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Recent Events Summary:

Everything has changed.

In the depths of Vigil's cyber-reality, you battle Erebus for control of your mind and the fate of Venia.

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>>31665144
ABIGAIL INFILTRATOR
DO NOT TRUST
DO NOT TRUST

INCEST ALSO

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/LMq32gnV

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/fparJYat

This is early

>>31665144
>Part 4
>We're STILL on Namek!

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Reaquired:

(Breeze)
(Hammer)
(Peace)
(Retribution)

Current Statistics:

HP: 60/81
Mana: 61/90
EXP: 16

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Resonant
(Maker) - Resonant
(Silence) - Resonant
(Peace) - Resonant
(Breeze) - Resonant
(Hammer) - Resonant
(Ardor) - Resonant
{Resolve} - Resonant
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Shade (pocket)
Shadow Dynamo (pocket)
Wind Radio (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Just south of Evinbrook Basin

--Current Location--

The Endless Void

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Jacob's Field - Hecate's Chamber - Spirit
Tarun Gakth - Under Refuge - Shadow
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth
Arland - Dryfeld - Water
Kan-Abar - Royal Gardens - Earth

>>31665155
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR8chHMcmPU

I vote for renaming "humanity" it is clearly the only shard that is not human in origin.

EAT EREBUS.
GET XP.

>>31665231
What makes you human is not flesh an blood. There is much more to humanity than that. Humanity is more humane than you can ever hope to be.

>>31665226

heh, nice music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1qzm3UUTrg

>Last time...

<PEACE! NOW!>

A shield of dark crystal ribbed in white fire appears in front of you.

The Void Bomb is unleashed. Peace curls about your front side, cocooning you from the storm of Order. You snatch the shard lying in the foundation next to you.

It's Retribution.

When the dust finally clears, you're lying on your back, resting on a tiny pedestal of dirt and cement that teeters over an abyss. The rest of the ground has been hollowed out by the rain of implosions. It crumbles under you, and you fall into the pit.

The world shivers beneath you, and you feel something change. You're not just falling anymore. You're getting pulled downward. It feels hot. The volcano again?

Up above you floats Erebus. He's blasted off with tremendous power - but he's not getting very far, very quickly. His backside glows purple.

You look back.

Erebus was lit up because you're at the edge of a massive red sun so large that it takes up the entire sky behind you, up and down, as far as you can see.

<Shadow!> Humanity shouts. <Get us out of here, now!!>

>strategy

Hey SM you told us to remind you that Tree Gift will transfer border skills like Refinforce / Heartstone Titan with either one of the trees they're from.

>>31665283
Hypersonic Schattenkrieg. Empower with Retribution and Breeze.

>>31665276
The shard is made out of pure Chaos.
The same chaos that tried to genocide humanity

>>31665294

you got it

>>31665283
try to drag Erebus with us so he is forced to change the enviroment.

>>31665319
WHO DOESN'T LOVE GENOCIDE?

>>31665319
Take off the horse glasses and look again. Have you not read any of what i said? Humanity is more humane than Erebus has been for millions of years.

>>31665357
He's got better resistances anon. We'll die before he does.

SM I missed last night's threads please forgive me.
Also,
>>31665304 may work. Hopefully. Are we a bad enough dude to beat gravity?

>>31665369
It's only ok if humans do it.

>>31665393
>bad enough dude to beat gravity.

Man, gravity is one of the weakest forces. It's a little bitch.

>>31665385
Meh I'm biased since I like Erebus' character.

Remember that we need to get Humanity away from the star too. He said "get us out of here". "Us", not "you".

>Blink to Humanity
>Pocket
>Fast Blink as far away as possible
>Unpocket

>>31665436
At least you are not fool enough to be blinded by your own bias.

Holy shit, just caught this thread.

>>31665283
Can we Pocket some solar plasma for later?

>>31665304

Barring other dramatic developments I'll go with this.

Just gonna wait a few minutes while people gather, because I started a little early today.

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>>31665427

Anon pls. Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star.

>>31665449
Remember to do this! Though I get the feeling that Humanity is right next to us. Is he?

>>31665453
I'm still Team Order though

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>>31665457
>Can we Pocket some solar plasma for later?

I don't see why not

>>31665484

Humanity is sort of tethered to/embedded in your back right now, so it's all good.

>>31665459
>Anon pls. Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star.

Except you don't, because the earth's gravitational field far outweighs any tangible effect you'd have. Technically speaking you're correct, but that's like bragging that you can alter the sun;s state by observing it.

>>31665304
This. Make sure to Adamantize ourselves.

>>31665449
>>31665484

>pokcket humanity
please remove yourself from this thread in this fight

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>>31665510
Oh yeah.

Why do I want Erebus to get his hands on Resolve and reforge it to Temerity.

>>31665555
Because Temerity was the best shard.

>>31665283
...

I'm guessing Snuff won't work here?

>>31665609
It worked in the Archonium!

>>31665625
And the Archonium was basically magical cyberspace, right?

>>31665555
Because Temerity had better lines than Resolve.

>>31665555
Temerity rolled double/triple 20s for saving our ass multiple times.

Resolve... not so much.

>>31665653
Resolve said something?
All chaos-shards are worse than pure Order

>>31665694
I want isolation back.

>>31665718
I think we all miss Darkxis the most.

>>31665718
that's not going to happen since we alread have recollected peace.
Also I got the theory that the strenght of the original shards was determined by how predominent that part of Erebus was.
So Temerity is the strongest than comes isolation.

>>31665758
Darkxis had a character and ardor is simply nothing.
He is on Temerity level for me

>you've gained 2 hp from regeneration (62/81)
>you've gained 2 mana from regeneration (63/90)

<Hang on!> you shout.

You activate Hypersonic.

>EXP: 13

Power explodes underneath you. The wings on your back shine with power, adding to press of your aura directed straight behind you. Retribution shields you from the forces as your body from the sheer strain.

You slowly begin to peel away from the star. You're gaining on Erebus, but every inch is a struggle.

A massive arc of fire and plasma miles-wide reaches up like a grasping hand. You and Erebus angle left, trying to escape being roasted. You both loose altitude to the star as you pour parts of your forward force into turning, rather than just escaping.

The arc of the flare just misses you, singing your feet. But it doesn't go before you pocket a hunk of the stuff.

>you've taken 2 damage (60/81)
>you've acquired a ball of solar plasma (Pocket)
>mana: 62/90

<Shadow, he's using magic!>

You look up, away from the star. Erebus is indeed channeling mana - probably to knock you off-course.

<Try to change the field!>

<I am trying! Don't let him hit us!>

What do you do?

>counterspell
>try to dodge
>some other strategy

>>31665758
Darxis is still with us. Always.

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>>31665758
RIP Darkxis.

>>31665800
Use Peace again. Erebus can't do clever shit at this range.

>>31665800
>try to dodge

Fast Blink. Be prepared to use Peace to deflect stray shots.

>>31665800
Wait until he shoots, then Blink a fair distance away from him and blast solar plasma into his face.

>>31665510
Oh christ

Next time somebody picks a fight with Shadow, he vomits the everlasting hellfire of creation all over them. Pocket is such a fun ability. I would play a quest where it was the only active ability the MC had, if I am honest.

>>31665800
Blink and fast Blink

What happened to Shadow Quest dropbox

>>31665844

You have no reference points to Blink to except Erebus.

That would be a very high-stakes gamble. Could pay off hugely, though.

>>31665800
>counterspell
420NIGHTBLAZEIT

You guys do realize that the reason why the chaos infused shards don't have characterization like the Order shards is because we can't really talk to them outside of the Archonium and we reforged them all after we left right?

>>31665800
Fast blink

>>31665862
I just realized this is all pseudo cyberspace. So...where the fuck does the line get drawn if we unpocket it in the real world? I'M SO CONFUSED.

>>31665862
We're probably going to use it sometime later during this fight.

>>31665879
Or it's because they are tainted by Chaos?

>>31665876
Then no. Never use high-risk plans in Shadow Quest.

Use Peace only. He's our bro, after all!

>>31665876
Can Peace be used to reflect spells, and not just absorb?

>>31665800
Fast Blink

>>31665911
That was the ability of Isolation.

>>31665911

No.

>>31665946
Damn, there goes plan Disco Inferno then.

>>31665863
>>31665881
>>31665918
SM just said that doing this would be a high-risk plan. What have we all learned about high-risk plans in Shadow Quest?

>>31665946
Can Nightblaze affect Shadow Magic, SM? Not voting to use it, just curious.

>>31665876
>You have no reference points to Blink to except Erebus.

Send out Shades in either direction, then blink to whichever is farther away from the spell he unleashes.

>>31665983
BAM!

lolwut to the fucking rescue. Brilliant idea.

>>31665983
Can we do this?

>>31665983
That...
That's amazing.

Rolled 75, 48, 1 = 124

>>31665967
>Can Nightblaze affect Shadow Magic, SM? Not voting to use it, just curious.

Yes, though it is a bit less likely to work.

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>>31665983

Cool plan, let's do it.

Roll 1d100 for multishade reference point escape plan

rolling for Humanity

>>31665983
That's actually pretty clever.

>>31666011
Humanity rolls as usual

Rolled 90

>>31666011
FOR SCIENCE!

Rolled 71

>>31666011

Rolled 99

>>31666011
>nat 1
Well, shit.

Rolled 76

>>31666011
HUMANITY A SHIT

>>31666011

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Rolled 43

>>31666011
>1

>>31666011
I hate that fucking shard so much.

>>31666011
>humanity a shit

>>31666030
>>31666040
>shadow a best

Rolled 77

>>31666011
Temerity was our savior but you had to chose corruption

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Rolled 4, 19, 11, 20, 18 = 72

>>31666011
>Rolled 75, 48, 1 = 124

>>31666030
>>31666040

Holy fuck we're fast. We're going so fast we're going to hit warp speed. Slow the fuck down Shadow what are you doing.

Rolled 77

>>31666011
Do not fail me!

>>31666030
>>31666031
>>31666040
If it wasn't for that nat 1 SM rolled I'd question if this was really Shadow Quest dice.

>>31666040
This is like the 4th 99 we've had in this fight

>>31666030
>>31666031
>>31666040
At least we didn't fuck up. Yet.

>>31666030
>>31666031
>>31666040
This is going to be a good night.

>>31666060
Is that Erebus or our save?

>>31666060
>chaff, 18, 19, 20
Hoping those rolls were saves of some sort instead of us about to get REKT.

Rolled 80

>>31666060
>19, 20, 18
Oh yea

>>31666091
Other shard saves, bro.

>>31666100
>>31666102
Remember that d20 still looks at the first three. The 2 after that are for minor crits only.

So the roll was 4, 19, 11 with a minor crit boost.

We should get a drawfag to make a picture of Shadow going so fast he's split into images of himself orbiting the star, and Erebus looking shocked while thinking 'MULTI ORBIT DRIFTING!'

>>31666149
You want Shadow fanart, anon? You sure you want?

>>31666123
I figured that those were 5 separate saves rather than 3d20 plus the two possible mini-crit modifiers, based on SM only rolling 3d100 for Humanity rather than 10d100.

But could go either way. 10d100 is a pretty substantial amount more clutter than 5d20, after all, so it could just be for the sake of clarity.

>>31666060
Shadow: Just send us anywhere but here!
Humanity: Anywhere? haha haAHA AAHAHHAHAHAHA

>>31666170
>Shadow fanart

How bad could it be?

>>31666149
If Erebus doesn't get his hands on temerity i will be pissed off.

Rolled 94, 32, 6, 27, 37, 92, 85, 19, 84, 52 = 528

>>31666174
It's not that much clutter. Just check the first three rolls. Any 100s or 1s in the last seven should stand out.

>>31666190
>inb4 young minister of neo-space israel.jpg

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>>31666170
Yes.

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Rolled 44

>>31666214
>minsiter

>>31666245
I was in a hurry, alright?

>regen 2 mana, 2 hp
>HP: 62/81
>Mana: 64/90

You unleash multishade!

>mana: 62/90

Three copies of yourself split off along the arc of the sun's surface. Unhindered by gravity's pull, they fly up through the void, outdistancing Erebus.

A twinkle like a violet star is all the warning you get before he fires a Ray of Darkness. You barely Blink out of the way before the shot of power blazes past you and vanishes into the depths of the star's corona.

But Erebus continues his spell, pouring in more power. He sweeps the ray back up like a massive sword. But before it strikes you, you merely blink to another one of your shades. His spell flickers out.

You're now above him, still gaining. Even with only that much distance, you can feel a noticeable difference in the force the mighty red sun is exerting on you.

You feel something shake. A new force pushes you slightly to the side. Erebus is wavering, too.

What is that?

Another arc of plasma forms on the surface of the star. If the last one was a finger, this one is an arm, a massive battering ram. A wall of fire and energy hundreds of miles wide is seconds away from burning you and Erebus to a crisp.

You have a feeling it's going to hurt you a lot more than him.

<Shadow, there's a shard nearby!>

<What?! Where?!>

<We don't have time! What do you want me to do?!>

>shield me from the solar flare
>guide me toward the shard
>try to change the battlefield altogether
>some other strategy

>>31666279
>guide me toward the shard

>Adamantize
>Frostbite self

>>31666279
>>guide me toward the shard
Can't let a shard get roasted

>>31666312
This.

>>31666279
><Shadow, there's a shard nearby!>
><What?! Where?!>
><We don't have time! What do you want me to do?!>
Why even bother mentioning then?
Anyway
>try to change the battlefield altogether
>Try to defend with Adamantize and Peace

>>31666279
>try to change the battlefield altogether

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>>31666190
>>31666149
This bad.

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>>31666190
Epic OC do not steal
>>31666279
change the battlefield.
We can't fight here

>>31666312
This.

>>31666279
><Shadow, there's a shard nearby!>
><What?! Where?!>
><We don't have time! What do you want me to do?!>

>having time to tell use we don't have time
>not just telling us where the shard is

I know he probably needs to focus to locate it, but that still made me smirk.

>>31666279
>guide me toward the shard
gotta save the shard

>>31666279
>try to change the battlefield altogether
Get rid of the DEATHSTAR. We can get the shards then.

>>31666279
>try to change the battlefield altogether

>>31666312
Tack on Peace and Retribution as necessary.

>>31666279
Wait a minute. Doesn't Order Immateria prevent mundane damage?

>>31666358
>I know he probably needs to focus to locate it, but that still made me smirk.

It was poorly worded. I was trying to describe him giving you an update, and then seeing the massive wall of fire bearing down on you and deciding that focusing on the shard might be secondary.

>>31666381
It's probably partially magical and it's not the kind of thing we really want to test out.
We did already get singed too.

>>31666364
Please leave.

>>31666381
I don't know if a fucking sun counts as mundane damage

>>31666411
>>31666420
Oh, okay.

>>31666279
>try to change the battlefield altogether

>>31666420
>>31666411
SM said that last thread the sun wouldn't burn us, but it would crush and we would get irradiated.
>RIP my Sun Punch plan

>>31666452
That was when we asked if we could fly into the center of a sun though. This is like a sun burp.

>>31666415
Ignore, Filter, Don't respond.
Attention feeds.

>>31666452
So the solar flare shouldn't hurt us.

Hmm.

Vote 1:
>go for the shard

Vote 2:
>try to change the battlefield altogether

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>>31666381

Only the forces would effect you in the real world, but this is super speshul cyber reality. Erebus is controlling it. It's got a magical component.

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
1

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

>>31666493
2

Can we blink mid hammer swing?

Well, this seems fairly conclusive.

Rolled 15, 74, 57 = 146

>>31666547

yes

>>31666552

yes it does

Roll 1d100 for yourself

COME ON HUMANITY

Rolled 85

>>31666577
Well, he did better than last time.

>>31666577
HUMANITY
BEING SORT OF OKAY
AGAIN

Rolled 56

>>31666577
Go go gadget escape!

Rolled 8

>>31666577
Fuck Humanity

Rolled 33

>>31666577
er

Rolled 66

>>31666577
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

>>31666609
And fuck you too for rolling shit.

>>31666593
NICE
>>31666603
MEH
>>31666609
SHIT

Rolled 96

>>31666577
meh

>>31666593
>>31666603
noice

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Rolled 70

>>31666577

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>>31666609
You made humanity cry!

Rolled 77

>>31666577
Humanity give me strength!

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>>31666637
>Blaming Chaos for a shit roll by Order

<Change the field, now!!>

<Alright...it's working!>

Fire surrounds you.

You feel the world shift.

You're underwater. Your feet rest on muddy river bottom. A strong current pushes you slightly.

The shard is right at your feet. You bend down to pick it up.

An Erebus like a sea creature from the darkest depths swings at you from behind.

Roll 1d100 to react!

Rolled 45

>>31666681

>>31666668
It's what Erebus Andersen would do.

Rolled 60

>>31666681
We gettin good regen now because dark water bottoms?

Rolled 37

>>31666681

Rolled 57

>>31666681
YOU WA SHOCK

Rolled 3

>>31666681

Rolled 81

>>31666681
Humanity bless my dice.

Rolled 82

>>31666681
RAINBOWS!!

Rolled 78

>>31666681
We got this.

Rolled 86

>>31666681
No, not there Erebus-senpai!~

Rolled 96

>>31666681
welp

Rolled 64

>>31666668
Who else would be there to blame?
>>31666681

Rolled 80

>>31666681
BREEZE MAKE US GO FAST!

Rolled 55

>>31666697
>>31666699
>>31666700
Maybe?

>>31666709
>>31666710
>>31666711
>>31666704
>>31666703
Oh fuck you, dice.

>>31666699
If he starts clawing the shit out of our face Jaws style I doubt it.

>>31666731
Damage doesn't negate regen itself, just the net hp gains

>>31666711
>>31666710
>>31666709
Haha, good thing SM counts the last three rolls out of ten, right guys?

>>31666681
We've got flawless mobility underwater as well, thanks to the water tree's completion bonus.
Don't know if that needed saying.

>>31666753
I meant it won't matter, because we'll be losing more health than regenning.

>HP: 81/81
>mana: 64/90

You barely manage to duck as a flurry of blades whizzes through the water behind you. You absorb the shard.

It's Ardor.

You blast off from the river bottom swimming as fast as you can. That's much faster than Erebus. Oddly, he isn't suited for the water...

<Water is our domain,> Humanity says. <It's Orderly...but still more chaotic than he used to handling!>

<Good thinking!> Erebus's aura charges behind him, but you're quite a distance away. <Is that a spell?> you ask Humanity.

<I don't sense any mana. I'll try to find another shard!>

What do you do?

>prepare to defend yourself
>prepare to dodge
>prepare your own attack (specify)
>some other strategy

>>31666777
yea, that should back us up
We should be healing too

>>31666786
It does matter. Your post says that him attacking us will turn off the regen. Damage+regen off = way more damage than damage+regen on.

>>31666789
And so we lost the chance to get Darkxis back.
prepare to dodge his attack.

>>31666789
TIDAL FORCE.

Rolled 7

>>31666789
>>prepare to dodge

>>31666789
>prepare to dodge

If we're faster than him underwater, let's just press that advantage. Throw out a Suicide Squad for good measure, since they shouldn't be impeded by the water and act like depth charges against him.

>>31666789
So, Tidal force underwater... does that work? Can we just build up a huge amount of pressure?

>>31666789
Frostbite the entire area in front of us. Erebus too, if we can catch him.

>>31666789
>prepare your own attack
Tidal force the fucker
We're better in the water than he is

>>31666789
Tidal Force him from the side. Meeting him head on with water means his force fights against ours, but forces at right angles don't act against each other.

>>31666789
He's preparing Schattenkrieg. Multishade or Army of Darkness, or >>31666871.

>>31666789
>Erebus's aura charges behind him
He's about to schattenkrieg us.

So do tidal force him to knock him off course like >>31666871 said. Or hit him from above so it knocks him into the floor.

>>31666789
Tell Humanity to prevent any changes to this environment, if possible. This is the first one where we have an advantage against Erebus.

>>31666786
You are a dumbass then.

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>>31666871

clever girl

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Roll 1d100 for dodge/TIDAL FORCE

Rolled 54

>>31666923

Rolled 53

>>31666923
Let's do this.

>>31666789
>It's Ardor.
Consume. CONSUME.

>prepare your own attack (specify)
let the anon discuss

Rolled 22

>>31666923

Rolled 22

>>31666923

Btw, nothing's in the dropbox

>>31666915
Ah thank you.
>>31666811
You sir are just a dick. I made a mistake.

Rolled 87

>>31666923
Darkness help me

Rolled 97

>>31666923

>>31666913
Yea, this
We have most of the combat related shards at this point, the others can wait while we push the advantage

Rolled 61

>>31666937
>>31666938
>>31666947
I'd guess it's okay. Magic is DC30, and 45 was enough for a dodge roll.

>>31666952
>>31666963
>>31666964
MY DICK

>>31666957
Mixed up your posts?

Rolled 61

>>31666923
oh

>>31666952
>Btw, nothing's in the dropbox

I believe Sorry mentioned something about the files being misplaced or screwed up by dropbox. He's working with them but he's busy with life stuff at the moment.

I think he has the files saved on a harddrive elsewhere but not nearby. At the moment, you'll have to trawl SQ the hard way to catch up.

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>>31666957
Welp mixed those up.

>>31667003
I'm caught up.
I just want to look at the skill list while getting off to the unofficial smut.

>>31666666

Rolled 15

>>31667039
I'm pretty sure that both of those are in pastebins.

>>31667003
Will there be opportunities to earn more EXP before plunging into core land? I mean, I'm sure beating Erebus will give us a bunch, but figured I'd ask.

Rolled 31

>>31667053
Dude, delete that shit.

>>31667070
Doing whatever we have to do with the lords, I'd guess.

We've got two weeks from after this to prepare, if we make it out alive.

>>31666894
>>31665144

Shadow Quest and Banished Quest at the same time? I am going to need both hands for this!

Rolled 46, 13, 64 = 123

>regen 3 mana
>mana: 67/90

Your Tidal Force surge through the river.

>mana: 57/90

Erebus explodes like a spinning arrow of darkness. But the weight of the river rises and crushes him to the side. He buries himself into the mud on the right side of the riverbank, drilling a long tunnel into the dirt. Water rushes in to follow him.

<Alright, next shard behind you.> Humanity pauses. <He's changing something, be on your guard.>

You turn around to follow Humanity's instructions.

There's a huge cannon sticking out of the riverbank. It's pointed straight at you.

You hear Erebus's voice. <You are easily distracted.>

Fire glows at the end of the cannon.

>roll 1d100 to react!

>rolling for Humanity

Does this whole thing kind of remind everyone of Blame! a bit?

>Future with crazy advanced tech
>Original humans have all ascended
>The "new humans" are all very different and the security systems of the original humans will fuck them up whenever they meet
>MC is a part of that security system, but wants to help the new humans

Rolled 48

>>31667110
What a dick.

Rolled 96

>>31667110

Rolled 59

>>31667110

We kindle a rock, he makes a cannon.

Rolled 23

>>31667110
fuck

Rolled 65

>>31667110

Rolled 57

>>31667110
PEACE
YOU GOT THIS

Rolled 54

>>31667110

>>31667110

Use Frostbite to block the mouth of the cannon.

>>31667128
>>31667131
>>31667138
We got this.

>>31667131
>>31667138
It's like Erebus isn't even trying!

I have to imagine he's getting fucking pissed by now.

Rolled 1 + 0

>>31667110
Temerity bless my dice

>>31667181
fuck off

>>31667164
>>31667110
On a scale of 1 to Leviathan after he gets let out, how mad is Erebus right now?

>>31667153
Humanity has it handled.

>>31667181
Temerity is ashamed of you.

>>31667203
>implying Leviathan is getting out

>>31667203
If we want to get him mad why don't we shapeshift into his sister?

Rolled 50

>>31667110
still time for a crit.

>>31667228
Or Impression an image of a Chaos-thing fucking his sister.

Rolled 39

>>31667110
>Fire
>Underwater
pleb

>>31667237
You want us to die, do you?

>>31667211
If we get Vigil we could just beat him until he stops being angry.

>>31667255
Erebus already threatened to murder everyone we care about. I imagine that IC, Shadow is already murderously enraged.

You leap.

A wall of boiling water explodes behind you, steaming your backside - but you're up in the air, out of the river. A roar of water rushes to fill the gap created by the cannon.

Your wings flash, and you hit the ground running. You're in hills bordering the river. In the distance is a castle sitting on a bluff - Evinbrook. This is where the airship crashed after you fought Raziel.

The shard glimmers beneath you. You grasp for it.

It's Maker.

When you turn back to face the river, Erebus is on the bank and running toward you, he blinks once, twice, rapidly approaching in an erratic pattern. You follow his movements.

<He feels different,> Humanity says. <He's not trying to change the field.>

<What does that mean?>

<All his focus is on what he's doing.>

Well, that's probably not good.

What do you do?

>try to run, find more shards
>bait his attack, then counter
>attack him while he's at a distance
>some other strategy

Rolled 80

>>31667300
>>try to run, find more shards
almost done

>>31667300
What the fuck?
GET BACK IN THE FUCKING WATER

>>31667283
But he did it rather calmly.
I don't want to see him enraged.
>>31667300
try to run.

>>31667300
Suicide Squad

Earthforge the terrain to be hostile.

>>31667300
>attack him while he's at a distance

Ray of Darkness to disrupt his concentration while Humanity searches.

>>31667300
>attack him while he's at a distance
Suicide Squad him. Then
>try to run, find more shards

>>31667300
Well, if he isn't fighting it...

Shift the field into something even -more- favorable to us.

>>31667300
>try to run, find more shards

Fire off a Suicide Squad.

So thus far, we have:
>Humanity
>Breeze
>Hammer
>Peace
>Retribution
>Ardor
>Maker

Which means that we have Resolve and Silence to go.

>>31667390
I hope Erebus gets them they and Isolation are his defining traits.

Would now be a good idea for the Bell Plan while he's distracted?

>>31667429
That probably means we lose Resolve/Temerity and Silence forever.

>>31667447
Nah we can still consume Erebus and get them back.
But I prefer Temerity to Resolve

>>31667438
Or the Solar Flare plan. Earthforge an oven around Erebus and stick the plasma inside.

>>31667477
I like that, we'll save the Bell Plan for later. MAKER EARTHFORGE EASY BAKE OVEN PLAN GO!

>>31667477
Going with this.

Rolled 87

>>31667477
Oh dear god

Seconding

Earthforge plasma oven GO!

Roll 1d100

Rolled 3

>>31667477
Yep, best plan.

Rolled 63

>>31667549
DING!

Rolled 85

>>31667529
there are so many ways this could go wrong.
>>31667549

Rolled 10

>>31667549

Rolled 84

>>31667549

>>31667554
Good thing that isn't linked

>>31667555
>>31667556
>>31667557
Holy shit. I brought up so we could use it for later, but okay.

>>31667549
Humanity i pray thee

>>31667549
Remember to use Maker.

>>31667579
It wouldn't matter. 63 and 85 are probably enough.

Rolled 90

>>31667549

>>31667554
>>31667556
Like that

If this wasn't a life-or-death struggle, I'd be laughing my ass off at this fight. It's got Looney Tunes written all over it.

Rolled 63

>>31667618
>probably

SM said most magic-related plans are on a 30~ DC, I can't see a plan of this complexity needing more than a 50.

Rolled 11

>>31667549
<Maker.>

>>31667663
>>31667617
Shards are automatically used from now on

>>31667698
There's no reason not to use them, really.

>regenerated 4 mana (62/90)

You use Earthforge.

>mana: 56/90

You create something very specific - you sculpt the earth up from the ground and forge a stone room around yourself, with two small windows.

Just as you hoped, Erebus blinks inside the one window.

You Blink right out the other, then seal the windows. You shove your arm into the stone.

<Join me.> Erebus's arms blast through your makeshift oven and wrap around you as you unPocket the ball of plasma.

BOOM

>you've taken 25 damage
>HP: 56/81
>you've regenerated 4 HP (60/81)

You're shredded by the explosive fire that erupts before you.

It takes some time for you to piece your thoughts together. You clamber up to the ground as shadows slip and merge with you, reforming your body. In the distance, a cloud of smoke and fire rages.

<That hurt.>

Roll 1d100 to react

>>31667652
Are you ready for the Space Jam? Cause we we're about slam dunk a ball of plasma right into Erebus's face.

Rolled 3

>>31667725

Rolled 90

>>31667725
Hoo boy

Rolled 81

>>31667725
so obviously a stupid idea

Rolled 46

>>31667725

Rolled 45

>>31667749
>>31667759
>>31667764
Well, at least my retarded idea hasn't fucked us too badly.

Rolled 27

>>31667725
>hugging the wall when you can shapeshift

>>31667759
>>31667764
I'm really hesitant to say this, but our dice are fucking on fire tonight. Something's going to go horribly wrong soon.

Rolled 42, 35, 19, 73, 97, 89, 81, 2, 6, 22 = 466

>>31667781
critfails incoming.
loosening the dice

>>31667764
Well, he took the full hit, but he's probably doing something to make it so he doesn't care.

That or him grabbing us was him trying to get a little damage on us out of it all.

Rolled 20

>>31667725
So, uh, was the Solar Flare a smart plan or a stupid one?