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Recent Events Summary:You flew at Hypersonic speeds with Abigail and Auriel to rescue Sir Donovan Flint, but by the time they arrived, he had already been captured and transported to an unknown destination.You disrupted the Ragnarok's shields and transported the entire airship to the alternate plane within your Pocket. Dozens of angels were then subjected to the fury of the skysever. You fought against and captured the 11th Highest, Jophiel. After picking her memories with Adavan's mind magic, you gained knowledge of the transport sigil they used to teleport Donovan away.Hemmelus opened the path for you, but it slammed shut before your allies could follow - and you were greeted by a strange entity that declared itself the Avatar of Chaos. It was responsible for taking Donovan, and had used him to lure you into a lethal trap. Your defeat seemed inevitable, but exposure to the creature's concentrated energies awoke a power you'd since lost, enabling you to win the fight - though the effort exhausted you beyond your limits.Upon waking, you were bent upon locating Donovan as quickly as possible, but Hemmelus explained that his life was not in immediate danger - your enemies are still lacking a vital component of their plan, a component which may provide you with a window of opportunity.While his proposition of an ambush using the power of Chronomancy sounds feasible, it's also risky, and decided to run the idea by your allies before coming to a decision.
Ability TreeGREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.All Revealed Ability Descriptions:http://pastebin.com/ccai5dvnBooks the Main Character has read:http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gPCharacter Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:http://pastebin.com/6h1bkpKv------------------Unlocked:>Ray of Darkness - Super-condensed shadow magic shoots from you in a ray of darkness. Costs 10 mana; 10 base attack. Extremely accurate even at long ranges. Can hit through enemies.>Void Ring - annihilate the area around you and warp it directly into the nether. Costs 20 mana. If immediate destruction is resisted, 15 base magic attack. Max range 10 feet; hits all targets in range.>Eclipse - Forcibly assert the power of darkness to eclipse the sun itself for 2-5 turns, covering a miles-wide area centered on the user. Negates Shadow resistance of all enemies, doubles Shadow magic power, and halves the mana cost of Shadow Magic spells while active. Costs 25 mana, or half current mana, whichever is greater. Only useable once per day.Revealed:>Magic Power VI>Light Resistance>Void Bomb - Your control of the Void gives you the power to remove offending pieces of Chaos with bursts of magical energy.>Alt 1 - Launch a void bomb, a spherical projectile of shadow magic that acts as a Void Ring upon striking a target. Mana cost changes the radius of the detonation. 10 mana results in a 1-yard radius. 15 mana grants a 10-yard radius. 35 mana grants a quarter-mile radius.>Alt 2 - Form a black sphere which unleashes a destructive flurry of hundreds of 3 to 10 yard void bombs in a 60 degree arc over a distance of a quarter mile. Costs 50 mana. Be cautious of friendly fire.
Why don't we just take Melody and Fang and use a 10 mana bind on them together?
Current Statistics:HP: 81/81Mana: 76/76EXP: 9Shards of Order and Chaos:(Retribution) - Normal(Maker) - Normal(Silence) - Normal(Peace) - Normal(Breeze) - Normal(Hammer) - Normal(Ardor) - Normal{Resolve} - Normal{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned--Wisp - 1 mana to order--Automatons--Vita (Shade)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Aurora Water Gem (pocket)Shade (pocket)--Teleport Anchor--Dobshire - Hemmelus's Tower, First Floor--Current Location--Dobshire------------------Known Mana Pools:Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - SpiritJacob's Field - Hecate's Chamber - SpiritPalthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - SpiritArchon - Spirit District - SpiritArchon - Shadow District - ShadowArchon - Earth District - EarthArchon - Water Distric - WaterHaven - ShadowAbbotsford - ShadowAurora - WaterVa'ad - South Generator - EarthVa'ad - North Generator - EarthArland - Dryfeld - Water---------------->>30641182ehehehehehahahahahaMUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>30641120Can the Nemesis eat other airship parts and make them automatically work?Triple-core cloaked battle-carrier would be amazing.Maybe even the Nemesis gaining its own XP from eating other airships, NXP. Spend it on upgrades and stuff.
>>30641213Anon you are hilarious and I love you please never stop coming up with these ridiculous ideas.
>>30641213As fucking silly as this sounds, the ability to upgrade the Nemesis with some form of limited currency gives me ALL the boners, anon.All the boners.
>>30641120ok SM i didn't mention it the other times but WTF IS WITH THE THEME MUSIC
>Last time...The three of you exit Hemmelus's tower and climb down the stairwell. You stop at the landing of the main hallway. Abigail yawns. "Mmm. I guess I am kinda tired.""I'm sure you'll sleep better knowing that John's doing fine.""Well..." Abigail grins at you. "I guess so." Her expression changes rapidly from happiness to a thundering frown. "And if you do anything that crazy again...elements! I can't let you out of my sight for five seconds together!""What about four seconds?" you ask."This is not something to joke about!""...you're kind of cute when you're angry."Abigail huffs, folds her arms, and turns away - but you can see her smirking. "I'm going to take my rest. Escort me to my chambers.""Yes, councilor. Right away, councilor."Melody hmms to herself. "You two make an oddly cute couple." You both go stricken at the comment. "I can't hardly believe I'm saying that about the reincarnation of Erebus, but there it is. What a strange world Venia is. Well. Until later."You return with Abigail, kiss her goodnight, and then you're alone near the bottom of the castle.Steward must have been working overtime while you were asleep - probably with a lot of the others - because the keep seems as if it was never disturbed. Magic can be so destructive...but the other side of that coin is an amazing potential.For it being 4 in the morning, there's a lot on your mind.What do you do now?>The Black Lady doesn't sleep. Maybe she'll have interesting insights.>Fang's the same, being a lich. It would probably be good to bounce things off him.>You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.>some other strategy-------------->>30641213I guess we'll see what happens.>>30641235Top lelI slip in random stuff all the time.
>>30641213That would be the best thing ever.
>>30641180>>Void Bomb - Your control of the Void gives you the power to remove offending pieces of Chaos with bursts of magical energy.That sounds like a mini Erasure in spell form. And the Alt2 sounds like a "Fuck you and everything in that general direction"I want them. Tree Gift the Shadow Magic Tree to Ila and Earth to Abby, use the Sage Gift to give the Shadow Magic Tree to Abby. Cast Eclipse and have both Abby and Ila spam Void Bomb at something.
>>30641259>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?YOU CANT STOP THE SAVIOR TRAIN SM.
>>30641259>>You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.>>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?>>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.These three sound good. Talk to Hecate about this stuff and dreamwalking, than go see our buddy.
>>30641259Did we ever ask Hemmelus about possibly freeing Leviathan?
>>30641259>>You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.>>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?>>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.
>>30641259>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.
>>30641259I know i saw you were doing "Staying Alive" for quite a few threads lol.
>>30641259>>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.>You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.Might as well handle both things at once.
>>30641259> You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.> Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.Kind of the same thing? Lets do this.
>>30641259>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.Both.
>>30641120>Caught SQ on time.Am I dreaming.. or am I still in the Archonium?
>>30641283I was thinking giving them both the Shadow Magic tree starting off so we can chain three eclipses in a row.
Go to Hecate, talk about stuff then dream walk
>>30641259>You need to get Hecate up to speed on recent events, and ask her about Chronomancy.>Donovan is out there, somewhere. He's probably sleeping about now - maybe you can find him on a Dream Walk?>Go see Hecate; she probably knows more about Dream Walking than you do.
>>30641341I suppose that would work too. Earth and Shadow sounds like the best choices for the trees we gift our Arbiter, it's only a matter of which one you want them to have first.
>>30641341Nah, lets get Abby Earth now because Arbiter is waaaaaay down the line.Plus a little variety is good.
>>30641367Abby has some Shadow magic from Servant, I'd rather Earth first and Shadow for Ila
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>>30641341Lets not make them identical. The supportish style of Earth fits Abby soooooo well. Much better than Shadow.
>>30641338Do you feel grainy, anon?
>>30641402>that theme musicSm are you hacked into my computer, because I had that same song open in another window ...
>>30641367I agree, but i'm in the Shadow Magic camp, Void Bomb and three Eclipses is 2good.
>>30641402SM, I know tensions with Flint are high, but can we please have some Melody/Fang spaghetti quest? We need to get back to our roots.
>>30641437No.YES.
Guys. There's something we should have done a long time ago that we never did.We need to figure out how much mana Abby and Ila (and maybe Adavan) have based in the system we know.They can all cast Shadow Assault. We know that costs 4 mana to cast. I want to cast it, then ask them to cast it as many times as they can to see how big their pools are.
>>30641446considering last time we used Eclipse it sent a beacon that every major player could sense, 2-3 of those in a row would have some consequences
>>30641453>SM, I know tensions with Flint are high, but can we please have some Melody/Fang spaghetti quest? We need to get back to our roots.MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaHA!
>>30641456Oh goodOH GOD
>>30641474Or jus be exceedingly pointless.
>>30641484last time I checked, maniacal laughter didn't mean no
>>30641408i'm just thinking that Abigail has kind of lacked in stealth and pure offensive magic, and the shadow magic would help with both and give her some support with eclipse.
>Remembering that Oneness makes all Shadow Magic cheaper>Realizing that with MP6, we could probably shoot THREE Alt2 Void Bombs back to back.
>>30641453This would be excellent, but it's also the kind of thing that, in-character, we'd want them to be able to do privately rather than eavesdropping on them.Pretty sure the former is going to trump the latter, though. Because it's going to be too good not to.>>30641474Well, this time most of the major players are actually going to be involved personally, or at least have people on-site.We've already proven ourselves to be complete bullshit on the magic front, so I'd wager it's not going to take people by surprise as much this time around. It'd be the fact that someone else ALSO used it that's going to turn some heads.
>>30641528But Earth complement her Spirit so well. Especially once we get Decimate and Gravity Sphere and all those other kick ass abilites beyond them.
>>30641472with Chosen Abby and Ila are around Duke Velik/Arcturus levels, Adavan probably has alot since he's a lich/hecates general/a servant/over 700 years old.So maybe not near our level of mana but respectable
>>30641341I figured we should give Abby the Spirit tree. Enhance what is already there. Min/maxing aside, I think it would fit into the narrative better. She might benefit from it in more ways than we can see.
>>30641573>Duke Velik/Arcturus levelsArtcurius is waaay above Vellik.
What do you guys think about Shadow Bomb and Ghoul/Fae? Or should we save up our EXP?
>>30641573I just want exact numbers instead of "oh probably around the level of this other guy" when we don't know the exact levels of that other guy in the first place.
>>30641568Which will be when?Earth isn't a tree we're focusing on right now. I'd rather give her the mostly completed tree that will help her more than an unfinished, expensive tree we aren't spending on.
>>30641588That's just stupid. Her Spirit far surpasses ours already.
I would eat your butt apples, ShadowMaster.I just thought you should know.
>>30641588what, thats like giving someone a sword and then giving them an identical sword because why the fuck not. if she doesn't already know most of our spirit tree its almost guaranteed she'll learn stuff beyond what we can by herself
>>30641596Only when using the Windburn. They're about equal if he's not windburning.
>>30641565Well, let's hope Abby wants to play matchmaker. That's the perfect excuse to begin the reckoning.
>>30641601I want shadow bomb because I want void bomb.
>>30641614We will later. It already has some kickass abilities. Plan ahead a little and don't jump things way early.
>>30641637Yep.
>>30641636well, we did get Flint and Auriel to hook up. we are kinda the master of ships right now
>>30641631Where did SM say this?
>>30641614I kinda want Abby to get Earth for one reason: Pocket.Abby with a Pocket of her own is a frightening and exciting prospect.
>>30641637Yeah, we're about to fight a huge battle. A shadow-nuke would be lovely.
>>30641655Earth Tree is lackluster. Half of it is focused on out-of-combat abilities.I'd rather give her Water/Shadow.
>>30641655I am planning ahead.By the time we give Abby Arbiter the Earth Tree will be more complete.Give her the amazing power of the Shadow Tree now and the Earth Tree later.
>>30641675When we Chosened Ila, SM described her as being as powerful as "Duke Vellik or Arcturus when he isn't using the Windburn"
>>30641675i think after we Chosened Ila, the windburn makes Arcturus all kinds of broken but in terms of mana/power without it he's about the same
>>30641588her spirit and summoning powers surpass our own why would we give her them?
>>30641691>I'd rather give her WaterThe water tree is -terrible-I have no idea why we completed it. The Completion Bonus for it was good, but the tree itself is awful.
>>30641676><I'm hungry>>Oh Shadow, why didn't you say soempties pocket, pile of artifacts>Eat up><.........thanks?>
>>30641588Give her the arbiter tree. BAM! infinite arbiters.
>>30641691That's just stupid. >>30641694Think about it like this. Why would she bother learning this whole new tree when we finially Arbiter he waaaaay down the line (if we ever do) when everything is almost over. This way we give her the best bonuses for her style as is so he can get the most out of them.Or we could just explain everything to her and ask her.
>>30641728Healing and Regen, mostly.DB is pretty cool too.
>>30641691>>30641691UGH, anything but water
>>30641637I also want tree gift so both Abigail and Ila can Void Bomb+Eclipse.
>>30641729We need to do this now.Ask Fang if we can eat all of his extra/pointless magical artifacts. Or crimnial mages of archon or really anything magic that he has.
>>30641774We sorta need to buy VB ourself before we can tree gift it.
>>30641711>>30641629Did you two miss the part where I said "ENHANCE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE." Giving her more spirit might make her broken as fuck. Or as you said, it might do almost nothing because of the overlap. Should ask SM about it.
>>30641786Why not sneak into Ring City and eat all of their nice things?
>>30641758>Healing-Earth's Gift>Regen- rengen isn't magic, it was just needed to complete all the water tree
>>30641808Seconding.
>>30641786Really, if we need exp we can just go eat the thousands of lesser demons that are wandering around.
>>30641756Earth Tree is not that great, man.An extra few robots are not that big of a help, and the stuff that would be a big of a help are expensive that we won't be seeing the EXP for them until after we've taken care of the one thing they'd be the most useful for(the war).
>>30641802Enhancing what's already there implies we have something to give that's better than what she already has. We don't.
>>30641802but that makes 0 sense, like Ila has shadow bomb from Servant but if we Tree Gift the shadow tree to her which also has Shadow Bomb it won't stack for double shadow bomb
who here wants to eat some angel airship dynamos?
Official CoolShit(tm) list:1) Feed the Ragnarok to the Nemesis2) Artifact Steward's core3) Pilfer Archon of all its unwanted magical artifacts.
>>30641844You're saying that Heartstone Titan and Gravity Sphere aren't good? and there's more stuff after both of them that supposedly makes them look like shit.
>>30641870I'd rather snag one of the 7 that Kan-Abar has.
>>30641844combining the versatility of Spirit with the solidarity of Earth, yeah who'd want that at all>sarcasm
>>30641877I'm saying we won't be buying that shit until we get a lot of EXP and we should be giving Abby something that would actually be useful for the upcoming fights over an investment that won't pay off until the war is over.
>>30641877Let's give her the tree with daysight instead.
HEY GUYSWhat if we Artifact Steward's AI systems?All of Steward's abilities will skyrocket and his command of his Robot Army will probably be vastly increased.What do you guys think? It could be a huge boost in the battle against the Demon Lords and Kan Abar.
>>30641906>Not wanting the stealth and power of the shadow magic treefull plebeian
>>30641917Instant technological singularity.
>>30641870Ring City AirshipsRagarok-PocketOther one that attacked Nemesis-retreatedand the other two were detroyed when we stole the shadow one and ate the core of the one Auriel took to Duke Veliks>they've got like 1 left
Pardon if I am slow but have we figured out why Duke Vellik's clone tried to kill Donovan?If you ask me his clone somehow found out that Donovan was being used to summon Hyperion.
>>30641915We won't be getting Void Bomb until way later.So from their Earth Tree supports Abbys current style much much better than Shadow.
>>30641934>implying she won't have those and more with Arbiter and gains all our stealthFull Commoner
>>30641877Heartstone Titans cost as much as an Artifact to make, ignoring the RAW adamantium costs. There's no way they can be good enough to justify multiple uses.Gravity is cool as fuck and I want it, but we can already fly and in terms of raw damage we have better skills.
>>30641917I'm for not using any of our artifacts unless its absolutely necessary.
You need to see Hecate. She'll know more about...well, everything you need to know more about, in this case.You leave the castle and skip across the low rooftops of the castle town, blink across the river, and then blink to the edge of the Water mana pool. In an instant, you manaport to the Spirit pool inside Hecate's chamber.She's standing there, facing away from the pool. Her body shimmers, and suddenly, she's facing you. She didn't turn around...more like she moved back through herself. Odd. You wonder if that's what you look like.<Hail, Ere - excuse me. Shadow.><Hello Hecate. I'm afraid don't bring good news.>She shines a bit brighter. Spirit glows on her skin. It feels like a smile. <You were the sort that always walked about with a raincloud. It seems that hasn't changed.>"Wish it had," you mutter. <Well, here's what happened...>--------------<Chronomancy,> she says. <It seems this sage is rather ambitious.><What can you tell me about it?><It was magic limited only to our purview,> she says. <We could slow down localized areas of space, or speed up others - usually ourselves. It was one reason the humans could never compete with us. We weren't only faster in the physical sense; we could move through time faster.><Did anyone ever travel through time?><Oh, no,> she says. <I'm quite sure the entire world would end if someone produced that much energy at once.><What do you think of Hemmelus's plan? Do you think he's right?><I believe he is,> she says, <especially considering his observations on the sigil. I would surmise that Sandalphon plans to lay his sigil atop the Pentaverate summoning template that the four demon lords will create, and thereby leech their energies. The three rings do indeed fight against the spell, but with that much energy, it will succeed.>>con't
>>30641934Abby is neither a stealth fighter nor is she a close combat fighter. Which is mainly what Shadow is.
<Then why have the rings there in the first place?><It's a filter,> Hecate says simply. <He wishes to return Hyperion, and Hyperion only, to this plane. If those rings are broken, any powerful thing that fulfills the conditions of the spell could walk through. He wouldn't want the Pentaverate to actually succeed.><What about the other elementals? Leviathan, Geb?><If what you told me is true, restoring them will take some effort. It seems that Leviathan is more easily within our grasp than Geb.> Her light dims. <Poor Geb. But now...><What is it?><You fought Hyperion and Aeolus alongside Geb,> she says. <You told me you were forced to retreat, but Geb was caught by Aeolus. That is why he is reduced to the state in which he is now. But...if your words are true, Shadow, then Erebus lied to me. He meant for Geb to lose. He abandoned him to his fate, and then...he convinced me we were on the losing side, but that, without interference, he had a power that would destroy the other elementals, and then he would return to revive us afterward. But he needed all their attention on him, all at once, at a single moment, and so he asked myself and Leviathan to seal ourselves. I hid down here, and remained undiscovered. Leviathan locked himself in that crystal...but I imagine that Logi, or his followers, found him.><I saw the remains of Aurora,> you say. <Logi's wrath must have been a terrible thing.><Logi was reasonable, for the most part,> Hecate says. <We were always the ones to initiate the talks...what few we had. But he hated Leviathan. And with reason, perhaps. Leviathan was an arrogant sort of creature. I never liked him, much, but then, sometimes circumstances press together dislike souls.>>con't
>>30641948How about we do that to he Kan-Abar Airships?
>>30641961i think it was acting on jealosy, when we picked Flint over Velik after killing te Demon Lord his clone must've gone full yandere>if Shadow won't be with me then nobody will have him
>>30641877As far as constructs go, I think it's a bit redundant when she already has Summons.However, the trees we have to offer are:SpiritWaterShadowEarthSummoningSpirit and Summoning aren't things Abigail needs. Water is a small tree and unimpressive - it's big draw is healing, and Earth tree can offer some of that.So, Shadow and Earth are the trees I'd give her. Shadow has a little bit of overlap with the Servant-Chosen-Arbiter series, but there are a lot of raw, destructive spells that she wouldn't otherwise get which I think she really, really needs.Earth has a lot of variety even ignoring the robots, but it's underdeveloped right now. If we got Tree Gift today, I'd give her Shadow. When she's Arbiter'd, we'll hopefully have Earth filled out more and I'd give her that.I'd give Ila Spirit. Compliments her assassin/Spy/infiltration role very well with the mind-fuckery.
>>30641975>Abby not having Shadow Meld Shadow's main stealth ability until after we Arbiter her
It seems that the Chronomancy strategy has merit; Hecate is willing enough to give it a try. But better to stop if from being necessary in the first place...<I had been hoping to try and find Donovan on a Dream Walk, but I wasn't sure how to proceed. If we could rescue him, it would take a huge problem off our shoulders.><It is good you came to me,> she said. <I am quite experienced in the area, as you must have imagined. But the flow of time in the dream world is distorted; a few minutes may turn into an hour. If that is acceptable, for the moment, then let us proceed.>You remember the Archonium - a single day became years. But what she said doesn't sound that extreme, at least. Maybe that Archonium was built to amplify that effect?What do you do?>go on a Dream Walk>ask Hecate more questions>return to Arland with your new information for now>some other strategy
>>30642027and I'm just fine with that, we done here anon?
>>30641994It's more long range blasts and utility stuff like Pocket and Shadow Totem.Stealth is the physical tree.
>>30642037>>go on a Dream WalkTIME FOR THE ARCHONIUM PART 2!
>>30641981Yeah because making Giant 10 story tall Golem that no one else in the world can make isn't worth it at all.Gonna repost this hereHearthStone Titan: Stride length of 20yards. Due to massive weight we shall use average stride length for walking because something like this most likely cannot propel itself off the ground in the sense of how we run (especially considering how it would shake itself apart by putting three times its own weight on each foot per stride). Assuming SM was using “stride” how I think we was as “distance between the two feet while walking” the average mans stride length is between 2.5-3 feet and the average height being 5ft 10in creates a rough estimate of half your height in stride (maybe a bit more but this is a golem so whatever). That leaves us with a forty yard tall (36.58 meters) (120feet) HearthStone Titan. Giving us a 10-11 story golem. And the Bots that are inside of it seem to be about 10-11feet tall consider SM said “They tower at least several feet above the largest humans you’ve seen. It also has a control room in its head and what seems like a “bay” or something like it for the bots in its torso.
>>30641961He's a lightning mage using a powerful spirit artifact. He didn't have very good control over it.
>>30642037>go on a Dream Walk
>>30641994she has been in some pretty close range combat recently Anon, and it looks like it will stay that way for the foreseeable future.
>>30641917I'm all about doing that.
>>30642037>go on a Dream WalkOh boy I sure hope Dave doesn't sleep.It's not like we ever saw him in the Archonium, ha ha h-...
>>3064205210xp each.High raw adamantium costs, raw meaning that it has not been used for anything else before.Those things are a massive pain in the ass to make.
>>30642037>go on a Dream WalkWe're immortal anyway, as long as a minute in the dream isn't years outside it.
>>30642037>Dream WalkI know you want to use that old Dream-World thing.Let's fukken do it.
>>30642037>go on a Dream WalkWe can risk a few hours for a chance to find Flint or at least find out his condition.If Dream Walk is a failure, we should immediately into full Chronomancy-prep mode.
>>30642037Make sure that we have nothing else to do. Then notify Auriel that we're going on a Dream Walk with Hecate.Then>Dream Walk
>>30642088There's been a disturbing lack of Dave recently...Wonder when he's coming back?
>>30642037>go on a Dream Walk<Try not to let me stay in there to long, as much as I wish to find my friend plans on this side willl need my attention later today>
>>30642114Anything with power can come through the Sigil if it gets borked improperly.Anything.
>>30642037>ask Hecate more questionsSee if she had any hidden stockpiles of magic goodies for us to nibble on. THEN we do the dream walk.
Why haven't we eaten Jophiel yet?
>>30642051>pic relatedNah, not that bad.>>30642129Good thought, I'll include that.
>>30642037>Dream Walk>Ask Hecate about the Archonium
>>30642088I'm pretty sure he only managed to come through in earnest because of the Banshee fragment's 10-year summoning preparations.>>30642037>return to Arland temporarilyWe can make the trip fast enough that it's probably a good idea to at least leave a note or something so people looking for us know where we've gone if things take a long time. Adavan is a good candidate to tell if we want to let someone know personally.Then>go on a Dream Walk
>>30642142Jophiel waifuers, anon. Jophiel waifuers.
>>30642048The only utility stuff is Pocket and Shadow totem which both require Earth to be used/decent.the only long range skill is Ray of Darkness. all other skills she probably already has/gets from other Chosen abilities.
>>30642132I guess it's time for me to get ready to roll some 1's, huh?
>>30642145>>30642145can we ask her/mention the Archonium?it sounds like the kinda thing she'd know about if we haven't asked already
>>30642142Because she's a girl and she cried. It doesn't matter how much of a cunt she is, we're on /tg/.
>>30642172Lord knows we've voted to eat her like 3 times at this point.>>30642096Definitely on your side. I'd rather Artifact Steward's Giganto Fighting Robot seeing as he already had it made and ready for combat anyways.
Just a reminder for everyone to not be stupid!Alrighty, I'll catch this thread on the archive.please be smart
>>30642142Why haven't we taken her out of our pocket yet, is a better question.Whatever we do in the end, we've left her in there way too long now. Bitch will be cray.
>>30642159>>30642186This would be interesting to know also, actually.We know it predated the Elemental Lords, but she might have some interesting things to say about its workings.It's not a pressing need, seeing as we ate the thing, but it might be interesting exposition at the very least.
>>30642206I didn't say we artifact it. i'm just saying that it will be incredibly usefull for Abby. I think she could put out 5 of them no problem with Archons resources. Especially for the conflicts after this Kan-abar thing, which you know there is going to be.
>>30642221You can't make me. Nyah.Buy Summoning. Arbiter Adavan. Eat the Nemesis.Dump Abigail and make Jophiel or Servant/Chosen.
>>30642037>go on a Dream WalkSMASH THROUGH THE RAILSRESCUE FLINT
I know we had planned to consume Jophiel after un pocketing her and seeing what prolonged exposer will do
>>30642173Different anonVoid Bomb, though we don't have it yet, is pretty long range. The Alt1 version destroys everything in a quarter mile radius of the impact site. The Alt2 launches a magical artillery barrage a quarter mile away.
Ila is a kinder and softer girl than Abby.Abby uses magic to make people like her more. Banshee heritage.
>Flint is enjoying a nice dream>Him and Auriel, holding hands and running thru a field>Shadow and Abigal are tossing flowers behind them>suddenlyBOOOOOMMMM<Donova, I'm here to save you>
>>30642277It's gonna be awhile for that considering we have at least 2 probably 3 in before we can get it.
>>30642142Waiting to see how insane she becomes after a while longer, I guess.I reckon she'll either be a vegetable, or Dave.
>>30642329No, anon.>Flint is having a dirty dream>He and Auriel, copulating>Suddenly, mid orgasm, Auriel morphs into Shadow
>>30642329Oh dear. The spaghetti potentials for this next segment are enormous.
>>30642359at least 3 maybe 4 i meant
>>30642277Yeah. Void bomb is fucking insane.>Normal: Erasure burst>Alt1: Magical shadow nuke>Alt2: Magical shadow long range several-HUNDRED-shell bombardmentSeriously. Alt2 is something like a 2000 base damage total. Void Ring is 15.
>>30642329Donova?When did Flint get genderbent?
>>30642414It's my magical realm and I can do what I want with it.
>>30642414Dreams can be really kinky man.
>>30642400Void Bomb Alt 2 is what we use on Hyperion and his angels if they manage too summon him.
>>30642414dream world anon, anything can happen
>>30642414>>30642414>inb4 Flint has some pretty interesting dreamsi typo'd anon
>>30642414In the Dream Realm, you can be anything you want to be.>>30642360If we've resolved to eat her regardless, we should probably have done it immediately rather than risking Dave-contamination.
>>30642435>implying
>>30642455Yeah.All in favor of eating Jophiel before the dream sequence, proclaim CONSUME.
Speaking of Dave, we should really wrap that up.Corner him and just Consume him already.
>>30642362>implying he hasn't had that dream already...fucking ignorance potions
>>30642484NOM.
>>30642400That secondary fire mode, man.If Hyperion shows up, we charge up to him and shotgun it.
>>30642484CONSUME
>>30642484OMNOM
>>30642489Corner him where?He's basically an eldritch abomination beyond time and space at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if he's the Quest's End Boss.
>>30642435>>30642511We can launch up to five volleys at once.>Arbiter Abby opens up another Chosen slot>Use Sage to give the Shadow Tree to Abby>The three Chosen all have the Shadow Magic tree from Tree Gift>Shadow himself can use itSo then,>Shadow casts Eclipse>All five of them aim at the target and cast Void Bomb
>>30642489He is still far outside of our ability to kill or consume. Not to mention the fact that he he is probably immune to shadow magic by this point.
>>30642520I figure with Hecate we can force him out of the nether.
<Do you know anything about the Archonium?> you ask her.<An ancient artifact,> she says, <built before even I came into being. Dreams have long been a source of fascination for the humans. And for me, as well. Such strange places, ethereal planes under the control of their masters, existing in some not-world that defies the laws of physics. Some ancient magician may have sought to control that power - would it not be a great feat, if you could? I do not know if it was meant for the purpose it was used in more modern times. But such are the world's mysteries.><Do you have a sense of time, in the dreams? I don't want to linger too long, in case we can't make contact.><Somewhat,> she says. <I will make sure we do not waste the day. Let us Walk.>She extends her hand to you. You take it.>mana: 71/76http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZTMopqja8You step forward with her. The world blurs at the edges of your vision, as if you're moving at an incredible speed. A tunnel of darkness looms before you. You enter, and leave the world behind.You stand on nothing. Around you is an endless black night, stretching in all directions. And scattered through the expanse are stars, points of twinkling light of all the colors of the rainbow. They hang in the air like motes of color, alone in a void.<...how do we find his dream?><What did he feel like?> she says. <Show me.>There are few people you know better than Donovan Flint. You Impress her with that feeling - his goodness, his warmth, the light that resides under the Shel'kath. She nods to you. <I see. Now...let me see.>She raises her arm, and her Spirit shines brighter. The void around you twists. A thousand stars flicker past you, a hundred thousand, a million, lights speeding, seemingly limitless - It stops. She lowers her hand. Floating before you is a white star, bright and fierce. <This is he.>>con't
Isn't it odd that Void Ring transports things to the Nether?
>>30642527Ok roll 1D100>1>23>10
<...yeah.> You can feel it - feel Donovan. <How did you do that?><I don't know,> she says. <I merely did.>Huh. Reminds you of yourself. <So...can we get inside?><We can,> she says. <You have but to touch it. But this dream...is energetic.>You look back to Donovan's star. It's flaring and shrinking, like a hot candle fighting against a gust of wind. <What does that mean?><Exactly as I said,> she says. <He is experiencing which his conscience struggles to contain. Perhaps even a nightmare.><We don't have time to waste,> you say. <I'll do whatever it takes.><You will be alone.><You aren't coming with me?>She shakes her head. <There are no rules in dreams. Only the whims of the dreamer. He knows you, and so you will be stable within his dream; you are an existence he could contemplate and form. Mine is not. If his whims turn against me...well. Dreams are dangerous places.><...could we bring someone else? Could you bring them here?><I could.>What do you do?>enter the dream>come back later with backup>some other strategy
>>30642587>enter the dream
>>30642587>>enter the dreamPrepare for Flints Magical Realm.
>>30642587>come back later with backupAuriel. Maybe Abby.
>>30642587>Enter the dreamNo time to waste.
>>30642587>come back later with backupLets grab Auriel for this.
>>30642631>Flint's Magical RealmOh god, THE TAGLIATELLE!
>>30642587Auriel. She deserves to know he's safe
>>30642587>enter the dreamTempted to bring Auriel, but I dunno if we have time.
SM, Just an observation on the Abilities tree, but am I just blind or do we not have a 'fire resistance'?And if this is the case, is it possible that that branch of resistance hides within the summoning tree for reasons unknown?>>30642587>Enter.
>>30642587>come back later with backupAuriel. This is our chance to make her not hate Hecate as much.
>>30642669>but I dunno if we have time.FFS, are people still trying to run into that brick wall?
>>30642651>>30642669I'm not sure Auriel would come. Might be interesting to see if she's willing to put up with Hecate for this, though.
>>30642587I think I'd LIKE to bring Auriel along if possible.
>>30642587>>come back later with backupAuriel
>>30642587>EnterI would consider Auriel, but I'm afraid that some relationship drama might complicate his dream if we do.
>>30642682>>30642694Seconding bringing Auriel for these reasons.And because that voids the fact that an not-Auriel will appear in Flints nightmare. Maybe.
>>30642676I'm 100% sure it is in the Summoning tree.
>>30642587>enter the dreamso, list of prorities>find Donovan in dream>tell him we're real>try to find out where he is>make sure he knows were coming to save him no matter what>best friend hug
>>30642587>come back later with backupGet Auriel.
INTO THE DREAM
>>30642587Bring Auriel.
>>30642718This. Bringing Auriel is high-risk, high-reward. Hecate just said that dreams are dangerous, too.
>>30642755ehh, still say bringing Auriel would help her see Hecate in a different light
>>30642766I think we are overestimating the dream. This is a simple dream, not the Archonium. He's not stuck in it, and all we are here for is to maybe find his location in the real world.
>>30642755SM, now that we know how to dream walk and find Donovan. Could we take Auriel to see him ourselves later?
>>30642780We can bring her to Hecate whenever we want, though. All we have to do is say we'll teleport her somewhere she needs, and then BAM- Hecate motherfucker!We could do this to anyone else, too. Might be funny to surprise Fang with or something.
>>30642766>Bringing Auriel is high-risk, high-rewardMy god it's finally happened. High-risk, high-reward has become a buzzword for "plan I don't support."
>>30642802Hell, we could get Hecate to teach Auriel herself.
>>30642821We already bought it.
>>30642794I dunno, man. An Elemental Lord just told us that she thinks it's too dangerous for her to go in.Admittedly, Flint knows and loves Auriel, but that might affect Auriel's ability to behave independently. She might be forced to be "Flint's Auriel", which is probably not helpful to us.
>>30642821We have Dream Walk; it's Mind Read we don't personally have access to yet.
>>30642802It was Hecate that located Donovan's dream for you. You don't have that ability.Dreams are vaguely positioned relative to their real world proximity. So you could easily enter the dream of someone right next to you, but locating a distant dream without assistance would be a shot in the dark, quite literally.
>>30642821check the ability tree anon, w bought dream walk months ago
>>30642830But anon, she doesn't trust the spirit within her!
>>30642691Gonna smash through the brick wall
>>30642821We DID buy the ability.
>>30642838Point. But who's to say that we won't be affected?
>>30642847>locating a distant dream without assistance would be a shot in the dark, quite literally.But SM, are you forgetting? WE ARE THE NIGHT.
>>30642847so thats a maybe at best....
>>30642838That same shit applies to us, anon.The only reason why Hecate going in is a risk is because Donovan doesn't know Hecate.
>>30642847That's... Kind of shitty, honestly.But if we know Donovan's real-world location, shouldn't it be easier to find him in the dream world?
>>30642870I'm sure we will be, but we know Flint extremely well and we were in the Archonium for a long fucking time, hopefully this is enough to help.>>30642847HAHAHA, NOW WE JUST ASK HECATE WHERE FLINT'S DREAM WAS!
>>30642897>>30642838>Hecate enters Donovan's dream>gets warped as it tries to make sense of her>turns her into Abby>dream gets really awkward for shadow
>>30642838You are creating risk based on blind speculation. He knows Auriel, so she should be stable in his dream. Hectate would not be stable because he does not know her.
>>30642929>Shadow inks spaghetti
>>30642847Okay, so we ask Hecate roughly how far Flint's dream was, and we instantly narrow down our search area massively.
>>30642918>HAHAHA, NOW WE JUST ASK HECATE WHERE FLINT'S DREAM WAS!She knows it's far away, but doesn't have an exactly location.>did you think it would be that easy.jpg
>>30642929>So, how do I look Shaodw><uuuuuuhhh pretty?>>Abby wakes up in cold sweat
>>30642830>>30642863I've been wondering when we're actually going to start paying attention to the prophecy that Taremtis gave Auriel.Since y'know... it sounded kinda important.
>>30642918She might be able to give us a general direction. But I doubt she could give us the exact location/distance, or be willing to risk leaving her tomb to triangulate the location.
>>30642992Ah ha, so we ask her HOW far away.Motherfucking CORNERED BIATCH.
>>30643000Of course not.I've been proposing that we try to get Auriel to trai nher Spirit magic with Abigail or Adavan semi-regularly for the last thirty threads. Nobody listens.
>>30642992As if we'd ever miss an opportunity to mess with Donovan in his own dreams. SM, pls.
Guys, the Sage did tell Auriel "if you wish to protect Sir Flint you must learn to trust the Spirit within you." At some point this will need to be addressed and girl talk between Auriel and Hecate is a good first step
>>30642992Okay, okay - I will respect your boundaries, SM.
>>30643034Well did you use the prophecy as the reasoning of your argument?Because if she doesn't trust the spirit within her, Flint dies, apparently.
>>30642992Just knowing how far away it is, with a 20~ mile error range, would be a huge, huge boost.
>>30642992You said that the location of the "light" is relative to their position in the real world.So, if we learn his physical location from him in this dream-walk, wouldn't it be easier to locate him on our own later?
>>30643034I thought Auriel would be smart enough to bug Hamil or someone too give her some pointers on spirit magic, especially with Flint on the line
>>30643000Oh jeez, I forgot about this entirely. We should probably get on this.
>>30643049>Girls only slumber party>Abby, Ila, Auriel, Freya all meet Hecate in her sanctuarywhile the men use shadow to peep/spy
>>30643087...you're right.
I have just realised, depending on how things go in Flints dream world, we might start visiting EVERYONE in their dream worlds....<Auriel, what is this and why are you and flint in that position? Have I ever told you about 'the bed method'>"Dammit shadow, you are ruining my dreams... take your bad sense of naming things and let me dream in peace!"
>>30643125We missed the boat on having thread 100 be our "Hot Spring episode".
>>30643125I think it would be a great idea if, in the future, we desire Hecate to meet people, we make sure Hecate knows we're bringing others AHEAD of time.Just, y'know, elemental prudence.
>>30643087We must do science.First, learn his physical location.Next, have an ally dream nearby and enter their dream from varying distances on a straight line. The point of this is to determine if the distance conversion between real and dream is linear, exponential, or something else.
>>30643161Hopefully by thread 200 we might have earned some down-time...
>>30643176>he thinks dream locations follow a set and logical pattern explainable by simple mathematicslaughinghemmelusandyifang.jpeg
>>30643125>>30643161its never to late
I feel sorry about your problems SM, I got 99 problems but anons breaking my dream mechanics ain't one.
Let's get Auriel in on this, first. ASAP. Out of curiosity, what is the range of our telepathy?
>>30643259>UddersDisgusting
>>30643295I don't agree, but i guess everyone is entitled to their own a opinion anonno matter how wrong it is
You touch Donovan's dream-star.----------------You blink.You're in a thick forest. Twisted trees with broad leaves surround you. A thick, fuzzy moss hangs off their branches. The ground is damp, almost muddy. It's like a jungle.Over the trees stretches the high spires of Dobshire's castle town. You're right next to Dobshire. Well, that makes sense. This is Donovan's dream. These must be the flooded gardens to the west of the city.You hear a thump. And then another thump. And another.You walk through the forest and peer around a thick trunk. There's a young boy, perhaps 14 or 15, working a wooden sword laden with extra practice weights. He already has the barrel chest and broad shoulders of his family. A young Donovan Flint. A wooden stake set into the ground provides a target for his practice.There's a girl, too. She's thin, and spindly - mousy. She's resting in the cradle of a branch, idly writing with a quiver on a pad of paper."Oof!" Donovan falls over. His sword drops to the ground. He rubs his forehead.The girl looks up. "What did you do?""...hit my forehead.""What?" She laughs. "Even for you, that's pretty bad.""It came off the target funny.""Oh yeah, sure. Maybe you just stink at swords."Donovan huffs and picks up his practice blade. "I just need more practice.""You always say that."She watches as he continues on incessantly. It isn't long before he overbalances and falls forward, again dropping his weapon."Why do you weight it so much?""So it isn't as much work when I use the real thing.""Well, that doesn't matter if you keep falling over!""...doesn't normally happen.">con't
The girl tucks her pack of parchment under her elbow and jumps down from her perch. "You're a bit clumsy to make a knight, huh?""Leave a man in peace.""Oh, you're a man now? So, Sir Clumsy, planning on saving any damsels in distress? Slaying dragons? Demon Lords?""All three," Donovan says.She steps up to him. "Would you save me?""Well...I...sure.""Really? But if you rescued me, we'd have to get married and live happily ever after."Donovan's mouth works. You've seen this part before. You know this part. He tries to speak, to say something - to declare that he'll do just that. But he can't.A monster grows over him, an ugly, tentacled version of the shel'kath, until it's larger and more terrifying than the real thing. It roars, and shrieks, and crawls over his back and latches onto his neck. Donovan is frozen, unable to move.The girl can't see anything. She doesn't react. She just looks...disappointed. "Um, I was just joking, Donny. I'll see you back at the castle?" And then she scampers away.The shel'kath vanishes only after she's long gone. Donovan throws his sword to the ground. Anger twists his face - anger at himself.You step forward - --------------You blink again. Where are you now?A hallway. It's got to be in the castle.Donovan flies past you, marching at full speed. He doesn't even look at you. His face is - elements. You've never seen him look like that.>con't
You start after him. "Donovan. Donovan, can you hear me? Sir Flint!"Donovan keeps pushing on, head down, hands balled into fists. He almost collides with someone at the next intersection."Oh, I...I'm terribly - Gerald. I'm sorry.""Light, Donny, watch where you're going." Gerald cocks his head. "What's wrong with you?"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEIKiiWM7wQDonovan looks away. "I...nothing." He cuts a left."It's Megan, isn't it?"Donovan stops. He looks back. "...no.""Don't bullshit me," Gerald says. "I beat you to the punch, and you can't handle it, can you?" Gerald takes a step forward. "Well, you'd best get over it. Plenty of fish in the sea.""I...you...""No one has time to deal with your ineptitude," he says, "so I seriously doubt we could handle both that and your whining at the same time. Elements, you're pathetic. Suck it up.""...did...did you know? About me and...her?""Know?" he says. "I've known about how you felt about her for a decade. Everyone did.""Then..." Donovan's face twists into hurt confusion. "Gerald...we...don't see eye to eye. But...why would you - I..." Donovan draws a breath. He can't get the words out."W-why w-would y-you?" Gerald says. He grins. "So I could see that look on your face.""Y-you...n-no...""Sure, why not?" Gerald says. "I never cared when she looked like a starved rat, but she's a looker, now. And her dowry is worth half this castle. A worthy choice for the heir to Arland. You should have done something about it, Donovan, and now she's mine. And there's nothing you can do about it. But really, no. It's not because I dislike you or anything. I didn't really intend to cause you any particular grievance. I just don't even fucking care." Gerald snorts. "You're pathetic, Donovan. You're a stain on the bottom of the Flint family shoe. Why don't you just leave, if you can't handle it? You'd save us all, including yourself, a lot of aches and pains. See you at the wedding.">con't
Gerald turns right, leaving Donovan standing there, tears staining his cheeks. He's shaking. His lips are drawn back over his teeth. "GERALD!"Gerald stops for a moment, looks back. And then he smirks, and keeps walking. "You have only yourself to blame, Donny. Besides...it's not like you're going to do anything about it."Donovan can't make any other words. It's all he can get out - one angry call stained with everything he's feeling, directed at the person who caused those feelings. "GERALD!!!"A dark wave crashes over you. The scenery of the castle halls fades. You're left standing in a black void with Donovan. He holds his head, and his shout rips through the air around you. You feel yourself being pushed away by a wind of energy swirling around him.You drag your foot forward against the storm!Roll 1d100
Rolled 84>>30643676FUUUUUUUUUUU
Rolled 86>>30643676
Rolled 18>>30643676
Rolled 54>>30643676BELIEVE IN THE ME THAT BELIEVES IN YOU DONNY
Rolled 73>>30643676I rather dislike Gerald.
Rolled 96>>30643676
>>30643676
Rolled 3>>30643692>>30643693>>30643698I AM SATISFIED.NO MORE ROLLS.
>>30643692>>30643693>>30643698<Donovan, please don't fall again. What kinda of friend lets this happen right in front of him>
>>30643722>no more rolls>rolls>it's a 3You are the worst kind of person.
>>30643693>>30643692Good rollsIn MY Shadow Quest!?!?!What in the name of the moon is happening?
>>30643746It wasn't linked to SM so it wouldn't have mattered. He did nothing wrong.
Gerald is a dick.Captcha remains the Nether.
>>30643796No, apparently David is a cow.
<But you did do something about it Sir Flint. You left when staying would've torn Arland apart, you fought and trained when the world left you for nothing, you found a lone mote of shadow with nothing in a world that hates him. You found me Donovan>
Rolled 58>>30643746I didn't link the post, anon.
>>30643786The one's will come soon enough.
<Donovan!!>You push through the waves of darkness. They roll around you, angry, full of hate, like a skysever in a dream. You shield your head with your arm and shove your legs forward.<DONOVAN! STOP!>The darkness slows. Donovan looks up. His eyes are red, bloodshot. "...what...who's there?!"<It's me, Shadow! It's Shadow!>"Shadow..." Donovan steps back. "Shadow, he took her! He took her away! He stole her!"<Donovan, this a dream! That was in the past, I'm trying to talk to you!>"What...it just happened - it...I don't understand. What's going on?"It seems Donovan is struggling to recognize he's in a dream. How do you get through to him?>write-in
>>30643796yes he is, and Donovan beat the living shit outta him when he wouldn't shut his mouth. he'll know better next time or he'll have to fight John Nyx
>>30643836Pinch him! That always works!
>>30643836>look at his fingers>mimic a book and ask him if he can read it
>>30643836Send Impressions of him beating the shit out of Gerald during that sparring match.
>>30643836impressionsUSE IMPRESSIONSHis homeland is in danger!He already beat gerald to a pulp!He learned that megan didn't make it...Auriel was there for him.
>>30643836Auriel
>>30643836Use the old 'flint lifting a boulder' trick
>>30643836>Pull the Ragnarok out of our Pocket.IF THIS WERE A DREAM, COULD I DO THIS?
>>30641917>HEY GUYS>What if we Artifact Steward's AI systems?>All of Steward's abilities will skyrocket and his command of his Robot Army will probably be vastly increased.>What do you guys think? It could be a huge boost in the battle against the Demon Lords and Kan Abar.Actually, I've thought we should conspire with Steward to patch the leak in the Core.So, like, we want to shoot for Balance, yeah? Which means making that path ourselves, forging a path between order and chaos - and that means limiting/controlling the amount of magic buildup in venia.The core breach needs to be sealed fully sometime - but with our advances in golemancy and engineering/building things, I think there's a concept that would suit us well:We don't patch the core.We put a Valve on it. And steward's the only one with the longevity and rationality to do the job of watching and monitoring mana levels properly.Essentially, I think it would be a worthy Alliance Research Project, and/or Artifact if necessary - to make a mana core harnessing matrix that could affect mana distribution throught the land(slowly) from the source.And hand it over to steward for safekeeping.
>>30643869>>30643870These.
>>30643836<You have been kidnapped. Forced to sleep. I need you to focus and remember whatever you can from when the Nemesis was attacked.><This is your dream, show it to me.>
>>30643836impress the grave scene and gerald's bloody maw.that'll jar him a bit
>>30643836Remember how we were sort of "off" in the Archonium? Too bouncy and rubbery? Maybe it's the same here?
>>30643836<Remember Auriel, Donovan? The woman you love? She's waiting for you in the real world.>
>>30643811>>30643836<Try to remember, it wasn't your fault non of it was. You fought for years to prove you were more than Gerald and you succeeded! We fought when others ran, we stood togetheer when the world tried to tear us both apart. This is a dream but you aren't alone in this storm of angry and hatred anymore, you have me and Auriel, abby and Adavan, hell even your own father praised who you became>
>>30643869>>30643870I like these the best.writing
>>30643892yes. that would happen in a dream>also real life because shadow gives -0 fucks
>>30643910This is a thing I figured would be worth saying, but there's nothing around to compare us against so we would appear more 'real'.If there's a way to point it out regardless, we should certainly do so.Impressions are a good start, though.
>>30643892Accidentally pull out the gibbering wreck that is Jophiel.<Uh... Oops>
>>30643967<FEEL ME, DONOVAN>
>>30643955Roll 1d100
>>30643892>IF THIS WERE A DREAM, COULD I DO THIS?then we morph into our pimp suit and he laughs himself silly
>>30643836>It seems Donovan is struggling to recognize he's in a dream. How do you get through to him?>>write-inHe's stuck in the past - pining over megan and family troublesWe need to shatter that, by reminding him of all he has in the present.This means showing him Auriel - transform ourself into her image, if need be, if we can't summon a spectre of her memory.Also, start calling him by his name - Demonslayer. Remind him of what he's already DONE, and in the FUTURE and bring him out of the past.
>>30643910The fake Shadow that Abby had fabricated was like that, which was a reminder to her that it was all fake. The real Shadow felt grainy, which is how she knows that he's real, and how she cements herself in this reality now.That's not to say you don't have a point, but I don't think it'd help anyway since I doubt Donovan is as aware of the dream as Abby was of the archonium, and he probably hasn't tried cuddling with a dream Shadow to know the difference.
oh yeah we should totes eat Jophiel before she makes a mess of our pocket, i.e., ASAPill admit that i was in the 'dont murder' party last thread but we don't have to be 3edgy5me douchebags about it
>>30643994Lel.
>>30643990<Dance with me Donovan, dance until the sad goes away!>
>>30644025>we don't have to be 3edgy5me douchebags about itYeah. Quick spike through the brain and consume. Done in half a second.
>>30643999okay I have 0 artistic talent, but a drawfag needs to do this outfit
>>30644037And then we can influence the dream to make a rainbow.
>>30644044<You sought comfort in the Light, and it only served to blind you to the truth. Despite my personal feelings, I pray you find peace in the beyond>
>>30643955Send him an impression of us holding hands and skipping
>>30644044>>30644025A quick snap of the neck oughta do.Snap snap. EHEHEHEHEHEHEEE.
>>30644099with Auriel and Abigail throwing flowers behind us>get your dreams right
>>306440981. God no.2. We already know that there is no beyond. Souls that we don't consume just dump into the nether to get torn apart.
<Donovan, you already beat Gerald to a pulp!>You shock him with Impressions - his fight against his brother, straddling him, punching him into the dirt. And then Megan's gravesite - and you feel sadness reverberate out from him, and back into you. And then you show him Auriel.A woman wreathed in light appears next to Donovan. Wings glow on her back. You feel a warm radiating from her. She hugs him. His hands touch her arms, and she vanishes."...Shadow...all of these things happened..."<Donovan, this is a dream. Hecate is helping me communicate with you.>"...dream...then..." He looks up. "Then I'm alive?!"<Well, I think so.>"The last thing I remember was Hamil trying to open a portal back to Arland," he says. "We were in the engine room. And then something - something huge, powerful. There was a flash of light. I thought...that was it."<You must be somewhere, unconscious. Because you're dreaming. Any idea where?>He shakes his head. "I don't think I've woken up yet. Maybe they're keeping me asleep."In a way, that's bad - he doesn't have information to share. On the other hand, you can contact him any time you want. <Maybe. We have a sort of plan...>----------------"So...when they drag me out in the open, you'll unleash this time-magic, and then...and then what?"<...then, I guess we try to break this spell of theirs,> you say. <Until then, just hang on.>"Ok. I can do that." He shivers. "I...I don't even remember what I was dreaming. Something awful."What do you do now?>write-in>leave his dream
>>30644132>write-in"Would you like to speak with Auriel?"
Rolled 92>>30644132Ask if he'd like us to bring Auriel some time.
>>30644170This works.
>>30644132Can we try to fabricate a dream that isn't so shit for him? An inner sanctuary for him to center himself before the battle.
>>30644132Man, you really don't want us to find Donny.>Ask him whether he wants to talk to his father or Auriel, it's possible to bring them in
>>30644192This.
>>30644194Bringing his dad means we have to reveal Hecate to him. With how much he hates the Lords that may end catastrophically.
>>30644194>bringing Arcturis to Hecate
>>30644132If things look grim, is it possible to kill Donovan through the dream to prevent Hyperion from being summoned?Doesn't hurt to be prepared.
<Donovan, you lost more then I can truly know nut you gave me more then I can ever repay you for. I tore thru angels and airships to find you, hell I fought they very entity that grabbed you only to almost die beating it because the though of losing my best friend scared me more then I realized.... Just don't let that happen to you again, the past is past only the future can be changed for the better. Remember you have friends and family who love you no matter who you were and that nothing will stop us from saving you. Remember us and dream peacefully til then>
>>30644243>I tore thru........
>>30644243>*tips fedora*
>>30644249okay maybe not the best word to use
>>30644132im sorry Donovan, I let them get you. But atleast we got the angels who took you, all dead except for one very bigmouthed angel that i've kept sitting in my pocket for about a day, I got them for you donny...
careful now we don't want to get him pregnant
>>30644132>write-inIf we're going to leave him to his rest, we should at least remind him that even in spite of everything that has happened, there's no sense in lingering only on the bad things.He deserves to have some time to remember the good things in his dreams as well, after all.>>30644170Offering to bring Auriel to him some time is good--probably for both of them. But it's also somewhat time consuming.If nothing else, at least ask him if there's anything he wants us to tell someone even in the meantime. Like his Father, or Auriel, or anything else.
>>30644243>i cry evertim
>>30644132Go feed Ragnarok to the Nemesis.
>>30644269Wouldn't that just be sweetits though? If he's pregnant he can just blood magic his lightborn unborn to ruin the sigil himself, all problems ever solved instantly!
>>30644269>>30644243i was supposed to link these posts. now i just look stupidexcuse me while i kill myself
>>30644278>>30644259>>30644249its freakin 5 am here guys, fuck im going to sleep
>>30644291Dipping into chaotic evil here.
>>30644271>Pass a message to AurielHa.>Return to Arland>Find Auriel><Hey, I just came from visiting Flint. He says he loves you, he's doing okay.>>"Wha-what?! You found Flint?"><Yeah, we hung out for a bit. That's all. See you later.>
>>30644271I second asking him if there's anything he should like to tell anyone.
>>30644243<Donovon I valu ur freindship more than 5 rainbows...> *sniff*
>>30644132LEAVE DREAMSM IS SETTING US UPABORT ABORT
>>30644132<Try to dream about a certain pair of Hyperion-blessed tits>
>>30644132<Shh, rest now. Dream of adventure and Hyperion blessed tits, no more nightmares>
>>30644343
>>30644334>still makes me cringe
>>30644335seconding this wise anonSM you wily bastard stop this bullshit. Donovan has nothing useful for us, so its time to skit"donovan i luv u but i mite ned 2 kil u when the time comes. dream about fucking auriel instead of getting fukt by ur brother ok k ty"then we get the fuck out
>>30644343>>30644389oh god, what if theres some poor angel who got stuck with guarding flint>Elements, first he wouldn't stop tossing and moaning>*looks at Flint>Now he won't stop touching himself and is still oaning
>>30644343>>30644389And here I was thinking what kind of inner sanctuary shadow would make for him. Then you guys remind me that shadow has absolutely no tact whatsoever.<Here, I can't stay long, but enjoy these massive tits all over the place.>"Wait, Shadow, this is weird."<Sorry, can't stay. Got work to do, angels to CONSUME.>
>>30644343<You know, Donovan... you don't have to dream about things that have actually happened. Or even about things that are actually POSSIBLE.You might have a while before waking again; apparently the world of dreams moves more quickly than the real one. Use some of it to show yourself a good time. You deserve it.><Just... nothing TOO weird. Especially nothing with me. Or Abby. If I show up to rescue you and you can't look me in the eyes, I'm going to be momentarily tempted to leave you there.>
>>30644410Let's try to check the nearby dreamers to see where in Venia he is.
>>30644335SM is always setting us up. That's why when I find him I'll be taking him down.Hard, Master-sama~!
>>30644447>you don't have to dream about things that have actually happenedwow holy shit thats right what the fuck are you having nightmares for flint you idiot just dream about tits every night wow sillly flint
>>30644454This wont work because we needed to find someone specifically in the first place. we had to tell Hecate what Donovan was like in order to find himi guess we could invade sandalphon's dream but that's such a fucking stupid idea
>>30644447><Just... nothing TOO weird. Especially nothing with me. Or Abby. If I show up to rescue you and you can't look me in the eyes, I'm going to be momentarily tempted to leave you there.>dare you contemplate Flint-sama's magical realm?
<Don't linger in the bad things, Donovan,> you say. <There's plenty of good for you to dream about, too.>"What?" Donovan says. "Like shapeshifting blobs of shadow that consume the souls of their enemies?"<Very amusing.>"Heh."<Would you like me to bring Auriel to see you?>"...can you do that?" he asks.<It would take a little time, but yes.>"Please," he says.<Understood. As soon as I get the chance.>"Thanks, Shadow." He draws a breath. "I'll try to keep it together, I guess."--------------Leaving the dream is just an act of will. And suddenly, you're back in the starry void. Hecate is there. <How was the dream?><...productive,> you say. <Donovan was lucid - I got the details across. He didn't know anything about where he was, though.><I can tell he is far.> She closes her eyes. <As far from here as Vampiria - is that what you said that country was called, now?><Yes. Do you know what direction?><...no...> She furrows her brow. <Something is blocking my senses. He's magically shielded.><Dammit,> you mutter. <They aren't making this easy.><I wouldn't, if our roles were reversed,> she says. <I will see if I can make headway on that. In the meantime, it would be best to assume the worst case scenario and ensure our forces are prepared. If we can free Leviathan, we would have another powerful ally to assist us in stopping Sandalphon. We might even attack him outright - though I know not of Leviathan's state when he emerges from his crystal.>You both land back in her chamber. <How much time passed?><Perhaps four hours. It is now morning.>What do you do now?>write-in
>>30644509Haul ass back to Arland and tell the inner circle about the Dream Walk.
>>30644509GTFO and talk to someone about rezing Leviathan.
>>30644509Well we have an Arland to get to.Teleport to Haven and consume Jophiel first, though. Then Arland.
>>30644509Why not just check the direction of a nearby dream-point?For the Spirit Lady, you sure are useless.Let's go get Rajin, fuck this bitch.
>>30644509Airship feeding timeget that NXP
>>30644565><Something is blocking my senses. He's magically shielded.>Is why.
>>30644509dip our hand in the wind pool, maybe something good will happen maybe???
>>30644552I'd rather get Logi, to be honest. Leviathan sounds like a bit of a dick, and Logi sounds like a cool dude.
>>30644509>four hoursJophiel is officially past the "Completely fucked" point now.Consume her.
>>30644509head back to Arland, we've a meeting to get to>tell Auriel a Flint update>ask Hecate about Auriel and how the sage told her to trust her latent spirit>tell hecate about atlantis and the reps at the meeting, we may be able to get to leviathan sooner than we thought
>>30644565He's kinda preoccupied in a sex sandwich with the other elementals in the nether core.
>>30644586
>>30644509Eat JophielGo back to ArlandTell Auriel/Arcturis about Flint.Also, tell Auriel Jophiel is dead.
>>30644587>Logihe ded m8, all dem high le mentls went boom with us bruv, nutn but all de lesrs left
>>30644636>>30644612>>30644587<Team assemble!><Shadow!><Spirit!><Earth!><Fire!><Fire!? Don't you mean-><I know what I said>
>>30644636You can stop now.
>>30644584Damn you're dumb as bricks.the guy said check the location of dream points NEAR donovans. That'd give us an approximate location to focus searching.
>>30644567thats not how airships work, the exp comes from the dynamo not the ship, that would be like eating a clam buy biting through the shell
>>30644509>CONSUME Jophiel. She deserved it before but now she's already gone over the half day limit of no return.>Test the Wind mana pool>Tell Auriel that Flint would like to talk to her, though she'll need Hecate's help for that and it will take a bit of time.>Talk with allies about flying to Atlantis to swipe the other half of Leviathan.
>>30644709No I meant feed the Ragnarok to the Nemesis to get NemesisXP
>>30644692>EarthI'm pretty sure Geb is insane and hates us.Shadow, Spirit, and Fire are fine.Earth is nuts.Water is a bag of dicks.Lightning is also a bag of dicks.Light is actually might be okay, Sandy is shit but Hyperion sounds a lot more mellow from what I remember being said.
>>30644708Care to elaborate on what exactly dream points are? As if we already have working knowledge of how the dream scape works and that it works in a linear way. Plus that would be time consuming as all fuck with no guarantee of success.
>>30644742Oh, can't forget Wind.Wind is a bag of dicks.
>>30644742Light is paranoid to hell and back.
>>30644742Wind is Lord Dicks, grand emperor of cockbags.
>>30644742If Geb is nuts, the only way we can consume him for EXP is to free him first.
>>30644742Let's try to befriend the Avatar of Chaos . What could go wrong?
>>30644742So it becomes the four elements of Shadow, Light, Spirit and FireGeb is Geband Water, Lightning and Wind become living embodiments of dick
>>30644781He's insane because of a light parasite.
>>30644742>Earth is nuts.Geb is only nuts because of Aeolus/Hyperion team-ups to keep him nuts.If not for being stuck with a Light parasite needling his soul and a giant tornado shoving him around everywhere, he's probably the most even-keeled of all of the Lords.Poor Geb just wanted the Elves and Dwarves to get along and fighting.
>>30644772Fucking dragons.>Dragon on Xile immediately tries to kill Flint>Abigail's dragon summon rips up her arm>Aeolus, form of a dragon, made Xile, land of Fuck You
>>30644781>>30644742what if Hyperion's spell ran out years ago and Geb just kept rampaging in the whirlwind because he had nothing better to do?
>>30644809>>30644814I don't think removing the parasite is going to fix the crazy.Or that we probably abandoned him and left him to die.
>>30644828The whirlwind isn't something he made. We can break it with the staff of winds if I remember correctly.
>>30644809700 years of that driving him mad and suroundded by an endless cyclone of screaming wind, i can scarcely even imagine
<Can you check the location of dreams near his?> you ask. <Perhaps we can use them as a reference.><...there were none. They have him isolated. Can any of the mages of your acquaintance walk in dreams? They may have expected such a means of communication.><Probably Yi Fang...and a few others, I'd imagine. Before I go, something I meant to ask you.><Yes?><You're familiar with Auriel?><She was a constant harassment,> Hecate says, <though I know you number her amongst your companions. How you convinced her to keep your trust is something you'll have to teach me.><She has Spirit magic,> you say. <A tiny thread of it, but it's there. A mage named Taremtis prophesized that she would need it to protect Donovan, but she isn't trained in it.><I see,> she says. <Find another to help your angel, Shadow. I owe her nothing but scorn, and I will tolerate her only for your sake. The angel's burned Lien Adavan's city for daring to support my armies, and I tore many of their wings in recompense. She shant find pity with me.><...I see. I won't trouble you about it further.><One more thing, Shadow.><Hmm?><I will not see Hyperion come into this plane,> she says. <If you plans fail...Donovan's life is forfeit.>>reaction
>>30644844>>30644742Geb hates Erebus not Shadow<At last I'm free, time to find erebus and....>*looks down<Erebus?><Actually he's dead, I'm Shadow. Wanna be friends?>then it was rainbows
>>30644872<If I fail, his life is forfeit regardless.>
>>30644872<Okay.>
>>30644872<I'm a little disappointed in you.>
>>30644872<That is....unfortunate to hear Hecate. Guess that just means I won't fail>
>>30644872<Fair enough. As I understand it, if I fail, he dies either way.>
>>30644872<That... might be where we disagree Hecate.>
>>30644872<...it will not fail.>
>>30644872was that a threat on my friends life?
>>30644872<Yes, yes it is.>
>>30644872<Donovan's life has been forfeit since Sandolphen bound the Shel Kath to his soul. And it is sad to hear you talk of him and Auriel as things to be ignored or destroyed. Adavan has found a friend in Flint and even a comrade in Auriel, I can only hope same from you one day>
>>30644872<Sure.>
>>30644872ask her if she knows the angel in our pocket and if she would like to see us end her
>>30644908This. Have we explained to her exactly what will happen to Donovan when Hyperion comes back?
>>30644814>STOP fighting.Obviously.>>30644828I'd assume the Telling we got in Tarun Gakth would've mentioned this, rather than telling us all the things we need to do to get Geb free.>>30644872<It will not come to that.>>>30644916This might be true, but Auriel basically feels the same way about Hecate and we didn't give her shit about it.>"That was then," Adavan says. "This is now. I've changed. Shadow has changed. You have changed, too. Hecate will join us. She'll embrace this chance for peace.">Auriel turns her back. She strides to the wall. She puts a hand on the stone, and leans down, deep in thought.>"...I don't want to know about it," she says eventually. "Do what you have to do. But I won't forgive her. And don't think I've forgiven you, either, general."As long as personal grievances stay personal and aren't acted upon, that's fine. We don't need frolicking through the fields hand in hand for ALL of our diplomatic efforts. Sometimes even a grudging tolerance is progress.
>>30644872You're a lot more of a vindictive bitch than Adavan painted you to be.
>>30644872They're going to sacrifice him to revive Hyperion.This isn't the time to start pissing about. This is about the future NOT THE PAST. AND I WILL BE DAMNED IF YOU THREATEN ME OVER SOMETHING SO FAR IN THE PAST AGAIN. AM I CLEAR?(are we really going to be quiet about yet ANOTHER threat on our best and oldest friend's life? even if said threat is impossible due to donovan being sacrificed for Hyperion)
>>30645038Vindictive? Anon, Hecate has every reason to hate Auriel, and Auriel has every reason to hate Hecate. The Elementomachy was a shit time for everyone.
>>30645049this
>>30645049We're not being quiet we're being angrily reasonable and informative. We already know Flint is dead if we fail.
>>30645066and yet they both like Shadow, who will diplomance and friendship beam until the void consumes all
>>30645013Might as well.
>>30645038I can't really see her as vindictive when she isn't 100% on board with, <This is Auriel, I know you two have had your differences, but she is cool now.>If Hecate never warms up to her, then she is vindictive. Right now she is being extremely accommodating to our whim.
I kiiinda feel like I may be misinterpreting Hecates tone, but I kiiiinda have no clue at this early hour one way or another.
>>30645049>Rage out against a fellow elemental.Why don't we punch Sandalphon in the dick while we're at it?
>>30644872"First of all, his life would be forfeit anyway. They're using him as a sacrifice.Second of all, if that was a threat, you best not make another one. I do not care if our interests are aligned, but you do not threaten my friends. Do so again, and there will be consequences, am I clear you vindictive embarrassment of an elemental?No, don't say anything. I appreciate your help, but unless you put the past behind you, that is all you are. I have other things to attend to. You think about it"
>>30645025We express quite a bit of disappointment to Auriel, lolwut.Don't you remember the thirty threads we traveled with her, constantly trying to make her less of a bitch and get her to let go?
>>30645175Pocket his dick.
<If I fail, his life is forfeit regardless.><...why do you go so far, Shadow?><He's my friend. I really don't need another reason.>She turns away. <Lien is all I have left, now. Everyone else is dead. He is the only one out of time, like me. Like you. But you have anchored yourself to this time, now.><I have.><Take great care. The tighter the tension on your chain, the greater the lash if it snaps.><It seems to me, Hecate,> you say, <that you are one to talk.>You warp through the manapool and back to Arland, blinking immediately onto a now-familiar rooftop of red shingles and brick chimneys. No one notices your passing.There are several hours until the meeting with Sandalphon and his highest. What is your first order of business?>talk to someone specific >take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)>some other strategy
>>30645226>take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)
>>30644872>>reaction"I know. ""Can I confess something? I.... kind of want to talk to hyperion. To walk through the nether, and face our old enemy, just in case we fail utterly. ""Its... harder than you might think, dealing with the shadows of erebus, but having no recollection of events. I think looking an old enemy in the eye and seeing their hate would help remind me why I have to do this.""can you tell me about hyperion? What was he like? What were all the elementals like?
>>30645226>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)
>>30645242Shit. I would have voted for this, but it's too late.
>>30645226>take care of JophielWould be better to do in the woods outside of Haven or something, I dunno. It's kinda gotta be private.
>>30645226>Take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan
>>30645226>take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)Remember the prophecy. Get Auriel to take up spirit training.
>>30645219We must make more use of pocket.>Get Melody and Yi in a room together>Pocket their clothes>Ink awayDIPLOMACY!
>>30645226>take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)And tell someone that we've made contact with Donovan.
>>30645226>>take care of Jophiel>>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)
>>30645266What about the room where Isolation's mana pool is?
>>30645226>Jophielthen>Auriel
>>30645270>>30645266>>30645263>>30645245>>30645238Could we at least see what the pocket did to her mind.
>>30645226 >take care of Jophiel>consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)
>>30645226SM, I have a question.What terms are Auriel and Adavan on with eachother right now? Have they moved on with respect to eachother, or do they just begrudgingly tolerate working together?
>>30645295We'll know when we take her out of it, since we have no power to consume things within our pocket.
>>30645226>take care of Jophiel >consult allies concerning the Chronomancy plan (inner circle?)
>>30645322They respect each other but somewhat begrudgingly tolerate working together. They'd rather not see each other. The fact that Donovan considers Adavan a friend, and vice versa, makes Auriel more flexible than she otherwise would be.
>>30645353I see.So, out of our Spirit Mages with Names, probably best to have Abby or Hamil teach her.
Ok, Jophiel. Port to somewhere quiet, then spike to the braincase?
>>30645353god damn do we have to hold everyone's hand with these old-ass grudgesbaby sitter quest
>>30645365Yep.
>>30645365Sure.Also, bring up spirit training with Auriel after the sitrep.
I know why SM was laughing about the melody/fang interactions before.We told melody that she should reveal herself to fang on her own terms...But we never informed Auriel of that in order to prevent her from trying herself.
>>30645365Yes, then Auriel with her Spirit business and chrono talk
>>30645362do you think we should make auriel a choseni think getting wings back, even if they're not her light wings, would be good for her
>>30645403No. We do that, we lose our best and most experienced light mage.
>>30645362Abby teaching Auriel spirit magic is too good to pass up. I imagine Abigail will be pretty insistent about it if we tell her the prophecy.
>>30645403i mean servant maybe chosen would be too much
>>30645403Do I think we should?No. I think her experience with light magic is worth far more than anything we could offer, short of Arbiter maybe.Do I think we should offer to see her reaction?Absolutely.
>>30645392We should mention this to Auriel then, and we're going to need to talk with her about spirit training anyway.
>>30645274>pocket thousands of explosive bomblets>fly over Kan-Abar>rain death and destruction without expending any mana at all>pocket enormous spears, rockets, boulders, basically anything>fly up as high as possible>fly at full speed down toward any enemy unit, unpocketing kinetic kill missiles>pocket entire enemy structures, leaving their occupants completely exposed, disoriented, or falling from stories that no longer exist>just stalk through the enemy ranks at super-speed, pocketing willy-nilly
>>30645403I think her losing light magic/gaining shadow magic might impact her PR abilities far too negatively at this point in time. Though you should ask again after we've unlocked Vigil.
Anyone mind if I skip writing that bit and just give you Jophiel's exp? I want to finish today with something more interesting.
>>30645460I don't mind. Just make a quick mention to confirm that she's dead.
>>30645450>>fly at full speed down toward any enemy unit, unpocketing kinetic kill missilesI'm desperately looking forward to writing that. Someday...
>>30645460Have at it.
>>30645460Go for it. Type it up later.
>>30645460I want to see her babbling incomprehensibly, but I also would like to consume her quickly and put her out of her misery.So yeah, skip the scene if you want.
>>30645460SNAP HER NECKSNAP HER FUCKING NECKAUAAUAUAUUUUUGGGGHYeah okay SM it's fine. Roll dat XP!
>>30645460i'm sure you'll piss off that creepy-as-fuck anon who's dying to see what pocket does over long periods of time, but idgafif there's anything useful we could discern from the experience just tell us in meta afterward
>>30645460I want to know what being in the pocket did to her mind.
>>30645483I just realisied, we could combat drop Stewards army....
>>30645450>Anchor in the middle of a volcano.>Open portal above enemy camp.
>>30645460Go for it.
>>30645460Go ahead, not like we'll miss anything.
>>30645217Well, yeah, but we didn't frontload it. If we had insisted on COMPLETE AND MAXIMUM FRIENDSHIP right up front, she would've just told us to go give ourself the shadowy appendage.>>30645483I know I suggested this and did the math for what kind of damage it would inflict some time back, but never got confirmation from on high that Pocket-items retain momentum from movement before bringing them out of the pocket.Good to know.>>30645500>if there's anything useful we could discern from the experience just tell us in meta afterwardMore or less this on the Jophiel front.
You kill and consume Jophiel.CRUNCH HISS WAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH SNAP CRACKYou've gained 15 experience.>exp: 24
>>30645514We don't have enough mana. One MP per object in or out.
>>30645450>>30645483Somebody needs to repost this in every thread so we don't forget that SM has actually approved this tactic and nothing can possibly go wrong.
>>30645540>15Even in death she is worthless.
>>30645515>Anchor at the bottom of the ocean>Flush out enemy camp
>>30645540So exp debate after story posts end everbody?
>>30645560Why not start while we wait?Rank II Light Resist, 6 XP.
>>30645552She's worth one and a half Erasures. That's never worthless.
>>30645559This is a lovely idea. Consider how much fucking pressure water at the bottom of the ocean is at. Then we open the portal and it would be like an inanely high powered water hose.
1) Sandalphon2) Lucifer (dead)3) Metatron (dead)4) Raphael 5) Auriel (defected)6) Anahita 7) Michael (dead)8) Raziel (dead)9) Gabriel10) Penemue11) Jophiel (dead)12) Charmeine 13) Qaphsiel14) Tyrael (defected)
>>30645578It may come in handy. I light the idea of Shadow Bomb myself.
>>30645578That + shadow bomb maybe?
>>30645483Can Hecate be pocketed?
>>30645560Tree Gift.
>>30645606Its like pokemon, Gotta CONSUME them all! 'Cept Auriel natch.
Once again voting to eat the Ragnorak.
>>30645607>>30645578>Light Resistance>Shadow Bomb: 6>Army of Darkness: 12>Tree Gift: 15>Reinforce: 5>Earth's Gift: 4>Conceal: 12>Mind Read: 10Anything I missed?
>>30645649Summoning TreeI wish
>>30645664as far as I am concerned at the moment, summoning tree is only good for the theoretical fire resistance hidden within...
>>30645644Once againFUCK THAT NOISE
With Jophiel out of the way, you portal back to Arland.While you're frustrated that Donovan remains out of reach, you feel like you're getting your momentum back. You have an operable plan of attack; you have goals you're working toward. He isn't out of reach. It's just a matter of time.And you'll make sure, that when the time comes, you're ready. But for the moment, you need to get the inner circle up to speed.You land on the raised walkway surrounding the training grounds within the castle's walls, and make your way inside. Might as well greet Abigail first. Maybe she'll want to eat breakfast? It feels like it's been a while since you've had a real sit-down meal. You do enjoy them...Yi Fang turns the corner ahead of you. "Shadow. Good morning."You stop, and stare.He's traded his formal Archmage attire for something a bit more casual, like what you've seen him wear around his office for day-to-day work.But his cape is tossed casually over one arm. The trimming matches his tunic and trousers. Polished plates of armor sit on his exposed shoulder, more decorative than functional, though you've no doubt he could make them perfectly functional in a pinch. His hair is combed back, neatly arranged. You've never seen him look disheveled, but he's always had an easy sort of style about him. This...is preened. Intentional."...Archmage?"Fang smirks. "Did I leave your breathless?" He walks by you."Where are you going?""To call upon a fair lady."------------------TO BE CONTINUEDI'll stay for EXP debates.
>>30645683And Fire Magic is what our current enemy specializes in.
>>30645606Auriel mentioned that Raphael and Charmeine were not Sandalphons cronies, so they might be reasonable enough to turn.Anahita is too loyal to bother with. We still haven't met Gabriel, Penemue, and Qaphsiel, though Auriel implied that they were probably just Sandalphon's cronies as well.
>>30645697Auriel, you didn't.
>>30645697We should immediately go and find Auriel, make sure she isn't moving to try to push along the whole Melody thing. Also to talk to her about Donovan and maybe spirit magic too.
>>30645697Tree Gift.
>>30645697I love Fang so god damn much.
>>30645736phhbbbbbbbbbbt>>30645697Shadow Bomb and Light Resistance.
>>30645552This is pretty impressive considering that it took us almost no actual combat rolls to disable her.>>30645544From thread 45, where I first brought up this tactic:>>The average weight of a sandstone boulder is approximately 150 pounds per cubic foot. Limestone boulders and granite boulders in most cases weigh more. They average about 175 pounds per cubic foot.>1 cubic meter = ~35 cubic feet>Each approx. 1 cubic meter boulder will weigh around 5000 lbs, give or take. (Assuming the comparatively lighter type of stone.) We could carry quite a number of these stones while still leaving room for storage.>Hypersonic allows us to travel at 10 times the speed of sound. (~3400 m/s)>If we release just one of these relatively small boulders while traveling in Hypersonic, it will have kinetic energy equal to around that of a detonation of 3.1 tons of TNT.>(For what it's worth, assuming Venia's atmospheric density/gravity are approximately the same as that of Earth, and the boulder is a very rough spherical shape, terminal velocity for one of these boulders would be ~1000 miles/hour, giving it kinetic energy equivalent to ~240 lbs of TNT on impact. Way less than 3.1 tons, but hey, it saves us the XP needed to activate Hypersonic! it's actually probably slightly higher than this due to decreased air density at higher altitudes, but I just calculated it assuming a reasonable constant density.)>>30645697auriel pls no why auriel why fang why
>>30645697earth + wind resistance?
>>30645697Light Resist IIShadow BombMind Read
>>30645697I'm thinking Light resistance because angels then shadow bomb + army of darkness to get us closer to delicious void bomb.
>>30645768second
>>30645777How much does Light Resistance cost?
>>30645777thats pretty solid
>>30645757To finish the tree
>>30645777>>30645768>>30645744I second all of these but to buy Shadow Bomb first, just to see what it reveals... I've got a hunch.
>>30645795I thought it was 6 but I may be incorrect.>>30645578
>>30645777Going with this. Assuming Light Resist is 6.
>>30645757How much does the Earth + Wind resist cost, SM?
>>306457956.Resistances cost 2, 6, 10.
>>30645806It's Suicide Squad. >>3064582820.
>>30645806This.
>>30645777This.
How about Light Resist II + Shadow Bomb and then see what Shadow Bomb opens?
>>30645757I'll second this, if we get a completion bonus
>>30645697can we have a little write up of us droping the broken angel out of our pocked and eating her, just a little one, even just the look on her face as she returns to to the worl for her final moments even if she didnt realise anything had happened. please SM
>>30645844Its likely suicide squad but w/e.
>>30645862>>>/d/
Vote 1:>shadow bomb (6) + Light resistance (6)Vote 2:>tree gift (15)
>>30645862I'd imagine the look on her face would be drooling with a blank stare which I enjoy but not in this context.
>>306458851
>>30645850If it does give one it's likely a physical buff
>>306458852
honestly, if we mention to abby we can give her some of our magic she'd probably feed us exp
>>30645885 2
>>30645874its not like that, its just that i would like a better conclusion then SNAP CRACKLE POP 15EXP
>>30645913That reminds me, have we ever told anyone about how we gain power? It seems like they would be throwing magic objects at us if they knew.
>>30645948>15exp?>raziel was worth at least 20>bitch ain't worth my time
>>30645885cutting off votes
>>30645956when we mentioned needing "energy' to Chosen Abigail she said 'so you need to eat things' so she at least gets it
>>30645885>>shadow bomb (6) + Light resistance (6)Guys don't buy shit we won't use in combat because Darkness WithinLight resist is cheap, get it laterTree Gift owns the shit out of armies because golems
>>30645981Well that was fairly one sided.
>>30645990>Light resist is cheap, get it laterThat's what they said about Kindle.
>>30645990Shadow Bomb is needed to unlock Void Bomb. It's just a pre-req to the things that wreck harder than golems.
>>30645988>she invites us to dinner>our plate is filled with magical rings, wands, staves, sooth-sayer orbs, crystal balls, etc.><Abby... where did you get all this stuff?>>"Oh, nowhere special. Just a new tax on enchanted equipment in Archon. Now dig in!>
>>30646017better than gravity sphere?
>>30646034If I'm reading the ability descriptions correctly I'd say so, yes.
>>30646017Did you even read what it does? It's far better.
>>30646034Yup
>>30645988what if david became like he is because Erebus gave him the consume tree to help speed things up and make him usefull, he consumed too much and became a cthulhu, we have no shape so we can just mold it but it had nowhere to go for him so it just morphed him.
>>30646045Meant to link to >>30646034
>>30645862HERE ANON.JUST FOR YOU.==========You prepare to return to Arland through the mana pool, but first...You expel the Highest from your pocket. Jophiel spills face first across the stone. Limbs quaking, she attempts to pick herself up.She looks around uncertainly, as though she can't believe her eyes. She runs one hesitant hand across the rough hewn floor of Hecate's prison."No... No," she murmurs. Tears begin to fall from her eyes. She pulls her figners through tangled hair. "Am I out, am I imagining it?"It's hard for you to watch her. Jophiel's eyes are wide and watering. They seem unable to focus, glued to some point far away. Best to get this over with quickly.You flow around her. It take heer a moment to realize what's happening, but when she does she screams. Had you not already encapsulated her, you've no doubt the muffled cries would echo painfully.The struggle is brief. Her time in you pocket has left her discoordinated and incapable of organized resistance.Once you've devour her body and soul, you reach out one shadowy tendril and slip through the mana pool, back to Arland.
>>30646049I would imagine some of the shit that comes with being an arbiter is straining for even a healthy human psyche; Dave's probably was in pretty shite shape even before Erebus gave him abilities mortals weren't meant to have.
>Dream eaterSo anyone curious on what is after this fucker?I think him or what ever is after could help with donovans situation.or we can check what mind read unlocks
>>30646076>figners>heerI want to not give a fuck but I'm also upset with myself for not catching those typos.
EXP Remaining: 12Revealed:>Suicide Squad - Illusions explode on contact with the enemy with the force of a Shadow Bomb. Costs 13 mana.
>>30646049Servant, Chosen, and Arbiter - as well as the abilities in their trees - will not create another Dave. Dave fucked himself in the head, not our abilities.Jesus fucking christ, people.
>>30646106So lets give her Arbiter to lla.
>>30646137Save for Suicide Squad.
>>30646137Army of Darkness.Move towards Void Bomb and that final Light Resist.
>>30646137Earths Gift
>>30646137Earth's Gift+Mirrored Resistance
>>30646137Army of Darkness
>>30646140I'm still worried that Arbiter may make Abby into a second Dave, since she's part Banshee. Y'know.>>30646137>62XP to get to void bombTHE PAINYOU RAISED THE PRICE OF SUICIDE SQUAD SMI KNOWI KNOW YOU
>>30646106>SERVANT/CHOSEN/ARBITER MAKES A LEGION GUISE!!!Not this shit again.
>>30646157But anon, we have to buy Army of Darkness to unlock Suicide Squad.It costs 12 XP.We have 12 XP.Buy it, anon. Buy it.
>>30646157Agreed, lets save for suicide squadWe really shouldn't buy combat powers until we're incombat, BTW. Purchasing is instant
>>30646137Mind Read, i want to know what it unlocks.
>>30646147
>>30646137Buy Army of Darkness.
>>30646137Mind read
>>30646137Is there a third Light Resistance? I can't find it.
>>30646137Buy Fae, so we can dig into the summoning tree.
>>30646137Earth's Gift.Regeneration goes while Berserk/DW goes..I want tree gift but nobody has the discipline to save.Anyway, we wanna keep 10xp free just in case of erasure or the need to boost our shards up to avoid core breaches.Stay fluid!
>>30646182fajdvgfsvkljdfaesbkljidfFUCK SHIT FUCK CUNT BADGER PISS STAIN HEMOGLOBINARBITER WILL NOT TURN HER INTO DAVEFUCKI'd rather give it to Ila regardless for efficiency purposes, but Abigail has the romance shit that makes her the in-character choice.
>>30646215MIght be under reinforce or in another tree.
>>30646137Army of Darkness.
>>30646137Mind read or Earthsgift+Fae+Reinforce
>>30646197Useless now, would have been great to have BEFORE this diplomatic incident FYI.But we can't do smart, reasonable purchases for the task ahead becuase 420 impulse buy all day erry day
>>30646227But bro, bro, arbiter may turn her into another legion. Just a warning, bro.
>>30646215
>>30646227> in-character choice.Not really SM siad that it can be either.
>>30646137No more purchases. Save for when we need another Erasure, just in case.
>>30646137Save For Expensive ThingsTREE GIFT FOR DOUBLE ECLIPSE
>>30646184What? All I was saying was that Dave was probably pretty fucked in the head and that shadow powers probably didn't help.Our servants are mostly sane so there shouldn't be much to worry about.
>>30646137Earths gift or mind read.
>>30646255All Resistances are set in a given tree. Physical Shadow has only Lightning Resistances.
>>30646259If we have enough abilities we may not need to save for erasure, bro. Just a warning, bro.
>>30646184You know, that statement isn't entirely inaccurate.Arbiter lets you make a Legion guise, since the amorphous quality would let you appear as Legion.
>>30646259Eclipse + Void Ring makes Erasure obsolete.
>>30646259>No more purchases. Save for when we need another Erasure, just in case.Do you guys want another Flint Abduction Scenario?DONT SPEND IT ALLStay fluid, save the win button.ActuallySM let us buy a charge of Chosen for Ila and Abby - to use next IC opportunity.I want to do the same thing with Erasure.Spend 10xp now, have 1 charge usable later.We NEED to have one on demand for the pentarch and the time-stopping plan as a panic button.If we don't buy it now, we'll never have the self discipline to save flint!
>>30646259SM has said numerous times that Erasure isn't an instant win button, so stop acting like it is.
>>30646309Erasure hits with near infinite magic damage. Void Ring hits with 15.
I vote to spend the XP now just so we can't use erasure.
>>30646313>>30646310man this is funny.
Vote 1:>Mind ReadVote 2:>Earth's GiftVote 3:>no purchases; save for Erasure
>>30646309>Eclipse + Void Ring makes Erasure obsolete.Void ring doesn't destroy magic though, which we may very well want to have for dealing with a) THE PENTARCHB) demon lordsC) 700 year old summoning spellD) Hyperion
>>306463343
>>306463341
>>306463342
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>>30646283
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>>30646334 3
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>>30646334Buy Kindle, save the 10xp for Erasure
>>30646334>3
>>30646402I can get behind this.
>>30646385me too anon, me too
>all these people saying that Erasure would had saved flint>even after it was confirmed by SM that he railroaded us into not being able to save him.
>>30646402Fuck it let do this just to get us closer to completing the tree.
>>30646334SM, regarding Shadowrage:It looks like that's kind of a toggle, not an action.Does that mean we can berserk and shadowrage at the same time?
>>30646334cutting off votes
>>30646402i want to just walk into a room and have all the candles and shit go off and on, snuf, kindle, snuf, kindle. it would be prety spooky
>>30646402that's... not bad
Part of why I want to save XP because ALL OF OUR SHARDS ARE AT NORMAL. This is the status right before being too low to sustain the Seal.We don't have the time to meditate enough to get all of our shards back to reasonable strength while still doing preparations necessary for the upcoming battles, but we now have an ability that lets us absorb Chaotic magic and convert it into Shard stability. This seems like an even more valuable thing to have in reserve than Erasure.
Err, so I kinda forgot Army of Darkness there, which was a major option.Let's do another one since, what the hell, why notVote 1:>Army of DarknessVote 2:>save for later
>>30646444Kinda glad you brought that up, I must've forgot it when I gave myself an alcohol enema after the whole "Avatar of Chaos" business.
>>30646442>enter the meeting"The Lord John Nyx!"*all the lights flicker and spooky noises>do this everytime
>>306464651
>>306464652
>>30646429It's been demonstrated in previous threads that anons protesting genuinely outrageous bullshit, like Erasure not working on Metatron when we've sunk him up to his neck in mud, will make SM back down from doing shit like that.
>>30646465 1
>>30646465>2
>>30646444>ALL OF OUR SHARDS ARE AT NORMAL. This is the status right before being too low to sustain the SeaDONT FALL FOR THE ARMY BAITSM IS BAITING US INTO BUTTFUCKING THE SEAL OPEN
>>30646516>>30646489Just a number fellas, no spaces no >greentext.
>>30646540I trust SM not to do such a thing as "baiting."
>>30646540>DONT FALL FOR THE ARMY BAITFULL HALT STOP THE SAMEFAGGING, REVERSE, REVERSE, REVERSE
>>30646465cutting off votes
>>30646465Again, buy Kindle save the 10xp for Erasure
I wonder if mind read could have won, if army of darkness was in the first vote.
>>30646465>Let's do another one since, what the hell, why notLets do another one for Tree Gift, because that's been a fairly huge thing for 3+ threads now, and it wasn't on the list eitherAbby+Earth magic's been on our to-do list for army bolstering FOREVER, and MUCH longer than this army of darkness fad.If you're gonna revote for major options, put that one on there too.Or fuc
>>30646540I mean, we've never had our shards reduced in stability without using them (at least not that I can recall since our Balancing them), so it's mostly just a matter of reducing our potential combat options rather than thinking we're going to get shanghaied into breaking everything.
>>30646588Nah it's just you.
>>30646588We don't have enough exp for Tree Gift and it already lost to shadow bomb + light resistance.
>1>>30646474>>30646476>>30646481>>30646496>>30646502>>30646523>>30646526>>30646527>>30646549>>30646553>>30646574>2>>30646483>>30646493>>30646500>>30646515>>30646521>>30646522>>30646541>>30646551>>30646558A dark day.
>>30646587>I wonder if mind read could have won, if army of darkness was in the first vote.>>30646588>Lets do another one for Tree Gift, because that's been a fairly huge thing for 3+ threads now, and it wasn't on the list either>>30646578My vote is to revote with ALL the options>>30646603Its not. I've seen at least 5 different people - plus the whole earth party- bring it up, some namefags, some other anons
Ahmie of Dahkniss wins.Alright, thread over. Pack it up people.Ask me meta while I brush my teeth.
>>30646588nah its just the wiafu fuckers that keep asking for it.
>>30646591Well all it means is we just simply don't use our shards, at all. Since we can't afford it.Pretty simple, yeah?We'll spam Void Ring + Eclipse instead.
>>30646620>>30646618?
>>30646611Remember, people, to review the rules for Final Destination voting. It's post number and choice number ONLY. No spaces, no greentext.
>>30646618Nah, man, those're just hallucinations.
>>30646591We can trade the seal breach for a nat 1.You know SM wants his 1 back.
>>30646640Idk, I imagine we might get a chance to strengthen our shard buddies once or twice before the shit hits the fan. If not, we'll just play it smart.
>>30646620next thread when
>>30646664at 3 we have to roll, its at 4 is when it breaks automatically.
Rolled 1>>30646659Two of the >2 votes fucked up.Would have been a tie.Roll for tie breaker what-ifs
>>30646625>nah its just the wiafu fuckers that keep asking for it.No, its not.Its the people who want the lady in charge of the airship army to have an army of golems, and want them built before the war starts - its also the people who want to use Pocket as an APC and drop armies of robots on people, but don't want to spend time making them when we could meditate or do useful things.Its not a waifu things, its a really good power play.Abby isn't useless, our two chosen saved haven vs an army of angels.
>>30646690Or the fucked up the votes and realized it and voted correctly in the 5 minutes they have.
>>30646620That dream realm thing with the stars sounded like something from the Wheel of Time series. Is there a connection?
Rolled 2>>30646709probably
>>30646704>lady in charge of the airship army to have an army of golemsyou do know we have a week right?
>>30646704Uh huh. Totally.
>>30646620Gotta date in mind for next thread?Also thanks for running. This is the 1st thread Ive gotten to participate in since spending like 5 days going through the archives.
>>30646736>5 daysPleb. I reread it 13 times in six days, and twice since yesterday, and now I begin yet again as this thread closes.Get. On. My. Level.
>>30646721>>lady in charge of the airship army to have an army of golems>you do know we have a week right?We can shit out golems fairly fast ourselves. Shade took, what, day?Also, this is a case in point for doing it -way earlier-.>>30646730You're probably one of those fags who voted against Pocket - it took us threads upon threads to get it - and now we use it nearly constantly, from anything to steal airships, to a loot locker, to a food-refridgerator.Not everything is waifus, asshole. I wanted none of them, but everyone else voted to get in pants.I just want our allies to be awesome and tactical in the right place so when we fucking roll 1's constantly, our allies pick up the slack.Also, auriel and abby need to learn spirit magic together to fulful the prophecy, but that keeps getting voted down because 'muh waifus', while the entire thread keeps going 'save flint! save flint! do anything to save flint' and ignoring the warnings on how to do that we've already got.As you've said, we've got a week. Time to drop the waifu wars and start following up on this shit.
>>30646664Ya know what's funny? I think the Nat 1 of Damocles simply exiting was far more detrimental to the quest than the nat 1 being used ever could have been. Since it looming overhead was causing us to drop all our shit and go insane. It falling would have been more of a relief to me than anything else, since after that we could start picking up the pieces.So in that sense I think it achieved its purpose spectacularly.
>>30646716Yes, the Archonium is directly inspired by the test the Aes Sedai have to take, and my dream world is similarly inspired.I think he called it Tel'Aran'Rhoid or something like that? It was one of my favorite parts of the series. I feel like an entire series could be built around it alone.Then, the sci-fi version of that is basically Accel World, so there you go.
>>30646781>Accel World
>>30646753I... 13 times? I'm both impressed and horrified.
>>30646736You're welcome.Probably...probably Friday. Feels like I've upped the number of threads recently, and the whole shitstorm situation kinda took a lot of momentum away from me. I need recovery time.>>30646753>I reread it 13 times in six daysThe whole archive? Shit, that's getting up there in text amount.
>>30646753BROTHER!Come, let us sperg together!
>>30646778>So in that sense I think it achieved its purpose spectacularly.I proposed that, and I'd propose it again if we get a chance.SM, how much do you miss the Doomocles?I get the feeling you were gonna gleefully wreck our shit with it in world-shattering catastrophic ways, but at the same time I feel like it would have been an even worse 'player's vs gm, player gets fucked with no say' situation than this one, and I'm glad that sort of adversarial situation isn't possible anymore.
>>30646809Did you have any plans for the Spirit Sword, or was it just There?
>>30646809WHAT IF WE ARBITER YI FANG HOLY SHIT
>>30646777Your jump to accusatory conclusions... isn't really helping you get my support for that idea, and the fixation on it isn't helping either. Good luck with it regardless.>>30646809It's a fun thing reread, I have all the spaghetti moments bookmarked and saved. Some threads I've saved so I can read them later without internet access. It's a kind of obsession.See you Friday maybe, SM. Hope you can recover well. I hear lemon juice helps with that.
>>30646809SMMY TREE UPDATEUPDATE MY TREEI WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE LEFT OF SUICIDE SQUAD
>>30646841That is an interesting question.
>>30646845WAIT YOU WERE SERIOUS?I just assumed you were exaggerating!
>>30646841I kinda wanted Abigail to have it and be awesome. But no specific plans.Now I have new plans for her.Use Artifact on her new fake hand. Do it. Do it.doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit>>30646835>SM, how much do you miss the Doomocles?A lot. But I would have only used it if you picked a certain choice, in order to 'lock in' the worst possible consequences of that choice. Otherwise...well, it would have been useless.>>30646852Here you go. You don't get to see what's left of it until you buy it, though.
>>30646886Screen caping the endorsement and reminding people.
>>30646843Black Lady is stronger than Fang and she's already a shadow mage.
>>30646845>Your jump to accusatory conclusions.I'm just butthurt at all this samefagging of 'lol waifu' when i'm really mad people can't into Operator or longterm planning
>>30646845IDK, I have difficulty rereading thing I seen in the past ~6 months or so. Weirdly good memory or something.
>>30646886>>30646896
>>30646886
>>30646898arbiter black lady, becomes so stealthy she is never seen again, where did she go? is a mystery to all
>>30646926>>30646931thats actually does the opposite of what you think anon.
>>30646886All my hype for Abby's awesome new robot hand.
>>30646886> Use Artifact on her new fake hand. Do it. Do it.> doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitI get the feeling that it's a bad idea and that we shouldn't do it.Or is that just what SM wants me to think?
>>30646926>>30646931I'm not so sure I want to anymore.
>>30646945> Implying you have even begun to see the reasons SM said that.
>>30646886Why does Artifact cost XP anyway? Is it not enough that it has three uses, ever?
>>30646886>Use Artifact on her new fake hand. Do it. Do it.>doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitBut abby has skills when it comes to manipulating objects, and adavan has mind powers, and steward has engineering-fuCan't we make a skywalker hand through good old fashioned custom spells, like every other NPC uses to do special shit?Also, what spirit sword? Are you talking about moonsong, or something else? memory failing>>30646931Dat Filename.Anyway, i'm a little underwhelmed at your handling of the nemesis. I don't think I want to spend our super-artifact on something so trivial.I'd rather do >>30643893,>core harnessing matrix and artifact the core barrier to actually strike a *win* against chaos and all this elemental bullshit.>>30646945>Or is that just what SM wants me to think?SM gives bait options and 'bad' greentext vote options constantly. Its up to YOU to think critically and determine the best course of action, and THEN sway all the kneejerkers.Frankly I think SM should stop posting suggestions in combat, and just leave it at >Write In, so nightblaze stops being our only option, even though we constantly buy other spells and never use them.
>>30646931>>30646926See its already happening, most players get paranoid when a QM tries to railroad them through persuasion..>>30646961>>30646945>>30646965
>>30646986The spirit sword we found in Adavan's keep near the beginning of the quest. The one that the Demon Lord later fucked up.
>>3064697510 EXP>>30646986>Frankly I think SM should stop posting suggestions in combatI you want less content and more debating, then I can do that. It will slow the pace.
>>30646986>Also, what spirit sword? Are you talking about moonsong, or something else? memory failingThe one we found when we 1st explored the tower around Hecate's sanctum, a bit before meeting Adavan
>>30647020Well if takes a slow pace to get people to put good ideas on the table...
>>30647020>I you want less content and more debating, then I can do that. It will slow the pace.I want less DW and 420NB an all the stupid kneejerk reactions lessened.as said>>30647041>Well if takes a slow pace to get people to put good ideas on the table...
>>30646975Artifacts are meant to be god mode items. They need to be expensive and rare, otherwise we could have an army of people with Artifact shields and hammers. Essentially an army wielding immovable objects and unstoppable forces.>>30646992I wouldn't call it railroading, since it's ultimately up to us and we came up with the idea in the first place. But SM scares the shit out of me. It's like we have been conditioned to fear him, even if he is working in our favor or is being nice to us.
>>30646986There was a sword that had a spirit elemental possessing it. We consumed the elemental and stuffed the enchanted sword in our fannypack.People wanted to consume it, but more people wanted to save it. Then the demonlord did his "lel fuck your enchantments" spell and sword was kill.
>>30647041But this is teegee. Our ideas are usually shit.
>>30647061Yes, and the three uses, ever limitation takes care of that.
>>30647061>Artifacts are meant to be god mode items.Until our OverDeity SM makes them useless.I'm kidding, SM. I love you.
>>30647092It doesn't matter if you're saying it in jest. It's still true.
>>30647092OverDeity Shadow Master has a certain ring to it...
>>30647120OverDeity Emperor King President Pasha Chancellor Pope Shadow Master the Beneficent
>>30647107>It doesn't matter if you're saying it in jest. It's still true.Unfortunately. One incident sets bad precedent, and I'm just waiting for SM to have a repeat.SM's leniency comes and goes in cycles. Wouldn't be the first time we've had the 'but muh player agency' discussion
>>30647143It makes the quest more entertaining to me. Get on the emotional roller coaster.
>>30647120an evil ring
>>30647073It's the same deal as why we still have to spend XP on Servant/Chosen/Arbiter despite them all being limited as well.It gives us something that appreciably increases our ability, combat prowess, or whatnot.That, and having a resource sink required to use it means there's at least a strict mechanics barrier keeping people from jumping to to use our irreplaceable resources on things without thinking it over first.And aside from the behind-the-scenes reasons, Artifact is supposed to be us imparting some of our power into an object. It makes sense from a flavor standpoint that it'd actually take some tangible bit of our energy to do so.
>>30647120SM, was the Avatar the thing with many eyes, that peered at us through tge nether. or was that Dave?
>>30647120
>>30647143>I'm just waiting for SM to have a repeat.It's only a matter of time until my head inflates to proportions that cause me to tip over again>>30647160Dave.
>>30647180>Actually using that nameWhat have I created.
>>30647191The monster already existed. You just gave it a name.
>>30647180Keep that name for the next quest. I want to watch the QTG fireworks as people start throwing around words like "conceited" or "egomaniac".
>>30647180>OverDeity Emperor King President Pasha Chancellor Pope Shadow Master the Beneficent Damn, time to update my tramp stamp
>>30647180>It's only a matter of time until my head inflates to proportions that cause me to tip over againI'll see you there, other me
>>30647223Eh, I don't like to intentionally antagonize people, even if it would be funny to watch.>>30647290>>30647290That gif is psychadelic, man. Saved.Also, that would be Rail Master. Two words.
>>30647327It's not antagonistic if it's funny. Even if it's antagonistic!
>>30647327>OverDeity Emperor King President Pasha Chancellor Pope Shadow Master the Beneficent !!DCsy3GUeLy7>OverDeity Emperor King President Pasha Chancellor Pope Shadow Master the Beneficent !!DCsy3GUeLy7 Talk about a Power Trip.
>>30647327>That gif is psychadelic, man. Saved.>Also, that would be Rail Master. Two words.Thanks! here, have another
>>30647449>What the hell was that!?>Its Shadow Quest....they've gone plaid
>>30647466No, anon. Its gone to Rainbows....... shit someone photoshop that now.Also, I rediscovered this, and I've been saving it forever.I think its the last of my psychadelics..Use it wisely.
So SM, if we did have Kindle could we have used it during the Ball? Like right as they announce John Nyx we use kindle and snuff to make the lights flicker for 2spooky4me
>>30647496I lied. Got one more.
>>30647515glorious
>>30647578I was thinking the 'gone to plaid one in rainbows', actually.That would be even better.
>>30647609yeah, and i suck at photoshop. i think we've both learned something here
>>30646886>Use Artifact on her new fake hand. Do it. Do it.>doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit>Here you got the awesome black hand of immortality and absolute power>Suddenly abigail dies>Oh shoot, someone staind the black hand with a drop of paint. Oh well...
