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You reach down and scratch at the base of Zahak's horns. He seems to enjoy it. You wonder why? Perhaps it's something to do with removing dead scales. Actually, come to think of it he's constantly growing. Like a weed, really. He seems larger than he was just a few days ago. You imagine his growth might outpace the growth of his scales. You wonder if Zahak will shed his skin, you don't think he has yet.

You push those thoughts from your mind, forcing yourself to focus on the task at hand. {I'm done for now, Zahak. I think I'll get some dinner and then try again. Perhaps using a different method, we'll have to see. By the way, I haven't forgotten about your goat. Goats are coming.}

He seems slightly irritated but not overly so. Gods above it's nice having a very literal emotional connection with your son. Not that you don't dread his teenage years, you're sure they'll be awful, but the fact you'll always have a vague idea what he's thinking is comforting.

You stand up, Zahak shifting so you can do so without a stuggle. You make your way to the door and open it carefully, peeking outside to affirm that all of the laborers are gone. It's silent, so you assume they've long since returned to their homes after a long day's work. You're still not quite sure exactly what time it is.

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You walk to the balcony railing and look out over the dining hall. The remaining clutter, what little of it there is, has been pushed to the edges in order to make room for two massive tables arrayed parallel to one another. The wood is polished to a fine shine, oak you believe. It would've needed to be imported from Elven lands if that is the case. Silken tablecloths are draped across each table at regular intervals, although they're mostly for show rather than to keep food off the table. You'll have place mats for that.

At the end of the hall, nestled within an alcove created by the stairwell, sits a throne. Granted it's a very humble throne, little more than a particularly comfortable looking chair on a raised platform, but it's rather ostentatious none the less. The throne is at the head of a short table, five less conspicuous seats on either side and another chair at the end for twelve places total. You're surprised they actually constructed a raised platform just to elevate a single table. Regardless they did quite a good job of it, if you didn't know better you'd say it had always been there.

You urge Zahak to follow you, and he appears by your side a moment later. The two of you make your way down the stairs and through the dining hall, into the foyer. It's much as you recall it, though they did clean up the place. The reflecting pool in the center isn't covered in pond scum anymore.

You take a moment to peek inside the ballroom, finding it immensely improved. No longer is the floor a collection of broken tiles and filth. Great statues of elephants have been dragged in and propped up at the opposite end of the hall, flanking the entrance to the sitting area. You note that another squat, humble throne has been placed in the entrance as well, overlooking the ballroom.

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Overall you're quite pleased with what's been done to the place. You might need to actually hire a band to play. Then again, maybe you could entertain the guests yourself? You do know a bit of the Oud after all...

Your curiosity sated you head for the kitchen, digging through the pantry until you find what you're looking for. Eventually you emerge once more into the kitchen with two fat lamb steaks and a bundle of metal skewers. You set the steaks down on the island countertop and use your dagger, which you've kept in a sheathe on your hip since you stopped wearing your cloak, to cut each steaks into relatively small pieces. That done, you fill as many skewers as you can manage. You end up with four total.

Zahak watches with interest as you use a bit of fire magic to quickly cook the meat without burning it to a crisp. You do the same for a second skewer, which you offer to Zahak. He stares at it warily for a moment before ripping a chunk of steak off the skewer, chewing it cautiously. Once he's finished he gently takes the skewer in his mouth and lays down on the ground, using the claws at the tips of his wings to help him pin the skewer in place so he can rip the meat off.

{Papa, why come you can cook meat and it doesn't taste bitter like when I do it?} He ask, whilst in the middle of struggling with one hunk of lamb.

{Practice, Zahak. The trick is to manage how much vys you let out, thus increasing or decreasing the intensity of the flame produced. If you cook the meat slower, it's more tender and juicy. Want to try it?}

Zahak looks up, and you get the impression that he'd very much like to try it. You grab one of the remaining skewers and hold it up for him to try cooking it. He stares at it intensely for a short while and then opens his mouth only slightly, like he was about to hiss. Instead a thin strip of flame shoots out of his mouth, licking across the skewer but not really cooking it.

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{You don't need to be that careful. Just try to make sure that all the heat is distributed evenly and you're not overdoing it.}

The flame spewing from his mouth increases in heat and volume, and you pull the skewer away from his mouth once you think it looks done. It might be slightly burnt, but over all it was a good first attempt. You hold it out for him, and he snatches it with his mouth.

{Good job, Zahak. Not so hard, is it?}

You don't get a reply, but you sense an upwelling of pride from your adoptive son. He seems quite pleased with himself. Since he's occupied, you turn your thoughts to meditation between bites of delicious lamb flesh.

>You'll try again using the normal method, nothing fancy.
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.
>Meditate on forms. Until you get better at combat, it will be harder than normal meditation. Yet the more you do it, the more useful it will become.
>Write-in

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639

>Meditate on forms. Until you get better at combat, it will be harder than normal meditation. Yet the more you do it, the more useful it will become.

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

People will be pissed if we try again and fail, so we might as well go all out!

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>>37761639
>>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.
lets do this!

>>37761639
>void

>>37761639
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

>Meditation on Reality
ROOOLL 3d10+4 (+2 from Vatis, +2 from weakness in the veil) vs DC 20

Rolled 1, 5, 9 + 4 = 19 (3d10 + 4)

>>37762038

Rolled 9, 3, 9 + 4 = 25 (3d10 + 4)

>>37762038

>>37762038
u said we'd have massive bonuses?

Rolled 3, 9, 5 + 4 = 21 (3d10 + 4)

>>37762038

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>>37761615
>Then again, maybe you could entertain the guests yourself? You do know a bit of the Oud after all...

soma
why

>>37761639
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

Save forms for an easier meta/effect

Rolled 1, 2, 3 = 6 (3d10)

>>37762069
this is to get to the gate, we do the meta once there.
an open one would likely give a nice big bonus.
>>37762038
soma since our master easily found an open gate, does that mean there is one near by?

>>37762062
>>37762063
>>37762071
>19, 25, 21
>Success!
Spend 1 for a Great Success?

>>37762069
This is just to enter the void, not to meditate on the thing.

>>37761639
>Meditate on forms. Until you get better at combat, it will be harder than normal meditation. Yet the more you do it, the more useful it will become.

So many .5s you can drown in them

>>37762096
Sure

>>37762096
Spend

>>37762096
Yes

>>37762096
do it

>>37762096
spend

Rolled 3, 1, 4 = 8 (3d10)

>>37762096
sure

Since you're spending for the great success, I'll need... 3d10+12 (+2 from Vatis, +6 from method, +4 from Gateway) vs DC30

>>37762096
No we're going to need that one Vys

Rolled 2, 3, 4 + 12 = 21 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762178
Time to try again and not get 5 or less on every single roll I make!

>>37761639
>Screw that, it's time for void meditation.

Rolled 7, 9, 5 + 12 = 33 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762178

Rolled 4, 3, 1 + 12 = 20 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762178

Rolled 2, 3, 1 + 12 = 18 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762178
rollan

Rolled 8, 10, 5 + 12 = 35 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762178

>>37762192
Ha, that one vys gave us an extra +2 on our roll anon.

>>37762200
>>37762224
>>37762230
>21, 33, 20
Man, the dice hate you. Spend 9 to make it a Success?

>Yes Man why am I even making this a vote of course you're going to spend.
>No Seriously who is going to pick this?

>>37762200
>Time to try again and not get 5 or less on every single roll I make!
haha

Rolled 2, 1, 4 + 12 = 19 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762200
spend 9

>>37762270
>Yes

>>37762270
>>No Seriously who is going to pick this?

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>>37762270
>No

THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO YOUR TERRIBLE ROLLS GIT GUD YA FUCKIN SCRUBS

>>37762270
Literally no downside since we are meditating anyway.

>>37762270
>Yes

Why not just have a standing policy to spend on pass/fail meditative rolls unless we're meditating in a place of duress where we may want the spent vys soon?

>>37762270
>Yes
>stalling for time.
Soma would finding the open gate ourselves lower the dc next time we meditate on reality in our home?

>>37762270
>yes

>>37762317
If you meditate on reality multiple times in the same place, you would get a bonus from familiarity.
I think that's what you were asking, but I'm slightly tipsy so correct me if I'm wrong.

>>37762270
>>Yes
>>37762310
Oh go wank over your super magic seed.

>>37762270
>Yes Man why am I even making this a vote of course you're going to spend.

Yes to spending, before the smart asses make us fail!

>>37762270
>>37762270
>No
come on guys remember when we used to cut our loses to get better bonus rolls in the early threads? Since we're staying here for 3 more days at least we have time to make progress

>>37762270
>Yes

>>37762340
nah you are right on the money.

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>>37762353

>>37762270
>No Seriously who is going to pick this?

but really
>Yes Man why am I even making this a vote of course you're going to spend.

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>>37762340
Oh Soma I can always rely on you to be a crippling alcoholic and almost take your hand off pouring a glass a water. Oh you scamp you.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>37762270
>Yes

>Spend
Hokay, back to writing. You can now spend 11 vys to improve a roll.

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>>37762455
FUCK YEAR

>>37762521
>That pic
Why is this so familiar...

>>37762538
Because you are a naughty boy.

Rolled 9, 7, 10 + 12 = 38 (3d10 + 12)

>>37762455
Why did you stop writing?

>>37762455
11 vys?

>>37762581
Vys pool went up

>>37762581
Yep.

>>37762611
No actually Soma I'm pretty sure you mean 13 vys. Maybe even 16.

You can totes trust my analysis, so much that you don't even need a source, cuz I say so and you trust me, right? Yeah. We should be able to spend around 22 vys atm, I have calculated it.

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>>37762652
I'm pretty sure that 25% of 43 is 10.75, and I don't think that rounds to 22. Then again, I mean, who am I to go against the word of an expert? 22 vys it is.

>>37762748
Drunk Soma best Soma.

>>37762748
>that image

Tipsy soma is rude
I love it

>>37762270
yes

>>37762773
>implying

>>37762799
No, no anon, not like that, okay? Stop taking things out of context.

>>37762652
I don't think he's that drunk.

>>37762773
How long until nymphomaniac Chrys?

>>37762748
>image
pls no bully

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>>37762748
are all your reaction images from porn you wrestled the one eyed snake to?

So the secret to healing magic is just giving the body energy and letting it work right? How the fuck do we regrow limbs? I'm moderately sure the body has no idea how to regrow a limb

>>37763154
Hahaha, everyone look at this anon and laugh, hahahaha!

>>37763154
Maaaaaaagic

>>37763154
magic.

>>37763154
Mental image you have of yourself.
Its why when samnji lose their junk, if its healed with water it ends up growing bigger.

>>37763154
Well maybe not YOUR body

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>>37763098
Not ALL of them, but yeah at this point I browse hentai for reaction images as much as porn.

>>37763154
The body naturally has an idea of how it 'should' look. That's why, if you lose a limb, you can still sort of feel that limb. The portions of the brain that control the muscles for that limb still function even if those muscles no longer exist.

The introduction of vys into the equation allows the body to correct errors. To fix what's missing. To return it to an ideal shape.

>>37763154
Magic how does it work.

>>37763154
Looks like anon is being simple again.
Poor poor anon.

>>37763214
Does that mean that if your ideal shape does not match your body shape you could alter it with water magic?

>>37763272
ANON WHERE THE ACTUAL FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?

>>37763272
basicly. If mik's dick is less than 6 inchs. We cuts it off, and imagines he had a 9 incher. between his mind and what he wants he should settle around 7+inchs.
and be a god.

>>37763272
Theoretically. The example given in >>37763196 is accurate. If you perceive yourself to have a larger/smaller/wider limb or what have you. If you think yourself taller than you actually are. If you think yourself more attractive than you actually are. Healing will restore you to how you THINK you look, rather than how you actually, necessarily look. However, self image doesn't vary by large margins from actual appearance, so the differences are usually negligible.

>>37763098
You should check out some of the artists his reaction images are from.

>>37763272
I'm not a fan of the flesh guys, and even i know thats possible, hell soma answered this question ages ago.

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>>37763323
I'm not a fan of the flesh guys

If you mean the the flesh crafter... M-me too.

And I have a soft spot for Chimeras shit still don't sit well mang

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>>37763530
Soma said it can also cost them their sanity, and ours(if we did it to ourselves) if its too much.

>>37763646
Ed..ward...

>>37763646
Ah, that pic reminds me of an idea I had about Zahak.

>>37763712
Fa..ther....

It doesn't take you long to finish off your skewer. You let Zahak cook the last one, even though it's for you. Fortunately for him you don't manage to finish it, and he gets the last few scraps. Normally you'd feel that feeding your son table scraps was a bit degrading but Zahak seems quite pleased, so you suppose there's no harm in it really.

With your stomach full and Zahak at least sated, the two of you once more traverse the massive estate. Man, you really need to start taking your meals earlier. Before the slaves have all retired for the night. A man as rich as you are, who has a staff as large as you do, shouldn't need to cook his own meals. He should be waited on hand and foot, a dozen men and women at his beck and call! If waking up the entire staff wouldn't make you feel like such an asshole you'd seriously consider it.

Once you've sequestered yourself in the master bedroom you lay down on your bed, making yourself as comfortable as you can manage. Incidentally, that's quite comfortable. This is a surprisingly good bed considering you found it in a mansion that hadn't been cleaned in who knows how many decades. Regardless, once you've got yourself situated you close your eyes and let yourself begin to drift off...

{Papa are you going to be meditating again? Should I leave you alone?}

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>>37763646
>>37763737
>>37763712

Pls no I don't want these feels man

Zahak's voice interrupts your attempts at meditation, and a moment later he clambers onto the bed. He takes a few moments to get himself situated, folding his wings against his body and curling up next to you. You scooch over to give him room. Your first instinct is to sigh but you resist that urge, instead responding as levelly as you can manage. {I am going to be meditating, but you can stay where you are. Just don't talk to Papa and you won't interrupt him. You could even meditate while Papa is meditating.}

He seems to like that idea, and falls silent a moment later. You close your eyes once again and slowly let yourself recede from the world around you. You sink further and further into your trance, the ebb and flow of vys gradually replaced by the thousands upon thousands of pinpricks of light that represent the soul of every man, woman, and child in the city of El Amin. You note that the green soul you saw last time has moved. It's no longer in the east slums. Judging by what you can make of it, it's either in the Vatis District or the Market District. You're not sure.

Even the spirits of the living are eventually replaced by the endless network of thin threads that represent the underlying laws of the universe. You detach yourself from your body with surprising ease, drifting through a gap in the threads and into the strange grey realm beyond.

You find that your master told the truth, the barrier between worlds is full of holes. They're tiny pinpricks of black in the semi-transparent grey wall that separates the Void from Mundus. Tendrils of black seep through, but don't seem capable of surviving this realm for very long. Regardless, you use Earth magic to erode your soul and slide through the barricade, as if water through a sieve.
(2/47)

Once within the void you immediately feel a strong presence pulling you towards it. You allow your soul to do as it pleases, and slowly you drift towards that force. It isn't long before you find yourself 'standing', as much as one can stand in the endless black, before a swirling vortex of color and light. The white of raw vys dominates the portal, but it's shot through with shades of blue, red, purple, and gold.

You feel an overpowering urge to step inside, and almost allow yourself to do so. Fortunately you manage to stop yourself at the threshold and back away to a safe distance. You've no desire to repeat your last experience with gateways. Once safely situated, you begin to actually meditate on what you came here for.
>Vys Pool: (41/41)

The fantastic thing about the void is that there is absolutely no clutter to distract you. No ambient vys, no other people. Nothing save your soul and the portal in front of you.

You draw on vys from the portal, drawing it out into the void and allowing it to come in contact with your soul. Slowly you find that a body begins to form from the accumulated vys, the golden orb that is your soul acting as the body's heart. It comes to resemble a ghostly version of what you actually look like, though it lacks your dashing good looks.

(8/-3)

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>>37763844
>(2/47)

>>37763844
>(2/47)
>(8/-3)

drunk soma a based

Once you've formed a body, you start to channel vys. It actually involves tearing off a piece of this ghostly body you've formed and channeling it through your soul, but the chunk you tear off always reforms in an instant. It's probably harmless. Regardless, once you've torn off a chunk and filtered it through your soul, you release it into the void and use manipulate to keep it together.

The void proves to be much more hostile to vys, as it attempts to rapidly destroy any semblance of coherence in your channeled vys. However, this ends up helping you more than hurting you. You're forced to figure out how to compress vys with the manipulate spell, thus keeping it together but also making it far easier to channel once it's been torn from your body. You wonder if this same method might allow you to cast using ambient vys instead of your own reserves.

There are no runes to serve as anchors, so you settle on field testing the meta with a simple spell. You push it away from you, keeping it tightly packed together in a ball. Once it's at an acceptable distance you compress it further, and in an instant you can 'feel' it again. It's once more part of you. You quickly transmute the raw vys into fire magic and release your hold on it. You're rewarded by a burst of flame powerful enough to briefly illuminate the void. Not that there is really anything to see.
>Vys Pool: (34/43)

>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
>Allow yourself to be dragged back into the waking world.
>Step into the portal. Come on, it's right there. It looks so tempting...
>Write-in

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Rolled 9, 10, 8 + 6 = 33 (3d10 + 6)

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.

Fookin' Hell Soma, you forgot to Vys dump. Again.

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
Might as well get our last insight in either Earth or Metal.

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>>37763931
Fuck.

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
We will do the portal thing, once we get our metal condom soma.

>>37763897
>Allow yourself to be dragged back into the waking world.
We've done enough meditation for now.

>>37763844
>Judging by what you can make of it, it's either in the Vatis District or the Market District. You're not sure.
Rasim...

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.

>>37763897
>>Step into the portal. Come on, it's right there. It looks so tempting...

Awww shit. I can resist anything but temptation!

>>37763897
>>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
only other meta we read. Leaping

>>37763931
aye that's 60+vys we coulda stored into the sword

>>37763950
But would we seriously vys dump before doing void meditation considering the fact that we might encounter void monsters?

>>37763897
>Allow yourself to be dragged back into the waking world.
I don't want this thread to be only meditation

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>>37763964

>>37763897
>You wonder if this same method might allow you to cast using ambient vys instead of your own reserves.
Amplify?

>>37763982
Probably wouldn't be wise, but hey Mik isn't exactly a high WIS character.

>>37763897
Meditate on some shit yo

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
>>37763993
Probably, we still have that interesting failure to test, that gives bonus vys since it would be an experiment.

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.

>>37763897
>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.

>>37763897
>>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.
Leaping

>>37763964
Wait till we are better at metal, so that we can protect our selves with a metal condom.

>>37763897

>Meditate on something else, as long as you're here.

No portal hijinks.

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Rolled 4, 3, 8 + 6 = 21 (3d10 + 6)

>>37763950
I'll let it slide if you allow us to use my excellent roll. Let's just put this whole thing behind us, eh?

>>37763950

Soma whatchu drinking tonight?

>Meditate on something else while you're here.
NOTE: You can't read shit in the void since you can't bring shit with you into the void. Thus, you can't do any metamagics that you haven't already read.

That means your options are
>Meditate on an Element
>On an Effect
>On the Leaping Meta.

>>37763964
honestly I want three insights towards GM to be rom steping in the portal.
But I think we should get to to actually be able to defend our mind.
expert metal Before we head in again.
And dump 15 vys into mental shield. should lessen the damage.
and we could meditate while in there..on shielding our mind and soul. ;-; using the massive vys in there. we could gain some insight fast into shielding our mind.
Or you know not risk getting a spirit trying to steal our soul again.

>>37763950
Just have the gem break if it has too much vys inside of it.
Its already cracked and its only one gem.

>>37764074
>On an Effect

>>37764074
>On an Effect

>>37764074
>On the Leaping Meta

>>37764074
>On the Leaping Meta.

>>37764074
>On the Leaping Meta.

>>37764074
>Meditate on an Element

Might as well get more Metal while we're here. ... Brutal!

>>37764074
>>On an Effect

>>37764075
Same here.
>>37764074
>>On the Leaping Meta.
Pretty good meta in my book.

>>37764070
Well I started with beer, just cheap ass budweiser, but I've since switched to hard liquor. I had a glass of Dewars scotch and I'm on my second glass of Cruzan rum.

>>37764074
>Meditate on an Element

>>37764074

>On the Leaping Meta.

>>37764074
>>On the Leaping Meta.

>>37764075
GM metal meditation?

>>37763988
Hey, hey! Remember, last time we got a free meditation in Fire! Don't you want to do that again? No rolls or anything! I'm talking about some good shit here!

>>37764166
Let's wait until we have a way to keep Surya's STDs out of our soul.

>>37764074
>>On the Leaping Meta.

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>>37764166

>>37764188
>implying that wasn't just a large tentacled sperm cell trying to permeate our egglike soul

>>37764074
>>>On the Leaping Meta.
>>37764162
honestly I wouldn't even mind doing that for a metal GM meditation. but thats putting fire on the back burner for a little while. which I don't mind but some piss ants might.

>>37764074
>>On the Leaping Meta.
Why would we meditate on anything else?

>>37764088
>>37764100
>>37764132
>Effect

>>37764143
>>37764153
>>37764135
>>37764126
>>37764115
>>37764103
>>37764189
>Leaping

>>37764140
>>37764128
>Element

>>37764188
If you think about it, a spirit parasite is kind of like crabs for the soul.

LEAPING IT IS

ROOOOLL ME 3d10+12 vs DC 25! Don't fuck this up because the effective DC is 13.

>>37764162
Sounds like a good GM idea.
Also reminder for people.
Apprentice Rank Earth Affinity (1/2 Insights)
Apprentice Rank Metal Affinity (1/2 Insights)
Vatis rank DC is 25.

Rolled 2, 9, 9 + 12 = 32 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238

Rolled 4, 9, 1 + 12 = 26 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238

Rolled 10, 10, 5 + 12 = 37 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238

Rolled 8, 10 + 12 = 30 (2d10 + 12)

>>37764238

>>37764238
Waaait I fucked up. You get a +10 not a +12 due to the malus you get from successive meditations. So the effective DC is actually 15. Still pretty low.

Rolled 6, 2, 2 + 12 = 22 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238

Rolled 4, 3, 2 + 12 = 21 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238

Rolled 6, 6, 7 + 12 = 31 (3d10 + 12)

>>37764238
I swear I won't roll low three times in a row.

>>37764261
>>37764258
>>37764255
yay

>>37764255
>>37764261
Woah man

>>37764212
I was just throwing it out there as an option.

Also Soma said that we can GM 4/5 Elements

I'm thinking Fire next, then Nature (perhaps in Elaudia), then Metal.

>>37764238
Rollen

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>37764255
>>37764258
>>37764261
>30, 24, 35 vs DC 25
>SUCCESS
Don't even need to modify it. Writin'.

I'll roll a d100 for the random encounter.

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>37764302

>>37764302
>86
Is that... bad? As in, y'know, getting Eighty-Six'd?

>>37764265
still passed, barely

>>37764302
Oh dear.

If we roll something on the table do we still get the meditation?

>>37764302
>Rolled 86 (1d100)

We meet ricky's mom

>>37764328
Yes but we might meet something.

>>37764343
I didn't want to reach that stage of our relationship yet!

>>37764328
>If we roll something on the table do we still get the meditation?
Well it depends. Certain intelligent creatures might let you finish or otherwise not bother you. Others will interrupt.

>>37764382
>inb4 void rapists fondle our soul with their many gaunt featureless fingers

Didn't mean to post that picture.

>>37764382
That must give stellar hand jobs.

>>37764136

Lovely. Now I'm jelly.

>>37764382
You know you're a real prick you know that?

>>37764416
suuuuuure

>>37764382
>Well_armed.jpg

>>37764416
STILL SAW IT MOTHERFUCKER

YOU DON'T WIN
YOU DIDN'T WIN

>>37764419
So we are meeting that huh.

>>37764382
Fuck I didn't see what was it? What did it look like

>>37764463
It's archived.

>>37764463
It looked like a man centipede of voidly sexiness.

>>37764513

>Need a haaaand?

I was thinking that we could talk to Prof about inviting his girl to live in our new HQ. I figure not all of the party will be out on each adventure and she would be able to help watch over the place. The added effect of having someone to keep an eye on prof when we can't babysit him.

>>37764607
While a good idea, I think we should tell Prof that he should do it. We can't hold his hand through his entire relationship.

>>37764607
Anon, the roman soldier doesn't need babysitting.

He needs a boot up his bum.

Any one of our more terse companions can suit this purpose, and if all else fails we can tell Pratima to notify him to git gud.

>>37764630
>Tertia and Profectus in the bedroom, about to have sex for the first time
>Mik standing at the side of the bed coaching Prof
>"Put your p-p-ponos to her v-vagoo and J-J-J-JAM IT IN!"

Rolled 4, 4, 3 + 10 = 21 (3d10 + 10)

>>37764554
always

>>37764695
I imagine that if Mik wanted to fuck with Prof he would just make illusions of naked little boys all around the room

>>37764777
Profectus is a Roman, that would just make his penis harder.

>>37764695
Jam it in. Just like taking off a band-aid, am I right??

>>37764777
That would fuck with almost everyone and they'd just think Mik is a creep. You creep

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>>37764818

>>37764777
>prof enters our room cuz we called him for joint meditation
>opens door and finds us sitting in a pile of glorious samjan titties
>they're all the type he liked the best as he described them
>but they're just titties
>not girls
>GREAT BIG ILLUSORY BUSTS

>>37764818
Too Soon

>>37764818
You're an asshole.

>>37764818
I don't get it

>>37764861
You wouldn't.

>>37764861
Soma ripped off somebody's band-aid a little too fast

>>37764870
I bet you don't either loser

>>37764861
It's painful

>>37764861
a friend of soma told him to do this when he and a girl lost their virginity.
>>37764842
You shoulda have known since he slept with loose girls.

>>37764886
I do too ya double fagit.

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>>37764843
iv'e been waiting for some reason to use this picture.

thank you anon.

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>>37764895

>>37764903
I really have no idea what you're trying to convey.

>>37764851
It's all said with love here my friend! It's all about the love!

>>37764901
doesn't make you less QUEER

>>37764901
>>37764886
Now now kids no fightan

You're both huge fagets

>>37764942
no u

>>37764948
thanks dad

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>>37764926
i'll admit i wish that it didn't have the caption, but the character fits so well with the green text.

here is a better one

>>37764926

He likes big ol' titties.

>>37764990
Go and stay go pls.

>>>>/a/

>>37765015
>>>/lgbt/

>>37764997
this guy get it!

>>37765067
This guy doesn't: >>37765067

You feel a presence, and hesitate. However after waiting for what must have been a half hour without any sign of any other creatures in the vast expanse of the void, you decide to move on. You're finally going to knock out the leaping metamagic you learned about so long ago, on your first visit to Anthus. It feels like a lifetime ago.

Now, you don't exactly have much in the way of targets for the leaping meta here in the void. If you recall correctly, the instructions called for you to rapidly shift your focus from one rune to the next, dragging the remnants of the spell along with you. Each time the vys still sustaining the spell would be reduced and so you'd need to channel more vys into it in order to keep it going.

Then it occurs to you that the gateway is absolutely covered in runes. You just need to focus on those instead of runes you carved yourself. This in mind you begin to channel vys. You find launching it into one of the runes is a simple task, but the difficulty arises when you attempt to pull it away. On your first attempt, you just end up channeling magic into the rune.

However, on your second attempt something clicks. You channel vys into the first rune, and then use manipulate to put an abrupt stop to the flow and jerk it aside, channeling it into a second, a third, a fourth, and a fifth before you eventually slip up and lose hold of the vys.
>Vys Pool: (36/45)

Pleased with your accomplishments, but exhausted from the effort, you begin to considering whether or not you ought to let yourself awaken from your trance or try to meditate on something else. While you're mentally drained, you feel like you might still squeeze some sort of advancement out of the effort with a little bit of luck and hard work. However, before you can come to a decision you feel slender, feminine arms begin to wrap around your waist. A woman's hands cover your eyes, and you feel your legs being pulled apart by three or four more pairs of arms.

(1/2)

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Of course, you don't actually have any limbs or organs. You're a soul surrounded by vys. Thus, you know the truth of the matter. You're not being attacked by a horde of attractive women, much as you might wish that were the case. Rather, you're being ensnared by some sort of horrible monstrosity of the void. It rears up from the inky black depths of the abyss upon a mountain of torsos and limbs, none of them with a truly identifiable host.

The head of the figure reminds you of Ricky, except where its mouth should be the thick exoskeleton has torn and twisted itself apart, revealing sharpened teeth beneath. It opens its mouth, fleshy tendrils of exoskeleton ripping apart and spilling some strange, ethereal substance you assume serves as blood for the creature. A gentle, pleasing voice enters your mind as it does so.

{You look so tired, stranger. We know a place, safe from the ravages of this realm. Come with us. Keep us company. You won't regret it.}

>Meh, why not. This thing seems legit. Let it drag you away.
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.
>Attack it! Shoot it with a fire ball!
>Write-in

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.
>Write-in: Use Metal Magic to solidify our soul, sense of self, and purpose!

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765121
"No thanks man, I'm good, muh main man ricky got me."
No need to be rude

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.
so staying too long will do that huh, good to know.

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765121
>>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765085
you linked the same person... im not sure your your trying to accomplish here...

are you implying something anon?

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.
GOOD BEY

>>37765121
>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

Maybe another time. Right now I've got things to do! TTYL!

>>37765121
>Demand to know what it wants.

>>37765151
seconded.

>>37765151
Seconding.

>>37765121
>>Fuck nag nigga, try to force yourself out of your trance.

>>37765121
>>Meh, why not. This thing seems legit. Let it drag you away.

>>37765179
this

>>37765179
this.
Lets try and talk to it. If it gets aggressive, we book it.

>>37765179
Let's try and talk to it, apprently it can talk to us.

>>37765121
talk to it, if it becomes aggressive break trance

>>37765151
Yes my nigga
This

>>37765151
third this, but first ask why does it want us to follow it, also mention the void guys we know.

>>37765121
>>Write-in
Depends on where you're taking me friend.
lets see what it says.

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>>37765121
Ah, looks like a member of the Japanese military.

>>37765197
>>37765177
>>37765169
>>37765167
>>37765165
>>37765163
>>37765158
>>37765153
>>37765147
>>37765151
>Fuck nah

>>37765151
>>37765181
>>37765196
>>37765264
>>37765268
>Reinforce self with metal magic

>>37765256
>>37765179
>>37765208
>>37765230
>>37765251
>>37765273
>Try to talk to it

>>37765203
>Seems legit.

Writin' to wake up.

>>37765294
can we reinforce and talk before fucking off?

>>37765294
Watch it was just lonely and wanted to talk to us.

Rolled 4, 9, 1 = 14 (3d10)

>>37765294
No rolls?

>>37765325
Ehh, I guess I should have you roll. 3d10+4 (+2 from being a Vatis, +2 from Frosty) vs DC 16 (Base 10, +6 from circumstance)

>>37765323
>>37765316
Nah Fug dat bitch
http://youtu.be/94MK2JQIgFs

Rolled 7, 3, 7 + 4 = 21 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357
Anon needs to stop asking to roll!

Rolled 1, 10, 7 + 4 = 22 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357

Rolled 2, 3, 9 + 6 = 20 (3d10 + 6)

>>37765357

Rolled 9, 1, 4 + 4 = 18 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357

Rolled 4, 8, 4 + 4 = 20 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357

Rolled 10, 10, 2 + 4 = 26 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357
Alright bitch nigga don't touch the goods

Rolled 10, 10, 10 + 4 = 34 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765357
Alright then.

>>37765388
>>37765382
>>37765378
>21, 2, 20 vs DC 16
>Great Success!

>>37765399
Noooooooooooooo

>>37765378
>>37765382
>>37765388

Good job.

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>>37765399
Oh fuck, oh shit, oh fuck. Shit. Okay. Give me a second I need to think about this.

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>>37765399

>>37765378
>>37765382
>>37765388
Not today Rape Monster

>>37765399
We could probably convince Drunk Soma to let this one rock

>>37765399
so much wasted potential...

>>37765399
The star are right.

>>37765399
>>37765435
First crit ever?

>>37765399
over 100 threads and that is our first 30

I just wish it was for our GM meditation

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>>37765121
this thing... is a void entity. we know that void entites can listen in on the thread chat so... they know how we feel about it, there fore it knows how we feel about it. keep it controlled gentleman.

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>>37765399
Holy shit you knobgoblin.

Rolled 8, 7, 6 + 6 = 27 (3d10 + 6)

>>37765435
this is rare is shit soma.

>>37765399

Holy shit, I popped a boner.

>>37765435
Admit it, you've been waiting for this since the quest started! Are you really going to let it go just because it was a little slow? And on a great success no less!

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>>37765399

Rolled 2, 4, 2 + 4 = 12 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765399

>>37765399
THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED

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Rolled 9, 3, 5 + 4 = 21 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765435
Sooo...are we gonna get Ricky a girlfriend?

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>>37765435
Oh good, I was worried that wouldn't count.
I'd hate to have rolled a 30 and then for it to have been meaningless.

Maybe this will give some kind of insight into creatures of the void?

>>37765399
the first one...
I think we escaped right into it's house if it really was a good void creature. and its happy we know where it's house is.
Or we just mapped out El-Armin's reality. and found every god damned gate.

>>37765399
Did we just seduce a void creature?

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>>37765399
To think if I never asked if we needed to roll this would've never happened

So...

So, I'm going to count the Nat 30. Since it's a 1 in 1000 chance and it was within the first ten rolls, which is a good enough arbitrary cut off point.

So you rolled it to
>Escape from a void creature
>Manipulate your mind
>While in the void
>In front of a portal into Surya's Heart

The bonus trait will somehow pertain to one of these things. I'm leaning towards the manipulation of your own mind.

I'll tell you when I update the pastebin with the new trait.

First Crit + Drunk Soma = fun times

>>37765544

Ricky's gonna high five us in 20 seconds

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>>37765561
AWWWW YEEEEAAAAAAAAH

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>>37765561

>>37765561
Either mind manipulation, or some sort of tie in between us and Surya's heart. I'm honestly happy with either.

>>37765561
Fuck guys. Imagine if we had chose to talk to the void creature and got the 30.
Spirit specific diplomacy! on top of regular diplomacy. We could talk our way into a trade with a creature that wants to eat us.
Or if we choose to fight. We would have gained intricate knowledge about a void creature. and know how to actually fight one.
or something..

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>>37765561

>>37765561
Wait would that also give enchantment bonuses?

Rolled 8, 5, 9 + 4 = 26 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765561
>In front of a portal into Surya's Heart
I'm hoping for this.

Rolled 5, 9, 3 = 17 (3d10)

>>37765561

Portal?

Why not
>All of the above

Rolled 3, 1, 9 + 4 = 17 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765561
maybe we can gain an insight into metal and rank up?

>>37765682
>>37765635
Mind manipulation gives bonuses to enchantment finalization.

>>37765561
Is this a choice here, or are you just saying we rolled it to do those things?

>>37765735
funny thing is we can't do the metal mind thing yet, we have to be a vatis or expert.
which is why i was thikning we got a rank up.
>>37765724

>>37765754
It's not a choice, I'm going to decide it unilaterally. I'm just telling y'all what it will most likely relate to.

I want a nat 30

Rolled 7, 2, 6 + 4 = 19 (3d10 + 4)

>>37765773
You should roll dice. They've been awesome so far.

>>37765773
Oh good.

>>37765754
Those are the things Soma's looking at to apply the nat 30 to. The post was basically him trying to sort things out, and see what we had to say while he put things together.

>>37765797
Well you're not gonna get it like that.

Rolled 6, 5, 8 = 19 (3d10)

>>37765817
eh fuck

>>37765773
thoughts about?
>>37765768
He is right.

Rolled 3, 2, 5 = 10 (3d10)

>>37765797
Yeah good luck, we've only rolled one in 100+ threads.

Rolled 7, 5, 3 = 15 (3d10)

Roll Central

>>37765851
That would be a waste and wouldn't fit.

>>37765872
the sad thing is, that 1 includes a ton of shit post rolls. We're way past the curve for that 30.

I'd rather a trait than just an arbitrary rank up.

>>37765949
same, i'm just pointing out that mik can't really do the mind thing with metal yet, he literally read about it the day before.

>>37765949
>The bonus trait will somehow pertain to one of these things
>I'll tell you when I update the pastebin with the new trait.
Anon read

>>37765985
Mental manipulation can be done without magic.

>>37765561
>>In front of a portal into Surya's Heart

>>37766164
Not your choice.

You will yourself away from the void. Back to the reality you know and are familiar with. Back to your adoptive son and your companions and your estate.

Your eyes snap open, but the world seems strange. Not quite as you recall. Something very fundamental relating to your perception of reality has been changed, some reveleation has been revealed, but for some strange reason you can't pinpoint what it is. You can't shake the odd sensation of something being different yet at the same time you can't decide what it is that's different.

You reach down, and find Zahak nestled against your side. He has one wing thrown over your abdomen while his head is rested on top of your chest. Judging by his slow and even breathing, you'd guess that he's asleep. It takes some effort, but you manage to extricate yourself from Zahak without waking him and make your way over to the window to assess the time of day.

Judging by the height of the sun, you'd guess that it's about noon. You really slept in, then. Well you didn't technically sleep in but 'meditated in' doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Point is, it's late. You can already hear the pounding of hammers and the shouting of men from the rest of the estate, indicating that repairs are well underway. You suppose you could help patching things up, considering this is the last full day of repairs you have before the party. However, you might also see about exploring the city or spending time with one of your companions.

>Help with repairs.
>Speak with one of your companions (Write-in)
>Go out in search of that green soul, you wish to study it.
>Find a public bath house, you really need a wash.
>Go buy a goat for Zahak, you owe him one.
>Head over to your parent's estate, invite them to the party tomorrow.
>Write-in

Rolled 6, 5, 3 = 14 (3d10)

>>37766256
>Go out in search of that green soul, you wish to study it.

>>37766256
>Go out in search of that green soul, you wish to study it.
Get our servants to buy some goats and notify our parents of the party.

>>37766256
>>Go buy a goat for Zahak, you owe him one.
Then
>Help with repairs.

>>37766256
>Go buy a goat for Zahak, you owe him one.

>>37766256
>Go buy a goat for Zahak, you owe him one.
>Head over to your parent's estate, invite them to the party tomorrow.

>>37766256
>Help with repairs.
>Speak with one of your companions (Write-in)
How goes the repairs and which places need our help.

>>37766256
>Help with repairs.
>Go buy a goat for Zahak, you owe him one.
>Head over to your parent's estate, invite them to the party tomorrow.
>Find a public bath house, you really need a wash.
in this order. in the event that people want to talk to a companion, im voting for prof