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You pull open the metal codex, laying it out flat on your lap and pressing your palm against the surface. Channeling just a touch of vys, the book rapidly starts to flip pages of its own volition. As it nears the end of the book, roughly where you'd previously seen a illusory depiction of a clearly feminine Dhatu, the pages slow and finally stop as the ink begins to rise off the page

Dhatu, in all her resplendent glory, folds out of the page wearing a long robe of black iron ornamented with copper and silver, her face a bright red copper mask. You're not actually sure how they managed to get the metal such a brilliant shade of red. Regardless she turns her head towards you, staring you dead in the eyes, before shifting into her masculine form. The iron creeps up, encroaching upon her head, while the copper condenses itself into both a gleaming red heart and a wicked blade. The silver forms itself into his various mask, while balls of other metals form a necklace about his neck.

A third shift takes place. This time he is again feminine, with two heads fused into one. She has three eyes, two mouths, four horns, and a body made entirely of cracked iron Her head is gold, and the same material decorates her armor. You can't say you recognize the symbolism, she certainly doesn't appear to be Samjan in origin, but before you can properly examine Dhatu's form she shifts yet again. Back to her masculine form.

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In this form, the form you're most familiar with and the form in which he most often seems to appear, Dhatu reaches down and slides between the pages, onto the next. You quickly turn the page, but instead of Dhatu you find a vast runic array spread out in the air in front of you. You recognize many of the runes, reinforce is featured prominently. As are the runes for mark, leech, soul, and revert. You're actually able to form a vague idea of what this might due. It seems to extract the souls of whoever stands within the outer circles and transfer the accumulated divine essence to one, central figure. Meditating on a rune you don't recognize.

Before your very eyes this process takes place. Gold flows out from within figures cast in black at the edge of the circle, filling the central figure, cast in silver, until the gold begins to gleam through underneath. The central figure disappears, the metal which made up his body rapidly sinking into the runic array itself, even as the black figures collapse on the ground.

The page turns of its own volition and the seen shifts, this time displaying that silver and gold figure striding towards a male Dhatu, seated on a vast throne in the middle of a shattered palace. Dhatu does not move. He does not so much as shift his weight as his servant prostrates himself on the ground in front of him. There's a few seconds during which the figures are all still, and then the worshiper rises to his feet. He hurls bolts of copper at Dhatu, tries to drag down the temple around the slumbering god, but nothing rouses him.
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After several minutes of struggling to wake his god, the silver and gold figure is starting to look far more silver than gold. His hand turns into a blade, which standing before the god he plunges into his neck. Gold spews from the wound, and much to your surprise into Dhatu. It seeps through his iron body, forming thin veins of gold throughout but accumulating specifically around his eyes, giving the impression that the god is awake.

Then the page turns, and you see another silver figure stalking across the field of iron corpses. The scene shifts, to depict a silver figure working laboriously over an iron desk with a copper book placed upon its surface. He sits back, his hand shifting into a blade, and plunges the knife into his throat. Copper spews spectacularly from the wound, draping across the desk in long ropes. Then the page turns once more and the scene shifts.

You're given a close up on the silver figures head, copper oozing from the wound on his neck. Around his head a gold halo slowly forms, black text scrawling across its resplendent surface. In many ways, it seems a sort of personal plea. It begs the reader to be wary of the mistakes of the past, and warns that the gods are fickle things. That their reasoning can often seem strange to us poor, unfortunate mortals. It warns that ambition has been the death of too many great thinkers.”

Then the scene shifts, and the pages turn, and in place of that somber warning is a silver figure standing alone, a golden orb sitting proudly in his chest. All manner of creatures wrought in black iron appear from the ground around him, launching themselves at that golden orb, but as wherever they touch their forms are destroyed. In their place arrive other silver figures, their arms shaped into blades. They swing and stab and slash, but not once does the central figures form falter or break.

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You note that the other silver figures have golden cores as well, but theirs are surrounded by shells of black iron. The central figure's core is solid gold. With a wave of his hand, the other figures are repulsed, and he folds his legs beneath himself. He doesn't sink, as one would normally expect, but just floats there. At least, he would be floating. You're not sure if that's intentional or some sort of oversight on the author's part.

Then the book slams shut. You're almost angry. You spent so long investing time and effort into the book and that's how it ends? Then the metal inlayed in the cover begins to flow and shift before your very eyes. The embossed gold designs rise form the rusted iron, twining together into the masculine form of Dhatu. This time solid, rather than liquid as you've seen him previously.

As he draws himself up you realize he's much taller than you originally suspected. He's able to stare you dead in the eye, and as a finger reaches across to tap you lightly on the forehead the book emits a pulse of vys. You feel your head split, knowledge forcing its way through your thoughts for the second time today. However, this time the knowledge is more instinctual. You get the sense that you just sort of... know, where Dhatu is. He's in the void. If you just let yourself follow your instincts, you might be able to reach him.

However, he is distant. Two, three, four days travel through the black of the void no matter where you begin your journey or what route you take. Keeping your body alive while separated for so long from your soul would be a titanic effort, probably requiring several assisting Vatis. The time spent in the void will be no easier. You could be tainted, or worse, while traversing that blighted realm.
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Profectus' slurred voice drags you back to the here and now. “Niki's divine cock, wasn't that some shit? How'd you get your book to do that?”

Truly, the man's a poet. An unrivaled orator. You're not even entirely sure who Niki is, you have an inkling of an idea that it's the elven god of victory, but you're far from an authority on the matter. “I don't properly know, Prof. It's just something the book does, something about enchanted ink if I remember what an acquaintance once told me.” You wonder briefly how Regulus is doing, he should be on his way to Aleamond to gather an army of constructs and conquer human lands, but you're soon distracted.

Darzi, who until now has been watching you warily and hugging her knees to her chest, poses a question. “What was all that, Mik? What did it do when it touched you? You flinched like you were in pain.”

Have you never shown them the book before? You could have sworn you mentioned it at some point. Regardless, now's as good a time to explain as any. “Right, well. I think you recall that I found this book in the library of the temple to Pani we stayed in for a few weeks. Well, it turned out to be an ancient religious text regarding a god Dhatu, the god of metal. Among other things, but metal is his primary concern. To be brief, he fell asleep at some point and has remained asleep ever since, his cult slowly but surely dwindling until none remained.”

You heft the book for emphasis. “This book has revealed to me the location of his... well, sanctum I suppose. His resting place. It's deep within the void, but I feel as though I should be able to reach it if I could only find a way to ensure my bodies survival while I'm in the void. This knowledge was granted to me by the book when the figure touched my forehead, though I'm not exactly sure how that works.”

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Fulvia is surprisingly quick to cut in once you've finished speaking. “I would urge against tampering with the Gods, Mikhael. It seems to guarantee disaster on a vast scale in almost all cases. Indeed, did not the figure we just saw portrayed by your book kill itself upon realizing that his efforts were all in vain?”

Chryssa merely shrugs her shoulders, her face its usual impassive mask. "I think that it could be worth the journey, if for no other reason than being able to claim that you have seen a god in person and lived to tell the tale." She rest a hand on Mortia's shoulder, your companion still sprawled out and fast asleep though some color has begun to return to her cheeks. "I'm sure this one could concoct some potion or another to keep your body alive.

>You weren't planning on actually journeying into the void to visit a god. It's really just a curiosity.
>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?
>Tell them you're still thinking about it. While certainly there are dangers, the potential rewards could be immense.
>Write-in

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?
CHOO CHOO

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

'sup?

>>43335733
>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?
2nd for Mortia is a whore.

>>43335733
>>You weren't planning on actually journeying into the void to visit a god. It's really just a curiosity.

>>43335733
>DO YOU DOUBT MY DEVOTION TO DHATU? DID YOU EVEN SEE THEM LIQUID METAL TITTIES?

>>43335733
>>Tell them you're still thinking about it. While certainly there are dangers, the potential rewards could be immense.
Let's not go on any big void adventures until after we've got the anti void techniques shown in the codex down

>>43335733

>You weren't planning on actually journeying into the void to visit a god. It's really just a curiosity.
Sup Soma you drunken shitter, when's the next life quest?

>>43335733
>>Tell them you're still thinking about it. While certainly there are dangers, the potential rewards could be immense.
We won't be able to do it now anyway, we need to be Metal GM to do it, and we don't have time to reach Metal GM during our stay here.

>>43335733
>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

>>43335845
And maybe we should see if we can't squeeze any help out of Mister Kitty. Maybe he has some way of getting us left alone or can make some artifacts that will fuck up void creatures

>>43335733
>You weren't planning on actually journeying into the void to visit a god. It's really just a curiosity.

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

Reminder that we have yet to finish our Soul Reinforcement meditations, and Soma said completing that will provide us with new knowledge and understanding of the nature of the soul.

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

>>43335860
Tomorrow, though it depends on whether or not I can finish my coding project. It's pretty simple, I just need to switch all the shit I already have the program do into functions which I can plug in as necessary.

>>43335892
>>43335860
>>43335819
>You don't actually plan on visiting grandpa Dhatu in the nursing home.

>>43335785
>>43335791
>>43335798
>>43335880
>>43335956
>>43335925
>>43335987
>Curiosity never killed anybody, except the cat.

>>43335861
>>43335845
>You're thinking about it.

Writin'

>>43336021
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back

ITS SOMA

HEY SOMA

>>43335733
>“I would urge against tampering with the Gods, Mikhael
Yes Mik. For fucks sake, you can't event deal with a couple of slavers without raising hell on earth. Don't go into the void. Don't mess with gods. Go to your fucking jungle.

>>43336163
Too late, SNAKE CLOACA never.

>>43336021
>*Mark of a Dragon Slayer (Contain+Soul): +8 to resisting outside influences, +6 to Metal Magic, +4 to Healing rolls, . -12 to Meditation upon reality, -6 to permanency rolls.
Won't this make it hard to go into the void?

>>43336157
>>43336424
Hard, yes. Not impossible though.

>>43336424
Yeah, but it'll make it easier to resist void entities and reinforce our soul while we are there.

>>43336424
I would guess if we do it in the fucked up area it should cancel out

>>43336437
We don't know that for sure.

>>43336424
Wearing the crown, heavy warlock armor, and the poultice should almost entirely cancel our that malus. We've got equipment.

>>43336459
>>43336436

Soma please confirm, Mark of a Dragon Slayer gives us bonuses to resisting outside influence and metal magic even when we are detached from our body and in the void.

>>43336424
If we decide to embark on this retarded mission, that would probably help us more than it hamper us. We can somehow manage to overcome it and get into the void and that should be immensly helpful while we are in the void.

>>43336462
Poultice will clear out of our system way before we finish the meditation.

Could we ask Ricky if he knows any good bodyguards in the void?

Can we enter the cloak and see how far it is from Dhatu's palace?

>>43336578
Learn to read.
>However, he is distant. Two, three, four days travel through the black of the void no matter where you begin your journey or what route you take.
Space and time are fucked up in the void.

>>43335733
>>But you're not fanatically devoted to Dhatu, you're just curious. When has curiosity ever hurt anybody?

Why would we want to go to this god's sanctum?

>>43336021
Good don't get drunk tonight, save it LQ

I just realized that Mortia had poison in her blood that stopped bleeding. Is she full NANOMACHINES, SON?

>>43336629
Why the fuck wouldn't we want to go to Dhatu's sanctum?

>>43336629
Ask that nigga how it do? Whats the word? Gain phenomenal powers when we wake s/he up from their nap?

>>43336613
Could we use Surya's heart to get there faster?

>>43336650
She is full of magic/Soma does not into physiology.

>>43336672
>he actually thinks Mik can wake up a god
We're 10000 years too early for that.1516

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>>43336694
Yes. Probably. Maybe. If we roll well enough.

>>43336717
I bet we have a 1/1000000 chance of waking Dhatu up by rolling 2 natural 30s

>>43336717
>he thinks we can't into godhood
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Rolled 9, 1, 7 = 17 (3d10)

>>43336758

>>43336767
We have a pathetic amount of vys.

>>43336799
>thinking vys will be used to wake a being made of pure divine essence

Should we use the strings of reality to play Dhatu a song to wake him up?

>>43336893
Channel metal magic while playing. This is our destiny.

>>43336893
Does our Atrocious Oud Player trait give us a bonus to rolls on playing songs on the strings of reality? It seemed like Ricky really enjoyed the songs, after all.

Alright ya'all. Some more hot "Speculations."

First, we know that Mortal souls are not enchantments, they're an elaborate combination of the strings of reality.

<Robert> Alright, alright. So lemme get this down. Everything is basically strings.
<Robert> Enchantments are strings. Elements and strings, and objects are strings.
Soma_QM> Enchantments are sort of the ways the strings weave together, the way they're shaped, how taught or loose they are.
<Robert> And these strings affect each other, independently.
<Soma_QM> And, in turn, objects and magic and everything else is created from the way these strings are bent by enchantments.
<Soma_QM> But yeah, the strings do affect each other independently.
<Robert> Neato. So the gods wove sentient life out of this stuff, and once the ball was set rolling, it just kept on rolling?
<Rob> <Soma_QM> Exactly, Rob. The vast process of life is basically an immense concerto played on the strings of reality.

We also know that Vys is a byproduct of this highly complex array of strings

>>36092945
Vys Theory, Samjan Souls: You begin reading, and find that the pages are incredibly dense with information. The Varistha starts off by arguing that the Samjan 'Soul' is not so much an entity as it is a substance. A resource, renewable infinitely...It is from this soul that Vys originates, as a natural byproduct of Soul. The Varistha argues that it is the result of the Soul degrading. Turning into a lesser substance.

Average magic users use Vys to manipulate the strings of reality, but Vys itself is just a middleman. I think that's the special, ancient magic that the Gods and that Soma has been hinting Mik might be rediscovering. Actual String manipulation magic. And I think that's what we need to master to "Affect our Will on reality." Remember how in the past, Soma described some Enchanters as being so power, they could rob objects of their solidity by stealing their quality of rigidness?

>>43337004
Perhaps vys is like an extension of the soul. Maybe we're suppose to apply our soul directly to get the effect we want.

>>43337004
Understanding and developing a capacity for enchanting might help.

<iou1name> Finalization is snipping the strings and tying a new set of strings the ends of the cut ones. Which demonstrates the ability to manipulate them. It stands to reason then, that a sufficiently gud enchanter might be able to manipulate the strings directly to achieve the same result without going through the whole process of making a new set of strings.

Though, I do want to raise an *extremely* important point. Remember that night we put on the crown? We manipulated our own soul against the Spirits. We manipulated a fundamental aspect of reality, and bent it to our will to destroy their probes. We've done it once already.

>>43337176
No we didn't, we reinforced it and it did its own thing.

>>43337176
>Though, I do want to raise an *extremely* important point. Remember that night we put on the crown? We manipulated our own soul against the Spirits. We manipulated a fundamental aspect of reality, and bent it to our will to destroy their probes. We've done it once already.
That was a technique we learned from the book anon.

>>43337176
I just thought of yet another thing! You know how Grandmasters in an element can do amazing things that non-GM's couldn't dream of? You remember how Soma hinted in the past that GM meditations must be extreme because they change an aspect of your personality? That afterwards, you're not the same? How can a GM make near effortless tasks like regrowing a limb that Mik as a Master had to meditate on to accomplish? It might be that getting crazy and meditate deeply on the element allowed them to come to a greater understanding of it and greater ability to manipulate their strings, without all the Vys.

>>43337288
becoming a GM was literally supposed to change the soul itself, Mik had spots of blue on his soul after becoming Water GM.

>>43337004
then if life is a concerto played on the strings of reality's piano, then where's the tuning fork? where's the tuner? Are void entities the notes that turned sharp or flat due to tampering of the strings?

When will we learn what happened with our soul when we put on the crown?

>>43337318
>then where's the tuning fork? where's the tuner?
The gods anon.
>>43337333
We already found out.

>>43337212
>>43337242
It's not though.

>>42120211
>Until you reach the core, the rocky shell that surrounds the very essence of your soul. The shard of divinity that mortals stole from the Gods themselves. You throw the very last of your reserves into reinforcing this essence. The holes in the stone shell which surround the shard of divinity that makes up the core of who and what you are begin to close, the dull black of the stone turning slowly to a vibrant gold. The spirit thrashes uselessly at this kernel of resistance, this last bastion of control which you exert over your own body.

The other soul meditation in the book was about mental fortification. We didn't reinforce it all. We removed the outer layer and used it as a sword against the invaders.

>>36278760
Vys Theory, Mental Fortification Using Soul: You turn the page again, as nothing seems to be happening. The figure reaches into itself and tears away a chunk of the golden ball with its bare hands, placing the torn chunk in its mouth even as ball reforms. As it swallows, its head turns to gold. Again, the tendrils attack the wispy figure's head but make no progress. You can only assume this is intended to be some sort of meditative guide, perhaps the most basic of techniques for steeling oneself against mental assault? You can't be certain.

>>43337353
4chan didn't include the rest of the quote

It is as your memories of your childhood slip away, as you forget the face of your mother and father and the names of your siblings, that a solution occurs to you. A meditation, performed once some time ago, in better circumstances. Rather than fight the erosion of your soul you contribute to it. You work in front of the spirit, Earth magic eating away at the very fabric of your being even as the spirit tries to match your pace.

Until you reach the core, the rocky shell that surrounds the very essence of your soul. The shard of divinity that mortals stole from the Gods themselves. You throw the very last of your reserves into reinforcing this essence. The holes in the stone shell which surround the shard of divinity that makes up the core of who and what you are begin to close, the dull black of the stone turning slowly to a vibrant gold. The spirit thrashes uselessly at this kernel of resistance, this last bastion of control which you exert over your own body.

>>43337346
what key are we tuned to on the universal notes of reality? And is it sharp or flat? I wonder if we can harmonize with the note we're tuned to.

>>43337353
>You throw the very last of your reserves into reinforcing this essence.
>reinforcing
Do you even read?

Journeying into the void isn't really a voyage you could undertake in the near future, at least not safely. It would probably be wise to be at least a Grandmaster Metal Vatis before attempting anything of the sort. Still, you'd like to eventually stand face to face with a god. “Keep in mind, Fulvia, the figure depicted by the book was a fanatic devotee of Dhatu. Upon finding out that his god cared not one whit for him, after he sacrificed everything he had to bring back his god, it's no real surprise that he resorted to suicide.”

Fulvia's illusory face starts to open its mouth, but you cut her off with a gesture. “I, on the other hand, am not a fanatic. I'm merely curious.” And hungry for power, but you leave that part out. “What's the worst that could happen from wandering the halls of a god's palace when that god has been asleep for so long that he's been all but entirely forgotten? I sincerely doubt that my presence will be the key to finally waking him from his extended nap.”

Darzi doesn't seem convinced. “Who says it needs to be awake to hurt you? For all you know its mere presence could see you burnt to ash, or drive you to fervent worship. I mean, even the man in the book seemed to sacrifice his friends, or his slaves, or whoever those black figures were to provide himself with some sort of protection. It could have been protection from this 'Dhatu', rather than protection from the void.”

That's a fair point, but one you've already considered. “Relax, Darzi. It's not like I intend to dive into the void immediately. I'd like to be either a Grandmaster or on the cusp of Grandmastery in the school of Metal. Until then, visiting this god's palace remains a distant goal”
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>>43337383
>>43337346
Forget the notes though. The notes are sound. They're flashy but malleable only to a certain extent, since we're using our own "music" generated from our strings of reality; IE, our soul. To really affect our will on reality, we need to get the strings, the notes of the whole piece.

>>43337418
Do you?

>>36278760 (Dead)
Vys Theory, Mental Fortification Using Soul: You turn the page again, as nothing seems to be happening. The figure reaches into itself and tears away a chunk of the golden ball with its bare hands, placing the torn chunk in its mouth even as ball reforms. As it swallows, its head turns to gold. Again, the tendrils attack the wispy figure's head but make no progress. You can only assume this is intended to be some sort of meditative guide, perhaps the most basic of techniques for steeling oneself against mental assault? You can't be certain.

That meditation is about tearing a bit of your soul off and placing in your head to reinforce your mind from mental intrusion. We affect our will on a fundamental aspect of ourself. Reinforcement is interaction and manipulation ya'know.

Your assurance that you won't be leaving any time soon seem to calm your companions, slightly. You resolve to sleep off the throbbing headache sprouting in the back of your head and spreading slowly forward. You get the impression that the mortal mind was not meant to have so much forced into it over the course of a few hours. It seems as though the moment you close your eyes a terrible shouting fills the air, hundreds of voices joining in unison to shout “Matha!” with all the vigor of a war cry.

The moon is far further along in its journey across the sky. It's probably two or three hours past midnight and the city looms on the horizon. Hauling yourself up from where you'd slumped over, you find that a crowd of soldiers has gathered around the cart you claimed as your own. Any semblance of order has broken down, the strict columns the men had formed on the march dissolved into an formless mob. However, one man stands out above the others. Your brother, pulling behind him two ornately garbed camels.

Gold scale armor covers both camels, stopping at the top of their legs. The silk padding underneath the armor extends still further, reaching each camel's knee. You can't help but think that it looks terribly uncomfortable, and very heavy. The saddles are made of the finest lacquered wood, inlayed with floral designs wrought in ivory. The back of each saddle extends far higher than it strictly needs to, silk brocade stitched with your family's coat of arms forming an awning at the top.

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It's clear enough what they want you and Mortia to do. The poor woman's eyes are still ringed a deep blue, her face sickly pale, but she's already being hefted up into the heavy saddle of your camel, leaving the larger of the two for you. Reluctantly you reach up to your helmet, grabbing it by the clamps which hold it shut and pulling each undone in turn. You barely even feel the needle jammed into the back of your neck retracting from the open wound it created, the nerves long ago fried.

For a moment the world is spinning, and you tumble forward. A dozen hands reach up to catch you as you fall, but you finally manage to steady yourself before stumbling off the edge of the cart. Rising up to your full height you take a moment to heal the wound in your neck and shake out your hair, caked with sweat as it is. Well, there's nothing for it. You'll be taking a bath soon anyway.

You hop off the cart still in a daze, and find yourself ushered quickly through the crowd to your waiting mount. Pulling yourself into the saddle proves far more challenging than it has any right to, but with some help you soon find yourself seated cushioned chair, your legs crossed beneath you and your helmet rested in your lap. Mortia ends up looking far more disheveled at the end of it all, slouched precariously to one side in her saddle.

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Your camel is guided forward by your brothers, to which it's tethered. As soon as you emerge from the mass of soldiers a great cheer rises along the wall of the city, hundreds of men, women, and children gathered there to celebrate victory against the bandit menace. Of course, some are only excited now because they anticipate the triumphant return of a husband, son, or father. You've no doubt that for many, today brings them no joy.

>Now's as good a time as any to resolve what you'll be doing during the timeskip.

>Meditate on an element
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
>Meditate on an effect (Hallucinate, pain, sleep, or mark. You could also search the estate library for additional effects)
>Meditate on a metamagic (Beam or Delay)
>Read a (few) book(s)
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?
>Write-in

>>43337494
>Meditate on an element
Metal. Soul reinforcement

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>>43337494
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?

>>43337494
>Read a (few) book(s)

>>43337494
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)

Point offence please.

>Read a (few) book(s)
The medical book please.

>Meditate on an element
Soul reinforcement/manipulation.

>>43337494
>Meditate on an element
METAL

>>43337494
>>Meditate on an element
metal all the way

>>43337494
SHit, forgot to say.
You've got 9 days worth of feasting and relaxing, that means you can meditate/read/whatever a total of 8 times. The ninth day is an all day religious ceremony.

>>43337494
>Meditate on an element
Metal

>>43337494
>Read a (few) book(s)
I want to read about soul shaping

>>43337494
Metal and fire

>>43337494
METAL
BECOME GOD

>>43337353
You are so fucking retarded, Rob.
I don't even need google docs to prove you wrong.
>>43337382
And your quote literally says "A meditation, performed once some time ago, in better circumstances."
>>43337448
Shut the fuck up already.

>>42549768
>>42549791
>>42549810
>Cutting off the flow of Earth magic you slowly begin filling the numerous gaps in the outer shell which surrounds the shard of divinity all mortals share. It seems like you're able to patch the holes much faster this time than the last time you tried meditating on this. They're smaller than they were before, significantly so. You even manage to stretch the tenuous hold you have on reality long enough to reinforce the black shell once you've finished patching it.
Just an example.

>>43337494
>Meditate on a metamagic (Beam or Delay)

>>43337553
Metal doesn't lead to godhood.

>>43337494
>>Meditate on an element
Metal

lets just bump metal magic all the way

We're going to look for a metal recipe, and we constantly have things going after our mind. Like, it happens at least once per arc if not more.

>>43337494
>>43337507
>>43337523
>>43337526
>>43337534
>>43337552
>>43337553
>>43337574
Before we meditate on metal, we should consider that it will make us an amnesiac for a couple hours, and that we may need to be cognizant so we can inspect that kid we resurrected.

I think we should instead meditate on fire magic or a specific magic technique.

>>43337494
>Meditate on an element
>Metal
Lets get the next insight already.

>>43337494
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)

>>43337494
>>Meditate on an element
Get one more Soul Reinforcement meditation in to finish that set.
>>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
Point Offense, tremor sense.
>>Meditate on an effect (Hallucinate, pain, sleep, or mark. You could also search the estate library for additional effects)
Mark and pain.
> >Meditate on a metamagic (Beam or Delay)
Delay.

Don't forget to enjoy ourselves on one of the nights at least, though. Have some fun with Darzi and Mortia and Fulvia and Prof.

Soma, do we need to experiment to be able to learn Partial invisibility?

>>43337494
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?
This is objectively the correct course.

>>43337494
> Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
They all sound really useful.

>>43337611
This is all stuff you'll be doing during the timeskip, I'll do with the kid separately beforehand.

>>43337534
Changing this vote to meditate on fire

>>43337557
First of all, that was afterwards, not before. This quote is from a recent thread directly after our Crown meditation, and Soma even said that this meditation in particular gave us an insight into the "forgotten magic." Don't you think that Mik would continue said meditations on this technique in particular after being successful with it before?

The only being silly here is you hunk. See? Why don't you try to communicate like a civilized person without resulting to terrible language; all that needless cursing seems to be compromising your faculties.

GET FUCKING MAGNIFICATION ALREADY
THAT SHIT WOULD'VE BEEN USEFUL PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE, FOR INSPECTING RUNES FOR EXAMPLE

>>43337625
Seconded, focus on the soul and its relation to the fabric/strings

>>43337674
NO

>>43337671
It could be a part of the shaping arts.

>>43337674
We never enchant anyways. I don't even give a shit about enchanting anymore since we never use it.

>>43337557
Hi angry IRCabal man. The meditation before is nothing like what we did with the crown. I think you're missing that point entirely. Our situation could remind us of the technique, but what we did was worlds apart.

>>43337494
>>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?

>>43337552
>>43337657
I see you both forgot that we were planning to save our insights to semi-GM in fire for gate meditations.

>>43337733
I see you forgot that I don't really give a shit and it's not a big deal

>>43337733
I want to meditate in a gate, but that's just a type of fire magic meditation.

>>43337733
Except we're not planning on doing that because that's dumb.

>>43337733
Well the heart of Surya would be the best place for the Metal GM.

>>43337760
Which is why we should let that type fill up our insight spots.
>>43337775
No, being in front of Dhatu would be.

>>43337764
Why would that be dumb. It's a unique type of fire magic that's worth learning more about. Plus, we're better equipped than ever now that we're master metal with experience in soul reinforcement and we have Contain Soul to protect us from outside influences as well.

>>43337674
>INSPECTING RUNES
Fucking useless.

>>43337764
Actually it really isn't. There was a technique we could learn by meditating there but we don't know what it is.

>>43337494
>>Meditate on an element
Can we meditate exclusively on metal for the whole timeskip?

>>43337837
Nope.

>>43337798
What I'm saying is that my vote to meditate on fire is not a vote to not meditate in a gate. We need to vote to meditate on fire, then once we have decided to do so, vote that entering the gate is the method we want to use.

>>43337627
>>43337508
>>43337722
>Fuck bettering yourself, hedonism is the way to go.

>>43337644
>>43337616
>>43337625
>>43337520
>Technique

>>43337507
>>43337520
>>43337523
>>43337526
>>43337552
>>43337553
>>43337574
>>43337613
>>43337625
>Meditate on Metal

>A scattering of votes for reading, metamagic, and effects

Well, you can only meditate one more time on Metal before you hit the limit. You'll need to earn the fifth insight as a GM meditation, which I'd rather not deal with at the moment.

Thus, we'll do it this way. I'll have you roll for a Metal meditation. If you fail, you'll roll again until you succeed. However many times you have to roll is the number of days you spend on it.

Soul reinforcement seems the most popular option. So that's what I'll go with for method.

ROOOOOOOLL 3d10+18 (+10 from Method, +2 from Vatis, +4 from A Terrible Thing to Waste, +2 from Warlock Armor) vs DC 35 (Base 35 from Master insight)

Rolled 7, 6, 9 + 18 = 40 (3d10 + 18)

>>43337855

>>43337837
Why would we? We only need one more insight for 4/5 master

Rolled 4, 4, 10 + 18 = 36 (3d10 + 18)

>>43337855
whoops

Rolled 7, 8, 4 + 18 = 37 (3d10 + 18)

>>43337855

Rolled 2, 2, 2 + 18 = 24 (3d10 + 18)

>>43337855

Rolled 6, 5, 6 + 18 = 35 (3d10 + 18)

>>43337855

Rolled 6, 1, 9 = 16 (3d10)

>>43337855

>>43337855
HEY SOMA. BEFORE WE PERFORM THE MEDITATION, WE SHOULD STORE OUR VYS IN THE PENDANT AND RING.

>>43337855
do our tattoos not also give us a bonus?

>>43337880
nice

Rolled 2, 9, 9 = 20 (3d10)

>>43337880
here, I think you dropped this

Nice rolls

>>43337894
DON'T FORGET THIS SOMA

>>43337855
>>43337897
>Succeeding even though Soma managed to jew us out of a +6 bonus to the roll.

>>43337894
Doesn't keeping the ring full defeat its purpose?

>>43337897
They should.
>*Mark of a Dragon Slayer (Contain+Soul): +8 to resisting outside influences, +6 to Metal Magic

>>43337894
I for one don't want him to do this.

>>43337919
It's totally empty right now. We should really have it half full and put the rest in the pendant.

>>43337870
>>43337875
>>43337879
Got it in one! Alright. Now then, what will you do for the remaining seven days?

>Meditate on an element (Fire, Nature, or Earth)
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
>Meditate on an effect (Hallucinate, pain, sleep, or mark. You could also search the estate library for additional effects)
>Meditate on a metamagic (Beam or Delay)
>Read a (few) book(s)
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?
>Write-in

>>43337894
The ring will store the vys that you shed automagically.

>>43337916
You talking about the poultice? That's not something I'd ever have you take by default.

>>43337919
Yes.

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element
Fire. Enter an open gate in the void.

>>43337962
>>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element
FIRE!

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element
Fire

>>43337962
Earth or technique
Can we read the anatomy book too?
Also how can we browse our estate's library?

>>43337962
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)

>>43337962
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?

>>43337962
Search the library, in between the stuff. Shouldn't take too long to snoop around

>>43337977
>>43337979
>>43337997
To clarify, I encourage you to pick multiple things. So we can cut down on the number of times we need to host this vote.

SO something like
>Fire every day
or
>Fire three times, then X, Y, and Z
would be appreciated.

>>43337962
>Read a (few) book(s)
Shaping arts for the forgotten magic techniques.

>>43337962
>>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
tremorsense could come in handy in a jungle, especially if there's hallucinogenics and stuff there

>>43337962
>>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?

>>43337962
>>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
3x
>Meditate on an element (Fire, Nature, or Earth)
Fire 1x Nature 2x
>Read a (few) book(s)
1x

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element
Fire, lets try adding energy to a flame until it becomes plasma.

>>43338024
>>43337962
>>43337977
Fire 3 times by entering an open gate in the void

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element (Fire, Nature, or Earth)
Fire.Fire. And Fire. Meditate on Fire all the way.

Then we'll go be a hermit when we get the opportunity so we can get triple grandmastery.

>>43337962
>Meditate on an element (Fire, Nature, or Earth)
3x Fire

>>43337962
>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?
x7

Fun fact void meditations have a chance of locking us out of our body.

>>43337962
>>Meditate on an element (Fire, Nature, or Earth)
Fire once(gate), Earth twice.
>>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
Three times, PO, mixed magic, partial invisibility
>>Read a (few) book(s)
Once
>>Why would you waste time learning things when you could just enjoy yourself?
Do this the rest of the days.
>>Write-in
fug Darzi or Mortia
get a handjob from Fulvia

>>43338118
We need to get better at Nature for Point Offense

>>43337962
>Read a (few) book(s)
X7

>>43338134
No we don't.

>>43338118
>or Mortia
Why would we fug worst girl? And a humie to boot?

>>43337962
>Meditate on a technique (Such as liquid fire, tremor sense, heat vision, point offense, et cetera)
X3
>Read a (few) book(s)
X4

>>43338134
We don't have point offense.

So no one wants to find out how the soul meditation is affecting our soul?For a better understanding and how it affects us and how we can use it to our advantage in certain scenarios. x1
tremor sense x1
Nature x2
Earth x2
>Meditate on a metamagic (Beam or Delay)
Both
We get vys increase from all of these things. And get a better understanding to all of these things. Reading is great but It would be nice to be a master of the practical and not a master on theory.

>>43337962
Meditate on fire until we have enough gate insights for GM level of whatever it is teaching us.

>>43337962
>3 techniques
>3 elements
>2 fun

>>43338433
>having fun
Get a load of this fag

Fucking Nature meditation never

>>43338503
Good riddance.

>>43337977
>>43337997
>>43338006
>>43338044
>>43338046
>>43338059
>>43338083
>>43338092
>>43338118
>Fire

>>43338118
>>43338007
>earth

>>43338007
>>43337979
>>43338013
>>43338037
>>43338044
>>43338118
>>43338219
>Meditate on a technique.

>>43338136
>>43338035
>>43338219
>Read a book.

>>43338157
Couldn't hurt, actually.

Anyway. What I'll do is have y'all meditate on fire twice and a technique once. After that I'll have Mik peruse through the library and then "pause" the timeskip to see if whatever y'all find there affects your votes at all.

Now, keep in mind that fire has a DC 35 to gain an insight, so when choosing a method be sure to choose wisely.

>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.
>Meditate on Forms. +4 from method. Earn a martial insight on a Great Success
>Submerge yourself in the heart of a bonfire and focus on not getting burnt. (+8)
>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)
>Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)
>Fuck with people all around the city using illusions, for your own amusement. (+6)
>Write-in

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

Keep trying until we find an open gate.

>>43338540
>Meditate on Forms. +4 from method. Earn a martial insight on a Great Success

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality

>>43338540
>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks.
EXTREME!

>>43338540
>>Submerge yourself in the heart of a bonfire and focus on not getting burnt. (+8)

>>43338540
>>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.
What could possibly go wrong?

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>43338540
1: Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.
2: Meditate on Forms. +4 from method. Earn a martial insight on a Great Success
3: Submerge yourself in the heart of a bonfire and focus on not getting burnt. (+8)
4: Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)
5: Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)
6: Fuck with people all around the city using illusions, for your own amusement. (+6)

Choosing wisely...

>>43338540
>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>>43338540
>>Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)
Just confuse the hell out of everybody for a day or two

>Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338540
>>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>>43338540
>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>>43338540
>Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)

>>43338540
>Meditate on Forms. +4 from method. Earn a martial insight on a Great Success

>>43338540
>>Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>>43338540
>>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.
YOLO

>>43338540
>>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338540

>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void

>>43338540
>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void.

>>43338709
>>Meditate upon Reality. +6 from method, +2 or +4 if you find a closed or active gateway, respectively. -12 to entering the void

So we have to roll to get into the void. Then we can do more than 1 meditation while in there correct? with out incurring the debuff. How many in a row can we do?

>>43338755
And we have to roll to leave the void now because of the tattoos.

>>43338776
We can leave the void whenever, we just have to roll to get back into our body.

>>43338599
>4: Have a team of fire Vatis focus very sincerely on charring the flesh off your bones while you counter their attacks. (+10)

>>43338540
>Try to maintain a dozen illusory versions of yourself and have each act independently. (+8)
>Fuck with people all around the city using illusions, for your own amusement. (+6)
These two. I really want to be the illusion master.

>>43338847
Agreed

>>43338614
>>43338622
>>43338628
>>43338682
>>43338692
>>43338705
>>43338709
>>43338746
>>43338755
>Meditate upon reality.

>>43338675
>>43338642
>>43338633
>>43338630
>>43338600
>Get gangbanged by Fire Vatis

>>43338601
>>43338608
>>43338652
>>43338847
>>43338866
>Spoopy gohst

>>43338847
>>43338866
>Fuck with people

>>43338755
Normally I'd say you'd have to roll to enter the void each time independently, but that would be silly. You'll only get a -2 on the second roll which is way better than the -12 to leaving or reentering your body.

Do you want to take the meditation poultice for a +6?
>Snort that magical cocaine
>Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>Winners Don't Do Drugs

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>43338945
1: Snort that magical cocaine
2: Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>Snort that magical cocaine

>>43338945
>>Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>>Snort that magical cocaine

>>43338945
>>Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>>Winners Don't Do Drugs

>>43338945
>>Winners Don't Do Drugs
we're going to get addicted to this shit at some point

>>43338945
>Shaping magic did not have any concept of elements, or effects, or metamagics. It was very primitive in a way. It was primarily an internal magic, rather than an external one. That is to say it seems to have usually affected the self, rather than the world. Most of these first few pages are dedicated to discussing the “Shaping of the Mind”. According to this book, manipulating one's own mind was the first step towards mastering the Shaping Arts.
Could this have been the magic we were getting insights into Soma? It sounds a lot like it.

>>43339005
>>43338999
>>43338986
>>43338977
>>43338972
>>43338960
>>43339082
>Don't do drugs.

>>43338973
>>43338997
>Snort that coke

Alright then,
ROOOOOOOOOLL 3d10-2 (+2 from Vatis, +4 from near-by shredded veil, +4 from A Terrible Thing to Waste, -12 from Mark of a Dragon Slayer) vs DC 20

Rolled 1, 8, 7 - 2 = 14 (3d10 - 2)

>>43339153

Rolled 6, 8, 1 = 15 (3d15)

>>43339153

Rolled 10, 2, 4 + 2 = 18 (3d10 + 2)

>>43339153

Rolled 6, 4, 7 + 2 = 19 (3d10 + 2)

>>43339153

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Rolled 1, 4, 9 + 2 = 16 (3d10 + 2)

>>43339153

>>43339160
>>43339162
>>43339164
Noice, not one roll passed.

>>43339160
>>43339162
>>43339164
We failed this one miserably

Rolled 7, 5, 10 + 2 = 24 (3d10 + 2)

>>43339153

>>43339160
>>43339162
>>43339164
Horrible rolls

>>43339153
Reminder, this isn't the meditation roll, this is just to reach the void.

>>43339160
>>43339162
>>43339164
>14, 13, 14 vs DC 20
>Severe Failure!

>Spend 6 to make it a Regular Failure?
>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?
You're incapable of making this a great success.

>>43339184
And we need a great success to find an open gate.

>>43339153
>>43339160
>>43339162
>>43339164
Spend 13 for great success

>>43339208
>accept failure

>>43339208
12

>>43339208
Don't spend.

>>43339208
If we spend for a regular success, do we get the chance to find an open gate in the void?

>>43339208
>>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?

>>43339209
I've actually revised that. Open gates will be determined by where you are, not what you roll.
If you fail this roll, the consequences aren't that grand. You'll be stuck in your body, and might suffer some minor backlash on a severe failure (something like a general -4 to all rolls for the day, not relevant really in a timeskip).

If you fail I'll let you roll again, since there's no real time limit here.

>>43339208
>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?
Spend 12

>>43339208
>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?

>>43339208
spend 12

>>43339208
>Dont

>>43339208
Don't

>>43339208
spend 12

>>43339208
>>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?

>>43339208
>don't spend

>>43339208
>spend 12

>>43339208
>spend

>>43339208
>Don't
>You Wish Your Girlfriend Was A Freak Like Me

>>43339208
>Spend 12 to make it a Regular Success?

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>43339292
>>43339267
>>43339225
>>43339221
>>4333931
>>43339337
>Don't spend

>>43339303
>>43339297
>>43339264
>>43339253
>>43339255
>>43339249
>>43339224
>>43339323
>>43339329
>Spend 12

Calling it.

A regular success means that I get a roll on the random encounter table.

>>43339208
Nah

>>43339250
>>43339347

What about the bonus for meditating close to where the tear in reality was?

>>43339208
>>43339337
Haha aaahhh
>Don't
>Stop me nooooow.

>>43339362
It was +4.

>>43339362
Probably means an open gate is more likely

>>43339377
That song finished the final words as I read your post.

>>43339347
>56
Meh. Coulda been worse. Coulda been better.

>>43339362
see >>43339153
>+4 from near-by shredded veil
Has other effects as well.

>>43339377
>Cause I'm havin' a good time

Anyway, we'll deal with those two meditation rolls at the end of the first timeskip. I'm going to finally start writing now. So this thread isn't just entirely voting.

Meditating close to the warped lands would make this easier

>>43339410
Don't. Let's get all of the voting out of the way here.

>>43339433
No let's see how badly this ends first.

>>43339410
So much more likely to encounter nasties in the void.

>>43339465
What did you really think meditating near where a tear was would be safe?

>>43339433
I couldn't really have you roll for the meditation though in good faith. The encounter might change the situation up.

>>43339524
So if we encounter something bad we could be unable to meditate for a day or so.

>>43339524
WELP, WE KNOW WHAT THE ENCOUNTER IS NOW.

>>43339524
I like how you deleted it.

>>43336163
The spoopy trio would be sad at you, anon. I bet you wouldn't have put on that mask, either.

>>43339524
http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1403/21/1403213623942.jpg

>>43340382
THE INTERNET ALWAYS REMEMBERS!

One day Soma will be as slow as Hexer, and we'll have to find inventive ways of keeping threads alive for days at a time.

>>43340533
He's busy shitposting

>>43340555
That fucker.

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>>43340555

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I was able to visit my dying aunt who lives an hour away, eat, then drive back and Soma has still only managed one story post since I left.

>>43340729
Is Soma aiming for the crown of slowest QM?

>>43340740
Hexer goes for literal days at a time without posting anything.

Rolled 4, 7, 4 = 15 (3d10)

rolling to summon Soma

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>>43340940

Rolled 1, 6, 5 = 12 (3d10)

>>43340971

BQ quick how many layers do you usually peel off a onion before cutting it

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>>43340974
>>43340940
Relaax, guys. I'm writing the options for the post now.

Rolled 3, 3, 10 = 16 (3d10)

>>43340981

>>43340999
None.

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>>43340974
No dude. You have to use Shekels.

>>43340999
1

>>43340999
>peeling the layers off
You some kinda girl, anon?

>>43340999
the exterior, and any that feel gross

>>43340974
I think this actually worked

>>43340999
>peeling onions
someones not irish

>>43340974
IT WORKED

>>43341005
do not believe his lies

>>43341028
Great great grandfather is you bastardo
I just never met him

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The cheering only grows louder as you grow closer. Rather than the crowds thinning, they grow even thicker as you approach the gate, the press of bodies halting your progress as the crowd chokes off the route forward. There's no guards, no separation between you and the crowd. Innumerable hands reach out for you, the people below competing just for a chance to touch your armor, or your hand. You think someone tries to steal one of the golden scales off your camel's armor but nearly gets trampled as a result. It's a surreal experience to put it mildly, you almost feel like you're dreaming.

Flanking the gates on either side are some of the priest and monks whom you commanded during the battle. They sprinkle you and Mortia with water blessed and purified by the temple using thin silver tubes filled with small holes. Great braziers burn dhupa, a type of fragrant medicinal resin said to have any number of health benefits, as well as opium and what might be hashish, though you're not certain. The musky smell is masked by the sweetness of the opium and the intensity of the incense.

You breathe deeply of the fragrant smoke, the crowds starting to thin as you enter the city proper. Here the militia have set up make-shift barricades on either side of the street using whatever they had available. Carts, lengths of wood, market stalls, in some places they simply link arms and stand in front of the crowd. Mortia does not seem to be taking this nearly so well as you are. She fidgets nervously atop her camel, worrying away at the hem of her dress.

She should be enjoying this more than she is. You're not even really supposed to be involved. Reaching across the connection afforded to you by the brooches, you urge your thoughts to mingle with hers. {Relax, Mortia. They're here to celebrate your accomplishments. Try not to look so horribly uncomfortable.}

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She smiles, waving meekly to the crowd. Despite the rather lacking enthusiasm the cheers grow even louder than they were before. This seems to encourage her, and this time she tries again a little more confidently. You join her in greeting the gathered crowds, but your ride through the city proves unfortunately short. Soon you're rolling through the great gates of the palace, finally free of the adoring public. You wonder if that's what it's like to be the Shah, or a conquering general?

You dismount carefully, moving to help the struggling Mortia. She's much shorter than you are, and the drop seems to have proven a little more intimidating than she was expecting. You note with curiosity and some small concern that she's shaking like a leaf, but chalk it up merely to adrenaline and anxiety. It's to be expected really, this is probably the first time she's ever been around a crowd this large.

A group of slaves arrives, composed of both samjan and human but all of them women. Zaahir appears by your side before they have a chance to drag you away, apparently having dismounted his own gilded camel. Clapping an affectionate hand on your shoulder he admonishes you. “Do try not to enjoy yourself too much, little brother. I'll need most of them able to walk in the morning.”

What, he expects you to debase yourself screwing a bunch of slaves? You scoff. “All you need to worry about is making sure my companions get back safe and sound, I think I lost them somewhere amongst the crowd.” A glance over your shoulder confirms your suspicions, you can spot neither hide nor hair of your companions among the crowd thronging just outside the gates. “Make sure the elf in particular makes it back, I don't want him raising hell throughout the city.” Profectus has probably sobered up by now, and he'll be looking to change that as soon as possible.
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>>43341013
>>43341005
>>43340974
See? Soma is a time travelling jew.

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Your brother assures you that your companions will make it safely back to the palace before gesturing to his servants. The samjan are quick to surround you, ushering you forward, while the humans surround Mortia and set about chatting excitedly in their native tongue. If anything, Mortia looks even more uncomfortable now than she did in the crowd. You're being dragged into the foyer when Darzi's familiar voice invades your thoughts. {Mikhael, the kid is-}

A long pause. You take advantage of the break and adopt an airy, exhausted tone while excusing yourself from the presence of the slaves. “If you'll allow me, I think I need a moment's rest.” You fake unsteadiness as you stumble towards a bundle of cushions, one of many which line the foyer. “Closing the portal has taxed me grievously.”

The women share a look, and then one of then, a tall slave with skin so dark it's nearly solid black and a generous bust only partially concealed by the voluminous robes she wears, slides down to sit with you amongst the pillows. “What is this about a portal? I thought you were fighting bandits.”

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Right, you suppose they wouldn't quite know the full story. You're about to launch into an explanation, but then Darzi's voice returns, this time sounding slightly more worried. {He's just sort of twitching, for a while he stopped but now he's started up again. Is this supposed to happen? It's not violent, and he's not frothing at the mouth or anything, but Fulvia says he's releasing huge amounts of vys for no clear reason.}

You have absolutely no idea what is or isn't supposed to happen, this is the first time in the history of magic that someone has been brought back to life.

>Just tell them to get to the palace as quickly as they can. The kid is tied up, so hopefully he won't hurt himself or others.
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.
>Ehhh, it's probably fine. Not worth interrupting your pampering for. Just tell them to get back to the palace and you'll deal with it... tomorrow, yeah.
>Quick! Have them kill the kid before he explodes into void monsters!
>Write-in

>>43341140
>>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

>>43341140
Go help the excess vys vent off safetly

>>43341140
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.
kid shows signs of coming back wrong.

>>43341140
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

>>43341140
>Put the right on him

>>43341140
>>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

Sonovatog.

>>43341140
>Ask Fulvia if she can absorb the vys
>Just tell them to get to the palace as quickly as they can. The kid is tied up, so hopefully he won't hurt himself or others.

>>43341140
>Ehhh, it's probably fine. Not worth interrupting your pampering for. Just tell them to get back to the palace and you'll deal with it... tomorrow, yeah.

>>43341140
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

I think we might have accidentally opened a portal to the Divine Realm, somehow. Fucking sympathy.

>>43341140
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

>>43341202
How does Samjan afterlife work again?

>>43341140
>Twitching and giving off huges amounts of vys. You really don't like the sound of that. Tell them to hunker down somewhere and you'll come to them.

>>43341102
>Shah, or a conquering general?

Just gonna throw salt in ny wounds huh?

>>43341140
>Just tell them to get to the palace as quickly as they can. The kid is tied up, so hopefully he won't hurt himself or others.

>>43341230
Fuck if I know. But his soul has a core of divinity. I'd guess at the moment of death it returns to the gates and the divine realm. Gains massive amounts of sympathy or whatever term you want to use to it, and thus normally winks out immediately.

But we reinforced his tie to his body - its housing - and did not sever that sympathetic connection. So now he's burning up from the inside, or shit is about to get really weird, or he'll be possessed by something that followed the bonds, or whatever.

I'm probably talking out of my arse, but hey, we're going to find out.

>>43341140
>Just tell them to get to the palace as quickly as they can. The kid is tied up, so hopefully he won't hurt himself or others.

My guess is that having his soul pull into the realm of the divine and/or the void during his time dead made the core of divinity within his soul go into overdrive decaying and regenerating his soul too fast thereby generating too much vys. I recommend leaching of the excess vys.

>>43341230
>implying these damn darkies are allowed in heaven

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>>43341202
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>>43341157
>>43341233
>Son of a BITCH

>>43341200
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJgLT1je8ew

>>43341177
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>>43341289
>Get to the palace.

>>43341177
>>43341158
>See if the vys can't be absorbed.

Writin' for coming to the rescue.

>>43341302
Soooooo . . . Whrn we get there are there maybe any other Vatis we can call in here? Or maybe we should just chuck the kid in the cloak and let Ricky decide what to do with him, maybe check if Ricky is cool with that first.

>>43341362
don't worry anon. Magic Mik is a doctor.

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Anybody up for using the survivors from the battle to form a anti void unit?

Seeing how we have enchanters back at the capital and the havoc the voidlings did here they could probably get sponsored by the Shah or something if he got a report from the battle which means our country gets stronger and more prestige for the family

Also should we put our rings on the kid? Stop him from coming back crazy as shit die to almost dying and the ring to eat the vys?

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>>43341375
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWhwvlilByQ