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You step slowly into the room, sword held in front of you in what you vaguely recall is a ready position. To be honest you were never that great with swords, only ever passing. Glancing around the room, you quickly realize that the floor is actually a massive mosaic surrounding the central raised platform the sarcophagus sits on. It's difficult to get a solid grasp of what the mosaic might be depiction from your vantage point, unfortunately. Other than that the room is empty save for dust and debris.

You make your way towards the sarcophagus, up the stone steps towards the massive stone monument. As you reach the top of the steps something skitters away from you. You stop, and back away with your sword raised before you. After a few minutes of nothing but the sound of your own breathing you continue onwards to stand at the base of the sarcophagus. Carved deeply into the foot of the sarcophagus is the phrase “Died Ignobly, Killed by His Nature” in massive letters.

You know, the phrase 'his nature' is rather unorthodox. Usually it would be said 'his own nature'. Then again, this temple looks rather ancient. You suppose a language can change a lot in a few thousand years.

You step away from the sarcophagus, glancing over your shoulder to make sure nothing lurks behind you. Satisfied nothing is trying to sneak up on you from behind, you try and get a look over the top of the sarcophagus. An effort that proves entirely unnecessary, as the creature you search for has come to you.

Standing atop the massive stone construction is a single figure. At first, you think it looks vaguely humanoid. It has arms, legs, and a head. Six eyes, a long needle-like protrusion sticking out of its forehead, leading into a hose filled with what you can only assume is blood. Upon its back is a bulbous sack filled with the same murky red fluid. Involuntarily, you reach a hand to the puncture wound on your neck.

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It gurgles, throat bulging out grotesquely as if it were some sort of warped frog, and its legs tense to leap at you. You can feel your heart racing and panic setting in.

>Combat Initiated!
>You have the initiative!
>Unfortunately, magic is unavailable at this time.

>Run for the door, the narrow hallway will offer you the advantage.
>Charge, the sarcophagus is short enough you can get a good hit in.
>Prepare to dodge its incoming leap.
>Write-in

>>30855074
>Run for the door, the narrow hallway will offer you the advantage.

>>30855074
Its about to leap so running might be bad
>Prepare to dodge its incoming leap.
Hopefully we can follow up with a slash at its "horn"

>>30855074
>Prepare to dodge its incoming leap.
If we run it'll just tackle us.

>Prepare to dodge.
Alright, roll 3d10+2, modifier due to being fairly unencumbered and pretty much unarmored.

DC is 18.

Rolled 1, 8, 1 + 2 = 12

>>30855300

Rolled 7, 10, 3 + 2 = 22

>>30855300
Communing with the dice gods

Rolled 5, 7, 1 + 2 = 15

>>30855300
I got a bad feeling about this roll.

>>30855317
>>30855332
>>30855340
Yikes, and you don't have Vys right now either. Not a total failure though so it won't just be terrible.

Anyway, writin'

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Rolled 5, 3, 3 + 2 = 13

Also obligatory golem image
might be dumping some images later Som

You leap to the side as the creature springs towards you, but you're not quite fast enough. It wraps its long, gangly arms around your legs with surprising strength. The creature's momentum carries you and it through the air, until you eventually land heavily on your shoulder at the bottom of the stairs. The creature makes a more graceful landing, its toes splaying out almost like fingers to support its weight.
>Received a Minor Wound

The creature darts off of you, skittering up to your side and trying to pin your arms down so it can get its disgusting forehead needle into position above your neck. It uses its feet to try and keep your legs immobile, but it seems fairly weak. You get the feeling this thing relies on speed to subdue its enemies.

>Turn this into a wrestling match, you can probably overpower it.
>Try to bring your sword around to hack at it.
>Try to escape its grasp.

Regardless of your choice, roll 3d10.

Rolled 3, 5, 1 = 9

>>30855518
>Try to bring your sword around to hack at it.

>>30855048
I just finished catching up on previous threads...

>Meet academy artificer
>He has for sale a female looking construct with a power source strapped to its back
>EXACTLY what we needed for Fulca, who is a femenine AI, who explicitly told us she needs a construct with a mobile power source strapped to its back
>I bet it can even speak
>Out of 15 votes or so, not a single anon interested, nor did anyone notice its what we need
Pay more attention people

>Artificer says there is a slot in the back of the centurion helmet where you can insert an assisitant
>Artificer doesn't know how you could fit a person into a helmet
>Nobody realizes it means the AI gem.
An alternative to the other construct, will probably provide us with a hud/magical support (since the constructs could cast spells.
(may also rot our mind since the AI is unstable)

Rolled 7, 9, 1 = 17

>>30855518
Try to bring up sword with one hand and hack at the needle, like Denise Richards did with the brainbug in Starship Troopers.

Rolled 2, 5, 4 = 11

>>30855518
Hmm wretling with it might be a bad idea while were trying to hold it down it probably still should be able to suck our blood

>Try to bring your sword around to hack at it.
Gottah het that horn out of the way

>>30855574
>>30855629
>>30855631
>11, 19, 13 after modifiers
>vs DC 12
Not exactly hard to stab a thing next to you with a shortsword.

Anyway, writin'

>Go into boss fight that isn't going anywhere ( core room)
>Not replenish vys first
Why you do this tg?

>Find ancient magitech facility
>Convince AI to make you its commander
>Not repair it
>Not learn their tech and get rich, or become a warlord
>Not just live in it in like a king
>Not freeze and then reprogram (with the AI's help) the rogue bots to serve you
>Not sell it intact to a local king or the academy (it has a working observatory, and an instant mage-soldier training facility! plus the ambient mana in it allows extra fast training)
>Not having the AI scare off the adventurers so we can loot it at leisure (for example, all those deactivated but intact bots)
>Not rent out "rides" in the magic teaching chair
>Destroy facility for minor loot
>Leave behind most of the loot for the random adventurers
*headdesk*

>Find outrageously expensive magic library
>Blow a literal fortune on books
>It has buyback program where you can return a book in 7 days
>Not buying one book, reading it, returning it, then buying another to get 2.5x more book for your money.
>Not spending all our time reading now that you did buy 7 books at once
>Not reading the most expensive books first so we can return them for partial refund
>Reading the book we can't return first
we could have gotten 2.5x more books!

>Mysterious allies from other spheres gave them guns
>Intact magitech facility was how they communicated with allies
>Nobody knows where the allies are
>It said the allies are on other spheres
>Proctus said the world is a sphere and there are more worlds
The allies are space aliens from another planet in the solar system.

>We should ask university if the ancient rhys writing/reading language is truly lost.
>Sell them knowledge, either by running classes on it, or by just selling the location of the knowledge chair for someone else to get the language.

You wrench your swordarm free of its grasp and thrust the blade at the creature's bulbous neck. Your aim is off, the sword instead imbedding itself deeply in the creature's shoulder, but its enough to get the thing to back off. It jerks itself away from you, freeing the blade from its shoulder, and skitters a few feet back.

The rusted blade is coated with a thick, black ichor which smokes and boils as it drips down the blade. Worrying, to say the least. If the blade corrodes completely you'll be left fighting this thing with your bare hands, and you don't want to think about what might happen if some of its blood touches you.
>Enemies: 1x Husk (Serious Wound)
>Enemy initiative!

As you quickly push yourself to your feet, you see the creature's throat bulge out further, and it crouches itself low. At first you think it's getting ready to jump at you again, but instead it shoots out a jet of whatever murky red fluid fills the bulbous sack on its back through the needle-like protrusion on its forehead. The air is filled with a coppery stench, almost like the air after a thunder storm, or the scent of dried blood.

>Let the fluid hit you, charge it while you have the chance.
>Try to dodge out of the way, if its blood can dissolve iron it's probably not wise to let that stuff hit you.

Roll 3d10 regardless of your choice.

Rolled 3, 10, 5 = 18

>>30855895
>>Try to dodge out of the way, if its blood can dissolve iron it's probably not wise to let that stuff hit you.

Rolled 10, 5, 3 = 18

>>30855895
dodge it by rolling on the floor diagonally towards the creature, to try and charge it as quickly as possible after standing up

Rolled 4, 5, 4 = 13

I'll roll your third die for you, but that's a success either way. The DC was 18 and you had a +2 modifier.

Rolled 9, 8, 5 = 22

>>30855895
What if the fluid isn't corrosive to humans?

>>30855993
>>30855997
>>30856076
>20, 20, 15 vs DC 18
Writin' for dodge.

>>30855993
>>30855997
Shit good rolls guys

Rolled 1, 2, 1 = 4

>>30856082
How so, it corroded iron and it tried hitting us with it

You tuck into a roll and the viscous red fluid sails by. It impacts with a heavy smack against the side of the stairwell, starting to quickly boil away to nothing. Odd, you think. Blood doesn't usually do that. Come to think of it, the wound in your throat hasn't been bleeding much either. It doesn't even particularly hurt. Perhaps this creature drained something besides blood?

Springing up to your feet you find yourself in a much better position to attack the creature than you would've been otherwise. It's starting to tense up and bulge its throat again, but you think you have more than enough time to get in close and land a solid hit against the thing.

>Dash in and try to slash its throat open.
>Try to cut off that damnable needle protrusion.
>Try to get a stab in on its legs, cripple it and it'll be easier to finish off.
>Write-in

Rolled 3, 6, 4 = 13

>>30856147
>>Try to cut off that damnable needle protrusion.

Rolled 2, 5, 3 = 10

>>30856147
>Try to cut off that damnable needle protrusion.
That ought to make it essentially harmless.

>>30856147
Maybe slashing the horn off would be bad the blood might start flowing everywhere
>Try to get a stab in on its legs, cripple it and it'll be easier to finish off.

Seems safe enough

Rolled 7, 3, 8 = 18

>>30856147
Try to cut off that damnable needle protrusion.
>>30856228
>>30856199
got i hope that advantage is big enough to cover this.

>>30855782

Don't forget ignoring the Staff that halves Nature magic costs.

Fucking fantastic item, ignored because we don't have any Nature magic yet.

Rolled 7, 2, 2 = 11

>>30856147
>this creature drained something besides blood
that explains the missing vys

try a blow to the throat, its exposed (bulged) and the creature is seriously wounded already, maybe it will finish it

>>30856253
>>Dash in and try to slash its throat open.
is what i actually wanted..
but seems like that was gona happen anyway. popular vote and all.

But we should try and destroy the thing. asap

>Cut off its horn.
>17, 14, 22 vs DC 20
>Regular Failure

I'm thinking about listing DCs and advantages with the option, so people can take that into account when they vote. Thoughts?

Also, writin'

Rolled 10, 5, 9 = 24

>>30856315
I dont agree with that, i think deducing whats easier to do is part of the roleplay, aiming just for the horn was expected to be difficult
unless we get some kind of buff or magic item that reveals DCs

>>30856396

Ordinarily I'd agree, but I don't think many of us think about it that much.

>>30855782
it's only been two days. with this set back im guessing 3 days.
Ima go heavy on reading the books. and spend the money w get back on books we can use once we leave. going heavy into water magic or nature would be nice too.
>>30856315
does our tactics training only come into play when we're in a small group? Or give us any bonuses since small group tactics relied on leading by example? :D

>>30856277
And we just learned that we can exploit our water mastery to rapidly learn nature

>>30856418
>Emoticons
>On an imageboard
Fuck off namefaggot.

>>30856418
You quickly close the distance between you and the creature, swinging the sword upwards in a broad arc to try and sever the creatures' 'horn', if it can really be called that. Unfortunately the attack was broadcasted rather clearly and the creature nimbly dodged to the side. However, the attack was not a complete waste. You forced it to discharge its next shot in the process and the viscous red liquid sails completely wide, impacting the wall behind you and boiling away into the aether.
>Enemy Initiative.

The creature's legs tense and it springs forward, sailing across the distance between you and it. This thing really does resemble a frog on closer inspection, powerful legs and weedy arms. Unlike its last leap though it has its head lowered, as it if intends to impale you.

>Try to dodge, you don't want to get stabbed by its freaky forehead needle (again).
>Try to take the hit and catch the creature on your sword.
>Write-in

Rolled 4, 3, 4 = 11

>>30856477
>>Try to dodge, you don't want to get stabbed by its freaky forehead needle (again).

>>30855782
I forgot something important...
>Take a literal fortune in books with you when adventuring.
>Where they can burn, or get wet, or get bloody, or otherwise destroyed
>Not even putting them in a special waterproof steel case)
surely the library can provide a service where they keep our books for us.

Oh
>Find one of a kind book about fire we haven't finished reading
>Take it with us where it can be lost
>Not making a deal with the library where they buy it from you, but you are allowed to read it on campus too. Or they make a copy for you to take with you.

Rolled 6, 2, 9 = 17

>>30856477
dodge it and swing the sword at it as you dodge away

>>30856543
This plus if we still have +2 we should nail the damm frog

Rolled 9, 6, 3 = 18

>>30856477
>>Try to dodge, you don't want to get stabbed by its freaky forehead needle (again).

>>30856477
>Try to dodge, you don't want to get stabbed by its freaky forehead needle (again).

>>30856418
Oops, meant to add a tidbit about small unit tactics.

Basically, small unit tactics will come into play more like a spidey sense type deal. You'll know what to expect, you'll get hints, that sorta thing.

Anyway,
>Try to dodge
>Counter attack as you do so.

>>30856498
>>30856543
>>30856593
>13, 19, 20
>Regular success!
Writin'. While I do so, I'll need three more dice for your counter.

>>30856468

Gah, I forgot that!

Ah well, at least we'll have a chance to reconsider if we ever wake up.

Rolled 4, 9, 4 = 17

>>30856650

>>30855626
both of those things were noticed and mentioned.

We're trading the swordmage for the construct

Rolled 1, 6, 2 = 9

>>30856650
Dice.

>>30855765
Because that isn't what we're looking to do. I take it your new here? because we've been going to adventurer and explore

Rolled 5, 3, 8 = 16

>>30856650
>p

>>30856529
Look, we need to learn I understand what your saying.
So that being said, after we finish up here. vote hard into reading the books we have water > everything else. for now.
then we sell the books back.
Have our friends go do anything they want, and picking up the weapon and armor. We shouldn't waste time picking shit up when we could be reading so we get our money back and spend that money to buy books when we leave.

Rolled 3, 2, 7 + 2 = 14

>>30856650

>>30856529
We have a lockbox that we could totally keep these things in. The one we found the ring in.

>>30856743
You meant to not recharge our vys before facing the boss fight that wasn't going anywhere?
You meant to loot the place inefficiently and get less money out of it? (because I listed 10 different alternatives, half of which were just "sell the loot more effectively".
We smashed 90% of the loot in there which we could have taken intact with less effort.

You duck and thrust the sword upwards as the creature sails by overhead. You feel the blade bury itself deeply in the creature's chest, but unfortunately the creature's momentum carries the blade out of your hands. It ends up hitting the wall head first, a loud crack resounding through the room before it lands in a limp heap on the floor.

Red energy starts to boil towards the ceiling from a rend in the creature's bulbous sack, mingling and mixing with the noxious fumes of its blood dissolving the flagstones and the iron blade of your sword. With great difficulty the creature rights itself, stumbling to the side as it tries to turn around to face you. Its head is twitching uncontrollably, and the long needle protrusion on its forehead is bent at an awkward angle. Still, your sword is imbedded inside its chest...
>Enemies: 1x Husk (Near Death)

>Wait for it to bleed out, it can't be long for this world.
>Try to retrieve your sword and finish it off, it doesn't look so dangerous now.
>You've got hands and feet, beat it to death before it calls its friend or shoots more of that red fluid at you.

>>30856837
Good point, lets actually do it and actually put the books in there.

>>30856760
I will vote for this. I am just saying it was a high risk 0 reward prospect. We should carry fewer unread books with us and trade them in often.
,,, heck, we only looked at being faculty, what if we become a student for a while? surely the tuition fees are cheaper than the books.

Rolled 6, 6, 9 = 21

>>30856881
The sword is kaput, but I think the creature is too.
Beat it to death, stomp its head in.

>>30856881
it is wobbly on its feet and looking at you, use your superior mobility to strafe it. If we are lucky it trips while turning to face us, if we are unlucky it will just take some time to turn which lets us hit it from the back or avoid its shots while waiting for it to bleed out

>>30855765
>>Find ancient magitech facility
>>Convince AI to make you its commander


>>Not repair it
no
>>Not learn their tech and get rich, or become a warlord
no, probably not even possible
>>Not just live in it in like a king
no
>>Not freeze and then reprogram (with the AI's help) the rogue bots to serve you
no, probably not even possible
>>Not sell it intact to a local king or the academy (it has a working observatory, and an instant mage-soldier training facility! plus the ambient mana in it allows extra fast training)
It isn't ours to sell, we had 20+ adventureres breathing down our necks, and do you really think that whoever we "sold" it too wouldn't simply just attack us and take the facility?
>>Not having the AI scare off the adventurers so we can loot it at leisure (for example, all those deactivated but intact bots)
how in the world would the A.I. be able to scare off adventureres who don't bat an eye at losing several men to a generator and fleshbeast horrors? these guys weren't going to stop, and if they did more stronger guys would have come to replace them.
>>Not rent out "rides" in the magic teaching chair
see the above reasons
>>Destroy facility for minor loot
what?
>>Leave behind most of the loot for the random adventurers
we took what we could carry.

We didn't smash any loot, unless your counting the armory

I agree with most of your other rants though.

>>30856881
>>Wait for it to bleed out, it can't be long for this world.
never count a wounded animal out

Rolled 10, 6, 7 = 23

>>30856984

We should kick the sword pommel, driving it through the monster.

>>30856881
>Wait for it to bleed out, it can't be long for this world.
Rule number one of wounded animals, please stop it with all these shit decisions lately.

>>30856881
>Wait for it to bleed out
I don't like the energy boiling out of its back-thing. What if this is like, a suicide bomber?

Rolled 5, 7, 7 = 19

>>30856917
We would be tied down to a certain extent.
and im sure they would require some thing of us once we "graduate" As per being offered positions before.
>You've got hands and feet, beat it to death before it calls its friend or shoots more of that red fluid at you
>before it calls its friend
I have resentment in my heart for you now. lol

>>30857086
With every post i hate you more and more.

>Wait for it to die
Writin'. No roll required for this one.

>>30856881
>>Wait for it to bleed out, it can't be long for this world.

>>30856881
>>Wait for it to bleed out, it can't be long for this world.

>>30857086
We're in locked basement, if there's anything else in here it already knows we're here, if not then it won't be able to get in.

Please stop and take a moment to think before you post.

>>30857017
>no
>no
>no
no justifications given
>>Not freeze and then reprogram (with the AI's help) the rogue bots to serve you
>no, probably not even possible
The fuck it isn't. We froze one attacker, we could have frozen the rest. Fulca most likely could have helped us reprogram the trapped bots, but we didn't ask.
>It isn't ours to sell,
AI recognizes us as commander, so it is.
>20+ adventureres breathing down our necks
Could have just reactivated the reactor to block their path...
OR tell them we looted the place and give them some cash to go away.
>you really think that whoever we "sold" it too wouldn't simply just attack us and take the facility?
"Hello your highness, I managed to convince the magical intelligence of a fully functional ancient magitech facility that is actually sapient that I am its owner. I can read their language, I can give you access to a chair that instantly trains soldiers, etc etc. I know how to use all those things that are extremely lethal of misused. I can teach your soldiers what they need to fully control it.
HURR, I KILL YOU AND TAKE IT! (note, he doesn't actually succeed)

>how in the world would the A.I. be able to scare off adventureres who don't bat an eye at losing several men to a generator and fleshbeast horrors?
By teleporting around being super magical intelligent construct, by showing them a couple of combat droids, by warning that the new owner can crank up the generator on them... It has a chance of failing, but likely not. They thought they were facing natural hazards not a powerful enemy. When they saw the wolf thing the barricaded instead of going in to clear them out.

I am noticing a consensus towards waiting it out. If we do that, can we take cover behind the large sarcophagus thing?

You step back, all the way up to the base of the stairs that lead up to the great stone sarcophagus. The creature tries to hobble its way after you, but can't quite manage. It collapses, the rend on its back growing wider. More and more energy is spilling out of the sack on its back, forcing the wound wider as it does so.

Eventually it reaches a unsustainable point and there is a flash, the whole chamber illuminated for one brief moment as vys floods into the room. It is with some relief that you realize you can sense the flow of energy around you, some small modicum of magic returning to you.
>Vys Pool: (0/[15])

That relief is washed away when you're damn near knocked off your feet. You're trip against the bottom of the steps and are forced to reach a hand back to catch yourself. You see half of your rusted out iron sword fly by, eventually clattering against the floor on the opposite side of the room. You're glad you weren't closer when it went off, or else that would've hurt a lot more than some minor bruising on your back.

You lie still for a moment, utterly exhausted. You're really ready to wake up from this dream, or whatever it is, at this point. You really, really hope it is in fact a dream. Still, how might one go about leaving this place?

>Look around for an exit, that creature had to get in somehow and the entrance you used was sealed when you showed up.
>Try to open the sarcophagus. Seeing whatever is inside might be enough of a shock to wake you up.
>Maybe if you go to sleep in the dream, you'll wake up in real life?
>Write-in

>>30857307

I just have a bad feeling about this.

Letting it act when we could kill it?

Sounds like explosion of boiling blood or something to me.

>>30857349
>>Look around for an exit, that creature had to get in somehow and the entrance you used was sealed when you showed up.

>>30857349
meditate to recover your vys

>>30857349
>Look around for an exit, that creature had to get in somehow and the entrance you used was sealed when you showed up.

>>30857224
the justifications for the no's is that we are an explorer and have no desire to stay teid down in one spot, we have a desire to explore this very interesting world and staying here would be pretty dam boring.

>The fuck it isn't. We froze one attacker, we could have frozen the rest. Fulca most likely could have helped us reprogram the trapped bots, but we didn't ask.
We froze one of them, a melee attacker and it had a fairly high DC, what make you think we could have frozen the dozen or so others?

>20+ adventureres breathing down our necks
>Could have just reactivated the reactor to block their path...
first of all we couldn't control the reactor from where we were and bypassing the adventureres would have been a problem, second of all the generator probably couldn't maintain a high output for an extended period of time without burning out. lastly they would have just searched for another way in eventaully, they aren't stupid they know that there's porbably more than one way.
>OR tell them we looted the place and give them some cash to go away.
you really think that would stop them?

"Hello your highness, I managed to convince the magical intelligence of a fully functional ancient magitech facility that is actually sapient that I am its owner. I can read their language, I can give you access to a chair that instantly trains soldiers, etc etc. I know how to use all those things that are extremely lethal of misused. I can teach your soldiers what they need to fully control it.
HURR, I KILL YOU AND TAKE IT! (note, he doesn't actually succeed)
the only thing there that is unique to us is it recognizing us as the commander, which isn't very useful once fulvia got unplugged. and what akes you think they don't have centurion armor and some smooth talking (non heretic elf) who can porbably convince fulvia out from under us.

>>30857360

Well, I know when I'm wrong.

>>30857349

Sarcophagus!

I bet it will be a shock.

>>30857349
>>Try to open the sarcophagus. Seeing whatever is inside might be enough of a shock to wake you up.

Rolled 7, 2, 4 + 2 = 15

Considering the sarcophagus staes "Died ignobly, Killed by his nature" could this mean either the gods powers killed him or something harnessing his powers killed him

It could also mean the gods ways and ideas is what got him killed condiering it says ignobly maybe it was a noble and or ggod god who was too noble for his own good and got killed
just some suggestion I for one kinda wanna open it
Thoughts?

>>30857349
>>Look around for an exit, that creature had to get in somehow and the entrance you used was sealed when you showed up.

But people will open it because mystery box

>>30857349
>>Look around for an exit, that creature had to get in somehow and the entrance you used was sealed when you showed up.
this one

>>30857224
I like how you planed it, but you have to remember that about 3/4s of the players only think of here and now.

>>30857457
Are you seeing a trend with your decisions?

Did you vote to put on this thing?

>>30857455
>isn't very useful once fulvia got unplugged
>its almost like I suggested doing some repairs instead of breaking everything
If we hadn't unplugged fulva, and if we reprogrammed some drones, and we had the repair drones back online and self repairing the facility, then we would have had something worth selling

>>30857505
If I remember theres was the sentiment that people still wanted to explore the world. Even though I did want to try to rebuild the facility the idea of seeing the world sounded really neat,

>>30857505
Main thing is our character doesn't really wanna get involved in a lengthy recovery of some ancient facility when we took the best shit and left.

We wanted to get out of there after 2 days

>>30857480
I'm curious about the whole His Nature vs His Own Nature thing. I mean, OP bothered to point it out after all.

>>30857455
>and what akes you think they don't have centurion armor and some smooth talking (non heretic elf) who can porbably convince fulvia out from under us.
What would make them think that fast talking would allow a random elf to take over the facility?

>>30857457
>>30857463
>Sarcophagus

>>30857481
>>30857494
>>30857406
>>30857447
>Exit

Writin'

>>30857577
I think his nature would mean his personality
While his own nature would mean the powers he wielded

>>30857546
Where did you get the idea that we could reprogram drones? It was never said that would or any of our party members could.

And if it is self repairing then why was so much shit wrong with it? it kept everything it could repair repaired everything else (like the insane and crazy drones) it couldn't do anything about.

>>30857455
>first of all we couldn't control the reactor from where we were and bypassing the adventureres would have been a problem
Should have turned it back on after our allies went through, and BEFORE the adventurers came back the next morning and figured out it was off.
>Burned out
It didn't need to be on full power, just on the normal power (80 ft)
>They wouldn't split loot with us
We left behind over 90% of the loot. Did you not see how much each automaton is worth?

>>30857621
We don't know how, fulva obviously does.
We never asked her if it is possible for her to regain control over them, we just went and destroyed them them.

>>30857577

It'll be a root man. He pushed too hard in nature magic and turned into a tree.

Or it's a vampire thing, or failed self-mutation.

>>30857645
>>first of all we couldn't control the reactor from where we were and bypassing the adventureres would have been a problem
>Should have turned it back on after our allies went through, and BEFORE the adventurers came back the next morning and figured out it was off.
no she didn't we turned it back on after our allies got past

>>Burned out
>It didn't need to be on full power, just on the normal power (80 ft)
it was on normal power when the adventurers got around it with the rope bridge.

>>They wouldn't split loot with us
>We left behind over 90% of the loot. Did you not see how much each automaton is worth?
all we left behind was like 5 empty constructs. 1 sword mage, 2 dogs, and an ape or two. everything else was destroyed. and apparently they aren't worth shit according to sadik.

You start looking around for some sort of exit, after all that thing had to get in somehow. Before anything else, you throw the double doors leading towards the hallway as wide open as they can go to let more light in, then you start a slow walk around the edge of the room. The walls are stark and bare, nothing but smooth stone. The ceiling is a flat expanse of stone as well. You almost feel like you're in a granary silo.

Taking a closer look at the sarcophagus, it is carved with intricate geometric patterns. Mostly straight jagged lines with no real rhyme or reason to why they're carved in any one position. On a magical level, you feel that whatever is inside the sarcophagus exudes an incredible amount of power, bleeding it into the air around it. It's not just raw vys either, but rather distinctly earth magic.

The only irregularity you can find in the entire room is on the floor. The mosaic, you realize, seems to be a body in profile. The sarcophagus rest in its center, roughly where you recall the statue that granted you entrance to this room placed the bowl after you put the beads inside. In the region that roughly corresponds with the 'head' there is a gap in the center. Just barely wide enough for you to fit your hand. Of course, shoving limbs into strange holes inside an ancient ruin doesn't always end well.

>No risk, no reward. See what's inside the hole.
>Try to open the sarcophagus instead.
>Check the entrance, maybe you can puzzle out a way to get out.
>Write-in

>>30857729
Oh and we left behind one of those things with tubes on its back. Which in hindsight we probably should have taken the mortars from.

>>30857577
>Earth, nature
Maybe he was an earth/nature mage who commited accidental suicide as part of his craft?

>>30857758

>Try to open the sarcophagus.

The head hole is interesting, if we had some vys to make fire-light I'd be more inclined to check it.

>>30857758
I-I don't know....

>>30857758
Do we know any earth meditations we can try?

>>30857729
>no she didn't we turned it back on after our allies got past
Wrong
We pressed the "down" button until it was completely off and even the lights went out. The field shrunk from 80' to practically nothing.
Then we pressed the up button once to turn the lights back on, field went back out to ... IIRC it was 15' and stayed there. We could have turned it all the way back to the power level it was on when before we turned it off.

>>30857758
I wanna stick the hand in but lets just open it instead.

Rolled 1, 5, 6 = 12

>>30857758
>No risk, no reward. See what's inside the hole

>>30857577
Well, those wall carvings we saw depicted a third god battling the sun god, who used earth magic to trap the sun. Plus, the statue had the sun trapped in its hand.

If this is the tomb of the earth god, then that would mean we've found Fire, Water, and Earth. Who's to say there aren't a Nature and Metal god as well?

>>30857810
No, but if you have any ideas that might work for earth magic you can certainly suggest them and I'll tell you if they'd work.

>>30857823
Oh yeah, but the adventurers already had a rope bridge going before that, so it stands to reason that they could get through with it at its current level.

>>30857836

Ah, well it could be that it's the trapped god whose magic opposes Metal.

It's bound by Earth, which supports Metal because Metal wouldn't work. Or something.

Released, its magic would appear again in the world.

>>30857729
>all we left behind was like 5 empty constructs.
Are you kidding? we left behind dozens to hundreds of constructs. Most were not even empty.
There were all the service constructs that nobody damaged, there were dozens of war constructs... although we went and smashed most of them instead of freezing them

Also, the one we froze? it cost 2 vys to freeze him, all it required was a source of water (the tub), we could have just filled a container with water from the tub and rolled it with us.

>>30857856
meant old level.

>>30857098
good thing i could care less.>>30857152
>Please stop and take a moment to think before you post.
a basement has windows. and other forms of entry. as well as we don't know what kind of abilities the husk had.
So I try and assume for the worst and see what happens. :P
>>30857758
>No risk, no reward. See what's inside the hole.

>>30857856
they were TRYING to build one, it failed and 2 died.
They were going to start over from scratch. But they didn't need to because we turned the reactor to minimum. Had we left it on they would have been stuck trying to build a new one, and the AI could just appear to them and threaten to pulse the reactor again when they use it to try to cross. or to send out the combat droids

>>30857867

Ugh. Hopefully the University gets more out of it than the looters.

Why we didn't raise the power on the generator to seal the entrance...

>>30857426
So, nobody willing to second trying to meditate to recover some vys before doing anything? we are in a safe room.

>>30857758
>>No risk, no reward. See what's inside the hole.
take a chance..

>>30857758
>No risk, no reward. See what's inside the hole.

It's a dream/vision quest thing. Even if we lose the hand it's not like we lose our hand for real.

>>30857804
>>30857833
>Open the Sarcophagus

>>30857893
>>30857834
>>30857927
>>30857930
>Stick our hand inside.

Writin'

>>30857854
How about burying ourselves up to our neck in dirt?

>>30857867
there were about a dozen total combat constructs and A. it took a fairly high DC to do it against a melee construct that was close to us and we had a large water source right next to us. B.carrying around a water source large enough to incapicate several of them is impractical. C. Freezing them while fighting others just wouldn't work.

and there wen't hundreds of bots maybe another dozen or two repair/service, though looting them may have been reasonable.

>>30857758
Try to recover vys via meditation, then open the sarcophagus

>>30857893
>windows
>in a basement
dear god you're fucking stupid.

Seriously folks, stop arguing about the goddamn facility. Who gives a shit, we left it behind, and quite frankly, the entire quest thus far has been ADVENTURE HO! We're not settling down in some dingy old ruin.

I don't know why this is an issue, it's how we've been playing thus far.

>>30857927
lol that might not always be the case.. and I hope for our sake it's not.

>>30857955
That would work for a +2 or maybe +4 bonus, but there isn't much dirt in the room. You can always meditate on a element with no special methods for no bonus too.

>>30857895
It failed because we caused the generator field to grow suddenly. They had started before we ever messed with the array.

>>30857982

He appears to be thinking of the small windows that real-life houses often have.

Which is... stupid.

>>30857992
Well it was more of a spitball idea for when we get out of here actually.

>>30857984
That's what ive been trying to say.

>>30857854
Could we try to channel vys into the hole?

>>30858009
>It failed because we caused the generator field to grow suddenly. They had started before we ever messed with the array.
its almost like you didn't read the post you were replying to
>and the AI could just appear to them and threaten to pulse the reactor again when they use it to try to cross

>>30858047
You're currently at (0/[15]). Basically all you can do is feel it again, you can't channel it or manipulate it. Normally, if this were not a dream, you'd pass out in non-combat situations at this level.

>>30857982
lol alright ass hat. Cause having a room with no ventilation other than one door is always a great thing.
:D you seem to be very butthurt over small shit sir.

Guys come on the ruin is past us can we please focus on surving this place?

Why on earth do some people want to open the sarcophagus?
-OP told us that the mask was used by cultists to sacrifice some of their vys in order to revive their dead god
-the mask is black with what appears to be burnt out holes for eyes
-The story told in the hallway here was about how the ice god and earth god brought down and entombed a fire god in an earthen tomb
-the thing that we fought had a needle that clearly was meant to suck stuff out of people, considering it gave off vys when we killed it, we can assume it sucked vys out of people
-The sarcophagus gave off a powerful feeling of earth magic
Now, can I get any guesses on what's in it?

>>30858053
why would they believe it? and for that matter why wouldn't they use deductive reasoning and ask themselves why it didn't do it all the time, or why it didn't reveal itself sooner.

Face it, those adventureres were not going to give up. Even if they were somehow kept out of that entrance someone would have searched the surrounding area for another entrance because it is obviously a large facility due to the size of the generator.

You stare at the hole for a moment, imagining all the terrible things that might await you. You might get your hand chopped off, or a snake might bite it, or spiders. Gods, you hate spiders. Still, this seems to be your only chance of getting out of this place so you wrap your hand in the sleeve of your vatis robes and crouch down. Hesitantly, you start pushing your fist through the rectangular opening, feeling around for any sort or irregularity.

Eventually, you feel an opening in the side of the hole and carefully feel about inside. There is a raised panel that you could probably press down on, but pressing strange buttons with your arm currently elbow-deep inside what might be a stone trap is generally a bad idea. Still, it might just open a stairwell out of here, and at least nothing's bit you yet.

>Press the button. It seems like the only way you might possibly escape this situation.
>Hell no, you'd rather risk releasing a god from its prison than getting your arm crushed.
>Write-in

>>30858070
Well if hand in hole is a bist I vote for us to just try to meditae on the earth element I supect if the sarcophagus is leaking vys we might either have some form of I sight or absorb some of it

Objections?

>>30858134
>>Hell no, you'd rather risk releasing a god from its prison than getting your arm crushed.
we are an arsehole after all

>>30858134

>See if we can use the sword to trigger the button.

If not then:

>Hell no, you'd rather risk releasing a god from its prison than getting your arm crushed.

>>30858134
>Press the button. It seems like the only way you might possibly escape this situation.

>>30858090
That thing was bigger than us. Any sort of sensible ventilation shaft is small. That's if there isn't a Magic solution for it. Plus we're in a dream.

>>30858134
>Hell no, you'd rather risk releasing a god from its prison than getting your arm crushed.

LET'S OPEN THE SARCOPHAGUS BEBE.

Getting real sick n tired of your number shit captcha.

>>30858134
>>Press the button. It seems like the only way you might possibly escape this situation.

Rolled 7, 9, 3 = 19

>>30858120
Whoever we release might give us a reward, or have some loot if its dead, lets not open it, its a dream after all, some kind of test.

>>30858144
Damm I hate writing on tabs what I meant to say is since earth seems strong here and theres vys being leaked some general meditation on the earth element might reveal something to us

>>30858120
because plot apparently, probably seems less dangerous than the hole.

Rolled 9, 10, 4 = 23

>>30858134
Press it

>>30858120
I thought it was an earth god within it...

>>30858134
>Press the button

>>30858202
>>30858237
why cant i hold all these accidental roles, fixd

>>30858125
>why would they believe it?
>Why would they believe that what happened YESTERDAY will happen again.
>Especially when a magical projection tells them she did it.
what?

>>30858134
>Press the button. It seems like the only way you might possibly escape this situation.

>>30858248
That is most likely not the case.

>>30858162
>>30858200
>>30858164
>Hell no

>>30858262
>>30858237
>>30858201
>>30858169
>Press it.

Writin'

>>30858134
>Press the button. It seems like the only way you might possibly escape this situation.

>>30858125
>Face it, those adventureres were not going to give up.
We had a back enterance they didn't know on. Just delaying them for a few weeks (as they build a new bridge) would have been enough to better loot the place

So i just caught up, since i was late and while i was reading Somas post i noticed a mini shit storm happened, anyone mind giving me the cliff notes?

>>30858134
MEDITATE TO RECOVER VYS DAMMIT!

then make a frozen blood lance and use that to press the button so whatever trap snaps it instead of your arm

>>30858272
You obviously don't understand humans very well.

>super ancient secret advance valueable facility
>some people die trying to get in
>thing says more will die if they keep trying
humans have always and will always keep trying.

>>30858316

It's Retard o'Clock and everyone's retarded!

>>30858301
took them a day build that bridge and a half of a day to get the door open.

>>30858330
We dont have that much time you dumbo.

>>30858316
Someones complaining about us leaving the rhynian facility

>>30858337
You clearly don't understand basic english
the post you quoted? it was replying to
>why would they believe it?
What the fuck does what you say have to do with it? nothing

>>30858330
I don't think that'll be allowed

>>30858381
>>30858346
Ah ok, they act like its the end of the world hell soma confirmed there are other places.

>>30858330

We have the sword, we could have used that.

>>30858362
>dumbo
is this an insult?
>We dont have that much time
>We don't have time to just wait until our allies remove the mask
>Or to recover our magic
>We only have time to sacrifice our arm or to release an ancient imprisoned god
>Even though we are in a safe locked room with no threats in sight
what?

>>30858316
So ppl voted to try on a mask that a crazy artifact guy would give us a discount on we ended up in some strange realm now everybodies arguing about past decisions instead of focusing on our current predicament

>>30858383
It was an alternative you dumbass.

>>30858316
>We make a dumb choice
>One guy keeps saying "I told you so!"
>Things devolve into arguing
>Eventually people make up once we realize it's not too bad
>One namefag kept trying to justify his mistake

That's about it.

>>30844582
I'd rather not spoil most of these, but I can give some brief explanations for the middle two.

>Also care to explain what it is?
Basically, it's a cultist's mask. They wear it as a form of self sacrifice, draining their own vys to try and bring back their god.

>Did you expect us to go this far
I expected you to head off into the jungle, and had a few encounters planned that-a-way. Honestly though I prefer this route.

>>30844618
>Itty bitty spoilers
Well, you were wise to avoid the courtyard. There were several husk there, they were looking for a newcomer
Following the entity that had fled when it saw you could've gone very good or horribly, terribly, incredibly bad.
Dying in dreams is generally a bad idea.

>>30844600
>Any reason to keep the mask on
Maybe. You'll see.

>>30844633
Probably not.

>>30858381
>Someones complaining about us leaving the rhynian facility
No, about the 20 retarded things done in the facility. From not turning the reactor back on, to smashing everything, to not looting everything. to having shit combat strategy, to breaking the core, to everything. it was a comedy of retardation.
And actually leaving the facility was NOT complained about

>>30858436
change it to that namefag to saying he will keep intentionally making the same dumb decision.

then you pretty much have it right.

>>30858404
>I don't think that'll be allowed
Then we will know within mintues.
worse case scenario we wasted a few minutes.

>>30858449
At this point does it really honestly matter?

>>30858449
We didn't smash anything, we looted what we could, our combat strategy was fine, we didn't break any core.

>>30858480
it doesn't, but a few people are arguing "no you are wrong, we were total geniuses there and did everything perfectly" while other people are arguing with that. Hence the long drawn out argument.

>>30858480
I'm still up for going back to the facility real quick and taking more constructs, but other than that the place should be looted.(since we will be reading books, and preparing to come to the port town, and maybe use the death mask as a weapon.)

>>30858527
The adventurers probably stripped that place clean.

And we're going to be spending awhile training before heading out. At least 2 weeks preferably a month.

>>30858527
How about we ditch this fucking piece of shit mask.

>>30858585
thats why i said maybe, and if the mask has multiple uses it can help with stealing the gem.

>>30858585
I am also for ditching it.
Also, right now the most profitable thing we can do is finish reading the books we bought before the week is out and then turn them back for the 60% refund.

>>30858620
I don't see how.

And don't say we could convince him to put it on, thinking that we could is even dumber than our decision to put it on.

>>30858644
Yes, then we meditate and Master water and teach Chryssa. Maybe get Expert in Fire too and Vatis in Earth.

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You take a deep breath, close your eyes, and press the button. There's a grinding news, and for a moment you think you've doomed yourself to a slow death bleeding out with a crushed arm in some ancient being's tomb. After a few moments of something besides excruciating pain you open your eyes again, confused.

The wall in front of you has slid away to reveal a stairwell upwards. It is lit by braziers filled with smoldering coal spaced evenly apart. The stairs are fairly wide, two men could easily walk shoulder to shoulder without needing to fear knocking over one of the braziers. You jerk your hand quickly out of the hole and stand up, eager to get out of this damnable room already.

You start up the steps, taking a moment to regard the carvings on the wall. They seem to be a continuation of the previous wall carvings you saw in the entrance. Surya is leashed by a collar of what you think is earth, the horned figure bowing low to what you think is Pani and offering her a chain. The next image is that of another figure you don't recognize. Feminine, you think, though it's hard to tell. It has its arms crossed before it, and then it withdraws a long, curved dagger. It creeps up behind the horned figure, now alone, and drives the dagger into its back. The figure collapses, and the woman finishes the figure off by slitting his throat.

As you reach the top of the stairs, the braziers are extinguished. The only spot of illumination in the room seems to shine upon a hideous, warped figure of a young girl. She wears baggy, torn clothes and her face shifts and bubbles, as if uncertain of how to arrange itself. Two smoldering holes take the place of its 'eyes', and a hole sits where its nose should be. Its thin, cracked lips are sown together, sealing its mouth shut.

(1/2)

>>30858650
Thats always a possibility, but what i had in mind was more akin to forcing the shit on his face, but soma hinted at us might wanting to keep it on for a bit.

>>30858685
I like earth, I really do. But I think we should prioritize nature. Because we learned that we can used mixed meditation to use a higher ranked element to boost its complementary element, and nature is the complementary element of water.

>>30858650
>And don't say we could convince him to put it on, thinking that we could is even dumber than our decision to put it on.
agreed

>>30858722
You really think we could force that thing onto a guy who has Grandmastered several elements?

>>30858792
I'm listing possibilities, and seeing if we can form a positive out of the mask, i know we won't keep it, but i can see it being a very useful weapon to use(one multiple people).

>>30858792
Grandmastered several elements?

I'm gonna need to see some proof of that.
From what I recall we know he's a vatis of uncertain but great power.
Doesn't mean he's the goddamn Avatar.

>>30858729
Might be hard to meditate on right now. Though Water will help

Maybe we should just get minimum Vatis in everything?

>>30858836
Soma has said that people who have Grandmastered ALL of the elements are a thing. Hell Saidk is a Grandmaster in atleast one.

But lemme check the archives just incase outright stated it.

Anyone else want to try and be the first air vatis after we master all the other elements first?

>>30858412
Yes it is an insult, and over the course of 1-12 hours it would take to get it back alot could change.

>>30858884

He said they are a thing, but I also recall him saying there wasn't currently anyone alive who was a grandmaster in all of them. Could be remembering that wrong.

Regardless, that doesn't mean the warlord's one of these people.

>>30858836
its not that uncommon. those that do are often warlords. he is a warlord. There are exceptions such the merchant guy and the archmage of the university.

>>30858840
We should, gaining lower levels is easier than higher levels, and gaining more magic = more vys, which we constantly run out of.

>>30858903
doesn't exist.

>>30858925
He did not say that at all. He said that they are a thing that we could run across in the world.

>>30858904
So what if it changes? we were safe at that moment and having vys means our survival chance massively increases. If it changes to the worse... well we are better equipped to deal with it.

The thing doesn't move, instead standing at the opposite end of this corridor staring at you. You think you hear it whisper something, the faint sound carrying across the distance as the world starts to shift, twist, and fracture at the seams. One word in particular seems to stick in the back of your head as you begin to fade out of consciousness.

"Watching."

When you're next aware of you're surroundings, you're laying against something hard. You think it's the floor. You try to shift around, get your hands under you and push yourself up, but you can't move your arms. They're bound behind you're back, probably tied. You hear Profectus' voice saying. "Look! He's starting to wake up!" Followed by the sensation of something sharp pressing against your neck, breaking the skin just slightly. You snap your eyes open, and find that you're still in the artificer's workshop, granted not in the same place. Your face is being pressed into the stone floor, and somebody is holding a knife to your throat.

"Move, foul demon, and I will end your life." Okay, that's definitely Chryssa's voice. Profectus speaks up shortly afterwards. "Oh come on! You don't need to leap straight to 'move and I kill you', woman! He might be fine!"

>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?
>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
>Tell them to release their new lord immediately, for the puny mortals know not whom they hold hostage!

>>30858928
The archmage and the merchant are only grandmasters of 1 though.

>>30858958
>Tell them to release their new lord immediately, for the puny mortals know not whom they hold hostage!

>>30858958
>>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?

>>30858975
oh, fair point. but they know a fair bit of others. just not grandmaster of all. then again, we aren't even a master of 1 yet.

>>30858958
>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?

>>30858958
>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
We don't know what would happen if we take this off right now.

>>30858958
>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?

>>30858958
>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
And ask them to remove the mask from you now

The PROBABLY didn't remove it before because it could have harmed you to do so.
Telling them you are a demon is a surefire way to die, so don't even joke about it

>>30858958
>>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
i'm curious what it meant by saying watching.

>>30859023
We still want it off of us. No matter what.

>>30858958
>>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
fuck i think we should have opened the sarcophagus when we could

>>30858958
>>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
Yeah nah i'm not fucking with this thing anymore ask the crazy guy if its cool to take the mask off if so then do this.
>>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?

>>30859080
HAHAHAno.

>>30858958
>>Tell them to release their new lord immediately, for the puny mortals know not whom they hold hostage!

>>30859067
same, but ripping the thing off could be worse lets go at this slowly and see if it can be done.
>>30859080
That was asking for trouble in my opinion like following the noise was.

>>30859011
>>30859015
>>30859040
>Stop fuckin' around already!

>>30859080
>>30859050
>>30859041
>>30859023
>>30859083
>Tell them we're fine.

>>30859111
>>30858992
>BOW DOWN PUNY MORTALS

Writin'

>>30858958
>>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?
get it off, now

>>30858958
>>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?

>>30859012
Yes we are you silly, we mastered water a few threads ago.

>>30858958
>>Tell them to stop fucking around and get this damn mask off your face, why didn't they take it off immediately?
Get this fucking thing off of us right fucking now. Jesus fuck.

>>30859100
>>30859114
i think it had some cool loot inside or we would be rewarded by the guy trapped inside, then we would find the stairs and be where we are, but with a cool new toy

>>30859140
1/2 mastered

>>30859123
called it kinda early

and
>>30859041
>>30859083
are votes for both.

>>30859169
Lemme guess, you voted to put the mask on didn't you?

>>30859201
lol nope

>>30859177
>>30859123
Agreed that was kinda early

>>30859214
Really? because your stupidity supports it.

>>30859245
boo fucking hooo go away asshole

>>30859177
>are votes for both.
Not exactly, they are votes to do
>Tell them you're fine, you weren't possessed by a demon or anything!
FIRST and then AFTER its done ask them to take off the mask

>>30859286
boo fucking hooo go away retard

>>30859318
you won this internet argument, now lets settle down and stop shitting up the thread please

>>30859312
But they were counted as votes for just telling them we're fine. Nothing was said about removing the mask in that option, and some were advocating fro not removing it at all.

I think we should go to 10min voting.

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You stay as still as you possibly can and start trying to explain. “Wait, no I'm fine! Really! Freaky dreams and unpleasantness aside, I'm not possessed by a dem-” Chryssa presses the knife in a little harder. “That's exactly what a demon would say! I will not fall for you foul tricks!” Fortunately it isn't long after that you feel the knife moved away from your neck and hear Profectus speaking again. “If he said he's fine, he's fine. I mean, wouldn't a demon come out all 'bow down puny mortals!' or something?” To which Chryssa would respond. “That's exactly what they want you to think, a real demon would try to act normal!”

Still, you feel her weight shift off of your back, and her hand stop pressing you into the stone floor. Your arms are freed soon after when she cuts your bindings. With a relieved sigh you roll over onto your back and reach up to pull this damnable mask off your face. It comes off without much trouble, and you throw it as far away as you can in your rather weakened state.
>Vys Pool: (0/21)

“Why didn't you pull the mask off sooner, damn it?! What was that not the first thing you did?!” You berate them, while pushing yourself into a sitting position. Profectus scratches the back of his head awkwardly and shrugs. “Well, it wouldn't come off. We tried, yeah, but it was stuck on pretty solidly.” Chryssa elects to just glare at you.

>Ask them how long you've been out.
>Ask them if you missed anything.
>Get up and go find that artificer, you at least want to finish bartering.
>Write-in

(Also, seriously. .gif related. Try to cool it a bit on the vitriol.)

>>30859169
>>30859201

I actually got the impression that the sarcophagus was for the earth got that helped trap the fire god, who is trapped even further inside the earth, I mean that tomb doesn't count as the "bones of the earth" to me.

>>30859169
it is POSSIBLE. After all, the cultists are bad, the imprisoned being might be their enemy...
Or maybe the area we were in is a demiplane made by other folk and the mask lets the cultists attempt to breach it to empower their god for it to escape.
We didn't know for sure, but honestly it wasn't worth the risk.

>>30859359
>>Ask them how long you've been out.
>>Ask them if you missed anything.
>>Get up and go find that artificer, you at least want to finish bartering.

>>30859359
>>Ask them how long you've been out.

>>30859356
there is an overwhelming majority to tell them we are fine (10 v 1). There is only the slightest argument between those 10 (a 6 v 4 split) on whether to be polite or asshole about it.
Asking to remove the mask afterwards doesn't change the request of the polite tone rather then asshole tone.
So no point in a recount.

>>30859359
>>Vys Pool: (0/21)

Hmm, we have our max pool back if empty. I think to properly use the mask we need to at least double our Vys Pool so that we can still use Vys inside the dream.

>>30859359
>>30859404
>>Ask them how long you've been out.
>>Ask them if you missed anything.
>>Get up and go find that artificer, you at least want to finish bartering.

>>30859359
>Vys Pool: (0/21)
>all these options
Doesn't 0 vys means you pass out.
Either we pass out, or we immediately start meditating

I think we should sleep. we haven't slept in at least 4 days and we start hullucinating at 7 days of no sleep

If our vys is 0 why are we awake?

>>30859491
thats bullshit, we start at 10 days, its at 7 is when we start becoming anti-social.

>>30859359
>>Ask them how long you've been out.
>>Ask them if you missed anything.

Oh shit, no wonder I'm dizzy. I haven't eaten dinner yet.

Alright, break after this post while I go get something to eat. Writing for
>All of the above.

>>30859443
well it wasn't THAT overwhelming, it won by like 2 1/2 votes

>>30859359
>Get up and go find that artificer, you at least want to finish bartering.
Just to fuck with Chryssa

>>30859513
Soma said otherwise.

But normal people start getting hallucinating at 72hours

>>30859548
yes it was this overwhelming
the vote was
4 people - "I am not possessed" in rude tone + take off the mask
4 people - "I am not possessed" in friendly tone
2 people - "I am not possessed" in friendly tone + take off the mask
2 people - Pretend to be possessed.

>>30859568
where?
All he said was the hallucinations would reach to amnesia levels (when we are in the dark too long.)

>>30859602
It was mentioned when some Anon asked if we even need sleep, he said that due to Water magic we can go a total of 5 days straight with no sleep.

>>30859568
well guys.. FUCK that mask.
and we should tell him to give us a discount on the gloves. or the staff* if you guys want the staff.
and we tell him what we say in exchange for a discount.
I'm sure knowledge is something he is willing to barter for it.

>>30859631
point it out please, i remember that discussion and he didn't say that in my memory.

>>30859585
so 6 vs 4?

not 10 vs 1

>>30859661
>>30859631
care to shed some light here Soma?
>>30859543

>>30859661
fuck gimme a sec

>>30859655
>and we should tell him to give us a discount on the gloves
He explicitly said he will give us a discount if we try on the mask.
We should tell him EXACTLY what happened, in detail, to earn that discount and also to alleviate our allies' suspecions.

Also, which glove do you want? the mending gloves or the fire gloves?

Does our tone really fucking matters?

>>30859710
neither, i want the staff.
The mending are too expensive, and fire is meh.i like the helmet though

>>30859661
>>30859631
You can stay awake for a weak, barring circumstances, without much of a problem. Maybe some tiredness, irritability, but nothing much else.

After a week you start hallucinating. Mostly minor things, but mechanically it'd be represented as a -1 to most rolls. Then a -2 after nine days, -3 after twelve days. So on and so forth.

>>30859671
6 + 4 = 10 anon. its basic math

I made the mistake when I said it was 10 v 1, it was 10 v 2.

Or did you not read the post you were replying to?

>>30859443
>there is an overwhelming majority to tell them we are fine (10 v 1).
>There is only the slightest argument between those 10 (a 6 v 4 split) on whether to be polite or asshole about it.

>>30859710
Yes this

and

You mean utility? definitely the utility gloves

>>30859714
93% of communication is nonverbal
Yes, tone matters.

>>30859734
>weak
Mean week. Fukken typos.

>>30859734
how long have we been awake?
I am sure we have been awake for at least 4 days. Not sure about exact amount though

>>30859769
Well, you slept in the Fortress of Eshnuk the first time, but you've been awake ever since then. So about 4 days, yeah.

>>30859781
do we recover vys faster when meditating or when sleeping?

>>30859769
>>30859781
so we still have 3 days left before any negative modifiers happened.

You try to stand up, but can't. Even trying to push yourself up using the wall to help you, you can't stand up. You end up uselessly pressing your arms against the floor until you eventually give up. Eventually Profectus takes pity on you and reaches down to help you up to your feet. You can't support your own weight though, so he's forced to help you hobble about. “Wait! Wait, 'fore you take me back to the room. I wanna talk to that artificer.”

Profectus sighs. “Listen, you can tell the guy to go sodomize himself some other time Mikhael. You can't even walk, you need to get some rest.” You shake your head as vigorously as you can manage. “Nah, nah! I never finished trading with the guy, and I'll be damned if I get away from this with nothing to show for it!” The both of them look at you like you're insane. “Well... the artificer left. You've been laying on his floor for the past eight hours, he said something about he'd be watching the three of us and then wandered off.”

“What do you mean he just wandered off?” Profectus shrugs. “He left through the front door, wandered off.”

>Fuck it, you can come by tomorrow.
>No, no that's not how this is going to go. Tell them to find him.
>Write-in

>>30859740
look at this post here>>30859123
It says 5 vs 3 (with a 2 vs 3 split on tone inside the 5)

>>30859801
SLEEP pass out in their arms.

>>30859801
>>Fuck it, you can come by tomorrow.

>>30859801
>No, no that's not how this is going to go. Tell them to find him.

>>30859801
>No, no that's not how this is going to go. Tell them to find him.

>>30859801
Just fucking pass out, we shouldn't even be conscious right now.

>>30859802
1. there were 2 votes afterwards
2. are you seriously this fucking retarded?
>>30859740
>Add them up
>They agreed to tell them we not demon
>They disagreed on tune (polite v rude)

the 5 and the 3 are BOTH for telling them NOT A DEMON. They disagree on fucking tone. Not only can you not read, but I explained this 3 times already.

>>30859801
>No, no that's not how this is going to go. Tell them to find him.
We can forget this shit.
while we wait
>>Write-in
Meditate we can still salvage the day.

>>30859801
>Fuck it, you can come by tomorrow.
Let's get some well earned sleep. We need it.

>>30859801

>Fuck it, you can come by tomorrow.

Get a nice rest and meditation night. Also thank them for watching over you, even if they thought we could turn into a demon, which we didn't.