Old thread >>38461935

Jane shrugs “A useful pawn, nothing more” she says “chosen only because you cared for him, that’s what all of those who favour the Ichor do to their loved ones of course, make them targets.”

“Whereas you” you say, pointing your hammer at her “are the only target here, so are you going to die fighting, or just die?”

Jane laughs “you stupid, ignorant child” she says “you lost the moment you came in here, you’re outnumbered, and facing a vastly smarter foe, you don’t have a chance.”

“Really?” you say “because so far I’ve beaten everything you’ve thrown at me, now I’m going to make sure you never hurt my family again.”

“Your threats are tiresome” says Jane “are you finished posturing?”

Actions?

>Talk (saying what?)
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Use Power (what?)
>Other (what?)

>>38466298
>Talk (saying what?)
>To the other Janes
>You don't have to die for her, she can't win against me on her own. Maybe you can feel me, but how many of you are willing to die in the process, stand aside, and you could be free. I want nothing from you, except her one head. I can remake things, I can remake you, if you want.

>>38466298
Something something Corruption on the Jane duplicates...
Someone who knows how to things better please help

>>38466298
>Use Power
>Ruler of Shadow

>>38466298
>>38466375
>>38466379
These. I don't understand corruption either. But Something something. Free the duplicates of their master.. host whatever.

They can all fight over who is the real slim shady.

>>38466379
That's kinda dumb, anon.

>>38466298
>To the other Janes
>You don't have to die for her, she can't win against me on her own. Maybe you can kill me, but how many of you are willing to die in the process, stand aside, and you could be free. I want nothing from you, except her one head. I can remake things, I can remake you, if you want.
>Quickened Subtle Suggestion(Corruption) Free yourself from her!

>>38466400
Will the real Jane please stand up?

>>38466426
Surely they've entertained the ideal of freedom or self determination?

>>38466448
Which is why that Suggestion works, it wouldn't if they don't consider it a sensible thing to do.
They are just too afraid, so they need a push.

>>38466288
>>38466371

I would back this up.

Maybe keep delying, if we get rainya and kae to follow after healing.

It seems weird these duplicates hate and fear the original. They must not be like rainyas duplicates, instead some sort of sentient simulcrum.

>>38466472
They were probably made with the Simulacrum seed.

>>38466466
They've got mental defences, and I don't want to go all-out on something that may-or-may-not have any chance of success.

>>38466498
We got easily through the mental defenses of the other one too.
And this isn't really all-out.

>>38466371
>Maybe you can feel me
Ups, was supposed to be "fell me"

Speech is a go, but will you include the Suggestion option?

>Y/N

5 minute vote

>>38466573
>Y

>>38466514
It still took a substantial amount of a finite resource and that was with Impossibility.

Failure on the Suggestion would mean detection, meaning the entire attempt could fail from it's results.

>>38466573
Y
But not as the first thing

>>38466573
>N
I don't feel like spending 30+ psychic energy, most of what we have left, on a move of such debatable worth.

>>38466573
N

>>38466607
You might wanna vote on that, since indicisiveness seems to reign here currently.

>>38466573
>Y

>>38466573
>N

>>38466573
>N

>>38466573
>Y

closing vote and counting

>>38466642
I did, as >>38466632.

4chanX didn't show the post for Y/N on Suggestion until after I had posted.

Appears to be a tie, going with no for now

Please roll 1d20+29 Fellowship

Rolled 1 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>38466709
That was a issue on my side, for some reason I didn't get any updates for several minutes., so only my vote was there for a while.

>>38466717

Rolled 9 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>38466717

>>38466717

Rolled 19 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>38466717

Rolled 17 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>38466717

Rolled 8 + 29 (1d20 + 29)

>>38466717

>>38466717
>>38466743
Nice.

>inb4 DC 49

Interrupt Vote: You are being hit by 7 energy-based attack spells, Use Invulnerable Hide on how many?

>0-7

5 minute vote

>>38466815
So much for that. But interesting its 'only' 7.

>5
Did Lirael link us to Randolph? If not
>Have Lirael link Randolph into the gestalt
In case we need that emergency pool.

>>38466815
4

>>38466815
Could we spend XP to get Titanic Form to 5 and minimize the cost of Invulnerable Hide before these attacks hit?

>>38466815
Can we use our reflective skin to well.. reflect it?
>Adaptive mutation

>>38466845
Sure, if you want to

>>38466849
Alas no, though you can gain resistance to it via Adaptive Mutation, if you wish

>>38466815
>5
>Have Lirael link Randolph into the gestalt

>>38466845
Seconding the Question
4 probably, instead of 5, though.

>>38466717

Do we get passive empathy, and could we free action to use it for more oompth?

>>38466864
Adaptive mutation sounds like a good idea

>>38466905
Already included in the bonus I believe

>>38466864
>>38466845
Supporting to buy Titanic Shape 4 with our FBB XP then.

>>38466923
We would have to leave Titanic Form though.

>>38466868
I'd rather get 5, because being able to no-sell most of her spells for 2 PE/Vitae/HP is pretty fantastic. 4 would be okay, though.

>>38466849
Adaptive Mutation would also be good.

Getting Invulnerable Hide down to 2 cost per use and comboing it with Blood Talons would be pretty cool.

>>38466944
Titanic Shape might run out during the fight, just saying.
But I'm not intensly opposed to 5.

>>38466935
>We would have to leave Titanic Form though.
Sure about that, I am not

Using Invulnerable Hide on 5 attacks
Follow-up Vote then

Buy Titanic Form?

>No
>Yes (how much?)

Use Adaptive Mutation? (to gain energy resistance, ends Titanic Form)

>Y/N

5 minute vote

>>38466963
>Y 5
>N

>>38466961
Yes we would, its incompatible with other mutation gifts.

>>38466963
>Yes
>Up to 4
Invulnerable Hide gets reduced by the amount of ranks, so 5 would only mean it costs 7, thats not a huge gain.
>N

>>38466963
>No
>Y

>>38466944
>I'd rather get 5, because being able to no-sell most of her spells for 2 PE/Vitae/HP is pretty fantastic.
Not sure where you get that idea from. Its 12-(Ranks in Titanic Form).
So its 7 not 2.

>>38466963
>Y 2 Ranks
>N

>>38466963
>Y
>+2 (FBB XP)
>N

To rank 4 it is, writing

[-10 FBB XP, +2 Titanic Form]

You address Jane’s doubles “You don't have to die for her, she can't win against me on her own. Maybe you can kill me, but how many of you are willing to die in the process, stand aside, and you could be free. I want nothing from you, except her one head. I can remake things, I can remake you, if you want.”

The Jane’s standing before you pause for a moment before the one above them says “what are you waiting for, get her!”

They are shocked out of their contemplation and attack. Although your words seem to have touched them to some extent, they don’t seem willing to disobey their maker.

As the one atop the plinth waits and watches, the other twelve launch brilliant bolts of energy at you. Some of these simply fail as they approach you, but seven manage to hit you.

Using your power to resist harm, most of the attacks that hit you simply dissipate against your hide.

[PE 34/57, Lirael Vitae 20/160, Psiwell 1/90]

Two however you simply endure as best you can as they char your flesh, filling the air with the smell of burning meat. It hurts a great deal, but its not the worst pain you’ve had to put up with today.

[HP 103/181]

You’re a 12ft-tall 4-armed muscled giantess, wielding a hammer in one hand...that’s as big as you are.

Seeing you still standing, the Jane on the plinth yells “Well? Kill her!”

Actions?

>Talk (saying what?)
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Use Power (what?)
>Other (what?)

Battlefield

Jane Doubles (12)

Real Jane (1)

>>38467171
ATTACK WITH OUR FUCKING BIGASS HAMMER

WHY WOULD YOU GUYS VOTE FOR THE HAMMER AND NOT USE IT?

Now can we use Corruption?

>>38467171
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Real Jane
>Heal(Ourselves)
>Tell Rainya and Kaelyn to come to us

>>38467171
Should we activate Blink? Is that a thing that would be good to do here?

>>38467244
in an area with no teleportation allowed you would need to use Impossibility, but it is an option.

>>38467171
>Attack (fists and hammer) Real Jane
How much vitae do we still have?

>>38467227
Too late now, not enough resources anymore.

>>38467244
Blink is still teleportation, I'm not sure how that works with anti-teleport wards.

>>38467171
Corrupt tthem!

>>38467263
>How much vitae do we still have?

Your vitae is full, but without Primacy of Blood you cannot use it in Titanic Form

>>38467171
>Use Power (what?)
Corruption on the spell that allows Jane to kill her clones at will.
Or maybe something else that target that link

>>38467171
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Real Jane
>Quickened Subtle Suggestion(Corruption) Free yourself from her!

>>38467171
>Use Power (what?)
Summon shadow arms around realJane and have them start grappling her. Give her the horrifying nightmarish visions.

>Quickened Suggestion: Stop
>Attack with Hammer

>>38467171
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Quickened Subtle Suggestion(Corruption) Free yourself from her!

>>38467305
>>38467354
That would only target one double unless you want to burn all of our PE and start eating into HP to target all of them.

Also that we would need to spend XP to get Suggestion.

>>38467343
>The suggestion must be worded in such a manner as to make the activity sound reasonable.

>>38467357
We got a PE pool of 900 to use.
And we are in gestalt with Lirael and can therefore use Suggestion.
Really now anon.

>>38467375
>We got a PE pool of 900 to use.
As soon as we overdraw even a single point, the well will shut down. So no.

>And we are in gestalt with Lirael and can therefore use Suggestion.
I actually forgot about that.

Attacking the real Jane in melee it is. Please roll 4d20 for attacks.

Only 5 energy blasts hit you this time.

Use Invulnerable Hide on how many?

>0-5

>>38467375
>We got a PE pool of 900 to use.
>I want to shut down one of our greatest resources for months in a quest with this kind of pacing

Rolled 1, 13, 5, 9 = 28 (4d20)

>>38467408
>As soon as we overdraw even a single point, the well will shut down. So no.
Yeah, of course. The well shutting down is of course far worse then us getting killed here.
Makes sense.

We can't even use the wells effect here and its +3 is not really relevant.

>>38467425
5

>>38467431
>I forgot that months in the canyon is days outside it

>>38467375
>Implying telling them to stop is unreasonable.

Rolled 19, 14, 2, 6 = 41 (4d20)

>>38467425
3

>>38467408
>>38467431
>I'm retarded and forgot that the time between the place where the well is and our Hive flows different and a mont is only three days for us there
So you want us to fucking die instead of using the damn well?

Rolled 10, 19, 11, 6 = 46 (4d20)

>>38467425

Rolled 12, 11, 8, 19 = 50 (4d20)

>>38467425
4

Rolled 13, 18, 8, 10 = 49 (4d20)

>>38467425
3

>>38467425
5
Take them from Randolph

>>38467451
>>38467474
Nope. It's just stupid, because of the aforementioned pacing. We could go from everything's fine to extreme danger in *hours*, a few days is a long time and we can only overdraw *once* before it shuts down.

>>38467444
Using it would be better than death, but using it to fuel Suggestion would be a waste.

>>38467534
He has 1 point left and the well would shut down from that, stop.

>>38467425
>>38467498
Changing to
>5
then
3 will get us killed 2 blasts caused us already massive damage last time.

>>38467561
>We could go from everything's fine to extreme danger in *hours*, a few days is a long time and we can only overdraw *once* before it shuts down.
And we can't even use him while in the Hive so it doesn't fucking matter. Stop being retarded just because you forgot about something.
And the well shutting down only means we don't get the +3 bonus and the daily 90, we cans till draw from the pool of 900.

>>38467425
>>38467498
Seconding
>Take them from Randolph

>>38467561
>Using it would be better than death, but using it to fuel Suggestion would be a waste.
>Using it to potentially win this fight for us is a waste
No, your posts are a waste of postcount.

Stopping 4 it is.

Interesting discussion, so 5 minute vote

Draw any of the 32 points needed from Psiwell?

>Y/N

If yes, please indicate how many

>>38467598
>And we can't even use him while in the Hive so it doesn't fucking matter.
It does still matter, because some of us might want to do something with the well, like expanding it, or the forest, without having to wait for a dozen threads.

>Stop being retarded just because you forgot about something.
I didn't forget anything other than the Gestalt ability access.

>And the well shutting down only means we don't get the +3 bonus and the daily 90, we cans till draw from the pool of 900.
We don't know this, and it doesn't really make sense to assume we can still draw from a well that's shut down in such a high risk situation. It's also possible that Randolph wouldn't be able to maintain the mental link without his heart, meaning we'd lose access to the well once we overdraw the first time, even if total shut down wouldn't prevent that.

>>38467665
The chances of that are phenomenally low.

>>38467667
>Y
>20

>>38467667
Y
10

>>38467667
>Y
>20

>>38467667
>N

>>38467667

No

If they do more, can we draw from out health instead?

>>38467713
>can we draw from our health instead?
Yes

>>38467667
Y
All

>>38467667
>Y
10

>>38467667
N

>>38467667
Y
20

>>38467667
>Y
10

>>38467678
>three days will take a dozen threads
No. We timeskip constantly.

>>38467798
>three days will take a dozen threads
Not three days, but it could take out-of-canyon months before the psiwell turns back on if we wind up being able to take more than this one usage.

>We timeskip constantly.
Sometimes, usually for minor or dull things, but we still don't tend to cover more than a day or two in most threads.

You charge forwards, the spider-legged sorceresses in your way have the choice of getting out of the way, or being trampled, they wisely choose the former. In a single bound you are atop the plinth and assault Jane Vindel with fists and hammer.

She manages to survive your first punch, but with the second she falls back limply and your final punch and hammer blow reduces her to paste.

You are victorious!

Or are you...?

As before a dozen energy blasts come your way, again some simply fail, but several strike you. Once again you use your powers to shrug most of them off.

[PE 20/57, Lirael Vitae 17/160, Psiwell -14/90]

But one you simply survive.

[HP 75/183]

Around Lirael you feel the Psiwell shut down and Randolph plaintively wail –Mother why? My Heart is gone!-

-It’ll come back- Lirael reassures him –Don’t worry Randolph-

-But, it’s gone!- complains Randolph in your head.

“Jane Vindel is dead!” you bellow at the doubles “You are free, why do you still fight?”

None of them show any sign of backing down, a final compulsion or spell perhaps? Or did you truly kill the real Jane Vindel?

Actions?

>Talk (saying what?)
>Attack (fists and hammer)
>Use Power (what?)
>Other (what?)

Battlefield

Jane Doubles (11)

Real Jane? (1)

>Use Power (what?)
Mind reading. pinpoint why this did not end.

>>38467926
>Maximized Empowered Warped(Cone) Life Drain
Sorry Janes,uncreative faggots prevented us from overriding your compulsion to free you, now you have to die.

>>38467926
We did not kill her obviously
>Use Power
Mind reading. pinpoint the real one
>Talk
What do I need to do to free you, so you don't die when I kill Jane

>>38467926
>Quickened Suggestion: Stop
>Attack with Hammer

>>38467962
>>38468002
You guys do realise we will not survive more rounds of this? We are about to die.

>>38467926
>Use Power (what?)

Need to target one with a life drain. We need pe and health back. I would reconmend quickening it and then using a read minds afterwards.

>>38467926
>Quickened Heal
>Mind Reading(Imposibility)

>>38467926
>Quickened Empowered Maximized Life Drain (Impossibility)
>One of the doubles that's been firing spells which are not failing

>Mind Reading (Impossibility/Corruption)
>One of the doubles that's been firing spells which are not failing

>>38467926
Isn't that the exact same reason he hates Kae?

>>38468024
We can handle a round more, but maximum empowered lifedrain cone is not a bad idea
>But I really want to free them

>>38467926
Didn't we have Kae and Rainya follow us?
>>38467926
>>38468073
>Tell Kae and Rainya to come and join us
We could really use the help.

>>38468117
I wanted to free them too, but sadly we are not in the position to risk it anymore.
So now they have to die for anons lack of foresight.

>>38468124
>Didn't we have Kae and Rainya follow us?

There was a few votes for that, but not many

>>38468165
Well, is the sword storm still going on?

>>38468196
Yes, I forgot to include it in updates but it followed you and ignored them.

Apologies for the oversight.

Mind-reading beats out life drain by 1 vote, but some votes wanted to do both

Do both?

>Y/N

No is Mind-reading-only

5 minute vote

>>38468231
Y

>>38468231
>Y

>>38468231

Y

>>38468231
Would Life Drain be a cone or single-target? Would it specifically target the ones that aren't flubbing their spells or not distinguish?

>>38468264
I'm going with Quickened, Maximised, Empowered Warped (Cone) with Impossibility, unless players request otherwise.

Rolled 15, 15 = 30 (2d20)

The yes wins, please roll 8d20 for

Mind-Reading Impossibility

Quickened, Maximised, Empowered Warped (Cone) Impossibility Lifedrain

Don't mind me, just rolling.

And please vote on extra PE used for

Read Minds
Life Drain

5 votes used.

Rolled 18, 9, 1, 12, 2, 10, 17, 13 = 82 (8d20)

>>38468378
15/0

Rolled 17, 13, 14, 18, 5, 19, 11, 9 = 106 (8d20)

>>38468378
15/0

Rolled 13, 17, 18, 11, 18, 13, 9, 8 = 107 (8d20)

>>38468378
15
0

>>38468386
>>38468397
>>38468401
18, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 17, 13.

>>38468386
>>38468397
>>38468401
18,17,18,18,18,19,17,13;

>>38468423
thanks

>>38468423
>>38468434
17 on both Imposibility rolls.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN???!!

>>38468450
17 is the number of the Void

>>38468450
Uhh.. it's the atomic number for chlorine?

With the real Jane Vindel hiding in amidst the doubles you think its best to identify her before you slaughter the rest of them. If for no other reason that even in your titan form you are beginning to tire.

You reach out with your psychic abilities and hammer into the mind of the closest one, trying to discover which one of these doubles is the real thing.

[PE 4/57]

Although the one you have chosen isn’t the real one, you now know which one it is, acting just like any of the others in the real ranks.

Before they can unleash any other magics you blast the Janes with your own psychic power, draining their life force to restore your power, and your health. You make sure to catch the real Jane Vindel in the area.

As you do so she laughs maniacally “Finally!” she says “you use a power *I* can control!” You feel your grip on your psychic power slipping as she attempts to take control and turn it back upon you. Around both of you the air twists as reality itself starts to change.

Aspect: Magic

For a few brief seconds the two of you struggle, to see who will live...and who won’t. Finally your own impossible nature proves stronger and the life forces of the Janes flow into you.

[HP/PE full]

And not just those within the area you affected, but all of them, as the real Jane draws upon them in a desperate effort to keep herself alive, finally she falls.

The blades of force swirling around you disappear, huh, you had forgotten they where there, since they were doing nothing to you.

All around are the dead Jane Vindels, except, one still stirs weakly, the real one. You stomp over and look down at her. This is the woman who killed Ashley, who would have killed other members of your family simply to distract or weaken you, and yet, lying on the floor she seems so helpless, so lost. You raise your hammer, for what she has done, there can be only one response. And yet you don’t feel hatred, or anger, only...satisfaction.

“How?” she asks “I had power over magic itself, I had the favour of the Infinite Mirror, how did you beat me?”

[Forged by Battle XP 9 gained]

Your respose?
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)
>Say something (what?)
>Other (what?)

It is assumed that you will kill her, unless write-ins request otherwise.

>>38468751
R.I.P Janes. I'm sorry we couldn't save you.

I wanted a Jane clone minion...

>>38468773
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)
>Because I have my family.

>>38468773
>Say something (what?)
Free them, and I will let you live

>>38468773
>"Submit"

>>38468773
>Other (what?)
Corruption. Corruption the everloving fuck out of her. Enslavement. (This pleases Baalzamon?)

>>38468773
Mirror's a cheating little bitch and the other four know it, that's how.
>when she opens her mouth to beg, just raise our hand. "Stop!"
>Raise the hammer
"Hammer time!"

>>38468773
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)

>>38468805
They're dead.

>>38468817
Hell no, bitch dies. I might've wanted to save the clones, but she doesn't get to live, not for her crimes, against both us and her...selves.

>>38468773
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)

>>38468805
1) No we wouldn't.
2) She killed them all trying to save herself.

You really don't want seer powers?

>>38468817
>This pleases Baalzamon?

It does

>>38468773
I kinda wanna say some line about how maybe your death will send the Mirror a message about pettiness, but I also kinda just want to Gallagher her head.

>>38468862
Not if the cost is letting her live.

>>38468862
I do, but people probably think it's too evil or something.

>>38468773
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)

I might be inclined to some speach about power of friendship and all that stuff. But really?
We had a vampire angel duaghteru to boost us and she didn't. Thats pretty much what made the difference.

>>38468788

Yeah, a minion would have been interesting.

>>38468751

Were we able to feed any pe back to the well with the drain.

>>38468840
>>38468834
Good point, I am an idiot.

Then
>>38468809
Submit

>>38468894
No, I just don't think letting her live is a good idea.
I would have kep one of the clones, but sadly we couldn't anymore.
And I can't see Shee forgiving her here, thats just not how she works.

>>38468919
I don't think hollowing out her mind with a psychic melon baller really counts as forgiveness, but alright.

>>38468817

Mind raping her with corruption would be kinda weird.

I vote for it to be put to a vote. Although i thought we could not enslave other reunited due to rules.

>>38468862
Mirror would do some rules lawyering bullshit to get away with taking back most of her gifts, that one in particular, if we corrupted her, and any other option is fallible and can only result in horrible betrayal. Honestly, Pally letting us get our hands on that ability was never an option.

Also, bitch needs to die. There is no part of Shee's character that would let me reconcile sparing her for her sins.

>>38468902
So...the power of love and family?

>>38468943
This is the vote, you're losing it.

>>38468943
Enslaving them is encouraged. It's the only way to get a "win" scored without killing them.

>>38468943
>Although i thought we could not enslave other reunited due to rules.
Enslaving other Reunited is a win condition, so its definitly possible.

>>38468953
>So...the power of love and family?
Well, more the power of vampire angel loli daughterus, but I guess the others did .. something I guess.

>>38468773
>No talking, only hammering (kill her)
Brutally.

Sad that Void powers didn't awaken in this fight. I was hoping we'd get put in a corner and it'd happen.

>>38468962
Didn't we swear to kill her though?

>>38468992
Well, we never said "when" though, we would benefit from keeping her long enough alive to hand her to good old Grandpa Kellen, but I don't think we can keep her for that long.

>>38468992
I could swear we just swore to make her pay or get vengeance or something. I can go check though since I'm not 100% on this.

>>38468989
>Sad that Void powers didn't awaken in this fight. I was hoping we'd get put in a corner and it'd happen.
I'm mostly sad we didn't get to kill her in Form of the Deep Mother.

>>38468992
>>38469037
>“Whoever did this” you snarl “no matter who, or what, no matter what I have to do, I will hurt them, I will make them pay, this I swear.”
Mindrape into slaery definitly counts as making her pay, in my book.

>>38468992
I wonder if Hell Dad and/or Sea Mom will be proud of us for fulfilling a revenge oath once we've actually finished fulfilling it.

>>38468978
>Well, more the power of vampire angel loli daughterus
Love. And. Family.

Everyone was helpful at some point or another, Lirael and Randolph were just the only ones that could aid us so directly.

>>38468773
Well for what it's worth I vote corrupting her horribly.

I wonder how assblasted Mirror's gonna be about being the first to lose two avatars, even after borderline-cheating like this.

>>38469087
>Love. And. Family.
If that makes you feel better, we can go with that.

>>38469079
I actually want to reserve the mindrape into slavery as karmic punishment for Jade.

>>38469106
We don't really know if and how many of the others have already died.

>>38469106
I think mirror would be more upset if it's avatar was our puppet. Talk about a different path.

>>38469106
At least 400% mad.

>>38468773
>Other (what?)
Rip out her Aspect.

With your hammer raised high above your head, you look down at the prone woman, small, weak. Is this what you were afraid of?

You think about saying something about the power of friendship, the value of allies, of knowing that people who trust you are there to help you, about how leadership is better than tyranny.

You doubt she would even understand what you were saying.

With a single smooth motion you bring your hammer down, pulping her body and driving your hammer into the stone underneath her.

“That’s one down Ash” you say quietly “There will another one soon.”

You hear Rainya and Kaelyn enter the hall behind you, Rainya looks healed “Shee!” she yells, running up to you, you bend down and sweep her up in your muscular arms as she hugs you tearfully “You’re ok” she says “You’re ok...”

“Of course I am” you say “I said I would be” Rainya just cries, held in your arms like a child, hugging you.

Kaelyn looks down at the mess that was Jane “doesn’t seem so impressive does she” she says critically.

In the depths of your mind you hear the Ichor offer her congratulations “you have done well child, by the terms of the contest, the Infinite Mirror is required to give you a Gift, but he may offer a weak one, or one too potent for you. As per our agreement, you may select the Gift of another.”

Who do you want a Gift from?

>Baalzamon
>Ichor in the Depths
>Infinite Mirror
>Jagganatha
>King of Hell
>None

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror
BRING IT MIRROR
We need another gift from him for a new Aspect, if more than three are possible.

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror
That sumbitch needs to give us a gift.

>>38469179
>Baalzamon

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror
And look smug while asking for it.

We are totally gonna fail this one, but I don't care.

>All these Infinite Mirror votes
Maybe Shee's next Aspect should be Such Defiance.

>>38469179
>King of Hell

>>38469179
>As per our agreement, you may select the Gift of another.”
Actually, our agreement was we onyl get to choose if the Mirror refuses to give us a gift.
So as long as he doesn't, we shouldn't be allowed to pick.

>Infinite Mirror

>>38469179
>Jagganatha
I just wanna see what he offers since we pretty much only used his gifts and our own powers for the fight.

>>38469251
I think mom might be doing some rules dickery of her own to try and help us.

>>38469255
We should really get Might 3 before our next Jagga gifting.

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror

Grab a power from janes cold dead, mushy hands.

>>38469179
>Baalzamon

>>38469179
>Ichor in the Depths

>>38468773
Just finish it. Anything else is unneessary hazard.

>>38469179
>Ichor in the Depths

>>38469179
>Infinite Mirror

>>38469179
>Ichor in the Depths

>DC 40

>>38469389
Honestly, DC 35 would be way better.

But he can't make it impossibloe, so it will either be 30 or 15.

"I think the Infinite Mirror should pay his due Deep Mother" you say respectfully.

The Ichor in the Depths chuckles at this

The Infinite Mirror grudgingly offers a small portion of his power.

Accept Gift?

>Y/N

DC 15

>>38469179
>Ichor in the Depths

>>38469424
Y
Fucker.

>>38469424
>Y

>>38469424
>Y
Haha, now he's not even trying anymore.

>>38469424
>Y

>>38469424
Y

So, who wants to make an army of magical girls recruited off the streets?

>>38469424
>Y
This is gonna be interesting, since the gods themselves choose what we get offered if we succeed the shaping roll, I'm curious to see what Mirror offers us now.

So are we going to do the permanent adaptation fix for our shadowflesh to try to weasel another Mirror favor point?

>>38469483
Soon anon, Kae just needs to get better at chaos magic first.

>>38469495
I'm fairly sure anything we do to work around the problem rather than removing it would get Mirror favour, especially if we turn it into a advantage.

>>38469515
>fairly sure
Yeah, but it was more or less confirmed that the adaptation way would give it.

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>realizing that Shee literally made herself reflective (like a mirror) to get around the light weakness before she went off to crush the skull of the Infinite Mirror's avatar

>>38469495
How does that one work? I skipped all the arguing about the situation earlier.

Yes it is, please roll willpower 1d20+14

you still might get all 1's

>>38469563
Evidently you skipped a non-zero number of story posts, too.

Rolled 11 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>38469563
Currently we have a skin mutation that reflects light away from Shee and makes her glow.

>>38469576

Rolled 13 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>38469576

Rolled 12 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>38469576

Rolled 9 + 14 (1d20 + 14)

>>38469576

Or we might crit.

>>38469563
Shee used adaptive mutation to make herself reflective. We can spend a couple xp to make that permanent.

>>38469610
Normal skin is an adaptaion to sunlight though. Why not just do that?

>>38469633
Because our normal skin isn't available right now.

>>38469633
Normal skin doesn't filter out all sunlight.

>>38469633

Sure, just have Shee decide what normal is.

Remember what she decided was normal for dolphins in her realm?

You feel the power of the Infinite Mirror grudgingly seep into you. You can shape this power into 1 of 3 Gifts

Clouded Reflection
None of your Gifts with obvious physical effects show on your form unless you are using them or wish them to show. This Gift does not have higher ranks, sufficiently powerful magic can pierce this disguise.

Stoke the Inner Flame
You recover psychic energy points faster than normal.
At Stoke the Flame 1 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 30 minutes, instead of 1/hour.

Smooth Away the Cracks
By touching someone you may remove negative magical effects, by taking on the burden yourself. For the purpose of this ability ‘negative’ magical effects include any magical effect that causes lasting penalties or ongoing damage or any other effect the QM declares is negative. This is a normal action and you must succeed on a Willpower check with a DC of 11+ the willpower modifier of the one who created it. Success means the effect no longer affects the target, but affects you instead.

10 minutes to discuss, then a vote.

In the mean time, what is Shee going to do now?

>Search the caverns for anything useful/valuable
>Talk to the old forest
>Head back to the camp at Randolph
>Other (what?)

>>38469649
I'd think growing it back would be covered by impossibilty.

>Talk to the old forest

>>38469713
>Search the caverns for anything useful/valuable
Maximum murderhobo

>>38469722
Its not gone, so we can't grow it back.

>>38469713
Can SAtC combo with Absorb Spell to let us copy more things than would be normally possible?

>>38469713
>Search the caverns for anything useful/valuable

>>38469713
>Stoke the Inner Flame
This is pretty sweet. If we get enough ranks in it, we could recover during battle?

>Smooth Away the Cracks
This screams of ichor so much.

>Search the caverns for anything useful/valuable

>>38469713
>Clouded Reflection
>None of your Gifts with obvious physical effects show on your form unless you are using them or wish them to show. This Gift does not have higher ranks, sufficiently powerful magic can pierce this disguise.
Would this do anything since we have Shadow of the Depths?

Would it let us hide the shadowflesh/shininess?

>>38469748
We can get Stoke the Inner Flame already with XP.

>>38469748
Yeah, but we can already get it as a King power.


Stoke the Inner Flame
You recover psychic energy points faster than normal.
At Stoke the Flame 1 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 30 minutes, instead of 1/hour.
At Stoke the Flame 2 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 20 minutes.
At Stoke the Flame 3 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 10 minutes.
At Stoke the Flame 4 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 5 minutes.
At Stoke the Flame 5 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per 2 minutes.
At Stoke the Flame 6 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per minute.
At Stoke the Flame 7 you recover 2 points of psychic energy per minute.
At Stoke the Flame 8 you recover 3 points of psychic energy per minute.
At Stoke the Flame 9 you recover 4 points of psychic energy per minute.
At Stoke the Flame 10 you recover 1 point of psychic energy per combat round.
You may not purchase this power more times than you have ranks in the Willpower Gift.

>>38469743
in theory, yes

>>38469713
Contact rainya annd tell her we are okay

>>38469796
Might wanna read the last couple posts, anon.

>>38469759
>Would this do anything since we have Shadow of the Depths?
It would make it harder for magic to pierce the disguise. We had that confirmed a long long time ago, during then dark age of Seduction discussions.

>>38469779
Its a Mirror power, actually, since we started out with Willpower of the infinite Mirror.

>>38469759
>Would this do anything since we have Shadow of the Depths?

Adds to the DC of magic to see through it

>>38469713
>Search the caverns for anything useful/valuable
As to be expected, all of them are varying kinds of bad.

>>38469796
Anon, pls learn to read.
Its just terrible to watch.

>>38469796
Shouldn't be that hard considering she's currently hugging us.

>>38469820
Will this make us look not shiny in light?

>>38469810
If StIF is Mirror-exclusive, it should have Willpower of the Infinite Mirror as one of it's prereqs, like those other peripherals that have Charisma of X or Durability of X below them.

Either way, we can get ranks in it under our own power up to rank 10.

>>38469713
>Smooth Away the Cracks
Could we use that to transfer a mind-affecting spell/power to us and then cancel it out with Royal Dominion?

>>38469859
Yes

>>38469890
Yes

>>38469919
Could we already look not-shiny with just shadow of the depths?

>>38469919
>Will this make us look not shiny in light?
>Yes
How does that work? Wouldn't the protective sheen be in use when exposed to light?
Why does CR hide that when SotD doesn't?

>>38469942
I think it's because SotD is shapeshifting mainly with some illusion to smooth it over while CR is mainly illusion.

SotD makes us not shiny by taking away the reflection, making the light hit us, making the reflection kick back on because of AM

5 minute vote

>Clouded Reflection
>Stoke the Inner Flame
>Smooth Away the Cracks

>>38469928
>>38469942
Shadows of the Depths still hides it, as for how it works: Magic. You're reflecting light but turning it into something else.

>>38469982
>Clouded Reflection

>>38469982
>Clouded Reflection
Boosting the difficulty of revealing our true form is good to me.

>>38469982
>Shadows of the Depths still hides it
But it obviously didn't before? We got the stealth penalty and everything.
Does that mean we don't need to buy CR to constantly hide away the glowing and are still protected?

>>38469982
>Clouded Reflection

Can we buy the permanent adaptation for reflective skin, then?

>>38469982
>Clouded Reflection
Well, I'm just gonna accept that then, not sure how it makes sense, but if we can get done with this whole problem by buying CR and the Mutation, thats okay with me.

>>38470040
>but if we can get done with this whole problem by buying CR and the Mutation
We really aren't though, the problem remains, each time we get cut or our skin gets damaged, the underlying shadow tissue will be exposed and we get fucked by light.

>>38469982
>Smooth Away the Crack
Seems like the only one offering benefits we can't otherwise get.

>>38469982
>Smooth Away the Cracks

>>38470065
Well, they're all right here. We could at least ask what their price would be to make this all go away.

>>38470010
>But it obviously didn't before? We got the stealth penalty and everything.
>Does that mean we don't need to buy CR to constantly hide away the glowing and are still protected?

I hand-waved that away because I wanted to try and show what the adaptation looked like and have it appear freaky.

Shadows of the Depths *does* hide the visual effects of your sunlight adaptation.

>>38470065
I think it does more than just the top-most layer, but if you really want it to be more effective we can always activate Adaptive Mutation and then injure ourself in front of some lights before we buy the permanent adaptation.

Clouded Reflection it is

>>38470114
If it could make the tissue back into "not shadow" we wouldn't need the reflecting, so obviously its just the outer layers.

You and your allies spend several hours searching the network of caves for anything valuable, but all you find are traps, mostly magical ones that Kaelyn spends time disarming.

Eventually you give up.

“Ah well” you say to Rainya and Kaelyn “not every foe will have cool toys for us to take.”

“Some of those spells were interesting though” says Kaelyn thoughtfully “gave me a few ideas...”

“Are we going home now?” asks Rainya, her arm around your waist now that you have returned to your normal form.

Are you?

>Back to camp at Randolph
>Back to the Waystation
>Speak to the old forest
>Other (what?)

>>38470145
>Back to camp at Randolph

>>38470134
I never said it made it into not-shadow, I said that the reflection might already be applying to all the tissue even below the skin and if it isn't already then we can make it do so.

>>38470145
>Back to camp at Randolph
I want to rest up before talking to the old forest again.

>>38470170
Well, how deep do you want to go there? Then it sjust a matter of how deep the wound goes, but it doesn't solve the problem, at some point, at the latest the muscles and flesh, will be shadow. So the funamental problem persists.

>>38470145
>Speak to the old forest

>>38470145
>Back to camp at Randolph

>>38470170
It would need to make it into "not-shadow" at some level for your idea to work, because currently its only a layer on top of our shadow skin.
I don't think making that layer thicker is without problems.

>>38470145
>Back to camp at Randolph
Time to have sexy time interrupted by one more child.

>>38470145
>Speak to the old forest
>other
Maybe this can be our new home if we can make a portal to the waystation

Could we attempt to revive one of the dead jane clones?

>>38470311
Why would we give up the Waystation or our Realm as home for this?

If anything we should be looking for a way to link this place over the psiwell with our Realm so we can drag part of Randolph into our Realm.

>>38470336
Fuck that

>>38470336
What for? Let her rot.

>>38470350
They might be immensely usefull in fighting Jade.
Also we could get access to her house.
A jade servant might be good to for whatever purpose

>>38470399
Doesn't she have a double back on her hive home? Or was it a pure illusion?

Pally, could you answer, please?

randolph it is, writing the last update for today.

>>38470399
>They might be immensely usefull in fighting Jade.
We don't really need help 'fighting' Jade.
If it comes to a fight, Jade has already lost.

>>38470419
>Doesn't she have a double back on her hive home?

She did yes

Note past tense

>>38470436
No, but Jade trust Jane (somewhat), and having a friendly face might just get us close to her

>>38470419
It said in text already that she drained away her Duplicates to save herself.

>>38470466
>Jade trust Jane (somewhat)
She made one deal with her and got angry at the slightest hint that Jane might try to cheat her.

>>38470449
Wait was that why the mirror gift was so weak? Did she switch to that double?

>>38470698
Jesus Christ anon...

>>38470698
Anon.

Anon.

Anon pls.

Just. No.

Rading comprehension anon, pls.

>>38470698
It was weak because the Mirror's a spiteful dick and didn't want to risk us being able to successfully shape a higher strength gift.

You should know this already.

“Lets go back” you say to Kaelyn and Rainya, teleporting back to the camp in Randolphs territory.

Once you arrive, Dev hurries over “Is it over?” he asks “is that crazy bitch finally dead?”

Rainya roll her eyes at you side “I’ve been telling him” she says “but he won’t believe me.”

“It is” you tell Dev “she’s gone.”

Dev seems to slump in relief “Oh wow, oh finally, thank you Shee, thank you.”

It’s late afternoon and you all busy yourself preparing the evening meal.

Once you’ve sat down, Kaelyn says to you quite casually “You know, if you’re not going to have Randolph take over the whole area, I’d like to find the chaoswell, maybe the old forest and I can come to some sort of agreement.”

“What about the beastmen tribes?” asks Rainya.

Kaelyn shrugs “They will fall in line or I’ll chase them off.”

Rainyas and Devs expressions tell you just how much they *don’t* like that idea.

“But Randolph needs to grow” says Lirael, interrupting “Don’t you Randolph?”

-I’m not talking!- says Randolph –Mother stopped my Heart!-

Lirael rolls her eyes “He’s such a baby” she says.

You’ll have to talk to Randolph at some point, but right now, you just want to sleep and sleep and sleep.

You realise that you said that last part out loud when the Rainya sat on your right says “I certainly hope not!” And she leads you to the only private room in the whole camp, the underground bedroom you woke up in, to the suggestive winks and laughter of your allies.

-What’s mother and Rainya doing?- Asks Randolph

“I’ll tell you when you’re older” you hear Lirael say

-But I want to know now!- whines Randolph.

If there’s a further exchange you miss it, as the Rainyas take up all of your attention...

---

And that’s it for today. Thank you for playing, and thank you for your patience. For your actions today you have gained 11XP

Next thread will be Saturday, updates and warnings via twitter as usual

>>38470726
She did yes

Note past tense

Past tense. As in it's no longer a double. It's her.

>>38470807
All doubles died due to her trying to save her life.

>>38470807
Dun dun duuuuuuun!

>>38470780
Thanks for running.


Could Suggestion(Corruption) have worked to free them?
>>38470807
There are no words I could use to express how dense you sound right now.

>>38470807
You're so fucking dump. Jane drained the double to prolong her own life for another couple seconds.

We don't get gifts for killing doubles, we on;y get gifts for killing the actual.

>>38470807
If it's her, the mirror is playing the long con giving us that gift. Otherwise it's just a powerless version of her.

>>38470807
I thought that was an illusion, not an actual double?

>>38470840
Ichor was the one who informed us of Jane's death and I don't think Ichor would lie about this since she was pretty pissed off about the whole thing and willing to borderline cheat to help us kill Jane.

>>38470780
Thanks for running.

>>38470780

Will we have time to psychic infection anyone and spend xp, or will we want to rp things?

I think the ones we want to do it with is dev, rainya and maybe lirael. Probably to go and give the mind protection to all and some others to dev.

>>38470926
Rping giving someone psychic powers sounds more fun than just spending the XP

>>38470780

>Permanent Adaptive Mutation [Shiny] (5) this pleases the Infinite Mirror?
>Feast of Life 8 (10)
>Shadowcraft 12 (30FoLxp)

12xp left. 9FBBxp left

>>38470986
>this pleases the Infinite Mirror?

Yes, if chosen, gift vote will be next thread

>>38470986
No. Vetoing all of that.
We don't need more FoL right now, nor more Shadowcraft, and we haven't decided yet if we want to go with the Shiny solution.

>>38471006

Has he gotten over us some, or is he still super salty?

>>38470986
I like it.

>>38470986
That's good.

>>38471040
Vaffanculo.

>>38470986
>Permanent Adaptive Mutation [Shiny] (5)
Maybe
>Feast of Life 8 (10)
>Shadowcraft 12 (30FoLxp)
Definitly not. There are a lot of things I'd have Shee rather get right now then more FoL.

>>38470986
I'll support the Shiny, but the vamp stuff can wait until we actually get PoB.

>>38471062
>Has he gotten over us some, or is he still super salty?

Maximum salty

>>38470986
>Not hoarding the vampire XP for haemokinesis
Anon pls. Blood Talons combined with Titanic Form is fuckin crazy.

>>38471115
Can Shee make smug face at him when he has to dole out another gift?

>>38470986
Yes for Shiny and Might maybe.

>>38471062
Like balls on leg day

>>38471115

Does baals gift have any benefits, or was it his way to try and strike a deal with us to adjust some people.

>>38471138
I can agree with this.

I wight wanna get another FBB level instead of Might so that it's a flat 5 per fight guaranteed, but Might works too.

>>38470986
I guess shiny's the best we can do for now. Hopefully we can just reverse it eventually, somehow.

>>38471133
>Can Shee make smug face at him when he has to dole out another gift?

How smug?

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>>38471174
Imagine if Rustle took this guy and drew him as a smut loli.

>>38471165

The shadowskin mutation is pretty much all negative, the gift he offered if you agreed to his deal was a standard one though.

>>38471166
Yeah, another FBB level would be good.
And we got enough FBB XP right now to buy one.

>>38471204
>>38471174
>smut
smug*
Though I guess smut works too since it's Rustle...

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>>38471174

>>38471217
Does it at least give a +1 or 2 to stealth when in the dark?
I'm still salty about how we instantly got the shittest-tier thing just because you thought it sounded cool. Not salty enough to try to make things miserable, I ain't roll like that, but still.

>>38471217

So unstead it is up to us to untwist his gift to be a possative instead.

Using xp, aspects and inventive thought.