>>27749515
First

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Recent Events Summary:

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 had enough of him, and he of you - and a battle between the pieces of yourself erupted.

After nearly breaching the 'seal' by weakening the shards too far, Temerity agreed to submit, more fearful of unleashing whatever Chaos lay within than being reforged by Humanity. All the shards you've collected are now recast in Order and Chaos.

The new Temerity - Resolve - has indicated the position of the two remaining shards of darkness to you. Believing that one of the shards is responsible for giving the orcs in the western part of the forest trouble, you've decided to aid them with their problem and hopefully gain their friendship.

>con't

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>>27749515
time for forced drama

KNOBS

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As a result, you traveled to Abbotsford, the epicenter of the disturbance. There were signs of conflict, but the town was deserted. A heavy cloud of shadow mana hung over the ruined buildings. Investigating further, you found a tunnel leading deep into the ground under the town hall. Believing it the source of the magic, you traveled inside of it.

You found the missing townspeople - but they were no longer alive. At the bottom of the tunnel, near a Shadow mana pool, you found Shaper - the shard that you seek.

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/4Y6TAxse

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/wvSR8Kcx

>Last time...

Your feet squelch into something on the ground. You glance down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CPtTd1fqI

Flesh is growing on the tunnel floor. Not fungus, not mold - flesh. It's bubbling over the dirt of the tunnel walls. Blood vessels twine through the soil like roots. It throbs slightly, rhythmically.

You continue forward. The mutated flesh changes - into the remains of an arm. A few more steps bring the source in sight - a corpse. Or what was a corpse. The man is seemingly embedded in the tunnel, his flesh morphed and melted into the dirt. A twisted face stares at you, eyes apart, mouth nearly gone in the twist of skin and bone and muscle.

You continue forward. The stench and the heavy thickness of the mana grows - and so do the sides of the tunnel. It turns from carved dirt into a cavern made of former human corpses, bent, broken, and tangled. Organs protrude from the mess, slick with fluid. Hearts throb in rhythm.

You remain stoic and continue forward, stepping through the muck. The mana grows as you forge your way deeper, and deeper. The tunnel switches back, and back again. You feel as though you're descending into the stomach of a terrible monster.

-thump-

You hear something, distantly. You bend your head forward.

-thum-thump-
-thum-thump-
-thum-thump-

You know that sound. You've heard it before.

A heartbeat.

You press forward.

Sup, SM. I missed the last two threads, caught up with them last night. Just want to let you know that I really liked Abby's speech. It was well-written enough that I had to stop reading and leave the computer for a second because I almost found myself audibly cheering. That "I am speaking, now, Archmage" was glorious too.
Good stuff, that.

Also:
>that FUCKING 1

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-THUM-THUMP-

Five minutes later, the tunnel opens wide, and you see the true nature of this thing.

A huge chamber opens before you. At its center is a mana pool of Shadow. Fleshy projections made from people all lead from various tunnels and entrances, connecting back to this central construct. They all turn into almost tubular sections, meeting at one giant, pulsing heart of flesh.

-THUM-THUMP-

A figure stands before the Shadow mana pool. A long tendril is seemingly plugged into the heart. You can feel the flow of energy - it's coursing in from each entrance of the chamber, leading into the heart, and then into the monster before you.

<Shaper,> Resolve says. <Use caution. It has been following the directive. I'm sure it's power is great.>

At the moment, Shaper doesn't appear to notice you.

You have the initiative.

What do you do?

>speak with Shaper (write-in)
>attack Shaper directly
>attack the connection between Shaper and the heart of the flesh construct
>attack the flesh construct
>position yourself in the mana pool for advantage, then decide on further tactics
>consult with Resolve
>some other strategy

>>27749672
Nobody cares faggot

From last thread;

>We're smart enough to cut the cords right?
>Also target the giant heart?
>And not just pick a fight with him directly?

>I guess it would also be a good idea, after severing its arteries, to drag it outside and away from the mana pool. Rather than letting it sit inside it.

This means no talking, also maybe consult with resolve.

>>27749672

Glad you enjoyed it.

>>27749699
consult with resolve

>while the thread starts filling up with the people that actually plan

>>27749722

>>27749708
Haha fuck you SM cares. I bet he doesn't care about YOU, you double baka.

>attack Shaper directly
Schattenkrieg Shaper INTO the heart. Thereby damaging both.

>>27749708
Well obviously SM does, as seen here:>>27749722

>>27749699
Let's start discreetly cutting some cords.

He's turned the entire town into a flesh golem.

We must commandeer it somehow

>>27749699
Can we analyze the room, and the heart?

>>27749789
Oh hey good idea do an analyze of everything before battle starts.

>>27749789
I'll second analyzing & consultation.

>>27749772
Nope.

>>27749754
Bad. Ass.
>Redaeth
Uhh. Nevermind.

>>27749699
>attack the heart of the flesh construct
Attacking the connection means we'd have to get close enough to him without his noticing, and presumably he'd be able to reconnect to it.

Taking out the heart itself makes it so there's nothing for him to draw power from, and considering the size of the whole setup, odds are he won't be able to get it back online easily.

Maybe discreetly nick one of the "power cables" in order to see how tough they are and/or whether they regenerate quickly so as to figure out whether attacking the heart itself one time with prejudice is a practical way of disabling the whole setup for the amount of time it would take for us to confront Shaper.

>>27749699
I'd say we should cut the cords leading from the heart to the chamber.

Then cut the cord from the heart to Shaper.

Then get Shaper away from the Mana Pool.

And then kill him to death.

Counter-plans?

>>27749789
Seconding. Analyze first. Attack plan second.

>>27749868
Wouldn't that only just give him a chance to react with that built-up power?
Once we attack it's gotta be in full, because the moment after it knows we're here and hostile it's going to start using/absorbing/applying whatever power its gained.

>>27749881
CONSUME the heart maybe?

>>27749900
Hahaha holy shit. Really? Well it's not technically an outright enemy but if shaper is still in the mana pool then he's going to be right next to us while we
>gaping maw
Oh. Yeah, we have that don't we?

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<Can you offer any knowledge?> you ask Resolve.

<I vaguely remember this utility,> it replies. <It is creating a flesh titan. They would be set loose upon our enemies to wreck as much havoc and fear as possible. Not a tool of finesse, but effective.>

<Does it have any weak points?>

<The construction is not complete,> Resolve replies. <The flesh leading up the tunnels are as roots gathering mana for the heart. Cutting them may impede its development, but Shaper will sense such a disturbance. He may also rapidly re-purpose the flesh if the titan seems temporarily unattainable. We should be cautious.>

<I see.>

You analyze the situation. Shaper seems to be using the connection between it and the heart as both a power source and a means of preparing the spell that controls the flesh titan. As Resolve told you, you can feel streams of mana being gathered and channeled down into the heart. The mana pool seems more for stability. Strange that it can't be used as a power source, itself...

The longer you sit here, the more likely it is that Shaper will notice you. You need to take action.

What do you do?

>write-in

>MR. SHADOW WILL EAT YOUR HEART OUT

>>27749933
>>gaping maw
Welp, I know what course of action I want to take. If Shaper can stop us from bum-rushing the heart, then let's whittle it down by cutting the cords.

>>27749959
Gaping maw the heart.

>>27749959
Attempt to plug an arm into one of the power 'veins' leading to the heart. Use it as a source of mana to fuel our spells.

>>27749959
>>27749983
>Gaping maw the heart.

>>27749983
I'm still worried about Shaper interfering. Maybe 10 mana bind him first before that?

>>27749959
Nightflare the heart?

>>27749959
Okay, so he's going to be summoning thousands of flesh golems.

>>27750001

seconded

>>27749897
Yeah, that's why gauging the toughness of the flesh was sort of a secondary suggestion, and also part of why I felt like attacking the heart itself was a better plan than trying to cut any of the cords.

If a contraption has one point of failure with no redundancies, you kind of need a pretty good reason not to hit that point.

>>27749959
I do kind of like the idea of just Gaping Maw consuming the heart outright; it's where he's gathering the energy into, and consuming it leaves less material (and energy) to repurpose during our actual fight.

Just make sure that we approach the heart from the other side, with the big lump of flesh between us and Shaper, so as to give ourselves as much time as possible.

What's our shard status, SM? You didn't post it.

>>27749997
Huh, I wonder if that would work? We could just spam Cone of Destruction and Shadow Beam.

>>27750006
He'll be using that power for us the moment he gets alerted. I'm thinking a straight up gaping maw consume is less risky than rolling for both a bind and a consume.

>>27749959
Is the heart inherently magical?

>>27750023

how about nightflare after we Gaping maw the heart

>insert heart into mouth

>>27750001
This eat his heart out and do a combo of terror/bind.

>>27750034
>Just make sure that we approach the heart from the other side, with the big lump of flesh between us and Shaper, so as to give ourselves as much time as possible.
This so, so very hard this indeed.

>>27750050
Flesh golem construct, yeah kinda.

>>27750039

Current Statistics:

HP: 81/81
Mana: 58/58
EXP: 4

Shards of Erebus:
-none-

New Shards:
(Silence) - Normal
(Peace) - Normal
(Breeze) - Strong
(Hammer) - Weak
(Ardor) - Normal
{Resolve} - Normal
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key

--Teleport Anchor--

Haven - Inner Fortress

--Current Location--

Beneath Abbotsford

>>27750051
I'm more for binding and terror combo like this anon suggested.(though it might be overkill)
>>27750072

>>27750001
Hell, let's use Ardor to empower the CONSUMption

Gaping Maw the heart then schattenkrieg Shaper away from the flesh he can use?

It's also worth noting that if he is going to disconnect from the heart in order to try and stop us from consuming it, he's not focusing on the spell that he's using to try and assemble the titan.

Either way, we stop him from completing the Titan, whether by consuming the core of the titan, or forcing Shaper to abandon the completion of the spell itself.

>>27750095
I don't know if we're capable of achieving schattenkrieg speed within these small confines
It'd be better for the next time we're fighting an airship or dragon

>>27750076
>those shards

That's kind of worrisome. Ardor isn't at a level to reliably boost our roll for consuming the heart. This plan will only succeed on a strong roll and I have trouble believing we'll get one of those.

>>27750108
schatten can be started from a standstill.

>>27750108
Schattenkrieg - Wrap yourself in your aura and fly toward the enemy, becoming a living missile of darkness. Major bonus to physical attack and armor piercing. Optional: spend 5 mana to add additional shadow attack power. Chance for self-damage based on attack strength and target defense strength. Can stack with berserk, but self-damage is then guaranteed.
Nowhere in there does it say >needs a certain distance to build up

>>27750096
I was thinking of using Terror to stun him and then bind to hold him down long enough for us to devour the heart and go to town on him next.

>>27750095
You are so incredibly ballsy for wanting to shattenkrieg something while we're underground.

>>27750119
I'd rather not endanger a shard before we've begun fighting the main threat, yeah.

Also, kudos to you SM, because you accurately conveyed that if we had waited to get here then we'd have a Titan on our hands.

>>27750108

You can attain the speed. Your aura builds up for the turn and then launches you into supersonic from standstill.

Controlling the resulting momentum in small confines is the real issue.

>>27750139

This situation has been developing since you didn't get both those shards at the Palthair Mines. Shaper has been lurking in Abbotsford for a while.

>>27750129
>>27750126
I stand corrected

The main reason I want to use schatten is because we are in a place of power that Shaper has set up for itself. Even if its just moving him away from the mana pool we will gain some advantage.

>>27750133
I'll second this. Ardor isn't at a level to help us consume it so we need to make all the time we can to eat it.

>>27750163
Ah. That knife hurts SM, please stop. Please don't tell me what you've done to Kelvere either Master-samaaa~

>>27750173
That can be achieved by stunning/binding though. German shadow missile is too risky in this situation.

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>>27750191
>Master-samaaa~

>>27750193
How so? Even if we ram him into a wall, he'll still be the one being rammed into solid stone. And Shaper doesn't sound like a physically built shard to me. It will defiantely hurt him more then us.

>>27750220
It's not about being hurt or not it's about collapsing shit around us.

>>27750220
Unless we roll and miss. But yes, we do need some way to take him out of the pool and out of the room. I'm gonna go off on a wild guess and say that he could probably reform all the other flesh into smaller Golems if the Heart gets destroyed.

>>27750213
Sm do you want to call a vote on the three big opinions?

>>27750220
>assumptions central

>>27750133
>>27750174
My issue with this is that if it doesn't succeed, he's immediately alerted to our presence, and that we're aggressive.

If we start out by beginning to eat the heart, he realizes something's wrong, and then has to figure out what it is, which probably takes him a turn to react, either by physically or magically locating our presence, or repurposing flesh as golems to pinpoint what has gone wrong.

The more raw material and energy we deprive him of before we have to begin confronting him in earnest, the better.

>>27750259
Lolwut can you stop stealing the spotlight by being the voice of reason?

>seconding

Plan:

a) Max-power Terror to stun Shaper

b) Gaping Maw the heart of the titan

Vote 1:
>max-power Terror to stun Shaper, followed by Gaping Maw on the heart

Vote 2:
>just Gaping Maw the heart immediately

Vote 3:
>Schattenkrieg Shaper into the heart

>>27750286
2

>>27750286
2

>>27750286
2

>>27750286
1

>>27750286
2

>>27750259
Magic rolls are more reliable than non-magic rolls. There is a much higher chance of success on Bind/Terror than there is on consume so we should do it first to make sure our consume attempt doesn't end in failure. Your plan only works if we don't fail bad enough to be spotted doing it. Also, why wouldn't he notice that the source of his energy is being fucked with. We need every advantage we can get. Not just relying on the success of one roll.

>>27750286
2

>>27750286
1

>>27750286
3

>>27750286
SM if 2 goes through can we use Ardor to increase CONSUMption likelihood?

>>27750286
3

Wouldn't collapsing the tunnels be beneficial to us? It'll crush all that flesh so Shaper can't use it. Plus then we can earthforge our way out later.

>>27750273
Just because it's reasonable doesn't necessarily mean it's going to turn out to be more effective. We don't know everything, after all. Hell, it could be TOO MUCH POWER since he's still drawing power into the heart, and severing his connection to it before consuming would keep us from having a titan worth of uncontroled meat energy pulled through us.

>>27750286
2

>>27750286
1

>>27750286
2

Wait a minute, we can use Shadow Domination to hold him in place!

>>27750286
2

>>27750389
While he's still in the manapool? No thanks.

>>27750286
1

>>27750337

shard powers can be used after a roll, yes

>>27750286

cutting off votes

>>27750398
Good point, but if this battle get's out of hand, we have yet another option.

>mana: 54/58

Roll 1d100 for Gaping Maw

Rolled 13

>>27750432

Rolled 83

>>27750432
Roll to eat heart. Huh.

Rolled 21

>>27750432
rollan'

oh god damn it dice.

Rolled 33

>>27750432

Rolled 7

>>27750432
Can we use terror and bind when he notices?

>>27750434
>>27750442
What on earth is WRONG with you two?!

Rolled 33

>>27750432
Yay! We suck!

Rolled 67

>>27750432

Rolled 7

>>27750432

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>>27750442

>>27750432
R-r-rollin

>>27750451
The rolls wouldn't have mattered as much if we used the magic choice.

Good job, SQ. You picked another all or nothing plan that relies entirely on a single high roll to be successful. I tried to fucking warn you here
>>27750331 but nooooo. Got to just jump in without making any preparation maneuvers at all.

Why do our rolls always suck now.

Rolled 46

>>27750481
Gaping Maw IS magic.

Rolled 1

>>27750432

Rolled 95

>>27750432

>>27750498
>roll 10

Rolled 39

>>27750498
testing

>>27750493
>>27750481
Once again, shitty rolls have been blamed on bad planning.
That makes sense.
>>27750495
I don't know what happened anon. We used to do so well, and had dramatic highs and lows with our rolls.

Rolled 57

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>>27750498
>Tenth roll
>It fucking counts

>>27750496
If we picked option one we would had to roll for gaping maw and terror and bind, but could have been okay with bad/meh rolls for bind/terror since they are effected more by how much manna we used.

Well.

This is a good typical start to SQ once again. Where the random chance is seven degrees of failure.

welp, thats par for the course.

>>27750331
If we trust Terror to be able to stop him from interrupting us, it's more effective to have one "free" attempt to eat the heart, then Terror him when he comes to stop us, then try a second time.

I don't exactly trust Terror to stop him in the first place, though. He strikes me as like the completely opposite end of the spectrum from Fleet.

Oh shit! Shadow Quest! I hope I didn't miss anyth--

Oh. Oh, I see.

>>27750521
It was a plan based on the assuming that he wouldn't have enough time to react, instead of stunning/binding him and then gaping maw the heart.

>>27750521
No. This is a case where there was another fucking option that would have made shitty rolls matter less.

Magic is more reliable. We should be using it to counteract our subpar rolling and gaining advantages instead of going in all or nothing.

I vote SM just rolls himself with something that isnt TG dice.

I am sad

>>27750528
Speaking of, why are we ignoring the giant fucking mana highways taking mana to the heart? Why didn't we try to hook into that mana source and just bombard the heart and, by extension, Shaper from a distance?

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>>27750498
Why am I not surprised?

>>27750536
We were planning on using terror to stun him enough to use bind on him full force and use gaping maw to devour the heart.

>>27750552
Because people didn't think about it and shaper is connected to it.

You sidle around the pulsing heart until you're on the opposite side from Shaper.

With a leap, you fly through the air. A twisting black hole opens wide as you chew through the outside layers of the heart and into the pure energy gathered within.

You feel the mana in the room shudder.

A huge bolt of spirit and shadow slams into you. You're flung back across the room, flipping over the dirt and fleshy. You produce several arms and dig down, managing to bring yourself to a halt before you hit the far wall.

>you've taken 4 damage (77/81)

Energy pours out of the hole you ripped in the heart. Shaper drifts around the pool. Several spikes emerge from his body, aimed at the heart. The flesh begins to quickly regenerate.

Meanwhile, the flesh around you morphs and shifts. Rumbling groans echo over the chamber. The top halves of two flesh golems are emerging from the floor!

You think to look to your own summon for aid - but your wisp is gone, vaporized in the blast of magic.

What do you do?

>focus on Shaper
>try taking out the golems before they're fully formed
>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
>attack the lines of flesh leading to the heart
>some other strategy

>>27750586
>People didn't think of it.
It was suggested earlier.

>>27750536
That's entirely based on the assumption that he won't notice us fucking with the heart. Making a plan based on an assumption is a bad way of planning. Especially when the plan operates on a single roll doing well.

We should use magic to counteract our bad rolls and build up an advantage. It's as simple as that. Not this damn single roll, do or die, shit.

>>27750521
The magic rolls would have counteracted most shitty rolls and should have lowered the dc for binding.

>>27750599
>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
Who's up for round two?

>>27750599
>attack the lines of flesh leading to the heart

>>27750599
>focus on Shaper
THE SOURCE, YOU MUST DEFEAT THE SOURCE.

>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
now we schatten?

>>27750599
nightflare all the things

>>27750599
>>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
Can we actually Bind/Terror him first this time instead of rushing in now?

>>27750599
>attack the lines of flesh leading to the heart
Avoid now. We don't know how strong Shaper is, but we just got a good glimpse of it.

>>27750619
It's a boss fight. In every boss fight you're supposed to cut off the lines of power feeding it and then attack the thing itself.
Sorta like the Mass Effect 2 end boss, actually. That's a surprisingly good analogy.

>>27750599
Bind the Shaper, shadow shotgun the heart, possibly attempting to sever the connetions between it and the Shaper.

>>27750599
We should attack Shaper while he's focused on the heart, rather than attack the heart he is trying to repair it would be better to prevent any attempt at repair he could make.

>>27750599
>Attack the lines of flesh leading to the heart

That'll slow the rate that he's able to repair it probably.

Can we stretch ourselves to attack multiple flesh-tubes at once?

>>27750599
>>some other strategy
NOW try Terror; it keeps him from regenerating the heart, giving more time for energy to leak out, and it's AOE so it also disrupts the golems.

If he's controlling the golems mentally, it also means there is three times as much sensory input from our Terror that gets directed at Shaper, which is a useful bonus.

Here is an interesting idea. use Earthforge. Collapse the ceiling onto the heart.

Okay, so it looks like people ARE that stupid to not follow the clearly lined sequence, and thinking that the fucking TG Dice will allow them to pull off a Round 1 win.

>>27750677
Seconding. Terror is AOE. It handles all the enemies at once and gives us time for a follow-up plan.

If he's still in the mana pool and still attached to the heart won't he just regen the lines like he's doing for the heart?

>>27750683
Holy shit you're a genius we should counter is shaping with our own shaping!

>>27750599
Counter-shape by attempting to collapse (parts of) the cavern

>>27750677
Now you want to use the terror/ bind combo.

>>27750683
Use it on the tunnels instead?

Sever all the cords.

>>27750707
>Redaeth
>Genius
Pick one.

>>27750691
Yup. Wouldn't even give consideration to plans that would help aid that round 1 win.

>>27750713
As in earthforge all the connections to the room? Combine that with terror and it sounds good to me.

>>27750713
This. Terror everything first than Earthforge stab the cords. Augment with Sharpen if necessary.

>>27750710
I don't want to use Bind, since I don't think it'll stop him from creating flesh golems to come after us.

He's obviously relying on flesh golems to handle us while he stabilizes the heart, so doing something that deals with both his attempt to work on the heart as well as the golems he's sending after us is a good idea, though.

Why don't we try using our Toxic Smog ability?

It's probably bad for flesh, and we don't have any allies nearby.

>>27750736
No bind to hold the fucker down?

>>27750713
>>27750734
>>27750736
Bueno

But let's wait until someone criticizes it so we can decide if it's a good idea or not instead of just jumping on it because it looks good without considering the cons.

>>27750750
I was thinking of either using it on the golems or him.

>>27750716
Blind chicken etc. I just got very excited because that was something I thought of at work today but forgot since.
Our earth shaping is like a humanized (or at least less brutal) version of his flesh shaping. So it makes some sort of sense to fight fire with fire.

>>27750753
Terror will stun and it won't stop him from drawing energy/summoning flesh golems. It's not going to help much comparitevly.

>>27750713

Earthforge is not strong enough to collapse the every tunnel at once, though this could be a two part roll in which you cast it twice in a row. It is strong enough to collapse a significant amount of material onto the heart with one casting.

>>27750753
When he's in the manapool? No. It doesn't stop enemies from using magic unless it binds hands, like mages, it only stops them from moving around.
Bind will be appropriate after he has been removed from the mana pool. Which we should do soon. Because he has as much mana as he wants at the moment.

>>27750763
It'l probably take some time in which we would be vulnerable. Luckily The golems aren't up and moving yet. If we move quickly enough it could work.

>>27750790
Lets collapse it onto the heart then, that might sever the connections at the heart anyway.

>>27750790
I think we're going with sharpened earth spikes to cut the cords over collapsing tunnels.

>>27750790
>>27750813
Collapsing a large portion on the heart will likely sever many connections while doing significant damage to the heart itself and perhaps even the Shaper since I've understood he's fairly close to it.

Hey guys you know what stops bloodflow?

Iiiiiiccceeee.

>>27750842
Lice? I'm pretty sure those just itch.

Come on guys, let's try talking to him.

Collapsing the tunnels will be faster then making sharpened spikes. I think collapsing it onto the heart is our best bet.

>>27750839
Why don't we just sever the connections right where they meet the heart than dealing with the tunnels at all then? No need to focus elsewhere when they all lead to the same place.

>>27750860
ICE!

>>27750751
This is an interesting idea as well.

I'm not sure they have natural processes that are vulnerable to poison, though. A corrosive smog would definitely be worth trying, but a poisonous one could very well end up doing nothing.

>>27750790
Collapsing material onto the heart is probably a good idea, then. We can probably do just as well severing cords manually while he's addressing the heart.

We can definitely outpace two golems, so forcing him to spend more energy and effort to create more to try and stop us is probably a good idea.

If they're not autonomous (being controlled directly by Shaper, rather than something like a summoned creature), more golems would amplify the effect of Terror if we ever end up using it.

Alright,

Vote 1:
>terror, maximum power

Vote 2:
>earthforge, collapse material onto the heart

>>27750842
Dark Blizzard may be a good move to pull of since it will also hurt Shaper but we should sever connections first.

>>27750902
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>>27750902
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>>27750902
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>>27750902
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>>27750902
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>>27750902
Neither of those are particularly good ideas....

>>27750902
2

>>27750902
What.

But we wanted to Terror first and then do Earthforge.

>>27750902
2

>>27750907
>Dark Blizzard
>Ranged area of effect. Moderate base attack with large chances to stun, disrupt, and freeze enemies
In retrospect, this seems like more or less the perfect time to use this.

Maybe make this the next course of action.

>>27750902
SM. Why the fuck are you forcing people to choose between parts of what was supposed to be a two step plan?

>>27750944
I dunno.

>>27750926
Who said that? I thought people were more like "maybe later" about it.
>>27750944
because this is the first definitive action which may change the later game?

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>>27750902

>>27750956
Everyone who was first talking about the Earthforge plan said to combine it with Terror.

>>27750734
>>27750736
>>27750763
>>27750753
>>27750785

>>27750926

I was under the impression that a portion of people just wanted to earthforge.

>>27750944

I promise that I do in fact take the time to read 90-100% of the posts before posting a vote. Apparently I misinterpreted a train of thought. It does happen.

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Earthforge clearly won in a contest between the two, but let's have another quick vote:

Vote 1:
>just earthforge

Vote 2:
>terror followed by earthforge

>>27751016
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>>27751016
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>>27751016
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>>27751016
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Roll 1d100

First three to strike terror

Second three to rain earth

Rolled 84

>>27751109

Rolled 14

>>27751109

Rolled 64

>>27751109
So I heard you guys haven't had a 100 in a while.

Rolled 7

>>27751109
FEAR ME

Rolled 76

>>27751109

Rolled 40

>>27751109

>>27751114
>>27751115
>>27751117
Maybe?

Rolled 25

>>27751109
Let's get rollan'

Rolled 89

>>27751109
FUCK THE POLEECE

>>27751114
>>27751117
Eh.

>>27751124
>>27751127
Meh.

Rolled 16

>>27751109

>>27751114
>>27751117
>>27751124
>>27751127
bretty gud. Magic is more reliable, after all.

>>27751118
>>27751124
>>27751127
Goddamnit how can we screw up such a relatively simple spell?

Rolled 100

>>27751109
Still time for a 100!!!

>>27751153
/tg/ dice.

That is all.

Rolled 73

>>27751109
Wait guys, we forgot the 1.

magic works on about... 35? So we made it ... just didn't get any super special effects.

>>27751153
Hey man, I can almost guarantee you that a 40 on earthforge is .5 times better than a 40 on a consume.

>>27751163
There certainly was.

Rolled 35

>>27751109

>>27751163
OH MY GOD I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

THERE IS NO GREATER PLEASURE IN LIFE

>>27751163
hurr

>>27751163
ANON YOU FUCKING WIZARD

>>27751163
YES THERE IS FRIEND. YES THERE IS.

>>27751163
oh. tenth roll.

>>27751163
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>27751137
How is the first roll just an "Eh?" Magic succeeds much more easily than regular shit and DC 60 is usually the high tier difficult stuff.

>>27751163
>mfw

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>>27751163
TENTH FUCKING ROLL
FUCKING

FUCKING YES

FUUUUUCKING YEEEESSSSSSSS

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Rolled 30

>>27751163
Well then, I guess magic is more reliable

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>>27751163

Remember that deal we had, anonymous?

Well.

writing

>>27751153
You are vastly overestimating the difficulty of casting.

>>27751229
>already cashing in your autofail
oh sm, there were much better situations coming to fail us in

>>27751229
This better just be a reminder to creep us out and not you enacting it already.
I ROLLED A 100 FOR THIS DAMMIT

>>27751229
>Just when our luck turns around after weeks of shitty roll averages.

Wow you weren't kidding when you said you'd fuck with our joy.

Does the super fail cancel our success or override it?

>>27751229
Ha ha jokes on you, by your rules it'd just be a critfail critsuccess - unless you modify the deal and you're in fact replacing a roll instead of adding your own

>>27751229
C'mon, copyfriend. There's no way SM would let us off so easy as to use his get-into-jail-free card on something this trivial.

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>>27751229
I don't believe you!

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>>27751229
>fake trip
>using that on such a trivial thing

Really poor form.

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>>27751229
>mfw

>>27751265
Oh that guy is still around! Good catch.

>>27751265
> no face

>>27751229
hue

>>27751256
Still worth it.

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>>27751229
Oh god dammit the ruseman got me again.

>>27751229

good we got it out of the way early

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>>27751267
>>27751229
GODDAMNIT, HE GOT ME AGAIN

>>27751265
Don't worry. I'm just easing anons into the pain. When it actually happens? The glory will all be SM's. And it shall be glorious.

>>27751328
>THE GLORY SHALL BE GLORIOUS!

>>27751347
Truer words have never been spoken.

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>>27751265
>>27751328
Actually now that I think about it. It was rather ingenious.

Not only did you hit people where it hurt after finally getting their luck turned around but the ones who were relieved to get off so easy just had their hopes crushed.

Not bad. But it was still not as believable as your other ruses.

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>>27751328
Oh I know it will be. SM's a vindictive bastard, and we're just his little puppets. He enjoys plucking the strings and watching our mad dance.

The spirit magic of a furious Terror implodes in the air around you. The rising golems collapse back into the flesh, churning, unformed. It seems the power of the spirit magic was strong enough to disrupt their summoning.

Shaper reels from the magic, but it manages to keep itself focused on the heart. The repairs on the flesh slow significantly.

And then you push your magic into the ground around you.

A heavy rumble vibrates the room. Dust rains from the ceiling - and then a sharp crack resounds as the rock of the cave roof splits. A moment later, stone and dirt collapses in a heavy wave. You press the spell forward as the rock flies downward, sharpening bits and pieces into stalagmites to make the blow as powerful as possible.

Shaper manages to cobble together somewhat of a defense. A barrier of spirit projects itself around the core of the heart - but that just deflects the material onto the connects coming in from the other parts of the cave. The heart is spared, but the six main connections leading to the heart are heavily damaged or severed altogether. The heart's thumping grinds to a halt, mana and energy leaking out of it like a broken facet.

>mana: 34/58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI-bV2GIPAc

A rumbling howl of frustration rises out of Shaper. Dozens of smaller ghouls begin to rapidly form out of the fleshy walls! But their genesis is slow - Shaper is still recovering from your magical stun.

What do you do?

>use Terror again to disrupt his magic, then close the distance to your opponent
>Schattenkrieg Shaper directly; try to do some damage
>let him waste his energy; take the smaller ghouls as they come, consuming them with gaping maw
>some other strategy

>>27751229
>top lel
>how do you keep fooling everyone? This is at least the third time

>>27751360
Surprising isnt it?
Its the lost art of proper trolling

>>27751381
Jokes on you, Anon. I'm a paraplegic..

>>27751390
Now while Shaper is distracted and the heart is weakened is the best time to Gaping Maw CONSUME it

>>27751390
Dark Blizzard. Stun more, do damage, and freeze up those arteries.

>>27751414

Shaper, or the heart?

>>27751420

It's like magical cholesterol!

>>27751390
Whatever we do dont use the same trick twice. I'd advise considering our options and using Dark Blizzard to free all the forming ghouls while hitting Shaper hard. Then we move in for the beatdown.

Rolled 19

>>27751390
Dark blizzard then gaping maw.

>>27751420
I'll support this.

>>27751420
This. Dark Blizzard is basically a damage dealing Terror attack.

>>27751390

>>27751420
Seconding Dark Blizzard.

Make all of his raw material into meat popsicles.

>>27751420
Backing up this anon, Dark Blizzard seems like a great choice

>>27751390
Jumping on the dark blizzard and then gaping maw bandwagon.

Rolled 1

So the plan is dark blizzard then gaping maw on the heart?

>>27751432
both?

>>27751446
Oh god, that hilarious picture when the thought comes to mind that Shaper has a psycho's personality and wont stop screaming about meat bicycles once he gets in our head.

>>27751465
Yes but please don't roll again.

>>27751465
Stop tempting the dice gods.

>>27751474
>>27751480
I, for one. am happy to see an unlinked 1 and a linked 100 instead of the reverse for a change.

Rolled 66

>>27751480
No such thing.

>>27751509
Glad I'm not the only one

Wait, wouldn't Nightblaze kill the heart?

>>27751514
Maybe but Dark Blizzard takes care of more than the heart.

I'd support Nightblaze as a followup though.

>>27751514
Maybe. Magic is what's running it after all.

>>27751390
Hit with dark blizzard and yawning maw.
Watch out for ice cream headache

Vote 1:
>dark blizzard --> gaping maw heart

Vote 2:
>dark blizzard --> nightflare heart

>>27751549
>yawning maw.

SHADOW SLEEPY!

>>27751558
1

Rolled 79

>>27751558
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>>27751558
1

>>27751558
1

>>27751558
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>>27751558
1

>>27751558
1

>>27751558
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
1

Oh shit.
Guys.

Shaper is US.
He's attaching himself to an all or nothing titan idea that he's assumed will work against the foes in the area and instead of dealing with his enemy directly he's relying on squishy minions to cover him while he's all MUH HEART and MUH TITAN PLAN.

>>27751558
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>>27751390

Dark blizzard

Can we communicate to him as we assault him?

Something about giving up and joining us

Emphasis on attacking WHILE we talk

>>27751608
I always thought that Hunger/Ardor more represented that aspect of us. Consume first and think about shit later and all.

>>27751608

hahahhahaaa

No wonder the urge isnt' stronger within us!
YET