>>28807942

Attack immediately. Dark Blizzard or Surge.

>>28807942
>willing to negotiate
>after he's been backed into a corner

Yeah that sounds like you're stalling for time ya ninny.

>>28807981
now that we see what we're up against, sure let's freeze the bastard.

>attack immediately (specify strategy)
"Not this time."

Dark Blizzard should set off any traps he has. Lets go with that.

>>28807981
This.

>>28807981
Surge first, then DB

>>28807942
Hmm. He's probably protecting whatever is beyond that dark hole.
Perhaps send shade there to investigate while we battle 002.

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Oh, and here is 002, and the theme music to begin this confrontation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcYjWtQau4E

>>28807942
Blink, and then Cone of Destruction

>>28807942
nigjtblaze since the fucker has a magic shield, then spirit syphon.

>>28808078
I'll second sending our Wisp to check it out for us instead, and keep shade with us.

>>28808082
Not ultron. Surprising but not relieving in the least.

>>28808082
I probably would have gone with Am I Not Human

Electric People is too upbeat

why is every one obssed with surge and DB?
its obvious he has a shield set up so my vote is night blaze then blink and cone of destruction.

>>28808195
water vs earth
attacks he hasn't seen before/is not prepared for

>>28807942
>>28808089
>>28808110
>>28808116
these get my vote.

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

I feel like this would fit with /something/ down here in roboland.

>>28808224
how can he prepare against night blaze and we rarely used the cone of destruction combo.

>>28808035
Talking is a free action

>>28808274
does shade know nightflare or blaze?

>>28808333
we never asked what he could do.

>>28808389
if he can, maybe he can do the debuffing for us, allowing our magic to be used more offensively. of course, moot point if he can't

>>28808240
>>28808185

Don't worry, that was just the introduction.

>>28808333

Shade does not know spells beyond various forms of offensive magic, though he has a primitive version of shadowmeld. He's at the Shadow Bomb - Shadow Blast - Shadow Beam tier.

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Current Statistics:

HP: 64/81
Mana: 27/58
EXP: 17

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Strong
(Maker) - Normal
(Silence) - Normal
(Peace) - Normal
(Breeze) - Weak
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Normal
{Resolve} - Broken
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Aurora Water Gem (pocket)
Steam Golem Core (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Haven - Inner Fortress

--Current Location--

Va'ad

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---------

Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth

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Vote 1:
>surge+dark blizzard

Vote 2:
>targeted nightblaze, maximum power

Vote 3:
>blink, Cone of Destruction

>>28808448
2

>>28808448
2

>>28807942
>Four doors on the cardinal points of the cavern lead to server rooms. In front of you and off to the left is an opening into a wide, dark hole. Standing between it and you is Steward 002.
You'll notice he's not trying to keep us from the server rooms (which is our main target, and presumably the most important thing for 002 to keep us away from), he's trying to keep us from the HOLE.

Which, presumably, leads down toward the Venia core dynamo.

>"Erebus." Its voice is flat and metallic. "You've made your intentions clear. But I am willing to negotiate."
We know for a fact that 002 sees us as an intolerable existence, which makes a willingness to negotiate fairly out of character.

Coupled with the fact that this mobile platform seems different from the previous one we encountered (though this could just be attributable to a decreased power supply), I'd suspect that this might just be a diversion to buy time for 002 to redirect power leaking from the core dynamo to his systems.

>some other strategy
I'd suggest a Deep Focus, just to see if we can't pinpoint a second energy signature.

>>28808448
2

>>28807942
>>attack immediately (specify strategy)
Remember what a full power Nightwhatever did to 001 in the holy city? I say we do the same thing here, but whichever is the more focused one I get the two mixed up all the time.

>>28808448
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>>28808448
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>>28808448
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>>28808448

2

>>28808448
2&3

>>28808448
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>>28808448
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>>28808520
Won't have the mana for DB anymore that way. Better to use DB instead.

>>28808536

I said Surge.

>>28808448
2

>>28808448

cutting off votes

>>28808448
2

Roll 1d100 for Nightblaze

Rolled 64

>>28808594

>>28808551
Surge won't do shit but knock him over for a second. Nightblaze is already going to do that.

Rolled 61

>>28808594

Rolled 47

Oh fuck. Is there any way for 002 to harness the Nightblaze to destroy the shield holding back the Chaos Core?

>>28808594

Rolled 53

>>28808594
ROLLS

Rolled 12

>>28808594

Rolled 78

>>28808594

Rolled 70

>>28808594

>>28808602
>>28808610
>>28808613

Not bad.

>>28808566
he still has his programming and steward gave his permission for us to kill the robot.
it was why we were given the option of either destroying 002 or enslaving.

Rolled 89

>>28808647
Hopefully it is enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDM3x_Xm6jY

Without hesitation, you gather your magic together and fire a nightblaze aimed straight at Steward 002. It slams into his shield before he can react, and the brown light flickers and dies.

>mana: 17/58

His shield is down, but almost as soon as your magic strikes him, he's blasting toward you, propelled by a tremendous force of earth magic. He's building something up as he comes!

What do you do?

>dodge and counter
>cone of destruction when he gets close
>counter-charge with schattenkrieg
>some other strategy

>>28808808

Hammer

BATTER UP!

>>28808808
Building something up with earth magic? Blink behind & Surge him.

>>28808835
This. Surge disrupts spell-casting.

>>28808828
I like it.

>>28808808
Blink behind him and Cone of Destruction

>>28808828
actually i like this idea

>>28808835

Thirded or whatever.

>>28808828

No.

>>28808655
It's not really about not wanting to destroy him; it's that it's possible that the deployment of a replacement mobile platform is triggered by the destruction of the previous one, rather than just a loss of signal, so pocketing it rather than destroying it might buy a bit more time in the event that 002 had a secondary platform prepared.

>>28808808
>>28808835
Blinking behind him seems like a good plan in any case where we're not counter-charging him, since it means that he has to arrest his momentum entirely and then get going back the other direction to get to us.

>>28808828
>>28808851
We've already got two shards below Normal and we've agreed a long time ago that Hammer is a last resort.

>>28808808
>>28808828
this, the image is hilarious

>>28808828
I'd rather not.

>>28808835
Whatever we do, blinking behind him is a good idea.

>>28808828

Let's not. Hammer is our trump card.

>Using a shard for no reason
Guys. Shards are for turning the tables, not openers. We've agreed on this already.

We can't waste them.

>>28808808
>>dodge and counter
Let someone else bash into the walls at high speed this time.

>>28808808
Voting in support:
>>28808835

Vote 1:
>batter UP!

Vote 2:
>blink behind him and surge

Vote 3:
>dodge and counter

>>28809003
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>>28809003

cuttin' off dem votes

>>28809003
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>>28809003
>blink behind him and surge

>>28809015

That implies only physical movements.

Magic spells are always specified, just by convention.

>>28809129

Oh, okay.

Roll 1d100 for surge

Rolled 40

>>28809148
rell

Rolled 25

>>28809148

Rolled 79

>>28809148
captcha: masum misery (ohgodwhathaveIdone?)

Rolled 63

>>28809148
Rollin'

Rolled 81

>>28809148

Rolled 30

>>28809148

Rolled 6

>>28809148
>inb4 1

>>28809159
>>28809164

SAAAAAFE!

>>28809180

Too close, anon.

Rolled 52

>>28809148

Rolled 55

>>28809148

Rolled 64

>>28809148

The oncoming robot is moving too fast. You need a bit more time.

You Blink, ending up opposite 002. He flips midair, and immediately begins to boost back the other way, rocketing back up to its former speed in an instant.

Caught by surprise, you gather your mana as fast as you can. A wall of water forms from the air and blasts toward 002.

>mana: 12/58
>regen: 13/58

002 flies straight toward your spell. For a moment, you're baffled - why is he charging right at magically-powered water?

You find out why a moment later. And explosion of earth shatters your spell. The water is sent splashing out across the floor by an expanding sphere of brown light. He countered your spell with his own.

Steward continues to charge forward, jetting toward you as fast as he can. You forced him to expend his magic, but he'll be at your position in a few moments!

What do you do?

>specify strategy

>>28809424
Now that his spell is gone and he intends to get close for a physical attack, use Cone of Destruction for massive damage.

>>28809424
Schattenkrieg

>>28809424
let's try spirit syphon to get mana back.

>>28809424

This guy won't go down, will he? Bind him next. Or >>28809448

>>28809468

Adamantize--->Darkness within

>>28809448
This.

>>28809424
He's capable of changing direction really quickly, so our best bet is probably to get under his aerial charge and attack upward, either physically (which takes the most advantage of his momentum), or with something like Cone of Destruction (to take advantage of the proximity.)

If he wants to hit us with all of that speed, he has to redirect himself down into the ground, which will hurt us, but it'll also damage him, and on top of that, it'd also bring him to a standstill.

Maybe adamantize first to mitigate the risk of getting pulped by a magical tackle?

>>28809473
this plus cone of destruction is my vote.

>>28809523

Adamantize to reinforce us or Erode to lower his attack power.

>>28809424

Erode

>>28809544

seconding this

This consensus is all over the place.

>>28809544
>>28809580
Erode is going to bounce right off him just like shadow attacks bounce off us.

>>28809424
The thing about Adamantize was that if we do it to people they aren't strong enough to move, us being just about the only thing that can.
Can Steward 002 move while adamantized?

>>28809468
why aren't we buying and using corrode again?
corrode+Errode+COD

>>28809424
Spirit Siphon ---> Hammer

>>28809424
Hammer.

>>28809603
>Can Steward 002 move while adamantized?
Almost certainly;
>Adamantized people cannot move, unless other magics or enchantments are assisting them.

He's currently flying around via magical propulsion, for one thing, so I'm pretty sure he's got the assistance covered.

>>28809603

I would guess so, considering that he's flying.

>>28809448

Cone of Destruction. We may have to break out Hammer, actually.

>>28809424
spirit syphon is my vote.

>>28809618
One, his resistance to earth magic is a problem.
Two, we don't have the mana to do all of those.

We really need to get more high-damage magic for tough, powerful opponents like 002.

Void Ring, Ray of Darkness, Shadow Bomb and whatever comes after it, etc.

>>28809531

He's charging at you full speed. Two spells aren't feasible.

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If I called a vote now I'd have 5 choices, so let the discussion continue.

>>28809704
Close rang Cone of Destruction please.

>>28809704

Cone of Destruction. Maximum damage possible.

>>28809682
The suicide bomber shades that Silence used would also be good to get.

>>28809704
Adamantize then

>>28809448
This is the obvious choice if we want to avoid using hammer, for whatever reason.

>>28809704
spirit syphon we need the manager and using a stronger version of it helps our chances.

>>28809704
Cone of Destruction.

>>28809704
Adamantize

>>28809682
I've wanted Void Ring for forever. I'd support buying it soon.

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>>28809722

We need Army of Darkness and Shadow Bomb to get that.

Suicide Bomber Army Party is a go!

>>28809722
*mana
well fuck you auto correct.

>>28809704
Cone of Destruction seems pretty reasonable, but I don't just want to stand still and just let him Schattenkrieg-equivalent us either, which is why I suggested trying to get below him before unloading.

>>28809714
>>28809719
>>28809750

Hopefully 002 doesn't just fly right through the CoD.

Do you guys think we can use any of our shards? I noticed Retribution is still strong, if we coupled that with Darkness within we could probably just rip him apart.

>>28809704
Cone of Destruction, point-blank last-second.

>>28809802
That's what we're hoping for anon.
Do you know how CoD works?

>>28809813

He's about to earth-style Schattenkrieg us.

>>28809827

No, I meant literally fly right through the CoD and tanking it all.

Vote 1:
>cone of destruction at the last minute

Vote 2:
>adamantize self, followed by physical take-down

Vote 3:
>spirit siphon

>>28809802
or is able to turn a dime like he has shown to be able to.
this is why o believe we should do spirit syphon first.

>>28809813
Using shards without a really damn good reason is a terrible idea. They're for turning around bad rolls or fights going south.

>>28809843
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>>28809848
So save the shards for when we inevitably screw up later tonight. Good thinking.

>>28809839
>No, I meant literally fly right through the CoD and tanking it all.
Not with his shield gone, silly billy.

>>28809843
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>>28809921

Well, who knows how many tricks he still has up his metallic sleeve? He may Adamantized himself.

>>28809843

cutting votes at 23:32

>>28809962
Well, who knows how well we'll roll on the attack in the first place? We may roll a critical 1.

>speculating in battle

You begin to from the core of another Cone of Destruction. An orb of shadow materializes in front of you and begins to swirl. Steward is still charging right at you - but you have enough time. The closer he gets, the better you are!

His eyes light up. An in instant, his jets cut out. He falls to the floor of the cavern and plunges his arms down into the stone, throwing up rock and dust as he grinds to a complete halt. You're still a good distance apart, too far for your spell to do any real damage. You hold it poised, uncast, trying to figure out what he's doing. That move scraped him up a good bit...

"I know your tricks, Shadow." Still kneeling on the cavern floor, half-buried, his earthen core flares. Magic sparks and snaps through the stone. A wall of spiked earth rises on either side of you!

What do you do?

>continue holding Cone of Destruction ready; dodge his attacks and close the gab
>use Cone of Destruction to destroy his attacks
>abandon the spell and focus on dodging (costs 8 mana)
>some other strategy

>>28810053

Can we blink towards him and unleash the CoD into his face?

>>28810053
>>some other strategy
Are we able to blink while maintaining the cone?

>>28810053
>continue holding Cone of Destruction ready;
Can we blink while holding the CoD?

>>28810053
Fast blink behind him and release CoD.

>>28810053
>continue holding Cone of Destruction ready; dodge his attacks and close the gab
Fast Blink.

>>28810053
can we telepathically call Ila or Shade to attack while he's distracted?
>>28810077
>>28810081
these guys have good ideas

>>28810053
this is why I wanted spirit syphon.

>>28810094
Shade is here with us. Why didn't we tell him to take the first chance he could get an attack in?

>>28810053
If we blink at him, will the CoD come with us?

>>28810107

Either call in Shade to assist or, if we can, Blink above 002 and blast him.

>>28810053
Damn SM, enemies actually get smart to us if we fight them for too long?

Remind us to take care of Vonnegut when he's become useless to us.

>>28810053
Hammer time? + COD + darkness within+ gapeing maw

You can Blink, but the spell will discharge where it is and waste your mana. It requires a good deal of concentration to maintain; constant physical contact is important.

>>28810135
Then I say use it destroy his attacks and then Fast Blink behind him for another attack.

No use wasting the spell.

>>28810135
Oh.

Then just destroy the attacks. Doing anything else would be wasteful.

Follow up by blinking on top of him and attacking while his guard is down?

>>28810135
have shade attack while he's casting, we should move in while holding our spell

>>28810165
I'd say regular Blink and not Fast Blink, because we'll only have 5 or so mana after destroying those attacks.

>>28810135
In that case, use it to destroy his walls and blink to him. Then we can either physical attack or go for the puppet thing to hold him down and do something.

Honestly he has been outmanuevering us. Pity we can't pull something new out at the drop of a hat...

oh wait we can. So what shall we buy?

>>28810176
I'll second ordering shade to attack but not the other part, and I'll also second >>28810169 this.

>>28810135
If we bought Ray of Darkness, would we be able to convert the mana we used to create the CoD into a RoD?

>>28810135

Have Shade charge in to distract him, release CoD onto his attacks, then Blink over and beat him down with DW.

>>28810135

>>28810169
>>28810165
I think I'd prefer to start moving toward him like we're trying to get close enough to salvage our casting of the cone, let him invest a bit more time staying buried in the ground and maneuvering his walls, and use the fact that Blinking auto-fires the cone to blink on top of him while he's still buried and destroy the walls in one action.

>>28810190
>>28810194

Ray of Darkness is probably our best bet here, if we can get it.

>>28810217
That's pretty complex.

>>28810190
Nothing really screams "completely unexpected."

Unless you want to spend exp to use Titanic or Pestilence. That would certainly fuck him over.

>>28810190
Ray of Darkness.

We need something long range. We've been trying to close the distance or draw him in close every time. Let's get a shadow sniper.

>>28810053
Can we talk to him?

>>28810194
Have we EVER been able to convert spells we're holding into other spells?

>>28810194

No, the mana is committed to CoD.

Ok, so:

1) use CoD to destroy his attack
2) order Shade to distract him
3) blink and wail on him

This is all happening more or less as together as it can happen. 1+2 occur at the same time; your blink will be right after that.

>>28810194
If we can do that, then do that, but otherwise go with >>28810165

>>28810254
Have we ever tried or asked?

>>28810217

Fire CoD straight into his attack. Use the shrapnel and dust as cover to Blink on top of him and DW his ass.

If we can, release CoD, then Blink next to him and throw him into it.

>>28810272
seems about right. let's get kill this fucker

>>28810272
That seems fine.
We could add for an adamantize on ourselves after blinking, but I wouldn't wanna roll for it.

>>28810272
>1+2 occur at the same time; your blink will be right after that.
If Blinking automatically releases the Cone, can't we have 1+3 occur at the same time instead so he doesn't have time to think in between our releasing the cone at his walls and our attacking him?

so can we do spirit syphon now?
after this situation is settled

>>28810309
Blinking doesn't release it. It cancels it.

>>28810323
>>28810309
>You can Blink, but the spell will discharge where it is and waste your mana.

>>28810323
I interpreted his use of "discharge" rather than "dissipate" as meaning that the cone would fire prematurely rather than coming along for the ride, as opposed to the spell unraveling.

Ray of Darkness is incredibly accurate at range and has the same base power as CoD.
It doesn't get the extreme closeness bonus that CoD does, but I don't think that's entirely a bad thing since it ends up costing us xp more often than not by straight up disintegrating huge chunks and letting the energy leak away.

It might be good to buy it if this fight keeps dragging on for more than a couple more turns.

>>28810359
Then why would it be considered a waste of mana if it would fire correctly?

Rolled 1, 16 = 17

>>28810309

Your concerns have been heard and appreciated.

The spell is realized in its usual powerful form upon blinking; it doesn't just dissipate.

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Ok, roll 1d100

Rolled 99

>>28810381

Rolled 17

>>28810381

Rolled 41

>>28810381

Rolled 13

>>28810381

>>28810365
with what mana?
we have no reliable way to get it back.
>>28810381
well looks like abbys luck is contagious.

Rolled 71

>>28810381

>>28810381
>1
I think Ila just died

>>28810421
Ila is upstairs.

>>28810393
So close...

>>28810441
That means nothing to SM.
Prepare your REJOICE-ing glands

Rolled 12

>>28810381

I wonder if we'd have been better off buying MP5 instead of Void Walker.

>>28810486
With how many times we've been blinking recently? I'd say it's proven its worth. MP5 is still a top priority though.

Rolled 47

>>28810381

Jesus fuck, what is with our rolls when we face 002?

>>28810500
Anti luck field

Rolled 59

>>28810500
they've harnessed some form of fate-altering technology to fuck with our rolls, obviously

Rolled 60

>>28810381

what's MP5?

>>28810393
>>28810397
>>28810398

Not bad.

>>28810402
>>28810419
>>28810485

FUCK

>>28810526

Magic Power 5.

>>28810526
Magic Power V. pay attention pls

>>28810539
i still hold fast to using spirit syphon.
people keep missing out on how useful it can be, plus it gets rid of our mana problems.

>>28810623
If it rolls well. People would rather roll for damage than a chance at mana in this instance, that's all there is to it anon. You don't have to be so persistent.

I've been rereading the older threads, specifically the battle of Ring City.

Those were the days...

>>28810813
Yeah, getting trapped because we thought Fang wouldn't like us spiriting Abigail away through a crevice in the wall.

Totally "those were the days..."

>>28810833

We got to kill that dickwaffle Michael, though, and we freed the shadow and spirit mages. So it wasn't a total loss.

Also we made Sandles scream like a little bitch.

>>28810869
I still wanna put Sandlethong into our pocket.

>>28810900
you know, if he does anything to deserve our anger we could suffocate him in there. imagine slowly going insane, all the precious light of the world you hold so dear gone forever.

>>28810900
>>28810947
Wouldn't this change our alignment?

>>28810973
I don't think we operate within an alignment system. We're probably neutral good, though.

>>28810900
>>28810947

>not forcibly Servanting Sandlefaggot so that it overwrites his Light affinity and he is forced to use Shadow Magic

This would be the ultimate torture to that fag.

>>28810973
the kind of things i'm imagining us having to experience before we resort to those means would probably do it before that

>>28810986

So let's just kill Sandles. He's an asshole but he's ultimately not evil.

>>28810986

>neutral good

We're honestly too complicated to really fit into the alignment system. We once used the Bed Method on an entire extended manor of people...but made sure to protect the women and children while we did so. Not sure what that means.

<Shade, attack him while he's casting!>

Without verbal response, Shade jets in, headed for 002's backside.

As the walls of earth slam in on either side of you, your Cone of Destruction loses itself. The temporary cage is blown into shards of rock and dust in an instant. 002 doesn't budge an inch from his kneeled position.

>mana: 5/58
>regen: 6/58

As the debris from your spell clears, Steward reaches 002 with a powerful Shadow Blast already built up - but a flurry of rocky spikes hails down from the ceiling! You weren't the only one he was preparing for. Shade is forced to throw his spell aside and raise a shield against the rain of earth. He's rapidly driven back, and his body takes dents as rapidly as the hardened earth strikes him. His left arm takes critical damage at the joint, and falls limp.

But as that attack hits him, you Blink to 002's side. He finally withdraws his arms from the earth to block your first strike. An aura of Earth and your Shadow clash against one another as you interlock your limbs against his adamantium arms.

Shade remains a few yards away, still recovering from the assault.

What do you do?

>attack!
>DW
>magic
>write in

>>28811016
What's that term? Orange/Blue morality?

>>28811033
Just Hammer his ass.

>>28811033
>DW

We've got him in the PERFECT POSITION.

Rolled 49

>DW

>>28811033
>adamantize
>darkness within

>>28811033
captcha says raging. i'm agreeing. DW

>>28811033

Hammertime.

>>28811033
>DW
Are we strong enough to break adamantium?

>>28811119
oh yes. i think we've done much worse than break it.

>>28811033
>DW

>>28811073

You'll have to disengage before casting magic.

>>28811143
I see. DW then.

>>28811033
>An aura of Earth and your Shadow clash against one another as you interlock your limbs against his adamantium arms.
I feel like this isn't exactly leveraging our amorphous nature all that well.

While we're restraining his limbs we could pretty easily just pop another shadow tendril out of the front of our body and just try and rip out his dynamo, right? Not to say that'd be easy to do, necessarily, but we could definitely be attacking the bits of him that are comparatively undefended while he's grappled.

>>28811033
>DW

>>28811174

This. Try to pin his arms and rip out the dynamo. We're the motherfucking Juggernaut.

>>28811223
>>28811174
>lol earthsplosion from the ground between us ololololo roll away LOLOLOLO SO PREDICTABLE GOING AFTER MY POWER CORE LOLOLOLOLOLOOO

Vote 1:
>DW

Vote 2:
>grapple; try to keep his arms held while you attack with yet more limbs

Vote 3:
bring down the Hammer

>>28811280
1

>>28811280
1

>>28811280
2

>>28811280
1

>>28811280
1

>>28811280
2

>>28811280
1

>>28811280
3

>>28811280
1

Rolled 82

>>28811280
3

>>28811293
We could use Retribution to boost our DW rolls as well, but are you sure about using shards here at all?

>>28811333

Dude. Lose the email field.

>>28811351

Well, Retribution gives us a margin of safety. We only get one chance with Hammer.

>>28811280
2

>>28811280

cutting off votes

>>28811280
1

12 rolls people!

Rolled 76

>>28811455
1d100 I'll assume.

Rolled 57

>>28811455

Rolled 39

>>28811455

Rolled 74

>>28811455
I've been rolling horrendously low today, but maybe my luck will suddenly change.

Rolled 70

>>28811455

Rolled 81

>>28811455

Rolled 65

>>28811455

Rolled 95

>>28811455

Rolled 78

>>28811455
K

Rolled 16

>>28811455

Rolled 90

>>28811455

Rolled 43

>>28811455

Rolled 52

>>28811455

Rolled 77

>>28811455

Rolled 40

>>28811455

>76, 57, 39

>74, 70, 81

>65, 95, 78

>16, 90, 43

Something had gotten to the Dice Lords, that's for sure.

>>28811464
>>28811468
>>28811474

Meh.

>>28811480
>>28811484
>>28811486

Yeah, baby.

>>28811486
>>28811490
>>28811493

OH GOD YES FASTER FASTER FASTER

>>28811496
>>28811523
>>28811529

...well that was disappointing.

Rolled 26

>>28811464
>>28811468
>>28811474
>>28811480
>>28811484
>>28811486
>>28811490
>>28811493
>>28811494
>>28811496
>>28811523
>>28811529
SHADOW STRONK.

>>28811464
>>28811468
>>28811474
decent

>>28811480
>>28811484
>>28811486
excellent

>>28811493
>>28811494
>>28811490
excellent

>>28811496
>>28811523
>>28811529
eh its a pass.

the dice gods also like DW scenes it seems

>>28811547

Listening to this right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCWY60hWJec

>yes time for the next music, muahahaha

>>28811582

Man, i'm pleased you guys took my advice the first thread. You successfully beat the first stage via tactics.


However, you seem to have forgotten: darkness within is kinda uninteresting auto-pilot mode. If a fight-clincher happens during these four rounds, we're totally fucked.

Imagine how things go, for example, if we pop DW and our primary target blinks away like we do - then we're at a massive disadvantage.

Unless we need the boost, its probably easier and better to attack one round at a time - we're plenty powerful without DW.

>>28811649
>>yes time for the next music, muahahaha

How bout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my5FoN3oWws
keeping up that electric theme. I know its not two steps from hell, but these guys are alllmooost as good

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>>28811762

That is excellent, but I've already got one picked out. You'll enjoy it.

>>28811849
>he has one picked out
>"you lose forever" the song

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>>28811870

It's like being friendzoned, except with song suggestions.

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>>28811870

Here we go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVK6oO0obI

This is your realm. He may think faster, and have stronger magic, but in close combat, you've never been outmatched.

Distractions fall away, and yet you can see everything. Your hearing dulls, but you could hear a pin drop. Your senses grow fuzzy, but every point of magic is a burning candle.

Your arms twist and turn around the bars of adamantium they're clashed against, binding them up like flexible rope. 002 activates the jets of his boots to try and drag you away. You plunge arms into the stone and spread them out like roots to say planted.

Your first strike slams into his legs. With his jets activated, he immediately loses control, flailing wildly. The stone cracks as the force pulls you up from the ground, but you still hold.

You grab for more purchase, strengthening the grip on his arms - but their surface is smooth. You can fix that problem. You pour strength into just the two limbs, pushing your grip as hard as you can, squeezing. The arms groan, then crack. The adamantium bends inward. 002's hands twitch and twist as connections between his core and his limbs are strained and broken.

>con't

The jets blast harder, harder still. Every ounce of his power is dedicated to getting away - and the stone you've anchored into gives first. You fly up into the air in a blast of debris.

But your grip on his arms proves to be stronger than that force. You keep it up, and continue to smash his body with your other limbs even as he flies circles, trying to throw you lose. You ride the storm of momentum, your body flipping and stretching as he turns and twists to get you off. The dents and abrasions on his construct are adding up quickly.

002 plunges downward in a nosedive, then levels off at the last minute. You're dragged across the floor of the cavern bodily. The friction of rocks and dirt scrapes your underside, but you refuse to release your quarry. An arm is ripped free of its socket. You drive a spike into the exposed wiring of the shoulder, twist, and pull as much of his mana-channeling guts out as you can.

In desperation, 002 detaches his own arm. You're sent tumbling across the cave, though you manage to right yourself after a moment. His jets continue to boost him across the cave in short spurts, and then he dives into the hole on one side.

>you've taken 12 damage
>HP: 52/81
>regen: 56/81

Shade is running toward you, one arm badly damaged, his body scraped up, but otherwise intact.

What do you do?

>after him!
>some other strategy