File: Harrowmont - Completeish.pdf (750 KB, PDF)

750 KB PDF

>>38703547
Your mind races as you jump to the side to avoid Belrauth’s leap. His swing is wide but blindingly fast and his maul powders the ground as it swings around to follow you, runes on its head flaring as it impacts your shield. You’re worried about how strong this demon prince is going to be, and it seems you were right to be. Reverberations run along your entire left side where you deflected the enchanted maul and you know that you’d probably already be out of the battle if it weren’t for your Iron Body technique. Sparks immediately fill your vision as he scythes in with one of his black swords and you meet it with your own.

With a great shove, you push Belrauth the slightest bit off balance before jumping backwards. His other maul slams into the ground, burying itself up to the shaft as it cleanly impacts the ground. A tremor runs through the ground, barely noticeable against the greater battle around you. A great wall of flame bursts into existence to your left, where several other demons were closing on you, and the cracking of ice can be heard as Undine launches her own volley at them. More rumbles run through the earth as Gnome throws around great volumes of earth. Roars and screams fill the world for an instant, as another mass of magic grows on both sides of the conflict.

>continued

File: OverallMap.png (159 KB, 2358x1264)

159 KB PNG

>>38703560
Another explosion rocks the battlefield, throwing around enough force to knock most combatants down again. You had braced yourself, as had Belrauth, and the two of you remain standing as the impact slams into your body and goes straight to your bones. Giving you a grin, your foe immediately resumes the fight. The ground beneath his feet cracks with every step as he charges you, crossing the distance in the time it takes you to resume a proper stance. The flow of the battle is hard to read, despite the immense magical volume of your opponent. Belrauth is no pushover, and any attempt you make at reading him and his intentions seems to blur, as if he is constantly shifting his intentions. His body has coiled once more, even as he towers over you at the end of his charge and with his weapons all prepared to strike at once.

[DC16 Duel]

[DC13/17 Greater Battle]

Reminder of Belrauth's Gifts:

>“Infernals have natural attributes that make them strong, such as hard skin or fire-breathing abilities. Then they have innate sorcery, though this is largely limited to devils. Finally, they have Gifts, which are magical abilities that are typically merged with their being but can also be items,” Gnome says, leaning against the battlements in front of the two of you. “Belrauth has both, and having two Gifts means he’s less of a one-trick pony than some demons. The first is a Gift of Greater Replacement, which is a form of regeneration unique to infernals – they don’t regenerate so much as they outright replace what was lost, avoiding the usual methods of countering regeneration and healing magic.

>“The second are the Binary Swords. These twin swords have two states, one that absorbs magical energy and the other that expels it. They’re connected to each other, so one sword can absorb energy and the other can then expel it.”

Rolled 13, 4 = 17 (2d20)

>>38703593
Oh boy. Here we go!

Rolled 10, 20 = 30 (2d20)

>>38703593

Rolled 19, 19 = 38 (2d20)

>>38703593
Still want to do the antimagic arrow trick

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38703593
Alright so here's my idea for this battle. Throughout the siege we've learned that infernals have innards, but their realty says they don't need them to live. We've also learned that a truth death can be achieved by overwhelming that reality with magic strong enough or on Talons case Astral. Now my theory is the reason Talons strikes hit true is they are an extension of his reality, he imposes upon them the laws of the mortal realm. That being, you lose a lung you cannot breathe, your heart is skewered no more blood flow, shah across the throat, etc. So in order to take down the demon we need to take out the vitals, impose our reality on them. But it's difficult to find them assumedly, but that's where something wise we learned comes in. Infernal blood is absolutely filled with magic, so we use our flow manipulation to begin to read it, figure out where the heart is, vitals, lungs, etc. And aim for them. Now of course his regeneration will counter act this, so and this is the ballsy part, once we get a vital we leave the weapon behind, with an imprint of Talons reality upon it, so it's constantly fighting the regen. Then we go after another with whatever weapon we can find on the battlefield and repeat. All we need is to get under his guard once, and it'll be downhill from there.

>>38703636
Holy shit anon that roll is so goddamn typical and yet I love it.

>>38703619
>>38703631
>>38703636

>greater battle 20
gg demons do home now

Rolled 4, 18 = 22 (2d20)

>>38703593
If we slice his arms off he can't just replace the binary swords too, can he? maybe we can strip him of them?
also so excited for this aspie, been waiting for the past hour for glorious seige-end

>>38703636
>>38703631
Get fucking Wrecked Demons!
Belrauth a shit!

>>38703636
>>38703631
Dice gods favor us once more! Someone must have sacrificed a ripe goat!

File: 002.jpg (494 KB, 980x572)

494 KB JPG

>>38703639
>>38703667
I think you missed the part about how his regen doesn't so much as 'regenerate' as 'replace'. The ability to rewrite reality with your blows to an extent that counters this is part of 'Sunder' which you didn't get.

And if you cut off his arms, he can just pick the swords back up unless you get a rolling success to stop him.

>>38703636
You mean shooting Belrauth with one? It would just explode.

>>38703765
>a ripe goat
But anon, it has to be a lamb, it says so in Satanology for Dummies.

>>38703773
I was actually hoping to just get the swords away from him before he could pick them up, i didn't realize it would be a roll for it though. Maybe not the most viable plan

>>38703773
>You mean shooting Belrauth with one? It would just explode.
Yup. Sad we never really got the chance to make him look like a complete idiot and unnerve him.

Shit almost missed this again.

Whatever happens it was a great ride

>>38703773
>I think you missed the part about how his regen doesn't so much as 'regenerate' as 'replace'.

Yeah I did. I was working off memory. Damn.

Well I'm out of ideas, time to just pound on him until dead like that Daywalker way back when

>>38703773
If we could impale him on his own sword, it should depress his regen long enough for us to take his head off. Problem is trying to arrange that.

I think what Talon needs to do is start shit talking. Clearly the demon is aware things aren't going well, he threw three trumpcards at us at once. Just keep messing with him, put him in a rage so he'll slip up more.

>>38703593
Since his binary swords shouldn't do anything against great slabs of rock or something else that was simply thrown towards him at great speeds with magic, I'm going to assume that something indirect like that is simply not going to do all that much damage to someone of his strength and regenerative abilities.
Is that about right?

>>38703970
Take off one of his arms, grab the sword. We just got an upgrade motherfucker.

>>38704039
The thing is as big as we are.

>>38704061
Claymore biznitch

>>38703773
>And if you cut off his arms, he can just pick the swords back up unless you get a rolling success to stop him.
I suggested when this just started

Step 1: Disarm him at the wrist
Step 2: Knock his special sword really far away (bat it with our own sword, or just grab it and toss it)
Step 3: Once disarmed of both magic absorbing swords, have our allies bombard him with magic.

>>38704125

We'd only need to rob him of the aborbing sword. the other is the one that expels the absorbed magic... so can't do it's thing if the other one isn't getting hit...

Can he retain the magic he absorbs for a certain amount of time or does he have to expend it nigh immediately thorugh the other one?
If it's the second one, what happens if you hit both swords with magic at once?

>>38704156
>We'd only need to rob him of the aborbing sword. the other is the one that expels the absorbed magic...
no, both swords can be switched between absorb and emit at will.
so he can have 2x absorb, 2x emit, or 1 each.
At the moment they are both on absorb

>>38704189
There is presumably limits on his swords in how big a blast or how long he can store it. Otherwise he would have had some super mega blast stored in the swords from his patron.

File: 003.jpg (247 KB, 1215x883)

247 KB JPG

>Duel: Target Met; 13, 10, 19
>Greater Battle: Exceptional Success; 4, 20, 19

Belrauth’s right arms both snap backwards, as if hit by a tidal wave of force, and in that instant you move forward to strike. Your sword moves with an unnatural grace, the golden glow tracing out an elegant path that will fend off his blows and find its mark. Your right foot shifts forward, your body weight grinding into the ground beneath you as it does so as you lower yourself to thrust into Belrauth’s body with all your might. His left maul goes wide as a result, the displaced air from it creating a shockwave great enough that you can feel the armour on your back creaking as a mass of dwarven steel skims over it. That leaves just one arm.

Your arm nearly goes numb, your fingers retaining their strength only from the astral frame throughout your entire body. The golden glow along your sword seems to have become like a vortex as your blade slides along the black Binary Blade of Belrauth. For a brief moment, you worry that your thrust has failed and that you’re going to have to pull back and try again. Then you see it, the flow of the attack now that your foe has left himself open. You summon more strength, for the first time since your body has underwent its recent ‘transformation’, and fill your body with magical power to the brim.

>continued

>>38704228
>Otherwise he would have had some super mega blast stored in the swords from his patron.
Don't assume he hasn't, he could actually have one or more waiting to spring on us as a surprise.
We should be prepared for it.

>There is presumably limits on his swords in how big a blast or how long he can store it.
Potentially, but that doesn't mean there is a limit on how well he can defend. Maybe he can switch really fast, or maybe he can just leave his sword on absorb permanently and the excess beyond the max ability to store is just dissipiated into the environment harmlessly, effectively allowing him to perma tank magic with one sword but not bounce it back at enemies

File: 004.jpg (931 KB, 1000x3750)

931 KB JPG

>>38704431
A roar rings in your ears as your shield slams into your foe’s enormous bulk and he braces his thickset legs to maintain his balance. His sword stabs into the dirt as his arm is knocked down and he desperately avoids cutting himself with his own blade. The moment is here and you surge forwards, glowing brightly as power floods your sword and armour once more and you slash wide with your sword. The roar ends short even as immense pain must be running through Belrauth, as surprise and anger overtakes him. With a clean slash, you’ve taken one of his hands off at the wrist, leaving it with the Binary Sword in the ground. You shift your balance and prepare to follow through.

Then the flow shifts in an instant and you desperately roll to the side. A dwarven greataxe spins overhead, as a pair of noble demons break free from the melee and charge you. Behind them you see Salamander duelling with one of them, her scimitar glowing white-hot as she meets enchanted dwarven steel with a fire hot enough to melt steel on touch. Beside her is Caitlyn, her shield in pieces of the ground as she uses a scaly black talon in its place and fends off a trio of greater demons. Griffin Knights and DracoGriffs surround them, fighting in small groups as the explosions of magic turn a coordinated charge into a reckless melee. For a split second you think that you need to pull them all back, before reality intervenes.

>continued

File: 016.jpg (454 KB, 1920x1200)

454 KB JPG

>>38704459
Esra and the Daerfir charge, their tattoos shining in the moonlight as they eschew armour in favour of their personal talents and regeneration. A hail of glowing arrows flies over their heads as the Rangers punch through the demonic hides with arrows that explode bits and pieces of their targets. The two noble demons that were charging you are dismembered in the same instant that you rise to meet their charge, Esraveel wielding a rune-encrusted scimitar with a grace and speed that leaves the demons unable to match her. Roars of anger come from all around you as magic ripples into the ranks of the demons and bursts of darkness to your right signal Aladria and Felix coming up that side. For now, you have just enough power and momentum to retain the advantage at large.

That just leaves Belrauth, with one sword stuck in the ground and the stub that was once a hand glowing brightly, with an ethereal image of a hand where one once was. He shudders for a second as another blast of force from Vad slams into his chest, and the fox comes short behind you, a trio of mystic fox knights beside him. The demon prince’s face seems to contort with anger, though you don’t know whether it’s at the intervention in the duel or the loss of a hand. You have a split second to make a decision on how to attack next.

>1. Go for the Binary Sword in the ground. You’ll need to drop your shield and wield it with both hands, but it might give you an edge if you can get to it first. And assuming it even works for somebody who isn’t a demon.
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.
>3. Go for the Binary Sword, but not to wield. Instead try to move it as far away as possible, and then try to do the same for the second one. Once disarmed, you can bombard him with as much firepower as you have.
>4. Custom

>>38704484
>>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.

>>38704484
1

Hard choice.

>>38704484
>>1. Go for the Binary Sword in the ground. You’ll need to drop your shield and wield it with both hands, but it might give you an edge if you can get to it first. And assuming it even works for somebody who isn’t a demon.

>>38704484
this is a really hard choice. I love all 3 ideas so much.

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.
I rather doubt we'll be able to do much with the Binary Sword, so let's focus on depriving him of it.

>>38704484
1

>>38704484
2
1 seems stupid as hell

>>38704484
>1 Go for the binary sword
"he desperately avoids cutting himself with his own blade," cmon guys its pretty clear we gotta use this fucker now

>>38704459
>fire hot enough to melt steel on touch.

Shit that ones too easy I'm not even going to do it

>>38704484
>>1. Go for the Binary Sword in the ground. You’ll need to drop your shield and wield it with both hands, but it might give you an edge if you can get to it first. And assuming it even works for somebody who isn’t a demon.

Astral that sword to do our will.

>>38704560
astral magic, I am betting we basically need to roll, bad roll means it drains us and we have to let go, good roll we can wield it. crit means we can wield it and use it to drain him.

>>38704587
Are you actually betting on the dice going your way?
Because holy shit are you retarded if that's true.

>>38704484
>2

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.

Nah I don't trust that sword as far as I can throw it

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.

>>38704484
3

>>38704603
>Are you actually betting on the dice going your way?
No, I am a different anon explaining that this isn't a trap option so much as a high risk high reward option.

>>38704484
1

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.
would we be able to shout to Vlad to move the sword?

>>38704484
>>1. Go for the Binary Sword in the ground. You’ll need to drop your shield and wield it with both hands, but it might give you an edge if you can get to it first. And assuming it even works for somebody who isn’t a demon.

>>38704484
2
Lets NOT gamble with 1

>>38704484
>2. Focus down Belrauth, keep him from having a chance to regenerate or recover the Binary Sword. Disarming him and keeping him from recovering are vital to winning this duel, just like when you fought Volante.
Could we signal Aladria to shadow teleport with the sword at least a small distance away from our duel?

>>38704484
>>1. Go for the Binary Sword in the ground. You’ll need to drop your shield and wield it with both hands, but it might give you an edge if you can get to it first. And assuming it even works for somebody who isn’t a demon.
He was afraid of cutting himself with it. It's bound to do something at lest.

>>38704657
>high risk high reward option.
Still wouldn't bet on it. The dice can immensely fuck us over here and if there's a safer option with no real bad sides I'd much rather take that.

File: 019.jpg (266 KB, 793x1200)

266 KB JPG

2 wins, but a couple of anons have brought up a possible addition to it.

SWORD VOTE
>1. Have Aladria try to remove the sword from the battle. The risk is in her touching it and the fact that you don't know if Belrauth has to be touching it in order to change its state from absord to emit.
>2. Leave the sword where it is and just fight Belrauth.
>3. Custom

>>38704716
>Could we signal Aladria to shadow teleport with the sword at least a small distance away from our duel?
We don't know if it would drain her

>>38704784
>Still wouldn't bet on it
Neither would I, which is why I voted against it. However you are making it out to be a trap option when it is not.

>>38704789
>>2. Leave the sword where it is and just fight Belrauth.

Out of curiosity, what do you guys think of trying to break the swords? We know he's capable of regeneration and that the blades are capable of great magical absorption, but what if we broke the blades physical bodies? Would that hurt the enchantment or temporarily reduce the potency of his gift?

>>38704789
2

>>38704821
>Out of curiosity, what do you guys think of trying to break the swords?
We just hit it at full power while he was swinging at us also at full power, this means that a hit from our combined strength was not enough to break it.

>>38704789
>2. Leave the sword where it is and just fight Belrauth.

Seriously, no need to take chances.

>>38704789
>3. Have foxes secure it.

>>38704789
2

Super lame. Surprised that didn't get a revote.

>>38704876
!
oh hey, foxed do telekinesis! If he can absorb it at a distance, we would know because they would fail to do so. If he can't, then they would be able to telekinesis it out of the way.

>>38704789
>>2. Leave the sword where it is and just fight Belrauth.

>>38704876
actually, since its stuck in the ground, couldn't gnome use earthbending to move the ground around it without actually touching it too?

I'll laugh so hard if we end up securing the Binary Swords and do nothing but mount them as an impressive wallhanger trophy in the keep.

"Yeah, I've got an Infernal's Gift set as ornamentation. P. cool, rite?"

>>38704789
>3. Custom
Have either fox telekinesis or gnome earthbending move the sword without touching it directly.

>>38704980
>>38704789
Supporting the clever approach.

>>38704960
Well if you can figure out how to switch them into emit mode, when inside the keep it would be easy to shrink them to a useful size.

>>38704980
>>38704990
with all this maybe we don't even need to touch the sword, just open up a big-ass hole in the ground and let it drop in

>>38704789
>1. Have Aladria try to remove the sword from the battle. The risk is in her touching it and the fact that you don't know if Belrauth has to be touching it in order to change its state from absord to emit.

>>38705026
Clever, if gnome makes the hole first, he won't notice it until the sword suddenly drops, even if he can switch it to absorb mode in 0.1 seconds, it won't matter, there is nothing to absorb, its just falling into a hole via normal mundane gravity.

>>38705018
>set one to emit and mount it on a turret
>set the other to absorb and have everyone pool absurd amounts of power into it
>glorious magical doom cannon

>>38705097
Nah, attune one and learn to use its powers. use it as our own sword (our current sword is not nearly as nice)
The other we can give to caitlynn to learn to use.

>>38705083
Even aladria could do it really, if she slices a big chunk of the ground away

I somehow get the feeling that if we attune the sword, get it to absorb, and use it to absorb him, we would get an FR point back

>>38704789
>>2. Leave the sword where it is and just fight Belrauth.
The two swords are link. He could possibly control the other as long as he has one at hand.

>>38705026
This

>>38705132
>(our current sword is not nearly as nice)

Our current sword is just a regular greatsword, right? Not even fancy dwarven steel and shit.

File: 021.jpg (265 KB, 1024x512)

265 KB JPG

>2. And 3 (Gnome)

You watch for a brief instant as Belrauth shifts his stance to charge once again, his muscles rippling and tearing with the speed of his movement. You can see that strange, grey light all across his joints and body as he moves faster than his frame is built to stand, the pain and damage it is causing being ignored just as you do when you do the same to yourself. The ethereal image of his hand is surrounded by that same light in a glowing outline of the hand. If you give him the chance then he’s going to replace that hand and pick the sword back up, making your efforts useless.

Your feet crack the dry earth beneath your feet as you shift to face Belrauth, your charging stance from earlier letting you get the edge on him. Magic surges through your veins and into your sword as you leap forward, a shockwave following your wake and creating a warbling sound as you pass the sword wobbling in the ground. Those evil black eyes of the demon trace your movements, and he doesn’t disappoint with a reaction. The ethereal image of his hand vanishes and his arm moves to intercept your blow. You don’t have the time to twist around his block, so you simply take the chance to do more damage. His arm practically disintegrates as you crash into him, your sword not so much as sinking into his flesh as disintegrating it as it impacts. Still, it slows you down enough as magic meets magic and he flicks his maul up to intercept you.

>continued

File: 022.jpg (362 KB, 899x950)

362 KB JPG

>>38705290
Kicking back off the ground, you make a short leap backwards and dodge the maul but he follows through. You block the next blow with your shield, feeling the impact drive you into the ground as the maul crashes into your shield. Once again your blade meets his, as you deflect his final blow, and again it absorbs your magic and you push forward again, frustrated at the amount of energy you need to burn while fighting him. The same trick won’t work twice, however. He shifts backwards in an orderly manner this time, preventing an easy follow-through. You click your tongue and use the chance to enact your next move.

“Gnome, get over here. I need your help,” you say into your sending device.

Unfortunately, that didn’t work as planned – you catch the earth elemental shift but Belrauth notices too. His eyes flicker to the sword and you sense another rush for it coming. You and Vad will need to keep him off it while Gnome…

>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.
>2. Moves it. She won’t be able to add to the battle for some time while she does this.
>3. Hits Belrauth from behind, ignoring the sword and using the distraction against him.
>4. Custom

>>38705242
>Our current sword is just a regular greatsword, right?
Our current sword is anime big, and we recently got some meh enchantment on it IIRC when we visited ahm.

>>38705312

>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.

>>38705312
>>2. Moves it. She won’t be able to add to the battle for some time while she does this.

>>38705312
>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.

>>38705312
>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.
Bottomless hole.

>>38705312
>>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.
Let's see how he likes digging to the center of the earth to get it back.

>>38705312
1

>>38705322
IIRC or sword has always been that big and Aspir has said Talon will typically go through a sword pet battle. They just don't hold up after all that.

>>38705312
>4 Buries it, while also destablizing the ground around it
With any luck, belrauth will trip a bit and we can get his other sword-arm

>>38705312
1

>>38705384
[Insert sexist joke here]
seriously though, it does not need to be bottomless. just deep enough that he can't reach it. even if he sets it to emit, it just means we can't let him catch a large enough attack to blast it back out (although, maybe he could do so with the passive energy he is absorbing from us whenever we lock sword on sword, just by absorbing enough)
but its basically an act of balancing out risks and rewards.
This also allows her to be here to get his second sword if we disarm him again

File: Curian_Halberd.jpg (7 KB, 140x480)

7 KB JPG

>>38705312
>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.

>>38705322
>>38705425
I always hoped we'd switch out for a different weapon.
Wanted to see what kind of scenes Aspie would write with a halberd or maybe even a axe

>>38705425
>IIRC or sword has always been that big
it was, yes. but it wasn't always enchted
we started the quest with anime big sword, now we have anime big sword and its enchanted too (but with meh quality, nothing even remotely close to the binary sword).

>>38704570
But Anon magic fuel can melt steel beams

>>38705471
>I always hoped we'd switch out for a different weapon.
>Wanted to see what kind of scenes Aspie would write with a halberd or maybe even a axe
The thing is, talon is superhumanly strong. Our sword is actually not even sharp, it cuts because we imbue it with magic, and because we are hitting flesh with a slab of metal weighing a fuckton and moving really really fast.
Its not to much as sword as it is a weapon custom built for talon. I don't know how we would go about redesigning a helbred to work for talon. Also, it undermines talons decade of experience with this particular weapon.

>>38705312
>1. Buries it. It might still be able to swap to emit mode.
Bury it.

>>38704570
fire cast by what is literally the strongest fire elemental in the entire world.

>>38705523
That and we had a vote on what kind of weapon we wanted. Sword and board won.

>>38705543
Talon does love burying giant swords deep into holes...

File: 025.jpg (248 KB, 685x1024)

248 KB JPG

>>38705523
Talon's not wielding a Guts-sword or anything like that. Also, he's experienced with a lot of weapons.

>>38704570
Her sword is protected by herself, if that's what you're complaining about. Magic and shit.

>1.

Belrauth slams into you as you block his path and he roars in response, his massive arms knocking you backwards as he desperately charges for his sword before Gnome can have a chance to bury it. Tumbling backwards over the ground, you deftly rise to your feet as he tries another charge. A series of force blasts slam into the ground where he just was as he then demonstrates his acrobatic ability and leaps overhead. Gritting your teeth, you move backwards to guard the sword without getting too close.

Your arm rings as he slams into your shield again and again with a series of repeated blows. You hold fast, relying on Vad and the foxes to knock his blows aside to help you. He’s building up to something you feel. It’s up to you to deny him that and let Gnome do her work.

Speaking of which, you shout, “Gnome, bury it.”

The magic words push Belrauth to a new level as he gives you a shove and leaps backwards, shifting his gaze towards Gnome.

[DC15 Protect Gnome; DC16 Fight Belrauth]

[DC13/17 Greater Battle]

Roll 3d20 please.

>>38705523
We've had a few of hand set up scenes where Talk is practicing with other weapons. Weaponry II or III allows Talon to be more than proficient with anything, he's just always favored the great sword.

I feel like at one point Aspir hinted that different weapons reacted to Talon differently as well. But that might be something I conjured up on my head

Rolled 9, 15, 8 = 32 (3d20)

>>38705620

Rolled 2, 6, 5 = 13 (3d20)

>>38705620

Rolled 14, 13, 1 = 28 (3d20)

>>38705620

Rolled 14, 17, 6 = 37 (3d20)

>>38705620

Rolled 1, 15, 15 = 31 (3d20)

>>38705620

Rolled 17, 5, 8 = 30 (3d20)

>>38705620
Wrenloft you're useless
>>38705635

Rolled 3, 6, 19 = 28 (3d20)

>>38705620

>>38705620
>Talon's not wielding a Guts-sword or anything like that.
he isn't? I distinctly remember you saying that he was.

Rolled 19, 1, 14 = 34 (3d20)

>>38705635
>>38705648
>>38705651
Shit.

>>38705620
>Fail, Fail, crit fail
MOTHERFUCKER!

>>38705635
>>38705648
>>38705651

Fail, fail, dram fail. Fuck. Me. Sideways.

>>38705523
I vaguely remember Aspie said we're justas skilled with all kinds of weapons though

>>38705658
>Wrenloft you're useless
He had the best rolls from all 3 (and by that i mean the least shitty)

>>38705635
>>38705648
>>38705651
Kek, kek, critical kek.
Gnome is dead, Talon is dying, Harrowmont has fallen.

>>38705722
Well our army continues to be shat upon, and now belrauth takes gnome out of the fight and we get repelled without harming him at all.

File: 1320397486604.jpg (183 KB, 656x425)

183 KB JPG

>>38705671
It's done guys, Aspiring Peasant Quest starts now
>>38705720
He didn't save us, i hold him accountable

>>38705720
And yet he was still completely useless.

Should have just taken the sword. Get ready for Gnome to eat a blast.

At least we got a 20 on the greater battle the first time, so it should offset how poorly this goes. I'll roll with these punches but damn do they hurt.

File: 1396358482311.gif (1.44 MB, 355x277)

1.44 MB GIF

>this siege

File: 026.jpg (220 KB, 669x1024)

220 KB JPG

Just a reminder that FR points apply to a chain, so one would give exceptional successes to both the first two rolls (though you'd still take losses and get pushed back a bit with your army).

If anybody wants to go into negative FR points.

>>38705843
Nah. We are not desperate yet.

>>38705843
>If anybody wants to go into negative FR points.
wow, its that bad a result then? ouch!

>>38705843
God I want to. I'm just worried as fuck it'll go to hell

>>38705843
Can we get a bit of time to discuss, aspie? I'm for it but I'm sure there are legit reasons against

>Fucking rolls
This wall is cursed I tell you. We did naught but fail since we started holding demons off at these walls.

>>38705843
What are the negative effects? I'm sure we will get one from this battle, so if the side effects aren't to terrible I think we should

>>38705843
Remind me what negative FR does again?

>>38705843
I think we should hold off on that for now. We had the advantage and now we lost it and then some, but this is not the end. This is a tough fight and this much struggle should be expected.
We can use it if things get more desperate.

>>38705843
On the one hand, turning both of those into crit successes probably wins us the battle.
If we leave it as a fail, I expect he would have regenerated, lightly injured gnome, and acquired his sword back.
This wasn't a crit fail so gnome is definitely not gonna die or even taken out entirely of the fight... probably...
I am really afraid of negative FR spending because of sanity checks... I don't think we can repair sanity.

The problem is that the loss of momentum here could really fuck us over in terms of the overall battle.

>>38705978
the thing is, the more desperate things are, the harder the DCs, the more fail we accrue, the more deeper into negative FR we must burn to recover/survive.

>>38705843
Nah, I want to see who ges ganked.

>>38705978
My argument against that would be that if we are in fact planning on going to the negative, i doubt we'd get as much value again as a dramatic success on all three rolls
I'm voting yes on the assumption that any sanity checks we would have to vote on cane eventually be repaired

I think this fail will take Gnome out of the battle, same way the one with Finn did. I don't know if we can risk that.

File: 028.jpg (104 KB, 550x825)

104 KB JPG

>>38705880
>>38705946
Well, drawing on FR points effectively drains your perception of reality. Going into the negatives means you're letting the 'other' that is the source of your power (or close enough) be the source of your power instead of your 'excess sanity'. This also ties in a bit with the stuff that Baelrus and Raphael were talking about.

Basically, the effects of going into the negatives will be permanent even once you get out of them. It will permanently warp Talon a little bit, or a lot if you go too much into the negatives.

Anyway, support isn't really there just yet.

>>38705843
Spend FR

Also, I really wish we hadn't wasted that FR last thread.

>>38705965
We don't know exactly what it does, only that it is bad and we believe it forces sanity checks.

>>38706049
Doooon't spend FR.

>>38706031
We may not need to go into negatives to win this though.

>>38706049
>Basically, the effects of going into the negatives will be permanent even once you get out of them. It will permanently warp Talon a little bit, or a lot if you go too much into the negatives.
huh, irrepairable sanity loss? ... harsh.

The big thing is, unless we get really really good rolls in subsequent rounds, then we are going to have to dip heavily into negative FR to avoid having some named chars dying.

>>38706057
>Also, I really wish we hadn't wasted that FR last thread.
We didn't waste it, failing then would also have been pretty goddamn horrible.
>>38706049
No FR then, if that's the consequence.

>>38706049
Yeaaahhhh I'd rather only spend the FR into the negatives if someone important is about to die, or they are threatening the source.

>Spend FR point and go into negative.
>Roll to see how bad the effects are.
>Another nat1
>It keeps happening

File: 1391312258907.gif (1.96 MB, 306x235)

1.96 MB GIF

>>38705965
things get spoopy

trust me, you don't want this quest to get spoopy

>>38706049
Don't do it

>>38706149
>Don't spend FR
>Gnome taken out of the fight, enemy recovers
>Roll for next round
>Nat 1
>Spend FR to into negatives to save her life
>He is still full recovered and has his sword back
>Nat 1 again
>Spend more FR into negatives to save other named heroes.
>etc

This one FR will pretty much win us the fight. If we don't spend it, we will have to roll really really well... or burn more FRs

People die.

>>38706250
Ugh whatever changing
>>38706193
To burn the point! Let's see some character development

>>38706363
When they are killed

>>38706421
You lost me.

File: 031.jpg (488 KB, 1024x498)

488 KB JPG

>Protect Gnome: Target not met; 9, 2, 14
>Greater Battle: Dramatic Failure; 8, 5, 1

Leaping to cover Gnome, you make your first real mistake in this battle. Belrauth never really lost sight of his opponent and you misread the flow due to the way he seems to make decisions in split seconds. With a crash, his maul slams straight into your chest and through your guard as you’d expected to intercept an attack meant for Gnome rather than yourself. If that’s the worst of it though, then it’s worth it.

Things can always get worse, and that’s exactly what happens. Belrauth slams one of his fists into you, knocking you backwards and then leaps backwards. It takes you a second to realise why he’d be retreating from the sword the way he is and in that second it’s too late.

The runes on your armour light up as your vision vanishes in a bright flash of light. You feel the ground beneath you collapsing and muster all your strength to keep yourself upright once you stand and rush to where Gnome was. You can feel the impact within your bones, your armour having only kept out the rush of heat that had exploded outwards. A massive hole in the ground has formed where the Binary Sword was, and the ground around it is collapsing inwards to fill the unnatural void. You don’t see Gnome anywhere and can only barely feel her.

The explosion had rattled the entire battlefield, just like the disruption of the devil’s magicks. Knights are thrown to and fro, along with demons who have been knocked down. The rally of the Daerfir and other knights is now a scattered mess of soldiers among demons and you see countless more charging towards your position. You need to pull out now and get Sylph to teleport Gnome to safety.

>continued

>>38706250
>>38706193
in the last thread, aspie said if they break through the crown wall its a running melee till one side loses... or we can just end this thing here and fucking now. I'm voting use it

File: 033.jpg (513 KB, 1280x904)

513 KB JPG

>>38706547
It’s then that another great red ring of magic suddenly bursts to life. You brace yourself for another explosion but it doesn’t come. There’s no disruption magic, no saving grace to stop the devil. In an instant, he lets loose a blast of energy far weaker than before, having sacrificed power for a faster casting time. A great arc of light in the shape of a red lance snaps out from the ring and the explosion atop the walls rattles the stone and the earth. And your heart. The wall itself is intact, and you see the mage barriers manually erected over the tower collapsing, as the great steel structure itself seems to fall partly inwards and screams ring out. The archers and mages outside the tower remain unharmed, the concentrated nature of the magic unable to harm them and they rush to aid the fallen mages.

You need to get the hell out, and get Gnome and everybody else out. Your ranged support has faltered and the charge is in massive disarray. Until Mal and Sylph are up again, you don’t have anything to stop that devil.

>Fight Belrauth: Target not met; 15, 6, 13

A maul slams into your back and reminds you of other immediate concerns, and you snap your mind back to the present as you roll back onto your feet after the impact. Belrauth roars in triumph, even missing one of his swords, and shows you the closed fist that belongs to the arm you just destroyed.

“Know your place, mortal. Know your death,” he says, and then leaps at you.

>continued

File: 035.jpg (267 KB, 720x1100)

267 KB JPG

>>38706570
Your mind and body are rattled, with your energy running low. This would be the point that you’d pull back but while your troops rise to their feet and desperately try to rally amidst the enormous melee, you can’t risk Belrauth turning on them. Blow after blow hammers down on you, most being shrugged off by the combined power of your regeneration and sturdiness. Then you miss a parry of his sword and scream in pain as your magic fails you. The black sword rakes across your stomach, the magic absorption within it cutting through your armour and seeming to drain your power. It feels like the sword is ablaze with fire and you desperately leap away, tripping and rolling down the crate towards where the sword had stood.

You quickly check your armour, confirming that it’s enchantments are still in place. Laughter, deep and cruel, echoes down the crater and you look around as you sense Gnome. You spot her upper body covered in a pile of stone and dirt, unconscious from the earlier explosion and blood marring her face. You…

>1. Pull out, grab Gnome and pull back within the walls, relying on the remaining mage-knights, men-at-arms and archers nearby to cover your retreat.
>2. Try to rally right outside the gate, avoiding an outright retreat while becoming more organised.
>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.
>4. Custom

>>38706600
>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.

>>38706600
"No."

>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.

Not. One. Step. Back.

>>38706600
>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.

>>38706600
3

I knew this was going to take Gnome out.

>>38706547
>Things can always get worse, and that’s exactly what happens. Belrauth slams one of his fists into you, knocking you backwards and then leaps backwards. It takes you a second to realise why he’d be retreating from the sword the way he is and in that second it’s too late.
So wait, he pushed us towards the sword and then have it release all its collected energy?
AHA! I called it, he really DID come into battle with the sword fully charged of energy

>>38706600
>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.

We really do need to deal with this fucker, if he goes down, the army is far less of a problem with the only real threat being the other devil. But if Belrauth goes I'm sure most of the army will decide it's time to leave.

File: 1357781193679.gif (961 KB, 245x250)

961 KB GIF

>>38706600
>>3. Keep fighting, despite your worries. You have a lot of power here. You just need to get the wounded out and keep Belrauth under control until Taira can get back here.
Just caught up. Retreat now, is death.

>>38706600
>>2. Try to rally right outside the gate, avoiding an outright retreat while becoming more organised.

>>38706600
I am not quite seeing the difference between 2 and 3.

>>38706600
>2 rally outside the gate
No need to be stubborn, we can hold them at a place of relative advantage

>>38706751
To be frank, if we go back to the gate it'll turn into us fighting in the gateway with Belrauth while demons swarm past us to fight our men who got the fuck out of the way for our fight with Belrauth.

>>38706750
Rallying would be giving up the sword, 3 is keeping the sword out combat.

>>38706049
Fine. Spend it.

>>38706848
Too late. shit already hit the fan

>>38706600
>2. Try to rally right outside the gate, avoiding an outright retreat while becoming more organised.

>>38706600

>2

>>38706833
That's possible, but I feel like our men could hold better against the numbers if we had a choke point rather than on the open field

>>38706600
3

Damn, this is turning out to be bloody as hell.

I wonder how the York empire's inhabitants will view this siege, or the outside factions once news spread out.

>>38706922
I would go with it, too, my years of playing TW and having common sense says it's a great idea. But the cost if we fail to hold the choke point is far worse than if we fail with the third option of staying put, if we fail option 3 we can retreat to the choke point.

But I may just be too paranoid.

>>38706974
I wonder what will make bigger waves, how far the demons got, or the fact that we stopped a 20k strong army of demons.

>>38706600
3 We have done some progress. Lets keep trying

Our last DC was 15 to protect gnome and 16 to fight him, and 13 for army.
Now that shit hit the fan, we can expect those DC to be higher.
that being said, if we fail again we can hopefully burn an FR this time. And I really don't want to let him recover.

>>38707014
Haven't stopped it yet, anon!

>>38706570
>Know your place, mortal
Heh, he thinks talon is a mortal, that is adorable

File: 036.jpg (182 KB, 1000x682)

182 KB JPG

>3.

No. You’re not going to let yourself fail here, not with so much at stake. Pulling back now would be meaningless – merely making the casualties here completely wasted. You need to end Belrauth, here and now. Then it will all be over.

You pull Gnome out of the ground, holding her against you as you call for teleportation out. You can see the behemoth standing far above you and don’t have much time. Right before you drop Gnome to fight him and keep her safe, Karise of all people warps in. She doesn’t say anything, her face pained, and it’s only a moment later that she teleports out with Gnome. There’s no comfort from the action, however. Aladria should have been the first to react. Things are going very, very wrong.

With the laughter above having stopped, you decide to let Belrauth know that you’re not dead yet. You grip your sword tightly, feeling its weight in your hand, and make one more charge. The battle has risen around you again, with shouts, screams and the clatter of steel on steel. Warping sensations, surges of magic and bursts fill your senses, trying to distract you. The flow of the battle tells you that you can allow no more mistakes here. You’ve lost too much as it is.

[DC16 Charge Belrauth; DC16 Fighting Belrauth]

[DC14/18 Greater Battle]

>>38707063
But we will! I believe in our glorious Emperor Talon!

Rolled 2, 16, 15 = 33 (3d20)

>>38707102

Rolled 20, 6, 14 = 40 (3d20)

>>38707102

Rolled 2, 14, 1 = 17 (3d20)

>>38707102
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Rolled 5, 2, 8 = 15 (3d20)

>>38707102

Rolled 7, 8 = 15 (2d20)

>>38707102

>>38707140
YOU FUCK

>>38707140
SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? YOU HAD TO ROLL THAT ONE?!?!

>>38707140
Aaaaaaah Fuck burn a point we need to finish this

>>38707140
>>38707125
>>38707124
So, we start to fuck Belrauth up, but the army forces our men back and fucks them up. Huh

>>38707124
>>38707125
>>38707140

Dram Success, roll over to a pass, regular fail.

My emotions can't handle this.

>>38707124
YES! Passed rolled 2 and 3.
>>38707125
FUCK YEA! I rolled a 20! pls nobody fuck this up
>>38707140
>nat 1
ARRRRGGGH!
on the plus side, our totals are
>Crit success
>Success
>Normal failure

File: 037.jpg (289 KB, 1200x502)

289 KB JPG

>>38707124
>>38707125
>>38707140
>Charge Belrauth: Exceptional Success; 2, 20, 2
>Fighting Belrauth: Target Met; 16, 6, 14
>Greater Battle: Autofail; 15, 14, 1

Welp, brace for huge post due to those first two results.

File: 1380873387201.gif (1.66 MB, 323x386)

1.66 MB GIF

>>38707140
All the god damn time. Get hype seeing our rolls then last one is a fucking 1 ALL THE TIME! Annihilates my hype and good time.

>>38707167
No need quite yet. I would suggest burning into the negitives mostly only if not doing so would burn a Fate Point.

Because it's honestly better to be slightly warped then it would be to lose Gnome or dragon waifu for good.

>>38707235
Pretty suspicious we've been getting all these ones... EH BLACKWATER?

>>38707235
Brother, I understand.

It reminds me of the crackbitchery in HMQ but x10.

>>38707186
The fact that the crit success was for talon is actually important. since talon gains astral advancement from personal crit successes in battle.
It is probably not enough to let us level up astral again so soon. but it takes us one step towards the next astral levelup

>>38707235
I am just really glad this wasn't a bunch of dram fails
regular fail i can live with.

Heck, if we win here we probably gain an FR... which we can immediately burn on mass healing our survivers

>>38707280
Im not Blackwater, you are!

File: 1422818702321.png (42 KB, 244x263)

42 KB PNG

>>38707235
And here's me all out of my back up whiskey.

Fuck man

>>38707362
No YOU are Blackwater! Wait...

>>38707280
>>38707362
>>38707420
PEERRRRIIIIIIINNN!!!!!!

>>38707420
I are us. Us are I.

>>38707362
No, I am Spartacus!

>>38707447
Ah geeze get out of here Volante, I was just talking with Blackwater.

>>38707362
>>38707420
We are all the Blackwater! We are LEGION!

>>38707478
Spartacus am Blackwater!

I guess the new thing is when we roll multiple 1's in a thread Blackwater starts shitposting. Fucking ghostchan.

>>38707414

I actually went out to buy more after last night.

I think by heart will survive this quest, not so much my liver

>>38707420
>>38707475
>>38707362
>>38707504
Pay no attention to these troublemakers, Blackwater is an urban legend

>>38707519
>Blackwater starts shitposting
He is still butthurt over what talon did to his nation. So he is trolling us.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38707414
Don't worry. I'm here to save you.

>>38707519
I'm still waiting for the bbeg to be Blackwater all along. Kushian was actually Blackwater and hes been chillin as a vamp for ever fucking with nations for the hell of it.

This is why I don't like autofail systems. Specially on a d20.

Things to do after the battle
>Statue of us crushing Bel's Neck and other demons with our foot with a triumph/defiant fist raised high
>Fuck Huge plaque or engraving of the names of every soldier who fell this day the griffins of the empire
>Gain new trait : Preferred Enemy Demons

>>38707628

also got remember to nab dem sweet sweet Binary Blades

>>38707628
And thus we started a crusade to make the Big Guy in hell apologize individually to every family that lost someone in this siege.

>>38707624
well, our system is more generous than most. its weighed in our favor. 20 + 1 = highest DC success
1 + pass the DC with another roll = regular failure.

>>38707628
>>38707643
>the first two Valkyrie patterns to distinguish themselves in battle get to wield a binary blade each
>the next generation of harem protagonist ends up with qt magic AI 'sisters'
Just as planned.

>>38707643
oh yea, gotta attune them.

>>38707628
Not every demon. I say we just demand the heads of everyone involved in this... I bet they would comply too since the person behind this attack is probably much weakened and his political enemies would be out to tear him down.

>>38707704
That's mostly because nat 1s are a pretty big deal in general. So a string of them can really fuck things up.

>>38707628

I know what we do. We turn the wall behind the fuck huge stairway up to the Imperial Academy into a memorial Wall.

File: 039.jpg (194 KB, 1280x640)

194 KB JPG

>Charge Belrauth: Exceptional Success; 2, 20, 2
>Fighting Belrauth: Target Met; 16, 6, 14
>Greater Battle: Autofail; 15, 14, 1

Pain drives you forward at a pace you’ve never felt before. You slam into Belrauth with your shield, your magic then exploding out from your shield like a miniature astral arrow. He lets out a roar of surprise as he’s knocked backwards, his mauls unable to absorb the power unleashed like his sword. You take another thunderous step forwards, the fragile ground exploding into dust as your plated boot collides with it, and bring your greatsword crashing down on Belrauth. He’s off balance, with his left side pushed further backwards from your shield-bash explosion and so all he can do is block with his right side.

Your sword is glowing with a brightness that reflects the rage within your heart, the pain of your beloved comrades suffering at the hands of this monster transforming into raw anger. Not even dwarven steel can withstand your fury and the haft gives way like paper. So too do both his arms, as your sword drives further and further in its arc. Only the beginnings of Belrauth’s guttural fury can be uttered in response, as your momentum will not be stopped. You will end this now and forever more.

Another red lightning blast ripples across the battlefield, screams joining it but you cannot spare a thought for your men. You must end this before you can help them, as much as it pains your heart. You hear a scream from Salamander as a great and furious fire explodes from the battlefield, and you hear the collapse of stonework as the impacts of the battle rock it to the foundations. Demons are swarming past you and your men, charging the gates and rangers even as they slam open to reveal hundreds more mage-knights charging out to aid you and your men. Battle cries rise up from both sides and from the walls as arrows pour down and steel meets demonhides.

>continued

File: 041.jpg (456 KB, 900x569)

456 KB JPG

>>38708077
Your mind comprehends this, but your heart sees only the enormous demon before you, collapsing as you press your assault. Earth gives way to your sword as you finish your arc but Gnome’s element will not betray. Cannot betray you. With a mighty cry from your lips, you surge forwards and slam your pommel into Belrauth’s face with a leap. Golden light turns into a furious explosion upon impact and buries the demon’s own cry of rage beneath yours. The ground rumbles from the impact of his collapse upon it even as you fall into a roll and rise to your feet.

Turning, you dismiss the pair of noble demons around you with two deft slashes of your sword. You will not be delayed by mere pests. You have a duty. You have ambition. You will not be denied. The wound across your stomach throbs in sympathy as Belrauth rises, that strnage ethereal image appearing across his body, including his now warped face. Grey lines form around them. You give him a smile, invisible beneath your helmet. How quaint. He thinks you’re going to wait.

You surge forwards, an explosive arc of lightning churning apart the ground where you once stood. Paying it no heed, you eye down your foe. He rises to his feet as fast as you could possibly manage, more grey light searing his body as his destroys himself in an effort to prevent you from slaying him. Your shield meets his maul, turning the tides as modern dwarven steel shows its might and turns aside corrupted relics from long past. His sword misses its mark, a desperate blow thrown off by your might and speed and goes overhead. Dodging it does force you lower, however.

>continued

File: 051.jpg (148 KB, 708x965)

148 KB JPG

>>38708097
If you can’t remove his arms then you’ll just have to go for the vitals. Your sword buries itself deep into the monster’s chest, his sheer size and bulk being able to compete with your power. You let his roar sound out in full, as full of pain and despair as it is. With his chest reduced to steaming hole in his previously mighty bulk, the Demon Prince Belrauth collapses on his back. He holds only one of the Binary Swords, his only means of defence. His mane is once again quiet and his black eyes hold a fear of death that the lesser demons had not comprehended.

You feel the battlefield around you halt, as the desperate roar of one of the generals brings even this furious melee to a sudden end. You raise your sword, golden light building up around it en masse. It’s time to end it.

“By the might of The York Empire,” you bellow, even as Belrauth desperately points his sword at you, “I declare this battle over.”

The Binary Sword flashes white for a moment but you stand firm. The smallest, most infinitesimal flash of light bursts from it and dissipates on the magic runes of your armour. Then you lower your sword and end this battle. The two halves of the demon collapse completely, the sword clattering as it falls upon stray rocks around him. The battlefield is silent for but a moment.

“You will regret your victory here. My Queen does not allow stains on her reputation to remain for long,” comes a deep baritone from nearby and you look up to see a man as large as yourself with blackened skin like charcoal and embers for eyes. The devil.

You catch his gaze, locked onto the Binary Sword. This man was a summoner. You needed to act fast.

[DC18 Binary Swords]

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38708117
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH: The Second

File: Take my hand.jpg (334 KB, 640x960)

334 KB JPG

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38708117
Hey boys, I heard you need some help?

It was always my headcanon that Blackwater looked like Aizen. Tall, blond, fond of white, never took anything seriously, and everything was "according to plan."

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>38708117

Blackwater saving the motherfucking day!

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>38708117
RULES OF NATURE

>>38708140
>>38708133
Blackwater a shit.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>38708117

oh god

>>38708143
It was never destined to be.

>>38708133
>>38708140
>>38708143
You suck, Perrin.

>>38708140
>>38708143

Just as planned.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>38708143

5 seconds too late

>>38707362
>>38708125
>>38708133
Goddammi-
>>38708143
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Curse you, Blackwater!!!!!

>>38708125
you with the screams, have some dignity man

>>38708143

God. Fucking. DAMNIT!

So close, so fucking close! Fucking son of a whore, what good is a battle without the proper war prizes!

do we warp Talon a bit with a -FR point to get them?

>>38708231
Is that you, Blackwater?

File: image.jpg (64 KB, 359x363)

64 KB JPG

>>38708143
....Fuck... Just fuck

>>38708140
One of these days, I'll get you for this!
>Shakes fist impotently at Blackwater

>>38708231
It honestly might be a good idea. Mostly because I think -1 probably won't be all that bad compared to what could happen soon.

>>38708226
I'll take living people over swords for 2000000000 thanks.

>>38708307

Why? The swords could be useful. The living people not so much.

>>38708143

This is so legitimately deflating. Really thought the Binary Swords were our big prize for winning the siege, now we just have a ruined Harrowmont and a lot of dead men.

>>38708125
>>38708133
>>38708140
>>38708143
You know what, I am ok with it.
The devil taking away the binary sword and running? fine with me.
We won, it was a whirlwind of emotions and pain and suffering and death. but we won.

File: image.jpg (244 KB, 1024x728)

244 KB JPG

>>38708307
You know...

He's got a point fuck those swords
Fuck that roll
Raise a mug and cheer lads!
The big bastards DEAD!

>>38708307
What if the swords are living people?
Maybe remnants of a sufficiently powerful dead infernal cling to their external gifts, eventually coalescing into a new infernal?

>>38708364
We Gnome around we could probably get the keep back up to par pretty soon and this was mostly a small army anyway.

It also helped prove the effectiveness of the Nightwalkers and we can list "Repelled an army of demons." As an accomplishment now.

I dont see why people thought we would be getting his swords at all. They were one of his gifts and an inherent part of him. Logically destroying or banishing him also removes the swords.

>>38708296
>Inb4 we have to roll not to murder one of our companions from time to time at -1 san.

File: 058.jpg (903 KB, 1024x766)

903 KB JPG

>Target not met

You brace yourself for another charge, even as your magical reserves are running dry. Those swords are your spoils of war – you aren’t going to let them be taken away by some coward who never even joined the battle. The dirt crunches beneath your feet as you leap forward, the devil holding a card in his hand.

It’s too late, however. You sword collides with a barrier around him, seeming to rob you of your momentum. You prepare to make another swing from within the barrier but the card then bursts into black flame. Those flaming red eyes gaze at you for a second, completely bereft of any emotion or insight, and then he vanishes in a burst of flame.

An expanding blast of magic bursts out from the devil, passing through you harmlessly. Everything it touches that is infernal in nature bursts into flame, too. Belrauth’s body, the Binary Swords, the hundreds of demons standing amidst the corpses and still living soldiers of your army. In an instant, all evidence of the demons has vanished. Even the metal spike of the siege engine outside the walls is gone, leaving just the wreckage of the towers and the great charred ground beneath, where the molten infernal steel had touched the ground. All that remains is the death and destruction, and the many dwarven rune weapons.

Cheers fill the air. Raucous shouts of joy and relief from all around you. It’s deafening, the joy and delight of the soldiers. Soon it’s joined by even more noise from further away, as even those who weren’t at the battlefront realise that the demons are vanquished. You collapse to your knees as you realise what has just happened.

>continued

File: 060.jpg (61 KB, 491x799)

61 KB JPG

>>38708467
You’ve fought off the first large-scale demon invasion in centuries. Defeated a demon prince who had vanquished a veritable company of dwarven rune-knights, some of the mightiest warriors on Gauron. This was your victory and something to savour, for all the pain and suffering.

>You now have Strength 6; you have surpassed mortal limits and are now a being of giant-like strength.
>You now have Magic 5; you have power to rival all but the greatest of mages, making you a magic-user with few equals
>You now have Charisma 5; your ability to persuade and lead is legendary. You could convince an army of peasants to siege The Last Retreat.
>Gnome is now Level 3; her power is much increased
>You now have a maximum of 4 FR Points at once
>All your FR points are regained; you have 4/4 FR points

I'm going to quickly have lunch and then write the scene for when morning comes and reinforcements arrive.

>>38708499

I assume that our reinforcements are going to be used as additional manpower in cleaning up while our Engineering Corps and Elementals get to repairing the damage...

>>38708499
My beautiful walls... Don't mind me just crying over the wreckage.

Damn what a good fight. I'm happy with how things ended up, enjoyed being and to utilize so much of the city. Even if it destroyed it. Really put a great importance on or defenses. However, I won't let then get this far again. My moat will see to that.

>>38708499
>You now have Strength 6; you have surpassed mortal limits and are now a being of giant-like strength.
>You now have Magic 5; you have power to rival all but the greatest of mages, making you a magic-user with few equals
Fuck the world Talon York is here

>You now have Charisma 5; your ability to persuade and lead is legendary. You could convince an army of peasants to siege The Last Retreat.
W..will this be relevant Aspi?

>>38708499
The adventures of godmode Talon and his runic weapon-wielding knights begin, today!

>>38708499
Huh, I was honestly expecting flow animation to level up soon.

File: 1397518884468.jpg (40 KB, 296x296)

40 KB JPG

>>38708499
>You now have Charisma 5; your ability to persuade and lead is legendary. You could convince an army of peasants to siege The Last Retreat.
Only one way to find out.

Also, anyone else feeling a bit disappointed at how lackluster the siege ended? Not in the sense that we didn't gain much from it, but that everything just -poof- blinked out of existence.

Now comes the worst part of any battle: Casualty report and Damage assessment.

Captcha: Arail. Oh god is he okay? Captcha gods have me worried.

>>38708499
Ya'know, I would have expected Felix to get something out of this. We practically one-shotted a demon general together.

>>38708499
>Those loots and levelups
holy fuck yea!

>>38708499

4 FR points is golden.

And magic 5 is godly.

>>38708442
Nah. It honestly feels to me more like allowing that natural state of Talon more control. Talons instincts don't really seem that crazy so much as dogmatic. Warping I think is different then full blown insanity.

>>38708499
Holy shit those bonuses. And Im so glad Gnome got a boost because her getting taken out like that is going to destroy her pride.

>>38708548
Infernals don't breath, Architectanon.
Also, you forgot spikes/blades at the top and base of walls.
And maybe also steel plating to make the walls harder to climb/more resilient.
And we should look into ways to make backup wards in case more Baelri show up.

>>38708660
I don't think Aspie's gotten to Felix yet, there's no way he didn't level from feeding on all those noble demons

>>38708660
I expect a lot of our Hero units to level up as well. Felix certainly absorbed enough energy. Finn is probably the only one that won't.

I imagine the dwarven weapons will make good gifts as well, need to make sure the dwarves at least see the gesture.

>>38708748

Felix's feeding ability only gives temporary boosts, though his constant usage during heavy combat might have done something...

>>38708548
We should also use the HMAA purchasing option we have to reinforce our southern frontier. We have the spare cash for it.

File: image.jpg (54 KB, 372x427)

54 KB JPG

>>38708467
>>38708499
FUCK YES WE WON
WE FUKING WON
EAT SHIT YOU INFERNAL FAGGOTS

>>38708722

The moat is more of a larger scale version of the canal, only not in the middle of the district. It'll do exactly what it needs to. Plus that expansion has tons of small details as it is.

>>38708802
He has Consume. If you read that under his char sheet it says its permanent.

>>38708802
from the GDOC
>Consume I - by combining your shadow and blood powers, you may feed on a weakened magical person or being and sap their essence as they die. This takes a length of time proportionate to the target’s power. The more magical power consumed, the more power permanently gained. This is the only known way for you to become stronger, apart from very long stretches of time.
I'm sure he got at least one consume in

>>38708802
>Felix's feeding ability only gives temporary boosts
No, it explicitly gives permanent boost
Every vampire in existence can feed on foes for temp boosts, felix is unique in that the boost is permanent.
However, this comes with complete inability to gain power any other way.
This is what makes him so dangerous, he could easily become the most powerful being in the world if he grinds combat just the right way

>>38708839
And the canal was only any use at all because Undine was using it as a trap.
Infernals don't really care about water, the moat itself wouldn't do shit.

>>38708802
Nah. The feeding power is inherited from Aladria and part of what makes her "Whatthefuckisthis?" Is that she can artificially level herself up by eating souls. Felix's "Damage and absorb your magic" Though is temporary.

Although I don't remember if he actually used that technique like ever.

>>38708837
Never had victory been more elegant.
I too feel this way Anon.

>>38708467
>All that remains is the death and destruction, and the many dwarven rune weapons.
Neat! A bunch of runic dwarf weapons...
I noticed though it was mentioned earlier that they were corrupted.

>>38708927
Might be able to trade em back to the Dwarfs for modern stuff.

File: Czech Hedgehogs.jpg (375 KB, 1280x960)

375 KB JPG

>>38708548
>>38708839
>>38708722
I've got an idea about the whole climbing thing actually. Let's develop the meanest, most wicked metal hedgehogs ever, and mount them on our walls starting from the bottom to the middle. The metal ought to be strong and heavy enough to dissuade any but the strongest demons or humans from taking a lateral approach to our fortifications.

>>38708896
Anon that's the point, Undine can utilize the entire thing. It's a heavy defensive line, and not entirely meant to repel just demons.

In fact Aspirational has mentioned how much larger this invasion would have been of the moat had been built already. It has a lot of weight defensively.

>>38708886
>unique

He inherited it from Aladria anon. So it's not unique to him.

>>38708964
We should also include armored control stations for her to to her ritual control in the design.

>>38708952
Why not mechanisms and holes that let spikes shoot out them?

File: 066.jpg (111 KB, 970x547)

111 KB JPG

>>38708622
It's close.

>>38708630
The infernals would have to have ways to just bug out en masse. Otherwise they'd have huge issues getting in and out of Gauron. It ties in with why there's so little evidence of them doing occasional invasions.

Plus, those weren't Belrauth's troops so the devil pulled them out once victory was impossible.

>>38708660
Troops and other folks aren't covered yet. I probably won't cover them this thread at all, beyond a rough casualty estimate. They're going to need a bit of work.

>>38708927
They're not actually corrupted, that was just a throwaway line about how they've been owned by demons for ages.

>>38708964
Well, not just the moat but the huge defensive structures combined with it.

>>38708987
That are tied together with underground tunnels filled with water, so she can move between them quickly.

>>38708952
Uh, I meant vertical. I don't why I typed in lateral. That's just silly.

>>38708993
We'd need to compromise the outer layer of the wall, and somehow have resupply those traps as the enemy activates them/destroys them during siege. Embedding hedgehogs strengthens the wall if anything, and they're there permanently.

>>38708993
You left out the poison.
Also, fill the moat with pattern mermaids armed with tridents that shoot FMK blasts and fishing nets.

>>38708987
It would be a good idea to get enchanted zone of protection. On the other hand it also might block her view unless we stuck something like an enchantment to make it clear one way.

>>38708499
Well, that's an awesome enough haul that I'm not quite as angry at Blackwater anymore.
Probably exactly what he wants, the bastard.
Lulling us into a fals sense of securtiy so he can strike at us again for even greater damage.

>>38708987

Or something similar yes. Harrowmont's defenses actually rely a lot on Undine, because she's an absolute defensive monster. Granted any mundane army would be smashed without her, but large scale bads have their with cut out for them.

>>38708952

Anon I like it, I like it a lot. There was a special project with the new expansion that required dwarven steel, I'm sure we can get them to part with some more.

>>38709028
So, have the Daerfir been enjoying their stay in our empire so far?

>>38709063
Nah I mean the imperial lever puller back inside the castle pulls a lever and the spike shoots out and you pull the lever again and it retracts.

I didn't mean for it to be a projectile would that still be problematic?

>>38709028
Undine was super useful in this. We should have a few mages summon water familiars to take advantage of our canal, and later the moat as a defensive weapon

>>38709072
Honestly I would suggest just building something like Patterns based off of Undine. Water control 1 or so.

Although once she starts fucking with the water then they might have issues. So it might work better as something like a tunneler unit that has water control one and long range attacks. Burrow underground to avoid notice then when under attack jump out like a Hollywood movie monster.

>>38709217
>>38709235
These should be discussed at some point

>>38708630
>Also, anyone else feeling a bit disappointed at how lackluster the siege ended? Not in the sense that we didn't gain much from it, but that everything just -poof- blinked out of existence.
No, I am not bothered in the least. I don't think it was lackluster at all, it was epic followed by a cooldown of them running away and us getting a sneak peak of the next BBEG

>>38709217
We really should have Sarah summon La's water sister, she's open I believe.

It's actually ridiculous how OP Undine is with water. With her build Harrowmont's walls I honestly don't believe we can lose now.

>>38709289
>We really should have Sarah summon La's water sister, she's open I believe.
Yeah, though we were basically told to wait a bit for Sarah to get some gains so she's more impressive. And for the Farlou situation to stabilize.

>>38709289
I think we need more summons in general. Getting Arail set up with a familiar has been thrown around forever.

Might be something we invest time in at the Imperial Academy.

>>38709289
We should also replace all of Harrowmont's Archer and MaA garrison with AAs and MMKs.
No extra upkeep cost, and it makes our base even more secure.

>>38709289
A big thing to worry about is an invasion while we are out elsewhere leading to no Undine or Talon. We shouldn't base our defenses around only her so much as have her defense power as a side benefit.

A big thing to worry about right now is foes that can just say "Fuck your shit." and get past the water.

>>38709147
>Or something similar yes. Harrowmont's defenses actually rely a lot on Undine, because she's an absolute defensive monster.
Its also the fact that of the elemental sisters, she was the highest level at the time. And since skills rise exponentially going from water manip 2 to water manip 3 was like going from level 4 to level 9.
Now that talon finally leveled up his magic to 5, gnome also leveled up. Still not even close to her true power. But now on par with undine

>>38709028
I can already tell I'm not going to like the amount of NKs we lost. Not one bit. Those bastards took most of the punishment by far.

>>38709217
>We should have a few mages summon water familiars
We have already created a culture in the TYE that encourages familiars. Summoning a familiar is basically marriage, its a matter of personality.
Also, most water elementals can't do nearly as well as her. Its not so much water being uber as undine herself being uber.

>>38709386
In about a year or so I think we will have the fundamentals of pattern creation which will help out a lot.

Although I personally think we should invest at least once into the enchantment tree just for the artificial blood. Then go full Patterns. Just because having armies of daywalkers with Pattern support is godlike.

>>38709289
>We really should have Sarah summon
No, sarah is not strong enough yet.
What we need to do is get sarah a LOT of assistance in adminstration and push her towards focusing on her magic.
Also, personally I think we should encourage her to pursue eternal youth ASAP, while she is still young and sexy

>>38709420
On the plus side, the survivors should be veterans/elites with new dwarven rune gear.

>>38709181
I just think moving spikes will be less effective. We don't need to spear guys on our walls, we just need to prevent them from going up them vertically while our archers make porcupines of them. Hedgehogs will have great staying power and are less resource intensive, and are better defensively at the cost of offense.

File: 067.jpg (239 KB, 1020x613)

239 KB JPG

>>38709420
They really took a lot of damage towards the end, unfortunately.

>>38709235
Patterns actively using magic is really, really ahrd. Plus, Water Control 1 for a pure elemental is twice the power of a Greater Elemental (like Bartom). Almost no regular elementals will have that ability.

>>38708499
Wait, who's reinforcements?

>>38709410
>on par

Haha. Gnome would crush Undine in general. Just because she is built for that while Undine is based more on less direct offense.

>>38709420
The survivors will be swole as fuck, though.

>>38709409
Even so, Harrowmont is able to stand on its own. It's a monster of a fortress that is actually progressive for the setting, as star-forts aren't utilized anywhere else as far as we're aware.

I doubt mundane armies would have the amount of trump cards available to tell our moat to piss off, and any high level siege would almost assuredly involve Talon because I don't see Aspirational fucking us like that.

>>38709479
I wonder if the dwarves would have a cultural interest in these relics. We could trade them for mad profit, or generate goodwill, or earn a favor

I really hope we find some Griffins out in the wild.

Talon Needs to be Delivered to battle on the wings of a griffin he raised himself

>>38709235
We're not thinking creatively enough
Imagine exploding shark patterns or giant kraken patterns that pull motherfuckers into our moat

>>38709525
On par does not mean 1v1 white room PvP battle.
They are now equal in terms of their elemental manipulation level. That gives each advantages and disadvantages in difference scenarios, but the raw power and control is now on par.