You, the Dawnchasers, Isen, Tara, and the mer girl Dana went to confront Adahn and the mer army he was leading.

You managed to make his guise slip, and exposed to the mer army that the 'Fallen Lightbringer' wasn't some great pillar of strength, but rather just a little boy hiding behind some powerful magic. That is not strength that the mer respect, and so they deserted him and went back to Coral Gate.

Adahn fought you. Perhaps he wanted to hurt the person he thought ruined his life, maybe he was too far gone into the Dramatae's manipulations to think rationally, or it could have been he just wanted his nightmare of a life to end. Either way, you defeated him, and spared the poor boy's life.

On return to Stone Hall, you found the ship, Leviathan, was slightly on fire and had a deck covered with blood. Paladin Avery had discovered that the ship had been taken over by a Passion and his Blank minions. Now he was busy using his Red Occuli to purge the ship. But, now the Leviathan now belonged to Stone Hall, not Citadel.

You have stopped the Dramatae's plans for Adhan, the Leviathan, and the Mer. A major victory, that no doubt further disrupted the Kingdom's destiny as dictated by the Dramatae and the Array. But those masked bastards got the last laugh. You have received a message that the Fey Court has sacked First Wood with a monster-filled army...and your uncle, Paladin Graves, has been captured.

Alright, we can't leave the job half finished. Lets get a ship and head back to Coral. Plus our overland transport is there.

I hope our fears were unfounded and they weren't attacked while we headed to Stone Hall.

Welcome back echo!

I vote we take time tonight to consult with avery on what we're going to do about first wood.

Then let's have a dinner with granny and appreciate the kids one last time.

Then we move on coral to reclaim our horse, then white tree using horse transit.

>>24790100
coral is next, yes, but maybe we can get some support from stone hall, or at least some additional information about the white tree problem.

>>24790100
Alright, it's easy for you to get a loaner wagon and horse. (Even though the wagon isn't as comfortable for you as the one that you left back at Coral Grate.) You're the Paladin Serpent, and your promise to return it is taken as gold...along with the five gold that you hand over.

Dana wishes to stay at the Lighthouse, since overland travel isn't too healthy for her. She can survive for a decent while out of water, but she prefers to be near it at all times.

Mage hastes the horse. He's actually gotten used to this spell, so he can pull it off with little difficulty.

It'll still take three days to get there, however. Three days that pass with little incident. You have an unfortunate feeling that now that the Dramatae have an incident, they're on the other side of the kingdom, pulling the strings once more.

Mage sighs as he sits next to you as you make camp on the second night. He's got his to-do book and is flipping through it. "I don't even remember why I had to look into half of these things." He says. "At least the Iron Books cover a lot of this now."

So, what kinds of monsters did they use?

This is basically me asking for a gutpunch, since whatever the answer, it's gonna be terrible.

>>24790281
"Only work on what catches your interest. Most of it was shooting out ideas to solve the latest disaster. Which we solved then otherwise."

>>24790281
Shit, I missed the ship part. Apologies. Also, I'm going to try a new dice system. The Average of the first three rolls, but crits and crit fails take precedence.

>>24790281
"Well, I've been thinking of starting a journal to keep track of all the crazy plots we have. It would help with things like this.

Sorry for giving you so many projects, by the way. There's no real need to hurry any of them, I just love giving you more ideas."

>>24790340

Been following Shadow Quest, have we?

Ahhh Lamia Quest time, the best time of the week.

>>24790281
pretty much >>24790326

"Just think of most of that book as brainstorming instead of a must-do list."

>>24790340
(ya the ship part was kinda important. Though we can take it a bit slower then the rush here hah)

>>24790383
>>24790340
Don't worry! The ship plan didn't work because the currents were going north, and it would have been slower to go south.

A dock worker explained this to us.

This is the retroactive truth.

Aww yeah, lamia child quest.

Thought I might have woken up too late for it.

>>24790326
"Just think of most of that book as brainstorming instead of a must-do list. Only work on what catches your interest. Most of it was shooting out ideas to solve the latest disaster. Which we solved then otherwise."

"True." Mage says ripping out a page. "This was devoted to the Lightbringers...though there might be new ones soon, wont there?"

You grunt and roll your eyes. "Probably. I've been thinking of starting a journal to keep track of all the crazy plots we have. It would help with things like this.

"Sorry for giving you so many projects, by the way. There's no real need to hurry any of them, I just love giving you more ideas."

He smiles at you. "It's nice to be wanted." He sighs and looks at his book. "I don't if it's gonna work with Sophie. I mean, she's great and we can talk about magic...but that's about it." He says. "Also she wants a family." He shakes his head. "That's not me. Not yet at least." He groans and sits back. "But I don't think I can just calmly walk out of this thing with her with polite goodbyes. You know, this was much easier with the ghouls. You wanted to split up, someone just stabbed the other and served them up as a stew to their new beau. It was considered very romantic."

>>24790514
"Well, you could always tell her to find a new love, since you're off to go a-dying in the wars. That pretty much assures she'd be married happily by the time you get back so you can regret your decision, if I know anything about how these stories go.

In short, you probably shouldn't listen to me for romantic advice. Just... putting that out there."

>>24790514
I have a feeling that wouldn't go over well with her dad.

I talked to Tricia about this you know? Turns out theres a way for her ot have my child. It wouldn't be right for me to not let her know.

Talk to her. See if shes willing to wait for you to be ready, knowing that you might never be. That way she knows where you are coming from.

>>24790514
Is there anything in ghoul romance that would be appealing to other species?

>>24790701
they could have gone hunting together? That's acceptably romantic. Except when the hunt is for the most dangerous game, but yeah.

>>24790758
If this quest has taught me anything, it is that humans are not the most dangerous game.

It's probably dragons or one of the results of their uncontrolable laibidos.

>>24790802
... pity most of the highly dangerous stuff is extinct or near it. Leviathans, Greater Troll, Rocs, Dragons. All kinda hard to come by.

Rolled 3

>>24790580
"Well, you could always tell her to find a new love, since you're off to go a-dying in the wars. That pretty much assures she'd be married happily by the time you get back so you can regret your decision, if I know anything about how these stories go.

"In short, you probably shouldn't listen to me for romantic advice. Just... putting that out there."

"Wasn't that a Citadel story?" He smirks.

"Well, I know the eating thing wouldn't go over well with Gregory." You say. "But at least talk to her."

"Yeah, yeah...just be ready for explosions when that happens." He sighs and goes back to his book. "I wish we had more information other than rumors about the Fey Court attack."

It's true. The only official missive that you got was the one Avery received just saying that there was an attack, the Occuli were forced to retreat. Apart from that, it's all be contradicting rumors. They had everything from goblins, to lamia, to Dragons, to Old Trolls and back again. The leader was a man/woman/monster/Queen Mab/King Oberon having betrayed the Council/The Lost Elf Princess/A Forgotten Elf Prince...on and on and on. Useless people spreading stories and fear.

You go to sleep, and your dreams are the usual fractured mess they've always been.

The next day you're back up and riding for Coral Gate. Once more, it is mercifully quiet, which could be good or bad...but you finally arrive that the bluffs.

You look around for where you left Lightmare and the wagon.

travelling roll, low is good. Unless things have changed.

>>24790906
Lightmare:

Have eaten at least three dozen passions, blanks, elves, and mermen.

>>24790906
Ah crap. Well, you found the Wagon. It's fine, if a little worn for spending so much time exposed to the elements, right next to the ocean.

Lightmare's nowhere to be seen though, and his bridle has been chewed through. Still no signs of a struggle or a fight, so it looks like your horse just took off.

Damnit.

See if Tricia's bugs can't find him. Or if we can use our vaunted tracking skills (hah) to find him. If not we'll head down to the city.

>>24790948
"Entirely fair, lightmare. It seems our horse has tendered its resignation. Think there's any chance of finding it? Or if it would come back, even if we did?"

>>24790948
He's a magical beast right? Does he have any kind of magic trail we can see with our ~Magic-Eyes~? Maybe we can smell him out with our tongue?

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>>24790999
>magical trail
something like that.

Chances are if this thing wanted to leave, it would be GONE. so gone. It could have gotten halfway to citadel by now.

Our only hope is if it stayed in the area.

>>24790948
"Alright, Tricia, see if we can't talk our horse out of tending its resignation to us." You say.

"Gotcha." Tricia says. A small of butterflies come out of her sleeves. Their wings are the same color as her hair. "Go." She says to them and they scatter.

You go looking for yourself, searching for a magic trail, scorched grass, or a large amount of blood and dead things, knowing Lightmare.
+1 eyes

1d20 +1

Rolled 19 + 1

>>24791107

Rolled 8

>>24791117
Dat crit

>>24791117
Based Archivist deserves praise

>>24791117
That'll do it.

>>24791117
"Found him!" You and Tricia both say at the same time. Awww, the big guy must have gotten hungry. You find him sleeping on the ground surrounded by a mass of dead rabbits, squirrels, and a half-eaten deer.

Lea is there patting him awake. Lightmare slowly gets up and shakes his head. He does the usual neigh-roar and then licks Lea's hand.

"Good boy." She says. "Okay. I'll get him hitched back up. You go check on the 'Salt Court.' Make sure that nothing horrible happened."

Rolled 1

>>24791107
should I do that third roll to go with the new die system, or is that only for combat?

>>24791236

Oh god.

>>24791236
thank god you are so late.

>>24791224
Yup to the city! Lets see if the army arrrived and what we can do to oust Trevor,

Oh and get those anti-mind control potions.

>>24791224
"Have fun with the horse, Lea. I'll give you guys a call if there's any trouble with the merthings."

>>24791311
actually, this is kind of plain, feel free to just write in your own, or skip over it echo.

I WOULD donk our spear to our helmet then go, but we have no helmet, just a circlet.

>>24791311
"Have fun with the horse, Lea. I'll give you guys a call if there's any trouble with the merthings." You say as you dive into the water.

You swim to the Manor House. There's no signs of fire from within. It's hard to tell if there's been damage or not. The place is a mouldering wreck.

Also, you don't see any sign of the mer army. Which is disconcerting.

You go into the Manor house. You knock on the door...no answer.

You force open the door and look around the room. It's empty. More than that actually, it looks like it's been empty for an extended amount of time. The feast table has a thick layer of dust on it. There's no signs of comfortable couches and seats of ruined furniture, no sign of people having water dumped on them. Nothing.

You make your way into Trevor's war room. There's nothing. No war map, no fresh books, no piles of crabs and discarded crab shells. The place is a room that has never been used in years...or at least looks like it.

>>24791404
hmm if what the Mer produce can be used to block mind manupulation, perhaps it can cause it too?

>>24791404

So they did move into the cathedral after all.

>>24791404
Check the sunken cathedral!

>>24791404
thats familiar. too familiar. Remember Robin? And now that we know the Fey Court was co-opted by the Dramatae this might be the same thing. Lets try to search out clues.

If we find nothing we should head to the Cathedral.

>>24791404
Wipe some dust with your finger, as is classic to do in such situations. Possibly mutter "How on earth...".

Then continue investigating, since this is some mysterious shit the mermen pulled off. Or were part of. If they were illusions somehow.

>>24791404

Or the Dramatae got them.

>>24791438
3-5 days is nowhere enough time for a layer to dust to accumulate, let alone a thick layer.

>>24791404
investigate further, use our lamia senses(thermal vision, taste the air etc) to try and detect anything.

>>24791404
It's time for Detective Paladin Serpent to take on her newest case!

>>24791404
Search for hints or clues then check the cathedral just in case.

>>24791438
I actually doubt that.
>it looks like it's been empty for an extended amount of time. The feast table has a thick layer of dust on it.
Suggest almost like they were never there. Remember it's been only two three days max. No way good layer of dust to from.

Leviathan plan for getting away completely undetected:

1. leave.

2. pour dust everywhere before you go.

3. use OCD powers to ensure it's uniform.

>>24791494

CITADEL MAGIC! IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!

More seriously, >>24791519 makes sort-of sense.

>>24791485
>>24791519
>>24791486

There could be some sort of magical illusion at work here. Maybe the Mer have some spellcasters amongst them, or the Dramatae decided to make a stop here during the battle.

>>24791404
Check the whole place out, then check the cathedral.

I realize my instructions were a very unspecific "investigate further".

>>24791462
"How on earth...?" You mutter. You take a deep breath and look around with your clear eyelids open. This isn't an illusion. The dust is real, and there's nothing here that's pretending that it's something that it isn't...but...you without a doubt see magical traces everywhere, and under the table a small little chip of crab shell.

You hold up some of the dust and taste/smell it. Ah hah...this isn't dust...well it is...but it's also powered crab shell, wood, and a lot of other debris that's been reduced to a powder.

Roll 1d20 +1

Rolled 18

>>24791620
>substances reduced to power
oh no no no

>>24791620

Rolled 17

>>24791620

Rolled 9 + 1

>>24791620

>>24791645
fuck, lets try that again

>>24791643
>>24791654
Haha!

3 rolls, 2 above 15, we got this.

>>24791670
>we got this
but we don't WANT this.

It could be something HORRIBLE.

They've all been dissaperated!

>>24791679
Or even worse.

Cocaine!

>>24791685
man, don't give the dramatae the idea to use drugs on us.

We're ALL THE TIME sniffing around for things.

>>24791733
man the Citadel IS drugs, it makes you happy and stupid and kills people.

>>24791748
Yeah, but if they, say, had some highly volatile poppy extracts just lying around an investigation scene...

Lamia paladin: distracted for at least a day. Good plan, comedy.

>>24791643
Hello, what's that? The hinge on the door the faceplate that's screwed into the wall is missing two screws and the remaining bolt is painted white...and someone's carved a crude nine point star around it. You pull out the screw and flip the face pate away. Someone's carved a hole into the wall and stuck a rolled up note in there. Only three people you know who are that clever in skullduggery and would but the Caligo Clarus logo on it. You unroll the scroll.
- - -
This message is for Paladin Ssen of the Caligo Clarus.

I'm sorry. I didn't have a choice. The Agony Masks are too strong, but once we've done what they want us to, we have a little leeway.

Robin's still at Grove. Prisoner. Same as me and Ryan.

The old man was taken and Masked. They thought he would be useful when they 'repair' the Paladin order.

The Salt Queens are ours. Don't know what Ryan's being forced to do to the Mer, but I know there's an ambush planned if they turn back.

Seeing as we don't hear the Leviathan exploding...I think you've handled it. That'll piss them off. They were still counting on the False Lightbringer.

Don't come to the Grove. Not yet. It's a trap. You need a Woodsman's Compass. It's like the Miner Compass you wanted us to get. Conclave in White Tree has one...at least they hired us to procure one for them a while ago. Should still be there. You come in without it, they'll trap you in a Fey Wood Loop and leave you to rot.

Help us.

- Jessi
- - -

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>>24791856
Fffffffffffffffffff

Okay. Plans for saving our elf friends?

>>24791856
gah, so Robin and crew, Uncle Julian AND the Salt Queens are all prisoners?

Hurry back to the others and show them the note, then off to White Tree.

>>24791856
>but I know there's an ambush planned if they turn back.
>They've turned back
OH FUCK OH FUCK MOVE MOVE MOVE

>>24791856
Welp. Off to White Tree with hopes Woodsman Compass is still there.

>>24791913
wait wait wait

There's an ambush planned if the mers turn back. What about all the mermen? They're being ambushed. Probably right now.

>>24791856
Alright, time to get to those Mer and hope we get there in time.

>>24791918
yes. Something like this.

GOTTA WARN THEM AGAIN.

>>24791923
Crap right, read right over that.

>>24791856
So Mer, capture Ryan, if we can. Push for White Tree, get the Woodsman Compass. Recuse all the people. Sounds about the path we need to take.

If we get the Mer we might get those potions after all.

>>24791972
yep.

The main question is: How the heck are we going to take robin and those folks alive, especially mask-agumented.

>>24791923
whoops missed that, we cant exactly let them walk into an ambush so we need to spoil that plain first.

>>24792008
Same way we rescued the Boy. Laser to the Face.

>>24791923
You get back up the bluffs, as quickly as possible.

"Find something?" Tricia asks.

"We have to move, up the Coast. Now!" You snap.

"Huh?" Peri asks as you shove the letter into her chest as you get into the old wagon. "What's the ru-oh...oh crap!" Peri/Mari says as they read the note. "Mage, haste the horse. Lea will ride with you. Tricia, take Lightmare."

"Ssen, get me that map of the coastline." She asks. as the horses take off. "See if we can figure out where they might possibly be."

I say we rescue robin.

Then, when he asks "How ever can I thank you!" or says "I'll owe you one" or something like that, say

"Oh yeah, you reminded me" and give him the 2,500 gold.

Paladins will rescue you from a mind control army to repay their debts.

An Agony mask would work for purifying the coins right?

Get our map out, lets help plan this thing.

>>24792126
probably not.

Heck, I could make an agony mask out of a battery, some coil, and a few screws.

Yep. Time for maps and charts.

I have no idea what oceanic maps or charts look like, fuck.

Well, it's pretty simple what we have to do.

Backtrace the "red tide" they said they were taking, find any points particularly close to land or particularly narrow, investigate those.

>>24792150
I thought any of them work work, except for the Passions.

>>24792132
Alright...you sailed up the coast. You didn't see any more boats missing from Coral Gate. So that means they would have had to have launched at some point between Coral Gate and Stone Hall. That or their doing something from the coast.

That leaves three places.

A little ways north of the Sound where you crashed. The water's smooth and deep enough there...but they'd have to get through the rapids.

There's a fishing village. It's a bit out of the way though, not to mention people would notice them.

Finally there's a little cove that's a natural harbor. Out of the way, deep water, quick launching...but the place is a breeding/feeding/spawning ground for sharks. They'd not take kindly to visitors.

>>24792299
well, if it was ME, I'd pick the shark one.

But what would an elfish rogue pick? Probably the fishing village, there's places to lie low there, and it's more his habitat.

Unless someone can think of a way to search multiples.

>>24792336
No splitting the party, ever.

>>24792299
I want to say sharks. Simply because these guys are dealing with Mer and they probably need something to attack them with. What better then bloodied sharks?

>>24792336
>>24792397
I'm going to agree with the general shark consensus.

>>24792299
Definitely sharks. It's always the option with sharks.

>>24792397
Yeah, sharks first. Hopefully, that's where they are.

>>24792448
>>24792432
>>24792417
so, lamiabrain says sharks, even if we don't quite know why.

>>24792477
to a leviathan sharks are probably tasty.

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>>24790340
That seems... significantly worse than the old system. I for one do not welcome our tripled chance to crit fail at everything we do.

>>24792505
hmm.

Perhaps we should not include the crits override. Or require a double-crit

>>24791236
This is one of the many reasons I'd argue against changing the dice system permanently, though it's an interesting experiment. On average, while a best-of-three system does mean we're more likely to succeed (though that screws with all the previous DCs), it also means we're significantly more likely to either crit *or* critfail.

>>24792397
>>24792336

"Sharks?" You suggest.

"Maybe, but...well, it's obvious that they have SOME free will." She taps her fingers on the map. "Do we know anything about Ryan other than his little crazed revolutionary act?"

"If Jessi was smart enough to make the whole place look abandoned, then it's obvious that they're bringing their A game to this." Tricia shouts.

"Right...alriight, what do we know about Robin's crew and their tactics..." She nods. "Actually...I think you might be right." She looks up at you. "Why risk boats when you have a simpler way to scatter a group of mer and make them ripe for collection?" She points at the map. "Send the sharks out, scatter them. This place is filled with sandbanks." She scratches her head. "Of course, I'm trying to make it fit the area." She shakes her head. "I'm sure I can make up a good reason for the other two."

>>24792554
"Well, the reason for the fishing village is they're more at home somewhere like that. I can't really think of a reason for them to go to the rapids."

"Which means they're at the rapids."

>>24792554
>"I'm sure I can make up a good reason for the other two."
Do tell.

>>24792536
Or just go back to the old system which worked fine really.

>>24792505
I still support a best of 3 system. Averaging however is just plain bad... you almost always average out. And as pointed out you have a 3x chance to crit.

>>24792554
The village has boats. Which I doubt they can carry with them. The rapids has no clear advantages beyond the fact that its a choke point.

>>24792576
It would be very hard for them to capture the merfolk if they broke away in the rapids or out in the deep water beyond.

>>24792554
"The rapids would probably be the best place if they wanted to destroy the Mer instead of capturing them, at least the ones without gills."

"No idea what advantage the village has as an ambush spot though."

>>24792584
"Do tell."

"The fishing village means they can trick the villagers into helping them. Plus it's easier to take ships that are already there. They're easier to move than the sharks, but sharks can't be witnesses.

As for the rapids...if they get through them, then it's the ultimate ambush. There's nothing the Mer can do thanks to the currents in that area. They just get slammed right into what's waiting."

Mari shakes her head. "Ugh, too many options with too little time."

I get the feeling we're going to have to pretty much just guess here.

There's probably some really obscure sentence somewhere in one of the past 45 threads which gives some hint as to which one Ryan would be at, but I'll be fucked if I can remember it.

>>24792716
Honestly if we were smarter we could probably just figure all of this out. As it stands, we're on a guess.

Which are we closest to?

>>24792737
You'd get to the Sharks the fastest. The Sound the longest.

The only thing I can remember about Ryan aside from his revolutionary act is that he's part of the Coins guild, but I really don't see how that helps narrow it down.

We know next to nothing about the guy.

>>24792716
Maybe the whole revolutionary thing he has? I mean rallying people to cause to attack the Mer might be something he would do. I don't know. It's hard to try and second guess stuff. Sharks just seem like the answer.

Question would be could we go Sharks -> Village in time, if sharks be wrong.

>>24792752
Are the locations conveniently arranged so that we can swing by each in turn?

>>24792683
I still say sharks... I wonder if we could ride several. That way we could use them to investigate the rapids.

>>24792785
Pity none of us aren't actually a druid.

>>24792785
Best idea? Or best idea.

I'd say we split the party into two, have one group investigate one area, the other group investigate the second, and we all meet up in the third location.

>>24792809
Samuel L Jackson would like a word with you.

>>24792785
>riding sharks
No, we harness them together and use them like a chariot.

>>24792633
Best of three is also kind of shit. It would give us a 90% chance to roll above 10. We'd basically always succeed instead of always being average.

>>24792821
If we do this, each group should have a flare. We have extras.

>>24792809
Tricia waves. "I can send some of...me...down the way. I don't think I can be in more than one place at once." She says. "Where do you want me to go?"

>>24792777
Probably, they're along the coast.

>>24792850
What would be the easiest location to scout? The sharks?

>>24792850
I think it's sharks. On the off chance it's not sharks, I suppose check the village. It really worries me when you split up like that, though. Don't stress anything."

>>24792850
I say have Tricia check the rapids, its the longest trip and its better to get an idea whether they are there or not first.

We should head to the sharks and do a quick sweep then onto the village.

>>24792850
I think "don't split the party" also applies even more strongly to "don't split a party member".

>>24792934
This is where Tricia shines. We can't put her to the side just because we're worried about her safety. Shes worth more then that.

>>24792850
Check the furthest location and work your way back, and we'll check the closest and work forward.

>>24792993
>>24792926

"Go all the way up to the Rapids. Then work your way back." You say. "And be careful...it worries me when you split up like that."

"I know. I know." She says. A couple of dragonflies break off from her and take off.

"Are you going to be okay, fighting Ryan and Jessi or Robin?" Lea says. "They are our friends."

>>24792984
Not saying she shouldn't do it, but these new abilities are a major unknown, and she never did have that talk with Granny. In particular, she doesn't know how to replenish then yet. She should be careful, and not send more of herself than she can afford to lose.

>>24793042
"We shouldn't have to kill them. Just take the masks off."

>>24793042
I think that's what the Dramatae is counting on. Let's see if we can do this non-lethaly.

>>24793042
"We don't have to kill them, just beat them into unconsciousness. Because we care about them. Plausible deniability for their bosses and all that."

>>24793042
Not really. But we can't let them be slaves to the Dramatae either. So we'll fight them and free them as soon as possible. I fought for Adahn. I'll fight even harder for them.

>>24793042
I'll manage. We have a lot more options for nonlethal combat now, and unlike half the people we don't kill, they actually want saving.

>>24793042
"We all do what we must. If possible we should, no, we need to capture them. We all know they wont just lay down and give up without a fight."

>>24793042
"I'd rather not hurt them, but if it's a choice between roughing them up to get the masks off, and leaving them at the Dramatae's mercy, I know what I'll choose."

>>24793087
"Not really. But, that's what the Dramatae are counting on. We can't let them be slaves to those masked bastards. So we'll fight them and free them as soon as possible. I fought for Adahn. I'll fight even harder for them.

"Anyway, we shouldn't have to kill them. Just take the masks off. If it's a choice between roughing them up to get the masks off, and leaving them at the Dramatae's mercy, I know what I'll choose."

Lea nods. "Robin will probably charge us out the nose for the medical bills."

"What exactly can the Dramate do with a load of Mer?" Peri asks. "There's not that many towns along rivers, and Stone Hall has the Leviathan now."

>>24793042
"Well there is always this *Black Venom mouth* and Beacon's Light, we have quite a few nonlethal methods of subduing people."

"It also helps that they want us to rescue them, unlike many of the others we have encountered."

After these messages, we'll be right back. Have to cook Mother's Day dinner.

>>24793200
>cooking dinner
Oh man, good luck echo. That usually takes me like two hours.

>>24793157
Well if they want to make the threat real and since Leviathan is in our hands they could send the Mer to Citadel itself. Rally all the people against the monster threat. Then have their new Lightbringer head that army in glorious battle against the monstrous armies of the Mer and Fey.

That or they want them for the access to whatever is in the Mer's brains.

>>24793157
>what exactly can the dramatae do with a load of mer?

"The same thing that the old one suggesting doing with them. Serving them properly prepared. They plan to ambush and possibly kill the deserters, which would be a treasure trove of ingredients for who knows what poisons, potions, and tinctures.

Either that or attack the phoenix empire."

>>24793293
this also has the effect of placing the blame on Stone Hall. If we didn't have it it'd have been there to protect Citadel.

>>24793346
>>24793293
perhaps we'll move the leviathan to citadel once we stop this mer bullcrap.

Also, those poor poor elves. They were leaving little clues for us? Don't they know how blind we can be?

>>24793158
too bad black venom works... variably.

It's kinda dangerous, if we accidentally give them too much. Same with all nonlethals.

>>24793327

Speaking of Old One's advice, we do need to look into that. As awful as it is, we've run into more than a few dead Met, and we do need a way to protect our minds.

>>24794036
If they're citadel corrupt it probably won't work... and harvesting sentients is definately on the wrong side of the moral grey-zone.

>>24794036
>>24794053
what I'm worried about is that's exactly what the dramatae's "plan B". was, if the mers failed.

>>24794053

Old One did not suggest that the corruption mattered for this. And in any case, I'd never suggest killing them for that purpose. There's nothing wrong with using those already dead, though. Or, we could probably get what we need voluntarily, for instance from Dana, if she's not too creeped out by it.

On the bright side, they didn't plan for us to succeed here.

Which means they didn't plan on us having stone hall OR the leviathan.

which means we can use those elements to fuck them.

>>24794280
They also didn't plan for us to be forewarned about the ambush, so thats another thing in our favor.

>>24794300
well, to be fair, this might be post-warned.

The ambush could have already happened.

>>24794314
I doubt it

>>24794314
You arrive at the Shark Cove. You hear sounds of combat and hear the splashing of water. Crap it looks like the ambush has already started. You can see a lot of froth in the water as a group of mer are dealing with a school of sharks, and you can see robed figures with nets accompanied by magic users.

They cast the net, mer goes into the net, magic use casts a spell and the Mer is either gone to who knows where, or it struggles and fights...and ends up covered in white scales for all of it's troubles.

"Come on!" Peri says. "We go down there, and Mage and I can start shooting at the bastards. Then you'll have to dodge the sh-"

"Hold it!" Tricia says. "Oh, shit! They're doing it again!"

"What?" Mage says.

"I'm at the village. Since it was on the way..." She says. "They're there too...or have been there at least. I see a lot of sunk boats and dead people...fuck...and I don't see anyone but blanks."

Peri scans the scene before them. "I only see Blanks too."

>>24794575
Save as many as we can and kill the mages first.

>>24794575
Kill the mages first, try to leave one alive for questioning

>>24794575
Geek the mages.

>>24794575
"Maybe they're doing all three locations. But this is where the Mer are now so we have to do what we can."

>>24794603
Yup, we need to do something to take out the mages, and something to stop the school of sharks. How can we stop all the sharks at once?

Hmmm. Mage said once that if he overdid the Haste spell on an animal, it would basically explode. Could he do that intentionally, preferably without any chance of accidentally just hasting them?

>>24794575
"Tricia, tell your friends to keep going; if this and the village are a distraction, we need to know that."

If they are everywhere we're going to need to deal with these places one by one. Which means we're going to most likely miss our Rebel....

Unless Tricia thinks her insects can land on the guys mask and chew through the strings.

>>24794603
>>24794636
>>24794638
There are three mages on the sandbank and three net men. Mage, Mari, and you can reach them with your ranged weapons...but if you want to go to close combat, you'll have to risk going through the bloody water and the sharks are going berserk at this point.

>>24794656
Well, we'd either end up with turbocharged supersharks or a lot of gore.

What could go wrong?

>>24794656
Mage is going to be the best uncle to our and Tricia's kids. "Have I ever told you the story about the time I blew up some sharks?"

>>24794696
Twang time. We don't use it enough anyway.

>>24794696
Let's give ranged weapons a try, then. And let's get some black venom on them, too, so that every blow is potentially a stopping blow.

>>24794696
Time for tsundere longbow-chan to save the day.

>>24794696
Ranged weapons it is. Lets hope we do better then we have the last few times we've used our bow.

Let's take a round to put neurotoxin on our quiver.

Because seriously, fuck their shit.

>>24794696
Snipe the mages. Net dudes got only melee so yeah.

>>24794721
oh yes definately poison up.

>>24794743
Doesn't take a round if done at the start of battle, only during battle.

if we are going for kills on the mages wouldnt white or clear be better?

>>24794696
Since they don't see us yet, and we're ambushing them, we can afford to take extra time lining up and synchronizing our shots, right?

... couldn't we musterd bomb them? put all three venoms on our arrows and even misses will start killing them.

>>24794784
we'd just have to make sure to stand downwind of our friends hah

>>24794763
man, if a mage can cast under neurotoxin I want him captured and converted to our side, he's obviously an archmagus.

>>24794763
Clear is just an irritant, white would be best for lethal.

>>24794784
...and all the mer around them that we're trying to save.

>>24794763
The white isn't that fast-acting, and the clear doesn't seem like it would enhance killing power enough to help (plus we'd have to be really careful with the clear to avoid damaging the arrows). Plus we wouldn't mind some interrogation later.

>>24794784
>>24794789
Hmmm. I wonder if we could warn the Mer and then use that to take out the sharks?

>>24794797
mer are water breathers

>>24794804
we don't have time for interrogation. The village and the rapids still await.

>>24794805
So are sharks, but I don't think the mixed-venom gas is only deadly to things that *breathe* it.

>>24794815
The Mer can hold them for later interrogation.

>>24794797
clear burned Grannys incredibly tough skin, from the description it sounds like a powerful one, and acid coated arrows would burn your internal organs wherever they hit.

probably does double wounds or something, we never used it when sane in combat.

i vote use Clear on the arrows.

besides if we're successfull we won't have to interrogate, we'll have freed Revolution Man.

>>24794805
They also breathe air when they come up to escape the sharks.
Also why have you started capitalising your name it unsettles me.

>>24794828
Not a crazy plan. Worth a try. In any case we should offer some to Mari/Peri as well.

>>24794831
Point.

Mage should Haste at least one shark thats near the netters. I bet one of thsoe would pull a Jaws.

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>>24794828
>put acid on your arrows
I have a small logistical problem with that

>>24794843
...breathe. Breathe! That's an idea! Mage could try the sleep spell on the sharks. If they can't swim, they can't breathe.

>>24794857
Metal arrowheads only, and very carefully.

>>24794856
If any of them are close to the netters and not likely to go nuts on the Mer instead, sure; doesn't seem very likely, though.

We should be using neurotoxin and nonlethal for this one, until we determine the plain masks are not indeed masks of agony like robin describes.

If they are, well, shit. Shiiiit.

>>24794828
adding to this, imagine trying to cast spells after someone poured a bottle of hydrochloric acid into a puncture wound.

>>24794857
you dont coat the damn shaft, you dip the arrowhead into it.

>What's the plan /tg/?
>Shoot them with poison arrows!
>What color poison?
>RED ONE
>NO THE BLUE ONE
>PICK THE YELLOW DRESS

>>24794890
It's important, damn it!

>>24794858
For that matter, sharks are effectively cold-blooded, so Mage's freeze spell might work just as well.

>>24794858
Or he could crit fail it and explode their brains. Either way works.

>>24794898
freeze spell might effect the Mer too.

Any ideas for someone other than Mage to deal with the shark problem quickly? The Mer could probably handle some of it if we stop the mages and netters, but that'll take time, and the Mer are being slaughtered in the meantime.

Rolled 4, 9, 11 = 24

For the record, Tricia says that the village has already seen its action. The blanks are just cleaning up. These are the last of the Mer that managed to get past any other attacks they had experienced earlier.

This is going to be hard now. There are COMPETENT people behind the planning. You gotta save the trio, fast.

You drip the clear onto your arrow heads.

Mari aims at one of the Mages and fire.

There's about five sharks being actively aggressive. Mage takes a deep breath and tries to subdue as many of them as possible.

Tricia takes off her hat and chants.

Lea is debating is she wants to risk punching a shark or not.

>>24794921
>made deal with shark problem quickly?

None that wouldn't fuck the mer just as bad.

>>24794925
I think mage succeeded. yay.

>>24794925
>lea debating whether or not she wants to risk punching a shark or not
Don't do it lea, regardless of what that shark said about yo' momma.

>>24794925
Well, To be fair, clear is the easiest to mark our arrows with.

We can just sort of exude it.

damnit nope, that was Tricia's roll.

>>24794925
>Lea is debating is she wants to risk punching a shark or not.
the mental image of this is awesome/hilarious

(damn low rolling /tg/ dice)

Rolled 3, 2 = 5

>>24794925
One of the sharks gets a little loopy. Enough that the Mer can skewer them.

A swarm of sand flies pours out of Mari's hat and she sends the biting bastards at the hunters. Keeping one pair occupied.

The hunters continue to trap/corrupt Mer. Interesting the Corrupt mer just take off swimming out to open water. Obviously to lose any tails, and they have orders.

>>24794969
at least it works in our favor as well as theres.

>>24794969
Goddamnit it shouldn't be this easy to whitescale mers.

God forbid they try to get that net on us. A whitescale'd Ssen would kill the citadel in a wave of blood and pain.

>>24794969
5 more mer are taken. There's about 75 left. The sharks aren't really killing any of them, but as long as the sharks are active, they can't fight back against the hunters.

Your turn

time to shoot the mages

>>24794986
shoot the mages.

>>24794986
Shoot the mages.

>>24794990
>>24794986
>the mages
Fuck that, shoot the net-men. Fuck those nets, they're a warcrime.

>>24794984
>Goddamnit it shouldn't be this easy to whitescale mers.

It shouldn't be this easy to corrupt *anything*.

>>24795004
The sharks apparently aren't killing the Mer, which means the fatal threat is the corruption, and only the mages are doing that. They might also be affecting the sharks.

>>24795011
I think that's been the entire story of citadel. Just fuck citadel so much.

>>24794990
>>24794997
>>24795002

1d20 +2

>>24795022
I thought the nets were like, artifact corruption deals?

Strange.

>>24794984
SHHH dont give Echo ideas you fool you will doom us all.

Rolled 13 + 2

>>24795039

Rolled 6 + 2

>>24795026
This seems like a much more recent development, though. Time was, Citadel had to actually tempt a creature into falling.

>>24795026

Rolled 20 + 2

>>24795039

Rolled 8

>>24795039
I chanted a little song to this die roll.

>>24795070
Well, this should be interesting, now that it counts.

>>24795053
Citadel has grown and the Dramatae are likely pulling out all the stops (and spending pretty much every ounce of Citadel Magic needed to make the next sacrifice work).

>>24795079
Perhaps.

We should make take a mathematician to the new system and reduce the crit ratio to something that fits better on a bellcurve though. The spikes shown by a previous mathanon seemed scary.

>>24795079
Oh god we won't be able to use our claws ever with the new dice. 3 sets of 2d20...

>>24795084
>>24795053
I think of it like the difference between a passive corruption effect and an active one.

Passive one is WAY easier to upkeep.

Rolled 3, 19, 10 = 32

>>24795048
You nail one of the mages in the chest. He drops to the ground screaming as he scratches at the wound that's hissing and bubbling.

Mari shoots at the non-bugged mage.

Mage continues to try and subdue the sharks.

Tricia continues to focus on the flies.

go mage.

>>24795135
Ooh, that poison is some nasty work. And not actually a poison, so much as just acid.

Next mage! Fuck their corruption. Also, perhaps we could convince them to run the hell away somehow?

>>24795135
heh, i knew the Clear would be exceedingly effective vs the mages.

also go mage!

>>24795135
So crits dont count? Or did you give up on the new dice system?

>>24795196
to be fair, any of our poisons is exceedingly effective VS mages.

Rolled 2

>>24795135
One shark passes out, and another shark gets sluggish enough to be dispatched.

Tricia keeps her focus, just barely. ( Tricia gets a +2 to her ability now, thanks to her 'condition') At the hunter and the mage scream and thrash as the flies start to bite at them.

The hunter who has the acid shot mage pulls a crossbow and shoots at you.

The other two continue to snag Mer.

>>24795204
We shot the guy. He's out of combat.

Rolled 3

>>24795204
That WAS a crit. I just linked the first one.

>>24795215
>continuing to snag mer
Goddamnit stop that. Stop that this instant you terrible cunts.

>>24795245
Three more Mer get snagged.

Your turn

shoot the other mage.

>>24795206
eh, the Black is only effective for capturing things with multiple combat doses, a single dose could be resisted, and the White takes a while to work.

cant resist pain from acid burns though, no easier way to break a casters concentration.

>>24795261
bow shot at the remaining mage.

>>24795245
Ah k nvm then. Srry but i kinda wanted to ask. thanks for clearing it up.

>>24795261
yes, shoot those netmages. Not only are they doing slavery-mindfucking, they don't have the decency to stop while we fight them.

>>24795311
>>24795276
>>24795272

1d20 +2

Rolled 6

>>24795334

Rolled 20 + 2

>>24795334

Rolled 19 + 2

>>24795334

Rolled 12 + 2

>>24795334

>>24795343
Heh. These dice are scary.

im kinda worried about our next battle. everytime our dice are nice to us they screw us later

>>24795386
let's go have a sparring match with some children so nothing bad happens when we lose.

Rolled 1, 20, 15, 17, 1 = 54

>>24795343
Another Mage drops to the ground screaming as your arrow burns through his armor, skin, and into his heart.

Mage continues to try and subdue the sharks.

Mari shoots at the last mage that Tricia is also trying to kill via her flies.

The hunters fire upon you with their crossbows.

>>24795433
>Crit fail an attack roll sparring barehanded
>Fall over, claws slip out and skewer target

>>24795477
>1 for shark subduing
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>>24795343

>>24795094
For anyone interested, across the 8000 possible rolls of 3d20, letting 1s and 20s cancel and leave the third roll, taking 1s if no 20s, and taking the highest roll (including 20) otherwise:

1: 1030/8000 = 12.875%
2: 7/8000 = 0.0875% (cumulative 2-2: 7/8000 = 0.0875%)
3: 13/8000 = 0.1625% (cumulative 2-3: 20/8000 = 0.25%)
4: 25/8000 = 0.3125% (cumulative 2-4: 45/8000 = 0.5625%)
5: 43/8000 = 0.5375% (cumulative 2-5: 88/8000 = 1.1%)
6: 67/8000 = 0.8375% (cumulative 2-6: 155/8000 = 1.9375%)
7: 97/8000 = 1.2125% (cumulative 2-7: 252/8000 = 3.15%)
8: 133/8000 = 1.6625% (cumulative 2-8: 385/8000 = 4.8125%)
9: 175/8000 = 2.1875% (cumulative 2-9: 560/8000 = 7.0%)
10: 223/8000 = 2.7875% (cumulative 2-10: 783/8000 = 9.7875%)
11: 277/8000 = 3.4625% (cumulative 2-11: 1060/8000 = 13.25%)
12: 337/8000 = 4.2125% (cumulative 2-12: 1397/8000 = 17.4625%)
13: 403/8000 = 5.0375% (cumulative 2-13: 1800/8000 = 22.5%)
14: 475/8000 = 5.9375% (cumulative 2-14: 2275/8000 = 28.4375%)
15: 553/8000 = 6.9125% (cumulative 2-15: 2828/8000 = 35.35%)
16: 637/8000 = 7.9625% (cumulative 2-16: 3465/8000 = 43.3125%)
17: 727/8000 = 9.0875% (cumulative 2-17: 4192/8000 = 52.4%)
18: 823/8000 = 10.2875% (cumulative 2-18: 5015/8000 = 62.6875%)
19: 925/8000 = 11.5625% (cumulative 2-19: 5940/8000 = 74.25%)
20: 1030/8000 = 12.875% (cumulative 2-20: 6970/8000 = 87.125%)

For reference, 1d20 is a flat 5% chance for any roll.

>>24795488
>I accidentally haste.

I really hope none of these guys are robin.

I also hope that the plain masks aren't actually masks of pain forcing these people to do this.

I hope that really bad.

>>24795477
Mage makes two of the creatures int he water fall asleep...two Mer.

Mari's shot is dead on into the Mage's skull. All three mages are down for the count.

Tricia's still got the bugs on the hunter she was pestering as well. He's on the ground screaming and bleeding as the flies are now on the inside of his mask.

One of the hunter's crossbows breaks. But the other one nails you in the side.

Your turn.

>>24795515
we're averaging, not taking highest.

>>24795530
Shouldn't we have gotten a dodge roll for that?

>>24795530
Keep shooting and clean up this mess.

>>24795530
There's only one hunter left with a functioning crossbow.

I say we look directly at him, wait until he panickedly starts reloading, then charge his ass.

anyway shoot the hunters

>>24795546
Okay, go ahead, if you'd like.

1d20 to dodge. You're trying to beat a 17.

>>24795546
against ranged attacks?

I think only if we're lightly armed. Maybe?

Rolled 9

>>24795569

Rolled 6

>>24795569

Rolled 10

>>24795569

Rolled 4

>>24795569
A 17 you say?

>>24795560
I posted this, and I suggest we just eat the hit and use it as intimidation fuel. You guys can dodge if you really want though.

nope, doesn't look like it

>>24795590
>>24795585
>>24795584
You don't miss.

>>24795562
>>24795560
>>24795557
You shoot at the last still active hunter.

1d20 +2

>>24795595
Huh.. Good idea. It'll be interesting to see how much these Blank Masks override their senses of self preservation.

Rolled 20 + 2

>>24795628

Rolled 16 + 2

>>24795628

Rolled 5

>>24795628
Snipe

>>24795636
Fuck yes, nat 20

>>24795636
Sssssssssniper.

>>24795663
Ssen Ssnipes Ssilently from the Sshadows.

i predict nat 1s in our future, lots and lots of nat 1s

>>24795636
When did we suddenly become competent with a bow?

Rolled 10, 1 = 11

>>24795636
Another Dramatae goon on the ground screaming as he suffers a slow death. The lamia's fangs are now long ranged apparently.

Mage tries one more time to take out the sharks.

Tricia continues the bug assault.

Mari just glares at the last hunter like you are doing, with her crossbow clearly pointed at him.

Rolled 6

>>24795687
We've always been good with Twang. Except when HARPIEEESSSSS

>>24795687
we where never incompetent with it, we almost never missed, but we started using Beacon(sword) and jsut stopped using the bow for some reason.

>>24795685
don't spoi-
>>24795688
well fuck

>>24795682
A royal command Isen could order us to perform, later on in his career:

Paladin serpent: say "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" five times fast.

We will be unable to accomplish it.

>>24795702
>>24795703
Let me rephrase.

When did we become a master at ranged combat?

>>24795687
When we fought at a distance.

We're just usually, you know, being jumped by guys with swords from a starting distance of feet away. Because we were talking to those guys.

>>24795722
Oh, when we were RIGHTEOUSLY PISSED at these guys for capturing, attacking, and corrupting mers at such a pace.

We might, in fact, be using smite evil here.

Rolled 19, 9 = 28

>>24795688
Mage causes the two sharks to get droopy. The mer dispatch them.

Tricia's swarm suddenly breaks off from the man on the ground and then they all rush up to her, and up her sleeves. Tricia's eyes fly open and she drops to the ground. Then she vomits up a cloud of flies.

"Ughhh...don't...don't let me do that again..." She groans.

The hunter on the ground managed to pull himself up, long enough for the angry mer to grab him and drag him off into the water, he doesn't even have time to scream.

The last blank rips off his mask and throws his hands up. "I surrender! I surrender!" He screams. "Don't let them kill me! I surrender!"

>>24795688
And now Tricia knows exactly what it feels like to get sucked up someone's nose. Hooray?

>>24795722
We Became the Poison fighting Granny. Putting Poison on our arrows allows them to strike quickly like the bite of a serpent.

>>24795742
Sail casually over to shore and take a prisoner.

>>24795742
Un-draw the arrow you were JUST about to shoot this guy with.

"Get the hell away from the water then, you madman. Also get to dropping your weapons on the way, you'll be treated better without weapons."

>>24795793
we're attacking from land I believe.

>>24795515
(continued)

Using an average-based system, again having 1s and 20s cancel, and taking any 1 or 20 otherwise:

1: 1030/8000 = 12.875%
2: 16/8000 = 0.2% (cumulative 2-2: 16/8000 = 0.2%)
3: 52/8000 = 0.65% (cumulative 2-3: 68/8000 = 0.85%)
4: 115/8000 = 1.4375% (cumulative 2-4: 183/8000 = 2.2875%)
5: 205/8000 = 2.5625% (cumulative 2-5: 388/8000 = 4.85%)
6: 322/8000 = 4.025% (cumulative 2-6: 710/8000 = 8.875%)
7: 466/8000 = 5.825% (cumulative 2-7: 1176/8000 = 14.7%)
8: 607/8000 = 7.5875% (cumulative 2-8: 1783/8000 = 22.2875%)
9: 697/8000 = 8.7125% (cumulative 2-9: 2480/8000 = 31.0%)
10: 733/8000 = 9.1625% (cumulative 2-10: 3213/8000 = 40.1625%)
11: 715/8000 = 8.9375% (cumulative 2-11: 3928/8000 = 49.1%)
12: 643/8000 = 8.0375% (cumulative 2-12: 4571/8000 = 57.1375%)
13: 517/8000 = 6.4625% (cumulative 2-13: 5088/8000 = 63.6%)
14: 367/8000 = 4.5875% (cumulative 2-14: 5455/8000 = 68.1875%)
15: 241/8000 = 3.0125% (cumulative 2-15: 5696/8000 = 71.2%)
16: 142/8000 = 1.775% (cumulative 2-16: 5838/8000 = 72.975%)
17: 70/8000 = 0.875% (cumulative 2-17: 5908/8000 = 73.85%)
18: 25/8000 = 0.3125% (cumulative 2-18: 5933/8000 = 74.1625%)
19: 7/8000 = 0.0875% (cumulative 2-19: 5940/8000 = 74.25%)
20: 1030/8000 = 12.875% (cumulative 2-20: 6970/8000 = 87.125%)

Some specific comparisons for common DCs:

DC 10: 4490/8000 = 56.125% (with 1d20: 11/20 = 55.0%)
DC 11: 3757/8000 = 46.9625% (with 1d20: 10/20 = 50.0%)
DC 12: 3042/8000 = 38.025% (with 1d20: 9/20 = 45.0%)
DC 13: 2399/8000 = 29.9875% (with 1d20: 8/20 = 40.0%)
DC 14: 1882/8000 = 23.525% (with 1d20: 7/20 = 35.0%)
DC 15: 1515/8000 = 18.9375% (with 1d20: 6/20 = 30.0%)
DC 16: 1274/8000 = 15.925% (with 1d20: 5/20 = 25.0%)
DC 17: 1132/8000 = 14.15% (with 1d20: 4/20 = 20.0%)
DC 18: 1062/8000 = 13.275% (with 1d20: 3/20 = 15.0%)
DC 19: 1037/8000 = 12.9625% (with 1d20: 2/20 = 10.0%)
DC 20: 1030/8000 = 12.875% (with 1d20: 1/20 = 5.0%)

So, averaging is strictly worse for all DCs greater than 10.

>>24795742
We really don't have time to deal with a prisoner. We need to get to the rapids and hope that this delay hasn't cost us our friend. Call out to the Mer to spare him and take him prisoner if they would.

>>24795822
Oh come on, it's not like the excess weight will slow us any more than we already are slowed by lugging around a giant snake.

Also I don't trust the mer with prisoners. They may be distant relatives, but most of our relatives aren't the forgiving types.

>>24795803
were we? I don't remember

>>24795822
We need information