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Suptg Archive:

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Archive compiled using with only story posts for easier read-through (thanks to contributors!):

Chapters 01-10 (http://pastebin.com/jTWL7yBU)
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Chapters 21-30 (http://pastebin.com/RW2seaqK)
Chapters 31-40 (http://pastebin.com/ADKwTdWi)
Chapters 41-50 (http://pastebin.com/fLRzR5PR)
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Notes on Rolls and Voting:

When I request rolls, each set of three rolls counts for one action. For example, a two-step plan would take the first 6 linked rolls. A particularly bad failure can stop your plans early.

When rolling 1d100, I will consider criticals within the first ten linked rolls. Only criticals that occur in the first three rolls will be counted as "supercrits". This is still the case even if you'd have plan long enough to require more than ten rolls.

When I roll 1d20, the rules are the same, but I only consider criticals for the first five rolls, rather than ten. Criticals in the first three are still "supercrits".

When a plot choice results in extensive debate, I'll try to weed out the most popular trains of thought, and then call a vote on them. When voting, please respond with only a link back to the post and the number corresponding to your opinion. Other votes are discounted.

Finally, note that this is not a democracy; it is a benevolent dictatorship.
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>>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
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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
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>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.
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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
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>>27749672
Nobody cares faggot
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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.
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>>27749672

Glad you enjoyed it.
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>>27749699
consult with resolve

>while the thread starts filling up with the people that actually plan
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>>27749722

>>27749708
Haha fuck you SM cares. I bet he doesn't care about YOU, you double baka.
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>attack Shaper directly
Schattenkrieg Shaper INTO the heart. Thereby damaging both.
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>>27749708
Well obviously SM does, as seen here:>>27749722

>>27749699
Let's start discreetly cutting some cords.
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He's turned the entire town into a flesh golem.

We must commandeer it somehow
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>>27749699
Can we analyze the room, and the heart?
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>>27749789
Oh hey good idea do an analyze of everything before battle starts.
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>>27749789
I'll second analyzing & consultation.

>>27749772
Nope.

>>27749754
Bad. Ass.
>Redaeth
Uhh. Nevermind.
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>27749789
Seconding. Analyze first. Attack plan second.
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>>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.
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>>27749881
CONSUME the heart maybe?
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>>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
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>MR. SHADOW WILL EAT YOUR HEART OUT
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>>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.
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>>27749959
Gaping maw the heart.
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>>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.
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>>27749959
>>27749983
>Gaping maw the heart.
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>>27749983
I'm still worried about Shaper interfering. Maybe 10 mana bind him first before that?
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>>27749959
Nightflare the heart?
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>>27749959
Okay, so he's going to be summoning thousands of flesh golems.
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>>27750001

seconded
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>>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.
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What's our shard status, SM? You didn't post it.
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>>27749997
Huh, I wonder if that would work? We could just spam Cone of Destruction and Shadow Beam.
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>>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.
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>>27749959
Is the heart inherently magical?
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>>27750023

how about nightflare after we Gaping maw the heart
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>insert heart into mouth
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>>27750001
This eat his heart out and do a combo of terror/bind.
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>>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.
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>>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
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>>27750051
I'm more for binding and terror combo like this anon suggested.(though it might be overkill)
>>27750072
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>>27750001
Hell, let's use Ardor to empower the CONSUMption
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Gaping Maw the heart then schattenkrieg Shaper away from the flesh he can use?
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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.
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>27750108
schatten can be started from a standstill.
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>>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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>27750129
>>27750126
I stand corrected
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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.
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>>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.
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>>27750163
Ah. That knife hurts SM, please stop. Please don't tell me what you've done to Kelvere either Master-samaaa~
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>>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~
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>>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.
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>>27750220
It's not about being hurt or not it's about collapsing shit around us.
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>>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.
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>>27750213
Sm do you want to call a vote on the three big opinions?
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>>27750220
>assumptions central
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>>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.
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>>27750259
Lolwut can you stop stealing the spotlight by being the voice of reason?

>seconding
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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
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750286
1
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>>27750286
2
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>>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.
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750286
1
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>>27750286
3
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>>27750286
SM if 2 goes through can we use Ardor to increase CONSUMption likelihood?
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>>27750286
3
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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.
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>>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.
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750286
1
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>>27750286
2
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Wait a minute, we can use Shadow Domination to hold him in place!
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>>27750286
2
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>>27750389
While he's still in the manapool? No thanks.
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>>27750286
1
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>>27750337

shard powers can be used after a roll, yes

>>27750286

cutting off votes
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>>27750398
Good point, but if this battle get's out of hand, we have yet another option.
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>mana: 54/58

Roll 1d100 for Gaping Maw
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Rolled 13

>>27750432
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Rolled 83

>>27750432
Roll to eat heart. Huh.
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Rolled 21

>>27750432
rollan'
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oh god damn it dice.
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Rolled 33

>>27750432
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Rolled 7

>>27750432
Can we use terror and bind when he notices?
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>>27750434
>>27750442
What on earth is WRONG with you two?!
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Rolled 33

>>27750432
Yay! We suck!
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Rolled 67

>>27750432
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Rolled 7

>>27750432
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>>27750432
R-r-rollin
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>>27750451
The rolls wouldn't have mattered as much if we used the magic choice.
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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.
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Why do our rolls always suck now.
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Rolled 46

>>27750481
Gaping Maw IS magic.
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Rolled 1

>>27750432
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Rolled 95

>>27750432
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>>27750498
>roll 10
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Rolled 39

>>27750498
testing
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>>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.
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Rolled 57

>>27750432
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>>27750498
>Tenth roll
>It fucking counts
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>>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.
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Well.

This is a good typical start to SQ once again. Where the random chance is seven degrees of failure.
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welp, thats par for the course.
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>>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.
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Oh shit! Shadow Quest! I hope I didn't miss anyth--

Oh. Oh, I see.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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I vote SM just rolls himself with something that isnt TG dice.

I am sad
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>27750552
Because people didn't think about it and shaper is connected to it.
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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
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>>27750586
>People didn't think of it.
It was suggested earlier.
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>>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.
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>>27750521
The magic rolls would have counteracted most shitty rolls and should have lowered the dc for binding.
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>>27750599
>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
Who's up for round two?
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>>27750599
>attack the lines of flesh leading to the heart
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>>27750599
>focus on Shaper
THE SOURCE, YOU MUST DEFEAT THE SOURCE.
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>attack the heart again; don't let him repair it
now we schatten?
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>>27750599
nightflare all the things
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>27750599
Bind the Shaper, shadow shotgun the heart, possibly attempting to sever the connetions between it and the Shaper.
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>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.
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Here is an interesting idea. use Earthforge. Collapse the ceiling onto the heart.
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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.
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>>27750677
Seconding. Terror is AOE. It handles all the enemies at once and gives us time for a follow-up plan.
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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?
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>>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
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>>27750677
Now you want to use the terror/ bind combo.
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>>27750683
Use it on the tunnels instead?

Sever all the cords.
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>>27750707
>Redaeth
>Genius
Pick one.
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>>27750691
Yup. Wouldn't even give consideration to plans that would help aid that round 1 win.
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>>27750713
As in earthforge all the connections to the room? Combine that with terror and it sounds good to me.
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>>27750713
This. Terror everything first than Earthforge stab the cords. Augment with Sharpen if necessary.
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>>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.
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Why don't we try using our Toxic Smog ability?

It's probably bad for flesh, and we don't have any allies nearby.
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>>27750736
No bind to hold the fucker down?
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>>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.
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>>27750750
I was thinking of either using it on the golems or him.
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>>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.
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>>27750753
Terror will stun and it won't stop him from drawing energy/summoning flesh golems. It's not going to help much comparitevly.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>27750790
Lets collapse it onto the heart then, that might sever the connections at the heart anyway.
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>>27750790
I think we're going with sharpened earth spikes to cut the cords over collapsing tunnels.
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>>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.
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Hey guys you know what stops bloodflow?

Iiiiiiccceeee.
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>>27750842
Lice? I'm pretty sure those just itch.
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Come on guys, let's try talking to him.
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Collapsing the tunnels will be faster then making sharpened spikes. I think collapsing it onto the heart is our best bet.
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>>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.
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>>27750860
ICE!
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>>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.
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Alright,

Vote 1:
>terror, maximum power

Vote 2:
>earthforge, collapse material onto the heart
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>>27750842
Dark Blizzard may be a good move to pull of since it will also hurt Shaper but we should sever connections first.
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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
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>>27750902
Neither of those are particularly good ideas....
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>>27750902
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>>27750902
What.

But we wanted to Terror first and then do Earthforge.
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>>27750902
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>>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.
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>>27750902
SM. Why the fuck are you forcing people to choose between parts of what was supposed to be a two step plan?
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>>27750944
I dunno.
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>>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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>>27750956
Everyone who was first talking about the Earthforge plan said to combine it with Terror.

>>27750734
>>27750736
>>27750763
>>27750753
>>27750785
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>>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
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>>27751016
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>>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
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Rolled 84

>>27751109
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Rolled 14

>>27751109
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Rolled 64

>>27751109
So I heard you guys haven't had a 100 in a while.
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Rolled 7

>>27751109
FEAR ME
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Rolled 76

>>27751109
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Rolled 40

>>27751109
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>>27751114
>>27751115
>>27751117
Maybe?
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Rolled 25

>>27751109
Let's get rollan'
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Rolled 89

>>27751109
FUCK THE POLEECE
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>>27751114
>>27751117
Eh.

>>27751124
>>27751127
Meh.
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Rolled 16

>>27751109
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>>27751114
>>27751117
>>27751124
>>27751127
bretty gud. Magic is more reliable, after all.
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>>27751118
>>27751124
>>27751127
Goddamnit how can we screw up such a relatively simple spell?
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Rolled 100

>>27751109
Still time for a 100!!!
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>>27751153
/tg/ dice.

That is all.
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Rolled 73

>>27751109
Wait guys, we forgot the 1.
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magic works on about... 35? So we made it ... just didn't get any super special effects.
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>>27751153
Hey man, I can almost guarantee you that a 40 on earthforge is .5 times better than a 40 on a consume.
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>>27751163
There certainly was.
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Rolled 35

>>27751109
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>>27751163
OH MY GOD I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

THERE IS NO GREATER PLEASURE IN LIFE
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>>27751163
hurr
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>>27751163
ANON YOU FUCKING WIZARD
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>>27751163
YES THERE IS FRIEND. YES THERE IS.
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>>27751163
oh. tenth roll.
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>>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
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Remember that deal we had, anonymous?

Well.

writing
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>>27751153
You are vastly overestimating the difficulty of casting.
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>>27751229
>already cashing in your autofail
oh sm, there were much better situations coming to fail us in
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>>27751229
This better just be a reminder to creep us out and not you enacting it already.
I ROLLED A 100 FOR THIS DAMMIT
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>>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?
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>>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
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>>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
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>>27751265
Oh that guy is still around! Good catch.
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>>27751265
> no face
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>>27751229
hue
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>>27751256
Still worth it.
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>>27751229
Oh god dammit the ruseman got me again.
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>>27751229

good we got it out of the way early
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>>27751267
>>27751229
GODDAMNIT, HE GOT ME AGAIN
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>>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.
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>>27751328
>THE GLORY SHALL BE GLORIOUS!
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>>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.
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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
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>>27751360
Surprising isnt it?
Its the lost art of proper trolling
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>>27751381
Jokes on you, Anon. I'm a paraplegic..
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>>27751390
Now while Shaper is distracted and the heart is weakened is the best time to Gaping Maw CONSUME it
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>>27751390
Dark Blizzard. Stun more, do damage, and freeze up those arteries.
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>>27751414

Shaper, or the heart?

>>27751420

It's like magical cholesterol!
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>>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.
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Rolled 19

>>27751390
Dark blizzard then gaping maw.
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>>27751420
I'll support this.
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>>27751420
This. Dark Blizzard is basically a damage dealing Terror attack.
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>>27751390

>>27751420
Seconding Dark Blizzard.

Make all of his raw material into meat popsicles.
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>>27751420
Backing up this anon, Dark Blizzard seems like a great choice
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>>27751390
Jumping on the dark blizzard and then gaping maw bandwagon.
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Rolled 1

So the plan is dark blizzard then gaping maw on the heart?
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>>27751432
both?
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>>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.
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>>27751465
Yes but please don't roll again.
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>>27751465
Stop tempting the dice gods.
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>>27751474
>>27751480
I, for one. am happy to see an unlinked 1 and a linked 100 instead of the reverse for a change.
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Rolled 66

>>27751480
No such thing.
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>>27751509
Glad I'm not the only one
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Wait, wouldn't Nightblaze kill the heart?
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>>27751514
Maybe but Dark Blizzard takes care of more than the heart.

I'd support Nightblaze as a followup though.
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>>27751514
Maybe. Magic is what's running it after all.
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>>27751390
Hit with dark blizzard and yawning maw.
Watch out for ice cream headache
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Vote 1:
>dark blizzard --> gaping maw heart

Vote 2:
>dark blizzard --> nightflare heart
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>>27751549
>yawning maw.

SHADOW SLEEPY!
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>>27751558
1
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Rolled 79

>>27751558
2
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>>27751558
1
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>>27751558
1
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
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>>27751558
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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.
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>>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
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>>27751608
I always thought that Hunger/Ardor more represented that aspect of us. Consume first and think about shit later and all.
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>>27751608

hahahhahaaa

No wonder the urge isnt' stronger within us!
YET
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>>27751608
What do you expect from the shards of Erebus?
The whole "split myself into pieces" plan was pretty all-or-nothing as well. All it took was one of the shards to get attached to a little half-demon girl to throw a wrench in the whole thing.
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>>27751558
>inb4 nightflare was the better idea
>inb4 Shaper finishes his plane because anons want to eat his heart out
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>>27751637

Sure.
This sounds amusing.

Got anything good to say?
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>>27751657
<I'm gonna eat your heart out!>
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>>27751657
YOUR HEART IS MINE SHAPER-KUN~
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Roll 1d100

two rolls
>blizzard
>gaping maw
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>>27751637
Did you see what he did to the town?

With their flesh?

What more needs to be said?
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Rolled 52

>>27751669
I'MA MAGIC THE SHIT OUT OF YOU
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Rolled 35

>>27751669
Shaper needs to chill out
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>>27751648
Yeah, the plan quite literally gave everyone else multiple approaches to stopping it.

Splitting for greater efficiency my ass.
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Rolled 75

>>27751669
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>>27751669
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Rolled 9

>>27751669
h-here i go!
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Rolled 30

>>27751669
Now is a time for 100's
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>>27751669
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>>27751681
clearly we've been acting in character all this time! Bad decisions? Not at all!
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Rolled 58

>>27751669
Time for our luck to fail us?

Yes.
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Rolled 33

>>27751669
>natural 1!
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>>27751669
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>>27751669
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>>27751669
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>>27751679
>>27751685
Eh.

>>27751687
>>27751699
Meh.
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>>27751679
>>27751685
>>27751687
>>27751699
Well, the blizzard probably hit because magic but that consume roll ain't very good.
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Goddamn, this thing just does -not- want to get eaten!
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>>27751669
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>>27751725
I know, what's it's problem?
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>>27751727
You're both too late and doing it wrong.
Please try again next time.
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>>27751772
As if I didn't notice it myself. Only a honorless dog would point fingers at others' failures.
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Water condenses from the air, as if you gathered a Surge - but instead of splashing forward as a wall, it crystallizes and begins to swirl.

In a moment, the room is caught in a tornado of freezing snow. Shadow and Water spin and clash. Some of it clumps together, forming thick balls of hail that slam into the ghouls even as they pick themselves out of the fleshy spawning grounds. Where the the chunks of ice hit, they stick, cracking and snapping as they grow over limbs and joints. The room is frozen over in moments.

You lunge for the heart again, opening your maw. Shaper is busy protecting himself from your blizzard - he has little time to defend the heart.

>mana: 16/58

Your twisting maw consumes the rest of the heart. After losing so much of its original energy, it's not the meal you'd hoped for, but at least it's taken out of the picture.

>you've gained 6 EXP (10 total)
>you've gained five mana (21/58)

Another shriek cuts at you. Shaper is coated in a layer of ice, but that doesn't stop it from casting magic. A missile of pure spirit rockets your way through the blizzard.

What do you do?

>use speed to dodge
>some other strategy
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>>27751813

Blink to Shaper's position and ready the Hammer.

When you have a hammer...
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>use speed to dodge
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>>27751813
pure spirit?
just dodge it then.

and then

CROSS COUNTER SHAPER!
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>>27751813

420NIGHTBLAZEIT
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>>27751813
Blink past it, smack Shaper's shit for shattering ice-damage bonus.
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Okay, SQ. If there's anything I've learned this thread it's that we need to use magic more.

No matter what our plan or approach we should always come up with ways to use our magic to make it easier since it's more reliable.

For instance. Think how easy it would be to take out an entire room of enemies with Darkness Within if we Terror stunned them first.
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>>27751813
Why not just blink behind him and then use our strength?
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>>27751813
Blink to Shaper, and Gaping Maw + CONSUME
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>>27751813
We have the initiative! Blink behind Shaper and go METAL on it.
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>>27751813

Nightblaze and go in with some CQC
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>>27751853
Supporting blink + Darkness Within
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>>27751813
>>some other strategy
Nightblaze the projectile, and then quickly make our way to the mana pool and replenish our reserves.

Speed is probably a bad idea, since the projectile could easily be homing, and we don't have a reasonable amount of space to dodge it in.

If he's focusing on casting spells rather than breaking free of the coating of ice, we'll be able to handle him once we're back at full power.
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>>27751853
Second.
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Can we leave a shade in our place as we blink behind him?
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Why don't we first Blink behind him to avoid the projectile,
cast Adamantize on ourselves,
and then Darkness Within on Shaper?

Sound good?
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>>27751865

sounds good seconded
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>>27751887
To explain, because we're going to get counterattacked by something within those four turns, it would be a good idea to have the defense advantage of Adamantize.
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>>27751873
I don't see any need to replenish reserves when this guy is severely slowed down by Terror and Dark Blizzard. I think it's time to beat the fucker up.

Seconding Nighblaze/flare over Blinking though. Spirit magic has been shown to have homing capabilities before.
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We could just sit in the pool and pour out nightblazes and attacks while adamantized, too. Plus great heals on ourself.
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>>27751913
I'll second adamantizing as that is a good point. The extra weight will add to our blow's power too.

However, I'd rather disrupt the spell over blinking.
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>>27751949
We aren't even damaged though. This guy has been severely immobilized. This is the time for offense, in my opinion.
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>>27751962
Yeah. Cones of destruction all day erry day. The mana pool is right there and we can nightblaze the projectile and then take advantage of it.
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>>27751962
that damaged*

Missed a critical word there.
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>>27751952
Well, could we nightblaze the missile, then blink behind Shaper, cast adamantize on ourselves, and go metal on his ass?
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Vote 1:
>nightflare the incoming spell, then adamantize-->DW

Vote 2:
>adamantize, then blink behind Shaper to avoid the spell and activate DW
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>>27751974

The Hammer is our big "FUCK YOU" attack, but I would support Blink+Cone of Destruction as well. Cone of Destruction probably has less prep time as well.
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>>27751984
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>>27751984
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>>27751992
Hammer is too weak to use atm. We haven't fixed it since the battle with our shards.
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>>27751984
2
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>>27751984
2
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>>27751984
2
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>>27751984
1
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I feel bad for that one guy that voted 1.
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>>27751984
2
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>>27751984
2
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>>27751984
I don't really think the turn Adamantizing is worthwhile, considering that he has zero active minions, and if he's spending his time summoning more while we're in his face, we're in incredible shape.

The toughness boost doesn't seem as useful as getting in his face before he breaks free of his deep freeze, seeing as Shaper himself is currently the only one capable of attacking us.

It's only a minor thing either way, though.
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>>27752017
Also. I think we have enough of an advantage that we don't need to pull that out. Shards are supposed to be a means to turn around a fight. We should be only using it when we're backed into a corner/in a bad spot to instantly put things back in our favor.

We used it as an opener in the fight with Temerity and it did not go over well.

>>27752049
Eh, I'm not too hung up over it. I'd like to get rid of the spell instead of just leaving it but I don't think we'll be in too much danger even if it has homing capabilities.
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Roll 1d100

five actions

Fifteen DICE
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Rolled 92

>>27752079
>Chances of nat 1 approach 100%
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Rolled 10

>>27752079
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Rolled 61

>>27752079
Oh god no not the dice.

>>27752067
It negates the minor defense penalty of DW, and covers us for the 4 turns that we can't do anything else.
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Rolled 3

>>27752079
Invoking power of FUNK. Here's hoping for progenitor bonus.
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Rolled 67

>>27752079
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Rolled 46

>>27752079
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Rolled 74

>>27752079
THIRSTY FOR BATTLE
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Rolled 19

>>27752079
Woah SM fifteen dice?
That's crazy!
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Rolled 77

>>27752079
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Rolled 55

>>27752079
Let's fuck up!
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Rolled 46

>>27752079
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Rolled 99

>>27752086
>>27752088
>Bretty gud

>>27752091
>>27752096
>Bretty gud

>>27752100
>>27752101
>Bretty gud

>>27752079
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>>27752089
Welp. Invoking it was fun while it lasted guys. Sorry.
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Rolled 18

>>27752079
Rolling again because hell yeah.
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Rolled 67

>>27752079
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Rolled 75

>>27752079
Rollin!
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Rolled 1

>>27752079
HOLY ROLLERS
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Rolled 16

>>27752079
here we go again
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Rolled 29

>>27752079
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Rolled 99

Woo!
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Rolled 42

>>27752109
but your not quiet gud enuff
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Rolled 89

>>27752079
Man, we're rollin' hot right now. Hope I didn't just jinx it.
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Rolled 13

>>27752079

Please, oh dice gods, be merciful...
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Rolled 8

>>27752079
I have some reaction images prepared
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>>27752086
>>27752088

>>27752091
>>27752095

>>27752096
>>27752100

>>27752101
>>27752109

>>27752119
>>27752120

Pretty solid overall.
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>>27752123
And that's why I suggested to adamantize. Phew.
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>>27752123
Well, that was close.
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>>27752123

>16th roll

Well, holy fuck. I guess this time around /tg/ posters were faster than the dice gods.
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>>27752123
HA! IT'S NOT IN THE FIRST TEN ROLLS SO IT'S ONLY A BAD ROLL AND NOT AN INSTANT FAIL
STICK A DICK IN YOUR EAR
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>>27752140
Yeah no kidding. I'm kind of concerned.
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>>27752123
I was scared for a second there.
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>>27752123
Doesn't count
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>>27752086
>>27752088
Not bad.

>>27752091
>>27752095
Eh.

>>27752096
>>27752100
Good.

>>27752101
>>27752109
Not bad.

>>27752119
>>27752120
Also good.

>>27752123
16th roll. Doesn't even matter
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...organizing input...

92, 10, 61

3, 67, 46

74, 19, 77

55, 46, 99

18, 67, 75
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inb4 copyfriend remember that deal shit etc
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>>27752123
>>27752135
Yeah.
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>>27752153
It's #16, so it doesn't even count. We're good.

>>27752173
It's been a long time since I've seen that face. Is it suddenly okay to post it again?
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Everything went better than expected! Our dice luck really has come around!

captcha: agazbut crucified

Oh. Oh dear.
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>>27752187
Haha! We can only go down from here!
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>>27752187
Don't jinx it!
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>>27752182
Just dug up an old HDD. It's ironic to post old stuff now, and I can pretend to be a hipster.
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Guys, i just realized something.

Remember how since we are Order and not shadow Light is the only element without an opposite? Remember how SM said that the only two lords that could create servants were Erebus and Hyperion? What if Hyperion is the Avatar of Chaos like how we are the Avatar or Order?
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>>27752296
Would explain why he'd believe his own followers' bullshit.
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Rolled 29

>>27752296
I was under the assumption that basically everything magic was an avatar of chaos. I think it more likely that light just doesn't have an opposite. Weirder shit happens.
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You cast your Adamantize spell, and your flesh turns harder than tempered steel. You hear a nasty crunch as the extra weight sends your feet through the frozen floor of flesh.

The missile of spirit reaches your position - but you Blink away, and a moment later, you're behind a half-frozen shaper.

You unleash the Darkness Within.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCtlDXpgZP8

You crash into Shaper with the weight of adamantium powering your limbs. He throws up a quick barrier of spirit, and manages to hold you off for a shot time, giving ground in exchange for safety.

Your blows are too heavy. You shatter the shield, and it's open season.

Your arm cracks into his head, dazing him. You grab one of his legs and arms. The spikes ribbing his body are sharp enough to pierce steel, but the adamantium enchantment lets you easily ignore them. Fixing your grip tighter, you pull him toward you as hard as you can. A third shadowy tendril rears punches into him as he reaches your position, impacting hard enough to blast through his chest and out the other side.

You rip your arm back through, widening the hole on the way out. Shaper shrieks and howls in pain.

The missile of spirit reaches your position. You barely notice it slam into you. Did it track you even after blinking? Doesn't matter. You've got a shard to kill.

You hold Shaper's limp body up and wrap the rest of his limbs in tentacles. You pull hard, harder, and with an ugly snapping crackle, his left arm and leg rip free. You slam him into the icy ground.

Shaper lies on the ground, incapacitated. This battle is all but over.

>you've taken 18 damage (59/81)

What do you do?

>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
>some other strategy
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>>27752303
and why it was mainly Hyperion who attacked Erebus in the war
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>>27752296
I think we all thought that
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>>27752296
Well, we ARE shadow, it's just that order and shadow are basically one and the same. Do we have anything from SM saying that light doesn't have an opposite? I was under the impression that shadow and light still functioned as opposites, just because light is "more chaotic," but I haven't really looked into the schematics of it and might have missed something.
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>>27752320
>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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>>27752320
>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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>>27752320
>Consume and Reforge.

Follow our directive and help prove to Resolve we were right to let him trust us.
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>>27752320
>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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Rolled 76

>>27752320
>>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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>>27752320
Consume and then speak to his shard. Let him be reforged on his own will
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>>27752320
>>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
Reshape the Shaper.
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My bet for Shaper's new name after reforging?
Maker.
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Consume and reforge.

We are one step closer, but what happens when we get all the shards?

And after-all... is humanity truly a seamless part of us?

Carry on.
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>>27752320
>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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>>27752320
>>consume and reforge shaper using Humanity
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>>27752320
GUY GUY GUYS
LET'S TRY TO TALK TO HIM TO UNDERSTAND THE DEEPER CONNOTATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
AND SHIT
BECAUSE LIKE, THAT'S HOW ITS WORKED EVERYTIME SO FAR
LETS JUST
TALK THINGS OOOUUUUT
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>>27752386
and his bonuses?
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>>27752381
>Giving a guy who murders an entire town to make a giant flesh golem a choice
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>>27752320
>some other strategy
Reforge, but don't consume.
Use it as an independent part of us to be in two places at once.
While we're out fixing things, Shaper2.0 can be back at Haven, creating new minions!

I just wanted to brainstorm some possible other strategy to see if there were even any other options, please don't do this it's kind of silly.
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>>27752399
>>27752395
>>27752381
lets talk to him AFTER we reforge him
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>>27752388
Well, seeing as we've incorporated it into every shard so far, I'd think so.

But then again, who knows.
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>>27752381
Yeah thats stupid. Are we just going to say ok if he says no? We need all of the shards together and in line. You don't play nice with murderous psychos.
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>>27752395
See >>27752399

The shard is us. We can do what we want with it. If we want to be different, we change. That is all. We can talk to him afterwards.
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Roll 1d100 for consuming + reforging

six rolls
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>>27752422
>not getting the joke this hard
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Rolled 29

>>27752428
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Rolled 52

>>27752428
And some progress. One shard to go.
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Rolled 42

>>27752428
>inb4 we break the shard again and we have to camp his mana pool
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>>27752406
I think it's silly too but considering Moonsong it's probably not impossible
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Rolled 77

>>27752428
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Rolled 19

>>27752428
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Rolled 44

>>27752428
Well shit.
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>>27752406
I think splitting up post-war to do some peacetime shit would be cool, but right now we need all of the strong to combat the big dudes of this world.
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>>27752421
No, we still force it, but it's good LORE
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>>27752416
Is it we who truly used Humanity, or is it Humanity that is using us? Is it even Humanity?

It did try destroying Temerity, the only link we have to who we are and who we were.

Sometimes I think Temerity had some truth to what he was saying.

But you all played your cards, but were they all for nothing, or a full house?
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>>27752453
Please explain what that means. Not bashing or anything just curious.
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>>27752463
>Humanity hijacks control of the shards like temerity did
Goddamnit
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>>27752463
i have to big of a headache to deal with those bullshit questions.
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>>27752463
No offense but you're trying way too hard to sound ominous.

There was always an inkling of truth to what Temerity said. That's why he's a fusion of two things rather than outright destroyed.

Seriously, why do people keep thinking our new shards are humanity shards when they're a combination of both that and their original nature.
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Rolled 100

>>27752473
>>27752463
there was that poster who said that he would make a character in his quest betray us and it would be the last person we thought would do it.
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>>27752473
But he already tried that multiple times and we've opted for balance instead.
The only unbalanced shard is currently humanity, wrath, and shaper if these rolls fail.
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>>27752463
Well, considering what Shaper is doing RIGHT now, and the whole "destroy the world" plan, I really don't see how Humanity can be WORSE.

At most he's a different kind of bad.
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>>27752473

This isn't really true, Humanity doesn't demand we do shit.

Don't forget that in the beginning of the quest, Temerity and Humanity were alignment scores, we generated the shard of Humanity through our actions in the quest.
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Rolled 84

>>27752473
We would be in some deeep shit, but I think we might ultimately come out on top.
We should think about curbing the power of our individual shards, much like the Byzantine emperor did to the nobility.
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>>27752493
Woah
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>>27752463
There was some truth, yes. We're going to have to do something about the self-perpetuating chaos eventually. But we're not going to destroy everything, which was his long-term goal, and the bastard was too stubborn to work with in the short-term unless it was something that furthered said long-term goa-
>>27752493
STOP DOING THAT FUCK
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>>27752493
oh boy way to fuck it up
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>>27752470
Fluff. It's an excuse to get sm to write more fluff.
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>>27752493
Damnit, why are you leaving your dice on without linking to the post asking for rolls, just in case of this?
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>>27752493
FUCK YOU

FUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUU
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Rolled 75

>>27752521
For the same reasons of possibly getting a natural 1.

>>27752428
Like this.
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Rolled 61

>>27752493
ALWAYS LINK TO THE POST ASKING FOR ROLLS you... you double nigger!
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I'll say one last thing before I leave.

Humanity is the only shard that is not truly a part of us, it is separate and living within us.

If we want true control, if we need true freedom.

We need to balance humanity.
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>>27752554
Technically it's the only shard that wasn't a part of Erebus.

We created Humanity out of nothing but our own feelings.
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>>27752554
How do you propose we do that?
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>>27752493
And this is why we can't have nice thing.
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>>27752554
Dude, we're resonant with it because we embraced/fused with it.

Explain to me how it's a separate part of us at this point. Or how to even do that.
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>>27752579
If it it was truly a part of us, and not just another shard inside our form until we can reforge our true body.


Then why did it come out during the all-out battle?
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>>27752554
What makes it not truly a part of us? The fact that it can act on its own? Because the other shards can do that too.

My only concern is what might happen of Humanity turns Temerity and decides it doesn't like our way of doing things anymore. It might have some control over the other shards now, having repaired them. But that's implying it could turn against us in the first place after being resonant. We're still not quite sure how all this shard business works, to be honest.
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>>27752554
It's born of shadow unlike the rest that were born of erebus. I would say its the only shard that is truly part of us.
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>>27752579
>Explain to me how it's a separate part of us at this point.
Devil's Advocate cites the fact that it was capable of autonomy during our New Shard vs Erebus Shard brawl, while balanced shards acted as one entity.
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Guys, remember how Flint said to make sure he was there when we face our last shard? He wants to be there at our moment of weakness so he can betray us!
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>>27752603
By that argument none of our shards are truly a part of us since they all came out too.

If it's truly separate from us why is it doing the exact same thing the rest of our shards did?
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>>27752608
As an addition to that, we got reforged by Humanity in the Archonium already. Yeah.
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>>27752631
Et tu, Flint?
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>>27752631
No. SM wants him there so he can kill him,
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>>27752632
The shards aren't fused with us yet, we need to collect them all until we can reforge our body.

Humans are cunning and deceitful by nature.

Why wouldn't Humanity be the same?
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>>27752631
So that explains why he was all cool about us telling him we were Erebus.
All this time he's just been setting us up for the fall.
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You consume the torn remains of Shaper. It attempts to resist, but it's far too weakened. The process is swift and clean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6iZA3awWWU

Humanity burns into the cracks between the pieces of Shaper, and its heart thrums anew. It is subsumed into your core.

Slowly, the ice from your spell melts - and as it does, you see Shaper's magic collapse. The growth of flesh shrivels and shrinks away to nothing.

The corpses of townsfolk are left behind by the retreating wave of shadow, unmutilated. But the damage is done - Abbotsford is a ruined city, twisted by one of your shards. You're not responsible...but you wish you'd known of this sooner. There was just too much occurring at once; too many decisions to make. You can't be everywhere at once; you can't possibly save everything, or everyone.

The thought is sobering.

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Shards of Erebus:
-none-

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

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-----

You stand in the cave below Abbotsford, alone; a sorry resting place for these people.

You feel Maker examine the remnants of its handiwork, and you sense its regret. It wants to do something to make up for this.

What do you do now?
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>>27752631
Totally. Yeah. That's it.
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>>27752652
>There was just too much occurring at once; too many decisions to make. You can't be everywhere at once; you can't possibly save everything, or everyone.

Oh my fucking god.
When we go to wrath, shit's gonna go down in Haven.
GUARANTEED!
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>>27752652
no xp?
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>>27752652
Ask Maker what it wants to do.
If harmless allow Maker to work.
Use Resolve and/or appropriate shards to back him up.
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>>27752652
Give Maker _____a hug_____
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>>27752671
We should see if Maker can help us leave behind a bunch of summons in Haven then.
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>>27752652
Earthforge a gravesite.
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>>27752652
>you can't possibly save everything, or everyone.
sm pls no pls
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>>27752650
Way to completely change the argument to grasp on to a point. Humans being decietful by nature is a totally subjective opinion and not at all proper evidence to defend your point.
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>>27752684
This, turn the city into some sort of memorial
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>>27752652
>It wants to do something to make up for this.
We're open to ideas.

It's probably poor etiquette to eat all the corpses.
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>>27752652
bury them all
in proper graves
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>>27752652
Ask Maker if he has the ability to make a human hand
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>>27752652
Make sure we get full mana and fully heal ourselves.

Then make a gravesite like the ones we saw in Kelvere after the battle.
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>>27752681
>implying we care about summons.

Everyone seems so fucking opposed to the idea of at least branching into that area, even though with any luck our Summoner is staying out of the Party.
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>>27752718
Oh hey. I have doubts it would be that simple but worth a shot.
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>>27752718
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

No XP for that shard consumption SM?
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>>27752650
Why would our humanity shard encompass the entirety of human nature. It is what shadow saw as his human side made manifest. Shadow wasn't very deceitful when humanity was born. I would argue that it would be illogical to assume Humanity is untrustworthy.
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>>27752730
I believe Shadow has what is called a phobia.
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>>27752730
Eh. I at least want to buy the stuff that leads into the other trees.
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>>27752746
Ethicsphobia.
Hates the idea of slavery.
Idea of programmed entities is something he hates even more. It's pretty much against his nature.

But golems are fine because they're coolio.
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Have 10 exp

>total: 20

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Actions.

Do something in Abbotsford? Return to Haven? Press on to the Frozen Hand? Something else?
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>>27752762
Earthforge grave-site sounds good. We got a mana pool to work with after all.
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>>27752762
purchase spirit lash and mighty regen
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>>27752742
I agree with this anon. A little temperamental, maybe, but as long as JUDGUMENTO is there to keep it in line, we should be fine.

I think.
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>>27752762
Again, let's ask Maker about his ability to make something as complex as an organic hand.
Also let's head back to Haven and give a report.
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>>27752762
Mana pool recharge + heal

Make a gravesite, bury.

Return to Haven to get a status update.
FLINT OR NO FLINT?

Go to Frozen Hand via TELEPORT.
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Lets bury these dead. Construct a memorial. We have access to a mana pool so we can go hog wild with earthforge.
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just a friendly reminder before i hit the sack that we still need to finish looting Xile, and maybe aquire some Dynamo shells from airships that the dragon wrecked. would be useful for reviving the Noirelev. also, all dat gold and adamantium.

fuck grammar, im gone, dont die
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>>27752762
Get mighty regeneration.
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>>27752730
Specialization allows for greater strength than a weak but broad selection of powers.

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times"
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>>27752792
This is hard this.

Let's get mighty regen while we still can. And before we fight Wrath.
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>>27752652
well... there's a mana pool right?

... we should have the mana available for a mass burial...

(I kid. if anything the best thing we can do for now is head back and report on what's happened.

We can hold rites for the dead after we let everyone know the threat has passed.

It may also be wise not to let anyone know (other than those close to us) shaper's actions have anything to do with us. simple reminder.
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Yes lets get mighty regen.
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>>27752762
See if Shaper has any specific ideas.

Also, purchase Machina Vita and Machina Loqui.

If we're going to leave Haven, might as well make sure it's well protected.
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>>27752762
Step in the mana pool and transform a large area in to a gravesite slash safe zone for us to teleport to if needed.
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I think just making a giant spire to cover the town would be nice.
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>>27752775
>>27752784
These.

Also fuck Mighty regen get some Earth tree stuff. We don't have problems taking hits but more versatility would be great.
>>
I feel like we're missing something important right now.

Can't put my finger on it. Has to do with context.
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>>27752762
Mighty Regen purchase. Get it out of the way. Then bury all these people properly with earthforge, heal and replenish mana. We can move on to the Frozen Hand after.
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>>27752788
Oh right.

Maybe we can jump up to Xile really quick and find a Mana Pool we can use for teleportation purposes, and so we can make a different anchor?
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>>27752762
Ask if maker can repair a limb.
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>>27752834
In relation to what
>>
So mighty regen and spirit slash?
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>>27752834
Maybe they have a specific custom for burying people?

Or we were supposed to do something with the Orcs or whatever?

Also I think it would be a good idea to at least stop back at Haven to see what the humans think would be proper burial customs.

Don't want to accidentally cause offense.
>>
Also SM don't pull shit like "Mr. Shadow doesn't know proper burial," because we totally do as that's how we met Abigail in the first place, in a graveyard.
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>>27752841
this
>>
If this town has been here a while then they would already have a graveyard area setup somewhere. We can just find that and add to it right?
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>>27752869
and then shadow uses the the manapool and shaper to make a graveyard with monuments and takes the time to bury each (intact) corpse
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>>27752841
well shit....
...
shit...
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>>27752869
>we met Abigail in a graveyard
...That

That was foreshadowing.
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>>27752793
Over specialization is a problem too. If you can make a method to stop that guys one kick then what can he do now?

I honestly think our physical prowess is fine. We should focus on magic and other stuff since that's more reliable anyway.
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>>27752887
In theory.

Though honestly I think everyone is kind of missing that we do have time constraints.

Like it might be a good idea to at least check back in at Haven to tell them what we'll be doing for the rest of the day, instead of them assuming the worst.

That's just responsible.
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>>27752888

it might even bump up Maker's resonance with us...
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>>27752912
We can teleport between there and here after all, so it shouldn't take too much time? There's no travel time between mana pools.
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>>27752907
Yes, foreshadowing the fact that the undead were related to her in some way (but as it turns out not really) and that's all it was so stop saying things that can't be true anon!!!!!!!
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>>27752912
I agree with that at least. Report first. Bury second.
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>>27752841

No.

>>27752869

good god man I'm not an autist

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>Mighty Regeneration - You regeneration occurs still faster in dark areas, and you regenerate slowly even in lighted areas. Your regeneration limit is now 4/5 of your total HP, rounded down.

>Hydra Unlocked

>EXP: 5

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Writing for burial.
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Rolled 31

>>27752652
>(Maker) - Normal
Called it.
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>>27752912

Couldn't we just re-summon wispbro and send him through the portal with a message? That way, they get the info, while we get on with the clean up. Our mess, Our clean-up...
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>>27752918
Oh right. More than meditation makes shards like us.
Plot opportunities are what make shards climb the scales with us.

Yes, that's a good reminder anon.
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>>27752888
>hey Shadow, what took you so long?
>I was burying people in their own graves after sorting through all their body parts
>Well, the world ended, you missed it.
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>>27752941
>Hydra is unlocked
>even without those resists purchased

HYDRA PARTY
HYDRA PARTY
GOING STRONG
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>>27752941
Can we send our Wisp through the mana pool to send a message to Auriel and/or Flint?
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>>27752960
We'll need to pick up the resists as well as the entire middle tree to get to what Hydra leads to though.
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>>27752949

and then the super-crit-fail comes into affect and we collapse the whole town....

I jest, SM is likely to save that for a boss battle or critical plot point
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>>27752961
>>27752947
We seriously don't use our wisp enough.
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>>27752941
Can we just briefly do >>27752912
I mean, it's literally teleportation so it's not like it would take up much time.

Sure it might be unnecessary, but I think we should do all we can to minimize potential risks.

Especially since we JUST got a message of how we can't be everywhere at once.
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>>27752941
Can we buy spirit lash?
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>>27752941
>Hydra Unlocked

GO TEAM HYDRA
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>>27752978
I mean god fucking damnit, we just got a lesson on how the world won't stand still for us, and you guys want to just spend hours digging holes? Without at least seeing if there's something pressing that needs our immediate attention?

The hell guys.
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>>27752888
so wait...
Does that mean Shadow realizes all the people he consumes, he denies this rite?

Does being Shadow's enemy necessarily mean they do not deserve a burial. Even the normal soldier fighting because his commander presses it with the penalty of death if he disobeyed?
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TEAM HYDRA
THE PROPHECY IS ALMOST FULFILLED
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>>27752976

yet another reason why we don't work on the summoning tree; we'd end up with an army of summons just sat around behind us while we go in and solo the enemy forces....

Maybe if we learnt how to efficiently utilize wispbro, we can expand into that tree...
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>>27752941
Yeah, let's try to get wispbro back to Haven with a message too if at all possible.
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Hey guys we can summon multiple wisps right? So if we have a mana pool at base can't we send out stealth messages for fast communication between people at great distances?

>Hello, this is the Shadow Telecommunications, redirecting your call now...
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>>27753015
the feels
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>>27753015
I'm under the impression that this is more to appease Maker than it is ourselves.

Though I still think it's dumb that a few people suggested it and everyone just jumped on board the burial train. We have other things to get done.
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>>27753015
I'm sure he does. It's a necessary thing however.

We are doing this to ease Maker's newly discovered remorse.
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>>27753013
Hey, don't look at me. I was all for reporting. But to play devil's advocate: mana pool-powered Earthforge seems it won't take as long as you're suggesting.
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>>27753033
Isn't that par for the course.

People are doing whatever feels "cool" or "right" instead of actually thinking.

This is why we're doomed.
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>>27753022
We can't summon more than one wisp. Why is there always a guy assuming we can?
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>>27753030
What feels? There's no feels involved with what you're quoting, just blatant hypocrisy.

>>/r9k/
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>>27753049
Not going to Haven for a few hours is going to wind up with it being destroyed?

Well, maybe. If the golems detect the dynamos within Nxystix then yeah.
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>>27753056
I'm pretty sure we COULD if we fucking leveled up our fucking Summon ability.
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>>27753065
Airship is super-cloaked. It can't be detected.
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>>27753061
There are feels whenever it feels bad.
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>>27753030
>>27753033
>>27753035

no no, I get it's for Maker's sake...

But shadow hasn't really thought his consumption of combatants over that much.

Eg: will he decide it is only an ultimate punishment to be consumed by shadow?
Will it only be used for ultimate punishment + stealth missions, with some token left to be used as a 'burial body'?

etc...

Just thinking about how he'd come to terms with denying the combantant's family their son/daughter/husband/wife/etc...

I mean our friends watch in horror... we haven't really mentioned how horrible it is we take them body AND soul
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You share Maker's sentiments.

It takes time. But there is plenty of mana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sle1LpUm5QE

You let Maker do as he wills. And he begins to forge a crypt. The rough cave walls smooth themselves. The rock ripples and sets into the fresh mud in lines of bricks. Each one is neatly chiseled, uniform, regular, as if meticulously crafted by hand. Pillars raise up from the floor and connect to the ceiling.

You gather the bodies. They feel like feathers without life. Maker seals most of the tunnels, leaving only the one leading back to the surface open.

The central chamber becomes the largest tomb. He creates notches in the walls, repeated rectangular gouges long enough for a person to rest in. You place the bodies inside.

It takes a long time to make all the holes. Each is fitted to the person in question. Some are large. Some are small.

Maker shapes the inside of the town hall at the end of it. The roughshod hole dug into the earth is remade as a stair leading down into the tomb. The walls are thickened and repaired. On a whim, you add a small window at the back of the hall - and light shines through, illuminating the passage downward. The sun rises on the newly formed graves.

What do you do?

>send wisp through the portal to Auriel/Flint before leaving for the Frozen Hand
>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to come
>some other strategy
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>>27753074
Its a losing battle anon i gave up swaying these fuckers, and lost any hope to use exp when mighty regen unlocked.
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>>27753098
>>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to come
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>>27753098
>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to come
But really try to convince him not to.
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>>27753098
Check back in Haven personally.

We did make a promise with him, and it's not like not bringing him will save him.
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>>27753098
>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to come
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>>27753098
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>>27753126
This
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>>27753126
>Check back in Haven personally.
woops
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>>27753098
Is there really a point to all this?
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>>27753098
>>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to come
I don't know that it's such a good idea to bring him along immediately, at least not before assimilating Wrath.

That said:
>--Teleport Anchor--
>Haven - Inner Fortress

Rather than bringing him immediately, offer to bring him once we have neutralized the threat we are aware of.

I have an interesting guess as to what we're going to find at the Frozen hand, and if I'm right, it's going to be pretty goddamn crazy.
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>>27753143
Pssst... You know that shard we have? The one called Humanity?
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>>27753098
>check back in with Haven personally; see if Flint would like to become the mayor of Abbotsford
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>>27753154
If we do that, then we won't be able to loot Xile.

And then where would we be?

I'm sure there's still a good deal of sequence-breaking loot.
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>>27753154
Spoil me lolwut. What's your guess? Also, I like your plan. It's safe and sounds like something Flint would agree to.
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>checking in
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Can we, like, talk to the fucking Elf Queen before going to the Frozen Hand. We've kind of been ignoring that for fucking ever.
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>>27753089
what happens when people get consumed? Do they float inside us, an eternal hell of order, or do they wander endlessly in the shadows, confused and afraid with no hope of escape?

Or they simply cease to exist, and their souls are never granted peace and happiness with their families inside the Great Lord Hyperion, praise thee.
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Guys before we rush off to face Wrath, I think it would be a good idea to meditate upon all our shards, and make sure they're all in a strong condition.
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And while we do all this yet another demon lord is summoned.

But hey, that only makes things more interesting...
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>>27753169
We already have it set there, dude.
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>>27753179
...I don't see why not.
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>>27753182
UHHHH

You know what? Yeah. That sounds like a good idea. Especially our weaker shard. Or just all of them.
Maybe meditate on peace especially because of how anti it is to wrath.
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I feel like we have a lot to do and not enough time to do it.
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>>27753198
Yeah, Hammer and Peace deserve priority. Ardor close behind.
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>>27753194
And if we set the anchor elsewhere, we won't be able to go to Xile all that easily. Unless we fly with the big-ass antimagic stone and hope that helps.
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>>27753212
Welcome to Shadow Quest.
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>>27753219
we have a ship
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>>27753230
... Good point.
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>>27753219
Are you misunderstanding something? The anchor is in Haven, not Xile.
The only way to get to Xile at the moment is via airship. Or very reckless supersonic/hypersonic.
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>>27753219
No. What I'm saying is that the teleport anchor is already set in Haven; not Xile.
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One thing about Xile is that we left a tribe of wind mages a clear shot to the Skysever's core now that the Shadow Mage's blood magic was destroyed. I can't imagine that paticular detail being a good thing.
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>>27753246
The teleport anchor in Xile wasn't going to be much help anyway. It was in the middle of the fucking air over the top of a part of the island that fell off and got destroyed. Sky-Sever would have murdered us before we found land.
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>>27753261
You really think they'll want to destroy it? Rather than worship it? They are kinda inbred at this point.
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>>27753261
A tribe of fucked up fanatical wind mages at that
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>>27753245
I'll just go to sleep, good night
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>>27753261
...We really should have searched for a Mana Pool we could use.
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>>27753286
what even is that
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>>27753286
W-what the fuck?
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>>27753273
They might figure out a way to use it. The sky sever being murder to anything that flies is one thing. A weapon that can tear through stone a continent away at the command of someone is something entirely different.
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>>27753286
Memory materials? I thought that stuff was temp based...
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>>27753179
I wanted to do this as well, but someone mentioned that she might not even be able to get out of her self-induced coma until we finish reuniting the shards.

I still think it's worth seeing if we can speak with her beforehand, though.

>>27753170
Chapter 38:
Adavan shrugs. "I knew little of him, other than that he pretended to great friendship with Erebus - the only human privileged to it, according to him.

Chapter 56:
I͏'̶ll ́f̶įņişh our w͢or͏k,̢ f̧i̸ni̕sh͜ ̵t́hin͟gs͡ fo̵r ỳou̧, a̵n͘d͢ t͠h̕e͘n ͢it'͢ll̨ b̧e͝ ͠j͘ųśt͢ ͏lik҉e ̢i͢t͞ ̀wa͞s ͢b̷ȩf̛o͜r̷e͜,͝ ̵ju̸st͏li̵kew̷h́en͡yo͝u͟n͝am͏ed̶me̡,͝ I̴j̡us͟tk͠ìlļh̸e̢r, aǹd, j̡ust͏kil̕lh́er͡, I͠'m̛s͝tro͘nge͠rno҉w̴, ҉Ib̕e͟cam͢es̀tr̶o̢nger͞he̸r̴e͞ìnt͢h͡isp͞lace҉,̴ y͝ou'͠lls͢e͝e҉, ̀you'҉l͢la̢cķn̷ow͢le̡d̵g͠emys̶t͜ren͢g̶th̢,҉ jus̢tķil͝l͏h̛er, kìl͠lhe̷r, ̴we̡'l̛ĺst͝aytoge͝t͘heŗinV̶ig̨ilw͠e̢'͟llrul͏eV̨e̡ldįns̸k̡and̡Ava͞nkt, k̨i̢l̸lh̀erwe'ļld̢e̷st̨roych͜a͜o͢şan̵dt̕h͟enIj͜us̡t͡hav̡eto͘ki̛llher҉,͘ k̴ill̡h҉e͠r̀, KILL ͘HÉR!̸!̴!̵

Chapter 69:
<It was our base in Venia from which we exerted power,> Fleet says. <Our second base. The first was destroyed by Hyperion, as you might know. The means of our reunion are prescribed there. Or what lies past it.>

<What lies past the palace?>

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


I want to say that the thing that lies past the Palace is another world entirely; a world rooted in Order to contrast the Chaos of Venia, containing the places that Legion mentioned. The final stage of the plan is to command the armies of Order in an invasion to wipe out this world of Chaos.

Speculative as fuck, but I think it'd be interesting, at the very least.
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>>27753286
wow i am strangely turned on by that
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>>27753295
Thank you for your time.
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>>27753308
I think you're making too great an assumption on their understanding of the magic guiding that power Redaeth.
We can probably ignore the dungeon-extra and focus on more important matters for now.
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>>27753314
One of the soundest speculations I've seen so far. Thank you for indulging me lolwut.

Also; holy fucking shit.
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>>27753348
>>27753314
I think it's more likely that the end of the world, an entrance to the void lies past the Frozen Hand. Erebus' true birthplace
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>>27753348
>tfw all the souls we consumed might have ended up there
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Yknow SM I was thinking, and I have absolutely no clue if you even remotely planned for this but roll with me here. Would it be possible for us to "learn" Wind Magic by studying the shadow winds contained within our artifact airship? Its just an idea, and I imagine it'd be a science project for a time when the world isn't actually about to implode.

Feel free to answer with can't answer that dave if you must, but I was really curious if that's even a remote possibility or lol nope material.
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>>27753377
A new wind like none the world has seen before...
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>>27753370
Does that mean we get to consume MagNOCOCK and Mike n' Ike again?
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You head down to the mana pool at the bottom of the crypt, and in a moment, you teleport to Haven.

You emerge from the pool to find Cain and a few shadow mages tinkering with things. They all jump back in surprise.

"Shadow!" Cain says. "How are things to the east?"

<The orcs won't be troubled again. The town of Abbotsford...was not so lucky. I did what I could.>

Cain nods. "I see. If that's the case...the shipments of adamantium will continue, but when people find a deserted town, there's going to be big questions. What are we going to do?"

<...I'm not sure. I need to consult with the others.>

Cain nods. "I'll get thefull story later. Still trying to get this thing to work right. The women won't shut up about running hot water."

<I see.>

You make your way into another part of the fortress, feeling you way along. You've spent enough time with Flint to recognize him instantly, even at a distance. As you grow closer, you sense that he's with Auriel. You knock on the door to a room they're in.

There's a shuffling, a scuffle. Auriel's voice calls from inside. "Come in!" You enter the room. Auriel's hair looks a bit disheveled, but she smiles when she sees you. "Shadow. How did things go?"

You explain to both of them the results of your trip, including your time spent burying the dead.

Flint just nods once. "...that was the right thing to do, Shadow. That was the right thing."

Auriel wears a frown, though. "Morally, yes. But what happens when people find that tomb? I mean..." She shrugs. "There's not much we can do to hide the fact that Abbotsford has met the fate it did. All we can do is protect Haven, I suppose. I might think the orcs would get blamed, but that kind of magic, that treatment...I doubt the angels will know what to make of it, honestly."

"What's your next move?" Flint asks.

<There is one shard of darkness left,> you tell him. <The shard called Wrath.>

>con't
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>>27753388
I'm still wondering why no one's making a bigger deal over basically laughing in the face of the setting's physics with that shit. We just fused a greater element with a lesser element/Order. That's like giving this whole Chaos vs. Order/Opposing Elements thing the finger.
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>>27753370
>>27753389
))<>((

Consume back and forth. Forever.
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"Well," he says, "that certainly sounds pleasant."

<I imagine as much,> you agree. <I have a means of detecting it. It is located in the Frozen Hand...at my old Palace, apparently.>

"Elements," Flint whispers.

"Shadow..." Auriel shakes her head. "We don't touch that place. We don't dare. No one has been there for hundreds of years."

<No one but Ellendra Kalladar,> you say. <I think I need to meet with her. I feel like she'll have answers.>

Auriel nods. "You did mention her before. What does she have to do with all this?"

<I don't know,> you say. <After all this time, I still don't know. But I intend to find out.>

"I meant what I said, before," Flint says. "I'm going with you."

<Flint,> you say.

"Don't 'Flint me," Flint snaps. "You've spent how long trying to help me figure out this...parasite? The least I can do is help you figure out your problem, too. I have to. This balances the scales, Shadow." He thumps his hand to his chest. "I feel like we were supposed to meet. I feel like we were meant to help each other."

<What do you think, angel?>

Auriel rises her eyebrows, looking between you and Flint. "I think you can believe whatever you'd like to believe." She smirks. "But there's no such thing as fate. That powerful, influential people come together is because circumstances drive them together. You can call it fate if you feel like it, but it's just a fact of life. Those with the power to make a difference carry the burden of choice; those that make such great choices gravitate to one another. They have to. Kings don't fight wars against peasants, they fight against other kings."

Flint looks a bit put-out by her logic, but he just shrugs. "Well, I'm coming with you."

What is your response?

>Not this time.
>...alright. Let's go.
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>>27753425
Shadow Master is going to kill Auriel when we're away with Flint.
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>...alright. Let's go.
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>>27753425
>...alright. Let's go.
<To see the Queen, at least. I have reservations of taking you with me to the palace.
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>>27753425
>...alright. Let's go.
<I guess you helped me start this journey. It's fitting that you should see it through to the end with me.>
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>>27753425
>Those with the power to make a difference carry the burden of choice; those that make such great choices gravitate to one another. They have to. Kings don't fight wars against peasants, they fight against other kings.

There something deeper in the context trying to be conveyed here.
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>>27753425
>>Not this time.
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>>27753425
Yes.

If only because SM wants us to bring him for the inevitable critfail FLINT DIED FOR YOUR SINS moment.
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>>27753425
>Not this time.

I don't fucking think so, these are the big leagues. Can't bring no squishies to do elemental business.
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>>27753425
>Leave Flint here
>He sacrifices himself for Auriel

>Take Flint to elven lands
>Auriel dies in Haven
>Or Flint dies in elf lands
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>>27753476
That's some The Walking Dead-tier choices there.
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>>27753449
I think it's a good reason to keep Flint out of this.
This is a war between kings, or in this case, Elemental Lords (sort of, only one lord to be exact). A mortal caught in the middle of that is going to get pasted.
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>>27753425
>...alright. Let's go.
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>>27753425

>>27753440
><To see the Queen, at least. I have reservations of taking you with me to the palace.>
This. I know it sounds all well and good to say "you helped me, so I'll help you", but we still don't know what the hell we're getting ourselves in to, exactly.

He can come along and learn along with us what we actually have to deal with, and then we see if it's worth trying to talk him down.
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>>27753498
Technically can't we just Pocket Flint if things get too dicey?

It should have refilled with air since we moved out all the gold.
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shadow master

i don't know what to do anymore

it feel like i never really did
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>>27753425
>Not this time.
This is way too dangerous for Flint
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>>27753425
>Not this time.
<Flint, if you want to balance the scales, then stay here. Protect Haven and everyone here while I'm away. If there was one thing I learned in Abbotsford, it's that I can't be everywhere at once. Help me protect those that I care about, Flint.>
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>>27753518
Thats half the fun
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I don't see the harm in taking him with us to the Elves.
We might get him some political backing with them if he helps us help them.

It's the... issue of the Frozen Palace that I'd like to sit on for now.
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>>27753425
>...alright let's go.
<If things get too risky, I'm shoving you in my magic hole>
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>>27753549
Yeah we should at least try to deal with the Elves first.

See what happens.
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>>27753551
I really don't like that train of thought. If it's so risky that we're forced to do that then it may be so risky who don't get a chance to take him out of our pocket quick enough.
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>>27753518

Vote 1:
>let's go

Vote 2:
>not this time, Flint

Vote 3:
>bring him on the trip to see the queen
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>>27753565
3
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>>27753565
3
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>>27753565
3
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>>27753565
3
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>>27753565
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>>27753565
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>>27753562
>If it's so risky that we're forced to do that then it may be so risky who don't get a chance to take him out of our pocket quick enough.
<Well, Flint, I really hope you can figure out your family's wind magic in the next couple hours.>
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>>27753565
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>>27753565

>writing
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>>27753565
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>>27753616
And thus, after 70 fucking threads, Shadow finally sets out to do what he originally intended to after he got sent to Jacob's Field and before he got sidetracked by paladin's and little girls.
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>>27753295
>>27753302
>>27753313
It appears to be one of those paper structure things, like that paper expanding chair.
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>>27753647
Like many great fantasy stories.
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>>27753647
I know right? It's sweetits that we're finally going after the original plot hook.
Best thread in a long line of troublesome threads in my opinion.
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<Alright, Flint,> you say. <I won't try to stop you. But we're going to see the queen, first.>

"Right," he says. "Don't think I'll get cold feet after we talk to her. Because I won't." He scratches his chin. "By the way, how are we going to do that?"

<What do you mean?>

"Uh, Shadow," he says. "You don't just walk into the Elvish Isles. They've maintained strict isolationism since the elementomachy. They were the only real civilization to last through the wars - and on top of that, for them, it's only been three generations. They hate the ring city, and they hate the shadow, too, because...well..." He glances at Auriel for support.

"Apparently," she says, "there was some sort of miscommunication or plan gone awry toward the end of the elementomachy, hence Geb being in the state he's in," Auriel said. "They haven't forgiven the Light for the war, and they haven't forgiven the Shadow for backstabbing them. Though why they put their faith in the Black Hand in the first place is beyond me."

Flint nods. "Aside from occasional diplomatic contacts straight to the ring city, when Vanta needs to renew its trade route permissions, there is almost no contact between them and the rest of the world. So we can't just knock on the door and ask to see Kalladar herself."

What do you do?

>fuck it, fly straight there. Kalladar's probably expecting you anyway
>see if one of your contacts can arrange something more subtle
>some other strategy
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>>27753668
>see if one of your contacts can arrange something more subtle
What about Blackwater? We should check to see if he's traded with the elves at all.
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>>27753668
Just fly the fuck there
when the guards start poking us with spears we ask to meet the Queen
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>>27753668
>see if one of your contacts can arrange something more subtle

It would be at least worthwhile to talk to the elves here in the forest since they originally came from there.
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>>27753668
>>fuck it, fly straight there. Kalladar's probably expecting you anyway
Who's going to fucking stop us?
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>>27753689
elf magic
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>>27753684
Yes. Because they will totally let a shadow monster see the Queen and not just try to kill or detain us on the spot. Great idea.
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>>27753668

This is worth a shot:
>>27753687
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>>27753668
Supersonic underwater and drill into the island from beneath and then burrow upwards towards the elven tree palace and when we reach her majesties royal chambers we pop up and exclaim; "YO DAWG! So I heard you like humanity in your shadow, so I put some humanity in my shadow shards so you can sympathize while you empathize!"
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>>27753691
>plant magic
>we can consume any organic matter
Try and stop me you filthy plant fuckers
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>>27753687
This. There are fucking elves here to talk to.
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>>27753692
They know who erebus is you dolt
elves live 5ever
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>>27753687
Oh right those guys.

Might as well talk to them.

Seems like a good idea, just to get more information if nothing else.
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>>27753687
Seconding.
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>>27753668
>see if one of your contacts can arrange something more subtle

>>27753687
>It would be at least worthwhile to talk to the elves here in the forest since they originally came from there.
This is probably a reasonable bet, even though they've been off the Elvish Isles for generations now.

>"You goals, it seems, align with our own," Valeria says. "Many elves disapprove of the state of the isles. War and strife made our society xenophobic and intolerant. I have heard Queen Kalladar has made positive strides, but my ancestors came to this forest to escape exactly what you yourself flee.

Presumably for her to know that many elves don't really like the state of things in the Isles, she has to have had some amount of contact with those elves. (Unless she was talking about her own people, but then c'mon lady, of course the people who left the isles because they didn't like how things were being handled there don't like how things are being handled there.)
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>>27753691
>>27753692
>>27753703
Bitches we're pressed for time and we need to hurry
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>>27753723
Look. When you want to meet someone on friendly terms you don't just go barrelling into the damn place. You're just going to cause a huge fight and an even bigger argument afterwards to patch things up which will waste more time than actually finding a way there that isn't completely stupid.
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>>27753723
actually not really
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Why don't we just ink into a really huge whistle and then use our supersonic speed to make lots of noise to warn them while we go there?
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>>27753687
This.
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>>27753710

Note: elves in my setting live from 200-300 years.

They're pretty much humans that are so imbued with earth magic they've taken on the longevity of trees in a sort of hereditary enchantment.

Point being, none of the elves that lived in the elementomachy are still around, but their grandchildren are. It's a much more recent thing for them.

my elves are special and different HA!

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Vote 1:
>go talk to Valeria Kavanere, the representative of the Forest Den

Vote 2:
>head straight to the Elvish Isles
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>>27753747
How does that help us not get attacked by xenophobes and cause a huge international crisis that we'll have to deal with on top of all the other shit we already have to do?
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>>27753668
>>fuck it, fly straight there. Kalladar's probably expecting you anyway


really who is going to give us shit eles?


Phhfftahahahahha
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>>27753758
1
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>>27753747
"I call this manuever the rape whistle"
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>>27753758
2
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>>27753758
1
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>>27753758
1
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>>27753758
1
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>>27753759
It doesn't. It does the exact opposite of that.
I felt like there were too many people speaking reasonably and wanted to balance the scales.
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>>27753758
2
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>>27753758
1
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>>27753758
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>>27753758
1
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>writing for 1
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<What about the elves in Forest Den?> you ask. <They've been estranged from the isles for their own reasons, but surely they have a means of contacting one another?>

Auriel nods. "That's a good idea. At the least, you should be able to find more information."

Flint slaps you on the back. "Well then, what are we waiting for?"

"...Donovan," Auriel says. "You don't have to go."

"No. I do."

"...just..." She puts a hand on over her eyes. "Don't do anything stupid. Please."

Flint takes Auriel in his arms. You've always seen Auriel as a large sort of person. She has a big voice, big opinions, and a big personality. But tucked into Flint's chest, she seems very small and fragile.

"I won't," Flint says. "I'll be back soon, and Shadow will finally have all this taken care of, and we'll finally be able to face the real threat."

"But will you be ready to go home?"

Flint closes his eyes for a moment. "...we'll see. I don't think you need me. Fang is enough. He'll - "

"He's exactly why we'd need you to smooth things over," Auriel says. "They'd never trust Yi Fang without your word backing him up."

"We'll talk about it later," Flint says. He kisses her on the forehead, then strides out the door. "I'll wait for you outside, Shadow."

>con't
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You turn back to Auriel. <He still isn't sure.>

"...I've tried to bring it up with him," she says. "He just avoids it, or does that. Puts it off. He...really hates his home, Shadow. For a lot of reasons."

<Yeah.>

"Good luck," she says. "Please, keep him safe. If it looks like things are...> She shakes her head. <Just don't take him. Just leave him. Please.>

You don't know how to respond. On one hand, you have Flint's safety; on the other, you have his friendship, and his determination to do honor his debts. You're not sure how to decide between those two things. You settle on giving Auriel a vague nod, and then you head outside.

Flint folds his arms. His adamantium armor creaks slightly. "Let me guess. We're flying."

<It's the fastest way.>

"Yeah, yeah," he says. "Let's just get it over with."

<Don't worry. I'll be gentle.>

Flint has half a second to look horrified before you grab him and take off into the air.

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To be continued next time

Wednesday evening!

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I'm going to sleep now.

I feel like we're steadily making extremely significant progress, now. The foundations are in place. The world is turning toward a conclusion. I can see the end on a distant horizon.

I guess we'll see.
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>>27753913

Thank you for being able to run so late. Will stalk your twitter for more.
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>>27753913

><Don't worry. I'll be gentle.>
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>>27753913
I really think that theory about how the other windborne family members teased Flint by flinging him around with wind magic was pretty accurate.
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>>27753913
>I feel like we're steadily making extremely significant progress, now. The foundations are in place. The world is turning toward a conclusion. I can see the end on a distant horizon.

You meant for that to sound ominous right?

Because it does.
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>>27753938
This is the penultimate arc.
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>>27753913
>I feel like we're steadily making extremely significant progress, now. The foundations are in place. The world is turning toward a conclusion. I can see the end on a distant horizon.

Eagerly waiting that climax where everything goes to shit with you probably using that nat 1 to kick it all off and we're stuck between a rock and a hard place and have to make a really tough decision clouded by subtext and player panic to try and make things better.

Thanks for tonight, SM. See you Wednesday.
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>Flint has half a second to look horrified before you grab him and take off into the air.
Not sure if he's horrified at what we said, or horrified that we actually made a reasonable joke.

>"...just..." She puts a hand on over her eyes. "Don't do anything stupid. Please."
>"I won't," Flint says.
Auriel asked for the promise from the wrong person.

Either way, at least now if shit hits the fan, we can use our Humanity powers of Guilt to get him to turn back.

<You promised Auriel that you wouldn't do something stupid, and friends don't let friends make liars of themselves.> Or something along those lines.

>>27753913
DON'T FORGET TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH.
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Why don't we just disappear on Flint. Like, just earthforge a crater under us while we max shaedowmeld, sneak off to deal with Wrath, and when we get back and he's all "WTF SHADOW!!!!!" we tell him that we suddenly found ourself teleported to the frozen hand by something Wrath did.


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