>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. She was in the western city of Tianna as a guest of queen Amata, an old friend. Abyssals are targeting the city for conquest, Lintha pirates have infiltrated it with spies and agents, and the Realm is probably planning to get rid of you.
But things are also looking up. You have gathered a lot of allies and friends, have a powerful Manse under construction, and are unifying Tianna in a great nation under your overwhelming charisma.
You just discovered the reason everyone seems to be so interested in Tianna: an enormous magical fortress lies buried underground, a relic of the First Age with enough firepower to destroy anything...

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

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

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability. Yes, this means that the more people are posting, the stronger Maka is, up to a limit of her attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

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Forgot the second half, sorry.

>>35972465
>We have to stick to the plan. He's on his own until we get reinforcements.
He's a big boy now, he can look after himself.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>35972496
>35972465
Forgot my dice.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35972465
>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen.

The Murdering Heart is doing everything it can to try to kill Karas before he can absolutely massacre them so the guns that would be shooting us CANNOT anymore.

Let's kick these fuckers straight in the dick.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35972465
>Amata! Send a Messenger and tell that moron to pull back!
and be prepared for if she can't or he ignores the message, then do
>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35972465
>We have to stick to the plan. He's on his own until we get reinforcements.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

It seems that Maka and her family share a tendency to not think things through, don't they?

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen. And fire at will, even blindly

That idiot, we can't let him risk himself like this.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35972465
>>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen.
The more they're focussed on him, then they're not shooting at us. This gives us a window.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35972465
>>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen.
We just met again, we can't let him die now

>>35972465
AW

SHIT

NIGGAH

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35972465


Also EF does the Murdering Heart have masts with sail like some giant hell-o-war or does it move under it's own power like a later ship.

Important for reasons of kicking asshole lintha into the mainmast until it cracks.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35972465
>>I can't leave that idiot to fight alone. Mikahil, charge inside the smokescreen.

DAMN THE HELLPEDOES

>>35972605
Its not actually a ship. Its a giant demon, it moves under its own power.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35972618
Well the big questions is since this is a demon summoned to BE a ship I'm just curious what kind of ship form it took. It might have sails as it's means of moving under it's own power like our bro's little boat but the lintha crew don't actually have to set them or anything.

If it's like an evil ship of the line we can basically break it's nautical legs by de-masting it

>>35972627
Ships in the west usually have sails and oars, Creations ships are pretty much early iron age in design. Even Kimberys Dawn has sails, though if it needs those is questionable.

>>35972465
>Amata! Send a Messenger and tell that moron to pull back!

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>>35972605
You didn't get a good look at it, but it didn't seem to have sails and masts.
You slam your fist on the Gloria's railing in anger. "Damnit."

"So who IS the champion there?" Mikahil asks, sarcastic, but you can see his grip on the rudder wheel is nervous and fidgety. Things are not going as planned.

"Not a lot of time to explain. He's a Dawn. I know him. He can be trusted." You explain to him.

"He's also a moron." He points out.

"Agreed. Mikahil, full speed ahead if you please."

He glances up to the sails catching the wind, then back to you. "We're bailing him out? We're going to be undergunned as hell, pun intended, once we get in range. Are we really risking everything for-"

You interrupt him with a hard, silent glance.

"...This is a terrible idea." He mumbles, turning hard into the black cloud. "Full sails! Man the Lightning Ballistas!" He orders, and the crew follows his instructions dutifully, if nervously.

The Gloria manages to approach the black cloud without any return fire, but you hear distressing noises from within it: explosions, clash of blades, screams, the din of battle. Sometimes, brief flash of colored light escape from within.

You can get a vague idea of the demon-ship's vast size. It must be... you can't put a number on it but it must be seriously huge.

Amata, wreathed in a slight bluish glow - the residual Anima glow of her sorcery, probably - emerges from her rooms. "...What's happening?"

"Long story." You reply, without turning around.

"A Dawn popped out of nowhere and attacked the Heart." Mikahil adds.

"We don't have a Dawn." She notes, as if she were talking about being short on sugar.

"We do now." You point out. "We're going in."

>Get inside the smoke screen, open fire as soon as we see the enemy ship.
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we all board it.
>Ramming speed ahead.
>(Other)

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.

By flank I assume you mean a position of raking fire from the stern of the ship. Basically bringing the Gloria so it's perpendicular to the Heart but not in a position to get rammed to shit.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Get inside the smoke screen, open fire as soon as we see the enemy ship.
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.

POR QUE NO LOS DIOS

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.

And make with the shooty on the way in

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.
Mik and Amata are still better served commanding the ship

>>35972888
"why not the gods"?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then we Exalted will board it.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35972901
Plus Amata has used her essence coordinating the fleet, she can bring no charms to the table and probably isn't as much of a combat beast as we are.

>>35972905
I am assuming they meant DOS

But given that this is Exalted....

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.
all the other exalted on this boat are better served exactly where they are, on this boat and not in the melee

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35972859
>Get inside the smoke screen, open fire as soon as we see the enemy ship.
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.

Once we're done with this adventure, the first thing we're gonna do is give our brother a big hug.
The second thing will be slapping him for being an idiot.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35972859
>>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.
Mik needs to sail the boat and Amata is better off staying put and coordinating the others when they get here

>>35972929
Then we'll share him in bed with Tia.

>>35972859
>Full speed ahead, flank it, and then I will board it.

Get the gloria away while Maka does her thing.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35972933
You know normally I'm all for incest, but of all quest I really don't want it to happen in this one

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35972933
Of course, it would be a waste not to take advantage of Maka's unreasonably hot family.

>>35972938
Not like it's going to be anything new really

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35972938
I agree. Incest is wincest in certain circumstances, but not here.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35972952
Exactly, not here.

We have to wait to get back to Tianna for that.

>>35972938
>I really don't want it to happen in this one
It already happened in this one.

>>35972938
Any reason? I mean, incest isn't exactly ok in Exalted, but it's more ok than it is in most settings.

>>35972952
>>35972958
well the dice clearly have an opinion on the subject.

>>35972933
>>35972950
>>35972951
>>35972952
>>35972958
>>35972960
>>35972962
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Maka started thinking about incest literally the moment she was reunited with one of her long-lost family members.

Although really, she should probably concentrate on the battle a bit more.

>>35972970
Quest runs on sex as much as it does Exalted, I'm surprised that you're surprised.

>>35972970
We upped Maka's Mental score a few threads ago which means she can do both

>>35972970
Maka's head is a weird place.

>>35972962
Wasn't Maka limiting herself to a few select people lately?

>>35972979
Its more that the Quest runs as much on sex as Exalted does.

>>35972987
In theory, that was the idea. In practice, she fucked the Immaculate monks right afterwards.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35972951
>>35972960
I mean incest specifically in the case of Karas and Maka having sex with each other, not like how Amata, Sam, and Irene shared Maka together.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35972987
It's something we have to work on

>>35972992
>Its more that the Quest runs as much on sex as Exalted does.
You can have an Exalted with a hundred child sex slaves, but that doesn't mean it has to be prevalent in the campaign or game.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35972982
>Make her smarter
>So she can think about sex while punching people

>>35973007
But its very prevalent in the material, was my point.

>>35973008
>>35973000
>>35972952

STAHP

>>35973000
chastity belt with only her fiancee and her husbando that have the keys?

>>35973019
We're already far over any dice pool Maka could use here.

>>35973015
It's as prevalent as it is in real life, it just doesn't choose to ignore it. That doesn't mean every Exalted campaign has people going around in nude tabards fucking every dispute away.

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"Full speed ahead" You suggest to Mikahil with a nod in the direction of the dark cloud.

He turns to you, looking quite worried. "Are you sure?"

"Just close enough for me to board it."

"Just you?"

"You need to pilot the ship, and Amata needs to coordinate our reinforcements, and then regain her Essence."

He nods, and keeps the rudder straight while the Gloria disappears inside the smoke screen. Your mouth is filled with a sharp, acrid taste, like spoiled wine that didn't quite make it all the way to vinegar.

"And then?" He asks, staring in the darkness, his eyes stinging and watering as much as yours.

"Improvise." You pat his shoulder, trying to be reassuring. But it's hard to, in this oppressive atmosphere.

With a noiseless noise like a mute howl, the vast bulk of the Murdering Heart appears in front of you all of sudden through the thick smoke. A tall cliff of flesh and bone emerging from the wine-colored sea. Amidst the waves, you see tentacles writhing and fanged mouths snapping.

The crew grows pale. You hear panicked screams.

"Maka." You were about to leap up and onto the cliff, but Amata's voice holds you back.

"Yes?"

"Don't die."

>I won't. I promise.
>I'll try my best.
>I can't promise that.
>Don't answer, jump.
>(Other)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I won't. I promise.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I'll try my best.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I'll try my best.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I won't. I promise.

>>35973047
>(Other)
Smile
"You really think I could die to something like this? Get big red out here and then you can start telling me that!"

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973047
>>I won't. I promise.
We haven't had our wedding yet after all

Let's do Iron Kettle Body so we're at least a little prepared

>>35973058
>>35973061
This

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973047
>>I won't. I promise.
I WOULDN'T DIE EVEN IF THEY KILLED ME

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973058
>>35973060
Dice guys, put on your dice.

Question: does a promise made by an Exalted have some supernatural effect? Like, you're forced to carry it no matter what?

>>35973067
No.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I won't. I promise.
Protagonists never die.

>>35973067
Nope. Not unless it's to an Eclipse, like Mikahil. Then you get cursed if he sanctifies the oath and you break it.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I won't. I promise.
>I wouldn't miss our honeymoon, after all *wink*
>(more seriously) I love you.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973067
If you swear an oath that is sanctified by an Eclipse caster solar you can still choose to break it, but it will not be in your best interests to do so.

>>35973067
No, unless an Eclipse/Moonshadow/Fiend sanctifies it. Then you're cursed if you break it.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973047
>I won't. I promise.

Activate IKB.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35973047
>>I won't. I promise.

LEZ DO DIS

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973047
>>I won't. I promise.
How come Maka's wives are so good

"I won't. I promise." You smile, and kick the ship under your feet, taking to the air.

Carried up in the sky by the jump, you sail across the space separating the Gloria and the Heart. Flashes of light below you inform you that the Gloria has opened fire with the Lightning Ballistas and started maneuvering.

Physical + Night = 8 4 2 4 7 = 2 successes

Your leap doesn't quite carry you to a solid landing on the top of the ship, but you grasp one of the bone-like plates covering its surface, holding on to it for dear life.

You knew that this "ship" was alive, but being so close to it, actually touching it with hand, is so surreal. You feel it breathing. You feel the blood pumping. You feel the flesh and the muscles. You are touching it, smelling it, tasting it.

And you really wish you didn't.

Pulling yourself up, you climb all the way to the top. Here, the smoke is less thick, and you can see the ship's main deck. Nope, still surreal.

It's vast, but somehow it seems less wide than it seemed at first. It's covered in planks of wood, scales, bone, skin, flesh. Curvy pillars of a vaguely wax-like substance rise chaotically from this uneven surface and disappear in the fog above you, like a confused forest of the masts you were fairly sure this ship did not have.

You hear screams and orders. The noise of battle echoes all around you, but the flashes of golden essence-light filtering through the acrid smoke suggest Karas' current position to you.

But before you can take a step in that direction, seven Lintha pirates emerge from the smoke at once, charging you with spears and hatchets and curved sword-like blades. Somehow, they could see you through the smoke.

>Trigger your combat charms
>Not yet

Combined with:

>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.
>Stand your ground and wait for their charge, then counter it at the last moment.
>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.
>(Other)

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973171
>>Trigger your combat charms
>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973171
>>Trigger your combat charms
>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.
Fuck them up

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35973171
>>Trigger your combat charms
>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.

Right into the drink if you don't mind.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973171

It's time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlp4TQt-yog

>Trigger your combat charms
>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.

I think that the best strategy here is to keep is to use monkey leap technique to keep moving and don't let ourselves get bogged down.

The habitable part of the bleeding heart must be huge and we can't give the demon pirates an opportunity to throw hundreds of body's our way.

>>35973171
>Trigger your combat charms
>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.
We should find our brother and tell him we have a plan and he's wrecking it.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973171
>Not yet
>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973171
>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.
>Not yet

Rolled 4 (1d10)

It's been a while since I looked at the character sheets, do we have 4 health or 1 health?

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973171
>Not yet

>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.

We have no idea how many here are. And Lintha true-blooded are no joke.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973171
>Not yet
>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.
Get to Karas and then we can start mowing down chumps

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973171
>>Trigger your combat charms
>>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.

CROSSU COUNTAH

>>35973171
>Not yet

>Somersault over them and move on. You're not going to get bogged down by fighting the crew.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973171
>Trigger your combat charms

Are we strong enough to break the floor?

If yes:
>kick a hole in the floor, then jump from under them

if not:
>Counter-charge them and smash into and through their formation.

Dice.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_2q0Mm__sA

>>35973197
We have four.

>>35973171
>not yet
>countercharge

Guys, we need to conserve essence. We still have at least a boss fight and the ship to sink, we will need the motes then.

>>35973274
The best way to conserve our essence would be to not get bogged down fighting hordes of Lintha.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973274
The point of activating those charms now is that they're scenelong. So activating them now will let us crush the lintha dregs that compose the bulk of the crew without taking a scratch and they'll still be active for any boss fight vs the captain or quartermaster or whoever.

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[IRON-KETTLE BODY] [SOLAR HERO STYLE]
[ESSENCE: 4/6]

A flash of golden light explodes from you, pushing the foggy darkness back. For a moment, the charging Lintha hesitate.

The next moment, when they finally reach your position, you're already behind them, landing on the deck after your leap, rolling with the impact, springing back on your feet and dashing towards Karas' light.

You hear explosions, the impacts of more Lightning Ballistas and the roar of the Heart's own cannons. You can't do much about it other than hope that Mikahil can keep the Gloria in one piece.
Arrows whistle around you, some impacting against your skin and shattering. The deck is incredibly chaotic, what happens when someone tries to keep up with supernaturally mobile opponents.

Finally, you reach Karas. He's standing in the middle of the deck, in the center of a bloody crater of broken flesh and shattered bone and wood. More than a few bodies are littered around him. He is holding one in hand, a dead Lintha held by the leg, its upper body pulped into an unrecognizable mess. Six arrows and one hatchet are sticking out of his armor and clothes. Hard to tell if any of the blood covering him is his own or someone else's.

"Sis." He greets you, casually.

You walk up to him as Lintha reinforcements pour in. You're pretty much surrounded by now... you could try and jump up and grab one of this ship's weird sails, but they don't look too solid.

You go back to back with him. There are so many things you want to ask him...

>Why the secret codes?
>Do you know anything about mom, dad and sis?
>Do you have a plan at all?
>Not the time to talk.

Combined with:

>Punch down. [TEN OX MEDITATION]
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.
>Stand your ground, start wasting Lintha.
>(Other)

>>35973290
Is the goal to destroy or to capture the ship?

>>35973294
>Do you know anything about mom, dad and sis?
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.
>Destroy its artillery to relieve the Gloria

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973294
>Not the time to talk.
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973294
>>Do you have a plan at all?
>Stand your ground, start wasting Lintha.
Our plan is pretty much wait for everyone else to show up, important stuff can wait til we're not in danger

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973296
Destroy, we can't capture it.
Maybe our Twilight could, but I'm not sure if her sorcery is up to it.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973294
>Do you have a plan at all?
Because we did and he kind of ruined it

>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973294
>Do you have a plan at all?
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973294
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

as >>35973301 said move around the ship smashing every essence weapon or cannon we can find. Tell Karas what the plan is so he comes with us.


start wasting Lintha.
as our reinforcements arrive they'll get to see random lintha assholes flying off of the ship.

>>35973296
Well ship destruction will be at our discretion but I'm fairly confident we wont be using ten ox to punch the ship in half anytime soon. These charms are just to give us an untouchable edge against the lintha crew extras so we fight whatever boss fight EF has planned without losing any hp to a shitty roll.

>>35973294
>Not the time to talk.
and
>>35973301
>Destroy its artillery to relieve the Gloria
Thats going to make waiting for reinforcements way easier

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973303
>>35973307
>>35973309
>>35973312
>>35973317
>these rolls

wow...

I think we got ACQ's dice tonight...

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973294

>>35973307
>>35973312
>>35973317
That doesnt look good at all.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973294

>He is holding one in hand, a dead Lintha held by the leg,

You mean he was beating Lintha pirates with Lintha pirate?

Awesome

>Not the time to talk.
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Punching down sounds good, but we need to save essence not to mention that being in an enclosed space that the bad guys know to navigate better then you isn't an ideal situation to end up in.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973309
We actually have to capture the ship.

The Heart is the tender and flagship to all lintha pirate ships in this area so any plunder they've acquired will be stored here.

We hold the ship long enough to load up the loot, then destroy it.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973294
>>Do you have a plan at all?
>>Punch down. [TEN OX MEDITATION]
>Tries to find something important, like the leader or the engine room

Dice

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973324
>>35973325
I'm an Exalted newbie, but if I understand the dice mechanics right, we've either got a dice pool of 6 or 7 dice for any action we're taking now right?

Which means that 10 is included so we don't botch.

Right?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973294
>Do you have a plan at all?
If he doesn't not
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973329

Well, if the ship had a head then we could cut it off and drag it back to use as a trophy.

I am sure that having a wedding under it would bring good luck!

>>35973336
>If he doesn't not
I just fucking double negatived myself damn it.

>>35973335
Right. Fumbles only occur when one or ones are rolled with no successes.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973335
We have nine dice because of Solar Hero Style

>>35973335
Pretty sure we got two successes

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973346
Ah, excellent.

Thank you for enlightening this one.

>>35973294
>Do you know anything about mom, dad and sis?

>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.

Artifacts aren't in the char sheet. What's the stats on those?

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973338
Well naturally we're gonna take a trophy off that ship. Probably the bow decoration, that would make a nice trophy. The bow decoration is also probably the head so....that's cool.

>>35973329
You do realise its not actually a ship? So holding it might very well not be a option.

>>35973335
Our dice pool depends on what abilities and attributes used for this action.
It comes down to if Exaltedfag makes us roll for searching (Mental+Night = 5) or for something else.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973352
+1 damage 3 times a scene

Question: is it possible to use our social charms in combat? Like, making people too horny for them to fight correctly?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973346
9 dice and 4 successes...

>>35973361
No. Social Combat is seperate.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973356
Yeah the ship being a bigass demon complicates things but maybe we can knock it unconscious. Or it could be mindless. Just one bigass fuckoff demon that the lintha summoned to be powerful but not intelligent enough to rebel.

>>35973361
>making Lintha horny
kek

>>35973373
There is no such thing as a mindless demon. Demons are literally souls of the Yozi, so all of them have minds and intelligence.

>>35973361
In normal 2E no. It might be different in this quest, but I don't think it work work on Lintha even if it was.

>>35973361
Well, we could try!

The rules say it won't work, but that doesn't mean we can't try it. On the other hand, Lintha are mutants, so it might be a bit difficult to seduce them.

>>35973386
Male Lintha are eunuchs. They have their balls cut off.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973383
Then bludgeoning to whatever passes for a brain on this thing is the name of the game. Knock it the fuck out so it cant stop us from stealing all the swag, booty, plunder, ill gotten gains, assorted sundries.

>>35973361
No. You'd need a custom martial art to inflict internal penalties.

>>35973398
>stealing all the swag, booty, plunder, ill gotten gains, assorted sundries
The swag will be at the Lintha base, not on their ship.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973294
>>Do you have a plan at all?
>>Stand your ground, start wasting Lintha.

>>35973294
>Not the time to talk.
>Break through the encirclement, find something that looks important.
>the essence cannons and ballistas

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973403
Most of it yeah but I doubt they have a portal to instantly transport whatever their current haul is to the Atoll. The heart will have some plunder in it's holds that they're storing from the pirate ships it tends. I figure the lintha cruise around with flagships like these and when they get a sufficient haul they head back to the atoll to offload and resupply.

We steal that for now and maybe we'll even manage to get charts from the captain or his cabin that can help us locate the Atoll itself.

>>35973403
Depends if they plundered with it and didn't go back to base yet

>>35973294
>ask about the rest of the family
>how about a kiss for good luck?

>find something important

Aw yes.

>>35973418
>but I doubt they have a portal to instantly transport whatever their current haul is to the Atoll
Its pretty likely they have one. Just send it through Malfeas.
The Lintha aren't free ranging pirates. They mostly deal with extorting others for protection, not so much plunder. Their more mafia than pirates, despite the name. In the unlikely event that they have plundered something, its definitloy not nearly enough to be worth the effort.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973418
>>35973419
>>35973403

Thinking about if the Bleeding heart has any booty on it or not. Considering that they came right at us on the first day of our search meant that they were heading right for us. Which could mean that they were waiting for us to make a move.

>>35973440
Its not even sure if this thing has a cargo hold.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973440
That's..... something to consider. Difficult to say though since we had a Solar captain searching for them and we were in Mikahil's element. It's very likely that Mik found them by being a Solar.

>>35973446
It probably has a stomach.

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Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973433

>mfw it turns out that the black Atoll is in Malfeas.

"Tell me you have a plan." You put your fists up, light gleaming and reflecting on your gauntlets.

"Of course." He grins. "Well. Sort of." He then adds. "Kinda."

"You don't."

A flight of arrows break on the two of you, followed by lobbed javelins. It feels like a wave of wood slamming into your body. You stagger and try to keep your footing as a charge of screaming, frothing-to-the-mouth Linthas charge you from all directions.

This is well organized. Someone is directing them.

Physical + Dawn + SHS = 4 1 2 1 1 10 4 6 10 = 4 successes

You let two of them snap their spears against you, grab their heads and slam them on your own forehead as you headbutt forward. You feel their skulls caving in in front of your own. But you can't act fast enough to move past them and rush out: hands grab your ankles and wrists, another two pirates body-tackle you. A rope is passed around your neck, a grappling hook snags your clothes. Hands grab and pull your hair, and you are dragged to the ground.

The encirclement turns into a horrifyingly thick melee, bodies pressing you on all sides. Axes, shivs, broken spear shafts, daggers and knives, shortswords and fists batter on you from all direction as the bloodthirsty crowd tries to tear you limb from limb.

[HEALTH: 3/5]

>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.
>Try and break yourself free.
>Try and play dead.
>Resist and hope someone will come and help you.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

>>35973470
>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973433
A malfeas portal seems reasonable but I don't think they'll have one. I mean if the lintha won't maintain a large presence IN malfeas because whoever they put there is gonna be horribly dead or insane in short order. I don't think they'd want to deal with the ridiculousness of malfeas and instead just take it back to base themselves. Takes more time sure but it's guaranteed to arrive.

That said this is entirely wishful thinking on my part, we'll find out just what this ship has on it soon enough.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.
WHARBLGARBL

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973470
>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.
we need to break out and keep mobile looking for sensitive things to punch, the longer we stay in the same place, the more damage we take

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

Can we get a satisfying explosion of lintha pirates flying into the sea please?

>>35973470
>Try and break yourself free.

Easy on the essence use guys.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

I Want To Break Free

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

>>35973484
>I mean if the lintha won't maintain a large presence IN malfeas
They definitly don't have that, because most Lintha are largely vanilla humans. They just have enough demon-blooded to have the sorcerers necessary to transport shit through Malfeas. And thanks to Kimbery they might not even need to cross the silver desert.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973470

>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

We probability would get our clothes ripped up in the process. But we don't care about clothes.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.
>Kick a hole in the floor

Dice

>>35973513
Apparently making your stuff out of gossamer isn't enough to prevent clothing damage.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973470
>>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.
PUNCH THINGS

I have to ask: is there any fetish our husbando and our fiancee share?

outside of their Maka fetish

>>35973470
>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

>>35973538
How would we know? Its not like we have a list.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973470
>[TEN OX MEDITATION] Break free through brute force.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973496
We don't need to conserve out essence. This is THE big fight. We just need to survive. And considering we're at 3/5 health on a demon ship under a pile of magical murderers with proper reinforcements at least five minutes away, now's a fucking great time to spend wildly.

>>35973470
Ten Ox Meditation.

>>35973531
It was made by a Raksha. It will tear, but only at dramatically appropriate moments.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973565
I'm beginning to think that this fight is gonna go similarly to the fight with whatshisface mcwhogivesafuck when we spent the bulk of the battle directing people and other exalts murdered everything.

We're gonna kill everything on the deck but we'll need reinforcements to kill everything below.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973504
They definitely need to cross the Silver Desert. Even GSPs and Fetiches need to. Nobody gets a free pass.

Did I miss it or was it not mentioned what weapon our brother uses?

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973573
Right now he's using the mangled remains of a lintha as a weapon

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973573
He was beating them with their own bodies, but as a dawn he's proficient in anything, what he has charms for is a different matter though

>>35973573
Given he was using Lintha pirate as an improvised weapon, my guess he's a solar hero stylist.

>>35973573
Right now he's beating Lintha to death with their comrades corpse.
When we get back to Tianna we'll probably give him that Sword we found.

>>35973581
I had hoped he would use something else than Maka.
Just seems weird having two people with the exact same fighting style in the party somehow

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973571
If our fight above deck counts as a different scene from the rest of the fight, I'm going to be unironically buttmad, to the point of personal idiocy. That's ridiculous and unreasonable. It's just a continuation of the same battle.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973590
oh I figure our charms will still be active and all. But if we keep rolling as shitty as we have been so far we're gonna be at such low hp that fighting a demon blooded lintha captain badass will be beyond us.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35973589
It's less weird when they're siblings.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973589
Nah it's cool, were going to give him that surfboard daiklave when we get back to Tianna

>>35973581
So what you're saying is Maka's family is a bunch of super pretty Solar Exaltation magnets with a penchant for punching people.

>>35973606

And probably for lewding people as well.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973606
Exactly. Hell, there's a sister and two parents too. We might be able to form a Perfect Circle consisting entirely of an action family.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973606
I'm just guessing. Maybe he would rather have a sword or something, but lost it somewhere in the melee. But fate works in mysterious ways. Or if the pattern spiders just find it amusing to have Maka and her brother punch people.

>>35973581
Isn't Infernal Monster Style the style that lets you use enemies as improvised weapons?

Maybe he's actually an Infernal disguising his anima?

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973642
EF said that if infernals do appear they wont be AlternateSolarCostume#3 but something really inhuman. So in all likelihood he's the real deal.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35973642
They do, but EF has mentioned his Infernals are very different from canon infernals

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973642
that would be a shitty twist

>>35973650
We can't really tell how obviously inhuman they would be, so its possible.


>>35973653
I would like it.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973630
He deflected the cannon ball with his fist, so I'm guessing he never had a sword.

As a side note, the Lintha ship has physical projectile artillery. In Creation, your choices are normally ballistas, short-range firedust canons, or essence weaponry. No wonder people are so terrified of it.

I wonder how it fires, though. I'm guessing the ship uses high-pressure air, like putting a marble between your lips and blowing hard to shoot it out. After all, Creation doesn't have anything that functions like gunpowder.

>>35973642
While Infernal monster style has charms for using living people as improvised weapons, Solar Hero Style Charms are able to be used with improvised weapons. A lintha pirate's corpse would count as an improvised weapon under those rules.

>>35973670
>After all, Creation doesn't have anything that functions like gunpowder.
Yeah, they just have essence cannons, fire wands and all of that shit instead.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973670
Well the lintha ship is a big cliff of flesh covered in orifices so maybe the ship was just spitting at us.

It just so happens that the lintha stuck cannonballs in it's mouths before it spat.

>>35973642
That charm is part of the base tree that even non-Infernals can learn.

>>35973670
>Creation doesn't have anything that functions like gunpowder
There is the stuff they use for plasma tongue repeaters.

>>35973642
from what he said in past threads, EF likes perfect circles way too much to make him anything but a Dawn

unless that's what he wants us to think

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973669
>I would like it.
You have shit taste and your waifu a shit.

>>35973691
It would still be a perfect circle.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973691
>EF is the Sidereal

>>35973688
It would still be pretty suspicious for a newly exalted Solar to know that style, though.

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Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973691

We need our night caste now.

>>35973706
It's likely he's been exalted for a little while.

>>35973470
>Try and break yourself free.

>>35973589
Well, they are siblings, and they both seem to basically be vapid whores, so it makes sense. They're quite similar.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973681
Right, none of which produces expanding gas in a way that can launch a bullet or cannonball to the horizon. A proper ship-mounted canon has significantly better bombarding range than even big essence cannons. That they could shell us with metal projectiles accurately from so far away is a really big deal.

>>35973690
That's just a gel of fire dust, and it only about doubles its extremely limited range. Regardless, fire dust doesn't produce expanding gas of the sort that could propel a solid slug. It's just congealed fire essence that turns back into fire when exposed to a spark, igniting the air (when directed by a barrel) in front of it.

It's highly incendiary, but not really concussive at all.

>>35973683
It'd be cool, right? Load cannonballs into its barnacle-mouths, take a deep breath, and loose all weapons.

>>35973746

Here's hoping that is the case. I'm really looking forward to the incest.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973768
One thing at a time anon, let's walk into that shitstorm minefield of an inevitable argument after we loot'n plunder

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35973732
Anything less than a year means you've been exalted for less time than the core game assumes a starting character has been. In terms of 'amount of time since they exalted,' Maka's ages away from a proper starting character.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35973777
We'll find out his story soon enough.

Unless he dies dramatically right before our eyes.

Why do you dislike people in the west coast? It's 4 AM and I should be asleep.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973794
EF said you can't deal an exalt a killing blow without extra, deliberate effort. Unless you coup de grace after they fall, they're going to eventually get back up again. Anyone who takes our brother down is going to have too much 'insane with raging grief' Maka on their hands to do a coup de grace.

>>35973794
we can always ask his Ghost

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973830
Even here on the East Coast this started around 4 am. If EF isn't European/African, hoods sleep schedule is fucked.

>>35973830
>not getting up at 3 am for Exalted Quest
Yuropoors should be grateful

>>35973830
>>35973840
1 PM European Masterrace checking in

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The pressure of bodies on you is too heavy. You can feel them piling up on top of you, smothering you with their weight. You'd need to have truly superhuman strength to break free.

Fancy that.

[TEN OX MEDITATION]
[ESSENCE 3/6]

Physical + Dawn + SHS = 2 8 9 10 2 6 2 5 10 = 6 successes

You stand up, against the human(?) mountain piled on you.

Then, you grab the thick cloak of Lintha draped over you, and fling them away.

You slam your fists and arms into the crowd, and feel bones snapping like twigs and people flying away and disappearing in the distance.

Finally, you shrug free of them entirely, getting them off your hair, out of your clothes, snapping their hands clutched around your ankles and legs, and step free.

Then, you slam your fist down on the pile of bodies just next to you, piled on top of Karas, and turn it into a geyser of blood.

Your brother claws his way out of the pile of shattered bodies with a shocked grin on his face. "...It was all under control."

"Sure it was." You pull him out of there and help him back to his feet. "Let's move, before they can get more Lintha on top of us."

"Where?"

That's the question, isn't it? You really lost your bearings here, and have no idea where to go to really hurt-

All of sudden, the smoke all around you gets thinner. Your nose and mouth feel cleaner, finally. The black fog pulls back, forming a shell around the ship, but leaving the air within almost clear.

You finally can see and appreciate the size and complexity of the oddly-colored, yellow-red, wax-like superstructure of the ship. It seems to glow faintly, like it's channeling some sort of power.

But, right now, your attention is focused on a giant, meaty, fleshy mass on what looks like the center of the ship's deck, from where this superstructure radiates.

Because a large red eye, about a meter across, blinks open from its surface, its slit pupil narrowing and sliding you into focus.

(cont.)

>>35973830
22:15 pm Ausfag here. Just lucky I don't have to work in the morning

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973864
>pic
>those googly eyes

>>35973864
>Because a large red eye, about a meter across, blinks open from its surface, its slit pupil narrowing and sliding you into focus.
Obvious weakpoint identified, initiate bossfight protocol and attack for maximum damage

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973887
WAIT YOU FOOL

Bosses always start with some attack pattern, we need to wait it out before it inexplicably gets tuckered out and just takes 5 right in front of us.

We should really get one of those "deal Aggrevated damage to Creatures of Darkness" Charms or whatever their equivalent in this is

You see the Lintha pull back from you and regroup near to the meaty, brain-like protrusion, rallied by two vague figures, who appear to you as if wreathed in smoke, or if your own eyes deliberately refuse to focus on them properly.

One seems lighter, milky-whitish, on the left side of the eye, and the other is darker, orange-brownish, on the right side. Definitely humanoid.

Mental + Twilight = 2 5 4 4 5 = 0 successes

You squint. "...What the heck..."

>Dive for cover
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
>Charge before they can regroup
>Throw something at the eye
>(other)

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35973907
>>Throw something at the eye
Karas

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Throw something at the eye

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
Reinforcements are on the way, we need to hold out for them and conserve our HP and essence for the final fights

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
Add "grab brother" to the list as well.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
As we're jumping we
>>Throw something at the eye
There's bound to be some spears or swords or whatever laying around right now. As we jump to cover we snatch something up and throw it at the eye.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35973907
>>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
Reinforcements have to be here soon, let's take a moment to collect our wits

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973907
Throw the biggest, sharpest thing we can find at the eye with maximum force.

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan

>>35973907
>Throw something at the eye
>Dive for cover

Distraction while we run

Karas fucked the plan, but we might as well stall as much as possible to get it back on track.

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Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35973907

Maka is for lewds, not for smarts.

They are probably bringing the pureblooded in now. Not to mention that they are probably going to be throwing some sorcery our way. That's why the fog has cleared.

>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan

We need to play for time

AdmiralAckbar.webm

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Jump aside, hide, catch your breath, come up with a plan
Just need to hold out, maybe hijack some of their artillery to fire at them.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35973940
gha, why do my dice go away every time I post. So annoying

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35973907
>Dive for cover

You act fast, and that probably saves your life.

You grab one of the few still-intact spears littering the scene of carnage around you and chuck it straight at the eye while grabbing Karas' hand (since you noticed he was just about to charge the eye straight on) and pulling him away, both of you rolling down behind a blocky, half-lifted bone plate offering some cover, effective if a bit disgusting.

You do so just in time. As Karas lets out a cry of protest, the spear stops in mid-air, blocked by an invisible force exerted by the gaze of the eye.

A second later, it vaporizes.

"What the-" He mumbles.

"Rajaan called it a Curse Beam. I have no idea what that means, but I think it's bad." You mumble, trying to keep his head down.

"Great." He mumbles. "Now they're going to encircle us again."

"They don't need to." You reply, and the final word is muted by a silent burst of white noise washing over you as the curse beam slams against the bone plate giving you cover. Even without looking at the point of impact, you can feel it shriveling and evaporating.

It will not hold for long.

>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.
>Shout a challenge and try to provoke them.
>Try and sneak out of cover.
>Break cover and charge the giant eye.
>Break cover, try throwing something again.
>Wait for reinforcements.
>(Other)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35974023
>>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.
Let's seperate, hopefully it can only shoot one beam at a time, if we go in from two directions we can try and leap frog closer

>>35974023
>>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer
>Wait for reinforcements.
Do not engage, that things a heavyweight and we'll have Miks lunar coming soon. Fiveclaws

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover and gain distance on them and wait for reinforcements

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.
>Throw something at it if you get the chance, but focus on not getting hit.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.

Keep throwing shit but this time throw it at the smoke covered assholes next to it. Maybe they're the ones directing this weapon.

Tell Karas to throw shit as well when we break for more cover.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35974047
>Maybe they're the ones directing this weapon
I'm pretty sure the ship is intelligent and directing the eye

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974058
Still worth trying. Throwing that spear at the eye was utterly pointless with this death beam coming out of it so we might as well see if we can tag those two important looking dudes.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.
>Stall as much as possible.

It's a giant eye, I don't think sneaking is a great idea.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974040
>>35974047
Maybe combine these two, split up and start throwing shit at the Lintha?

>>35974023
>>Try and sneak out of cover.

Down. Full maka-power straight down into the 'hull' of this beast. If they want to fire at us, they'll have to core their own ship as we dig towards the heart of this beast. We're here to give them hell and distract them while our forces rally. Let's show them we mean business.

And I'm really hoping we can offer this thing's heart to Tia on a platter as a wedding present when she gets here.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974023
Smash down to get below decks. Hopefully we'll have cover from the curse beam and can start jacking up this ship's vital organs.

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35974023
Seconding >>35974082

Dice.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974023
seconding >>35974124,
smash the ground and go below decks

>>35974023
>Move from cover to cover, try and get closer.

Physical + Night = 6 10 9 2 8 = 4 successes

"Let's try and get closer, but don't let it look straight at you. Be careful." You tell Karas.

"Alright. Let's try it." he nods, but looks like someone who'd rather charge straight in right now.

"Just trust me. NOW!"

You both roll out of cover simultaneously in opposite directions, and you instantly lose sight of him when the bone plate vanishes in a cloud of smoke. You dash for the next closest point of cover, a small depression in the deck's surface.

Not quite a foxhole, but it'll do. You dive, and feel the invisible beam slashing the air above you.

<"It IS amusing seeing the so-called Champions of the Unconquered Sun cowering in the ground like worms."> A hollow, ethereal voice mocks you, followed by the more real-sounding echoes of Lintha laughter.

<"It is, pretty much. We don't even need to trouble Admiral Hell with these rats.">

<"Maybe she's bored, though? I mean, now that she's just sunk that pesky little ship buzzing around, I'm sure she has plenty of free time.">

Your heart skips a beat. Only the thought that they might be lying to confuse or panic you keeps your head down.

<"Oh, well, she'll be here soon anyway. Let's show her how efficient we are.">

You feel light, silent footsteps approaching.

>Roll to another piece of cover. Now.
>Wait for them to get closer, then leap out and attack.
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.
>Try and roll away and leap overboard
>(Other)

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974163
>>(Other)
Smash straight down into the ship. Let's see if these shitheads are as smug and condescending when we're about to give the heart a multiple bypass impromptu surgery.

>>35972465
>He
wat

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

Rolled 8 (1d10)

>>35974163
>>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.
This eye really makes me wish we had a PD

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35974163

Oh noes, they sunk the gloria!

>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.
Also
>Split up
The eye can only fire at one thing at a time. Lets take advantage of that.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

>>35974194
This thing is massive, digging through its flesh is pointless.

>>35974173
>>35974177
>>35974189
>>35974194
>>35974202
>>35974207
>>35974210
>>35974214

Damn.
Just.
Damn.
That sinking taunt made Maka really mad.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974214
It's gotta have multiple decks. There needs to be room to berth the pirates and supplies and whatnot.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974221
Like literally nothing but successes, don't go insulting UCS in front of Maka to

>>35974223
You know what, nevermind that, with these successes, we might have actually pulled that off.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35974221
>Heaven Thunder Hammer
Let's knock this fucker right into the eye

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974163
>Jump out, charge them, keep them between the Eye and you.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35974237
That's a good idea.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

Anyone else think this is either Zareen or Five-Tails?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35974163
>>35974173
adding this >>35974237
Because, damn. Those successes. We have to do something amazing with them.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35974163
Go down, into the interior of the ship.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974237
How much essence does that cost?

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974267
HTH is permanent, it doesn't cost us anything

>>35974173
>>35974177
>>35974189
>>35974194
>>35974202
>>35974207
>>35974210
>>35974214
Jesus christ

Maka did good

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974163
>>35974237
This

>>35974237
Second.

With all those successes, it should be impressive enough.

>>35974163

>Roll to another piece of cover. Now.

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35974294
options field anon, not namefield

>>35974274
They're joking about sinking our freinds and insulting UCS-senpai.
Even taken separately we wouldn't let those stand, let alone together.

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>35974237
seconding those >>35974237 >>35974177

Let's punch a motherfucker into another motherfucker

Dice.

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Actually, that's true. It's been a while since you heard the thunderbolt-like roar of the Gloria's batteries. And the Heart's cannons are silent, as well.

Are they selling the truth? Did the Gloria really sink?

You leap up, without a real plan other than the need you feel, deep in your heart, to do something, anything. You leap sideways, putting the two figures between you and the eye, hoping that it will not nail you with its curse beam with friendlies in its line of fire.

Now you can see them better: they are glowing beings, barely clothed, radiating an off-putting light. The air seems to vibrate and howl around them. The depth of their fixed stare makes you wince. They seem to be identical, or almost identical, beyond even the similarities of twins. These are not natural creatures, not even for the standards of Lintha.

<"Oh, the rat crawled out."> One of them grins. The other one mirrors its movements perfectly.

Perfectly coordinated, they both sidestep just in the same split-second the curse-beam fires from the red eye. You're caught by surprise, with no time to dodge or reposition yourself.

Your clothes and skin vanish instantly, turning into smoke and dust and flying away. You squeeze your eyelids to keep your eyeballs from floating away, and clench your teeth to keep them in your mouth.

[HEALTH 2/5]

Suddenly, you stagger, the pressure on you relieved after a few seconds.

Forcing your eyes open, you see something standing in front of the eye. You see his back.

That's when you remember something. Something important.

(cont.)

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35974344
>Your clothes and skin vanish instantly, turning into smoke and dust and flying away. You squeeze your eyelids to keep your eyeballs from floating away, and clench your teeth to keep them in your mouth.
>
>[HEALTH 2/5]
All those successes better be towards something big

>>35974373
on the other hand, we're naked again

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>35974375
More naked than we've ever been

We really should get a PD soon, we need Zenith 5 for that right?

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35974344

If both of them are facing us and the eye has fired its death ray at us. Our brother is in the clear.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>35974375
That should give us a bonus or something

we've not gone a single fight without losing our clothes

Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>35974387
I thought EF said there are no Perfect Defenses in this.

>>35974373
Successes have nothing to do with us not getting hit. every three rolled is a point of damage, max 3

>>35974390
Yeah, even the gossamer clothes got destroyed.
>>35974392
There are. No idea where you got that idea.

Rolled 3 (1d10)

>>35974392
iirc he said that perfect defenses would be big time things Zenith 5 type charms with probably higher essence costs.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>35974390
I thought we kept our clothes in the Deled fight.

>>35974390
custom charms to give boni when fighting naked?
Custom Martial Arts based around it?

>>35974375
Business.As.Usual.

>lfeden them
Yeah, I hope that's what we're doing to them right about now.

>>35974375
And flayed. And beauty is only skin deep after all.

Seriously, Maka need to learn rushing into action can have consequences for others

>>35974392
There are, but they are less useful do to the low damage numbers meaning you're not going to be one-shotted unless you've already been fighting and haven't healed.

>>35974408
So does Karas.