First thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21164535/
Second thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21170728/

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"Okay," you begin, "so where the hell are we right now exactly? And if you are all about endorsing me, then how about you teach me more magic and retrieve me my shotgun?"

"Yay! I am so glad that long pause is over!" The Fae excames to your confusion, "And we are together of course. I wont teach you magic because you aren't a real warlock and I hate warlocks anyway, don't you? And I won't get your shotgun because the arch-mage of earth has it. . . Though I do wonder if he wasn't bluffing in hindsight. . . I also didn't even check to make sure I killed him! Oops!"

>>21269104
time to be the detective!

>>21269133

You inhale deeply, reminding yourself that the Fae isn't really retarded she is just wacky because she is a fairy thing and can't help it. Fuck you hate the fairy things, you're wandering if Roxie had a point about just going with demons. Of course she may also be intentionally aggravating you.

You scan your surroundings, hoping for some clue as to your location. The room is massive, and almost completely empty. The only objects in the room are the two chairs and table you and the Fae are seated at, and a large crystal chandelier directly above you. The room then expands maybe sixty feet in any direction, perfectly circular, with only two doors. One, massive and very decorated, behind the Fae and one, more normal looking, behind yourself.

You highly doubt this is a normal building on earth. Either the Fae summoned it into existence or teleported here, with here being another plane or something.

You think about where you were last, bleeding out in an ally. You can think of no logical connection between these two locations. Damn magic makes detective work hard, maybe once you've become more experienced with all of its bullshit you'll be able to sort these things out better.

YEEEEEESSS, IT IS BAAAAAACK!!!!!!
Missed you to Fae-Queeny.

>>21269229
Ask her if there is something else we're supposed to be doing now, that we're not going to learn magic.

>>21269272
Also, try to reach our hipster-gone-hipstercat-gone-hipsterhalfsprite telepathically.

>>21269241

"Yay! I missed you too! Almost as much as I missed existing!" The Fae suddenly shouts.

You are no longer confused by these outbursts, you have excepted them as a normal part of being around the creature.

"Ok, so if I am not supposed to be learning magic what am I supposed to be doing right now?"

"Nothing! Just sit around and until I say otherwise."

"And you want me around because I am a "hero" and thus usfull"

"Yes!" She answers.

"But if I am not a hero then you wouldn't bother to have me around."

"Probably not, no."

"And a hero is a hero because he does dramatic stuff right?"

She nods excitedly, "Yes! like fighting demons to the death and rescuing fair maidens!"

You realize she is probably talking about your recent encounter.

"Ok. So if I just sit around here for a long time I will stop being a hero. . . Right?" You finish the though.

She purses her lips in thought. "I. . . Guess so?"

"So. . . What am I supposed to be doing right now?"

She opens her mouth the exclaim something then shuts it. . . thinks. . . Then says. "I'm going to send you on a quest."

You nod while opening the grimoire to the telepathic bond page. The ritual is very simple and in a moment you believe you have finished it. The only effect seems to be a sudden shady mist that rolls into the room.

"Stop that." the Fae waves her hand and the mist dissipates. "Now, I beleive you summoned some demons a while ago? I want you to slay them. Do you except my quest?"

>>21269395
"It's not like I've got much of a choice. I don't suppose you have anything that could help me with that, seeing how I'm unnarmed and don't know where I am right now?"

That should be somewhat in line with the occult PI archetype we're going for.
Also, are ther no other questgoers around?

>>21269436

{{To the second part of your post. It was probably a mistake hosting it this early, I'm going to be a little slow on the replies to let more people get on for a while. The first thread was also like this, and it picked up around 12 east coast time.}}

>>21269463
Cool. Unsubtle bump.

"It's not like I've got much of a choice. I don't suppose you have anything that could help me with that, seeing how I'm unarmed and don't know where I am right now?"

The Fae stands, "Yes yes yes! I shall grant you one boon before sending you off on this quest! You may request a weapon or tool for your journey and I shall give it to you as a talisman of your faith in me!"

"Will it come with bullets? I just bought a bunch of shells but I don't think I'm getting most of them back anytime soon" You ask.

"It will be a fully functioning weapon of its kind! Whatever that entails. So long as it is sufficiently heroic. . . This is a boon not a wish, and I have standards."

You think about it.

>The Succubus reverses the ritual with immortal expertise, you must now obey her and cannot harm her.

This is my fetish.

>>21269541

PI's need a magnum revolver, of course.
Or we could request Roxie be given back to us, since she's a tool in one sense of the word.

quick! what's the best real/fictional shotgun you can think of? Should we go to K?

>>21269587
I think she already thinks of Roxie as part of our equipment, but ensuring that we get her back or at least ensure she's safe seems like the heroic thing to do.
Also, did we ever learn to use a revolver? If not, a shotgun that doesn't need to be reloaded after avery shell may be better.

>>21269541
Katana. I think we need to weeaboo this up.

>>21269616
*every

That was embarrassing.

>>21269625
The contetn of the Grimoire already pretty much confirmed that we are in a gritty western noir setting. Weaboo will only get us killed.

>weapaced recovery
captcha wants the shotgun back

shotgun just feels like a redneck weapon we need some kind of pistol, maybe more than 1.

>>21269587

"Shotgun." You finally state.

"Hmm, interesting choice. Not exactly heroic, but badass so close enough I suppose." She says while walking around the table to be before you. "Grab the grimoire." She commands.

You don't really see a reason not to, and she seems serious enough that refusing could cause conflict, so you grab it.

"Back you go!" She sings while holding up her index finger.

She thrusts it forward, poking you on the forhead, and everything goes. . . A headache inducing shade of purple/pink. Damn fairy thing.

When it clears you are sitting against a wall in an ally. Great pain emanates from your hand and cheek, letting you know that either the Fae lied about healing your injuries or she re-induced them. A large shotgun lays across your lap, steel with a smooth and shiny black, glass-like material for the handle. You squint at the handle and think you see a emblem, glowing faintly in deep green, within.

"It is my seal." A voice from above causes you to look up, seeing the Fae standing before you. "To remind you where it came from and where your allegiance lays."

You give it another look over. It is shorter than your old shotgun, only about three feet long. Honestly it actually reminds you more of a tommygun than a shotgun, ave for the lack of any kind of magazine and the lack of the classic wood grip and finish in favor of that glassy black. You look down the sights experimentally.

>>21269756

"I tried to give it a style that matched your own." She explains. "Anyway, another hero is about to come after me to slay me for something I barely remember anymore, so I should probably go soon. Unless there is something else you forgot to mention."

You could continue questioning or asking things of the Fae, but it sounds like her presence may bring some possibly unwanted, possibly wanted attention. You look around and see Roxie still laying crippled on the ground a few feet from you. And a charred man struggling to his feet on the other side of the ally. The grimoire lays near you.

>>21269756
>>21269763
Damn it, got here mere minutes too late. We're a detective! We need a revolver! God damn it. We're less-invulnerable if we don't use an archetype-appropriate weapon.

>>21269763
Pick up the grimoire, just be safe. Then get to work carefully trying to fix the various wounds. If we take some extra time, do we get a bonus on the casting roll? Also, we need to correct Roxie ASAP; the wings fuck with disguises and the light bones are a massive liability.

>>21269763
>And a charred man struggling to his feet on the other side of the ally

Our old shotty should be nearby. We should take it.

Also, see how Roxie is. Is she still injured?

>>21269818
yea if we can grab out old shotgun we should and then go pawn this new one at a pawn shop. I don't want some fairy queen holding shit over my head.

>>21269818
>You look around and see Roxie still laying crippled on the ground a few feet from you.
Yes. Once we fix her up, she should get our old shotgun. We really need to get her into a survivor archetype too, even if it's just the plucky sidekick who always implausibly survives with only minor injuries.

So what, does the new shotgun have infinite ammo or something?

>>21269848
I bet it shoots fireballs or something

>>21269833
This. Although I suspect that might put her in danger of being killed later on to motivate us to fight against the threat with all we have. But at least we're safe.

Also check how much if any ammo we have for magic-shotgun.

>>21269848
Only one way to find out!

>>21269833
I think we should give her back a single cat trait, like cat eyes or something, just so she can cash in on the 'nine lives' archetype.

>>21269869
Isn't her current butt-monkey status enough to keep her safe from death, if not from harm? Does a hipster really deserve better?

>>21269908
She was turned into a cat, has nearly died a few times, and is currently maimed. I think the hipster-buttmonkey thing can only go so far. Soon she'll become a tragic character and her family members will get killed by demons or something. No, she really needs a survivor archetype, if for no other reasons than to protect innocents and to make sure we have reliable backup instead of having her get made useless mid-fight.

File: 1351095830670.png-(1.92 MB, 4464x2948, grimoire quest5.png)

You ignore the Fae and move over towards Roxie. You check her pulse and find it still beating. You've read people describe pulses as "weak" before, but honestly you haven't had to do this enough times to be able to know if her current pulse is healthy or foreshadowing
death. A light appears behind you, and glancing back you see the Fae has disappeared.

You examine your own injures. Your right hand is nearly cut in half, and is almost unusable. Your right cheek is slit from the corner of your lips up to your cheekbone, making it nearly impossible to talk or, you imagine, eat and drink.

Finally, you see if you can figure out the ammo situation for this new shotgun, but fail to find any kind of loading mechanism.

You see the charred man stand and wave the barrel at him threateningly. He sits.

You continue fooling around with it, growing more and more frustrated. The hobo then makes a noise clearly meant to get your attention, and when you look up at him you see him motioning to the grimoire. You look at it and see a glowing page. Cool.

>>21269940
I don't think you CAN get closer to "survivor" than with"butt-Monkey" without going "occult PI" in a gritty noir setting. And that that one's already taken.
And she's a woman. The only women in Nopir safe from the fridge are antagonists.

>>21269957
should have asked the fae to heal us quick. she probably forgot

File: 1351096026690.png-(1.92 MB, 4464x2948, grimoire quest5.png)

>you're

The notes may be filled with misspellings, but this one was unacceptable.

fixed.

>>21269957
fucking grimoire, man

Lets use Control form on ourself and try to heal self.

>>21269995
I didn't catch that she was here with us, I thought she was talking from distance through magic.

Rolled 26

>>21269957
heal our selves

>>21269990
It's pretty much implied that was intentionally to "not interfer in the narrative" or something.

You begin the ritual to control form on yourself.

Goes to first roll, d100.

Rolled 88

>>21269995
We really need to take the time to carefully and meticulously heal Roxie, ourself, and maybe the charred dude too. Let's take it careful and slow and see if that helps.

Rolled 4

GO

>>21270034
>>21270035
dodgin' bullets

Rolled 36

>>21270034
That reminds me, are we going to get better at magic at some point or do we have to relie on the wackjob hobo to do magic with a bonus to the result?
Didn't the Fae say Roxie would be a better Warlock? Does that mean she gets a bonus to her rolls too?

>>21270034

You feel your hand close back up and close and open it experimentally, feeling no pain. You poke at your cheek with your tongue and find it similarly effectively healed. A thin red line is left on your hand which you can only assume means a scar on your face.

The hobo stands quickly, "Give it to me now! I knew it was magic! I wasn't sure when the lady showed up and struck me with lightening but you casting magic can't be an illusion! Only me casting magic and the things I made through my magic casting magic could be!" He shouts, bouncing excitedly but not moving towards you.

You look down at Roxie, last time you tried to heal her you damn near killed her. The Fae implied you weren't the best person suited for using the grimoire, perhaps you should let this guy have a shot?

Or maybe it is a better idea to not give the probably insane hobo who stole your shotgun the grimoire of incredable power. He'd probably do something dumb with it anyway, like try to summon the eldritch lord or something.

{if you want to control form on Roxie go ahead and say so with a roll}

Rolled 40

>>21270092
Do eeeet!

>>21270092
"Back off, lunatic, or I'll blast your head off!"

Rolled 40

>>21270092
Heal Roxie, but we really need to get a healing spell with a better success rate. Also heal the hobo if he doesn't jack with our shit before we finish.

>>21270092
Why don't we first get some sedatives and painkillers before trying to control form on her again?

Rolled 69

>>21270117
>>21270127
Well, this is going to hurt, but at least she'll be even more healed.

Rolled 2

>>21270092
1 to give it to the hobo, 2 for healing Roxie ourselves.

>>21270119
Antagonize the hobo we may have to relie on at some point and isn't coming closer anyways. Great Idea.

>>21270130
>hobos and hipsters make a better warlock than us
maybe instead of PI we should have ACHETYPED A FUCKING WARLOCK[

Rolled 59

>>21270092
Give hobo grimoire

Rolled 20

>>21270117
>>21270127
Butt-monkey status confirmed.

>>21270152
Warlocks also have a rather short lifespan. We went for a survivor archetype over a magical one.

Rolled 70

>>21270152
Because that went so well for the warlocks that were killed or maimed and enslaved by demons.
Oh, wait, it didn't.

Also Roxie is now a half sprite, half human, half hipster and was a cat. of course she has more magic than the down-to-earth but effective PI. She's also the universes butt-monkey.

>>21270173
>giving the grimoir to people that cast better
>letting them blow themselves up while we follow them around
some hero =P

You ignore the hobo and do the ritual again.

Roxie's eyes flash open. She inhales sharply and punches at your face, but you successfully lean back out of her reach.

She whimpers and curls into the fetal position for a few seconds.

"What are you doing?" The hobo asks, either scared or disgusted, you cannot tell.

"Healing her." You say.

The hobo seems angry. "Yah, that's what they always say. Then its pills and 'therapy'". Confirming to you that he has some kind of disorder."

"Just back off." You respond, waving the shotgun again.

Eventually Roxie lets out a sigh and rolls over.

"What happened. . . I'm not a cat. . ." she sits up "That fucking spryte gave me wings!"

Looks like she is ok.

Rolled 6

>>21270187
Leet doesn't know that's our plan. He thinks he's sticking to the stuff he's good at, namely using (magic) tools,being a hero and saving (and of course surviving) the day.

>>21270225
this guy gets it

>>21270209
"Then a demon showed up, almost killed us, I killed it, I ran from the police, passed out in this ally, that guy summoned a Fae queen or something, she lightning-bolted him, declared I'm a "hero", gave me the quest to kill those other demons and a magic-shotgun and here we are.
She also told me you're better at magic than me."

>>21270209
"Looks like she made your bones light and weak too. We're going to need to make your bones solid again and take away those wings so we can blend in. We might want to give your cat eyes or something for Archetype reasons too. That can wait for a little later, thought. How's your rib?"
>>21270225
Yes he does. In the first thread, he went out of his way to do things like get a PI license and advertise online after the imp explained how magic works.

>>21270283
I was reffering to our plan to outsource the spell-casting and the inherent risk in it.

>>21270225
well someone has to be keen to our jibe. it's the ironic pussy, isn't it?

considering how bad demon summoning has gone so far, giving the hobo the book seems like a meteorically bad idea

>>21270283
yeah, that's what I was saying

>>21270296
Oh, gotcha. Then yeah, he isn't even remotely planning that (yet). The closest that he's gotten to that was letting Roxie handle a lot of magic stuff while she was a cat.

>>21270209
well, lets recount the events since the sprite turned her into this

also, look for our old shotty

>>21270325
can we at least fire the magic one and see wtf it does/ if it's one shot, we've already learned thats not terribly useful. it might be pretty badass.

or it might fire gay condoms and confetti

You recount the events of the past few hours to Roxie and stand up and take inventory of the situation.

You are currently wearing a tan overcoat with a few shells, a smartphone, and your wallet tucked in. Also a fedora you agreed to wear to appease a spryte, and you hold a probably magic shotgun with unknown potential.

Roxie is standing again, looking like a normal human with fairy wings and, you just now notice, golden eyes with slightly vertically stretched pupils. She is also wearing some kind of skimpy human sized fairy armor that looks entirely out of place on earth.

The hobo is wearing a t-shirt and shorts. he has long and frazzled hair and a few scorch marks line his face and shins. You see nothing on him, but you believe him to have your old shotgun stowed away somewhere.

There are still two demons, a warlock, and a witch after you. Possibly even a hero of some kind who has something against Mae.

You are in Salem, a great distance from your home in Tampa.

You need a plan. And also you want your old shotty. You ask the hobo about it and he guiltily produces it from under a dumpster, sliding it across the ground to you on your request.

"Now slide me the grimoire." He asks.

You roll you eyes and go back to thinking about a plan.

>>21270362
We need to lure the demons somehow. The previous one had tracked us down, perhaps the others are also homing on us while we're standing right here.

Ask hobo his name.

>>21270362
Well, it's good that Roxie still has the cat eyes. That means a great deal. Our next move should be offering the vagrant some healing. It would be nice if we could fix his broken mind too. After that, we need to get Roxie less fragile and less conspicuous.

>>21270362
Didn't we have transportation magic?
Otherwise get suitable clothes for Roxie, fill the hobo in on our quest and offer Roxie to use the Grimoire to cast control form on herself.
Do we have enough money for transportation?

>>21270407
Eh, the spryte form might offer other unknown advantages.
Also anyone think we got that eye spell for a reason? Maybe using it will uncover something important or lead the demons to us by giving them our sight.

>>21270440
No reason not to leave the spryte form otherwise intact. Just no wings and sturdier bones. Flying is too conspicuous, and she's too fragile.

>>21270440
it's likely the fae unlocked it to aid us in tracking the demons down. letting the demons see what we see is probably a bad thing however. yanno, demons.

Rolled 91

>>21270362
Rolling to attempt to seduce Roxie.

"Ey yo bbygurl lemme holla at ya."

"Who are you, and what was that about magic you used earlier?" You ask the hobo.

"Ted Sours, arch-magus of Earth!" He says, bowing "and I summoned the Fae who saved your life."

"She didn't sa. . . Okay, sure. Thanks. Do you know anything about magic? Aside from what is written in the notes of this book?"

"Oh yes, like I said I am the arch-magus of earth." He answers

You don't give him the benifit of the doubt. But ask "do you need healing?"

"NO!" He shouts.

"physical healing. . . for your burns." You explain.

"Oh. . . yes, yes I do."

You perform the ritual for him and offer to let Roxie do the same for herself, if she wants to change form.

"Yes, I can't just fly around here on earth anyway." She answers.

[Roll 2d100. First is for control form on Sours, second is for Roxie casting on herself. Roxie gets +20 to casting control form on herself do to history with polymorphing and Fairy Magic Affiliation]

Rolled 49, 73 = 122

>>21270491
Let's go!

But Roxie tries to keep any inconspicious boni to casting she can.

Rolled 26, 73 = 99

>>21270491

we ARE in Salem. It's likely the hobo has half a clue at least.

Rolled 65 + 20

>>21270491
Rolling for Roxie to take away wings and toughen up bones, no other changes.

Rolled 20, 21 = 41

>>21270491
wait, if Roxie gets a bonus have HER heal the hobo!

>>21270522
yeah, but theres only one way to see just what kind of arch-magus he is

>>21270522
[you do not discover this until Roxie casts the spell]

You cast on Sours. He tilts his head slightly as his skin seems to boil then smooth.

"That was agonizing." He says dispassionately.

You hand the grimoire to Roxie who casts the same ritual on herself. She seems to do so with unnatural grace, performing the motions with the jarring yet controlled intensity of a violinist. As her form begins to shit, you note that the shift seems more natural, more gradual, than normal. Before long the wings are gone and her pupils have regained a normal shape, though remain golden.

She hands you back the book.

"Okay then. . . I guess that is about it." You state.

Now to figure out what to do towards taking out those demons.

>>21270594
Suggest that she might want to make here eyes a bit more cat-like, just for archetype reasons.

Anyway, the way I see it, we have three options:

1. Wait for the demons to find us, make sure we've got a good ambush waiting for them.
2. Try to track down the demons and get the jump on them before they get the jump on us.
3. Get resupplied and back to base, then go for 1 or 2.

What do you think, guys?

>>21270626
4. see what the shotgun does

if we fire it those jackasses looking for us might hear it and come running...also, we can only use one shotgun, and they aren't very concealable. I'm circumspect to give the other to the hobo...

Rolled 68, 72 = 140

>>21270594
Ask for ideas, Check if we still have a transportation spell.
Otherwise go back to warlock home and have roxie observe it from distance with eldritch eye, if safe search for info on transportation spells and magical resources there.
Be ready for further demon attacks.

Also, enemy headcount.
-One Erinye who went off to wander homecity and doesn't know us
-One empowered Succubus, who together with her (presumebly) enslaved witch and warlock is hunting us for the Grimoire
-Anything they summoned in the meantime

>>21270653
Which is why Roxie should have the second shotgun.

>those jackasses looking for us might hear it and come running

The cops? wouldnt them coming running be a good reason not to fire the shotty? Unless you mean the demons, but I don't think they are nearby, and if they are they are probably already homing in on us with magic or something.

>>21270653
>>21270688

>not dual-wielding shotguns

Also, don't shoot randomly. It might attract attention

Rolled 26, 84 = 110

>>21270688
>give the plucky hipster sidekick a loaded weapon
whatcouldgowrong.jpg

>these ghwules
captcha knows what I'm talking about

We could consider casting Eldritch Eye as that would help with investigating the whereabouts of the demons, warlock, and witch. As we are an occult P.I., we may have a casting bonus to this particular spell.

"Any ideas?" You ask your party.

"Give me the grimoire." Sours recommends.

"We need to get back to someplace significant. It probably helps with magic, and right now we still have a lot of bases to cover with our abilities, like transportation. So I'd say either back to the bar or the warlock's place." says Roxie.

You nod. "The warlocks may even have other grimoires or magic stuff stashed around there. And we know for fact that they have functioning circles for summoning angels and stuff if we get attacked. We could set up a trap there, and they will probably return to it eventually to fall into said trap. Lets do it." You say.

"I'm coming." Sours adds.

"Sure."

You head off back to the warlocks place.

[cont. . . but feel free to add to the plan of what to do when you get there while I type, as that will inevitably be the question]

>>21270785
Let's be real for a minute. We need Sours to have better judgement. Not necessarily fix his mind (which he doesn't consider broken) but just something to make him stable enough to be trustworthy. Let's try to find a spell in the grimoire for that. Yes, I know, that spell will probably only appear when Sours is the only one left standing, he's the party's only hope, and he's too far gone to think of something productive to do. Still, worth a shot now at least.

You sling your old shotty over your shoulder (and inside your overcoat) after loading a shell into it. The magic shotty fits ok into a inner pocket, so long as you remember to correct its weight with your elbow occasionally.

There isn't anything to be done about Roxie's attire you guess, and she catches a lot of odd stares from the passers. They probably just assume she is some kind of witch cosplayer, not a extremely uncommon sight in this town.

Eventually you make it back to the old house the warlocks were in. You stand outside and look into the windows, but see nothing of note.

It occurs to you that it may be worth trying out Eldritch Eye right now to scan the building, but you are unsure of who to have cast it. Roxie has shown herself to have some kind of talent, but that could be only for certain spells. Perhaps you are the one with a talent for this spell, or perhaps Sours is actually a competent wizard.

Or perhaps it is better not to risk the ritual.

>>21270823
why don't we just ask sours what he knows how to do

>>21270859

he doesn't know what he can do. When he first got the book he knew no spells that Leet didn't know though, so while letting him do stuff will probably unlock spells associated with his personality I don't think he actually knows anything off the bat. Though apparently he gets a universal +5 to magic for being insane.

Rolled 67, 13 = 80

>>21270785
Have Roxie cast eldritch eye before approaching the warlock lair. Might warn us about traps and her golden eyes should give a bonus.

>>21270823
Nah, that might antagonize him a lot. Instead give him an introduction to the stuff we learned about magic and what has happened so far.

Remember that should he get his hands on the grimoire either because we want him to or for some other reason WE will control him and can make him useful despite being batshit insane, but only as long as it doesn't go to much against his nature (i.e. helping the people who tried to fix him and kept thzreatening him with shotguns).

Rolled 86

>>21270854
Fuck it, let's give it a try for ourselves. If we're good at any magic, it should be this spell.

While you are sure you don't want Sours to cast, you can't make up your mind between yourself or Roxie. Eventually you decide to do it yourself, if only out of stubbornness and curiosity.

Roll d100, goes to first. Extend top effect to 100-75.

Rolled 46

>>21270963

Rolled 85

If this is a 100, the spell becomes an inherent like Allens akuma eye.

Rolled 94

huh, so our odds of fucking up are the same, but we have a better shot at the intuition bonus? Seems appropriate for someone with no extra skill at magic but a sharp mind for detective work.

Rolled 19, 42 = 61

>>21270963
Out of curiosity, would Roxys magic eyes have made eldritch horror in the eye more or less likely?

Rolled 59, 44 = 103

>>21271017
I have a feeling that seeing unexplained magic in a warlock lair is going to be confusing.

You cast the ritual and half your vision become obscured by a faint blue glow.

The house looks the same, but the basement is alive. It crawls with a misty black aura, dots like dark red stars spotting throughout. You can see circles of gold, red, and florescent in a pattern that you recognize to be the summoning circle layout. There are also lines of deep, dry red along the walls. Lightning bolts of colorful energy arc from one of the red circles, reaching beyond your vision to the south. You wander if anyone on the east coast of the united states with magic vision could see that line of malevolent energy.

Finally, you see a candlelike flame flickering at the basement's corner. Cackling red energy, weak, but there.

This is all you see before the blue glow slowly fades away.

>>21271104
Is our homecity in the south?

Otherwise the flickering light might be a dying survivor, we should hurry up and try to help, but be wary for traps.

Rolled 14

>>21271104
Break the circle that has energy arcing from it and check where the weak, cackling red energy was.

>>21271104
Be ready for trouble.

ALSO: You take the time to glance at your magic weapon and your allies. The Fae's shotgun glows a florescent green, and a glyph of the same color hovers perpetually above it. The base has florescent pink tendrils reaching from it towards your torso, and looking at yourself you can see that they appear to grip your heart.

Roxie glows faintly purple/pink, and you note that with this vision you can see wings on her back and a cat between her feet.

Sours seems non-magic at first, but watching him a few seconds reveals little sparks of blue energy leaping across his brain.

south is the direction of homecity (tampa)

You enter the house with care, making your way down to the basement.

The circle that shot lightning across the horizon is the same circle you remember the succubus step through. You look around to see if you can identify the writing method and see permanent marker. You grab the marker and draw a line a across a bunch of the runes, hoping for the best.

While looking about the room you also notice that it is painted with runes of blood. You trace the drips on the floor over to the corner you saw the flame in, and see a circle-bound imp tearing at the flesh of a mostly gone body in robes. It watches you wordlessly, not bothering to stop.

There are indeed other books scattered about the room, mostly about occult history, and a few seem to have actual rituals in them. Though the manner in which they were tossed aside and the fact that the book was clearly factory published makes you doubt their power.

And make it double.

Rolled 58

>>21271259
Time to test the shotgun! Shoot the imp.

>>21271259
Kill imp with magic shotgun.
Have Roxy and hobo look through the books for transportation magic.
Destroy summoning circles except for the celestial one, then try summoning divine assistance.

>>21271259
Blast imp with special magic shotgun. Then erase the runes.

Rolled 66

>>21271301
I'll tack on a roll to this.

You point your newest shotty at the imp and pull the trigger.

You feel your mind raked, not painfully, as though being scanned over by a foreign force. You mind locks on the memory of the only offensive magic spell you know and as the slug streaks forth you see emerald flames tailing it. The imp is knocked into the invisible wall behind him, a large hole in his chest. Green liquid spills like blood from the wound, setting him and the ground around him aflame. Over the course of the next minute his corpse is reduced to fine white ash.

You feel a little dizzy.

You look back at the circle and contemplate how better to erase it. The You don't have the means to erase the permanent marker, but you image that just scribbling over the whole thing in the same marker so that the runes are invisible would have the same effect. You bend down and begin your sabotage. Roxie and Sours aid you after they find additional markers.

"That isn't how you do it." You hear a new voice say from behind you.

You spin around, drawing your magic shotgun, to face the speaker.

It is a knight. A man, probably early twenties, wearing some kind of fancy plate armor. White cloths are visible under this light plating, with a same color cape dragging behind him. A longsword is drawn in his hand, pointing at you from nor more than a step away. A small steel shield is between your shotgun and his torso, though he doesn't seem particularly worried about your weapon. A guitar (lute?) or something is strapped to his back, and a crossbow to his hip.

You blink.

"Who are you?" You ask.

"Jason. What is your affiliation with this place, the weapon you hold, and the fairy that accompanies you."

"What about me?" Sours asks.

The knight smiles, "Sorry, I didn't mean to marginalize you."

Rolled 5

>>21271486
"I'm apparently a Hero, this is the base of my demonic enemies, I got this gun as a boon from a faerie queen, and Roxie's a human that got turned into a cat and then a giant spryte; she's my partner. Oh, and that's Sours, he's an archmage."

>>21271540
>Oh, and that's Sours, he's an archmage

"or so he thinks. Personally, I think he is just insane"
"Also, before you ask, no, I did not want to become Faerie Queen's servant but at the time, it was the best course of action."

"What business do you have here?"

>>21271486
"This place is where I fought some warlocks who I am now setting a trap for, the weapon is a thing I point at stuff to make it die, and the fairy Sours summoned I thought she had gone. Why are you here?"

Rolled 10, 3 = 13

>>21271486
"A cabal summoned me here to take a Grimoire from me, a fight broke out, during which various demons were summoned.
The weapon was given to me by a Fae, that was summoned by that guy while I was unconscious, and who also gave me the quest to hunt down the demons.
The "fairy" isnt's a fairy but my employee who first found the grimoire and managed to get turned into a cat by a sprite she summoned. We tried to make her human again. We're not quite there yet.
That's Sours."

>>21271596
don't mention the Grimoire

>>21271486
Leet. I have been targeted by the owners of this place, the weapon I hold was given as a boon by a Fae, and the fairy that accompanies me isn't actually a fairy, though I am pretty sure the hobo actually is a hobo.

Rolled 47

>>21271596
>That's Sours.
That's the best part. Heh.

>>21271540
This.
But with.

>>21271596
>That's Sours."

"I'm apparently a Hero, this is the base of my demonic enemies, I got this gun as a boon from a faerie queen, and Roxie's a human that got turned into a cat and then a giant spryte; she's my partner. Oh, and that's Sours, he's an archmage."

"I don't thin. . ." He begins to say.

"or so he thinks. Personally, I think he is just insane. Also, before you ask, no, I did not want to become Faerie Queen's servant but at the time, it was the best course of action." You finish.

". . . Ah." He lowers his sword, but leaves his shield raised.

"Well I am hunting Mae, who must be the Faerie Queen you refer to. In a recent jaunt in my home plane she transformed my. . . fiance into a statue as payment for her roll in helping us defeat. . . It isn't important. What is important is that I kill her so that the curse can be broken."

"Yes, the Faeries do do that transform stuff a lot don't they," you say, standing, "Like I said the fairy that accompanies me isn't actually a fairy, though I am pretty sure the hobo actually is a hobo."

You decide not to mention the grimoire.

"Would you like me to break the circle?" The knight asks. "It seems to be actively providing the demon it summoned with a siphon to hell's power. Breaking it will stop that, weakening the demon, I think. Really Maria handled all the magic." He walks to the circle and looks down at it. He takes carves some kind of symbol into the center of the circle with the tip of his sword.

"It is a holy rune, hell's power won't pass through it." He explains.

>>21271743

"What is the bouzouki for?" Roxie asks. You have no idea what the word means, but she motions at the guitar thing.

"Oh, I'm a bard. You know, creates magic by changing the atmosphere of a situation through music? Like how background music is used in plays, only effecting the way magic sees things rather than the audience."

Roxie seems excited by this.

"That's awesome. I didn't even think of doing it like th. . ."

A red glow appears near the entrance of the room. Five women and a man stand there now. Three imps at their feet.

"Asshole!" One of theme screams at you.

The knight steps forward, dramatically bringing his sword back around.

>>21271748
Back him up, but allow him to be the centre of attention - the great hero showing of his awesome skills ect.

Rolled 1

>>21271748
1: Shoot first, ask questions later
2: other way round

>>21271748
Shoot them with our regular shotty.
The magic one seems to be powered by us, I don't want us to fall unconscious in middle of the fight.

Rolled 62

>>21271748
Shoot them with whatever we can draw fastest. If we still have the magic shotgun out, shoot with that.

>>21271748
Two can play at this game.

"Bitch!"

>>21271898
it seems we have a tank...and i think we're the dps.

that succubus sure is building herself quite the retinue...

throw roxie the regular shotgun and shoot with the magic one. we need more firepower.

You wait for the knight to engage before firing. He seems like the heroic type, it should be easy for you to fade into the survivor archetype for this battle.

The woman who called you an asshole eyes the knight cautiously, three of the other women turn into Erinyes. The last woman, who you assume to be the witch, eyes the succubus nervously, the warlock with the eye-patch focuses on you and your allies.

"This is no place for you hero" The succubus begins, "go back to your own world, you don't know what kind of chaos you could cause here."

"Less than you will without me here." Jason replies, still pointing dramatically at her with his sword and taking a long step forward. You can see the hesitation on the succubus' face. You imagine people like Jason are fairly formidable foes to people like the demons, who are basically asking to be slain.

You take the time they speak to holster your magic weapon and draw your old shotty.

The Erinyes all have swords out, and they dash forward.

You begin firing. The succubus steps back into the stairway as the Erinyes dash forward, so you shoot for them. Your first shot hits one right in the torso, throwing her to the ground. You then notice the warlock casting, and fire for him and the witch hoping to get both with spread.

The witch holds out a hand and the pellets seem to curve away from her, as do the pellets intended for the warlock. Unfortunately for the warlock, pellets curving around the witch hit him instead, sending him tumbling into the wall behind him.

The hero steps forward and engages the two standing Erinyes. It looks exactly like so many sword fights you have seen in movies, he agility dodges and parries their blows while occasionally getting in hits of his own. You would say it is even going to his favor till the three imps join the fray, jumping at him and throwing off his momentum. He dispatches one imp as quickly as it arrives, but the fight from there on seems a even war of attrition.

The first Erinyes begins to stand.

The succubus steps back into the room and makes eye contact with you, then watches the knight's battle for a moment. She begins to fly at you with newly appeared red wings.

Sours is begging you for the book.

Roxie is hanging back uncertainly.

Rolled 18

>>21271974
Toss the normal shotgun to Roxie and open fire on the witch with the magic one.

Rolled 64

>>21272001
my first instinct was to go bottom up. Shoot the imps because they're weak, use the magic shotgun. give the regular one to roxie

>>21271997
Obligatory Summon Eldritch Lord

>>21272001
No it isn't magic, it won't work according to the Magic's desire, and a untrained person with a gun is asking for trouble.

You know what, just give the book to Sours but say "I sure hope you know what you're doing buddy".

Becasue that's a clear victory flag.

>>21272001
This and book to Sours. the Eldritch Lord's time is nigh

>>21272033
Meh, we deal high damage, killing imps is overkill, also we're being charged.

This quest turned to shit halfway through the second installation.

>>21272054
Which is why we should use magic against the Succubus not the witch.

Rolled 50

>>21272054
the imps were the adds, should have started there lol

>>21271997
Do not give the book to Sours.

Use the magic shotgun. Give Roxie the other one.

You step back while throwing Roxie the gun and a handful of shells. As you take out the magic shotgun and point it at the charging demon, you let the grimoire fall to the floor and prepare to kick it to Sours as soon as you've killed the succubus, not wanting to throw off your aim or waste more time. You fire as soon as you feel confident in your aim.

A green slug moves towards the demon fast than you can follow. It seems as though the succubus swoops into its path, the shell ripping one wing straight off and lighting her back on green fire. She litterally front flips onto her feet and continues striding at you. Slowly.

You fire again and feel your head growing heavier. You think you see the demon smirk. Your shot seems way off this time. What were you thinking? You aren't that dizzy from the shotgun's magic.

The succubus continues striding forward. The rest of the combat fades into background noise as you struggle to maintain your aim on her, firing again when you could have sworn she was right down your sights, only to see the shot hit the wall without effect.

She is alight with green fire, but she doesn't burn. The glare is blinding, you can see only her silhouette striding towards you.

[cont. . .]

>>21272132
Why not?
WE would then control his actions.
What is so hard to understand about that?
It's not like we would use him to SUMMON ELDRITCH LORD!!

>>21272161
It's always a good time to Summon Eldritch Lord!

>>21272151
Oh shit we're a womanizer and she's a succubus we bout to get hard countered.

If only there were a sociopath around completely immune to- Oh right Sours.

>>21272151
Sours to the resque!!!

You are Ted Sours, arch-magus of earth! You have obtained the grimoire by dive-tackling it out from under the very clearly high Leet. He loses his balence and falls as you pick up the grimoire and run from the demon. You turn to find that the demon has apparently lost all intrest in Leet and now strides at you. Slowly, you red, demonic form wreathed in green fire.

That's stupid of her, she should really move faster.

You look down at the tomb recalling almost instantly all the rituals as you glance at them. With so many circles around, you could cast any of the easily!

A clawed red hand grips the top of the book.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to take it. I'm not going to be another toy for fucking Eleraim to play with."

She withdraws her hand and now holds a transparent copy of the book.

"See? Now, why don't you help Leet out there, hm?" She says, moving closer to you.

You look at Leet, he is standing and still firing, but no longer at the succubus that was once before him. You look at the knight and see him struggling to kill the remaining Erinyes and Imp, the other demons at his feet. But he now also struggles against a barrage of green fire.

You have no idea why he is doing that, or why you should help him. And you certainly aren't going to help him just because this succubus asked you to.

She looks at you with confusion.

You see Roxie slam Leet in the head with the butt of her shotgun, then aim at the succubus, shouting for you to move.

The succubus looks at her and asks her to put the toy down. Roxie does.

You look at the knight. He is now invisible, hidden by the tall emerald flames he has fallen into, and which a single Erinyes runs with panic out of.

The succubus has a copy of the grimoire. You need to stop her. Leet is down, Roxie is being stupid, and the knight is hiding.

>>21272271

It's time

Eldritch Lord

Rolled 30

>>21272271
Open the book, find Binding spell, bind the Succubus, and tell her to give back the copy of the grimoire.

>>21272271
Fire to the face?
Fire to the face!
It should at least buy us enough time to do something else, like summon celestials Eldritch Lord


He'll protect us

Rolled 54

>>21272328
Forgot to roll FOR FIRE!!!

Rolled 77

>>21272271
THE TIME HAS COME TO INVOKE THE ASSISTANCE OF...

THE ELDRITCH LORD

Rolled 1

>>21272349
Rolling a 1d2 for Celestial or Eldritch Lord, that order. Also I'd like to say I love this quest.

Rolled 40

>>21272356
The epitome of goodness it is, at least for my vote.

Rolled 69

>>21272356
yeah lets summon a celestial. that should buy us time to consider hitting the big red button further

>>21272349
Great success!

Right?

>>21272308
Eldritch Lord. The archmagus of Earth can handle it

dice+1d100

Rolled 21

>>21272405
DAMN MY INABILITY TO ROLL PROPERLY

You people and your eldrich lords.
Do you WANT the world to end or something?

>>21272417
....no?

Rolled 6

>>21272417
you know, you'd think they'd let it be until AFTER we got out of the shit we caused last time we summoned stuff without knowing wtf we were doing

You Summon Celestial. Though you are very tempted to go for the Lord. . . Maybe after?

The book flips to Lord.

You flip back to celestial, bad book.

You begin chanting, the succubus looks at you and tells you to stop. You think she is very silly.

She seems to catch on to her mistake about the time the circle begins to glow.

Man you wander what happens when someone tries to do a summon with so many circles in the room. Ha, probably nothing bad, besides its not like you have any past event to look back on as a reminder. Still, you can't help but feel some kind of supernatural sense of irony, almost like you are repeating the exact mistake that got everyone into this whole mess with demons and shit.

Huh,

Of course such an idiot would have to lack improvization skills to make a mistake like accidentally triggering all the circles in the room at once, and a arch-mage wouldn't be caught dead being so foolish. You'll simply include a phrase to direct the magic to a particular circle. One you make up on the spot.

Roll D100+5. 100-50 and you don't fuck up.

>>21272417
The beginning of the quest DID explain that we aren't supposed to focus on the individual protags. This is Grimoire Quest, and we're actually serving the needs of the book/Eleraim. Why would Eleraim go to so much effort to make Eldritch Lord so easy to cast if he didn't want people to do it?
captcha: elrZrg people. Eldritch AND zerg? Sheesh.

>>21272349
I vote we use this result and not the 21.

Rolled 46

>>21272444

>>21272460
Well, it explained the "Protags should honestly be bloody smears on the pavement by now" thing, anyway.

Rolled 16 + 5

>>21272444

>>21272417
No. yEs
We just want Sours tosUMmoN eldRiTCH LorD be more fucked up than he already is.

>>21272471
Holy fuck that was close...

Thank you based insanity!

Rolled 35 + 5

>>21272444
whoops.

Rolled 69 + 5

>>21272488
lol the phrase he made up worked? this guy is a pimp

>>21272471
Holy shit YES!

>>21272488
Indeed. Congratulations bullet dodger (Pretend he added the five correctly. If we fuck up, it's going to be because of ELDRI(t)CH LORD DAMNIT.)

51

The universe gasps. You made the wrong move, you said the wrong words, your about to open a whole shitstorm of otherplaner entities. But little blue sparks appear around your hands, like phisical manifestations of your insanity, and they kindly tell magic to just play along, just this once.

Only one circle glows.

roll 1d100+5 to summon celestial.

Rolled 69 + 5

>>21272537

>>21272519
Also, the "Bad book" bit made me laugh out loud. When are we going to repost the grimoire picture with "Eldritch Lord will also bring candy" added?

Rolled 23 + 5

>>21272537
In other news I love how we are actually an asshole wizard that fucks with book owners.

Rolled 51 + 5

>>21272557
I love how the only reason Leet survived was because he went down shooting, further reinforcing his archetype.

>>21272547
I love hob- I mean Archmages I mean hobos now.

>>21272557
And the succubus will soon learn that it doesn't help to be genre savvy.

>>21272547
Shit, all we got is Confined to a Summoning Circle, and we'll have to let him out anyway to wreak havoc on that Succubus. Ah well - he has to favour the Arch-magus of Earth, right? We gots demons to kill!

>>21272587
More like Wrong Genre Savvy. She could have joined the team if she was willing to listen to us.

>>21272606
aka be the wizard's bitch

>>21272606
Yeah, she should have just taken the book.
It's not like we'd have made her SUMMON ELDRITCH LORD!

Rolled 100 + 5

>>21272592
We're calling up an angel, so I'm pretty sure it will be perfectly content just fighting demons.

>>21272616
Best part is, /tg/ would have been the wizard.

>>21272632
The Dice Gods agree.

>>21272632
Okay, we can't just ignore a roll this good. I think we've got a new teammate, guys.

The circle is filled with feathered wings. One pair brushing the ceiling, the other two wrapping around a body you cannot see but for a aura of light.

The succubus grabs you by the throat and begins choking you. You attempt to tell the Celestial to help, but can't force words through.

You hear a thundering bang, and the succubus cries out in pain. You drop to the ground.

"Kill the demons, please." You ask.

The wings unfurl. A adrogenous humanoid is at the center. Its flesh is pale as snow, its eyes pools of liquid silver. It wears golden armor that seems to flow into robes, untraceable by the eye. A golden sword lights with silver fire in her right hand, a golden shield appears from nowhere to be held in her left. Silver flames flare from its golden halo, casting light upon its platinum hair where wings the color of dawn had shadowed them.

The succubus struggles to her knees, having fallen to the ground from Roxie's attack. She looks up at the Celestial from this position, mouth agape, as the golden sword comes to rest, gently, upon her forehead.

Her body ignites in platinum fire, and within seconds there is not even ash.

The Erinyes flies at the Celestial, black sword held high, only to meet a similar fate with no more than a gaze from the being.

It hovers towards you now.

>>21272673
Introduce ourselves.
But be ready to SUMMON ELDRITCH LORD run.

>>21272673
Ho christ. Did we mix up the Celestial and Lord spells? We seem to have a legit Archangel on our hands. Not that I'm not pleased, but now I just want a boon and her leaving. She's way too GMPC.

>>21272673
SHOW US YOUR TITS

Rolled 52 + 5

>>21272673
We gon' die.

Rolled 30

>>21272673
Wait, on that note, how's the Knight? We can't be heroic if we don't make sure he's okay! And the celestial will probably like him better anyway.

Rolled 25 + 5

>>21272733
Leet's unconscious. We're the hobo with the schizoid personality disorder. We're building towards an archmage archetype, not the hero.

>>21272761
we have the fact were nuttbucking futz on our side guys.

"Hooo-WHA! That got 'em! My name is Sours and I'm an Archmage of Earth! Thank you so much for helping me!"

>>21272673
Introduce ourselves:

"Hail angel! I am Sours: Arch magus of Earth! I thank you for your assistance!"

>>21272777
>777
GOD SAYS IT IS TO BE SO.

Rolled 77

>>21272802
Hah, I'll add a vote to that. And I guess I just meant more "The Protagonist Team".

It points its sword down at the grimoire copy the succubus made. It disappears into a burst of platinum fire. It hovers onto its feet and holds its hand out to you, pal upwards.

You look down at the book.

It nods its head.

You shake your head.

It begins to step forward, but the sound of chanting causes it to turn to look at the witch, standing before a summoning circle. Before her she holds a black scroll with deep red runes.

The celestial lifts up and flies towards the witch, but not before the circle begins to glow. It pauses once it reaches the witch and looks at the circle, then at the scroll in the witch's hand.

The floor around the circle disappears, revealing a twirling inferno. A figure of darkness seems to be moving through the fire towards your world.

The celestial snatches the scroll from the witch and burns it, then points its sword at the spot that was once the center of the circle and begins to sing.

It is a very nice song, you think. Not worth crying over, like that silly Roxie is reacting. You look down at the grimoire. You must find a way to save it while the winged magic book nazi is preoccupied.

>>21272830
Grab Roxie, grab Leet, and start running.

Ted's ability to give no fucks is almost overpowered, what a fucking champion.

>>21272830
Can we find a binding spell in it? Otherwise summon sprite and escape to the Wyld.

>>21272829
Okay, at first I was joking.
But wut?
God wills it, indeed.

god wills what? telling the celestial that?

>>21272939
God wills that I am making idle chatter.
I'm saying anything that should be taken seriously.

You scan the grimoire for a binding spell but find none. You do, however, find two new spells.

The hell portal seems to be closing.

>>21273011
FUCK
I am NOT being serious.

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>>21273019

[oops]

Rolled 50

>>21273027
The Arch-Magus of Earth demands his own tower.

damn did this suddenly die? seems like we had a crowed there for a while and suddenly no one is posting.

Though to be fair the choice here is obvious, grab everyone and portal hop.

>>21272830
I think we do the sensible thing-the thing our instincts tell us to do. We run away and hide in a bin.

You run over to Roxie.

"Help me with Leet." You say

She looks at you confused.

"Just grab him." You say while beginning the ritual.

Roll1d100+5, goes to first.

>>21273082
I already have a plan for if the archangel manages to follow us. We summon a devil in the tower, leave, take the portal spell with us and trap both in the tower plane to duke it out.

Rolled 61 + 5

>>21273114
Go

Rolled 55 + 5

>>21273114
LETS FUCK UP

Rolled 9 + 5

>>21273131
TAKE THAT WINGED MAGIC BOOK NAZI!!!

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>>21273131

You open the portal and step through, then notice Roxie is still staring at the angel and grab her and Leet yourself, pulling everyone into the desolate landscape.

The portal isn't closing.

You have no where to go so you just cross your legs and sit down, looking through the portal to see how things go with the angel and the Devil.

The portal closes.The angel stands in a circle looking surprisingly relieved for such a otherwise expressionless creature. The circle glares again, and you realize the witch had been chanting a second spell under the angels song, binding the angel to the circle. She looks at you through the portal before it closes.

Ooh, you also think you know how to do that clone thing the succubus did now. Cool

>>21273263

Behind you is a large tower, with two ornate doors facing you. You and Roxie move towards it, dragging Leet with you.

The door is locked.

>>21273124
Voting for this as a plan.

Seems like nothing can go wrong

Rolled 88, 1 = 89

>>21273263
Copy the book in case it is taken again.
Then copy Leet because you can never have enough heroes around.

Rolled 15 + 5

>>21273285
Knock knock

>>21273306
Evil twin time

You knock, even making sure to produce a catchy tune with your sick door beats, but no one answers.

"We could shoot it open" Roxie suggests.

"Do NOT. . . Damage my tower." You respond.

". . . Our tower." Roxie corrects.

You decide to let her believe that and nod.

You set the book down and begin the ritual to clone it.

Roll 1d100+5, goes to first.

Rolled 5

>>21273354
GO.

>>21273364
This will be our decoy book.

>>21273285

Use Magic Eyes to see if there's any active magic in the tower. Don't need to fall into any traps the previous owners set.

>>21273364
As if the Grimoire wasn't cursed already, now it is DOUBLE CURSED

Rolled 74 + 5

>>21273364
Cursed somehow. Even more cursed than it already is, perhaps? Oh, shit, maybe its 'curse' is that it's really easy to track, that could be great for taking attention off of the main book. Let's ditch the clone book onto the back of a moving truck ASAP.

>>21273383
>>21273388
Every spell is Eldritch Lord

>>21273388
Dude, decoy book.

Rolled 18

>>21273364
copy leet

give the TOTALLY FINE copy of the book to the copied version of leet

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>>21273364

You pull out a clone of the grimoire and scan through it to make sure everything is in order.

. . .

Seems legit.

>>21273435
WOW! ITS A PERFECT COPY!

Congratulate ourselves in our amazing magic ablility.

Actually, no, we don't need to be congratulated for something so inherently natural.

Check on our two subordinates.

>>21273435
Hey, this one is better than the old one!

anyway, try to find alternative entrance to the tower

You put the improved version of the grimoire into your pants and check on your subordinates.

Roxie tells you not to think out loud and that she isn't your subordinate.

Leet is unconscious.

You thank Leet for not back talking like Roxie.

You look around the tower for alternate entrances. There are windows about thirty feet up, but you can't climb the smooth walls. Aside from that you see nothing.

You cast Eldritch Eye.

Roll 1d100+5, goes to first.

Rolled 42 + 5

>>21273530
Rollan.

Rolled 99

>>21273530
I am the rightful Arch-Magus of Terra! unveil your secrets Tower!

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>>21273543
>>21273550
Why does this keep happening.

>>21273543
>>21273550
All of my hate!

>>21273543

Your eye glows light blue as you look up and down the tower.

You close your eye. The tower is very bright, and this entire plane is glowing to begin with.

You turn to ask Roxie what she thinks but realize she has disappeared! you glance around wildly but do not see her. Where could she have. . .

The front door opens, revealing a winged Roxie. You look up and notice an open window.

"Good work." You tell her as you walk into the tower. She walks out to drag Leet in after you, but he knocks her hand away with a groan.

"Where did the knight and lady go?" He asks.

"They died." Roxie answers.

"Damn." Leet responds. "I think I have a concussion, that demon hit me hard."

"Actually that was. . ." You begin.

"Yes, she did." Roxie interrupts. "Here, let me heal you" she says, holding her hand out for the grimoire.

>>21273630
What? NO! we are the ARCH MAGUS, what could this silly girl do that we can't do ten times better with our eyes closed?

Cast the healing spell ourselves.

>>21273651

You shoulder past the silly girl and set about the ritual yourself.

d100+5, first roll

>>21273630
Give it to her.
Our copy holds all spells we shall ever need and as Arch-Magus we need to ascertain our servants are capable enough in our arts not to embarrass us.

>ascertain yonseba
captcha agrees

Rolled 36 + 5

>>21273678
OH GOD DON'T FUCK THIS UP I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY IN CHARACTER SHIT FUCK SHIT.

Rolled 85

>>21273678
whatcouldgowrong.jpg

>>21273692
good enough

"AAH! Jesus holy HELL!! Let the freaking fairy cast the damn fairy magic next time spoils!" Leet snatches the book from you faster than you can defend it.

"Christ." He says, looking over the new spells.

Its okay. He knows not that he has merely the face book, and that in your pants you hide true power.

>>21273737
> in your pants you hide true power.

[fuck, you know what I mean.]

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Rolled 43 + 5

>>21273737
>in your pants you hide true power

So, what now?

>>21273768
threaten summoning a lord if they don't give you the book back?

I can't help but wonder what happens, if we try to copy the cursed book and get it cursed again.

Rolled 89 + 5

>>21273783
Heal up, maybe modify our bodies to augment ourselves? Maybe try to give ourselves fast healing, stronger bones, and stronger muscles?

>>21273737

....Summon Elditch Lord? or are we Leet now?

>>21273783
We still have one Erinye in our hometown unaccounted for and I think one fled from our battle in the cellar.
The Witch is also still alive.

>>21273794
...

OH GOD

SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL

AND SOMEONE GIVE A CRAZY HOBO A MAGIC GROMOIRE

>>21273794
the book gains the ability to cast spells, but it only knows one

Rolled 59 + 5

>>21273808
I f it works with residual self-image we turn into an actual arch-magus.