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You decide to follow the urge wherever it may lead you. After all, what's the worst that could happen? Horrible dismemberment? Your own death? Pah! You proceed forward, across a narrow bridge which stretches across a steep drop into the black. From there you find yourself winding through a sequence of narrow caverns until you reach what appears to be a staircase carved into the side of a cliff.

You proceed down the stairs, they turn back on themselves a number of times but always proceed downwards. You're not sure how deep you wind up going, but it must be quite deep. The air here is old and stale, as if it hadn't been disturbed in a century before your arrival. There's no light aside from the light from the ball of fire you produced, and even it seems dimmed by the oppressive atmosphere.

You must appear as little more than a shifting mass of shadow occasionally cast in sharp contrast by the light of the flame as you make your way through the tunnels in accordance with the directions of the voice in your head. It is a voice, now. Telling you when to turn and when to continue on. You go deeper and deeper into the caves, walking for what must be a solid hour or so, in a generally western direction you think. Around that time the air starts to grow fresher and a light appears up ahead.

Then you appear in a large, lamplit cavern. Crates lie scattered about, the vast majority empty or in an advanced state of rot. Most likely both. Zahak is napping on a platform built around a central pillar which seems to hold up the cavern roof, and just beyond you can see the wide open expanse of the ocean. You imagine that no ship larger than a dingy could slip through the narrow opening in the rocks the cove is afforded, but you suppose that's what makes it good for smuggling.
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The newer supplies, presumably placed down here by your companions, lie further in. They're stacked up on a wooden platform secured to the stone walls. You make your way over, inspecting them. Two or three dozen crates, and a thirty barrels of water. Most of the crates are labeled 'food' but you spot a few labeled 'bedding' or 'clothing'.

You ignore them for now, instead reaching out to Zahak mentally. {Guess who's home!}

You get a vague sense of Mahana's grinning feline face before it's drowned out by the presence of Zahak's mind. He feels unexpectedly powerful, almost discouragingly so. He just seems to be dreaming though, you don't think you actually woke him. You see brief flashes of yourself, and then Zahak tearing into the flesh of a presumably wild camel.

Cupping your hands around your mouth you shout out into the vastnes of the cavern. “Zahak! Your father's home!”

That does it. He shoots awake, roaring instinctively. It's a proper roar too, reverberating through the walls of the cavern and shaking the platform you stand on. A powerful roar. As he draws himself up to his full height you see him for the first time at his full size. He easily outstrips a horse, or even the sarada you rode in on, in size. You wonder if you'll be able to fly along on his back soon? You must admit, you're looking forward to it.

When he spots you he takes to the air, bounding off the platform he's standing on and spreading his wings. There's an audible snap as the membranes are pulled taut and he soars gracefully across the space between you, landing on the platform with a crash and running up to greet you.

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You find yourself tackled off your feet as he wraps his wings around you, pulling you against his body and rolling on his back as he falls to avoid crushing you beneath him. {Papa! I missed you! I thought maybe you weren't coming back because you said that it would only be a short trip but everyone kept saying you were fine but I wasn't sure if they were telling the truth but they were!}

Even if he's huge, he's still just a kid apparently. Certainly just as excitable as a kid. You wriggle in his grasp but can't seem to free yourself. In the end you grow consigned to your fate. {I'm sorry I was gone for so long, I got sidetracked a few times while I was in the North. I'm back now though, and I'll be staying for at least a little while. I hope things weren't too lonely without me.}

Zahak's neck scales flare out, rattling together loudly. You're not sure whether to interpret that as happy or annoyed or what. {I wasn't too lonely! Chrys played with me a lot and took me hunting and even though I've gotten too big for doors and they moved me here they still visited yesterday and I can fly whenever I want so it's okay!}

>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.
>Well, let's not go making any promises. Just spend some quality time with him for now.
>Write-in

>>40904704
>>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.
Grow up so fast

>>40904704
>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.

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>>40904704
I was debating this for a while with the ongoing scare of dragons around, but...

>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.

We're his dad, damnit! We're fuckin' ohana!

>>40904704
>Apologize for leaving him for so long, but say nothing and spend some quality time with him for now.
We can decide about taking him we go depart for our next adventure.

>>40904704
>>Well, let's not go making any promises. Just spend some quality time with him for now.
Soma, can we train/play with Zahak, or does Zahak/Mik need sleep?
I wanna ask him to show us what all he's learned while we were away.

>>40904944
You could certainly train him/ask him to show you what he's learned. Mik isn't particularly tired as of yet.
Actually, let me roll some shit. I need to see if he's advanced at all in the time since I last did this.

>>40904704
>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.

>>40904704
>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.
i missed the little guy

>>40904704
What kind of Dragon is Zahak exactly? From the images you've provided, he seems to be fluctuating between a Wyvern and the usual classic Dragon.

>>40905071
>read the quest

But yeah, not a dragon.

>>40905071
He is a Wyvern (2 legs plus wings), but in this setting nobody makes the distinction. He's just a dragon.

>>40904704
Oi lads. Learning out the plasma trick Surya's got for us and Zahak might be easier than you think. Skull Kid comes from a world full of energy projecting weapons. He could probably help us out of developing a framework to develop our understanding and make the plasma blade thing easier. I still would like to focus on making a rail gun first, and getting more Metal mastery though.

>>40905071
He's got wings and hind legs, but no forelegs. He walks on the tips of his wings like a bat. Thus, he would be categorized as a wyvern.
In setting, no distinction is made. "Dragon" is the term used to describe the entire Draconic family.

I also updated the companion pastebin, all of your companions. Not much has changed, a few people finished reading books so got a small vys boost. Zahak has matured into being officially a 'child' as opposed to a 'newborn'. His treasure horde expanded and he got a little better as a Vatis in a few areas.

>>40905142
Just asking, anon, but which of those WMD's are more in reach?

I'll support the easier one

>>40905145
>he got a little better as a Vatis
>a little

How much is a little? Our standards or draconic standards?

>>40905179
The rail gun ought to be more effective, it's literally just enchanting tubes and getting SK to build a loading and firing mechanism instead of developing an entirely new and lost technique. More effective too, since anyone of our mates can use it, and it's not fire, so even more effective against dragons.

>>40905142
Next time we meditate Soma said he would present the option of experimenting and meditating on techniques, which means learning the lightning/plasma trick will finally be an option.

>>40904725
>>40904789
>>40904849
>>40904997
>>40905026
>Promise to take him on adventures.

>>40904876
>>40904944
>Just spend some time with him.

Writin'

>>40905213
Nigga it's right here: http://pastebin.com/tWc3Zjje
Go read it.

>>40905227
sorry, i dont know no better

>>40905216
>getting SK to build a loading and firing mechanism
Or just have a Create+Iron to make bullets right in the barrel.
>>40905221
We need to do the Gate dives before than though, which means we have to get those soul reinforcement Metal meditations dealt with soon so we can dive "safely".

>>40905145
>a little
His Vys Reserves is as big as Mik's. How is that considered "a little"?
Also, he's excelling in some areas that we haven't even got to. we could use that to our advantage. Father/son bonding meditation time!

>>40905289
That's a good idea, but we'll need a very specific trigger. If it's anything like master's pipe, a light tap will do it. There's usually quite of bit of hard bumps in combat, and that sounds like a lot of potential for disaster.

>>40905227
Sup Soma, and what the fuck man? This weird ass time slot. You usually start at 2 on early days

>>40905316
Have it trigger when we feed it vys.
Or have a little trigger like on a regular gun, that activates the creation, and the actual shooting/acceleration works automatically.

>>40905289
>We need to do the Gate dives before than though
Why the fuck do we need that?

>>40904704
>Apologize for leaving him for so long, promise to take him on your next adventure.

Can't be leaving him again.

>>40905629
Because mysterious insight that might give a super good semi-GM bonus, and we won't learn what the insight is for otherwise since people refuse to vote to meditate on finding it out, would literally take a couple hours at most with Mik just thinking about it.

>>40905673
That doesn't mean we can't learn lightning/plasma first, though.

>>40905721
Learning that would probably give insight, which means if we do more than 1 thing other than Gate insight, we wouldn't be able to get the Gate semi-GM bonus.
>>40905227
Soma, how does the semi-GM bonus work?
For example, let's say we did healing for the semi-GM bonus, but went full water manipulation for the actual GM meditation, would we have +4(not sure how much it was) to healing and +8 to water meditation?

>>40905750
learning lightning/plasma isn't a fire technique. It's a vys based thing. Something about gathering excess vys around your fingers until it starts to build up.

>>40905794
No, anon, lightning is a fire technique, we know this.

>>40905794
It has been stated in-quest that it's an application of fire magic.

>>40905794
It was in the ritual book of surya.

>>40905794
>>40905750
Pretty sure there's 2 methods to the lightning technique.

A. Masters method of gathering ambient vys until it builds up to overcharge

B. Fire GM method of just creating it from our reserves.

The Plasma sword technique is undoubtedly a fire technique though. I don't know whether it's Master or GM level though.

>>40905750
>Learning that would probably give insight
>Gate semi-GM bonus.
This is all conjecture.

>>40905847
We get bonuses for specializing while on our way to GM. The Gates give us GM insights.

You scratch between two bony growths which have sprouted from Zahak's hide near the base of his horns, which he seems to quite enjoy judging by the way he pushes his head against your hand. {I'm sorry for leaving you for so long. I would've brought you with me but I worried you might get hurt. How about this, to make it up to you I'll bring you on my next adventure. How does that sound?}

His tail starts to lash around violently behind you, smashing into the wood hard enough to shake the entire platform. You worry he might damage the planks, and thus endanger the structural stability of the whole construction. Fortunately he seems to pick up on this and curb his enthusiasm, his tail falling gradually still as his voice pervades your thoughts. {I can't wait to show you what I've learned! I've been practicing really hard trying to do that water thing that you can do and I really think I'm starting to get the hang of it!}

He spreads his wings, freeing you from his embrace. Once you've got your feet on solid ground again he pushes himself into a standing position with his weight primarily resting on the 'elbow' of his wings. You wonder if it wouldn't be better to call it his wrist, or something? Considering the supporting structure of his wings are sort of like fingers. {Watch this, Papa!} Is all he says before stomping over to the edge of the wooden platform and leaping off.

There's a tremendous splash as Zahak presumably hits the water and you rush to the edge, worry consuming your thoughts. What if he hit the rocks? A broken neck could still kill a dragon, regardless of how sturdy they are. However, as you reach the edge of the platform and look down you find Zahak floating on his back in his water with his wings spread wide, air trapped beneath serving to sort of buoy him on the surface of the water. You honestly wouldn't have thought that a creature that large would be able to swim, but he seems quite adept at it.

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>>40905227
>Hoard Size: 67 gold, 236 silver, 1 silver pendant, 1 ruby, 23 pearls, gilded cutlass

Where's he getting all this shit

You feel a burst of vys and a moment later the water around him rushes upwards, shooting towards the ceiling with immense force. You have to take a step back to avoid getting bowled over as it rushes past you like some sort of tremendous geyser. It's really quite impressive considering that only a few weeks ago he was struggling with even the most rudimentary of spells, but you get the sense he had to expend far more vys than necessary to accomplish this particular feat of magic.

>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
>Ask him how he's progressed in other fields of magic.
>Scold him for just leaping off the edge like that, he could've hurt himself!
>Write-in

>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.

>>40905885
He steals it from people. Companions, guests, slaves, random people on the street.

>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
>>Ask him how he's progressed in other fields of magic.

>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.

>>40905892
>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.

>>40905832
We can just ask Master, but I doubt it.
Fire deals with photons, so unless Soma goes eastern-ish and takes Metal to mean electricity, both are Fire.
>>40905847
No they aren't, every time we have made/learned a pure elemental technique so far, it gave insight to the element.
And the semi-GM thing isn't, we know that if we get 3 insights of the same kind when we're Master in an element, it gives us a bonus before we get to GM.
>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
>>Ask him how he's progressed in other fields of magic.

>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.

>>40905892
>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
>Ask him how he's progressed in other fields of magic.

>>40905750
The absolute maximum bonus you can earn from a GM trait is +8 total. So this can be divided up into +4 to one thing and +4 to another, +4 to one thing and +2 to two other things, +6 to one thing and +2 to another. Et cetera. The only thing that matters in relation to the GM trait you earn is the GM meditation. You can also get a trait that gives less than a total of +8, for instance +4 and +2 would only be a +6 total.

Anyway, as for the Semi-GM bonus it's not just for GM. For all levels of magic if you specialize your meditations you'll get a bonus at the 'halfway' point. For GM this means that after 3 meditations, if all three are part of a certain subcategory of that elemental magic (Illusion, healing, water/fire manipulation, so on and so forth), you'll be able to perform that specific subcategory at 'GM Levels', although you'll still be able to do it better once you actually GM.

For instance, once you achieved your Healing bonus after your third meditation towards GM, you could restore limbs. Where as previously you weren't able to do so without assistance.

>>40905892
>>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
I'm proud, son.

>>40905936
I'd prefer to get bonuses to illusion and invisibility but whatever.

>>40905936
I was thinking Masters method was less about creating electricty and more about causing enough Vys to build up that it can discharge in the form of static. then all you need is a touch of vys to direct it.

just my theory.

>>40905979
So what you're saying is, right now Mik can heal better than someone who also did a GM meditation that gave +4 to healing, but didn't get a healing bonus for semi-GM?
>>40906018
Why would vys default to electricity/lightning? That makes no sense, energy is the domain of Fire.

>>40905892
>Compliment him on his progress and give him a few pointers.
>Ask him how he's progressed in other fields of magic.

>>40906037
Master specifically said he did not use his own reserves or channel any type of magic when he was doing it. Which means he did not transmute the Raw Vys into Fire Vys.

>>40905910
>>40905912
>>40905915
>>40905926
>>40905936
>>40905945
>>40905962
>>40905995
>>40906071
>Compliment his progress.

>>40905962
>>40905936
>>40905912
>>40906071
>Ask how he's doing in other fields.

>>40906037
>Mik can heal better than someone who also did a GM meditation that gave +4 to healing

>>40906078
I don't actually think your master elaborated much on the nature of how he did it. Just that he spent ages doing it.
No, Mik can heal exactly the same as any other GM who used a meditation that gave them a +4 to healing. He did get a healing bonus for semi-GM

>>40906309
>No, Mik can heal exactly the same as any other GM who used a meditation that gave them a +4 to healing. He did get a healing bonus for semi-GM
Meant to link >>40906037

>>40906309
>No, Mik can heal exactly the same as any other GM who used a meditation that gave them a +4 to healing. He did get a healing bonus for semi-GM
But
>although you'll still be able to do it better once you actually GM

>>40906331
>Meditate 3 times on healing magic.
>Learn how to heal like a GM without a GM trait.
>GM in such a way that the trait you get gives a bonus to healing.
>You're now better at healing since you actually GM'd.

Mechanically it'll be represented thus: After 3 meditations on the same subcategory of magic you'll get a +8 bonus to that particular subdivision of magic. The same bonus a GM would if they didn't have a trait that improved it.

Once you actually attain Grandmaster rank you'll get a bonus from whatever GM trait you got. In Mik's case, he got a +4. Thus his total bonus to healing is a +12 where as previously it would've been a +8. His bonus is still the exact same as the bonus any GM would get if they got a +4 to healing.

Oh, before I forget. I've got maintenance scheduled on my apartment to fix this hole in my ceiling. I might have to take a short break while that goes on.

So, do we give Zahak a brooch?

Rolled 1, 1, 1 = 3 (3d1)

>>40906472

>>40906408
I still don't understand this, to be honest.
So what if we get a semi-GM bonus to healing, but concentrated exclusively on Water Manipulation for our GM thing?
While we're at it, is Mik's bonus to healing higher than his one to Water manipulation? If yes, why? You said we'd have the sams bonus to healing as other GMs who didn't get a healing Semi-GM bonus.

>>40906472
No.

>>40906509
>*Frosty: Largely able to ignore cold, +4 bonus to ice and freezing based spells, +4 bonus to healing, sanity fortified by stoic mentality.
It's in the character sheet. Mik doesn't get a flat bonus to water manipulation but rather only a bonus to ice and freezing based spells. Rotting things is a freezing based spell. It's freezing cells and thus destroying them, frostbite basically.

If you got a semi-GM bonus to healing you'd have a +8 to healing, but a +4 to water manipulation.
If you then focus exclusively on healing for your GM meditation AND pick a good meditation you'll get a trait that gives you a +8 to healing.
Your cumulative healing bonus would thus be +16, while your cumulative water manip bonus would be +8.

>>40906554
Huh? I'm more confused than before.
So we got +4 to ice/freezing and +4 to healing but +0 to wet water because of our GM method. But where is the bonus for our semi-GM healing specialization?

>>40906640
The bonus from semi-GM healing specialization vanishes once you actually reach GM. It's not so much a separate bonus as it is simply the application of your flat GM bonus.

>>40906661
Okay, now I think I got it. So a GM has a general +8 bonus for all subcategories of that element. Depending on the GM meditation he can get additional bonuses (up to another +8) for the subcategories he uses in the GM meditation. With the semi-GM specialization Mik had +8 to healing but +0 to ice and wet water, then reaching GM added the missing +8 to ice and wet water, bringing him to GM level (i.e. +8 to everything), and the GM method added those other +4. So his cumulative healing bonus IS +12, but it's not written that way, instead applied separately.

You try to pass along a sense of pride and general approval via the connection you share with Zahak. You think he gets to point, judging by the flood of positive emotions you get in response. {Very impressive, Zahak! At this rate you may very well attain Mastery soon. I mean, but a few weeks ago you didn't know any Water magic and now you can manipulate water better than many robed Vatis. However, I must caution you not to forget that Water magic is more than just Water manipulation. It's also healing.}

Zahak's general elation is tempered by respect and determination as he responds. {I know, Papa! I've been trying to heal things but healing this is hard because I usually only have to heal them if I'm the one that hurt them in the first place and it seems cruel not to mention they look so tasty so I usually just end up eating them before I really make any progress.}

He's practicing healing on his prey? You suppose that would make sense, it's not like he could easily wound himself. {How are you progressing in other fields of magic? Have you been having any trouble?}

Zahak rolls in the water, using his wings to push himself forward in the water. He's actually a pretty fast swimmer. Probably faster than any average person. You wonder if there are a type of dragon accustomed to living underwater? You could certainly picture it, based on what you've seen of Zahak so far.

Once he reaches the edge of the cliff face which drops off into the water, rather than using the stairs to climb back up he just digs his foreclaws into the stone and starts pulling himself upwards. You feel him channeling magic each time he sinks his claws into the stone, a surprisingly subtle use of Earth magic all things considered. He only responds once he pulls himself over the edge. {Chryssa has been teaching me Earth magic and I think I'm getting to be pretty good but I'm still learning. I can also see things without looking at them! Karim taught me that.}

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>>40906933
If Mik had done semi-GM specialization in wet water, he would have had +8 to that earlier, but by reaching GM the other subcategories would have caught up and he would have finally been in the same spot.

So he's gotten better in Earth and Nature as well as Water. Seems the only thing he hasn't advanced in is Fire magic, but you imagine he just needs some time. {That's good to hear. I have noticed that you're wasting a lot of vys in the way you cast. You have a large vys pool, so it's not as much of a concern, but you'll find you can accomplish a lot more if you simply let the vys you spend act as it wills. The best way to approach magic in my experience is to alter the spell as little as possible.}

Zahak seems to take your advice seriously, judging by the vague sense you get of his emotions. His mind is focused, analyzing everything you've said. {Have I missed anything else since I was away?}

Zahak nods his head swiftly. {Yeah! I was exploring the caves yesterday and you'll never guess what I found! There was a chest in a chamber beneath this one and it was full of gold and silver and pearls! I added it to my hoard. I also found a golden sword lying around and added it too. My hoard is still too small to sleep on top of, but maybe someday!}

>You want to try riding on Zahak's back, ask if he'd be okay with that.
>You want to see this expanding hoard of his, ask him where he keeps it.
>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.
>Write-in

>>40907004
>You want to see this expanding hoard of his, ask him where he keeps it.
>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.

>>40907004
>>You want to see this expanding hoard of his, ask him where he keeps it.
>>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.

>>40907004
>You want to try riding on Zahak's back, ask if he'd be okay with that.
>You want to see this expanding hoard of his, ask him where he keeps it.
>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.

Rolled 2, 6, 2 + 6 = 16 (3d10 + 6)

>>40907004
>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.
Must. Not. Jew. our son.....

>>40907004
>Write-in
Practise Metal Magic with him, it's the only one he has no experience in.

>>40907004
>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.
>Make him an enchanted scarf.

>>40907068
It should be a crime to not jew our son!

Imagine a draconian barterer.

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>>40907004
>Help Zahak learn healing by harming yourself and telling him to heal you.

>>40907064
Seconded

>>40906982
>{I know, Papa! I've been trying to heal things but healing this is hard because I usually only have to heal them if I'm the one that hurt them in the first place and it seems cruel not to mention they look so tasty so I usually just end up eating them before I really make any progress.}
Let's stab ourselves, surely he can manage to not eat his father.
>>40907004
>>You want to see this expanding hoard of his, ask him where he keeps it.
>>Ask him if he's found anything else interesting in the tunnels.

>>40907072
Nobody except us and Fulvia has any experience with Metal, we should show all of them for maximum efficiency.

>>40907116
>>40907119
We are not allowed to heal the tattoos, so I would refrain from healing anything right know. I don't know if the healing could be limited to the new wound.

>>40906991
>wet water
I would rather we specialized in dry water, myself.

>>40907004
>>Write-in
Teach him create and let him make his own gold/hoard

>>40907149
Why would "don't heal tattoos" mean "don't heal your kneecap"?

>>40907171
>cheating
no

>>40907083
>>40907064
>>40907068
>>40907063
>>40907042
>>40907117
>>40907119
>Ask him if he's found anything else in the tunnels.

>>40907119
>>40907117
>>40907064
>>40907063
>>40907042
>Yo nigga, lemme see your bling.

>>40907117
>>40907064
>WE RIDE

>>40907083
>Make him a flamboyantly gay article of clothing.

>>40907119
>>40907116
>Hurt yourself so he can try to heal it.

>>40907171
>Teach him create.

Writin' for shit in the caves and hoard.

>>40907226
Aww yiss, father/son bonding time.

We can try riding on his back later.
Someday he'll be our greatest battle buddy.

>>40907226
Lets not shit in the cave, if we teach our son to shit in the cave our mansion will start stinking at some point. And by the time we notice it, it's way too late to start cleaning up.

I just had to.

>>40907205
Depending on how good Zahak is at fine-tuning his healing, he might only be able to cast "heal daddy" instead of "heal daddy's kneecap but not the wounds on this arms"

>>40907165
Wet water was meant in opposition to frozen water.

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>>40907271
I enjoyed a hearty kek.

>>40906982
>I've been trying to heal things but healing this is hard because I usually only have to heal them if I'm the one that hurt them in the first place and it seems cruel
HE'S LEARNING, HE'S NOT GOING TO BE A VICIOUSLY CRUEL MONSTER.

SUCCESS.

>>40907171
We should talk to SK about projects he needs rare materials for and see about using create to make them possible. I wonder if he can explain advanced metallurgy and polymers well enough for amok to properly understand and create them?

>>40907281
Ah, that's true.
Hmmm.
Just catch some small animal like a fish? He can probably refrain from eating it, since it's barely worth anything for his hunger.

>>40907307
We can't create shit we aren't familiar with, or at least it'd have a DC of like 50

>>40907304
Yeah time to teach him the wonders of self mutilation eh?

>>40907226
>>40907004

He is already steal shit that isn't nail down from crypts and other places, I am so proud of him. We should encourage him, maybe suggest he take a look for sunken ships near the port. This keeps him entertain while he trains his water magic.

>>40907389
He should swim more.
I have a hunch that while growing, dragons can evolve to adapt to their surroundings.
We may be too late now that he isn't a newborn though...

>>40907419
>not wanting a flying dragon

>>40907443
He can already fly.
I want him to grow gills or something so he can survive in more environment.

>>40907443
>Not wanting a dragon that can dive deep in the water and also fly.

He's already learned to fly quite well, it's time to learn to swim.

>>40907419
>I have a hunch that while growing, dragons can evolve to adapt to their surroundings.

I am incline to agree with you from what we have seen until now.

>>40904650
>http://ask.fm/Quidam_Asinus
Sup Soma, could you switch to another service please? Ask is being a fucking cunt lately.
>lately
>implying
I know.

>>40907598
https://retrospring.net/Soma
I have this account, but I haven't been very active on it lately.

>>40907598
What's wrong with it? And what alternative would you suggest?

>>40907646
I think some have taken to using Tumblr because it allows anon questions.

Soma, do wyvern families stick together?

Zahak isn't going to up and disappear someday is he?

>>40907877
His mother abandoned him and he has accepted us as his father. Why would he disappear to go be with those other fags? He doesn't even speak their language.

>>40907911
I didn't say anything about going back to them, I said up and disappearing.

As in going off on his own because he doesn't need papa anymore.

>>40907995
Yeah someday. Our son isn't gonna end up as a fuckin neet

>>40908035
He's gonna be our battle partner.

We will ride him into GLORIOUS BATTLE.

>>40907995
No, we'll discipline him if we must.
We'll get to 5*GM, master enchanting, adn ask Mahana if we must, we ain't letting him do anything stupid in his youth.
>>40908035
lolno
multigenerational living is GOAT

You raise an eyebrow curiously. You know there's some strange things beneath El-Amin but you hadn't imagined a treasure chest would be among them. Then again, maybe that's an oversight on your part. {What else have you found in the tunnels beneath my estate? Anything of any particular interest?}

Zahak leans back, balancing himself on his hind legs for a moment and cocking his head to one side. {Umm... I found a tunnel that was full of molten rock. I laid down in it and it was really comfortable but it started to hurt after a while so I got out and had rock all over me so I had to have Chrys help me get it off but it was still nice. Then there was a really weird animal we found that was sort of like a giant snake with a bunch of writing all over it and I tried to burn it but it just spit something at me so we ran away.}

Woah, what? That seems like something you should've been informed of. {What do you mean there was a giant snake monster, and what did it spit at you? Did it hurt you, are you okay? Did you attack it first or did it attack you?}

Zahak seems to shrink up a bit, pulling his wings around himself a little tighter. {It was a giant snake! Sort of. It had scales, but they were carved with yellow writing, and I think it was made of stone. Also it didn't have fangs. It had these long feeler things on the front of its face where its mouth should be. I don't think it had a real mouth. Oh, and it was really really REALLY long! Like, it filled the entire chamber! It had two eyes, but not like you. There was a top eye and then a much bigger bottom eye. I attacked it first, but only because it grabbed me with one of its feeler thingies!}
(1/2)

You wonder what the writing on its scales could mean, and made of stone? What if it's some sort of ancient guardian? {Where was it? Do you think you could find your way back there on your own?}

Zahak shrugs, as much as a dragon can shrug. {It was really really deep underground. We followed the river of molten rock as far as we could and then found its chamber at the end. I could probably find my way back, but I wouldn't want to. It was really big and scary looking. It felt weird too.}

Perhaps you'll need to check that out later. It sounds like it's some sort of construct, or perhaps a Rhynian experiment gone awry. However, it's not an immediately pressing concern. {So long as it doesn't try to leave it's chamber it shouldn't cause us any problems, I suppose. Now, where is this hoard of yours?}

Zahak turns to look at a distant overhang carved into the ceiling, and then back at you. After a moment's pause his thoughts filter through your mental connection. {One second!} Is all he says before getting a running start towards the ledge and propelling himself into the air.

His wings snap taut and he soars around the cavern, building up speed. He does a few circuits before he comes swooping towards you, the talons on his hind legs spread wide as if to pluck you up by the shoulders. You stretch out your hands in preparation and his claws snatch you up by the wrist, pain shooting through you from the cuts covering your arms underneath your bandages but you bite back your voice.
(2/3)

Zahak apparently hadn't thought out landing, because as he approaches the carved out overhang he just lets you go. You manage to soften your landing by turning to area you fall on into sand, rolling a few feet before coming to a stop. Zahak lands a few feet further into the alcove, skidding to a halt before turning towards you with a worried expression. {I'm sorry! Are you okay? I thought I could just land but then I realized that if I did that I'd be landing on your arms and that would probably hurt so I let you go but then you fell and I didn't mean to! Honest!}

>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.
>Scold him, he needs to think further ahead before just plucking people up into the air.
>Write-in

>>40908261
>>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.
But he should think things through more.

>>40908261
>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.

>>40908261
>Write-in
Tell someone what you plan to do before you do it, next time.
We'll have to work out a different way of flying with you.

>>40908261
>>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.
But he has to think ahead if he does this with other people.

>>40908261
>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.

>>40908293
Support

>>40908261
>>It's fine, you would've appreciated a little warning though. He didn't actually cause you any harm after all.
It's cool, your Papa is strong. Except for when he gets tattooed, then he screams

>>40908261
>Scold him, he needs to think further ahead before just plucking people up into the air.

>>40908261
Tell him it's fine but he should still try to think ahead more

You are all weak parents

>>40908261
>Write-in
Allah akbar

>>40908341
We should have learned the Pain effect, then we could have manipulated the pain away. For a long time I've wanted to learn Confuse and Pain for such a situation (confuse primarily for a duel/fight though).

>>40908261
>>Scold him, he needs to think further ahead before just plucking people up into the air.

>>40908400
>being a dick to your kid when he's already realized his mistake
No anon, you're the shit parent.

>>40908406
And all our friends should ASAP learn paralyze, poison, (confuse, pain, sleep) and manipulate

>>40908406
I don't think the pain affect can do that honestly.
Especially when we are a eater GM with scary high pain tolerance.

>>40908277
>>40908278
>>40908297
>>40908315
>>40908293
>>40908341
>>40908338
>Warning would be nice.

>>40908277
>>40908388
>>40908418
>Needs to think further ahead.

>>40908338
>>40908293
>Work out a different way for him to carry you.

Writin' for warning being nice. Maybe also thinking further ahead but not scolding him.

>>40908431
>Not having a firm hand when dealing with children
Guaranteed to raise a whore or a thug

>>40908496
You don't need to make the kid feel shittier if he already knows he fucked up.

>>40908581
>"Oh no papa I cut up all those whores I know it was wrong please forgive me"

>>40908679
>comparing apples to serial killers

>>40908406
Shit why didn't we deaden the nerves in our hands? That would've been child's play

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>>40908679

>>40908452
It can, just like how Manipulate+Poison can neutralize poison, Manipulate+Pain can do the same to pain. Probably.

>>40908695
It's just a logical escalation

>>40908679
quit being a fag I just want to have one pleasant BQ thread

>>40908714
ahhahahahahHAHAHAHAHAHHA

>>40908697
Because anons wanted to BE A MAN and take it vanilla.
It's hilarious how easy it is for Soma to manipulate the playerbase into voting for what he wants to win.

>>40908736
He writes papers about us

>>40908714
Keep dreaming anon.

>>40908736
>the playerbase

You mean the vocal fags. Meanwhile the lurkers probably didn't even vote because it's too much trouble to go against the herd once the vote takes a turn for a certain outcome.

>>40908736
Soma IS a sociopath. Of course he'd be good at manipulating people.

>>40908736
I personally wanted Mik to scream like a bitch, but I might be an outlier.

>>40908697
Big dick points and pain tolerance

Mostly the big dick points

>>40908697
>>40908911
Reminder that had we gotten a Great Success on that we would have gotten a Resist Pain trait.

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You wave him down, gesturing for him to calm himself. {Relax, Zahak. I'm not hurt. However, I could have been. You need to warn people before you just pluck them up and carry them off. Others might have panicked, and a panicked person might have tried to hurt you. As well, you should think these things through more thoroughly. I believe talking to others about your plans before executing them will help with this, as you'll be submitting your ideas to outside review. They'll be able to point things out you may have overlooked.}

He lowers his head, looking terribly apologetic, but bucks up as you wander further into this little cave on the ceiling he's carved himself, or perhaps merely acquisitioned for his purposes. Your burning blanket is sitting on top of a pile of gold and silver spilling from a tipped over and at least partially rotten chest. There's a depression on top of the pile, presumably where Zahak lays his head.

You also spy a sword laying at the edge of the pile, it's old, very old, and constructed in a strange style. The cross guard is wide and the blade flares out around the base. There's also a raised dome where the hilt meets the blade, presumably holding everything together. It's simply made of iron, with the gold layered on top, but it hasn't rusted. It looks practically new, in fact. You wonder if it's enchanted? If it is, it's not a particularly impressive enchantment. The weapon doesn't exude magic as most powerful artifacts seem to.

(1/2)

You also spy a silver chain you don't remember getting him, and a few pearls scattered about amongst the gold and silver. There's also a ruby the size of your eye just sitting off to the side, as if it rolled off the pile. While all no doubt valuable, they're obviously mundane.

>Ask Zahak to fly you back down to the ground, compliment him on his ever growing horde.
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Write-in

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Inspect to see if he found any other artifacts.

>>40909180
>Ask Zahak to fly you back down to the ground, compliment him on his ever growing horde.
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

>>40909180
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

That fucking third option, coming from Mik. Kek.

>>40909180
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
>compliment him on his ever growing horde.

>>40909180
>they're obviously mundane
OR ARE THEY
>inspect the sword, pendant, and ruby
>compliment horde, ask to look at it

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.

What is best in life you ask?
Family and friends

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Make him enchanted horn cozies

>>40909180
>>40909219
adding that
>>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.

>>40909180
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
and this
>>40909225

>>40909165
This sword looks cool, but there is more to a sword than looks. The vibration and balance is extremely important. I know it seems like random hipster words, but it is real physics. That swords looks nice, but it is probably unwieldy.

>>40909180
Supporting>>40909202
+>>40909225

>>40909165
>horde
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd; a moving pack or swarm of animals.
e.g. the mongol horde
>hoard
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.
e.g. a hoard of gold

>>40909180
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

>>40909180
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>compliment his hoard and tell him it will grow on our adventure, and that money is pretty much everything

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

>>40909286
>hoe
you

stop trying to pussy up our Dragon son, the best and most fatherly thing we have taught him so far is that having and growing a horde of wealth is a smart thing to do.

>>40909225
Kinda hypocritical

>>40909286
I used both in the same post.

>>40909180
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>Perhaps you should try flying on his back this time? You don't want your robes getting torn.

>>40909330
Huh? How?

>>40909225
We are already being a great father teaching him about hypocrisy and doing as I say not as I do

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.
>inspect the gem and the neclace as well

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>>40909325

>>40909180
>Write-in
Tell him that the hoard is important, second only to family and true friends/companions

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.

>>40909180
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

>>40909385
>>40909330
When has Mik prioritized money over family?
Go on, tell me.
>>40909325
Sure, it's not bad to have a hoard, but it's not the most important thing, is the point.

Seems like
>Inspect the sword
>Respect the hoard.
>Money ain't everything tho'
>Fly on his back this time.
Are generally popular. Writin'

>>40909330
Nigga what? He has great relationships with his friends and family.

>>40909438
Ey yo Soma can we skim the fall of Hiaca or however its spelled for any references to the Al Hikars and or the armor or are you going to be a knob goblin and make us read it by chapters?

>>40909465
It's got a table of contents. However, you'd want a book about the Founding of Hiacia to learn about the Al-Hikars.

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>>40909493
Alright chief

>>40909493
Gib the Table of Contents pls boss

>>40909566
Chapter 1: That
Chapter 2: Would
Chapter 3: Be
Chapter 4: Telling

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>>40909601

>>40909601
It's literally 10 seconds to check

>>40909505
I fuckin loved that game. I hear they're making it into a free to play mmo or some shit though

>>40909601
It's literally the table of contents of a book in our possession.
I bet you just don't have it thought out.

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>>40909601

>>40909674
Yeah something like that

Hope it isn't complete shit

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>>40909165
>mfw i just glanced at it out of the corner of my eye
>mfw i thought it was the Infinity Blade
>mfw it's not

>>40909180
>Suggest that money isn't everything, and he shouldn't focus so much on growing his horde.
>Inspect the sword, before you go.

You wander towards his hoard, it really is fairly respectable. You'd guess he has about thirteen hundred silver here, give or take a few dozen or so. You'd need to actually count it to be certain. What really interest you is the sword though. {Impressive indeed, Zahak. You've done well to grow this from the few gold that I gave you initially. I'm also pleased to see you've kept the blanket I made for you, even if you've started to outgrow it.}

He draws himself up, practically glowing with pride. However, you temper your praise a moment later. {Do keep in mind, and I want to be clear that I'm not admonishing you with this statement, that the size of one's hoard is not everything. Family and friends must take priority over wealth. Still, I'm proud of the small fortune you've managed to accumulate.}

You pluck up the sword from the edge of the pile, finding that you need to use two hands just to lift it. The gold makes the blade inordinately heavy, and all the decoration gives it an extremely low center of gravity. Both aspects combine to make the sword terribly unwieldy, a blade made for show rather than use. You try channeling vys into it, but nothing happens. Likewise when you swing the blade hard into the stone walls of the cavern it does nothing more than put a mark in the wall. You will remark that the blade isn't damaged, so it's probably just reinforced or enchanted in some similarly simple way.

You stick it firmly into the pile of gold and turn your attention to Zahak. {Now then, shall we return? I think it would be best if I rode on your back this time, rather than having you carry me and risk falling or damaging my cloak. Assuming of course that's okay with you.}

Zahak cocks his head to one side. {Why wouldn't I want you riding on my back? It makes sense, you're tiny and I'm big and I can carry you because I'm strong.}
(1/3)

You shrug your shoulders, and start towards Zahak. He turns to one side and dips his shoulder, spreading out one of his wings so you can climb onto his back. You notice that a row of spikes descends down his spine, but around mid spine, just behind his wings, there's a space where the spikes turn instead to a series of knobbly ridges. An idea occurs to you, and you return briefly to the pile to retrieve the burning blanket you made Zahak.

Draping the blanket over the space on his back devoid of spikes you climb on top of him, situating yourself on the blanket and grabbing hold of the spikes to keep yourself stable. Sadly there's not really any place to put your feet, you suppose you could hook them under his wings but that probably wont work once he actually takes flight. Instead you just grip tight to his flanks as he advances towards the precipice.

He leaps off, and you experience a brief moment of weightlessness as he tumbles towards the cave floor below. You struggle to maintain your grip, only to be thrown forward as his wings snap out to catch the air and slow his descent. You very nearly impale yourself on the tip of one of the spikes protruding from his back but barely manage to avoid that fate as he circles around the cove.

The brief panic is replaced by elation at the realization that you're flying, or rather, you're on the back of a dragon while it's flying. Not since you got to soar through the air as a weightless shadow after drinking the incorporeality potion have you felt so carefree. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and eventually Zahak comes to an easy landing on top of one of the wooden platforms embedded in the walls. You carefully slide off Zahak's back, thankful that you manage to avoid smashing your family jewels into anything.

(2/3)

Curious, you probe your draconic son's thoughts. {Did you have any trouble carrying me? Was I heavy at all?}

Zahak shakes his head. {No, not really. At first it was hard to adjust but it wasn't that much different from carrying you in my talons or from plucking a camel out of the desert to drop against the rocks.}

An unsettling comparison, but you suppose it's a good enough method of hunting. You think you've seen birds doing something similar. You wonder if that's where he got the idea?

>While this has all been very fun, you should probably be returning to the estate. You've spent about an hour down here.
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.
>Write-in

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
BONDING

>>40910384
>>While this has all been very fun, you should probably be returning to the estate. You've spent about an hour down here.

>>40910384
>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.
Bring Zah with us

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
EXCELLENT

Also time to work with Skullkid to design a good riding saddle for Zahak.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.

>>40910384
>Let's play!
Make illusion targets, have him shoot them with fire/earth/water.
Have him use only one kind of magic in a certain way to hit us, we try to avoid.

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.
Underground hunting?

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.
>Wrap the blanket around Zahak's neck to fashion it into a scarf.

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
throw on our armor.

>>40910473
Nah man, dangerous.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
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>>40910510
Mate, he's been living underground for a while and has been exploring it on his own, how is it any more dangerous with us coming with him?

>>40910384
>While this has all been very fun, you should probably be returning to the estate. You've spent about an hour down here.
seriously no one wants to fix our fuck up?

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Someone explain how dragon armor works

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.

>>40910405
Changing this to

>While this has all been very fun, you should probably be returning to the estate. You've spent about an hour down here.

I forgot why we rushed home

>>40910545
I started to call the others out on idling instead of apologizing, too, but then I realized "the sun is still several hours from rising" and the others are asleep.

>>40910545
Shut up waifu fag, we all know why you have been trying to rush us for the last few threads.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.

>>40910384
>While this has all been very fun, you should probably be returning to the estate. You've spent about an hour down here.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.

>>40910556
why not just train him in Metal Magic?

>>40910384
>>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.

>>40910384
>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.

>>40910545
We gonna go wake everyone up to do it? Hunt first, apologize later when everyone is awake.

>>40910384
>>The sun is still several hours from rising, you and Zahak should go hunting.
>You kind of want to explore the tunnels beneath your estate.

>>40910558
>>40910524
>>40910504
>>40910473
>>40910593
>>40910641
>Tunnel Hunting

>>40910572
>>40910545
>>40910397
>>40910596
>Time to get back.

>>40910391
>>40910395
>>40910411
>>40910413
>>40910500
>>40910506
>>40910601
>>40910653
>Non-tunnel hunting.

>>40910627
>Explore the tunnels without Zahak.

Looks like regular hunting wins out. I'm going to assume that this will entail riding on Zahak's back, since y'know. Be hard to get around otherwise.

>Wear Warlock Armor
>Wear Centurion Armor
>Go unarmored.

Gonna run out real quick for some late lunch/early dinner and a cup of coffee.

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor
Carry our shield with us too.

>>40910556
I'd imagine it's something like Horse Armor, you only put it on stuff thats going to be easy to hurt. Weak spots and such.

>>40910660
Ugh, I'm afraid the armor might fuck up our tattoo, so no armor right now.

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor
>>40910690
Why would it?

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>>40910688
I imagine they'd armor dragons sort of like they armored the horses of Cataphracts.

>>40910614
Oh, that reminds me, If we teach Zahak metal Magic, we should teach him to rip off that thing the Gargoyle did. Have him Reinforce himself with metal and then dive bomb the shit out of his prey.

>>40910660
>Wear Centurion Armor
Maximum swag.

>>40910660
>>40910690
Good call, both armors have healing, so
>Go unarmored.
but shield is okay

>>40910660
>>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>Wear Centurion Armor
For old times sake also this is the exploration armor anyways its got to many fucking gadgets

Its absolutely disgusting how many utilities this shit has I mean its just plain wrong

>>40910660
Oh man, we dragonrider now.

I wonder what Zahak thinks of it. Does he even give a shit one way or another?

>>40910715
We should make one out of Enchanted Gold, and give it to Zahak as a gift one day.

>>40910733
>>40910690
Passive health improvement isn't healing, necessarily. It's shit like boosting your immune system, encouraging blood flow to the muscles, heart health, lowering stress, et cetera.

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor
lets do this.

>>40910660
>>Go unarmored.

>>40910690
>Passive health improvement isn't healing
Call STFU

>>40910748
You know what? I like this idea. We gotta do this.

>>40910660
Warlock

>>40910660
>>Wear Centurion Armor

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>>Wear Warlock Armor

>>40910660
>Full nude

>>40910660
>>40910891
Second. LIKE A MAN.

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>>40910891

>>40910660
warlock

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>>40911148

>>40910660
>Wear Warlock Armor
because

Rolled 2 (1d5)

>Wear Warlock armor
You'll also carry your shield, since there's no real reason not to.

ROOOOOLL ME 1d100 to see what you find. I'll take... the roll that corresponds with the number of my roll. So if I roll a four, I'll take the fourth roll.

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>40911517

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>40911517

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>40911517

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>40911517

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>40911517

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>40911517

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>>40911534
>30
I can work with this.

>>40911517
>ROOOOOLL ME 1d100 to see what you find. I'll take... the roll that corresponds with the number of my roll. So if I roll a four, I'll take the fourth roll.
needs more randomness.

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>>40911573

>>40911573
Was it a table? or just scaling?

>>40911617
25 and 75 are the ones with the best shit, and the closer you are to the number the better.

>>40911617
I usually use a table. This particular table was weighted with 25 and 75 being the best shit. 25 was "Oh fuckgod why?" and 75 was "Fucking awesome shit yes."

>>40911617
<~Soma_QM> The desert table I used for this one is weighted so the best shit is 25 and 75.
<~Soma_QM> With shit growing less impressive the furhter away from those numbers it is.
>What do you call "best"?
<~Soma_QM> Well 75 is the "Coolest fucking shit oh my god"
<~Soma_QM> And 25 is the "Holy fuckgod why?

>>40911676
See >>40911667

>>40911667
>>40911676
We're gonna run into a dragon aren't we?

>>40911693
Nah. 20-24 was 'pissed off dadaragons' and 76-80 was 'curious dragon dudes'

>>40911667
>>40911693
welp

>>40911702
Pack of Gargoyles pissed we killed their little bro?

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>>40911769
Nigga we gonna eat them too.

They gonna come pre-barbequed this time.
>zahak's face when

>>40911769
What are they, detective gargoyles? How the fuck would they know?

>>40911702
from that 30, it's probably, "get off our turf" dragons.

>>40911782
Maybe we can just use Paralysis right away this time!

>>40911782
We'd really fuck those things us huh?

Rot all of their wings simultaneously.

They die or get knocked out on landing.

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>>40911782
No I'm going to vote to reinforce ourselves with metal and to wrestle it into submission and there is nothing you can do to stop me

>>40911798
Didn't we have trouble paralysing the dragon beasts that had downs syndrome? They have some sort of innate resistance. Better to play to our strengths and rot the fuckers. Lightning would work great too if you fuckers would learn it.

>>40911879
We need to train with Zahak for future encounters.

>>40911883
Lightning is shit against them as is any offensive use of fire magic.

>>40911883
Dragons aren't gargoyles.
And it still worked, just slower.

>>40911924
No the ones before that, when we rescued that peasant girl.

>>40911879
I'm voting for this.

>>40911988
Paralyze worked against them.

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You glance towards the entrance to the cove, pleased to see that it's probably only about two hours past midnight. Maybe three, at most. You've still got plenty of time before sunrise. Turning your attention to Zahak you reach through your connection to propose an idea. {How does going hunting sound? I imagine at this hour we'll be able to find a few nocturnal predators on the hunt, might prove interesting to turn them into our prey.}

Zahak's tail starts lashing back and forth and he leans back, jutting his wings forward. The overall effect reminds you of a puppy eager to play with a new toy. {Yeah! I've gotten really good at hunting and with magic so it will be really cool to show you what I can do! I hope you'll be proud of me! Do you want to ride on my back again? It will be faster and I won't have to slow down because I won't have to walk. I'm not that great at walking like you do, but I can fly so I think that makes up for it!}

Gods above, but Zahak is excitable. His thoughts run through your head at a mile a minute. You merely smile in response before carefully removing your cloak and starting to pull off your robes. {Yeah, I'll ride on your back. Just give me a moment to change and put on my armor.}

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Once you've removed your robes you stuff them in your cloak, so as to avoid damaging them, then start the laborious task of putting on your warlock armor. Starting with the boots you armor yourself in the ancient armor, golden beads dangling from the pauldrons and clattering together quietly as you struggle with the last of your armor. Finally you withdraw your helmet and slide it over your head, the spike shooting into your neck only once you seal the helmet shut. You spasm briefly as it embeds itself in your flesh, but soon the pain is washed away under a constant flow of vys.

That done you extract your Scorpion Shield from your cloak. Much to your surprise as you strap it onto your forearm the material of the shield seems to meld with the material of your armor, until the entire gauntlet has fused with the back of the tower shield, save for your fingers which you can fortunately still move. You focus on the shield detaching and it starts to do so, but it's a slow process. Hopefully this means nobody will be able to remove your shield without first tearing off your arm.
>Affinity Bonus: Shield of the Scorpion (+4 Attack, +6 Soak, +4 Dodge, Hidden Effects)

Once fully armored you drape your cloak over your shoulders and turn once more to Zahak, who's been waiting patiently all the while. You haul yourself onto his back with surprising ease, the movements coming naturally to you. It's as if you've spent your entire life atop a dragon's back. You need not spur him on or anything of that nature, you merely will him to take flight via the connection you share and he happily does so, launching the two of you off the edge of the platform.
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Zahak rockets through the mouth of the cove, flapping his wings only once you're both safely over the ocean. He gains altitude slowly, likely worried about throwing you off by accident. For your part you keep a tight grip on Zahak's spikes with your right hand and simply keep your left, your shield arm, close to your body to avoid having it catch the wind and pull you off as a result.

Eventually your draconic son makes a wide turn back towards land, and then you're soaring over the endless dunes. To your left you can see the City of El-Amin, but it's several miles away. Beyond you can distantly make out the plateaus of northwestern Pidjata, where most of the region's food is grown. However, Zahak turns due east, steadily gaining altitude until everything beneath you appears impossibly small. The air is thinner up here, though your armor compensates so that you have no trouble breathing.

You fly for only a few minutes before Zahak takes a sharp dive, his wings folding back. You grip the spike protruding from his spine in a death grip as the wind rushes past you, a deafening maelstrom roaring in your ears as the ground seems to rush towards you. You only barely manage to maintain your grip, in large part due to the assistance of your armor, and then all at once Zahak snaps out his wings and rears back, before banking sharply.

Your heart is pounding in your chest at a mile a minute and adrenaline roars in your ears but you're alive, more so than usual in fact. You're barely hanging onto Zahak with one leg hooked onto his side and the other dangling out into empty space, moments away from a five or six hundred foot drop. Below you a pack of sixteen or twenty Pidjatan lions stalk a long-necked Kateri, a type of reptilian creature which burrows beneath the sand with its long claws and uses its neck to reach the burrows of rodents and other small mammals which live beneath the sands.

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>>40912431
Can we please fucking Spar with this thing and git gud

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They seem to have wounded it already, there's blood pouring from its neck and staining the sand behind it. You imagine they're simply waiting for it to die at this point. You can feel Zahak questioning, asking if these are acceptable prey.

From what you recall, Pidjatan lions are an experiment of the Rhynians gone awry. They released them into the desert, magically altered lions which possessed a sort of telepathic hive mind, in order to disrupt Hiacian supply lines. However, their ploy backfired. The lions were too smart, and soon began raiding the Rhynians and Hiacians both. Ever since they've been a plague, and a fairly hefty reward is offered for anyone who can bring in their tails, which are rather distinctively barbed.

>Urge Zahak to attack.
>There's too many of them, and they're tricksy little bastards. Look elsewhere.
>Write-in

>>40912469
>There's too many of them, and they're tricksy little bastards. Look elsewhere.

Nah

10 maybe but near 20? Nah

>>40912469
They have one mind right? Then if we hit one with the Fiendish Trident it will hurt all of them at once.

>>40912469
>>Urge Zahak to attack.
Where did we get that shield?

>>40912497
We can fly.

>>40912469
>Write-in
Try firebreathing strafing runs.

>>40912469
>Urge Zahak to attack.

>>40912469
>Urge Zahak to attack.

>>40912469
>>40912513
Fire breathing strafing runs from Zahak and us shooting gouts of flame as we pass by.

>>40912501
good point
>>40912469
>Urge Zahak to attack.

>>40912469
Do they have any ranged attack? If not we can just pick them off one by one in fly-bys.
>>Urge Zahak to attack.

>>40912510
bought it from a strange shop in El-Amin, the same we got the siege armor from

>>40912469
>Fuck them up.

>>40912513
Yes and? I know that

Still think there's too many of them and they've been described as clever girls

>>40912469
>>Urge Zahak to attack

>>40912557
I'd like to see how clever they'll be after getting hit by the Trident.

>>40912469
soma does this set come with a weapon?
you don't have to say what it is, but i want to know if we can add shit to the armour set.

>>40912469
>Urge Zahak to attack.
>Inform Zahak of their capabilities and develop a plan before just divebombing in.

>>40912469
>>Urge Zahak to attack.
Time to have a good father son bonding moment as we fuck up some lions.

>>40912469
>Urge Zahak to attack.