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pls read list i made for betterment of quest pls

'\. pls remember minmum silly pls
Too. pls dont trust dice pls
III. pls think thru suggests pls
for. pls dont insult sm pls
sixMinusWan. pls enjoy shadow quest pls

pls post with bst intents and play fairly pls

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Recent Events Summary:

You are on Xile, the ancient kingdom of Aeolus surrounded by the core of the world-spanning Skysever spell.

You have defeated Lucifer and recovered the staff of winds.

It was a fake. Abigail lost her left hand for a fake staff.

You've learned more since discovering the true nature of the staff. A woman named Melody - apparently a powerful shadow mage - intentionally beat Fang to the staff. She took it and replaced it with her fake, taunting the archmage that if he wanted the staff, he'd have to take it from her.

You attempted to access the control tower above the center of the island, but an enclave of dangerous natives lies between you and your destination. As only Flint was with you at the time, you decided to leave it undistrubed.

In a stroke of good fortune, you found an airship that appears to contain a functional wind dynamo - the Cirrus. The Black Hand laid a trap on the inside of the entrance ship long ago, stopping it from leaving port. While Auriel attempted to dismantle it, however, the dark prescence lingering at the center of the island circumvented its home to approach you. Unwilling to push your luck, you decided to retreat to the treasure room, leaving the project for the daytime, when the darkness is weaker.

Before you slipped through your portal, the shadow nearly reached you. Briefly, you felt its aura resonate with shards of the Moonsong within your pouch, making you suspect that it may, in fact, be the final piece of the sword that you are seeking.

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>>27403227
im ready

>Refreshing catalog on second monitor for an hour to post Resist the Urge like I have been for many threads now
>pls beats me to it

Well, at least other people know how important it is. Glad to know that others will fight the knob nibblers.

>>27403227
woot
>>27403237
How the hell are you guys always first.

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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/a0C51kfe

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/URCiWrYp

>>27403267
So THAT'S how it gets there.

I feel enlightened.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 29/58
EXP: 7

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

New Shards:
(Ardor) - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 5
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key

--Teleport Anchor--

Xile - Treasure Room

--Current Location--

Xile

>>27403267
im sorry ;_;
pls forgive it just recent threads hurt to read

>>27403267
What is it referencing? When did we eat a knob?

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You spend the night in meditation. When you awaken, it is several hours after sunrise. Your companions are eating a meal of more rabbit and berries. Not much for variety on Xile, but at least there's plenty to go around.

You decide to explore Melody's small haven once more. You make your way through the underbelly of the island, quietly avoiding the strange aberrations of shadow that call the tunnels their home. They pay you no attention. You can't sense the dark prescence...the shard-creature.

At the end of the dark passages is Melody's silent room, undisturbed. You decide to investigate the ladder at the end of her hall. You ascend it swiftly, hand over tentacle over arm, flowing up over the bars more than climbing.

A small trap door lies at its top. It takes a bit of effort, but you shove it open, flipping a boulder that had been moved over it to the side.

You're in a ruined building. And you recognize it immediately - the crumbling structure where Abigail was cornered by the wind mages, not long after her arrival. And the boulder blocking the trap door wasn't a boulder at all, but a chunk of the roof - and why you didn't notice the door in the first place.

Though it's morning, the light seems dim. You glance up into the sky.

Through the handful of days you've been on Xile, the skies have been sunny, blue, and clear, only dotted by clouds at times. Now, they're now darkened by a heavy, overcast grey. A deep rumble of thunder rolls through the barrier, heralding an oncoming storm.

What do you do now?

>return to the treasure room, plot your escape
>seek the dark prescence; you have to complete the sword
>explore the other end of the steel catwalk under the island, past the Cirrus's loading area
>explore the city docks
>some other strategy

>>27403304
By all means, continue. I have night classes this semester on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I won't be able to get it every time. Gonna have to leave in a couple hours to bounce out, so I'd be missing the start of this one if it had started at the regular time.

>>27403315
Hm, I don't fuckin' know anon, XILEMONSTER CAGEMATCH, or maybe RAINBOWS or perhaps DIGGING UNDER CYCLONE or who knows anymore really? Who knows.

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>>27403315
Oh boy

>>27403315
Well recently we couldn't beat the urge and it cost us Abigails hand.i'm hoping shadow master throws us a bone with her bloodlineit will probably turn her evil knowing SM.

>>27403326
>Retrun to the treasure room, plot escape

>>27403315
i've nibbled on some just last week. it was delicous! i regret nothing!

>>27403315
Calling someone a "doorknob chewer" is a way of calling someone retarded.

>>27403326
>explore the city docks
Just us, scouting.

>>27403326
>other end of the catwalk

>>27403326
>explore the other end of the steel catwalk under the island, past the Cirrus's loading area

We need to make sure we've found everything of interest before we leave this hellhole. Also people may want to fight the horrible monster to complete Moonsong too, so it would be best to gather opinions on that over time.

>>27403326
>>explore the other end of the steel catwalk under the island, past the Cirrus's loading area
>return to the treasure room, plot your escape

Rolled 60

So! Rolling for general player competence this thread!
Let's see how we'll do.

>>27403326
>explore the other end of the steel catwalk under the island, past the Cirrus's loading area

>>27403326
>return to the treasure room, plot your escape
Though we're going to need the sword anyway if we don't want to end up with another crash landing. So discuss on how to get that, get the airship, etc.

>>27403341
He already said she can't regen it with her Banshee powers.

>>27403338
>>27403341
>>27403364

I get that you use it to describe the people who make bad choices it's just that I've never heard the term before SQ. Is it referring to a specific instance where Shadow ate a door knob and made all the anons look a bit silly, or is it an actual term in the real world?

>>27403326
>explore the city docks
there might be something useful. then
> Do a little more touring of her body first.

>>27403380
Seconding this. Finish up checking on our previous areas of interest than go discuss.

>>27403394
I made sure to spoiler that part which is strange.
Also i know which is why i said i hope he throws us a bone with some delicious consequences.

>>27403413
It's a niche west coast term for the mentally challenged who are completely incapable of living in normal society, e.g. only fit to chew on knobs.

>>27403391
Jesus that's much higher than normal

>writing for catwalk

>>27403428
It would be easier to just make us talk to Steward and deal with 002 in order to get a prosthetic instead of having him go back on something he already said.

>>27403446
Y'know SM, remember when you said that the armies would be stopping for the winter as armies typically do?

We know of at least one army that doesn't need to stop for winter.


City 002.

>>27403499
They aren't involved in the war, though. They just fucking hate us for whatever reason.

>>27403466
I thought he said it was just magic stuff happening in the giant rock.thats why i said delicious consequences that seem to go back on what he said but actually didn't

>>27403413
The antiwaifu guys started it around the time we had Xella in the party. Almost immediately, the namefag Scruffy was the main target of the knob chewing accusations, and a picture of Scruffy from Futurama chewing on a doorknob was produced. This makes me suspect that it was Snapple trolling because he went into BFQ around the time it started and talked about how much fun he found messing with Scruffy. Also, he draws things for quests sometimes, so the picture fits too. He also loves to try to force memes and shit, and it looks like he's gone and succeeded with doorknob chewing becoming a thing. At least in Shadow Quest.

Now I feel dirty for knowing this useless shit.

>>27403499
robots are not necessarily immune to harsh weather.

>>27403510
They don't hate us, but there is something seriously wrong with them.
>>27403499
This is true, but they are more focused on getting the cores.

>>27403526
The cold weather would slow them down, not stop them like it would do with the other armies.

>>27403561
They're metal golems powered by magic. The only way I could see it slowing them is if they want to bore through the frozen ground with their drills.

>>27403515
>I thought he said it was just magic stuff happening in the giant rock.
What does that have to do with getting a prosthetic from robots?

I'm convinced you just have a corruption fetish at this point. "You can fix her hand but she'll turn eeeeeeevil" isn't a delicious consequence, it's bullshit. Having to deal with the fucking plague that is 002 in order to acquire Steward's help for a prosthetic sounds much more likely and reasonable.

>>27403571
Which, even then, wouldn't slow you down much if they are using shit that can tunnel through solid bedrock I would guess.

Can I get some elaboration on the mechanics of Teleportation?
Is our anchor permanently attached to Xile, or can we move it later?

You think on your next destination, then decide that you want to know where that steel-adamantium catwalk leads. It seemed to be headed in the direction of the city, if you've got your orientation between the tunnels and the topside of the island right.

Again, the creatures and monsters in the foggy dark ignore you. You slip around corners and tiptoe past forgotten wood doors. You sense nothing of interest as you pass the networks of rooms and hallways, anyway. They've probably long since erased any magic down here that they could reach.

The swirling core of wind at the center of the tunnels defies your reasoning, but then, the core of the skysever was probably too much for them.

You reach the giant adamantium doors that lead to the catwalk, and ink your way under them, slowly feeding yourself through. After a minute, you're on the other side. Dark clouds swirl in the barrier that waits below the long walk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgnR3n4xous

Immediately, you sense the dark presence, still lingering near the airship. It is somewhat lessened in intensity, but strong nonetheless.

It begins moving toward you.

This time, it waited for you to return to something it realized you were interested in. It is somewhat intelligent, then.

Thunder rumbles in the sky below you. Strong gusts sweep the steel catwalk. A storm is brewing...

What do you do?

>no more games - confront the creature
>open a portal to the treasure room, gain the support of your allies before the battle
>attempt to STEALTH past the creature
>retreat back through the door
>some other strategy

>>27403590
Not a corruption fetish, i actually would like to see peoples reaction to such a stupid choice like letting evil Abby take control to fix the hand.
I'm not against a prosthetic hand in anyway or form.

>no more games - confront the creature

>>27403624

The anchor can be moved at will. In battle, it would take one turn to do so.

>>27403626
This "a storm is brewing" foreshadowing has got me pretty fuckin' paranoid.
Any ideas peeps?

Also;
>enter stealth to AMBUSH the creature

>>27403626
>no more games - confront the creature

>>27403626
>no more games - confront the creature
Time for shardgaining.

>>27403664
If it gets dark enough with the storm we might be stuck dealing with a much more powerful monster than we want.

>>27403626
>retreat back through the door

>>27403664
>>27403626
>no more games - confront the creature
Ambush.i'm glad there isn't a communicate choice

>>27403626
>attempt to STEALTH past the creature
i think we shouldnt fight it near the ship. we might damage our ride. we should lure it somewhere else and fight on our terms when and if we decide to fight it.

>>27403626
>no more games - confront the creature

>>27403626
>Confront

We need to fight alone, bringing allies here while its getting stormy might risk blowing them into the abyss during the fight. We also need to take care not to obliterate the catwalk.

Lets try talking to it.

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>>27403687
>i'm glad there isn't a communicate choice
Set Shadows to: KILL

>>27403691
This. At least get it away from the ship.

>>27403701
no

>>27403701
nope

>>27403701
anti-ing

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>>27403701
Please reference this image,
>>27403707

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>>27403701
You're chewing the knobs.

How do we ambush? Hide under the catwalk? Hide above, where the walkway is driven into the underside of the island?

10 mana Shadowmeld?

Could theoretically use the Silence shard to assist your efforts.

I really don't like the idea of just jumping at something clearly powerful during a worsening storm with zero game plan but whatever.

Can we at least back the fuck out if things go south instead of pressing on and hoping dice save us?

...

if this is another moonsong abomination then we'll need to find the focus to destroy it

if it's another shard, what shard do you guys think it will be? if it gets more powerful the darker it gets...

>>27403825
Use Silence, pounce on it after hiding above. Most things forget to look up.

>>27403825
Lets go with a 5 mana shadowmeld. And yes, attack from above.

>>27403825
I'd feel much safer fighting it -if we fight it- while on top of the island, not with a sky-sever abyss right fucking below us.

Hear that players? WE CAN FALL OFF HERE.

>>27403825
Above
Shadowmeld 10 mana (reduces to 8 with Oneness)
Silence Shard = yes.

>>27403825
No mana, these fuckers fuckers thrive off it.
Use the silence shard and hide above.

>>27403825
>Shadowmeld

That's magic. Magic sets it off. Stick to Silence.

Under the catwalks sounds like bad idea, stick to above.

>>27403860
>>27403867
this.

>>27403860
Was it proven if this thing can sense mana?

>>27403867
Agreed.

>Remembering the Silence fight
>hundreds of suicide bombing shadow clones
Oh boy here we go.

>>27403875

It first began to track you when you used magic.

>>27403875
Yes, it came for us when we toyed with the magical stuff in Melody's room, it came for us when Auriel started using magic-unravel on the trap,
but strangely this time it seemed to just sense us...

>>27403906
It's been waiting here the whole time since it knows we're interested in the ship.

>>27403906
It was waiting here all this time, so I bet at close range it can probably sense us anyway, like how Silence tracked us during our blind fighting. Hence using Silence to deny that privilege to our enemy.

My money's on Spirit Magic shard. Our body is strong, but our mind is vulnerable. Spirit magic shard could put some hurt on us.

Alright.

Roll 1d100 to set up an ambush.

No magic, just using silence shard.

Rolled 62

>>27403938

>>27403918
I mostly referred to
>It begins moving toward you.
without us having used magic in its proximity, just after simply arriving, so it implies that it has some basic sensory capability beyond just magic

Rolled 45

>>27403938

Rolled 18

>>27403938
Ha ha! Time for shit rolls!

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>>27403906
So maybe a brother.

Rolled 40

>>27403938
Patience fellows.

Rolled 57

>>27403938

>>27403943
>>27403950
Good thing we decided to use Silence. That's kind of mediocre otherwise.

Rolled 81

>>27403938

Rolled 43

>>27403938
sneaaaaky.

Since it's canon that the Judgement shard was at the helm, what would happen if we got consumed by a different Shard?

Fight for control inner battle archonium 2 electric boogaloo? Auto takeover with loss of stuff from skill tree? Some other third thing?

>>27404007
- T H E E N D -

the hell is up with the downvote brigade on recent shadow quest threads? 64 has an 11 with 29 votes

>>27404007
I honestly think we'd just die.

>>27404035
It's because it was terrible.
Remember, votes are more about player mentality than QM quality.

>>27404007
Bad End, probably. Darkxis tried to eat us as we ate him, it didn't feel too good.

Rolled 55

>>27403938

>>27404035
It's because of how stupid the players were and how badly everything went those last few threads.

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>Silence - Normal

You slip up a large latticed steel beam and hide in the shadows above the walkway.

Silence answers your call. You don't so much as draw the shadows about you as you vanish into the shadows.

The other darkness draws near. It is humanoid in shape; power rolls of its skin. It isn't good at concealing itself, that's for sure.

It walks beneath you, but doesn't seem to notice you. It's gaze turns left, right, forward. It examines the door closely.

It turns around and begins to walk away. It's just under you, with its back to you.

You have the initiative.

What do you do?

>directly physical attack
>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw
>magical assault
>some other strategy

>>27404112
>>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw
Let's do this thing.

>>27404112
>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw
GET REKD BITCH TIME FOR LUNCH

>>27404112
>magical assault
Blizzard to stun it then go in for attack.

>>27404127
>>27404134
Holy shit, guys. It's at full power. Do you remember what happens to us when we try to consume unweakened things at all?

>>27404112
>directly physical attack
Darkness Within
I suspect that going right for consume without wailing on it some will fail without a crit.

Rolled 52

>>27404112
>>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw

>>27404127
>>27404134
...Are you seriously suggesting we immediately try to consume an enemy whose power rolls off it at great intensity when we haven't even damaged it slightly?

>>27404112
>directly physical attack
I have a feeling this one is good against magic.

>>27404112
Tao+Darkness Within. Lets beat the ever-loving fuck out of this thing. Tao should limit our damage to not harm the catwalk so much.

>>27404162
>Holy shit, guys. It's at full power. Do you remember what happens to us when we try to consume unweakened things at all?
Actually, let's change our voat

>>27404141
It eats magic anon.

>>27404192
Tao is a passive upgrade to Darkness Within with no downsides. You do not have to specify its use.

>>27404112
>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw
this wont work but maybe we2ll get lucky. if not, it'll just turn into a normal fight but if we get lucky this'll be over very quick.

I am worried about sword shards though. What'll happen to them if we CONSUME them along with the rest of the creature.

Rolled 91

>>27404112
>directly physical attack
Darkness Within

>>27404206
I know, I just wanted to remind those that have fuzzy memories that we have it, and thus they wont have to worry about collateral so much.

>>27404206
>no downsides
No, it makes Darkness Within much less metal.
Totally meta, but I found the retard rage against the dragons in the Archonium to be badass.

>>27404201
Good point. Changing to all out physical attack.

>>27404210
Do not rely on dice to work things out for you. Weaken it first. That way we won't have wasted shard power and mana.

>>27404210
We cant consume the shards. We tried.

>>27404112
>directly physical attack
Darkness Within please.

For a magic-stalking shard, this thing is more oblivious than the late Lucifer. And that's saying something.

>>27404254
Yes

>>27404268
I have a feeling that this is the shard of Power or something, being that it can command so many beings and spells.

>>27404251
>We cant consume the shards. We tried.
yeah but thats exactly my point. we can feel the shards from this creature. what happens if we try to consume the creature as it is.

>>27404268
If it's one of our shards, it's probably the physical strength tree.


So maybe get ready for GOES FAST and berserker rage.

>>27404313
>implying it can out-METAL us.

Anon, it's like you don't truly believe.

>>27404313
Maybe it's one of our shards powered by a moonsong shard. Its been locked on this island long enough to figure out a way.

>>27404328
I'm just saying the pure personification of our physical might is obviously going to match us in physical might.

Vote 1:
>consume at (to be read in the voice of the Waverace 64 announcer) MAXIMUM POWER

Vote 2:
>full metal jacket (i.e. Darkness Within)

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
2

>immediate Consume+Ardor+Gaping Maw

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
1

>>27404365
1

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
2

>>27404365
2

>All these people voting 2 just because they want to read a scene that's metal as fuck
It's ok. I did too.

>>27404365
1

>>27404365
2

Roll 1d100

12 rolls.

Rolled 59

>>27404488
here come the nat 1s!

Rolled 88

>>27404488
INVOKING FUNK

Rolled 34

>>27404488

Rolled 35

>>27404488

Rolled 76

>>27404488
SMASH!

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Rolled 93

>>27404488
TIME FOR PAIN

Rolled 81

>>27404488

Rolled 41

>>27404488

Rolled 74

>>27404488

Rolled 47

>>27404488

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Rolled 23

>>27404488

Rolled 82

>>27404488

>first
59
88
>second
76
93
>third
81
74
>fourth
47
82

>>27404498
>>27404499
>>27404505
>>27404507
>>27404512
>>27404529
>>27404530
>>27404558
Pretty damn brutal.

Rolled 89

>>27404488
its good enough i guess.

>88, 59
Maybe good.

>76, 93
Oh yeah.

>81, 74
Sweetits.

>47, 82
Meh.

we did pretty decently that time.

59,88,34

35,76,93

81,41,74

47,23,82

>writing

Rolled 30

>>27404580
indeed we did

>>27404580
I always get really nervous whenever we use DW.

David fucked us up badly the second time we did it. All it takes is poor rolls or for a nat 1 to sneak and we take a lot of damage.

>>27404580
now its time to try to consume and roll double critfails.

Rolled 82

>>27404656
we must simply trust in the dice lords

>>27404658
I really don't think this fight is going to be so simple even with that string of good rolls.

>>27404678
I agree. Whenever shadow says something radiates power in character, he tends to mean it.

>>27404658
I'd rather german shadow missile it for good measure before that.

Anyone else want to pick up Shadowrage after we get some exp? It works with Tao and fits our playstyle.

>>27404735
Possibly, I really want to flesh out Earth magic and work towards Hydra afterwards more though.

Also Schattenkrieg is a no-no on skysever-land.

>>27404735
I wanted to get it 30 threads ago.
But yeah.

I want to finish the ailments tree next honestly. Its only 19 xp

>>27404779
>MUH POISON TREE
But yeah. If we have a surplus, it'd be nice to go after mighty regen. Since we really do need it.

>>27404779
It's what we need for Hydra, after all. But it's not as useful as other things so people are avoiding it.

I'd prefer to get it before Earth though since Xile doesn't really make Earth magic useful.

sleeping gas might make taking out the WInd Mage natives easy.

>>27404794
>>27404779
I'm more inclined for the summon tree since we need to get extra magic and it connects to the light tree, plus we have an upgrade that lets us control two summons without repercussions.

>>27404822
>implying they wouldn't just blow it away

>>27404814
whats hydra anyway?

>>27404823
The problem with going down the summon tree is that we have two people already skilled in summoning in our party. Adavan and Abby. Our XP is better spent on other trees.

>>27404823
>it connects to the light tree
>lol

I think we should focus our efforts on finishing trees that are close to completion rather than starting out getting low level stuff for others.

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You leap down from the crossbeam. Silence's power shields you on the way down. It shatters when you make contact, but it was enough to guarantee you your first hit.

The monster didn't even start to turn. You poured all your limbs into one giant arm, coming on on its head with a fist-shaped hammer. The creature is blown to the deck, slamming into the ground face-first so hard it dents the adamantium catwalk.

It starts to rise - which provides you with the perfect opportunity to grab it by the neck. It's heavy - but not by your standards. You hoist it into the air, spin, and strike it full-body against a nearby adamantium support beam. And then you snap it back the other way, smashing it again, and then again, as if you're you're beating a dustrag clean.

You hear cracks and crunches as you attack, but only distantly. Yours is a simple world. There is an enemy, and there is something to hit him against. Black and white.

The monster is still struggling violently - it gets a claw around and grips your arm - and then you let it go. The claw slips free, and it flies up into the air, slapping against the rocky underside of the island. It begins to fall.

It doesn't reach the ground before the skysever attacks it. Teal-grey winds rip into its flesh. You hear screams - from two sources. Faces in the monster's flesh ripple and churn against the biting air. It seems as though they're creating some sort of defensive barrier to negate the wind's damage.

But today, apparently, isn't a normal day. Something's different about the wind - darker. More vicious. It continues its assault, and it tosses the creature up again. The rippling faces slow, and then stop altogether. Chunks of flesh that get ripped off, stay ripped off.

>con't

>>27404840
>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.

>>27404823
>light tree
Why do people still believe this exists?

We also already got the Magic Power from Summon Tree too. I'd like to buy the stuff from the summon tree we need to finish off the other trees though.

The creature lands on the deck, missing an arm and with half its torso chew off. It gets to its feet just as you reach it. Despite the damage it's taken, it manages to begin a counterattack, exchanging blows with you. You claw it; it rakes you back. You slice deeper into its wound, and it digs at the offending arm, hacking off part of your shadow.

Some sort of magic glows in its palm. It raises a hand, no doubt intending to use the spell - but your fist reaches it first. You slam into it so head its head comes clean off, flying into the abyss, where it is rapidly chewed up by the churning wind. The body is sent tumbling back from the force. The catwalk clanks and shudders as it takes the weight of the blast.

The body, headless, gets to its feet. And though it has no mouth, it screams anyway - though the screams are not quite as strong as they were.

Something grabs your attention - justting out from the center of the creature, where its wounds are deepest, is a thin black object.

The shards of the sword in your pouch waver and resonate.

>you've taken 7 damage (74/81)

The creature is starting up that spell again. Its remaining hand glows black - darker than that, even, sucking in the light around it in a void-like vortex. It raises the hand like a knife.

What do you do?

>suggest battle strategies

>>27404882
nightflare the spell then CONSUME the soul powering the blood spell around our sword.

>>27404882
10 mana Nightblaze and then consume.

>>27404882
Nightflare the fucker. Might be magic, but we can negate it! Then we grab and tear the pommel out of him.

>>27404862
well its good to know that we shouldn't fly in bad weather.

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>>27404882
>You slam into it so head its head comes clean off

DAMN THAT WAS METAL

>so hard its head comes clean off

>ignore the typos, I had to GO FAST

>>27404882
Multishade + Blink behind it for surprise attack

>>27404898
dis

>>27404862
>>27404882
I'm not sure if I'm more terrified of the Sky Sever right now or the fact that this fucker can tank it.

>>27404882
>It raises the hand like a knife.

Uhh... If it goes into a slicing erasure motion that catwalk is going FUCKING DOWN.

Hmm. It's a spell, so perhaps we should nightflare it, and then CONSUME.

>>27404902
This and then blink behind and CONSUME

>>27404937
No no, nightblaze might extend out and hit the ship. Don't want to risk damaging any of its shields.

>>27404937
Then again.... If it's a spell of Order.... Can a spell of Order negate a spell of Order? Who knows. Let's give it a shot.

>>27404937
Targeted 8 mana nightblaze, use multishade distractions, blink behind to consume.

Sound like a good plan?

>>27404960
10 mana nightblaze targets a specific spell with a really high success rate.

>>27404960
Nightblaze can select one target OR go out into an area.
We can see the spell as it's being formed; that's the target.

Fuck these posting times.

>>27404970
I think multishade is an unnecessary step with Silence so weakened but otherwise sounds good.

>>27404974
Oh, I stand corrected then. 420nightblaze the fucker with the fury of a thousand eclipses!

>>27404970
This sounds good too in addendum, but cant it just detect magic anyway? Shades might be useless.

>>27404960
But let's be careful no to hit the moonsong shard inside it, don't want to ruin it.

>>27404970
Sans multishade it sounds okay.

>>27405012
If you recall we've nightblazed420 while carrying the moonsong shards and they've generally been unaffected.

>>27405012
We couldn't even CONSUME the Moonsong. I doubt a paltry nightflare or nightblaze is going to effect it.

a) 10 mana (costs 8) Targeted Nightblaze to cancel spell

b) blink behind it

c) max power consume

Y/N

(just vote with Y or N and a link, that's good enough)

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
y

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Y

>>27404882
MORE METAL

Darkness Within again.

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Why don't we try talking to it?

>>27405058
Y

>>27405058
Y

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>>27405105

>>27405058
Y

Roll 1d100

9 rolls.

Rolled 71

>>27405169
Well.

Rolled 57

>>27405169
oh god

Rolled 20

>>27404658
it seems the awaited consume vote has come.
>>27405169

Rolled 94

>>27405169

Rolled 63

>>27405169

Rolled 85

>>27405169
ABACUS!

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Rolled 35

>>27405169
It's only a matter of time until someone rolls a 1

Rolled 56

>>27405169
Once more.

Rolled 2

>>27405169

Rolled 8

>>27405169

>>27405223
Oh shit we almost fucked up consume royally.

Rolled 60

>>27405169

>>27405214
>>27405219
Everything else was at least decent. Hope Ardor can make up for this.

>>27405214
>>27405219
>>27405223
good thing we went maximum consume.

>71, 57
>Nightblaze

>94, 85
>Blink

>35, 56
>CONSUME

Good thing we chose to bolster the consume rolls.

Rolled 64

its pretty decent except for consume roll. does an 35 cut it for a full-power consume on a half destroyed enemy?

>>27405236
>You get the moonsong shard stuck in your gums
>It hurts really fucking bad

>>27405258
But then Moonsong would assemble and we'd have a fucking SABERTOOTH.

Quick, we need to forge another Moonsong!

>>27405258
God damn fuck man, don't say shit like that. It makes me regress to my childhood where I got a thumbtack stuck in my gums because my older sister was a bitch.
Fuck, man.

>>27405252
>>27405253
He said nine rolls, not six...

>>27405308
Only two of each set of three count; the highest.

>>27405308
He's counting it like RISK. You take the two higher rolls of each set.

>>27405308
It's the way his system work. You have to meet a DC with 2 rolls out of three.

>>27405308
your point?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5BvatqwVIM

You ready your magic and fire a nightblaze at the creature, targeting its hands directly. The churning darkness roils toward it like an arrow shrouded in mist. The mist itself discolors the air as it passes, as if sucking the light right out of it.

The creature raises its hand - but the nightblaze is about to make contact. You blink behind it with exact timing, prepared to consume your weakened foe as soon as its spell is dealt with.

The nightblaze strikes directly into its hand, just after your arrival...!

The arrow of darkness shatters to pieces. The creature's glowing hand is intact and unchanged.

You're too committed now. You lunge forward. The creature swings its arm down at your new position. Black streaks on its hand flare up like dark lanterns.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 25

>>27405169
Can we use ardor and Gaping Maw?

Rolled 90

>>27405349
Yikes

Rolled 88

>>27405349
we are close to finish

Rolled 51

>>27405349

>>27405349
Save us dice!

>>27405357
>>27405363
Nice.

>>27405357
>>27405363
No more rolls required.

Rolled 59

>>27405349

>>27405367
Woops, I fucked it up. We rolled good though, so not risking it. I advise others to heed it too.

Rolled 53

>>27405357
>>27405363
>we are close to finish
and its done

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Rolled 47

>>27405349
Gotta fill up those 10 dice slots right?

>>27405402
No, you really don't.

Rolled 16

>>27405349
keep on rollin'
>>27405411
oh but i do!

>>27405402
I know you're just trying to make everyone mad, anon.
It's probably gonna work.

Rolled 23

>>27405349
>>27405429
and it will be beautiful! now if only i can roll a crit now.

Rolled 3

>>27405349

>>27405402
Eh. We still passed the roll. A nat 1 would just be something bad happening as extra. Though, I fully expect to get hurt like hell from that spell regardless of how well we did so I'd rather avoid it.

>>27405451
You realize that even if you do SM wont count it due to admission of samefagging, right?

The hand comes down. A black beam of concentrated death slices through the air in a half-circle.

You barely get your body out of the way.

The beam hurtles past you, whistling through the air. It slices through the catwalk like butter. A steel beam groans as it's hacked away. It falls - and vanishes into the skysever. The walk creaks ominously, but there is still plenty of support left.

You slam the creature into the ground, you hands on the sword hilt buried in its chest. It shrieks at you. Its hand is still glowing bright.

What do you do?

>maximum CONSUME
>just try to tear the hilt out
>attempt to cut off its arm, removing the threat of the magic
>talk to it, surely you can resolve your differences peacefully
>some other strategy

Rolled 25

>>27405349
>>27405462
no i dont.

>maximum CONSUME

Hey SM. Look out your window right now.
Enjoy the pink sunset...

>>27405471
>>maximum CONSUME

>>27405471
>just try to tear the hilt out

>>27405484
>anon standing outside Sm's window furiously masturbating

>>27405471
>maximum CONSUME

No fucking around, we're here to KILL this thing.

>>27405471
>maximum CONSUME

Rolled 14

>>27405471
>>just try to tear the hilt out
>attempt to cut off its arm, removing the threat of the magic

>>27405471
>maximum CONSUME

>>27405471
>Maximum CONSUME

I want this thing in our belly already.

>>27405471
Hilt, it's only reasonable

>>27405471
Is maximum consume to consume around the hilt? Cause I know we couldn't do it last time, but MAXIMUM CONSUME might put a nasty scratch on it or something.

Rolled 43

>>27405471
>>talk to it, surely you can resolve your differences peacefully
This is a joke right SM?

>>27405471
Tearing the hilt out seems like the more likely to succeed option.

I'll vote for it, even though I know full well I'll be outvoted.

Rolled 13

>>27405471
It still isn't down. Beat it down a bit more.

btw, I'm thining blazing didn't work cause it deletes magic, as in chaos. And this things power source is a sword of order.

>>27405526
Of course, he's baiting the knob chewers.

>>27405526
He's making fun of all the failed rusemen (probably the same guy) that were saying to talk to it in this thread.

>>27405497
>>27405497
If he's anywhere on the northern half of the east coast, inland OR coastal, he'd be seeing a pink sunset. It's totally not stalking.

Rolled 75

>>27405471
>>27405539
no you won't brother.
I'm setting this as my vote, i don't want to damage it and this is its source of power.

>>27405484

Unfortunately west is directly up a large hill from my house, so I don't get much of a sunset. I can kinda see a hazy pale orange up there.

>>27405526

Why do you have such a murderboner, anon? Don't you believe in peace and justice?

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Vote 1:
>max consume

Vote 2:
>go for the hilt

Vote 3:
>rip its arm off

Rolled 57

>>27405471
take the hilt out.

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
1

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
2

>>27405610
Can we make jokes about Excalibur for a circumstance bonus to our rolls?