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“Well, Gunay-” She cuts you off with a sharp gesture. “Captain Darzi, please.” Normally you'd probably protest, but you're willing to excuse her rudeness under the circumstances. “Alright then, Captain Darzi it is. Let's go find your things. We can worry about cleaning the bandits out of this ruin afterward.” She nods. “I believe my things were stored in a room near-by, though I can't be sure. I would proceed towards the armory and check the rooms I found on the way, if I were you.”

Sounds reasonable enough. You make your way out of the torture chamber, carefully picking your way over the blood pooled at the entrance on your way out. Fulvia and Captain Darzi following behind, the latter leaning against the wall to help support herself. As you approach the end of the hall where Chryssa and Profectus are waiting, Profectus addresses the Captain. “You know, you're the second damsel in distress we've rescued today.” The Captain turns to you and ask in your native tongue. “What did he say?”

Oh, wonderful. A language barrier. Really though this works out in your favor. “He asked how you're feeling.” Gunay shrugs her shoulders. “I feel well enough, all things considered. They haven't been feeding me regularly, so I'm weaker than I'd like. I should be able to manage killing a few aghtak scum though.” You nod. “I have some dried jerky, bread, vegetables, that sort of thing if you're hungry.” She sighs in relief. “That would be wonderful, thank you.” You reach into your cloak and withdraw a loaf of bread, a few sticks of jerky, and good sized sweet pepper. She collects the meal in the crook of one of her arms, eating voraciously while the party moves off down the hall.

Reminder that not every maiden in need is as trustworthy as they seem to be.

It strikes you just how poorly maintained this stretch of the ruin is. The walls are rusted in some places and outright missing in some, revealing the underlying support structure that keeps the mass of the earth above from crushing the facility. The lanterns have all long since been extinguished or stolen, the only light source left are a couple of torches that seem on the cusp of guttering out. You come across a few dilapidated doorways and have to forcefully pry them open to get inside, only to find either a maintenance shaft, janitorial, or an empty room. If you had to guess the bandits have probably already combed through this section pretty thoroughly.

Finally you start to hear voices up ahead, some indication that you're not in some completely abandoned wing of the facility. It sounds like two men discussing the missing raiding group. “-think about Baldev ordering the mine shaft cleared out? Those constructs are going to butcher whoever gets sent, don't know why he's bothering.” Another voice responds. “I think he's probably terrified that the Shah mobilized the army to clear us out or something, he's always been overly paranoid.”

>Attack! There's only two of them!
>Just wait, maybe they'll leave.
>Try to sneak past.
>Write-in

>>31667094
>>Attack! There's only two of them!

>>31667094
we can leach one and crys can get the other

>>31667094
>Write-in
>Settle in the mines
>Collect bandits around the country and force them to work the mines
>Become filthy rich.

Seriously though,
>Attack

>>31667094
>>Attack! There's only two of them!
Gonna kill them all anyway

>Attack

Probably should've done this in the post itself, but quick vote while I write.

>Leech one, have your companions take out the other.
>Throw spears of ice at both of them, maybe you can get this over with quickly. (2 vys)
>Just immobilize them with water magic and then you can finish them off at your leisure. (2 vys)
>No need to rely on magic. Just stab them with your spear the good old fashioned way.
>Write-in

Roll dice+3d10 regardless of your choice, modifiers and DC vary.

Rolled 4, 9, 7 = 20

>>31667338
>>Leech one, have your companions take out the other.

Rolled 3, 4, 3 = 10

>>31667338
immobilize then leach them dry

Rolled 6, 6, 6 = 18

>>31667338
>>Leech one, have your companions take out the other.

>>31667338
>Just immobilize them with water magic and then you can finish them off at your leisure.
Then go and leech them both.

>>31667338
>No need to rely on magic. Just stab them with your spear the good old fashioned way.

Rolled 3, 5, 10 = 18

>>31667398
well then

>>31667338
>Leech one, have your companions take out the other.
We need more vys, this seems like a good plan
>gzzonin necessity

>>31667401
>>31667382
>Immobilize

>>31667362
>>31667398
>>31667452
>Leech one, companions kill the other.

>>31667402
>Just stab them with the pointy end.

Leech it is.

>>31667362
>>31667382
>>31667398
>22, 12, 20 vs DC 15
>Regular Success!

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You transmit through the brooches. {I think there's only two, let's just kill them.} Your companions turn to you and nod, Profectus unsheathing his falcata and Chryssa nocking an arrow. You hear the humming of Fulvia's generator begin gradually intensifying, building itself up for a spell. {Leave one for me, my reserves are still lower than I'd like.} They nod, and the four of you charge around the corner.

The hallway in this section of the ruin is in slightly better shape than the previous hallway. A Rhynian lantern flickers weakly on the wall, and the walls aren't crumbling. Your targets are two heavily armed bandits wearing iron armor, one wielding an axe and the other a flail. Chryssa crouches as she spots them and draws back her bow, sending an arrow down range only for it to shatter against one of the bandit's cuirass.

Profectus charges the same bandit, taking a wild swing with his falcata. The bandit blocks the swing with his axe handle, only for it to break in two when the force amplifying enchantment on Prof's blade kicks in. It sends the bandit stumbling back, but doesn't seem to actually hurt him. At least he's disarmed now.

Even when Fulvia launches a ball of fire the size of your head past Profectus, the bandit just puts his arms in front of his face and braces himself. There's a flash of light and a rush of heated air, but the bandit doesn't seem much worse for wear afterward, his armor merely covered in scorch marks. Clearly this might be a bit of a tougher fight than you'd been expecting.

Fortunately your bandit proves slightly less competent. You duck under a wild swing, flail smashing into the wall adjacent, and slip your hand through a gap in his armor to discharge a leeching spell. You only have to maintain contact for a few seconds before he slams against the metal floor, unfortunately he wasn't much of a meal.
>Vys Pool: 19/26

>Enemy Turn!
>Enemies Remaining: Bandit Heavy

Rolled 9, 6, 2 = 17

>>31667891
Ice his bitch ass

Rolled 3, 4, 8 = 15

>>31667891
>meal
lel

Rolled 5, 10, 7 = 22

>>31667891
Paralyze him

>>31667977
If actually touching him through his armor for paralyze has a big DC we could try freezing the joints of his armor, it would make him a glorified armor stand.

>>31667977
>>31667959
>>31667953
Why are you rolling?

Soma is writing the enemy turn

The bandit elects to focus his attention on the more immediate threat of Profectus, rather than the man who just knocked his friend out cold. You're lucky he doesn't have his axe anymore, because Profectus doesn't even move out of the way of the fist sailing towards his face. The impact seems to catch him completely by surprise, and your companion stumbles back with blood absolutely pouring from his nose. He's not out for the count, but that looked like it hurt. The bandit follows it up with a swift uppercut to Prof's abdomen, you can actually hear ribs cracking as his fist connects. You're going to need to step in here soon or Prof might be a goner.

>Ally Turn!
>That really look like it hurt.

>Paralyze him before he can do anymore damage, that was just bad. (1 vys)
>Try to leech him, after all his companion went down no problem.
>Focus on just immobilizing him, you can worry about the rest later. (1 vys)
>Blast him with a stream of fire. (1 vys)
>Write-in

Rolled 10, 1, 10 = 21

>>31668041
because we are lazy and we don't clear our email fields

>>31668068
>Paralyze him before he can do anymore damage, that was just bad.

Rolled 3, 2, 6 = 11

>>31668068
>>Paralyze him before he can do anymore damage, that was just bad. (1 vys)

Faster and safer.

>>31668068
>Paralyze him before he can do anymore damage, that was just bad. (1 vys)

We could find out who else is in here and their location and more stuff about the ruin.

>>31668068
Oh, right. Roll 3d10 regardless of choice. DCs and modifiers vary.

>>31668068
>Focus on just immobilizing him, you can worry about the rest later. (1 vys)

>>31668068
>>Focus on just immobilizing him, you can worry about the rest later. (1 vys)
Freeze the joints

we're gonna need to train Profectus

Rolled 6, 4, 4 = 14

>>31668068
Paralyze him

Rolled 6, 3, 4 = 13

>>31668142

Rolled 9, 6, 1 = 16

>>31668142

Rollan for >>31668131.

Rolled 5, 9, 1 = 15

>>31668142
>>31668152
mine

Rolled 2, 8, 1 = 11

>>31668068
>>Focus on just immobilizing him, you can worry about the rest later. (1 vys)

>>31668168
>>31668163
>>31668160
looks like we're spending Vys.

>>31668197
I am not su sure, there is a good chance 14 is enough

could we maybe have a character sheet for our teammates one of these days?

>>31668112
>>31668124
>>31668131
>>31668160
>Paralyze

>>31668152
>>31668158
>>31668193
>Immobilize

For the sake of neatness, I'll take the first three rolls linked to either the original post or the post calling for rolls.

>>31668124
>>31668160
>>31668163
>13, 16, 15 vs DC 18
>Severe Failure!

Spend 5 vys to turn it into a Regular Success?
>Y
>N

>>31668230
>I am not su sure, there is a good chance 14 is enough
>14 is enough
You've just jinxed us

>>31668268
Y

Rolled 10, 5, 6 = 21

>>31668268
Y

Rolled 2, 10, 7 = 19

>>31668268
yea

>>31668268
Y

>>31668244
Sure, wouldn't be too hard to neaten them up a bit and stick them in a pastebin. You've certainly seen them fight enough to know the gist of what they're capable of.

Still need to finish that spellbook pastebin.

>>31668268
Y

Gotta impress the new bitch

>>31668268
No. We got allies t take care of it. Doesn't worth the vys.

Rolled 8, 7, 10 = 25

>>31668321
WE ARE BACK BOYS

>>31668395
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah

Ohhhh shit

>>31668321

We can drain on him afterwards at our leisure. Chill.

You channel a paralysis spell into the palm of your hand, feeling the familiar coldness creeping its way up your arm. It's almost a comforting sensation really, the paralysis spell has always served you well in the past. You slip up behind the heavily armored bandit and slip your hand through a gap in his armor at the neck, discharging the spell directly over his spinal column. You think that's it, he's a goner, but much to your surprise he swings an elbow around and very nearly knocks your teeth in.

You duck under the blow and channel another paralysis spell into your palm, making sure to put more oomph behind this one. A cold numbness claws its way all the way up to your shoulder, and you feel the joints in your arm begin to stiffen uncomfortably just as you discharge the spell into his unarmored armpit. The bandit grunts, making one last effort to strike you only to topple over and hit the floor with a clang.
>Vys Pool: (13/26) You're feeling a tad drained, though it's really nothing to worry about yet.

>Victory!

Profectus is leaning against the wall, still doubled over and clutching his ribs. His nose looks broken, but that's a simple fix. Probably won't even take a fraction of your vys to heal it. Captain Darzi is still contentedly munching on a loaf of bread, though she does stop eating to comment. “Wow, he really got his ass beat.” Chryssa nods somberly in agreement.

>Kill these two bandits before anything else.
>Leech the one you haven't already, then kill them both.
>Tie the paralyzed bandit up, you can interrogate him after the spell wears off. Kill the other.
>Heal Profectus before anything else, he's over there bleeding and in pain for the Gods' sakes! (1 vys)

Yay! We're back!

>>31669092
>Leech the one you haven't already, then kill them both.
>Heal Profectus before anything else, he's over there bleeding and in pain for the Gods' sakes! (1 vys)

>>31669092
>Kill these two bandits before anything else.
We shouldn't become dependent on leaching.

>>31669092
>Kill these two bandits before anything else.
Don't know why we'd want to interrogate this bandit.

>Heal Profectus before anything else, he's over there bleeding and in pain for the Gods' sakes! (1 vys)
>Tie the paralyzed bandit up, you can interrogate him after the spell wears off. Kill the other.
Except leech the second one

>>31669092
>Heal Profectus before anything else, he's over there bleeding and in pain for the Gods' sakes!
>Tie the paralyzed bandit up, you can interrogate him after the spell wears off. LEECH the other.

>>31669215
>>31669205
The second bandit has already been leeched.

>>31669092
>>Leech the one you haven't already, then kill them both.

>>31669248
Kill him then

Rolled 11

>>31669092
>Tie the paralyzed bandit up, you can interrogate him after the spell wears off. Kill the other.
Then we Leech
Also anybody up for dropping some Vys into our sword for the inevitable cage match with the boss?
How about 2?

>>31669307
no need we took out both leaders.

I'll just assume that everyone wants to heal Prof.

>>31669205
>>31669215
>>31669307
>Tie up the paralyzed bandit.

>>31669172
>>31669197
>Kill 'em!

>>31669145
>>31669256
>Leech, then kill 'em!

Writin'

>>31669307
Didn't we mop the floor with their strongest?
Why would we need to do that unless we enter the mine.

>>31669342
>>31669373
Wait we killed Baldev?

>You channel a paralysis spell into the palm of your hand, feeling the familiar coldness creeping its way up your arm. It's almost a comforting sensation really, the paralysis spell has always served you well in the past. You slip up behind the heavily armored bandit and slip your hand through a gap in his armor at the neck, discharging the spell directly over his spinal column. You think that's it, he's a goner, but much to your surprise he swings an elbow around and very nearly knocks your teeth in.

I'm kind of curious how this bandit has been negating vys based attacks. Perhaps something we could learn from him? Just high innate resistance? Or perhaps he has an artifact on him.

Search/loot them.

>>31669514
Not really, just too weak to drop him the first time.

>>31669514
He is strong like bull.

>>31669514
Paralysis isn't an instant spell, if you don't catch someone unaware and they're tough, sturdy folk they might be able to get an action or two in before the spell kicks in properly.

As for the fireball earlier, that was just soaked by his armor.

>>31669719
Ah, just reading too much into your updates then.
Carry on.

Well, first thing's first. You need to attend to your beaten companion. You approach him where he's doubled over against the wall. You crouch down next to him, just so you're eye level, and with a truly infuriating grin ask. “You okay there buddy? Looks like some ruffian might have gotten the better of you. I hope he didn't take advantage!” If Profectus could speak right now, he'd probably have something to say about your mother's virtue and your father's sexual proclivities. Fortunately he can't speak right now.

It only takes a wave of your hand for his nose to correct itself, but his ribs prove a bit more difficult. You actually have to concentrate on knitting those back together, healing a punctured lung, and stopping any internal bleeding. Still, you manage to fix him up more-or-less as good as new without too much difficulty. Once you've finished he shoots you a glare, but he doesn't stay angry for long. Before you know it he's got a big goofy grin on his face and he's clapping you on the shoulder. “Gods above I want to hate you right now, but you know what? I can't hate a man who heals my ribs.”

You nod sagely. “That's the entire reason I started studying magic, I can be a snide asshole so long as I help people at the same time. Speaking of being a snide asshole though, what happened there? You were getting knocked up and down the hallway.” He scratches the back of his head uncomfortably while you pull a length of rope out of your cloak and approach the bandits. You hear Captain Darzi speaking with Chrys behind you. “Alright, I've got to ask. How is he doing that with his cloak?” Chryssa responds a moment later with. “I don't know, magic.”
(1/2)

Finally, while you're going about the task of tying up the bandit your paralyzed, he responds. “Well... I was never really that great a soldier. I was passable, sure. Just not great. That's the story of my life, truth be known. Always slightly sub-par.” You wave him off. “Oh please, Profectus. No need to be so fatalistic. You can learn to be a better fighter.” With the paralyzed bandit tied up, you draw your dagger from your cloak and swiftly cut the other bandit's throat. “There, now then. We've got about... an hour to kill. Probably less, considering what a fight this bastard put up. Let's see what they were guarding, yeah?”

You stand up, hauling your captive along with you. There is a rusted out iron door a few feet away from where these two were standing. No windows or peepholes, so you can't get a look inside. No lock either. You don't hear anyone inside, but they might have heard their buddies getting attacked and decided to wait in ambush.

You motion Chryssa forward, and she approaches the door. She gives the handle a sturdy tug and the door doesn't budge, so she pulls harder. Slowly, it screeches its way open. If there was anyone at all in this section of the ruin they know where you are now. Inside, you see an assortment of crates stacked against he opposite wall, and various bits and bobs scattered throughout the room. Furniture mostly, but you spy at least one locked chest.

>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.
>Look specifically for Captain Darzi's stuff. If it's not here, move on.
>Write-in

Gonna run out for a caffeine bump, need to run late to make up for lost time.

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.
Loot comes first .

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.

>>31670174
I really want to loot, but we're on a mission.
>Look specifically for Captain Darzi's stuff. If it's not here, move on.
Could we have Fulvia do a scan of the things inside?

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.

We have time.

>>31670300
Are mission is fat loot.

>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.
We got the time, but doesn't out armour have a sonar function?
Also we forgot to experiment with the armour.

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.

But we should have someone or two standing guard, we just made a lot of noise.

>>31670338
Speaking of which the pasebin doesn't have this info about the armour, it should be in there.

>>31670174
>Look specifically for Captain Darzi's stuff. If it's not here, move on.
Aren't the banditos evacuating?

>>31670174
>Start a-lootin'. Go through the room in an organized fashion, hitting every item of interest.

>>31670433
no they are on edge, but will soon begin to leave.
Also they should notice that their friends are gone.
well the guy said there was 14 of them, and we took 7 down,

Back.
>>31670455
>>31670372
>>31670338
>>31670334
>>31670305
>>31670288
>>31670227
>Start looting

>>31670300
>>31670433
>Look for Darzi's stuff.

Writin'

>>31670852
Will someone stand guard?

>>31670958
You can't leech someone below 0 vys, and they need to reach -10 vys to die.

>>31671007
>It cautions Vatis that it's extremely easy to overdue a leeching spell and land a colleague unconscious or dead. Apparently if one does not actively cancel the spell, it will merely continue until there is no more vys left to drain
I would think we'd be able to kill em off and such.
but alright. 0 it is.

>>31671007
>>31670852
So can we use the sonar Soma?

>>31671033
We actually killed some one with leech.

>>31671035
It's not really sonar, it's more like magi-vision. It would help you detect areas of high magic concentration, other vatis, artifacts, and the like.

>>31671065
>>31671033
It can kill someone if there are mediating circumstances. For instance, if the target is wounded. Basically, if one were to leech from an enemy vatis during a duel after already wounding them heavily and after a lot of vys had been thrown around by both parties, it would probably be enough to kill them.

But right out of the gate, when an enemy hasn't used any of their reserves, you can't just drain a person dead. It'd basically be an insta-kill button.

>>31671192
We should set aside some time to experiement with the suit and see what else we can do with it.

>>31671192
Can we still get the suits Manual?

You reach into your cloak, withdrawing your crowbar. “Looks like it's time to set to work. Let's just work through this from one side to the other, be real thorough.” Chryssa and Profectus both nod, while Captain Darzi makes her way inside and starts glancing around for her things. Fulvia takes up a position by the door and says. “I'll keep watch, it would not do to be ambushed.”

Assignments agreed upon, everyone sets to work. You, Chryssa, and Profectus move from crate to crate. You use your crowbar to pry crates open, where as Chryssa just uses her ridiculous strength. Profectus doesn't have any tools of his own so he can't be of much use, but he provides moral support. He also helps sift through crates you've already opened.

You find that most of the crates are just food. You also find a lot of pottery and wool, neither of which are all that valuable. You find a crate full of several bolts of silk, you stuff those into your cloak. A bolt of silk will usually sell for a hundred or so silver, and you found twelve of them. That's good money. You find a shipment of iron ore, currently unsmelted. Worthless to all but the right buyers, but it might still be wise to drag it along just in case. You find five crates full of lumber, an especially valuable import into Pidjata since there aren't many trees in the region. You could probably sell the lot for around two thousand silver, if you found the right buyer.

You find two crates full of weapons, none of any quality but even a crappy sword is valuable. You also find an small crate of silver ingots, probably worth a small fortunate all on their own but the money changers will cut off a hefty commission if you try to exchange them for coins.
(1/2)

Sadly, none of what you find could be described as a truly liquid asset. It's all stuff you'd need to sell from a market stall or sell in bulk to a merchant, probably taking a hefty cut in profits due to the nature of selling in bulk. You do find a chest with a few hundred silver coins in it, and you do find Captain Darzi's things. She waits for you to finish searching the place before ushering you out, probably so that she can change.

Loot:
>8x Wool Crates
>5x Pottery Crates
>5x Lumber Crates
>2x Weapons Crates
>1x Iron Ore Crate
>1x Small Silver Ingot Crate
>12 bolts of silk.
>Chest o' Money

If there is anything you DO NOT want to take, speak now or forever hold your piece. If nobody has any objections, it's all getting stuffed in the cloak.

>>31671558
I fucking love this cloak

>>31671558
I feel bad for the next merchant we'll sell these.

>>31671558
Take the food we in the desert mang

>>31671558
Can we feed the food to our monster, with a note as thanks.

>>31671558
So that all fits in our cloak?

>>31671558
>forever hold your piece
Fuck, that's embarrassing. Hold your peace.

>>31671673
Oh yeah, you're totally taking all the food. This is months worth of supplies we're talking about here.

>>31671651
I just can't shake this feeling that it's too convenient

>>31671673
We still need to try out that nature+earth+water idea.

>>31671695
Oh yeah, it's like a bag of holding. Populated by a monster from another dimension. Totally on the up and up.

>>31671697
>months worth of supplies
Soma desperately trying to not calculate our food supplies ever again

>>31671725
We should try communicating with it.

>>31671695
im pretty sure far as we know we could stuff a mountain in there..so long as we make it fit trough the inside of the cape.

>>31671749
that is the plan. once we have some free time.

>>31671749
Yea send Fulvia through then try contact her while she's in there with Ricky. If nothing gets through stick our head back in to see if they kith'd.

>>31671749
SKREEEEE-SKREEE?
No, you can't build a garden inside the cloack Ricky.
SKREEE SKREEESKRE?!
What do you mean what about a lake?

>>31671871
>Ricky creating an entire world inside the cloak.
>It's like our own little pocket dimension.

>>31671871
>SKRREEEEEE!
I already gave you all of that friggin furniture you ungrateful little shit

>>31671896
>>31671871
why not give him a broache.

>>31671871
Isn't it a vacuum in there?

>>31671939
No i dont think its a vacuum. I think we held our breath because we didnt know what was in there. I am also kinda assuming that air can freely pass through the clock without any trouble.

>>31671923
I think it does translate..
if it doesn't there is going to be a lot of
>SKRREEEEEE!
going off..

Soma either crashed from it's caffeine high or is laughing is ass off at the SKREEEE

You're not really sure how to go about this, frankly. Your cloak is definitely big enough to fit an entire crate inside, but do you just take it off and drape it over the top? You try that, and it just sits there. Eventually you try pushing it down onto the crate, and you make some progress. Once it's about halfway through you see one of Ricky's incorporeal tentacles slide its way out of the cloak and wrap around the crate, hauling the entirety of the crate inside without any difficulty.

Well that's just great then! Disregarding the horrified stares of all your companions, it's nice to know your pet monster is going to help you out. It takes some doing, but eventually you get all the food and all the loot inside. While you're at it, you also elect to steal, or perhaps repossess would be a better word, some of the furniture laying around this storage room. You snag a few chairs, a table, a few bookcases, an old cot, you even find some dusty old rugs rolled up in one corner and shove those inside your cloak as well. Hopefully that makes Ricky's job a little easier, and the inside of your cloak a little nicer should you ever need to entertain guest in there.

You waltz out of the room, past the uncomprehending faces of your compatriots. Eventually Chryssa, Fulvia, and Profectus follow you, adamantly refusing to ask any questions. Captain Darzi follows shortly afterward, now dressed properly, armored, and with a sword on her hip. You note she's taken care to conceal her burn scars as best she can. She bows to you as she exits. “I thank you, now I believe we have some bandits to kill.”
(1/2)

>>31672196
A little bit of both.

The five of you continue onwards, through the twisting halls. The further you go, the nicer the hallways seem to become. The walls are no longer rusted except for a few odd places, and never extensively. Plus, all the lanterns still function. You absentmindedly wonder what on Earth caused some sections of the ruin to deteriorate faster than others, perhaps merely the prevalence, or lack thereof, of vys? Or maybe excess moisture in the air? Ah well.

The more pressing matter is thus, you've come to a fork in the hall. Down one path, you think you hear men chattering. Three, four, maybe even five. Probably the majority of the remaining bandits. Down the other, you hear cavernous silence. The sort of heavy, oppressive quiet that one experiences in massive chambers. Only the occasional, distant screech breaks the silence.

>Towards the bandits.
>Towards the cavern.

>>31672144
Just checked the archives. It is a vacuum, there's no air in it.

>>31672144
>. For one, there doesn't seem to be any air inside this cloak. It's a perfect vacuum,

>>31672234
>>Towards the bandits.

>Towards the bandits.

Business first. Pleasure comes later.

>>31672234
>Towards the bandits.
after than we go back towards the cavern.

>>31672268
If we ever hit on a MILF, we ought to say
>Oh, I'll plunder your ruin baby.

>>31672234
>Towards the bandits.

>>31672234
>Towards the bandits.
Time for Flash Freeze

>>31672234
>>Towards the bandits

>>31672206
oh boy, I can't wait for the awkward moment where you explain Ricky to them.
>So yeah there's a monster inside my cloak but he's a bro don't worry, maybe you want to know him?
>Oh I found about him by sticking my head inside the cloak you know....

>Frito Banditos
Seems pretty unanimous. Writin'

>>31672353
>Ay yi yi-yi! I am ze fritos banditos! I love fritos cornchips I love them I do! If joo don't give me fritos than I take them from joo...

>>31672432
go back to Ireland you dirty Scotsman.

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>Shoot, forgot my image for the previous post. Here it is.

You motion your party down the hallway the voices are coming from, transmitting through the brooches. {We can always explore the cavern later, lets finish off these bandits.} Your companions all nod, and you set off down the path to your left.

The further you walk, the more distinct the voices become. You decide you must be approaching the barracks, because you distinctly hear two groups of bandits. You think it might be those same three you saw in the hallway when you had only just entered the ruin. The other two you think must be in the barracks proper. Unbidden, you recall what one bandit had told you. That Hani keeps his journal under the third mattress on the left after one enters the barracks. You're sort of tempted to read it now, if only because you could.

You shake your head, trying to force yourself back on track. You've got two groups of bandits to take care of, and after your companion's performance in the last encounter, can you really trust them if you come up against more of those heavily armed and armored bandits? Profectus got his ass beat and neither Fulvia or Chryssa managed to actually do anything useful.

>You'll take care of the two bandits in the barracks alone, your companions and Captain Darzi will take out the three bandits outside.
>Don't split the party! You'll attack the three bandits outside together, the other two will come to you.
>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.
>Write-in

>>31672772
>>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.

>>31672772
>>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.

>>31672772>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.

>>31672772
>>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.

>>31672772
>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.
Have Prof do Ace stuff.

Rolled 12

>>31672772
>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.
Melt their weapons with fire magic

>>31672772
>Have most of your party hide around the corner while you and Chryssa attack, once the bandits are all focused on the two of you, the rest of your party can attack them from behind.

Tactics!

>Party hides, you and Chrys attack
Pretty unanimous.

Second layer of voting while I write.

>Attack with magic, hurling ice and fire at the enemies before you. (2 vys.)
>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.
>Focus instead on immobilizing them with ice magic and paralysis, let Chryssa finish them off. (3 Vys)

Roll 3d10 regardless. Bonuses and DC vary.

Rolled 2, 10, 1 = 13

>>31673053

Rolled 4, 2, 6 = 12

>>31673053
rol

Rolled 1, 7, 3 = 11

>>31673053
>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.

Rolled 2, 10, 5 = 17

>>31673053
>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.

Rolled 2, 2, 8 = 12

>>31673053
>>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.

Rolled 10, 8, 5 = 23

>>31673053
>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.
Penetrate them vigorously with our powerful spear.

>>31673053
>Attack them with your spear, save the magic for Baldev when you find him.

Rolled 2, 8, 10 = 20

>>31673053
>Attack with magic, hurling ice and fire at the enemies before you. (2 vys.)
Let's do it

>Attack with spear.

>>31673085
>>31673110
>>31673113
>15, 14, 13 vs DC 16
>Severe Failure!

Current Vys Pool is 12/26
>Do Not Spend Vys
>Spend 1 Vys for Regular Failure
>Spend 3 Vys for Regular Success
>Spend 6 Vys for Great Success

>>31673421
>1 Vys

>>31673421
>>Spend 3 Vys for Regular Success

>>31673421
>>Spend 3 Vys for Regular Success

>>31673421
3 vys>>31673421

Rolled 9, 5, 5 = 19

>>31673421
>1 Vys
We can recover

>Spend 3 Vys
Writin'

You explain your plan to the party in hushed tones. You and Chryssa, as the most capable close quarters combatants, will attack the bandits while the rest of the party hides out of sight. Once the bandits are focused entirely on the two of you, the rest of the party will come around and hopefully finish them off quickly, before they manage to overrun you and Chrys. You stress that it's important they strike immediately after you give the word, because even as competent as you and Chrys are you'd probably still lose in a protracted fight due to sheer numbers.

With the plan decided, you withdraw your spear from your cloak. You think this will actually be the first time you've used this spear since you picked it up from the blacksmith, hopefully it performs well. Chryssa withdraws her daggers from her sleeves, holding them at the ready. After a brief moment of mental preparation the two of you dash around the corner and charge the enemy.

Chryssa leads, and performs admirably. She tackles the nearest bandit to the ground, driving her daggers into the poor man's back as the does so. He goes down screaming, only to be silenced when she rips her weapons free and cuts his throat. Before the other two can react she's tucked into a roll and popped up on the other side of them, ready to defend. Really, it was an impressive maneuver. You almost can't believe she's a better archer than she is knife fighter.
(1/2 or 3)

You perform decidedly less impressively. At least, at first. The men are prepared for you by the time you get there, and though you make a strong thrust towards one of them he manages to parry and the other counter attacks. You end up channeling vys into your extremities just so you'd be quick enough to knock the bandit's sword aside and swing the haft of the spear around to smash the man in the knee cap. There is a satisfyingly loud crack and the bandit collapses. He opens his mouth to scream, but you thrust your spear through his throat before withdrawing to a safe distance.
>Vys Pool: (9/26)

>Enemy Turn
>Remaining Enemies: 2x Bandit Heavies, 1x Bandit
The surviving bandit, a man in light, airy robes armed with a hatchet, calls out. “Get out here! We've got intruders!” And you hear heavy footsteps and clanking armor from the barracks. That's... probably not a good sign. The lightly armored bandit takes a swing at Chryssa, and though she tries to dodge out of the way she's not quite quick enough. The hatchet plants itself in her side, but it was a weak swing and her armor soaked most of the blow. It's probably not that bad a wound. Certainly pissed Chryssa off though.

The remaining two bandits are both heavily armed and armored. One wields a maul longer than your leg, and the other a two handed saber. The man with the maul picks you as his target, while the saber wielder goes after Chryssa. Fortunately they both seem fairly slow. Chryssa manages to duck under the bandit's swing and then counters with a punch to the gut hard enough to put a fist-shaped dint in his iron armor. You're relatively certain that broke a few of his ribs, but he just grunts.
>(2/3)

Your contemplation of the bandits injuries is interrupted by a block of iron the size of your head swinging towards your leg. You're going to need to get out of the way if you want to have any chance of walking unassisted for the next few minutes.

>Dodge, try to redirect the blow with your spear.
>It's a low swing, you should be able to jump over it.
>Maybe your armor can just soak the blow, allowing you to focus on a counter attack?
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 regardless of choice, modifiers and DCs vary.

Rolled 5, 10, 10 = 25

>>31673953
>Maybe your armor can just soak the blow, allowing you to focus on a counter attack?

Rolled 8, 9, 7 = 24

>>31673953
>Maybe your armor can just soak the blow, allowing you to focus on a counter attack?

>>31673953
>Dodge, try to redirect the blow with your spear.
Guys, it's a maul. A heavy-ass hammer. It's like the perfect weapon for attacking a heavily armored opponent.

Rolled 7, 1, 3 = 11

>>31673953
>>It's a low swing, you should be able to jump over it.

>>31673953
>>It's a low swing, you should be able to jump over it.

Rolled 8, 2, 3 = 13

>>31673953
>Dodge, try to redirect the blow with your spear.

>>31673953
>Dodge, try to redirect the blow with your spear.
Our spear gives a bonus, I think.

Rolled 10, 7, 2 = 19

>>31673953
>>Dodge, try to redirect the blow with your spear.

>Dodge, with aid from spear.
Writin', before we get all tied up again.

>>31673959
>>31673968
>>31674008
>29, 28, 15 vs DC 20
>Regular Success!

You leap back, catching the maul just below the head between the tip of your spear and one of the side prongs. It allows you to force the weapon into the ground and pin it there, even though you have to put most of your weight onto your spear to prevent the bandit from throwing you off. Seriously, what is up with this guy? Samja are usually pretty frail and on the weak side. Not that you'd ever admit that in mixed company.

>Ally Turn
>Enemies Remaining: 2x Bandit Heavies, 1x Bandit

Chryssa absentmindedly throws one of her daggers at the lightly armored bandit, but it's a poorly aimed shot and he dodges it without too much trouble. Still, it distracted him long enough for her to get close to the heavy. She manages to slip past his guard and is about to stab her dagger between the joints of his armor, but he suddenly brings his helmeted head plummeting towards her and she's sent reeling back, nose bloodied.

Fortunately, the rest of your companions remember their jobs. Profectus leads the charge, falcata in hand. He swings it into the back of Chryssa's heavy and the blade plants itself firmly in his shoulder. When the force amplification enchantment fires, he actually manages to sever the entirety of the heavy bandit's arm. The bandit screams and stumbles away, eventually collapsing due to rapid blood loss.

Fulvia fires a spell at your heavy, a fireball you're fairly certain. There's a flash of light from behind the bandit but he barely seems to notice, he doesn't even glance over his shoulder. You're not sure why Fulvia insist on using fire magic when metal magic would make much more sense. Why doesn't she simply crush them inside their armor?
(1/2)

Captain Darzi goes after the lightly armored bandit, saber in hand. Her first blow is blocked by the bandit's hatchet, but she brings fist into his gut and then, while he's doubled over, runs him through. She kicks the now dead bandit off of her blade and turns to face the heavy, who now finds himself surrounded.

>Finish him off! Stab him in the neck!
>Try to paralyze him, then you can finish him off at your leisure! (1 vys)
>Try to immobilize him, then it will be much easier to kill him! (1 vys)
>Blast him with fire! From this range his armor won't be able to protect him. (1 vys)
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 Regardless, DCs and modifiers vary.

Rolled 3, 6, 3 = 12

>>31674601
>Finish him off! Stab him in the neck!

>>31674601
>>>Finish him off! Stab him in the neck!

Rolled 6, 6, 9 = 21

>>31674601
>Finish him off! Stab him in the neck!

Testing a theory, hence the name.

>>31674601
>>Try to paralyze him, then you can finish him off at your leisure! (1 vys)
worked last time

Rolled 1, 7, 1 = 9

>>31674601
>Penetrate his throat
I don't want to spend any more vys for this fight.

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Rolled 5, 2, 7 = 14

>>31674689

Now, adding seals for SCIENCE!

Rolled 7

>>31674710
>now adding wrenloft for RETRIBUTION

Rolled 6, 7, 1 = 14

>>31674710

Hmmm, it looks like seals have hit an all time low and wrenlofts are on the rise...testing once more for JUSTICE!

>>31674613
>>31674689
>>31674699
>14, 23, 11 vs DC 20
>Regular Failure!

Current Vys: 9/26
Spend 6 Vys to make it a Regular Success?
>Y
>N

Rolled 3, 5, 1 = 9

>>31674762
n

>>31674762
N

>>31674762
>N

If this fight is any indication, we should NOT go into the boss fight with only 3 vys.

>>31674762
N

>>31674788
I'd even argue going into one with 9 vys is a bad idea.

You release the bandit's maul and thrust your spear towards his neck, but it glances off his armor and you end up missing pretty much completely. Fortunately you're able to retract the spear before he can grab the handle and try to jerk it away from you. You've still got a really bad feeling about what's to come though.

>Enemy Turn!
>Enemies Remaining: Bandit Heavy

This bandit must know he's doomed, you just killed four of his companions without too much trouble and he's outnumbered five to one. He's a goner. Still, he seems determined to take you out with him. He raises the maul laboriously, swinging it around his torso and ultimately behind him. He's preparing to crush your skull, is what he's doing. You'd really rather not be in the way of that maul when it comes swinging down.

>Dodge! By the gods, dodge!
>No, this is the perfect opportunity! Stab him while he's exposed himself!
>Quick! Cast a paralysis spell! He'll be helpless to dodge or avoid it!
>No! Try to freeze his joints in place! Maybe then he won't be able to swing!
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 regardless of choice. You know the drill by now.

>>31674907
Whoops, dropped my trip.

Also these two options.
>Quick! Cast a paralysis spell! He'll be helpless to dodge or avoid it!
>No! Try to freeze his joints in place! Maybe then he won't be able to swing!
Would each cost 1 vys.

Rolled 10, 2, 9 = 21

>>31674907
>Dodge! By the gods, dodge!

Rolled 4, 2, 3 = 9

>>31674907
>>Dodge! By the gods, dodge!

Rolled 3, 5, 5 = 13

>>31674907
>No! Try to freeze his joints in place! Maybe then he won't be able to swing!

Rolled 3, 3, 3 = 9

>>31674907
ROLL
ROLL LIKE YOU'VE NEVER ROLLED BEFORE

Rolled 7, 9, 3 = 19

>>31674907
>>Dodge! By the gods, dodge!

>Dodge, damn it! Dodge!
>>31674943
>>31674947
>>31674951
>25, 13, 17 vs DC 20
>Regular Failure!

Current Vys: 9/26
Spend 3 Vys to make it a regular success?
>Y
>N

Rolled 4, 1, 9 = 14

>>31675037
y

>>31675037
N

I mean, surely we can take one blow, right? Then we'll just heal ourself.

>>31675037
Y

>>31675037
Y

>Spend the vys
Writin'

As the bandit swings the maul down towards you, you try to catch the handle on the prongs of your spear. Unfortunately you miss, and the maul swings be undeterred. You're going to have to take the hit, and you might die. For a moment you're terrified. Then you feel power flood through your limbs and you leap backwards. The maul slams into the ground harmlessly, the noise ringing out through the halls. You fall on your ass, but at least you're not dead.
>Vys Pool: (6/26) You're starting to feel just absolutely exhausted, and really quite depressed.

>Ally Turn
>Enemies Remaining: 1x Bandit Heavy

Chryssa acts first. She leaps towards the heavy, dagger in hand. As she hits him she drives the point of the blade through a gap in his armor and ends up knocking him off his feet. He's already a goner, but Chrys makes sure of the fact. She rips his helmet off with her bare hands and grabs hold of his neck. All it takes is a slight squeeze, a twist of the wrist, and his neck snaps. The battle is won.

You push yourself up. Chryssa was the only one of your allies wounded in the fighting, her nose is bloodied but doesn't look broken, and she took an axe to the side. Neither wound is particularly serious, and you manage to heal her with but a wave of your hand. The axe wound knits itself back together, healing without leaving a scar. Her nose stops bleeding, slight bend correcting itself. She nods to you in thanks before getting off of the dead bandit.

If what the bandits you captured in the pass told you is correct, there should still be four bandits sin the facility. There were sixteen left behind to guard the base, and you've killed twelve.

>Search the barracks for valuables.
>Go back to explore the cavern, maybe that's where Baldev got off to.
>Go back and interrogate the heavy you tied up. The paralysis spell should have worn off by now.
>Write-in

>>31675409
>Leech the bandit for Vys

>>31675409
Use Leech on a Lantern

>>31675409
>>Search the barracks for valuables.
>Go back and interrogate the heavy you tied up. The paralysis spell should have worn off by now.
Then leech him or give him to the Captain

>>31675409
>>Go back and interrogate the heavy you tied up. The paralysis spell should have worn off by now.

We can also use him as a source of Vys.

>>31675409
>Go back and interrogate the heavy you tied up. The paralysis spell should have worn off by now.

>Go back and interrogate the heavy.
I'll pick up with this next thread. I'm like, 90% certain that this ruin should only take one more thread.
Unless y'all decide to explore the ruin in its entirety. That will take significantly longer.

Archive here.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Banished%20Quest

Sticking around for brief Q&A

>>31675675
When will the next thread be?

>>31675703
Friday, hopefully around 2PM. Or 1500 server time.

Rolled 9, 8, 2 = 19

>>31675675
You can be damn sure were going to turn this dungeon inside out in the eternal quest for loot

>>31675675
Is there a limit as to how much the cloak can hold?
Or is it like an entire plane of storage space

>>31675801
You'll need to experiment to figure out the upper limit of how much you can store, but when you shoved your head in there you couldn't see a horizon.
Then again, you couldn't really see much of anything past Ricky and your immediate surroundings.

>>31675747
Personally I'd like to check out the rest of Pijata as fast as possible, maybe get to some familial interaction an some stuff with our backstory

>>31675912
I wouldn't.

I wanna hit the water temple for training and then go after the Gem.

>>31675912
I definitely want to at least visit our family.

>>31675912
Weve got forever to explore.
might as well scour each location while were there instead of having to come back 4 months from now because we missed a room or a locked chest

>>31675954
Water temple is fine everyone is on boar with that, just afterwards I would prefer to either visit El-Amin or more likely, for Soma to rope us in there with a plotline

I'm onto to you Soma

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>>31676107

Rolled 8, 4, 3 = 15

>>31675710
does the Shockwave Sword count as a saber?

Why don't we loot the bodies? Especially the heavy bandits? Is their stuff really that worthless?
Another question, can we not leech vys from foes we killed? Does it dissappear immediately?
Also, please try leeching vys from the lamps next time.

>>31676332
Yep

>>31676606
We really should go back for it.

Pretty sure his armor was enchanted because he resisted our Paralyze.

Not to mention Heavy Armor is fucking valuable

>>31676606
I've been suggesting leeching Vys from the lamps ever since we cracked on last thread, but everyone ignores my suggestions, and i'm to tired to samefag them.

>>31676762
Damn
Unless Soma puts that into suggestions people will keep ignoring that. We really need to try it, we might fully fill our reserves that way.

Loot the lamps if i am not here next thread people. A lamp that never goes out should worth a lot.

>>31678187
We're gonna cast Leech on one first.

Then remove one and see if it's transportable.

Maybe nice little self recharging Vys battery? holds like 5 Vys?

>>31678187
I thought the lamps were connected to a grid. They aren't?

>>31679657
They should be. I remember something about there not being cables nearby. We never examined them closely though, so that is definitely something to do.

>>31679657
Soma said they were free hanging.

I assumed they collect ambient Vys similar to meditation.