>>42868673
Let's rock, fuckers.

The tomb, as it turns out, was once the grand golden castle of Allegiset, and while trekking along the shimmering walkway towards the main gate you saw strange waterwheels drawing in magical energy from the water for some purpose you couldn't identify, as well as golden eyes in the darkness. The creature fled, and you decided not to pay it much mind for now, instead focusing on your objective. You helped Pirin be less of an ass, and pushed open the gate.

Once inside you had an encounter with the creature you passed by before, a young dragon. Pirin spoke with it in draconic and pissed it off so it would blow all of its magic on a single last of fire, and then dragged you down a hallway to escape from it when it wore itself out. You got incredibly lost, and then put your dragon skills to use to figure out where Allegiset would keep his gold. You located the right room and worked with Pirin to get your fire back, learning how to fire sing without needing to speak draconic. Your fire triggered the switch to open the vault door under your feet, and you fell onto a pile of coins.

Pirin tossed a torch to you and went off to fetch some rope to climb down with, and you took some time to bask in the gold. Most of your strength returned, and you learned that gold is a source of power for dragons, which came in handy when Pirin ran screaming back into the room, jumped into the vault and the dragon came roaring in after him.

The dragon claimed that you lounging around on the gold and using it to recover your strength was stealing power from Allegiset, who would surely notice and return. For foiling his plan of doing exactly the same thing, but likely with more subtlety and more potent results, he attacked you. You had Pirin run off to try to find something to help, and engaged the dragon. You nearly died in the process, suffering some very severe wounds, but a misstep by the dragon gave you exactly the opening you needed to stab him in the back and then cleave upwards to split him from shoulder to snout.

You collapsed in a heap in a pool of dragon blood, surrounded by gold, and your wings, claws and draconic sight returned to you. For a brief moment you may have even turned into a full dragon, but that could also have just been in your head. Pirin returned with treasure, and you both decided to get out of there ASAP, pausing just long enough to grab an odd ruby from the ground. With your wings back you flew out of the vault, and then danced your way out of the castle with Pirin. You returned through the portal victorious, only to find Vein waiting for you, along with your friends, unconscious and chained up. Vein claimed she wanted to change teams since yours was the winning one. You told her that she could travel with you for now and see about signing up properly later.

Character Sheet:
http://pastebin.com/hZThyQm7

Thread twitter:
@BecomeQM

Previous adventures at:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Become%20The%20Dragon%20Quest

The rules:
Best of three rolls, critical threat on a 20, confirmed if another roll is 20-modifier or higher. Modifier is Stat being rolled+Relevant skill. You can decide which skill to apply. If no one applies one, no skill will be added on. If you don't have a logical reason to apply a skill, don't do it.
Critical fails are at least two 1s on a roll. May expand this later to increase shenanigans.
Success is on a sliding scale and is situational. Some things are easier than others. Use your head.

Check out the side stories!
Millie's Day Off
http://pastebin.com/9dmr6XWx
Sir Black and the Red Scale
http://pastebin.com/5JMxmEay
Ildareth and the Dragonblood Witch
http://pastebin.com/N83MDEHq

Yes the character sheet needs updating but I'm lazy today.

>>42868673
Bu the way, i wasn't awake when you asked for the review thing so here's my take on priority.

The overarching quest to become a dragon
The character moments
The adventures and subplots
The combat
The action sequences
The world (wryyyy) and its history
The romance

Basically i'm fine with how it's been Except for the suddenly (almost) forced on romance, but please at least don't make us go off in a completely different direction or make it so we in the end have to choose between love/friends versus becoming a dragon, since i being a dragon in the end is kind of what i came to this quest for.
As long as you avoid that i'm perfectly fine with how you're doing this.

Vein grins at you and chuckles a bit.

"What, nervous? About me?"

She giggles a bit, her voice a bit unnerving.

"And what can I do to earn your trust? I have information you might want."

>Tell me then
>Earn it the normal way so I can trust what you say
>Other (write-in)

>>42869173
>Tell me then
You may as well tell me now, but i know how loyal constructs can be, so it would take a while before i'll trust that you're really with us.

>>42869173
> Earn it the normal way you shit
> Btw I saw you watching me before I hopped through the portal
> Also can I get healed now

>>42869217
We got healed when we got our wings back after killing the dragon remember?

>>42869173
>Tell me then

>>42869217
I don't know if you're trolling or not with the way you're wanting us to act, but you do know that we were already healed since it said so last thread, right?

>>42869173
>Tell me then

>>42869173
>>Tell me then

>>42869173
>"Because you're more free about your allegiances than a brothel-worker is with her body. If your offer is genuine, you cannot be trusted by definition. If not, trusting you is out of the question."

>>42869472
Rude...
All we have to do is keep being the winning party and she'll never betray us!

>>42869203
This is true, Melli was tied to Mr Fuckface cousin whatever his name is through magic or some shit, dunno why she wouldn't be tied to somebody, at least.

>>42870320
She was tied to uncle and elementals are conditioned to never disappoint or disobey there masters.

You fold your arms.

"Alright. Tell me. What's your bargaining chip here?"

Vein cackles a bit before speaking directly into your head.

'Tirio is free. He got Millie back and made her betray your friends. Two of them are already captured, one is on trial already and might be executed soon. My loyalty is broken, the person I was bound to is dead, and I want to save my sister. Let's go kill Tirio and cause a stir, and save your friends while we're at it.'

>Write-in

>>42870465
>Killing Tirio isn't the problem.
>Finding the right person to replace Tirio is.
>I need the sword to have a real chance against them.

>>42870465
>Write-in
I promised everyone to only return to help them if i've either succeeded in my quest, or when i've failed and will never try it again. I'm sorry, but i haven't failed yet and this isn't enough to abandon my dream forever.

>>42870465
>I don't suppose you have any actual proof of this claim?
We should probably contact Cenerre, see if he can disprove her story or reinforce it.

>>42870609
Should check in with Cenerre periodically anyway.
Guys our elemental Alfred/Jarvis.

Oddly the only guy I trust.

Which means he's even bigger evil than Allegiset.

>>42870465
>contact Cenerre

>>42870546
>Finding the right person to replace Tirio is.
I'm not sure what you mean with this. If you mean they'll replace him, yeah, that'll happen, but it'll break control over Millie at least. If you mean we need to replace him, that's pointless. He's a pawn with no real power and ideally the kingdom will be dissolved, so his position as general is meaningless.

>>42870465
>>42870577
Seconding.

>>42870465
>>42870609
Second. Even if we don't return, knowing whether she's full of shit or not is important.

I can't actually recall two non-Millie friends that we left behind?

>>42870741
Queen needs her own general.

What if we appointed Cenere?

Millie can work under him too.

>>42870835
Cenerre is loyal and intelligent, but I'm not sure if he's better suited as a general over handling the bureaucratic nightmare of a kingdom that's done away with the nobility (which I really hope we do, those faggots are cancerous).

All those in favor of killing Tirio next time the option presents itself?.

Am i remembering things wrong, or didn't our father say when we told him we were going to leave that we shouldn't come back unless we're back to stay, or when we've done what we set out to do?

>>42870915
Aye. We spared him for Millie's sake last time, but he's made it quite clear that the best thing for her sake is his head on a pike.

>>42870465
Contact Cennerre

>>42870817
Black, Mom and Dad, odds are Vein is lying.

>>42870915
Yeah... Seems that it would have been better long-term... Though even if we probably didn't do the wrong choice last time, we shouldn't spare him twice.

>>42870935
Yeah, he did say that. Which is why one of the write-ins is bringing it up.

>>42870952
It's possible that she's just assuming the whole rebellion are friends with us.

>inb4 the captives are actually water clones

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Sorry about the extended delay, my sales associates are lazing about and doing nothing so handling customers falls to me.

-

You focus on your necklace for a moment.

'Cenere, status report?'

There's a brief pause before he replies.

'I'm fine presently, but we have a situation. Leer and Esrito have both been captured. Leer is set to hang in a few days, and Esrito is being tried for a number of crimes under his alias, Gimbly Durab. The trial is taking substantially longer thanks to "Gimbly" having a number of connections he's exploiting, but I worry that he plans to sell us out for his own benefit if the pressure is on.'

You sigh a little. Wonderful.

'Thanks, Cenere. Do what you can.'

'I always do, madam.'

You look at Vein for a moment. You don't really know Leer so you don't know how valuable an asset he really is, but Gimbly was one of Tirio's right hand men, and the fact that he might fake being a double agent to keep close to Tirio concerns you.

>I'll buy your story but I'm not doing anything about it
>And how do you propose we do this?
>Let's get moving, we don't have a lot of time
>Other (write-in)

>>42872169
>I'll buy your story but I'm not doing anything about it
He said to not come back unless we abandon our goal.

>>42872169
>>I'll buy your story but I'm not doing anything about it

>>42872169
>And how do you propose we do this?

Mom and Dad are still ok, right? So it's not like they're all doomed if we don't go back.

>>42872169
Who are Leer and Esrito again I forgot.

>>42872447
I don't think we ever really met Leer.

Esrito is Gimbly's real name.

>>42872169
>You said your previous master died. Who was he?

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"I'll buy your story, but I'm not in any position to do anything about it. I've got a mission of my own to take care of."

Vein pauses for a moment, smile wavering.

"I see."

You sigh a little bit and step closer to her.

"I'm trying to find something and I can't go back without it. You can come with me and help me find it, it might help us out, but I'm not changing my course."

Vein sighs softly and slumps.

"Breaking my heart... Alright then. It's not like Millie is in any serious jeopardy, the doc wouldn't mess with her head without me there too."

You pat her on the shoulder.

"By the by... who did you serve?"

Vein grins and leaps back, saluting.

"Prince Eannes, may he rot!"

Pirin chuckles softly.

"That crazy kid? Yeah, he was miserable... Turned out to be a necromancer and everything. I guess that's why you're so creepy?"

Vein stares at him, grinning deviously.

"I'm perfectly normal~"

She sticks out her tongue, a good six inches, and then cackles when Pirin looks horrified.

>Let's get going
>Ask about something else
>Other (write-in)

>>42872872
>Let's get going
Talk to cennerre on the way alert him about Vein and ask for some advice.

>>42872872
>>42872901
Seconding, but advice on what?

>>42873015
Advice on Vein, on if there's anything we may do to help the situation in our area, etc.

>>42872872
Ask Pirin about what he pulled from the vault now that we are out of there

>>42872872
>>42873713
Also seconding this.

How's everyone's health?

We hurt or did we magically heal when we ate that dragon's power?

>>42873820
Full health after we stole the Dragon's hoard in a fight. Gil needs a heal though.

>>42873858
First priority then.

Should reward Gil for his suffering and bloodletting.

>Can I just spend time with Kat?

No! You need...magic daggers and a magic bow?

Sena can always make a new carved staff and enhance it with her power.

Kat...Kat needs a slingshot for her potions. Magic one that can hone on a target preferable.

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"Vein, wake them up and get Gil healed. Pirin, let's see that loot."

Pirin starts turning out his pockets. Necklaces, rings, a golden chalice, a bracelet of some sort, a pair of golden knives covered in runes and a shirt that looks like it was woven from golden threads with a red gemstone in the middle of the chest. While he unpacks them all you reach out to Cenere again, but he's silent. He sorts them by the color of the gemstone, and pauses, picking up one of the rings.

"Finders fee?"

Vein waves a hand over your friends, the metal chains vanishing. They wake up slowly, first Gil, then Fiona and Sena. Fiona immediately turns bright red.

"B-Bondage is not a daytime activity!"

Sena moves over to Gil and focuses on his wound while Vein snickers.

"When the sun sets I'll try again then."

Fiona looks faint.

>Keep the ring, Pirin
>Vein, don't tease Fiona so much
>How are you doing, Gil?
>Other (write-in)

>>42874542
>>Keep the ring, Pirin
>How are you doing, Gil?

>>42874542
>Keep the ring, Pirin
Even if we deep in our heart don't like parting with a part ofo ur hoard, he earned a reward.
>How are you doing, Gil?

>>42874542
>Stare at the ring for a long time. Become utterly engrossed in your night-long debate over whether to get the ring back from him, even though he's clearly earned it.

>>42874542
>Knives to Gil
>Shirt to Sena
>Bracelet to Kat
>Rings to Pirin

>Necklace to Fiona

Chalice to Vein?

Allegiset said one gift. That means we gotta split it all.

>>42874712
We're not giving our hoard away willy-nilly like that. And Pirin only asked for one ring, not all of them. We can split it up later at cam if we wish, but not llike that now.

>>42874810
Particularly when we have no clue what any of this does

>>42874810
Magic gold knives do seem to call Gil's name tho.


Chalice...might be better for Kat?

Team needs better gear.

>>42875006
Not that anon. We don't even know if this shit is enchanted or anything, or what the enchantments may do. I vote we do that later.

>>42875006
Yes, but at the same time i feel like we need to figure out what everything does before we give stuff out. Some things could seem to fit someone, only to later on have an effect that doesn't help them much at all.

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You give Pirin a nod.

"Go for it, you earned it."

He smiles and slips it on, focusing on it to try to activate it. As he does that you turn your attention to Gil.

"How are you holding up?"

Gil shrugs slightly.

"I feel like the night watch... Parts of me keep passing out..."

Fiona and Sena get to work on healing him and you smirk a bit.

"Well, you should feel accomplished."

He looks at you and blinks.

"Does it have something to do with all the blood all over you?"

You nod.

"I killed a dragon. I split him in half with my sword and stole some treasure. All because of you."

Gil thrusts his fist into the air.

"Nice work, boss."

He smirks a bit.

"It's lunch time, so I'd like an entire roast chicken, a keg of ale and a nap as thanks."

>You can have all that and more
>Let's negotiate
>I have something else in mind
>Other (write-in)

>>42875783
>You can have all that and more
Time to celebrate

>>42875783
>You can have all that and more

>>42875783
>You can have all that and more

>>42875783
>>I have something else in mind
We are all going to eat and drink deeply, then we will see what else the night brings.

BTQM you alive?

I hate living in a state where tornadoes and flash floods ruin everything. I will resume updating in just a moment, I'm just finishing getting my car out of a giant puddle that I didn't see until I drove into it. The tow truck is here now to get me out of this jam.

>>42879327
That really sucks, good luck man.

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You give Gil a sly smile and gently shake his shoulder.

“All that and more. We're gonna get you healed, we're gonna get Kat's arm taken care of, and we're gonna enjoy the festival. You're looking at a dragonslayer, Gil. I've proven that I'm as strong as one. It's all up from here. I have the strength and skill, now I just need the form. And I'm already halfway there if we're being honest.”

Gil smirks a little bit.

“Taret's going to be so disappointed when he'll be able to ride you but not ride you...”

You chuckle a bit and gently bop him on the nose.

“Clever.”

Fiona smiles a bit.

“Sena, you're doing quite well. Your brother will be right as rain in no time at all, and then we can get to work on... What was her name again? Kat?”

Sena nods and smiles.

“Mhmm. Think we can fix her broken arm?”

Fiona nods.

“I think that anything is possible so long as it's for the right reasons. I think that qualifies.”

Gil slowly rises to his feet and stretches.

“I'm fine, honest... I mean, I could do with a drink but the cut is all scabbed over and I don't think I'm in danger of a scar. Let's get over to Kat and see about-”

He's cut off by Pirin's cheer of success. The ring on his finger is glowing brightly, but that's perhaps the less noticeable change. A sword of glowing golden energy has formed in his hand, cracking from time to time with little bolts of electricity. He runs over and swings it at a tree, the blade passing through it, and he frowns.

“Well that was disappointing. I-”

The tree sparks a bit before exploding, sending Pirin tumbling backwards towards the group, and he ends up sitting by Vein, covered in soot and smelling like a bonfire, a long splinter caught in one of the buttons of his shirt. Vein grabs the splinter and examines it.

“A sword that makes toothpicks. Nice work. A bit inefficient though.”

She puts it in her mouth and chews the end, smirking. Pirin looks at the ring, then at you.

“...No take backs...?”

>Fire is more my thing anyway
>Trade ya
>Give it back, we can figure something else out
>Keep it, a deal is a deal
>Other (write-in)

>>42879964
> We can figure something else out
Still don't know what this stuff does.

>>42879990
Yeah, lets figure out what everything does before we start trading.

>>42879964
>Fire is more my thing anyway
>Let's figure out what the rest of this does before we go handing more out or trading.

>>42879964
>"A sign of favor. Technically part of my hoard, after all. Keep it."

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“...No take backs, as long as we sort out what does what first. I thought that ring was just a ring. Let's find a mutually agreeable deal. I don't think you need a lightning sword that makes things explode while telling stories, right?”

Pirin shrugs a little bit.

“You never know, taverns can be pretty crazy places. But I think I get your point.”

He dismisses the sword and takes off the ring.

“Let's... uh... I guess we could just go down the line and experiment with this stuff until we work it out...”

Sena perks up.

“Let's go back to the inn first, we can use the books! And I can help heal Kat while you do that!”

You nod a bit.

“Let's head back to the inn then.”

You gather up your loot along with your friends, everyone slipping things into pockets and concealed places so that the people in town don't spot you. You bring the haul up to the inn room, which is a little cramped with the crowd, but not uncomfortably so. You spread the items out on the floor to inspect them while Fiona and Sena tend to Kat. You've got your sight, the reference books and time. Time to get to work.

-

You have 3 necklaces, 5 rings, a golden chalice, a bracelet, 2 knives, and the shirt. I could have you roll for each individual item, but instead I want 6 rolls. Luck rolls. Roll a d20 and add nothing. You've got 12 unidentified items and the ring of lightning sword thing. Each roll will determine how awful/awesome two items are. The last two numbers of your post will help me determine which items your roll affects. I have a system, don't worry. Now, roll!

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>42880454
welp time for shit rolls

Rolled 18 (1d000000000000000000000000020)

>>42880454

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>42880454

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>42880454

We need a couple more rolls, I don't wanna samefag the whole thing if I don't need to.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>42880615
Lets see if I do this right

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>42880454

Now I get to have some fun with this. I'll write up the list of goodies and throw it in here for you guys to look over, then I'll pass out while you decide what to do with your swag.

You quickly determine that one of the rings and the bracelet are duds. Not nonmagical, but spells that don't do anything except vent magical energy uselessly when worn. Admittedly this has a use for powerful mages looking for something to train with, but it's not exactly what you need now. They might be good for Sena though, if you can find a way to fine tune them so that excess divine energy of each type can be vented safely and she remains balanced.

You look at the knives next. Simple enchantments to keep them clean and polished, as well as sharp, but nothing too fancy. They're golden knives, which is fancy, but the spells on them are as simple as can be for the most part, at least until you take a closer look. Underlying all of those enchantments is a base enchantment worked into the gold itself to harden it and enhance the durability of the material, similar to your sword. These golden knives are tougher than steel.

The next item to call to you is the chalice, and you toy around with it a little. Conjuration magic of some sort. You try to activate it blindly to see what it makes but nothing happens until you realize you're thirsty and it fills with water. You inspect the liquid and find it to be nothing more than chilled, pure water, and you take a sip. Refreshing. You try to think of something else to conjure, but nothing happens until you think of a need to be filled. You need something to celebrate your victory, the water is replaced with wine. You need a light snack, and it fills with grapes. You decide to finish experimenting with that later, snacking on grapes while you work.

Up next, the other rings. The first one you examine is similar to the dud one, except that instead of venting the energy it stores it to be accessed later. If you had some sort of arbitrary system of measuring energy, and if that system said that your current maximum magical energy was, say, 4 points, this could probably hold 2 of them at a time.

The second ring is full of air magic, and it doesn't take much for you to work out that this ring lets the wearer stop breathing completely without harm for a while when activated. At a guess it's maybe an hour, give or take. While you don't anticipate encountering clouds of poison gas or underwater shenanigans, it's nice to have the option.

The last ring is interesting in its effects. When worn, the wearer can reach through a small portal to another location. You can't see what's on the other end of the portal, so if you reach blindly you're at the mercy of whatever is on the other end, but it only takes one try for you to pass the chalice across the room to Kat, and you swipe a few more grapes on your second attempt. You can think of a few good ways to use the ring, assuming you know precisely where to aim.

Next up, the shirt. The red gemstone gives away that it's fire magic, but you decide to investigate it anyway. The wearer is always comfortably warm regardless of climate, which probably makes it exceptionally snuggly despite being made of gold fibers. When active it bursts into flames that don't harm the wearer, but make coming into direct contact with them exceptionally painful. Each flare of flame lasts only a few seconds, but you're pretty sure that's all you need.

And then, at long last, the necklaces. The first one locks the wearer at a certain vertical position while allowing horizontal movement. It's not flight, and when it stops being active your vertical momentum is exactly what it was, but now winning long jump contests will be a breeze, and if someone is falling it buys time for someone else to ensure they have a soft landing.

The next one strikes you as an odd item, though you're sure someone somewhere would have a use for it. It makes the wearer immune to divine magic of both sorts, essentially cutting them off from all the Essence energy around them and making it flow around and away from them. While this does mean that necromantic spells would have no effect, an injection of blight would still harm their soul and healing magic would have no effect until the necklace is removed. You picture a zombie with one of these things running around a battlefield immune to holy magic and shudder.

The last item is your personal favorite because it has a dragon on it. Also because of its effect. Maybe it's because you like to think dragons are the best at everything, maybe it's because you know it's true, but you're quite pleased with this necklace because it makes the wearer better at everything they do, sort of. You can activate it to pick a physical trait, a “stat” if you will, and bolster it, and it stays enhanced until you change it. When changed, the previous boost becomes a penalty, so you're always better at one thing and worse at another. You could spend more points for a bigger boost, but then you'd also have a bigger penalty. It could probably be made worthwhile in some situations. The only downside is that rapid activations would degrade the magic. Changing things once a day would be fine, but any more frequently and the penalties would get worse and worse as the spell feeds on you, and you're pretty sure it would get kind of clingly while recharging. Right now it's set to enhance Speed and degrade Smarts.

Have fun working out what the hell to do with all this stuff. I'm off to bed.

Quick side note, I might not be able to post much tomorrow during the day depending on how things play out. I'm starting at a different store tomorrow and the manager will be with me every second to make sure I know how everything works at that location. I'll do my best to keep things moving but I'm just warning you now.

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Pirin looks at you with a small smile on his face.

"So what do I get...?"

>Write-in

>>42884742
>Write-in
How about the ring that vents magical energy? If you ever decide to learn some magic tricks you'd be able to train up your magic capacity/strength that way.

>>42884742
You want to surpass your father in story-telling, right? What better artifact than a magical chalice, that fills itself with any drink you want while being a testament to the first of many stories you'll be telling about me?

>>42884742

Necklace of vertical momentum to Pirin ;is a nice enchantment but not really worth keeping when we can fly.

The Chalice is amazing it basically eliminates logistical issues that come with traveling, and might even be able to create more common items for alchemy.

>>42884742
The momentum necklace or a vent ring.

>>42884742
Ask him to pick between the momentum necklace or a vent ring/bracelet.

Could you at least try not to be obvious?

>>42885319
What?

>>42885319
It are some pretty good things both of these items, just not good in the short-term which we need items for.
If he'd use the ring/bracelet of venting his entire life he could have huge magical powers.

>>42885349
Not sure the vent ring is actually worth a shit for weaklings. It's only mentioned as being useful as a training tool for powerful mages or a way to balance Sena - which is a pretty good reason to keep it instead of giving it to this jerkoff, really.

>>42885371
Then offer the necklace? It's a pretty good thing to have all things considered.
He did help us a lot so he deserves something good too.

>>42884742
>Necklace of Vertical Momentum

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You hold out the necklace to him.

"This should make travelling fun and easy."

He puts it on and examines it for a moment while you explain how it works, and he immediately jumps up and hovers, clouds forming under him, and he slowly shifts to a sitting position.

"...alright, this is more useful to me than a lightning sword. And potentially cooler. I don't have a lot of magical power, but this thing doesn't seem to use much as all... I can ride a cloud throne all around town."

Gil picks up the knives to examine them.

"Mind if I have these? Or did you have something else in mind for the rest of this stuff?"

>Go for it, first come first serve
>I've got a plan in mind, give me a second
>Other (write-in)

>>42885601
Those knives are pretty much yours.

>>42885601
It'd fit you better than me, so sure.

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You nod a bit.

"Go for it. Knives suit you better than me anyway, right? I'll let you carry The Dragon's Claws."

Gil looks at the knives, then at you.

"I'll accept that name, but only because I can't think of a better one right now."

You smirk a bit.

"Granted. Now then, what to do with the rest..."

Kat pulls out her pipe, and you realize she's been conjuring things with it almost the whole time that it's been beside her.

"I will fight you for this thing. Even if whatever is inside it ends up vanishing in the morning or something dumb like that, this thing is great."

Sena grabs the vent ring and bracelet.

"I wanna see if we can find someone to alter the spells on these to make them more useful, but I still want them for now just in case."

Fiona and Vein give you hopeful looks.

>Kat, Sena, you're good. I was gonna do that anyway.
>Fiona, you can have something since you helped heal Gil
>Vein, you can have something for keeping me informed of what's going on at home.
>Other (write-in)

>>42885784
>Kat, Sena, you're good. I was gonna do that anyway.
>Fiona, you can have something since you helped heal Gil (Give her the bracelet so she also can improve her magic)
>Vein, i haven't known you long enough to give away something like this so soon. If you prive youself in the future, i will give you one of the artifacts.

>>42885784
>Kat, Sena, you're good. I was gonna do that anyway.
>Fiona, you can have something since you helped heal Gil
>Vein, you can have something for keeping me informed of what's going on at home.

>>42885784
>Kat, Sena, you're good. I was gonna do that anyway.
>Fiona, you can have something since you helped heal Gil
>Vein, you can have something for keeping me informed of what's going on at home.

>>42885841
>Approves what Kat and Sena want
>Tries to give Fiona the bracelet
Anon...

>>42885784
>Kat, Sena, you're good. I was gonna do that anyway.
>Vein, i haven't known you long enough to give away something like this so soon.

The ring of far reach is really good for us, and the ring of mana is also good to have. for Fiona I am thinking the shirt,.

>>42885992
>Tries to give Fiona the bracelet
>one of the rings and the bracelet are duds
Give one the ring and the other the bracelet is what my post means.

>>42886034
Ring of mana should probably go to a primary caster.

>>42886053
We need it for our use of both firesing with igniting our sword when we also need to save enough to be able to fly, so it's perfect for us.

>>42886084
It's useful for us, but in most encounters we'll burn one or zero spell points. It's better for someone that actually relies heavily on their magic, since they have more need of them.

>>42886107
Our last encounter (where we could use magic) we had to hold back and retreat because of our lack of SP, which is an indication that we clearly are lacking it. This artifact is, as i said, perfect for us.
The reason why we have only used one everytime is because we need one over to fly.

>>42886140
>Our last encounter (where we could use magic) we had to hold back
Maybe that's how you interpreted it. I voted not to use firesinging because of it's potential AoE at first and didn't use it later because our sword is a dozen times more efficient with a better attack modifier.

>and retreat because of our lack of SP, which is an indication that we clearly are lacking it.
We retreated because the opponent was deliberately impossible to defeat at that time and our primary objective was completed.

>This artifact is, as i said, perfect for us.
Which I still don't agree with.

>The reason why we have only used one everytime is because we need one over to fly.
Or because we don't want to blow a limited resource on a singular attack which we don't know the relative strength of instead of the buff with a better modifier that usually lasts for the entire encounter. 2 SP isn't going to change that for me.

>>42886236
For comparison, the fire buff on your sword means that a successful hit will deal an extra minor wound in addition to whatever your sword did. This can lead to double minor wounds, which just fills slots, but that's been enough to turn the tide in some fights.

Firesinging inflicts a wound one level higher than normal if it hits, so a success is always at least a Major wound, but you've already tasted the bitter failure that can result from bad rolls with it.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

Evens give Vein a thing, odds nice try guy.

>>42886236
>We retreated because the opponent was deliberately impossible to defeat at that time and our primary objective was completed.
Wouldn't have ben impossible to defeat with more use of Dragon-fire considering it purges the blight she is made of.
We retreated because our sword ran out of fire whil we had to save our last SP in case we needed it to escape with our friends.

We have use in SP for both melee and magic attack, which is what we use as our primary fighting methods, which is why i'm still wanting to hold on to the item that fits that best.

>>42886502
It was a pretty big pool of blight, I'm not sure that we would've been able to purge it for less than 10 SP even if we had been willing to try.

We do have a fair use for it, I'm not debating that, but we have the option of not using SP and still being useful. A primary caster has more need for that ring in battle, from my perspective, than the girl that can chop a fucking dragon in half without using SP.

>>42886577
While being able to chop a dragon in half without using xp, one shouldn't forget almost dying and only able to do that thanks to extreme luck with the dice. If we had ben able to use our own SP at the time we would both have a viable ranged counter instead of baiting out his fire and also do a lot more damage with our sword.
It's a question of making us able to use 200% more SP considering we only were able to use one if we wanted to fly. We need that item more than someone invested in magic that should already have a lot more SP where 2 more does't make as much difference as it would do for us.

>>42886644
>200% more
Our spell point cap is 4, we could use 3 before being unable to fly. 66%.

Still, fair point. I'm uncertain if they get SP at a better rate than us, though it'd be hard not to, what with bricking 2 of the 3 rolls to increase SP at level up. Vein, probably, because she's an elemental and made of magic, but Fiona's a human.

>>42886702
Are you also counting that we mostly have used our gauntlets when/some time before we're in a fighting situation, meaning that we have one less SP?

Divine magic users seem to have ultra fast regeneration. Sena seems to regain her magic near instantly

>>42886738
We ditched the gauntlets and got a proper sheath when we left the city. This came up in the fight with the necromancer.

>>42886750
I think she has a "As long as you believe" bonus too, which makes her spells cost less/nothing so it could actually be worth looking into/learning sometime.

>>42886796
I think that's more due to her unique nature and the fact she generates a lot of both Divine essence energy and blight energy. I shudder to think what B could have done with her if B used her as a battery instead of trying to undead her proper.

badump

>>42886753
You meet actually ditched the gloves, you just stopped using them to save SP since they're more items of convenience.

>>42887976
Spoiler warning, if you hadn't destroyed the table B would have had enough evidence to work that out and she would be sparing no expense looking for you.

Lunch break now, time for posting.

>>42889735
>Spoiler warning, if you hadn't destroyed the table B would have had enough evidence to work that out and she would be sparing no expense looking for you.
So glad I made the write-in to weaponize it.

>>42889735
So she's still a curiosity instead of a must have blight battery? Good to know.

And then my boss talked my ear off for my whole break. Yay.

bump

>>42892789
bump bump

So what did you settle on for Fiona and Vein?

>>42894586
Vein gets the portal ring under the caveat she doesn't use it to mess with people. Fiona gets the sp storage ring.

>>42894586

Shirt to Fiona, and if we must give something to Vein the necklace of stat swaping

>>42894621
>Vein
>Not messing with people

All of five seconds.

>>42894989
Then we take it back.

>>42894586
I assumed we'd let them pick then have the opportunity to veto, like with Kat and Sena.

>>42895229
That works too

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You smile a little bit.

“That's fine with me. I was thinking the same thing, actually. As for you two...”

Fiona looks the items over for a moment and selects the ring that lets the wearer avoid breathing for a while. Vein bursts into a fit of giggles at that, and Fiona blushes.

“I-It's not what you think!”

Vein snickers.

“Nope, it's what /you/ think~ And what you think is practically delicious.”

Fiona turns bright red and hides her face, and Vein selects the ring that stores magical energy.

“My whole body is magic made physical, and this ring will let me make a backup of myself in case something happens to my core. You don't mind, right? I mean, if you were given the chance to have a spare of yourself just laying around somewhere you'd want to snatch it up, yeah?”

>Fine, fine, you guys are fine
>I have an issue with... (write-in)
>Other (write-in)

>>42896676
>Fine, fine, you guys are fine

>>42896676
>Fine, fine, you guys are fine

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You shrug a little.

“That's fine with me. I didn't see much use to either of those if I'm being honest. Not that they're worthless, just that they don't have a lot of relevance to me.”

Fiona slips on her new ring and smiles a bit, while Vein does the same, except the ring immediately turns blue-green and Vein looks paler than usual. She smirks a little.

“And now my little doppelganger needs to incubate. If I ever get killed, the version of me in here will slowly grow a core of her own. Who wants to be the daddy seahorse?”

When everyone stares at her blankly she shrugs a bit.

“Nevermind. Clearly no one here has ever stared intently at strange tropical marine life. Suffice to say, now I can just pawn this off on someone.”

Gil clears his throat.

“Can we wrap up our unfinished business? We've figured out how to reward people, but I believe there's a festival going on. I'd like to go and live it up.”

Pirin rolls his eyes.

“That happens at sunset, we've still got a bit before then. In the mean time, there are games, there's a fair and lots of vendors.”

Sena grins.

“I wanna go play some games!”

Vein laughs a bit.

“I'll join you. I could use a laugh.”

Kat latches onto Gil and smiles a bit.

“We're gonna hit the vendors and get some supplies.”

Fiona shrugs a little bit.

“I was going to visit the fair, I need to meet up with the others from the cathedral before the sun sets.”

Pirin nods a bit.

“My dad will be there too, so I'll tag along.”

>Go play with Sena and Vein
>Go buy gear with Gil and Kat
>Go to the fair with Pirin and Fiona
>Other (write-in)

>>42897323
>Go play with Sena and Vein

>>42897323
>Go play with Sena and Vein

“I think I'll go and play some games. I could do with some relaxation.”

Sena nods and grins, before looking at the pile of magic items left over.

“So what do we do with the rest of the stuff...?”

You shrug a bit.

“I'll slip on some of it and pack the rest away for later. I don't need to get decked out all the time, right?”

Sena nods and smiles. Gil and Kat head for the door and Gil gives you a small nod.

“I promise to keep her out of trouble but I'm not apologizing if she gets out of hand.”

Kat raises her magic chalice high.

“We're gonna revel tonight once we get what I need!”

Kat drags Gil off, and Fiona giggles a bit.

“Such a lively pair... Well, I must be off...”

She heads for the door, and Pirin kicks off the wall, hovering along beside her.

“See you later, my lady!”

She bows low and heads out, Pirin waving at you as he makes his exit. Vein pokes at the items a bit.

“Wearing too much magical gear can cause problems if it's not all attuned to work together. The auras conflict, gets messy... I'd try to pick carefully, you don't want a misfire if two of them resonate and they go off at random.”

>Leave the items for now
>Pick a few to take with you
>You only live once, don them all
>Other (write-in)

-

Also, Smarts roll

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>42897846
Take the fire shirt

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>42897846

Need another roll

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>42898277
saemfag roll
self control applicable?

>>42898285
Not quite the modifier I had in mind for it.

Any last calls on magic items to grab?

>>42898491
The dragon item too but deactivate it.

would focus work?

>>42898616
Not really. You'll see why in a minute.

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You regard the pile of loot for a moment and grab the shirt, slipping it on and putting your normal clothes on over it. No need to flaunt it right now, and you don't think it'll harm your outfit anyway. You try to work out what else to bring when you realize something. You can use the portal ring to reach anywhere you can pinpoint, which means you can reach out to Taret, maybe Cenere, and possibly Millie if Vein can help you locate her. In fact, depending on how the aim works, you could even try to reach into the tomb to grab stuff. Which reminds you... You pull out the ruby from before and examine it, and Vein tilts her head. She pokes it gently and then looks at you.

"So what are you gonna make with this?"

You blink.

"Wanna run that by me one more time?"

Vein pokes the ruby again.

"This is a dragoheart ruby, a powerful catalyst for fire elemental spells and useful in making magic items. You've got one that's clear, flawless and a decent size. I don't have all my dad's skills, but I know a thing or two about making magic items. Earth elementals know gemstones well, and water gives me a grasp of the flow of magic."

You turn the ruby in your hand slowly. Interesting.

>Give Vein the ruby and tell her to surprise you
>Ask for something specific
>Maybe later, game time
>Maybe later, I have letters to write
>Other (write-in)

>>42898851
An upgrade for my sword perhaps?

>>42898851
>>42898887
Second.

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"If you can upgrade my sword, go for it."

Vein shrugs a bit.

"I can try, but I'm not that great with modifying existing spells. We'd want one of my other sisters for that. Maybe Millie. I can make you something fresh and new, it doesn't have to be fire-based, just using aspects that fire has. It changes fuel to energy, creates light and heat, destroys things... Be creative. I mean,someone made a staff that burns people's senses, like how you can't taste when your tongue is burnt. He robbed a bunch of people with it."

>Suggest something else
>Never mind
>Other (write-in)

>>42899385
Something that would gather the ambient energy around the area as fuel and could release explosively?

>>42899385
Not!Ioun Stone that flies around us blasting enemies that get close?

bump

>>42899385
A fire barrier for protection?

>>42900796
Bump

>>42899385
>Suggest something else
A necklace that uses the fuel from spells cast towards me to temporarily give me a fire-barrier around me for protection.

>>42899385
Something that gathers up ambient fire elemental energy that we can then siphon from in a pinch?

>>42899385

>>42904063
>>42903510
>>42903498
Is there a way to mix these? Like a necklace that gathers energy from around us or enemy spells Or both depending on how good this crystal is to then be used as shield or energy storage to take from?
Because if so, i vote for that.

>>42899385
Fire Shield!

We need to match our sword anyway.

What would be the best way to parry fire?
With a shield!
Maybe even get an enchanted to be like Captain Americas?

Fiery Flying Shield of Death.
Can even put our family crest on it.

So it looks like generally speaking you want some kind of defensive item that draws in ambient magical energy or takes power from nearby spells. Is that about the gist of it? Anyone object?

>>42904713
Sounds good.

Shield, buckler....uh another barrier item...

So we don't need to rely on the blade as heavily.

Can even practice with the group too. Like before we made it to the Glass City.

>>42904713
Sounds good, we don't have a lot of defence so this is something we need.
Probably a pendant/neclace so it won't get in the way of our swordsmanship.

>>42904713
So long as it's not a literal shield.

>>42904805
What's wrong with a literal shield?

I know Kot is more one sword user but it'd be helpful to block without a sword.

We aren't dual wielding our current blade with the White Sword. That'd be silly.

It'll probably get broken/lost/stolen/etc etc. before we even get near it.

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You mull things over for a moment.

"I need something to protect me. Something that'll soften blows or deflect them entirely."

Vein grins.

"I think I know what you need. How about somryhing like the Blast Bracers used by the Order of Steel?"

She pauses.

"OK, nevermind, you probably don't know what those are. I'll explain. Pretend someone is swinging a sword at you, and you'd rather they didn't. The bracer makes an explosion, a small one, right at the point of impact of their weapon and facing away from you. It blows their weapon back, or at least takes some of the force out of it. They're really good panic buttons. I can't make amazing ones with just this, but I can certainly help you bang your enemies."

Sena giggles a bit, and Vein snickers

"What do you say?"

>Go for it
>Anything else that's less an overt sexual pun?
>Other (write-in)

>>42904905
>Go for it
Eh, i suppose that works. Even if i wanted something against magical attacks...

>>42904905
>Anything else that's less an overt sexual pun?
Physical attacks are way less of a concern than energy attacks at the moment.

>>42904905
>What else do you need? Maybe we can get it along the way. I deserve an amazing bang.

>>42904905
>Anything else that's less an overt sexual pun?

>>42904905
>"Can you make something more geared towards defending against magic? I can make great use of elemental fire."

>>42904905

>>42904964
Switching to at least asking about this:
>>42905036
If she can make it protect against magic instead.

Boom Bracers that have a physical and magical setting?

Or two different bracers, one for magic and the other physical.

>>42905071
I don't like the aesthetic of the bracers and would prefer something that isn't an SP sink for *maybe* blocking an attack.

>>42905186
A shield made out of fire that comes from a bracer? We could channel dragon fire through it.

Be very useful against necromancers, would burn even other fire magic and be a match for Dragons.

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You shake your head a bit.

"I'm not too worried about physical attacks. I'm more worried about spells. Anything for that?"

Vein nods.

"I have an idea, but it's... Well, it's more of a side-effect. There was this mage who called himself Tallow, and his reserve of magical energy was limitless but he never learned to cast a single spell. He made magic items and just used those. Once he made a bracelet that could create blasts of fire and explosions by drawing in his energy and then expelling it.

One day, after beating another mage at sharp shooting with lightning bolts, he was attacked, and the bracelet sucked in the spell. The other mage tried again with the same effect. On the third try all the energy overflowed and Tallow was burned instead of zapped. I could recreate that item, turn spells cast around you into firepower, but if you don't vent it properly then you'll burn too."

>Sounds like fun to me
>Sounds dangerous, next?
>Other (write-in)

>>42905562
>So can I charge it up two times before it overflows? Alright.

Does our magic eating able to neutralize the overload?

>>42905562
Sounds like fun. So long as it doesn't eat up my own magic, it'd be perfect.

>>42905562
>Sounds like fun to me

I'm surprised there was no sucking joke made.

Kotijah should make one.
Get a good laugh.

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"So long as I can use my own spells then that's fine by me. Just let me know what the limits are."

Vein tilts her head.

"All spells cast around you will get pulled in while it's active, including your own. You'll need to deactivate it if you want a healer for your wounds or to use your own magic. I never said it was convenient, just that it serves the purpose you're looking for. I don't exactly have the best materials to work with in this town, so you can either take what you can get or wait patiently. Aren't dragons supposed to be good at that?"

She smirks a bit at you before flopping onto the bed.

"I'm gonna get to work if you don't mind. I need to prep this crystal to receive the spells and blah blah magic stuff."

Sena smiles at you.

"Let's go play while she does that. Come on!"

She grabs your wrist and pulls gently.

>Let's get going
>I changed my mind
>Other (write-in)

Did we decide who gets the lightning ring?

I say save it for Black but let Gil use it for now.

>>42906210
>Play? What do you have in mind?

>>42906218
We could give it to Black now, if you wanted.

>>42906210
>Let's get going
>>42906218
we could keep it as a reserve weapon and as an emergency drain if our future necklace is about to overload.

>>42906284
True. It may help whatever situation he is in.

Probably with a note on what it is too...

>>42906284
Black? Who's that again?

>>42906320
Taret Black
Knight and now dragon rider.

Our parents like him.
Allegiset is disgusted by the idea.

>>42906342
All of those are positives.

>>42905804
Pls, no. And you know why? Because they suck.
>>42906210
This sounds like we are getting a magical cannon. Can we put sharp ceramics in bracket so when we shot we will go straight for the enemy eyes.
>Go, preferably join brawling or/and strength games

>>42906342
Ah, that guy... Nah, he'd not fit with that weapon.
And it's possible he becomes our enemy in the future if anything goes wrong so i'd rather not just to be 100% safe. They probably also have good magical gear back home anyways.

>>42906390
If he's our enemy, then we're on the path where Allegiset is going to body-jack us.

>>42906302
I like the idea of having a reserve weapon in case our sword gets knocked out in a fight...

>>42906413
Indeed, but getting because we're on that path doesn't mean we're completely jacked yet, and getting attacked while that happens by such a strong thing even if the risk is low, is something i'd rather not take.

Do you guys want to settle the ring business first or decide while you're out having fun with Sena?

>>42906456
I'm fine with it as a back up.

Let's go have fun with Sena.

>>42906456
Fun first, 27 updates about magical item design later

>>42906456
Have fun while we discuss.
Personally i want the back up considering we're basically useless in close combat if we loose our sword right now.

Is Sena gonna show us her mad dice skills?

>>42906549
Yes... I want a game of dice to be presented to us! They'd think we cheat every time considering we somehow always have 3 times higher chance to roll something high.

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"Let's get going."

Sena cheers and practically drags you off, leading you outside. In the morning there had been decorations here and there but you barely noticed them, and you can't say you were paying that much attention on the way back, but now that you get a good look the town is lively, almost rowdy, as the festival begins in full. Sena immediately heads for the rows of booths with carnival games. Most cost a copper piece to try your hand at, and she smiles at you.

"I wanna try them all... What should we do first?"

You have your pick of games of skill like ring and ball toss games for prizes, strength tests like "ring the bell" and a log splitting challenge, and some games of luck involving dice or fishing for wooden ducks with marks on the bottom. There's a dunk tank, some people playing cards, and an old man offering fortune telling to anyone who manages to best him in a game of riddles.

>Write-in

>>42906830
>Write-in
Start with dice games,
Follow up with ring the bell,
Then let Sena decide the rest.
(doesn't have to be in this order if Sena sees something she likes on the way)

>>42906830
>Sena and luck games

Then strength tests!

Then the old dude.

>>42906830
Bell ring first

Rolled 1 (1d9)

>>42906830
>>42906878
Second.

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You head to one of the tables and smile at Sena.

"Let's try some luck games first. How are you with dice?"

Sena blinks.

"Gil said I'm not allowed to play those anymore... I'm not exactly... honest about them."

You shrug a bit.

"He's not here, right? If you wanna play, then play."

Sena pulls a copper piece from her pocket and sets it on the table, and the man smiles at her.

"Hi there, little lady. Would you like to try your luck?"

Sena nods.

"What are the stakes?"

The man passes her a die.

"High rolls, double or nothing."

Sena nods and smiles, taking the die and pausing. She looks at it closely.

"Weighted towards the low numbers. You can see the seam where the wood was split. Five silver pieces for my silence."

The man takes a slow breath.

"Four."

Sena nods and holds out her hand, smiling as he gives her the coins before turning back to you.

"Look, my lucky day! Everyone should play this!"

>You adorable scamp
>You can't encourage this sort of thing
>Other (write-in)

>>42908076

>You adorable scamp
>Ask her to teach Kotijah to hustle like her on the strength challenges.

>>42908076
>You adorable scamp

>>42908076
>You adorable scamp

>>42908076
>You adorable scamp

>>42908076
>You adorable scamp

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You smirk a bit and pat Sena on the head.

“Come on, troublemaker. If you're gonna pull stuff like that then help me with the bell ringing.”

Sena jingles her coins a bit.

“Aww, but I wanted to try the duck game. They're a lot harder to rig properly and I wanna make sure that he's doing it right. It's a little embarrassing if you can't even pull that off right.”

You shrug a bit and head for the bell game.

“Suit yourself. I'll just be over here swinging a giant mallet to send a weight flying up to hit a bell and if I win a prize then you won't be getting anything.”

Sena pockets the coins and smiles a bit.

“Mean. If you win a stuffed animal I want it.”

You smirk slightly and laugh a bit.

“Right, because I'm going to keep it for myself.”

You sift through your pockets for change and pull out a bloodied gold coin. Probably best not to pay in gold soaked in dragon blood. Plus staring at it for too long will probably make you zone out. You pocket it and pull out your coin purse, pulling out a few copper for the games and paying the man running the bell ringing game. He examines the coin, then looks at you. “I predict... Good fortune for you tonight, but not with the games. I foresee you playing three games, and when you lose the third one, a mysterious man will come into your life.”

He gestures to the fortune telling booth.

“Sorry, my father told me to say that to you. He said that the meaning would become clear to you later.”

You nod slightly.

“Right... Well, I'm just here to hit something with a hammer.”

He smiles and offers you three hammers.

“Light, medium and heavy. The heavy one is hardest to swing but packs the most punch. For the truly strong, this is the best bet.”

You immediately grab the heavy hammer and inspect it, before lining up to take a swing.

-

Strength roll

Rolled 18 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>42910371

Rolled 4 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>42910371

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>42910371

Rolled 3 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>42910371
No modifier i can think of...

Games are all riiiiiggged.

But the old man is either a good guy or...bum bum bum! Necromancer!

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You take a deep breath, heft the hammer, and swing as hard as you can. You really should have expected the hammer head to fall off, but it still catches you off guard when, right before impact, it loosens slightly and slides right to the end, barely staying on the handle and costing you most of your force. You're not disappointed though. The weight sails upwards and taps the bell before plummeting back down, and the man smiles at you.

"Nicely done. Now, what would you like for a prize? We have toys, tickets for entering the raffle later, and tickets for the show tonight."

>Give me a bear
>Give me a raffle ticket
>Give me a show ticket
>Other (write-in)

>>42910615
>Give me a raffle ticket

>>42910615
>Give me a bear
We can win the others later, but we need our bear first. And just maybe give it/another one to Sena...

>>42910615
>Give me a bear
BEARS FOR THE BEAR GOD

>>42910615
>One Sir Bearington please.

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“I'll take a bear.”

He hands it to you with a proud smile.

“I made this one myself. Here, with my apologies about the hammer.”

You take the bear and look it over. It's fairly simple, stitched from burlap and cloth, but there's something pleasingly plain about it. It's nothing fancy, with its little black button eyes and black thread smile. It's just a well-made toy, and you smile a bit. It makes you think of the bear you had when you were little, and how you had ripped the ears off of it and crudely sewn a pair of wing onto the back in attempt to turn it into a dragon. You'd feel bad ripping this one apart to make a dragon though, and Sena did ask for a toy. You turn and hand it to her, and she immediately hugs it to her chest.

“Thank you!”

She hugs you tightly and giggles a bit.

“I'm gonna call him... Hmm. What do you think I should name him?”

She holds the bear out towards you for a closer look.

>Write-in

>>42911214
>Allegiset

>>42911214
>Write-in
Sir Bearington

>>42911214
Gil

>>42911214
>Yazai

>>42911214

>>42911290
>>42911326
>>42911338
>>42911357
Can we say all these and see which she likes best?

>>42911395
If you really like, sure

>>42911532
Sure, it's her bear so we should give her some suggestions and see what she sees fitting.

>>42911532
May as well. Any true majority consensus on a write-in-only name vote is rare, to say the least.

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You look at the bear for a moment, then at her, and you smile.

“How about Gil?”

Sena just stares at you, before looking at the bear.

“First of all, he doesn't look like a Gil to me. Second of all, if we name him that then Vein is going to make some kind of joke about having Gil's head between her thighs and it's all downhill from there.”

You nod and smirk.

“Allegiset then. What do you think?”

Sena shakes her head.

“I don't really wanna name him after the spirit of an ancient dragon. It feels demeaning. To the bear I mean.”

She examines the bear for a moment and you shrug.

“Yazai then? That sounds fun and exotic.”

Sena lets out a long sigh and hugs the bear to her chest.

“This isn't the bear for an exotic name... I need something that's fun and cute and heartwarming, and...”

You nod slightly and look at the bear's face for a moment, trying to figure out a good name.

“...Sir Bearington?”

Sena blinks, looks at the bear, then smiles.

“Can we make him a tiny tabard and try to win a little horse for him to ride?”

You flex your bicep and smile at her.

“I'll win him a horse no problem. Don't you worry, Sir Bearington is gonna be the envy of stuffed animal knights across the kingdom when we're done.”

Sena nods and squeezes the bear a bit, smiling brightly.

“Thank you!”

She gives you a hug and a peck on the cheek.

“What next? There are all sorts of games, I bet we could win lots of prizes if we try!”

>Skill game
>Strength game
>Luck game
>Other (write-in)

>>42911805
>Luck game

>>42911805
>Skill game

>>42911805
>Skill game
We've done luck and strength so far, may as well keep it even.

And what sort of skill game would you like? There are dart games, ring toss, that game where you try to throw coins to cover colored dots, games where you try to knock over bottles...

>>42912179
Dart games

>>42912179
bottles

>>42912179
Dart

Speed roll

Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42912640
+Focus? Focus is important for hitting the mark when you're throwing something. Or maybe +Fletching to pay attention to how they've intentionally weighted it wrong and compensate.

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42912640
Focus

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42912640

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"Let's try that dart game and see how it goes."

Sena nods and takes your hand, gently pulling you along with a smile, clutching the bear to her chest with the other. The dart game is simple enough, you just have to hit moving targets to win prizes. You grab a few darts and put down your copper piece, and the man clears his throat.

"One copper piece per two throws."

You set down the extras and smile.

"I bet I can do it in one."

The man folds his arms and smirks.

"That's the idea. Let's see if you really can though."

He turns the crank, the targets starting to move, and you ready your first throw. You've never thrown darts before, but it can't be that hard, right? Your first toss is a miserable failure, the dart tumbling through the air, and Sena grabs your hand, wrapping your fingers around the dart properly.

"Do it like this, alright?"

You nod a bit and turn your attention back to the targets. You line up your throw and let it go, and the dart connects with the post that is moving it back and forth. The man chuckles.

"Very close. Would you like to try again?"

>Yes, I would, for the sake of pride
>Darts are lame
>Other (write-in)

>>42912999
>Yes, I would, for the sake of pride

>>42912999
>Yes, I would, for the sake of pride

>>42912999
>Yes, I would, for the sake of pride

Speed roll

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913288
DARTS

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913288

Rolled 2 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913288

Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913288

>>42912999
If we're making two throws per copper, why do we only roll one set of dice?

>>42913459
If you wanna roll another set of dice for the second dart then be my guest.

Rolled 9 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913736

Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913736

Rolled 17 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42913736

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You grab the darts, toss down another copper piece and take aim. Your first shot is a bit wide of the mark, but you hit the mark on your second toss, hitting the target. The man smiles broadly.

"You've won two points! You can spend those on extra throws, cash them in for a small prize, or save them up for a bigger prize. One point is one dart. What'll it be?"

>Take a small prize
>Aim for a bigger prize
>Other (write-in)

>>42914529
>Aim for a bigger prize

>>42914529
>Aim for the big prize

Speed roll for all the marbles.

Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42914812

Rolled 15 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42914812

Rolled 6 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42914812

Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>42914812
2nd dart

>>42914812
need any more rolls btqm?

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You take a few tries, but bit by bit you manage to accrue some more points, and by the end of it you're feeling pretty confident in your throwing skills. The man cheers.

"Well done, miss! You have your pick of three prizes. A fabulous seat at tonight's big show, a raffle ticket, or perhaps you'd like a toy?"

>Ticket
>Show seat
>Toy
>Other (write-in)

>>42915574
>Toy
We need a horse for Sir Bearington.

>>42915574
>Show seat
unless the toy is a horse for that bear.

>>42915574
>Ticket
Unless the toy is a horse for the bear, in which case >Toy.

I expect the show to be something I'd find unenjoyable.

>>42915261
I had to take care of something for my step mom, apologies

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"...can the toy be a horse?"

The man pauses for a moment.

"I've got bunnies. If you want a horse you'll have to see the fortune teller. Would you like a bunny?"

>Sure
>Something else
>Other (write-in)

>>42915991
>Sure
Every knight should have a squire.

>>42915991
Bunny good too.

Squire Thumper!

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"A bunny is fine too. It'll make a nice squire for Sir Bearington."

The man blinks, shrugs and passes you the bunny. Sena immediately takes it and smiles, moving behind you and stuffing part of it down the back of your shirt so it looks like it's riding on your shoulders, doing the same with Sir Bearington on her own shoulders.

"To the fortuneteller?"

>To the fortuneteller
>Nah, let's do something else
>Other (write-in)

>>42916538
>To the fortuneteller

>>42916538
>To the fortuneteller

Sleuth roll

Rolled 1 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>42916856
perception

>>42916876
If you crit fail this roll I will laugh and laugh and laugh.

Rolled 5 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>42916856

Rolled 15 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>42916856

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You head for the fortuneteller with a small smile on your lips. His prediction had been completely wrong, and you can't wait to rub his face in it. The tent is pretty shabby, all things considered, and it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the festival theme of dark blue and silver with its deep, bold reds and golden swirls. As you sit down in the chair the fortuneteller turns to you and smiles, and you pause.

You can see the seams on his mask, the places where the false skin doesn't quite match his real skin tone. The beard is obviously fake, and the eyebrows probably aren't fooling anyone either. There's something familiar about those eyes though, but you don't place it until you hear his voice.

"Hello, traveller. How are you?"

But if he's here, then who do they have locked in prison?

"I can see... yes, you've been travelling far. Busy young lady."

Vein lied or didn't tell the whole truth, either that or her intel is old.

"I predict that you will meet a handsome man takes tonight at the edge of town. Perhaps you will dance with him, there will be music after all. He has many things to tell you."

You kinda want to punch Gimbly, or whatever his real name is, right in his smug face right now for his cheesy act, but you find yourself laughing a little at his antics. He chuckles a bit.

"I am never wrong! Except when I am, but no one is perfect."

>How did you escape?
>What are you doing here?
>Other (write-in)

>>42917128
>What are you doing here?

Spirit sight around for any other elementals or people following him.

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Your spirit sight reveals a few things to you. One is that the crystal ball is indeed magical, and two, that several people nearby have some form of magic item on them. Two of them, who are looking your way, have concealed magic swords.

"So why are you here?"

Gimbly reclines.

"Let me tell you a tale. A man was in prison, set to die by execution, when he was given a choice. Help capture someone, or die painfully. Seeking to preserve his own life, he decided to pretend to help. And so, the helpful professor rigged up something that could track her magic earring, and he was planted in the town to serve as her bait."

The two men walk towards you slowly and casually.

"What they didn't suspect was that he cared for her life at all, as he was notorious for caring about nothing. They also didn't count on him having help waiting for him, two of a kind."

He taps the crystal ball, which crackles with electricity.

"Wanna do the honors? I mean, she's been stuck in there the whole trip and she's been dying to see you since her uncle got his hands on her. Oh, and she made the professor forget ever making the earrings in case you were worried."

>Throw the crystal ball at the men
>Smash the crystal ball
>Floor it
>Other (write-in)

>>42917790
which action does which?

>>42917790
>Throw the crystal ball at the men
>Smash the crystal ball
Whichever doesn't hurt Millie.

>>42917862
It should have been "smash it on the table" but apparently I'm sleepy.

The thread is nearly to the bump limit, so use the rest of it to decide what to do and tomorrow I'll start the new thread with the results of your choice.

>>42917940
This. I want to see our buddy.

>>42917790
>Smash the crystal ball at the men

>>42917790
>Other: Grab one of those toy horses. Sir Bearington needs a mount.

>>42922580
Actually we need two horses. Long eared squire needs a mount too. On the other hand, who needs horses, when we can craft wooden dragons? Or buy them, if the fair would continue after fight.
>smash the ball

>>42917790
>>Smash the crystal ball

>>42917790
>Smash the crystal ball

>>42917790
>Smash the crystal ball

Weird 300 posts is no longer autosage.

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You grab the glass orb and feel your skin tingling a bit. The men aren't too far away now, and you can feel a gentle pulsing of electricity coming from the crystal ball like Millie knocking at it from inside.

“Mr. Durab, I think it's showtime.”

Gimbly nods slightly and slowly pulls off his disguise piece by piece.

“I'll take the one on the left, you two take the one on the right?”

You throw the orb down hard and it shatters, a bolt of lightning shooting straight up into the air with an enormous boom and a cheerful giggle. There's a hole in the tent now, which has caught fire and is quickly burning down around you. Gimbly pulls his long, slender blade from his sleeve, and you pull your sword from its sheath before chuckling as you notice someone else taking an interest in what's going on, Vein sprinting in your direction.

“I don't think either of us are going to have to do very much.”

Gimbly follows your gave and sighs, putting away his sword.

“Well then, we may as well enjoy the show.”

He drags the chairs out of the burning tent and sets them up, laying across one as you sit in the other. The men, clearly shocked by the sudden bolt of lightning, look at you with confused and concerned expressions. Gimbly points behind them.

“I called them two of a kind because of stuff like this.”

Vein dashes at them from behind and slams her hands into the ground, green and blue energy flowing towards them and brown metal chains erupting from the ground, winding around their arms and bodies.

“Vein likes to say that she calls herself that because of blood veins, but really it's about veins of minerals and metals deep underground. Dissolve them in water, purify them, and then manipulate the resulting pure materials, like iron or in this case copper.”

Overhead thick black clouds are forming, and you can see them churn and swirl, blue flickers moving across their surfaces.

“Meanwhile Millie is a storm, all flash and excitement. But when she gets really charged up about something, stand clear. All she needs is a lightning rod, and boom.”

As if on cue, there's a loud clap of thunder, and a huge blue bolt shoots out of the sky, right at the two men. As the blinding flash dies down you can see Millie above the two men, one boot on each of their faces and giving you a thumbs up. The two men's clothes are charred and burned and then look dazed and in a lot of pain, but there's no sign of injury on them. Millie jumps down from them and skips towards you.

“Hi! Miss me?”

Vein tackles her from behind, arms turning to mud as she hugs Millie tightly.

“I was so worried! I'm so glad you're alright! I... I...”

Vein looks at you, chuckles nervously, and blushes, before clearing her throat.

“Not a word to anyone. I have an image to maintain.”

Millie turns and hugs her back and squeals, giggling.

“Veiny! You're alright!”

Vein nods.

“Well duh, you know me. They can't kill me without spoiling their own fun, and I'm too slippery to hold on to for long.”

>So what now? Are we in immediate danger?
>What a touching family moment.
>Aren't you in even more trouble now that you've basically broken out of prison?
>What happened to the others?
>Other (write-in)

>>42928607
>>What happened to the others?
>So what now? Are we in immediate danger?
>What happened?

>>42928607
>Want to talk while we go enjoy the fair?
>What a touching family moment.
>What happened to the others?