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Give in to the urge
>>27664015Welcome back boss.
Recent Events Summary:Xile is behind you, and you're glad to be rid of it - Aeolus's ancient kingdom was nothing but bad luck and ill-fated decisions. The Staff of Winds is still out in the world somewhere, stolen by the mysterious Melody.However, in completing the Moonsong and defeating Fleet, you aquired two more shards - Hammer, and Breeze. There should only be two more; you're aware that one of them is waiting in the Frozen Hand, Erebus's old stomping grounds.After tying up lose ends with Vonnegut, you decided to fly to Archon both to inform Fang about the fate of the staff, and to try and barter for his support. Archon's power and resources will be critical to cementing the union being formed by Blackwater and Auriel that is bringing together Felnoir and the fractured denizens of the Great Forest to face a common enemy - Kan-Abar's demon lords. With those nations united, she then plans to approach Arland and use Flint's influence to create a grand alliance to turn and face Kelvere.You learned from the archmage that Melody was an old personal acquaintence; but where she, or the staff are now, he has no idea. Thanks to Abigail's willingness to rejoin him, Fang has agreed to support the alliance. Convincing the whole of Archon to join with you, however, was another matter. But in an inspired speech before a gathering of the council and the great families, Abigail laid out a path for a new Archon, a keystone of peace and prosperity that could sweep the empire while it was off-balance.Her passion was answered by a 8-2 vote to induct her as the tenth councilor.Meanwhile, you journeyed alone to the deep part of the Great Forest so as to confront Temerity on your own terms. You could come to no accord - you've had enough of him, and he of you - and a battle between the pieces of yourself has erupted.
>Get perfect refresh on thread>Could have posted RTU within 10 sec of startThere is no point. The quest is lost.
>(seems like pastebin is down at the moment. Ability descriptions can be posted upon request)Ability TreeGREEN 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/4Y6TAxseBooks the Main Character has read:http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gPCharacter Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:http://pastebin.com/jrGsV989
Current Statistics:HP: 67/81Mana: 58/58 (currently 29/29)>shadow magic power halvedEXP: 4Shards of Erebus:(Isolation) - Strong - Unusable(Silence) - Normal - Unusable{Temerity} - Normal - UnusableNew Shards:(Breeze) - Strong(Hammer) - Weak(Ardor) - Strong{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned--Wisp - 1 mana to order--Automatons--Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Sun-Moon KeyLightning Key--Teleport Anchor--Haven - Inner Fortress--Current Location--The Great Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Ej80wM4wIBreeze is at Silence's position in half a second. But he's already cloning himself, and then again, and again. Explosions take down trees and add to the massive crater in the forest floor. Breeze is unprepared for the onslaught, and one of his wings is blown clean off. He vanishes into the trees, trying to gain distance to recover.Ardor heads for Isolation; they fall over each other in a desperate, hand-to-hand wrestling match. Ardor's mouth shines with twisting white-black magic as it chomps Isolation's arms. Isolation simply grows new ones and pounds all its fists into Ardor's sides, trying to do as much damage as possible. Ardor loses its grip and is punched down into the crater. Isolation jumps in after him and lands hard on his stomach.Humanity floats toward Silence, trying to keep it busy while Breeze recovers.You try to push Temerity into a better position.You hear the echoes of Silence's explosions as he chases Breeze through the forest. Meanwhile, alternating growls and shrieks resound from the bottom of the crater as Isolation and Ardor duke it out. Humanity, unable to catch Silence, zips back to the crater, intent on helping Ardor burn through Isolation's defenses.Your arm slips on Temerity's armor. A spiked gauntlet crushes into your side, backed by a hammer of shadow force. You're sent to the ground, hard, and an explosion of shadow magic blasts your backward a moment later. Most of it ripples around you, but the damage still hurts.>you've taken 7 damage (67/81)>con't
Temerity leaps on top of you. Desperate, your each for Hammer.The awful shriek of rending space builds in front of you. Temerity realizes what you're trying to do, and it attempts to jump away. A good third of it is caught in Hammer's blast, flattened into nothingness. It stumbles away, tearing itself free from the crushed sliver-void. The shadows gather into its wound, slowly repairing the armor and torn arms on its left side.You manage to get back to your feet without suffering another attack, putting you on even ground with your opponent once again.>Hammer: - Weak<You fool,> Temerity says. <Do you know what will happen if too many of us are weakened at once?!><Do you?><No, and I have no wish to discover the consequences!><You pushed us here,> you say, <not me!><You are beyond reason, and without reason, your judgement is false!>What do you do?>try to negotiate with Temerity>the time for talk has come and gone. Physical attack>duck back toward the crater while Temerity is recovering, regroup with Ardor and Humanity; take down Isolation>use Adamantize on yourself, then use Darkness Within>some other ability or plan
>use Adamantize on yourself, then use Darkness Within
>>27664184>>use Adamantize on yourself, then use Darkness Within
>>27664184I honestly don't know what to do. This situation is wayyyyy risky and so not the time for it.
>>27664184>try to negotiate with TemerityIf we don't try to negotiate this out, we're no better than he is.Try to negotiate. He just wants to get everyone back together. Defer judgement to him on the issue of humanizing shards. Hell, let him reforge Hammer into Sword as a show of faith.
>>27664184Hahahahah time to release the big bad light elemental
>>27664184>duck back toward the crater while Temerity is recovering, regroup with Ardor and Humanity; take down IsolationI think this is the best option.We take down the shards and humanize reforge them in the order that we met them.
>>27664184>duck back toward the crater while Temerity is recovering, regroup with Ardor and Humanity; take down Isolation
>>27664184>use Adamantize on yourself, then use Darkness WithinBring out the big guns!
It takes time to reforge stuff. I doubt we'll be able to do so during battle.
>>27664184I'd like to suggest a ceasefire for now, to allow us to better stack the deck in our favor, but Temerity isn't dumb enough to let us do that.
>>27664337Temerity is recovering. Out of the battle.
>>27664337Even if we can't reforge Isolation right there and then, we'll now have two allies on our side.I feel like we should try casting some healing/buffing magic, but Temerity can probably just Nightflare/Nightblaze it away.
>>27664347It has taken entire nights to reforge some shards.
>>27664184We should end this fight with temerity, if we take out other shards beforehand, i am afraid of what will happen when too many are broken.
>>27664184"In that case, it wouldn't do to have them most powerful shards risk breaking, would it?"Ditch him and take down Isolation before he can weaken Ardor or Humanity more.
>>27664384I'm more afraid of what would happen of Temerity, one of the most powerful shards, is broken.
Vote 1:>blink above Temerity + adamantize + darkness withinVote 2:>disengage, focus on Isolation along with the other shardsVote 3:>try to negotiate a ceasefire
>>27664419>1
>>276644193
>>276644191
>>276644192
>>27664419 1
>>27664426Do it right.
>>27664419cutting off votes
>1 wonWe're dead. Nice job being greedy.
Alright, roll 1d100Fifteen rolls, motherfuckers.
Rolled 60>>27664549>motherfuckersWrong choice confirmed.
Rolled 73>>27664549
>>27664548What do you expect, learning from mistakes?
Rolled 74>>27664549I'm glad I don't get involved in choices! Responsibility sucks.DICE!
Rolled 22>>27664549by the power of FUNK
Rolled 17>>27664549
Rolled 34>>27664549
Rolled 92>>27664549By the power of LOVE and JUSTICE.
>>27664592Funk has failed you.
Rolled 27>>27664549Obligatory second roll.
Rolled 94>>27664549
Rolled 27>>27664549COME ON!
>>27664592>>27664593>>27664600So much for step two.
Rolled 1>>27664549
Rolled 50>>27664549
Rolled 7>>27664549lets try FUNK ones more
Rolled 28>>27664549we are not going so bad so far. i have to fuck it up.
>>27664636Done
>>27664636Welp game over.Everyone go home.
Rolled 25>>27664636roll 11, phew. Does not count as a crit. Does count as a fail though.
>>27664549We are grade A fucked
>>27664636I can't say I didn't see this coming.
>>27664636And there it is!
>60, 73, 74.Alright.>22, 17, 34.The norm.>92, 27, 94.Awesome.>27, 1, 50.Fucking 'ell.>7, 28, 25.Our norm. Again.
>>27664636welp fuck thats it
>>27664636I'm confused, since this is roll 11 does that mean that this no longer counts as a critical, and thus round 4 is a 50?
Rolled 29providing roll 15 just because
...why didn't you guys go with any of the plans that people were talking about at the bottom of the last thread?
>>27664681LOVE and JUSTICE prevail!
Rolled 41Organizing:60,73,7422,17,3492,27,9427,1,507,28 + whatever I roll right now>note: the 1 was roll 11 and does not count as a crit, just a shitty roll
Rolled 93>>27664636forgot to actually link hah
>>27664702Nobody brought them up.Also,>expecting people to stick around for the post thread shitbitching so that they can strategize
>>27664702Because people probably didn't read it, or weren't around at the start.Or because it wasn't a provided option, didn't want to do it.
>>27664702Surge. Frostbite. Ice strike. We bought those for nothing?>That feel when the thread has begun and you're stuck typing on a phone.
Rolled 7>>27664549 *sigh*
>>27664747>>27664722Red, STAHP.
>>27664733Oh right. That would've been convenient to use to pin Temerity down so we could safely help our allied shards.I feel am dumb.
>>27664733Nightflare.Nightflare.Nightflare.
>>27664767Then barrage him so he can't cast it.
>>27664015oh god what the fuck twitter didn't update and I didn't catch the thread in time
>>27664808Hope you're one of the thinkers and not the eager rule of cool type.
>>27664825ur a fagget either way so wats it to u?
>>27664549>Fifteen rolls, motherfuckers.GENTLEMENTACTICAL BATTLEMIND TIMESTART PLAYIN SMART INSTEAD OF DEeeeeeRP
since our rolls have been decidedly lackluster recently how about buying Spirit Lash for that 5 rolls instead of 3 thing.
>>27664840It's not what it is to me that matters, it's what it means for Shadow.
oh shit Shadow Quest time
>>27664843Stop putting the same thing again and again. No matter what we choose we still have to roll. If we chose to help other shard, guess what? we roll. If we try we are all brothers speech, then what? we roll.This was not an overly idiotic action, whats idiotic will come next when we break half of the shards.
Rolled 6, 8 = 14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InwQZorlPIcYou blink above Temerity, and at the same time, build a spell on your flesh. He might have taken a good hit from Hammer, but you know firsthand how powerful he is. You have to go all-in.Your outer layer of flesh solidifies into material harder than steel. The extra weight adds to your momentum, and you crash down into Temerity in a ball of limbs and magic-coated armor.You delve into yourself, and the world around you fades into the background. You grab Temerity's armored head, squeeze, and slam it down into the earth.A shadow blast from Temerity strikes you right in the face. The darkness rebounds off you, gouges lines in the dirt, and slams into a tree, vaporizing it. Still, the sheer force of the blow hurt.You slam his head down again, and again. And then your form another limb and punch his chest, and then another attacks his arms, and another, and another. In a moment, you're assaulting him with everything you have. Your strength is divided into ten limbs, punching as hard and fast as you can. The force of the adamantium-backed blows drives your opponent into the earth. You growl, and tear off his head altogether. His arms follow.Temerity isn't just sitting there and taking it. Sharp points on his armor jab into your skin, blunted somewhat by your spell, but still hard enough to injure you. Arms like swords slice you repeatedly, taking down some of your own limbs. Another wave of shadow passes over you - but weaker than the first. Far weaker.You're winning this fight. When you snap out of your berserk, Temerity is bashed and broken. His blows are weak, and he isn't channeling magic.>mana: 24/29>you've taken 12 damage (55/81)>rolling for events
ok guys lets not be retards today, time to put these on and think of some logical solutions
>>27664913CONSUME HIMHUMANIZE HIM!
>>27664931Did you ever think of what would happen if there is too much chaos?
>>27664931We do not have control.
>>27664891Alternatively let's brainstorm together a list of idiot choices we could make in an effort to gain clarity on why not to do them.>Let humanity complete over-forge a broken shard, like it almost did to ardor>Hold back attacks during a situation dire for other shards>Use uncoordinated assaults without communicating plans to our allied shards if we have numbers>wait too long to help other shards, thereby weakening too manyThere are others but SM's updated post and I gotta read.
>>27664950No, but I certainly know keeping Temerity around is a bad idea. Lets keep silence and the others instead.
>>27664950more chaos because chaos breeds even more chaos?
An explosion rips through the trees next to you. Breeze flies out of the leaves and rolls down into the crater. One of its wings is ripped clear off. Three illusion-clones of Silence scamper from the forest, racing after your ally.Meanwhile, Isolation still fights against Humanity and Ardor. The stubborn shard that was your first ally refuses to yield; its regeneration is overpowering Ardor's hunger. Humanity seems to be hesitating, unsure whether to erase, unable to reforge what hasn't been broken.Temerity grabs you while you're distracted, but you tear yourself free from his grip, taking a few steps back. He claws across the grass, dragging his shredded body towards the treeline.What do you do?>consume Temerity>break Temerity>call for Humanity's help>let Temerity go for now; go aid your allies in the crater>move to intercept Silence directly>some other strategy
>>27664913Tell him that since our might makes us right, and we are the Judgement of Erebus, he WILL yield to us, immediately, or we will be forced to reforge him against his will and completely sacrifice what little hope we have to find balance.
>>27664968>consume Temerity
>>27664950Probably shadow would dissolve, either leading to it recrystallizing in pieces several millennia down the road or eroding any bonds of order present in this reality. Either way, the shadow mages are probably screwed.
>>27664965I vote for subjugating him again, and if he refuses then we humanize him.
>>27664913>call for Humanity's helpIts time to temper Temerity. Forge him anew.
>>27664968OKAY PEOPLE IT'S PLANNING TIMEDO NOT CHOOSE THESE EASY CHOICES
>>27664968Blast Silence with Surge before following Temerity and breaking him. Alternatively, cast Terror to stun Silence and Isolation.
>>27664966Until it grows out control and destroys everything.
>>27664968>consume TemerityIf we consume him, maybe we'll be able to gain balance. Or maybe we're all fucked
>>27664968>>consume TemerityLets get back to basic and simple days. you got a problem?CONSUME IT!
>>27664968>let Temerity go for now; go aid your allies in the craterI don't think breaking or consuming him is a great idea.It might be better to take down Isolation and Silence first.
>>27665003Seconded.
>>27665006then we have order again.
>>27664968Hey, Isolation is on the defense, right? Have Ardor and Humanity go help Breeze while we deal with Temerity.This way they're 3 vs 2 without anyone being cornered and they can watch each others backs and we don't have to let Temerity escape.
>>27665029Take advantage of his incapacitation to Heal Breeze and Surge Silence and Isolation.
>>27664968Break Temerity then tag with Humanity and Ardor. Have Ardor help breeze and Humanity with us to break Isolation. Once Isolation is broken, get Humanity to fix it while we help deal with Silence. If we do it right, we should only have 2 broken shards at any one time assuming that Humanity leaves Temerity until reforging the other two...
>>27665003THIS
>>27664968>some other strategyCast Great Heal on Breeze, a lesser heal on Ardor.
Do Not Break Temerity. That way lies Bad End.
>>27664968>Break TemerityCut off the head of this insurrection>call for Humanity's helpReforge him so that he understands our perspective.
>>27665040seconding... having the shards regroup with each other>>27665003and seconding a surge on silence before pursuing temerity
>>27665057THIS PLEASE, remember the best plans are not the ones SM gives us, its the ones we come up ourselves.
>>27665050That sounds like a good idea, though maybe using Terror on Isolation and Silence could also work?
>>27665061This. I hate to agree with Redaeth but outright breaking a shard is a bit too risky when we have the field advantage.Instead we should be covering that field advantage.Like these:>>27665040>>27665003
>>27665081What if we froze them?
>>27665063Do not break Temerity.Let him crawl off and lick his wounds, and by the time he recovers, both Isolation and Silence will be on our side again.
I vote that we consume it but casting Terror to stun all the shards seems like a nice idea. We dont want none of them being broken while fighting each other.
>>27665089...Both of what you just said mentions breaking Temerity. Which you just agreed was a terrible idea.Are you sure you didn't want to quote something else?
So.Surge Silence,Heal Breeze,Have shards regroup to each other,Go after Temerity?
>>27664968>Cast Great Heal on Breeze, then do some kind of magic to Isolation/Silence.We need to worry about the real fight over there, instead of whatever's going on with Temerity.
>>27665113Pretty sure he just meant the parts that don't involve breaking Temerity, which are good plans.
>>27665092Surge Silence. Great Heal Breeze. Freeze or Terror Isolation. Get Ardor to help Breeze. Alternatively, freeze Temerity instead of Isolation.
I vote against anything that deals with destroying a shardthis seems reasonable >>27665050
>>27665135Ideally I'd like to go after Temerity with overwhelming force, which means have his allies be neutralized?Given that he's kind of a fundamental aspect of our being, I'm not really sure what consuming or breaking him would do.
>>27665113The first link only says deal with him, which by Poe's law means anything, the other post was the first one I read that suggested to surge silence, so it's the one I linked to.But yeah, not breaking Temerity, cause that's a bad idea.
>>27665145Surge + Frostbite
>>27665164The first time we consumed him, in the archonium, he merely became a part of us again. So we know a bit about that path.>having a dickass inside of us basically
>>27665152>I vote against anything that deals with destroying a shardseconded
>>27665145>>27665135Yeah, these. Heal Breeze, Stop Silence and Isolation with magic(Surge/Terror/Frostbite) then deal with Temerity.
>>27665187Oh, well that's not really a bad idea I guess?But might not be the best time.
>>27665164I just really, really, DESPERATELY don't want him fucking off to the north pole to regroup with Wrath and then start HIS side of the plan. If he gets too much of a chance at freedom we have an elementomachy as a testament to the damage he could do.>yes, I'm implying that we could roll terribly enough to lose him just by giving him ground while he's weak, this is a bit meta but not going after him or stopping him in some way looks to give SM a chance to PLOTHOOK him away
>>27665219>>27665145Why don't we dark blizzard/frostbite Temerity to prevent him from moving away?>nightflareBut it said he's not doing so good at channeling magic! So we can take that route.
>>27665001Seconding! VOTE for THINKIN BOUT DiS SHIT
Seems like there is a near consensus.Vote 1:>use Surge to stop Silence and Isolation, heal Breeze, and regroup with your allies in the crater, hopefully taking down Isolation/Silence. Then, attack Temerity with overwhelming force.Vote 2:>use Surge, heal Breeze, and then keep on after Temerity yourself.
>>27665274>>27665248I didn't really consider that he could just flat out leave and go somewhere else.Forgot that this wasn't on the Astral Plane or whatever.Yeah probably not the best idea to let Evil Us get away.
>>276652982
>>27665298Can we just try freezing Temerity instead of finishing him?
>>27665298 2
>>276652981
>>27665331>>27665298>>27665274SM, freeze Temerity option?
>>27665331I didn't specify -how- you would attack Temerity in option 2 specifically so that we could vote on it, since there seems to be a lot of discussion about that.
>>27665355Well "keep on after Temerity" is kind of a vague term, isn't it?I think it means we can do whatever with him.
>>27665355Seconding thisAnyway, I think we should consume temerity.Not because we want to break or destroy him, but we want to take his power, his influence, his dick-ass influence away.Not consume, but EXERT DOMINANCE at a core level. Consumption MAY be the way of.... incorporating/accepting him into our whole, as we learned in the archonium, and its kind of what he wants what with his whole 'make us whole' agendaSo what i propose is: We eat his heard and take his power, but leave his voice.
>>27665365'Ey sea. S'all coo 'en.
>>27665383That's what we already did though and look what happened.
>>27665298Alright, plan NUMBAH 2Are we healing Breeze as much as possible in 1 action? That would be Great Heal for 12 mana. Surge is 5 mana, for reference.
>>27665383It's probably a good idea eventually.For some reason I just don't think reforging him would work, given how he's kind of been set up as the antithesis of Humanity.
>>27665415Dude the bro lost his wings what do YOU think?>great heal
Lets go with great heal.
>>27665415While that would cost most of our magic, Breeze seems to be in a pretty sorry state, given one of his wings was clipped.Might be necessary?
>>27665415Yeah, I don't see why we wouldn't Great Heal outside of mana cost and we don't really use a whole lot of spells to begin with.
Alright, roll 1d100six rolls, first three for surge, second three for great heal
>>27665415Mana regen still works right.>>27665460to freeze Temerity
Rolled 8>>27665484
Rolled 35>>27665484Oh fuck.
>>27665415Great Heal Breeze, Surge anyway, make due with low mana.
Rolled 77>>27665484
Rolled 53>>27665484SHADOW QUEST TIME!
Rolled 75>>27665484
>>27665494>>27665495>>27665509A narrow save.
Rolled 3>>27665484
Rolled 2>>27665484
Rolled 39>>27665484Diiiiice.
Rolled 57>>27665484
Rolled 85>>27665484By the power of LOVE and JUSTICE!
>35, 77.Good thing magic is "reliable.">53, 75.Satisfactory.
Rolled 54>>27665484
>>27665529time for me to say good night and good luck that almost hit to close to home for my taste
>>27665529jaysus christ almighteh
Rolled 83>>27665557At least you didn't roll an unlinked 100 in the top 3or10 rolls. That would be just plain awful.
Rolled 12>>27665529That was too close.
So. Plans on what we're doing with temerity?
>>27665604Just put him on ice for now.If we have enough magic left.
>>27665604Reforge him as our new shadowy waifu
You channel your magic, and a Surge of water answers your call, seeping up from the ground and condensing from the forest air. The heavy wall of water heads straight for Silence and his clones. On impact, the shadowy warriors explode, sending gouts of water splashing into the air. Silence is shoved back into the trees by the press.You grab your magic again and push it at Breeze. Immediately, the regeneration of his wing is accelerated until it is whole once again. A glance your way is all you get in thanks - but you've both got a lot to deal with. With Silence scrambling for balance, Breeze uses the opportunity to climb back into the air. An explosive -WHOMP- roars over the clearing as he barrels towards his opponent in a cyclone of supersonic shadow.>mana: (7/29)You turn back toward Temerity. The warped heap hasn't even made it to the trees yet. You've got him on the ropes.What do you do?>stop him with an ability (specify)>Consume Temerity>break Temerity>some other strategy
What if Humanity and Temerity negate each other instead of coming together?
>>27665668I mean, after that. Ice him and deal with other shards, Ice him and consume, Ice him and call over Humanity for a risky reforge...?
>these rolls
>Consume TemerityIt'll remove him from the battlefield so we can reforge him at our leasuire
>>27665604I would like to reforge him, since I'm really curious as to what the result would be.Especially since I have a vague hope that the result would be the ordered chaos we really need.
>>27665734So you want to call Humanity to us and away from Isolation?Isn't that risky?
>>27665702Break Temerity.
>>27665734>since I'm really curious as to what the result would beIt's probably something like practicality.>>27665702>Consume TemerityWe'll weaken him, gain some mana, and heal some, so that we can then deal with the other shards. I get the feeling that we can convince Isolation to join us, as he's been with us since the beginning.
>>27665702[x] BEAT HIS FUCKING FACE IN UNTIL HE RECOGNIZES WHO THE BOSS SHADOW IS
>>27665702>stop him with an ability (specify)Frostbite. Maybe an Adamantize too if we really want to keep him from going anywhere.
>>27665702Hm. When we first subsumed Temerity, and all throughout afterwards, and even when reforging other shards, he was still the only shard able to influence our power by trying to stop our reforges and also half our mana.Maybe consuming him before we've got the other shards or before he's been reforged isn't a good idea.Maybe it's the WORST idea.
>>27665792Frostbite costs 8 mana
>>27665791seconded
>>27665702Frostbite Temerity, go to Isolation and try to diplomance him.
>>27665702>>break TemerityTHEN CALL HUMANITY TO REFORGEhe will become INSTINCT
>>27665751I mean later, not right now.
>>27665801Because he'll be able to influence the battle we have internally?Still don't want to leave him on the field bro.>>27665792Mana issue. But I'd like to stop him and help our other shards with Isolation.
>>27665808Shit. How much does Terror cost?
>>27665702Break humanity, because the other shards will fall back in line once he's gone.
>>27665808How much does adamantize cost?
>>27665702Frostbite for now. He's weakened and the other shards aren't having the easiest time dealing with their opponents. Let's focus on breaking and reforging Isolation.
>>27665840Our allies are doing fine, we have to deal with the ring leader while he's on the ropesVotin break, then reforge with humanity
>>27665702>70> >>27665840> Votin break, then reforge with humanitybreak is a TRAPRemember critical shard strength warning! he told us off about hammer, remember?SM puts traps in his suggested course of actions btw!
>>27665867Pretty sure frostbite would allow him to heal himself, and remember last time we tried to fight him like that? Didnt work so well.
>>27665883he is would be the only shard below, iso and silence are both fine. that rule just means we have to bring one down at a time
>people voting to break Temerity>I agree but still feel skeevy given the warning we had beforeSo. Shard status?Ardor is ?Isolation is?Wrath is safe is north pole.We have good HP.Breeze has good HP.Silence hasn't been too damaged yet.Temerity is on breaking verge.??? is ?Hammer is screwed.Humanity is resonant.Remembering the 30% power thing.
>>276658833 broken shards = danger levels. 2 broken shards = warning...
>>27665913Fucking grammar, meant to say he would be the only one below if we were to break him.
>>27665702[X] Break himAlso, what the hell has been happening since i've been away? My middle man services seem to be in order.
What if after Temerity breaks we take too long to reforge him and
>>27665919It's the shard's in us I believe so Wrath and ??? don't really count for this. Hammer and Temerity are weakened and Ardor seems on the verge so we can't risk anymore.
>>27665919Iso and Ardor seem to be holding strong at normal against each other. least it seems that way.Hammer is weak
>>27665702...Fuck it, let's just ditch him.Or use Terror/Adamantize on him.I don't think breaking him is a good idea, and if we consume him he can do stuff.
>>27665927I'm pretty damn certain that if three shards break, then the seal that we've held the elemental lords off with will be broken. We aren't ready for that yet, and they are going to be PISSED
>beat temerity within an inch of existence>cover him completely like we are going to consume him>whisper <I decide our prerogative, I am Judgment and you will abide it or be destroyed>
>>27665702>You turn back toward Temerity. The warped heap hasn't even made it to the trees yetEarthforge. BRING HIM TO US. On a silver rock platter.And then we yell ENOUGH to all the shards. All of them.Break his control over them, first."Don't we know what happens when we break shards? NO. No we don't. Because you never tell us -SHIT- temerity. Everything is this way, it must be with way, no bend, no give, no cooperation. And you know what? I'm so sick of it that i'm tempted to -not care- what happens. I know its bad, but you're -that much- of a jerk.""One way or the other, your interference ends here. What do you have to say for yourself."Judgement in charge, judgement pissed at dis shit. back it up.
>>27665960>what ifLets not even go there.
>>27665984Yeah that's why I stopped mid-sentence because if we wait it might
>>27665702How about we just maul him a little, like bring him to the brink of death, just to slow him down some more?
>>27665969last time we consumed him it didnt turn out so well.>>27665977he would be the only one broken, we just have to be quick about reforging him. plus iso and silence would probably fall back in line once temerity gets fucked
>>27665969Are we sure that cumsuming him won't a) incorporate him into us an potentially grant him a new avenue through which to usurp control or b) erase his existence, the structure of Temerity, from Shadow?
Opinions are all over the place, but this is pretty important.Waiting patiently for discussion to play out.
>>27665979Do it.All this shard combat, power levels are going ot be rising and falling constantly.call a breather and taking stock is the best thing we can do.
>>27665979Using emotion on something like temerity will only make him believe himself more. we have to turn him into something that can be reasoned with.
>>27665979Agreed, let's do that.
>>27666025I vote against breaking any of the shards.
>>27665979>>27666026I'd kind of have to agree. We've thoroughly beaten the ring leader so I think forcing a ceasefire would be possible at this juncture.
>>27666025>>27666045well i for breaking temerity
>>27665979sounds like a good plan to me
>>27666025I still say break him.Also, why is it that when I leave we end up doing something crazy?
>>27666025Thank you SM for your patience.>>27666017We know consuming him won't erase his existence, because that's what we averted by consuming him rather than letting Humanity destroy him in the archonium originally.Pretty sure the number a is spot on though.
>>27666056Break him, call a ceasefire.
>>27666013I believe the warning said that once three "fall below 30% power" then the seals will be weakened. I'm not certain how Temerity functions being a new seal and all, but he's probably below 30% power already, just like Hammer. We need to reforge and strengthen Temerity and the rest NOW or we're fucked.
>>27666056Vote forgoddam my grammer sucks.you all know that the problem of temerity will never be over as long as he remains as he is
>>27665702agh fuck I can't even handle this shit now. Let's dominate him, insist that earlier he said might makes right, tell him we are in charge and the directive is changing, corruption is not possible as we are Erebus. If he STILL refuses, break him
>>27666066This is why i want to take his POWER away from him, not necessarily break or destroy him.What would that entail? Beating him down and ripping his heart out? Partial corruption? Help us out here, sm
>>27666074no, it said that when more than 1 shard falls below 30% power (broken) there is a chance of it being broken
>>27666074This.We already have a weakened shard.This is like what Kan-Abar was talking about.We have to find a way to make the battle decisive and swift without weakening everyone on all sides,because everyone here is something/someone that we're trying to get on our sides without utterly destroying them or risking The Return.
>>27666076We don't want to do it right fucking now though while seal integrity shit is up in the air.
>>27666084i dont think we can, that would literaly being like removing HIM from HIM. like making hammer not a hammer
Can we try and strengthen Hammer really quickly so it's no longer too weak?
>>27665979This, enough infighting time for the talk
>>27666110Seal integrity is just fine right now, barring a crit things should go just fine.We have no shards broken right now at all, and if we break and reforge temerity this whole thing will be over.
>>27666119We already made Blade not a Blade by turning it into a Hammer so what's your point?
>they're breaking temerityWell. You were warned.writing
>>27666099That sounds even worse! Breaking more shards, or weakening them even more sounds like a REALLY bad idea.
>>27666144SM no pls
>>27666144What? No we're not.I thought you were going to bring it to a vote or something.
well.... Fuck.
>>27666144what no way
>>27666144your not even calling a vote?>>27666142we turned Blade into Hammer, we didnt keep Blade we reforged it
>>27666144>Well. You were warned.you fucking retards what happened to our ThinkingCap?
>>27666144>Shadow Master DCsy3GUeLy7>Not actually a tripcode>Is all in name field.Ruseman pls.
>>27666144>fake tripNice try.
Please bring it to vote, please, please, please
>>27666144Take it to a vote.
>>27666160Wait... wait, I have just fallen victim to a master ruseman.I'm ashamed of myself.
Oh god I've never rused people so easily before. I love you all so much.
>>27666144>no number vote to prevent samefag
>>27666185oh shit you mother fucker, scared the shit out of me10/10
>>27666144
>>27666185you evil sonofabitch
>>27666185Rusing people while they're panicking is easy.
>>27666141They don't have to be broken, we got seal integrity warnings just from weakening shards before.
>>27666144>>27666158>>27666160>>27666161>>27666168>>27666169>>27666171So obviously we AREN'T breaking Temerity. Can we figure out what our course of action is?
>>27666182Let's not rush to a vote right now.I think there's still stuff we can talk about.Like how with Hammer and Temerity being really weak, I'm not sure if we can afford to have any other shards be brought down low, which means that reforging Isolation and Silence might be too risky.
I want to CONSUME him. Keeping him on the field is a mistake IMO.
>>27666158>>27666160>>27666168>>27666169>>27666171You guys got rused hard.
>>27666207no, it is only with broken shards. we had a broken one and we were going to use a normal one, so it warned us that if it broke there would be a risk
>>27666226SameSo after Shadow Quest is over and done with, someone should come along and make a card game based off of it called "Cards Against Temerity"
>>27666226...Can we somehow call an ally over to kind of hold Temerity down?Because I think he might interfere with taking down Isolation and Silence if he's inside us.
>>27666213Drag him back and call a ceasefire.
>>27666213i was in there and im still votin break,not only was that an excellent ruse, but it is also a way to subconciously influence the direction of the thread
>>27666219But by that logic beating/breaking ANY shard is too risky including Temerity, which means we need to call this to a ceasefire, which means making Temerity surrender, which isn't going to happen. So we're kind of fucked in that department. Consuming is also not a good option since he'll pull shit from inside us like before.
Here is the exact quote from earlier in the story:>------------------------------->Warning!! -- Warning!! -- Warning!!>------------------------------->Automatic warning system activated. Response: Basic Protocol Violation>Current power division protocols cannot maintain 100% seal integrity if more than one power node falls below 30% capacity.>If warning is overridden, a seal breach is possible. Recommendation: use alternate power source.>Force override?>Y/N
>>27666254Have Humanity lock down Temerity. Help beat down Isolation.
I would just like to say that even if we "break" temerity we should under no circumstances try to use humanity on him.Is he an ass? Yes he is, but he has a unique perspecitve that is still usefull. His only focus is getting the whole back together and from what I have seen we have been trying our hardest to mess with him.Let me remind everyone that we are pro "balance" and that means learning to "balance" the the two sides of us. NOT forcefully useing humanity as the go to answer for everything.That is simply taking a page out of his book. Conquer all that oppose you.
>>27666274which proves nothing because we dont know that condition of the shards at that time
>>27666277This kind of thinking is what led to this battle. Unfortunately Shards besides ourselves cannot change unless we MAKE them change. And the only way we have to do that is Humanity Reforging.
>>27666277then you find a way to make the two opposite sides of a spectrum coexist in the same being together.protip: you can't the only way is to "tone them down"
>>27666277In this case, it seems that the path of Humanity is the path of Balance. We aren't going to erase or consume the world, we're going to work with it. Temerity has shown that he cannot be reasoned with, and cannot be compromised with. There isn't a middle of the road in this situation, because the road has split into two separate paths.
>>27666306The only way we KNOW of. We don't even know the big picture yet and we are already trying to change it over what a SHARD said who doesn't know the big picture either.
>>27666326through reforging,
>>27666334We can only work with the options we have, acting on information that may or may not be true is just stupid. and we cant continue on like this
>>27666277I knew you would do this eventually.You're using the "Middle Road" fallacy. Sometimes when there's two sides, the optimum path or correct choice isn't always inbetween them, but the side that favors ourselves; our friends and allies; and the world we've decided to protect, preserve, and learn about.
>>27666274Would an alternate power source be Hecate?
>>27666277Goddamnit, Brutus. You always argue for the same shit all the damn time. This whole "fine just the way it is" talk is complete bullshit. Look where it got us already. A stubborn asshole of a shard trying to fuck us over from the inside out. His unique perspective won't magically fucking disappear because we reforged him into something more reasonable.that actually goes along with what we want to do instead of opposing us.
>>27666330Humanity has lied to us before. Btw, what if Temerity and by extension Erebus are like demons who can't act beyond their programming. Maybe exposing humanity might be the answer. Or we might make him even more independent and determined to take us out.
>>27666330Sm said balance would hard you're taking the easy way.
Can we negotiate a ceasefire and force humanity and temerity to fuse together equally? Humanity takes part of temerity, vice versa
Rolled 85>>27666383Shadowrun go
>>27666330There is always a middle road and yes the two sides will never get along, but that is perfectly fine. That conflict is exactly what we need.Humanity is emotional and temerity is cold logic.The only thing that temerity has asked of us is to gather the shards together and in doing so we would be closer to the truth. The only reason he has acted this way is because he feels that we are going to humanize everything.
>>27666400No, just no
>>27666385He said bringing the whole world Balance would be hard. Getting our own shit together and fixing the entire setting are completely different things.
>>27666400Or perhaps we can simply take both of them into ourselves equally. Since Temerity was big on "might-makes-right" and we just beat him down like a little bitch.
>>27666365>oh shit my engrishWhich means enforcing humanity on him isn't taking a "page from his book," because the goals and destinations, as the reasons supporting them, are completely different.We are two different sides with opposing end games. There isn't always a neutral solution to grand problems.>>27666385The easy path would've been following the prime directive, because it wouldn't have led us into conflict with him in the first place. That's what the archonium was about for us.>>27666334A shard following its programming, by its own word that is programming was beneficial to the universe over; everything we've learned about why we don't want this world destroyed.
>>27666413This
>>27666144>>they're breaking temerityWhat? Wat?We have a ton of votes for CONVERSATION, after you called for a WHAT DO>>27665979and I agree with it!Come on!
>>27666413Temerity has repeatedly told us that the prime directive of gathering the shards is for the purpose of destroying all chaos, and this world, and returning it all to nothing.These are all his words, straight from our first meeting. Seriously Captain, you are drunk.
>>27666413>we are going to humanize everythingThat's what we are going to do. Erebus needed more humanity. There isn't a balance between being human and being inhuman; you choose one side or the other. We will achieve balance within the world, but first we must purify ourselves, and achieve balance within ourself.Also, Humanity is a shard that is more an extension of who we are rather than an actual individual personality.
>>27666439Votes haven't been called Ruseman
>>27665979Best option
>>27666487My samefag senses are tingling
We're going to roll low and bork whatever AWeSUM PLAN you guys come up with anyway.So is not like is matter.
Alright, I think I've condensed the various trains of thought here.Vote 1:>grab Temerity and drag him back to the crater. Demand that the shards stop fighting immediately. Assert dominance as judgement. (feel free to write-in after voting)Vote 2:>use earthforge to trap Temerity, and then head back to Isolation. As your first shard, one that willingly joined you, perhaps you can talk it down.Vote 3:>break Temerity
HelloCan we agree to keep a balance of order and chaos shards? Is that what we're doing?
>>27666515Yes, is not of mattering.
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>>276665351
>>27666509Sadly, no, that wasn't me.I suggested it, and fell for the ruse.I feel like a fool.HOWEVER, that is totally SM throwing us a CONTEXT HINT about breaking temerity.This is the kinda decision that changes the course of the game, a la 'oops i accidentally a few centuries later'In any case, if we want to *do things* to temerity, we need to stop our shards from weakening entirely and screwing ALL of everyone, shards and humanity alike.
>>27666469Yes, Erebus needs a "little" humanity but too much humanity is just as bad as too much temerity.Balace between the two was said to be the hardest road possible.
>>27666413>There is always a middle roadThere isn't, actually. That's realistically and by the mechanics of the setting we're in it's very, very untrue.You can't have your cake and eat it too.You can't have both astrology and astronomy be correct.You can't have phrenology and neurology both be spot on.You can't have best guess abstracts vs. hard core mathematics be perfectly in sync.You can't have programmed entities forever submissive to our claims of letting life have a chance at existence.Temerity and ourselves have completely different goals for the world, and he's already jumped onto his boat of destruction before knowing, while we've been keeping on trying to save the world.tl;dnr: Temerity is THE villain of Shadow. He is our literal anti-thesis. He has elements of everything that's a part of this world that we've chosen to go beyond, including his namesake.We're not compromising long-term with the malcontent plan of the last BBEG.
>>27666535 1
>>27666469Balance =/= harmonyChaos creates chaos remember which is exactly what is happenning right now
>>27666413You don't get it. He is literally a part of us throwing a bitchfit over a difference in opinion. We were gathering the shards when we found Blade and fused with him, but he got mad because we didn't do it the way he wanted us too. He wants to destroy all Chaos and he was only ever cooperating in order to convince to go back to doing that. When he fucked over David he said that he should remember that power in a time of choosing. When he fucked over the Shadow Monster he said that was the last help we'd get from him until we got back to the prime directive,He has only cooperated to us because he is still looking for a chance to usurp Humanity's influence and get back to the prime directive, he almost literally said so back during the Archonium arc.>>27666542The reforged shard are equal parts Order and Chaos.
>>276665353
>>27666567>but too much humanity is just as bad as too much temerity.No. The main problem with the world is the lack of humanity it has. Sandalphon and Auriel and Michael and Yi Fang have all showed their lack of Compassion, Understanding, Empathy, and the sheer amount of hatred and practicality that each of them have. The world needs humanity, not temerity. It has temerity and pragmatism out the wazoo. We're trying to fix that, by finding balance between the elements.
>>27666566but i wasnt SM throwing the hint. it was the ruseman
>>27666535cutting off votes
>>27666535>1
>>27666631Also, we will stop him before going to far. like we always do.
>18>27
>>27666535grab: 9earth: 7break: 2Any write-ins for your demand that this shit come to a halt?
>>27666638I think the implication is that SM was pretending to be a ruseman.
>>27666657This, just like we stopped humanity over-forging Hunger and winding up with Ardor: a shard pieced together by chaos with chunks of order, rather than... whatever may have resulted otherwise.THAT is the path of balance.
>>27666678<Temerity, swerve. Judgement comin' though.>
>>27666684shadowrun, go
>>27666631Humanity isn't always nice or compassionate remember.
>>27666631And I agree with you on this that the "world" needs more humanity and in time we will find a balance to said world, but at the moment we are talking about ourselves and finding a balance.
>>27666678ALRIGHTWAIT A BIT SMI'VE GOT MAH FINGAHS TYPAN
>>27666698And neither are we, but it does contain elements of that, which we'll need.
>>27666678bitches not voting for the new Instinct shard
>>27666631Our purest expression of Humanity was " FUCK U I WANT MUH ABBY DIE I BURN U NO ABBY 4 U ABBY MINE!!!!!!!"
>>27666678>Any write-ins for your demand that this shit come to a halt?YES!Start with the original suggestion as a base.Quick, wordfags convene!Also, hit the other shards with logic. Point out they're connections to temerity instead of their OWN desires - its hypocrisy to have your own wants, yet instantly side with the old leader, a la Silence.
>>27666698yeah but sandallphon and Yi Fang werent even doing it out of passion, just a twisted logic
>>27666709And temerity is an interruption of the balance within ourselves.Do you know what temerity is? It's not an equal measure kind of deal;>excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.And he's proven this at every turn, humanity will be the measure to him. That's that. And we'll prevent over-humanizing because we're going for balance, that's THAT.
>>27666678>Any write-ins for your demand that this shit come to a halt?WRITE IT LIKE A COMPETENT PLAYER, NOT A DEMOCRACY OF IMBECILES PLZSRSLY, unfetter yourselves from our bitching and deliver this Stop! TALKTIME speech the way it was MEANT to be
>>27666631No, from the very beginning neither Humanity or Temerity have been good or bad. Even when Temerity was Corruption it wasn't really "bad" Speaking of, kind of weird that now Temerity is calling Humanity the corruption, innit?. Too much humanity leads to getting nothing done, being too soft, too complacent. Lacking drive. We need Temerity.
>>27666734Which is why we reigned it in from being all-consuming, and instead striking an internal balance with reforged shards.
>>27666739Dude, if temerity got his way silence would have his aswell.I dont even know about iso, i just really want to reforge him so we can talk with best bro
>>27666782We need the same kind of balance we struck with the other reforged shards. They have chaos and order both, that's the goal. Ala Breeze/Hammer/Ardor. We can do that for the shard of Temerity.
>>27666782Not really, to much humanity leads to wars and other things aswell. humanity just needs to be tempered with a touch of "dont give a fuck" a la order
>>27666805We don't know that what humanity does to the shards is strike an order or not.
>waiting on writers who are apparently writing
>>27666678<You've lost Temerity. Twice. You talk as if you know anything but you don't. Neither of us do. Not of Erebus' original memories and not of the complete nature of Order and Chaos. Call this off now if you really want to avoid whatever consequences come from weakening too many of us. I am done trying to cooperate with a stubborn child that just wants his way and won't listen to any form of reason even after they admit they don't have a full understanding of the situation themselves. You shut up and listen from now on. End of argument. I will collect the shards, I will research the nature of Order and Chaos, and I will decide what do from there and you will follow my orders. Because I am Judgement and you are not.>
>>27666811What are you even saying? We do know. Breeze is order outlined in chaos, Ardor is order pieced together by chaos, Hammer is order permeated by chaos.Read the descriptions of when they were converted and how we prevented Humanity from going Full-Sail.
>>27666768Seconded!>>27666782What we need is actual balance, and not LOLDERPCORRUPT ALL SHARDS that team hydra pushes for constantly.Either we need to go full dictator, usurp full control of the erebus bus(and become like temerity)Or go full chaos, corrupt everything, live for our heart's desires, and watch old erebus dreams collapse around usOr shoot for -actual- balance, which takes democracy and constant effort.
>>27666851>>27666811And also keep in mind that we've decidedly prevented Humanity from going full-sail to include the order parts of the shards to strike a balance- rather than making them all chaos.
>>27666782Temerity literally means excessive drive, though.>>27666811They have been described multiple times as a mix of both. Bricks of Order held by a mortar of Chaos, etc.
>>27666859Your not to bright are you?when we reforge a shard we are making it both Chaos and Order. not just chaos
>>27666678<u got #rekt temerity. give up u FUCKKEN scrub...>
>>27666851>>27666876It would've been simpler if you guys just told us that the reforged shards are balanced between order/chaos.I was sitting here thinking they were utterly humanized because I missed those sentences...
>>27666859Corrupting the shards just makes them a mix of order and chaos.Y'know, like, EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING
>>27666871Who says that is another step? Humanity is a flame and if you hold something in a fire long enough it just turns to ash.
>>27666859Attaining the "actual balance" would be achieved by the reforging of all our shards.though maybe not humanity and temerity, they may merge or do some other special shit. or we may reforge them both
>>27666908>pic relatedRead the god damned flavor text! It's delicious and nutritious with all the contextual hints needed for a balanced breakfast!
Also, I can't help but notice that we have heard a lot from temerity lately and yet humanity is strangely silent.
>>27666919but if you hold it in there just long enough but not to long it changes.that is a really shitty analogy, like really shitty. unless we are going into metal working analogies and those are beyond me
>>27666919Which is why we don't hold things in the flame for too long. We've pulled back on each occasion to achieve a balance.
>>27666942That's cause he's broing it up. bros don't need words, just support
>>27666919Now you're just going with silly proverbs because your argument isn't backed by the consistency of the setting. Seriously Captain, you are drunk.
>>27666920Okay, IF this really is making shards more "balanced" I could agree with letting both sides stay with us in control.What I really want is to just not trying to reforge or corrupt either side.
>>27666850Sounds pretty good!>writing
We should have just reforged Temerity when we were in the Archonium and we wouldn't even be in this mess.
>that feel that CMotRB is playing devils advocate to curry good reasons why to reforge temerity in the same fashion as the other shardsI'm onto you Captain. I'm onto you.
>>27666983think about what humanity does, have any of our reforged shards lost their cool like he does? or other shit? BUT our non-reforged shards act very much like the temerity of their "aspect" like a spoiled child that does not compromise
>>27666983By either side of course I mean leaving temerity as he is and humanity as he is.With that I could see no reason with making the others more "balanced"
>>27666994Same with Isolation.That's what we get for thinking there was some happy fun diplomacy solution to this problem. We basically pulled a Xella with both Isobro and Temerity.
>>27666994True. But it's a fine mess is it not?>>27666983There's no "corrupting," that's Temerity-slang for adding a non-overpowering element of Humanity to a previously inhuman unsympathetic to the greater world shard of Erebus.If we're not Erebus, we need to reforge the shards to achieve the balance that we've been supporting.It's no longer an "if" situation, it's clearly outlined in the context of these encounters. Drunk captain.
>>27666999Hey look, double trips.ehh, reforging is the only permanent solution anyway. everything else is only temporary. by his very nature temerity does not compromise. He is the driving force of "instinct" and for him to listen to anything else is absurd.
inb4 reforging of Termerity is like a matter-antimatter annihilation and it takes out half of the forest.
>>27666987Add-on."I could destroy you rightn now, Temerity. But I won't because I need you. Humanity may be my compassion and willingness to compromise, but you are my drive and conviction. I can't lose either of you.And before you say that I'm just keeping you around to keep up the seal, you always say that I'm corrupted. Well wouldn't the best way to increase the corruption be to kill you and break the seal?"
You grab Temerity. He resists with angry strikes, but you ignore the blows and drag him back to the crater.>you've taken 2 damage (53/81)>your adamantized skin returns to normalYou call down from the edge of the pit at the brawling shards. <Isolation, stop!>Isolation, who had been holding open Ardor's mouth with a dozen arms, leaps back. Ardor's jaw snaps closed on air, and he holds his ground. Isolation looks up at you.You look at Temerity. <You've lost. Admit defeat.><...I cannot. I must not.><You talk as if you know everything,> you say, <but you don't. Neither of us do. We don't understand the nature of Order and Chaos, and we don't understand what Erebus's true goals were.> You tighten your chokehold on Temerity and raise his face up to meet yours. <I will collect the shards. If I want, I will reforge them. I will affirm my understanding of Order, and Chaos. And when I do, I will make a decision, and you WILL follow my orders, because I am Judgement. Or would you prefer to continue your childish and futile resistance?>Temerity stares back at you.Roll 1d100
Rolled 26>>27667084WRECK URSELF
>>27667072lets not commit to anything, i think we should break and reforge him infront of the other two. or once we get things with the battle settled down. cause this>>27667056
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>>27667096one job, anon
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Rolled 21>>27667084>diceWe've already failed.
>>27667118stop rolling>51>88ok
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Rolled 67>>27667084id like to stop using the dice for the remaining 300 threads
>>27667106>>27667103Coulda been worse!
>>27667103>>27667106I, uh, maybe?
>>27667123DC 70 when dealing with Temerity traditionally.Probably down to 60 for how weak he is.>yes, I'm being pissantingly pessimistic
>>27667103>>27667106Well, that's not terrible but I expect the DC to be pretty high.
>>27667096>>27667103>>27667106>writing
oh god we're at 9 rolls, please no
Rolled 39>>27667084I won't roll a 1.
>>27667163how dare you tempt the dice gods. eventually you will roll a 1, then it is all over
Rolled 60>>27667201rolling a 1 is such a small chance thoughcan't really happen that often yeah
>>27667163>Wants to roll a 1, temps fate, just gets a low roll instead.>Next important roll will be a 1Calling it.
Rolled 46>>27667201just passing by to try and tempt the dice gods
>>27667211you seem to under estimate the /tg/ dice
Temerity seems to move - and then it stops.<...the seal cannot be allowed break. This, I know more than anything.> It slumps in your grasp. <The tide of the battle is already turned. I submit.>An explosion rips from the trees. Breeze flies out of the forest, smoking and shredded worse than before. Clearly, Silence has the upper hand in their fight - and he stalks out of the trees, half a dozen clones sprinting just behind.<No!> Temerity shouts. <Silence, desist!>But just as Silence glances over, one of his clones explodes near Breeze's position. When it emerges from the smoke, Breeze is a wingless slump of black-and-white coal.-------------------------------Warning!! -- Warning!! -- Warning!!-------------------------------<What is that?!> you drop Temerity and cover your ears. The human gesture doesn't help. The ringing sound is coming from within you.<I do not know!!> Temerity shouts.-------------------------------Warning!! -- Warning!! -- Warning!!-------------------------------Seal integrity critical! Restore power to node 5 immediately!----------The ground begins to rumble.Roll 1d20
>>27667215temeritys resistance
Rolled 45>>27667240prolly
Rolled 2>>27667262damn it
Rolled 14>>27667262
Rolled 12>>27667262LOVE AND JUSTICE
Rolled 11>>27667262Oh FUCK!
Rolled 15>>27667262hey hey hey hey hey. we only have 1 shard broken. im callin bullshit.
>>27667271>>27667272>>27667279God FUCKING Damnit Silence.
>>27667271>>27667272>>27667279That's kind of worrying.
>>27667288One shard broken.Two shards exceptionally weak.
>>27667262FUCKING SILENCEYOU ASSHOLENOW EVERYTHING IS FUUUUUCKED
Rolled 14>>27667262silence really is a hard ass isnt he?he gave us more trouble than any other shard simply due to his intelligence
>>27667262Silence is the WORST shard. I mean, Temerity is at least Lawful Evil.
>>27667288Yeah but we have at least three shards weak.Probably more.
>>27667262SIIIILENCEWHAT DID YOU DOWHAT DID YOU DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Think we can get Temerity agree to having Silence be reforged into sucking less?Dude can't read the mood.
So now that the elemental lords are coming back, perhaps we should work to free hectate geb leviathin a little bit faster?
Rolled 15>>27667262
Rolled 14>>27667304but it said "2 shards below 30%" not "1 below 30% and 2 at 40%"SM, there may be other things we cant see influencing this, but do not fall into the trap of breaking your own rules for the storys sake
Rolled 9>>27667262
>>27667340You are aware this is a dictatorship, right?
Rolled 19>>27667319Shouldn't matter, see this>>27667340
>>27667340I think Breeze is at 0%, while Temerity is at like 10%, and Ardor/Isolation might be wounded as well.
>>27667355A benevolent dictatorship, but a dictatorship none the less.
>>27667355A dictatorship with laws.
>>27667337I think this comes from a misconception that below 30% = Broken and we have no evidence to confirm this.
>>27667262IT'S FUCKING HAPPENING, WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP IT TEMERITY
Rolled 11>>27667367if Breeze were at 0% there wouldnt be anything left at all.and traditionaly our shards do not function at all when broken, which implies temerity isn't
I guess that's what we get for using the Hammer so soon.
>>27667387meant to link: >>27667340
Rolled 11>>27667379>>27667374>>27667355Yeah, but having your players struggle to stop something from happening, only for your to make it happen because it makes a better story makes for a really shitty game. But i may be wrong
EMERGENCY TELEPORT TO NEAREST MANAPOOL AND DIVE INTO IT
>>27667411And people wondered why I sperged about how bad of a non-plan it was.
The ground rumbles. You feel waves of power - magic. Light. Then Spirit. Then Earth, and Lightning, Wind. They radiate from the core of the world, over and over. Then they mix, in strange, nonsensical blends, elements merging and separating like colors that cannot find a home. The earthquake rumbles on far longer than any normal quake should.<We must repair the shards!> Temerity shouts.<But that can take a day!><Then we must make it less than a day! With me!>You rush alongside Temerity to Breeze's size. It quivers slightly, still smoking. In a moment, all have gathered about your fallen friend.Temerity looks at Humanity's flame. <We need to combine our efforts, flame, or we shall have little to bicker about any longer.><Agreed,> Humanity says. <Just don't think this means more than that.><Of course not,> Temerity snaps. It looks at you. <I am weakened, as well. Heal me as we work.>What do you do?>follow Temerity's plan>don't give Temerity any slack. Let them repair Breeze while you meditate on Hammer.>some other strategy---------------------->>27667429Temerity is severely weak, Hammer is Weak, Breeze is on the verge of being broken. That is certainly more than two shards in a state low enough to violate the warning you were flagged with earlier.
>>27667411Hammer, Breeze, and Temerity. Fuck.
>>27667445>>follow Temerity's plan
>>27667445>follow Temerity's planOH FUCKOH FUCKWE LET THE OTHER ELEMENTAL LORDS OUTOH FUCK
Rolled 7>>27667387we do need some clarification on that, but one of our shards that was "below 30%" was broken. i also believe we have ahd multiple shards at "Fragile" before without getting a warning. is there something between Fragile and Broken?
>>27667445>Follow Temerity's planWe can sort out our internal problems later, we need to save the world NOW.
>>27667445>follow Temerity's planhe better not fuck us
>>27667445"Don't fuck this up." Follow his plan.
>>27667445>follow Temerity's planWe need to reforge silence when this shit is done. Jesus christ that guy is an asshole.
>>27667445Tell Temerity to give us back the other half of our mana.
>>27667445>>follow Temerity's planI fucking knew it.We are holding the elemental lords back.
>>27667445Hmm. I see two traps. But I can see no other options.
>>27667500if he fucks us I will start advocating for his total destruction
>>27667520Yeah, we kind of need that for healing.
Rolled 4>>27667445Then please clarify what is below 30%. you made it seem like we could have all of our shards at 31% and still be fine.also >follow Temerity's planwe are reasonable
>>27667531If he fucks us then the lords will be set loose, he already forfeited (this) battle, so hopefully that'll give us some time to avoid his betrayal.
>>27667520This
>>27667445While we may have a conflict in opinions, This situation must be resolved as quickly and efficiently as possible.It may prove useful to fix Temerity up to good then focus our own attentions onto Hammer...That way, we should be able to stabilize the seal...
>>27667520Actually yeah, tell him that it's kind of hard to heal if he's restricting our power.
Rolled 20>>27667530it is in Character for us to be a bit gullible, not that i dont support it
>>27667520Absolutely. If it's within his power to do so.
>>27667445>follow Temerity's planTime to put everyting else aside and try to fix the shit out of these shards.
>>27667560>20
>>27667530Care to reveal them?As well as potential countermeasures?
>>27667445>"I... I'm not helping you because I like you or anything! It's because the seal is weakening! Geeze, you're stupid!"So tsundere
>>27667560im just gonna turn off my dice now, kept fucking forgetting
>>27667478Nope. Geb is not imprisoned, and we know where Hecate is.I have no idea what the hell this is, but it isn't the elemental lords being released.
HEHEHEHEH.I WONDER WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS THINKING ABOUT THIS EARTHQUAKE RIGHT NOW.I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AURIELS FACE WHEN>we say we gotta do something personal>the world starts feeling like it's going to explode from the inside
>>27667585The elemental lords that we imprisoned as Erebus... You know, Hyperion & friends?
>>27667577Not that guy. But going along with Temerity could lead to backstabbing and meditating on Hammer puts us out of the whole situation for several hours.
>>27667591We're so getting scolded.
>>27667591>Suddenly, geysers of shadowy goo all over the world.>We come back>"I feel much more in control now."
>>27667585We blocked 4 greater lords, tricked 2 lesser lord into sealing them selves, left 1 to go crazy, there is only 1 lord not accounted for.
>>27667577It's a non-issue at this point mostly.Mostly.
>>27667591i think they are just rattling their chains. and ged is getting a little fired up. it should be containable
>>27667596Then what's with the Spirit and Earth magic?
>>27667612>there is only 1 lord not accounted forwhat?Are you talking about Erebus?
>>27667596Geb was imprisoned by Aelous or whatever his name was, not Erebus.
>>27667620They're very likely part of the countermeasures used to seal them.
>>27667612us
>>27667612No, that's all of them.
>>27667635WE IMPRISONED AELOUS, THE FIRE GUY, THE LIGHTNING GUY, AND HYPERION.Geb was an ally
>>27667635geb wasnt imprisioned.>>27667620I think they are just feeling everything else and are getting fired up. also, Hecate is sealed
>>27667641>>27667626Yeah my bad, i forgot we were considered the 8th lord.i'll laugh if there is a real 8th lord
In retrospect, before we decided to take on Temerity, we should have meditated all our shards into being as strong as possible.
>>27667657Well "Ally" in the sense we planned on tricking him into imprisoning himself for all eternity if he didn't fuck up and get imprisoned by Aelous.
>>27667657We also imprisioned Hecate and Leviathan, geb is going crazy. what if that crazy shaman dude is a manifestation of Geb?
>>27667682I can't argue with that
>>27667657Which begs the question on how the fuck are we related to the sky reaver since i remember it was used to keep those fuckers out.
>>27667666>Geb wasn't imprisonedRead the fucking quest again. He was imprisoned with a parasite and an eternal cyclone. Herpa fucking Derpa. He's in the wastelands now, insane from being tossed around for eternity.
>>27667657>>27667666That's my point. We felt Earth flaring just now, so we can be damn sure it isn't the elemental lords being released.
>>27667672well i would make sense, because every element except Light has an opposite.maybe the real shadow lord is just really chill and gives like Zero fucks and hangs out on the bottom of the ocean all day. or maybe he took control of the Timorian Deep
>>27667697He wasn't sealed away like the "Greater" elemental lords were. Also, it appears that we imprisoned the elemental lords in the core of the world, and not in the void?
>>27667689>powerful wind mage with an already legit explanation for his insanityI somehow doubt that. If you're talking about the sage who did the prophecy shit that is.
>>27667680People thought we didn't have time and they got tired of temerity fucking with us.
>>27667721Well that was very irresponsible of Past Us.But par for the course really.
>>27667721I didn't say he was you voidshit. Herpa fucking Derpa. I said wastelands. Herpa fucking Derpa.
>>27667721What we're saying is why is earth and spirit magic coming out of the seal if only the greater elementals are in there.
>>27667734actually i think we decided to because he kept us from reforging isobro
>>27667719We never did figure out who or what the fuck was in that place.
>>27667740>Herpa fucking Derpa
>>27667743...We really have a lot in common with Temerity, don't we?
Ok, we're going with the plan.Also, yes, Temerity's given you the mana back.>HP: 53/81>Mana: 36/58Roll 1d100, six rolls.
>>27667736Please go back to your Knobs, Geb wasnt "imprisioned" he was driven mad inside of a tornado created by Aoelous. if he had his sanity im sure he would be able to stroll on out of there.
>>27667740When the other person was talking about the lords being "imprisoned", I assumed they were talking about the ones that were sealed in a particular way.>>27667741I have no clue as to why that's happening.Also, why isn't fire going anywhere either?
>>27667719So when should we visit that place, i always wanted to visit agian once we are stronger.(did we ever ask isolation what was in there?)
Rolled 40>>27667766FUCKFUCK PANIC FUCK HSIT
Rolled 69>>27667766
Rolled 40>>27667766And so it was that the world came to an end.
I kinda want to let the seal break and see what happens, but I know that it's the BadWrongThing]/spoiler]
Rolled 96>>27667766
Rolled 45>>27667766Rollan.>>27667753Exactly. That's how I feel when I read the silliness like that. I'm glad you're feeling the disgust as well.
Rolled 16>>27667766D
Rolled 84>>27667766Rolling
Rolled 34>>27667766
Rolled 82>>27667766>>27667778>ask>isolationhe is not who you think he is, if you think he can respond
>>27667783>>27667789>>27667793>>27667794ehhhh.
Rolled 4>>27667766
>>27667783>>27667789>>27667790Mediocre.>>27667793>>27667794>>27667801Hopefully good enough?I don't really get how this works, is it just best of three or something?
Rolled 60>>27667766
Rolled 33>>27667819our rolls have been shit for the past 5 sessions or so
And now...Roll 1d20
>>27667445>>some other strategy<TEMERITY! You gain strength from refusting chaos. I've seen it before, i've seen it in the archonium.Humanity, that is one of your major strengths. Together, you -will- combine your talents and focus your efforts into strengthening us.And so erebus help me, if either of you decide to be selfish in this moment I will slap the shit out of you. I do not care how much you hate each other. In this moment, we work TOGETHER or perish. Period. This is not up for debate>
>40, 69>96, 45Good thing magic is reliable. Hoo boy. I think we either barely made that or barely lost it.
Rolled 10>>27667836
>>27667808We could always communicate with our shards anon, but i don't remember an instance where we tried asking him what was in there.
>>27667829There's a set DC and we want two of the rolls to beat the DC
Rolled 1>>27667836
Rolled 9>>27667829best 2 of three.0pass is major failure1pass if minor failure2pass is succes
>>27667838Seconding! Thirding! come on autoupdate, don't be late for this critical moment!
Rolled 13>>27667836
Rolled 5>>27667836
Rolled 16>>27667847>>27667836I hate you so much
>>27667847Welp, world's over.Nice job Silence.
>>27667847
aaaaand we just crit failed.
Rolled 1>>27667847NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>27667847IT'S HAPPENING
>>27667847THIS WAS REALLYNOT THE FUCKING TIME
>>27667864Is that a "The Dice derailed your plans" reaction or "This is a trainwreck" reaction?
>>27667864Don't act like this wasn't part of your plan.What with having us reach a ceasefire only to have Silence ruin it for no reason.You asked for this.
Rolled 17>>27667847oh god, i have to dig into my Baww folder for this.
Rolled 20>>27667836M-maybe a 20 can temper our failure?Might as well try.
Rolled 16>>27667887The dice was for a save since we failed.
>>27667869lol
>>27667869Fortunately roll number six.
Rolled 54>>27667893lol, if he counted that he would have to count this>>27667869
>>27667864I'm beginning to hate how we have to rely on dice for almost everything. Even when making the optimal choices.It's like being really helpless.
>>27667908it also wasn't linked
>>27667893Jesus Christ.
>>27667914>optimal choices
>>27667893
Rolled 12>>27667913Not linked.
>>27667847GOD FUCKING DAMNIT SILENCE
>>27667926There weren't any other choices but to repair the shards.
>>27667887No, I really thought you guys were going to pull this one out.
>>27667847Don't forget to test it for invisible hyphens
>>27667864Why do you have to used d20s for other peoples rolls, SM? Why? I just don't get it. Hell, best of five on a d20 is still a higher crit chance than best of ten for d100.Not that I'm going to get pissy and ask for a reroll. But this shit sucks.
>>27667914That's why people don't bother with strategy, they think that whatever they say or do doesn't mean shit, only the numbers make a difference.Like now, when a capricious RNG negated all our efforts up until now.And now we'll have to deal with everyone bitching at us for ruining the world.
Rolled 68>>27667860if you hadnt link to SM as well we may have survived this shit.it all your fault
>>27667893>Sixth rollI am a failure :c
Rolled 7>>27667942Can we take a deal where we would pull this one, but fail a roll of your choosing?
>>27667948You rolled the 100s for Humanity/Temerity.The 1d20 was your save.You did not save.
>>27667847>"AURIEL AURIEL I ACCIDENTILY THE WORLD PLS HELP!"
>>27667914>I'm beginning to hate how we have to rely on dice for almost everything.I've got to a fucking grree.These dice are such shit. They're not actually random, they're abusable to roll 1's, the RNG seed is ass and loops all the time.Seriously, I want a revote using random.org :(
>>27667948Don't blame SM, it's simply the dice.
>>27667962ohhhhh shit
>>27667942Why the fuck did you think that?You KNOW how d20s work on this site, don't lie.
>>27667847COME ONCOME THE FUCK ONI AM FUCKING BORED OF THIS
>>276678936th roll, naturally.The frog is Venia.
Rolled 10>>27667962>roll a d20 for our savedoes that mean we didnt save, or does it mean we failed it worse?and shouldnt we get a bonus for Temeritys plan?
>>27667962Don't we usually roll 1d100? Why didn't you ask for 9d100?
>>27667969Yeah. I just rerolled using random.orgUhh. Y'know what? Fuck this gay universe.
>>27667962Come the fuck on.Don't leave a monumental game-changing decision to one dice roll.
>>276679791s might be bad news but they're rarely boring
>>27667962>>27667942>>27667864WhelpWe done goof'd
>>27667953I was the fifth roll and there were 4 more after mine(plus mine was the highest of the 5).
>>27667962Oh, well that's a little more understandable then. Also, fuck. What the hell does that even mean? Did we fuck up the d100 roll and roll to save or did that succeed and we failed to save our own asses?
>>27667969> :(>Whining about the result of a roll
>>27667986I'm fucking dying here
>>27667942>No, I really thought you guys were going to pull this one out.This is ONE moment where I would beg you to use literary jurisdiction and lay it out like it should have happened, no dice, no nothing but our actions and how they affect the world.A la this>>27666768This is a serious, world-altering moment, and letting it be dictated by the dice is kind of......... it kind of defeats the dramatic appropriate ness of the moment.Also, fuck the tgdice. did you check the 1 for artificialness this time, btw? Last time you had to copy-paste one as a test.
>>27667984To increase chances of critical failure of course.
Rolled 72>>27667998our maybe we failed our shit but T and H pulled thourgh without our help.until we killed them both through our own stupidity
>>27667990they're BORING when it's nothing but SHIT we roll.
>>27667995Welp, never mind mine was 5th linked roll, but the 20 removed the 1 we would have still failed.
>>27667984This is the way it has always been done.
>Deliberately throwing us to the d20
>>27668000I think it's more that there's a d20 roll in the first place with all or nothing stakes.
>>276680044chan X now displays the dice rolled and will show if it was tampered with.
>>27668004I copy-paste all crits anon, this one was natural. I use notepad, notepad++, word professional, and two other programs that are too obscure for you to know about.It's a genuine 1 on a 1d20.
>>27667942This is one moment where.....shit.Fuck the laws of probability and chance, do what's dramatically appropriate.I'd take almost ANYTHING over these stupid dice.
>>27668032>Fail a roll>Get a save because we have allies around>Fail that roll>All or nothing stakes.What, do you just think we should get to endlessly reroll?
It's already too late to stop it.We might as well enjoy watching this apocalyptic train-wreck.
Rolled 18>inb4 the real shadow elemental who has been building his army in the Timorion Deep decides now is the time to strike.
>>27668058Even a crit fail at another time and place?
Heh. More fodder for the QTG. Players don't really want to play a game, they want to play a story. Huehuehuehue.
>>27668061Well given that we're only in this mess due to QM fiat...Like we decided to solve things diplomatically and even succeeded in doing so.But that doesn't matter, now it's the literal end of the world.Because dice.
>>27668016>they're BORING when it's nothing but SHIT we roll.Agreement.
Rolled 36>>27668073if he were Cosgrove i would take his deal right now. Bear or no, i would still take it
Rolled 15>>27668063
>>27668082>Well given that we're only in this mess due to QM fiat...But that's wrong. We shouldn't have used Hammer, we shouldn't have decided to beat the crap out of our shards before trying diplomacy, we shouldn't of waited this long to solve the problem, we shouldn't of let it get this bad in the first place.There is a lot we could've done to prevent this.
Guys, it's all right. It's not like ALL of the elemental lords escape. It was probably just one. We can pull through, but we're going to have unite all of the shards into a single unified whole. Let's find the nearest mana pool and port back to our birthplace. Let's read the writing on the altar, make contact with the Black Lady, flee Flint of his parasite, save Kan-Abar, and GET OUR SHIT TOGETHER
Rolled 34>>27668081no shit.that why people do this, its why people dont use pathfinder or DnD in quest threads. here for the story not the game
>>27668116Really? Funny, I'm here for the game.
Rolled 64>>27668115how about we refrain from making bullshit plans until we actually know whats going on
>>27668115Not with our rolls.They probably all merged into one super lord.
>>27668112We also shouldn't have forced this whole thing at this particular moment either.
>>27668073That's a dangerous game.But yes.I'd rather have a sword of damocles hanging over our head, waiting to strike -at a suitably dramatically appropriate moment for when we fuck something up hardcore - in exchange for the same consideration here.Because the collective drivers of this bus WILL have another Rainbows moment where the majority goes after something dumb and it blows up in our faces. Its literally guaranteed.ButIts a risk I'd take.andIt might inspire everyone to play better knowing that there's a natural 1 in the hands of the GM waiting to the perfect moment to dash everything to pieces
>>27668112Hammer was a bad idea, but it had good intentions, namely ending this before it can begin.We haven't fought anyone but Temerity, who was trying to kill us, all the other shards acted autonomously.Including Silence, who ruined anything.
>>27668081Er...yes? I'm just rubbernecking the shitstorm here, but I don't see anything inherently wrong with your statement. It's a CYOA, not a straight up RPG.That said, it's pretty hilarious how people are flipping the fuck out -- blaming /tg/ dice, demanding to use an off-site roller, trying to cut a deal with the QM, etc.Ya'll niggas wouldn't be complaining if you got a crit success.
So, we're thinking that the seal broke, or Temerity reformatted all our other shards while we were healing Hammer (soon to be whatever it was previously)?
>>27668151If we hadn't attacked Temerity then the other shards wouldn't have attacked each other, and don't like we weren't ordering our allied shards to attack the other shards.
>>27668140>They probably all merged into one super lord.Great.We're rita repulsa vs the elemental power rangers now>>27668141I TOLD YOU GUYS to approach this battle the smart way - get our allies with mind magic, but NOfucking all or nothing tactics
>>27668063>>276681001. Denial and Isolation2. Anger3. Bargaining4. Depression5. Acceptance
So game over? Shadow's wild ride over?
Rolled 14>>27668130lemme ask you this, do you enjoy Civs?cause if you dont then your at least partially a hippocrite, depending on your reason.i do, but i see them as different than quests
Fanfuckingtastic.You know what I hate about this more than anything? Shadow's going to have ti drag his ass back to camp and tell his allies "I accidentally Elementomachy 2" and it's going to be the most cheese thing ever.Fuck.
Elementomachy 2 Electric Boogaloo confirmed
So, guesses for what SM is writing and what happens?I'm currently assuming that the Greater Lords we seals are being freed.Time for Elementomachy 2.0.
>>27668163Dude, Humanity and Temerity passed their d100 rolls, we failed our d20 save. The world is fine but we're probably fucked.
...alright.I will save you from this situation.But if you bend fate, fate will bend you back.I can promise you that it won't be at a good time. If you think you'll hate me now, well, I can promise you that if you take the deal, you'll hate me a lot more then.SO:Vote 1:>undo this roll...but you will critically fail a future event of my choosing at the time of my choosingVote 2:>let the dice fall where they may
>>27668181I'm already cringing.
>>276681962
>>27668181That's what I'm annoyed about as well.We did our best to resolve this without it getting worse, and were just on the brink of success, when the dice once more snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.And now we have to listen to everyone bitch to us about fucking up, and blubber out apologies, and just SUCH bullshit.
>>27668175I do like civs, and see them as quest.
>>276681961
Rolled 89>>27668196>>undo this roll...but you will critically fail a future event of my choosing at the time of my choosing
>>27668181ManThat is going to be the most awkward conversationI mean, how do you even go about starting that little chat? "Oh hey guys, that rumbling you heard back there was just me accidentally kick-starting armageddon! How about some lunch?"
>>27668196undo the roll for free or i'll kill myself
>>27668214>We did our best to resolve this without it getting worse, and were just on the brink of success, when the dice once more snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.If sm thought we were doing well and were actually going to pull this off...he shouldn't have had us roll :(
>>27668196Like hell I'd make a deal with a devil that's telling me explicitly that it's a bad deal for me.
1
>>27668223>>27668239The subject field of your posts looks like you meant to vote for the redo deal.That's 1, not 2.SM THE BALLOT IS CONFUSING
>>27668196I can'tI just can't decide
>>27668196I leanred this from the Badass Quest SM: /tg/ may hate the dice here, but we never back down from a bad roll. What happens, happens; we just gotta find the badassery in it.
So I guess it was just a few samefags bitching about the result of the roll, most people seem in favor of 2.
>>27668245The DC for the save was not all that high, but with this much at stake, with the kind of energy you were experiencing, there was a chance for things to spiral out of your grasp no matter how meticulous your planning. This is reflected in the chance for a critical failure.
>>27668196Come on guys, 1 would be much more interesting. SM knows his shit.
>>27668269weren't the subjects were supportive of 2?
Fuck it. 37% of the planning posts in this thread are mine. I can't devote this many hours to shit that has no pay off. I'm done. Your fate is in the hands of others.
>>276681961I feel like this is a good deal.I want to face this world at the height of our new power, with our allies and shards pieced together - wholesome, strong, and take on the challenges in our way once we've completed our portion of the heroic reassembly.But dealing with our own spaghetti is the shadow way.
>>27668245Because even if he was expecting us to succeed, he was hoping for us to lose.And now we're stuck with so much more bullshit on top of everything else going on.
>>27668301
>>276681962Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.
>>27668289>Please don't kill abbySounds like bargaining with SM to me. No reason to say that unless you picked the redo.> Fuck it. No WW2 is a good thing regardless of future fuck up.He's saying that not having the Elementomachy2 is better than any future fuckup. How is that /not/ 1?Also, he deleted it.SM BALLOTCONFUSING THE VOTERS
>>27668320I could post something constructive. But that's your responsibility now. Enjoy.
>>27668196cutting off votes
>>27668283Are we going to die here without rerolling?
>>27668301>Fuck it. 37% of the planning posts in this thread are mine. I can't devote this many hours to shit that has no pay off. I'm done. Your fate is in the hands of others.Great. We're in the hands of team hydra proxyvote fags and the intentional derailers.DON'T DO IT.>>27668283This is a situation where we may want to use Judgement's shard power to restore the others. You've never given us access to our innateness beyond our powerset like the other shards have.
>>27668301giving up after a few bad rolls are we, how... disappointing
>>27668305Honestly this way seems better in a dramatic sense. We can't pull our shit together, and the house is still falling apart once the earthquake begins. There are holes in the wall and enemies at the gates; you know, shit like that. Now gives us and Temerity the drive to recombine and fix this shit, and will hold us on the edge of our seats til the end.
>>27668282What no, you can bitch about the roll but realize it's better than whatever shit the alternative would be.>>27668283And you wonder why people don't make plans?What's the fucking point of making an effort to figure out the smartest way of doing things, if a number generator can negate an entire thread's worth of effort?
>>27668344>Please don't kill AbbyHe's saying he doesn't want to give SM the banked critfail because he might kill Abby with it.
>>27668350Hold it. I've acknowledged that the ballot was a little confusing. Someone even deleted their vote.Also, I think that a few moments to think over the situation would do some good.So let's call another one. My apologies, but this is important. I don't want ambiguity.Vote 1:>take the deal; I will chose something for you to fail at a later timeVote 2:>accept the current dice; don't take the deal
>>27668366So that we don't have to roll anything additional. I mean, this was literally just one d20 roll. We didn't have to roll a bunch of d100s or anything first. Just a d20. If you ask me, it seems like that's about as minimized as chance can get.And that's what planning is, minimizing chance.
>>27668359i dont blame him
>>27668365>Now gives us and Temerity the drive to recombine and fix this shit, and will hold us on the edge of our seats til the end.Agreement.If anything is true, we can hold this up to temerity and go 'YOU FORCED THIS ISSUE' for the entire rest of our miserable existence.I hope its something hilarious like letting hecate free, actually.
>>27668344>Please don't kill abbyI think he's implying that the next one would be strategically placed to kill Abby.> Fuck it. No WW2 is a good thing regardless of future fuck up.Can't argue with your opinion there.
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>>27668366which is why i like a "you may negate 1 critfail per session" rule. if gives a bit of a buffer
>>276683952
>>276683952I said never compromise.
>>27668365It's not better at all.We fucking reached a fucking ceasefire, but Silence came out of nowhere and ruined everything for no fucking reason.This happened out of pure bullshit, but we're going to have to cringe about like it was the result of a bad decision on our part, when instead it was the fucking opposite of that.
>>27667838Well, at least we have reasonable justification for how this all goes wrong.
>>27668395Do we have to roll again? I don't want to give you a critfail if there's a chance to roll a 1 again.
>>27668423Only the number. Otherwise it doesn't count.
>>27668412That's fine in some light-hearted quest, but this was always supposed to be a quest where the MC could fail, and fail spectacularly.
>>27668396Are you stupid?A d20 is MUCH worse than a d100, because there's a much greater chance of rolling a 1.ESPECIALLY with /tg/ dice.
>>276683952Elementomachy 2 Electric Boogaloo will be a thing.
>>27668395Honestly, I just want more than one roll on this. We fucked our savings throw but that shouldn't be the end of it.
>>27668425>Silence came out of nowhere and ruined everything for no fucking reason.Yeah, that's what Silence has consistently done.>but we're going to have to cringe about like it was the result of a bad decision on our part, when instead it was the fucking opposite of thatYeah, it was shit luck, but we're going to have to deal with the consequences.
>>27668395Fucking namefags voting 2, you want this quest to end right now, don't you?
>>27668395>take the deal; I will chose something for you to fail at a later timeAnd you're sticking with your policy of making us fail something critically important that will make us wish we hadn't taken the deal right now?
>>27668465>>27664015>When voting, please respond with only a link back to the post and the number corresponding to your opinion. Other votes are discounted.
>inb4 some chucklefuck ruselord comes out after the vote with "LOL I PROXYVOTE 2 U MAD???"
>>27668425Tough.Don't blame us, blame yourself or god.
LOL I PROXYVOTE 2 U MAD???
currently 2 is up by 3
>>27668472>I just want more than one roll on this.We had more than one roll. We had seven rolls, and we fucked all of them.
>>27668395cutting off votes
>>27668491Delita was such a bitch.
>>27668501we had 2. ours and T+H
>>27668474Why?What's the fucking point of making good ideas and plans, if it's ultimately no different than just blundering around blindly?This is completely inappropriate, and the only reason I'm not picking a reroll is because I'm pretty sure SM will find a way to make something even WORSE happen, just to punish us.
>>27668501He said the DC wasn't super high and the savings throw was for dealing with crazy magics, though.Or at leas that's what it sounded like.
>19 votes>29 votes
>>27668521>Waaaaaaaah
>>27668505Dammit, im gonna have to pull out all my old phones to counter the stupidity of this thread
>>27668521>reallife.txtMan the fuck up, anon.
>We take some damage>The end of the world is stopped>Maybe one other bad effect to us only.Calling it now.
>>27668530Did you count the invalid 2?
Rolled 2>>27668530Yup.Rolling 1d2.1; take the deal.2; accept the dice.
>>27668530SM, you decide.We have all spoken, and at a deadlock, leave it in your capable hands.
>>27668559No. I counted none of the invalids
>>27668521The point of making good plans is to change the difficulty of the task. If we bumbled in like idiot, we might be faced with a DC of 80. If we makes a solid plan, we can lower that to 40 or less.That's the point. A good plan does not guardsmen success, it just makes success more likely.
>>27668561Ruselord pls go
>>27668561One of those 2s was invalid. 1 was the real winner.
deal: 9no deal: 9I triple-counted this.Unbelievable.Everyone vote again. Normally I'd just roll a die, but this is your decision.Vote 1:>dealVote 2:>no deal
>>27668531SM screwed us over for either not figuring out the right move fast enough, or just by bad dice.And then screwed us over more with more dice.And now we're going to have to deal with everyone being dicks to us for ruining everything, and be forced to respond as if we really did make some kind of mistake.For the rest of the quest since this looks like a game-changing decision.
Rolled 64>>27668561oh snap
>>27668561YES
>>276685882
>>27668561The dice, of course, choose to accept the dice.How fitting.
>>27668561Fuck that SM. If there's anything we've had reinforced today, its fuck the dice. Just DECIDE what's appropriate in this situation, what's going to make for a more interesting game.As you said, its a benevolent dictatorship, ad we trust you to make an interesting setting regardless.Fuck the dice, do what you think is appropriate.
>>276685881
>>27668572>guardsmenWhat?That's supposed to be "guarantee".What the fuck.
>>27668561>This is how the antiwaifu fags bust feel
>>27668561No!!! Come the fuck on! You should let us take the deal, SM! The dice just fucked us over ONCE MORE!I know this is a benevolent dictatorship, but still... you would have more fun fucking us over later.
>>27668561Dice have spoken, time to see just how bad we going to get fucked.
>>27668590This is /tg/. We play games with dice here. Dice sometimes screw people over.If you don't like that, might I make a suggestion?>>>/g/>>>/e/>>>/t/>>>/t/>>>/h/>>>/e/>>>/f/>>>/u/>>>/ck/>>>/out/
>>27668588The voters have voted. The more times you do this, the more people will proxyvote making the results irrelevant.Why not compromise and split the suffering between this instance and a later instance of your choice?
Oh god. You guys really are too easy to ruse when you're panicking between major decisions. I still love you all.
>another voteGod damn it SM just write how we die/cause the end of the world already.
>>27668588 1
>>276685881.
>>27668667Looks like it.
>>27668588>Everyone vote again. Normally I'd just roll a die, but this is your decision.See>>27668632>The voters have voted. The more times you do this, the more people will proxyvote making the results irrelevant.Agreement here.Sm, i think its best for you to decide what happens here.This is your quest, and we can't come to any sort of meaningful decision here.I would rather trust the gamemaster than my deadlocked fellows at this pointI like compromising and splitting the difference the BEST out of all the options.No revote please.
>>27668588That's not resolving anything.If anything it comes down to who's able to cheat the system better.
>>27668588You've already lost by proposing this deal in the first place, SM. Shitstorm is coming either way and this is just making it worse.I'd say go with this: >>27668632 but I can see why you wouldn't. Just make the call. You're the QM.
>>27668632I like this.I vote for this.This is the only fair wait to resolve this mess.
>>27668588The suspense is literally killing me.I just got a nosebleed. I hope you are happy, SM.
>>276685881̈
>>27668632this makes a lot more sense than a competition on who can run the most proxys
>>27668632I'd rather do this, but it'll probably be seen as letting us off too easy.
>>27668632>>27668588Yeah lets compromise, its already been said by 1 or 2 anons that they are going to proxy vote.
>>27668632Genius!Best end is this end
>>27668632imokwiththis.jpg
>>27668632>>27668687>>27668692Fucking these. A revote of a revote is pointless.
>>276685881ͪ
Just when I thought Xella was the worst it could get.Just when I thought being trapped with Michael was the worst it could get.Just when I thought the Archonium was the worst it could get.Just when I thought Xile was the worst it could get.Just when I thought Abby good-byes was the worst it could get.Shadow Master; not even once.
>>27668747lel
You people make horrible decisions.
>>27668713might want to call an ambulance you might be having a brain aneurysm
>>27668748>implying this isn't what makes SM so greatYou'll take it and you'll like it, faggot.
Rolled 1>>27668687>>27668690>>27668692>>27668632>>27668729>>27668730>>27668731>>27668743Fine, I'll make the call.1 - deal2 - no deal
>>27668726>>27668730At least two, maybe more>>27668632I vote 3. 1, 2, AND the proxies are lame.Hell, it just gives SM even MORE literary excuse to throw landmines in our path.I count that as a win in my book.
>>27668748Hey! i liked the abby goodbyes. and im not even a waifuer
>>27668772YES, DEAL! FUCK YES!
>>27668772GOD DAMN IT NOOOO!
>>27668772
>>27668772Oh fuck. So what was the vote? Or was all that really pointless?
>>27668588>>27668632Vote 3 everyone!VOTE THREE for the anti-revote antiproxy party!
It's four AM and I'm too fucking ANGRY to sleep.I vote the one that KILLS THE MOST PEOPLE.
>>27668772>ANOTHER DICE ROLL>AFTER YOU JUST DID ONE
>>27668772welp.
>>27668772Then that's how it is.>rewriting
>>27668772I'll be watching you closely from now on.
>>27668782I did too but I didn't enjoy the shitstorm that came with it.
Fucking /tg/ dice
We should take the deal, SM will just use the next failure as an opportunity for a better story.
