>>659006

Good Afternoon, and welcome to a quest about a young woman who dies and wakes up with a great deal more limbs than she had before.

We've recently had a small recap, though it skims a lot of events in favor of brevity.
Announcements: twitter.com/REQMX

Q&A: ask.fm/REQM

Character Sheet and Misc:
http://pastebin.com/u/REQM

Archive:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Re-Monster

>>659006
>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.

>>659006
>Check the market! Spears wait for noone
First live thread from the beginning!

>>659006
>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.
Feels good to be here at the start!

>>659006
>>You're still meaning to visit the temples.
>>Seeing someone about the sickle is important.

Considering one is somewhat related to another? Why not both?

>>659006
>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.

>>659006
>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.

>>659006
>>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.
But we should get the sickle checked out while we're roaming around

>>659006
>>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.
>Seeing someone about the sickle is important.

>>659006
>>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.

>>659006

It might lean towards spear time im not sure...

>>659034
>>659048

Im dumb and pressed send. Anyway we gotta keep the sickle back of our minds yea?

People seem spear focused.

Writing!

>>659006
>You're still meaning to visit the temples.

>>659006
>>Check the market! Spears wait for noone.

>>659006
> You still haven't written a letter to mom, you monster.

>>659057
Spider spears are serious business, man.

>>659006
I second
>>659075

Fuck, we havent wrote any letters!

>>659116
To be fair, we haven't been away all that long. And mom will probably be on us the second we're in the middle of something really awkward.

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>>659006
>>659010
Just a heads up, to vote on threads in the /qst/ archive you'll need to replace archive.html with qstarchive.html.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=re%3Amonster+ex+quest

woo, I'm home! no more phone posting!

>>659125
I feel like we should have a doomsday counter going for how far mom is away.

I mean, it only took us, what, a couple weeks to get here? Going at a SLOW CARAVAN pace?

And we've been here a few days? How many days exactly?

So would a lance work for us? We are quite strong and we are our own mount. And we tended to break our spear a lot.

>>659144
I thought LL unified the archives so we wouldn't have to track the /tg/ and /qst/ threads separately.

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Aww spiders! I missed the first vote! Temples and letters would've been the better choice...also a reminder for every thread.

>>659163
He did, but to vote or downvote you have to go to the right one. So to vote for this go to the qst one.

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>>659163
You can look at the threads just fine, just when you click to vote on them they'll say thread not found.

So the ability to vote on it would hang just out of reach, taunting you. Like this moth.

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>>659161
A lance would work about as well as any other vaguely pole shaped object.

We're really getting to the point where a battering ram might be a better option.

Maybe we can just wield a tree or column?

>>659178
A tree would be like glass for the things we fight and the power we have.

A ram is not meant to be carried by anyone, and rams are meant to tear up big doors, nothing else.

Maybe a lance with a sword in the tip, so a really big nanigata?

As mentioned before we do have the cash, we can try several weapons and see what works better.

>>659194
we need one of those unbreakable monkey king poles

Then we can just poke people with it so hard it works as a spear anyway

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>>659178
>>659194
If we were going to do something like that, we could probably get an anchor and rework the front hooks into extra length or a thick 'blade'.

"Is there anything you need, yes? To start on the spear?"
"Nah. Just bring a pile of that silk by later. A week. A few days. Soon."

He's already rolling up his sleeves, tucking his silk sample away into his apron pocket.
"I'm getting started now. Damn. Woulda brought some of the apprentices if I knew I'd be working- Gonna haveta do everything myself-"

His voice fades away as he rumbles back into his apartment, muttering and talking to himself as he goes.
Why was he even complaining then? He is doing the same thing, you aren't strange at all.

You huff a bit before you depart yourself, clattering down stoneclade streets, making your way through the burgeoning crowds towards the marketplace.

Or maybe you're making crowds. By forcing people- Frightening people to the sides as you march.
It's irritating, but you're willingto forgive that much for the sake of convenience- Whow ants to wait patiently behind slow moving crowds to sightsee?

You can just walk where you will, and the people part before you, like.... Parting things.

In any case, it speeds your walk by a significant margin, and you're deep into the market proper, browsing between huge scrolls of something, more cloth than you've ever seen and a whole lot of stalls hawking... everything. Just, everything.

Food and clothes and candles and books and toys, merchants and salesmen and everything in between.

It's dizzying.

You have your priorities, though. You need metal. Red metal, whose name you don't know.
Priorities.

>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
>What was that? That was a lot of magic.
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>You- You need supplies anyway. So it's fine if you shop a bit. Right?
>Other(?)

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>>659161
Maybe something as heavy and as long as a lance, with the slashing potential of a swordstaff like we brought up in the last thread. This is sort of like what I thought could be made.

>>659210
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

>>659210
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>You need supplies anyway. So it's fine if you shop a bit. Right!

>>659210
>>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

>>659210
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

WAIT

>Was that one of Elle's dresses?

>>659210
>>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>You- You need supplies anyway. So it's fine if you shop a bit. Right?

Start out focused and get more and more distracted as time goes on

>>659210
>>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
NOPE.
>>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
>What was that? That was a lot of magic.

>>659212
The actual pole is way too thin, and the counter weight is way too small.

>>659210
>>What was that? That was a lot of magic.
Magic things! It could be a new toy, or a temporary replacement Sara.

>>659210
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
We good at focuses.

>>659210
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals...
>>Was that one of Elle's dresses?

>>659210
>>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
FLEE

>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
>What was that? That was a lot of magic

>>659178
We could always make battering rams in the field using earth magic.

>>659205
Save that for when we get to the coast, then it would be thematically appropriate.

>>659210
>You can just walk where you will, and the people part before you, like.... Parting things.
Oh no.
Nin will of course be paying attention to this.

>>659210
>>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.
This.

>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
We can look into this later.

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>>659230
>FLEE
There's no fleeing from the future of lace, ruffles, sequins, lace, corsets, and lace.

>>659210
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

>>659210
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

While we are talking weapons, has anyone brought up halberds yet? They were widely used for good reason. Stab with the spike, chop with the blade, and grapple with the thorn. Them's some formidable options.


Lyra could probably wield a really big one with terrifying results.

Oh, and going for a simply massive tree-like object is stupid without anything to grip. I don't care how strong Lyra is, that just does not work on so many levels.

>>659210
>>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
>>You- You need supplies anyway. So it's fine if you shop a bit. Right?

>>659210
>Was that one of Elle's dresses?
FLY YOU FOOL

>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

>>659241
Stop, you'll just bring the IT'S WORSE THAN A SPEAR REEEE

dudes out

>>659210
>>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

>Was that one of Elle's dresses?

So.

When are we getting around to coating buildings in web?

We have to at least cover a large portion of the city in web as we sightsee from the rooves.

>>659248

And the people who want to wield anchors and trees won't?

A halberd is mostly just a heavier, more versatile spear.

>>659248
IDK I like the halberd myself, I mean it's an axe, hammer, and a spear all in one package...it's almost perfect.

Metals and dresses!

Writing!

>>659255
Our web is partly metal now. I'm not sure how well that would work.

>>659210
Will our spear levels work for a halberd?

>>659266
only SOME of our web!

>You need to focus. Focus. Metals.

If we want magic so bad we can always kidnap our sister from the academy for family bonding.

"You can field test magic on dungeons."

>>659270
>If we want magic so bad we can always kidnap our sister

Well, we can't wear our sister around our neck or fingers for nifty magical tricks. Can we have our snakelace enchanted?

>>659276
>Can we have our snakelace enchanted?
I though we had a snarf?

>>659276
We are basically a mobile fortress spiderbutt. Since she is so lazy she can just stay on our spider back most of the time.

>>659288
>>659276
I thought snarf was an entirely seperate species

>>659289
I feel like we should stop gaining population.
We shouldn't even be applicable for a population sign, this is weird.

Huzzah, spiders!

Also, given Kay's difficulties with the GDocs version of the archive, and my mild irritation at not being able to access threads 57+ without the Internet, I figured I might as well start one up from where he left off.

I'm also doing my damnedest to actually edit the thing rather than just transcribing: Cleaning up the spelling errors, altering some scene transitions that don't work outside of the 4chan format, fixing Kay's apparent crippling fear of semicolons and the like. I won't be doing anything close to a major change, though; the biggest one I'm planning is reworking the post-hiatus opening post to something that makes sense without the knowledge of the months-long break between it and the previous thread.

In any case, I have it done up to thread 61 currently. Feel free to check it out. Or call me a faggot. Or both. Whatever floats your boat.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--mtNB4BrXHrTUDRBUAJlHPxEO0LucYTKcnXsQSK5f4/

>>659317
I will check it out after you pile more threads in, as is my custom.

>>659299
>I thought snarf was an entirely seperate species
Only in OG!Thundercats.

>>659006
Following this quest in GMT timezone is suffering

>>659329
Man, stop making me think of thundercats shit falling into the quest

This is- There's a lot of stuff.
Lots and lots of stuff.

You take a deep breath, and-

That didn't heklp at all.

Just, wow. There's at least eleven kinds of meat here. And the spices! And someone is frying something. Frying! The oil smells dirty but you can practically hear it crackling and popping and spitting, coating something in batter and spice and flavour-

No. No!

You're a strong spider. Indomitable will!

You wipe the liquid from your chin that is definitely sweat because it is hot and not drool at all, and march further, head tall and back straight with pride.
You're here for metals. To work your spear, to ply your trade and craft a weapon worthy of yourself. A weapon for an arachne adventurer, to fight back the monsters and protect those around her.

You exhale sharply, walking with purpose, doing your best to ignore the constant shouts of hopeful salesmen, searching between each stall, looking for someone moving ore or ingots or anything.

You skim past leathers and jewelery and exquisite dresses and-

You step back.
Elle.
That is definitely Elle's handiwork.
You can't believe- You refuse to believe anyone has that kind of dedication to the misuse of lace and, and... garters.

"Oho- You have your eye on quite the piece, miss. Straight from the forests of the north, hand sewn by a spider queen herself-"
The lady manning the stall flutters an oversized fan to conceal her face, smiling up at you as you blink all six eyes back at her.

"Oh. Hello, dear."
"Hello, yes. Sorry, I guess?"
"I don't suppose you wanted to buy it, anyway?"
"It is something my sister made, yes."

"Ah. What did you think of the pitch, then?" She says as she snaps her fan closed.
"She isn't really a queen, But I think the city believes that every spider is anyway?"
"They really do, you know. People were even blaming that earthquake the other day on a spider wearing a crown of flame. I mean, really."
"Oh. Yes. Really."
"Mhm. Well, is there anything to improve on, you think? I was lucky enough to get a piece of work, but selling it is a bit on the tough side. The price, you understand."

You tap fingers together, the click of chitin keeping time with your thoughts.

"Maybe something about how it is the first piece? Or how they have been gone so long. Or maybe use her name, yes? So people know who made it."
"Her name?"
"Elle, yes."
"That might work. It's a lovely name."

You nod.
"Mom would be happy to hear that, yes."
"I wouldn't be lucky enough to have met another arachne seamstress, would I?"

>>659362
You look down to your tunic, a belt looped around your waist. You didn't particularly dress up today.
"I am afraid I prefer armour, yes. My mother, too."
"Bah, adventurers. How am I supposed to sell dresses to you?"
"It's difficult, I'm sure. Do you know where I can buy ore?"

She gestures with the fan towards the water, a quieter piece of the marketplace.

"Thank you, yes. My name is Lyra."
"Harriet, dear. Pleased to meet you."
"And me too!" You reply over your shoulder, clattering back into the stream of people circling the market.

It doesn't take long for you to reach your goal:
Shops piled high with metals, boats with shallow hulls sitting low in the water as ingots are offloaded onto waiting carts. You're pretty sure those horses are monsters. Horses don't have horns, to your knowledge.

You make your way to the first stall in line, pulling up short and catching the eye of its minder.

"Hello, yes. I need-"

>Red. Red ore.
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.
>I don't know what it is called.
>Flee.
>Other(?)

>>659365
>>Red. Red ore.
and
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

>>659365
>Red. Red ore.
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

>>659365
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

>>659365
>Red. Red ore.
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.
>I don't know what it is called.

>>659365
>>Red. Red ore.
The good stuff.
The HEAVY stuff.
You better have the hookup my man.

>>659365
>Red. Red ore.
>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

Do you think if we wore a big hat, the crown would sit on top of it?
Or could we obscure the crown by wearing a big turban on top of our helmet?

>>659365
Adding:
>Requires a very high temperature to work it?

If he needs more hints.

>>659365
>Red. Red ore.
>>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

>>659365
>>Red. Red ore.
>>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes

>>659365
>>Red. Red ore.
>>Um. It is used in black iron? The other metal, yes.

The red stuff. Now, please.

Writing!

"- I need red ore, please."
"Red ore?"
"The stuff- The one that is a part of the black iron alloy, yes."
"Blood steel?"

"Is that what it is actually called?"
"Yeah?"
"The heat resistant ore."
"Yup."
"Why?"

"'Cause it's red?"
"That is- Yes. Okay. Do you have any?"
"Nope."
"Can you direct me to where I might be able to buy some?"
"Try the stall in the corner. He deals in rare stuff. Mostly we sell iron by the shipload."
"Thank you. I do not need shiploads of iron yet, but I will keep you in mind, yes."

The man waves you off from his seat, having stayed planted on a stool through the entire conversation.
You make your way over to the other side to the other side of the area, homing in on the little stall in the corner, where ingots of things you don't recognize are piled- while not high, you suppose, likely to prevent the table from collapsing- in a moderate and convenient manner to showcase them.

That what's being showcased is ingots instead of manufactured goods is a bit on the odd side, but it is your first market. Maybe this is normal.

"Good day, yes."
"Good day to you too."
"I would like to buy blood steel, please. And if you know how to use it, I would like to buy that too."
"How to use it?"
"It is an alloy, yes? Or part of one? What do I need to add to it? How much? Can it be alloyed with other things?"

The man seems a bit taken aback by your questions.
"Well- What're you going to use it for?"
"A spear."
"A spearpoint?"
"No, the entire thing, yes."

"That's gonna be heavy."
"That is the plan."
He looks you up and down, considering.
"Alright."

"Alright?"
"I've got some. And I'll sell you the proper mix. What do you plan on mixing it with?"
"What can I mix it with? It is used for black iron, yes? What else?"
"You can mix it with iron. I've heard you can mix it with adamantium, but I haven't got any. And I've never seen it, besides. The mix, I mean. You can mix it with mithril, but there's no point. Just ends up with a metal that does neither thing. You can mix it with blood. That'll do all sorts of weird stuff. You can up the mix with iron and make a variation of damascus steel from it, but that takes some serious work. And a volcano, apparently. And titanium, too. For the mix."
"I'm a volcano."
"What?"


>Iron!
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?
>Other?

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel! And Titanium!

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?

>>659493
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
Time to abuse being a living volcano! Again!

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?
Exploring options is good! But I'm liking the sound of this damascus.

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!


but ask what blood does just for the info

>>659493
>>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>>Blood does what?
>>Titanium?

>>659493
>>Iron!
We don't need nanites.
We need WEIIIGHT

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?

>>659493
>>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>>Blood does what?
>>Titanium?

>>659493
Also. was the entire thing gonna be bloodsteel/black iron? Or were we gonna make the tip out of one of the other special metals?

>>659495
>>659496
>>659499
>>659500
I hope you guys realise damascus steel was notable for how brittle it was, so if we make our spear that way, its blade is gonna shatter under our strength as soon as we meet anything hard.

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?
>Other?
What's the strongest alloy? we keep bending our solid metal spear.

>>659513
In this setting? Because there's all sorts of alloys and enchantments and who knows what that might make it less of an issue.

>>659493
>Blood does what?

>>659493
>Other?
Everything, yes?

>>659513
>"a variation of damascus steel from it"
>variation
Also who needs rules when you have magic.

>>659522
>In this setting?
If it uses the exact same name, there isn't a reason to assume it doesn't have the properties, otherwise REQM wouldn't have used it.

>>659493
>>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>>Blood does what?
>>Titanium?

>>659526
If you make damascus steel with completly different properties, why even bother to begin with?

>>659493
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?

I think we wanted Adamantium for the head of this spear didn't we?

>>659532
my guess is it just coincidently looks similar to damascus steel

>>659536
That was the plan.

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>Blood does what?
>Titanium?
>Other: Adamantium does what?
Even if he doesn't have adamantium now, it would be nice to know what it can do later in case we come across adamantium.

>>659541
yeah, I'm thinking adantium in with the iron would be kind of nice.

I want weight and hardness. Being sharp is a nonissue.

>>659538
The people in this world wouldn't even know what that looks like, for obvious reasons.

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>>659516
Also I'm tempted to commission a Sauron mace since we seem to use our spear as a blunt instrument anyways.

>>659493
>Tell me more about this damascus steel!
>>Blood does what?
>>Titanium?

>>659538
Given no Damascus exists here, thats literally impossible to be the case. Its just a shorthand from REQM for us to use the name as "funny coincidence", obviously he wouldn't have done that if it wouldn't have the properties.

This guy doesn't have any Adamantium apparently. Did the dwarf bro have any?

Just ask about everything.
But especially about damascus and blood.

Writing!

>>659532
I thought damascus steel was specifically the harder steel that wasn't brittle? I know the modern stuff is, but they've admittedly lost the knowledge of making the stuff.
Is there more to it than that?

>>659557
damascus steel contains carbon nanotubes. shit is fucking indestructible.

Huh. A thought. Do rust monsters exist here? Are they common? Would an alloy with some iron it it be destroyed if chewed on?

Not too much of an issue, but morbidly curious.

>>659557
>was specifically the harder steel that wasn't brittle?
That is literally a contradiction, harder metal is specifically more brittle. And damascus steel was particularly hard, and thus brittle. its sharpness was the advantage it had.

>>659560
>>659571
well, we DO want a more brittle, harder weapon.

Ours keeps bending.

>>659574
Bending is better than breaking honestly. We want a bit of bend so that it doesn't snap.

>>659574
>well, we DO want a more brittle, harder weapon.
No, we actually don't. We want a HARDER weapon, but only to a certain degree, not the hardest we can get, which is not that useful for a spear.

>>659557
>but they've admittedly lost the knowledge of making the stuff.
There were a lot of techniques for it, most of those we know of today. Compared to modern steel damascus steel was kinda meh, but its hardness was great for the time which allowed it to have a very sharp edge, thats why it was highly praised for swords. But the harder a metal, the more brittle and its carbon factor made it pretty brittle.

Then again, This damascus steel has Blood Steel in it, so might not have the same problems and normal damascus

>>659580
>>659582
either way, we need harder than we currently have.
Though I go for weight above hardness.

>>659574
>>659582
Though, to a point, if we go for a glaive rather than a spear again, hardness would be good for the cutting edge, of course.
But that would have been better for the other one, not for the fuckhuge, heavy monster we wanted this one to be, that one does need a bit higher elasticity factor in its blade. Otherwise we risk shattering it, and fixing that in the middle of combat is awkward even for us.

>>659585
>Then again, This damascus steel has Blood Steel in it, so might not have the same problems and normal damascus
Meh, at that point it isn't the same material anymore anyhow and has no advantage over other materials.

>>659588
I can agree.
It doesn't matter if it bends on impact if it's heavy enough.

"Wait- If it is called black iron, but it is an alloy of this and iron, isn't it steel?"
"The name just stuck."
"I see, yes."

"I am Lyra, by the way."
"Nick. For Nicholas, I don't steal stuff."
"Okay. What about blood?"
"Everybody's got it."

"What happens when you add it to the steel?"
"All sorts of stuff. Some people think it drinks the stuff. Black iron weapons have a sort of reputation."
"What sort?"
"That if you keep using them, they'll never dull or break, cause they feed on war."
"And do they?"

He shrugs.
"It's just what's said. But mixing in blood while forging does do something to it. If you make the black iron like that, it'll have veins of the blood steel, no matter how much you melt it down. It apparently makes it stronger. And it only works with the wielders blood. Never done it myself."

"Titanium?"
"Hard to find. Hard as can be. Hard to work with, doesn't heat properly, which is why mixing them works. Makes a weird metal. Don't know much about it."

"Okay. Damascus steel?"
"Hard as anything else, carries a wicked damn edge. Looks pretty."
"But with the blood steel?"
"Hard and pretty and red. And good with fire enchants and the like."

"What about adamantium?"
"Haven't ever seen it, but I'm told it makes a miracle metal with the strength of adamantium that can still be enchanted and all that."
"That sounds... completely false, yes."
"Yeah, I've never seen. Not saying it can't be done, but- I've been around for a while."

>Black iron! (Strong, Heavy, Intimidating. Bendable, not brittle. Average at carrying an edge. Simple Fire enchants/ Strength Enchants)
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)
>Titanium (Actually Expensive. Strong, Light, Good edge. Can withstand Extreme temperatures. Regular enchantment potential.)
>Damascus Steel (Strong, Medium Weight, Potentially Brittle. Good Edge. Fire & Strength Enchants.)
>Other?

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659650
>Black iron! (Strong, Heavy, Intimidating. Bendable, not brittle. Average at carrying an edge. Simple Fire enchants/ Strength Enchants)

Blood is my second option, because for some reason I fear this mystery box.

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)
>+ Adamantium Tip

We weren't gonna enchant this one anyways since adamantium can't be enchanted.

>>659650
>Black iron! (Strong, Heavy, Intimidating. Bendable, not brittle. Average at carrying an edge. Simple Fire enchants/ Strength Enchants)
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)
Either of those, we want the heaviest damn beast we can get.

>>659650
>Titanium

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)
Bio-lock weapon Ho!

>>659650
>>Titanium (Actually Expensive. Strong, Light, Good edge. Can withstand Extreme temperatures. Regular enchantment potential.)

>>659650
>Titanium (Actually Expensive. Strong, Light, Good edge. Can withstand Extreme temperatures. Regular enchantment potential.)
Lyra's loaded, so unless the price is a real burden this looks to be the best of most worlds.

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

Maybe we could buy a bit more than we need to make a couple of tips to test the Enchanted Adamantium?

>>659687
>>659680
Guys. We don't want a light weapon for this one.

This is our heavy weapon. We need heavy metal.

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

Titanium sounds good as well, but this is supposed to be our beat stick spear where as the other is our magic spear, so for this I'll have to go with Blood+Black iron.

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)
>+ Adamantium Tip

>>659650
>Black iron!
Not that we aren't loaded but we actually want something that's heavy, even if Titanium carries a better edge. The fact that's it'll be too heavy to steal is a plus too.

>>659650
1st choice
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

2nd choice
>Damascus Steel (Strong, Medium Weight, Potentially Brittle. Good Edge. Fire & Strength Enchants.)
With the blood steel.

>>659696
adamantium can't be enchanted.

>>659650
Look we are already a giant spider with a dragon skull on our butt with veins of magma and a tyrant evolution; and remain the good guy. Do we really want to push it with a weapon forged from blood that feeds on war?

>Black iron! (Strong, Heavy, Intimidating. Bendable, not brittle. Average at carrying an edge. Simple Fire enchants/ Strength Enchants)

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

Can we mix blood with the damascus steel?

>>659650
>Titanium (Actually Expensive. Strong, Light, Good edge. Can withstand Extreme temperatures. Regular enchantment potential.)

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659700
>We need heavy metal.

>Giant spider witha fire crown, wielding a huge black spear that drinks blood
Yeah, thats sounds pretty heavy metal.

>>659650
>>659711
Changing vote to:
>Titanium (Actually Expensive. Strong, Light, Good edge. Can withstand Extreme temperatures. Regular enchantment potential.)

Because it has a better chance to win and I do not like the idea of the blood weapon

>>659650
>>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659710

He said there was a rumour that mixing the Blood Iron with Adamantium made an alloy as strong as adamantium that could be enchanted... may as well play with it a bit, just to confirm it's falsehood... it might prove to be viable...
It's not like I'm suggesting we try to make our main weapon from it... just something to test the rumour...

>>659727
Why not? The blood weapon is awesome

>>659705
If someone manages steal and get away with Lyra's weapons they deserve them, heavy or not. She's only slightly less intimidating (and strong, I imagine) than a young dragon at this point.

>>659493
>you people know what titanium is?
>whoops that wasn't supposed to be out loud I'm so sorry.

>>659711
>Do we really want to push it with a weapon forged from blood that feeds on war?
Personally? Yes. I do.
And I mean coime on, we are going to hunt more than enough bears with it to make it last forever.

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

Counting!

>>659528
>a variation of

>>659735
I was mostly joking. Just to play devil's advocate though, you could be the strongest person in the world but everyone has to sleep sometime.

>>659744
Gunna hazard a guess that blood + black iron won. Might wanna be careful with that count though :^)

>>659733
REQM has been subtlety hinting towards a path to becoming a tyrant for a while now, if it was just an appearance or abilities I would be fine with it but such an out of the blue personality change like this I do not like it. Lyra has never been a Tyrant as a person.

Hell he did it this thread:
"Or maybe you're making crowds. By forcing people- Frightening people to the sides as you march."

Encouraging going down this path is not what we should be doing unless we want the story to end up with a "I have to try to be a better person" theme that leaves a bitter taste in our mouths.

>>659760
... I really don't think getting a blood weapon will suddenly make us an evil tyrant.

>>659760
We've scared the shit out of everyone who sees us for the first time always, since Oakring, that poor guard boy fainted at some point, and we never got to meet the centuar cause he always ran

>>659760
>but such an out of the blue personality change like this I do not like it
...Where do you see any personality change? Lyra is the same as she has always been.

>>659760
>"Or maybe you're making crowds. By forcing people- Frightening people to the sides as you march."
Anon..she is a giant spider. She literally can't help it. That has nothing to do with tyranny. And everything with people being inevitably scared of giant spiders.

>>659650
>Blood + Black Iron (Strong, Heavy, +???. Strength Enchants Only.)

>>659775
"You can just walk where you will, and the people part before you, like.... Parting things. "

There is a difference between freaking out the normies for laughs and being a Tyrant

>>659774
It's a slippery slope and we have been given warning signs, why would we need a weapon that thrives on war?

Looks like adding your own blood to the mix won.
Writing!

For clarification-
It is the standard black iron that supposedly feeds on blood.
That was why it has the Intimidating tag.

I'll throw some more explanation in the post.

>>659760
Unless blood weapons are inherently evil I can't see the harm. Lyra's always been unintentionally terrifying, and it's not like she hasn't literally been showered in the blood of larger enemies.

>>659783
>why would we need a weapon that thrives on war?
Thats a rumor anon, a superstition. And its said to do so because it feeds on blood, you know where else a weapon gets bloody a lot? Hunting.

>>659760
Dude you see a giant spider walking down the street, and Tell me you would not let that fucker pass quickly and quietly

"You can just walk where you will, and the people part before you, like.... Parting things. "

I mean that was almost exactly the description for the Tyrant evo ffs, that looks like a personality change to me.

>>659783
>There is a difference between freaking out the normies for laughs and being a Tyrant

Except we don't freak them out for laughs either, we just have to be there and they freak out.

Lyra isn't acting like a tyrant in this, she is there and people being reasonably afraid of large armed spiders got the fuck out of her way and she mentally commented

>>659784
Are we getting an adamantium tip for this one? I think that was the original plan.

>>659792
I back this dude. It seems like we're just spooky in the same way that, say, a street sweeper is spooky.

Pedestrians tend to avoid things that large moving at them slowly.

>>659797
>Are we getting an adamantium tip for this one?
We don't have that option yet, we'll need to see once we actually find somewhere we can get adamantium.

>>659792
and she liked it, this is not the first time either. I first noticed it when how she treated her friends seemed to change she would bribe with treats a lot but never punishments before; except Nin obviously. And there were others.

and I am not saying that she has become a tyrant I am saying these a warning signs and maybe we should not be pushing it further then we have already.

>>659807
>and she liked it
I think more accuratly she noticed it with mild amusement, which isn't exactly the slippery slope to evil.

>>659807
>he would bribe with treats a lot but never punishments before
...Do you mean the training? She does that because they really do need training. Its not like she threatened to bar Jin from her spot or something like that.

>>659807
I think you're making a mountain out of a gnome hill.

>>659814
meh I've said my peace, in the end this is the future you choose. Just don't say you were not warned.

>>659807
I think you might be mildly crazy anon

>>659787
We do kill a lot of things, yes. But blood is part of what makes meat tasty, and we are an aprendice weapon smith. If our weapons never break we won't get much practice.

Also we should get to eat again aftef this. We are a growing spider.

>>659830
I would totally embrace the future of Lyra "Tepes" Nialladotir, but its not gonna happen.

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>>659830
Ok you know what, reading all this crazy shit was worth it you made me smile anon, I had a giggle.

But seriously chill out you blowing really tiny shit way out of proportion

>>659843
I hope so.

You consider it a long moment.
And then several more.

"- You said that the black iron feeds on blood, but the ones forged with blood don't? What is the difference, yes?"
"Ah. Cause they've been sated. They can only be wielded by whoever fed them, because their loyalty was won when their thirst was quenched."
"Is- is that real?"

"Miss, I sell metal."
You twirl a lock of hair around your finger, winding and unwinding.

"Please give me... Enough Iron and Blood Steel for use with my own blood. Enough for a large spear, please. And some extra blood steel."
"Right. Pile of metal, coming up."

You stand by as he weighs ingots and ore on a large scale, marking down the measurements before turning to a well worn abacus, the clatter of wooden beads sharp amidst the quiet corner of the marketplace.
There's the din of the crowd back in the mass of mixed stalls, but here near the pier there's only the creak of wagons and the occasional grunt from the workers moving too much at once. Transactions are quiet in commodities, it seems.

The final sum seems fair- And is probably a large amount of money, all told. But you're measuring it up to arachne sized dinner prices, which, to be fair, is the only real commerce you've ever engaged in.

You suppose you could compare it to the price of Elle's dress, but you certainly couldn't replicate that.

So it's with satisfaction and a slightly lighter purse that you walk away with your purchase, skittering through town to find somewhere to work.
You want that full checkmark.

>Propose Designs for the Spear!
>We'll collect those for 5 minutes, then vote on them and roll.

>>659876
Adamatine spear head. Don't start forging until you find the metal needed.

>>659876
Honestly?
Sturdy pole, long, sharp head for slashing and stabbing.
Maybe a crossguard somewhere.
It's probably going to be mostly smashing based, so perhaps the crossguard should be quite tough.

>>659876
Need an adamantium tip for better sharpness.

We also might need a counterbalance weight at the bottom of the spear. Sure we're strong, but it will simply be easier to swing around if it's at least slightly balanced.

>>659888
oh yeah, I forgot about that.
Did the guy also sell us adamantium? Can he?

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>>659876
Something like the spear in this I think

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>>659876
I am thinking something like this,

>>659876
I vote for something naginata/glaive/dao style.

>>659892
Weighted butt for better balance and smashing?

>>659898
I thought we decided that style for the other spear lance for this one?

>>659888
And by spear head, I mean a long, bladed weapon with a crossguard, and can be used for potent slashing attacks. Like this>>659212

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I'm thinking either this

>>659892
We cannot mix metal, for the effects it does not work like that.

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>>659908
Nevermind this one instead.

I think having a longer shaft with either a simple point or a smaller tip would be best, since that way we can adjust our grip to fight at close or long range.

>>659897
A jousting lance is only ever used at maximum range, so it's not as useful for fighting.

>>659897
Not a lance dude. A spear. The heavyness is use best for swings not stabs.

And on that point, maybe a halberd or something would be better for this one?

>>659888
>>659892
Why the adamantine? Cant we forge it in battle to keep it sharp?

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>>659876

>>659914
I'm not suggesting mixing. I'm suggesting an entirely different metal for the head.

>>659921
This.
Keep It Simple, Stupid

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>>659876
Ornspear 4 lyfe

>>659921
I think we need a slashier design for this spear. and maybe a crossguard thingy near the head for parrying.

>>659876
I only want it to have forest motives along the shaft, harpy feathers, moth wings etc. Maybe even small abstract images of our friends and family,
Possibly topped with a spider under the blade.

>>659920
Because it's harder than literally any other material. It's not suited for the shaft but it's perfect for a spearhead.

>>659921
>>659923
That's way too simple

>>659927
No, this is our giant, slow, powerful spear. It needs to be simple and sturdy. Maybe a small crossguard so we don't over puncture things, but anything fancy is just going to break.

>>659212
>>659908
>>659916
I'm liking these the most so far.

The heaviness needs slashing to be advantageous not stabbing. So the longer sword-like pis are better for us.

>>659925
That sounds good to me

>>659925
It is the one we've been rocking so far, isn't it?
That would probably still work.

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Kind of like the club in the picture but with a point on the end.

>>659941
But stabbing doesn't take advantage of the weight. Slashing is way better for momentum. Leave the stabbing for our quick spear.

Alright, options collected!

Spear Type:

>Lance
>Standard Spear
>Large Blade
>Halberd-type
>Remake Golem Spear

Extras:
>Crossguard
>No Crossguard

Head:
>Adamantine Blade
>Blood+Iron Blade

Please Select one from each.

>>659943
>>659944
Literally the exact same, our other spear is probably going to look like that.

Mix it up a little eh?

>>659950
>>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Adamantine Blade

>>659950
>>Remake Golem Spear
most experience with it
>Crossguard
prevent over penetration
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>>Halberd-type
>>Crossguard
>>Adamantine Blade

>>659950
>Halberd-type
>Crossguard
>Adamantine Blade

>>659950
>Large Blade
>No Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>Halberd-type
>No Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>>Large Blade
>>Crossguard
>>Adamantine blade

>>659950
>Halberd-type
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
...I'm sorry but in the end...
>Halberd-type
>No Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>>Large Blade
>>Crossguard
>>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>Standard Spear
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659950
>Standard Spear
>>CrossGuard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>Wanting a halbred
Why are we going for this? The axe blade makes effective thrusting more difficult.

>>659950
man it's too much pressure. Almost as hard as picking dresses.

I guess I'll mix it up with
large blade

crossguard

adamantine

though, our golem spear was nice. Hm.

>>659950
>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Adamantine

>>659950
>>659962
Changing to:
>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Adamantine Blade

>>659950
Spear Type
>Halberd-type

>Extras:
>Crossguard

>Head:
>Adamantine Blade

>>659950
>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659982
Need green text dude.

>>659950
>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

>>659980
I assume for more slashing, though I can't see how that would make it better in that than large blade.
Also, why the fuck halberd with crossguard??? The berd IS a crossguard.

>>659950
>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron blade

One thing I hope we end up doing with our magic spear is add the Storm Gem to it. Though what enchantments should it have?

>>659950
>>Large Blade
>Crossguard
>Blood+Iron Blade

Counting!

>>659997
Axes are for chopping, not slashing.

>>660006
That's probably a whole new thread of it's own. I'd go for something else if given the choice.

>>660014
good luck with this mess.

>>659950
>Lance

Large Blade wins, Crossguard obliterates the opposition and Blood + Iron eke out a victory!

Gimme 3d100!

And of course you can use the storm gem for the other spear if you so desire.
Keep in mind it's capable of more than just lightning.

Rolled 66, 44, 3 = 113 (3d100)

>>660039

Rolled 33, 83, 96 = 212 (3d100)

>>660039

Rolled 95, 90, 88 = 273 (3d100)

>>660039

Rolled 83, 17, 32 = 132 (3d100)

>>660039

Rolled 10, 64, 75 = 149 (3d100)

>>660039

>>660051
Spiders blessed this post!

>>660050
>>660051

Haha, glad I was late.

>>660039
95 90 96

The God of the Forge is pleased.

>>660051
Nice one Anon!

>>660050
You too

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>>660051

>>660051
DAMN SON

>>660039
Our storm gem can do stormy stuff too, you say?
Can we use the wind in storms to make it come back to us if thrown?
We probably need a wizard for that?

>>660039
95, 90, 96.

>>660050
Nice teamwork!

A very solid 95, 90 and 96! Gotta earn those blessings!

Writing!

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>>660051
>95, 90, 88
Nice!

So, at least whatever we choose is well built.

Why do we always roll so much better on forging than webbing?

>>660071
90+ forging roles, Forge Blessing, and the blood of a Tier 4 Tyrant Arachne.
Gentleman, I believe we may have just forged a Artifact tier weapon.

>>660069
You, being approximately half a wizard on a good day, are not an enchanter. You would indeed need someone else to magic up your spear for you.

But the stone itself is an exceptionally high quality, So brainstorming stuff is a-okay.

I'd have to pull up the thread you had it ID'd to be sure, but pretty much anything stormwise is good. Lightning is just particularly strong, and something Dad specialized in.

>>660088
We probably did.

>>660091
Honestly, getting the gusts on that thing to let us have a flying spear sounds pretty cool, given how little we used the lightning.

Imagine if we could fly around like thor by holding onto a flying weapon. That part probably won't work since we're like a SUV, but still.

inb4 we also never use that