a magic mp3 player?

with those magic loud speakers mentioned earlier?

sonic warfare time!!

The bastards killed one of them. And then they had the audacity to destroy the kindle! LEAVE NONE ALIVE!

>>17685424
>A partially magic mp3 player? How does that even work?
With magic. Duh.

>>17685450

CONGRATUATIONS

>>17685450
wow, I thought you were bad before but firsting on 4chan? God damn, you make a twelve year old retard who tried eating the keyboard look smart

hell, not even the worst /b/tards are that pathetic

I wonder has he tried swapping out minds with them? I wonder how'd that work. Perhaps leave a few alive, tie himself down, and swap minds with one the barbarians. Wipe their location from the other barbarian minds, and ride into the enemy camp. Dominate a bunch of them and start a civil war within.

>>17685525
What if he can't get out?

>>17685513
C'est quoi cette merde infâme?

I forget, does a ban delete the guy's post content?

>>17685544
You realize your thread was shit right? You are supposed to have quality posts. Quality as defined by everyone, not by you. You posted shit, you got shit back.

You spam here, you get banned after we point out how much of an idiot you are.

>>17685535
Well then that'd be kinda of a problem, but then again perhaps he'll have a better body and mind of a psion. So if he doesn't die, he could just mind swap into a body that he wants.

>>17685579
you know you could just hide the thread and get on with your life right? such reckless hatred is not good for your health.

>>17685579
Here's a suggestion, everyone else likes this. You are the only one that doesn't. Most people would take the hint and STOP posting, and LEAVE the thread.

>>17685621
>>17685606

>"what can men do against such reckless Hate?"

Anyone got the stop liking what I dont like pic?
I think it may be relevant

>>17685621
Then maybe you should not have ADVERTISED the damn thread to the very people you were pissing off.

>>17685621
>I would have done just that if you retarded fanboys hadn't ruined my thread from the start.

Uh...That happened AFTER you started this shit. Yes, YOU started it, not us.

You.

Not us.

You are bringing this down upon yourself.

>>17685621
Stop trying to justify your actions. You tried to troll and got burned, just move on and stop being such a little bitch coming back for another beating.

Sage because I'm not contributing to the thread topic

brb watching strange days

>>17685621
Your first dozen responses in that thread were constructive criticism. Then you fagged it up by insulting people who tried to help you. It went downhill from there. Everything is your fault. You are fractally wrong on every conceivable level.

Journal Entry 264

We surprised another hunting party today. No horses. We managed to capture them all this time. They've been dethumbed and sent back with new memories. I tried something new, making them believe that this is all a dream that they can wake up from if they try hard enough. I wonder how the tribe deals with crazy people. Probably with murder. So Avery's been troubled. I had a talk with her. All of this may be too much for her. She has her faith and believes that what we're doing is okay as long as we don't step over the line and needlessly start executing them. It's the stress. We've been at this for awhile, so we decided that we'll see about capturing a few more horses and then head to Brightly for a few days. Catch our breaths and get some decent rest for a change. A nice hot meal.

Stop responding.
Hide and report (spam or trolling).

>>17685621
>I must eliminate all the fun, all of it!

Man, these threads must take years off his life what with all the rage-induced rise in blood pressure and heart rate...

Journal Entry 265

We destroyed a scout patrol and managed to capture enough horses. We looted them and sent back the dethumbed survivor believing that he's secretly a dragon and wants to eat everyone. We immediately headed for the road to Brightly. With horses, we should be able to get there by tomorrow. Maybe we can get some stirrups made there. We're camped out on the trade road. We shouldn't have any problems, I don't imagine the barbarians run this far out of their territory but we have guard rotations anyways just in case.

>>17685877
my bet is the barbarians are starting to get mindfucked slightly because holy sahit, they probbly think thats pants on head retarded.

>>17685877
>sent back the dethumbed survivor believing that he's secretly a dragon and wants to eat everyone.
>mfw

We need to start thinking of more things to brainwash them into believing.

Renewing request for banshee Amanda.

>>17685935
Such as making them believe they're assassins hired to kill the high command of the barbarian tribes?

Or that they're really princesses in disguise?

Or possibly make them believe that this is wrong, man! We gotta write songs and protest all this violence!

>>17685935

Make them believe they still have thumbs when they don't. Watch as they herpderp around unable to properly carry anything without being able to understand why.

>>17685970
I'd settle for re-writing their language centers so they only speak Terran French, and think that anyone who doesn't is a monster who needs to be destroyed.

>>17686053
or that they can only write in welsh...

Journal Entry 266

We're back in Brightly. Jason and Mike are trying to get us some stirrups made for us between the blacksmith and leatherworks. The rest of us are hanging out in the tavern. We're the only humans here again so the dragonborn are giving us special attention. We got our good nights rest and decided to stick around for a few days. Maybe the barbarians will forget about us long enough that we can start surprising them again when we return. In the meantime, Marcus is keeping everyone entertained, though Avery keeps reminding him about what's waiting for him in Aeyllin should he decide to bed one of the locals. Poor guy.

>We need to start thinking of more things to brainwash them into believing.
Depends on how much fine control we have. The trolling potential is endless.

- Thinks they are a vampire
- Thinks eating the meat of an animal is disgusting, but any other part of the animal is fine.
- Thinks they are left-handed
- Thinks being naked makes them invisible
- Intense paranoia of falling meteors
- Thinks that corn will explode at any moment
- Thinks of rain as god-piss
- Pure water always tastes like something random
- Mother/Father memories are reversed
- Worried that if they fall asleep their big toe will escape and elope with their thumb

>>17686113
I think those are more like curses, actually.

>>17686113
>Worried that if they fall asleep their big toe will escape and elope with their thumb

this. This must be done.

so help me - this must be done!

>>17686113
- Thinks the directions are reversed
- Thinks that they only have one foot
- Think they're a dog
- Think that they're a horse and horses are people.
- Think they're female, and they must have their commander's child.
- Think they're the commander of the barbarians, and the real commander is an imposter.
- Think they're anti-008, and the other barbs are 008.

>We need to start thinking of more things to brainwash them into believing

Make them think they are Time Lords?

Or make them believe that they're in the Matrix or something like it

Can we make them believe that the correct way to hold your weapon is the backwards way?

Or make them think that their toes have been switched.

>>17686133
Well yeah, they ARE curses. We just use memory modification instead of another kind of magic.

If you think of minds as a library. Mind reading is like reading all of the books. Memory modification is like opening a book and editing it with a pen. Hence you could also rip pages out of some books and put them in others.

Cont-

- Give them Tourettes and make them believe Tourettes are contagious.
- Replace every memorized war-paint pattern with a crudely drawn dick and balls
- They are invincible while hiccuping
- They wield once handed weapons in a reverse grip because they think its the right way
- They are now the Highlander
- Their name is now Spartacus
- Spears are only useful for pole-vaulting, OBVIOUSLY
- Anyone without a thumb is trying to steal theirs
- Make them forget what women are for
- Give them a random OCD

Journal Entry 267

We got our stirrups. They took a few tries but the leather worker finally got the idea. They were free. In exchange, he gets to produce more. Just as long as the barbarians don't get their hands on them. They are detachable from the barbarian saddles our horses came with, so if we need to leave, we can take them with us. They're held on with some hooks and buckle. We gave them some test runs and they seem sturdy enough. We then got the horses properly shoed because they apparently weren't. Avery has named hers Matilda. I'm not going to bother naming mine until I'm sure I'm going to have it longer then a week. Hell, I didn't bother naming the last one either and I had that one for awhile. Anyways, speaking of Avery, she's broadcasting loneliness pretty hard. I'm going to go over and try and help make her feel better.

>>17686443
>- Make them forget what women are for

And this is how the Barbarian tribe that eventually begets Kronar, son of Man, came to be.

>>17686503
>Anyways, speaking of Avery, she's broadcasting loneliness pretty hard. I'm going to go over and try and help make her feel better.

Hope he's got some Barry White on that mp3 player.

Make them think that all Barbarians are Highlander immortals, and there can be only one.

Make them think they're citizens of the seiged city who have been kidnapped and brainwashed into thinking they're barbarians.

Sneak into the supply camp and convince them all that any of the war parties coming back to resupply are spies and need to be killed. Force the barbarians to fight their own supply camp.

>>17686520
the mind sex, all of it we will have.

Give them instructions on how to build a bomb. Make them think that it's a device that will cast a healing aura in the area.

Journal Entry 268

Well, I'm not sure what to say. Apparently I was pretty lonely too and next thing I know we're in my room. Stuff happened. I'm not sure what to make of it afterwards; our relationship hasn't really been more familial then this and some of her holy spells going off like that were.. I don't know. I don't think the others know, aside from Marcus anyways. His bard senses apparently automatically let him know who is sleeping with whom. He's been smug all day and vaguely hinting about it in conversation. I swear to god I'm going to wreck his ass if he keeps this up. Anyways, Avery and I decided that maybe it wasn't a good idea and we're not going to talk about it any further. Also just because we've been intimate doesn't mean you can read my journal Avery!

>What makes you think I'm reading your Journal? Maybe you're just paranoid.

>>17686749
>What makes you think I'm reading your Journal? Maybe you're just paranoid.
Suddenly! Mind Games!

>>17686749
Awwwww shit nigga. Death flag raised for Avery. Also, it's about goddamn time.

>His bard senses apparently automatically let him know who is sleeping with whom
Pfahahaha.

>What makes you think I'm reading your Journal? Maybe you're just paranoid.
You're awesome, 008.

>>17686749
this is good, this is well done, and you should feel good.

Journal Entry 269

We decided that we're heading out tomorrow. We got freshened up, had our rest and it was time to get back out in the field. So we're all sitting in the tavern with the map planning our next move when Jason suddenly gives one of the camp warning signs. Suddenly the Rheingraf spymaster appears. Jason immediately disarms him and we tackle him to the ground. Mike starts tying him up. We caught the motherfucker. He won't talk and I can't get anything out of him, it's like his mind isn't even there. So we drag him out back. We decide we're going to torture him. We only know one method that doesn't involve cutting things off or pointless threats and hot pokers. We waterboard him. Nothing seemed to happen at first. Then we realized that he doesn't breath. Avery tries hitting him with one of her anti-undead spells and nothing happens. He starts laughing at us and says that “he'll see us next time.” Then his throat exploded, spraying us with blood.. and then his body vanished leaving behind the ropes. Fucking hell.

>>17686786
>Death flag raised for Avery.

>>17686905
You know, I kinda like that guy. Persistent.

>>17686905
Goddamit. Well if Jason can explain how he can see him coming, they might be able to figure out where the spymaster is coming from and going back to.

>>17686933
I'm still calling minor demon, or complex magical construct.

>>17686933
Probably by seeing shit being ripped apart when the Rheingraf Spymaster comes into existence.
Also, he seems to teleport by dying. Maybe the corpse is recalled?

>>17686975
And by shit being ripped apart I mean fabric.. stuff.. magic-stuff world threads going snap and.. huh.

>>17686975
He's a Lich, I thought that this would be obvious by now.

>>17687009
They how did the guy dodge Avery's undead smitan?

>>17686786
>Death flag raised for Avery.
Wat.
Do not want. I like Avery - she's a good foil for the Journalist to pay off of. Killing her off is the last thing I want to happen.

>>17687009
But with the Rheingrafs involved he was said to be an
elven specialist from some far-away land.
A far-away, mysterious land.
With recurve bows.


Then again I might be wrong.
It is not like I can check from the previous threads, right?

>>17687044
Which is why it will.

Journal Entry 270

We're back on the road and should be back in Winterfield by tomorrow. The damnedest thing happened while on the road. We're riding along and suddenly all our wireless devices pick up an ad-hoc wifi signal. We pull to a stop and it vanishes. I don't feel anyone around, Jason doesn't see anyone or anything. We tie up the horses and scour the bordering woods for several hours before giving up. Maybe it was some kind of atmospheric or EM disturbance? I don't know how to explain it. We road on at a good clip to make up for our time before nightfall. Mike is digging through Avery's laptop to see if anything was moved by the connection but it doesn't look like it so far. It got me thinking though. Is it possible that anyone from the last group is still around? Using magic of some sort to stay young? If so, wouldn't they of tried to make contact yet? So what if I were in their shoes, ageless somehow and start hearing about more Terrans showing up. Yeah I'd try and find them asap and give them as much help as I could. I brought it up at our campfire discussion and we all agreed we would do the same. Those first weeks were terrifying. No one should have to go through that alone and without guidance.

They really ought to have been keeping track of the length of time between encounters with that spymaster. It could give them and idea of how long it takes to rez/resummon/remake the guy. I forget, have they fried him with magic yet?

>>17687089
>The damnedest thing happened while on the road. We're riding along and suddenly all our wireless devices pick up an ad-hoc wifi signal

WAT

WAT

The use of Dimensional Anchor would probably be useful for when the spymaster comes-a-knocking.

I severely doubt any in the party would be able to cast Dimensional Lock yet, unless Mr. "It's all just math!" wizard (Sorry, can't remember his name) somehow shot up fourteen or so levels in the time the party has been gone.

>>17687009
Can't be a lich. Blood and no serious spellcasting he usually resorts to blades in his attacks.

Demon or magical construct.
If he's a demon, then he automatically gets pulled back to hell when slain and re-summoned as needed.
If he's a magical construct, like a highly complicated Unseen Servant mixed with Phantasmal Killer and Luminous Assassin. No actual body, just magic force that disolves when ruptured.

>>17687089

SSID: You aren't alone
Password: Earth

(captcha): feral thatbond
Fuck, James Bond (THAT Bond) has gone feral.

>>17687184
Why a password? Unsecured network. How many hackers are you worried about in this situation?

Sonofabitch a wireless network. THAT would be an amazing thing despite the downsides of range limit. Those charging stones would act as generators, run a harddrive, set up in special place. That would be the best starter kit, a possible thousand volume "Us Terrans/Earthlings are here for a reason."

>sposfy classes

Yes captcha. They are here to teach, and the classes have begun.

I just finished catching up to this in the archives, and I wanted to say that you're awesome and this story is awesome, 008.

Keep up the good work.

alright, I'm going to take a break for a few hours and then we'll pick up with the siege.

>>17687479
>and then we'll pick up with the siege

Oh boy oh boy oh boy

Can't wait to see how this goes.

>>17687479

Love you 008, get some rest you've certainly earned it.

Dang it, paused storytime...

T_T

>>17687479
Siege? But ain't there just the handful of them? Breaking a siege head-on is undoubtedly a lot more different than screwing up a few patrols. Mind you, if they ARE level 8-11, then they should be able to make a good run at it, I suppose.

please excuse my crappy drawfaggery, just wanted to share a quick doodle from a couple of threads back

>>17687809

drat, forgot to resize in my haste, ah well part two

>>17687809
>>17687872
>Spymaster Troll

Ahahahaha these are great!

>>17687809
Spymaster confirmed for inter-dimensional manifestation of /b/

>>17687872
>>17687809

Well done, sir. Quite enjoyable.

>>17687872

Brilliant

>Is it possible that anyone from the last group is still around? Using magic of some sort to stay young? If so, wouldn't they of tried to make contact yet?

It was the Lich from the Dungeon that went "The fuck is this? The fuck was that?" and then vanished.

As we all know the easiest way to become immortal in Generic-Fantasy-stan is:

1) Become a Lich
2) Become a Deity
3) Become some otherworldly lovecraftian horror

>>17688530
Avery's anti-undead spells didn't touch it at all.
And it bled, which Liches don't do.

>>17688530
I was just thinking about this the other night. We found a magical vase/urn thing with an SD card in it. Then all of a sudden we come across a lich who also has some sort of magical vase and seems taken aback by the party. coincidence? Perhaps, might've just confused the fuck out of it by randomly showing up, but I say the two are related.

>>17686749

>Bard senses

This is going in my next game.

>>17688608
Or the vase was its phylactery.
The lich didn't know if the party knew this or not, hence the awkward stand off.

rolled 6, 7, 18, 10, 7, 16, 12, 1, 9, 15, 13, 12, 14, 12, 13, 11 = 176

>>17688593
Thats the spymaster.
The lich we found was pretty definietly a lich.
008 called it one explicitly, and it didn't attack the PCs, so it was probably an old Terran.

>>17688723

Yeah this was what I was assuming was going on too.

>>17688730

I thought the lich got the hell out of there because a couple of guys showed up out of NOWHERE and decimated his bugbear army?

I think if it had been a Terran, he might have noticed SOMETHING modern about the party and stuck around to chat them up/fill them in/ask questions.

>>17688788
If he isn't Terran, he's remarkably genre savvy.
And its not like the party is obviously modern. Cleric, spellcaster, rogue, psion, etc. Unless Journalwriter pulled a gun or a Nook or something, he probably wouldn't be able to tell quickly.

>>17688824

He can't be THAT genre savvy, his phylactery was a vase instead of something inconspicuous and durable, like a hammer or a fruitcake or something.

I probably need some confirmation from 008 on this, but I remember a journal entry talking about how the journalist's jeans had held up or something? They have to have SOMETHING modern on them. How does the journalist carry his gun? He has to have a holster, right? Not to mention a lich might be magically powerful enough to recognize the "offworlder aura" or something.

>>17688876

Could have his gun in his waistband or a pocket.

>>17688876
Vases are still better than bling or crystals, like most liches.
But anyway, if he's not genre savvy, he would have rushed the party like any other Lich.
So either GS or Terran.

>>17688906

That seems like it'd be pretty dangerous? I'm not really much of a gun person, but with them in all these airship crashes and running through woods and crypts and traps and stuff, wouldn't it be smart/safer to have your firearm very secure?

>>17688876
By the time they meet the lich, there's been at least one instance where the Journalist mentions he's replaced all his clothes due to wear and tear.

It's entirely feasible that there aren't obvious markers unless they've got some of the flashier objects out.

Not to mention - it's been at least 400 year since the last confirmed 'newbies'. After 400 years in a magic-infested world, I'm not certain I'd assume something weird looking was Terran... it wouldn't be my default thinking after that long.

>>17688824
Oh, you know what, they still had their jeans at that time didnt they?
Maybe the lich spotted them levis and decided not to meteor swarm?

>>17688923
Liches are intelligent, and not necessarily evil. We do not know the precise circumstances under which he was their.

Why does he have to be genre savvy to decide he doesn't want to fight?

>>17689005
cont.
All we know about the situation is that a lich appeared, there was a short stand off, then the lich picked up the vase and teleported.

Without more information about the situation, we can't make assumptions like people seem to be doing.

>>17688923

The fruitcake-phylactery comment was supposed to be a joke, sorry.

But yes, I'll agree, he's either a Terran or a very smart or paranoid lich.

>>17688942

Ah. Thank you for reminding me.

There might not be an obvious marker, but these guys have walked around a city with their mp3 players out and blasting, and shared nook-porn with people. It seems to me, at least, that there'd be something a genre savvy lich from Earth would pick up on magically or visually, even if it has been 400 years. These are the guys that rigged up a puzzle/secret room to house an SD card.

>>17688940

Of course it is! But a waistband or pocket will have to do without a proper holster. I don't believe journal writer mentioned he has a holster. Maybe he didn't CC his gun, it might have just been kept in his nightstand or something.

The Lich wasn't a Terran, he had just woken up to find his cave was full of dead bugbears and adventurers looking for a fight. He just didn't want to deal with it and left with his phylactery.

The journal writer also lacks a holster.

Also his jeans went missing when he was captured by Wolflake and had to be replaced with trousers.

>>17689239
I thought as much.
It will be interesting if and when the party finally meets an older terran though.

>>17689239

Thank you.

(Where DOES he keep his gun then?)

Personally, I enjoy the idea of that lich being the quantum lich (lich that was trapped in a box for a few hundred years)

No idea why, I just find the idea hilarious.

>>17689396

Didn't we tell the story of the Quantum Lich to some travelers once, long ago? I think it was with the caravan, when we lost Dan.

>>17689348

Hopefully somewhere that won't blow his bullocks off when he sits

>>17689239
QUANTUM LICH

>>17689478
Not sure, I can't remember right now but it is possible.

>>17689577
>looking at image for laughs
>notices a familiar name
...dammit I call conspiracy!

>>17689478
When he was trapped in the dungeon under the lake place. With the gnome and he whip-tiefling.

>>17689705

He's been planning this, hasn't he...

If he Bel-Airs... I will kill him.
And cry as I'm doing so.

No, no bel-airs. that would be too cruel after all this work.

>>17689795
I'm betting he has been, but no I don't think he will bel air, too low brow for him. No, I think he will do something even more incredible, something miraculous, something that is the culmination of him conspiring with numerous other anons to reach this point...

Of course if he does bel air, I'll help you track him and down and cry with you when it's done.

>>17689239
Well if doesn't have a holster after all this time he should probably get one. Something like that is childs play for a leatherworker.

>>17689860
Oh good, I love the whole thing by the way, I've been following since the first thread and only now started posting, keep it up!

You know, if he was feeling REALLY dickish, he'd have all this happen in the mind of a mentally chalanged boy as he stared into a snowglobe.

>>17689962
They did that in Tau Quest. I raged.

>>17687809
>>17687872
Also, brilliant comic.

New post pending.

>>17690192
Happydance.gif

I dont really need sleep anyway

Journal Entry 271

We made it to the plains and got close enough to observe the situation. The barbarian war camp was in shambles, panic everywhere. It looked like they were recovering from artillery though they were out of spell and catapult range. It was total chaos. Then we found the cause. There was a loud bang, audible from even here, and a second later, an explosion erupted in the middle of the barbarian ranks. It was artillery. Jason confirmed that it was fired from Winterfield. Mortars. A few minutes later, another one fired. After several shellings, the barbarians finally pulled into a retreat, heading in the direction of their supply camp. We held our position on the hill. An hour later, the front gates of Winterfield opened and their militia stepped out. It looked like they were scavenging the barbarian camp for supplies. People started coming out to join them. Some were fighting over what food they could get. We decided to pull back and moved into our old crypt base for the time being. We'll let them recover a bit before they decide to steal everything of ours because they're starving. This begs the question. Who introduced mortars to Winterfield? The same person who was sending cannon materials to Wolflake? More questions.

>>17690353
Ah, mortars. So OPd in Empire Total War. Especially with percussive shells. Love those things.

>>17690353
Wasn't the same city packed to the gills with undead the last time we saw it? I need a recap, I'm getting the order of events confused.

>>17690422
Wolflake is the one with the undead.

>>17690422
I think that was Wolflake, or whatever the Wolf town was.

>>17690422
Wolflake had the undead. Winterfield was the city they killed the king in during their early days.

>>17690353
>>17690353
The plot thickens. Stolen ideas from the students/captives? Second group of terrans being loose with information? Ancient lich terran from the 2014 group? natural tech evolution?

>>17690422
Undead were at Wolflake, this is Winterfield.

At a glance, they do look similar!

>>17690538
In the kingdom of Nounterrain, all locations seem similar after a while.

Journal Entry 272

We let things set for a few days and then we rode out to the city. The gates were opened and there was a large watch out front. A group of civilians were digging a mass grave to hold the large mound of corpses nearby. Other then that grisly sight, things were looking less desperate. Upon approach, the guard out front drew their weapons. We stopped and explained ourselves. That we were adventurers and what we had been doing out here against the barbarians. We were given clearance to enter but warned that food was on short supply. Doesn't look like we'll get our hot meal. They also mentioned that the provisional government is hiring mercenaries to bolster their armed forces for their upcoming actions against the barbarians. We noticed, upon entering, a brand new mortar sitting within the walls, only one. It was surrounded by some guards and what looked like an alchemist. We tied up our horses and went over to talk to them about it. They wouldn't let us get near the thing, stating state secret. I did get a quick glimpse into their minds. Nothing that would point them out as Terrans. I would need a longer session to find out where the gunpowder came from. It can't be from the Wolflake Orcs. Only a handful of them knew the recipe and how would it of even gotten here? We're going to check into this better tonight if we can. Jason paid a visit to his guild. We met him later at the graveyard. We paid our respects at Amanda's grave site. Avery said a prayer for her, then we checked into an inn and paid with a loaf of bread, which is worth more then gold right now.

>>17690591
Yeah, I had to switch random village name generators after awhile because that's all it would churn out.

Ghost of Amanda possessing alchemists, making them build mortars!

>>17690484

Maybe the adventuring group that they ran into after New Chicago...

That would be hilarious.

>Haven't we met you somewhere?

>>17690538
>>17690591
Hmm okay, if OP every makes us a world map we can go back and read through the threads again. Everything will make a lot more sense.

>>17690829
yes, i agree with this.

>>17690857
He did make a map, last thread I think.

Journal Entry 273

They city has seized our horses and sent them to be processed for meat. Just like that. They did pay us, but it was a pittance. At least they had the decency to give us the saddles back. Avery was ranting about it all day. So before we had anything else seized from us, we decided that we weren't done with the barbarian issue, so we signed up as mercenaries. The pay looks to be pretty good and we get free rooming. Food is another problem because of the shortages in the city. They're already running up to Brightly to see if they can get anything shipped over. So we're quartered with two other adventuring groups who were both trapped in the city when the siege began who had been on their way to Aeyllin at the time. Several warriors, some spell casters, a money paladin and a cleric of the peace church. We all got to know each other, related stories and so on. I don't trust the paladin. He doesn't feel untrustworthy, but I haven't had the best experiences around them.


(Map attached. Keep in mind that I'm constantly rearranging it when I add new locations so nothing is set in stone yet)

>>17691174
Y U kill Matilda? She kicked ass! She deserves better than "killed off-screen to be eaten"

>>17691226
Would you have preferred Avery's death?

>>17691226
Perhaps you'd like to see the Matilda being eaten scene?
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Journal Entry 274

We finally got a chance to pay a visit to that alchemist. I went along with Jason. We slipped inside once I could confirm that he was alone. We took him by surprise and I mind stunned him, set him down and dug in while Jason kept watch. I did get some worthwhile information from him. One of the sun church priests approached him one night and delivered a note with the chemicals and process for making the explosives along with diagrams explaining how to build the mortar and shells for a blacksmith or bell maker. The sun church again. They don't even have a branch here. The alchemist had to swear an oath of loyalty to the church for the plans, a magically binding one. He did so, any way to break the siege. The priest hadn't been seen since. I cleared his mind of the incident and made him think that he slipped. We're going to have to start keeping an eye out for this priest.

>>17691387
>Sun church

That reminds me, does their god have a name? I don't think he's ever been referred to as anything other than "sun god"

>captcha: dermra this

I don't know know what that mans but you should probably do that to the sun priest.

>>17691387
FUCKING SUN CHURCH

>>17691434
I haven't named any of the gods (or npc's for that matter aside from Marcus's new family.) It's just a thing I do when writing.

>>17691526

I think it works here, because the narrator just doesn't care about such trivial details.

Even if Avery mentions the sun god by the proper name, he'd probably go "Who? Oh, sun god, yea, sure."

Journal Entry 275

We scoured the city looking for any word of a sun priest staying. A few innkeeps recalled such a man a few months ago but he seems to of disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared there. He showed up at the inn after the siege had started, when the innkeeper wasn't expecting any new visitors. But there he was. And then he checked out well before it had broken. Chances are that he isn't in the city anymore. So why would he come here and do this? Why, how is the sun church involved in this? What else do they know? Are they holding old literature from the last group of Terrans? Anyways, I picked up some new clothes on the market; my current set had just reached the point where they were being held together by the good graces of decency. So us mercenaries are being sent into the field tomorrow and do some scouting work. If I still had my damn horse, this would be a cinch

>>17691592
One of the earlier threads implied that Journal Psion was an atheist. He seemed very dismissive of the whole religion thing even after he saw proof of actual divine entities and intervention. I think he's god a strong bias he needs to overcome.

>>17691619


Drawfag here. I have a question. What armor is everyone wearing. I drew Avery with partial plate + chain because, LOL PALADIN, and her being in the church for a bit and therefore access to better equipment. Bard got some cloth armor with metal inserts (forget the armor name). Thief is getting some sort of hardened leather armor. I figure that the Journalist would have either limited plate (chest, maybe feet/shins), or some chain mail under his regular clothes. He usually tries to stay out of the fight physically, but when he does he favors MIND, GUN and then SWORD. Thus, light armor on the arms. Warlock/wizard would be robed, I think. Unless they feel silly wearing dresses all day, and then standard fantasy clothes. Does this sound about right?

>>17692185
Sounds good to me!

>>17691829

>I think he's god a strong bias

Nice Freudian slip. What I meant is that he just doesn't care about the details like NPC names - or at least doesn't think them important enough to write down/remember.

>shorov names

Captcha agrees.

>>17692211
Entirely an accidental side effect of typing on an iPhone. Fitting though.

So has OP knocked off for the night?

>>17692185
That sounds about right except the journalist would be wearing leather. While Alex would be wearing a robe of some sort, Mike probably wouldn't

>>17691829
Good catch, yeah, he was an atheist. Proof of the divine caught him off guard. Now he's more of mind that you don't have to follow a god because it's his choice.

Journal Entry 276

We were broken into groups of three, patrolling specific routes and set to meet up at one location, near the barbarian supply camp, and then head back after gathering what information we can. A two or three day trip. I was with Alex and one of the other adventurers, a tiefling guy. What the hell is wrong with their chins? Says he's a ranger of some kind. So we're set to visit one of the abandoned farmsteads along our route. We get out there around nightfall, poke around. I don't detect anyone, all the farm animals are gone or dead. It looks like some of the fields are still harvestable. So we go inside the house and check around for anything we can use. They got a barrel of booze in their kitchen but it smells funny. There is some preserved fruit and some salted meat, so we have some of that, then sit around the fireplace and tell stories. Alex and I decide to completely befuddle the guy. So after he tells us about his adventure fighting one illithid and some drow in a cave system, I tell him the story of the Morrowind. He doesn't get what the fuck I'm going on about. Alex decides to one up me and tells him about the Emperor of Mankind, except he's using all the local races. He thinks we're both insane now.

>>17693209
Best. Troll. Ever.

Journal Entry 277

So we continue our patrol route and finally reach our meeting point, an old compass marker in the fields. Over the course of the next few hours, everyone starts arriving. Avery's group ran into some hunters and managed to put them down with some effort. James and Mike's team got lost because of their team leader. Marcus's amusingly got stuck with both a cleric and paladin. He wasn't happy. I think this is the longest he's gone without getting any. We exchange notes and head over to see what the barbarians are doing in their camp. They're all in some kind of huge ritual with dancing around a totem of corpses, smoke and chanting. Mike's under the impression that it's some kind of weird devil summoning. We quickly leave and are continue travel through the night. We make it to the city a little after midnight and inform the guard of what we saw, then headed to our quarters to get some rest.

Journal Entry 278

We're preparing to leave in the morning with the main militia force and start our attack on the barbarian hoard. All us mercenaries are hanging out in the tavern. Mike finds out one of the girls is also a warlock and the two have an instant connection. They spent several hours in a corner excited talking and throwing emotions all over the place before running off for one of their rooms. Good for him, I don't think Mike's gotten any since we've been here. Unless they're running off to perform some infernal ritual. Fucking warlocks. Anyways, I paid another visit to Amanda's grave. We threw in some money to get her a proper headstone made, written in English. I wonder what she would of become if she made it. I could almost feel her presence again. I'll get those barbarians for you Amanda. You just rest. If I could change history, I would of never gone down into the hold. I would of never reached out with my mind and tried to figure out what was in that crate. Maybe the monster wouldn't of awoken and made the airship burn. Maybe you'd still be alive.

>>17693446
aw HELL naw

>>17693446
GODDAMN

That said, is it too late to resurrect her? I mean, they know where she's buried, yeah?

>>17693446
That's some pretty heavy survivor's guilt there.

>>17693446
Awwww SHIT.

>>17693446
What the FUCK

Journal Entry 279

We're out in the field, marching with the rest of the militia. We're wheeling along the mortar as well while more are being made for the city. It's only a matter of time before they figure out how to make a regular cannon from it. That's the one thing that big gunpowder weapons have an advantage in. Range. They'll out range a regular mage by a great deal. The commander of this force plans on setting up his force in a phalanx when battle begins while us mercs will act as a skirmishers and try to assist the formations in any way possible. Again, this would be easier if we had our fucking horses still. We're not sure what to expect from that barbarian ritual. Maybe it failed, maybe it wasn't real, maybe it summoned an army. In the meantime, it looks like they got the airship route reestablished as one was arriving while we were out. It'll take weeks or months of food deliveries before the city will fully recover, possibly years of farming to rebuild their stores.

>>17693446

Avery is inevitably going to read this.

>If you needed a hug, you should have just asked.
/cue tender, sweet moment as he turns around and she's standing there.

>>17693502

I can just about foresee airships developing in similar ways to airplanes on Terra.
>Spying on the enemy with my airship!
>Oh noes, the other airship is spying on my forces as well! Better try and shoot at him with <fantasy equivalent of hand-gun>!
>Well, shit. That didn't do very well at all. Time to develop a faster, armed version of the airship! None of that spying shit, this is a dedicated spy-airship killing machine!
>So on and so forth.

>>17693625
>They were avoiding us, the Terrans. An order of some kind

Awww shit. The plot thickens.

Journal Entry 280

They did indeed summon an army. A devil army. I don't know what deals were struck for this. I don't want to know. Our forces nearly panicked and ran but between the commander's words and the militia's bards throwing around inspiration and bravery, we managed to hold cohesion. There were many strange forms and shapes out there and we could make out their leader, standing in front of the rabble with a flaming spear. Mike said it was an Erinyes and went on to list all the others present. Then they came for us. The phalanx formed. Avery and another cleric lit up like a holy beacon. I noticed that none of the others did. The barbarians came in from the back, using the devils as their shock troops. Several of the phalanx formations were immediately destroyed while others pressed forward. Our group did it's best to harass the enemy. I was picking up the weirdest mental traffic from them. They were avoiding us, the Terrans. An order of some kind? When one of us would attack, they'd pull back and try to avoid or engage someone else. Even trying to use this to our advantage, the battle was going bad. Then the mortar started firing. The enemy line was completely thrown in disarray. Unfortunately, we only got 5 shots off before the mortar exploded, killing its fire team. We certainly decimated the barbarian hoard, but the devil army was a bit more difficult. The commander finally ordered a retreat and everyone made a run for the city. All of us mercs decided that we didn't want to get caught up in another siege and split off. We've taken refuge inside our old crypt base. Avery, the other cleric and paladin are going around trying to holy the place up some. Maybe keep the infernals away over the night.

Alright, I'm going to crash for the night. See you gents later!

>>17693646
Godspeed.

Posterity bump.

You mean decimated in the literal sense or are most of the barbarians are dead sense?

bump for bed

>>17693640
>Devils avoid Terrans.
Hmm, I'm thinking a Terran either managed to completely fuck over every devil ever with some kind of deal, or a Terran became their boss. I'm thinking Terran-Lawyer-Devil.

>>17693640
>>17695195
Or the terrans are unaware pawns of the infernal forces that opened the portal on earth

>>17693640
I can't help but think that continually returning to this crypt is going to end poorly at some point. Nothing says 'Dickpunch me!' quite like sleeping where people who hate your guts know you are.

>>17695393
Aw man, you scratched my optimism!
Either way, it will be glorious, yes?

Vote 5 for Ghost Amanda

>>17695393
Or the last/next group of Terrans who came through made so much trouble for them that they officially have a 'hands off' policy to keep the Terrans from going ballistic on them again. Thin kabout it: Modern terran popular culture, from DnD to Doom, movies and music, everything has taught us not to fear demons (despite some religions' best efforts), so a fa/tg/uy in such a situation would be more likely to respond with violence than fear. I'm telling you, the last group to pass through here squared off against a demon army, and since humans are less bound by fear and superstition, the demon army had its ass handed to it. Now they're avoiding pissing off any Terrans at all.

Also, who wants to bet that the Sun Church has a DaVinci Code thing going on? That the last group of Terrans entrusted much more advanced knowledge and tech to them, with strict instructions to keep it hidden until the 'next' group passed through, when they'd need it. Maybe this group's journal and note made it back to Terra, so the 2014 crew knew what to expect and tried to set up a support network for them on their journey.

Since the previous crew might have had a hand in yhe churches that might be possible>>17696144

Hey, just throwing this out there, but has anybody considered the possibility that the last group of Terrans wasn't from the future, but that they'd been in Fantasyland for however long already that that's how their photographs were timestamped?

To clarify, let's assume that our current group is for 2012; their devices are all going to read 2013, at least, since they've been there for over a year already. Probably longer.

Just food for thought.

>>17696868

I thought that they didn't recognize the people in the pictures.

>>17696896
>>17696868
They didn't, and there were more of them in those pictures.

The DaVinci code idea could hold merit, especially with how badly the church wanted to hold onto Avery. She's practically a saint from the founders.

>>17696896
>>17696932
I think you're missing the point. I'm not saying that it was the same group, I'm saying that they're probably not 'from' 2014. Maybe they were an earlier group of abductees, maybe they were llured through the portal at the exact same time and just came out 400 years earlier... the point is, there's no reason to think that they're from the future based on the timestamp of a photograph taken in a fantasy world that they may have already been living in for years - especially if the assumption is that they somehow had a hand in the formation of organized religion.

>>17696868
It was said that the first pictures that were taken were stamped at 2014 so i think its future ppl

Journal Entry 281

Luckily, we had no infernal visitations over the night. We do have a plan of action though. Mike and his warlock girlfriend believe that the barbarians are the anchor keeping the devils here through their ritual. If we kill them, or at least the right ones, the army should dissolve, and they'll return to wherever they go. With that in mind, we packed up and headed for the barbarian camp, a hoard of adventurers off to save the day. On the way, we noticed that the devil army was sieging Winterfield pretty hard, as we had expected. The rain of arrows from the walls was barely keeping the devil forces from attacking. The devils had no siege machines with them, though I suppose some of the larger ones would count as living siege engines. I'm not sure how long it would take for the city to produce more mortars but they probably didn't have enough time and I doubt they'd be in any condition to deal with a devil invasion of the town when the gate inevitably fails. It probably doesn't help that we have most of the holy types with any kind of ability with us.

Know what hates devils a lot?

Demons.

Know who can summon demons into the battle?

Mike and his girlfriend.

I'm willing to bet that more than a few demons would jump at the chance to be summoned into the prime and butcher devils, and only devils.

Journal Entry 282

We made it to the barbarian camp at nightfall. It looked like they were preparing another ritual with all the corpses from the battle of the day before. We made our move. Jason and the rest of the sneaks went ahead to silence the guard. The rest of us moved in when we got the signal. All hell broke loose. Our hell this time. All our spellcasters unleashed upon the ritual performers, the rest of us picking off anyone who wandered out of the blast zones. After the spellcasters blew their load, it turned into a real battle. We were outnumbered, but we had every other advantage. We let the non-combatants combatants flee, the non-warrior women and children, pets. When the sun came up, we held the camp. We had casualties and many wounded. No Terrans died this night though Alex ended up with several broken bones when he ended up wrestling a barbarian, and Mike was debilitated by the tribe shaman's magic. Our clerics and paladins are healing everyone as best they can. In other news, I found out why the local psions shave their heads. By late battle I was starting to burn out, I gave my last good concentrated mindrape blast, my last bit of everything and then my hair caught on fire. I got it out in time but I'm going to have to be more careful about this. I'm not shaving my head.

Time that right and you could have a trademark move.

*FWOOM* "I AM THE DREAD-PSION ROBERTS, I HAVE COME FOR YOUR THUMBS!"

>>17697437
>I AM THE DREAD-PSION ROBERTS
>Roberts
No, sir, you are the psion!

Journal Entry 283

We have horses again! After we got everyone that we could back on their feet, we took the barbarian horses and road out to the city to see if our plan worked. Well it did, kind of. Only a quarter of the devils remained and they looked disorganized. We made our plan and rode in. Our spell slingers started hitting them from range, our clerics, putting up their divine barriers and whatnot. The city militia took our cue, opened the gates and went out in force while the rest of us engaged the devils. Again they were avoiding us Terrans, but that didn't stop us. By the end of the battle, the devils had dissipated. We all had injuries of some sort, mostly burns but damn, it felt good. The barbarians were no longer an immediate threat to the region and we actually saved a city. Of course they still took our horses for food, but we got paid a little better this time. We got our merc pay as well. Considering all the effort we put in, and our losses, I feel like we've been shafted. I can understand that the city doesn't have much to offer right now I guess.

>devils
>disoriented

Someone's getting demoted.

Journal Entry 284

Things are doing better around town with the immediate threats put down. The militia went over and raided the barbarian camp for anything left behind and brought back some supplies that should help. The farmers are returning to their farmsteads. The other adventurer teams are sticking around a few more days before heading to Aeyllin. We told them of New Chicago and warned them that they better not fuck around with its inhabitants. We should probably be going with them, but I don't think any of us are ready for another weeks long voyage across the wilderness. I think we're just all exhausted. We did complete what we set out to do and it was a lot of work. We do have some peace of mind at least. I paid a visit to Amanda's grave. Had a talk. I know it's silly, but I swear I felt her presence, her standing there listening. Anyways, I'm going to run off and meet up with Jason, Marcus and Alex. Jason wanted to explore the castle as it's currently not being used. Avery doesn't like the idea and Mike is doing the warlock thing with his girlfriend. The provisional government closed the castle down when they formed and have been running everything from a repurposed court house in the middle of town. Maybe there's something of value inside.

>inb4 Mike and gf have a baby specifically to sacrifice for an evil ritual

>>17697979
>I swear I felt her presence, her standing there listening
Uh ho. Time for some ghostly asskicking.

Journal Entry 285 Part 1

We spent hours going through that damned castle. It had been ransacked pretty hard already. Probably during the city's civil war. After a few hours, we finally just gave up and hung around the throne room for awhile. The throne had been destroyed for whatever reason. I don't remember it being covered in anything valuable so maybe it was in spite. Anyways, after a few minutes, Jason says he sees something and goes over and starts playing with one of the back walls. Sure enough, there's a click and a hidden door pops open. Okay, we figure it's an emergency escape exit for the king. We grab our lights and head in. Well, the stairs go up, so it's not an emergency exit. We end up on the fourth floor in a room with no other doors but a few small window vents too small to crawl through. The floor of the room has a massive ritual circle painted on it and what's more important, a portal sitting in the middle of it.

Journal Entry 285 Part 2

Unfortunately it wasn't a portal home. It looked like it exited out into a forest. Alex said it looked stable enough. We tied some rope to a chair in the room and tossed it through to make sure it wasn't going to dissipate immediately and that we could return through it. We drew straws and I lost, so I got to go through first. Sure enough, there was a portal on the other side so we could return easy enough. The portal exited out into a forest clearing. The whole clearing was in another ritual circle. Jason says it's an invisibility field, Alex thought it was some kind of repulsion field. What's more important though, was what was in the middle of the clearing. A small airship just sitting there with the Winterfield royal seal painted on the side. This was in fact an escape route. A way to leave the kingdom. One that must of cost a damn fortune to build. We had an emergency team meeting. We still need the consensus of the others but as far as the rest of us are concerned, we're going to graciously accept this gift for the loss of both sets of our horses and saving the city.

>>17698208
>the gang now has their own airship
>final fantasy style airship travel ahoy!

Allofmymoney.jpg

>>17698233
>implying it won't crash on the first flight
you know how their luck is with airships

>>17698241
First stop should be Aellyin, to hand it over to the Wizard and Artificer, and see what they can do with it.

>>17698241
Yeeaaahhh... Anon has a point.

That, and they will have to remove anything linking it to Winterfield, in case anyone actually remembers this Airship and finds it stolen. Thankfully they don't put serial codes on everything back then, so it will probably be as easy as getting rid of that Winterfield seal. A really good question right now though... Can any of them fly it?

Also, they can now be freelance traders as well as adventurers. I'm sure that will probably get them some money.

Journal Entry 286

We got the others over here and showed them our new prize. It took some convincing to get Avery to agree. She doesn't like the idea of running off with something this expensive, even if the previous owner is dead. So first thing was first. Making sure that it actually works. Well, we ran into our first problem. The magic “key fob” was missing. Everything else seemed to be in working order, but we can't get it to budge without the key. From what we've seen on other airships, the key fobs were usually glowing spheres around the size of a baseball and they sit in a slot in the middle of the wheel. We went back through the portal and scoured the castle looking for it. It wasn't hidden in the throne room, it wasn't in the king's chamber, wasn't in the armory. If it had been in any of those places, it was long since gone. We closed the secret door, snuck out of the castle and looked around town. We checked with merchants, casually asking if they had any magic spheres. Nope. This could be a problem. None of us know how to hotwire an airship.

>>17698417
Solution: DEMONS

>>17698272
>Freelance Trader
They should make Jason the official captain. The Rogue should be their Trader.

Jokes aside, he can be their 'legitimate businessman' involved in 'import/export trading'.

>>17698481
if the rules for this world follow standard 3.x DnD, the warlock should have (or soon have at the rate they're levelling) the ability to 'fake it' when creating and using magic items.

>>17698527
Yeah, no. Marcus is the Face. And while he does have this little "Clingy Wife Syndrom", it's actually not a problem : they can take Raina with them as a failsafe. You know, "Oh noes, the ship is gonna crash, quick, tow it with the dragon!"-kind of failsafe.

>>17698577
I was making a Rogue Trader joke.

Depending on the type of dragon she is, that could limit potential 'legitimate business opportunities'.

>>17698597
I know that, but I needed an introduction to that stupid dragon powered sky-chariot idea.

We never did find out what kind of dragon she was, did we? Since she's living amongst humans and so such, I'm guessing she isn't an evil color, or evil if one of the chromatics.

>hissed angershi
Uh... I really hope she isn't evil.

>>17698600
But you could probably sell her on the idea of having a 'mobile lair', and if their kid grew up on an airship, he'll take to flying very easily. AND she could come along on their adventures with the kid in relative safety to keep an eye on Marcus to make sure he doesn't stray while Avery isn't looking.

>>17698641
Didn't the terrans see her fly away once?
Journal psion probably knows what color she is, even if he hasn't mentioned it.

>>17698600

Given that everyone is well... still alive, I would have to wager on the elf-dragon-wife not being of the chromatic variety.

>>17698641
She's a silver. That seems to be the typical "falls for humans" color that isn't evil.

>>17698417
guess the journal writer guy should have hung on to that floating sphere they sold.

Good, a silver should approve of living in the sky.

>>17698668
Given the average alignment of the party, I would not take it as a sign on her being any kind of good either.

>>17698747
I was thinking she'd be a song dragon.

Yeah, there's a type of dragon called song.

>>17698644
A floating arcane fireball crash accident waiting to hapen isnt what i would consider a proper enviroment to raise a baby.

Also, dragons are prideful creatures, towing anything is likening to a beast of burden, and if i were a dragon, i would rather let you all plummet to your doom, sans the father of my son/daughter.

You all seem to asume she actually likes the terrans, i think thats a bit of a stretch.

Dragons are naturally attracted to things of value and rarity.

These are the only Terrans on the planet.

She'd probably tag along just to say that they're hers.

>>17698762
As hilarious as that would of been, the items they stole from the King's chamber last time were identified a little later as the anti-disease necklace and the immovable rod-ring

Journal Entry 287

Our next targets were the heads of the provisional government which is made up of the old military general, several of the advisers and one of the nobles, all of which were fighting against each other during the civil war, but joined forces when the barbarian attack began. We had Jason figure out their schedules, Marcus intercept them when we were ready and I'd mind read them while Marcus kept them distracted. Only one of the advisers knew anything about the airship and I think he may of forgotten about it. No idea what had happened to the key. Last he knew of it, it was in the throne room. I made sure he wouldn't remember the airship and we continued our search. We hunted down personal servants, elite guard, Jason asked around the thieves guild. Nothing and no sign of the royal artificer who may of built the thing either. He's presumed dead in the civil war and his house burned down. Figures.

wonder how many of those terran fa/tg/uys are also /v/irgins?

they should name their ship the delphinus.

Bonus points if they can engineer a magic cannon of some sort.

Journal Entry 288

So come morning, Marcus says he had an idea. The king had an ugly concubine, a curvy half-orc girl with bad case of man face. She would have had access to it and may have been close enough to know of it's existence. We managed to track her down to a small residence relatively close to the castle. So Marcus goes up and knocks on the door and she comes out. Sure enough, she's got the damned fob. She drilled a hole in it and was wearing it like big glowing medallion on a necklace. Anyways, we grabbed it and I erased the whole thing from her head. Yeah, we pretty much keep shitting on this poor girl's life. We killed her sugar daddy and now we're running off with her memento of him. I tried throwing in some happiness and dropped in the seed of determination to start anew. Maybe one day, and with a mask or cloth sack, she can attract a new man into her life. Anyways, while we were preparing, I stopped by Amanda's grave to say goodbye. I could of sworn she answered back.

>Wait what? We need to look into this!

O god dam. What the jounalist said about the half orc chick made my giggle in class. Lol

>>17699198
>looking into the paranormal answers from beyond the grave?

nah - they've suffered enough at the hands of the undead

>>17699238
I think they've suffered more at the hands of airship disasters.

>>17699355
Every day they delay getting airborne is another day in which they aren't crashing to the ground.

>>17699440
They really should develop parachutes.

Or those gliding suit thingies.

>>17699469
They arent nearly high up enough for chutes or the gliders to work/slow them down enough to save them. They r like a couple hundred feet or less above ground.

>>17699238
Considering the fact that a fucking Lich decided to walk/teleport out on them and they used an ancient crypt as hideout, I'd say they're pretty lucky in the trouble-with-undead-department...

>>17699504

Parachutes would still slow their fall, but yeah, not quickly enough to prevent injury.

Plus, y'know, there fucking MAGIC that they could commission to help out with that problem. Featherfall rings for everyone or something like that.

>>17699562
How about blowing wind into their chutes to open them super fast? Magic n shit

>>17699562
That might be what the immovable ring was for. Either:
A: Stop mid-air before you reach terinal velocity, then drop 10 feet and stop, then drop ten feet and stop, continue until on the ground
or B: The pull of gravity on the wearer's weight is enough to overcome the DC30 strength test to move the ring, so gravity slowly drags the wearer to the ground.

Neither is particularly pleasant, but almost anything is better than a 100-foot swan-dive onto hard-packed earth.

>>17699586
I think it'd be cheaper and easier to just use featherfall rings. You get essentially the same thing without having to come up with a complex spell'n'parachute combo.

>>17699627
if the featherfall spell even exists in this world.

Journal Entry 289

So someone read my journal last night. We were supposed to be flying out of here but Avery seems to think that I'm making mental contact with Amanda's ghost, which means she didn't pass properly. Avery ran off to borrow some books from one of the local churches while I sat around the graveyard trying to make contact. I definitely felt something out here. So Avery returns with her books and we pour over them trying to figure out what can be done. We found a ritual that would let her manifest. Avery's jittery about the whole thing, dealing with the undead like this, but it's something she has to do. Mike says it looks similar enough to one of his infernal rituals that he can help and does so. So we perform the ritual. At first there was something like a white smoke drifting around and then it became more defined. It took on her form. It was Amanda, white and translucent. She's been here the whole time. Luckily she hasn't gone insane. She couldn't talk, but I could feel from her. So we told her of our adventures, Alex going to Aeyllin, Avery joining us in the Orc campaign, our rescue of Austin, Max and Ian, Marcus and his wife and son and our campaign against the barbarians. She was glad that we were all safe and making a life for ourselves. Then, it felt like a burden was lifted from her and she faded away. She waved goodbye. Avery seems to think that she was worried about us and that was keeping her bound here. I hope she's getting the rest she deserves now in whatever afterlife she ended up in.

Good end ish? Least she was able to pass on. Thats nice

>>17699671
Fare thee well Amanda. You shall always live on, in our hearts.

Woohoo, I'm now two for two!

>>17699671
I'm kinda surprised they didn't ask if she wanted to be resurrected.

>>17699671
>Mike says it looks similar enough to one of his infernal rituals that he can help and does so.
Divine magic confirmed for actually being pact based magic.

>>17699885
Wait, people do it differently? I've always seen clerical magic as pact-based magic in my games because it basically boils down to begging a divine favor in exchange for your continued services to the faith.

>>17699885
>>17699922
Apparently so. Still, good end. I am happy.

Personally? I was hoping for a resurrection.

This begs the question of what happened to that one dude who got offed by Goblins.

Oh no, we're not done with Amada yet. Not until we find the tribe that did this to us and her.

>>17700180
You mean the barbarians?

>>17700180
That's the ones we just finished devestating. All they have left are the women and children. No protection, no defenses, no ability to harm anyone for at least a generation. Sure, the party could try to swoop into the power vaccuum and conquer them, but that's a lot of time and energy to expend on brainless goat-fucking savages. I think a strongly delivered ultimatum of not being a dick OR ELSE should be enough at this point. And constant vigilance by the local towns. Don't want rhis to fester like Germany after WWI.

>>17700286
Oh, dear gods. That'd be fucking horrific.

I mean, they're already Nazi barbarians who are willing to call in devil support. We don't need to piss them off even worse.

Alright gents, I have a game to GM. I'll be back in 5 or so hours and I'll pick up from there.

Have a good one, 008.

>>17700356
Make sure that your DMPC is the only one that does anything of any importance.

That's the only way to earn the others' respect. You don't want them to think you're weak or else they'll just push you around and deviate from your story that you have planned out.

>>17700356
Good luck 008. See you when you get back

Bumping for OP

Hourly bump for future generations.

>perchance, mayessen
Why yes, captcha, I am a little peckish.

wasn't the dragon waifu breathing fire when she had the baby? how could she be silver

>>17702518
Because she's also a wizard.

>>17702518
Golds, Silvers and Reds all breath fire, IIRC. At least in 3.x D&D

>>17702589
I thought Silvers breathed Cold?
God that sounds stupid. Breathing cold.

>>17702589
in 3.x silvers breath cold and paralyzing gas

>>17702655
Well, what's the alternative? Sucking heat?

That's technically what it is, but it sounds just as stupid doesn't it.

>>17702655
it's a cone of gas that reacts endothermically with anything it touches.
also, if i mixed up the endo/exothermic thing please feel free to correct me, i could never get those right

>>17702655
>>17702665
It sounds less stupid if you think of it as breathing out super-cooled gases.

>>17702700
I would call it "The gas master".

Don't underestimate my ability to make things sound retarded.

>>17703044
I suppose you have a lot of experience at that.

Hey, I noticed that anti-008 finally gave up on trolling these threads.

>>17703249
I think he got banned. At least, all his posts in the last two threads were deleted.

Just because the journal guy said she breathed fire doesn't necessarily mean it was actually fire. It happened in an instant, and a lot of breath weapons more or less look the same if you just change their color.

Ah, forgot about that. Since it wasn't mentioned in the actual journal, it would just be easier to change to her type. So brass or gold?

>>17703535
gold, they have a natural shapeshifting ability

>>17702694

No, you got them right.

In my mind, silver would work the best.

Gold dragons have little or no reason to associate with humans the way she was, they generally only take the form of humans to get information on the BBEG at the moment before returning to their natural form to kick ass.

So, if we're voting, I'll cast my lot in with elf-dragon-bride being a Silver Dragon.

>>17703724
>So, if we're voting, I'll cast my lot in with elf-dragon-bride being a Silver Dragon.

same here. There's nothing saying that we can't deviate at all from DnD-standard fluff, so even if she doesn't exactly match the description of a Silver in terms of breathing fire vs cold, I see no reason to change it.

>>17703745
Well there ARE ways of changing breath weapon energy type in D&D, spells, feats and whatnot, so I guess I'll believe it

>>17703535
Brass would be a more appropriate punishment for the bard, and also less likely to murder them all for being evil, though they lack the inbuilt shapeshifting of golds, silvers and bronzes.

On the other hand, it said "shooting fire everywhere," not breathing fire, and dragons are a) natural sorcerers, b) smart enough to be good wizards, c) rich enough to afford magical items, d) capable of casting "Breath Weapon Substitution"/"Breath Weapon Admixture," just to use a few examples from the Draconomicon. Hell, if the dragon was particularly paranoid it might have used an illusion spell to disguise it's type as a different kind before it did the "explode out of the inn in a blaze of awesome" trick, since the group would have figured out it was a dragon fairly quickly once they saw the kid was a halfdragon, but this way it would keep the advantage against them by feeding them false info about its abilities (and weaknesses).

>>17703773
>Hell, if the dragon was particularly paranoid
And by "particularly paranoid," I mean pretty much any dragon.

That reminds me, why did she break out of the inn and faux attack the festival? I didn't understand the reason for that.

>>17703953
Pain. Lots and lots of pain.

>>17703953
Giving birth tends to be rather painful.

Journal Entry 290

We have gathered supplies and subtly moved all our stuff to the castle and then to the hidden airfield. It took a good two hours to scrape off the damn Winterfield royal seal. We loaded up and then stalled when we realized none of us are qualified to fly this thing. We've seen airships piloted but actually piloting them is a different matter. The controls looked simple. A ship's wheel, an inset orb next to it that we think controls altitude by rolling it and a lever that we think controls speed. We sat down on deck and had a discussion of who was the most qualified of us to pilot it. After an hour of getting nowhere with that, Mike had an idea. What ever happened to that captain we arrived with on our first trip here? Is she even in town anymore and can she pilot airships? So Jason and I returned to the city and scoured for her. Sure enough, we found her working as a tavern wench, saving for enough to start up her own land bound trade route with Brightly. She did in fact know how to pilot airships and was more then willing to be hired onto our crew as long as we paid her more then what she was making at the inn. So we got a new member on the team, Airship Pilot Marika Hajna. We got all loaded up again, detached from the air dock and lifted off. It was amazing. Then we realized we had no idea where we were. I figured we were in the woods between Winterfield and Brightly but Alex pointed out that the trees were wrong. We could be north or west of the kingdom borders. We flew in wide circles for hours until we spotted the coast. So we had to of been west of Winterfield. We started heading east and by nightfall, was passing over the city. So we wasted a day. We came in and landed at the airship port and hoped no one would recognize the ship. We registered at the dock for the night. There was no fee. Come morning, we'll begin our trip to Aeyllin. Maybe we'll take some passengers and make some extra money.

>>17704045
>Marika
OP, I fucking love you so much right now.

>>17704086
is there something i'm missing

Approaching autosage! 275 posts and counting.

>>17704045

AIRSHIP GET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvZ6Dqv7Ws

>>17704240
>Part 7
>Getting excited about an airship

You know damn well that that airship is going to crash or explode or try to eat them or something.

5 dollars the bard sleeps with the pilot.

>>17704148
Marika is the name of the main character in the excellent (and currently-airing) anime Mouretsu Pirates. Most of /m/ loves it because it has good characters, nostalgia appeal, almost no sexual fanservice whatsoever, well-written dialogue, a massive amount of tech fanwank and is on track to be the best "adventures in space" anime since the 90s.

sage for off-topic

>>17704330
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6O7yw0tmOY

is this better

Journal Entry 291

Come morning, we took on a handful of passengers and their cargo and took off. It was cramped, even on deck, but we were fine. I calculated the direction to go and we took off. Jason is getting tutored by our pilot on how to fly. He's definitely taken with her and I can see why. So a few hours into our flight, we all gathered and tried to decide what to name the ship. No one could agree on anything and it got quite heated. We limited names to two words or less. Avery wanted to name it the Enterprise, Jason wanted to name it the Golden Hind, Mike wanted the Beagle, Marcus chose Zero Gravitas, Alex wanted the Argo and I chose Serenity. While we work out that problem, I figure we should arrive in Aeyllin some time tomorrow unless we suddenly suffer a midair explosion or crash into the inconceivable. Our passengers think we're all insane from the friendly bickering but they're holding up well. I'm thinking that maybe we can rent out our ship under our pilot when we're not using it and rake in the money. We'll have to be careful to not piss off the merchant guild too much but I figure maybe we can open up a temporary Aeyllin to Brightly route. I'll talk to our pilot later about this, she's more experienced in these matters.

>>17704356


This one's always been my favorite, personally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPcCqdaXBv0&feature=related

>>17704335
I was not aware of that. I've been using random name generators for everything.

Mostly this one if anyone is interested.
http://www.behindthename.com/random/

>>17704385
i wasn't going for personal favorite, i just thought it was fitting since setzer's first ship winds up getting torn in half

>>17704387
You just broke my heart.

>>17704367
The Golden Hind seems a bit fitting, since it was the personal airship of the leader of a country, that you just happen to have been charged to dispose.

>>17704367
>Serenity

But...they WON the war.

>>17704367
How about the fucking TITANIC?
The gods of irony won't let it crash.

Is Mike's 'girlfriend' sticking around?

And who was the airship pilot? you described her as a fiery women, but is she human? Something else?

cmon, Enterprise cuz they are badass and it seems like their plot armor has been keeping them alive for the last few months now.

>>17704367

WOO! Air ship captain get!

Anyway, finished this thing (finally). For future reference, drawing robes on a preggers elf? Really, really, confusing. I mean, how the hell does that shit fold with a beach ball in the way?

Also, yes, that is a power sign on his cod piece. I can totally see him getting that inscribed on it to use as a pick up line.

Random wench: "That is a very interesting symbol. What does it mean?"

Marcus: "In my native land, a strange and wondrous plane of existence separate from this one, this symbol gives power to amazing devices. Wanna find find out what happens when you touch mine?"

AND THEN THEY ALL FUCK

>>17704638
Mike's girlfriend is making her way to Aeyllin on foot with the rest of her adventurer friends.

The pilot is human, yes.

>>17704724
I love Marcus in this picture
"Yeah, so happy because she could eat me-GGRRFTGFGF FUCKING RING GET OFF ME"

>>17704724
Very good, but their faces have some serious uncanny valley shit going on. Their expressions don't seem natural.

I think you'd be able to mitigate it on the elf by smoothing out some of the smile lines, and on Marcus by smoothing out the cheekbone.

>>17704795

Really? Dammit. I am too tired to work on it anymore tonight, but I will fuss with it tomorrow. I guess I pushed the expressions too far in comparison with the rest of the piece. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. AGAIN.

questions about airships, both in official D&D and in this thread.
do they have a maximum altitude?

>>17704724
God damn you can put out some detail. Amazing work.

>>17704795
I thought that at first too, but then I realized they are just making the most painful fake smiles possible. I will still agree they look kind of stretched but I don't really feel the uncanny valley.

And we're in autosage, new thread soon.

>>17704952
Marcus' smile should seem fake.

But the elf could do with a smile-line reduction, and a nose reduction. The flared nostrils look strange and her face looks like it would belong more on a halfling or a gnome.

I present for your consideration those changes to the elf, made hastily in mspaint. I think she looks more attractive.

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