>>36372784
>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light

Designed for Maximum adventuring...

>>36372784
And we're back after the break!

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Archive:
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or
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or
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>>36372784
>>Head on in behind her
This is a big deal for her. Just let her soak it in and follow for now.

>>36372784

> Follow mom.
> Give her some time as we make our way down the stairs.
> Explain our own adventures down here as we go.

>>36372784
>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.

>>36372784
>>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.

The full spider tour with your spider tour guide.

>>36372784
>Head on in behind her.
>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.

>>36372784
>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.
Dad will want to see this, too.

>>36372784
Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.

Showing off a little bit!
Writing!

>>36373001
Looking at the updatet character sheets, I noticed that Elles crossbow isn't mentioned anywhere.


>Elle lvl 93
>Zach and Ephram lvl 99
Okay, we have to drag our lazy sister on a hunt soon, we can't have her evolving after the brothers after she had such a headstart.

And
>Aria lvl 82
She is gaining on us!

>>36372784
>Show her everything inside- A bit of fire for a light.

>>36373081
>Okay, we have to drag our lazy sister on a hunt soon
Perhaps we can tempt her with "More Food = More Protein for Silk"?
She loves to weave, so maybe by tempting her with the food needed to make lots of silk and to create lots of new clothes and tailoring projects, we can get her to come with us.

>>36373145
We can just drag all of our sisters on a hunt together.
Its a bonding experience.

>>36373145
>>36373081
I would hardly call her lazy considering she is the one earning most the money with her weaving.

If you want to tempt her... maybe combat related weaving? traps and the like.

>>36373184
Lazy isn't quite the same thing as complacent.
And, she isn't working for money, its a byproduct of her hobbies.

>>36373184
Well she IS lazy, but she's a productive kind of lazy.

>>36373184
>I would hardly call her lazy
She is called the lazy spider everywhere for a reason.
She does things, but she definitly has, her own tempo, so to speak.

>>36373081
I wonder that our brothers are so close to evolving, REQM had said they were still years away from that.
Especially since they were completly normal arachne its odd they gained experience this fast.

>>36373237
The Queen's domain is spreading. All those entangled in our relationship web gain experience faster.

>>36373145
>>36373081

I'm all up for a bit of sisterly bonding, especially granted that we may not see them for a good while. We should ask mom if she knows of anything really good (to eat or otherwise) that could help Elle in her craft. Hell, taking her to town with us next time might be enough. We'll go on a rampage with the adventurers and buy her a house right there in the city.

>>36373237

Actually, he said they were years away from Wolf or Jumping Spider. Those are second tier evolutions. Our brothers will probably hit "widower" tier soon, but second stage evolutions take a lot longer generally speaking. They are reckless, but not that reckless.

>>36373318
Considering it took our mother, who was unusually adventerous, 30 years to evolve into her first stage, its more than strange they evolve in slightly more than a month.
They hunt, sure, but they don't really hunt anything big or really dangerous, so they should be more similar to regular arachne.

>>36372784
>Head on in behind her.

Are we planning on rebuilding it all? If we are, do we tell her?

>>36372784
>>Head on in behind her.

>>36373418

There was some talk of rebuilding the ruins, with there being some pros and cons to each. Right now, we don't have a strong agenda for or against it. On the other hand, a lot of talk has been circulating about going to explore outside the forest pretty soon.

We'll ask Seranthis before rebuilding the ruins too much, I think. He might prefer they stay collapsed, making his job easier, though that might just switch our prerogative to helping him bottleneck or further seal the deep passages.

>>36373344
yea. that is pretty odd.
i expected at least some siblings to take a normal time to evolve

>>36373344
REQM explained this. A young monsters XP growth rate is set in the first month or so of life. If they grind for XP in their first weeks, they will gain levels at an increased rate for the rest of their lives.

If they don't do that, they will forever gain XP at a slower rate.

Our siblings got so much XP this early because of us and Spidermom.

1, Spidermom is a lot more permissive than Spidergranny was. Spidergranny nearly had a fit when Spidermom found a dungeon.
Spidermom never had the chance to gain much XP in her first weeks / months.

2, We aren't exactly a normal newborn monster. We have the memories and experience of an adult. In our past life we were also a bit of a ca/tg/irl. When we woke up in MAGIC FANTASY LAND.... We, we just HAD to explore and try new things. We gaind XP at a retarded rate and dragged most of our family along for the ride.

All our siblings have had much more active childhoods because of us.

>>36373418
>>36373450
Votes been called for a while now.

>>36373451
He is keeping something trapped down below, is it because he can't destroy it... or because he is too big to fit down there and destroy it?
or because its not an it so much as entire races like drow and illithids.

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>>36373081
I feel kind of bad for Aria, honestly.

>>36373461
>Our siblings got so much XP this early because of us and Spidermom.
Thats all not true for a brothers though. We all know that stuff, its why our sisters are so fast in gaining levels.
But our brothers weren't influenced by us at all, they had completly normal arachen childhoods, so our acitivity doesn't explain why they evolve faster.

>>36373461
>Spidermom never had the chance to gain much XP in her first weeks / months.
Didn't she actually find that first dungeon very early and used to always get into trouble? I mean, that is what lia said.

>All our siblings have had much more active childhoods because of us.
but it wasn't really all of them. with the exception of taking sarah to the starwell where we all went, some of them have hardly had anything dangerous to fight and as such shouldn't have such a high XP multiplier

>>36373344
She didn't take thirty years to evolve the first time, though, she gave birth to us during her first evolution. She evolved between meeting dad and going on ~adventures~ with him.

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>>36373318
No-one is Lyra reckless.

"No ones big like Lyra,"
"No ones strong like Lyra,"
"No ones quite so astoundingly reckless like Lyra!"

"When she was a girl she ate 3 dozen gnomes"
"Every day so that she would grow large!"
"And now that she's grown she eats FIVE dozen gnomes"
"So she's roughly the size of a barge!"

You follow her in, your own chitinous legs clattering in time with hers as you move. The doorway, as large as it is, is nothing compared to the inside of the building- Your eyes let you see easily in the dark, but it's truly massive.

How many people came through here each day? What did they need something like this for?
You'd probably have to rebuild the city to find out. Maybe if you just-

No. Nope. That's Nin getting to you.

Speaking of, the little moth has fallen silent behind you, turning this way and that, trying to peer through the gloom. You glance from her to your Mother, her fingers exploring the carvings marking each wall, and you smile. A little self satisfaction is healthy, yes.

And now you're doing it in your thoughts, too.

You give a mental shrug, and raise a fist over your head- It only takes a split second to ignite, dancing lights flaring out, casting twisting shadows over each carving.

Nin gasps, one hand resting on your shoulder, and Mom steps away from the wall, backing up till she can see the whole of the wall, standing breathless as she takes in the artwork of your long lost neighbours.

It hasn't changed since the first time, but that doesn't make it any less amazing. Flowing water, towering trees, monsters of all shapes and sizes at work, hand in hand. Even Seranthis is there, a spider taller than the trees.

The little moth speaks, her grip tightening, her voice whispery in the cavernous room.

"This? This is what was lost?"
She doesn't wait for an answer. She's standing now, her head tilting back to take in the walls around you. There's a moment if quiet before she speaks again.

"You need to bring it back. Even a piece. No matter how small. If we could have this again-"

>Take her hand.
>Maybe someday, yes?
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.
>Other (?)

>>36373461
>a lot of stuff everyone already knew

The question is why our brothers, who weren't trained by mom nor got dragged on crazy adventures gain so fast.
And its a good question, REQM stressed in the past how they are examples of regular arachne behavior.
Maybe dad urged them to train on their own?

>>36373344
Mom was locked in the house until long after her xp rate was locked in very low because of the dungeon incident.

Nalia however is actively helping her kids grow, be it via training, hunting, or just letting them out of the nest to do what they wish at an early age.

>>36373511
Yes, and then her mom sat on her until she was fully grown, ie locked in at 1/2 way to first evolution because grannyspider wouldnt let her leave the nest anymore.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.

>>36373534
>No. Nope. That's Nin getting to you.
yess... give in to the nin side of the force.

>>36373537
>Mom was locked in the house until long after her xp rate was locked in
Thats definitly not true, mom run away a lot to go on adventure while in our age, Jins mom explicitly told us that. She wasn't quite as crazy as we are, but the point is, that she definitly was at least as active as our brothers.

>>36373504

I think it has implied that every child of mom's litter has gotten a bit competitive. Aria is the strongest example, but I think the others subconsciously push themselves to try to stand out a little when compared to she who sacks ruins at a week old and whose butt smolders and rumbles in her sleep.

They have their own adventures, I'm sure.

>>36373534
>>Take her hand.
D'aww.

>>36373534
>Maybe someday, yes?

>>36373534
>>Maybe someday, yes?
>>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

Even if Dad ans Sis filled us with mana and we burned it all in mighty effort, we would still need to fill it.

A city is made of people. Otherwise it's just rocks.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.
>Maybe someday, yes?
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

I don't like picking everything but it kind of fits.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

>>36373534
not a vote but
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.
nin keeps on telling us to become a queen for a reason, yes?
that way we have more than one spider.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.
>Someday Nin. Someday.

>>36373534
>>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

>>36373534
>>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.

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>>36373575
>whose butt smolders and rumbles in her sleep

Are you making implications about our diet?

>>36373535
Like I said. Spidermom is a lot more permissive than Spidergranny and we're clearly having an influence on our family. Direct and indirect influence.

>>36373535
The brothers got a big bump from the necromancer fight, as well as the escalating competitions.
Even Elle is grinding away exp with her weaving-

The big thing here through, is that the updates covered about 2.5-3 weeks, there, and their first month is now over. And with it, the bonus EXP and gain rate.

The brothers are probably a week or so out from evolving, and Elle won't hit it for a month or so.

>>36373534
>Maybe someday, yes?
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

>>36373628
I wonder if our grandmother ever told mom "I hope you have a child JUST LIKE YOU when you have kids!"

>>36373534
>Take her hand.
>Other (?)
Heck YEA! Lets do this!

>>36373534
>That would take more than one spider, Nin

>>36373641
I wonder if our gram is still alive. and if so, why haven't we met her? what gramps? or mom's siblings?

>>36373633
Do regular arachne siblings not compete?
Its just odd to me that they would grow so much faster than mom. I mean, there is a world of difference between decades and months.

>>36373534
>Take her hand.
>Maybe someday, yes?

>>36373665
>I wonder if our gram is still alive
She's already been said to have been killed by something in the forest.

>>36373665
>why haven't we met her
Gramps disappeard without a trace one day.

>>36373682
We don't know if she got killed, only that she is gone and didn't return.
She likely died, but its ambigious.

>>36373534

> Take her hand.
> "It takes more than one spider to build a city, yes."

>>36373666
>Do regular arachne siblings not compete?

Maybe they do. But they don't have to compete with, well, US.

We're clearly having some influence on the rest of the family. The fact that Moms parenting style seems to encourage growth a lot more than grannys did would also be a huge factor.

>>36373621
All that meat must cause some indigestion. Probably not: she is a giant spider, after all.

>>36373666
Arachne are, by nature, solitary as hell.
Their families are usually smaller.

Your entire family is weird. Top to bottom.

>>36373534
>That would take more than one spider, Nin.

>>36373633
Referring to
>>36373081
Shouldn't Elle have some ranks in crossbow usage by now? I had the impression it was her main weapon.
Not to mention her crossbow itself isn't listed.

>>36373682
>>36373688
so, both of our grandparents from mom side are MIA and presumed dead.
What about mom's siblings? or more extended family?

plus, we know that dad's family is alive but doesn't know he got married... we should totally go visit them

>>36373682
What about the family on dad's side? Or our various aunts and uncles?

>>36373725
I didn't have the impression the brothers compete with us. I'm fairly sure REQM referred to the brothers competing with eachother.

>>36373735
so wait... dad is super virile and knocked mom up with a bunch of kids at once, unlike an arachne couple who would only have 1 kid at a time?

>>36373742
I had honestly completely forgotten it. I'll add tonight.


In Any case, Counting!

>>36373665
Spidergranny is AWOL, we don't know what happened. Might be dead.

Spidergrampa is a complete unknown. We haven't heard anything about him.

We have a Spiderauntie and some Spidercousins, but we haven't met them and don't really know anything about them yet.

>>36373750
>What about mom's siblings? or more extended family?
She has some relatives in the forest. Its ion the ask.fm.
I don't think we were ever told anything about gramps though.

>>36373770
Might be a elf+spider thing rather than a elf thing.

>>36373735
The family responsible with protecting the ruins! Mess with us at your own risk!

>>36373750
I'm sure at some point we end up in the elf lands.
On that note though.

What should be our first journey? Up the river to the city and into the plains, or through the forest to the mountain?

>>36373785
>She has some relatives in the forest. Its ion the ask.fm.
lets go meet them

also. I just remembered that we keep on forgetting to ask dad his last name!

>>36373770
Either the famous elven low fertility only applies to pure elven couples, or his family is blessed with unusual fertility. Could be the latter: I think elfdad has several siblings.

>>36373793
>The family responsible with protecting the ruins!
no, that is ALL the spiders not just one particular family

>>36373804
first stop is elflands for the hue

>>36373832
Elflands are far too far away for first stop.

If anyone saved the map, can you post it.

>>36373804

I want to see the dwarves, honestly. We have the whole earthbending thing going, and we have an interest in smithing and technology that could be easily explored with their people. With luck, we'll be able to find plenty of adventure on the way, new NPCs to latch onto, new monsters to fight, and new treasure.

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>>36373860
I want to go there too, and dwarflands means going through the forest, which means we could find other forest races.

A bit of reassuring, a bit of poking fun.

Writing!

>>36373884
>which means we could find other forest races.
hey, that is a good point. we still haven't cleaned up our home so to speak. seems silly to go explore far when we haven't even met all the locals yet.

>>36373898
And a lot of hand holding?

>>36373912
I'd like to meet one of the lizardfolk who are frustrated and pissed about their people being a bunch of shitlords.

And, of course, tiny Cockney lamias.

>>36373912
South East towards Elf lands would take us through a lot of Forest. I'd be up for that.

>>36373913
henever our hands are not otherwise occupied with head patting

>>36373937
wait, the tinysneks are cockney now? since when?

>>36373940
It would only be the edge of the forest, so we would only find more harpies, the other forest races moved deeper into it.

>>36373953
Probably just wishful thinking.
I fully support it, though.

>>36373937

I really want a Lamia companion like Ssen. That fully ramblomatic, leviathan brain of hers would be fun as hell.

>>36373953
Just my mental image of them. I think I might have transposed the tiny Cockey harpies onto them.

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>>36373884
>>36373912
Visiting the dwarves would be straight shot out of the forest, guys

>>36373941

Our hands, abs, and butt will never find rest, will they?

If Lyra is not fondling someone head feathers / wolf ears / antenna, one of the said butts is smashing their face into her abs or rubbing themselves along her butt.

>>36373986
I assumed dwarfes would also live along our mountain range.

>>36373937
>meet one of the lizardfolk who are frustrated and pissed about their people being a bunch of shitlords.

I'd like that but I suspect they would avoid Spider like the plague.

Given the fact that most Lizards are suicidally aggressive towards us, most Arachne would probably have developed a Kill on Sight police towards them.

Any Lizard smart enough to realize his people are a bunch of retards would probably be smart enough to head in the opposite direction the moment he spotted a Spider.

>tiny Cockney lamias

Yeessss!

>>36373994

I think few people travel to the northern mountains, likely due to the monsters becoming increasingly fierce. I think the pastebin even makes mention that that region of the world is virtually uninhabited or unknown.

>>36373986
i have no idea who is what on that map, but the two red circles are very far from each other in terms of actual travel time

also, so what if its a straight shot? we need to visit the elves to connect with dads family and we need to explore the forest more fully. to get a better handle of arachne culture, meet all the other interesting forest races (of which we are barely scratching the surface of), meet mom's extended family. explore dungeons and ruins.

then there is the whole underdark thing going on and the moth slave trade

Guys you aren't thinking Lewd Comedy enough.

Cockney Tinysnek Lamia scarf.

>>36374034
>monsters becoming increasingly fierce
we do need more XP

>>36373957
The Harpies don't control the whole outer edge of the Forest. Just this area.

But nothing stopping us taking an indirect route if we want.

>>36374054
I think wearing the tiny lamia as a scarf was automatically assumed at this point.

>>36374034
Sounds like a challenge to me.
And I think traveling the forest should be our first trip, there is so much to find there, especially the other forest realm races Lyra keeps wondering about.

>>36374050
>we need to visit the elves to connect with dads family
I'm not sure about "need", we probably will at some point, but its not really a pressing agenda, considering we don't even know about them IC as far as I remember.
Might come soon though, if we ask about dads name.

>>36374075
Its not about control, harpies are the only forest race that still lives at the outer edge of the forest, since they get along with humans the best. So if any forest race lives at the edge, its harpies.

>>36374050

There's a lot of potential opportunities for exploration in this quest and no real correct way to go about them. We'll inevitably have to leave out certain things and come back to them later, but we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

My vote is for dwarves, but seeing the elves or our spider family also sound neat.

>>36374050
We are basically close to the ruins indicated in the forest. The elves live on that "island" and the dwarfs apparently live on the south-eastern mountain range.

Deeper into the forest is definitly the hard-mode, as far as I can see.
Since all other routes take us into more "civilized" lands.

>>36374107
My only wish aside from Nin's aspirations for Lyra to come true in the future is for Lyra to visit the elf family while she's still relatively young. I don't mind how that's accomplished or when it happens or what else she does before then.

>>36374168
>while she's still relatively young
Why that?

>>36374168
Sorry, I DO have clarifications on that: I want it to happen before she's two or three years old (if her life is measured in months then that's better, but I'm not insisting on that) and I want it to happen before elfdad has a chance to go back home.

>>36374189
For maximum WTF from elfdad's family, specifically his mother, mainly. The older she is, the more likely they'd mentally justify her accomplishments, but the idea of how they'd react to the heavily armored, highly evolved spidergirl who has killed monsters the size of houses while claiming to be elfdad's daughter and only a few months old makes me giggle.

>>36374195
>before elfdad has a chance to go back home
Considering he kinda ran away. I doubt thats going to happen any time in the next decade at best.
And he and mom are going back on adventure trail pretty soon anyway.

I don't see any particular reason why we should visit them " young", as far as we know elf grandma is not going to be a fan of us anyway.
She 'might' like Sara though.

>>36374195
>>36374189


I don't know what works out best from the perspective of thematic pacing within the narrative. I imagine elves are bound to be a more complicated people than the dwarves, but can't say for certain. Granted our... earthy upbringing, I imagine the dwarves would make a better match for the person we are right now. However, it also might be refreshing to expand our horizons and then come back to our roots in the mountains.

>>36374238
Eh, they will figure "monsterkin".
They're elves, they've seen shit.

>>36374243
I explained my thought process >>36374238 , but yeah. Also, I don't think she'd be keen on Sara because she's basically exactly like elfdad. If there's any of the family she'd actually like (which I'm doubting) it would probably be Elle, who's the most cosmopolitan of the siblings. Judging by what little I remember of the ask.fm (I should double check, honestly), though, I think elfgrandpa would like Sara, and elfaunt would adore all of the kids just because of the conniptions they give her mother.

>>36374257
I don't think "thematic pacing" is a concern here.
I do think it makes the most sense for Lyras adventures and plot hooks so far to go into the forest first. Her interests so far have largely been 1. hunting and 2. Forest realm.
She keeps wondering about what other races live deeper in the forest too, and with our possible chat with Seranthis coming, it would make the most sense to me.
After that its largely a matter of interests, I prefer dwarfs, since it would help Lyra to develop more, on the other hand, elves would be cool for Sara.

>>36374291
>, I don't think she'd be keen on Sara
I figure she might like Sara since mages are a big deal for elves, and she had hoped for some upwards movement, socially, from her son.
So a mage grandchild would probably find more favor with her.

>>36374263
But that's boring and not fun and elfgrandma still doesn't know that dad got a bunch of kids with an arachne and that the fiancee from the other family they were going to make an alliance with turned out to be some halfelf that went "nope", ran away, became an adventuress, and then ended up charging into battle riding on the daughter of the guy she was engaged to.that was a lie.

>>36374329
You forgot to quote the last part of the sentence, which explains why I don't think she'd like Sara.

>>36374306

I'd encourage Sara to stick around and keep Elle company for a little while while we go out exploring. We can try to move the core back to the tree with our newfound earth magic, leave her to study that and the stones in the mine, then come back to bring her (and possibly Elle) to visit the elves (who would presumably be huge buyers of silk).

>>36374366
I will laugh my ass off if REQM makes that canon

>>36374366
I didn't forget it, it just didn't matter to what I was going to say.
I'm not disagreeing that she might dislike her because of that, I guess "liking her" is probably to stron, its more, be less resentful, because at least she is another mage.

>>36374393

We really need to bring Lann to visit the woods sometime before the entire family runs off.

>>36374366

Speaking of which, I'd love to bring Sara along for the road. At the same time, it just kind of feels like we have enough followers for right now. Anymore for REQM to switch between on a regular basis might drive him nuts.

>>36374393
Its funny, but doesn't work because elf grandma wouldn't have tried to marry her son to a half-elf for social upgrade, that doesn't really make sense.

>>36374373
We're gonna drag Sara with us. Period. She is our party mage, every party needs a mage. And you learn more magic adventuring instead of studying, everyone knows that.
Just look at her skill gain, she made huge leaps adventuring with us, and slowed to a crawl without us..

If I recall correctly, Elfgreatgrandpa would approve of his son's arachne wife, because the arachne still rule the forest, right?
Having him talk with Nin should lead to hilarious results.

>>36374373
>I'd encourage Sara to stick around and keep Elle
Oh no. Elle got Aria to keep her company.
Aria and us called dibs on the respective imouto on the first hunt.

And I really want to bring Sara along, it just wouldn't feel right leaving her behind.

>>36374453
>it just kind of feels like we have enough followers for right now
Thats kinda true, but I think five member party works fine. It would just mean we won't be dragging any additional permanent party members with us.

>>36374536
Which five? Lyra, Lann, Jin, Nin, Shezska?

>>36374536
its already crowded enough just with the spiderbutt colony.

we seriously don't need any more.

>>36374586
I didn't assume we would bring Lann deeper into the forest.
So we would bring Jin,Sheszka, Nin and Sara.

>people wanting to visit dwarves and elves and shit
Sure sure whatever. That's not important.

What -is- important is we use our breath-holding abilities to sneak into the village by river, and then startle people.

>>36374536

If we had the whole, mobile fortress thing going for us, I think that we would be in better shape for bringing along a bigger party. Kind of hoping the dwarves can hook us up with an airship, or at least provide the inspiration.

>>36374586
I don't think we bring Lann into the deep forest expedition, we can show her our nest and the waterfall, but deeper into the forest with her doesn't seem like agood idea.
And I'm not even sure she woudl want to, she's got a job, technically.

>>36374615
>implying Lyra won't be the mobile land fortress
She just needs to get huge.

>>36374586
>Lann
I don't think Lann is made for the forest adventure.
She could, probably, but we have no idea how long it takes, and she isn't used to it like we are.

>>36374598
No Lyra needs to grow more spider butt

>>36374611
>use our breath-holding abilities to sneak into the village by river, and then startle people

We are doing this. Failing to do this is not an option. It's happening.

>>36374606

Assuming that's our next goal, I kind of take your point, but it's too soon to see what people are most keen on next.

>>36374611

This sounds like a humorous, yet terrible idea, moreso given that Nin will likely begin shouting about the Queen's invasion and clever tactics (possibly before we have even successfully gotten inside the city walls.

>>36374611
I don't want the guards to get in trouble because they failed to spot the arachne infiltration.

I want it to be us and the spiderbutt inhabitants. keep adding more people and the combat becomes boring and overly complicated.

ie: Lyra, Jin, Nin, Sheszka.

>>36374656
>We are doing this. Failing to do this is not an option. It's happening.

"Dear guild leaders, today the forest spiders practiced amphibious landings in our villiage. Officially stated reason: Boredom."

>>36374598
Hopefully the skull will get bigger eventually. Enough space to act as a small tent for 3-4 people if you pack them in. I don't think they'd really mind being packed in.

>>36374659
>Assuming that's our next goal
I honestly can't see anything else at this point.
Maybe if we talk with dad about his name we got reason for the elves, but IC we have little to no reason to visit the dwarves atm.
That probably comes when we visit the city with Elle or something.

>>36374475
>Its funny, but doesn't work because elf grandma wouldn't have tried to marry her son to a half-elf for social upgrade, that doesn't really make sense.
My justification, if we were assuming it was a possibility, would be that she didn't know that the assumedly more prominent family would be engaging elfdad to a half-elven bastard from a satellite family. And even if she did, if the family was of a higher status of her own she'd grit her teeth but end up grinning and bearing it.

Again, all hypothetical: I personally doubt it's the case, as it would be awfully serendipitous, but it would still make me giggle.

>>36374586
Not sure if Lann is coming, but if you add Sara then there's six potential party members, plus any assorted critters Lyra discovers on her travels and accidentally pulls into her team via headrubbing.

... Has Lyra touched Lann's ears yet? She did do extensive leg touching but that doesn't count because she was asleep and drunk and Lann's legs were nearly broken.

>>36374606
>>36374626
>>36374646
I would love to bring Lann along on adventures but I'm not married to it and she is slightly more "normal" than most (even if she's capable of burying a half dozen arrows in a bear in a matter of seconds while riding a charging arachne). She's fun as a guest party member, though.

>>36374709
>She's fun as a guest party member, though.
She definitly is. I hope we can get her to accompany us on the trip to the city when we make one. She would make a great city guide.

>>36374709
>and she is slightly more "normal" than most
Forgot to add "of the people Lyra hangs out with" there. Whoops.

>>36374694
It already houses 3, one in each eye socket and one below the top of the skull.

Which is all we need for an adventure party, + 1 guest member that can rotate if we need a 5th.

>>36374680
don't forget
"we thought it'd be funny"

Your hand slides up, over your shoulder, catching hers and covering it entirely. Nin breaks from her little trance, look down to your entwining fingers.

She blushes almost as easily as you do.

You give her hand a little squeeze, smiling up at her- which is something of a new sensation.

"There is time, yes? Lots and lots of time."
She nods, her antennae bobbing lightly in time with her head.
"And besides, I am thinking this is more than a single spider job, yes?"

Her smile is slow, warm. There's a moment of happiness in her expression, her fingers tightening around yours, her thumb stroking the side of your hand.

And then it's gone, her grin splitting, her eyes falling slightly, slyly.
"Oh, of course. That is why you'll take the crown! A city needs people, and people need a Queen-"
"That is not a thing-"
"There's no need to be shy! It is just-"
"I am not being shy-"

"Oh, shush shush shhhh."
She presses a finger to your lips, muffling your words as she speaks over you.
"This is just the beginning! Oh, I am going to need a book- This is history, Lyra."

You groan and turn back to your parents, and the giggling moth settles back down, next to your friend. You make for your family, your Dad already next to your mother, more magical lights rising illuminating the room better than your fire could.

>>36374744
Sara wouldn't fit on our butt anyway.

>>36374746
You let the magic fade as you walk, trying very hard to ignore the conversation behind you.
"I think Sheszka can be 'The Most Loyal'. Hmmmmm- We need a royal herald though-"
"What do heralds do, yes?"
"Ah, They announce the queen, recount stories, that sort of thing."
"I can do that, yes. I tell the village all the stories."
"Well, that settles it, then."

You don't need to look back to know Jin is nodding in time with her counterpart. Sheszka trots up next to you and smiles, and you grin back as you reach your parents.

"-but what do you think it means?"
"Honestly, it just looks like any other mural- I understand you're excited because it's the old city, but there's nothing identifying the building. It's probably just art."
"Agh. This is a new level of frustrating, yes."
"That would be because history isn't something you can smash."
"Don't push your luck, you pointy-eared-"

You cough.
"Ah- Lyra?"
"Are we going down?"
"It's probably a good idea, dear. We should be able to figure out what the building was below."
"Hmmmm-"

>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
>We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths.
>Should I be leaving you two to your adventure then? It has been a while, yes?
>Other (?)

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>>36374709
>Has Lyra touched Lann's ears yet?

Control yourself.

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

>>36374756
exactly. Let her do her own thing ffs.

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

Either that or they adventure.

Both of these are acceptable.

>>36374769
>>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
At least introduce them to the old guy. Or give them a head start.

>>36374746
>She blushes almost as easily as you do.
Hee~

>>36374769
>>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

>>36374799
Thats not what I meant at all.
I want Sara to accompany us, she did her own thing already for weeks now.

>>36374769
>>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
>>We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths.

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>>36374769

> We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths.
> Father assisted Earth Sense activate!

>>36374769
>Should I be leaving you two to your adventure then? It has been a while, yes?

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

>>36374769
>>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
>>We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths, yes?
>>Should I be leaving you two to your adventure then? It has been a while, yes?

Yes?
Yes.

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>>36374769

>Lyra and Nin holding hands and blushing while whispering comforting words of the future and oaths of how they can't do it alone.

The L-lewd, it's so s-strong...

>>36374861
no, anon.
This is completely innocent and not lewd.
You can't lewd with two girls.

>>36374799
Eh, honestly, there is no reason for not taking Sara with us. There is only so much she can learn from books.
It would be far more interesting for her to get out and see magic in action.
She is way too curious to keep to the nest for that long, especially when she can't really experiment with Lyra and Dad gone.

>>36374861

I... I don't think that's how lewd works. I think that's how basic human emotional connections work.

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
>We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths.


>She blushes almost as easily as you do.
>You give her hand a little squeeze, smiling up at her

The lewd is back!

>>36374861
The feels are real. It hurts in a happy way.

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?

>>36374769
>I can show you to the cavern, yes?
>We should probably try mapping a bit- There were a lot of paths.

>>36374769
>>Other (?)
Use Tremmor Sense Magic to mental map the place. See if we can find the Big Guy.

>Lead Mom and Dad to the Big Guy.

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>>36374870
Exactly. They haven't started rubbing cheeks yet.

>>36374817
And i don't, because her main stated interest is "Books" from the ask.fm.

>>36374876
She can experiment plenty without us around, the only thing she cant do is trying to get past our antimagic ability.

hell it is outright stated that she made progress by experimenting with enchantments.

Showing off the cavern with a bit of tremorsense?
Gimme 1d100, and we'll go from there.

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>>36375028

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>36375028

>>36375022
>hell it is outright stated that she made progress by experimenting with enchantments.
Yes, with dad.

And her main interest is SCIENCE!
Books are just a good source on that for now.

>>36375022
She'd join us in a heartbeat if we told her there's books where we're going. Which probably means she'd be ambivalent about journeying deeper into the forest, excited about journeying into more "civilized" areas, and would drag US to the elven lands.

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>>36375028

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>36375028

Where we're going, we don't need eyes to see

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>>36375044

>>36375044
>>36375071
Dubs yo

>>36375071
>>36375044
Nice rolls you two.

>>36375065
We just tell her there are other examples of strange magic there. Works just as well as books. She was hyped about the staff we brought her too.

>>36375044
>>36375071
If you say so dice

>>36375044
>>36375071
93 dubs.Tremorsense makes us priceless as an adventurer.

>>36375043
>>36375044
>>36375071
That's a 93, then!

Writing!

>>36375028

Can we have dad give us a bit of extra mana for the job?

>>36375109
Earth Sonar has never failed us

>>36375071
>>36375044
Nin is just going to take our ease of understanding this place as proof of our right to it.

>>36375118
Is our Earth sonar just our elemental control or is it magic?

>>36375119
We don't need mana for tremorsense anymore.

>>36375135
There is literally nothing we could do that she wouldnt twist into queen stuff at this point.


ANd I would like to submit the Airship plan once more.
Speedy travel!
Space for book hoarding lazy spiders!
Space for more adventurers/monsters

Hell, make it big enough and we could have a mobile guild.
No training room though. Lyra would put someone through the floor.

>>36375148
>>36375118

I figure it couldn't hurt, though you could be right about the systems being incompatible. Any final verdict on this one REQM?

>>36375206
I don't think its incompatible, we could use earth magic for it too. Would be just pointless since our earth control is better.

>>36375148
we never needed it as it is an ability.

We used earth magic for the dungeon not our tremorsense.

>>36375206
I'm writing it out as the spell- There's a range limit on your earth control, to prevent you from dropping cities into the crust from the other side of the continent.

>>36375197

If there is a way to make this acquisition organic within the story, I wouldn't mind. However, I wouldn't care for using our future hacks to just make it because we can. I'd prefer we get the basic idea from someone and improve on it, because I think it makes a bit more sense that way.

>>36375197
Building a airship would take months if not longer, it would require resources we simply do not have yet, and do not have the means to aquire.
Additionally to Lyra not having the know how necessary for a actual airship.
Its a plan for the future, if ever.

I'll be back tomorrow to read the archive, in the mean time, shine on you glorious bastards!

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>>36375135
"Mom, Dad, this way: these tunnels are a shortcut, and lead to his cavern, yes."
"To be expected of the Queen! The earth itself knows that she has come, and tells her its secrets!"
"No, Nin, that's not-"
"Lyra is not Queen, she is Alpha. Alpha knows because she is strong."
"Sheszka, that's not necessarily t-"
"Ah ha, but little wolf, proper Queens must be stronger than everyone!"
"Queens are strong?"
"Yes."
"Alpha is strong. Alpha is Queen."
"Yes!"
"Nin, stop. Please stop putting ideas in her head, Nin. Stop."
"Lyra is the strongest Queen, yes."
"Et tu, Jin?"

>>36375327
We will shine, yes.

>>36375248
Oh so it is magic, cool

>>36375022
It has also been stated that Lyra is her favorite "test subject".

>>36375267
>>36375254

I figure the mountains would provide a way to "organically" discover this sort of flight, if anywhere in the world. The dwarves natural curiosity with fire and earth magic has probably pushed them to a refined edge in architecture and metallurgy. Combine that with our flying cousins in the mountain, and it's likely that at least one person had an accidental discovery of flying over a dwarven vent and suddenly experiencing a huge updraft.

Combine Lyra's adventurous desire to keep up with a bit of future knowhow and you could justify the discovery. The materials, would be another matter entirely. Getting something at that scale to fly would also be beyond difficult and time consuming for Lyra's generally short attention span.

I figure out absolute best bet is if the dwarves are on friendly enough terms with the arachne to have already refined this discovery into a dwarven weather balloon.

>>36375022
>She can experiment plenty without us around
Not really, without dads assistance there isn't much she can do.
And Lyras anti-magic ability is still what interests her the most because it isn't in any book. Which is probably the only thing better than stuff in books to Sara, stuff that isn't in her books.

>>36375254
>>36375267
If we adventure long enough, sooner or later we'll want to cross a great ocean or reach some sky islands. Then is the time for an airship!

Buy a little sloop, making a propella and rudder with our metalbending and forging skills would be easy. Powered by a wind stone or something.

Spend a few weeks weaving a fuckhuge balloon and inflate it with a fire stone.

We air spider!

>>36375445
The main problem with the airship would be it would avoid all adventure. Travelin on foot has way more adventure potential than flying over everything.

>>36375485
>Spend a few weeks weaving a fuckhuge balloon and inflate it with a fire stone.
Thats not even remotly enough to make a airship.
A balloon, yes, a airship requires a lot more than that.

>>36375497
Yah, it's why airhips are usually lategame things.

>>36375497
Nah, the point is to use it to reach MORE adventure. When we find something we can't reach by land or sea (or would just be a reaaaly long boring journey) we take to the air!

>>36375525
Did you not read the rest of the post?

>>36375554
Yeah sure, once we explored this continent, we can make a airship.
But thats, a long time away.

>>36375497

I tend to agree with you. There's a reason why the airship always crashes in pretty much every story.

Anyway, I'm not huge on the idea, despite my long blurb. I'm much more happy with us making minimal use of whatever future knowledge we may possess and operating like a standard adventurer. I just imagine that people are going to want to begin keeping far too many people too close to our chest, and at that time, it's much easier for REQM to have a place they can be doing things.

Granted our ADD approach to life in trying to do all the things all the time, I imagine that even a nearby city won't keep our soon to be hordes in close enough proximity for Lyra to not leave them in the dust.

>>36375571
Unless we find sky islands or something.

>>36375351
>Trip dropped
you know, you can use two different browsers. Post in this thread in firefox, use chrome to browser the rest of 4chan
or use different flavors, like palemoon (64bit firefox build with speed optimizations) or one of the dozen chromium flavors.

that way you won't need to drop and readd your trip all the time just to post in other threads

>>36375592
Thats, not impossible. But a balloon would work for that too. Way less work.
A airship is really only sensible if we need to spend a lot of time on it.

>>36375592

And we can't reach it as some sort of giant burning spider or Jin can't carry us up there. For the record, still hoping we can develop the skills for making ourselves a giant magma spider body to go outside of our normal sized body.

We could do the same thing with metal and call ourselves Spider Gundam.

>>36375599
I dont think thats reqm

>>36375633
Once we are Asura Spider, we just jump up there.

>>36375666

People keep throwing that term around, but I am not sure what it really means. What do you picture as Asura spider? The video game character from Asura's wrath? The goddess?

>>36375599
I'm, uh, I'm not REQM. Not at all.

>>36375692
Asuras is a term for a group of "deities" not a single one.
But besides that, they mean the videogame character.
With the four arms and all that.

>that blushing promise
How long's tonight's thread going to go?
The art urge is strong

>>36375758

Do it anyway.

>>36375692
The original joke that spawned is was about a evolution with multiple arms for maximum-petting potential.
It just rolled from there with the fire abilities and all that.

>>36375770
I have a night class that's important to me... I would art in the middle but it would be super noticeable. If the thread isn't over in 4.5 hours I'll have something.

>>36375791

Good to know. I'd almost pick that sort of four handed evolution as a double lord type, unarmed variant evolution path, though hard core metal or earth manipulation could give us more fist-like objects to hit people with. That's kind of what I would like to gun for, that being a more fluid grasp of earth and metal manipulation until we can do just about anything with it on a moment's notice.

>>36375724
Asurachne

>>36375791
don't we already have 8 appendeges? or 10 if our human arms don't replace any of the spiderlegs?

>>36375842
It usually runs to at least 8est, I think? And the thread itself will be around till 10 ish, before it drops off

>>36375906
I don't want any more appendages.
Also, multi-arm looks kinda dumb.

>>36375906
Our legs aren't good for petting.
They're absurdly sharp and lethal spears.

>>36375936
And even then you can always give the art to REQM via ask.fm or something.

>>36375906
Currently we only have 10 limbs.

Clearly we need more. So many heads to pat, ears to scratch, anteni to squeeze!

>>36375941
>Not wanting to be able to pet Nin, Jin and Sheszka while hugging Sara at the same time

>>36375954

It never ceases to surprise me how few drawfriends have jumped on the bandwagon for this one. Guess they've just got too many other quests on their hands right now.

>>36375953
Maybe we could put socks with soft little shoes/gloves at the end over them?

>>36375954
Fair point.

Map-anon here, I'll hopefully have the tweaks to the map done by the next thread. If anyone has a good tree icon it would be greatly appreciated.

>>36375995
or get an evolution that replaces "sharp spear spiderlegs" with "8 spider arms"

>>36375941
same.

>>36375984
Honestly, I don't like the focuses on headpatting and all that either.

>>36376011
Now that would be just eerie. Imagine all our legs ending in hands.

>>36376011
That is even worse than growing more arms.

>>36376011
certainly fucking not.
That would be horrible.

>>36376011
Absolutely not. The legs stay.

>>36376011
That's honestly creepy.

>>36376018
The joke came up over a dozen threads ago.
The headpatting got a bit inflationary between then and now.
I personally like the idea because I like fisticuffs, and we got absurdly lethal hands.

>>36376011
stop trying to turn this into headpat quest.

I like headpats but there is a fucking limit, if shit like this continues to be suggested it makes me want them far less.

>>36376059
we don't need four arms to have fisticuffs.
They'd actually make our fisticuff abilities much worse, if biomechanics are put into play at all

>>36376078
Which they clearly aren't, so it doesn't matter.

>>36376076
You honestly think the absurdly creepy "arms instead of legs" suggestion was meant serious?
Really?
Imagine what that would look like for a second.

"I can, ah, probably show you the cavern, yes?"

Your mother cocks an eyebrow.
"That was a very hesitant probably, little one."

You shrug.
"There was more than a few paths, yes? I think it might go everywhere beneath the ruins."
"How did you find your way before?"
"I followed the dust on the ground, yes. And left webs to mark the way back."

Mom and Dad share a glance, before they look back at the descending stairs in sync.
Nin giggles.

"I can try the earth magic again- Like I used on the dungeon. Maybe?"
"It is worth a shot, yes?"

Mom pokes Dad forwards, and you can feel the mana beginning to form as he holds out an open hand.

You reach forwards, inhaling slowly as you pull the magic into your hands, letting it swirl in the air before you. You shut your eyes, even your breath, and squeeze your hand into a fist, tightening as you let the spell fly loose, whispering the words you need.

The ground beneath you thrums in time with your heartbeat, and you can see the tunnels beneath you unfold, layering over one another, hundreds of strands beneath the ruined surface. Some stop short, collapses, others simply drop into nothing- The effect is dizzying.

There's too many, far too many. Your brow tightens as you focus, trying to bring the information under control. You start from yourself. The stairs.
The path below. The feeling of the flow of water. Twisting, turning. The cavern.

You let out a breath you weren't aware you were holding.

"I have it. One path, anyway- There are far, far too many below, yes."
"Too many?"
"Hundreds- I could not even- It was too much."

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>>36376011
I don't see what the problem is.

>>36376011
Guys, I was joking, and I pretty sure so was the guy I replied to

I don't really want to get an evolution that replaces our 8 spider sword legs with creepy ass arms.

>>36376114
Dad strokes his chin, brushing his fingers through stubble.
"It's a useful spell, in any case. Maybe if you could work it through an enchantment- On paper! Or a piece of metal or stone- a map that forms as you move-"
He's already pulling a book free from his bag, a quill pen practically appearing in his hands.

Mom taps your shoulder.
"He gets like this, yes? Ignore him."
She gestures to the stairs, and you nod, taking the first step down.

_________________________________________________________

"-All these channels- A sewer, maybe? Or something to bring water to peoples homes? Running water to a whole city- The dwarves have something like it for money, but-"
"But it's for money, yes. What about the elves, then?"
"Magic, magic everywhere. For the most part. Spirit stones, or just enchantments. If everyone had the same things, the nobles wouldn't have anything to brag about."

Mom laughs.
"Lyra, little one. Anything ahead?"

You shake your head.
Hopefully she can see you through the crowd on your back.

Sheszka and Dad both abandoned the floor when you reached the flooded corridor. There was some awkward shuffling on your back, but Nin settled for sitting behind you, cross-legged with her back against yours.

"The cavern is close, yes? This is where I met him."

Both parents fall quiet as the hall opens up. The collapsed stone, the running water.
You can hear the river in the distance as you clatter down the rubble.

There's an odd sense of deja vu as you move, but there's no centipede thing to greet you. Thankfully.

>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.
>There is a way back into the ruins over there, but it would take some work before we would fit.
>Other (?)

>>36376110
>Imagine what that would look like for a second.
it would look like a hilarious Japanese mythological monster, its one of the things you fight in okami

>>36376110
Yours was obviously not, but some other do take the less extreme ones seriously, i have seen it ruin quests before.

>>36376076
>>36376059
I think it will fade a bit as the girls grow up. Not go away, just become a smaller part.
The sol threads between adventures aren't going to go away

>>36376135
>>This is where we spoke, yes.
I have no idea if he came from the river.

>>36376078
>, if biomechanics are put into play at all
We are a humanoid torso attached to the body of a againt spider, where normally the spiders head would be.
That should answer that concern.
>>36376135

>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.

>>36376135
I wonder...
>Other (?)

Try to use our earth senses to pick up the vibrations of our giant spider friend as he walks around. Surely his size is big enough he'd make some pretty big vibrations with each step, right?

>>36376135
>>This is where we spoke, yes.

>"-All these channels- A sewer, maybe? Or something to bring water to peoples homes? Running water to a whole city- The dwarves have something like it for money, but-"
Lyra's modern knowledge of plumbing could be of use...

>>36376135
>>This is where we spoke, yes.

>>36376160
anon, you don't need to point out that biomechanics aren't in play.

It just needed to be pointed out how silly more arms =better fistfighting is as an argument.

>>36376151
It has already become less in the last few quests.
It was a joke for a while, and its going to come up now and again, there is no issue with that.
It was just a little too often for a time, but that was already several threads ago.

>>36376135
>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.
>There is a way back into the ruins over there, but it would take some work before we would fit.
you could probably fit all of this into one sentence.

>>36376078
>Science
>In a magic setting where the gods bless you in your sleep and you magically "evolve" in a way that would make darwin eat his own beard

>>36376135

> This is where we spoke, yes.
> He may have come from the river.
> For us to follow, I may be able to clear some of the rubble, but it will take some time, and I wonder of the wisdom of opening closed doors.
> He said there were monsters, yes.

>>36376179
Its not silly at all. More arms means more things to punch with.
It makes perfect sense if we don't take biomechanics into account.

>>36376135
>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.

>>36376166
I guess this sounds like a good idea. Supporting.

>>36376135
>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.
>There is a way back into the ruins over there, but it would take some work before we would fit.

>>36376213
Not really.

I mean, you don't start strapping more swords to your head when you want more stabbing.

>>36376166
might as well

>>36376209
seconded

>>36376135
>>36376160
>>36376166
Supporting this.
It might not work, since there might be things smaller but heavier than him, but its worth a try.

>>36376251
And that's not even considering how the aesthetics would suck so bad.

I mean, who LIKES the multi-arm look even?

is there still a kobold tribe here? do they still do slave trading? we might need to subjugate them to make that stop

>>36376166
Supporting.

>>36376251
>you don't start strapping more swords to your head
Because you can't really wielde swords strapped to your head? That comparison doesn't work at all.

Its more, you don't take up a additional weapon if you only have one sword.
And, yeah, people do that.

>>36376135
>Other (?)
Use tremor sense to check for foot steps of giant spiders.

>>36376281
I don't think we've actually seen them or the lizardmen in quite some time.

>>36376251
>I mean, you don't start strapping more swords to your head when you want more stabbing.
That comparison makes no sense at all. Like, whatsoever.

The issue with strapping a sword to your head is that you can't really fight with a sword that strapped to your head.
A limitation that doesn't exist for a additional set of arms, which works just as well as the first pair you got.

>>36376166
This has my support as well, it would be cool to see him.

>>36376294
The comparison works pretty well.
Want more stabbing? strap swords to your shit.
Want more punching? strap arms to your shit.

Or you could just, you know, not try to insert asura's wrath into the quest. Given they are completely different things in genre, tone, and general atmosphere.

>>36376281
I dont think they actually "live" in the ruins.
They probably just have it connected with tunnels to the whole underground system.

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>>36376279

He may or may not be a fan of pic related.

>>36376326
>>Other (?)
>Use tremor sense to check for foot steps of giant spiders.
Forgot the vote.

>>36376320
>>36376294
>A limitation that doesn't exist for a additional set of arms, which works just as well as the first pair you got.

Why are you using biomechanics as a "you can't wield swords on your head idiot" argument, when biomechanics also state you can't use multiple arms like that properly because they'd be put on all retard style?

Either you accept things stuck on the spider retard style working, or you don't do the retard style.

>>36376135
>He came from the river, I think.
>This is where we spoke, yes.

I'm against the last one on the basis that this place is not meant to keep us out, but to keep whatever is in here in, and opening more paths can and will cause trouble.

So this is where history started!

Also, tremorsense?
Y/N?

>>36376364
Y

>>36376364
I could take it or leave it.

>>36376364
>Y

>>36376320
>A limitation that doesn't exist for a additional set of arms.
it does actually exists. that is the whole biomechanics things. its just a lot less obvious that you can't use an extra set of arms in such a manner.
Also, such extra arms usually burst out of your ribs where they have no reason being. rather then another set of shoulders.
Also, most proper melee combat is done with the entire body rather than just an arm in a vacuum.

>>36376364
Y

>>36376364
y

>>36376364

Yes? Is there anything to lose?

>>36376364
Y, that might help us find the guy.

>>36376364
Y

>>36376364
Y

>>36376329
>The comparison works pretty well.
>Want more stabbing? strap swords to your shit.
>Want more punching? strap arms to your shit.
Okay, calm down for a second anon, and you will realise why that doesn't make any sense.
You don't "strap" the arms to anything.
You just get a second set, whhich works just as well as the other set you are already using.

You don't wield swords with your head, because you can't properly move the sword like that. While your additional arms aren't any less suable than the ones you already have.
You don't "strap" them to anything.

>>36376364
>So this is where history started!
I don't get this

also
Y

Alright then, writing!

>>36376396
getting a second set of arms on our torso is literally strapping arms on there.

Otherwise it would no longer be even similar to a human torso, as it would have to be entirely reconfigured to have four limbs.

If you want to strap extra arms on, I want to strap extra swords on.

>>36376352
Because the problem with strapping a sword to your head, is that you can't move your head as much as your arms?
While you can use the arms just as well as your other arms.

>>36376423
And you can't move any of your arms as much as your head if you had four of them.

If you want to bring biomechanics into it to talk about how shitty using headswords is, don't get mad when people point out how shitty multiarms is.

>>36376352
>biomechanics
>Implying that means anything

We're a fucking magic Arachne. You think a creature like that is physically possible?

We exist because magic. Our body works because magic.

If we did get an evolution with extra arms, it would work because magic.

>>36376423
>While you can use the arms just as well as your other arms.
No, you can't. you need to completely redesign the human torso and arm in order to do that. that is literally what people have been telling you, repeatedly.

>>36376412
You are really grasping now anon just because you don't like a thing.
You don't need to like it, but pretending another set of arms has the same usability as a sword on your head is just beyond silly.

>>36376440
>you can't use headswords because that doesn't make sense!
>but my not making sense thing is okay because magic!

I didn't realize we were talking about how shitty wizards were in D&D

>>36376441
There is more than one anon telling you guys you are being stupid right now.
Biomechanics doesn't enter the picture here, the way you move your arms and the way you use your head do.

>>36376445
They actually have significantly less usability in a realistic scenario, and exactly as much usability if we're going with a "it just works" stance.
At least you can headbutt with headswords. extra arms would just pop off as they don't fit on there.

>>36376440
Then how come we can't feel the magic animating the impossible bodies and spellbreak people like that?
we could for skeletons and zombies because they were impossible things made possible by magic. disrupt he spell and they fall down
we could for the golems as well

>>36376468
I actually posted on both "sides", correcting people when they are wrong or clarifying. I don't feel vested in either "side" and even if I did, I would still correct idiots on my side who say something stupid

>driving this thread into autosage
inb4 >anon has bitched about evolutions since the dawn of re:monster quest

>>36376459
There is a difference between making sense and consistency.
The problem with having multiple arms is the way it would need to connect to your torso, which can easily be handwaved just as much as the way our upper body connects to our thorax in non-sensical ways.
Strapping a sword to your head, would require your head to move completly different froma regular one, which we know it doesnt.

>>36376459

Let's not have system wars in the middle of the thread, please. Anon thinks mutli-arms are cool and functional. Other anons don't agree with that sentiment. This difference in opinion is perfectly fine, but shouldn't eat up a large chunk of the thread.