you do?

>Ink to dodge, try to get the upper hand
>Blink to your construct, catch it and land
>shadow assault IN THE FACE
>some other strategy
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>>25700157
It's okay. We can just stretch across the hull of the ship and act as a gellar field
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>>25700171
well, it wasn't dave.

>shadow assault IN THE FACE
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>>25700152
>Adavan now has the voice of Uncle Iroh.

It occurred to me early on the threads so I had to share it with everyone.
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Rolled 17

>>25700171
SCATTENKRIEG IT TO THE GROUND
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>>25700171
Ink to get free. THEN SCHATTENKRIEG IT LIKE A FUCKING METEOR
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>>25700171
Blink to to the side of the Robot and remove it's arms. We can CONSUME it upon impact...
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>>25700171
>Blink to your construct, catch it and land
Must save construct...
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>>25700171
CONSUME
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>>25700171
Scat-N-Craig straight down. We lose the attacker, can take the impact with our drill ability thing, and have time to reset into combat stance when we hit the ground.
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>>25700171
Hold the fuck on to it and then shattenkrieg it into the ground. Fuckin Los tiburon up in this
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>>25700171
>Blink to your construct, catch it and land

What construct we saw before. I want to know if this is wild or something linked to the city.
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>>25700171
>Ink to dodge, try to get the upper hand
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>>25700219
changing vote to this.
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>>25700226
Its the City 02 assassinbot.
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>>25700205
>>25700207
Thirding SCATTENKRIEG-ing it after we dodge the attack.
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Roll 1d100 to dodge + SUPAH DRIIIIIILLLLLLAH
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>>25700207
>>25700205
>Not activating BERSERK to become shadowy hammer of GOD.

We should activate berserk
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Rolled 85

>>25700254
i am in time for once!
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Rolled 40

>>25700254
>>
>All these votes for Shittingcreek
Wow, that was unexpected.
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Rolled 26

>>25700254
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>>25700171
Schattenkrieg. Mecha anime has proven that giant drill attacks are the best method of attack against giant robots.
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Rolled 26

>>25700171
Noo! constructbro! Your time came too soon!
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Rolled 16

>>25700254
SCATTENKRIEG!
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Rolled 33

>>25700254
> Inb4 1
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Rolled 44

>>25700254
rolling again!
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Rolled 7

>>25700254
yikes
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>>25700254
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Rolled 30

>>25700254
page 9 warning
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Rolled 72

>>25700266
We ARE in the air. What better way to fight than dive bombing the enemies?
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>>25700255
We'll take damage then and we're still low health from last night. Probably regened some but that's it.
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Rolled 80

>>25700254
>>
jeez, our rolls sucked.
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Rolled 97

>>25700254
>>
God I wish we had kept 5xp so we could titanic schattenkrieg it.

>>25700295
>55 health
>low
Ha. Hahahahahaa
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>>25700171
Ah. They're building inevitables.

This is Shadow Killer MK2

We should really go and wreck them.
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>>25700301
I think you're forgetting our ridiculous physical bonuses from completing the physical tree and they weren't even that bad.
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>>25700301

hopefully our bonuses will see us though....
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>>25700295
55 health is basically what our max HP was before we got that +20 hp.

We're good.
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Rolled 3

>>25700254
>Roll 1d100 t
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>>25700318
We have a full day ahead of us and possibly other attackers to deal with. We conserve HP, it's only intelligent.
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>>25700324
>>25700332
the dodge we probably succeedded on, schattenkrieg? Not so much. We had a high of only 33.
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>>25700345
We regen in darkness. Whatever our regen cap is is our effective max hp. Anything above that is really just overheal.
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boy do i roll bad
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Remember that one fight with the mage.... it was like our first mage kill I think...
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>>25700363
And what's wrong with overheal? Are you seriously saying we should waste HP when we don't need to because we won't regen it?

We don't even know how much damage schattenkrieg could do to us in berserk.
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>>25700363
Basically this.
Though now that we have this much health, investing in Water Recovery might be worth it.
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Lightning fires!

But you're like liquid. You shift around the offending arm, freeing yourself. The air resistance quickly slows you, and the robot plummets down. It attempts to slow its own descent and attack you once again, raising its striking arm -

- of course, it doesn't expect you to come barreling down even faster, morphed into a drill of shadow.

You're about to make contact -

- and the robot flies apart! Arms, legs, torso - they all simply fall to pieces, and jettison in every direction. You cut your attack off early, watching as tiny magic jets steer and direct each piece away from you. Then, one by one, they begin to recombine!

Explosions of magic grab your attention. You glance down. Further below, shadow and light dance and flicker. Metallic constructs are everywhere, battling your allies! They're hunkered down at the hull hatches of the Noiralev, guarding the inside from invasion.

Your construct is still falling - you might have time to catch it, and set it down. Meanwhile, your foe is rapidly piecing itself back together. But if you attacked again, would it just evade the same way?

A point of magic above you flares, and a beam of superheated white light shoots down from the sky. It tears through a squadron of the robots, blasting them to melted shreds. You recognize that soul - Tyrael.

What do you do?

>attack the robot
>catch your construct
>dive down and assist your allies
>some other strategy
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>>25700392
We're already below our overheal. Our regen stops working at 54. We're at 51.

I'm saying we don't need to be super hp conservative because our Hp WILL regen.
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>>25700406
420 nightblaze it

Target it's reformation directly with a max power instead of AoE.
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>>25700406
Attack the robot.
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>>25700406
>attack the robot
gotta kill this before it hurts anyone else. Use shadow assault instead.
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Rolled 10

>>25700406
>and the robot flies apart! Arms, legs, torso - they all simply fall to pieces, and jettison in every direction. You cut your attack off early, watching as tiny magic jets steer and direct each piece away from you. Then, one by one, they begin to recombine!
u wot m8

Can't we use shadow control to make it stay whole while we eat his Core?
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>>25700406
>>catch your construct
Then we can deal with The Drill
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>>25700406
>>attack the robot
But notify our allies that we are here too, we don't want to get hit with friendly fire, especially with light magic.
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>>25700443
I bet this thing has multiple cores.
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>>25700406
wait for it to reform and nightblaze the crap out of it.
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>>25700443
>Can't we use shadow control to make it stay whole while we eat his Core?

>shadows
>in midair

Nah. Not unless you're touching it, or you're between it and the sun, which you're not.
>>
OH SHIT I'M LATE
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>>25700373

We have to get down to the battle below and go TITANIC!
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Rolled 657

>>25700406
Evil robot army attacking. Who honestly didn't think this would happen after we gave away our position?
>attack the robot
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Rolled 44

>>25700443
>Core

THIS, WHO CARES IF IT CAN SPLIT, ITS CORE IS GOING TO BE IN ONE OF THE PIECES USE DEEP FOCUS IF NEED BE.
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>>25700406
catch
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>Can't use massive aoe nightblaze because it will fuck up the teleport spell.

Damn
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>>25700406
We have 3 exp left right? Let's kill and consume this fucker and so we can activate Titanic. Wrap around the guy and go Gaping Maw on it.
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>>25700466
Would we have been able to do it with Pure Darkness?
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>>25700478
2 left
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>>25700478
what use would titanic be in a battle where theres lots of small targets mixed up with allies?
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>>25700485

Yeah, Pure Darkness basically nulls all the light source requirements.
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Use deep focus to search for its core then fuck it up.
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>>25700498
Well well well.

I will vote for all stealth tree harder than red and his fuckn poison.

MUH STELTH MUH STELTH MUH STELTH
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>>25700498
Too bad we need the whole tree or some other obscure requirement to get it.
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Vote 1:
>deep focus
>attack core

Vote 2:
>10 mana targeted nightblaze
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>>25700486
Hmm, this guy may or may not be enough then.

>>25700490
double attack power and defense, elevated height to see the battle, a target to draw their attention away from our allies. We don't have to jump in and attack shit where they're at.
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>>25700522
2
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>>25700522
1
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>>25700522
1
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>>25700522
1
>>
>>25700522
1
>>
>>25700522
1
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Reminder that targeted nightblaze is NOT aoe

It won't mess up the teleport.
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>>25700522
1
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>>25700526
or the robots simply could decide to avoid the giant shadow and go after the easier targets
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>>25700522
1
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>>25700522
1
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>>25700509
We don't know that for certain, though it does seem more likely than not. Puppet Master is not an exceptionally expensive ability to purchase to test the hypothesis anyway. useful too.
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>>25700544
It's still a waste of 10 mana for one enemy when we got a whole lot more to deal with.
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>>25700544
But it costs a lot of mana, and we don't want to blow almost a third of our power on one enemy if we can help it.
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>>25700554
8 mana. oneness would reduce cost by 2.
>>
Consensus seems pretty clear.

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 569

>>25700522
1
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Rolled 48

>>25700565
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Rolled 88

>>25700565
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Rolled 76

>>25700565
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Rolled 66

>>25700565
and again for the attack on the core!
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Rolled 43

>>25700565
it's gonna be one of those threads.
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Rolled 96

>>25700565
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Rolled 24

>>25700565
>>
not bad rolls this time.
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>>25700583
>>25700580
>>25700565
Not bad.
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>Shadowrage STILL isn't underlined on the tree

eye twitching...
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Rolled 84

>>25700580
>>25700583
>>25700586
>>25700588
mah niggas
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>>25700609

I just fixed it, next time it'll be happy and wonderful for your OCD.
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Rolled 46

>>25700565
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>>25700624
Thanks
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Raise up the light
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Dunno if I posted this. It'd make a cool shadow summon thing.
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>>25700671
No it wouldn't, because the bossfight would be easy as fuck.
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This robot has to have a power core, just like the others. You focus...

...there! In the lower abdomen!

You fly forward, latching onto the robot as it completes itself. It slashes up, slicing you, but you manage to grapple it tight. Its ability to disassemble is useful, but it also makes it easier for you to seep between the cracks in its armor. You rip the offending piece out of its body, and push off. The robot flies after you, trying to save its own core.

>you've taken 3 damage (52/81)

What do you do?

>CONSUME
>you don't have time to consume, just rip it to shreds, save constructbro!
>rip it to shreds, get down to ground level
>some other strategy
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Rolled 479

>>25700671
Anything from darksouls would in fairness
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>CONSUME
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>>25700691
>CONSUME
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>>25700691
CONSUME

Its just a dumb construct, we can make more.
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>>25700691
>CONSUME
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>>25700691
>CONSUME
then go save allies butts
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>>25700691
Can we consume with gaping maw to save time?

It costs 4 mana, but we will probably get the bulk of it back from eating it.
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Rolled 55

>>25700691
Keep it.
We could build a better construct with the power source! Or use it to power some minor thing on the Noiralev!
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>>25700704

b-but muh moral choices
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>>25700714
Yes, this.
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>>25700710
agreed, do another deep focus to find out who needs the most help then schattenkrieg their enemies.
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Rolled 11

>>25700691
Can we rip out its core and bring it with us to save constructbro? if not concume
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>>25700691
Just Blink to constructbro with the core and then consume once we grab him. I don't see why this has to be a choice between destroying the core or saving the construct.
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>>25700719
Its not really a moral choice when its basically an oversized toy.
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>>25700722
>>25700714

agreed
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>>25700719
Your morals can suck on my big throbbing temerity.
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>>25700691

CONSUME!!!

also, see if Construct Bro can't adjust his course so that if we can't save him, he acts as living artillery on City 002 forces...
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Rolled 29

>>25700691
CONSUME

>>25700719
STOP THAT
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>>25700714
>>25700722
Thirding, not using it seems stupid.
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>>25700728
This.
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>>25700671
>not summoning wheel skeletons
do you even cleave?
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>>25700734
It is, however, an extra combatant.
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>>25700715
The automaton power lets us flat out make ordinary power cores given resources.

>>25700734
That and the robots are all like ME Geth, programs using a robot as a shell.
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>>25700691
>>CONSUME
>>
>>25700719

Don't be silly constructs down have souls.
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>>25700728
This. This isn't much of a conundrum for a guy who can teleport.
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Rolled 134

>>25700755
We aren't cruel enough to do that
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>>25700761
If we get automaton, we can use the ADAMANTIUM from the crashed airship ribbing to make one badass construct that won't get downed by a stupid thing like a fall from the air.
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>>25700769
Yeah, they don't have souls unless they have AI pilots.

Its like saying a Gundam has a soul.
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>>25700783
I'm pretty sure we want to eventually repair the airship. We can always steal a dynamo core.
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>>25700734
>>25700738
>>25700746
>>25700769
>my face

>>25700728

He's been falling to the ground for several turns. He's going to smash into the rocks if you take the time to consume now.

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

Vote 1:
Gaping Maw to save time, then Blink to construct

Vote 2:
CONSUME, don't waste mana. Construct can be replaced
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>>25700801
1
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>>25700801
1
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>>25700785
But what if I am Gundam?
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Rolled 809

>>25700801
1
>>
>>25700801
1
>>
>>25700801
1
>>
>>25700801
1
>>
>>25700801
1
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>>25700801
It costs the same mana to just make another construct and then we don't have as many steps to fail for these actions.

SM IS JUST MANIPULATING YOUR WEAK EMOTIONS
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>>25700801

OK lets save constructbro maybe he can grow a soul.
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>>25700801
2
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Rolled 371

>>25700815
then why dont you teleport to C-bro with your sword portal?
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>>25700801
1
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>>25700837
What if we have wispbro pilot constructbro?
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>>25700820
you do relaize rolling while voting gets you disqualified right?
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>>25700779
you'd be surprised what a shadow can do when left alone
also first astronaught lands on the moon all he sees are wheel skeletons around going at sanic speeds
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Rolled 322

>>25700833
Yeah but if we save him we dont have to wait a turn to throw him at the 2bots
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>>25700833

I'm building a folder of reaction images just for when I'm QM.

Alrighty,

Roll 1d100

Gaping Maw/Blink to constructbro
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Rolled 13

>>25700872
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>>25700862
I did not
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Rolled 51

>>25700872
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>>25700801
>He

I see what you're doing there, but it's not gonna work.

Construct isn't sapient. It's a lego figurine we made because we could.
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Rolled 27

>>25700872
Told you all.
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>>25700863
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Rolled 34

>>25700872
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Rolled 13

>>25700872
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Rolled 1

>>25700872
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Rolled 7

>>25700872
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Rolled 7

>>25700872
Rolling again
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Rolled 84

>>25700872
>>
Rolled 32

>>25700872
rolling
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Rolled 18

>>25700897
Nice knowing you constructbro.

See you next fall.
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Rolled 20

>>25700897
Nice try. I can see the dots.
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>>25700897
Troll harder next time pls
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Rolled 42

>>25700897
Godamnit
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Rolled 98

>>25700910
>>25700916
>>25700897 (You)
>That feel when you were the one to roll a 1
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>>25700928
>>25700916
I don't get it, looks perfectly legit to me.
>>
actually, that looks legit.
>>
>>25700916
>>25700928

>suddenly every 1 is obviously zalgoed

Uh-huh.

Man that was a shitty roll all around. Not that bad, though, spells are good.

Next post in new thread.
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>>25700946
>>25700937
Update your font packs. It's unicode.
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Rolled 100

>>25700946
>>25700937
It is legit.

Also SM, we are on page 10, better make a new thread.
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>>25700937
They're just trying to back out of it because fake 1s were already in this thread before.
>>
Rolled 93

>>25700956
Its not. I just rolled a 98 with the same dice.

It is, regrettably, legit.
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>>25700966
HAH!
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>>25700966
YOU
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Rolled 26

>>25700966
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>>25700966
Oh...
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>>25700966
>Motherfucker
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Rolled 30

Testing.
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>>25701003
Yup, legit dice. Just copied the e-mail field and rolled.
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>>25701024
Obviously lying to support the troll. Or you are the troll
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>>25701031
If you say so. Of course, if we REALLY need to go out of the way we can just have SM copy the e-mail filed and roll it. But it's not even necessary, this was a spell roll so nothing absolutely terrible is going to happen.



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