>>2184182

Name: Grandisos (Mean Great Bone in latin)
Gender: Male
Class: Mage

>>2184182
>Maria
>Female
>D̶e̶p̶r̶i̶v̶e̶d M̶a̶d̶m̶a̶n Knight
What manner of place is this?

>>2184193
>>2184199
Looks like we gotta get a vote on these two characters real quick.

>>2184206
Honestly, go ahead with the other anon's. A cosplay run probably is a terrible idea.

>>2184212
So it shall be.

>>2184182
Roan
Male swordsman

The masculine features of your face betray a somewhat vast intelligence within that head of yours. You obtain a sharp pain in your brain as an old forgotten magic surfaces again. Your first spell is recollected easily.

You've learned: [Magic Arrow]

However, without a catalyst with which to spellcast, this knowledge is seemingly useless. You turn away from the mirror and look at the desolate area that you currently occupy alone. There are multiple piles of corpses here, many of them are charred, but there are also many that look fresh. The thought of you being discarded like trash could be considered troubling to some.

You remember the voice in your head and think of the grand castle in the distance. It may be hard to enter into that castle without proper gear.

What do you do?
>Search the "Piled Graves"
>Move to the Campfire
>Write In

Tip: Mirrors are used for stat management. When it's time to level up, come to one of these scattered around the world.

>>2184228
thanks [/b] you were really helpful there.

>>2184228
Search the piled graves.
How " inspired " by dark souls is this quest?

>>2184228
>Search the "Piled Graves"

>Write In: Search the pile pf corpses there might be something else in there. not like the dead will need their stuff

>>2184228
>Search the "Piled Graves"

>>2184238
It takes a few story elements and some references to characters here and there, but other than that, the story is meant to be original. Although you could get mad at me for taking the idea of Hollows and the undead curse straight from it.

You search the "Piled Graves" for anything you can use, having little regard for the dead. What are they going to do about it?

As you search, you find a [Lost Pendant], a {Ritual Dagger}, and a {Glowing Ruby}.

As you search, you hear the shuffling of feat and a groan of what you assume to be pain on the other side of the pile you're searching.

What do you do?
>Investigate
>Leave

>>2184266
>Leave
Run Past Everything mode activated.

>>2184266
>Investigate

>>2184266
>Investigate

>>2184249
Never played the games. But like 40k it's popularity has given some knowledge of the series.
>>2184266
Leave.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Man I hate tiebreakers.

Your hands tense around the handle of the broken straight sword in your hands as you begin to walk around the pile, slowly as you can, to investigate the noise. You spot a creature much like yourself, but it appears to be attempting to eat the corpses in the pile. It sadly cannot do that, as it appears that it's bottom jaw has come off at some point. All it's really doing is mashing it's top row of teeth into the pile of flesh in an attempt to ingest it, it seems.

It notices you midway through a bite, and quickly turns around to face you.

You have enough distance between you and your enemy to escape. What do you do?
>Stand your ground
>Run Past Everything Mode

>>2184325
>Run Past Everything Mode
Our secret is that we're ALWAYS in Run Past Everything mode.

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>>2184328

>>2184325
>Stand your ground

>>2184325
Stand your ground.
Sounds fairly easy if it's lower jaw is missing.

You raise your weapon and prepare for combat as the :Deprived Undead: moves into attack.

Your unrotten mind gives you a very clear advantage over the monster, allowing you to strike first as you take initiative fearlessly.
>Roll 1d6 for damage
>Prepare a dodge

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>2184358

>>2184358
>Prepare a dodge
Keep dodging until we l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶m̶o̶v̶e̶s̶e̶t get a feel for its combat style.

Apply to all enemies.

Parry the world.

>>2184358
Prepare a dodge.

You prepare yourself to jump out of harm's way at the exact moment of your enemy's attack. The :Deprived Undead: charges towards you, arms flailing. You quickly dash away from the attack and distance yourself from your enemy.

You still have the advantage on this enemy.
>Attack (1d6)
>Dodge (until you learn enemy's attack pattern/lose advantage)

>>2184385
Attack

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>2184391
Good name

Whoops been a while since I have used the dice, I put them in the options right?

>>2184402
That's right. I've got ya covered for it this time around though.

>>2184385
>Dodge (until you learn enemy's attack pattern/lose advantage)
And then just run straight past it without getting hit right after, since we're familiar with all its moves apart from that one that trips us up because it NEVER HAPPENS.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

TIE ROLL, ACTIVATE!

You press the advantage and strike with strength unfitting of a mage like yourself. The beast takes the blow head on, having charged right into it.

:Deprived Undead: is now limping. You have lost your advantage as it quickly recovers from the blow. What do you do?
>Attack (1d6 with chance to miss)
>Parry (1d3, gain advantage on success, enemy gains advantage on failure)
>Dodge (1d2)
>Reposition (Attempt to gain advantage with 1d2)

>>2184444
Parry. I can't seem to get rolls working. Do I put spaces in between?

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>2184444
>>Parry (1d3, gain advantage on success, enemy gains advantage on failure)
I'm honestly not sure why we're actually trying to fight here when we're a mage without a catalyst yet but okay.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>2184451
You put it in like "dice+1d3" without quotes and it should work fine. No spaces at all.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>2184451
I forgot to lower case it.

You bait out the enemy's attack and wait.
The enemy charges predictably into your parry and immediately gets bodied.

You gain advantage immediately and take an opportunity to riposte for maximum damage.

The beast gurgles up blood as it stumbled away from your broken blade, and with one last cough, it falls backwards, blood seeping from the area where the jaw would have been.

:Deprived Undead: has been slain!
Your ill gotten goods are now well earned, you'd say.

With the battle over and your adrenaline coming down, you notice the beast had something attached to it's belt.

Obtained [Whisky]

Unscathed and with some alcohol to boot, you feel somewhat elated. Now what?
>Search the "Piled Graves" some more
>Leave
>Write in?

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>2184444
>>Parry (1d3, gain advantage on success, enemy gains advantage on failure)

>>2184483
>>Search the "Piled Graves" some more

>>2184483
>leave
>examine monster

>>2184483
>H̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶e̶l̶e̶b̶r̶a̶t̶o̶r̶y̶ ̶d̶r̶i̶n̶k̶.
>Leave
We need a catalyst.

Be sure to watch the character sheet also. It's constantly updated with your gear and have descriptions for all of your items. I should mention you now have a catalyst because {Glowing Ruby} but you got to equip it obviously. Equipping can be done through one post, and can be cancelled by one post. Just say "Equip" and what you wanna equip and it'll be done by the next post.

>>2184500
>>2184483
Equip the catalyst! Equip the catalyst!

Also the ritual dagger in offhand for parrying.

Also unequip all our clothes. P-purely to run faster, o-of course.

You decide you're finished searching around this place and decide it's high time you left for that castle. You take the time to examine that corpse however.

It is a :Deprived Undead:. There is nothing special about this monster except for it's lack of dignity and lower jaw, although you suspect it's simply just this one creature with a lost jaw. You shudder to think if that were you, and subconsciously check to see if your own jaw hasn't rotten off.

You decide to equip the {Sacrificial Dagger} in your Offhand and swap the {Broken Straight Sword} for the {Glowing Ruby}. You feel the magic well up inside you. You can now cast attuned magics!

After some looking around and making sure none would see you, you also decide to take off the {Peasant's Clothing}, as you feel it has weighed you down.

You look absolutely ridiculous.

You put the clothes back on and leave to the Campfire you had seen earlier, your time here being wasted long enough...

You reach the campfire and find that someone has left a satchel here... On their dead corpse.

>Check that bag
>Rest for a moment
>Leave for "The Seiged Village"
>Leave for "Piled Graves"

>>2184535
>Check that bag
RIP loincloth only run

>>2184535
Check that bag. Loot is always the first option.

Your absolute disregard for the dead shows no bounds. If anything, it's probably increased with your most recent encounter of the dead trying to eat you with half a face.

You obtain the items from the bag, finding a [Magic Ring of Avowal], {Merchant's Travel Clothes}, a {Thief's Dagger}, and a bottle of [Whisky]. Everything else was useless nick knacks...

>Your previous options but without a bag to check

>>2184573
How does leveling work? Xp or through choices?
Leave for piled graves.

>>2184581
It's a hidden XP system.
You feel a sharp pain in your mind. will show up when you're ready for a level up.

>>2184573
>Leave for "The Seiged Village"
Gotta go fast.

>>2184586
Put on the ring. What does faith do anyway?

>>2184600
Miracles. Somewhat same as dark souls but unique spells come from favoring with the gods that isnt' from dark souls.

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Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>2184593
gotta tiebreak it again wew

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You feel you have no need to rest for the time being. Stuck with a decision of going back and leaving for the village that stands between you and the castle, you decide to head for the village. The sight of piled corpses was enough dead people for one day, you'd say.

The sun has begun to lower from the sky but you still see it all clearly. The houses have all been ransacked, from the looks of it, although you can guess not thoroughly. You see a couple figures in the distance but a few seconds of observation reveals them to be crazed undead monsters. You're far away enough that you can be mistaken for their kind, and so they don't come running at the sight of you. Not yet at least.

What do y-

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!"
Well... That's certainly not a sound you'd imagine the undead making.
>Investigate the sound
>Investigate the general area
>Rush through the undead to make your way to the castle
>Go back

Investigate the sound. Did we put on the ring? If not, you know what to do.

>>2184664
I figure putting on small things like rings would take only a second. Nothing worth mentioning fully in a post like equipping weapons and armor. I update brackets around items to show if they're equipped or not on the sheet so if it's not equipped there, shout at me as loudly as possible.

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Curiosity beckons you to investigate the loud, remarkably human sound that you just heard. You make your way through some alleyways and hear the sounds of combat.

"Haha! Take that ya plague ridden idiot! I'll cleave yer skull wide open! YAHAHAHAHA!"
You see a scrawny merchant man fighting a small group of undead in the street. From the corpses on the floor you can imagine that there were more enemies in his path earlier. The man has a blood lust in his eyes as he swings at his enemies with... A cane?

Strangely enough, it gets the job done. He dispatches his last enemy and shouts out to the sky, "WHO WILL GIVE ME A GOOD DUEL?!" and as he searches around, he spots you. "Oh... Erm, hello..."

He whimpers like a mouse suddenly. What an odd fellow...
>Converse
>Leave
>Write in?

Converse.

You speak with a gruff, barely used voice. The man doesn't seem to mind.

"Ah. Good. You're still sane. That's a rarity in these parts. A pleasure to meet you." He's become very soft spoke suddenly. "I am a merchant from the ol' Muck kingdom. Care to see my wares?"
>Yes
>No
>Ask him to join you

>>2184758
>Write in is also an option

>>2184758
Yes look at his wares. Ask about the " situation " of the world right now.
We don't have any cash do we?

>>2184758
Yes
But only if you look at my ones

You decide to browse his wares despite not having a single coin to your name. As you do, you converse with him.

"Ah yes. The state of things as it is has become rather fun lately." He grins somewhat evilly. "Many things to bash here. Should have been a knight, I should have. But they would've killed me in my sleep while the world went mad around me so... Here I am! Yahehehehe..."

Merchant is selling:
{Priestess Doll}
{Unmarked Ring}
[Book of the Muck Witches]
["Medicinal Remedies for Bellends"]
[Medicine] x12

You're... unfamiliar with the pricing here. You can't read the prices of these items for the life of you. They're priced in "Bloud" but you're almost confident that isn't a real thing.

>Ask him about "Bloud"
>Ask him to join you
>Talk more (Write in)
>Leave

>>2184799
also what?

>>2184821
Ask about bloud. Sell thieves knife. Ask about lost pendant.

>Ask about Bloud
"Eh? Bloud? The hells is that? Ohhh, wait a moment, ye mean blood? Ah, yes of course. I need blood for some of my remedies ya see. Gettin' them out of undead is hard though, since usually when ye kill 'em the blood all just flows outta them."

>Sell Thieves Knife
"I'll gladly take that off ye. Here. Ye can have this."
You traded {Thieve's Knife} for [Bottle of Blood]
You understand [Blood Money] now. A single bottle is about a cup's worth.

>Ask about Lost Pendant
"Found that in the ol' pile of corpses you say? Sorry, dunno what you'd do with that ol' thing. Probably belonged to someone there. I'd keep it with ya incase ya find someone who wants it. Could get a bottle of blood from 'em or two.

[Prices updated]
{Priestess Doll} 6 Bottles
{Unmarked Ring} 2 Bottles
[Book of the Muck Witches] 1 Bottle
["Medicinal Remedies for Bellends] 2 Bottles
[Medicine]x12 1 Bottle each.

Turns out he couldn't spell Blood...
>Buy (item name here)
>Ask him to join you
>Talk more
>Leave

>>2184875
Ask about book of the muck witches. Ask him to join you.

>>2184875
>Buy (item name here)
[Book of the Muck Witches] 1 Bottle

Sale him the booze we have

>Buy [Book of the Muck Witches]
"Ah, yes of course. This ol' book used to be me mom's. Course that was 'fore I killed her. Now it's just good for magic and a bottle of blood. You can have it, for the price of course.

The trade is made easily.
Obtained {Book of the Muck Witches}
>Sell [Whisky]
Without a word, he licks his lips and gladly trades you two bottles of blood for your two bottles of whisky.

>Ask him to join you
"Well... It'd be nice but I'm on my way to that castle over there ya see and-... Oh? You're heading there yourself? Well sure then, sign me up! But I get a cut of the blood, okay?"

:Traveling Madman: has become your companion.

>Buy (item)
>Talk more
>Ask him to leave you
>Leave

Leave for castle. Ask about castle.

>>2184942
Leave for castle

You nod in thanks to the traveling merchant and begin to leave for the castle with him in tow. You strike up conversation about the castle you're heading to.

"Ah, figures you'd have lost some brain after rotting for as long as ye have. That castle over there belongs to the King of the Undead, Haugbúi. People like to blame him for that curse everyone's been gettin' but I think it's a welcome change. You lot asked for immortality and you got it. Just felt like sharin' is all. Shame that we aren't ready for somethin' like immortality, eh? That's why we lose our wits after a while. Whittles down yer resolve and such. Anyway, I'm hopin' to trade with th' old undead coot. Man like him's bound t' have a lot of bodies ripe fer bleeding, Yehehehe."

That name, Haugbúi, rings with familiarity. You feel you've heard of him before on multiple occasions,

You returned back to the area before you'd met with the Merchant. You see that the road to the castle has cleared somewhat, but there is still at least one undead standing in the road.
>Attack
>Find a way around
>Search "The Sieged Village"
>Leave for the "Abandoned Campfire"

>>2185028
Find a way around, while searching the village. If we can't do both, find a way around.

You clue your companion in on your plan to evade conflict for the time being. He blows a raspberry. "Boring, but fine. You lead ahead."

You decided to take a long way around the enemy, searching through the town as you look for an alternate passageway to the castle.

During your search you find:
[Whisky]x3
[Spiritual Beads] x2
[Broadsword]
[Rusted Shield]
[Improvised Club]
[Blood Money] x3 (after giving half to your companion)

You managed to evade all conflicts, but the sun has set. The moonlight illuminates the streets but it's too dark to search anymore inside the village houses.

You've made it to the Castle Gates, but they're closed. There is a makeshift bridge that leads to a destroyed part of the wall. The end of the bridge is guarded by a couple of Undead wearing more than {Peasant's Clothing}. They are instead wearing {Knight's Armor}.
>Charge Through
>Head Back
>Talk to your companion

Talk to madman.
Ask if he can use broadsword and or shield.
Tactics.

You ask the madman if he can use that broadsword and shield you found earlier.
"Hm? Oh, I don't need them. I've got my cane and my wits. That's all I really need."

Hey, just wanna say, thanks for sticking around to play around with this quest for as long as you did. I hope I'm doing good for my first time.
It's about time for me to turn in so I'm gonna wait either half an hour or for one more post and set this quest on standby for tomorrow.

>>2185227
Seems go so far. Charge in and attack, if it's an option.

You signal the traveling madman to stick by your side and raise your weapons as you charge across the bridge towards the enemy. Your companion follows dutifully, armed with his cane. You both shout a war cry as you cross the bridge, and your enemies begin to do the same. They charge onto the bridge, and you realized you're bottle necked. Your companion managed to get ahead of you to combat the enemies.

You prepare to fight on the old makeshift bridge, one of your many obstacles on the way to and through the castle.

>To be continued...

And there we go. I'll try to get up earlier in the morning to get this going again. Thanks a lot for the quest, and here's hoping it picks up more traction tomorrow.

Well that took much longer than I expected it to.
----
Ready? Wallop!

It's you, :Grandisos: and :Travelling Madman: versus :Knighted Undead: And :Undead Knight, your enemies growl with hungry blood lust.

You get the first move.
>Attack
>Cast spell
>Move back

>>2186749
>>Cast spell

Rolled 6 (1d6)

You conjure up your only spell, and from your {Glowing Ruby} you cast {Magic Arrow} at your foes.

The attack flies randomly, but hits the second :Undead Knight: square on.

Your companion charges the :Knighted Undead: in the front in the hopes of charging it off the bridge, but the enemy blocks the attack effectively. Chances are they won't survive blocking the next one, however.

The :Undead Knight: changes weapons from {Broadsword} to {Spear}, leaving itself open while it does.

It's your move again.
>Attack
>Cast Spell
>Move Back

>>2186826
>>Cast Spell
is there a limt to how many times we can use magic?

>>2186828
There is. It's called "Magical Imbalance". It's based on your attunement. Speaking of which...

You fire off your {Magic Arrow} once again, flying randomly as it does, it hits the enemy in the front. Your {Glowing Ruby} gets hot in your hand, as an effect of Magical Imbalance.. Casting any more spells will come at a cost...

:Travelling Madman: recklessly charges into the enemy in front of him. The :Knighted Undead: cannot block this attack, and takes full damage from Guard Breaking.

It's a knockout! :Knighted Undead: is down! It falls off the bridge into the dry moat down below. A quick glance shows you that the moat itself is accessible from the castle side, as well as disturb you as to what would happen should you fall...

:Undead Knight: thrusts into combat, glancing your companion's shoulder and hitting yours square on. The blow is glancing however. (-2 HP)

Your power in numbers gives you an advantage.
>Attack Freely (1d6)
>Parry (1d3)
>Cast Spell (Lose HP)
>Move Back

>>2185274

>>2186838
>Attack Freely (1d6)

>>2186839
That's supposed to be you rolling ya silly goof

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>2186839
>>2186846
Alllllrighty then...

You take opportunity on your helpless victim. You slash through your foe easily.

Your companion presses the advantage with a strong strike straight into your foe.

You hear the :Undead Knight: let out one final gasp as it's hit hard by the last attack. It cannot fight any longer and falls limply onto the bridge, swaying it just a bit.

You both take a moment for the adrenaline to wind down before deciding on your next move, the battle won.
>Search the :Undead Knight:
>Continue past the bridge
>Talk to your companion

>>2186864
>Strip him of his arms and armour. Equip his armour and tell the mad man to get the blood once the armour is off

You start to strip the dishonored knight of his armor. You've got the {Knight's Armor}, {Spear}, {Broadsword} and [Medal of Honor] off the knight.

You were going to instruct the madman to bleed him dry but he was already working on it as soon as you took off his armor.

He cackles through the whole process. "Yeheheheheh!"

Once he fills up a couple bottles of blood, he hands one to you. "It'd be unfair if I didn't fill my part of the bargain, eh? Blood sharin' goes both ways. Besides, you can just buy my stuff anyway."

With nothing else to do, you make your way across the bridge.

You enter into the gates of the castle for the first time and it's much worse for wear than the village outside, but it looks like there was an attempt to repair it at least. There's a lot of scaffolding going around that doesn't really lead to anywhere except to corpses, both moving and unmoving. There's a campfire near a fallen, with a strange man wearing... Well it looks like some kind of turnip armor... He's seems to be warming up at the fire.

"Welcome to the Undead Kingdom, eh?" Your companion cackles softly.
>Go to the Campfire
>Search the "Undead Kingdom"
>Leave for "The Sieged Village
>Talk with your Companion

>>2186884
>>Search the "Undead Kingdom"
Corpses specifically. After that...
>Talk with your Companion
Discuss his illiteracy

>>2186884
Also, equip broadsword.

You decide to search the undead kingdom for loot, striking up conversation again with your companion.

You ask him about his illiteracy.

"You takin' a jab at me? How the bloody hell did ya think I learned how to make those medicines I've got? Had to read that ol' book fer bellends, I did. Muck knights aren't good fer nothin' but swinging swords and whatnot. Absolutely useless, they are."

As you search, you find:
[Blood Money]x1 (after half is given to your partner)
[Whisky]x2
[Molotov Cocktail]

Your search has come to an abrubt end, due to finding an :Undead Thief: in one of the castle homes. It hasn't noticed you, as it's preoccupied with eating a dead pig.

What do you do?
>Sneak attack
>Leave

>>2186921
>>Sneak attack

>>2186921
>Sneak attack
Suggest that we could always teach him given enough time.

>>2186935
You sneak behind your enemy and backstab him for full damage.

The enemy doesn't last long whatsoever.
You feel a sharp pain in your mind as some memories begin to resurface.
Find a mirror to harness your memories.

You find on your victim
{Thieve's Clothes} (Ruined. Discarded)
{Thieve's Knife}
[Molotov Cocktail]x2
[Bloodied Letter]

Your companion bleeds the enemy dry.
[Bloody Money]x1
One-shot Bonus [Blood Money]x3
Your companion takes half of your total.

"Pleasure doin' business with ya. Yahehehehe!"
>Continue searching
>Leave for Campfire

>>2186951
After a bit of time you offer to teach him how to read. He proceeds to reach for his book and hit you upside the head with it playfully. "Yeah yeah, and I can teach you some manners some time also. I can read fine, but material's limited, eh? It's not like libraries are safe nowadays. All them school children..." He shudders for a while. "I'll kill about anythin', just... Not them."
You feel your relationship with the :Travelling Madman: has deepened somewhat...

>>2186921
>>Sneak attack
We still aren't wearing anything heavier than Peasant Clothes right? So we should be decently sneaky..

>>2186972
>Auto update being this late

>>2186952
>Continue searching

Will the guy in onion armor still be there after we finish searching?

>>2186981
Yep

>>2186986
Also, equip the broadsword, please.

>>2186988
It is equipped, don't worry. You were outside of battle so it didn't warrant a notice.

Everything updates in the character sheet. I recommend it being open most of the time for this quest.

You've decided to keep searching for more forgotten items to aid you in your survival.

As you search you find:
[Molotov Cocktail]x2

Your search is interrupted by a shoddily fixed house. There is a light on inside. What do you do?
>Investigate
>Come back later (add to locations at campfire)

>>2186998
>>Investigate

>>2186998
Also, are there other tomes with which we can learn sorceries, or is our Muck Witches' Book the only one?

>>2187001
Muck Witches is the only one that you have right now. You'll have to find more tomes to learn magic from.

>>2187003
>>2187003
Right, I'm just asking if other cults exist within this world, as opposed to just the pyromancers of the southern swamps, as in Dark Souls.

>>2186998
Investigate. We need to read the muck witch tome asap.

You decide to investigate the house. Your companion comments on the entire situation.

"Never imagined there'd be someone willin' t' live in this rotten hell."

You go up to the door and knock, only for it to open when your fist hits the door. Seems it wasn't closed all the way. You enter the house and search for any signs of life.

Seems like there's no one here. The place shows signs of a struggle. It's an old family home, with some pictures worn away by time hanging on the walls. This place feels safe.

Some further searching and you find a full mirror in the washroom. How handy.

Amongst that, you also find:
[Faded Magic Scroll]
[Lost Prayer's Scroll]

You would search further but the basement to the house is locked tight. There are blood stains on the floor there.
How do you proceed?
>Search for Key (1d6 + INT)
>Rest
>Mirror
>Talk with Companion
>Leave for Campfire

Rolled 6 + 3 (1d6 + 3)

>>2187018
>>Mirror
Level Strength.
>Search for Key (1d6 + INT)

>>2187018
Level up, mirror. Read muck witches tome. Does magic imbalance last outside of battle?

Also, I'm trying to go for a mageknight build, so.

Your companion decides to sit somewhere nearby on a chair and rest for a bit, while you head to the washroom to freshen up.

You look into the mirror and feel a familiar tinge in your brain. Old scars you mistook for wearing of the curse are revealed to be battle scars. As it turns out, you're an able fighter as well. You've gained a point in strength.

Once you finish up in the washroom, you decide to search the house for a key to the basement. Using your intuition and intelligence, you find exactly what you're looking for, hidden in a bookcase.
You now have the [Bloodied Basement Key].

Your companion fell asleep in the chair. His rest is somewhat fitful, but he'd probably wouldn't want to be bothered. He has a stupid smile on his face. The killing must be good, you imagine.

You decide to read the [Book of the Muck Witches] while you wait for him to wake up.
You can't learn all the spells in this book yet, but with your intelligence, you're able to gleam the following spells from the texts.
[Serpent's Bite]
[Snake Scales]

Your options have opened up.
>Enter the "Bloodied Basement"
>Mirror (No stat points to distribute)
>Rest
>Leave for Campfire

Tip:Any option that requires moving will wake up your companion automatically.

>>2187032
Magic imbalance lasts outside of battle, yes. You have to rest it off or consume an item that cures it.

>>2187056
Use spiritual beads. Enter bloody basement.

>>2187056
>>Enter the "Bloodied Basement"

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You crush some spirit beads in your hands and allow their magical strength to fill you. Your magical imbalance is cured.

You wake up your companion, and despite groaning unpleasantly, seems to have no qualms with investigating that basement.

Carefully, you place the key into the lock and open the door...

>>2187143
oh my God I love that filename

Inside you find three statues.

One is of a female mage, having fallen down and appears to be backing away from a rather large demon statue, threateningly standing above an old cleric, their face permanently obscured by their clothing blowing in the imaginary wind. These statues seem way to lifelike to have been chiseled down here, and the demon statue lets off an oppressive warmth.

You feel there is a spell you can learn to free these people from their stone prisons. You suppose you could find someone to help save them also but carrying these statues is right out. They'd weigh you down too much in combat.

Other than this, the room is empty.
>Pray to the Demon Statue (?)
>Your companion seems too unsettled to speak currently...
>Leave

>>2187153
the filename loves you too.

>>2187162
>>Your companion seems too unsettled to speak currently...
Definitely *not* praying to a demon would seem the best option.

>>2187167
You pray to the demon statue
"Oi, the feck are you doin' lad get the feck away from that thing ya dun' know where it's been, blimey."
J O K E S

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>>2187175

>>2187179
All right let's not derail too far now.
What you gonna do?

>>2187191
Oh, was speaking to our companion about who these people might be and why they're here not an option? It was included, so...

>>2187200
>Too unsettled to speak currently
Was just showing that it wasn't an option. Guess I didn't do that good at showing that then. My bad.

>>2187205
Oh, yeah, if you're gonna do something like that, don't include it inbetween two options, and don't make it look like an option.

Fuck it, try praying to the Demon.

>>2187209
I figure that the worst that's gonna happen is we initiate some kind of boss battle.

You decide to pray to the demon.

As you do, it's eyes glow a deep red.

You hear the demon's voice in your mind.
"YJAHLL FO' GATH'UL-UNDEAD"

Your head hurts from the interaction, and you immediately back away from the statue.

"Oi, careful with that. That thing's dangerous." Your companion holds you steady from the sudden sense of vertigo you obtained.

You feel as if you're not attuned enough with magic in order to communicate with magical beings.

It seems there's nothing to left to do down here, so you head back upstairs where it's nice and safe.

What do you do now?
>Rest
>Talk with your companion
>Leave

>>2187229
>>Leave
Go to campfire. Converse with Onion Knight(tm).

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>>2187240
TURNIP Knight

Read magic scroll and prayer scroll if possible.

>>2187251
:^)

You decide to read what you can from the two most recent scrolls you just found.
You are able to perceive the following magics from the scrolls, but there is nothing else to gleam from them.
You learn:
{Magic Greatarrow}
[yellow]{Calming Light}[/yellow]

You and your companion feel that you've spent enough time here and leave back for the campfire you saw upon entering the castle town. When you come to the tower, you see a peculiar man wearing what used to be white armor, but the top half of it was stained purple by something. Your companion sneers.

"Ah. Travelers." The knight says. He stands up and bows respectfully. "Pleasure seeing others that haven't lost their wits yet. I am Knight Eitr of the Muck. I imagine you have business with King Haugbúi as well?"

"Certainly none of your business, that's for sure. Trod on."

You assure the knight you have no qualms with him, unlike your companion.

"Hah. Good for you. I'd been about to draw blades just then! Well, this campfire's safe. I burnt some incense in here to ward off those witless undead, so I assure you it's safe..."

The atmosphere seems somewhat tense.
>Rest
>Converse with :Eitr:
>Converse with :Travelling Madman:
>Search "Castle Town"
>Leave for "Castle Innards"
>Leave for "Sieged Village"

>>2187271
I can't yellow I'm sad

>>2187271
>>Converse with :Travelling Madman:
Ask his name. We can't just keep referring to him as :Travelling Madman: for forever.
>Converse with :Eitr:

You decide you're tired of speaking so lowly of your companion by name alone. You ask him for a better one.

"Oh... I haven't got one. Not anymore. When you leave your kingdom, you have to denounce your name. You can just call me... 'Muckchant'."

It's not a great name but it will do.

You decide to speak with Eitr while you're here.
"Hm. You must have woken from the piles of undead over yonder, eh? I saw them a while ago, but I figured they all lost enough of their wits to have stayed dead over there. Turns out I was wrong, since you're currently shuffling about."

He laughs at his joke.
>Converse more (Write in)
>Ask :Eitr: to join you
>Search "Castle Town"
>Leave for "Castle Innards"
>Leave for "Sieged Village"

>>2187293
Converse more. Ask Eitr what his plans are. Ask Eitr about the muck knights.

You ask Eitr what he's doing here.
"Well, I'm searching for a new king to serve, you see. I would have made a trip to the Shrouded Kingdom but the only way through to there is to get onto a boat at the farthest end of the Muck kingdom. Sadly, to do so would be suicide, I'm afraid. Undead I may be, but a fool I am not. I'll hang onto these wits as long as I can, thank you very much."

You ask Eitr about the Muck Knights
"Ah... We used to be such a noble line of knights, truly. Then the plague spread. The Kingdom of the Muck, as you call it now, had gone under a different name, long before the undead curse spread about. What that name is, however, is lost to me. There was always stories that it used to be such a beautiful forest, but now it's a poisonous swamp. It's even more dangerous to head there, now that the great tree that used to overlook the forest is now... Well, perhaps it's best you see for yourself sometime."

>Converse more?
>Ask :Eitr: to join you.
>Search
>Leave

>>2187323
Search castle innards.

>>2187323
>>Ask :Eitr: to join you.
we could always use more companions. besides, didn't some voice call us an heir to some throne, somewhere?
>Leave
Castle Innards

>>2187337
Looks like Muckchant might have some history with the muck knights. Thought being cautious would be the wise course.

You ask Eitr if he'd like to join you.
"I wouldn't see the harm in it, but... As it stands, I'm in a bit of a pickle. You see, I lost an old pendant of mine. It used to belong to a friend of mine. He was rather religious you see and-"

You explain that you found a pendant sometime after you woke up in the "Piled Graves"
"Y-You found it?! I mean... Ahem. Thank you for returning this to me. I'll gladly pledge an alliance with you."

Knight Eitr is now your companion. You feel as if you've grown a bit closer to Eitr.

Muckchant grumbles a bit but says nothing. "More the merrier, they say." he mumbles.

You decide you've been here long enough and decide to leave, making your way to the Castle Innards.

You want to get to the castle innards, but they're currently blocked by a large gate. Seems you need to climb some scaffolding to get to the top and find a way over, but it seems like a dangerous task in itself. The scaffolding is occupied by a few :Undead Knights: that seem very much intent on staying there to ward off intruders. The last semblance of their sanity seems to be spent on guarding this castle.

What do you do?
>Attack
>Converse with companions
>Return

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>2187360
Cast serpents bite, see if you can bait a knight to climb down and fight.

>>2187360
>Converse with companions
Ask Eitr the best way to go about this. Figure a Knight would know the best way about it.

You ask Eitr what he thinks you should do.
"Well, it seems that they're not fully aware of their surroundings. If we can divide their attention, I'm sure we'd be able to take them all on individually. There's about five in total. I see you possess some magic. A good bolt to the head will get them running."

You agree with the idea, and decide to cast your brand new spell on your enemy.

A magical serpent shoots out of your {Glowing Ruby} and bites a knight in the neck. The knight bends over as poison takes hold. It tries to shake the pain of the poison off and quickly begins to descend down the scaffolding. However, it succumbs to the poison because of the long distance it takes to walk. It falls over halfway between you and the scaffolding. The other undead simply stand there, keeping guard...

Five has become four.
>Cast again
>Charge into battle
>Leave

>>2187434
How many casts until we get hit with the status effect?
Cast again.

>>2187446
I was going to make it so that you'd have to find a ring to figure it out but I think it's better if I just tell you straight up.
It's Attunement x 2. I'll update the sheet.

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>2187446
Cast roll btw

You cast once more. The serpent bites into another :Undead Knight: but it appears this one isn't as susceptible to poison as the others, and you feel the effects of Magical Imbalance take hold once again. The knight comes to meet you at the bottom of the scaffolding.

You and your companions brace for combat! You're allowed the first move.
>Attack (1d6)
>Parry (1d2)
>Cast (Lose HP)
>Attempt Escape

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>2187446
Not sure if re roll is allowed.

>>2187474
>>2187460
IN THE END, IT DOESN'T EVEN MAAAATEEEEEEEEEEEER

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>2187471
Attack.

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>2187471
>>Attack (1d6)

>>2187479
>>2187482
Man these rolls are shit city.
----
You ready your broadsword in your hands and swing wildly. In the end, the attack misses it's mark.

The :Undead Knight: cleaves it's way into battle, but :Muck Knight Eitr: takes the blow for you. He laughs, unaffected by the cleave attack by virtue of his vigor.

:Muckchant: billows with crazed bloodlust. He charges recklessly into the enemy, but misses his mark. He does, however, end up behind the enemy...

Muckchant will take his opportunity as soon as he can.
>Attack
>Parry
>Cast
>Attempt Escape

>>2187526
>>Parry

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>2187526
>Attack

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>2187526
Attack

>>2187526
>Parry
Backstab porn incoming.

I see we're going for the lorethrough rather than the speedrun. Hopefully the slower pace doesn't bog people down. I recall a Bloodborne-inspired quest from a while back that seemed to lose some players because it sacrificed speed for its emphasis on lore.

>>2187550
Well I mean not everyone has Vaati's patience to go through Eileen the Crow's questline.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>2187550
>>2187536
Also it's 1d2 for parries. I didn't think there'd be more players hopping in so I didn't bother putting the roll requirements down. But hey whatevs.

Rolling to see what move you guys do.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>2187563
It was 1d3 back at the start, so I didn't want to assume. Did our roll improve/worsen due to equipping the broadsword?

>>2187578
Nah I changed that rule too.
Instead of being a chance it's a "Yes" and "No" roll now.

You attack the enemy head on, intent on trying again. You cleave your enemy without mercy and hit :Undead Knight: hard.

:Muck Knight Eitr: gets ready to block an attack, but none come for him.

:Muckchant: presses his advantage and "backstabs" his enemy for maximum damage.

The :Undead Knight: is slain! You've won the battle.
The remaining enemies on the scaffolding is now three.
>Engage in jolly combat
>Converse
>Leave

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>2187605
>>Engage in jolly combat
Roll?

>>2187605
>Engage in jolly combat
Since we're Imbalanced right now, swap to broadsword and shield now that we have a moment to rest.

>>2187597
Surely how good we are at parrying should vary depending on our equipped weapon/shield and how familiar we are with the enemy at the time?

>>2187616
You know, maybe you're right. Let's get this settled right now then.

You guys vote.
>Percentile Parry
or
>1d2 Parry

>>2187624
>>Percentile Parry

>>2187624
% makes more sense to me. You are the QM do whatever you think is best.

>>2187642
I just want to know which one you guys want because I've had plans for both that equipment could change. I want to make sure you guys are good with what I'm doing.

So it looks like percentile it is. Higher is better bois.

You and your companions decide to bring the battle to them, as the odds are now even.

You each take a different enemy on the scaffolding to give each other room instead of all fighting on the same floor, and you take the one on the top, switching your {Glowing Ruby} for a {Rusted Shield}.

It's you against :Undead Knight:!
>Attack (1d6)
>Parry (1d10)
>Block (3/3 Stability)
Can't Escape this battle.

Rolled 5 (1d6)

>>2187680
>>Attack (1d6)

>>2187680
Block.

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>2187680
>Parry (1d10)
And then riposte him off the scaffolding.

Gravity will fuck us over eventually, so we may as well use it to our advantage while we can.

>>2187691
Can I change to this?

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>>2187691
>10

>>2187694
You can change but you gotta roll too.

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>2187694

>>2187712
Percentile too op
----
With a swift motion, you swing your shield outward at the moment of your enemy's strike, and successfully parry the attack with a beautiful fluid motion. You sieze the opportunity as soon as you can and riposte The attack cuts clean through your enemy, and they're sent tumbling off the scaffolding.
That was fast, but your friends could use some help.
>Help them
>Leave them

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>>2187725
>Help them
Time for sneaky backstabs.

>>2187725
Help them. Don't worry about the good rolls, we'll get some bad ones later.

You take the time to point down on your enemy, letting them know their place, before running down the help your friends.

The first enemy is caught completely unaware by your cheeky backstab.

Muckchant gives an approving whistle. "Good one lad. Help out ol' turnip, ye? If he dies, I wanna be th' one that kills 'em." He runs on ahead upstairs.

You waste no time in backstabbing the next opponent either. Eitr nods appreciatively. "Thanks. I'm going to tell that merchant that I heard that now..." He runs up the scaffolding in a huff.

You join them and see them bickering with each other, but Muckchant seems to have a smile on his face the whole time. Maybe he's warming up the purple coated knight.
>Continue
>Converse
>Leave

>>2187780
>Continue
No reason to interrupt their companionable bickering unless it stops being companionable. Maybe we might even learn a thing or two if we stay silent and listen.

I'm assuming the Knight corpses don't have anything worth looting.

Continue, of course.

>>2187793
You could check, but copies of items, unless they're usable for something or worth selling for more than a single bottle of blood, would be immediately discarded.

>>2187780
Continue

You and your companions continue on across the tower wall.

"Honestly?! Have you no regards for the order?!" Eitr begins to argue.

"There ain't no order anymore, now, is there Turnip?" Muckchant says back wittily,

"Well... Perhaps not but-"

"But nothin'. You're lucky you're worth keepin' around. Had ye not been lookin' out fer my friend here I might've been a bit more bitter earlier. How'd ye shrug off that sword earlier anyway?"

"Well, I suppose my armor is rather good at what it does. That and when you've worn it long enough, you can learn where the harder bits of your armor lie. Of course, all those resistances add up to weight... Huff... Speaking of, could we... Perhaps rest a bit?"

"That fight must have taken a lot out of ya, eh?"

You come across a bonfire on the wall, but it appears that the ways down have crumbled away. Getting down isn't in the cards from where you are, although you're sure you can see some undead moving up and down a tower in the wall somewhere along the way. Perhaps there's some stairs or more scaffolding over yonder.

>Rest
>Continue on
>Converse
>Leave for "Castle Town"

Rest.

>>2187866
>Rest
And swap back to the Glowing Ruby. Our main hand weapon should be whichever of our Ritual Dagger and Broadsword seemed to damage the Knights more - I believe we've made at least one attack with each so far.

You and your motley crew decide to take a break from adventuring for the time being and rest up for a bit.

The sun rises once more, signaling that it's time to awaken. You rub off sleep from your eyes and prepare for another day of death defying adventure.

You take the time to reequip your things as well. {Glowing Ruby} and {Sacrificial Dagger} in hand, you're ready to take on the new day fully refreshed.

>Continue on
>Converse
>Leave for "Castle Town"

>>2187953
>rip ritual dagger name

>>2187953
>Continue on
>Converse
We don't actually know that much about our companions. Why did they choose to follow us? Do they have any goals they hope to achieve?

>>2187953
Continue on

You take your party forward and ask them some questions, like what they want to achieve, and why they decided to travel with you.

Eitr chuckles. "I'm following you because I am indebted to you. That pendant was of great value to me, and as a Knight, I feel I must find a way to repay you."

Muckchant shrugs. "Well, I'm just in it fer the blood..." Something tells you it's a bit more than that.

Eitr shakes his head at the Muckchant, "At any rate, I told you already that I'm searching to serve a new king. I hope to one day return to the Muck Kingdom in the vain hope of saving it from the plague that haunts it now. Perhaps one day you shall come along as well?"

Muckchant groans a bit angrily. "Bah. Haven't the foggiest why you'd want to come back there. Place is riddled with poisonous snakes and madmen. You'd go insane from how much you'd probably die there. Bet you did once. Got caught up in that toxic rain, eh? Bet that's why you're half purple."

Eitr attempts to hide his embarrassment, although his armor did that well enough already. "Well... Perhaps..."

"Me? I wanna just live someplace peaceful. Get some medicine for my... Episodes." He starts going back to that soft spoken man you met once before. "'Course you probably don't care much for that, eh?"

You feel as if you've grown closer to your companions.

As you continue on, you come across some :Undead Guard:s fighting an Undead Thief:.

>Wait out the fight
>Jump in
>Converse more (Fight will proceed)
>Head back

>>2188025
Converse more. Toxic rain? Place bets?

You ask about Toxic Rain.

Eitr responds quickly. "The Muck Kingdom will sometimes rain poison from above. It's been like that ever since the plague came about and ruined all the water."

You nod at the useful knowledge as you watch the fight go on. You ask if you want to take bets.

"I bet on the knights" Eitr said quickly.

"Blood's on the thief." Muckchant said.

Who do you bet on?
>Thief
>Knights

>>2188048
Thief

>>2188048
>"Me" and run in there to parry the world

>>2188048
Thief.

>>2188052
Lol i was thinking to put the bet on me

>>2188062
I would possibly change to that if you want?

>>2188062
Tell ya what, you very well could.
I'd allow it.

>>2188062
>>2188071
Just making sure, is this what you guys want?

>>2188082
Fuck it i bet myslf and go fight in there
Spells

>>2188082
Sure why not.
> inb4 Nat 1 roll and both undead bring weapons down on us.

>>2188048
Surely if we're the bookie here, we ought to stay out of the betting, so there's at least someone impartial?

>>2188171
Hey, it's your character, not mine. I just write the actions.

Anyway last check incase everyone else thinks the same way. And also an excuse to do some stuff in the background.

>>2188048
>>2188198
Voting to
>Abstain
then, though it seems I'm already outvoted.

>>2188238
Yeah, looks like you got outvoted.
====
You smile at your friends in a cheeky way, and tell them that you're betting on yourself. Before they ask any questions, you're running straight into battle.
It's a three way battle! You vs The Two :Undead Knights: vs :Undead Thief: VS FIGHTING POLYGON TEAM (vs20)

The Undead Thief is moderately damaged.

The :Undead Knight: team is lightly damaged

You're body is ready.
>Attack (1d6)
>Parry (1d10)
>Prepare Dodge
>Change Target [Does not take up turn] (Current: Undead Knight)
Escape is not an option

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>2188286
>Parry (1d10)
May as well parry the world then.

>>2188307
Uh oh

>>2188307
>Nobody else covering for this bad roll
UH OH

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>2188307
Where's our magic?

>>2188353
Forgot to put it in. My bad. You can still cast but you've already rolled.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Here we go. This one decides if you parry.

You move to parry but your arm makes an awkward movement instead, leaving you defenseless to the oncoming attack.

An :Undead Knight: takes advantage of your vulnerable position and strikes you for maximum damage. (-5)

The :Undead Thief: sees you try to attack the :Undead Knight: and while it's distracted, instead of taking advantage of your vulnerable position, instead backstabs your enemy. It dies from it's wounds and crumples to the ground.

This, however, leads to a chained backstab from the remaining :Undead Knight:. Your temporary ally dies just after, as it gives you one final look before falling off the sword that impaled it.

It's one on one, Give him what's for!
>Attack (1d6)
>Parry (1d10)
>Cast Spell
>Prepare Dodge

>>2188385
Cast magic arrow.

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Rolled 5 (1d10)

>>2188385
>Spam gestures to bait him.
>Then parry his ass into Magic Greatarrow.

You decide that you're going to bait the enemy into attacking you. You hold your arms out to the side, silently asking the question "Well? What is it?". It's unknown if the :Undead Knight: is actually provoked by this or not.

You decide to stop playing around and actually time your parry correctly as it moves in to attack. You barely make it but you manage to swing aside the :Undead Knight:'s attack effectively enough to give you enough time to rip-

SMASH! Instead of riposting for full damage, you instead exploit the enemy's lack of magic defense with a close range {Magic Greatarrow}. You immediately become magically imbalanced but the satisfaction of pulling off this attack proves to be worth it.

Your companions run to your aid.

Muckchant yells out to you as he runs. "Bloody hells! Are you actually an idiot?!"

Eitr is puffing when he finally makes it to you (first, surprisingly enough). "Must have come from Champion's Landing eh? I suppose you've earned some of this."
Eitr gives you [Blood Money]x3

"Ah, great. Yeah reward the idiot for suicidal behavior... And for taking my blood!"
Muckchant angrily hands you [Blood Money]x3

You cockily take your winnings.
>Continue on
>Converse
>Head back

>>2188534
An idiot, no a warrior. Lets continue on boys.

Quick warning, I'll have to leave soon. I'll give it one last post and then we'll reconvene tomorrow yeah? Thanks for playing by the way.

>>2188558
Happy new year. See you in current year plus one.

"An idiot? No. A warrior. Let's continue on boys."
Your voice has become just a bit clearer than when you started off. Still gruff but improving.

This seems to impress your companions a bit.

"Well, at any rate, we're gettin' closer to the castle." Muckchant proclaims. "All we gotta do is get past the castle's front yard and the king should be just inside."

"Ah... To serve once more..." Knight Eitr seems excited to continue on. "Yes. Let's not delay any longer."

You enter into the dark tower. You listen closely for movement and hear none. Deciding it's safe, you descend. As you make it down to the bottom, you appear to enter into a large clearing, a large war machine resting in the middle. It's certainly out of commission, you believe. With no danger perceived and nothing to loot, you walk up to the front doors of the castle and-

GROOOOAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN
CreEAAAAAAAAAAAAAK
You and your companions look behind you to see the war machine suddenly coming to life before you.

"UNDEAD SCUM." A voice bellows to you from up above. "AN HEIR TO THE THRONE, YOU ARE NOT. THIS IS WHERE YOUR JOURNEY ENDS."

-=The Living War Machine=- has risen to challenge you.

>To be continued...
Shadow of the colossus plays faintly in the background.

Ok here's the situation, 5/10 hp. A healing spell that cures 5, minus 1 for magic imbalance. Facing off against the first boss. prepare to die.

>>2188941
>>2188622
Since we're more than likely not going to be casting any spells, we ought to swap to Sacrificial Dagger and Shield while we're not yet in the thick of it.

I'm not sure we can use Calming Light right now as it's not listed as equipped, but we can chug one three Whiskeys to regain to full if necessary. I didn't expect us not to rest to reset our imbalance before facing a boss, but here we are.

inb4 it's actually Salt and Sanctuary imbalance and we just have to solve it by finding more spells

Realistically, we would spend a few rounds dodging and learning its tactics before beginning to coordinate attacks on it, but if we really wanted to be cheap, we could just retreat to a safe distance and chuck all our molotovs at it.

>>2188976
Well whiskey cures 10 and magic will put us up to 9, I like to save items. Forgot the molotovs, sound like the best option if we cant talk our way out.

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New years eve bossfight let's go bois.
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Muckchant looks around frantically for an escape, trying his hardest to stay calm. "Well that's certainly a new one."

Eitr readies his blade and shield. "A living war machine? I thought it was just humans that were afflicted with the curse..."

Your intuition bets that it's not the war machine itself that's alive, but instead the people inside it still remember how to use it...

Whether that's the case or not, this war machine is equipped like a warship, and seems about as big. There's cannons on it's sides and it's mobile to boot, although with how small this clearing is compared to the machine, you doubt it'd be driving over you any time soon. It's safe to assume it's grounded for now.

Are you even prepared to die?
>Charge
>RUN AWAY
>Write in?

>>2189594
>CHARGE

You rally your companions to charge into battle with you, deciding that it's no time to be running around aimlessly.

Muckchant begins to complain but it's too late for arguments. The crack of cannonfire blasts through any sound his mouth would make and hits the wall behind you.

The three of you begin to charge into battle, getting closer to it so that you can get under their cannon's attack range.

You can see that there is three weakspots to the machine's armor that would lead to it's inside from where you stand. What do you do?
>Pick a weak spot and attack
>Retreat
>Write in?

>>2189640
>>Pick a weak spot and attack

Hey there QM, glad to see you came back!

>>2189658
Hey same to you! Glad to see people are willing to come back to this quest.

You pick a weakspot randomly and begin to try and take it down with your weapons. You see something open up above you on the bottom of the war machine and see a horde of undead waiting at the top. Some shamble out and drop unceremoniously onto the hard floor you stand on and begin to make their way to you to try and stop you.
>Attack (1d6)
>Cast Spell
>Change Target (Current: Weakpoint A)
>Retreat

>>2189673
Are you implying that there are undead between us and our target? If so, swap targets. Let's have Eitr attack the weakpoint while we and Muckshant worry about the undead.

>>2189678
It's more like you're in between the undead and the weakspot

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>2189681
Ohhh, okay. In that case,
> Attack
Let's have Eitr and Muckshant defend us, then.

Sorry about that, something came up just now about the party I'll be attending tonight. Back to the quest!
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You take your blade to the wooden exterior of the war machine and strike!

You tell your companions to ward off the enemys while you tear apart this machine.

Eitr lets out an encouraging warcry. "HURAAAAAAAH!"
You feel invigorated! +2 to attacks.

Muckchant throws a [Molotov Cocktail] at the :Undead Siege Crew: to disperse them, and burns a good few of them in the process.

>Once more! (1d6+2)
>Cast spell
>Change Target
>Retreat

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d6 + 2)

>>2189699
>Once more! (1d6+2)
Are we actually allowed to SotC this thing?

Also note: swap to Dagger and Shield as per >>2188976 when we have the chance.

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d6 + 2)

>>2189699
Once more, smoke them out.

>>2189719
Half the battle is inside, the other half is outside. The outside half are these weak spots.

You take the bought time your comrades have brought you and attack once more with another strike! With the invigorated power of your companion's warcry, you see noticable damage in the form of some planks coming loose. One more strong hit should do it.

"We're running outta room here friend!" Muckchant warns you, as his back hits yours. He lights another [Molotov Cocktail] and chucks it.

Eitr isn't quite visible, but his warcry can be heard nearby. He's most probably fighting strong.
>Once more! (1d6+2)
>Cast Spell
>Change Target
>Retreat!

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d6 + 2)

>>2189746
Once more.

>>2189746
>Direct Muckchant to molotov the weakspot.
>Retreat!

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>2189759
>>2189760
Here we go again bois.

You make for one more attack on the weakspot and with one barbaric yawp, you tear open the weak spot.

You hear a loud groaning noise from above that stops most of the fighting when you tear open the spot.

Looking up, you can see that the machine is beginning to rattle and shake. It's going to collapse!

The undead crewmen are most likely not going to be able to run away fast enough, but you and your companions have enough speed on you to get out from underneath.

You're lucky your wounds aren't slowing you down, otherwise you'd have to put considerably more effort into running away.

With one last creak, the machine suddenly drops on itself.

"DAMN UNDEAD. YOU'RE ALL WORTHLESS!"

Slowly, it rises up again. "SO WHAT IF YOU'RE IMMORTAL?! I'LL RID THIS LAND OF THIS CURSE MYSELF! GET UP WITHOUT THAT PRECIOUS BLOOD OF YOURS, I DARE YOU!"

You're not sure who's projecting their voice as loudly as they can up there, but something tells you they're not your average undead.

"I'm havin' second thoughts about comin' to see the Undead Kingdom now..." you hear Muckchant shaking somewhat in his boots. "There's gotta be a safer way to do this."

Without your realizing, you see that Eitr had just caught up to you. "Phew. I almost didn't make it out of that one..."

The war machine is slanted on one of it's sides, but it still stands. What's your next move?
>To another weak spot!
>Find a safe spot? (1d10+INT)
>Write In?

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d10 + 3)

>>2189795
Find a safe spot.

Rolled 3 + 3 (1d10 + 3)

>>2189795
>>Find a safe spot? (1d10+INT)