>>39454083

You laugh maniacally at the insatiable force of raw power as it waves past you, catching the janky metal abomination at your back and forcing you out of its grip.

The flaming, dancing lines of power cut through your body, down all your limbs, incinerating your glamors in a heartbeat and saturating you with direct arcane energies. You can’t stop it – you know that by now. All you can do is hold on, because you’re along for the ride. At the moment when you feel you can take no more burning energy, the whole show shuts off, leaving you absolutely wired. (+15 Stress: 88/103)

Force begins pushing back against you, but you maintain a grip on the landwell, and go nowhere. The machine behind you screeches in inhuman tones, dull wrath and hatred radiating from it in droves. But not even the creature can resist the landwell, and the radiating red power sweeps it back, along with all the snow and ice around you.

The force continues pulsing past for a few moments, the landwell pulsing an increasingly angry red color from its original silver. Then, without warning, the effect ceases, and you fall out of the air to the damp ground.

Yellowed grass squishes under your knees. You feel totally sapped of energy, but then the newfound fire begins blazes in your veins once again, smoldering and racing. You forget your fatigue instantly. You feel like spitting fire, screaming and laughing, and blowing up all at the same time. (-5 Stress: 83/103; +24 PP: 35/35)

Before you, however, the awakened machine grovels in the mud. The half-formed figure is about twice as big as Ranthix, with multi-jointed, knife-like appendages that make you feel vaguely uneasy. It’s difficult identify the specifics behind its form, except for its massive iron ribcage and the partially caved in skull. Sparking wires dangle from its exposed innards, snapping with electricity and hemorrhaging oily fluids all over the snow. (Zorr: ???)

>>39454102

With the landwell done with the power thing, though, there’s nothing keeping Zorr at bay. It begins standing back up, the furnace within its chest blazing brighter by the second.

But while the thing’s pretty damn scary, you can feel the new scariness stuff of your own coming through. So much new power in your pocket can only be a good thing.

You don’t want to fight whatever the hell this thing is, but there’s more than one way to beat a tactical retreat. Especially now that you feel all kinds of new stuff buzzing around within you. Wait. Do you have wings now? No time to check.

>Head toward Frederick and Rowan, the coast is clear, and you think Alan’s the one with the teleporting spell thing ready.
>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.
>Fall back towards Orias and Orias’s dragon gun. Superior firepower all day.
>Summon the new thing
>Other (?)

>>39454133
>Fall back towards Orias and Orias’s dragon gun. Superior firepower all day.

>>39454133
>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.
>Summon the new thing
Both of these if possible

>>39454133
>Summon the new thing
then
>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.

>>39454133

PP: 35/35

The landwell’s power courses through your veins, rapidly being incorporated into your vivacious blood.

You gain the following ability:

> Inflict Pain: You can now cause those around you to feel terrible pain, crippling foes and friends alike with searing agony.

Choose one of the following:

-Infernus-
Infernal Frenzy
>When you’re close to losing control, power of terrible proportions floods your body, lending you incredible strength. (When Stress is greater than 70, your strength is doubled)
Hastened Regeneration
>Nothing can keep you down. You heal faster than ever before, recovering from wounds even in the midst of combat. (Turn 4 PP into 1 HP per combat round)
Strength of Will
>You may expend power to increase strength, converting magical power into pure physical might.
Power of Blood
>Consuming blood now regenerates the spirit as well as the body. (Increase lowering of stress while consuming blood, also gain small amount of PP from blood)

-Verwelken-
Translucency
>You can allow light to pass through you for a short period of time, making you transparent. (1 PP/ sec when moving, 0.5 PP/second when still)
Displacement
>When no one’s looking at you, you can stop being where you are and be somewhere else instead – provided that it’s close by. You don’t necessarily know where you’ll show up ahead of time, though. (4 PP cost)
Ephemeral Eye
>You can quicken your reflexes beyond what they are already, going into a heightened state in which you can act faster than the speed of thought. (8 PP, give significant bonus to reflexes for a couple seconds)
Stepping of the Aether
>You can now temporarily interact with the invisible cosmic elements that bind space itself together. (Expend PP, gain ability to execute double jumps, step on water, and other such nonsense)

>>39454223
>Stepping of the Aether
>>You can now temporarily interact with the invisible cosmic elements that bind space itself together. (Expend PP, gain ability to execute double jumps, step on water, and other such nonsense)

>>39454223

-Belphegoran-

Unnatural Charm
>Influence others’ perceptions of you, and gain some insight as to how to manipulate them into doing what you want. (Activated power, uses PP)
Corrupting Hex
>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)
Weaken
>Sap physical strength from the target, greatly hindering physical abilities. (Moderate cost, close range, debuff)
Disorient
>Confuse target, making coherent thought much more difficult than usual and temporarily limiting cognitive skills. (Moderate cost, medium range, debuff)

Also, upgrade one of the following.

Claws -> Bloodletting
>You reflexively know where to hit to cause the most bleeding possible. (Melee attacks cause damage over time at a rate of 1d3 per round on top of any other wounds or status effects inflicted, if left untreated.)
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom // -> Psychotropic venom
>Add alternative, nonlethal venom.
Blood Taste -> Red Quickening
> While in battle, tasting fresh blood sends you into a frenzy, making you faster, stronger, and more violent than before. (Gain bonus to damage and physical checks for one round after imbibing blood)

>>39454223
>Stepping of the Aether

>>39454133
>>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.

>>39454133
>Fall back towards Orias and Orias’s dragon gun. Superior firepower all day.

>>39454257
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom // -> Psychotropic venom
>Add alternative, nonlethal venom.

>>39454257
>Claws -> Bloodletting

I'm still voting for Stepping of the Aether like I did here>>39454259

>>39454223
Hastened Regeneration
Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454223
>Hastened Regeneration
>>Nothing can keep you down. You heal faster than ever before, recovering from wounds even in the midst of combat. (Turn 4 PP into 1 HP per combat round)
Blood Taste -> Red Quickening
> While in battle, tasting fresh blood sends you into a frenzy, making you faster, stronger, and more violent than before. (Gain bonus to damage and physical checks for one round after imbibing blood)

>>39454133
>Summon the new thing
>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.

>>39454223
>>39454257
We auto got Inflict Pain? Fucking baller.
>those new Infernus and Verwelken powers
Holy shit.

But even so, I think I'll pick
>Corrupting Hex
because antimagic from the [BE] tree is sorely needed. Would make fighting Hugo and people like him far easier.
>Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454257
>Corrupting Hex

>Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454133
>Summon the new thing
>Beat around the monstrosity and meet up with Ranthix. There’s nothing he can’t handle.

>>39454257
>Corrupting Hex
>>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)
>Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454223
I still want to to take the translucency in the hopes that it will unlock better invisibility

>>39454133
>>Summon the new thing

When we get to Ranthix, use Stain of Sin on his bigass machine gun and watch the robot get swiss cheesed?

>>39454223
>>39454257
Stepping of the Aether
Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454257
>>39454223
>>39454133

Summon the thing, run towards ranthix

Take Stepping into the aether, and Upgraded claws.

>>39454133
>Fall back towards Orias and Orias’s dragon gun. Superior firepower all day.
>Summon the new thing

>>39454257
>Summon the new thing

>Corrupting Hex
>Claws -> Bloodletting

>>39454223
>step on water
Are you implying that Jesus was a shadow demon?

>>39454501
everything originates from god, so yes he likely had that power.

Whatdya think the "Level # [funny title here]" thing will say when the charsheet gets updated?

I'm thinking something along the lines of "Level 9 Professional Landwell Duelist"

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>>39454083
Little gift for you OP

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1mHA6tsWtWL

Have not followed your quest so not sure what kind of atmosphere you're looking for but gave it a wing.

>>39454257
>Stepping of the Aether

>Claws -> Bloodletting

Hard deciding between Aether, Corrupting Hex, and Regen, but 1hp/round isn't that much considering our HP pool is a decent size, I suppose the ability to dodge in mid-air and run on water and maybe walk on walls and shit is too good to pass up.

>>39454580
Regen would be amazing if we get Power of Blood to go with it. Latch onto something and keep draining it for blood and power all while poisoning it and regenerating while they try to damage us.

Roll some dice for that summoning/Ranthixing action.

Also, somebody tally up those votes because I'm lazy.

>>39454602
Stepping of the Aether: 5
Corrupting Hex: 4
Hastened Regeneration: 2
Translucency: 1

Claws -> Bloodletting: 9
Venomous Fangs -> Paralytic Venom // -> Psychotropic venom: 1
Blood Taste -> Red Quickening: 1

Here ya go.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>39454602

>>39454563
what a nice gift Anon

>>39454632
Can you link the SotA votes? I only saw 4.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>39454602

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>39454602
Got it boss.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>39454602

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>39454655
Thank you!

>>39454655
Ranthixing strong

>>39454655
Be-a-utifull.

>>39454648
>>39454248
>>39454259
>>39454465
>>39454467
>>39454580

>>39454563
>>39454655

bretty gud

Ok. This is the Field of Rust. Our summons are always associated with some facet of Sierra's power, so the closest thing to rust is Blood.

Blood elemental time? Or maybe some kind of vampire thing. Or maybe it'll be some kind of hellish clockwork soldier, like Zote except less of an ass.

>Aether won
Wish we'd gotten Hex since dealing with magic has consistently been an issue when it happens while mobility has almost never been a problem. And it'll become obsolete if/when we get wings.
That said, it was still my second pick because it is pretty cool. At least we don't have to learn how to swim now.

>>39454835
We should get hex next time because it will let us disable whatever bullshit the landmaster guy tries to pull when we see him again.

I can't remember, have we ever felt emotions come out of Zote? Because this big rusty robot is radiating emotions we can feel right now. Mostly emotions about how it wants us dead, but yeah. Kinda interesting.

>>39454964
The difference is that zote isn't powered by orphans

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>>39454964
Or maybe it hates more, or has souls/soul-like stuff inside of it.

>>39454563
I like this intro a lot.

So...anyone wanna pick the soundtrack for Ranthix's whirling rampage of paternal-ish revenge?

Also, with both best demon AND Mr. Isaac Beckhoff behind her, I feel really bad for whichever poor male sod that wants to date her.

>>39455855
No. But I really want Sierra to accidentally call him dad and not notice that she said it.

>>39455855
>Mr. Isaac Beckhoff
Wot.

>>39455855
His name isn't Beckhoff home slice.

Sierra may be adopted but it's not like she's really apart of the family. She doesn't even share the name.

>>39455855
I don't think Isaac would be that kind of overbearing scare-the-boyfriend dad. He's been very deliberately hands-off about a lot of things.

Ranthix would definitely fuck with the poor bastards, though.

>>39455916
Annd I'm sad again. Thanks man.

>>39455855
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HL5wYqAbU

>>39455926
We've already given one guy his number.

>>39456001
Poor fucking bastard.....

You can see Ranthix running toward you from behind your Zorr. Though safety is technically the opposite direction, you’re fairly confident that the close you get to the thultal, the less actual danger you’ll be in. You just have to get around the pointy machine thing without getting... uh. Pointed to death.

You’re the master of the land, though – you can feel it all around you, and with that feeling comes power. Namely some kind of thing within you that’s just dying to get out. Is it another Tiger? A Monster? Whatever it is,it’s probably just the distraction you need.

You point a claw at the angry abomination before you, and release the force of power trapped within you.

An explosion of flames and belching smoke gives way to... a... uh. A thing. A really, really big thing, bigger than you. It’s roughly the same shape of a Great White Shark, except wider, and just a little less long. It has huge metallic plates covering its bulk. Kind of like an armadillo? Except you’re pretty sure armadillos don’t have huge, razor sharp tentacles sprouting out all over the place.

If anything, it reminds you of a crustacean, or some kind of sea monster. Like a crab. Or a snake crossed with an octopus? Huh. Is this guy supposed to be aquatic? You’d feel guilty if you weren’t in mortal peril.

“Mrrrhhh,” groans lobster squid, sounding something like a beached whale. (Whale crab: 67/67 HP)

The nightmare machine’s furnace flashes. “ZORR,” it says. And then it races toward you.

You prepare to take evasive action, but your crab rolls with alarming agility to get between you and the machine, tentacles flailing. The crab bears its sharpened beak-like mouth, groans again, and spits out a stream of gelatenous, greyish mucus. The spray slaps against Zorr’s lower legs, adhering like glue and gumming up the thin, overly delicate joints of the legs.

Zorr trips up and faceplants, the snot-glue on its legs beginning to sizzle, smoke, and bubble.

Huh. Acid spit.

>>39456074

“Uh. You got this one, yeah?” you say.

The crab propels itself forward, snaking its body forward and pushing against the groudn with its powerful tentacles. “Murrghehhh,” it growls, opening its boney beak and charging Zorr.

Zorr suddenly snaps the acid glue apart, and stabs a dozen knife-like fingers into the crab’s armored face, even as it bites down on one of the machine’s arms and starts spraying acid everywhere. (Whale crab: 35/67 HP)

Well, this is pretty much the distraction you were hoping for. You take off, half-limping and half-running toward Ranthix, skirting around the edge of the fight as much as possible.

Wait – you know what it reminds you of, now. Your crab is kind of like the thing from Tremors. Kind of a little bit, anyway.

“ZORR,” says the murder machine, turning its empty eye sockets on you. It twists out of the crab’s beak hold, and lunges at you with its chop shop hand outstretched.

Instinctively, you leap back, though somehow you feel lighter than you should, and wind up much higher than usual. (-2 PP: 33/35) Zorr shrieks and swipes higher at you, its arm unfolding its joints to get greater reach. You recoil, kicking off to get as far away as possible. (-4 PP: 29/35) You narrowly avoid death’s grip, and sail through the air for a brief moment.

Wait. You just kicked off of something? Off what? You’re in mid air! And looking down, it’s a long drop.

But it looks longer than it is. A second later, you crash to the ground, your already injured legs folding out from under you like a cheap card table. You smash to the ground, stars exploding before your eyes. (-2 HP: 17/28) (+2 Stress: 85/103)

Ugh. You could have done that better. Also worse, but whatever. You pop up and limp slash drag yourself toward Ranthix. Wow. He’s a lot closer than you thought he’d be.

“COME SPAWNLING, REVEL IN VICTORY!” Ranthix bellows, stooping down and scooping you up with one claw.

>>39456095

You have no idea what’s going on, but all the sudden you’re looking at Ranthix’s back, and you think he’s carrying you over one shoulder? The demon turns sideways and retreats from the scene. Looking down, you can see under his arm.

The machine is ripping your poor crab apart, though the thing is nearly completely coated in acid glue mucus.

“DISGUSTING,” Ranthix says, bringing up a six-chambered grenade launcher with the other hand.

“Why do you have a fucking grenade launcher?” you shout. “There’s only knights and crap here!”

“I CAME HERE FOR GOLD, NOT GLORY,” Ranthix tells you. “THE STRONG NEED NOT PROVE THEIR STRENGTH.” And with that factoid out of the way, he aims at Zorr, who has finished wrenching off your crab’s head.

“Hold on!” you shout, concentrating on the launcher in his hand and corrupting it with your hatred. You just met whale crab, and stupid horror machines come ripping it up – fucking ZORRs. You make sure to get it corrupted enough to stain the grenades inside, as well as the material outside. (-2 PP: 27/35; +2 Stress: 87/103)

The abomination glides impossibly fast toward you and Ranthix, barely touching the ground as it goes.

“HA HA HA HA, GOOD,” he laughs, gripping the screaming weapon in his red claws, raising it toward the machine, and letting loose.

The launcher thumps, and a grenade streams out and connects with the front of Zorr’s skull, exploding with a resonant bang and staggering the thing’s approach. Chips of metal and ichor spray off from the point of impact, and the thing makes another terrible grating sound.

>>39456122

And then Ranthix fires off the other five grenades. Somewhere in the concussive volley, the acidic glue coating the machine ignites, turning the whole thing into a terrible inferno.

Each blow impedes its progress, but doesn’t quite stop it entirely.

Ranthix scowls contemptuously when his weapon clicks empty, and turns his full attention on running. He turns toward Frederick and the others, keeping you firmly secured on his shoulder. You have a perfect view of the pursuing horror. It twists its burning head to the side, screeching in painful tones.

Your heartrate is going crazy, and a red haze of panic begins seizing in at the corners of your vision. Not good. (+4 Stress: 91/103)

“SLOW IT DOWN,” Ranthix barks.

>Use powers (?)
>See if there’s anything useful stuck in Ranthix’s belt.
>Call in Tiger and Monster.
>Focus on not freaking out.
>Other (?)

>>39456159
>Ranthix....I REALLY need to calm down right now.....
>Call in Tiger and Monster.
>Focus on not freaking out.

>>39456159
>Call in Tiger and Monster.
>Focus on not freaking out.

>>39456122
>>39456180
>>39456176
Supportin'.

>>39456159
>Focus on not freaking out.
Stress-rage bad. Let's nip that in the bud.

>>39456159
>>39456176
Second

>>39456159

>Focus on not freaking out.
>Other (?)
Have Orias put that gun of his to good use, with a little bit of corruption to go with it.

>>39456159
Throw firebolts at its head

>>39456159
Hellbolt: A ranged projection of hellfire as a condensed ball of furious heat. Damage: 2d5{+1d5 Hellblaze}, Cost 5 PP, Type: Fire, Range: 15m{+5m Hellblaze} [IN]

>Call in Tiger and Monster.

>>39456225
>>39456159
I really like this. Zorrs are mostly like dragons, fight?

We should call our new pet Karkinos

>>39456241
>>39456225
SoS increases stress by 2. We're currently 12 away from the precipice of bloodrage.

>>39456260
I was thinking more along the lines of something from the Tremors movies, since she said it really reminds her of a graboid.

>>39456159
>>39456176
This

>>39456159
>>Call in Tiger and Monster.
tell them to delay it, then
>Focus on not freaking out.

Roll dice.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>39456383

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>39456383

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>39456383
What could go wrong?

The thing is twice as large as Ranthix and is currently on fire, monster and tiger won't be able to do shit to it.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>39456383
Well since you didn't specify i'm just going to do 1d100

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>39456401
bretty good Anon
>>39456383

>>39456401
nice!

>>39456401
That works.

>>39456401
Oh thank god.

>>39456159
Get Orias to use that big boy party gun.

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>>39456823
I hope this roll is enough for this child to get his big boy party gun wish.

I'm currently picturing Ranthix holding Sierra like a rocket launcher while she shoots fireballs everywhere.

“I uh – right on it!” you say, sending out the brain waves to get Monster and Tiger on scene. They’re still alive, right? If the graboid thing didn’t stop it, they won’t do much, but maybe they’ll buy you an extra second.

You see Tiger running toward you.

“YES, GO SHALBAAN, DIE FOR YOUR IMPERIATE,” Ranthix shouts as he and it run by one another.

The shalbaan makes a gravelly, metallic sound, and starts shooting out dorsal spines at Zorr. Predictably, they don’t do much, but the machine does take a moment to sweep the animal aside. Monster dives in a moment later and starts puffing bouts of fire at the thing’s face, but his contribution is negletible.

There’s probably more you can do, but you have more important things to think about, like not flipping the fuck out. You try to watch the ground as it speeds by, and focus your attention on Ranthix’s red claws as they cut through frozen dirt and mud. You’ve just got to not think about stuff, not think about machines and landwells or anything. Just... think about whatever. Like... guitar. Yeah. Gotta practice more or something maybe.

“DO SOMETHING!” Ranthix shouts.

You pop up, worried, but you realize he’s not talking to you, he’s yelling at all the others.

“Down!” Frederick orders, bringing up his lightning rifle.

Ranthix takes the dive, with you along for the ride. He turns mid air and shoulders the entirety of the impact himself. You’re left looking skyward for some reason, just in time to see a bolt of lighting crack overhead, accompanied by a crack of thunder.

Freddy fires off one thunder shot after another, hammering the killer machine with a summer storm’s worth of lightning bolts. You crane your neck and manage to get a look at Zorr, finding it actually flat on its face once more, though it’s not going to stay that way for long.

Immediately, Ranthix is back up and running toward the group. He skids into home base, unburdens himself of you, and sets you on your feet.

>>39457114

You feel odd being on your own feet again, but somehow manage to retain balance.

Right next to you, Frederick swears at his steaming lightning rifle as he pries it open and tears out a half-melted battery. Zote, meanwhile, starts priming grenades one after another and hurling them toward the approaching metal monster.

“Don’t freak out,” you say to yourself, cradling your head in your claws. (+1 Stress: 92/103)

“Just a second,” says Alan, bracing himself in the midst of the group. He makes a complicated hand gesture, which somehow sends glowing white lines spreading all out over the ground around him. You recognize the pattern from the chalk pattern back in the parking garage.

Scott runs up, sliding into pace in one of the cirlces of the design. “Let’s get out of here!” he shouts.

“I need a second!” Alan replies.

“Nobody freak out,” you say. (+1 Stress: 93/103)

“We’ve got this in the bag,” Rowan says reassuringly, sword drawn.

A terrible sound fills the air. “ZORR.” The machine is back up, and its approaching even through the rhythmic blasts of Zote’s grenades.

Reeber makes his way over to you, drops his glamor, and plants himself between you and the machine with a menacing growl.

“YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SECOND, HELLBORN,” Rathix says, glowering as he slides grenades into his launcher.

You scowl heatedly at Rax. “Don’t you dare!” (+2 Stress: 95/103)

He scowls back as he rams another grenade into the weapon. “I WILL DO –“

End of Hellborn Quest

>>39457130

A sudden thunderclap flattens the meadow, and sends your ears ringing.

The machine’s head snaps backward and explodes in a cascade of debris, knocking it off its feet and landing it flat on its back.

Orias bounds into his circle in the next instant, already ramming a brush down the muzzle of his dragon gun. “One second,” he says in an even tone.

But even headless, the machine rises and starts loping dangerously near.

“I lied!” Alan cries, eyes shut in concentration. “I need another second!”

“Everybody just fucking chill!” you demand. (+1 Stress: 96/103)

Rowan steps forward and plants a foot at the edge of the spell circle, immediately lighting up in full glow sticks mode. Her armor takes on a glorious sheen, her hair turns whiter than the stars, and her blade and halo blaze with golden fire. She smites the ground with the point of her sword, and a barrier of light erupts from the earth just in time to catch the machine.

“ZORR,” it shrieks, scratching at the impenetrable barrier.

“She’s a fucking demonbane!” Scott shouts, reflexively bringing up his shotgun.

>Inflict pain.
>Stop!
>Dive in the way.
>Super disarming move, go!
>Rowan's bulletproof. This isn't even a problem.
>Other (?)

>>39457174
>Inflict pain.

>>39457174
>Super disarming move, go!

>>39457174
>>Super disarming move, go!

>>39457174
>Stop!
>Dive in the way.

So is
>Super disarming move, go!
We literally chop this poor chumps arm off?

>>39457174
>Super disarming move, go!

>>39457174
>>Super disarming move, go!

>>39457174
>super disarming move go!
Put a shadow between the firing pin and the primer of the shell. Alternatively corrupt the gun.

>>39457174
>Super disarming move, go!
>"She just saved your fucking life!"

>>39457174
>Inflict pain.

Nobody gets to point a shotgun at Rowan, it's rude.

>>39457174
>Super disarming move, go!

We are going to literally disarm him aren't we?

>>39457174
>Super disarming move, go!
Everyone needs to stay calm.

>>39457174
>>39457174
stop!
Dive in the way!

Embrace the 103 stress impact

>>39457174
>Other (?)
>Ignore everyone and hug Reeber.

>>39457224
More than likely

>>39457174
>Corrupt the gun

>>39457191
>>39457270
This was the trap choice, guys. We're not that out of control yet.

>>39457296
Huh, this is actually a good write-in. Yes.
>Bury face in hellhound fur and hold on for all that is infernal.

>>39457174
Summon Tiger right in front of the shotgun. We can renew him with a bit of PP.

>>39457174
Corrupt his shotgun, grab his arm with our shadow.

Yell that she saved his useless hide.

If we have time, try to apply SoS to Orias's murderrifle.

All right, roll them dice for disarming.

The summoning is a good idea, but I don't know if it's fast enough.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>39457362

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>39457362

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>39457362
ROLLAN FOR LOVE!

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>39457362
Boop.

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>39457362

Serving up some more supa-hot fire, just for you boss.

Also, next time we go dimension hopping, tell Ranthis to get a LAW. Sierra's got crowd control for days. We are lacking armor piercing stuff however.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>39457362
bye

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>39457362

>>39457372
You were late!

>>39457370
Love a shit. Shoulda went with boops.

>>39457370
Stop that. Love doesn't like you.

>>39457366
>>39457375
>>39457368
>>39457373

What is this some kind of party for 35s?!?! Two of them aren't even real 35s!

>>39457393
O....Okay......

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>>39457372
You didn't boop hard enough, man.

>>39457379
The period delayed me.

Should have activated Harvey's armor and jumped in front of it.

>>39457438
Same reason I was conceived a week later.

I just realized that we still have a charge in the fucking shield charm that we could have used.

God damn it.

>>39457446
As long as we say "She is a politically correct demonbane!" I'll be happy.

>>39457114
>“YES, GO SHALBAAN, DIE FOR YOUR IMPERIATE,”

I guess the jig is up. If everyone survives this and no arm grudges are held, we'll have some explaining to do since Ranthix's voice carries better than a cargo train.

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>>39457504
......FUCK

The only one whose gonna die if Scott pulls that trigger is him. He shoots Ro, Sierra bloodrages and eats him. He shoots Sierra then Ranthix and Orias will both be trying to kill him.

>>39457504
Brush it off as a strange figure of speech, like ordering a dog to defend its queen.

>>39457606
Well, Sierra might die too. Pretty sure she can't take a shotgun to the face.

>>39457465
In imperial Halth, period delays you.

>>39457606

Alan'll prolly try to defend/avenge his brother, though. And Zote might see us 'attack' them and use it as an excuse to go after us.

>>39457606
I suppose we could've just used the last charge of the charm to take the shot, but it might be too late now with the dice having fallen.

>>39457632

Won't work if Alan/Scott knows about the Imperiate.

>>39457694

Nope. Nobody shoots Rowan in the back.

Split seconds matter. You fumble with thoughts, just before throwing a hand forward, unleashing all the fire you can think of at Scott’s weapon. (-5 PP: 22/35) Hellish fire shoots forth, striking the hellborn’s weapon. And his arms. And him. Whoops. (+1 Stress: 97/103)

His glamor snaps and fades at the impossible heat, revealing a scaly, bulbously muscular figure, one with mandibles and twitching antenna. “Aagh!” Scott screams, recoiling from the flood of fire and dropping his half-melted shotgun. (Scott: 33/41 HP)

Well, that's good. He's not dead.

“Scott!” shouts Alan, wincing at his brother.

“Idiot, she’s saving your ass!” you say.

“Hey! When are we leaving?” Rowan asks frantically, her golden shield beginning to fade.

“Hang in there,” Alan tells his brother, finishing up with his spell thing. The lines in the ground brighten several degrees. “Get in the circles!”

You look down, and take a big step toward an unoccupied circle, situating yourself right in the middle.

“It’s going!” Alan shouts.

You feel space peeling aside, but at the same time, the golden shield cracks and shatters, and Zorr collapses forward, downward, whipping a burning hand full of knives at you, iron and acid sloughing off in equal measure.

>Dodge.
>Try to dodge, but stay in the circle.
>Stay exactly where you are.
>Other (?)

>>39457737
>>Stay exactly where you are.

Now we shield charm.

>>39457737
>>Stay exactly where you are.

>>39457737
>Stay exactly where you are.
Can't let it hit someone else.

>>39457737
>stay where you are
activate shields. Now!

>>39457737
Rush out of the circle, suckcum to stress and destroy Zorr with the power of IMPERIAL FURY.

>>39457737
>Stay exactly where you are

>>39457737
>>Try to dodge, but stay in the circle.

>>39457737

>Stay exactly where you are.

Sh-sh-sh-shield charm.

>>39457737
>Activate magic chainmail
>Activate shield charm

>>39457737
>Stay exactly where you are.
>Shield charm

>>39457737
>>Stay exactly where you are.
shield charm

>>39457737
>Stay exactly where you are.
Have we used the magic armor yet?

>>39457737

>Other (?)
Shield Charm,and/or chainmail

>>39457737
>Try to dodge, but stay in the circle.

Don't do anything fancy, just drop to the ground and curl ourself up a bit to make sure to stay inside.

>Use the Shield Charm.

>>39457737
>>Stay exactly where you are.

>>39457796
>>39457793
>>39457779
>>39457755
>>39457797
>>39457808
Use the magic chainmail too. The shield charm is only ~brick wall in strength. No way it stops Zorr completely. We're going to need that ridiculous damage soak.

>>39457781
You know if that worked it'd be a pretty cool tangent to the story.

After Zorr is defeated we can use the Landwell portal to teleport around places and go on a Planescape style adventure until we get back to Earth with lots of magical trinkets and adventures and great social skills and a new boyfriend and become the most popular girl in the whole school.

>>39457737
>Stay exactly where you are.
>Other (?)
>"Protege"
>Shield Charm!

>>39457826
good idea.

All right, brick wall and aegis, let's do this. Roll some dice.

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>39457862

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>39457862

>>39454563
you got a sexy voice anon.

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>39457862
Quack.

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>39457862

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>>39457875

Stupid fucking spidey sense ring didn't even work once this entire trip.

So what's the plan to calm down now?

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>>39457875
Good lad, very well done.

>>39457896
Run the fuck away from people and get into the supply closet or the back of Ranthix's hummer and meditate.

>>39457896
We do have our clarity potion if the worst happens (assuming we're fast enough to drink it). For three thousand bucks, that better fucking stop us from bloodraging.

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>>39457875
Spellshield will save us.

>>39457896
Find a dark alcove, position Reeber so no one can see it and just disappear.

>>39457896

I might advise jumping in the sewer if we know we aren't going to be able to handle it, but methane+fire could do a good bit of damage.

So when our summons die, they come back, right? We just can't use them for a while?

>>39458001

Yeah, it's not permadeath.

Tiger's been taken out nearly every time we used him.

>>39457896
that potion we bought

>>39458001
Yeah, Monster's croaked tons of times. Notably when he saved our life when we crit-failed against Iptaph.

>>39458001
From the impression I'm getting from >>39457362 an injured/killed summon takes longer to call than usual, since they tend to appear at Sierra's whim under normal circumstances.

>>39458001
Why would they have costs associated with fixing them when they die if they couldn't come back?

>Teleport back to the parking garage
>Hear someone sniffing on the other side of the room
>"What smells like Red Lobster?"

>>39457923
Robo from Chrono Trigger was best guy.

No way you’re stepping out of a fucking teleportation circle. You raise your shield charm and use the last charge, and brace for impact. “Protege!” you shout. Your chainmail lights up with golden power, just as Zorr’s claw smashes through the invisible wall of force. The impact shoves your arm backward, and forces you to take a step backward to keep balance.

A minor chord sounds through the air as the recall does its work, accompanied by the sound of a metallic ringing, and Zorr’s knives follow a second later, just barely tearing at the front of your jacket and skittering off the surface of your chainmail. Zorr falls and collapses partially on the circle, smearing the outer lines just next to you

The air goes frigid, and suddenly the obscured circle below flies upward. Reality swirls into a cold void. No air. No ground. Only by white bars of light break the nothingness. But something’s not right – the bars begin tilting, not quite parallel. Slowly, the bars tilt, filling you with an inexplicable dread. You barely manage to keep your buzzing mind in check. (+1 Stress: 98/103)

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>>39458335
And Ayla was best fisticuffs character.

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>>39458356
PANIC

>>39458356

Suddenly, the bars expand, replacing the void with light, though the air now is colder than before.

Also, you’re not standing on anything. In fact, you’re standing on a whole lot of nothing. You fall, having a few moment’s view of great stretches of deep green forests trimmed with white.

You hit a tree branch, and things get blurry while you hit other stuff. Then you’re not really sure what’s going on for a silent second, and then you plush back first into a great big snow drift, looking up at an evergreen tree. Pine needles rain down around you.

Ow. (HP: 14/28) (Stress: 100/103)

Zelathis the Lightning Sword spins out of the air and sticks blade-down in the snow at your right, buried up to the hilt.

Now, you’re no Stephen Hawking, but you’re pretty sure this isn’t a parking garage.

>Ow.
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
>I’m okay! Everything’s okay, okay? (Telegraph your position)
>Search for the others.
>Guzzle potion, just in case.
>Other (?)

>>39458405
>>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.

We need to chill, ASAP.

>>39458405
>Guzzle potion, just in case.

>>39458405
>>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
>>I’m okay! Everything’s okay, okay? (Telegraph your position)

>>39458405
>>39458405
>>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
>>I’m okay! Everything’s okay, okay? (Telegraph your position)

>>39458405

>Guzzle potion, just in case.
>I’m okay! Everything’s okay, okay? (Telegraph your position)

>>39458405
>>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.

>>39458405
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
Our stress is dangerously high.
wait, and do telagraphing after.

>>39458405
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
>Take a sip of the potion

>>39458405
>I’m okay! Everything’s okay, okay? (Telegraph your position)

>>39458405
>>Ow.
>>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.
no potion, but get it ready. no telegraph, if something unfriendly is near we are screwed.

>>39458405
Down the potion and grab our sword.

>>39458405
Make Reeber come find us, hug him.

>>39458481
>>39458405
I like the idea of sipping, rather than guzzling the entire potion. Supporting.

>>39458426
>>39458449
What do you guys think?

>>39458405
>Ow.
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.

Don't freak out, just wait. If the others are around we'll hear them soon enough.

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What would we do without Ranthix?

>>39458405
Hug Reeber!

>>39458469 is me, and I would like to add sipping the potion o clarity (not guzzling).

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>>39458545
Nice.

>>39458545

I love this

>>39458514
I don't want to risk it not working. We're dangerously close to a freakout and our insanely good rolls can't continue forever

>>39458405
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.

Don't guzzle the potion, things are probably alright.

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>>39458545
Heh. Nice, anon.

>>39458583
>4 stress away from becoming a walking natural disaster for the next several hours.
>probably alright
At the very least we lose our sword. At worst we murder a fuckton of people and get killed.

Good thing we asked that unicorn for more self-control, huh? 3 points felt underwhelming, but here we are.

>>39458625
Its 3.

A unicorn is the only thing saving us.

>>39458625
I reckon we're probably in Colorado or something, if we're unlucky we're gonna murder people and then get serious demonbane on our ass and get the Hallows and our precious city into a whole heap of shit.

>>39458674
No, it's 4. Stress threshold is the max number we can have while still calm. Go over 103 and it's a bloodrage.

>>39458665
At the time I felt robbed and wished it was more like 15.

I still feel that way.

>>39458625
Not to mention getting another urge or gauge to mind.

>>39458405
>Other (?)
>Masturbate furiously! ...for calmness.

>>39458665
Technically didn't save us yet. We had hit 100 before the unicorn without freaking out. It's only when the max is exceeded that the blood rage happens.

>>39458703
Social Anxiety gauge. 0/10, all good. 10/10, accumulate 20 stress per round.

LawnGod please gift us with this horrible gift of torment.

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>>39458750
No.
stop.
STOP
WHY

>>39456122
>“Why do you have a fucking grenade launcher?” you shout. “There’s only knights and crap here!”
>“I CAME HERE FOR GOLD, NOT GLORY,” Ranthix tells you. “THE STRONG NEED NOT PROVE THEIR STRENGTH.”

Best thing I read/heard all day.

>>39458405
>Take a deep breath and just lie here for a second.

We are probably in a really bad spot. Should have stayed with the gang.

>>39458405
Potion to get somewhere that isn't right next to the freakout zone.

>>39458405
I bet the potion combined with Meditation would do wonders.

>>39458950
>>39458983
Lmao when the potion is actually syrup of ipecac

You stay still. You know you can’t handle much more of anything, and your control is slipping as is. You’ll have to uh... you’ll have to do the thing later.

You settle into your snowy bed and take a deep breath, concentrating on the way the cold seems to creep into your skull from your horns. You made it. No Eclipse, no landmasters, no Zorrs, you’re fine. Everything’s fine.

You focus on this thought for some moments, breathing in the crisp, piney air. The sky is impossibly blue overhead. Or maybe it’s just the regular blue? Things seem more vibrant now that you’re not almost dying at every moment. (-6 Stress: 94/103)

Whew. Not freaking out. Not doing other stuff. Everything’s good. You feel good. You are good. All that fighting really got your blood pumping. “Landmasters and stuff, who knew,” you say, shaking your head in a daze. So tired. But not too tired, really.

Steam rises from the snow around you, evaporating at your heat. It's kind of therapeutic, watching it. (-1 Stress: 93/103)

>Where the hell are you?
>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
>Reeber? Reebs?
>Get out of the snow, it’s getting kind of cold.
>Go see if you can find Ranthix or somebody.
>Other (?)

>>39459024
It's literally glowing with light and we can see the magic and stuff in it.

If all it does is make us throw up, then that was the best prank ever.

>>39459024
Just murder everything while vomiting profusely, so Sierra on a Bender

>>39459036
>Reeber? Reebs?

All that fighting’s really got your blood pumping, and you know what that means.

PP: 23/36
HP: 16/29

Choose one from each of the following categories.

-Infernus-

Infernal Frenzy
>When you’re close to losing control, power of terrible proportions floods your body, lending you incredible strength. (When Stress is greater than 70, your strength is doubled)
Hastened Regeneration
>Nothing can keep you down. You heal faster than ever before, recovering from wounds even in the midst of combat. (Turn 4 PP into 1 HP per combat round)
Strength of Will
>You may expend power to increase strength, converting magical power into pure physical might.
Power of Blood
>Consuming blood now regenerates the spirit as well as the body. (Increase lowering of stress while consuming blood, also gain small amount of PP from blood)

-Belphegoran-

Unnatural Charm
>Influence others’ perceptions of you, and gain some insight as to how to manipulate them into doing what you want. (Activated power, uses PP)
Corrupting Hex
>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)
Weaken
>Sap physical strength from the target, greatly hindering physical abilities. (Moderate cost, close range, debuff)
Disorient
>Confuse target, making coherent thought much more difficult than usual and temporarily limiting cognitive skills. (Moderate cost, medium range, debuff)

>>39454563
You even added backgroud music. Goddamnit, Anon, dats cool as fuck!

>>39459036
>>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
>>Reeber? Reebs?

>>39459063

-Mix-

Stepping of the Mind
>Let your mind’s eye freely wander about your current location, disconnected from your body in a form of astral projection. (Cost: 2 PP activation, slow PP drain while active)
Shadowing Hex
>Speak sweet commands the shadow of another, turning against its host. The shadow in question becomes animate, actively fighting against its caster. Strong light limits the effects of the curse, but does not remove it. (Cost: 8 PP)
Incite Rage
>Drabble up unthinking range in nearby hearts, blinding minds and sewing the seeds of conflict. (Cost: 5 PP, +5 Stress)
Taste Fear
>You can now taste terror just as much as you can feel it. You are able to track by feelings of fear just as well as you can blood. (Passive)
Shadowflame
>Convert your normal fire to shadowflame, which burns by sucking in light instead of emitting it. (Drains PP as long as shadowflames burn, increasing with size of flames. Shadowflames extinguish when Sierra wills them to, or when she leaves the area.)
Umbrageous Vigor
>Your shadow is much stronger than it was before, able to move more freely in light, and exert greater force on the physical world. (Passive)

>>39459036
>Reeber?
>Send Monster up into the air to look around.

>>39459063
>Infernal Frenzy
It's insanely good.

>Corrupting Hex
Because yeah. 2nd place last time.

>>39459036
>Get out of the snow, it’s getting kind of cold.

>>39459063
>Hastened Regeneration
>Corrupting Hex
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459082
>>39459086
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459082
Shadowflame
>Convert your normal fire to shadowflame, which burns by sucking in light instead of emitting it. (Drains PP as long as shadowflames burn, increasing with size of flames. Shadowflames extinguish when Sierra wills them to, or when she leaves the area.)

Question: would the effect of this be to create zones of darkness even in daylight?

>>39459063
>>39459082
Strength of Will
Unnatural Charm
Taste Fear

Against artificial light yes, but let's say that it would require additional power to maintain depending on the intensity of the light.

Shadowflame is a no go in daylight.

>>39459036

>Get out of the snow, it’s getting kind of cold.
>Power of Blood
>Corrupting Hex
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459082
Umbrageous Vigor
Corrupting Hex
Strength of Will

>>39459063
>Power of Blood
>Corrupting Hex
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459036
>>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
>>Reeber? Reebs?

>Power of Blood
>Corrupting Hex
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459063
>>39459082
>Power of Blood
>Corrupting Hex
>Shadowflame

>>39459063
>>39459082
Power of Blood
>Consuming blood now regenerates the spirit as well as the body. (Increase lowering of stress while consuming blood, also gain small amount of PP from blood)

Corrupting Hex
>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)

Shadowing Hex
>Speak sweet commands the shadow of another, turning against its host. The shadow in question becomes animate, actively fighting against its caster. Strong light limits the effects of the curse, but does not remove it. (Cost: 8 PP)

>>39459036
>Reeber? Reebs?
>Go see if you can find Ranthix or somebody.

>>39459063
>>39459082
Infernal Frenzy
Unnatural Charm
Shadowflame

Guys, we could use some utility here, but Shadowflame is pretty damn cool.

>>39459063
>infernal frenzy
>corrupting hex
>umbrageous vigor
Also check if we have wings.
we wanted cool wings, right?

>>39459063
-Infernus-
Strength of Will
>You may expend power to increase strength, converting magical power into pure physical might.


-Belphegoran-

Unnatural Charm
>Influence others’ perceptions of you, and gain some insight as to how to manipulate them into doing what you want. (Activated power, uses PP)
Sierra seriously needs an edge when talking to people.

-Mix-

Umbrageous Vigor
>Your shadow is much stronger than it was before, able to move more freely in light, and exert greater force on the physical world. (Passive)

>>39459036
>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
>Reeber? Reebs?

>>39459063
>>39459082
>Strength of Will
>Corrupting Hex
>Taste Fear

>>39459198
I forgot to add:
>>39459036
>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.

>not tasting our enemy's fear

>>39459036
>Where the hell are you?
>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
>Grab Zelathis and whip it around like a wand before returning it to the sheath.
>Check for wings

>>39459063
>>39459082
>Power of Blood
>Corrupting Hex
>Umbrageous Vigor

>>39459063
>Power of Blood
>Unnatural Charm
>Shadowing Hex

>>39459063
>Infernal Frenzy
>Disorient
>Umbrageous Vigor

Right, ummm,

Someone counting that mess?

>>39459063
Hastened Regeneration
>Nothing can keep you down. You heal faster than ever before, recovering from wounds even in the midst of combat. (Turn 4 PP into 1 HP per combat round)
Weaken
>Sap physical strength from the target, greatly hindering physical abilities. (Moderate cost, close range, debuff)
Umbrageous Vigor
>Your shadow is much stronger than it was before, able to move more freely in light, and exert greater force on the physical world. (Passive)

>>39459245
Languid's gonna have to call a cutoff point before I even begin to try.

>>39459226
That really is tempting, but making people's shadows fight them is too amusing to pass up.

>>39459063
>>39459082
>Consuming blood now regenerates the spirit as well as the body. (Increase lowering of stress while consuming blood, also gain small amount of PP from blood)
>Destroy spells, buffs, or debuffs on target. (Moderate cost, utility spell)
>Your shadow is much stronger than it was before, able to move more freely in light, and exert greater force on the physical world. (Passive)

>>39459036
>>Keep chilling out. No melt downs allowed in the chill zone.
also this:
>>39459198

>>39459082
Does Umbrageous Vigor increase the damage soak from Child of Night?

>>39459294

No, but you could use your shadow self to block attacks just like the rest of your limbs.

>>39459063
Infernal Frenzy

Unnatural Charm

Anyone not wanting to taste the fear of our enemies and then crush their bones with enhanced strength isn't a true demoness.

>>39459082
shadowflame is 2edgy4me

>>39459417
That's why it's awesome. Also it's pretty cool that we could use fire without nerfing our [VE] powers.

>>39459063
>>39459082
>Disorient
>Umbrageous Vigor
>Power of Blood

Looks like the first 2 mix powers are [BE]+[VE], the middle two are [IN]+[VE], and the last two are [IN]+[VE].

Quit all this power voting and tally up this mess.

>>39459496
Infernus
Power of Blood: 9
Infernal Frenzy: 6
Strength of Will: 4
Hastened Regeneration: 2

Belphegoran
Corrupting Hex: 13
Unnatural Charm: 5
Disorient: 2
Weaken: 1

Mix
Umbrageous Vigor: 15
Taste Fear: 2
Shadowflame: 2
Shadowing Hex: 2

Here's what I got. May be slight errors, but Corrupting Hex and Umbrageous Vigor are clear winners.

>>39459496
>+3 Stress

>>39459507
>no Unnatural Charm

Awwww, but I guess the victor is fine too

You can’t lie in snow all day. You sit up, though don’t stand up. You’re in your chill zone. No meltdowns allowed in the chill zone. (-2 Stress: 92/103)

You check your back for sweet wings, and find none. Although, you are wearing a bunch of crap. What if you actually did have wings? What if they were just waiting to spring out, but couldn’t because physics were getting in the way?

You guess that didn’t stop Rowan’s wings, but she only had that shirt in the way. You have freaking magic chainmail. You couldn’t rip through that stuff if you tried.

Unfortunately, you can’t think of any way to test your hypothesis that doesn’t require you to take off your shirt when it’s freaking 20 degrees or something outside. You’ll have to be careful later, though. You’re clever, you’re not going to destroy a shirt, not even on accident (-2 Strses: 90/103)

While you’re still keyed up pretty damn high from all the everything, you don’t feel so close to going all hypercritical all up in this. Must be the calming effects of silence, nature, and alone time.

You don’t want total alone time, though. You cup a hand to your mouth and shout into the quiet. “Reeber! Hey Reebs!” you say. You look around. “Reeeeeeeber,” you call again. “Reeb-reeb-rreeeebbbeeerrrr.”

You wait for a minute.

Huh. Maybe he landed someplace else?

You spot a rustling in the brush, and then suddenly a massive red hound with sharp horns busts out through the shrubbery and pounces you. You laugh and arrest his happy assault, grabbing his horns with your claws and turning his snout aside with your shadow. You lay him in the snow beside you, and pat his flank with big pats. (-5 Stress: 87/103)

>>39458356
>just barely tearing at the front of your jacket and skittering off the surface of your chainmail
Thanks Harvey. For the non-sexy combat damage, I GUESS.

>>39459574

Reeber licks at the snow, and then reverts to rolling around in the powder.

And, you guess, checking your deathly danger ring, there’s no deathly danger. The real question is why wasn’t it going off earlier? Or maybe it knew Hugo wasn’t trying to kill you? Or maybe it was going off, and you were too preoccupied with being smashed by Hugo the landmaster? Or maybe it knew you’d escape, and didn’t say anything?

What kind of cruddy ring is this? You don’t want to think about it, you want it to work, dammit! (+1 Stress: 88/103)

You sigh and shake your head. Later, you’ll worry about it later.

But now that things are not crazy, you actually have things to deal with. Like. You’re in the middle of some forest. Are you still in Cerra? You sure as hell aren’t in San Fransisco, there’s no snow anywhere near the Bay Area, ever.

Are the others around here, but really spread out? Reeber’s here, so that’s something at least, but you won’t be much of a hiker for another few hours at least with your legs all janked up.

>Deal with situation (?)
>Other (?)

>>39459593
Use shadows to support some weight to help with walking. Look around for everyone else

>>39459593
We could try shooting a flare up into the sky with our infernus powers. Hey, we did pack cellphones too, right?

>>39459496
Got a tally

Infernal Frenzy 6
Hastened Regeneration 2
Strength of Will 4
Power of Blood 9

Unnatural Charm 5
Corrupting Hex 13
Weaken 1
Disorient 2

Stepping of the Mind 0
Shadowing Hex 2
Incite Rage 0
Taste Fear 2
Shadowflame 3
Umbrageous Vigor 13

>>39459593
>Deal with situation
Continuw to regenerate, and calm down.
not like we can go anywhere with a meaningful place with our fucked up leg.

>>39459593
>>Deal with situation (?)
Get a good look at the mangled leg. Bandage it and/or splint it as needed.
Send Monster above the trees, see what he can see.

>>39459593
Have Monster fly up and look around so we can get our bearings.

If it looks like there's animals and stuff, we might be able to summon up the Shalbaan and have it hunt something and bring it to us so we can drink its blood and heal faster.

Also grab our damn sword.

>>39459593
>Deal with situation
See what's wrong, try to splint if we really have to, and hope it doesn't heal too much to require rebreaking

>>39459593
>Deal with situation
Check for a walky-talkie
Check over our leg
Summon scouts

>>39459593
Try Doc-Ocking it with our shadowy limbs.

>>39459593
Have a look around, reinforce legs with shadows. If noone's around surley you could ride Reeber

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>>39459593
>Other
Remember our training and dig a hole. Wait it all out.

>>39459593
>>39459697
Support

>>39459593
Have Reeber assume glamour.

I demand a recount. Taste Fear was an inch from winning. Samefags just ruined it for TF.

>>39459593
>Check if we happen to have a walky-talky with us.
>Try to find a high spot with a good view of the surroundings.
>Have Reeber carry us. He's a big guy.

>>39459737
Recount it yourself

>>39459620
I don't think we can even shoot fire far enough to clear the treetops. Kinda makes for a shitty flare.

>>39459788
Hellbolt: A ranged projection of hellfire as a condensed ball of furious heat. Damage: 2d5{+1d5 Hellblaze}, Cost 5 PP, Type: Fire, Range: 15m{+5m Hellblaze} [IN]

That's a good fifty feet. Five stories isn't so bad. Add a bit of hellblaze for more brightness and about 60 feet of height.

>>39459593
>Other
We could talk to the shadows and ask them were we are. Right?

>>39459855
yup

>>39459848
I'm not saying that 20m is small, I'm saying that trees are just really big. This looks like one of those places where the trees are all 30+m

>>39459848
Hellblaze is a passive upgrade to the base hellbolt and most other [IN] fire powers. It always applies. There's no way to "add a bit of hellblaze". It's like the claw upgrade we got this thread.

>>39459788
>>39459955

A burning forest i also a good beacon.

>>39459905
Except, ya'know, biologically and naturally, evergreens grow "up to" 30 feet maximum.

>>39459697
>>39459593
Yeah, I'll back this.

>>39459991
Magic needs no explanation?

You snort to yourself. This is exactly like one of Isaac’s war stories. Deep behind enemy territory, surrounded by kraut Thul socialists, with nothing but a Mosin Nagant, two bullets, and some guy named Sergei to keep you company in the deep Russian winter.

And you don’t even have Nazi demon shock troops from your mom hunting you down. This is a piece of cake.

First thing to do in a lost in the wilderness situation, don’t freak out. You’ve already got that one down in spades. Now... resources. You look behind you, reach back, and snatch up Zelathis. Don’t want to get all delirious and leave that guy just lying around someplace. You slip the lightning sword into your sheath. Getting it done, that’s you.

You pat down your pockets, and realize you’ve got your cell on you. It’s been a couple days since you charged it, but hey, it’s still got some batteries. You can google earth it right out of dodge. You check your cruddy phone, for a second, but find you have zero bars. Stupid Sprint. So maybe you are still in Cerra, but maybe you’re just in the middle of nowhere. Like Colorado. Screw Colorado.

All right, so you can’t just call the coast guard or the forest rangers or whatever. If it was that easy, it wouldn’t be a survival scenario.

The next step is to get someplace high up and get a vantage point on things. Seeing as walking is a problem, you’d rather not do that too much. Luckily, you have an unmanned aerial reconassaince imp that can do the job that much better. “Quit sloughing off and go find something,” you say, conjuring Monster up from nothingness. (-4 PP: 19/36)

The imp snarls and shoots off into the sky. You give him a minute, then look through his eyes.

Trees. More trees. Uh. Snow. Hills! Distant mountain... and... uh. Huh. Wow.

You let him go with an imperative to go find something that’s not nothing. This could very well be Colorado. Maybe. Stupid Zorr, screwing up everything. Not everything, actually. He won you the duel at least.

>>39460055
It needs a magical explanation, or a magic explanation - magixplanation

missed the thread ;_;

>>39460118
Because we rubbed a unicorn in all the right ways?

>>39460108

You hope you didn’t mess Scott up too bad. The guy’s kind of cool.

You kind of wonder what’s going on with the others. Are they scattered around these woods? Or are they all in the parking garage, freaking out?

You don’t imagine Ranthix is content with you vanishing off the face of the earth.

Music with ah heavy beat begins playing, but almost too quiet to hear. “All I wanna do is” POW POW POW POW “And” click. Ching! “And take your money.”

What the hell? Wait. You check your pocket and pull out your phone. Caller ID says Ro, and a picture of her in her winter ball getup pops up on the screen.

You answer it.

Ro’s voice comes over, but it’s really garbled. “Hello? Are you ---- hellooo? S--- okay?”

>Where are you?
>I’m fine! I’ve got Reeber!
>I think I’m in Colorado!
>Is everybody okay?
>Other (?)

>>39460142
Or the right places?

>>39460156
>I’m fine! I’ve got Reeber!
>Where are you?

>>39460156
>I’m fine! I’ve got Reeber!
>Is everybody okay?
>Where are you?

>>39460156
>Where are you?
>I’m fine! I’ve got Reeber!
>I'm chilling at 88/103 right now