(2/2)


As you leave the prison area a drone projects a hologram to show you the status of your holdings.

Evangeline looks intently at the display, curious to see what it is you are up to.


Important notes


>Hell – Small raid groups continue to pour into the second layer of hell. The simple and quickly constructed cannons built to protect the outpost are easily keeping the invading demons at bay.

>Energy buildup – There is a strange energy signature slowly building inside the goblin city near the lake. The energy seems to be related to the orb taken from the realm of law.


You can’t help but wonder if Hestia is purposely using cannons still to test their effectiveness against demons.


“What? You’re just letting the demons invade?” Evangeline interrupts, “We can’t just let them do what they want, let’s go stop them!”


>Take Evangeline to fight off the demons
>Equip power armor first
>Ignore the demons for now
>Ignore her and get to the research section of the report
>Other


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>>42681215
it begins

>>42681215
>Ignore her and get to the research section of the report

It can't be something so urgent that we can't read a quick report.

>>42681215
>Ignore her and get to the research section of the report
She's in no way, shape, or form ready to tke on anything.

If she want's to help us she need to go train with our new mech suits and physically tain herself in our hyperbolic time chamber

>>42681215
>>42681255
SO here's a list of stuff I want to get done today, in order

>Revivify the slave master's head and mind rape it for all of his knowledge.

>Training session with Tslah to learn new spells from each other, maybe we can teach her some of our abilities like living weapon and get her some personal armor for herself.

>Reserch the Litch crystal, our robot's are better at menial tasks now so it doesn't matter if this is accidentally destroyed.

>Implant the Orange heart symbiote, it'll give us 6 more hearth and mana regen.

Then chech out the lake and hell invasions, in that order.

>>42681215
>Ignore her and get to the research section of the report

"Hestia, since we are on the topic of research could you update the incentives for the learning program to be slightly more appropriate to the users species, since we are trying to get the researchers to use it, it should give incentives, they would appreciate. We should think about including demon preferences in this update as well.

>>42681366
nvm The Parasites are already in.

wanna say we have the biological omni shield on our left arm.

>>42681215
btw op what were the stats on the holy sword?

Did we end up researching it?

>>42681439
Yes, did I not put them down? How terrible of me.

Holy sword – A mysterious sword of unknown origin, it can only be used by non-evil beings. All damage inflicted by using this sword is retyped to holy. (+5 mundane, +5 holy damage, 50% damage increase vs demons and undead)

>>42681515
oh, that's pretty cool, how does that stack up to our living weapons?

>>42681531
Living weapon change as your abilities do so even Hestia is unable to extrapolate what the weapons will be like.

You know fort a fact that they are slightly stronger than hell forged weapons and they exhibit the following abilities though.

Increased electric, wind and holy damage.

>>42681611
Hypothetical question, we summon living weapon, and then use giant form the weapon would grow with us right?

“If you are going to be viewing the reports with me then pay attention to the details,” You admonish Evangeline, “it isn’t urgent for now Hestia would teleport us around or switch the cannons to something stronger if it was a big problem.”


Evangeline frowns at you, “la la la, mean mean, don’t read my mind, mean!” she thinks at you. You’ve apparently upset her, but even so that was pretty childish.


“Funny, but there is more to look at, Hestia does a lot of work around here,” You say and get the drone to continue


Completed Research

>Defensive and enhancing symbiotes – A full genetic analysis has been completed, the researchers are now attempting to create now forms of the symbiotes, the exotic genetics is proving to be more difficult to modify than they originally expected. The chitin shield parasite has had the most progress, the researchers have figured out how to make it cover a larger area and they hope to make further breakthroughs soon.

>Law orb – Hestia has determined that you have used up 50% of the orb’s power. The energy of the orb is not an enchantment and eludes Hestia’s sensors as though some unknown entity is controlling it. There does appear to be some sort of mechanism to recharge the orbs power but it is entirely unknown how it operates at this time.

>Unenchantment and uncursing – Via a manipulation of the process of enchanting Hestia has made use of the cancellation spell to enable enchanted artifacts to stripped of their magic.

>Goblin Hybridization – There does not appear to be any new information in the goblins’ genetics. How their abilities work or are passed on remain a complete mystery to the researchers. No hybrids created exhibited any of the goblins’ unique powers. They did figure out how to make crabs with flaming wings from a Pegasus though.


(1/2)

(2/2)


Ongoing Research

Complete study of goblins and their abilities
Communal mind implants
Genetic memories research
Hellfire – Requires more knowledge of hell.
Biocomputers


Research items that currently require your direct help to study more about

Divine abilities
holy aura
Hellish abilities
Psychic abilities study
Optimal ai components


Evangeline is having trouble keeping up with the technical aspect of the reports but does fairly well in understanding everything on average.

“You shouldn’t study psychic abilities,” She says, “it is bad enough that you can read minds, we don’t need Hestia to be scanning our thoughts all the time as well.”

“Hestia doesn’t need to do that,” you tell her, “she can already build a profile of how you will behave in any given situation and accurately predict the results.”

“Is that supposed to make me feel better?” Evangeline asks.

“No, just explaining that your worries about her are unfounded.”


>Delve into hell
>Check up on the energy signature
>Chat with Evangeline
>Visit someone
>Go to the casino
>Help companions train
>Help research something
>Other


>>42681696
Yes, even though they didn't get used against the marquis after you used giant form they do grow with you.

Getting them to grow without you using giant form is also possible.

>>42681839
>Check up on the energy signature

Next time Max shows up we're ignoring his pomp and circumstance, and dragging him by the ear to a holding cell, right? That laser would constitute an outright war-crime.

>>42681839
I've been wondering, can we use our living weapon skill to make a living suit of armor?

If we wear the chitin armor parasite and use our giant growth does it increase the DR from size?

>>42681839
>Revivify the slave master's head

Everything else can wait. The lake is most likely going to recharge the orb or something.

>>42681839
>Check up on the energy signature
"After this I might be headed to hell to inforce order, you prefer to fight with a mech-suit right? Start thinking about what weapons systems you might want.

>>42681913
Let’s go with the more physical parasites gain a similar % bonus that giant form offers you. Things like mutation resistance, regeneration or stat increases would not be affected though.

Question from last thread related:
No mutation resistance does not inhibit monstrous transformation.

“So what are we going to do next?” Evangeline asks.

“We?”

“You’re sticking me with watching your other prisoner,” she says, “and I want to see what is more important than an army of demons invading.”


She is intent to stick with you for now, but as you walk she focus on trying not to let you read her mind. She keeps thinking about you and Aurora though despite her efforts otherwise. Evangeline wants to know why you took her instead.


By the time you reach where the energy build up is Evangeline has stopped torturing herself over your relationships with others and is confused.

“What is so important about this energy?” She asks you.

“It appears to be related to the realm of law,” You start to explain.


“That is correct,” Hestia says, her organic body is here directing researchers to move equipment around, “the energy is clearly not from our plane of existence, the only similar energy is related to the books you returned and the orb artifact you acquired.”


The researchers want to get your attention for various reasons but they have an under laying fear of Hestia. They appear to think like Evangeline does, that all AIs are inherently genocidal so they don’t want to set her off by interrupting her.


“Is that bad then?” Evangeline asks.

“It could be for the demons in the city,” you say.

“And so we are researching the phenomena to understand what is happening here,” Hestia tells Evangeline.


This situation with the energy build up reminds you of when Osanas was attempting to get home.


>Disrupt the energy
>Try to feed more mana into it
>Bring over Ayla to examine it
>Ignore it and do something else instead
>Other

>>42682285
"Maybe they're late to the party?"
>Bring over Ayla to examine it

>>42682285
>Bring over Ayla to examine it
kek you know they could actually be late to the party, if thier time is distorted from our's by three months.

which, coincidentally it's been three months since that party started.

>>42682285
>Bring over Ayla to examine it

>>42682450
"Shit let me get my good clothes on" "BY THE TIME YOU DO THAT WE'LL BE EVEN LATER BY AT LEAST THREE WEEKS"

>>42682508
"I forgot my phone."

>"WE AREN'T TURNING AROUND FOR YOUR FUCKING PHONE, FRANK!"

“Why don’t we have Ayla examine the energy she seems to have an innate understanding of these sort of things,” You mention to Hestia.


“She is currently hosting her show, why don’t you watch it while you wait for her,” Hestia replies and drones project a hologram of the program or you to see.

The researcher immediately crowd around to watch as well, Ayla’s appearance gets some cheers.

“I love you Ayla!” Someone yells out

“She can’t hear you, you idiot,” another says.


________________________________________

The program is showing you and Aurora at the casino speaking with the Don.

The researchers cringe when you snap the Don’s arms like they were nothing.

Then a few of them faint when the guards come into the room and you kill them without mercy because they shot you.


“SNAP!” Ayla says when the program cuts to her, she uses her shape shifting to make it look like her arms get snapped in half, “So Aurora, what was it like being there in person.”

“Uh, I don’t know what to say, I was very surprised at everything that happened,” Aurora says.

“I know right, master can do anything it is so cool!”

“Well they did try to kill me...” Aurora trails off.

“That’s true, who could hurt this cute face?” Ayla grabs Aurora and rubs her face against Aurora’s, when makes her blush.

“S-s-stop that, we’re live you idiot!”


The show then finishes off on a low note with you taking control of the casino and Ayla signs off. It appears that she’s made Aurora her co-host, Aurora seems to be uncomfortable to be on air without her disguise.

________________________________________

(1/2)

(2/2)

Once the show is over a flash of light signals Ayla’s arrival, she blinks and looks around for a moment.

“Master!~” She finds you and immediately floats over and hugs you.


The researcher’s thoughts turn dark, something about trying to taint their pure waifu or something. A few of them simmer with impotent rage. Someone in the crowd is very smug and thinks this proves that Aurora is better than Ayla.


“Would you mind looking at this energy here?” You ask her.

“Anything for you master!”


She floats around the energy examining it from every angle without a care for gravity.


“A thing is coming!” She announces assuredly. She has no idea what it is though.

“It needs more mana, so we give it more or wait for it to gather enough,” Ayla explains, “or when it is still only energy you could let me eat it.”


She thinks that it should be fairly powerful and good energy to drain away.


>Try to give the mass of energy more mana
>Let Ayla eat it
>Leave it alone for now
>Other

>>42683028
>Have Hestia temporarily relocate the demonic population to the first layer of hell.
>Try to give the mass of energy more mana.

>>42683028
>Try to give the mass of energy more mana

>>42683028
>Try to give the mass of energy more mana
"Ayla, it might be friendly and how would you feel if say Aurora were just trying to meet new people through a magic portal and somee mana eater ate her?

>>42683028
>Have Hestia temporarily relocate the demonic population to the first layer of hell

Oh right,
Update on max's journal?

Make sure if we are moving them temporarily back to hell they have their passports or whatever with them.

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“Let’s try to get it mana then, what will we need to effectively funnel mana into it?” You ask.

Evangeline is shocked that you are going to just feed mana into the anomaly.

“What if it is dangerous? She asks.

“My projections indicate that not even the weakest imps will be in any danger,” Hestia says, “I have prepared a storage crystal for mana transference.”


A crystal is transported next to the energy signature. Slowly the energy mass drains the crystal of mana.


When the crystal has been fully drained Ayla is very sad, she wants a huge mana crystal to eat too.


“The signature is stabilizing,” Hestia announces.


“I don’t think this is people,” Ayla says.


It takes a few more minutes for the energy to finish the transfer.


An idol appears, it is a finely crafted statue of a crocodile.

“The energy has dissipated,” Hestia says as drones start floating around in a grid pattern to confirm the energy’s disappearance.


The crocodile statue sits on a marble base, carved into the front of the base is the phrase, ‘May the lost find solace in the law.’

“The statue is non-magical, unless it operates in some fashion my scanners are unable to detect the statue is just a statue,” Hestia states.


You think that there is something more to the statue though, could it be an altar of some sort?


>Delve into hell
>Study the statue more
>Visit someone
>Go to the casino
>Help companions train
>Help research something
>Other

>>42683449
>Study the statue more
I like the appearance of crocodiles, so it's a thoughtful gift.
...Maybe we can put this in the prison if it ends up making people want to repent?
The inscription itself would give them something to think about, at least.

>>42683449
>Study the statue more
We're already this deep, may as well study it.

I was right that this could've waited though.

Part of me wants to smash it! There is only one law in goblin city and it is mine!

You take a closer look at the statue while Ayla distracts the researchers by giving out autographs.


The crocodile and its base are completely seamless, and you watch a drone try and fail to take a sample of the material.

“This sculpture is indestructible by any of my current means,” Hestia tells you.

“How can a statue be indestructible?” Evangeline asks and she touches the crocodile.


Her mind is flooded with imagery.

The realm of law flashes by showing its majestic beauty.

The power to destroy the enemies of the law is show next.

Those who follow the law also gain protections from harm.

Next the rules of the law are detailed to Evangeline.

Then an otherworldly voice seems to ask a question.

“Do you wish to follow the law?”


You pull her hand off the crocodile, and she shakes her head.

“What was that?” She asks.

“This is some sort of altar to allow people to convert to their religion,” you tell her, “it just showed you the realm of law, and then told you the rules you would have to follow.”

Evangeline thinks that it looked beautiful, but is worried about all the restrictions, she did want to try that soul eating thing you mentioned before.

“I did not detect any unusual energy from the sculpture,” Hestia informs you.


>Quarantine the statue
>Try to destroy the statue
>Leave it alone
>Move it to one of the temples in the first layer of hell
>Other

>>42683877
>Move it to one of the temples in the first layer of hell

I like this better than trying to destroy it!

>>42683877
>Other
It's cool there, I was going to suggest building a religion district in out city's when chuches could be set up, so this is fine.

I'd still like to move on to the slaver head.

>>42683877
quarantine

>>42683877
Take a look at the laws, and see if they would disrupt the flow of the city.
If not, then leave it where it is.

>>42684176
go reread the quest, everything about our city breaks their laws, it's why we didn't join their religion.

>>42683944
I don't think we know enough to try to do that to the slave's head yet. If we learn more from the Lich Spellbook probably. But I suspect it would mostly be a waste of time right now.

>>42684239
Yeah, manipulation of time and space is against their religion. The existence of our city is basically sacrilege.

>>42684176
The list from this statue included more than you knew before. Here is your list of rules.

Minor offences

Drinking blood.
Attacking those who are neutral to you.
Deliberately modifying yourself. This includes mutations, implants and parasites.
Attacking anything protected by a sanctuary.


Offences that result in penance

Cannibalism.
Consuming the flesh of sentient beings.
Consuming souls.
Desecrating holy remains.
Use of Necromancy.
Use of unholy magic or items.
Attacking non-hostile holy beings.
Killing non-hostile holy beings.
Attacking allies.
Polymorphing anything.
Altering space, time, or physical laws.
Use of unclean or chaotic magic or items.


Offences the result in immediate excommunication
Transforming yourself into an undead being.
Transforming yourself into a demon.
Killing followers of the law.
Destroying religous artifacts.


Accidental transgressions are always forgiven.

>>42684239
What I mean is: unless there's a clause in there that requires they bomb our city, then let the option be open.

>>42684256
we actually do, I believe Apophis has confirmed we can revive the head.

>>42684477
We do have that Lazarus serum, but he has mentioned that could fail, and we'd have to connect the head to a lot of tech to keep him alive for any length of time.

>A bit split on the vote, but slightly in favor of doing nothing


“We will just leave it alone for now,” you tell everyone, “the followers of the law seem to be sticks in the mud but they have been alright so far.”

“I will continue to monitor the statue then, it may be drawing power over time as the energy buildup did,” Hestia says.

“Wait what if people touch it and decide to join their side?” Evangeline says, she is worried that others may be overwhelmed by the beauty shown and not have someone to pull them away.


It seems like Ayla is going to be busy for a while, even sprouting extra hands isn’t helping her fend off the adorations of the enlarging crowd. She is happy though because before no one liked her much and now she is popular.


>Delve into hell
>Visit someone
>Go to the casino
>Help companions train
>Help research something
>Revive the head slaver
>Other

>>42684551
>Revive the head slaver

>>42684551
>Revive the head slaver

Fine, but I hope we have a knife ready to destroy his brain, if he tries anything funny!

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>>42684631
the dude will be a head in a jar, connected to a bunch of machines, he aint going anywhere.

It'll be like futurama.

>>42684734
Magic! He might try that shit!

>>42684734
Also, cool image!

>>42684752
we've got draining touch, we'll suck it out of him before he can do anything.

“It will fine, Hestia is monitoring it,” you try to reassure Evangeline, “I trust her to handle it, she designed the city, nothing is going to harm it when she is watching.”


“I guess so,” She seems a down that she doesn’t stand a chance.


“Hestia can we attempt to revive the captive?” You ask her.

“Prepare for teleport,” She tells you.

“Wait let us walk!” Evangeline manages to shout before the teleporter sends you away.


Evangeline grumbles and pats her stomach, she is worried that everyone is going to get fat if they are teleported around all the time.

The head slaver’s head sits within a containment field, machinery is connected to his neck to provide life support.


“Now attempting to restore the life of the slaver,” Hestia states.

The Lazarus serum is injected into the head and you wait.


“Resuscitation failure,” Hestia states, “the head is unable to be revived via the Lazarus serum.”

“Do we have any other options?” You ask her.

“The magic recovered from the lich’s spell book may prove effective, or a new body can be cloned.”


“Or you could just let him be dead,” Evangeline says, “he tried to kill you remember?”

Evangeline thinks this is crazy.


>Clone a new body
>Try some magic
>Let him stay dead, but keep the head still
>Other

>>42684901
But he doesn't known we have draining touch. A knife positioned to destroy his brain sets a clear message! Don't fuck with me or you die again!

>>42684937
>Try some magic
Learn Reanimate then try that.

>Let him stay dead, but keep the head still

>>42684937
>Let him stay dead, but keep the head still
"We can always try to probe his mind for secrets later. So, Evangeline, how about some training with the Powersuits?"

>>42684937
>Try some magic
Learn Reanimate

>>42684937
>>42685002
>>42685041
addendum, move Evangeline out while we do this, incase he trise to cast familiar magic on her, or anyone nearby.

I wouldn’t recommend it but, try to learn reanimate sure


3d15+15 vs dc 45 to resist the curse.

Rolled 7, 12, 11 + 15 = 45 (3d15 + 15)

I personally advise against it but whatevs, thats how the vote went

Rolled 3, 6, 15 + 15 = 39 (3d15 + 15)

>>42685136

>>42685151
nice anon

We're taking every safty measure we can.

Rolled 5, 3, 12 + 14 = 34 (3d15 + 14)

>>42685136
Reanimate!

Rolled 8, 1, 2 + 15 = 26 (3d15 + 15)

>>42685136
Did we research the litch crystal?
>>42685136

>>42685258
Not yet because people seem to worry about the potential to lose the nearly 1000 skeletons you have raised with it.

>>42685293
Was it confirmed we could replace them with better robots?

Didn't we JUST get the ability to remove curses?

>>42685321
All that they do has already be taken over by robots except cleaning, training animals, and mindless assistant work.

>>42685293
Anyone up for placing the Lich crystal up for research? We have like 100,000 robots, of which probably 10,000 are humanoid.

>>42685390
Only if we personally research it.

>>42685368
Yes

but what it strips the magic of the spell away too?


>>42685390
Last update put you at 100k bipedal manufacturing drones.

>>42685390
>>42685419
Let's personally handle it.

“Hestia, I’m going to try learning a spell from the spell book that could help here,” You say.

“Scanning equipment is prepared, I will capture the spell for future replication,” Hestia responds and teleports more scanners into the room with you.


“Wait, this is how you copy spells?” Evangeline asks, “by scanning someone’s mind while they learn the spell?”

“Yes and this is a dangerous book to learn from,” you show Evangeline the cursed book.


You flip through the book to find the reanimation spell.


>45 vs dc 45 pass
A spectral image appears above the book when you try to read the spell. The skull of a dragons forms and bites into your flesh.


You endure, barely.


The mysterious curse fades leaving nothing more than a slight tingling where the image attacked you.


>Spell learned
Reanimation: Cost 12 mana
Unlike the lesser necromantic spells that restore life only to a body’s skeleton this spell restores the flesh as well. The shambling zombies it creates are much tougher than a skeleton and show greater strength and intelligence. At a sufficient fount of necromantic energy the undead raised in this manner will stay reanimated forever, otherwise this effect lasts for three turns.


>Raise the head
>Speak with the spirit instead
>Try something else
>Leave the head alone for now
>Other

>>42685557
>Speak with the spirit instead

>>42685557
>Leave the head alone for now
we'll have to work on this later, or clone a body for him.

>>42685557
>Leave the head alone for now
Let's go get some powersuit training in with eva

>>42685721
sure I'll support that, wanna invite Tslah too?

>>42685557
>Leave the head alone for now
Get her a powersuit and let's fight demons in hell!

>>42685772
She's not ready anon, a stiff breeze could kill her here.

>>42685830
That's what the powersuit is for! Hestia has obviously upgraded them heavily after we basically destroyed the last heavy we used!

“The spell has been successfully recorded for future replication,” Hestia states.

“But it is of help here,” you say, “We should return the head to stasis for now, in the future we may be more adept at restoring life.”

“Very well, the head will be safely secured.”


“That isn’t really leaving him alone to stay dead,“ Evangeline says, she eyes where you were bit. She was a bit worried about the curse attacking you.


“Then why don’t we do something you would like more?” You ask her.

“Really like what?” She asks while trying to keep her mind clear of any thoughts.

“Power armor,” you say, “Hestia do you have a suit Evangeline can use?”

“After the previous successful test I have created more armor so yes,” Hestia says.


Evangeline is too excited and surprised to say anything when Hestia teleports you to the power armor hanger.


Choose any number of these:
>Take Evangeline to battle demons in hell
>Invite Tslah
>Just train in the armor
>Invite everyone to try power armor
>Other

>>42685860
eeeh does she at least have some implants? Like the health and regeneration inplants we have?

>>42685889
>Just train in the armor
for now with Tslah and Evangeline, I'd like some piloting ranks from the best around....

>>42685889
>“But it is of help here,”

I lost my no, should be

“But it is of no help here,”


>>42685894
No, Evangeline is opposed to implants. You can try to convince her though.

>>42685937
we're convinceing her if she want to go anywhere.

Period.

I don't want Burgress getting a murderboner for us because we got his daughter killed.

>>42685889
>Take Evangeline to battle demons in hell
Minor training before, also ask if she's interested in implants, or an orange heart symbiote.

>>42685894
She doesn't really need implants if we're near her, our Healing Aura could probably keep her alive. Assuming, she isn't one hit KO'd.

>>42686134
I'd still feel better if she got them, you never know man.

Right, what level of suit do you want?

>interface
>Light
>Medium
>Heavy
>Ultra heavy


And 3d15+20 for training with Evangeline

>>42686240
>Heavy
I want to practice combining forces with eva and being INFINITELY FORMIDABLE

Rolled 8, 4, 2 + 20 = 34 (3d15 + 20)

>>42686240
>Ultra heavy
let's test it out

Rolled 6, 11, 1 + 20 = 38 (3d15 + 20)

>>42686240
>Medium

Rolled 11, 12, 2 + 20 = 45 (3d15 + 20)

>>42686299
We already did ultraheavy before
it was alright

>>42686316
I thought that was heavy or medium?

>>42686240
Anything between heavy and ultra heavy? Like, say
>Super heavy
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y99p4ev0oME

>>42686332
Nope
It was the ultra

Rolled 1 (1d3)

This actually changes the DC, so dice breaks the tie.

1 Heavy
2 U. Heavy
3 Medium
4 Super heavy (this is not a thing)

What are the visual differences of the types?
I imagine ultraheavy like the hulkbuster.

>>42686496
>4 Super heavy (this is not a thing)
>1d3
Oh, I love you, you cheeky fuck.

>>42686240
Go with ultra heavy

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>>42686817
I used this for the outpost suits. Hestia’s are much better though. Power armor CYOA has good pictures I guess?

>>42686922
Votes already done nerd

>>42686940
I was catching up with the thread and forgot to update before I replied

“Perhaps we should invite Tslah along to train with us, would you ask her Hestia?” You ask the empty room.


Evangeline doesn’t want someone else to come and a pair of interface suits designed for you and Evangeline rise from chambers in ground.


“I have made the inquiry, she asks me to inform you that she would be pleased to join you at another time, but the current state of the outpost requires her leadership to keep the demons in line,” Hestia says.


You walk up to the suit and motion Evangeline to come and put hers on


“Don’t look!” Evangeline yells at you while stealing glances at you.


You strip down and don the skin tight interface suit. Then wait for Evangeline to do the same. She is worried that the interface suit shows off a bit too much, but the tightness of the suit and the promise of power armor is getting her excited.


“Wow, this is incredible the power armor options are amazing!” Evangeline makes her choice of what she wants.


“Just give me a standard load out on a heavy unit,” you tell Hestia.


Machinery spins around as pieces of armor lock into place around you and Evangeline. The suit seals around you leaving you in the dark for a moment before the heads up display lights up. All your weapons are labeled TR-H. Evangeline has chosen to pilot the Ultra Heavy armor.


“This is so cool!” She says over the comms, “You are so going to regret your choice now.”

She adapted to using the armor instantly, using the gravity control flight system she does a back flip over you and a hologram of claws forms over her armor’s hands.


“You ready for this?” She asks.

(1/3)

(2/3)

>45 vs middle dc 45, pass

You just barely dodge the massive claws as she takes a swipe at you. She is using the flight system constantly despite staying on the ground, it is increasing her mobility massively.

You pull your own holographic sword, it feels a bit strange to use, the blade is completely weightless, but you counter her over aggressive attacks and send her tumbling to the ground. Or at least you tried to but she just catches herself mid air and flies at you again.


It is only your higher level of skill in combat that keeps her at bay, Evangeline is able to use the power armor as if it is an extension of her body and keeps attacking from every angle.


>Ability unlocked
Piloting: Rank 8
Training with Evangeline brought back your memory of training for flying planes in life. You ability to handle all vehicles and power armor is very good.


At some point you start thinking about fighter jets, and the controls of the suit seem to just click from then on.


“Do you really learn that fast, or were you just toying with me?” Evangeline asks you.

“Well I didn’t train since I was a child to pilot these suits,” you tell her, “Now hold still for a second, lets try out this function.”

(3/3)

“Wait what are you doing?” Evangeline says when you initiate the Gattai.


You suit fuses onto her armor like some sort of secondary armor around the cockpit. One side of you cockpit opens to merge with Evangeline’s. Her jaw drops when you slide into place next to her, she is soaked with sweat and is surprised to see that you are just fine still.

“What?” she asks, she can’t think of anything else to say.


“So the gattai brings the pilots together?” You ask.

“There are several ways to fuse the armors, but in most cases yes, it allows for a greater protection of the pilots,” Hestia’s avatar appears on the HUDs.

“It also enables a more powerful attack that is determined by the suits load out,” she informs you.


“Our weapons are holograms right?” Evangeline asks, “How can that even make a fusion attack?”


>Test the fusion attack
>Separate the armors and train more
>Call an end to the training
>Other

>>42687040
>Test the fusion attack
Oww, testing!

>>42687040
>Test the fusion attack
We definitely have to get eva training more pilots for gattai superiority.
Goblins in powerarmor would be op as fuck

>>42687040
>Test the fusion attack
>>42687095
>Goblins in powerarmor would be op as fuck
I AM SOO HAD RIGHT NOW

>>42687168
*HARD

>>42687040
>Test the fusion attack

>>42687040
>test the fusion attack

>>42687168
Goblins, in power armor, performing fusion attacks!

>>42687470
13 goblin Gattai

The ultimate fusion

“Well one way to find out,” you say and trigger the attack from your side and give Evangeline piloting control, “it is in your hands now, fire when ready.”


“Sure,” she gulps, then takes a deep breath and launches the attack.


The HUDs display that the armor just equipped some weapon called luminous drive, the reactors go into over drive as the armor changes shape slightly to maximize raw speed.

The armor clears the length of the room nearly instantly leaving behind trails of light from the suit’s claws.


“Wait was that all it did?” Evangeline asks a bit disappointed that it was just a melee attack.


The room is then rocked by an enormous explosion.


The power armor’s integrity is cut in half instantly.


The suits then separate, you see a cool down timer preventing gattai use until the reactor has time to recover.


Looking around the room you see that there is extensive damage to the floors, ceiling and walls.


“It appears my calculations were incorrect, a combination attack using holographic training weapons does indeed create a damaging effect,” Hestia states, “I will need to revise the calculations of destructive potential then.”


“How do holographic afterimages even explode in the first place?” Evangeline asks.

“Mana particle fusion?” You wonder aloud.

“Yes, my scans indicate that the hologram created a delayed fusion of the particles in the atmosphere,” Hestia states, “if this effect is applied to a source of mana the results will be much more explosive.”

“And you just tested this on us?” Evangeline is getting angry.

“It was an unexpected event, but then again I should know better to rely on theoretical possibility when you are involved,” Hestia says to you.


>Go to hell without armor
>Switch to combat suits and go to hell
>Leave Evangeline behind
>Try to convince her to get implanted first
>Other

Question. Are good/neutral aligned demons that follow the Law in violation of it? I mean, they didn't choose to be demons, So I assume an exception is made.

>Try to convince her to get implanted first
Its super easy to take them out whenever, and we have enough medical magic to completely prevent scarring and pain.

>>42687589
>Try to convince her to get implanted first

>>42687589
>Try to convince her to get implanted first
>Switch to combat suits and go to hell

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>>42687566

>>42687589
>Try to convince her to get implanted first
>Switch to combat suits and go to hell

Max would cream his pants if he saw us use the luminous drive. Its right up his alley.

You are good at talking so


3d15+31 to convince her


What implant? (She can only have one)
>VRP (regeneration)
>HP
>Mana
>Stat
>Omni
>Toxin purifier
>Data jack
>Cyber security
>Oxygen replacer
>Let her choose

Rolled 11, 9, 10 + 31 = 61 (3d15 + 31)

>>42687830
>VRP (regeneration)

Rolled 10, 11, 6 + 31 = 58 (3d15 + 31)

>>42687830
>VRP (regeneration)
Does regeneration technically increase physical gains? Muscles would fix themselves faster than normal, after all.

>>42687830
Regeneration implant

>>42687643
Most of them are evil, the few that are not are also not followers of the law. You can try to find one to convince to join up to see what happens. They are likely to be rejected though.

Rolled 13, 8, 4 + 31 = 56 (3d15 + 31)

>>42687893
Shit missed roll

>>42687923
Racists.
Do any ping as good yet, or just goblintier neutral?
...are the goblins behaving differently, on that note? They got whites and oranges who seem chill, but also the meanass blues.

“So then Evangeline, do you see how dangerous things can be?” You ask.

“Yes,” She says, she really hopes this doesn’t turn into some sort of lecture, she is not a child and knows you’re reading her mind right now.


“I just want to ask you to think about getting an implant.”


>61


“What are you thinking of that for?” She thinks of people with parts of their body replaced with machinery, her father always told her that those kind of people can’t grow stronger.

“Because, hell is very dangerous and if you wanted to try fighting the demons off with me it would be safer for you to have the regeneration implant and symbiont.”


She thinks about the weird parasite on your arm, no thanks! As long as it doesn’t stop her from getting strong, she decides to go along with it.


“If it is just a healing thing,” she relents, “but no weird parasite things, they are creepy.”


“Then let’s switch to combat armor, Hestia can you prepare the implant?” You ask.

“Synthesis of the nanites is complete,” Hestia says.


You wait as the power armor is stripped off of you .


A drone floats over to Evangeline and injects her with the implant. She is still uncomfortable with the whole idea of implants.


“Ok so now you’re taking me to hell to stop the invading demons?” Evangeline asks.


>Keep using heavy armor
>Switch to another type


And

>Bring along someone else
>Just go with Evangeline
>Don’t go to hell
>Other

>>42688222
>keep using heavy armor, though a repaired version
>allow ayla and aurora to comes, if only for the sake of shooting real footage for later. NOT A LIVE FEED, though. Editing will happen later to make it better for the audience.

>>42688222
>Keep using heavy armor

>Bring along someone else - Ayla incase we decide to delve deeper.

>>42688276
Pretty sure the old Don could beat Aurora to death.

She ain't fit to go anywhere.

>>42688343
She's fine, ayla can easily hide or protect her.
We took her on all our trips in the city after all.

>>42688222
>heavy armor (repaired)
>bring ayla

>>42688343
Totally agree, she's an urban infiltration specialist!

>>42688381
We were dealing with regular humans and goblins, which we were certain wouldn't attack in mass.

>>42688222
>Keep using heavy armor
>Bring along someone else
Ayla and Evangeline

“Hestia I’d like to bring along Ayla, just in case we decide to go deeper into hell,” You say as the armor seals around you. The HUD lights up displaying the weapon load out Hestia made for you.

Spell: Tornado x 2 – Each can be used once per combat.
Monofilament sword – Holy, enchanted with a permanent cancellation effect
Adaptive scatter gun – Holy
Rocket launcher – Holy


Hestia set up the armor to be ready to counter large groups of demons it appears.

“I decided to keep holographic weapons so the demons can’t steal them from me,” Evangeline says, “these look a lot better than the training models though.”


“Ayla is waiting at the portal for you, prepare for teleport,” Hestia states.

You then are teleported away.

“Oh no! Robots ate master and Evangeline!” Ayla says when you appear, “I knew no armor was a good idea, now I can ride you master!”


Ayla floats through the air and attaches herself to your armor’s shoulder, “now time to go!” She announces.


“Are you sure it’s ok to let her go without armor?” Evangeline asks over suit to suit communications.

“It’ll be fine, she can turn into smoke and hide inside with one of us if needed, and Ayla can read our minds so secure comms doesn’t help any.”


Evangeline is a bit embarrassed about that blunder, and Ayla giggles as you head through the portals to go to the second level of hell.


(1/2)

(2/2)


Tslah stands with a contingent of drones to greet you, she is a bit disappointed that you didn’t come in the flesh.

“My apologies for not answering your summons, but we are under siege here,” Tslah asks, “Have you come to end the raids?”


The suit picks ups and labels a massive group of demons as enemies,

“I thought there were just a few small raider groups,” you say.

“That is how it was, but recently it seems that one of the fifth armies marched up to seize what they heard was two lordless areas,” Tslah explains, “This place will be secure if the army is driven off, even better if you were able to pacify the fifth level. Then no more armies will march out to siege us, but that is just idle thoughts, the fifth war has raged since before I was born.”


“How could they get up here isn’t this only the second level?” Evangeline asks.

“They either moved quickly or bribed the third and fourth lords,” Tslah says.


You are going to need to choose which demons you bring the fight to, or split your group up. Tslah would be happy to have you remain within the outpost to talk with her.


>Focus on protecting the outpost
>Crush the small raid groups
>Fight the now invading army
>Split the group
>Stay and speak with Tslah
>Ignore everything to go check out that chasm you never visited last time
>Other

>>42688999
>Focus on protecting the outpost
>Fight the now invading army

>>42688999
>>Focus on protecting the outpost
>>Crush the small raid groups
>>Fight the now invading army
Hit the closest targets, then the rest

>>42688999
Have dispensable drones go out and offer a lifetime's supply of free MEAT, any type available, to the raid groups if they agree to both cease raiding attempts and fight the fifth army with us.

>>42689119
Not that you would know it from any information given before now, but the scouts, raiders and army are the same group. They have decided to fully commit to invading your areas.

So this plan will not work.


Protect the outpost but also attack the army.


3d15+20 for this

Rolled 12, 12, 12 + 20 = 56 (3d15 + 20)

>>42689227

Rolled 13, 12, 11 + 20 = 56 (3d15 + 20)

>>42689227
Luck be a lady

>>42689236
>>42689263
These rolls are wonderful to me
12 12 12
11 12 13

Rolled 10, 15, 15 + 20 = 60 (3d15 + 20)

>>42689227

>>42689236
>>42689263
>>42689306
These dice aren't fucking around.

Get fucked, Fifth.

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“We will prioritize protecting the outpost, then when the outpost is clear, we strike the army.” You tell everyone.

“Yea! Let’s go fight!” Ayla cheers your plan on.

Evangeline nods, preparing herself to fight.

Tslah laughs to herself, your plan is much too simple to fight an army but she has seen your power and wants to see what you do.


>60


Starting from the side opposite the army you and Evangeline travel in opposite directions and clear out the demon raiders holding outside the range of cannons.


The demons are some sort of insect like creatures, on the empty wasteland of the second level of hell they have nowhere to hide. Your scatter gun tears them apart easily, the only advantage they have seems to be sheer numbers. The report said scouts and raiders but there are hundreds of demons all over the place, just how massive is their main army?


Ayla slings out mana arrows to catch any demons that your scatter gun misses and at no time at all you’ve killed hundreds of demons alongside Ayla. Since she was working alone it takes her a bit longer, but Evangeline comes around to meet up with you.


“This power armor is just so amazing,” she says, “it almost makes me feel bad to be hunting down the demons with how helpless they are.”


Between the three of you the vanguard of the invading demons is quickly obliterated. Thousands of corpses and endless amounts of scattered body parts form a wall of death at the edge of the outpost's cannons range.


Soul charge
1000/1000

>Strengthen an ability
>Gain Health
>Gain Mana
>Gain Stat points
>Gain Experience
>Other


“Stay focused, the main force is quickly approaching,” Hestia’s avatar appears on your HUD, “Before their formation breaks you should make use of your strongest attacks.”


>Fly into the army and attack
>Hold position and kill them as they arrive
>Withdraw into the outpost
>Other

>>42689751
>Strengthen an ability
can we know what/how much these upgrades will give us beforehand?

>Fly into the army and attack
Strike while the iron is hot.

>>42689751
>Gain Health
>Hold position and kill them as they arrive

>>42689873
if we wanted health, we'd be better off increasing con or toughness fist before static upgrades anon.

>>42689751
Strengthen the soul reaper ability if possible.
If not, then...
Try to manifest a new ability?
And if all fails, then strengthen badass to save on exp.

>>42689829
How much, a few ranks ranks.
Other options are roughly the same.

Which ones, a random list I made.

>>42689911
agreed

>>42689916
can we use this to take an ability over maximum, or evolve it like Soul Reaper?

>>42689911
Seconded

>>42689989

Its possible, strong evolutions like that are unlikely though.

Has hestia adjusted the suits for our abilities yet? Opening around the mouth for lasers when we do it, or expanding when we grow?

>>42690091
could we develop a new ability, like Unholy connection? Or take options we missed out on when we devoured souls?

Or even develop immunities to magic, like blood magic?

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Looks like a tie between attack and hold position.

1 attack
2 hold

You try to focus the energy you’ve reaped from the souls of the fallen into a new ability.

Pick one:

>Invisibility
>Water breathing
>Telekinesis
>Flame connection
>Aqua connection


I need to eat, sorry about being slowness right now.

>>42690513
>Telekinesis

>>42690513
>>Telekinesis

You can use telekinesis to enhance nearly everything.

>>42690513
>>Aqua connection

>>42690513
No problem apophis.
Vote for telekinesis.

>>42690513
>Aqua connection
I feel like it'll be easy to develop telekinesis if we keep progressing our mental abilities.

Looks like this wins, enjoy.


>New Ability
Telekinesis: Rank 4
After reaping the souls of the fallen you feel your mental powers grow. You can create an unseen force to manipulate the world around you. The strength of this force is roughly equal to 10% of your strength per rank in this ability. You can create an area of solid force to create barriers or platforms, the volume of the area you create is limited to 10% of your willpower per rank in this ability. Higher ranks in this ability may have additional effects.

>>42690513
aqua connection

>>42690899
The volume doesnt make sense.
What measurement is being used?
Is it one cubic foot per point in willpower?
Something else?

>>42690899
Noice

>>42690954
My bad it is cubic feet, updated the sheet.

so 24 cubic feet for you right now.

>>42690995
Limits for speed? Or is that strength too?

Oh right, too busy with food to ask for

3d15+20 to attack the demons

There is a lot of demons coming, a while army what sort of weapon do you use.

>Scatter gun
>Rocket launcher
>Sword
>Open the suit and laser the demons
>Other


>>42691056
Speed would come as a function of the force exerted, so it is based on strength.

>>42691170
>>Scatter gun
>>Rocket launcher

Of course! We save the biggest guns and strongest tools for an emergency.

Can we apply telekinesis to any punches we throw? Or our body in general, to throw ourselves around or stuff like that?

Rolled 4, 9, 5 + 20 = 38 (3d15 + 20)

>>42691170
>Open the suit and laser the demons
And follow up by pointing the rockets at the parts of the army we couldnt laser.

Put everything into the laser.


We should do this now so that we dont have collateral damage, since thry all are coming from completely empty flat areas.

>>42691214
Sure, but trying to float or fly will fail for you right now.

Rolled 4, 13, 5 + 20 = 42 (3d15 + 20)

>>42691170
>Scatter gun
>Rocket launcher

>Get magical holy sword
>Incredibly effective against demons
>Fight demon army
>Let's use our power armor!
I swear, we have ADHD.

Rolled 13, 2, 3 + 20 = 38 (3d15 + 20)

>>42691170
>sword
>scatter gun

Rolled 3, 8, 5 + 20 = 36 (3d15 + 20)

>>42691170

Rolled 15, 7, 15 + 20 = 57 (3d15 + 20)

>>42691170
>Sword

>>42691261
The sword is great in 1v1, especially against things using buff spells on themselves, but in a massed attack, a machinegun is vastly more effective.

Also, every weapon on this suit is using Holy typed damage.

Why would we NOT use our laser right now, when we're guaranteed to not hit anything important to us, and when we can regen mana insanely fast?
You mop up afterwards with the other stuff. Not start the battle with them.

“Just hold position, we can’t over extend and let them overwhelm the outpost’s defenses,” You call out over the growing steady buzzing that the insectoid demons are generating.


>42


Evangeline opens fire with missile pods and prepares some sort of massive gun and you fire your rocket launcher, explosions scatter blood and gore as the demons are blasted apart.

Then you switch to opening fire with your gun, streaks of holy energy rip apart the charging demons.

Evangeline’s gun is firing massive holographic disks that bisect the demons en-mass. The blades cut a path several demons wide and tens of ranks deep. But the demons just keep coming endlessly.


As the demons climb over their fallen brethren the outpost’s cannons open fire to help in the defense of the city.


As the smoke from the explosions clear Ayla unleashes the magic she prepared.

Over a hundred spheres of ice fly into the army and detonate. Thousands of demons are frozen solid instantly by the blast of magic. Their allies just shatter the frozen demons and continue the march as though nothing happened.


>Your Armor 150/150 structure
>Eva’s Armor 200/200 structure
> Ayla's status – 6/6 hp, 416/1222 mana, 20/20 shield

>Enemy status – An army of insect demons – Uncountable number remain


“Uh master, there are way too many of these things,” Ayla says.


Your position is in danger of being overrun. The swarm is seemingly never ending.


>Keep cutting them down
>Shoot the demons more
>Blast them with rockets
>Unleash a tornado
>Open armor and laser the army
>Other

>>42691791
>Open armor and laser the army

>>42691791
Soul charge?
>>42691822
Seconded

>>42691791
Current souls status?
>Open armor and laser the army

Laser wins


3d15+20 for laser


How much mana?

>5
>10
>20
>All
>Other


Soul charge is 1000/1000 again so:

>Strengthen an ability
>Gain Health
>Gain Mana
>Gain Stat points
>Gain Experience

>>42692068
Strengthen laser for great justice

All mana

>>42692068
>20
>strengthen an ability
Piloting

Rolled 5, 4, 5 + 20 = 34 (3d15 + 20)

>>42692068

>>42692068

Strengthen Laser

40 mana

Rolled 8, 7, 12 + 20 = 47 (3d15 + 20)

>>42692068

Rolled 12, 14, 5 + 20 = 51 (3d15 + 20)

>>42692068
>20

>Strengthen ability

Rolled 8, 7, 14 + 20 = 49 (3d15 + 20)

>>42692068
All
Strengthen laser

Well I was going to offer a few abilities to choose from but laser seems to be the most popular.


Laser: Rank 7 ->9
The laser now lasts 1 second for every 10 mana spent to use it.

>>42692068
I'll break the tie, with a vote for All.
Laser is gonna win for sure, so i wont bother voting on the souls.

>>42692279
So how much mana are we putting into this 55, 100?

>>42692488
You have 55 open to use for the laser.

>>42692546

Are we not able to use External mana?

“Evangeline stay behind me, I’ll try to clear the army,” You say over the suit’s comms.

“How can you clear this?” She asks, “they are never ending!”

You open your armor suit, Ayla drops down over the top of the armor to see you.

“What are you doing master?” She asks.

“I am going to fire a laser, get back this is going to be a big one.”


You feel the power of the souls enhancing your laser’s power and you pour everything you have into the biggest laser you’ve ever used. Ayla quickly scrambles behind the power armor to stay safe.


>51


Your laser boils the surface of the ground as it skims it. The laser doesn’t dissipate instantly so you turn your head slowly from side to side to catch the demons at the front that are spreading out then send the blast right down the middle of their formation and devastate the army.


A few seconds later when the blast ends, a glowing ring of wind and lightning is left behind. A large number of the demons remain alive their numbers still seemingly endless to as far as you can see. They begin to reform their ranks and continue their march when the laser after effect triggers, there is a flash of light and an unbelievably large explosion fills your field of view. The power armor suits and Ayla are sent flying away. You drop straight to the ground somehow completely unaffected by the laser.


Evangeline catches both Ayla and your armor before they crash into the outpost.

“What was that?!?” Evangeline yells, “Are you insane?!?”


Ayla is giggling, she just knows this is going to make a great show later.


(1/2)

You look into the distance to see if the army is cleared away and the far away mountains now have a section of them than has been leveled.


Then there is a rumbling earthquake and a bloated giant version of the insects that made up the army claws its way free of the molten ground. It shakes globs of molten material everywhere as it howls in pain.


>Your Armor 80/80 hp, 0->16/55 mana, 109/109 external mana
>Eva’s Armor 160/200 structure

> Ayla status – 6/6 hp, 416/1222 mana, 5/20 shield

>Enemy status – Giant insect queen, slightly burned.


>Fight the insect with your holy sword
>Have Ayla kill it
>Have Evangeline kill it
>Other

>>42693275
More souls, i presume?
Did we kill enough to multiupgrade at all?

Fight it with sword.

>>42693275
>Other - Spell- Sphere of Annilation

>>42693275
>Use souls to max laser
>Attack with sword

Soul charge is also way over full from that so we’ll vote on that separately here:


>Ability alteration
>Gain an ability
>Gain Health
>Gain Mana
>Gain Stat points
>Gain Experience

>>42693392
Gain an ability

>>42693392
>>42693370

>>42693392
Gain ability, every time.

>>42693392
Oh, ability ALTERATION? Shit, ill do that actually. Lets see options.

>>42693392
>Ability alteration

Sword the giant insect sure


3d15+20 to stab the demon.

Rolled 14, 3, 8 + 20 = 45 (3d15 + 20)

>>42693667

>>42693667
I love when things get ridiculous.
Now let's stab a bug, right in the mug.

Rolled 7, 10, 3 + 20 = 40 (3d15 + 20)

>>42693667
5 the Emperor!

Rolled 4, 15, 15 + 20 = 54 (3d15 + 20)

>>42693667

Rolled 10, 13, 11 + 20 = 54 (3d15 + 20)

>>42693711
SHET.

You leave Evangeline to her recovery of Ayla and your power armor suit and charge the insect with your holy sword.

The insect unleashes a blast of sound at you as you run towards it.


>54 vs upper dc 50


Your amulet warms as the sonic blast crashes against you harmlessly. When you get close you leap into the air and bring the glowing sword down against the huge insect. The sword slices through the demon without any hint of resistance.

When you land the demon tries to turn to spear you with its legs, but its carapace splits down the middle and it falls apart.


Within the demon’s body you can sense a weak soul.


>Consume soul
>Save it
>Other


And we look still tied on the soul charge use.

>>42693918
>>Consume soul

>>42693392
>>42693918

Well let me break that for you, Ability alteration.

>>42693918
>Save it
Slip it into Evangeline's gear.

>>42693918
>Consume soul

I’m not sure what you mean by this, you want Evangeline to try and consume it?

>>42694069
I recommend deleting the vote and trying again.
As is, it looks like you're stealing my vote.

>>42694069
Why did you quote me
My vote remains consume soul

>>42694090
She's shown interest, this is just to get her thinking about it, and potentially approach us.
It's a weak soul, so ultimately we don't lose much.

>>42694138
We can just cultivate a soul from a beast.

Speaking of, lets try to harvest a spider matriarch soul.

>>42693918
>Save Soul
Give it to Evangeline, but ask her to hold the antimutation symbiote for a moment. Don't want her to develop an exoskeleton.

>>42693918
>Consume soul

Ok if I understand the votes correctly it is tied between save it for Evangeline and consume.

So have this to think about while someone appears to break the tie.


Choose one of these for something to happen to

>Poison resistance
>Fire resistance
>Cold resistance
>Living weapon
>Ki strike
>Familiar

>>42694199
>Ki strike

>>42694199
>Familiar

If this: >>42694162 is possible, then I'll change from >>42693965 to consuming.

>>42694199
>Familiar

>>42694199
Consume soul to tiebreak

>>42694199
>Familiar

>>42694199
>Ki strike

>>42694199
>>Ki strike

>>42694199
>Ki strike

Ki strike slides in at the end with a narrow lead.

>Every two ranks of your elemental ki effects increases your damage by 1.


Consume soul vote now:

Giant insect demon (weak) choose one:
>Increase poison resistance
>Sonic resistance
>Grow antennae (Mutation suppressed)
>Grow extra insect arms (Mutation suppressed)
>Health increase
>Mana Increase

>>42694499
>Sonic resistance
Just curious though, what would antannae do?

>>42694530
Help you sense things. Pretty much useless since you can feel life already.

>>42694499
>sonic resistance

>>42694499
>>Sonic resistance

You tear the soul free from the insect’s carcass and consume it, as you walk back towards the outpost you notice that demons have gathered on the walls to watch what happened. Tslah stands in the front of the crowd.


>Ability gained
Sonic Resistance: Rank 2
Sonic Resistance gives you the ability to negate sound based damage. You reduce incoming sound damage by an amount equal to your ability rank.


Tslah is very impressed once more, now she wishes to speak with you immediately. She wants to go out to you now, but suppresses the desire. She must also appear in control of the situation to maintain leadership over the other demons. So she contents herself to continue watching from the outpost walls.

“What was that? Were you trying to kill us too?” Evangeline says, she isn’t angry that you almost blew her up she is jealous. Very jealous that you just blew up an army and sliced a giant bug in half.


“There are more armies at level five right? Let’s go blow up more of them!” Ayla says.

“The armor was a bit damaged, we should get repairs done first at least,” Evangeline says, but she really wants to keep going because right now she totally loves yo- the armor, the armor, the armor, “stop reading my mind!” she thinks at you.


> [ End ]


We are the best at ties, but we need to end here. Next thread Friday around 12 EST.
Feel free to suggest implants, research and/or design plans if you want to.
I’m about to fall asleep but you can still try some questions/comments/criticism/spending exp.


>You finished a thread, thanks for playing! +10 exp
>Got a law altar +10 exp
>Trained with Evangeline +10 exp
>Battled a bug army +10 exp
>Killed the queen bug +10 exp

>Current total exp: 100
>Current total stat points: 0

>>42694982
Laser to maximum overkill

>>42695065
This, and mental compulsion to nine.

>>42694982
Badass: Rank 9 -> 10
It quite literally adds to every roll we do. I don't understand how there is something that has priority over that.

>>42695162
We're in a great spot right now where our combat modifier is an even twenty. Do you know how long a nigga gonna have to work to get it to an even tenth multiple again?
Sorry, nerd, but my ocd wont let it happen

I still want an update on maxs journal
Maybe on ask.fm tho, since you sleepy

>>42694982
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xUl_VRCmM
The song that plays while our group looks out at the miles and miles of smoldering corpses and gigantic holes in the ground around our layer of hell.

>>42695337
>on the third level they felt that blast

>someone is hitting the "ceiling" of said level, yelling to keep it the fuck down

>Damn kids

Wonder what the lords below would think about the fact we just obliterated an army.

>>42695436
That the weakest army isn't much to think about.


Max laser is the only thing with support, so I'll make that change. Do mental -> 9 as well?

I bet hestia got some interesting scans since our laser existed more than an instant. 5.5 seconds of sustained data collection on the technique, man.
>>42695503
Sure.

>>42695503
Well I guess it's time to put on our nice suit.

Fix our tie.

Go down there and engage in good old fashion wholesale slaughter.

Does the Grim Reaper have the ability to collect weak souls to enhance his power? Does he work for the "state" so to speak of the department up top? Is he the number 1 guy to not fuck with?

Laser changes
>Can choose not to use the increased duration effect, laser can now be homing, and laser can be fired from any part of the body, including living weapons.


Mental compulsion
People you brainwash or whatever will not suspect that an outside force altered their mind.

>>42695301


Dear Diary,


Today the villain captured a holy sword and displayed it outside his city where he holds my darling Evangeline captive along with other lovely ladies. This time I saw even more of them being held captive and forced to stand on the walls and cheer. You could see from their eyes when they looked at me and laughed that my presence had lifted their spirits.


But then treachery! The villain was somehow able to steal the holy magic I had worked so hard for and then wield the powerful sword. Then right as I was about to strike him down he transformed into a giant, and without thinking in doing so torn all his clothes off. What a brute!


Unfortunately I was unable to defeat the villain because I was suddenly called back to the west because there was a sudden invasion by –

________________________________________


The rest of the page is mysteriously covered in blood, rendering it unreadable.

>>42695899
...
Huh.
I hope he's ok.
He seems like a decent kid.

>>42695948
>yfw it's not his blood

Beware assassins! For your dark and uncouth attempts at his life in such a dishonorable fashion will always fail!

HAHA!

Max is so fucking dead.

>>42696050
I hope that we wind up rescuing him from some prison.

>>42696077
WHat if it turns out Burgess just came down and slugged him when he was writing in his diary?

Just busted his nose right the fuck up and that's where the blood is from?

>"You're falling behind, kid! That Gareth fella just threw the best party I've been too in ages! Here you are moping in your room!"

I'd be surprised.