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You awaken to the sound of a woman shouting. At first the words aren't really distinct, muffled by your door. However, as you draw yourself fully into the waking world the noises draw together into coherent speech. It's Prema, you think, barking out orders to your other slaves. Seems she's hard at work getting everything ready for this evening.

You push yourself out of bed, Zahak must have gotten off the bed at some point over the course of the night to curl back up in your fire place. He seems quite content curled up on his pile of burning embers. You make your way over to a window and pull aside a curtain to peer outside. It seems to be fairly late, you'd guess it's after noon judging by the position of the sun. The fishermen have probably already come in and left with the noon tide.

You take a moment to pull on your boots and straighten your robes, washing off a few errant stains they've accumulated over the last few days. Fortunately they're just as luxurious as they were the first day you bought them. You're glad to know that by tomorrow your traveling clothes ought to be ready and you'll no longer need to worry about tearing your expensive robes/

When you step into the hallway, you're greeted by the sight of slaves busily rushing back and forth across the balcony, going about their business. Some seem to be doing some last minute tidying up, others are setting out various decorations. You note that where once statues of previous owners sat, there now sit vases filled to the brim with exotic flowers; roses, lavender, tulips, and the like. They don't grow particularly well in the Pidjatan climate, so only those florist who cultivate the flowers themselves carry them. They probably cost a pretty penny.

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You hear a curious noise from downstairs, a strange sort of tapping sound. Like someone knocking on a door, except not quite. Curious, you wander downstairs to find the source of the noise. You nod in greeting to Prema, who bows low as you pass by. She seems to be giving some sort of etiquette lesson to those of your slaves who will be acting as servers throughout the course of the meal. It's all fairly basic, regarding how to properly pour wine, how to interpret various gestures, and other such things.

You pass through the foyer and into the kitchen to discover the source of the tapping noise to be three elven women chipping away at a massive block of ice. One woman is holding the ice still on top of the counter while another attacks it with a hammer and chisel, the third collects the chipped ice in a bucket before dumping it into a wooden vat. You imagine it will be used to cool pitchers of ice water and white wines, which are typically served chilled.

With a wave of your hand the block collapses into a collection of perfectly uniform cubes. The women jump back as the block collapses, but rather than let it cascade onto the floor you bring it all together and dump the ice cubes into the wooden vat all at once.

The women bow to you, voicing their gratitude. You dismiss them with a gesture and they rush off into the slave passages. Now that you've put an end to that infernal tapping, you can devote your attention to more important things.

>See if you can't get someone to spar you in the training area.
>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.
>You should be able to meditate before it's time to fetch the guest...
>Check out the forge, and maybe try to craft something.
>Write-in

>>38061720
>Check out the forge, and maybe try to craft something.

>>38061720
>>See if you can't get someone to spar you in the training area.
Didn't Darzi say we'd discuss our recent experience with the party, though?
>run all day Sat
>begin later than the usual schedule
I love you, senpai.

>>38061720
>See if you can't get someone to spar you in the training area.

>>38061720
>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.

>>38061805
>>38061799
>>38061823
We shouldn't get sweaty right before the party.

>>38061720
>>See if you can't get someone to spar you in the training area.
Physical activity would be good. I'm also half expecting our resident spirit cat to show up wearing a party hat during the festivities thanks to that picture. Maybe we should talk to him about the Child visiting the region.

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>>38061850
>Darzi and Mik both sweaty and out of breath as the guest arrive

>>38061720
>>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.
You should announce the quest on twitter mate.

>>38061720
>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.

>>38061850
cant we easily freshen up with water magic?

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>>38061720
Yay, it is finally time for the party.

>>38061720
>>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.
Need to finish that backlog.

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT YOU WORTHLESS PIECES OF SHIT, THE ENTIRE FUCKING THREAD I WAS TELLING YOU NOT TO MEDITATE IN THE FUCKING VOID AND, SURPRISE FUCKING SURPRISE YOU DID THE EXACT SAME THING I WARNED YOU ABOUT.
HOW MUCH SANITY DID WE FUCKING LOSE BECAUSE OF YOUR GODDAMN STUPIDITY YOU FUCKING SHITS.

>>38061720
write in: check to see if we are still affected from the god-child

I GO TO SLEEP ONE FUCKING THREAD AND YOU MANAGE TO ROYALLY FUCK UP.
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

>>38061914
>HOW MUCH SANITY DID WE FUCKING LOSE BECAUSE OF YOUR GODDAMN STUPIDITY YOU FUCKING SHITS.
None.

>>38061720
>>Check out the forge, and maybe try to craft something.
>You should be able to meditate before it's time to fetch the guest...
Meditate metal or fire at the forge.
I hope we are just as good at it as we are at the oud.

>>38061850
Water magic.
>>38061873
I'm fine with them getting sweaty just in front of each other as well.
Then taking a shower to freshen up.
But no, they're both Water vatis, no need for showers just for a bit of sweat.
Actually, it might be better to just socialize and get everyone up to speed on etiquette and shit in time for the party, if we don't plan on keeping most of our party a secret.
Except for Zahak, he's definitely staying a secret.
>>38061914
You're a bit late anon.
It would have been fine if Mik had just fucked off right as the portal started to appear, to be honest.

>>38061914
>losing a quest
Oh, please. Every QM more or less spoonfeeds their players.

>>38061945
Pfft, you seriously believe that?
Fuck I hate you people and your stubborn retarded thinking.

>>38061914
You forgot your caps lock on anon.

>>38061720
>Settle in the sitting area to read a book.
I want to finish excidium already.

>>38061879
>>38061875
>>38061833
>>38061904
>>38061997
>Settle in, read

>>38061799
>>38061952
>Check out the forge

>>38061857
>>38061823
>>38061805
>Exercise.

>>38061952
>>38061922
>Meditate

>>38061945
2, actually. You're at 7/10 right now, meaning you have a +10 bonus to finalizing enchantments, but a variety of hidden maluses.

Anyway! Looks like reading takes. Gimme a sec to fetch the book list.

>>38061952
I recall people wanted to hold off on Fire because we don't know what kind of insight stepping into Surya's Gate gave us, and we have to choose them now to get a half-GM thread before reaching GM.
And to be honest, we do need more Metal, that shit is cool as fuck.

>>38061984
I PRESSED SHIFT THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME JUST TO EXPRESS HOW FUCKING PISSED I AM AT YOU SHITS

>>38061914
fuck off retard

>>38062030
That is awfully autistic of you.

>>38062011
How quickly does our ring reduce our sanity?

>>38061972
It doesn't matter if we lost sanity because the ring would heal it pretty quickly. Not to mention we get +10 to sanity rolls.

> Ritual Book of Surya (7/16 Chapters Read)
> Excidium (5/13 Chapters Read)
> Metal Codex (5/10 Chapters Read)
> On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)
> The Serpent and The Staff (Unread)
> A History of Pidjata (Unread)
> Devotional Booklet to Pani (Unread)
> The Fall: A Hiacian Perspective (Unread)
> Mysterious Tome (Unread)
> Metamagic Instructions: Beam (Unread)
> Metamagic Instructions: Delay (Unread)

>>38062057
1 point a week. It's in the pastebin.

>>38062057
*insanity

>>38062057
Not fast enough. Since we do at least a couple of stupid things every game-day.

>>38062064
Sanity rolls don't help much when you're already insane.
And the healing is not very quick honestly.

>>38062086
> Excidium (5/13 Chapters Read)

>>38062086
>Utility Effects (3/15 Chapters Read)
{Mark, Animate, (Create) +2, Confuse, Sleep}
> Enhanced Interrogation (Unread)
{Pain, [Poison], Hallucinate}
Hold it, forgot some shit.

>>38062086
> Mysterious Tome (Unread)

>>38062086
>Mysterious Tome (Unread)

>>38062086
> Metal Codex (5/10 Chapters Read)

>>38062086
Actually, changing >>38062108
to
> Mysterious Tome (Unread)

>>38061966
>>So, what if we had stayed?
>[...] It was not guaranteed Mik would've died but the chance was high.

>>38062086
Damn. That might as well be nothing at all considering how long it would take us to get through an in-game week

>>38062086
>Ritual Book of Surya
I love me some religious books.

>>38062086
> Excidium (5/13 Chapters Read)

>>38062086
>Mysterious Tome (Unread)

>>38062030
Calm your butt hurt.
it's a dice thing. There was a chance nothing could have happened. But something did.
if we're going to meditate I would still choose reailty.
Best bang for our buck. And a fucking story no one alive can match.

>>38062086
>> Devotional Booklet to Pani (Unread)
Let's solidify our faith a bit, might need it after what happened.

>>38062086
> Mysterious Tome (Unread)

>>38062086
>>Mysterious Tome (Unread)
I'm curious.

>>38062086
> Mysterious Tome (Unread)

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>38062086
>Mysterious Tome (Unread)
Let's creak that open

>>38062086
>> Mysterious Tome (Unread)
And another meya. Any other

>>38062155
Oh yeah, let's risk void corruption, getting our soul eaten, and losing our sanity for some stories we already have a lot of, and some slight bonus to meditation.
GREAT FUCKING IDEA.

>>38062086
Wait, is the Mysterious Tome the shit we unlocked for the spirit?
If so, then DON'T FUCKING READ IT
HOLY FUCK
AT LEAST NOT RIGHT BEFORE THE PARTY
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>>38062130
>>38062152
>>38062159
>>38062165
>>38062179
>>38062186
>>38062189
JESUS CHRIST ARE YOU PEOPLE RETARDED, OR DO YOU JUST HAVE BAD MEMORY?

>>38062186
>>38062179
>>38062165
>>38062159
We can read more than one tome.
either pick a random one or pick an effect too. I recommend slow.

>>38062190
Learning advanced metas have such a high DC that it would take several tries to actually pass the roll without using the void

>>38062086
That's some fat backlog Mik got there. We should go away to a temple for a couple of weeks so we can meditate and read peacefully.
Heh.

>>38062190
>>38062214
Clenching your butt after the dick is in there isn't going to help the pain anon.

>>38062214
enough of the fucking caps lock anon. you're being a faggot

>>38062214
It's just a fucking magical book you shit, calm the fuck down.
>>38062221
It's a book, not a tome, we'll probably only be able to read a few chapters out of it. Not to mention we don't even know what it does yet.

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>>38062159
>>38062152
>>38062125
>>38062111
>>38062165
>>38062186
>>38062179
>>38062189
>>38062130
>Mystery Box

>>38062158
>Devotional Booklet

>>38062145
>Excidium

>>38062126
>Metal Codex

>>38062139
>Ritual Book

Looks like we're opening the mystery box.

>>38062221
You can read more than one scroll, you can't read more than one tome/book/codex.

>>38062256
That's another anon actually.

>>38062258
Meant to write It's a book, not a scroll.

>>38062256
I'm not that anon.
>>38062258
>It's just a magical book!
>It's just an enchanted mask!
>It's just a dragon priest's ritual!
>It's just an enchanted ring!
>It's just enchanted boots!
>It's just a child of the gods!
KEK
I still marvel at the recklessness of Banished players.

>>38062277
>>38062312
Sorry about that, I confused one faggot for another. Both of you should relax a bit.

>>38062312
I was actually the one yelling at people for meditating in the void mate.
The tome just doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I mean, who puts a sinister enchantment in a book?

>>38062312
> Adventure time mother fucker.
stop being a bitch.
notice how you didn't mention the needle for out training.
It because it got a good result and that was at a glance alot more dangerous. There was a 100% chance of getting stabbed with that huge needle.
so stop being a fag.
with out risk/curiosity/stupidity. We would not be here.

>>38062351
I wonder, would a spirit who we insulted severely and extensively be disappointed if we didn't open the book that would have affected us negatively, and then not tell us what the book does?
It sure seems likely!
Also, magical objets which give off signs of life are always a bad thin.
Why do you think it was sealed with a key in the possession of the Shah?
Maybe it's used to seal souls, and it's what was used to depower the cat spirit.
We just don't know.

>>38062397
>a lot more dangerous
You're saying a needle aimed at a seat installed in a high-tech Rhynian facility that housed and trained soldiers and scientists is more dangerous than all those other things?
There was almost no chance of it being something negative, assuming it didn't malfunction.
Also, notice how only 1 of 7 risky things had a good outcome?
Regardless, what's done is done.
>>38062350
Let me guess, you voted for the mask?

>>38062400
I really want to talk to the cat before we leave.
we can talk to him about the child.
see if we can do a small mission for him get on his good graces and earn more information about the void.

>>38062457
Oh, actually, I guess I should add in the portal to Namek as well, that one had a neutral outcome in my opinion, so let's say 1.5 out of 8 risky things had a good outcome.

>>38062476
You fucks really fucked up by antagonizing him, I don't even understand why that was done, I guess just Banished players being impulsive and reckless.

>>38062457
No I didn't vote for the mask. I also didn't flip out and revel in my superiority over the players who did

>>38062504
>you fucks really fucked up
Meant to write "you guys really fucked up" there.

>>38062457
Yes a needle that we had no idea what it did.
a needle pointed at your spine.
a needle that hasn't been used in at least 1000 years.
Yes I think that was dangerous.
was it a good choice ofcourse.
after the fact anyway.
but as far as we knew, it was a torture device.

>>38062505
Is that supposed to be something to be proud of? Something that makes you superior to others?

>>38062504
I was not home or something at the time.
but was piss ed as fuck when I saw it.
I didn't vote to threaten a spirit that far as we knew was dealing on good faith.
but even if I am pissed, soma said he didn't really take it to heart.
so it shouldn't be to hard to mend fences.

Schedule anon here, updated the notes doc a bit with some suggested edits and such. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZb__69OnvXiaTn2JFFc76boNhuYO7w2_LQn4Ex9J3E/edit#

I've also got an idea to help us with out sanity issue. In a way, being more insane then we've ever been might be helpful, at least, so far as this plan is concerned. We know the cat is fluent in Runic, and we know the ring reduces our sanity. We also know Spirits are just Void Entities that've adapted to living on Mundus

>>36341504
Nature of Spirits and Entities: Spirits, the Varistha believes, are merely void entities which have escaped that horrid realm and adapted to live in ours. That's why older spirits are so similar to creatures from the void, according to the Varistha.

And that Void Entities are capable of golem possession:

>>36519714
Sehzade's Notes, Void Entity Golem Possession: The Hiacians beat a retreat as void creatures spilled from the hole, slaughtering the Rhynian troops. Curiously, he states that the Rhynian golems were possessed by the strange spirits of the void, turning them against their masters. Eventually the hole closed itself, but it persisted for months according to the Varistha's writings.
SA's Notes: Void Entities and Spirits share a common baseline. Will the fucking cat be able to possess any golems we make as shells/servants? Or as Saboteurs?

Either way, we don't have a contract with the cat specifying he can't possess our golems. I'd like to propose that we enlist Fulvia into make a golem avatar for the cat to possess, in turn for him agreeing to "read" the runes on our ring and to not possess any other golems in the future. This will allow us to either engineer more potent devices using the "reinforce" rune, or simply a greater quantity or sanity reinforcing devices. Any objections lads?

>>38061914
The issue was not meditating in the Void. The big problem was staying in the void and waiting for the sanity destroying monstrosity instead of, you know, going home.

>>38062603
>>Speaking of cats any chance we can befriend the spirit cat?
>Chances were pretty high. Not so high anymore, but they're above zero.
This implies to me that the chance is more along the lines of 10% than 35%.
Although I wonder, would this friendship have been like a mortal friendship, Soma? Or just a follower relationship from his POV?

>>38062660
Yeah, how about just developing Magnify(+1 vys) and learning the runes on the ring ourselves, instead of always taking shortcuts by bartering with spirits for runes?
Does that sound like such a huge loss for you guys?
I mean fuck, this has been a thing since getting the ring and we still haven't gotten around to it.
Learning the runes ourselves is better than trading for them, and we can meditate on the strings of reality to find out what they do if we don't know already.
Jesus, do I have to post my compilation again?
Also, why would he want a golem? And why would he make a deal with us if he can already possess whatever golem he wants? Why would we be able to make a golem if he himself can't, considering his runic knowledge is much bigger than ours?
I distinctively recall our deal being "can use whatever in this household" so him using our golem and taking it away from us breaks that rule, I think.

>>38062680
Where are you pull g this shit from?
These are some random as fuck as numbers.

>>38062792
Those numbers, as I said, are my estimations and feelings about it.
I state this right in the post itself, anon.

>>38062190
The void meditation wasn't the big problem. The big problem was the amount of fuckers voting to stay and watch the big god thing that would destroy our minds with his mere presence.

>>38062791
>we can meditate on the strings of reality to find out what they do if we don't know already.
That's only useable for basic runes.

>>38062829
No, the problem was definitely void meditation.
There really is no fucking reason to risk our soul for some minor bonus like that.

>>38062829
How is that a problem when it didn't even pass.
that's like complaining about all the nuclear weapons that detonated during the cold war.
Fucking retarded.

>>38062504
Nah just power hunger nothing more nothing less

>>38062893
To be fair, the closeness of the vote might have influenced Soma to make Mik stay for long enough to catch a glimpse of the Child.
I personally don't think it did, but it's a possibility.

>>38062887
>some minor bonus like that.
>+6 is actually pretty big bonus.

>>38062791
My thinking is that we can create a special golem for him, made out precious materials or with more capabilities than a regular golem. Also, I didn't say that I wanted him to simply give us his knowledge of the runes directly, only for him to teach us how to read those runes. It'll be faster and more sure than spending one or two meditations sessions, things that can be interrupted or failed.

Also, checked the archives again. It just says that we own everything inside the house, including the magical artifacts. I don't know where you got the "he can't touch our other shit thing from."

>>37265676
The spirit's voice rumbles forth, the pillar beneath shaking subtly with each word. “I will allow you and yours free use of the facilities. That means the libraries, the rooms, this observatory, and the sea caves below. In addition to everything you find in them, be it magical or mundane. In exchange I require you to fulfill for me a task. Build a shrine in my honor at the entrance to the manse, and others wherever you travel. I will teach you the words you must inscribe upon their surface. Through this you will grow my power, and as my loyal servant yours as well.”

>>38062887
Minor bonuses. Your likely one of the retards. That wanted a regular meditation on create and look how that went.
that m edition is fucking valuable As fuck.
shit happens wet her it's in the void or taliking in a bar. And fucking up.
shit happens.

>>38062943
It really isn't that great compared to the risk we face every fucking time we go to the void.

Who are we kidding? We all KNOW we wanted a taste of the child....everyone was so curious...Soma could tell.........we wanted it bad.

>>38062893
The problem is the amount of fuckers that are willing to vote for that in the first place. They don't just evaporate they are still here being retards.

Also why the fuck didn't people vote to spend vys to learn create when they were planing to meditate again straight afterwards anyway?

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So last time there was a chryss / darzy debate, which was very tastefull, supposed tightness of each vagina compared and what not.

so I was wondering how many between you realise that chryss is a redhead (I only noticed two day ago)?

Ok, could we agree on one thing: We don’t need Void meditation for simple metas. If we only need to pass a check of 20 there is no reason to risk anything for another bonus.

That is all I ask. Personally, I think it’s worth it for difficult metas, but fear the readers are too stupid to return once it gets dangerous.

>>38062945
Considering that the golem would be inside the house, I fail to see how him taking control of it would keep to the terms of the deal.
Also, what do you fucking mean "teach us how to read them"? You don't want to spend a single meditation session on developing Magnify, which will get us more vys, and instead want to take a shortcut and trade for it, not getting vys?
Also, how the fuck do you expect Mik to make a better golem then a high ranking spirit?

>>38063003
I didn’t. I was not curious and I was not impressed by what we saw. It was not worth it and I knew that beforehand.

>>38063016
So you want to waifu a soulless beast? Degenerates, all of you.

>>38063017
It's never fucking worth getting our soul eaten for some dumb fucking bonus.

>>38062947
You type like a retard, just so you know. It may be because you don't care, but I just felt like sttaing it.
And no, meditating on Create didn't end with Mik almost getting killed or some other bad thing.
It's a meditation like we used to do, nothing bad to it.
Jesus fuck are you implying we need to go full speed on shit from now on on everything?
>>38063003
I didn't.

>>38063050
>soulless beast
I'm not sure who you're referring to

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>>38063016
>>38063050
Fucking retards, fuck off.

>>38063016
Hey that could just be dirty blond in the right light. Also that waifuing debate went crazy, though not necessarily by the standards of an anonymous board, just in general.

>>38063075
Not that anon, but "soulless" probably refers to Chryssa's stoicism, while "beast" refers to her being a filthy non-Samja.
you're welcome.

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You retreat from the kitchen, making your way once more through the dining hall and up the stairs to your bedroom. You find your room as you left it, Zahak still fast asleep. You cross the room to grab your cloak off your dresser, slinging it over one arm and carrying it with you as you make your way again through the estate. This time you take a right upon entering the foyer and pass through the ballroom and into the elaborate sitting area beyond.

There's a great spot right next to a lamp surrounded by pillows. You claim at as your own, dropping your cloak near-by and making yourself comfortable. You seem to be alone for now, which suits you just fine. Odd that you haven't seen any of your companions yet. A voice whispers at the back of your mind that they've probably abandoned you. After all, they've been plotting against you from the very beginning. You should probably just off them now before they can enact their vile schemes.

You ignore the voice, finding it a mild annoyance, and reach out to your companions via the brooches. {How is everyone? I trust you're all ready for the party tonight?}

Darzi is the one who responds. {I've taken them Skull Kid, Chryssa, and Profectus out to find suitable clothes for tonight. Mortia and I already have suitable attire and Fulvia can of course appear to be wearing whatever clothing she desires.}

Skull Kid contacts your privately. {Mik, listen. You've been a good friend. If I blow my brains out before getting back to the estate I want you to have my gauntlet.}

You scoff. {Come on, Thaddeus! Shopping isn't that bad. You've got to learn to enjoy it.} To the rest of the party you ask. {Who all is paying for this? So far as I'm aware I have most of Profectus' money and all of Skull Kid's and Chryssa's.}

(1/3)

>>38063106
Nice one, anon

>>38063034
If the spirit was capable, he'd have created one and would be fucking around town just fine by himself. Also, you seem to be laboring under the delusion that learning runes will gain us Vys. It doesn't. It gives us knowledge of runes. Also, String meditation only works for simple runes. Why would we waste a meditation session, which are becoming every more rare these days, instead of spending an hour with Fulvia to create a nifty body the cat can use to prowl around town and do stuff? Magnify will get us Vys, but we're not talking about whether or not we're learning modify, we're talking about runes, some of the hardest things to acquire knowledge of by ourselves, and whether or not to enlist the help of own of the most knowledgeable experts we have in close proximity. It's a literal no-brainer. I don't know why you're being so hostile.

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Darzi is the one to respond. {They promised to pay me back, so I'm using my own funds. It's not like this will really put a dent in my share of the loot. When I get back, you can shell out what I'm owed from their shares and we can talk about what you saw.}

Chryssa's voice pushes through the connection. {What did he see? Did something happen?}

Profectus likewise voices concern. {Yeah, what's so important that we need to get the whole party together? Are we changing course or something?}

Darzi's response is simple. {Relax, relax. I'm sure Mik is fine. It will be better to discuss it in person.}

With that, the connection severs and you reach into your cloak to extract that mysterious tome you retrieved from the library upon first exploring the estate. You set it down quickly as that creeping, prickling sensation spreads across your palms, sitting up straight and examining the tome for a moment.

Since the locks have been undone, the chains which once bound the book closed hang loosely at its sides. The illustrations of flowers on the cover seem to glow faintly, as do the gems embedded in its surface. You count nine gems total, more than you've seen on any other artifact. You note with some concern that the book almost seems to drain the light from the room, the shadows seeming deeper and the light dimmer the longer it's kept out in the open.

You almost wish you had a pair of gloves, but sadly lack anything of the sort. Regardless you reach towards the tome hesitantly and pull open the cover. There is no great light show. Nothing world shattering happens. Spirits do not flood forth from the tome. Rather, you're met with a blank page. Running your fingers along the parchment you find it doesn't cause that same tingling sensation the cover of the book does, and as such you begin to flip from page to page.
(2/3)

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>>38063119
>A voice whispers at the back of your mind that they've probably abandoned you. After all, they've been plotting against you from the very beginning. You should probably just off them now before they can enact their vile schemes.

You're roughly fifty pages in when you start flipping massive blocks of pages at a time, looking for any hint of text. A scrawl or a footnote. You reach the back cover without finding anything, but on the back of that last leaf of parchment you finally find a little scribbling of text in the corner of the page. It's in Old Samjan, that much is clear. So far as you're able to tell it reads:

“I peered deep into that void. Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting; dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

>Well this was a fuckin' rip off. Toss it back into the cloak.
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.
>Write-in

>>38063137
I'm pretty sure he's bound to the estate, and I don't see why possessing a golem would let him get around that.

>>38063160
>Write-in
Write "hello" on one of the blank pages.

>>38063160
Have ricky tap it

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.

>>38063137
>making a golem will take a single hour
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You also have no way of knowing if we'd be able to figure out the runes of our link on our own.
There might only be 3 unknown runes on it, which could be easy to figure out based on our knowledge of other runes.

>>38063160
>>Well this was a fuckin' rip off. Toss it back into the cloak.

Can we ask the voice how he knows our friends are plotting against us?

>>38063160
>Write-in
>Channel some vys into it, if that doesn't work, try writing something.

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.

>>38063065
Dude, You are not making any sense. In-universe Mikhael knows the Thousand Year monk used this meditation for ages, and that he recommended it to be used. This makes Mik consider the chances of survival with the technique high.

IRL we know Soma won’t just insta-death Mik because that would be stupid. Also we have an insta-escape button as soon as trouble appears. People are just too stupid to use it.

>>38063160
>Talk to the tome.
Hey pal. I done some of that meself.
>If that doesn't work, try writing onto it.

>>38063160
Supporting >>38063208

>>38063160
If we can write in Old Samjam

“I traveled deep into the void. Long I wandered there wondering, yearning, fearing; walking paths no mortal ever dared to find before.”

>>38063224
Agreeing with this. Treat the book with respect and directly speak with it.

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.
Might as well
>>38063182
>>38063208
>>38063224
>>38063235
Fuck no don't write in the clearly magic book.

>>38063163
Well, we won't know if we don't ask, right? Golems are already self sufficient. It might just be mental projection.

Golems are pretty simple to make matey: >>32143440
Golem Upkeep, Permanency: Yes, the permanency effect essentially makes it self-sufficient. It allows it to gather vys from its surroundings like most living beings do. It would probably cost the upkeep of the golem as a one-time fee. So if you make a massive stone and metal golem, casting permanency on it would cost 10 vys.

>>35776906
Golem Creation: You'd use Earth/Metal/Water/Nature/Fire Magic to sculpt and shape its body, and then run leylines through it to carry vys to each of its limbs and generally just keep it functional. Then you'd animate it, and cast permanency. That would be the most basic of basic golems.

That last rune comment absolutely supports my side. If those runes are overly complex, our basic knowledge of runic simply won't suffice. That's why we should try trading with the cat.

>>38063160
>>Well this was a fuckin' rip off. Toss it back into the cloak.
>>38063197
Anon, really?
It was the Entity trying to influence us again.

>>38063217
>>38063192
>>38063250
The cat is more likely to dick us over at them moment than help us.

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>>38063182
I would just like to point this out that this all seems very familiar to me.

>>38063160
that said, drop some in on the page

>>38063160
>Try to read it in cloak
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.

>>38063075
>>38063106
I thought Redheads had no soul? Isn’t that common knowledge?

And she’s a beast because she has horns and because I tried to write something intentionally retarded to make sure you know I’m not serious. Worked like a charm.

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.

>>38063160
Only reasonable suggestion so far seems to be >>38063208

>>38063208
Agreed with this.

I am more than a little concerned that we are not dealing with the damage from the child encounter more aggressively. Mik wakes up and just goes about his business like nothing has happened? Something is afoot here...he is not the same Mik. That voice at the back of his head is becoming much too persistent and detailed.

>>38063263
And writing in the magic book without knowing what it does isn't?

>>38063119
>{Mik, listen. You've been a good friend. If I blow my brains out before getting back to the estate I want you to have my gauntlet.}

Heh, I just remember the guy that kill himself because his girlfriend couldn't stop shopping.

>>38063160
Write "My name is Harry Potter." on a page.

>>38063253
>That last rune comment absolutely supports my side.
No it doesn't, we should at the very least try to learn them ourselves before going "Yo, I know I deeply insulted you and all and we kinda dislike each other, but wanna tell me what these runes mean and how to learn runes from now on? And also promise not to ever possess any golems I might make? I know, I'll make you a golem in exchange, how about it?".
Stop being stubborn, even the way of the jew tells you if you can do something yourself, then there's no reason to pay others to do it.

>>38063304
Yeah, Soma just told us we lost 2 sanity points.

>>38063304
Hey man thats what you get for being seventy percent insane.

>>38063160
Channel some vys.

>>38063160
Seconding experimenting on it>>38063208
But if that doesn't work ask the cat.

>>38063160
>>Well this was a fuckin' rip off. Toss it back into the cloak.
Don't fucking write into it please.

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>>38063317
seconding

>>38063065
IC, Mik is fascinated by the void.

>>38063235
>>38063208
>>38063224
>>38063182
>>38063241
>>38063247
>>38063301
>>38063304
>>38063317
>>38063345
>>38063350
>Try to communicate in some way with the book.

>>38063250
>>38063217
>>38063293
>>38063279
>Ask the kitty cat

>>38063188
>Ask Ricky

>>38063352
>>38063256
>>38063197
>Toss it in the cloak

Writin'

>>38063304
Anon, the Entity used to be much cleaner and persistent.

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight.

Ask nicely this time.

>>38063160
call out to the cat.

But first channel some Vys, Use the nature staff, use the warlock helmet sight, us the centurion armor sight.

Get all inquisitive up in this bitch.

>>38063160
>>Well this was a fuckin' rip off. Toss it back into the cloak.
Do something worthwhile instead.

>>38063345
Ok, ok..no writing..but try channeling some vys at least. Wish we had time to meditate on the book but we probably don't.

>>38063390
Did everyone forget that we can't put on our warlock helmet on its own?

>>38063325
Here's the thing, the runes aren't simple. For something as complex and all-encompassing as the mind, the rune has to be complex if the thematic rune=nature of object thing is any sign. It's at least an middle 35 DC. Furthermore, learning runes takes up valuable meditation sessions, something you haven't refuted. It's not something we can do easily, and there is no drawback to simply asking an expert to help us. Lastly, I never said anything about "give us a guide to learn all the runes ever." That's something you completely made up with no grounding.

>>38063160
>Call out to the cat spirit and see if it might offer some insight

>>38063416
Umm pretty sure we can, they're all separate pieces,

>>38063119
>they've been plotting against you from the very beginning
Not even surprised. It was obvious from the start.

>cat fags want to befriend the literal worst spirit we've met so far

>>38063375
Usually when the entity tries something it attempts to hijack our body so it's probably throwing a bitchfit because it can't control us.

>>38063416
I thought it was we can’t use the rest without the helmet. In either case Mik could just wear the whole armor.

>>38063483
>Implying it's a bad idea.

>>38063421
>the runes aren't simple
Yes, please do assume things you have no idea, or concrete evidence about. Even if the "Mind" rune itself is complex, it doesn't mean the rest are too.
>only for him to teach us how to read those runes
This is either a technique to read all runes, or basically his knowledge of those specific runes.
I don't see how else you can imagine this.

>>38063483
>implying he's the worst spirit we met

>>38063494
Could just be generic madness voices brought about by being mire than half mad.

>>38063160

So, it appears that a mortal, probably ancient Samjan, somehow had access to the void. How could he have "peered deep into that void" without having a CLOAK or figuring out how to do what we have done? Sounds like he could have been standing before a portal just like us.

>>38063568
How do you make a portal to the void?

>>38063568
>>38063594
He could've just poisoned the threads of reality, fucked up a Rhynian generator, or fucked up an Enchantment.

>>38063527
Yes, those specific runes. The specific runes on our ring, and those runes alone. That's all I want to know, and what I'm currently imagining.


Do you seriously think that the value/symbol for the most infinitely complex biological computer in nature will be a simple rune like fire? Go up, to the first post, and check out the enchanting pastebin. It says that the DC for learning complex runes is 35. Exactly that. Now, think about every single time we've tried to learn runes, at the gate of the void. We won't get Vatis bonuses, so that's just enchanting and madness bonuses. Do you really want to waste a meditation session with a moderate chance of failure, when we can just strike a deal with the cat?

>>38063594
Punch a hole through reality, not very hard.

>>38063483
How is he the worst spirit?
We threatened him, and replied in kind.
we're lucky he didn't feel threatend, and attack Us.

>>38063659
He did attack us though.

>>38063594
Honestly there's no shortage of ways for a vatis or ruin delver to come across/accident a little look into the void.

I take issue with his language, clearly he wasn't too affected by what he saw if his prose didn't suffer much.

>>38063483

A cordial relation with the cat can only benefit us. You on the other hand want to antagonize the eldritch horror that is our landlord just because of the butthurt of losing a pissing contest we started with him.

If a "please" and "thank you" can gets us information why shouldn't we try them?

>>38063627
We have a +10 to finalizing enchantments right now.
We can spend 10+ vys to improve rolls.
Yes, I do want to "waste" meditations, because Soma has said, and I agree, that advancing should feel REWARDING, not just like shopping for knowledge, magic should be about power and exploration.

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>>38063627
Not that anon, but..
When has any deal with the cat not taken a whole 1.5 threads?

Is our vys still fucked up?
Can we go about fixing that before the party?

I really wanted to squeeze out everything we have with the Siege! demonstration..

This entire mansion is bait put out by the cat just to attract someone like us...and maybe SPECIFICALLY us. I don't think we want to underestimate that concept in any dealings with him. Have we increased our value with him by making him a shrine and investing in our "rental"? Maybe...not sure how much goodwill we have at this point, I'm thinking not enough to give us any type of significant help with this book.

What's up with the captchas? Thought we were done with those?

>>38063715
Given the 70% propensity of dice rolls hitting 16 and under, I don't want to take that chance. Furthermore, the longer we go without reinforcements, the greater the chance for unfortunate accidents. And I will feel greatly rewarded if I successfully bargain a spirit into reading runes We Already Have Right On Our Literal Fingertips in for a physical body.

>>38063757
>I really wanted to squeeze out everything we have with the Siege! demonstration..
You want to rot off our arms and pass out again?
for fuck's sake, why? It's not like our friends are incredibly influential businessman. No need to go so hard on impressing them, they'll like it even without that.
I say that at max, spend half of our vys.

>>38063806
Half is fine. Since we're GM for water now that's probably all we'd need.

>>38063782
>What's up with the captchas? Thought we were done with those?
Thought people would that the people who run this website are liars.

>>38063806
>rot off our arms
What?

>pass out
what?

We did neither of those before. Our fingertips got a little blackened from releasing so much Vys at one time and we were tired, that is all.

>>38063757
We should have regained that 10 that we were down from sleeping. So we should be at 49 right now. I say we spend 48 on the game and make it the nights finisher.

And in all honestly we should be able to pull some Vys from the sword that Soma seems to be refusing to fill because we remind him every time and he still forgets but whatever.

>>38063877
Nah, we gotta make this good.

>>38063902
*realize

I second the motion that we need to get our vys reserves back to maximum even if we don't do a massive Siege demo...its just smart to be ready for whatever happens.

Besides...did we ever charge that sword? Seems like we always forget that.

>>38063568
Its not impossible dude. Var-var did it all the time, maybe it was just more common back in the day.

>>38063938
They should be at maximum now.

and someone always reminds him to dump vys into it but he just never does.

>>38063908
>Nah, we gotta make this good.
Why?
This is just like that shitty obsession with "lol, Mik so bad at oud, let's wake up our sis with literal torture!".

>>38063806
Whoa man, I mean using all vys save 5 so that we don't pass out like before.

In fact it is also a business proposition. We are going to show it to our father, who will decide how much he will put effort into distributing the game.
Then there are the numerous vatis which will be attending. If you recall, vatis are our client base. They will spread the interest for the game through word of mouth.

It is in our best interest to make it as appealing as possible.

>>38063908
>We should have regained that 10 that we were down from sleeping. So we should be at 49 right now. I say we spend 48 on the game and make it the nights finisher.

We don't need to spend so much. We just need to roll to make it flashy until lets not worry about vys expenditure ok?

>>38063806
>It's not like our friends are incredibly influential businessman
Our family is though. And our masters friends might be.

>>38063959
It is our business which we want to make money from. It's free advertising.

>>38063966
I'm 100% sure 20 vys's worth of impressive will be enough by far, considering the response it got at the temple.
We aren't convincing our father to do something retarded, he will see it as the great business opportunity that it is, and we are family, he won't have many reservations.
And our friends aren't even GMs probably, why would they not want to play a fun game like this?
You're acting like playing Siege! is something people need to be extensively convinced of.

>>38063959
No, everyone at this party are highly skilled Vatis (except family who will in turn be the businessmen behind Seige while we're away) who in the coming years will make up the magical elite of El-Amin. They are our target audience for Seige. This is pretty much the best possible advertising we can get.

>>38064053
we did 29 at the temple and it was pretty good. 48 will be fucking amazing or at least above 40

>>38064053
Perhaps.
But I don't see any reason not to go all out without straining ourself.

>>38064053
If there is one time to go all out in siege it is right now. I can't possibly think of a better time to spend a bunch on Vys on seige.

and why wouldn't we? so we can say a 2 second goodbye afterwards? I'd rather make it sepctacular

>>38064111
Same here. Beside showing off our skill would be fun.

>>38064086
>pretty good
No, it was already amazing, literally everyone was impressed, even Varvar.
I also think a non-solo game would be more exciting, but eh.

1x Incorporeality Potion (Allows you to pass through solid objects, and turns you nearly invisible)
4x Poultice (Provides a +6 bonus when taken before meditation)
10x Painkiller (Allows you to ignore one level of the wounded condition, and the maluses there-in)
10x Vitality Extract (Increases resistance to disease and insanity, as well as speeding healing)
What were the draw backs again?

When was the last time we our reserves got pretty low?

>>38064187
Namek

>>38064153
We could have the scrubs try and team up on us.

Hmmm. I'd like to make a bit of a meta note.

Meta, Vys Levels:
>>30440835
>Vys Pool: (5/11) You're starting to feel a little tired, a little depressed. Meditation might be in order soon.
>>30402434
>Vys Pool: (4/10) You feel a little weaker, a little depressed. The life's been drained out of you to some extent but it shouldn't effect you in combat.
Apparently, Vys levels correlates with mental, spiritual health. -50% is bad.
>>32962742
Whenever you start to get low on vys everything starts to ache, it's annoying.
>>32961304
(Immediate Vys Level) >Vys Pool: (11/28)

Expending a ton of Vys at once might leave us vulnerable to the emotional manipulation of the Entity, especially at our currently extremely high insanity levels.

>>38064210
Or, after demonstration, let them try against each other while we help them with the rules and fix mistakes

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You flip once more through the pages, looking for any errant marks you might have missed. You find none. Frustrated you open the book to the center page, or roughly the center page. You can't really be certain. It's a page as blank as any other. You lay your hand flat against the surface of the page and begin to channel vys into the artifact. You're not really sure what you expected. The pages don't light up with text all of a sudden.

As you withdraw your hand you notice something odd. Where once the center of your palm would've rested, there now exist a small blot of ink. It's thick and black, as if someone spilled a dollop from the well onto the page. Before your very eyes a figure steps out, shrouded in black. Its face is skeletal, demarcated from the rest of its body by its lack of ink. It drifts across the page, the ink blot following behind it. Eventually it simply trails off the page.

You turn to the next page and find the figure waiting on the verso. Tentatively, you try speaking to it. “Hello, little guy. What are you?”

The figure raises one of its arms, ink rushing across the page to obey its will. Words begin to form at the top of the page, in Old Samjan you note. When the creature seems finished, the text reads: “Ninety and nine are content but for the hope of the world made new, but I was the hundreth determined to make my dreams come true.”

Quite the eloquent little ink blot, you must admit. You wonder if it was a poet in life. “How did you end up trapped within the pages of this book, little guy?”
(1/2)

>>38064240
>Expending a ton of Vys at once might leave us vulnerable to the emotional manipulation of the Entity, especially at our currently extremely high insanity levels
except it has done jack shit to us when we were that low before, and our insanity has been that how as well.

Once more the ink begins to flow across the page. “Once upon a dreary midnight, I pondered the world whilst weak and weary. A figure came to me and began to fill my head with things it said. I became insane, and suffered long stretches of wretched sanity.”

Well, it didn't really answer your question. You've no doubt that the figure's insanity ultimately led to it being trapped inside but that's not really the story of how it happened.

>Close the book, this shit gives you a bad vibe.
>Ask the figure more questions (Write-in)
>Write-in

>>38064240
>emotional manipulation of the Entity
now you're pulling shit out of your ass

>>38064288
>>38064303
I'd just like to make a note that when we went through our little psychotic breakdown, we were at 50% Vys. It may be a contributing factor or a vulnerability.

>>38064316
We weren't like that for the chrys bit.

>>38064316
Or it could have just been down to being half insane. Doesn't always have to be dead gods.

>>38064240
>>38064316
I think we'll be safe as long as we keep 5 vys. 10 if you want to be super cautious

>>38064298
Close the book

>>38064316
I'm gonna say bullshit.

And our strength of will helps us resist the negative effects of low Vys reserves

>>38064298
>"Fascinating."
>Close it, and into the cloak it goes.
>>38064348
No, that was just regular insanity.

>>38064298
Any one understand what he just said?
>>38064316
We are back to square one.

>>38064298
>Ask the figure more questions (Write-in)
What/who was the figure?
His relation to the Cat
Anything he can teach us?

>>38064303

That's exactly what the Entity does. Did you even read the last threads?

>>38064298
>Close the book, this shit gives you a bad vibe.

Can we use the key to lock it?

>>38064298
>Close the book, who gives a hoot?

>>38064298
>Ask the figure more questions
What do you know about the void? Tips on making bargains with spirits or void entity? And what do you know the people who serve the entities in the void?

>>38064298
>>Ask the figure more questions (Write-in)
a name for starter

>>38064298
Ask
tell me about you.
what can you tell me about the book?
Anything you could teach me?
What can you tell me of the cat spirit. And have you ever heard the name *insert child name here*

>>38064401
>>38064414
>asking for knowledge and teachings from an ancient, literally insane Samjan, who was corrupted by the Void
This is getting better and better.

>>38064466
ikr, what a great opportunity.

>>38064466
Books were meant to share knowledge.

>>38064298
>Close the book, this shit gives you a bad vibe.

Here's a quick way we can get this Vys level nonsense sorted out. Just dump half or thirty of our Vys into the sword and see what happens as we go around doing our stuff. Simple. And we can finally get some dumping done.

Guys it's Edgar Allen Poe, he seems like a cool dude.

>>38064503
Books are for lots of things.
Hitting people.
Sharing knowledge.
Flying away.
Bowel leavening.
One must never limit the potential of the Book.

“I peered deep into that void. Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting; dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

“Ninety and nine are content but for the hope of the world made new, but I was the hundreth determined to make my dreams come true.”

“Once upon a dreary midnight, I pondered the world whilst weak and weary. A figure came to me and began to fill my head with things it said. I became insane, and suffered long stretches of wretched sanity.”

This is not a question/answer session. It appears to be the story of a powerful vatis from long ago that could provide us key information. The sanity angle being key to all this...the Edgar Allen Poe similitude, and his own resulting insanity, and comparison are interesting.

>>38064503
That is not even remotely true for all books.

>>38064503
>>38064489

I am just worry about our current state. I want to be conscious during the party not recovering from void induce madness.

>>38064414
>>38064412
>>38064401
>>38064389
>Ask more questions

>>38064371
>>38064376
>>38064393
>>38064391
>>38064513
>This some gay shit, who gives a fuck?

Writin'

>>38064298
Ask in rhyming couplets
>Hello there little bookworm
>about the origins of this book I have concern.
>Who were you in your past life?
>And how did you end up in this book of maddening strife?

>>38064539
Then in that case shouldn't the question be "Tell me your story?"

>>38064552
>closing it won
Burn down the house, it's evil
Kill our companions they're evil
Kill ourself we're evil
That's how we deal with things right?

>A figure came to me and began to fill my head with things it said. I became insane, and suffered long stretches of wretched sanity

Seems like cautionary tale about getting knowledge from spirits or void creatures to me.

>>38064539
Maybe its our masters friend.

>>38064526
I like this plan. Can we do this?

>>38064595
The shitposters are getting less and less intelligent.
>>38064612
And possibly how to protect ourselves from them.

>>38064595
Not listening to you, Entity!

>>38064298
>>38064554
cont.
>My name is Mikail Abdul Hakim
>A Vatis of Ahgtaki origin.
>What advice can you give?
>To ensure that I don't repeat the same fatal sin?

>>38063160
answer Lenore? or Nevermore.

Did nobody else recognize the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe?

>>38064595
>put on the mask, it's adventure!
>approach the dragon priest, it's adventure!
>step into the Gate, it's adventure!
>>38064628
Hmm, that may be a possibility, actually, though I'm not sure if our master is old enough to have lived during the time of the Old Samjan language.
Maybe talk to him about it later. Or right now, with the brooches.

>>38064595

You remember the mask? Lets try to be careful instead, at least consider our weaken state after our ordinal with the child.

>>38064595
Its probably how we should deal with insane void corrupted ancient creatures who were trapped in magic books because of their insanity.

>>38064677
Yeah, better watch out fer all those special number cases in the void.

>>38064677
Remember the needle? The generator? The dragon egg?

>>38064595
Eh I voted to ask questions and I'm not bothered by it.
Relax nigga

>>38064666
If it knew how to protect itself it probably wouldn't be in a book.
>>38064714
How many of those involved an insane samjan tainted by the void?

>>38064752
>How many of those involved an insane samjan tainted by the void?
The dragon egg.

>>38064612
No, more a cautionary tale of listening to and believing spirits and void entities. Big difference.

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Is it just me or did the arguments and shit posting dramatically increase

>>38064772
We got there before he did.

>>38064772
Point.

>>38064800
Compared to the other threads, this is mostly civil. Just a bunch of theory talk, really. Just wait until money get's into the equation. That's always horrible.

>>38064800
Last two threads were dramatically worse than this in terms of discussion.

>>38064772
>The dragon egg.
false

>>38064800
They've spiked dramatically the last half a dozen threads. It's the complexities and downtime. The heavy decision making. What we need is a simple conflict to resolve, a fight or challenge that we can go all out against. We havent had a real fight since Namek.

>>38064714
The generator that got Varvar killed?
The dragon egg that wasn't even remotely dangerous, had we just took at as soon as we found it?
The needle that was likely to be at least non-negative?
But if we're playing this game: Mask(+looking into the coffin), Spice, offered items from Stooges, Dragon Priest, Bar, Surya's Gate, Child, fucking too much with Spirit Cat.
These are just off the top of my head, although a couple my not apply exactly.

>>38064800
your eyes do not deceive you. but then again there will always be a shitposter lurking in every thread.

So basically we get a guy in a book who knows his shit and is trying to warn us.
And you fucking retards just close it and refuse to listen.
I'm fucking done.

>>38064800
Yeah I don't know what the fuck is going on lately, even the shitstorms in those threads in the 30-50 range weren't this bad. At this point I just read Soma's updates and skim though the rest of the comments if I feel like it.

>>38064800
They did, because idiots. Want to spread the idiot ideas, they have stuffed into Thier heads.

I find it crazy that people wouldn't want to continue with the book now.
That's the reason we have such a backlog of shit.

>>38064786
I'm pretty sure he was tainted by Papa Dragon, actually.
>>38064869
From what did you gleam the "trying to warn us" bit?
Also, you do realize it's a book, right? We can open it again whenever we want.

>>38064869
Would you relax your fucking pussy?

Damn calm yourself.

Alright lads, for our next course of action, who feels like taking to Fulvia about golems and the cat about runes and a body?

>>38064891
No, the reason we have a backlog of shit is because Banished players have ADD and can't resist biting on to almost every plot hook we come across.

>>38064888
That's what I've been doing too. There's too much in-thread sperg about how to become the strongest and arguing for me to hang out between posts.

>>38064869
These idiots can't comprehend the wealth of knowledge we may have just unlocked.
Quite possibly this is a Vatis as skilled as
varvars with in the void possibly more.
If he has had more contact.

>>38064850
>false
We were insane and cloak was tainting us.

>>38064929
No, develop Magnify instead.
Also Partial Invisibility and git gud at Anatomy with it.

>>38064929
>Fulvia about golems
Yes we can send her out to get THOSE FUCKING GEMS I JEEP REMINDING YOU GUYS ABOUT.

>and the cat about runes and a body?
No

>And apologize to the cat?
Better

>>38064857
>(+looking into the coffin)
We didn't look into that coffin, nor open it to do so.

>>38064980
I know, it was still an option that would've ended badly.

>>38064997
Than why mention things we actually did do, with it?

>>38064857
>The generator that got Varvar killed?
We can't be held responsible for that, there's no reasonable way we could have know what would happen when a rhynian generator get's damaged.

Spice was THAT dangerous. The only reason it really was bad was because of entity. Without the entity it wouldn't have been so bad.

Cloak is great, ricky is great, without him we would be so fucking lost.

Bar wasn't that bad we just kinda panicked

Dragon priest was a case of curiosity killed the cat

Surya's gate is ditto

Child was almost ditto but Soma confirmed he wouldn't kill/seriously fuck us up on a random encounter roll so even if the child had walked out we would have been able to get out.

And the Cat was just us getting ahead of ourselves, forgetting that bargaining doesn't matter when your opponent can shitstomp you at the drop of a hat.

>>38064969
It's simply stupid to focus on learning magic right now. That leaves us vulnerable to the entity, and wastes our current massive enchanting bonus. Give it up.

>>38064977
Ooh, how about apologizing *with* a golem body? That'd be neat. Probably more well received too.

>>38064904
How in the hell do you figure book guy had any contact at all with papa dragon?

>>38064929
We got better shit to do.

>>38065021
Because he is salty, and wants to make a point.
>>38065024
Funny enough there was a chance to have the spirit to close the void, but anons voted for permanency.

>>38064539
>“Once upon a dreary midnight, I pondered the world whilst weak and weary. A figure came to me and began to fill my head with things it said. I became insane, and suffered long stretches of wretched sanity.”

>Once upon a dreary midnight
Look into the void

>I pondered the world whilst weak and weary
He was meditating maybe while low on vys or vulnerable

>A figure came to me and began to fill my head with things it said.
Something like when an spirit puts the knowledge of runes in our mind, maybe it wasn't runes but something else

>I became insane, and suffered long stretches of wretched sanity.
When insane with lapses of sanity

He could also be talking about us while telling his own tale.

>>38064714
I am not saying we burn the book or get rip of it we can look into it later, when we are saner and more resistance to this shit.

You swing the book shut. The parchment strikes together with a weighty thump which seems to echo strangely in the gloom of the sitting room. You pluck up the tome, its cover sending those creeping tendrils of numbness crawling up your arms. For an instant you believe your skin to be covered in vile insects, burrowing into your flesh. You're overcome by an urge to scratch at your arms, to dig out the bugs beneath your flesh. Fortunately the urge vanishes as you dump the tome into your cloak.

The darkness which had been encroaching upon you ever since you brought the tome into the open recedes, the room becoming once more warm and inviting. You absentmindedly scratch at your forearm as you lay back amidst the soft pillows, trying to relax. What you saw was fascinating, though concerning. You wonder if perhaps the figure trapped within the page may one day offer you some vital insight. Unfortunately, you've a party to prepare for. Now hardly seems an appropriate time.

You debate whether or not you ought to fish out another, far more mundane, book and enjoy your time before the party reading something more comprehensible, or perhaps if you ought to seek out one of your companions, or even retreat from the world in meditation. As you're pondering your options, you catch a glimpse of a striped cat's tail, orange against white. It vanishes around a corner into the ballroom.

>Find Fulvia and see if she's finished purging that golem core.
>Read something else. (list here: >>38062086 >>38062109)
>Seek out Mortia and see what she's up to.
>Meditate, here is as good a place as any.
>Follow the cat.
>Write-in

>>38065048
Not really. We've the highest enchanting bonus we've ever had right now. Honestly, however we do it, by either talking to the cat or learning the runes ourselves, is simply the best course of action.

>>38064953
we're always insane and we still have zero proof that the cloak has "tainted" us.

>>38064977
Soma said we'd get the gems on the way out of the city

>>38064947
Well you know how wealth's of forbidden knowledge usually go don't you? Probably best to ignore it for a few weeks so we don't go mental.

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

>>38065049
Cause Varvar wanted to die and it would be cruel a fuck to just take the best way to die ever from him.

>>38065078
>we still have zero proof that the cloak has "tainted" us.
Were you not around for that thread?
>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

>>38065067
>Ritual book
FINISH SOMETHING

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.
I'm guessing the cat wanted to read the book because I wanted knowledge about the void but couldn't because it can't open the thing without the key. Or it could be the cat was just curious about what the book is about.

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

Please everyone, lets try to be civil.

>>38065035
Learning magic leaves us vulnerable but enchanting, which also takes vys on top of requiring us to damage our soul doesn't? I don't mind if we do either but I think your logic is flawed.

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

>>38065067
>Find Fulvia and see if she's finished purging that golem core.
Let's get to work on those golems.

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>>38065067
>follow the cat

>>38065113
>Were you not around for that thread?
I was here and we even said it ourselves that it was only speculation.

>>38065067
follow the cat

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

>>38065148
Bitch what? Enchanting is learning runic, the fundamental fabric of the universe. We just expand our "sixth" sense and look at the composition of the world. It's meditation upon the void, where we decrease our very soul to enter the void, that gets us vulnerable.

>>38065048
Sorry, didn't mean to quote you, was talking about the Reverand and the Egg.

>>38065067
>Follow the cat.
Lets ask him about the bopk.

>>38065183
I believe that anon was talking about enchanting in context to the practice itself.

>>38065024
>Cloak is great, ricky is great, without him we would be so fucking lost.
Ehhhhhhh

>And the Cat was just us getting ahead of ourselves, forgetting that bargaining doesn't matter when your opponent can shitstomp you at the drop of a hat.
We just was greedy and acted like a dick nothing more nothing less

>>38065067
>Follow the Cat

>>38065067
>>Write-in
Do a quick check up on things, dump some vys into the swords since we keep forgeting doing it before meditating

>>38065189
Reverand? Are we a church now?

>>38065218
Apparently.

>>38065209
Well, of course we're not doing that. It's prime-time to just start taking stuff out of our cloak and fine-combing for runes though. Maybe get the archeo-whatnot to take fine pictures.

>>38065183
And there are no ways to meditate other than Meditation on Reality, right?
kek

>>38065067
Follow that cat..its no coincidence it shows up right after we shut the book.........

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>>38065067
>Follow the cat.

Just look at that face we can totally trust him.

>>38065183
But if you actually want to enchant something you have to expend vys and a piece of your soul while you can just meditate normally to learn stuff. I guess we could just look at runes but that seems a bit of a waste of the huge bonus.

>>38065214
>Ehhhhhhh
We would have no way to loot at all with out the cloak.

>We just was greedy and acted like a dick nothing more nothing less
We saw an opportunity and took it, against a mortal it would have worked but we forgot what it was we were bargaining against

Following the cat seems more or less unanimous. Writing.

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>>38065218
The church of the Holy Shekel

>>38065249
Actually, the insanity bonus applies to learning runes too. That's how it worked when we were floating through the void after assassinating Kadir. We had the opportunity to learn runes, and the only pluses we had were insanity and the enchanter trait. Ugh. I'm gonna have to go update the doc with that.

>>38065235
Wouldn't we be better off developing the way to look at really small ruins first? I mean most of them are too small for us to see right now.

>>38065249
The soul is only permenancy, and Vys is optional

>>38065256
>"You're on this property so I own you, right?"
>working on a mortal
>working on anything but a really naive elf or human baby

>>38065286
What would be the point of doing something like that if you aren't going to make it good?

>>38065256
>We would have no way to loot at all with out the cloak.

What is a Wagon?

>We saw an opportunity and took it, against a mortal it would have worked but we forgot what it was we were bargaining against

What is the point you're trying to make?

I become more and more convinced Mik is a BBEG, or a BBEG in the making.

>>38065256
it should have worked, but we let the fucker cheat us. the terms were that we would own ALL that is in the place, it argued against us by saying that it had agreed to give us everyTHING inside.