>>48852023
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>>48852023
woo, I missed this quest a bunch!
>other
Step one: Ask if we've got to fight him, or if he's one of those riddle challenges.
Step two: Throw a boulder at him.

Fuck yeah, spiderquest!

>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything.
>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.

The first for safety, the second for laughs.

>>48852023
>Other(?)

Well, he can communicate somewhat with gesture. Oh, and he can control the stone.

Let's show him up by raising several stone chairs and a table for everyone. With an extra chair for him.

>>48852023
>>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.

>>48852023
>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.
>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything.

>>48852023
>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.
> Not when you're around anyways.
> Melt the spear.

>>48852023
I would never let a moth write the foreword on any treatise of mine, but I guess we're just two different people/monsters.

>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items
>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything

Though as a druid wielding metal he'd probably just end up using a bevy of fire spells as well. Just to take the number of things druids usually frown up a notch

>>48852023
>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything.
he sounded cool

>>48852023
>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything.

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>>48852115
Going to support this on the basis that if he is preparing to fight us this will likely throw a wrench in it.

Also fuck yes spider quest.

>>48852023
>>You probably shouldn't let him cast anything.
>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.

Cheats and magic, or a lack thereof?

I'll take 1d100, please!

>>48852023
>>This is cheating, isn't it? Druids can't use metal items.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>48852248

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>48852248

>>48852230
I'm hoping we're not in the fight phase yet.

Depends how he's depicted. Sworn guardian, protecting the path in a god-touched dungeon? Probably already dead? It he really wants to fight, we're not talking him out of it. I wouldnt mind a diplomancing, though.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>48852248

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>48852248

>>48852284
I just feel it's common good manners to ask a guy if we're supposed to fight him before we throw boulders at him.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>48852248

67 and writing!

Anyway, fight or not, I'm super stoked for going back to the surface and dicking with people.
Did we ever climb all over that dam under the bridge like was on our mental checklist?

>>48852413
oh, and we have to get nin and that bee to interact.
Either it will turn out awful, or they'll be self cancelling.

He's a druid. Probably. Definitely.
Stones and plants and he'll probably turn into a bear or something-

No, wait. That'd be awful. You can't eat a bear-person. Who would even do that? Make a bear you couldn't eat.


Cheating. This is definitely cheating, right?
This-

Druids can't use metal weapons. It's a rule. They lose their magic. Only wood and-

"Pfff- Kahahahah-"
"Huh?"
"What manner of nonsense are you spouting, little one?"

You frown.
"I am very large, yes."
"You are very young. And you have all sorts of strange ideas about magic, apparently. Why would metal of all things stop it, no matter from whence it came?"

"Isn't it... Something about spirits, I think? That the trees and spirits of the woods wouldn't let their representative wield their enemy?"
Was that how it went?

He laughs again.
"Absurd, absurd. A tree with an opinion? And nevermind the metal- Before there was steel, there was iron, and before iron, stone. Insects and animals eat the trees, storms and wind uproot them, the earth dries and they die- If I was to be limited to only things a plant would approve of, would I not attack you with a gentle spring shower and a few hours of sunlight?"

"Could you do that instead of whatever you were planning?"
"Dungeons don't quite work in that manner, I'm afraid."
"I tried, yes."

The rustling grows louder, and the blade in his hand glows, the crescent of the weapon gleaming with green light before he sweeps it towards you, the wind whistling into a blade that flies to crash into your spear, the metal creaking gently as you use it to block the blow.

That was definitely magic.
But there was no mana build-up, no spell forming, nothing.

A divine caster?

You knew he was cheating.

>Surround him, keep the fight up close!
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!
>Maybe he can't cast without the sickle? It was the first thing he picked up.
>Other (?)

>>48852803
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

>>48852803
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

>>48852803
>>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

>>48852803
>>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

Also, stop listening into our inner monologue! It's rude! No I don't care if I say it out loud!

>>48852803
>Maybe he can't cast without the sickle? It was the first thing he picked up.

>>48852803
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!
How could I not vote for a line of thought this compelling.
>Maybe he can't cast without the sickle? It was the first thing he picked up.

>>48852803
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!
>.. earth magic to box him in? No spirits, but some magic, right?

I'm hesitant to crowd around a magic user we don't really understand. And if he's cheating, the sickle won't make a difference.

>>48852803
>>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

>Maybe he can't cast without the sickle? It was the first thing he picked up.

wait, how does a spear block a windblade, shouldn't it go around or something?
Magic is confusing.

>>48853011
Light saber style likely

>>48852803
>There's no spirits here, but that doesn't mean you can't hit him with his own altar!

>>48853042
Man, lightsabers are also confusing.
I'm glad we're going with the "hit him with a large rock" plan. Large rocks aren't confusing.

Looking like Lyra don't need no spirits!

Gimme 2d100, please!

>>48853011
>how does a spear block a windblade
Same way anything blocks wind? The force needs to be concentrated into a certain spot and if the spear is in that spot it gets transferred to the spear and lost to the windblade.

Rolled 48, 15 = 63 (2d100)

>>48853075
oraa!

Rolled 24, 20 = 44 (2d100)

>>48853075

Rolled 94, 16 = 110 (2d100)

>>48853075
Not completly true, the earth spirits are our bros.

>>48853077
I'm going with the lightsaber theory of the other guy.
Because like... a windblade is long. and a spear blocks it only for one point along the blade. So the rest should go past?
Much safer to just think of it as a lightsaber.

>>48853042
Down that path lies madness, with questions like why Lyra doesnt perforate whatever she's walking on and where Sheszka's clothes go when she transforms.

Rolled 11, 1 = 12 (2d100)

>>48853075

>>48853114
wait, where DO shezka's clothes go when she transforms?
Shezkaaaa
Tell meeee

>>48853105
>So the rest should go past?
Ever heard of windbreaking? You know, when people set up buildings in such a way it breaks the wind during a storm, its like that.
The rest of the wind definitly went past, but it didn't have any strength anymore to actually harm someone.

94 and ... 20.

Writing!

>>48853172
I really hope the first number was Lyra and the second was the other guy..

>>48853185
Wut? We never roll for our opponents. First was altar smashing and second was disarming.

>>48853127
maybe it, like, becomes her fur coloration?
Or we're just offscreen making a lot of clothes?

>>48853126
Thank you for being slow

>>48853185
I really hope it wasn't for Shez trying to doubleteam the guy.
Girl got real shitluck with the dicegods.

>>48853295
why does shez always get hurt?
We need to do something about that.

>>48853295
I can't see a reason why only Shez would roll then, so she should be safe.

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>>48853320
solution: pic related

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>>48853283
>>48853127
>>48853114
>>48853105
>>48853133
>>48853077
>>48853011
She's a giant spider. Also pic related.

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>>48853320
Making her some actual protective armor would be a good start.

>>48853372
>Making her some actual protective armor would be a good start.
Kinda impossible due to the shapeshifting.
But with her wolf-trait of picking up abilities from her alpha, she might get a version of our chitin armor, that'd be cool.

>>48853440
Why can easily afford some magic armor for her.

>>48853440
>Armored bus-sized wolf running down at you at highway speeds, freezing everything in her path.
Yeah, it's a good image.

>>48853011
I'm more curious why she didn't use her shield. Did something happen to her shield and I forgot?

>>48853467
>Why can easily afford some magic armor for her.
Thats just a dumb statement, we have literally no idea how much such magic armor would cost or if its even available for purchase at all.

>>48853499
we basically use that thing exclusively as a water spigot.
Which is why I wanted the kite shield config, for MAXIMIZED POURING POTENTIAL, but whatever.

>>48853499
Our shield is for drinking and literally nothing else.

>>48853528
>Which is why I wanted the kite shield config
Which would have gotten in the way of our spear use and grappling. Nah, the buckler is fine.

>>48853503
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsRN78qMxM

>>48853560
but the POURING NOZZLE, anon!

>>48853567
No, someone pointing it out when someone says something completly retarded has little to do with autism.

>>48853567
You said something stupid because you didn't think shit through, your damage control of "hur autism dur" just makes you even more pathetic.

>>48853583
One of us needs to get a Blessing by the God of Water one of these days. With all our bathing, someone HAS to.

I hope its Nin. Healing water is the best.

>>48853543
Enlarging it somehow with earth magic and using it to surf down inclines. Mixing dirt with it and throwing mud at our enemies. Using it to threaten passing fire elementals. The possibilities are endless!

Just dont ask us to block anything with it.

>>48853639
I prefer the healing power of the sun. Water should be reserved for supposedly drowning your political enemies.

But to each their own

>>48853499
Lyra was probably just relying on her spear to block the hit at a greater reach than she could manage with the shield.

>>48853363
I don't like the it's magic explanation.
Mostly because if we go in an antimagic field, shit gets SUPER FUCKED.

>>48853735
For a wizard maybe.

>>48853826
well, for us too, if all our bodily systems and abilities rely on magic to work.

>>48853857
More likely they're extrordinary abilities, rather than supernatural ones.

You're already down one power to cheating dungeon druids, so you skip back as he approaches, and try another.

There's a moment of hesitance, a split second where the dungeon itself resists-

And that's what it is, you realize. The air around you, the stone and the wheat and the water and monsters. It's all from the same origin, that thing called a dungeon. The realization strikes you as odd, even as your will crushes that resistance, and your magic exerts itself over the stone at your feet-

-and the altar reappears, in a far more violent manner than it left in, the stones around it shattering to make way for the jutting stone.
There's a sensation beneath your feet, like you've taken ownership of this small piece of the dimension.

But all around that is the encroaching feeling of something else, pushing and pulling and striking, forcing its way back, the feeling fading even as the old man strikes the stone, the whole thing liquefying and passing him by like a broken wave.

He glances at your feet before laughing, and you're suddenly sure, absolutely positive, that he knows.

"I must admit," He chuckles as he circles you, pacing slowly, his eyes never leaving yours.
"We haven't had a guest with quite so many blessings in a very, very long time. You've quite the audience, dear."

"I usually carry my audience, yes."
"I'm not speaking of your little followers."
"I understand. I am trying to distract you."

You thrust loosely with your spear, aiming wide, then sweeping it towards him, trying to hook the wide guard of your weapon through his to wrench it loose.

He steps away, moving further than his stride should allow, adeptly slipping past your blow before dusting himself off.

"Well. I plan on starting soon."
"I thought that's what the wind was, yes."
"Just a greeting."
"You are worse than my mother."

>Take the fight to him!
>Call in a tactical bird strike.
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!
>Other(?)

>>48853999
>>Take the fight to him!

>>48853999
I'm torn. That feeling got a lot of emphasis.
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!
>Call in a tactical bird strike.
Moth too? At least airborn?

>>48853999
>Take the fight to him!
>Call in a tactical bird strike.

>>48853999
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!
One more attempt at crushing him with rocks, then we change strategies.
Probably won't work.

Also, is there a way to forego this dungeon's blessing? I'm not sure we even want it.

>>48853999
>>Take the fight to him!
>>Call in a tactical bird strike.
Fuck this dungeon.

>>48854077
>Also, is there a way to forego this dungeon's blessing? I'm not sure we even want it.
Not all dungeons give blessings, I don't think we were told this one does.

>>48853999
>Call in a tactical bird strike.
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!

>>48853999
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!

>>48853999
>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!

I'm wondering if we're gonig a little outside the dungeon rules. Claiming a little bit of it. Is it something anyone can do are are we cheating in a new way?

>>48853999
> Try disenchanting his weapon, then melting it.

>>48854131
I think that's the point. Maybe we will get a new blessing out of it. Future Dungeon Lord or something.

>>48853999
>>Take the fight to him!
>>Call in a tactical bird strike.

>>48853999
>>Stone again! Don't lose that feeling!
>>Other(?)

This time unravel the spell he uses to make the stone liquefy. I assume it was a spell. The writing wasn't clear. If he can punch hard enough to liquefy stone we've got problems...

>>48854131
I don't think we ever aren't cheating

>>48854131
>Is it something anyone can do are are we cheating in a new way?
Our abilities aren't unique or unprecedented, so its likely something anyone can do, provided they have the right abilities (blessings). Wether or not someone already did it, we can't really know of course.

>>48854194
Pfft cheating there's no cheating in a fight just creative ways of winning

Stones and birds, a combination outside the realm of nature!

Gimme 3d100 please!

Rolled 84, 80, 38 = 202 (3d100)

>>48854315

>>48854315
It's called a roc

Rolled 91, 10, 8 = 109 (3d100)

>>48854315

Rolled 53, 921, 994 = 1968 (3d1000)

>>48854315
GO LAZER HAWK

Rolled 87, 76, 54 = 217 (3d100)

>>48854315
Harpy dive bombers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335GdTqtyLs

Rolled 63, 66, 44 = 173 (3d100)

>>48854315

Rolled 78, 13, 22 = 113 (3d100)

>>48854344
wow how did I fuck that up.

We've been having a run of lizard dice lately. I blame
>>48854340
you

>>48854344
I don't know what's sadder the fact that the last roll was six a water from a critical or the first roll was only a 53

>>48854370
Impressively!

Looks like 91, 80 and 54!

Writing!

>>48854387
You can't prove anything unless I actually run my quest and use the spider dice I may or may not have stolen.

>>48854370
I'm mostly impressed that you managed such high and low numbers. I mean up til the 54 it looks like a d100

quick, spray him with refreshing shield water!

With your senses wide open, you can feel the ground underfoot as you chase the man aceoss the hilltop.
It's fighting against you as much as he is, in its own way.

Even the tremors of footsteps are repressed, barest shadows of what they should be, the stone nothing but a fascimile of what it should be.

Your own authority presses against, spreading out from beneath you, fighting tooth and nail for every inch you wrench back into a semblance of reality.

The effort of simply allowing your power to run rampant presses in against your skull, so you change gears, keeping the ground beneath you for yourself, even as the old druid replicates your own move-

A gout of stone bursting from the ground, chasing after you.

You wield your area of control like a weapon, cutting the rushing spike's trail short, pressing out towards the old man, chasing him with your presence.

He grins wildly as he jumps away when your area reaches him, the rupture of stone spike shredding the robe hanging about his feet.

Jin swoops in , fire burning across her form as she tries to catch him midair-

But your friend finds herself turned around as the wind and sky become her enemy, twisting her off course. She puts on a burst of speed, sharply changing her direction to gain altitude, wrestling with the world turned enemy.

That's it, isn't it?

>>48854793
"You aren't a mage at all, yes."
"Oho."
You glare at him.

"Are you the god himself? Or have they given you control here? That's what this is, isn't it?"

He laughs again, eyes sparkling, and the world around your answers him, river rising, wheat rippling out with each bark of laughter.
But not the ground beneath your feet. That much is steady and sturdy, proof against the absolute control he wields.

"Completely cheating, yes."
"Ah, ah, ah." He waggles his finger.

"This is a test, little one."

You click irritably.

>What kind of point is there in a test you can't win?
>I'll pass anyway, yes.
>Does your god have nothing better to do than to act as a teacher?
>Other(?)

>>48854810
>I'll pass anyway, yes.

>>48854810
>>What kind of point is there in a test you can't win?

>>48854810
>>I'll pass anyway, yes.

>>48854810
>I'll pass anyway, yes.
>Other(?)
I can cheat too!

>>48854810
>I'll pass anyway, yes.
This.. seems a little more like tough love now. This has got to be dungeon:hard mode. Either that or this guys scales to the challenge.

>>48854810
>I'll pass anyway, yes.

>>48854810
The teacher isn't supposed to copy off the student in a test...
>I'll pass anyway, yes

Should we start leaving sticky web in the areas we've run through to narrow the areas he can run to?

>>48854810
>>I'll pass anyway, yes.

>>48854810
>>I'll pass anyway, yes.
> Use your area of control to cover your friends instead of attacking him, Sheszka only needs alaunching platform and you already come quite close to him. Jin can use you as turret platform to restrict his movements.

>>48854868
>This has got to be dungeon:hard mode.
More likely there is a trick to this test to pass.

>>48854891
yeah, now might be the time for SPIDER cheating.
You can't do THAT, wizard god man!
We far surpass you in cheating ability!

>>48854810
>>I'll pass anyway, yes.

>>48854810
>>48854891
>>48854898
Seconding these, we need to stop using our brawns and start using tricks. We're a spider damnit.

>>48854868
I think of it more like, ok so here is a challenge for these adventures; fuck they beat it in seconds, alright lets go with plan b.. no they slaughtered all the phantoms too we will have to use the guardian... aaaaaaand the wolf is throwing him back and forth like a chew toy.

fuck this shit I'm going down myself.,

>>48854810
> Other (I question the effort put into the lesson plan)
> Other (Ask Nin to sing, loudly and distressingly)

>>48854901
>>48854891
The only solution at the moment seems to be taking control of bit of the matrix, so to speak This floor is basically an extension of the guy we're fighting..

>>48854940
Err, that was supposed to be distractingly. Still getting used to mobile typing.

>>48854958
Hold it, That should mean that with enough effort we should be able to control HIM.

>>48854958
>The only solution at the moment seems to be taking control of bit of the matrix
Nah, thats Lyras solution because thats a thing she can do. Others can't, and probably need to find a different way. I assume he needs to actually control the area himself, so if he's distracted enough you can suprise him.

Looks like Mom didn't raise no quitter! Lyra wants to pass anyway!

GImme 3d100, please!

>>48854810
>Is there a standardized lesson plan or am I getting special treatment?
>Better make sure the board of education doesn't get wind of this.

Rolled 92, 95, 32 = 219 (3d100)

>>48855012

Rolled 82, 42, 30 = 154 (3d100)

>>48855012

Rolled 44, 17, 86 = 147 (3d100)

>>48855012
Cmon we dont want to be beaten by mom aggain

Rolled 77, 63, 3 = 143 (3d100)

>>48855012
The square route of 1816 is FUCK YOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!

Rolled 10, 63, 84 = 157 (3d100)

>>48855012

Rolled 11, 35, 95 = 141 (3d100)

>>48855012

92, 95 and 86!

Writing!

92 95 86. Perty gud

>>48854998
I'd agree, but he trivially no-sold Jin. Without looking at her. Earlier, the first floor no-sold Ezzy. This dungeon seems be a turning challenge specifically for Lyra.

>>48855012
92, 95, 86 pretty sure we wrecked his shit in.

>>48855067
>I'd agree, but he trivially no-sold Jin.
Because Jin tried to brute force frontal attack in a test that seems quite obviously designed to counter that sort of strategy. All the previous dungeon floors were pretty much straight up brawls, now this tests another kind of skillset.

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>>48854979
Nah, control over the dungeon probably doesn't translate into control over it's occupants. Unlike everything else in this place, he's probably as foreign an element as our band of plucky adventurers.

>>48855103
In that way? Moth pollen? He controls air currents. Webbing? Not much chance at this point. At this point I'm expecting the earth to drop open under Sheszka. We are in a field; there are no riddles, puzzles, or places to hide.

>>48855169
Distraction, quite obviously. He is one dude and can only pay attention to one thing at a time.

>>48855169
>Webbing? Not much chance at this point.
There is actually no reason we can't use webbing.

>>48855169
Seems to me like the trick here is supposed to be teamwork to divide his attention between multiple people and strike him from a blindside.

I say we use wrestling and webbing.

He can't control webs, and control of the field is meaningless if we've got him in a suplex.

>>48855205
Webbing is probable our best bet since we can use them as an anchor for what's our reality

>>48855238
Maybe, but I'm discouraged because he's been established to *be* the floor. How can you blindside that?

>>48855261
>since we can use them as an anchor for what's our reality
I'm fairly sure we can't do that, but they are additional things for him to keep track off, between the monsters.

>>48855273
>because he's been established to *be* the floor
That has not been established actually.

>>48855273
He controls the floor, I doubt he is a full on genius loci.

>>48855286


"Are you the god himself? Or have they given you control here? That's what this is, isn't it?"

He laughs again, eyes sparkling, and the world around your answers him, river rising, wheat rippling out with each bark of laughter.
But not the ground beneath your feet. That much is steady and sturdy, proof against the absolute control he wields.

Key words, absolute control. Aware of everything. But whatever.

>>48855336
>Key words, absolute control.
Uh anon, kinda misread that statement:

> proof against the absolute control
>PROOF AGAINST
Which is to say, it shows he doesn't have absolute control, thats the point. Also it says nothing of "aware of everything" nor does that say anywhere he is the floor, quite the opposite.

>>48855336
That says nothing about him being the floor, its Lyra speculating about him having been given power over it.

>>48855336
>Aware of everything
It doesn't say that anywhere.
And the entire point of that line you're quoting is how he doesn't have absolute control.

He is not the floor, he is someone with control over the floor, so the point remains that distracting him is very likely a valid and necessary tactic.

I just realized that part of the reason that Lyra can affect this dungeon is most likely due to her "God of Rule" blessing mixing with her Earth blessing.

>>48855488
I think the emphasis on "authority" implied that very hard yeah.
I'm not sure thats actually the case, but it seems very likely.

You scowl.
"You haven't answered my question, yes."
"Does it matter?"

You click once, drawing it out.
"I'll pass anyway. Sheszka!"

He smiles as you close in on him, your adopted sister staying compact as she hurtles towards him from the side.

You presence is thinner, fighting back against the dungeon, but you keep your own path clear, and that of your wolf.
And overhead, Jin has made her own version of the trick.

Though, expectedly, hers involves a great deal more fire.

Well, she is a firebird, you suppose.

Your friend's form is wholly obscured by flame, burning blue-white around her, and she dives, timing herself to follow your attacks.

What did you do to deserve friends like this, exactly?
You never believed in anything like Karma, but this seems almost too much.

You match your spear with surging earth, and even as he wards it off, you push him left, diverting his path, and settling him into his destiny of meeting the incoming comet.

Jin's warbling hoot emerges from somewhere in the shrieking fireball before she slams into the druid, spinning him midair, claws and fire and near mach speeds slamming him back towards the earth as she pulls back into the sky, bright as the false sun overhead.

You're already moving to surround him again, keeping him in the circle of your friends, Sheszka smashing him towards you only a split-second after, the wolf diving and twisting midair, her whole body behind the blow.

He ricochets towards you, and you duck a swing of the sickle before you kick him away.

He lands, still laughing, though he certainly seems roughed up.

>Is that enough for your lesson, yes?
>Charge him again.
>Maybe you should burn the field anyway.
>Other (?)

>>48855554
>>Charge him again.

>>48855554
>Charge him again.

>>48855554
>>Charge him again.

>>48855554
>Charge him again.
Beat the cheating cheater who cheats up.

>>48855554
>>Charge him again.

>>48855554
>>Charge him again.
>>48855588
Nice trips

>>48855554
>Charge him again.
I wish I could think of some way to CHEAT MORE

>>48855554
>>Charge him again.

Thank goodness I caught this for the first time

>Charge him again.
>You talk too much

Lyra is upset about cheaters?

3d100, please!

>>48855554
>>Is that enough for your lesson, yes?
It's pretty clear this isn't actually hurting him or anything, he's only doing this to humor us.

So our choices are

>Show weakness
>Boring strat
>Trigger a trap on ourselves
>Other

Boring strat may be winning by a landslide, but I think I'd like to go with

>Other
Try to disarm him.

It's not clear how much taking or breaking that scythe would actually help our efforts, but it probably wouldn't hurt.

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>48855722

Rolled 3, 42, 54 = 99 (3d100)

>>48855722

Rolled 18, 31, 36 = 85 (3d100)

>>48855722

Rolled 8, 7, 77 = 92 (3d100)

>>48855722

>>48855810
...and the vote got called. Oh well.

Rolled 7, 61, 37 = 105 (3d100)

>>48855722
WAAAAAAAAGH!

>>48855825
>>48855826
>>48855828
18, 42, 77.
Thats pretty weak shit.

18, 42 and 77?

Writing!

>>48855868
Seems like this round the lesson is ours...

lyra really has no place being mad about cheaters.

A shame that the first roll couldn't be counted

>>48855931
also, if it ever comes up, lyra has no place complaining about being ganged up on.

>>48856163
>>48855931
how many ways does lyra cheat, anyway?

He swings his sickle, the sharp sound of air being cut echoing lightly as he laughs.
"Well done, well done-"

Your spear arrives a moment later, a textbook thrust embeded into your very soul at your mother's behest.

"That's a bit much, girl."

There's an angry screech of metal as your spear bends fully around, curling back till the point is facing you rather than your opponent.
"So then-"

Jin's call interrupts him, and she swoops right through him, hurtling past without touching him as he makes an irritated face at the departing harpy.
"See now-"

Sheszka doesn't drop her speed at all, simply ramming headfirst into his stomach and sending them both sprawling.

You feel terribly vindicated at that.

"Honestly, children, that's enough of that."
You huff.
"Try looking at it from this side, yes? Being called children, and run around by something like you."

"There, there. Haven't you learned things now?"

His form seems less... set. Less real. Like a flat image against a background.

"Like what a blessing can do, for example." He turns away from you. "Ah, no. Stay away from the- There you go. I like that field, please." He calls after Jin.

You keep your spear at the ready.
"So you are-"
"No, nothing like that. If they could appear in the world, it would be a great deal messier, I think."
"Eh?"
"They're very selfish, you know."

"Don't you... serve one, yes?"
"Of course. That's how I'm certain, you know."

>Somehow, you think you don't want to hear this.
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.
>This is a passing grade, yes?
>Other(?)

>>48856470
None, well, one with the whole "full 28 years of living memory" thing, but beyond that she plays the rules of this world.

>>48856490
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.

>>48856490
>>This is a passing grade, yes?
Secretly, this is going over my head.
But the key to these things is NOT LETTING THEM KNOW you don't understand a word of it.

>>48856490
>>Somehow, you think you don't want to hear this.
Can I has loot now?

>>48856490
>Somehow, you think you don't want to hear this.
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.
But we haven't learned shit about what Blessings can do, we already knew all this stuff.

>>48856490
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.

>>48856490
>>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.
>>This is a passing grade, yes?

>>48856490
>>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.

>>48856490
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.

Learned about blessings?
How about a proper lesson?

Writing!

>>48856490
>Is a blessing a piece of divinity? The ability to warp reality like the gods do?

>>48856647
>You said I've learned about blessings, but I'm not sure.

no need to keep fighting the poor guy, he's just doing his job.

>>48856490
>"Ah, I understand everything now."
>Doesn't actually understand anything at all

>>48856763
I feel like jin is JUST ABOUT to set everything on fire

>>48856490
HE BROKE OUR SPEAR

WHAT DID IT EVER DO TO DESERVE THAT?

>>48856797
Eh, we'll fix it.

>>48856797
man we break our spear like every fight
we really need to learn some better metallurgy and like put some... charcoal (?) into it so it's more brittle and less bendy.

>>48856797
Our spear gets broken all the time.

>>48856832
Let's carve a new one with our blessings, yes. But outside the dungeon.

>>48856832
>Our spear gets broken all the time.
>>48856829
>we really need to learn some better metallurgy and like put some... charcoal (?) into it so it's more brittle and less bendy.
What we need are some materials more like adamant or mithril if they exist in this setting.

Yeah. Getting a new one is on or list of things to do.

Need to buy some better metal, forge it ourselves and then get someone to redo the lightning enchantment.

>>48856886
We don't need to make a new one. We can repair it right now.

>>48856910
>We don't need to make a new one.
Yes we do because our spear constantly bends and breaks under Lyras strength and has clearly reached the outmost of its potential, its a material probolem, we need one made of a better material.

>>48856926
What do you mean Constantly? This is, at most, the third time this has happened.

>>48856902
well, I still think a little simple metallurgy to make it not-pure-material would be VERY BENEFICIAL.
since that's how you go from iron to steel.
And whatever the mithril and adamantine equivalents of steel is.

>>48856926
Ditto.

We have blessings, let's use them to get a cool spear.

Honestly why else take all those metal smithy lessons?

>>48856955
It happened in pretty much every battle we had since the village siege. We only didn't fight that often.

>>48856785
she does like setting things on fire, this is a strong possibility.

>>48856979
I don't get the objection either

>>48856977
Isn't Oricalcum technically the alloy version of Mithril?
Though I'm not sure on Adamantite..

>>48857004
did we ever talk to jin about why she's obsessed with fire?

>>48857015
We have blessings so let's use them yes. Honestly we should be making weapons and armor for everyone we care about at this point.

You bend your spear back into the correct alignment, metal glowing white hot for only a moment.

"You say that I've learned about blessings, but it does not feel like it, yes."
"Did you not feel the spread of your power? The grasp of your own will against the dungeon?"

You tilt your head and frown.

"Well, yes. But I do not understand. How is it different from magic? From the stones. What makes blessings special?"

He gives you an odd look.
"What do you think they are, exactly?"

"Hmm. Power? It is hard to say. I know they are from gods, yes? It says so. And I know they did not come from me. But when I use them- Use what they do, it feels like an extension of myself?"

"And what did you think they would be?"

"Something mystical? A miracle. I don't know. I woke up with them, yes? That is how I have recieved them. There is no ceremony, no divine being placing hands on your forehead, as their blessing takes hold."
"You've a rather fierce imagination, you know."
"I think it is a normal imagination, yes."

"Think of your blessing as your own domain. Like a-"
"Like a Queen!"
"Yes, like that."
"Not like that."

Nin's found the opportunity to climb atop your back again, Ezzy watching cautiously from her neck.

>>48857038
I was under the impression that it was perfectly pure gold infused with the essence of Sol Invictus via massive mirrors. Also volcanoes are involved?

>>48857077
"So, a blessing grants you the power of a god?"
"No, no. Too far with that. More like... It grants you the god's permission. And the rest is up to you."
"That is... extremely vague. And does not explain what I did to the dungeon. Or what Jin did, yes."
"Think of it as consecrating the dungeon in another god's name, and using that piece."

"This is giving me a headache."
"Well, that is how it is."
"Fine, yes. Then what about magic?"
"What about it?"

"How is it different?"
"Magic is the phenomena of wielding mana to create an effect of some sort."
"So would magic have failed, then?"
"Oh, no. Magic works just fine here."

"Eh?"
"Magic doesn't entail stealing away a portion of a gods own dungeon, you know."
"... I will keep it in mind, yes."

>Are we done then?
>Can I affect you with my blessings, then?
>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?
>Other (?)

>>48857077
oh no
nin
this is the worst possible time

>>48857087
>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?

>>48857087
>Are we done then?
>>Other (?)
so, like, do you live here, or what.
IS there like, a magic altar I have to claim victory at, or just some stairs to leave?
I've never dungeoned properly before.

>>48857087
>>Are we done then?
LLLLLOOOOOOT.

>>48857087
>>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?

>>48857087
>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?
Does the blessing earth allow manipulation of actual earth only or can we tap into the concepts of earth? Make ourselves harder by using the earth's sturdyness, or heavier or something?

>>48857087
>>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?

>>48857087
>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?

>>48857087
>Other
so which god rules this dungeon anyway?

>>48857087
>>What else can blessings do, then? Are they limited by the gods, or by me?

>>48857087
>>48857164
Relevant.

>Other
so which god rules this dungeon anyway?

>>48857087
"Could I take away your mana or you yourself count as a blessing?"

Our ability to manipulate mana is not a blessing after all.

>>48852023
>Foreword By a moth
Lost it.

>>48857077
>"Like a Queen!"
Oh god.

>>48857150
This seems like a good question.

Blessings and gods and questions!

writing!

>>48857078
Orichalcum originally comes from a metal they allegedly used in Atlantis,

Spider eggs

>>48857311
I still feel weird we don't wear any clothes over our spider bits.
maybe we aren't entirely sure where eggs come from since we can't see down there

>>48857289
Did you know that acidents knew about platinum? Hence all those mythology references to mitrhil.

They working it by hammering it to death.

>>48857343
Mithril is not a mythological thing, its a invention by Tolkien, even the word is Sindarin for grey metal.

>>48857343
>Hence all those mythology references to mitrhil.
All those mythological references to something invented by a 20th century fiction writer? Really?

"Do you know what blessings I have, then?"
"Well, I've the gist of it, I suppose."
"Then, what are their limits?"

"Limits?"

"Yes. Is it me? Or the gods, or the blessings? I can call the earth and fire, but... there is more than that, isn't there?"
"Isn't that up to you to find?"

"That isn't helpful at all."
"Is it up to you, in the end. Each step and every choice, they're all yours. That was the greatest gift we ever recieved."
"Mm. Then I will learn sooner or later, yes."

He chuckles softly.

"Or perhaps you've already used it, without knowing it."

"You really are irritating, you know. Fine, yes. Will you tell me who the god of this dungeon is, then?"
"Did you not know already? This land belongs to the God of Harvest."

"... Nothing you did in that fight had anything to do with harvest, yes."
"And why would it have to? Outside, maybe. But here? Here, with my gods... permissions. Why would I have limits? This is all his, after all."
"I see. I wouldn't be allowed in a dungeon by the god of earth, would I."
"Well you might be allowed in. I rather doubt you'd find any rewards within, though."

Well, at least you've got some ideas from all this. If blessings can be applied in other ways, what else could you do? Make yourself like a mountain, impossible to knock over, or take the speed from fire?
It's something to think about.

"Well, in any case, this is as far as you go."
"There's more?"
"Of sorts. But I'm afraid he isn't much interested in blessing you, so this is the end."

"I'm not sure what I would do with a blessing from the god of harvest, anyway, yes."
"Make crops grow in strong each season. Increase the yield, assure good weather to some degree."
"I think I will be fine."
"You wouldn't even need any livestock."

"You'll only say it once, yes."

He laughs.

"Well, there is still your reward to see to. Hmm. How about-"

>>48857408
No, I mean the references to strong silver Tolkien used for his work.

>>48857476
come on, pretty spider dresses.

>>48857476
L.O.O.T LLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT. Loot,loot,loot,loot. LLLLOOOOOOOT.

You'd better not cliffhanger us REQMX!

>>48857498
Platin is softer than silver.

>>48857476
I'll take 1d100 and 3d10, please!

But this will be it for the evening!
I'll answer questions and concerns and all that, I've still got a bit of time before I have to pass out and get ready for tomorrow.

Thanks for playing!

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>48857545

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>48857545
Rollan!

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>48857545

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>48857545
Thanks REQM. First 100.

>>48857527
Haha!

Well, maybe I can do a loot reveal before I go, but you'll get proper descriptions next thread.

>>48857528
Really? Since when? It has a way highter melting point.

Rolled 8, 8, 10 = 26 (3d10)

>>48857545

Rolled 8, 1, 7 = 16 (3d10)

>>48857565
>>48857562
>>48857563
>>48857564
Ooo thats not good.

Rolled 10, 6, 1 = 17 (3d10)

>>48857545
daaagnabbit

Anyway, it's good to see you again re:qm. I always miss the shit out of these threads.

I always have all sorts of questions that pop up, but I always forget them before the thread.

I guess all I have right now is questions on the status of our family members.

How goes mom on her direct-to-lyra parental rampage?

How's them sisters and brothers doin'?

Is sara actually going to stay in school for several years?

Rolled 6, 7, 7 = 20 (3d10)

>>48857545

>>48857562
>>48857563
>>48857564
that doesn't look good

>>48857583
I like to think that the roll is more for what we get, not so much the quality.

I hope it isn't a failure, anyway. I would be rather irked.

>>48857575
Melting point has nothing to do with hardness.

>>48857545
Thanks for running!

>>48857575
Melting point has nothing to do with it, but silver has more ductility, so I'd say its weaker.
No one would confuse platinum for hard either though.

>>48857627
Get out of here lizard. Your luck is rubbing off on us!

>>48857608
>How goes mom on her direct-to-lyra parental rampage?
It's probably into its second hour.

>>48857612
Yeah, working through that dungeon only to fail on a reward roll would suck pretty hard, especially considering all of the hiatuses that led up to this.

>>48857343
Dude, mithril is just aluminum alloy.

Hey guys. If we can be solid as a mountain due to our earth blessing... Can we get minor control over everything using our rulership blessing? Reality marble maybe?

>>48857648
And after that she got drunk and started to brag.

"One of my Hic daughters is the Hic queen of the forest and she is not even two years old... monster kind grows so fast!"

Then she started to cry and her harpy friend let's her sleep on the cou5.

>>48857679
The way I understood it all the Blessings are a Reality Marble of sorts, they let you control the world in that aspect. Rulership is probably more about people though, so its "full control" would be more puppet kingdom.

Wonder what Shezka can do with moon. That and stars might allow gravity manipulation. She's only been using it for [cold] so far.

27, 8 and 1 and 10. I don't want any duplicates in the loot.
To prevent any mutiny: 1d100 was for cash.
Apparently the god thinks spiders aren't deserving or needy for the coinage.

>>48857627
>>48857565
Thanks for playing!

>>48857608
Mom is a long ways away, but spiders move fast. She's being a bit slowed down by her party at the moment.
The paladin is in the midst of something of a crisis of faith.

Elle is Elle, and is reveling in her new and more colourful form.
Brothers have appropriately taken up the duties of the nest- They watch the ruins, help the moths, hunt and sleep. And occasionally compete in absurd competitions, usually designed to favour one over the other, in order to come out on top. Things like ambushing each other, or stealing kills, or 'who can catch the most fish with just their mouth'.

Sara will most likely find herself fast tracked out of the school and recommended to a rival institution. She'll also be highly grateful for it.

Aria is continuing her adventures, dungeon delving and being completely ignorant of people flirting with her.
On the plus side, her party is now highly protective of her since learning her age. They also believe that Lyra and Mom are most likely Seranthis size, as they can't quite understand how living creatures could accomplish what Aria attributes to them.

>>48857648
>>48857733
>>48857545
and another thing-
Is she dragging dad and her party along for the rampage?

When is she going to get the idea to just use a messaging spell from dad?

>>48857811
You say thanks, but everyone is telling me to leave so I'll probably have to go back into hiding. Let me know if you need anything!

>>48857750
Them being reality marbles explains why its so incrwdibly easy to form huge constructions like entire baths and arenas with it, Lyra is literally enforcing her mindvision of the structure on reality.
That has some interesting implications with Fire and Forge blessings.
Also explaind why Lyras and Jins fire blessing give different abilities, Jins fire blessing lets her become a comet because thats what she wanted.

>>48857811
>mom and us are giants to aria's party
haw haw haw haw

we have to meet them one day

>>48857811
>They also believe that Lyra and Mom are most likely Seranthis size, as they can't quite understand how living creatures could accomplish what Aria attributes to them.

One day they will learn. either mom will go to visit Aria or they will run into us in a ruin, but they will learn

>>48857038
Technically Oricalcum is an alloy of copper, zinc, and traces of nickel, lead, and iron. At least that's the current theory.

>>48857750
Nah, no blessing will override free will. It's the one thing guaranteed by the gods.
There's magic and the like that can do it, but it's utterly forbidden.

>>48857827
The paladin is being dragged, and the others are following because it seems like it'll be fun.

And you say that like Mom is a rational creature in regards to her children.

>>48857838
It's nice to see you around! I'll keep an eye on my email if there's anything you need.

>>48857853
>>48857861
Aria is exaggerating a bit, but she's got a certain impression of her mother and sister.

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>>48857750
You just aren't bullshitting hard enough.
The King is the embodiment of the Kingdom. Therefore, the Kingdom is the body of the King. Can a man not move his body at his will?
Mankind is the Body of Christ, who is of God and the Kingdom of Heaven; the King rules Man by the Divine Right granted by God. The King rules the Body and is the Embodiment; therefore, the King is by Right Divine.

Long story short we ought to be able to ride this train to omnipotence.

>>48857811
man, our brothers are the only ones who care about arachne stuff

>>48857925
It's probably a very long road to get there but yeah. I figure there's a good reason that not many people get the blessing of ruleship.

>>48857919
Now I'm imagining Lyra and gottagofastIseemomIcanoutrunherright? I'm sure she'll take the new evolution with dignity and calm.

Any snek evolutions soon? Ezzy did fight a giant monster. For her. Kinda.

>>48857796
Presumably we'd have to explain gravity and tides to Sheszka first.

>>48857974
I imagine mom is going to catch us while we're dicking around eating all the corndogs off of a food vendor.

>>48857919
It's kind of pointless to ask, since you probably don't know yet, but I hope another thread is soon.

Update on pastebins when?

>>48857919
so what you are saying is when she gets here, we can ask her why she never used dad's messaging spell.
To which dad will say she never asked.
ANGER DIVISION MOVE

>>48857974
I desperately need to update the pastes. And Ezzy is closing in on her evolution. It won't be long.

>>48858010
I'll try to aim for another next week. It's crazy busy at the moment, with budgets being finalized, but I should catch a break soon.
Or I can use some vacation days, I guess. I'll look at giving myself a long weekend.

>>48858045
The spell isn't really that reliable. He still uses letters and the like.

to be perfectly fair very little of it is actually Lyra's fault, I mean the Duke was the one who came up with the plan and it would be rude not to go along with it. And for the crown of fire, I mean it was an evolution it's no more her fault then it is her fault that her butt is a skull.

And then people just kind of assumed, she has done nothing but tell people that she was not a queen when confronted with the issue.

>>48858074
don't bust out the vacation days, those are for you.
Just, you know, I love having threads. They brighten my day.

also,
>ellevolution
shiiit, things are getting bad at the homestead

>>48858097
like any of that matters!

>>48858097
I wonder how long until lyra is unwillingly throned.
No, fuck that, I wonder how long until lyra's face makes it onto stamps or coins. Nin is already well down that path.

>>48857838
Lamb, Laaaaaaaaaamb. When's the next chapter of lizard coming out?