HAHA TIME FOR SHADOW QUEST

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Recent Events Summary:

You've learned that Lucifer, an angel second only to Sandalphon, is leading an excavation effort - and his goal is the very artifact you've set your sights on, the Staff of Winds. He's using Vonnegut's resources to accomplish this task as fast as possible, but his anxiousness to see it done created a rift between himself and the crime lord. You capitalized on that, earning Vonneguts allegiance and promising him access to your contacts, and to have him accompany you if you ever meet with the Black Lady, Queen of Vampiria.

But before Vonnegut could create his promised distraction, the earth split open - and the constructs of City 002 attacked in great force. You and your party managed to reach the inside of the excavation, and you discovered it's an airship once piloted by Flint's ancestors, long since buried after they fled from the skysever.

The ancient technology recognized Flint's touch, and began to power up once again. Poised so close to finding the staff, you decided to pilot the wind-driven ship through the storm of the skysever to reach the islands of Xile, the floating kingdom of Aeolus.

While your allies crewed the ship, you moved to the upper decks, where Lucifer was battling against a powerful robot powered by an earth dynamo. You were forced to intervene before the fight ripped the ship apart. Lucifer ignored you, for the most part, and your combined attacks destroyed the robot. You salavaged its dynamo core for yourself.

>con't

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The ship entered the skysever, and, exposed on the decks, you were blown into the storm. You managed to fight your way through the winds and make it to Xile, injured, but in one piece.

You quickly ran across a strange abberation of darkness, powerful, but seemingly mindless. You evaded its attacks and made your escape. It briefly tailed you, then lost interest and let you go.

Meanwhile, the remnants of the airship made it through the storm, but promptly plummeted to the ground in a storm of smoke and fire. The resident dragon does not seem to have taken too kindly to the disturbance.

>>26759689
time for you to kill yourself, fucking questfag

Shadow Quest!
A good way to end the day after spending five hours learning the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 6/58
EXP: 11

Shards of Erebus:
(Isolation) - Normal
{Hunger} - Broken
(Silence) - Empowered
{Temerity} - Empowered

New Shards:
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

none

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 3
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Xile

Get ready to XP burn for Heal/Great Heal just in case.

>>26759728
c-could we use Titan then do a hypersonic schattenkrieg?

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>>26759726
Can we then expect some Cyrillic smut?

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You swim rapidly, and quickly distance yourself from the monster. The black orbs zip through the water around you, eating away at your environment, but you're able to dodge most of them.

To your surprise, the creature blinks past you, again firing. One of the orbs scrapes you, taking out a chunk of shadow. The burning acid hurts far more than you'd think. You grit through the pain and keep swimming. It fades after a short time, your aura working to repel the shadow magic.

This time, it doesn't follow you, and you quickly gain enough distance to put it out of your normal sensory range. You're not sure what was motivating it in the first place. Maybe it's mindless. Maybe you just got lucky. In either case, the water of the lake swiftly repairs your wound.

You surface at the opposite end of the lake.

>mana: 6/58

The forest looms in front of you. You're trying to decide on a direction when a break in the sky catches your attention. The blue is suddenly twisting, transforming into a swirling grey mass - and an airship flies through the wall.

It's a smoking wreck. Fire rages on the upper deck. Pieces of the hull are separating from the main body, creating a sight like a falling meteor storm. You can hear the plaintiff whining of the ship's thrusters as it tries to slow its descent all the way from here. It slams into the ground in the middle of the forest, where the slope rises up a small mountain.

You stare for a moment, shocked. Flint. Auriel. Ila. Adavan.

Abigail!

Just as you're about to start forward, you hear a roar as loud as an airship's engine - and the biggest dragon you've ever laid eyes on takes to the air, rising up out of the castle in the middle of the islands. It sweeps toward the wreckage. Its scales are a bright light blue - it's almost invisible against the sky. A powerful force of wind surrounds it.

You need to get over there, fast.

What do you do?

>risk flying over at top speed
>stay on the ground
>attack the dragon
>another strategy

>>26759788
Can't chattenkrieg in Titan. Also it's a bad idea to fly on Xile.

>>26759799
>>26759788

>>26759799
Chain fast blink over to the ship.

Rolled 15

Finally caught up.

>>26759827
agreed

>>26759799
Swim through the lakes/rivers to get as close as possible to the wreck then either fly or run. We are sanic fast in water.

So, we have options here.

Lemme lay out how I see this happening:

Step 1 Observe

-Where did our XP go?
-Why can he fly in the sever?
-Where is Vonnegut?
-Where is Lucifer?
-Where is the sun in the sky?

Step 2 Orient

Analyze if possible dragon


Step 3 Decide

-Take him down to the server & into a mexican standoff with Lucifer
-Take him for a swim & into a mexican standoff with the shadowmask


Step 4 Act

<For my next trick, I’ll need your hat, Vonnie. Help a dapper chap out, that is unless you’d rather take this sucker yourself.>


<Auriel, Flint, focus fire to grab his attention. Lure him to the (sever || water). Avadan, Abby, bind him and set him up for Vonnegut. When he’s close enough you slick the ground and get ready to push him into the lake, and poke a hole in his throat if possible. Ila, shadow puppet him if able, otherwise see what you can do. Then everybody either zero in on the base of his wings. Freeze them, and cut them off, then push him into the (sever || water).>

Water: Submerged Adamantized Titanic Hypersonic Schattenkrieg.

>>26759788

You can't use any abilities except for berserk while you're Titanic.

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hueh

Then, normal schatten to the water's edge, run until within normal blink range, and get there, preserve mana for big finish.

>>26759844
You're assuming our allies are all fine.

Kind of stupid since they just crashed.

>>26759842
>We are sanic fast in water.

You are as fast in water as you are on foot. The Waterborne bonus didn't make you better in water, it just made you as good as you are on land.

Also, there are no more bodies of water between you and the crash site, just forest.

Rolled 45

>>26759799
I think we should attempt diplomacy on the dragon, while keeping blink up to dodge if it proves agressive, then fight it if it can't be reasoned with.

Where's the pastebins with the ability descriptions?

>>26759799
>Gotta Go Fast
Lucy is there, a dragon is gonna be there. Gotta get to our friends.

>>26759793
No. I can barely communicate my name.
I'm not even writing smut right now. I've ten pages into Joey Fuck Around in Ring City and no one is having intercourse or planned to.
Which I guess just makes it fanfiction.
If there is a level of mediocrity below smut, it is fanfiction.
That image always throws me for a moment - my Steam name is The Hat.

SM, link SQ char sheet plox

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>>26759909
>>26759920

Sorry, they got left out of my copypasta.

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/BCgtZZFe

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/aPNv4aM7

>>26759827
Seconding.

I'm getting a feel for fast blink chain to the ship.

Y/N

hmm, been thinking. We might want to get that final wind resistance if we get xp from this battle

that Sky Sever is definately limitting right now.

>>26759949

No, preserving mana is paramount

>>26759966
y

>>26759966
>Costs 6 mana
NO

>>26759966
Y

>>26759966
Y

Rolled 42

>>26759966
Y

>>26759966
Y

listen, theres a terrific takedown that requires adamantize, we must preserve mana

>>26759970
XP burn.

>>26759799
Stay on the ground, but move quickly.

Let's not fly on Xile. That would be kind of dumb.

WE can have a adamantize dragon body! SAY NO

Rolled 55

>>26759970
So we burn some EXP on Experience Burn to get mana.

>>26759966
y

>>26760014
>>26760004
Stop being so damn obtrusive. We can XP Burn and getting there is more important then your "cunning" plan

I think there's enough support to roll with it.

Writing.

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I hope the light blue dragon knows wind magic and exhales gusty gusts instead of fire.

goad it to "EAT ME" like tommy lee. Then blink into its mouth. Tell me, /Trustworthy G/entlemen, how dark is it INSIDE its body?

ADAMANTIZE, then Shadow Puppet that sucker

>>26760037
tell me THAT is not worth it.

>>26760064
shut up already
you're annoying

>>26760064
Or we could just -not- fight the giant dragon right now and focus on getting our party the fuck out of the crashed airship.

>>26760064
If we were inside it we could just eat it's soul directly like the wyrm back at Kelvere.

You're really damn annoying, by the way.

Give them a ride on your shiny back.

How can the damn thing fly in the sever anyway?

>>26760079
It isn't. Priority is making sure our party is alive and getting to them as soon as possible.

>>26760064
>>26760079
>>26760014
Jesus Christ I already hate you.

You're like some sort of hyperactive puppy, except annoying as fuck.

Guys, stop wasting your time girl fighting each other and get on topic

Hey SM, the vulnerability scale is something like this right?

Very Vulnerable> Vulnerable> Weak> Neutral> Good> Strong> Extreme> Haha No

>>26760130
But there is nothing to do right now, decision has been made.
Besides we've been trying to get this on-track, by denying stupid ideas of someone who is really loud.

>>26760141
I think there is a "Fair" in there somewhere too.

The cracked up puppy has a point. How does that dragon fly around in the sever?

>>26760154
By being a wind dragon, most likely. Just lie our wind dynamo airship was (mostly) able to get here.

>>26760149

then come up with an alternative instead of getting your panties in a twist. At least he is being productive.

>>26760154
Probably because if earth magic costs x2 in here wind magic costs half. Willing to bet a dragon has a bunch of mana + spells that could delay or hold off the Skysever if an airship can do it on a larger scale.

Rolled 19

>>26760149
Since there's nothing else to do.

I think Shadow should wind up having a brotherly or sibling relationship with Abigail, instead of a romantic one.

>>26760154
ITSAFUCKINGDRAGONISHOW

I was under the impression that the Sky-Sever chased us when we were near the edge, but near the center of the island it can't reach. Some word from SM might help though.

>>26760178
I've got no panties on m8, they can't get twisted.
He's being counterproductive.
We've got nothing to work on, as I've mentioned.
don't test me bro

I think wind immunity makes dragon puppet worth it.

(pleasedontcrucifyme)

>>26760186
Please no.

>>26760180
It flies better than us?
This cannot stand. Must kill.

>>26760178
He's being annoying as fuck is what he's being.

>>26760196

Then produce something, dependapottamus.

>>26760210
Hey now I can agree with that sentiment, I'm just stating my theory. In any case that dragon is a threat to our friends. We don't like it when our friends are threatened.

You need to go fast.

>mana: 0/58

You disappear from the lake's edge and flash through the trees like black lightning. Every second you occupy another spot; you peer through the leaves as best you can, warping from rock to tree branch to clearing. You're at the crash site in moments.

You fully outpaced the dragon.

>2 turns until it arrives

The ship is a burning wreck. The main hull lies in a deep crater, twisted and cracked; the adamantium is ashed over. You here a heavy clanging sound. A plate of metal flies free.

Auriel pokes her head out and breathes deep. "Thank the Light. Come on, child!" She climbs up, plants her legs on the edge of the steel, and reaches down. Abigail is pulled out next, her hair mussed and her face covered in soot, but she's in one piece.

You're on them in moments. <Abby! Are you alright? Are you hurt?>

"Shadow...you're ok." Abigail hugs you. "I'm fine. We thought you...I called for you, but..." She wipes her face with a hand, but all she manages to do is smug the ash on her chin.

Ila arrives next, deftly hopping out of the hull. She appears a bit more beat up, having fought at close range, but this does not detract from her usual acrobatic grace. Adavan heaves himself up after her.

<What about Flint? And Vonnegut?>

Auriel's face goes still. "The engine room was at the center of the ship. They're still down there. Probably ok," she adds quickly. "The engine is usually very heavily armored. They're probably just stuck."

A roar reminds you of the impending company.

What do you do?

>tell them to get clear, head into the wreckage in search of Flint
>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage
>some other strategy

>>26760186
Stop

Please

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>>26760229
I produce you a picture.

>>26760141

More or less. There is "fair" between neutral and good.

>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

get vonnies hat while your out for impending bossfight

>>26760242
>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

Rolled 71

>>26760242
[x] hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

>>26760242

"Hey Addy, is Lucifer dealt with? Please say yes."

>>26760242
>>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

>>26760242
>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

>>26760242
Yeah, ask what happened to Lucifer quick.

>>26760242
>tell them to get clear, head into the wreckage in search of Flint

Also warn them about the black hand blood magic

>>26760256

I'm not interested in your scat, shitpillow.

New guy here, just caught up last night.
Here's how I think Shadow sees everyone:

Flint > Brother
Ila > Sister
Auriel > Brother's Girlfriend / Friend
Abigail > Daughter Everyone wants someone that they can go Liam Neeson Taken over.

Also, Shadow Master:
This has become my favorite quest. Awesome writing, good pacing, and great character development. This is the type of thing that makes me want to go into cryogenic stasis so I can come out and be able to read all of it, without the wait.

>>26760309
top lel

>>26760242
>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage
And have Abby leave some summons with us.
Surely she can't keep rolling 1's, right?

>>26760314
>Abigail > Daughter

Listen buddy.

I think you might have missed a few threads.

Like it or not, there's no going back to daughteru stage now.

>>26760242
They search wreckage, we fight dragon. Or talk it to death.

>>26760242

Ask Auriel, she knows where to place the right person on the right place.

<Big dragon coming our way. Do I intercept it or go find Flint?>

Rolled 82

>>26760314
>Abigail > Daughter

I think the best we can aim for at this point is protective older brother.

>>26760242

>hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

get vonnies hat while your out for impending bossfight

So for the dragon I see two strategies considering we can't fly up to it.

Purchase ray of darkness and xp burn some mana to snipe it's shit.

go up to it and Titanic to engage it in Kaiju fight.

>>26760314
>Flint > Husbando
>Ila > Waifu
>Auriel > Waifu
>Abigail > Waifu

Fix'd. Now everyone is happy!

>>26760392

yessss....

Rolled 58

>>26760392

I am the opposite of happy at that chart.

>>26760386
Inefficient, expensive and slow.
Go for the throat or adamantize it

Hm. We were able to receive mana from shadow mages during the fight over Ring City. Can Ila channel her mana into us to give us a boost?

>>26760350
Eeh, you're probably right. Not now that she's been aged 11 years, each day waiting, hoping, and praing that we'd come and save her. We're probably past that, now, I agree.

>>26760392
Oh gods, don't start the Waifu Wars again...

>>26760386
Titanic only lasts for a few turns.

We could try and scale it's body and go Berserk on it's head, Shadow of the Colossus style.

friendly reminder, we can use transport to go to our cave of origin

What happen to Lucifer?

>>26760378
>Abigail > Sister
Still wrong.

Also:
Fucking namefags everywhere for no reason, I've actually contributed things to the quest and I still don't see the reason to get one. Why are you all such attention whores?

Like, Sorry is the only person who "earned" his name for lack of a better word, and at least he wrote smut. You guys just don't seem to get that you're fucking annoying.

i mad

>>26760392
>>Ila > Husbando
FTFY
Ila a futa

>>26760443
Anon, inferior. Soundwave, Superior

>>26760378
>>26760414
I honestly hope agreeing to go with the flow means SM's just going to take it where it goes naturally. I'm sick of arguing over this shit.

Personally, I can't see Shadow and Abby as anything other than inseparable at this point so I don't really care how they see each other since they're going to end up living together 5ever anyway.

>>26760414
>Waifu Wars
>implying that for the last few threads it hasn't just been a joke
>implying that we don't all accept that SM wants to have a romance subplot at this point
>implications

>>26760314

Very glad you enjoyed it!

>>26760409

Nah, you need a fair few mages for that. She's a bit weakened at the moment.

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>>26760305

<Where's Lucifer?>

"I don't know," Adavan says. "I barely got back inside after the winds hit. He might be dead...but I doubt it."

What do you do?

>ask Auriel what you should do
>try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage
>search the wreckage yourself, tell them to get clear
>some other strategy

(battle strategy can be decided upon if appropriate options are chosen)
(if you ask Auriel what to do, but then refuse her plan, you'll have used up a turn)

back on topic boys. We're in the middle of battle, we cant stop to think about highschool romance drama

>>26760475
>Try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage.

Rolled 60

>>26760475
[x] try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

>>26760475
>try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

>>26760475

Let's hold off the dragon, we can take the most beating. Tell our party to focus on getting Flint and Vonnegut free from the ship, they'll be out of harm's way and will probably be back in time to save our ass, if we're not doing so well against Mr. Scaly.

>>26760475

>try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

dont forget HAT

>try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage


we have NO mana.... so I suggest SCHATTENKRIEG Beserk blink away all day everyday

>>26760475

My plan is to fly over and start punching. What about you guys?

>>26760475
>try to hold off the dragon while they search the wreckage

I for one support the other anon's Kaiju battle plan personally. We don't have mana to work with, and if we're gonna burn EXP we should probably use it on the ability that is gonna last more than one turn for cheap.

>>26760475

burn xp toget mana, turn it into a wedding ring. Whats the hold up? Adamantize him already.

>>26760512
Vonnegutt is stuck in the ship.

>>26760475
watch Flint be critically injured and die from his wounds while we fight a dragon

>>26760475
Can we have Abby search the wreckage? With summons, she should be safe and more than capable of clearing the debris, if any blocks the path. Adavan can go with her, Flint might need some healing.
Ila and Auriel both have loads of battle experience and would be assets in this fight.

>>26760541

As in <GUYS DONT FORGET HAT>

>>26760542
Auriel has healing magic.

>>26760468
>Personally, I can't see Shadow and Abby as anything other than inseparable at this point so I don't really care how they see each other since they're going to end up living together 5ever anyway.
That, I can heartily agree upon. I really just want someone for us to be overprotective of, so we can reenact Taken.

>>26760475
>Try to hold the Dragon while they search

Oh, another thing, SM: I find your taste in music similar to my own. There has been more than one time where I have checked the music link, only to find it's a song that I had currently been listening to.

>>26760475
Ila would be the least effective in a fight against a monstrous creature. Let her do the searching while the heavyweights do this fight.

>>26760521
Schattenkrieg won't work because it requires us to fly.
This thing is too big to fight conventionally, even titanic will only help us for a few turns, which we will probably screw up.

If we can, try and get up to it's neck and cut off it's head.

>>26760521
uhh, sky sever.

>>26760573
Can she heal near fatal wounds?

>>26760602
Her magic is better than ours and we have no mana. So she's better for the job than us.

>>26760538
seconded

>>26760589

This guy is on the right track. Our best bet is to play to our strengths here - we're extremely fast and able to dodge at incredible speed. We should aim to blind and otherwise piss off the dragon to maximum levels and eventually exhaust it before going in for the kill.

Rolled 30

>>26760622
We have up to 44 mana if we're willing to EXP Burn.

>>26760640
uhh, SKY SEVER. It's his element now, not ours.

>>26760647
No thank you.

>>26760662
thirded

Vote 1:
>hold off dragon, all allies search

Vote 2:
>split party; you and Abigail battle, the others search

Vote 3:
>search airship yourself, allies get clear of trouble

>>26760475
It's totally the protector left here to await for the return of Flint family.

Let's go dig our knight out of the rubble and toss him at the dragon.

>>26760677
2

>>26760677
2

>>26760677
2

Rolled 78

>>26760677
1

>>26760677

>hold off dragon, all allies search

>>26760677
2

>>26760677
2

>>26760677
2

>>26760677
2

>>26760647
Why do you people want us to burn all our EXP?

For that matter, why are we so instant on fighting this dragon? This is probably the worst place to fight something of the wind element.

>>26760677
3

>>26760699
I mean 1

>>26760677
2

>>26760694
My disdain increases for with each post you make.

>>26760711
It might become a recurring problem.

>>26760699

Votes only count if they are linked back to my post with just that and a number.

Rolled 87

>>26760711
I don't actually care that much if we EXP Burn or not, but it is an option.

>>26760711
we only burn max 2 xp. WE have to fight it, but we can minimize air time.

>>26760677
3

>>26760677
1

>>26760677
1

>>26760720
Shhh, let him be.
He isn't hurting the votes none.
For reasons.
shhhh

>>26760751
he can be taught.

>>26760677
1

>>26760677
1

>>26760766
You can't teach an old dog new tricks or in this case a retarded puppy.

>>26760677

cutting off votes

where is the sun in the sky? how does that effect shadows?

>>26760793
Shitpillow, is that you?

>>26760802
If we'd bought pure darkness, that'd be a nonissue.

>>26760677
2

Rolled 7, 15, 9, 17, 11 = 59

>>26760677

solo battle: 4

split: 8

Writing.

Dice are checking things for reasons.

>>26760816
I'm not sure who you are referring to.

>>26760829
well, for the time being it is anissue

>>26760829
But we didn't, which is why he's asking how shadows are effected. Don't need to be passive-aggressive about it.

Preemptive apologies if you aren't trying to, but it really looks like you're just whining because you wanted the ability.

>>26760837
Not bad. I hope those are for us and not enemies.

>>26760829
Actually, that makes me think.

>Our physical shadow tree allows us to move between shadows
>Pure Darkness allows use of Physical Shadows without actual shadows
Now, I know SM won't allow this for game reasons because it would be completely unbalanced, but that sounds like "Teleport anywhere for free."

>>26760829
We can't buy pure darkness until we sink like 100 exp into finishing the giant center tree.

>>26760873
SHH, we're supposed to spring it on him

>>26760873
Teleport is tied to mana pools not shadows. Except when we make a portal anchor.

>>26760865
I wasn't trying to. I just like to remind people that it's useful when the opportunity arises. It seems like people just forget about it, and that's a shame.

>>26760816
Who is this Shitpillow you speak of?

>>26760677
Guys dragons are sentient, there is a good chance we could actually talk to it.

>>26760889
I'm not talking about Teleport the skill we don't have yet, I'm talking about one of the basic ones that lets us sit in and move between shadows. We got it within the first dozen threads.

>Moving between shadows
>No longer need shadows because Pure Darkness

>>26760911

doesnt seem like its in the mood to talk

>>26760891
Fair enough.
It looks like it's actually worth getting, I'll give you that, since half of the people who want X skill just want it to complete tree Y.

<Abigail, we're going to hold off that dragon. I want you to summon while I take it head-on, alright?>

She nods. "Got it."

<The rest of you, search the ship. We're not leaving without Flint.>

Ila is already jumping back into the hull. Adavan and Auriel run after her. You begin to run in the direction of the dragon. Abigail summons a pair of reapers, which take your flanks. She jogs along to keep pace, but you're far head of her in short order.

The dragon is dead ahead, high in the sky. It doesn't seem to have noticed you yet.

Damn, but it's huge.

You notice the sun - it's odd. Despite the blue sky, it's hazy, as if stuck behind a heavy cloud. It's going to be night in an hour or so.

What do you do to attack the dragon? At the very least you've got to force it to land, or otherwise change direction, or it'll just continue on to the airship.

>discussion for strategies

>>26760911
Dragons are summons. Summons only follow programming.

Rolled 16

>>26760932
We should attempt diplomacy.

>>26760945
Dragons can be summons, but we don't know if there are natural ones also (the only other one we have seen in the real was back in the starting cave)

>>26760932
Can we just, yknow, tell it that we have a member of Flint's bloodline with us right now? That might calm it down.

>>26760932
goad it or blink to it. Burn and mount to a wedding band.

>>26760932
Analyze it, first. Get info.

Maybe Deep Focus, and don't even try to hide our 'Ping'? Doesn't cost mana, so there's that.

Maybe the dragon is intelligent try to communicate.

>>26760932
<Hail, creature! I am a companion of Sir Donovan Flint, ancestor to the Goddavis, here to stake his claim on the islands of Xile! Pleased to make your acquaintance, fair dragon!>

>>26760932
Shadow Assault if in range, try to get decent spread on it. Right now we're just trying to piss it off and get its attention, strong attacks come once it's down.

>>26760954
I'm one of the biggest supporters of diplomatic actions, and I'd like to tell you something.
You're a dumbass, shut up.

>>26760925
Considering how it's ignoring the sky sever, it might be worth not having to fight it at all.

>>26760945
Not always true.

>>26760977

All dragons are summons. Different varieties are modifications on the spell that various summoners invented.

>>26760932
analyse

>>26760954
>>26760991
Also backing communication.
We do have a Wind-lineage member with us, and if nothing else talking will draw its attention to us.

>>26760954
>>26760991
I doubt this will work but we can at least get it's attention. Which is the original objective.

So what we know about this dragon:

It's the size of a castle
It's got a wind aura
And it's immune to the sky-sever

We have to distract it for now, but should really consider retreating and avoiding it afterwards.
Once we have an idea of how powerful it is, and a better amount of MP, then we can work out how to fight it, but this thing is appearing to be one of those things we just have to escape from.

>>26761011
In this case murderise and consume it.

>>26761018
see >>26761011

Vote 1:

>analyze

Vote 2:

>diplomancy

Vote 3:

>attack (exact strategy to be determined)

>>26760932

get in shadow, make your puppet. Inhabit it's skull like a cockpit

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>>26761011
Ah. In that case diplomacy is unlikely to work.

Shatten out of nowhere into it would be a viable plan B I guess.

>>26761020
And other diplomacy people, see >>26761011

The dragon in Abby's vision was an exception, because fucking Archonium. We can't diplomacy with something made to follow orders.

>>26761024

What this guy said: shouting HELLO THERE FRIEND, WE BROUGHT YOUR MASTER'S GREAT GRANDSON will either make the dragon stand down or zoom in on us, which is what we want anyways.

>>26760954
stop rolling
stop namefagging
stop tripfagging.

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>>26760932
Ping deep focus on it and attempt communication.

At the very least, it will distract it from the wreckage, and we might learn something.

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>>26761048
again... Skyserver.use blink instead

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>>26761057
And if it doesn't start zooming in on us we can start ripping trees and boulders and shit out of the ground and start slingshotting them at the fucking thing until it starts paying us some goddamn attention.

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>>26761072
There is another thing that can detect our deep focus I'd rather not deal with right ow.

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>>26761076
It's a summon.
Fuck.
Stop.

We're going to have a RAINBOWS moment when we talk to the thing made for a specific purpose that cannot be dissuaded from its actions.

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>>26761045
the worse thing that will happen if we kill a dragon that is some mage's summon, is that they'll get annoyed with us for ganking a summon but that is only if they're friendly.

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>>26761089
Skysever isn't instant is it? We have like half a minute unmolested I thought.

You know you guys, the airship origin is xile.
The dragon may be there to assess the damage and possibly assist with repairs, assuming that everything is out to get you is wise, but pretty damn dum at the same time.

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>>26761050
Depends. If part of its programming involves following the orders or protecting Flint/his ancestors, it could go through. I just think it's worth making a pass at - not doggedly pursuing, but a quick check to see if we can avert the fight isn't bad.

>>26761045
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>>26761101
Admittedly we have probably have a descendent of the people that summoned the dragon or the nobles who led the people that summoned the dragon.

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>>26761113
>dragons
>mechanics
choose one

>>26761045
3

>>26761045
>>26761121
analyze to confirm

>>26761101
While it's true we probably can't make peace with it, my hope is that we can use it to try and make peace with whatever summoned it. Besides, if it doesn't work, then we can safely say it was self-defense later on when we meet whomever summoned it.

>>26761101

Let's not forget that the airship immediately recognized Flint's ancestry and that this dragon is probably ALSO summoned by Flint's ancestors.

It might even be likely that part of the programming is to protect Flint from threats.

>>26761136
I pick
>magic
I said 'assist', some heavy lifting may be required.

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>>26761101
Even if useful dialouge doesn't result, if we get it's attention then that's still out goal achieved.

>>26761101
I'd attempt diplomacy just to get it's attention and assess what it's programming is. I fully expect to fail convincing it of anything.

Regardless, I still voted 3.

>>26761130
It's entirely possible that the dragon is part of the sky sever, intended to guard it from anyone and anything that made it past the barrier.

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>>26761045

cutting off votes

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>>26761149
Well, shit, that's enough to cool my jets a bit.

I guess what got me pissed was more the people going "DIPLONACY!!!" without any decent logic behind it.

>>26761154
Like this faggot.

>>26761169
>.
Gotta remove that, buddy.

>>26761149
Flint's ancestors abandoned Xile because they didn't want anything to do with the Sky-Sever plan. What makes you think they'd be happ y to see him back?

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>>26761162
No shit, I already called it and no one paid attention. I'm still suggesting we throw Flint at it, or at least allow him to tell it to gtfo.

>>26761154
Is English your first language?

>>26761184
Also we're a fucking Shadow elemental and the Sky-Sever happened to stop shadow mages.

>>26761184
Summons don't get a choice about being happy to see Master come home.
It's a sad existence

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>>26761101

See it like this id we attempt to communicate.
>Non intelligent but responsive
We get his attention the other do their thing
>Intelligent and responsive but ultimately hostile
We buy more time for the others do their thing
>Intelligent and responsive with the possibility of non hostile
Conflict is avoid and time is no longer an issue also opens the possibility of an allied

>>26761101
>It's a summon

We don't know that.

>>26761197
I really think we should just avoid this thing entirely.

It isn't omniscient, evidenced by the fact that that shadow thing is still around even with the dragon guarding this place.

It might give up pursuing us if we escape to the outer isles, where we would have time to secure our allies and then head out to do reconnaissance.

>>26761232
You should add a "lel dragons are our friends!!" sometime soon.

>>26761182
Well, the minute the thing proves to just be another hurr durr summon, we can jam a tree straight through its stupid summon eye.

Hopefully, this thing doesn't need to detect Flint's actual blood to verify ancestry like the airship though. If this train of thought is even correct that is.

>>26761233
have you ever played diplomacy? Here's a little secret:

It's all about stabbing everyone and yourself in the back.

>>26761247
See >>26761011

>>26761247
OH
REALLY
>>26761011

>>26761045

analyze: 9

diplo: 7

attack: 5

You stop and focus upon the dragon.

Its scales appear as tough as a dragon's scales usually are - but there's something else. They're coated in wind. It reminds you of an airship. Each scale has its own shield of wind.

But despite what this protection would imply, the skysever is not attacking the dragon. It flies with impunity.

It has an immense aura. It holds more magic than you do. Whether or not it's tougher in general, you couldn't say...but you'd be hard pressed to win, alone. The reapers on either side of you boost your confidence, somewhat. They're no pushovers.

What do you do?

Vote 1:
>attack

Vote 2:
>say something

>>26761247
see >>26761011

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>>26761011

What about about the shadow dragon in the first thread? Was that a summon too? On that note he was also intelligent.

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>>26761265
>It's got airship shielding, unburdened by the SS

Nope.

Distract it for as long as we can, and then get the hell out of here.

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>>26761284
Erebus probably summoned it to guard the shard of Judgement.

>>26761284
Demon Lords are also summons, and they're fucking geniuses.

Its like saying SHODAN isn't intelligent because its a machine.

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>>26761232
when is someone gonna add the City 002 bots, IMO that was way worse than the RAINBOWS bit.

>>26761312
oh what a waste

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>>26761312
:/

>>26761300
It apparently belonged to the Black Lady, according to Vellik.

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>>26761283
You know, Redaeth, between this post and the new, even more retarded tripfags who popped up, I'm starting to change my mind about you.

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>>26761312
stop rolling

>Say something

Because we sure as hell aren't going to be able to attack it while it is up in the air, and taunting it may very well get it to come down to us and away from the ship.

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>>26761294

oh yes

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Votes with rolls don't even cooooount.

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