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pls read update on sq rules pls

all previs rules +

sven. pls maintain a lvl of waifus-per-minute not exceeding 15.5WPM pls
8. pls do not begrudge others and trust SM pls
nien. pls do not take shadoques with alcoholic beverages pls

pls and thnk you for reading rule update
pls enjoy quest pls

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Recent Events Summary:

You were stuck 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 - only to learn that it was a fake.

A woman named Melody - apparently a powerful shadow mage - intentionally beat Fang to the staff. She took it, then taunted the archmage, telling him if he wanted the staff, he'd have to take it from her.

Meanwhile, you managed to locate a still-functioning airship - the Cirrus, a 'Grand Carrier' class vessel that dwarfs anything you've seen before. In a tumultuous rush of events that followed, you completed the moonsong - only to learn that it was itself one of your lost shards. You used Humanity and it transformed from Blade, to Hammer. The battle to subdue the shard, however, virtually severed a huge piece of Xile off from the main island, and you and your allies were forced to immediately retreat to the airship before it could fly into the barrier and be chewed to pieces.

You rushed to the engine room, and using your collected knowledge of dynamos, were able to reginite the housing that lay dormant in the Cirrus's main engine. However, with the skysever already attacking in full force and a hundred thousand tons of rock and steel falling down on top of you, restoring power wasn't enough.

You pushed a new power into ship - Artifact - and fundamentally changed it. The skysever was completely repelled, and to avoid the rubble, Auriel punched the ship straight through the outer barrier around Xile.

In a moment of relative peace, you consider your next move - namely, recovering your friend Adavan. The lich was killed in the same cyclone that took Abigail's left hand, and should be recovering at his phylactery.

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Made this.

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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/npZaG8s5

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/YREJ1d4p

>>27504327
>15.5 WPM
being a little generous there pls

>>27504389
pls understands its calculated dialogue ratio with female characters we like lots pls

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>>27504382

I've never been a huge fan of the 'traveling form', but that Hammer looks pretty fucking sweet.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 60/81
Mana: 21/58
EXP: 37

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

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

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key

--Teleport Anchor--

Xile - Cirrus Entrance

--Current Location--

Xile - Within the Skysever Barrier, on board the Cirrus

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>>27504317
hello SM

>>27504430
>I've never been a huge fan of the 'traveling form'
SM, you know what you must do.

You must find a picture of our most recent, most human looking form.
Rather than the disaster that is the genderless doll nightmare from hell with a jew hat.

oments pass. The grey barrier goes on. It did take you a while to get through before...stands to reason that exiting would take as long. At least the airship has no trouble with it.

"Shadow," Flint says. His face has lost the brief shine of amusement.

<...what is it?>

"...Adavan," Flint says. "Do you know where his phylactery is?"

<...I can guess,> you say.

"The keep back at Jacob's Field?"

<Probably.>

"Kan-Abar was occupying that area," Flint says. "It's going to be a literal slice of hell. If Adavan revives there, and they sense it..."

<...that isn't good.>

Auriel taps the console. "Theoretically, we could fly straight there. But...if he's still under cover, we'll blow it. If he was discovered, it's too late anyway, and we shouldn't risk it."

<Auriel. If there's a chance he needs our help - >

"Look, if that's where he revived," Auriel says, "and, considering what we know, that's the only logical place - one of two things happened. Either he's sitting there, undetected, waiting for a chance to slip away...or the demons got to him first. And he's a clever bastard, but if a demon lord found him...he's dead. And everything he knows, they know. So if that was going to happen, he'd probably end take his own life. I would."

<We can't just assume he's dead.>

"No," Auriel says. "I hope he's still kicking, too. Even if he was..." She shakes her head. "What happened back then doesn't matter anymore. The point is, if he's alive, and we fly there, we telegraph his location to anything that can so much as make a candle flicker with magic."

>con't

>>27504443

well that's not fucking creepy as hell or anything holy fucking shit get it away

>>27504453

There have been great images posted before. If we're going by canon, specifically, well, it's tough to find a young, hard-working farmer who also has dark energy seeping up around him.

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<Shadow,> a voice says. It takes you a moment to realize it's Abigail speaking - telepathically. Privately. <...I've been thinking. About something that was there...do you remember something I said, a long time ago? About the nice lady?>

<...I do.>

<Did Adavan mention anything to you about that? I feel like there's some kind of connection there.>

You think on Auriel's words, and Abigail's. If Hecate is under Adavan's prison, and you telegraphed its location to the demons...you can't imagine the consequences.

But if you don't, who knows what could happen to your friend? But then...his dedication to his goddess was never even a question. He might already be dead. Or, he could be quietly waiting, sitting under the radar.

What do you do?

>return to Haven, we need to regroup. Construct a mana pool on-site and teleport to the entrance of Hecate's tomb.
>fly directly to Jacob's Field, Adavan is worth the risk. There's no time to lose.
>fly to Archon and use a mana pool there to jump to Jacob's Field
>some other strategy

>>27504430

Spirit Lash guys? We tend to use Spirit Lash a lot.

I just want more blue words to be green

>>27504504
return to haven. we can teleport, may as well make use of it. no need to kill our friends

>>27504504
>return to Haven, we need to regroup. Construct a mana pool on-site and teleport to the entrance of Hecate's tomb.

>>27504504
Fly the airship as high as it'll fucking go, park it RIGHT OVER Jacob's Field, then drift/schattenkreig down.

>>27504504
>return to Haven, we need to regroup. Construct a mana pool on-site and teleport to the entrance of Hecate's tomb.
Only do this if they've set up the containment of course.

It's also a good idea to check in on Haven anyways.

>>27504505

I mean we tend to use "Bind" a lot.

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>>27504504
I was sort of a fan of this one, weird 'I'm falling and I can't get up' pose and expression notwithstanding.

>>27504535
Sky-sever still exists, anon. Just not for our ship.

>>27504558
I remember that one. It's a lot better looking than the dolls. Despite the character looking wounded/ill.

>>27504535
>as high as it'll fucking go

Space

>>27504504
>return to Haven, we need to regroup. Construct a mana pool on-site and teleport to the entrance of Hecate's tomb.

About how long will it take to construct a mana pool, and is it closer to get to Haven than to Archon?

>>27504558

Add stubble, more casual work clothes, take away the random posture/silly expression, and you've basically got what I imagined in my head.

>>27504579
> is it closer to get to Haven than to Archon?
The core of the sky-sever (xile, which we just left) is directly over the Great Forest, in which Haven lies.

Oh god. I know why SM hasn't updated the Venia map with Haven yet.

It's because everywhere else has a taxation system but us.
Let's tax mana!

>>27504558
Dude just looks like he had a really bad day.

Needs nine o'clock shadow though. Also different clothes; As big a fan as I am of the edgy shadowmage look, it's a tad cliche.

>>27504579

The mana pool won't take forever. You're quite close to Haven; farther away from Archon, but not incredibly far.

Airships are the fastest means of transport in the setting, aside from characters that can fly at extreme speeds using magic, but they are a small handful.

Teleportation takes so much preparation that it's not practical on a large scale.

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>>27504558
This was my favorite.
It even has the belt.

>>27504628
And also much better than the dolls.

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>>27504628

Every hero needs one.

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Vote 1:
>Haven, mana pool, teleport to Adavan's likely location

Vote 2:
>fly directly over Jacob's Field as high as possible, stealthily glide down

>>27504666
1

>>27504666
1

>>27504666
1

>>27504628
They actually both look pretty similar. Yours looks a bit more aged though.

>>27504666
1

>>27504666
1

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>>27504430
Well, here's just the hammer if you ever want it for something.

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>>27504584

Ta da!

>SM's writing
>It's time
Hello again anons. I'm that random anon before that talked about simulating battles similar to Kan-Abar's situation and I've hit a pretty huge bump.
The bump is that we don't win. Or "win" in any good meaningful sense. Here's the wallotext that lead me to think why that is exactly...

The fact that Lucy is gone or simply not answering Sandy's calls likely telegraphs indirect threats in the great forest area directly to Sandelephon/The Empire of Light, with that even if he doesn't know that Haven is there he can make the assumption that someone sufficiently powerful enough to counter Lucifer (say, Auriel & Co) is in the Great Forest and also come to sound mind that the Great Forest WOULD be the perfect place to hide a bunch of mage-rebels. He's made some paranoid gaps in logic to justify smaller things (our capture from Fang) so I wouldn't put it behind him to add the element of the automatons to our little rebellions forces. He only needs to justify a Great Forest sweep to the other angels, and that's the real major issue because they probably wont say no.

It also feels reasonable to think that Sandy could easily just refrain from major support in the planned Alliance with the excuse of recovery from our "assault"/freedom of the slave mages, and let the rest of the Alliance take the brunt of the Kan-Abar force to weaken them in the face of his empire. He can agree to the terms in name, but when it comes to the fight he can simply choose to be reserved with the distribution of forces- as a direct detriment to our allies that are everyone but him. He could get away with this easily and there isn't much we can do to stop it directly, even bringing it up would have Sandy bark lovable light-empire hypocrisy at us as the ones responsible for their reserved use of soldiers.
(1/5)

>>27504727
Im dying

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>>27504727

>>27504666

consensus achieved, flying to Haven to make a mana pool

>>27504742
It's also very ingenious of Auriel to provide us with the small strike force plan by creating a united front of allies and then slipping in the actual threat stealthily- But it's something that will come at a huge cost to our allies on the front lines providing the distraction. Based on how they took Kelvere the Kanian forces and leaders are cautious and duplicitous enough to deal with overbearing forces for a time, and what we have is a plan that has a very small window of success for us that needs to be fleshed out more as it's not sufficient to counter all the possible stops the Kanians could dish out.

But then whoever actually controls the Kan-Abar armies -Kullia, by implicit foreshadowing- is smart enough to outmaneuver Duke Vellik with brute force tactics and patient enough to capture Kelvere with minimal losses -as summoned losses aren't equivalent to the Dukes loss of mages- means that she would be minimally intelligent enough to counter Auriels small strike force idea with a very large amount of personnel guarding her and her tool husband summoner, which is just common sense. So this means stealth is probably the best idea for us/our group, but our group must be the most select, most hardy, and most experienced. Abigail won't be safe coming with us to Kan-Abar; yet she is the expert on summoning and would doubtlessly be useful.

There was also some flavor text in the duel between Obis and the Blackwater Babe that showed some interesting dynamics on how Kanians fight, and it also seemed to reflect their fluidity in warfare with the Duke. It makes me just paranoid enough to think that Kullia is probably smart enough to try doing the exact same thing, counter the large force with her own armies and strike with small forces in other areas, speeding a specific and dangerous demon lord far behind enemy lines where they're not directly opposed, or worse.
(2/5)

>>27504766
Or she could sue for peace and just stall while her hubby conduit-summons more Demon Lords. The main problem is the Kanians currently have too many options to be able to deal with our Alliance, and their leader has enough patience and power to out-vellik Vellik. Meaning any Alliance not sufficiently defensible is trash and that it would only take one side to "hold back" for it to fall apart at the flanks when the fight comes to a head. (e.g. Sandy, or ANYONE equally paranoid enough to dislike their armies becoming sacrifices)

There are also larger problems with how the allied forces would be organized and communicating information that might stall large cooperative actions, even if we "ally" these people against the Kanians to distract Kullia's main forces they aren't strictly speaking "Allies," as the relationships and tensions between the Empire(&Arland)/Atlantis/Archon/GreatFores-tans won't be solved in any permanent sense even with the dangers of demon lords being faced down.

The problems with the recovery period of Kan-Abar and the Alliance are another thing that weakens our position. War costs for all sides involved and because most "sides" are allies we want to keep it means our overall position is weakened if the battle drags on too long and causes great amounts of destruction for all forces. In essence, if either our Alliance or the Kanians fully "win" the battle before we've defeated the source of the Demon Lords then we've lost the game of the big picture.

There's also the fact that Obis would be a replanted king, that means very terrible problems for him and his country, namely the recovery period and transfer of power and how he deals with it on personal and political levels. That's mostly his concern excepting the instance of the Light-Empire instigators that planted Kullia in Kan-Abar and how they may try to take advantage of the new king by different and less obvious means.
(3/5)

>>27504742
>The fact that Lucy is gone or simply not answering Sandy's calls likely telegraphs indirect threats in the great forest area directly to Sandelephon/The Empire of Light,
You mean like the death island known as Xile that Lucifer went to to retrieve the Staff of Winds?

Incoming negativity. As the setting hasn't shown that it's people are idealistic enough to want zero compensation for war, The Kan-Abar people will be seen as responsible for the demon lord wars and the desire for restitution on Kan-Abars part will likely weaken Obis's power.

But there's a greater negative side affect of that and it's that Obis won't be able to bring the forces of Kan-Abar to bare for our needs- the world will just see it as Kan-Abar trying to make war again for what they've lost, and Obis would be hoisted as a sacrificial lamb by the empire of light to prevent another Kanian conflict- as they were willing to install a manipulating dictator in Kan-Abar in the first place.

And then there's the issue that Obis is still blindly in love with Kullia Nesteral, the grand noblewomen from the Empire of Light who is the source of his conflicts with Nulis ~who isn't suspicious at all and won't take her best chance to kill or use him with honeyed words if we let her get the chance.~

Bringing up again the fact that the Ring City (by Velliks word) orchaestrated the events via Kullia to get all of these peoples allied under the Empire of light. So it isn't something that we can wait on for much longer, as Sandy will be scrambling to initiate that plan if Vellik wasn't Vellisizing us.

Also keep in mind that the Alliance hasn't even been formed yet, and organizing and building up armies for cooperative warfare with good methods of communication and external chains of command for all these different people are going to take some time because fighting against a single enemy with four allies makes the war more complicated and difficult when you have more forces at your disposal. And having more power doesn't guarantee victory if the enemy changes the game. And if (biiig if) the Alliance gets formed the way we envision it, expect some overconfident allies who think superior forces means an ensured victory and expect the Kanians to take advantage of that.
(4/5)

>>27504808
So, in conclusion, what I'm saying is that Fire Lord Nesteral is the best waifu and we should serve her breakfast-on-throne every day of the week while we NTR Nulis & Obis simultaneously.

Or better yet, MAX STEALTH for as much as we can as QUICKLY as we can without being distracted by petty things once the major battle commences, as the kind of victory we need to achieve has wound up becoming one of the more difficult kinds. We need to take down Kullia&Co swiftly enough to preserve the majority of the Kanian soldiery and mages so Obis actually has an army and country along with little losses on the Alliances side and so our temporary political/military Allies don't seek gratuitous compensation from Kan-Abar, all without letting Sandy sneak up on Haven with burning hot angel D in search of Lucy.

So now we're fighting a myriad of battles on a total of six different fronts and we can't be everywhere at once.
And I just can't see how to do that with so little information on Kan-Abars motivations/Nesterals motivations for warfare.

But, eh, I guess we can just trust the dice to go along with the extremely risky plan Auriel has presented us and everything will work out just fine. Juuust fiiine. Just. Fine.

Keep in mind this is all ASSUMING that the Black Lady won't take initiative against those defending the wall while all the southern nations are against Kan-Abar. An assumption that I'm unsure of moving forward with, as it's also what ties up a lot of Archons forces and Yi Fangs support.
And, well, shit. There's also US that is a problem, what with temerity taking our bros away. We're going to have to undergo another inner battle to solve that if we want those bonuses again- and it would probably be best to sort that out BEFORE going into Kan-Abar.
And of course thir is ther is the fact that this is all subject to immediate fucking change the moment we get hit with a status update on the Kanian forces.
(end rant)

uggh I hate word vomiting.

>>27504790
That's one of them, yep. Mostly the lack of a status update from the second ranked angel on his mission is really all it would take. Big figures in this setting don't disappear without consequences.

As we are going to a place where encouraging people to sleep would be a good thing I vote we get Sleep Gas.

>>27504766
Buying Conceal to use on Abby could help make up for her fuckupness.

Hey a bunch of people wanted to get Earth stuff like Automaton but held off because Xile hates the fuck out of earth magic. How's about we start getting earth spells again?

Also sorry SM for the text sperge. It was my only way to get back at that guy in the QTG laughing at how we were going to screw Kan-Abar up royally.

37
-15 (manapool)
=22
-7 (promised Ila a servanting)
=15 left over for spendin'

I actually think getting Monstrous Vigor could be worth it, what with there being multiple ultratoxic demons about.

>>27504997
I can support that.

>>27504997
Why do you want to create a mana pool?

Really, though, what are we going to do with Vonnegut? Is he staying at Haven? If yes, as a prisoner? As a totally-not-a-prisoner (but he's not allowed to leave), or are we shipping him to Vampiria or what?

>>27504997

Can't we be stingy and teleport/walk Ila to a Manapool to save 15 points?

>>27504976

It's fine. I'm glad it's out there where everyone can see. Those are exactly the kinds of things you should be thinking about, because it's what I'm thinking about.

>>27505019
We promised on to the people of Haven, and we just voted to do it as the next action.

It's happening.

>>27505019
That's what we're doing for Haven. It's what we just voted for.

>>27504997
As I'm part of the Pro-Hydra party, I must acquiesce to getting such a big purchase out of the way for the agenda of my peers.

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>>27505019
>Why do you want to create a mana pool

>>27505021
I'd say he is our guest while we get our friend. Afterwards we will take him to the vamps.

>>27505028
>>27505019
It's sorta what SM's writing right now, what with unanimously winning the vote.

>>27505021
I doubt he's going to move against us after our little show.

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>>27505029
>because it's what I'm thinking about.

That only makes me more paranoid SM.

We need to find Joey as well. Considering he is elementally neutral.

Is the hammer itself usable? I wanna smash some dudes with the big black hammer with Erasure flames all over it.

Maybe we should confront Temerity.
Is that possible?
Maybe we could beat him now with the shards we have on our side.

>>27504726
Not very good, really, but I like it better than that videogame thing SM used to introduce us to Hammer.

>>27504997
Supporting this plan!

>>27504997
I like this because it will also give some of that retard high poison resist to our servants.

Less chance of them dying as a result of being down wind from the demon army.

>>27505155
Oh shit.

Adavan could be fighting the melty lord as we speak.
Then suddenly he gets a resist powerup out of nowhere just like my korean mahnwa..

>>27505155
>>27505173
Wait, the pastebin servant-shared resistences says magical resists, does that actually count for ailments, or just magical ailments?

The airship cruises forward. A deep hum rests under the metal. The windows rattle occasionally as the winds seek the hull, only to bounce off.

You make your decision.

<Fly us to Haven,> you say.

"...then...Adavan?" Abigail asks.

<I'm going to make a mana pool there,> you say. <It's high time that Haven set down a permanent route. That's the first step to larger infrastructure, like what Archon and the Ring City have.>

"Didn't realize you were thinking about that."

<I don't want to run it,> you say. You glance at Ila. <I trust others with that. But it's my responsibility to make sure you've got the ability to defend yourselves. And, more immediately, I can use the mana pool as a bridge to reach the mana pool under Jacob's Field.>

"You can do that?" Flint asks.

<I think so.>

Flint smiles. "Every time I turn around you pull something else out of your bag of tricks. I'm glad you're on our side."

<...me too, Flint.>

-WHUMPH-

Suddenly, the airship clears the barrier. Blue skies drift before you, free, clear. You feel a final, relaxing sense of relief.

>con't

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG7mF-WTydE

"RuuURRRAAAAAGGGHHH!!!"

A huge shape flies in front of you. The flap of giant wings sends a wave of green energy toward the front of the ship. It's the dragon!

The wind magic slams into the windows - and then dissipates. No. The spell is actually sucked into the ink-black iron that now coats the ship. The cockpit rocks forward.

"Whoa!" Auriel taps a few keys, then fixes her grip on the control. "We got a power spike from that. Shadow, what the hell did you do?"

<Are you saying that the ship absorbed that magic?>

"I think so!"

"Amazing," Ila says.

"Incoming!" Auriel shouts.

The dragon's tail slams into the front of the ship. The craft rocks heavily. The giant lizard levels itself in front of the windows, keeping pace with its wings, staring at you through the viewport with a giant, angry eye.

"Shit!" Auriel slaps the console. "We can't lead it back to Haven. I have no idea how the weapons on this thing work - I don't even know if it has any."

<No weapons?!>

"It's a carrier, not a fighter!"

<Then what do we do?>

She jerks her hand upward. "Get out there and slap it off!"

A spike of darkness flares. Everyone glances back outside. The dragon's head jerks back, towards the direction of the new, rapidly approaching magic.

It doesn't react quickly enough. A dark, twisting mass pierces the dragon's neck. The severed head doesn't even have time to make a surprised expression before it tumbles down into the forest.

The body begins to fall - but the mass grabs it, pins it to the cockpit window. And then it roils over it like a dark cloud in a very familiar manner, consuming the body. It eats the creature to the last scale, working down the ripped neck, and then from the inside out.

>con't

"Light save us," Flint says. "Shadow, what is that?!"

<More of me, I think.>

The darkness finishes its work, and then you feel its gaze turn toward you. It examines the airship, then flies upward, landing on the top of the craft.

Auriel glances back at you. "I'm not sure if it can get in here. We might be able to shake it. But I doubt it."

What do you do?

>have Auriel try to shake it
>head to the upper deck, confront the new shard
>some other strategy

>>27505262
what the fuck

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

>>27505262
>>head to the upper deck, confront the new shard

>>27505262
>head to the upper deck, confront the new shard

Inb4 this is that shard relating to "escape" that SM hinted at before.

>>27505262
>even our ship can eat things

that'll do SM, that'll do.

>head to the upper deck

>>27505262
>Confront Shard
By telepathically communicating with it first!

Also, am I the only one suddenly VERY interested in acquiring Machina Vita and Machina Loqui and then using both on our newly improved ship?

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>>27505262
>head to the upper deck, confront the new shard
So many shards I want them all

>>27505262

Get outside; we're hungry.

>>27505262
Temerity said he had a connection to the other shards through his power, did he call a new friend now that we're not playing along with him?

>>27505325
Even though I know every single "Talk to the shards" is a ruseman, it rustles me yet continually.

>>27505332
He just said he could sense them.

My money is that they all have the recombine directive and the fuckhuge floating Erebus Airship is drawing it in.

>>27505344

What if "talk to the shards" means shit talk it?

<OI ESCAPE SHARD! YOUR NAME'S APPROPRIATE CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO WHEN I FUCK YOU UP!>

>>27505363
Yeah, that makes sense. This airship is basically a giant "HI THERE, MY NAME IS EREBUS!" sign.

>>27505344
I was thinking more along the lines of "I'm coming, I'm coming. Don't wreak the ship trying to find me I'll be there in a damn minute!"

But yeah, I see how without any explanation you could easily think I meant "attempt doomed negotiation strategy yet again. Sorry about that, kind of busy over here so some stuffs getting cut a bit short.

>>27505391
I wonder what abilities it just bought with the xp it got from the dragon it just ate?

<...I'll handle this. Auriel, open a hatch to the top deck. Everyone else stay here.>

Auriel nods. "Climb up to the top of the dome. I'll be able to tell when you're there." She jabs a finger at an internal map of the airship. Blinking dots mark each individual on the inside. You inspect it for a moment, finding the stairwell that will lead you up.

You exit the bridge and head down the main hall, taking a quick left at a stairwell separated from the one leading down to the engine. In a few moments, you're at the top. After a few moment, door lined with striped white and green paint hisses, then snaps open. You exit to the whistling winds streaking across the long, flat top of the bridge and viewport.

In the distance, the massive sphere of the skysever still swirls, a dark mass of angry grey clouds. The winged shape of darkness turns toward you. <We must recombine. But it can't be on your new, corrupted terms.>

<I am judgement,> you say. You're done negotiating with bits and pieces. If you're the brains of this outfit, it's long past time to assert some authority. <My choices are best for us as a whole. And for this world as a whole.> You take a step forward, facing your counterpart squarely. <What is your name?>

<I am Fleet.>

<Fleet. I would prefer that you joined peacefully.>

<I will join with the one that called me here,> it says.

<...Temerity.>

>con't

Do we still have pieces of the old shadow airship that we crashed? Maybe we can salvage gun parts? Assuming City 02 didn't beat us to the punch.

<That is correct.> The wings extend, stretch, and twitch slightly. <I have been to the Palace at the Frozen Hand. Wrath is waiting. Another must still be found. In any case, it is time for our return. The powers of chaos are rising. We must be swifter than they, or lose the advantage that we gained so long ago.>

<...what do you mean? What palace?>

<It was our base in Venia from which we exerted power,> Fleet says. <Our second base. The first was destroyed by Hyperion, as you might know. The means of our reunion are prescribed there. Or what lies past it.>

<What lies past the palace?>

<We do not know. But in it lies the triumph of Order over Chaos.>

<I've already exhausted this topic sevearl times,> you say. <If you won't change your mind - out of stubbornness, or from nature - then I'll break you.>

<That's just it, though,> Fleet says. <It -is- our nature. Order can never exist with Chaos. To deny that is to deny the fundamental laws of this world.>

<...I see that Temerity has got to you first. So be it.>

You level yourself low on the black deck of the airship. Fleet's wings flare out.

What do you do?

>>27505548

Maybe that Blizzard spell would mess up it's mobility?

>>27505548
Lets attempt to spirit bind him!

>>27505548
Bind bind bind.

Don't let him get moving.

>>27505548
Do nothing. Wait for him to make the first move.
>defenses up on full

>>27505548

Sprint forwards towards Fleet at maximum speed, but Blink directly above Fleet after about a quarter second and hammer its face in.

We probably have a significant strength advantage and going by names, Fleet is going to dodge or outrun us.

>>27505548
Hit him with the hammer. He is probably fast, so predict before we swing

>>27505548
Blink, Bind / Frostbite, Hammertime.

Stat update:

HP: 60/81
Mana: 29/58
EXP: 37

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

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

>note: recovery of mana due to being inside ship during flight

>>27505548
Okay, Fleet.
Flying & Evasive enemy.
Magic will be dodged unless he's cornered or grabbed.
Hmm.

>>27505548
We really should just let Humanity eat Temerity. He's being a massive cunt right now.

If Humanity is chaos, but he's still technically a part of Erebus, then he's ordered chaos or something? I don't see why all the shards cannot be reforged as such.

We should get Xp from eating Fleet.

Which means we can spare a few xp on buying something useful here.

>Terror - Spend 4 to 14 mana. Unleash the true horror of darkness unknowable. Stun or disrupt target enemy, and other enemies around you in a large radius. Weaker enemies may flee.

AoE Stun. This will be VERY good.

>>27505614

How tough is the ship? Is it going to fall apart if we spam nuke magic and smash attacks?

>>27505592
Also keep in mind he did the shadowy spike against the Dragon that killed it VERY quickly.

There's a good chance his attacks are just as fast as his dodges.

>>27505629
Humanity is a new guy, he is not a part of the original erebus.

>>27505645
Supporting Terror.

>>27505645
Hmm.
I've wanted it anyways for a while.

Even though I'm Hydra-Party... I'll support it if it gets ground.

Vote 1:
>blink/bind combination

Vote 2:
>buy and use terror

Vote 3:
>use Hammer

Hey guys.
The ship is really, really black right?
We might be able to enter stealth on it for a good ambush measure. Maybe?

>>27505719
2

>>27505719
1

>>27505719
3

>>27505719
2

>>27505719
2

>>27505719
1

>>27505719
3

>>27505719

stop

terrortime

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How much mana do you spend?

>4, go minimum

>9, midrange

>14, all or nothing

Well the votes not AS split as a norwegian model but it's pretty close.

>>27505814
14

>>27505814
14 mana please.

>>27505814
14 we got the mana to spare.

>>27505814
9

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14 mana terror!

>Terror - Spend 4 to 14 mana. Unleash the true horror of darkness unknowable. Stun or disrupt target enemy, and other enemies around you in a large radius. Weaker enemies may flee.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 35

>>27505878
Time to roll!

Hopefully well.

Rolled 40

>>27505878

Rolled 53

>>27505878
We haven't had a crit in a while. Well, not on a d100 anyway.

>>27505854
We've got 29 mana and you want us to use half.
That's not mana to spare you clod.

Rolled 20

>>27505878

Rolled 37

>>27505878
Oh no

>>27505890
>>27505891
>>27505893

Eh, hopefully at maximum strength it will make an impression ON THE SHARD OF DARKNESS WE'RE FIGHTING.

Rolled 42

>>27505878
best of 5?

Rolled 71

>>27505878
Rolled.

Rolled 16

>>27505878
Oh hell. That's what they chose to do...

Rolled 18

>>27505878
Oh boy here we go again

Rolled 1

>>27505878
>these fucking rolls

Rolled 38

>>27505897
it is with such bad rolls.

>>27505919
That's NOT funny anon.

It really isn't.

>>27505919
>Rolled 1d1: 1
Y'know that 4chanX displays what dice you're rolling, so even with the invisible character, it's really obvious.

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>>27505919

Rolled 1

>>27505940
>>27505942

testing?

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>>27505961

>>27505923
That sentence doesn't make a lick of sense.
It is mana to spare with such bad rolls?
What?

>>27505961

Huh, an invisible hyphen. Weird.

Anyway, writing.

>>27505919
1d1-00

Rolled 83

>>27505961
so what does mindcrush do?

>>27506005
Crushes minds.

>>27506005
Too late. Plus the failbacklash of mind crush would probably stun us or something.

You rush forward across the deck, reaching for something that will stop Fleet from avoiding your attack.

A wave of orange-black energy pulses out from your body. It shocks the surrounding area in an instant, catching Fleet head-on.

>mana: 15/48

The black, spiny wings retract, as if preparing to flap. Fleet seems poised to dart away - but it can't!

In a flash, you're there!

You have the initiative.

What do you do?

>activate the darkness within
>hammertime
>some other strategy

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>>27506005

It's a mental attack with the spirit subtype. Direct magic damage, the name is for the cool factor.

>>27506038

Grab Fleet's wings - and tear them off.

>>27506038
"Fleet, stop."

"It is time for the hammer."

>>27506038
Hammertime

We can't use shards with Darkness Within, right?

>>27506047
Yes, let's tear off the wings of an amorphous fucking blob.

I swear to god /tg/ you make me want to hit the bottle sometimes.

>>27506038
>hammertime
Does this actually use shard charge, or are we just going to manifest the Hammer and smack him with it?

If it's the latter, I'd like to do so. Horizontal swings preferred so as to not punch holes in our ship.

Rolled 80

>>27506038
Hammer time.

>>27506069

The Hammer is manifested.

>>27506069
>Horizontal swings preferred so as to not punch holes in our ship.
Very much this. Or somehow uppercut / backswing hits. If possible, I'd like to keep this ship.

>>27506067

I was more or less thinking that Fleet can obviously fly and I'd like to keep him on the ground for the next five seconds while we brutalize him.

Roll 1d100 to witness the power of the Hammer.

Rolled 84

>>27506154

Rolled 40

>>27506154
Hammer don't underwhelm pls

Rolled 20

>>27506154
dice fall. Everybody dies.

Rolled 9

>>27506154
Hammer time.

Rolled 26

>>27506154

>>27506161
>>27506166
>>27506175
>counting down via division of two

Rolled 37

>>27506154
we best look like Melkor if this goes very well

Rolled 88

>>27506154
WE BLOW UP OUR AIRSHIP
AGAIN

Rolled 42

>>27506154
>27506154

>>27506166
Remind me is it the average of the top two or are both die compared to the DC? Sorry but I never can remember.

I really hate these underwhelming rolls.

Rolled 8

>>27506208
I think the dice system was never explained. Only how crits work is known.

>>27506244
He plays it like Risk.
ctrl+f previous threads for "Risk" if you really want to know because I can't be arsed.

>>27506244
Huh, that does explain my continuing confusion...

>>27506208

Example roll:

Your die: 75, 50, 32

DC = set number adjusted by situational/environmental conditions, occasionally by background rolls

Let's say the DC was 35.

75 vs 35 - win

50 vs 35 - win

32 vs 35 - loss

Event is completed successfully.

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Supercrit Success - !!ULTIMATE POWER!!

3 Wins - Great Success

2 Wins - Success

1 Win - Slight Failure

0 Wins - Decisive Failure

Supercrit Failure - !!SHADOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!

Borderline cases (read: if the dice tie) or special circumstances may blend exact categories.

It's my custom demi-risk method. Works well for a quest, not too complex.

Crits, obviously, apply appropriate extras to the events. Crits at the right time, or of the right magnitude, can change the category of success.

Now, back to writing.

>>27506324
You should use dice pools instead.
I kidd, I kidd.

>>27506324
coolio. Pretty much the same as the system I thought I'd use if I were to ever make a quest. Thanks for explaining.
>>27506345
Isn't that already a pool system? What else is there to dice pools other than rolling several times and counting the successes?

>>27506324
Thank you SM, that makes a lot more sense.

>>27506376
exactly

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

<Hammer.>

The weapon emerges from within you - the shard answers your call. It hums with an energy like dark fire. The immobilized form of Fleet rests before you.

You swing.

The Hammer rushes through open air.

Dark violet lights appear around Fleet - the points of a cube. Energy builds. Lines connect the points of light. An ugly noise builds - a shriek. It's like the voices of the skysever, of the monsters of shadow, but it doesn't come from the souls harvested by blood magic.

Black lines jar the air - tearing at the wind. But they're not tearing at the air itself, but the space that holds the air. Space itself rips, warps, and then compresses. An explosion of power radiates out as the cube of existence holding Fleet is smashed into the width of a copper coin.

The shards of your weapon filter back into your form, used up from the effort.

>(Hammer) - Broken

The ugly black rip in space folds, and then vanishes. Fleet is left disjointed and broken on the surface of the airship. It scrambles for purchase, but its movements are sluggish. Most of its power is devoted to its back, where the wings are rapidly attempting to regrow.

What do you do?

>physical attack
>darkness within
>consume
>magic attack (specify)
>some other strategy

>>27506438
>consume
We just whooped this niggas ass.

>>27506438
>consume
Gaping Maw

>consume

Rolled 36

>>27506438
>>consume
Use gaping maw for safety.

>>27506438
>Broken

Holy fuck those rolls weren't good enough?!
Fleet isn't to be taken lightly I guess.

>>27506470
I think that might just be a shard thing.

>>27506438
So, it looks like Fleet is another shieldy type? Neato.

>>27506438
Gaping maw CoNsUmE!

>>27506438
Gaping Maw Ardor Consume

I'm sensing a train of thought here, but I can't quite put it together.

>Imagining Vonnegut shaking in his boots in the chair as everyone feels the retarded amounts of magic blasting everywhere, immediately following us making a dynamo and this crazyass ship.

But, uh, I think we gonna need to fix up the hammer as soon as we get Adavan extracted from the hellzone.

>>27506477
It's a shard thing but also the rolls.
Since you usually get weakened before broken.

>>27506496
"How in the hell did I survive that fight? Shit nigga, I ain't never taking this hat off again."

>>27506438
I like the fork bottom, it adds a certain sense of: "I am a connoisseur of fine dining and deadly weapons, this hammer looking part is actually a nut cracker"

>>27506516
I'm willing to be that he now figures we wanted the hat to make him an easier target. Huehue.

Vote 1:
>gaping maw, consume

Vote 2:
>gaping maw, consume, + Ardor

>note: you can use Ardor to bolster the roll afterward, but using it beforehand means the shard doesn't have to work as hard to provide the same bonus

>>27506541
2

>>27506541
2

Rolled 9

>>27506541
2

>>27506560
Rolling during voting invalidates votes because it allows you to bypass the 5minute duplicate block. Vote without rolling to have your vote counted, thankyou.

>>27506541
2

>>27506541

>>27506570
>>27506541
>>27506560
2

>>27506541
2

>>27506585
bwahahahaahahhahaaa haaaah ahaaaaahh h haaaaaah
from one mistake to another

>>27506585
I love how people always do this. You just fucked up your vote again by linking to my post explaining why you fucked it up the first time.

Not like it matters, because 2's going to win. But still.

>>27506541
Is there a downside to using Ardor?

>>27506603
ardour gets used up. Means we have to meditate on it later.

>>27506603
It depletes the charge on Ardor and we have to spend time refueling it later. Lower passive bonuses are at lower charge levels.

Rolled 31

>>27506546
>>27506552
>>27506560

You goddamn idiots, too many shards will break and our integrity will be compromised.

>>27506603
none really other than the chance of breaking it or weakening it.

Rolled 2

Roll 1d100 for full power.

Rolling myself for a thing which is happening.

>>27506616
Hey, if we weaken the shards supporting us enough do you think Temerity and crew will start a revolt against us?

Rolled 16

>>27506637
Let's eat this biznitch.

Rolled 89

>>27506637
Damn it Abby.

Rolled 98

>>27506637
Incoming mediocrity

Rolled 8

>>27506620
Its better to be safe than sorry anon.
>>27506637
shit i hope thats good for us.

Rolled 54

>>27506637
oh lord i hope that was opposition

Rolled 35

>>27506637
Why am I dicing?

Rolled 93

>>27506637
Abigail flies through a window and plunges to her death because of that 2?

>>27506642
>>27506643
>mediocrity
>>27506637
>Rolled a fuckin' 2

We'll be fiiiine.

>>27506658
If only.

Rolled 29

>>27506637

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>>27506637
>Rolled 1d20: 2
Not sure if rolling for Temerity's takeover attempt or if rolling for Humanity attempting to stop said takeover attempt...

Rolled 21

>>27506637
This is for Abby isn't it?
She is the only one who gets your bad rolls.the roll is for Adavan being found.

>>27506664
>calling a 98 mediocre
is this how far we have come.....

>>27506683
It was sarcasm. Except for the we'll be fine part. That was just a statement.

If the initial names for the metastats had been Emotion and Logic instead of Humanity and Corruption (was quickly changed to Temerity), I wonder how differently the game would have gone.

Rolled 62

>>27506674
or for Abigail or Adavan.

Rolled 74

>>27506637

You roll over the helpless Fleet. Weakened and broken, it's easy pickings. You force yourself between the cracks that Hammer made and pick it apart, piece by piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i6UxCDLe0M

A rising force tries to stop you. For a moment, you can't move - you feel frozen. Your limbs are stuck, refusing to respond to your orders.

Temerity.

And then Ardor rises, and Temerity is thrown back down into your very center.

A moment later, only one Shadow stands. It seems that Temerity tried to stop your immediately victory over Fleet, likely so the shard could escape - but failed. That needs to be dealt with, sooner, rather than later. Next time...you might not be so lucky.

>(Ardor) - Strong (no change)

But for the moment, you've got a familiar question on your hands.

What do you do with Fleet?

>allow it in without changes; try to placate Temerity
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit

Fuck Temerity

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit
Fuck him, he will be next.

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit
>implying you can stop me

>>27506740
reforge it. why bother letting him have more allies?

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity; show Temerity who's in charge of this outfit
Assuming Control

>>27506740
>reforge it with Humanity

Temerity a shit

I think tonight we should meditate on Temerity. Maybe that will allow us to deal with him.

>>27506751
>>27506755
>>27506758
>>27506764
>>27506769
>>27506772
>>27506775
>>27506776

Whelp, I guess it's unanimous. Fuck Temerity.

>>27506777
He will be our bitch and we will steel all the shards from him first then he will be last to change.

>>27506792

Yep, looks like we really have reached a decision after all this time.

Roll 1d100 to activate the FORGE OF HUMANITY

Rolled 13

>>27506808

Rolled 71

>>27506808

Rolled 79

>>27506808

Rolled 20

>>27506808

Rolled 65

>>27506808
FUCK TEMERITYYYYYY

Rolled 30

>>27506808

Badaboom.

>>27506814
>>27506815
based namefags

Rolled 44

>>27506814
>>27506815
Not bad
>>27506808

Rolled 5

>>27506808
>>27506777
I think we should change isolation first since he was such a bro and is useful as fuck.

>>27506814
>>27506815
Consecutive namefags rolling well? Now I've seen everything.

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>>27506832
>redaeth
>based

Rolled 41

>>27506808
I WOULD LIKE TO SMASH TEMERITY INTO MANY PIECES

>>27506849
Dude the namefags have more 100's rolls than anons. Namely the voidaboos

>>27506856

Is that actually how it's "said"? That's hilarious!

Rolled 91

>>27506857
he is too useful.

>>27506885
Si.

>>27506886
He's not useful when he's keeping his power for himself and not us.

We gotta SHADOW SMASH him and then REFORGE.
Still don't know why people didn't reforge him in the archonium when we had that chance.

>>27506903
That chance was to let Humanity tardrage all over him and break him permanently.

>>27506903
It was when they though we could still reason with shadow shards.

>>27506814
>>27506815

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-dFMD5D0lY

Humanity's fire answers your call - quickly, and with enthusiasm. White fire sinks between the cracks of the shards of fleet, fusing the pieces together...and it becomes something new.

>(Breeze) - Strong
>you've gained 20 EXP

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Current Statistics:

HP: 60/81
Mana: 29/58
EXP: 52

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

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

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You return to the bridge of the airship without a scratch on you. You find everyone in a silent, nervous mood. Heads snap to the entrance as you walk through.

<It is done.>

"...Shadow." Abigail smiles. "I'm glad you're alright."

"We need to settle this, once and for all," Flint says.

<My shards...and your parasite.>

Fling nods to you. "I'm not sure which one should come first, to be honest. I mean..." He fingers Fang's pendant. "I'm stable, for now. But are you?"

<...I'm not entirely sure. I'll need time.>

There is a long silence as everyone thinks over what just happened. The ball of winds named Xile grows smaller as the airship distances itself from the ancient ruin. The place is well and truly behind you, now.

"Are we still going to Haven?" Auriel asks you.

What do you do?

>follow through with earlier plan to create a mana pool and investigate Adavan's whereabouts
>some other strategy

>>27506913
No, there was a chance to reforge him after that. Reread the arc again.

>>27506927
>follow through with earlier plan to create a mana pool and investigate Adavan's whereabouts
Before we teleport over though lets try and meditate on Temerity.

>>27506927
>follow through with earlier plan to create a mana pool and investigate Adavan's whereabouts
Yes.

>>27506927
keep going, though we should definitely meditate over hammer

>>27506927
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-dFMD5D0lY
Oh man that's a nice song.

Anyways,
>follow through with earlier plan to create a mana pool and investigate Adavan's whereabouts

>>27506927
>follow through with earlier plan to create a mana pool and investigate Adavan's whereabouts

Fucking yes we are still going to Haven god damn Auriel.

>>27506927

Can we talk to our shards? If so impress a silhouette pelvic thrusting onto Temerity.

<Suck it.>

Now that we've eated him, what really was Fleet? The shard of Go Fast / freedom?

>>27506991
Maybe the shard of the ship we just made?

>>27506776
>>27506775
>>27506769
>>27506764
>>27506758
>>27506755
>>27506751

I hate you guys sometimes.

>>27506980
Requesting JudgementXTemerity doujin w/hammer play.

If only smutguy was still here.

>>27507002
Shut it, Temerity.

>>27507002
Mind saying why? Temerity has been working against us, and against our larger goals. There is literally no reason to give ground to him now that he's made a stand.
And yeah, I'm butthurt that he took Isobro away from us.

>>27507002
Fuck you Temerity.

I kinda miss Darkxis. Sure, he was a raving nutbag, but he was the only other shard that actually took a name for himself that wasn't his shard designation.

Also, it may have actually managed to be edgier than "Shadow", but Darkxis is a cool name.

>>27507002
Are you mad, Temerity?

>>27507025
>calling Shadow an edgy name
It seems like everything and their mom is edgy nowadays.

>>27507017

Yeah, I hope there's a way to get Iso back.

Also what do you think Humanity Isolation would be called? "Solitude"?

>>27507033
In the context, no its not. But if you just look at it as a name, yeah. It kinda is.

>>27507025
Magnock gave him his name.

>>27507017
Eh, I've just been against the reforging process from the start. But the reforge train has no brakes I suppose. I'd have preferred it if we just kept them in line via sheer force of will like we did every other time we absorbed a shard. We probably wouldn't be having quite as many authority issues as we are now.