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You have absolutely no idea what the golden snake protruding from this man's back just said, but nor do you particularly care to understand. You're more interested in watching the effects of his spear at work. Stone is spreading rapidly from the point where the spear has burried itself in the worm's flesh, though it will be some time before the worm is incapacitated as massive as it is. You find it a particularly nasty enchantment, considering it would be nigh impossible to reverse. Your best hope would be to cut away the affected tissue and regrow it.

>Combat Intiated!
>Enemies Remaining: Temple Guardian (Heavily Wounded, Petrifying)
>Allies Remaining: Archer, Artificer, Agent, Zahak
>Status: Unharmed

You're distracted from watching the process of petrification play out by an explosion ripping through the creature's face, the beam of entropy it had been bringing around to target their archer suddenly cut off. When the smoke clears three of its five remaining eyes have been blasted away and the throbbing, pulsating tissue beneath. The clear fluid leaking from the wound slowly turns blue as it hits the air, as does the exposed flesh. You've never seen anything quite like it.

Unfortunately the worm seems largely undeterred, already the wound in its head is beginning to heal. The artifact-clad adventurer next to you zips forward, his boots keeping him elevated and allowing him to glide effortlessly over the mud and mire. He draws a sword from a sheathe hanging from his back, the black blade ornamented with intricate swirling designs done in silver.

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A hop carries the masked adventurer up onto the back of the worm, but as he's preparing to bring the blade down into the worm's carapace a block of ice smashes into his head and sends him spinning wildly through the air, his boots preventing him from ever actually hitting the ground but likewise preventing him from coming to a stop.

The woman takes this as her cue to drop the shield she'd erected to protect herself from that beam of energy, and instead she slams her gauntleted fist down into the mud. It leaps to obey her commands, a dozen blocks of stone shooting out of the ground to pummel the worm as it slowly approaches. It seems largely unaffected, though one well placed blow does manage to smash into the exposed flesh. That ellicits a response immediately, a gargled screech ringing through the air as water begins to assemble itself around the worm. It's likely preparing for another attack.

Zahak's thoughts mingle with your own, questioning. He's confused and scared, but at the same time excited beyond belief to be fighting something so large. He wants to feast upon its tender flesh, and there's a strong desire for recognition swirling prominently amidst the storm of emotions.

>Hop onto Zahak's back, now that there's a giant hole in its head you'll fill its skull with dragon fire. (2 vys)
>Have Zahak take to the air to harrass the creature and keep it distracted, you'll stay on the ground and focus for now on countering whatever magic it tries to use. (4 vys)
>You need to get up close and personal with this overgrown monstrosity. Have Zahak pick you up and fly you closer so you can stab it in the head with your spear.
>Try to rot and/or away some of these scales, creating more weaknesses to be exploited at your convenience. (2 vys)
>Write-in

>>45519455
>Have Zahak take to the air to harrass the creature and keep it distracted, you'll stay on the ground and focus for now on countering whatever magic it tries to use. (4 vys)

>>45519455
>>Hop onto Zahak's back, now that there's a giant hole in its head you'll fill its skull with dragon fire. (2 vys)
>>Try to rot and/or away some of these scales, creating more weaknesses to be exploited at your convenience. (2 vys)
Can't we just, like, do both? I doubt Zahak would need us paying attention most of the time, so when he's fine on his own we can just focus on rotting. Also have we tried casting Paralysis/Slow/etc on it yet? If not, try that.

>>45519455
>Skewer it on a bunch of giant metal reinforced earth spikes. Add in some fire and poison into the mix.

>>45519455
Cover its eyes with magic napalm

>>45519455
Supporting >>45519533

>>45519455
>>Have Zahak take to the air to harrass the creature and keep it distracted, you'll stay on the ground and focus for now on countering whatever magic it tries to use. (4 vys)
I think manipulate+vys will be pretty useful

>>45519455
> Fly me closer, I want to hit it with my Spear!

>>45519564
I like this idea

>>45519564
>>45519633
Considering that it's pretty good at nature magic, I doubt this would do much.

>>45519654
Well it would hurt like a bitch for starters

>>45519437
>Artificer

>>45519455
>>Have Zahak take to the air to harrass the creature and keep it distracted, you'll stay on the ground and focus for now on countering whatever magic it tries to use. (4 vys)

>>45519455
Supporting >>45519533

>>45519455
>Write-in
Make an army of golems to swarm it and stab it to death

>>45519533
>>45519570
>>45519927
We aren't that good with Earth

>>45519455
Unleash Ricky, let the tentacles free

>>45520037
We can use that earth artifact.

>>45519455
>>Have Zahak take to the air to harrass the creature and keep it distracted, you'll stay on the ground and focus for now on countering whatever magic it tries to use. (4 vys)

>>45520128
Can't wear it over armor

>>45519818
Best I could come up with for someone who primarily uses artifacts to fight/be useful in general.

>>45520128
You'd need to change out of your armor to wear the sleeve at this point, it's beginning to encroach upon the torso.

>>45519927
>>45519533
>>45519570
>Kebab

>>45519867
>>45519577
>>45519509
>>45520149
>Counter its attacks.

>>45519531
>Cook its head.

>>45519531
>Rot its head.

>>45519564
>>45519633
>Blind it with science.

>>45519598
>STAB

>>45519978
>Follow the example of ants attacking a tarantula.

>>45520051
>Tentacle rape

Writin' for counter.

>>45520223
No rolls?

>>45519455
>Hop onto Zahak's back, now that there's a giant hole in its head you'll fill its skull with dragon fire. (2 vys)
But combine our fires, like have Zahak blow the cunt while we add to his power, also use beam while we're at it

>Someone suggested reading this quest in the archives for fun
>Oh hey cool why not?
>Currently on part 40
>Oh man I wonder how this will end? It's from like 2014 lol
>It cant take too long to finish or die out
>THERES OVER 180 PARTS
>ITS STILL GOING TO THIS DAY

holy shit you guys
holy shit

>>45520356
Hey Anon, Have you heard about House and Dominion?

>>45520356
Don't forget to read all the shitposts to really get that BQ experience

>>45520227
Of course there's rolls, I just needed time to collect modifiers.

ROOOOOOOOOOLL 3d10+20 (+8 from Water Grandmaster, +2 from Vatis Earth, +2 from Vatis Nature, +4 from Frosty, +4 from Heavy Warlock Armor) VS DC 40 (Base 20, +8 from Water Grandmaster, +6 from Earth Master, +6 from Nature Master)

Rolled 5, 9, 2 + 20 = 36 (3d10 + 20)

>>45520399
Ez

Rolled 10, 7, 10 + 20 = 47 (3d10 + 20)

>>45520399

>>45520356
We will wait for you friend, but just remember

Adalwulf is a chode

>>45520223
We really need to learn how to make gemstones that can store vys so that we can make little golems that carry them inside and then have it suck the life-vys out of whatever the creature is until it either dies leaving us with a topped up vys gem, or the gem explodes presumably solving the problem with the giant creature we're watching die from a safe distance.

Rolled 1, 7, 9 + 20 = 37 (3d10 + 20)

>>45520399

Rolled 6, 10, 6 + 20 = 42 (3d10 + 20)

>>45520399
C'mon 10s

>>45520356
That's not counting the .5s and the .5.5s and the part 2s and the double thread runs.

Have fun.

Rolled 7, 6, 9 + 20 = 42 (3d10 + 20)

>>45520399

>>45520399
This fucking rock is a better vatis than us?
Can we extra kill it?

>>45520399

so close
>>45520414

>>45520426
>gemstones that can store vys
Isn't it literally contain+vys?

>>45520399
spend 7

Gotta flex in front of the competition.

>>45520405
>>45520414
>>45520430
>36, 47, 37 VS DC 40
>Regular Failure!

Spend 3 vys for a Regular Success?
Spend 7 vys for a Great Success?

You're at 47/66 at the moment.

>>45520443
We suck at Earth and Nature. Always have.

>>45520467
>Spend 7 vys for a Great Success?

>>45520467
Spend 7 vys for a Great Success?

>>45520467
spend 7

gotta flex in front of the competition

>>45520467
>spend 7

>>45520472
>Always have
At one point we were better at Nature than we were at Metal

>>45520467
Spend 7
Then spend 40 for Extra Great Success
>>45520472
I'm aware of that, but fuck this golem piece of shit anyway

>>45520467
>spend 30

>>45520498
>implying we were good with Nature.

>>45520498
We were too plebain to realize how important Metal is.

Especially with all the crazy shit we get up too.

>>45520391
I just finished reading the part when the whole namefag shitposting/rage/discouragement happens.

I only wish I could have seen The Mask incident happen in real time

>>45520486
You mean our new companions

>tfw we run off with these fagits because they're more on our level and the rest of the crew is ntr

>>45520474
>>45520482
>>45520486
>>45520487
>>45520499
>>45520500
>Spend 7

Since I forgot to take out vys for the actual cost of the spell, that'll actually put you at 36/66. (47-4=43-7=36)

Anyway, back to writin'

>>45520527
We knew how important it was at least since we visited the remains of Chryssa's village, anons just didn't vote to meditate

>>45520559
>47-4=43-7=36
47-4 doesn't equal 36, Soma.

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>>45520545
>Darzi's face when we pumped and dumped her.

>>45520586
No, but 43-7 does.

>>45520616
47-4 doesn't equal 43-7 either, mate

>>45520668
>-4 for the cost of the action
>-7 for the cost of spending vys.

>>45520668
I can't tell if you are shitposting, slow, or a hardass when it comes equation format.

Maybe all three.

> MFW I realize we haven't been pumping our vys storage shit since our last fight

Fuck, we might actually have to consider . . . NOT spending Vys.

Or taking a back-seat role in the fighting hahahahahahaha

>>45520599
We keep Darzi around because she is best girl, not because she is murderous. She's really the only one with half a brain.

We really should go somewhere we can't get distracted for a week or two to get everyone good though.

>>45520686
probably slow and trying to be funny with equation format all under the guise of shitposting.

>>45520922
>darzi
>best girl
That's not Chrys.

Oh man! thanks for running soma, it's a super slow at work tonight.

>>45520922
>We keep Darzi around because she is best girl
LOL

>>45520959
Chrys a shit.

Chrys fags still exist?

>>45521007
Most of them died off in the shitstorm along with the shitposting.

>>45520959
>>45520987
The Chrysfags are emerging from the shadows
>>45521007
They seem to have been in hiding

Everybody knows magic is the best girl

>>45520965
I feel ya brother, same for me. Soma is my god of procrastination and the reliever of boredom.

>>45521121
>doing magic
>ever
No.

>>45521069
I find it funny that any hope they had is gone after we fucked darzi.
In the threads after calling it off they were still hopeful, and even after showing her us dicking another chick they still had some hope, but now we fucked her bff.
Her vagina might as well be nonexistent for mik.
All we need to do is cure the shiro levels of dense for the magic chick that likes him.

>>45521123
I'm not even procrastinating, there is pretty much fuck all for me to do at the moment

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>>45521123
>mfw in lest than 4 hours my house is going to become residence to family for a full 2 days
>mfw in less than 24 hours i am going to be cooking for 20+ people who will descend on my house for chinese new year
>mfw i just can't feed them mcdonalds

save me soma

>>45521163
>the magic chick that likes him.
Who?

>>45521163
>Her vagina might as well be nonexistent for mik
She still doesn't know immobilise

I had Baklava for the first time today. It was delicious.

>>45521175
Can you just get take out from a Chinese restaurant?

>>45521175
Nigga make soup and rice, and just buy the deserts.
You can even mix it up with there being different flavored soup/rice.

>>45521175
Order a shit load of Chinese.

>>45521175
Ask for help. Get someone to bring salad and another person to bring salad, then just buy some really nice meat and grill it.

>>45521175
you are already dead.

>>45521193
The lesbro who totally is into chicks, for what other reason would she not bang us or our handsome groups of friends or fvwhe hung out with bu so much.

>>45521194
Darzi is talking to her about to now, last thread she siad she would when we siad we making it official.

>>45521245
Someone cannot into english.

>>45521175
Just Google" quick food to make to feed 15-20 people".

>>45521266
>random arrow comes streaking across the heavens and lodges in our throat

>>45521271
I blame my phone.

>>45521175
A lot of beans

>>45521284
hue

>>45521193
Rajani

>>45521175
Here you go.
http://thrivinghomeblog.com/2015/01/20-meals-that-feed-large-groups/

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>>45521235
>mfw i know
>>45521226
>>45521214
we actually considered that, but they would charge per head instead of per dish, and it is much cheaper to do it at home
>>45521215
have to have at least one fish, pork, beef, chicken, a noodle dish, and a dish that combines beef, pork, chicken, lobster, and scallop

it's a weird ass holiday, you have to have an odd number of dishes, and rice doesn't count as one

>>45521228
we are, but you have to have certain dishes. the problem is that only 5 people actually know how to cook the stuff, myself included. one of them can't be up on her feet for more than an hour and a half, and one of them is so inept that we can only have her to minimal prep stuff

>>45521322
With vatis being able to marry on the horizon i am okay with her as make a second or third wife.

Vasuda as well.

>>45521175
Dude, I'm in a similar boat, twenty dudes from a Canadian frat are about to invade my house for the weekend.

Shit's gonna be stupid

>>45521365
Change ethnicity.

>>45521369
Now we just beed to get Ghada as a mistress and all will be well

>>45521376
Just get like a dozen kegs and ur good.

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Zahak clealry wants to take a more active role in the fight, and you see no reason not to let him. He seems to pick up on your plan without your really needing to tell him, and with one powerful leap propells himself skyward. While he's trying to gain some altitude, presumably so he can swoop in and smash into the worm like he did the first time , you focus on the enormous worm and the spell it's trying to weave around itself.

Focusing for a moment brings the various distortions of the Sight into full view, and you're treated to a vision of the worm quite different from its actual appearance. Thick veins of vys branch throughout its body, funneling power throughout the structure of its body. A number of enchantments seemed to be carved into its flesh at various locations, with msost of them concentrated in and around the gemstone embedded where its mouth ought to be. There seem to be a number of minor spirits dwelling inside the creature, though you can't claim to know whether they serve any useful purpose.

There's also a crowd of minor spirits of all shapes and sizes spectating the fight, many of them peeking out from around pillars or floating high above. Several are standing uncomfortably close to you, including one roughly the size of a small child. It looks like a fully grown man shrunk down to no more than three feet in height, with a malformed skull crowned by antlers where his head ought to be.

You ignore them, as best you're able that is, and focus instead on the worm. The water swirling around its head has grown quite significant at this point, but surely it shouldn't be too difficult to merely reach out and seize control of the water it's already gathered. Channeling vys lets you rip away a portion of the accumulated water and freeze it rapidly into a spear of ice, which you proceed to slam into one of the worm's two remaining eyes.
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>>45521365
Make a shitload of Mexican food. Easy as hell and can be made in bulk.

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It screeches, and predictably shifts its attention to you. The spear melts in a moment and the eye is quick to repair itself, but the worm is not so quick to forget. It slides towards you across the muddy floodplain though you can't profess to be particularly intimidated. Sure it's large, but what could it possibly do to you that you couldn't just throw right back in its face?

The air is filled with a hundred arrows, each one little more than a thin shard of ice no more than a hair's width. It requries a surge of vys to prevent the creature from turning you into a heavily armored pin cushion, the darts stopping no more than inches away from making contact. It becomes a battle of wills as you and the creature fight for control of the shards, one which you're gradually winning a block of stone erupts from the ground to smash into your abdomen.

You're knocked flat, your focus broken for no more than a moment. Unfortunately that moment was all the worm needed to seize full control of the hundreds of ice shards suspended in the air around you. You brace yourself, expecting the worm to focus its attack on you, but instead the spines shoot away from you, passing around the worm's head to some figure hidden behind its immense bulk.

Panic floods your thoughts, but it's not yours. Zahak realizes that he's been detected and knows that if he can't change corse his wings will be shredded by the shrapnel filling the air. You're filled with seething rage at the notion that this insect would dare to threaten your son with harm, and it's this anger which fuels your response. You rip control of the ice away from the worm through sheer force of will, the vys you expend casting everything in various shades of blue due to the altered perception afforded to you by your helmet.
>Vys Pool: (36/66)

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>>45521426
>chinese new year celebration
>serves mexican

have you never seen an angry old chinese woman?

>>45521365
I gave you this link nigga.
http://thrivinghomeblog.com/2015/01/20-meals-that-feed-large-groups/

>>45521471
nigga, CHINESE NEW YEAR

why the fuck would i serve pasta on CHINESE new year dinner

besides, we already have the menu planned out and everything bought

>>45521505
nigga who cares what year it is in china just make something easy

>>45521505
Post the menu nigga I'm hunger and need an idea.

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>>45521521

>>45521505
Lana bitch I know its you, your waifu is shit.

Zahak calms, and the cracking of stone fills the air as your son slams into the back of the worm's head claws first. The petrified section of the worm's body cracks due to the force exerted, separating the worm into two parts. Roughly a third is still joined with the head, while the remaining two thirds begin mindlessly thrashing about, their death throes causing more destruction to the ruins than the worm itself did when it was whole.

However, the portion still attached to the head remains alive. Zahak has it pinned beneath his weight and is spewing fire into the gaping hole where half its head used to be. The battle seems largely won, though you remain wary.

>Ally Turn!
>Enemies Remaining: Temple Guardian (Near Death)
>Allies Remaining: Archer, Artificer, Agent, Zahak
>Status: Unharmed

The artifact-clad adventurer seems to have stopped his spiral at some point and now retrieves his spear, knocked loose by Zahak's splitting of the worm in half. He makes no move to attack, watching passively as your son attempts to scorch the beast hollow with his breath. The woman relaxes as well, a bridge of stone extending across the canyon carved by one of the worm's attacks so she can cross. She comes to stand beside the man clad in artifacts, the archer simply collapsing onto his back in the distance.

(3/4)

>>45521365
fish sticks, Pork loin, Burgers, Chicken tendies, lasagna, and ?????

All seems to be going well, even if more than half of the beast is rampaging through the ruins quite like a chicken with its head cut off, knocking over remants of your people's ancient past which have likely stood for well over a thousand years. However, you're privy to something the others aren't. From where your standing you have a clear view of the gemstone embedded in the worm's head, and the crack running down its length.

Even as your son attempts to burn a hole straight through the remainder of the creature's head, beneath him sits a disaster waiting to happen. With every passing second it glows brighter and brighter, and perhaps sensing your growing fear Zahak cuts the stream of fire pouring from his gaping maw, his jaws snaping closed with a loud click. He turns towards you, confusion filtering through your mental connection.

>Urge Zahak to fly away, while you erect a wall of stone between you and the worm. (3 vys)
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.
>Fuck it, every man for himself. Run as fast as you can in the opposite direction.
>Write-in

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.
Connect the leech to our ring,our reserves, and the seed.

>>45521638
>Use manipulate+vys to stop any more vys from reaching the crystal

>>45521557
Rice noodle with shitake mushroom, pork, green onion

skirt stake marinated in kethup, hoysin, surgar, salt and pepper, the grilled

pan fried red snapper with a soy vinger and ginger sauce

sauteed bean sprout, lobster, scallop, beef, pork, chicken in a thick sauce

there are more, but i can't remember them all, we still need to do a little shopping for the final things.

>>45521638


>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.

>>45521638
>Try to leech the crystal long enough for Zahak and the others to get away, hopefully you can keep it controlled.
Can we connect the vys to the gaint seed we had?

>>45521638
>>Urge Zahak to fly away, while you erect a wall of stone between you and the worm. (3 vys)

Leeching is not a good idea

>>45521638
Hey soma would >>45521684 work?

>>45521638
Reinforce body and mind with metal magic before the crystal explodes so we're prepared if it rips open a rift to the void

>>45521638
>Write-in
Throw our cloak on it.
Make sure it's the side that absorbs magic first.

Remember to INVERT the CLOAK of it explodes with us too near.

>>45521638
Can't we rott off Tue flesh around the gem and quickly put it in our cloak?

>>45521638
>Reinforce the crystal with metal magic.

>>45521638
Reinforce the gem with metal magic while trying to rott it off the body.

>>45521638
Fuck leeching it. Use Manipulate and channel it into something constructive. Make an aurora borealis of pure fire magic illusion or some shit.

>>45521638
>Shields up, men.

Post never.

>>45521816
>renforcing an enemy attack

>>45521638
Manipulate+Leech+Vys, leech vys from it into the air instead

>>45521638
Leech+manipulate+vys towards the gem.
I want to see what pops out.

>>45521638
These:
>>45521684
>>45521761

>>45521725
Yeah, it would. Basically you'd just clog up the 'veins' carrying vys to the gem.

>>45521839
The gem is cracked.
Its trying to explode it by pumping a shitton of vys into it.
So let's make it harder to explode.

>>45521883
then do that first, then drain the vys.

>>45521893
but by making it harder to explode via reenforcement we'll risk making it easier to use it to shoot lasers at our son.

>>45521638
do >>45521909

>>45521909
Second

>>45521883
Cool cool. Backing >>45521909

>>45521883
We leaching it soma, but can we choose where the vys goes? I would love to pump some of that good shit into the gem.

So I'll write for
>Stop the flow of vys to the gem with manipulate+vys
That will at least prevent the explosion for now and allow Zahak to distance himself. Then
>Drain the vys from the gem.
And finally, if all that fails, you'll
>Shield yourself with the cloak.

So you'll be at 34/66 after the cost of manipulate+vys

Gimme a second to determine modifiers.

>>45521992
So can we decide to give the vys towards the gem?

>>45521992
I hope we can pry a few of the spirit gems out of this thing afterwards.

>>45522006
You mean creating a loop in which the vys drained from the gem just filters back into the gem? I suppose you could, though I don't know if now would be the best time for that sort of experimentation.

>>45521992
Would we be directing the flow of vys towards us? If so will it be considered a a separate leech when we do it to the gem as well?
>>45522033
I meant the gem in our cloak.

I hope it's not a spirit in that Crystal.

Anybody else wanna try doing a group Nature meditation with Zahak that focuses on the nature of telepathy by examining the bond between him and Mik?

>>45522033
What would that even do?
From the sounds of what you siad it has to do something.

>>45521992
Are we going to rub it in their faces how we saved their lives after this is over?

>>45522072
That sounds pretty cool anon. I do want to do that now.

>>45522098
More like they owe us I heir lives and should repay that debt to our family.

>>45522109
>>45522072
Nature magic does that already, next insight should make telephay easier.
I want to teach nature to our son so that he can hunt better and I would love his reaction to his new senses.

ROOOOOOOOOOLL 3d10+12 (+2 from Vatis, +4 from A Terrible Thing to Waste, +6 from Heavy Warlock Armor) vs DC 23 (Base 15, +4 from Insulated, +6 from Hiacian Fuckery, -2 from Compromised)
Should be pretty easy.

Then I'll need another set of 3d10, flat vs DC 17 (Base 15, +6 from Hiacian Fuckery, -4 from Cracked) for the ranged+leech spell.

>>45522160
>Nature magic does that already
That's the point. The telepathy with Zahak is better than what we could accomplish with telepathy normally, so the idea is to try to figure out why that is and apply it to the general use Nature magic telepathy.

Rolled 8, 7, 5 + 12 = 32 (3d10 + 12)

>>45522191

Rolled 2, 8, 10 + 12 = 32 (3d10 + 12)

>>45522191
Triple nat 1

Rolled 4, 5, 2 + 12 = 23 (3d10 + 12)

>>45522191

Rolled 6, 9, 5 + 12 = 32 (3d10 + 12)

>>45522191

Rolled 1, 6, 5 + 12 = 24 (3d10 + 12)

>>45522191

>>45522191
Shouldn't the first DC make the second easier?
Also if the second success can we choose to feed the gem we have with it?

Rolled 5, 1, 2 = 8 (3d10)

>>45522191

Rolled 4, 5, 8 = 17 (3d10)

>>45522191

Rolled 8, 4, 1 = 13 (3d10)

>>45522191

Rolled 7, 5, 9 = 21 (3d10)

>>45522191

>>45522033
Just fill our reserves and our Ring

>>45522191
32,32,23
20,12,8

>>45522191
I vote we fill either of our gems.
The one containg the spirit or the one that has as seed in it.

>>45522213
>>45522212
>>45522218

Huh. anything for getting a 32 on both rolls? at least its noteworthy for being unusual.

>>45522191
And for those curious, I'm treating the manipulate+vys spell to block up the veins carrying vys to the gem as a meditation roll, because that's generally more involved and significantly more drawn out. However, the leeching spell is just a regular effect.

>>45522212
>>45522213
>>45522216
>32, 32, 23 vs DC 23
>Great Success!

>>45522218
>>45522228
>>45522242
>22, 14, 10 vs DC 17
>Regular Failure
I ended up giving a +2 for the natural great success on the first set of rolls.

SO! Spend 3 for a Success? Spend 10 for a Great Success? You'll be at 32/66 after the cost of the ranged+leech spell and the manipulate+vys spell combined.

>Spend 3
>Spend 10
>Don't spend

>>45522321
This ain't Ogre quest.

>>45522323
>Spend 3

>>45522321
Its a Great success which I think should lower the DC of the second roll.

>>45522323
>Spend 3

>>45522323
>>Spend 10
We are leaching anyway

>>45522323
>>Spend 10

>>45522323
>>Spend 10
Shouldn't leeching basically fill our reserves to full?

>>45522323
>Spend 10
This as is for the leach spell we would gain more than lose.

>>45522323
>>Spend 3

>>45522323
>>Spend 10

>>45522323
>>Spend 10
Reminder to always spend for leech rolls. The great success earns more Vys than it costs.

>>45522323
>Spend 10
There's no reason not too, and not doing so here means Bad Things will be happening.

>>45522323
>Spend 10

>>45522323
>>Spend 10
I hate to be that guy but i really can see zero reason not to spend here. The stakes are waaaay to high. Not spending is putting our son at risk and that shit ain't right.

>>45522370
Which is why I keep suggesting to put vys in our two batteries.

>>45522370
>>45522368
>>45522348
>>45522377
>>45522394
>>45522405
>>45522407
>>45522412
>Spend 10

>>45522379
>>45522347
>>45522342
>Spend 3

Writin' for spend 10.
I need to reexamine the way the magic system handles effects, maybe streamline things a little bit. I dunno, we'll see I suppose. Maybe a system wherein overall competence as a Vatis (as determined by levels in the various schools) contributes in some way to casting effects? Could also maybe do something like casting spells simultaneously so you only have to roll once, rather than two sets of rolls for different things. The cost being a higher DC.

>>45522436
What do you think we're doing right now?

When we leech that thing we and our batteries should both be full.

>>45521735
This, use water magic to propel ourselves to it quickly then have ricky tentarape it

>>45521985
pump into the ruby and the stone sleeve

>>45522471
>Could also maybe do something like casting spells simultaneously so you only have to roll once, rather than two sets of rolls for different things.
Spell weaving?

>>45522471
BQ is ending soon, so what does it matter?

>>45522586
>soon
lol

Give it 2 more years at bare minimum.

>>45522586
Like Soma could ever wrap anything up.

>>45522471
Soma, should I go to the gym today?

>>45522550
What I think I'll do is that the DC increased by the cost of both effects.

So let's say you wanted to do what you just did under this theoretical system. Instead of rolling twice vs different DCs, you'd roll once vs the higher of the two+4. So you would have rolled vs DC 27 once instead of DC 23 and DC 17.

If I do this I'll probably also couple it with a system by which being a competent vatis provides a bonus determined by how proficient you are in the elemental magics. Basically half of your elemental magic bonuses are added together and that's your effect bonus. +4 from GM, +3 from Master, +2 from Expert, +1 from Vatis, -1 from Apprentice, -2 from Novice/Untrained. So Mik would have a +12 right now, the maximum would be a +20, and the minimum would be a -10.

It'll need some tweaking before implementation but y'know. This is what I'm thinking at the moment.

>>45522710
Yes you fat ass nigga. Cake with honeys there with the yoga pants on.

>>45522710
yes.

unless it's leg day

>>45522815
Everyday is leg day for me, squats make my dick hard

>>45522657
Hey, Somouto isn't pregnant yet so he must have some idea of what to do.

>>45523140
>implying anything would touch a nigger Jew like soma

>>45523181
>his sister would

>>45523235
>Another Jew nigger

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Calm overtakes panic as a solution presents itself. You simply need to put the Vys metamagic you learned in Anthus to use. Focusing your will, you arrest the flow of vys through the illuminated and branching veins to the gem. It tries to change course, taking advantage of previously hidden pathways, but these too you halt. In the end you simply need to cut the flow of vys completely, a ring demarcates the head from the remainder of the body.

That done you reach out to Zahak, your thoughts mingling with his own. {The gemstone in its mouth is unstable, it cracked at some point during the battle. I've managed to stop the flow of vys into the gem but if the beast retains even a shred of willpower it could release the stored vys destructively, and believe me when I say that is not something you wish to be near.}

Zahak bobs his head, his fear and apprehension washing over you as he takes to the air and seeks to put some distance between himself and the worm's head. Meanwhile, you allow yourself to slip into a trance-like state and split your focus, half your mind busy making sure no vys reaches the gem, while the other half starts to draw upon your reserves for a new spell. A thin tendril of vys stretches from your chest, spanning the distance between you and the gem. In an instant, it's flooded with vys. Vys which the spell carries directly into your depleted reserves.
>Vys Pool: (66/66)

The process is less than efficient, the sheer volume of vys being transported through the tenuous connection guaranteeing a significant amount of the vys is lost in transit, bleeding into your surroundings. This is fine for your purposes, since you're really just trying to deplete the gemstone. However, once your reserves are full you're not quite sure what to do with the spell. The gem still glows brightly, though it has dimmed.
(1/2)

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An idea occurs to you, why not simply alter the target of the leech spell so instead the gem's contents are funneled into your ring? One simply alteration of the leech spell sees your idea become reality, the rest of the stored vys draining rapidly into the fragment of spiritual essence and solidifed vys wrapped around your finger. The cracked gem stops glowing, becoming instead a fairly mundane, if exceptionally large, ruby.

You think to rot the flesh around the precious stone and pry it free, but as the carapace and flesh rots away you realize that simply won't work. Much like the gem embedded in Profectus' arm, this ruby sits within a metal casing fed by black ropes as thick as your wrist. Presumably these are what channeled vys to the gem, and what you have blocked off by extension.

You allow your focus to slip, eyes opening as you exit your trance. You become aware of the fact that the woman amongst this other party of adventurers is snapping her fingers in front of your face, and looking quite annoyed all the while. Her eyes are a bright, unnatural blue. You wonder if she's a spice addict. The man in the mask stands passively off to the side, his weight leaned against his spear, and the archer is absentmindedly chews on a fingernail. You wonder if they'd been waiting long.

>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.
>Now that Zahak is safe and your reserves are more or less full, allow vys to resume flowing into the gem and retreat to a safe distance.
>Manipulate the leech spell so that the vys just drains into the surroundings, and then allow the vys to resume flowing. Surely it will run out eventually.
>Write-in

>>45523331
>>Manipulate the leech spell so that the vys just drains into the surroundings, and then allow the vys to resume flowing. Surely it will run out eventually.
This is a terrible idea
lets do it

>>45523331
>>Now that Zahak is safe and your reserves are more or less full, allow vys to resume flowing into the gem and retreat to a safe distance.
lol enjoy ur nuke

>>45523331
>>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.

>>45523331
>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.

>>45523331
>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.
Might as well try to explain to them that snapping fingers in front of a bomb defusal expert is dumb

>>45523331
>>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.

>>45523331
>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.

>>45523331
>Manipulate the leech spell so that the vys just drains into the surroundings, and then allow the vys to resume flowing. Surely it will run out eventually.

>>45523331
>>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.

>>45523331
Surely if we want to extract the ruby it would require us to
>Manipulate the leech spell so that the vys just drains into the surroundings, and then allow the vys to resume flowing. Surely it will run out eventually.

>>45523331
>>Ask them if they'll help you pry out this ruby.
Time for loot.

>>45523411
>>45523409
>>45523406
>>45523402
>>45523391
>>45523426
>>45523476
>Yooo niggas, help me gank this shit.

>>45523448
>>45523412
>>45523385
>>45523353
>Just let all that pent up energy vent into the surroundings.

Writin'

>>45523331
inform them of what is currently goin on with that gem

>>45523331
>"You know, you really shouldn't snap in the face of a vatis when he's disarming a massive magical bomb embedded in the head of a rampaging abomination."

>>45523484
Can we also get a sample of the vys-channeling tubes it's connected to? If nothing else we can give it to SK and Fulvia to do mad science with.

>>45523577
I imagine we can take a hunk of them and throw them in the cloak

You stare passively at the woman, though you don't think she can see your eyes through this helmet. “It is generally unwise to disturb a Vatis while he works.” Your armor transforms your voice into a booming, mechanical roar. “Especially when that Vatis is busy ensuring that the gem embedded in the head of an ancient golem does not unleash a wave of destruction the likes of which few have seen and fewer still have survived.”

The woman frowns, folding her arms underneath her chest. As she opens her mouth to speak one of the snakes protruding from the masked adventurer's face thrust itself forward, over the man's shoulder, and speaks in that hissing tongue you fail to comprehend. “Mən sizə dedim.”

The woman swats the snake head away, and it recoils rapidly to bury itself in the crook of the masked man's neck. You're really not sure what to make of that particular artifact. Is it the only way he's able to speak, or is he just using it to mess with you, or perhaps to mess with his companions? You can't be certain.

Regardless, your attention is drawn not moments later by the woman among them, their presumed leader. “I suppose we owe you our thanks, stranger. We'd encountered that-”

You cut her off, patience running thin. “That's great, sure. I appreciate your thanks. However, we've still got the matter of this gemstone to deal with. The only thing preventing this gem from killing you and your companions is sheer force of will at the moment. I would be fine, I could simply absorb the blast with my cloak, but you three would be reduced to little more than dust. How about instead of thanking me, you help me by prying loose this gem? It's already cracked, and it's probably safe.”
(1/2)

The repeated interruptions clearly have the woman irritated, but without a word she gestures towards the ruby in its metal casing. The archer leverages himself off the side of the worm and draws a thin knife from his belt, approaching the gem with more caution than is probably necessary. It takes him no more than a few minutes to pry the ruby free, and once he does you finally release your grasp on the vys stored in the cables. It shoots forward like water from a burst dam, but finds no housing to store it. Thus it simply dissipates into the surroundings, the area around the casing becoming increasingly saturated with vys.

The archer brings forward the two halves of the ruby, but rather than hand them to you he hands them to the woman, who's hands are barely large enough to hold them. Each half is nearly as large as your head, and would probably sell for quite the price if the right buyer could be found.

>You'll be taking that gem, and you'll be expecting a cut of whatever they pried out of this ruin as well.
>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.
>Perhaps some sort of trade could be arranged?
>Meh, you were really just doing this for the fun of it.
>Write-in

>>45524007
Take half of the ruby

>>45524007
>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.
We stopped it from killing them, that makes it ours.

>>45524007
>>Write-in
start digging through the corpse looking for runes to read

>>45524007
>You'll be taking that gem, and you'll be expecting a cut of whatever they pried out of this ruin as well.
that and grab the damn cables

>>45524007
>Write-in
Request a part of the gem, we'd have use for it in turning it into an artifact.

>>45524007
>>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.

>>45524007
>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.
About to TPK these clowns.

>>45524007
> Build a shrine to the cat using the cables as a Centre piece

What could go wrong?

>>45524007
>You'll be taking that gem, and you'll be expecting a cut of whatever they pried out of this ruin as well.
If they don't like it they can send their complaints to the dragon.

>>45524007
>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.
>>45524105
oh, the shrine built upon the corpse of a great beast. I wonder how that would work?

>>45524105
That'd be interesting to do, sure

>>45524105
Fuck you. Go suck the cats cock

>>45524007
>Write-in

>"A fair distribution of the spoils to all involve parties is the appropriate conduct in this situation."

>>45524105
Thirded

>>45524136
>Party 1 Us and our son
>Party 2 Them
So we each take half

>>45524105
Yes
And
>>45524007
>>You'll be taking that gem, and you'll be expecting a cut of whatever they pried out of this ruin as well.

>>45524105
>>45524007

I'll support this. Let's see what happens.

>>45523980
>Perhaps some sort of trade could be arranged?
Also the shrine idea.

>>45524105

>>45524007
>>You'll be taking that gem, and you'll be expecting a cut of whatever they pried out of this ruin as well.

>>45524105
Fk u, u fuking furrie

>>45524190
>>45524108
>>45524060
But our son is watching guys

>>45524217
we saved them the least they could do is give us something

>>45523980
>>The gem is yours, but beyond that you have no interest in their loot.

>>45524188

Yeah, its only proper we try to be polite.

>>45524136
>>45524064
>>45524046
>Split the gem.

>>45524105
>>45524133
>>45524190
>>45524179
>>45524198
>>45524210
>Build a shrine.

>>45524108
>>45524060
>>45524190
>>45524213
>FUCK you and yo bone spurs.

>>45524054
>>45524083
>>45524096
>>45524117
>>45524233
>The gem is yours, they can keep whatever else they found.

>>45524210
>Perhaps a trade?

So you're definitely building a shrine. I'll final destination what you do about loot/the gem.

VOOOOTE
>1
To demand that the gem be given to you.

VOTE
>2
To demand that not only the gem, but also a portion of their loot be given to you.

>>45524232
The ruby is something. They're already considering taking all or part of the ruby, pushing for more will just make this a confrontation. Lets just take what we can and go we got shit to do.

>>45524273
2

>>45524273
1

>>45524273
1

>>45524273
1

>>45524273
1

>>45524273
Aren't there more gems all in the body? I wanna take those.

>>45524273
1

>>45524273
>1.

>>45524273
So we're just going to enchant up a shrine right in front of the wannabes

>>45524273
2

>>45524351
yup

You think Mik gives a fuck Anon?

>>45524351
Gotta fulfill our promise of subtlety to the shah

>>45524290
>>45524296
>>45524305
>>45524307
>>45524333
>1

>>45524285
>2

>>45524333
Last valid vote.

Writin' for 1

>building a cat shrine near a temple to pani
I'm not sure this is a great idea

>>45524351

I think we can wait for them to leave.

Odds that these are the chumps Sadik hired to get the Rhynian emperor's phylactery?

>>45524385
FUK PANI

>>45524406
we should take it from them and give it to sadik

>>45524419
literally

>>45524419
FUK DA POLICE

>>45524105
Yes please

>>45524385
Pani doesn't even give a tit

>>45524739
>implying cat bro is Pani's pet cat.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>45524970
Nice roll faglord

>>45524799
Wut?

>>45524988
Nice fag rollord

>>45525007
I think he's sort of saying that "cat bro" (Mahanna?) is Pani's pet

>>45524385
I don't know how many times this needs to be said. The gods don't give a fuck.

Cept that whole Surya thing but honestly fuck em, just means we aren't going to merge with him to fuel his eventual rebellion against Pani.

>>45524273
> MFW I joked about a vys shrine and people took it seriously.

This is both everything that is wrong with this quest and everything that I love about it. At least we don't have to worry about the vys accumulation. That's the Cats problem now.

>>45525040
>implying he's not going to merge with us

>>45525064
>At least we don't have to worry about the vys accumulation. That's the Cats problem now.
That isn't a problem for a spirit.

>>45525036
Yes, but why. The post he quoted said that pani doesn't care. How did he draw the assumption that the cat is panis pet?

You glance from the woman to the two halves of the ruby in her hands, attempting to keep your voice passive when you speak. Your attempts fail, as all tone is stripped from your voice once amplified by your armor. “I hope you realize that ruby is mine.” lands some distance behind you, his feet striking the ground hard enough to shake the earth and send up a tidal wave of mud. It flows around you smoothly, and by extension avoids the party of adventurers. “I believe we can both agree I did most of the work killing that beast.”

The snakes sprouting from the masked man's back hiss unintelligibly, apparently he takes some sort of offense ot that, but the woman simply shoots him a glare. “Fine, I can agree to that. It's the least we owe you for saving our ass.” She offers forward the halves of the ruby, and from your cloak slide two pale, ethereal tentacles. They coil around the halves of the ruby and drag them slowly back into your cloak, vanishing beyond the event horizon that is the interior.

The hissing cuts off, and instead one of the golden snake heads begins to chatter away in that strange language of theirs. “Plaş haqqında soruşun! Mən bir istəyirəm!”

He's ignored, as is usually the case from what you've gathered in the brief period you've been forced to interact with these three. Striding past the woman you approach the ruined corpse of the worm, and indeed you feel confident saying that the last vestiges of life have fled the beast even though the vys continues to flow readily from the empty casing.

You'd rather not sit in the mud, so you remain standing as you channel vys and draw upon what tenuous connection you share with the cat spirit. The flesh and muscle melt away under your onslaught, rotting away rapidly even as stone grows around the base of the worm, encasing its legs and rooting it firmly in place.
(1/2)

You allow the vys and the will of Mahana guide you as you work with the now hollowed out carapace, The ground dries out beneath your feet and in a wide plane around the shell, and a doorway assembles itself in the blasted out hole in the side of the creature's head, leaving two lifeless eyes to stare out at any who pass. The shrine itself takes some manipulating, you think the wires end up hidden beneath the stone and the metal casing is propped up upon a stone pillar at the center of this little hall, much of which is taken up by empty space where benches have erected themselves.

It reminds you almost of a temple in miniature, and in place of grand marble columns or enormous shrines there's just a few stone benches and an ancient metal challice spewing vys into the room. As you step inside to inspect your handiwork, you note that the way the vys is spilling out of the casing and the structure of the hollowed out carapace will create an area of extremely high vys concentration, meaning this would likely be a good place to meditate.

You hear the doors grind open, black carapace grinding against stone. The archer and the woman having poked their head through the door. You worry briefly for Zahak, alone as he is outside with that man clad head to toe in various magical artifacts, but it requires no more than a moment's concentration to ensure that he's fine. Apparently he thinks melting away the flesh of the beast was a waste, he wanted to eat at least some of it.

>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.
>Write-in

Oh god, the Canadians are destroying my house

>>45525314
>>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.

>>45525314
>Write-in
Just take the helmet off.

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Here's the updated map of the shrines n' such. I think this might be missing one, but I don't recall where it could be missing.

I realize you got no runes, why will become evident momentarily.

>>45525314
>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.

>>45525314
>>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.
I bet we seem intimidating as fuck to these people now. If the crazy ass armor or the dragon riding didn't do it, then the eldritch tentacles sliding out of our back to do our will did.

>>45525314
>>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>Ask Zahak to protect us while we meditate

>>45525314
>>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.

>>45525296
>“I hope you realize that ruby is mine.” lands some distance behind you
And I thought Gunay was a bad name.

>>45525350
So that yellow area is the cat's realm? Are we helping to actually expand it by building him shrines?

>>45525314
>>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
We need to take it off

>>45525377
Shit, I just realized i forgot to write Zahak's name.

>>45525314
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.
Try to scrutinize his snake things with the Sight I guess
>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.

>>45525314
>Write-in
Take off the helmet and introduce yourself. Leave the rest of the armor on though.

>>45525378
You're building him footholds through which he might later expand, but Pidjata and the Pa'vala especially are harsh lands for spirits, and generally speaking the more powerful a spirit becomes the less likely they are to hang around Pidjata/the Pa'vala.

>>45525314
>>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.
we can chat it up a bit before we leave, we did just fight together.

Plus we gotta spread our legend.

>>45525405
Huh, I see... are we about to have a meeting with the cat here?

>>45525314
>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.

>>45525314
>Apparently he thinks melting away the flesh of the beast was a waste, he wanted to eat at least some of it.
Already hungry?

>>45525314
>>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.

>>45525314
>>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.
Chill for a bit, introduce them to zahak. Then we can be on our way.

We really need to get everyone used to the idea that dragons are sentient.

>>45525444
He's a growing dragon, anon, and all that flying and fighting and fire breathing must be taxing.

>>45525350
FUCKING JEW CAT GIVE US OUR RUUUUUUNES

>>45525350
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>45525314
>>Leave before you take your armor off, you don't want these chumps seeing you vulnerable.

>>45525463
This place isn't good enough to warrant runes. The fabric of reality needs to be weak for us to get runes

>>45525314
>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.

>>45525314
>The holes in your spine are starting to itch, you should probably take off your armor.
>Ask them about what they're doing way out here in the middle of nowhere.
>See if you can't figure out what's wrong with the artifact guy.
take a break m8

>>45525463
Maybe building a shrine in one of Pani's temples was a bad idea?

>>45525341
>>45525364
>>45525381
>>45525433
>>45525448
>>45525458
>>45525509
>>45525520
>Does anyone smell something cooking, or is that just my spinal cord?

>>45525433
>>45525393
>>45525376
>>45525364
>>45525448
>>45525458
>>45525421
>>45525520
>Niggas the fuck you doin' here?

>>45525458
>>45525421
>>45525393
>>45525376
>>45525520
>So is your friend, like, retarded or something?

>>45525475
>>45525393
>>45525360
>>45525353
>>45525341
>Peace out fags

>>45525349
>>45525399
>Partially take off your armor.

Writin'

>>45525504
That's just blatantly false.

>>45525526
Threadly reminder that Pani gives zero fucks.

>>45525558
Maybe some kind of spirit guardian?

>>45525533
Promise half the ruby to Zahak, if it turns out to not be dangerous. We haven't gave him pocket money in a while.

>>45525579
what are you even talking about?

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>>45525350
Hey faggot whatever happened to asking maha for a map of the shrines he remembers before his imprisonment