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Metatron looks up. A whip of fire lashes out above his head, and a rolling wave of flame follows behind, growing with every step. You shield yourself.

Hemmelus takes his staff in both hands. A shining shield of light and fire surrounds the three of you, golden against the deep red of the whip's attack. You can feel your skin singe, but you're spared the worst of it.

>you've taken 6 damage
>you've regenerated 2 HP (60/81)

You feel your burned layers drop off, and new shadow collected over them...but it's slowed. The light in the room is too bright; it's effecting your regenerative ability.

And an instant later, Arcturis strikes Metatron. The angel blocks with both arms crossed, taking the sword strike on his bracers. They glow neon white, fighting back against the thousand green needles surrounding Arcturis's blade.

His blade slips on the block, and he steps past the angel. Metatron spins to face him, mainting his position in the center of the room. You land next to Hemmelus.

"...this...is the 3rd Highest." He grips his staff. "John...I hope you've got something good up your sleeve."

What do you do?

>write-in

>>30294985

Maximum power Decay.

>>30295014
Stop. HAMMER TIME!

>>30294985
Spirit siphon

>>30294985
>Titanium
>supersonic

>>30294985
>>30295014
Surge + Dark Blizzard sounds like a good way to counter this.

>>30295023
This one

After that, open up with Hammer.

>>30295072
Yeah I think cooling the room off might be a good idea
Hammer sounds nice too

>>30295014
What do people think of using Dark Blizzard to attempt to weaken the Aoe Fir+Light that Metatron is blasting everywhere?

>>30295023
Seconding this, and then going with: >>30295060 this.

>>30295072
>>30295103

Guys, Metatron is generating the heat field with his magic.

Surge+Dark Blizzard will hamper our allies and won't solve the problem either.

>>30295014
Darkness Within, while his physical defense is low.

>>30295014
>Get Hemmelus to make a fire shield to hold back the cold
>Decay
Dark Blizzard
Hammer?

>>30295014
something up our sleeve

>hammer

>>30295014
Alright, guys how do we slow him down even more so Arcturis can get some damage in?

>>30295103
>>30295072
I like this but at the same time Hemmelus's job is to clear AoE.

On the other hand, Hammer, the other plan, is also better saved for later when we've weakened him like in the plan.

>>30295014

Decay, then Hammer.

>>30295128
Frostbite notes that it can be used defensively to negate fire.
Why not do that?

>>30295128
Oh right. Uhhh...

I'll second Decay then, follow by hammer while that debuff is still active.

>>30294985
>"...this...is the 3rd Highest." He grips his staff. "John...I hope you've got something good up your sleeve."
"...we've faced longer odds."

>>30295014


>>30295060
We should probably save Hammer for when we've whittled him down some. Just using it to weaken his armor seems far less effective than holding off and using it as either the final or penultimate strike.

I mean, the sigil is forecasting the teleportation progress; we're 3/8ths there. We can afford to wait a little while longer.

>>30295023
Decay is probably a good idea, and if it works admirably it means we can probably audible to the plan where Hemmelus switches to healing and we wade into melee as well.

>>30295153
Frostbite

>>30295023
This one first.

>>30295023
Thirding.

>>30295171
>>30295172
>>30295176

Decay is superior because if Metatron's AoE fields' falter, Hemmelus can keep Arcturis alive and offer help.

Plus, it prevents Metatron from moving the sigil and fighting us simultaneously.

>>30295171
This is actually a pretty good thing to note, but I'm not sure it's more practical than Decay, which might also let us close to melee distance more safely as well.

>>30295014
Surge + Frostbite on Meta

Maximum power Decay + Hammer

let's avoid the fight by using Erasure on the sigil.
Whatcouldpossiblygowrong

Say, we could start eating the sigil while the others distract Metatron. You know, make sure we at least fulfil our objective. Maybe some supporting magic inbetween eating each bound soul.

>>30295186
Now that's brilliant. Hard counter for his fire. Although I doubt his armor could withstand Decay and our adamantized claws either.

>>30295014
Go for the decay. Use Maker for it if we can.
Hit him with the hammer afterwards.

So Surge/Dark Blizzard is out since Hemmelus is handling anti-AoE and hindering allies.

I think Decay + Frostbite is the best strategy here.

>>30295259
Yes. Use maker to enhance Decay, even if the rolls are good. Boost it as much as possible so that his light-magic shield does little.

Rolled 10, 12, 2, 19 = 43

It sounds like Decay is the order of the day.

Let's roll for that, then we can move from there.

Roll 1d100

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Rolled 58

>>30295290

Rolled 79

>>30295290

Rolled 19

>>30295290
Use Maker

Rolled 68

>>30295290
Okay then!

Rolled 17

>>30295290
Ngh. Last time I rolled I rolled a critical but too late. Here goes nothing!

>>30295290

Can we use Maker to boost?

>>30295305
>>30295302
>>30295303
MAKER BOOST OUR ROLLS

Rolled 67

>>30295290

Rolled 35

>>30295290
Dice gods a shit

Rolled 29

>>30295290

>>30295290

Maker Boost pls

>>30295302
You're a fucking liar Jesus.

>>30295290
Last one is Metatron, isn't it?

Rolled 22

>>30295290
Good time as any to use Maker.

>>30295302
>>30295303
>>30295305
Yep. Seconding use of Maker.

Rolled 14, 14, 13, 7 = 48

-Maker-

Vote 1:
>yes

Vote 2:
>no

>>30295362
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Rolled 76

>>30295290
late but whatever
captcha" stewardship sersedia

>>30295362
1

>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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Rolled 34

>>30295362
yes

>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362
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>>30295362

>>30295409
>>30295429

lel, why bother to do this when the vote is so one-sided?

>>30295484
my thoughts exactly

Guys, there's a river in the back of the cave. We can blast Metatron with water magic. Isn't he a fire mage?

>>30295603
The problem is that that might fuck up our allies as well.

>>30295568
>>30295484
That would explain the joke, which you'd get if you read the archives.

>>30295603
the river is being boiled.
id guess there isnt much water left

>>30295603
Yep how about we see if we can knock him into the river

Rolled 71

>>30295603
Would make Tidal Wave usable.

>>30295615
>>30295623
>>30295634
There should be enough for at least one Tidal Force. We tell Arcturis to fall back for a moment and then blast Metatron. With luck, we'll stun him enough to use Hammer.

You raise your hand an channel your Decay. Hemmelus bends over his staff, and begins to chant. A blue glow surrounds him.

As the earthen magic builds in your palm, you call out a name within you. <Maker.>

The ball of brown light jumps threefold in magnitude. Pebbles and stones shift below you. A crack spiders in the ground, from the heat, or your magic, you can't tell.

Meanwhile, Arcturis and Metatron duel with swords. Locked in close-combat, Metraton's whip has wrapped up around his right arm, seemingly on its own. Arcturis uses his Wind to stay mobile, attacking and then withdrawing before Metatron can get in a hit.

He doesn't use the Windburn like Matthel did. Matthel used it in long wasteful bursts, but Arcturis wields it like a fencer, stabbing and slashing for just brief instants, conserving his energy as much as possible. With such a powerful spell, long experience is probably more important to controlling it.

Metatron seems to be driven back, but he raises the wrapped forearm as Arcturis's Wind launches him in for another attack. A wall of red fire rises up, and Arcturis is barreling straight for it!

Your Corrode strikes Metatron straight on. The wall of fire flickers, and holes appear. The angel staggers.

>mana: 6/58

Arcturis stabs inward. Metatron's tries to channel that protective white power to his forearms, but he's still recovering from his failed counterattack. With his magic weakened, his whip is sliced to pieces by the needling Wind, and his reflective armor of his gauntlets is immediately covered in scratches. The heat of the room seems to dip down.

>you've gain 2 HP from regeneration (62/81)

"Hemmelus, feel that?"

He nods. "That was incredible. A foundation to build on!"

He still seems to be working on a counter-spell, but that should keep Metatron under control for a few moments.

The lowest point on the sigil turns, and rises. Four elemental points are still anchored.

What do you do?

>write-in

>>30295660
Spirit Siphon. It's all we have left.

>>30295653
>>30295656

There is enough water to regenerate, but not enough for Tidal Force. Consequence of the time penalty.

>>30295634
I wonder about that, actually.
I'm wondering if the reason he is here is because the Angel in the sigil has to stay mostly in the circle for it to be transported.
So knocking him out of the sigil may be a viable tactic to impede its transportation.

>>30295660
... Spirit Siphon?

What is Maker at? Strong enough to boost SS?

>>30295660
>If we can Telepathy to Fang from here
<Fang, Metatron is trying to activate the circle. We need the shelkath taken care of>
Either Spirit Siphon or Crunch
>can we poison him?

>>30295660
Use our remaining mana on a strong Shadow attack(Shadow Bomb, point blank Shadow Beam/Wave) and then go in on the defense.

We can use Peace to absorb mana from attack so play up the tank role over using Spirit Siphon.

>>30295660
Spirit Siphon

>>30295660
Spirit Siphon

>>30295660

No time to waste.

Close to medium range and attempt a Spirit Siphon, anything to drain more mana.

>>30295743
If we do this, prepare to defend with Peace sense that also absorbs mana.

>>30295660
We could just, you know HIT the guy, now that the defences are weakened. Before decay ends.

>>30295716
>>30295728
>>30295743

We can probably only afford one or two more turns of debuffing guys - we should Spirit Siphon, then use Shadow Beam and close to melee range.

>>30295693
Seconded. Spirit Siphon + Maker, if maker is still above normal.

>>30295660
Spirit Siphon followed by melee (crunch to get his armor while corrode is still working) or Night blaze targeted at him

>>30295660
Hammer.

>>30295757
That is a good point. We need to break his armor while we can.

Eat the sigils.
Get exp and bitches.

>>30295693

Ah, maker. Here I was telling myself not to forget the shard.

(Maker) - Normal

>>30295660
Guys, five words. Go For The Dick Punch
>and Spirit siphon if you want

>>30295760
I was thinking of Spirit Siphoning for gaining us mana for a possibility of a better close range attack, AKA cone of destruction AKA Shadow Shotgun.

>>30295791
Okay Hammer time

>>30295660
Close distance and Spirit Syphon.

Cone of Destruction if we have time.

>>30295800

I'd be on-board for this.

>>30295660

>>30295757
This is probably a pretty good idea.

If he's off-balance, it's going to be more practical to get in range and make him react to attacks from two directions. A magical attack doesn't change how he has to react to Arcturis, while us closing to melee range throws him off balance defensively.

Also gets us into range for Hammer a little further down the line when he feels like he has acclimated to our style of melee combat.

>>30295756
OH SHIT

I forgot that Peace now absorbs mana.

Perhaps we could bait him into hitting us, absorb it for mana, and then hit him with a spell?

>>30295660
Attack as long as the debuff lasts. We need to press the advantage. Hammer optional.

Rolled 32

>>30295821
... this is delicious

just smack him with a normal he'll magic strike, we have peace ready for the obvious magical counter attack and try to lock him down and drain as much mana as possible until he shakes us off

>>30295660
Changing my vote to physical assault. We've got to at least be stronger than him.

Go in for melee attacks and get ready to use Peace to absorb mana from his attacks.

Let's not wast a turn on Spirit Siphon when we could be hurting the guy.

Is Meta's back turned to us? That might give us a bit of an advantage

>>30295660
Down to 6 Mana, Spirit Siphon is minimum 5.
Spirit Siphon now, or lose the chance.

Here's my humble proposal.

1. Get closer, and Spirit Siphon for more juice.
2. Cone of Destruction at point blank.
3. Melee until we see a big opening.
4. Hammer.

What do you guys think?

Vote 1:
>physical assault

Vote 2:
>spirit siphon, followed by physical assault

>>30295844
>>30295857
We might want to save Peace until Decay runs out. I doubt we'll kill him before it does.

>>30295874
That doesn't mater at all. We can just blink behind him.

>>30295884
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>>30295884
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>>30295884
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>>30295884
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>>30295884
2

>>30295884
2

I'm caught between pressing the advantage of his magic shielding being weaker and spirit siphoning to loosen mana from him to gain us mana for a better attack.

But I feel that baiting him into a magical attack against us (while prepared to counter with Peace) while we physically assault him can both restore our mana and deplete his while he is forced to deal with two opponents.

>>30295884
2

>>30295877
A minimum effectiveness Spirit Siphon on someone as high-tier as Metatron doesn't sound like a terribly wise investment. Would rather wait for some minor MP regen and save up for a refresh on mid-effectiveness Corrode when our first one runs out and just before we resort to Hammer.

>>30295884
2

>>30295884
2

>>30295884
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>>30295901
>>30295905
>>30295912
>>30295917
>>30295916
No Gaping Maw finisher

>>30295884
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>>30295884
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>>30295922
I'm hoping the Decay makes him less resistant to the Siphon really. Because otherwise I wouldn't expect it to do much at all.

>>30295884
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>>30295884
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>>30295945
I'd rather save Hammer for the opening Arcturus will make for us. And when that opening comes we should just burn the shard all the way to fragile in that one attack.

>>30295884

cutting off votes

Easy count.

Roll 1d100 for option (2)

Two actions, six rolls

>>30295922
Our regen is being dampened by the light, as noted earlier. We don't have time to wait for mana.

>>30295967
It weakens his attack power not his defense.

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Rolled 16

>>30295980
FOR THE DARK!

Rolled 14

>>30295980

Rolled 94

>>30295980
My fear
It blends

Rolled 54

>>30295980

Rolled 41

>>30295980

Rolling gently and fearfully.

Rolled 28

>>30295980
boom

Rolled 100

>>30295980

Rolled 18

>>30295980
Yikes.

Rolled 99

>>30295980
pls

Rolled 5

>>30295980
I want to roll!

>>30295967
>Decay - Reduce the target's magical attack power for 3-5 turns. (5, 11, or 22 mana. Higher tiers increased effectiveness)
Decay only decreases magical attack power, which is a thing distinct from magical defense, judging by
>>Decimate - Interrupts target spell. Greatly reduces caster's physical attack, physical defense, and magical defense for 3-5 turns. Doubles the chance of inflicting ailments on caster for 2 turns. (30 mana)

>>30296004
Holy shit

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Rolled 16

>>30295997
>>30296004
>>30296007

I liek
>>30295980

Rolled 39

>>30296004
YES
YES
YES
I LOVE YOU

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>>30296004

HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Rolled 5

>>30295996
>>30295992
>>30295997
>>30296000
>>30296001
>>30296002
Oh fu-
>>30296004
BASED.

Rolled 63

>>30295980
Time to waste time with magic

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>>30296004
Finally.

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>>30296004
Thank god for that.

Those rolls weren't too great.

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>>30295992
>>30295996
>>30295997
>>30296004
Dick Punch

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>>30296004

>>30296004
Boss man!

>16
>14
>94
Failed

>52
>41
>28
Not great

>100
Outside of meta crit range, but good nonetheless for the extra help we sorely need.

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>>30296004

And I know exactly where that's going.

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Rolled 81

>>30296004
because we need more reactions for this

Rolled 84

>>30296068
we pull down meta's pants and watch the spaghetti flow?

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>>30296068
>that's good right

>>30296068
>And I know exactly where that's going.
Ara ara~

>>30296063
Can we use a shard on Spirit Siphon?

>>30296121
I don't want to break Maker boosting rolls that low.

>>30296121
save it

>>30296136
I was wondering if it was Maker again or not.

If it is, then it's not worth it.

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>>30296068

Rolled 15, 17, 13, 20 = 65

I need this...

>>30296188
We failed that bad, huh?

>>30296152
Maker is all non-Shadow magic.

>>30296188
Can you tell us who is each roll? Because... I really need to know who the 20 is for.

>>30296188
You're rolling for Arcturis and Hemmelus, right?

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>>30296188
Oh boy.

>>30296188
>20
That's good, right?

>>30296201
>>30296203

Your allies are rolling every turn.

>>30296212

Yes.

The first two are Arcturis, the second two are Hemmelus.

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>>30296188
>>30296068
why do you play with my emotions SM

>>30296222
BASED, BOTH OF THEM.

>>30296222

HEMMELUS, MAH NIGGUH

>>30296222
>Arcturus shanks him
>right as Hemmelus finishes counter spell

>>30296222
Hahaha

Metatron ain't shit

So has Metatron been sitting in this cave for the past 25 years or so?

Rolled 20

>>30296290
>rolling for metatron

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>>30296305

Rolled 52

>>30296305
Dice pls

>>30296305

You cunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HkCBoxvJHk

You charge at Metatron, leading with Spirit Siphon. Orange tendrils whip out from you, swarming around his heated aura.

Metatron spins toward you, slashing with his sword. It flashes white, and your Siphon burns to a crisp!

>mana: 0/58

At this range, you've got no choice but to follow up. You strike him, and he blocks high with his sword, cutting once, twice, three times, faster than you'd expect. Your limbs and spears of shadow are deflected away, and every block singes your skin.

>you've taken 3 damage
>you've regenerated 2 HP (61/81)

You back off as Arcturis flies in to assist, and Metatron is forced back almost immediately, but he is able to compensate. Arcturis's needles swarm over Metatron's armor with every blow. Waves of heat rise as they clash, but they're still weakened by your earlier Decay...but not for much longer.

You think to support Arcturis with more magic, but something's wrong. You're not regenerating. It's not just your health that's being effected...

Hemmelus taps his staff into the stone. The room roars with fire and the clash and flare of magic, but you can hear that solid thunk of wood on rock, echoing clearly and precisely.

Coolness washes over everything. The gold-red light dies. A blue glow rests on your skin.

>you regenerate 10 HP (71/81)
>you regenerate 10 mana (10/58)
>your physical defense is temporarily boosted

"Go, John, while he's off balance!" Hemmelus says. "It won't last long!"

That was a damn fine spell. You turn toward Metatron, still clashing with Arcturis.

Another piece of the sigil unclamps itself from the ground. Only three points are still anchored...

What do you do?

>write-in

>>30296305
Noice!

>>30296324
Hammer hammer hammer hammer

>>30296324

Cone of Destruction followed by Hammer.

No more time for games.

>>30296324
>hammer

>>30296324
Single-point Nightblaze Metatron. I doubt his spells are as OP as the Windburn.

Then continue beating him, using Retribution as necessary.

Rolled 7

>>30296324
Cone of Destruction > Darkness Within

>>30296324
Hammer him as hard as we can.

>>30296324
Blink right behind and Cone of Destruction.

>>30296324

It's hammer time.

Rolled 59

>>30296324
Elimination
point blank CoD followed by a hammer to the head

>>30296324
Cone of destruction boosted by Resolve.

>>30296324
Blink CONEHAMMER.

>>30296324
Hammer Motherfucker

>>30296324
Cone then Hammer

>>30296324
Hammer

>>30296346
>>30296356
>>30296358
>>30296363
>>30296366
Hopefully we don't hit Arcturis.

>>30296356
We DO NOT want to use DW on a time limit. We might get fucked over on those 4 turns of attack.

>>30296324
Resolve-boosted Cone of Destruction followed by hitting him with Hammer as hard as we can.

>>30296324
Cone of Destruction + Resolve for boost, followed by Hammer Time.

>>30296344
>>30296347
>>30296357
>>30296361
>>30296373
>>30296376
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN

>>30296324
Cone of Destruction, followed by Hammer.

Fuck this dude right here.

>>30296324
Cone of Destruction backed by Resolve, follow up with Hammer.

Rolled 77

>>30296379
that's just a matter of orientation though

as long as we blink so our cone has no chance of hitting either of them, we're fine

>>30296324
also changing to resolve boost on the CoD

Point blank resolve boost CoD (from above?) followed by a hammer to the face

>>30296384

Agreeing with you.

DW removes our ability to fight tactically, and we need to be able to fight intelligently and react to the sigil moving, and shit.

>>30296324

Blink above Metatron, Cone of Destruction, Hammer.

>>30296324
Hammer first then Cone

If we use Cone of Destruction we should probably tell Arcturis out move out of the damn way

>>30296324
Now's a reasonable time to Hammer.

Cone of Darkness is reasonable, but I can't help but want to save the 10 mana for a last-ditch Nightblaze to try and stop the process if things go awry.

After this fight we need to remember, GET OUR AIRSHIP ASAP!

Sandalthong has his ships prepped to port in the moment he knows something is amiss.

Rolled 61

>>30296440
we could totally just push him out of the way

>>30296450
I thought the Ring City didn't have any teleport capable airships left?

Blink to approach, and then:

Vote 1:
>hammer time

Vote 2:
>point-blank cone of destruction+resolve (10 mana), followed by hammer

>>30296476
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>>30296476
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>>30296476
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Rolled 14

>>30296444
1: nightblaze could cause major destablization and harm Donovan

2: we want to smite ASAP. the longer this guy is up, the worse it is.


on another note, what'd happen if we CONSUMED

oh god imagine the fallout

>>30296476
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>>30296473

He does, he mentioned it when he spoke with Arcturis

>>30296485
night blaze can do area and single target, no harm to the circle

We probably only have one shot, so just go with the hammer to break his armor.

>>30296476
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>>30296476
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I don't really know if we should be using Hammer this soon(though I guess there's nothing stopping us from using it again if we need to and are willing to knock it down to fragile or broken), I'd rather it end the fight than just weaken the guy.

>>30296527
I get what you mean... but taking away an angel's magic, even temporarily is no small feat.

if anything all it does is give an opening we can't take advantage of due to our mana being drained by said action

plus angel is already off balance, so we do what we can while he can't defend

Is it just me, or do a lot of the combats written by SM feel really forced?

Like, the party scene, everyone dancing, the back-and-forth banter... that all flowed and was well written, but it really seems like the combat feels a bit off-kilter as of late.

It definitely isn't as bad as it was two or three threads ago, though.

>>30296476
1

>>30296476
And wanted to do hammer first to break his armor leaving him vulnerable to a point blank CoD

>>30296558
I think this is a fight ender attempt

>>30296577
its the dice, always the dice

>too nervous to vote

If we do 1 then it might not hit him hard enough, but if we do 2 then we drain our mana to zero and have no Nightblaze in reserve. But a nightblaze might be useless or even detrimental when targeting the sigil.

>>30296558

If we use Hammer now, I'm pretty sure that Metatron will buttfuck us. It's a big home run swing attack and Metatron has been fast as fuck on defense. We're probably going to get our shit slapped hard for this.

>>30296577
Way out-of-practice.

Couple weeks of nothing but character interaction + Month long break + Another couple weeks of nothing but character interaction

>>30296476
2

>>30296599
Unless we consume Metatron.

>>30296476
2

>>30296476
2

>>30296476
1

>>30296604

The hammer tears through the very fabric of reality. Not to mention he is on his back foot. If the hammer doesn't work Arcturis will deliver the finishing blow.

>>30296485
Not to try and take out the whole sigil itself, just to negate the teleportation spell being used to move the Anchor.

>>30296585
I don't know that we're expecting this to end the fight on its own, but even if it doesn't, the damage it does should be enough that Arcturis and Hemmelus should be able to get a foot in the door it opens up and leverage it appropriately.

>>30296604
Given that we've been the substantially less worrisome melee combatant so far from Metatron's point of view, I'm not sure he'll be expecting it out of us.

>>30296623
Gaping Maw takes 4 mana.

>>30296476

cutting off votes

>>30296577

I write best when the narration is heavy. When you give me a line, or a general tone, and then I write three paragraphs.

When the players control minute actions, the action then becomes broken and disjointed. It's very difficult to connect together in a smooth manner.

A product of the medium. Just don't put so much expectation on it.

So this was a big milestone for shadow.

He's actually staying in human-form while fighting instead of dropping it for blob-mode all out assault.

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2
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1

>>30296661
>as long as we send Arcterus and Hemmelus to get fang while we CONSUME I'm a okay

Rolled 11, 7, 9, 14 = 41

Roll 1d100

Six rolls, two actions

My next post is going to have to be the last, I'm getting droopy.

>>30296476
Going by the five-minutes rule, this is the last vote that should count if the main aim is samefag prevention.
>>30296579

Rolled 79

>>30296698
please dice, for me just once.

Rolled 20

>>30296698
les go

Rolled 32

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Rolled 36

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Rolled 14

>>30296698
Looks like our allies dropped the fucking ball.

>>30296669

You know, I think you're kind of right. Maybe humanity is finally settling in so deeply that the human form is getting natural for him.

The John Nyx persona seems to have fit much better for him than the other androgynous form.

Rolled 92

>>30296698

Rolled 22

>>30296698
LETS DO THIS

Rolled 92

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Rolled 64

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>>30296669
Nah, it's just that Arcturis and Hemmelus are RIGHT THERE.

Even then, he's still using his shadow limbs to their full extent.

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>>30296716

Fuck.

Rolled 81

>>30296698

Rolling very quietly.

Not great, but not critically terrible...

>>30296709
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>>30296716
Time to weaken some shards.

Rolled 14

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>>30296709
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>>30296711
come on....
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>>30296716
why?!

Rolled 45

>>30296698

Rolled 15

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>>30296711
Shitty
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>>30296716
Shitty

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>>30296669
after Matthel's outburst earlier we're gonna have to explain a lot anyway, shadow form is only one thing

>>30296709
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>>30296711
Thank god for Resolve.

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>>30296716
Eeeeeh...looks like Hammer is going to have to dock down a few tiers to compensate.

I am more than willing to burn a few shards for this.

Can we use a shard to boost hammer?

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Rolled 42

>>30296698
eh, may as well pray to the dice gods

>>30296735

Agreed. Two failed rolls. I say we strengthen the Cone of Destruction rather than the Hammer - we need Metatron to stand still for a moment to have a prayer on the Hammerstrike

>>30296761
Hammer is a shard.

>>30296761
hammer is a shard

>>30296771
>>30296774

I know, but I'm still curious if we can draw power from another shard t make it stronger.

Like that shard that supposedly gives us a conversation modifier, we never use him.

Rolled 68

>>30296698

Can't we just use up more of Hammer's shard strength to hit hard?

>>30296810
Maybe Retribution could work. But more likely we just drain our Hammer shard more than it normally would have been.

>>30296810

Not really, we can only use one Shard per round of action.

Hammer is its own shard, so we'd just hit EXTRA HARD

A direct hit from Hammer is powerful enough to end nearly any fight when we pull it out, as evidenced by SM writing every time we roll bad with it as a glancing miss that still fucks the target up.

I fucking hate how we never roll good with it.

>>30296810
>me

Or maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Maybe when the shards of Erebus becomes the Sphere of Erebus we could pull shit like that out.

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somewhat unimpressive rolls to end on sadly

>>30296857
Don't worry anon, one of these days we'll roll a 100 with it. One of these days someone is going to understand the principles of small energy spaces better than any mage in Venia.