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Behind you your party lies either wounded, paralyzed, or incapacitated. In front of you is the man you've traveled fifteen miles beneath the surface of the Earth to find, and he's walking off with the dragon egg you found buried in stone. You've just barely managed to avoid selling your soul to malevolent forces by indebting yourself to the three strange beings which granted you your cloak. You're tired, your reserves are low, and there may or may not be a massive dragon hunting you at this very moment.

Baldev's armor is rent open across the back, scratched by some massive creature you would guess. An arrow protrudes from his thigh, likely Chryssa's doing. His right arm has been slashed open by a blade of some sort and is bleeding profusely. Overall, he looks like he's been through hell. Yet he still made short work of your party after being trapped down here for days. Undoubtedly he is a competent warrior, and judging by what you've seen of his handiwork quite the experienced vatis as well. You're not sure you'd look forward to fighting him one on one.

You're surprised to hear a voice intrude upon your thoughts. It's Darzi's, and she sounds surprisingly calm given the circumstances. {Don't let him get away. I wanted the honor of ending his life for myself, but kill him if you have to. Cripple him at the least.} Chryssa's voice follows shortly afterward. {Do not underestimate his capabilities. His armor has many odd properties, and artifacts aside he is a talented combatant.}

>Draw your pistol and take aim, shoot him in the back with a charged shot. (1+ vys)
>Heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia before you do anything else. (2 vys)
>Weaken the ground beneath his feet using Earth Magic. (4 vys)
>Try to talk to him, you didn't really want to kill him anyway.
>Write-in

Rolled 9, 2, 1 = 12

>>32533317
>>Draw your pistol and take aim, shoot him in the back with a charged shot. (1+ vys)

I am not Wrenloft!

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>>32533317
>>Draw your pistol and take aim, shoot him in the back with a charged shot. (1+ vys)
>Blue girl: Prof
>Green girl: Fulvia
>Twin tailed girl:loot

>>32533317
>Draw your pistol and take aim, shoot him in the back with a charged shot. (1+ vys)

Forgot to mention, roll 3d10 regardless of choice, modifiers and DCs vary.

Rolled 4, 10, 8 = 22

>>32533395
for me.

>>32533317
>Draw your pistol and take aim, shoot him in the back with a charged shot. (1+ vys)

Rolled 7, 1, 3 = 11

>>32533440
Linked rolls only.

>>32533423
>>32533317

Rolled 1, 8, 10 = 19

>>32533423
This has bullets right.

Rolled 10, 10, 1 = 21

>>32533403

and so mik underestimated baldev even when he wrecked house with his entire party, and then he died

>>32533423
Could we use our armor to enhance our aim?

Rolled 2, 9, 4 = 15

So can we remind the stupid cunt(stupid for wasting a wish) if she can heal our Friends.

>>32533374
>>32533466
>>32533474
>10, 9, 17 vs DC 20
>Severe Failure!
You've kept it loaded, though it hasn't been relevant lately.

>>32533532
You could, actually. You can channel up to 4 vys into your armor to improve your physical attributes by +2 per point of vys. Physical attributes govern bonuses to aiming with the pistol, as does familiarity with firearms.

Doing so would turn it into a Regular Failure with the possibility to expend 2 vys and make it a success, making the total cost of the attack 7 vys. Leaving you with 3/27.

>>32533626
do it
if he's down we can rest anyway

>>32533626
We are going to die, I blame you guys for not going to look at the snake cult

>>32533626

Fuck OK do it.

>>32533648
Yeah, but we'll need at least 2 vys to heal our companions and the gunshot will probably be loud enough to alert the dragons to our whereabouts.

>>32533626
Fuck man, do it. If nothing else, hit the spice if it doesn't level him

>>32533656

We still can drain the sword we have for vys

>>32533626
Well, we started with the pistol for a reason: so that we could discard it easily. We lose this roll, and use the second shot or our spear to follow up.

>>32533692
OH FUCK WE PUT LIKE 9-10 VYS IN THAT BITCH

Can we tell Darzi to heal Profectus?

>>32533742
She's unconscious.

>>32533742
She is currently paralyzed and incapable of moving, however if you waited an hour she could probably manage it.

Looks like we're expending the 7 vys to make it a regular success. Writin'

fuck the dragon. once we kill this fucker.
We either leech the egg. or meditate for vys

Rolled 8, 10, 8 = 26

>>32533812
Fuck you

>>32533812
>leech the egg
fuck off namefag

>>32533812
GO FUCK YOURSELF!

Wrassle the fucker as a last resort, Ricky won't fail us.

>>32533849
We should flip our cloak, since it gives defensive bonuses when flipped.

>>32533849
>get into wrestling stance
>tentacles wrap around our arms and give us a huge strength boost
>we pin him in under 3 seconds

>>32533812
Uhhh no fuck you.

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>>32533869
What does it do when flipped?

>>32533992
Absorb magic and weapon pass through it.

>>32534025
should have flipped it when we were caught then.

>>32533812
You mean leech the sword right? the one with 8 vys inside it?

You reach into your cloak, withdrawing your pistol. You use a bit of fire magic to light the string and then withdraw the metal rod from its holding slot to make sure the cartridge is packed firmly into the barrel. Then you slide back the cover on your armor's control panel and activate the function simply labeled 'boost'. Strength seems to flood your limbs and the world snaps into sharp focus, but you pump even more vys into your armor to amplify the effects further.

As you level your pistol you pump fire magic into the weapon, smoke starting to curl from the barrel. Baldev has just reached the walkway at the rim of the chamber when you squeeze the trigger, sending a roiling fireball rocketing out of the pistol. Even with your enhanced strength, the kick is strong enough to wrench your arm up and back, sending shooting pains through your shoulder. The round clips Baldev in the shoulder and explodes into light and heat, forcing you to shield your eyes. Consciously you realize it must have been very loud, but you're still deafened after hearing that dragon's roar.
>Vys Pool: (3/27)

When the light fades and you can safely look again, Baldev is laying sprawled out on the floor. His left arm is gone, as is a good portion of his neck and torso. Burns cover what's left of him. Even if he survived, he's a dead man surely. Of course, you're only barely still conscious. As you cut the flow of vys to your armor every muscle starts to ache, your vision grows blurry, and a deep sense of weariness and lethargy sets in. Even walking seems to take an immense effort.

>Get up there and confirm the kill.
>Go heal your companions, while you're still able to. (2 vys)
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.
>Write-in

>>32534177
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.

>>32534177
>Drain your sword.
Where's the egg?

>>32534177
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.
>Get up there and confirm the kill.
Chop him into pieces, feed the pieces to ricky

>>32534177
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.

>>32534177
>>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.

>>32534177
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.
>Get up there and confirm the kill.

>>32534177
>>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.
Can we keep at least 1 into it?

>>32534217
You don't see it.

>>32534177
>Drain your sword of its charge, restoring 9 vys to your reserves.

>>32534249
Cry

>>32534249
We should search for it then, after healing everyone.

>>32534249
We can active magic vision to find it.

>>32534189
This
Forgot about that

Looks like
>Drain sword
wins and I'll include
>Go confirm kill
Simply because it's convenient, and assuming there are no complaints.

I'll need a roll of 3d10, flat. DC is 20.

Rolled 4, 4, 6 = 14

>>32534388

Rolled 2, 1, 10 = 13

>>32534388

Rolled 7, 3, 2 = 12

>>32534388

>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406
Th-thanks

>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406

>>32534388
Us the dc FOR CONFIRMING THE KILL?

>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406
I'm gonna cry

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>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406

>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406
>14, 13, 12 vs DC 20
>Severe Failure!

You could expend 7 vys to make it a regular failure, but you are unable to make it a success. That would put you at 5/27 vys after draining your sword.

>Spend
>Don't

>>32534433
Nah, it's not directly related.

>>32534388
if we don't succeed with leech, we should at least heal darzy before we pass out, as she can heal too.

>>32534388
>>32534396
>>32534399
>>32534406

God damn, please tell me its not like the Mountain and the Red Viper again!

>>32534471
yes

>>32534471
>Don't

Way too much vys for too little reward.

Rolled 2, 5, 6 = 13

>>32534388

Its times like these that this quest simply isn't worth it.

>>32534485
Still don't see why people thought he was gonna be a major player.the midgets brother helps him escape, and then the midget kills his father.

>>32534471
>Don't

>>32534471
>Spend

>>32534507

Knew he was going to die, but I still hope he could live....

>>32534471
no

I hope we get a decent burial

>>32534504
waaah, why doesn't the dice roll the way I want it, waaah

>>32534532
eh, the show creators may have cut and changed some scens, even add filler, but i doubt they could get away with making him survive.

>>32534561
Yeah, him winning the trial would have changed too much of the story.

Speaking of the Red Viper...we are an Arab who uses spears as his main weapon and also have an thing for using poison. Fun coincidences.

>>32534471
>>Don't

We will need the vys.

Rolled 1, 1, 10 = 12

>>32534789
Yeah, but we're kinda lacking in the libido department. And our sister is kind of a bitch.

>>32534837
>And our sister is kind of a bitch.

Is she? I don't remember her.

>>32534837
Maybe Mik is a eunuch? Vatis are supposed to be chaste and his master was a huge shit to him.

Oh, right. Forgot to mention. You're not spending the vys. I'm almost done with the post though.

>>32534849
She sided with the guys who banished us, I think. Or at least she didn't care

Rolled 1, 1 = 2

>>32534849
She spat on us during our banishment

>>32534849
She was mentioned as one of the family members who turned on us the fastest.

You place the pistol once more within your cloak, grabbing hold of the handle of your sword as you hobble up the sloped metal pathway towards the walkway above, where Baldev lays. You cast a quick leech spell to drain it of its charge, the flood of energy doing wonders for your aches and pains. You're still tired, but you should be able to fight.
>Vys Pool: (12/27)

You feel the ground shake violently as you're approaching Baldev's corpse, causing the stone around you to crack and the magma beneath to boil up to the surface. It's nearly enough to knock you off your feet, though you manage to keep your footing. Looks like the gunshot was loud enough to attract the attention of at least one dragon, though you can only hope it wasn't the mother.

Before you can properly regain your footing magma surges up from beneath the platform you're standing on, coiling around your legs almost like a living being. It burns, even through your armor it burns, and before you properly know what's happening the molten rock has risen up to your waste and begun to solidify. You struggle, and at least manage to keep your hands free, but from the waste down you're trapped in solid rock.
(1/2)

Rolled 8, 4, 7 = 19

>>32534856
Welp, there's another reason to hit the Water temple.

>>32534876
Yeah kind of bitch. Where is the love imouto?

You glance up to see Baldev struggling to his feet, except he seems... wrong, for lack of a better word. A strange haze seems to surround him, and his wounds have stopped bleeding. When he finally gets to his feet he stands crooked, slumped over, almost reminiscent of an ape. He whips his head around violently and you see two pits of black surrounded by a glowing white corona where his eyes ought to be. He raises his one remaining arm and you feel him beginning to channel vys...

>Combat Initiated!
>Enemies Remaining: 1x Baldev (Heavily Wounded, Revenant)

>Channel Earth Magic into your armor so you can disintegrate the stone encasing you. (1 vys)
>Attack him before he can attack you, pin him to the wall with a spear of ice. (2 vys)
>Channel fire magic through your armor, see if he likes eating flames. (1 vys)
>Write-in

>>32534849
She only comes up in passing conversation or musing on the subject of his banishment. She spit on him when he was banished.

>>32534913
>>Attack him before he can attack you, pin him to the wall with a spear of ice. (2 vys)

Oh, fuck this guy. Fuck him hard.

>>32534913
>Channel Earth Magic into your armor so you can disintegrate the stone encasing you. (1 vys)
>snort the shit out of the spice
>PURGE THE DIRTY MORTAL

Rolled 4, 6, 3 = 13

>>32534913
Can we flip the cloak?

Then: >Channel fire magic through your armor, see if he likes eating flames. (1 vys)

>>32534913
Would channeling metal magic into our armor help in this situation, or is the added DR not going to be enough?

>>32534913
>Attack him before he can attack you, pin him to the wall with a spear of ice. (2 vys)

Remove the threat first, we don't have manipulate so if he paralyzes us it's over.

Rolled 7, 4, 6 = 17

>>32534913
>Attack him before he can attack you, pin him to the wall with a spear of ice. (2 vys)

or alternatively, create and drop a stalactite of ice on him

>>32534913
>Attack him before he can attack you, pin him to the wall with a spear of ice. (2 vys)
Also flip out cloak.

>>32534943
If by flip the cloak you mean channel vys into the cloak, then yes.

>>32534954
The armor buff would indeed help in this situation.

>>32534943
I like this idea, since I'm pretty sure the cloak turns magic into raw vys

>>32534913
>>Channel Earth Magic into your armor so you can disintegrate the stone encasing you. (1 vys)
whip out dat spears, prepare dem leech and paralyse spells

>>32534977
What happens if we channel vys into it?
Also i beleive he is talking about making it inside out.

Rolled 8, 8, 2 = 18

>>32534965
Rolling for this, needs one more roll I think.

>>32535000
>What happens if we channel vys into it?
absorbs it

>>32534977

Err, just to clarify: Can we flip the cloak inside out to absorb Baldev's next spell?

>>32535000
You're not sure entirely what happens when you channel vys into the cloak, you only tried it once and you were too low on vys to really get much of an effect. It seemed to flip the inside surface of the cloak to the outside and the outside to the inside. It also actively sucked in anything near it.

You wouldn't be able to just remove the cloak and turn it inside out, as the bottom of the cloak is trapped in stone.

Rolled 6, 7, 1 = 14

>>32534913
>>Channel Earth Magic into your armor so you can disintegrate the stone encasing you. (1 vys)

Rolled 1, 7, 8 = 16

>>32535034
Oh, neat.

>>32534937
>>32534965
>>32534966
>>32534975
>Attack him first.

>>32535041
>>32534998
>>32534941
>Focus on trying to free yourself.

While I write, do you want to try channeling vys into your cloak, in addition to attacking him?
>Y
>N

>>32535067
Y

>>32535067
Y

>>32535067
Y

Rolled 4, 9, 4 = 17

>>32535067
Y

Rolled 9, 4, 1 = 14

>>32535067
Yeah, have Ricky throw the rocks he's taken inside once Baldy gets near.

>>32534943
>>32534966
>>32535041
>17, 21, 18 vs DC 18 to attack him first.
>Regular Success!
Would you like to spend 1 vys to make it a Great Success? After attacking him and channeling vys into your cloak for the round you'll be at 9/27.
>Spend
>Don't

Rolled 8, 4, 8 = 20

>>32535114
Spend it

Rolled 2, 3, 5 = 10

>>32535114
Duh

>>32535114
Spend, it's only 1 and I think a great success will take him out.

>>32535114
Spend

>>32535114
>Spend

>>32535114
Spend

>Spend
Writin'

>>32535129
I doubt it will do that much since he has the mysterious "Reverent" condition, but for the cost it seems like a good idea.

We should snort the magic god dust, I have a feeling this guy is gonna be a tough cookie

>>32535193
when we are out of vys.

>>32535168
I think it' more efficient to make one great success that two regular success as a general rule, but I could be wrong.

Rolled 6, 10, 1 = 17

>>32535193
Let's not subject ourselves to a dangerous and addictive narcotic that has very severe repercussions for ingesting. K? If this were a dragon we were fighting then sure why not.

>>32535193
Too soon.

>>32535193
We will wait anon. Even after what we do this round, we are still at 1/3 vys. If we get to much lower, then we always have magic crazy dust as an option.

>>32535193
I'd actually support it in this case. We're waist deep in rock, fighting a guy who knows magic and is halfway to lich, our companions are wounded and can easily be thrown into lava.

Also a nest of dragons is stirring nearby and might come pouring out of the tunnel any instant.

>>32535226
We wait for the dragons to use the dust. One man who is nearly dead is not worth the risk

>>32535226
>dragons come pouring out of the tunnel
>mik is screaming at them about how puny they are
>while holding baldevs head under the magma

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>>32535239

>>32535239
I wonder who is gonna posse us, since the male dragon is near by.

You snap off a quick spell, hurling a spear of ice as long as you are tall through the air with immense force just as he's preparing to discharge his spell. As the spear approaches it seems to slow, losing some of its momentum, but you use a bit of water magic to push the ice forward despite the effects of his armor. It pierces him through the chest and carries him off his feet, slamming him into the wall behind him.

At the same time you channel vys into your cloak, and feel a distinct chill settle over you. The rock begins to crack and fall apart and the smoke that fills the room is being sucked forcefully beyond the event horizon of your cloak. Eventually the rock trapping you in place begins to fall apart, sucked into your cloak as well.
>Vys Pool: (8/27)

The blow was enough to knock off his aim and his spell goes wide, a beam of fire shooting through the air and impacting the crystals surrounding the upper portion of the generator. There is a flash of light and the air is filled with a strong, acrid scent. Some sort of powder or smoke begins to descend from the ceiling, filling the room. A warning flashes in the corner of your vision and the scent vanishes, but you find yourself worrying for your companions. While Chryssa, Darzi, and Fulvia will be okay Profectus is still at risk. He's unconscious and was bleeding heavily the last time you saw him.

The spear of ice protruding from Baldev's abdomen, while not enough to kill him, has limited his movement. His fingers scrabble at it uselessly, though in this environment it's rapidly melting anyway. You doubt he'll be stuck there for long. The initiative is yours.

>Channel a leeching spell through your spear and then jam it through his skull.
>Cast a Fire Blast spell at him point blank, there shouldn't be much left of him after that. (2 vys)
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)
>Write-in

>>32535340
>>Channel a leeching spell through your spear and then jam it through his skull.

Fatality.

>>32535340
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)

>>32535340
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)
We can't risk the party dying, that and we need someone to hold us back after we snort the spice when the dragons arrive

>>32535340
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)

Rolled 3, 1, 4 = 8

>>32535340
>>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)

>>32535340
>Channel a leeching spell through your spear and then jam it through his skull.

>>32535340
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)

We have the initiative now, let's get backup.

>>32535340
>Leave him where he is for now, go and heal Profectus and reactivate Fulvia. (3 vys)

>>32535380
>>32535377
>>32535365
>>32535358
>>32535403
Your gonna regret this.

>Leave him where he is, go attend to your companions.
Writin'

>>32535407
We won't.

Can we snort spice before we do this? that'll protect us from a backstab

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>>32535407
Really now?

>>32535417
He's stuck there ya dumbass.

>>32535417
no

>>32535417
Fuck off with the spice already.

>>32535430
Knows fire magic, might be a master at fire, plus hes undead.
>>32535417
The more you try to push it the more people are gonna vote against it.

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>>32535435
>>32535442

Some people just want to watch the world burn. Or whatever.

>>32535465
Its a bad idea for multiple reasons and should only be used as an oh shit moment.

>>32535465
If I what to watch the world burn I would have agreed with that guy.

>>32535407
The bag guy might get away temporarily, but having a party to support us is pretty much the only way we are getting back to the surface.

So some weird shit went down when I accidentally hit cntrl-v instead of cntrl-c and my computer froze. Anyway, post will be slightly delayed while I rewrite it.

You draw you spear from your cloak and take a few steps towards Baldev, before thinking better of it. That strange detritus is quickly filling the air after Baldev's spell went awry and the safety of your companions takes priority. Before you leave Baldev to struggle against the wait of the ice spear in his abdomen you do note that the egg is safe. It must have fallen out of his hands and rolled out of sight after you shot Baldev.

You half-run half-slide down the narrow metal pathway down to the cavern entrance. You quickly step past Chryssa and Darzi, both still paralyzed, and stop only for a moment to place Fulvia's core back into her body. She springs back to life almost immediately, but you're already moving on to Profectus. He's laying right where you left him, in a pool of his own blood with his chest slashed open.

You crouch down next to him and begin channeling vys into his wounds. Immediately the cuts begin to knit themselves shut, but his skull has also been cracked and he has a nasty concussion. Those take a little more finesse to heal. The real problem is the blood loss though, and you're not nearly confident enough in your skill to try creating new blood as it pumps through his veins. Not yet at least.
>Vys Pool: (5/27)

(1/2)

Once he's healed you wind your hand back and slap him hard across the face. The shock is enough to wake him, and he bolts upright shouting something you can't hear. Once he's awake you stand up and take a moment to heal your own ears, though you're not happy with what you hear. The rapidly approaching rush of air and beat of wings indicates that the dragons do indeed know you fled down this tunnel, and judging by how fast the hatchling you encountered could fly you probably only have a few seconds before they arrive.

>You can worry about it later, take Profectus and Fulvia with you to the central chamber so you can finish off Baldev.
>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.
>Write-in

>>32536091
>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536091
>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

Let's gtfo. They can use earth so a barrier wouldn't be effective.

>>32536091
>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>Beat Baldev's head in until your are absolutely sure he is ded

>>32536091
seal it and run

>>32536091
>>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536091
>>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536091
>>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.

>>32536091
>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
Grab the spear and ready leech to drain this chucklefuck.

Also reminder, y'all niggas crazy.

>>32536091
>>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.

The room is fill with vys she can do it easily.

>>32536091
>>You can worry about it later, take Profectus and Fulvia with you to the central chamber so you can finish off Baldev.
>>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536144
>>32536145
>>32536140
>Dragons have earth magic. Metal walls are like paper to them.

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>>32536091
>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

Scoot!

>>32536177

Its the baby, relax.

>>32536177
five seconds is better than 0 seconds of free time

>>32536091
>>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel with Earth magic and then reinforce it with Metal. It ought to buy you some time.
>>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536188
>gif
horrifying

>>32536091
>Pick up Darzi and Chryssa then book it. The dragons will finish off Baldev and you can snatch the egg on your way out.

>>32536122
>>32536123
>>32536136
>>32536138
>>32536158
>>32536188
>>32536202
>>32536214
>>32536133
>Grab an' go

>>32536202
>>32536188
>>32536158
>>32536152
>>32536145
>>32536144
>>32536140
>>32536136
>>32536129
>>32536133
>Have Fulvia seal the tunnel

>>32536158
>>32536129
>Kill Baldev yourself.

Writin' for sealing the tunnel and cheesing it.

>>32536241
My bad, there were actually 3 votes to kill Baldev yourself. Missed one, though it doesn't particularly effect things.

>>32536207
It's a baby, relax.

>>32536259
exactly

So, do we try to rush towards the lake of magic?

>>32536441
hopefully, also here is hoping we can still go golem hunting.

>>32536441
lets settle for getting on the lift

>>32536475
I vote we rush towards the maintenance lift, and fuck over this lift.

>>32536475
>>32536463
>>32536441
>>32536489
What about the ticking time bomb?

>>32536512
what bomb?
We just set the place to freeze.

>>32536531
What do you think will happen when it does?

>>32536554
24 hours, later.

{Fulvia, seal the tunnel. It will buy us some time.} She nods, and begins to collect vys for a spell. In the meantime you drag Profectus up and point him down the tunnel. {Go grab Chryssa and start carrying her out, we'll catch up in a moment. Watch out for Baldev, he's still walking.} He stumbles off down the hall, still a tad disoriented you'd wager but he'll probably manage the task just fine.

You turn to face the exit, and just as you glimpse the first horned, scaly head peaking around the corner and flapping its wings to alter course towards you Fulvia's spell discharges. A massive wall of Earth erects itself between you and the dragon, and not a moment later it's transmuted into solid steel. You hear something pound against it, denting the surface, but you and Fulvia are already sprinting in the opposite direction.

Fulvia scoops up Darzi, she's actually surprisingly strong come to think of it. That armor Darzi is wearing is terribly heavy. That leaves you to get the egg, though as you round the corner you see that Profectus is struggling with Baldev, who appears to be trying to strangle him. He dropped Chryssa rather unceremoniously on the ground. As you're about to rush in to help, he presses his stone hand to Baldev's chest and a beam of light shoots out of his back.

You have to shield your eyes, but when you look again Baldev has been sliced in half. Profectus shoves the bandit's upper body onto the weak stone adjacent the walkway, though it still seems to be alive. Seriously, what the hell? There is less than a third of him left and yet he still tries to fight. It's almost comical at this point.

(1/2)

I have a feeling we will some day return to this place, as I doubt we are strong enough to deal with all the shit lurking down here. For now lets get out while we can

You're snapped out of your reverie by the sound of rending metal. Looks like that barrier won't last long. Profectus picks up Chryssa while you and Fulvia rush up the metal pathway. You stop for only a moment to pick up the egg and then dash for the massive bulkhead door which sits adjacent the viewing chamber. Once everyone has been packed inside, Fulvia punches the central panel on the bulkhead into the facility and punches something into the board of keys that reveals itself. The bulkhead behind you slams shut just as you hear a loud roar of triumph.

An grainy, artificial voice speaks from an unknown source. “Contaminants detected: purge initiated.”. Slowly, the powder that fills the air begins to filter away through the two large vents in the room, though you don't really have the luxury of time...
>Have Fulvia tear the bulkhead open.
>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.
>Write-in

(Gonna go eat dinner.)

>>32536594
>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.

>>32536594
>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.
Hide underground

>>32536594
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

>>32536594

If Baldev is still moving maybe id better to stay still.

>>32536594
can we use some magic to create a distraction? A large noise or the sound of movement elsewhere

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>>32536594
>Have Fulvia tear the bulkhead open.
Whelp, no time to dick around.

>>32536594
>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.
here we go.
>>32536554
You don't know how deep we are do you?

>>32536594
>>Have Fulvia tear the bulkhead open.
Let's get the fuck out of here

>>32536594
>>>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.

>>32536594
>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.

We're out of the way, hopefully they'll stop for lunch.

>>32536617
We're standing on steel

>>32536594
>>Just wait, hide, maybe the dragons won't see you.

Hey, we still have 12 poison glands from the plant monsters. Let's cook up some traps in case shit hits the fan.

So why are we freezing this place again?

>>32536781
fuck dragons

>>32536781
Don't know.

>>32536777
>>32536777
Fuck we can use this on the baby dragon.

>>32536777

Good idea, the moment its mouth comes through the metal throw the poison glands inside.

>>32536777
To slow acting, won't actually help.

Best case scenario a dragon dies of poison 4 hours later, whether we make it or not.

>>32536781
>>32536793

>>32536793
That's dumb. Let's just keep at room temperature.

>>32536821

Poison overload man.

>>32536781
Now we actually have a reason, to slow the dragons down.

>>32536821
It actually takes a few seconds.

>>32536816
>>32536810
You do know that it took like 20 minutes for it to even start doing anything to us right?

and this dragon was the size of a carriage.

It would take at least a day to kill it. if it even would.

>>32536848
we got stung, this shit is the whole gland.

>>32536848
>It was only a small dose.

>>32536832
We're not going back to change it.

>>32536843
Not on something over a dozen times our size.

Not to mention I doubt it would work even half as well ingested as through the blood.

>>32536848
We can channel vys poison into it. It's better than fighting him head on.

>>32536884
Aren't we heading back there right now?

>>32536872
>>32536862
>not knowing the extreme difference between venom versus poison.
>not knowing that half the time you can ingest venom perfectly fine
>this is venom

>>32536777
Fuck, yeah, the poison! Use some of that and throw in the dragon's gob!

>>32536821
>>32536884

I'm thinking here that dragons are sort of like lizards, right. They need heat to warm their body and keep their blood moving and warm. The poison might slow them down if we use it in conjunction with frost magic. Also, the glands Soma is talking about is kinda icky, detail wise. Venomous beasts have to inject their venom. Poison is ingested. Soma is calling them poison glands when they're probably venom glands.

>>32536884
Man, it's worth a shot at least

>>32536898
Setting up traps would take too long. The time is better used running or hiding.

>>32536908
we'll run by it but not go inside.

>>32536910
>12x Monster Poison Glands (Lethal)

>>32536934
Not worth the time

>>32536947
>being this retarded

Poison is ingested, Venom is Injected.

Those plant things injected their venom.

>>32536919
Actually poison can be ingested or injected into the bloodstream or even absorbed through the skin.

>>32536777
Yeah, toss a couple down the dragon's throat if/when we have the opportunity; couldn't hurt

>>32536935
>we'll run by it but not go inside.
Maybe if the dragon's still chasing us. If not I don't see why we shouldn't.

>>32537000
becuase it can help us slow them down.

>>32536977
That's from the pastebin however in seems to be just a toxin.

>>32536962
To set up a trap, no, but if that thing is after us and we have a shot to throw one at it then it seems dumb not to at least experiment.

>>32536977
You calling soma retarded?
fuk u

>>32536910
>>32536977
>>32536947

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnJ4_xRfxpA

>>32536992
Lets hope we don't get the opprotunity

>>32537006
No it can't. It's set for a 24 hour timer.

>>32537027
then why are you so hanged up on trying to change it then?

>>32537027
We're nto chanign it

>>32537035
Because I'd rather not meet them on the surface.

>>32537035
Because it's a retarded idea? Why would you want to force dragons onto the surface?

>>32537067
theyre 13 miles down

>>32537013
So what you're saying is...poison/toxin is pretty much the exact same thing, except in regards to the method of delivery. Thank you for being a voice of reason, Anon

>>32537098
Yes and think that's going to stop?

>>32537098
>implying they're not capable of travelling
How do think they got down here?

>>32537098
That, and they have a dragon cult of bipedal humanoids. That being said, they might just screw up the cooling system anyway trying to chase us.

>>32537112
>not knowing that 90% of toxins that are injected are perfectly safe to drink.

>>32537253
>Not knowing this toxin is used to execute criminals.

>>32537283
And?

They use a mix of narcotics and a lethal dose of a specifically selected poison. Also it's injected.

Is Soma trying to sell a house or something right now?

Rolled 1, 1 = 2

>>32537351
This is typical Soma

>>32537337
They don't use needles.

>>32537144
If anything they'll just fix it and leave it.

>>32537369
the sale will not go well

>>32537371
Yes they do.

>>32537351
No, just eating. Street tacos with cilantro and crema. Then I walked the dog.

Anyway, back and typing.

>>32537395
>{Not great Chrys. Legs feel heavy, breathing is difficult, think I might vomit.} She responds quickly with. {It sounds similar to conium poisoning. Conium causes paralysis starting in the legs and eventually the poisoned individual ceases breathing. My people sometimes use it to execute non-violent criminals.} Oh, that's just dandy. {However, if one were to assist the poisoned individual in breathing for the duration of the effects they might live. It only last for two or three days. Also keep in mind, this is merely a guess at what it might cause. I've no way of actually knowing.}

>>32537431
And?

Nothing talks about the. Nature of it.

The term "poisoning" is used for any sort of toxin.

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>>32537405
Out of curiosity, what kind of dog do you have? And what is it like? Is it fluffy?

>>32537489
And statistics mean nothing here.

>>32536616
>>32536617
>>32536662
>>32536687
>>32536690
>>32536768
>Hide

>>32536685
>>32536649
>Rip and tear.

The glands in your inventory are technically venom glands although it's largely a semantic difference. That's my bad. The toxin inside those glands could serve as either poison or venom.

>>32537500
I have a Great Pyrenees. He is needy, but very fluffy.

>>32537520
>2014
>still not having a lab

>>32537569
>wanting those evil dogs
He should get a pit or a bull dog.

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>>32537592
Mah niggah.

You glance around the room, but there are no lockers to stuff yourself in. The only things in this room other than the bulkhead doors are the two large vents on either end of the room, but they'll have to do. You approach the vent to your left, the one furthest from the viewing chamber, and motion Fulvia over. {I need you to pull this vent cover off, but gently. I don't want it to be obvious it was removed.}

She nods, and begins to gather vys. Only a few moments later something impacts the bulkhead separating you from the central chamber. Fortunately these doors seem quite a bit sturdier than the barrier Fulvia erected. It's not even dented. Still the dragon continues to hammer away at the door. You're starting to think you might actually have a chance of escaping normally when you hear the sound of glass shattering loudly and a door being rent open.

Seems there might be a few of these bastards, and at least one of them is going to be waiting for you on the other side of this bulkhead. Fortunately Fulvia discharges her spell and the metal vent cover subtly deforms. It's enough that Fulvia can slide it off without much difficulty.

You send Profectus in first, carrying Chryssa with him. Just inside the vent there is a steep incline but Fulvia uses a bit of metal magic to fashion foot and handholds in the metal. After Profectus you go, with the egg in arms. It's a real hassle to carry but you're managing okay. It helps that the egg is fairly sturdy and you don't have to worry about breaking it when you hit it against the metal. Finally Fulvia climbs in last with Darzi in tow, sealing the vent behind her.

The suction inside the vent is such that you feel yourself being dragged further in, but it's not hard to resist the pull. You're not really sure where this vent leads, but you don't want to be flung into some sort of filter which will chop you into tiny bits and drain you of vys.
(1/2)

You hear a beep, and then the sound of the heavy bulkhead sliding slowly upwards. You hear claws clacking against metal and then the whine of metal rotors as something grabs the door and slams it upwards forcefully. Suddenly being chopped to bits doesn't sound so bad...

>Proceed further in, to the unknown.
>Just wait it out, they won't check here.
>Write-in

>>32537850
>Proceed further in, to the unknown
Obviously we'll find some loot

>>32537850
>>Just wait it out, they won't check here.

>>32537850
>Just wait it out, they won't check here.

Be vewy vewy quiet.

>>32537850
wait it out

>>32537850
>>Just wait it out, they won't check here.

>>32537850
>Proceed further in, to the unknown.
Keep moving, and for the love of loot don't pass out Prof.

>>32537850
>Proceed further in, to the unknown.

>>32537850
>Just wait it out, they won't check here.

>>32537850
Why don't we slide the egg into the cloak? What if they can smell it, or us?

>>32537925
It might kill the egg? It's a vacuum in there.

>>32537925
It'll probably die because no air.

>>32537925
Eggs need air.

>>32537940
>>32537943
>>32537957
The egg was also completely buried under rock and had no air already, and it seems to be fine.

>>32538013

Yeah it also has a rocky constitution.

>>32537924
>>32537904
>>32537890
>>32537887
>>32537891
>Just wait

>>32537886
>>32537907
>>32537906
>Into the unknown

Writin'

>>32538013
It's also very cold in the cloak. Just don't both arguing we're not going to risk it.

>>32538013
There's no ambient vys in there though, so that might affect it as well.

>>32538069
>vacuum
>cold

>>32538098
The temperature inside a true vacuum is 0K, so yeah. That's pretty cold.

Rolled 3, 4, 2 = 9

At some point if we survive and the egg isn't damaged, someone will mention that it need heat for it to incubate.
And we'll have to do it naked since it'll require a lot of body heat.
Since you know, it's a big egg

>>32538213
We could just have Fulvia craft a big metal pit with some wheels on it and keep the egg in some sort of mobile bonfire.

>>32538175
The egg would retain its heat for a long time afterwards in a vacuum. I'd be more worried about the lack if vys than it freezing.

>>32538213
Or we can train our friend in fire, and also train ourselves with fire on the road.
Also should we sell the heart?

>>32538213
We'll just fire-magickz it, no magical realm pls

>>32538213
>Fire magic.

>>32538175

I doubt it's a true vacuum since we were able to stick our head in there without dying.

But yeah, it's cold.

>>32538213
So what you're saying is we should put it in our butt.

>>32538264
>leapfrog our water training and fire training by giving life to a creature with fire magic

You sit very, very still while the creature patrols the room. You hear its claws clacking loudly against the floor and it lets out a long, low hiss as it patrols the room. You hear its snout press against the metal vent and snort several times loudly. However, it's followed by a sound that almost sounds like a gag, and then a sort of hacking cough. You glance down at yourself and notice that you're covered in that acrid smelling, toxic powder. It's probably enough to mask your scent.

The dragon rips open the vent, and you hear the metal twist and break as it shoves its head inside. Fortunately you must be too far inside the vent because a moment later it jerks its head out. You're about to sigh in relief when a jet of flame shoots up the vent and past you, scorching your armor something fierce. Fortunately your cloak seems fairly fire resistant, so the flames simple roll past you. Your companions are similarly unharmed, though Fulvia looks a tad scorched.

This seems to convince the dragon that the vent is empty, so it moves on to the next one. You hear it rip off the vent cover forcefully and shove its head inside once more. Again, there is the roar of flame as it breathes fire down the vent, and afterward you hear it sniff the air loudly. It speaks... excitedly? It's difficult to tell, but it does hiss and grunt rapidly so you assume that it thinks it found something. After a few moments it leaves the room, seemingly content.

>Get out of the vent.
>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.
>Write-in

>>32538342
>>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.

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>>32538213
>Will you help me incubate this egg Ricky-kun.
>SKREEEEESKREEEE
>TL Note: SKREEEEESKREEEE means For you.

>>32538342
>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.

Let's just chill for a bit.

>>32538342
> magic vision and nature staff to check if its really gone
> leave the vent

>>32538342
>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.

>>32538384
second

>>32538384
Oooh, good point. Support staff usage.

>>32538342
>>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.

>>32538384
This

>>32538342
>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.

If that takes a while then try to regain some vys

>>32538342
>>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.
Time to get comfy

>>32538384
Second

>>32538430
Seconding meditating.

>>32538384
Let's do that.

>>32538342
>>Stay here until Chrys and Darzi can move again.
hopefully everything will be somewhat calmed by then and might be easier to escape.

Hey Soma how hard would it be to get the the temperature control room. Im thinking if it would be easy we might want to freeze the dragons to death if the controls can change the temp down here

>>32538342
Modify this guy: >>32538384
Check with magic sight and staff to make sure it's not getting the proto-Dragonborn to reenact the hills have eyes on us

>>32538384
This

>Use Nature Staff and Magic Sight
>Leave if all clear.

Writin'. Chrys and Darzi will only be out for about... 50 or so minutes more. Chryssa maybe less than that depending on how she rolls. Not enough time to meaningfully meditate.

>>32538452
>to get the the temperature control room
You'd have to get past the dragon, but if you can do that it's just across the hall.

>>32538511
We're not actually going to do that.

>>32538511
Dang. Should have set the timer to 2 hours.

>>32538560
Hindsight is 20/20

>>32538560
we figured he went the other way so we thought ahead, but it seems he went left or looped around.

>>32538560
The whole idea was pretty dumb.

You carefully withdraw your nature staff from your robe, though in the cramped confines of the vent you're unable to remove it entirely. Once you've got it far enough that you can maneuver it you begin channeling vys into the staff, green light shining from the carved dragon on its head. You wonder why on earth the thing has a dragon carved on top of it, but it seems oddly fitting at the moment.

You can pick out one dragon, a smaller example of the race, sitting in the room between the two bulkheads. You're not sure if it's waiting or standing guard or what. In the central chamber you see a huge dragon, not quite the size of the mother but easily twenty feet long, investigating what you think is the generator. Another dragon seems to be investigating the various rooms of the facility while a fourth is stalking off down the tunnel back towards the nest. At least you don't see any sign of Baldev.

There is no way in hell you are leaving this vent any time soon, that much is obvious. In fact, you think creeping slowly and quietly further into the vent system is sounding like a pretty good idea right about now. You don't want them stuffing some young hatchling into the vent to hunt you down, though you're not even sure a newborn hatchling could fit in this vent if the eggs curled up next to the mother were any indicator of their size.

>Climb further into the vents.
>Wait it out, they have to leave eventually.
>Write-in

>>32538643
>back towards the nest
Shit, they're fetching a mutant.

>Climb further into the vents.

>>32538643
Well shit
> climb further into the vents

>>32538643
>Climb further into the vents.

>>32538643
I think we have to go deeper.

>>32538643
>Climb further into the vents.

Nice and slow now.

>>32538545
I was just curious if we would pass it on the way out. Would have been helpful to freeze them, assuming since they like the heat that they may be cold-blooded so figured we could freeze them but nevermind.


>>32538643
>>Climb further into the vents.

>>32538643
>>Wait it out, they have to leave eventually.

>>32538712
they are not stupid, these series of events shows that.